Posts by Anony Mous

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The currently missing 'Titan' submarine. What do you think?

by SydBarrett in

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any opinions are just speculation, but my guess, being morbid, is that there was not a hull breach and implosion (although that would have been the most merciful fate for them), but instead the amateur level of building this thing meant that it lost power and communication and got itself tangled in the titanic's wreckage or is sitting on the actual seabed with no way to release ballast to resurface.

terrifying.

what's your gut feeling?

Anony Mous

There is no GPS as there is a thick layer of water on top of them. The signals from GPS on the surface are already very weak, they don’t penetrate even a few meters down in the water. Same problem with radio, you need some very special radio at specific frequencies to communicate that deep, a regular cell phone signal can’t go very far on land (relatively), water is a great absorber of radio waves.

If they weren’t tethered and have no special purpose communication device, they are effectively lost, 3km deep even if you find the relatively small capsule and they somehow haven’t drifted off for hundreds of miles, there are currently very few things you can do that could bring them up that wouldn’t instantly kill the occupants. The CIA (actually Howard Hughes, the Elon Musk of the era) once custom built an entire ship to recover a single Soviet sub that was at roughly the same depth, they knew exactly where it was located and it still took over a month once they got on site and they still didn’t recover everything (exact details remain classified, but if I recall correctly, the majority of sections of the sub broke off and sank again in the process)

This is a salvage mission, nothing more, nothing less, there was no backup plan for these people, no dedicated rescue sub, not even a locator beacon, maybe if they are able to make some noise then a sonar can pick it up.

If not dead yet, they will be dead soon, at best we can put a camera down and watch them die. If they had the ability to surface, they would’ve done so by now and been able to call for help. If they do somehow have the ability to attach a crane or something, even that would be very complicated, you can’t descend a human, even in a diving bell, the pressure is too high, you’d need special constructed diving bell/sub with robot arms to get there as the deepest scuba dive ever recorded was only 300m, not 3000m, get down there, attach them and then dislodge and hoist the thing up without compromising the structure. Perhaps possible, but not in whatever time they have left.

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"Jehovah" In The New Testament.

by LostintheFog1999 in

i see they have updated their list of translations or versions where some form of yhwh or jhvh appears in the new testament.. https://www.jw.org/en/library/bible/study-bible/appendix-c/divine-name-new-testament-2/.

Anony Mous

Again, the divine name was NOT used in the Septuagint. There is a transcription of what MAY be the divine name in Paleo-Hebrew, that made it into SOME translations, a language contemporary Jews would not know how to read or pronounce. The fact it was not transliterated into Greek unlike EVERY other name in the scripture points that there was something mystical or unknown or forbidden about the name and its use.

The use of this Paleo-Hebrew string of characters into translations is not consistent over the ages, people without education into the Jewish belief system wouldn’t know why the characters were there, hence it did not get taken over into every translation and it was often replaced with what the translator thought it meant (El or Elohim from the Canaanite god “Yahweh” was built upon, Lord, God etc) based upon the person or family the translation was intended for.

There is no conspiracy theory, the original name and its pronouncement, if it ever existed, was adapted over time and lost to history. Some contemporary references claim that only the High Priest had access to this secret knowledge but even that isn’t well founded. You’re claiming that for 1500+ years the “name” survived in general parlance and then was completely eradicated in 200 years on behalf of a small sect of Jews (Christians) because one of their factions (Catholics) had a conspiracy to introduce a trinity 100 years later.

The Jews today, perhaps even the Muslims would have some surviving references over the years like they do with everything else, the Talmud and Quran was written around the time you indicate this change would’ve happened in Christianity, yet neither of those also do not pronounce the name today and do not make claim to knowledge about the name or its disappearance at that time and throughout time the Talmud consistently translates the Tetragrammaton as Lord or God and consistently tells the Jews not to try and pronounce the name and it consistently condemns those who tried to.

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Is a one-world government imminent?

by BoogerMan in

according to countless sources, the planet is rapidly heading towards it.

example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-vhk3ko3wi.

so it looks like the one-world government of revelation 17:17 is also being predicted by atheists!

Anony Mous

In many places, it practically already is. On the other hand, sufficient people would rebel against it so it will never happen totally. You can see that in the EU for example, they tried very hard and even the EU courts made the decision that the EU government was sovereign, within a few years the UK was out and there is a growing movement across the continent that seeks to follow them.

The problem with leftism/socialism is that someone always wants to be the boss, whether that was Bolsheviks and Mensheviks, Hitler and Lenin, the Khmer and Ho Chi Min, at first they join hands, then someone wants a bit more power so they fight each other. At the end of every quest to the complete atomization of established society, its norms and its culture, you end up with the supreme enlightened expression of individuality, the dictator.

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American Healthcare: How your system works

by Diogenesister in

canada has universal healthcare.

the consensus is that america never will.

can anyone explain why, please?

Anony Mous

@LoveUni: That's like saying that the government in the US is not responsible for what the FBI or NIH does because it just gives money to the agency and it has its own bosses. Or if I own a company and hire a manager, it ceases to be my responsibility when someone down the chain screws up. Yes, it may be a manager's fault, it may be someone way down the line, but the ownership of those mistakes and liability rests with those that pay those people, if there aren't enough kidney dialysis machines but there is a diversity tsar, the government should decide NHS cannot spend the money on diversity tsars until it has improved all services to the same level as a private clinic.

Per Wikipedia:

NHS is controlled by the UK government through the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), which takes political responsibility for the service.

Per the UK government's website:

NHS England is an executive non-departmental public body which by definition is organisations that have a role in the process of national government and are accountable to the public through Parliament.

If you control the purse strings, you control the agency, the money (should) come with ties to performance.

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American Healthcare: How your system works

by Diogenesister in

canada has universal healthcare.

the consensus is that america never will.

can anyone explain why, please?

Anony Mous

The NHS is part of the government, so how can it not be the government's fault? The mental logistics to come to the conclusion that the NHS is not at fault for mismanagement of the NHS is mindboggling.

Which governments repossess your house for not paying for your " free " healthcare

Try not paying your UK medical bills (or taxes). Per the NHS website, only primary care is 'free' in the UK, unless you are a visitor or immigrant, then it is not, for the non-primary care, you pay out of pocket and then NHS can levy any costs as debt. As I showed with my statistics earlier, it's possible to get bankrupted from medical costs in the UK just as well.

Outpatient prescription drugs are subject to a copayment of GBP 8.80 per prescription (very similar to US co-pays FYI). NHS dentistry services are subject to copayments of up to GBP 256.50 (which is very hefty, given we in the US pay (without insurance) ~$50-75 to see a dentist). For eye glasses and contacts NHS gives vouchers, the difference is paid out of pocket (in the US you can get an eye exam and 2 pairs of glasses or 1 year worth of contacts for $65 without insurance). So you definitely pay something out of pocket, if you don't pay that, you owe money, you go bankrupt, you can lose all your property because you can always 'fall back' on government housing (which is just as excellent and available as your healthcare system).

@LoveUni:

IN THE US, you cannot get your primary house repossessed in bankruptcy. You can be forced to downsize if you live beyond your means, you can have a secondary home repossessed, but a 'regular' person will not lose their car, the equity for a reasonably sized house or most of their possessions in any bankruptcy proceeding.

What you said is already how it is, people just continue to believe the ongoing droning of wannabe communists that somehow the government should own all the means of production, take your possessions and run your life for you.

In New York, there is practically speaking Universal Health Care for anyone that is "poor" (relatively speaking, in the UK you would find that upper limit to be "upper middle class") ran by the local state in addition to federal programs, they also set up sanctuary cities for extreme medical procedures, immigrants etc. In Texas there is less of that (except perhaps for Austin), they have the federal system and a smaller state system. Where are people moving to, where are people less likely to default due to medical debts, which state has the better and lower cost medical systems, the answer is obvious, NYS lost $13B in tax revenues last year because people moved away. If people that got sick were flocking to NY or CA, it would be obvious, except most of the elderly flee to Florida, Texas and the Carolinas.

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American Healthcare: How your system works

by Diogenesister in

canada has universal healthcare.

the consensus is that america never will.

can anyone explain why, please?

Anony Mous

Note that I’ve put references, video documentaries and numbers instead of baseless accusations, I’ve also actually lived on both continents extensively and currently have elderly parents on both sides of the pond going through roughly the same problems… I know the problems on both sides, I’m not delusional, but the US is overall better for the price you pay.

And on another note, you don’t lose your house in bankruptcy in the US, unlike other countries that basically the government repossesses your house for not paying the government for “free” health care. Most bankruptcies will protect your primary property and are just allowing you to restructure payments. Chapter 7 you will lose property but not your (reasonable) primary residence, your (reasonable) car, your insurance, your retirement etc are all protected. Anyone saying they lost their house in a bankruptcy, that means they were living in a mansion and a judge figured they lived beyond their means and had to downsize, they can generally keep most of the equity to pay for a new more reasonable house.

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American Healthcare: How your system works

by Diogenesister in

canada has universal healthcare.

the consensus is that america never will.

can anyone explain why, please?

Anony Mous

So where is the insulin for NHS then? It can’t get the product because the product isn’t being produced because socialized government is pushing companies out of the market.

Recent reports on the NHS show that it is EXTREMELY top-heavy with bureaucracy and you still get a bill.

Cancer treatment is the definition of elective surgery. Oncology is in most cases not part of emergency medicine, so it is by definition elective medicine.

Much of what you have said is socialist propaganda, unless you are extremely irresponsible, you don’t go bankrupt over medical treatment. And you can do that in the UK as well as in the US.

Medical bills bankruptcy statistics from 2005 show that 8.2% of those that went bankrupt in the UK listed illness or an accident as the reason and 15% in Canada.

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Has Rutherford's 16-cylinder Cadillac been found?

by under the radar in

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i ran across this episode of jay leno's garage on youtube today.

all i know is it seems very similar to j f rutherford's much-vaunted 16-cylinder cadillac.

watch the episode and let us know what you think.

Anony Mous

The problem is going to find sufficient footage to make any identification, I only know of a few pictures and they are very grainy. These cars were hand-built to order, but most of the details would be either in the engine bay or interior and color, all but probably the color (perhaps a white) is missing from the picture. If the color/paint job days changed, often the curators will detail the original color in listings which can be gotten from hidden parts of panels where the paint job missed a spot. One thing I can note on the Rutherford pictures is the badge on the ‘spare’ wheels, which indicates the V16 emblem and if not replaced/restored over time, it could narrow down the search.

It is likely a V16, those were the most popular models if you could afford them, I would think Rutherford would rather have a V16 than 2 V8s like the ‘plebs’.

Then again, thousands were built and only a few hundred survive. Given the borg, I wouldn’t be surprised they trashed the thing to bury the evidence after his passing.

A model closely resembling both color, body features etc was sold in 2017: https://www.classic.com/veh/1930-cadillac-v-16-imperial-limousine-nlm7aMW/

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Biden running in 2024 🤣

by LoveUniHateExams in

i've filed this under news and world events, although i could've posted it under entertainment, lol.

apparently, joe biden will be seeking re-election for another term in the white house.. this, despite a recent poll showing that 70% of people don't want him to run again.. biden just has to be the worst president i've seen.

his gaffes, over-relience on a prompter, and, more than any other president, his refusal to answer journalists' questions, all go to make him top of the list in terms of bad presidents.. it will certainly provide entertainment, if nothing else..

Anony Mous

For our UK friends and others that may not have noticed: the US DOJ/FBI was caught red handed trying to suppress information about a direct payment of $5M to Joe Biden himself from Ukraine-Russian oil company Burisma for favors.

That is on top of the millions that were distributed to him and his family from Ukraine, China, Romania and other countries. Currently 14 family members were discovered to be on the take from the Biden bribery scheme each receiving millions through shell companies.

And unlike Trump, nothing about this is speculative, there is evidence. Meanwhile, Russiagate, the Steele dossier and a lot of the other allegations against Trump (which Syd above attempted to imply were true) was recently discovered to be completely fabricated and laundered by Obama-Biden through the FBI to the media to give it a sheen of legitimacy. Even his so-called sexual assault civil suit was discovered to be fully funded by a DNC-linked operative and once again laundered through corrupt prosecutor Alvin Bragg to a handpicked judge and jury.

If you still don’t believe in a deep state, there is plenty of evidence now, if you don’t play along with the government apparatus, you’ll be buried.

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American Healthcare: How your system works

by Diogenesister in

canada has universal healthcare.

the consensus is that america never will.

can anyone explain why, please?

Anony Mous

Elective surgeries aren’t unnecessary and delaying them is unnecessary pains and suffering and accelerate death. People don’t just decide to get new hips or cancer treatments for the fun of it. What does happen in systems like that is that people that are older get put on long wait lists, if you’re too sick a panel of bureaucrats decides to end your care effectively the government choosing to kill you to save money and given there is no other option, you can’t do anything about it. Not sure why people would consider that better or more humane.

As far as the other argument, private systems have a thing called insurance, I don’t have to worry about paying my doctors if I need a surgery, out of pocket limits are reasonable (so I can’t go bankrupt) and if in an accident I likely don’t have to worry about that, my insurance provider will happily sue on my behalf and get their share of the money out of the other party, in most cases insurance companies will settle these matters out of court though.

Given car insurance is unregulated, it is very cheap. Likewise dental and eye care is unregulated and very cheap, even less than the co-pay you pay for your government dentist and we go to the dentist twice a year, where I came from in the EU, we went every other year unless you paid privately.

Health insurance on the other hand is highly regulated, monopolized by the government by region and with ObamaCare became in some cases 3x more expensive. Still, even in the most expensive states like New York and California, people in the US pay less in taxes and private insurance than they would for government funded schemes although there are, as pointed out, ObamaCare, Medicare and Medicaid which are the government funded schemes, they do give the same coverage as privately funded insurance, no wait times, no death panels, but with higher deductibles, higher co-pays and they pay providers only 70% of actual incurred cost.