Politics

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

William Shatner is 95 years old.

BTW, Mel Brooks is 100 years old and is doing a sequel to Spaceballs that will come out when he is 101.

We Were Never Meant To Live Like This

@john2001plus
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The free market is not a zero-sum game. It is a system in which you are free to make choices and exchange resources with other people. It increases productivity so that everyone benefits.

The left, and especially the Marxist left, assumes that one person only benefits at the expense of another, which is why they conclude that you are either an oppressor or the oppressed.

Governments have a monopoly on the use of force, and only governments have the power to legally steal from one person to give to another. This is the real zero-sum game because some people benefit at the expense of others.

Increasingly, people want the government to provide for them, and when the government does this, it takes away incentives for people to be productive.

The left seems to be nihilistic, as if people can't do anything to improve their lot in life. This leads to the belief that the government should control resources. However, giving the government this much power leads to corruption because individuals will want to benefit from that power.

For most people, there is more to life than just focussing on ourselves. We are social creatures who naturally form families, and families require sacrificing parts of ourselves for others. For some people, the relationships they form are worth the costs, but it is also a survival mechanism and how the species propagates itself. If you want to look at the real meaning of life, for most people it is to create the next generation and prepare them to be successful.

AI Keeps Beating Experts' Predictions

Things You Should Know About Plague

Ten Year Old Facebook Post

John Coffey October 7, 2016 ·

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I believe in freedom. I think that freedom leads to economic growth. I think that we need economic growth, especially since we are $20 trillion in debt, not counting unfunded liabilities, which are much larger.

I think there is strong evidence that larger, more intrusive governments reduce economic growth. Studies have been done on this, but on the simplest level, you can compare countries at one extreme, like North Korea and Cuba, with countries at the other extreme, like Luxembourg and Liechtenstein. The countries in between tend to fall along a linear scale, with the more economically free countries being more prosperous.

It is not consistent with freedom to have the government take from one person to give to another.

People are worried about corporate power. The Libertarian solution is not to give the government so much power that wealthy people and corporations can influence it.

Paris

Two dozen schools burned and ransacked; cars flipped upside down; buses and fire engines savagely smashed.

It sounds like a montage from a dystopian horror movie — but it’s happening right now in France.

What started late last month as a protest about underfunded public schools has morphed into an orgy of Islamo-leftist violence.

Paris and other cities are now awash with foreign flags as throngs of unassimilated youths scream their hatred for France itself.

“In the name of Allah, we can kill them all,” barked one masked thug, to the mob’s demented glee.

We are witnessing something extraordinary: an intifada in the heart of Europe.

Surely no one can now deny the lethal error of throwing open a nation’s borders to the world, while sacrificing the ideals of integration at the altar of multiculturalism.

https://nypost.com/2026/10/06/opinion/frances-riots-arent-protests-but-an-intifada-in-the-heart-of-europe/

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

What Was Russia Making In That Lab?

The video assumes that Russia (and later China) was working on a bioweapon. Although I can't rule it out, there is no evidence of either.

This happened to a worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia. Reports said a broken test tube caused an infection.

Google AI says the following...

A 28-year-old laboratory technician named Darya Shipilova at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia died on October 2, 2026, from severe pneumonia, sparking unconfirmed rumors of a pneumonic plague lab accident and resulting in nearly 200 people being placed under medical observation or quarantine. [1, 2, 3]

Recent reports indicate that the death of the researcher at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, Russia, triggered strict containment and quarantine protocols across local medical facilities. While unverified local accounts suggested a broken test tube involving plague bacteria (Yersinia pestis) led to the illness, Russian federal health authorities have strongly downplayed those claims, citing the cause of death as pneumonia of an unknown origin. International health bodies and U.S. officials are closely monitoring the situation and calling for transparency.

The following sections provide a detailed breakdown of the incident, official responses, and the global reaction.

The Incident and Patient Background

The Worker: Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old laboratory technician, fell ill at work in late September and passed away at a hospital in Shelekhov on October 2, 2026. [1, 2, 3]
The Facility: The Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East studies dangerous infections and pathogens naturally endemic to the region. [1, 2]
The Allegations: Unconfirmed media reports claimed she accidentally broke a test tube containing live plague bacteria, though authorities dispute this. [1, 2]

Quarantine and Containment Actions

Medical Isolation: Regional authorities placed nearly 200 individuals who had direct contact with Shipilova under medical observation or isolation. [1, 2]
Facility Lockdowns: The hospital where she was treated and several local clinical areas instituted strict quarantine rules, halting new admissions or visitors. [1, 2]

Official Russian Position vs. Regional Discrepancies

Federal Stance: Russia’s public health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, stated that tests found no microorganisms linked to her professional duties and officially classified her death as "pneumonia of unknown origin" or etiology.
Regional Confusion: Initial statements from the governor of the neighboring Buryatia region suggested she may have died of the plague, though those statements were later edited or dialed back. [1, 2, 3, 4]

International and Global Health Response

World Health Organization (WHO): The World Health Organization stated that Russian officials informed them no plague cases were detected among contacts, while the WHO continues to press for pathogen data.
U.S. Monitoring: U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, urged Moscow to share clear information transparently, while President Donald Trump noted the U.S. stands ready to help if needed. [1, 2, 3]