I know the blog is a little heavy sometimes. Anyway, Mo is my horse and he is pretty well trained as a general horse. That is his girlfriend. I have no idea her name but as he walked by she was making all types of noised. As soon as he got into the paddock she ran over to him. The lady that works in the stables says they are a real couple. Life is simple....its kind of cute! Life Goes On!!! (Mo is tan/left)
UFO Congressional hearing will look at UFO's and have a meeting. You can watch it live HERE. The committee will be held under the House Intelligence Committee's Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation Subcommittee. Its an important topic to look at. According to Politico HERE there are Harvard scientists that want to look at the data. That is great but we should probably think out of the box beyond existing theories.
Let me put a word of caution about elite education. I love Harvard, Yale, etc.. (and even flunked a class from one of their extension programs.) What I am going to say is that highly socialized people from similar backgrounds with the same professors is not the full way to go in situations like this. You need mental diversity and new ways of thinking about unknown problems.
While a team of scientists might include half of these interconnected, similar thinking, data diggers (nothing wrong with it. I'm just being jealous because I didn't have these opportunities. I pretty much lived on my own since 16.5 years old. 😔) that team should also include other types of people from non-elite university, industry, and creative people. Of course you can bring horses to water but you can't make them drink especially if there are pay checks, govt. contracts and opportunities involved.
As we debate how strong we want to be in the future we should probably open up our opportunities to include not only these elite scientists but also other types of scientists that weren't socialized to similar methodologies and often the same conclusions (Remember...unknown things will be difficult to define, understand and apply if you look at them from the same socio-cultural lens from similar backgrounds.). Think of how completely new ideas come from paradigm shifts and that doesn't come from using the same methodologies but often from people who thought differently.
You can put smart people on the same bike and it won't go much faster. You have to mess with the gears and design to get more out of it. (Don't listen to me...I have a Muslim sounding name. 🤷). Other reading. Solar Propulsion, Rival Tech?, Military Adapt, UFO Science, UFO Congressional Report, Science Vertical or Horizontal, Business Intelligence Review, Gifted Fields, Online Intelligence, Cyber Military, Military Innovate?
President Biden discusses hate and how we should find solutions. In many ways there are multiple factors that relate to mental health, social groups, social media, false perceptions, devaluing of human life, hyper politics, rapid change globally, etc... We often call this the internal factors that are adjusting to external pressures (i.e. live streaming hate through social media and in turn actively fighting it through stronger mental feedback loops through cognitive engagement and creating new neural networks through self interest. I wonder if it is possible to change perception by providing the type of information that forces extremists on these networks to think about the meaning of information to solve problems that lead them to greater awareness of the dangers of such beliefs? {worm and hook} {Kind of like those books that you pick a choice and then jump to a page.} Tools of the digital era? 🤔 Sorry thinking out of the box. Forget it...the old ways seems to be working good enough I guess. 🤷 We are struggling with policies for mandatory counseling, coding, and understanding macro trends when violence, bullying and extremism are present. i.e. outward projection of inward angst {i.e. where they got radicalized, who were they talking to, are there officials involved, what language is being used, information coming from overseas, etc..}. Wouldn't it be awesome to solve problems prior to them becoming bigger issues. Dumb idea I guess. ). These are patterns of change of different versions of how we see each other and our country.
I advocate for bi-partisanship, critical thinking, early intervention and long term solutions. Sometimes hate is embedded in some of our institutions and not easy to discover and other times it is lone wolf radicalism. In my experience rumors and chatter are not innocent and often part of other more serious communication networks information (Sometimes they could even be foreign manipulated to create problems through websites, social media and extremist networks).
Republicans and Democrats must be on the same page with this with genuine national interest. There should be no foot dragging when the signs are present and behaviors become apparent. While one may lead to violence it is often the context of such bad behavior on a social level that activates the lone wolf. We need a single conception of what it means to be an American. A universal conception of an "American" and in turn ensuring our institutions seek to maintain societal trust through objective critical thinking and "moral conscious" (It only seems dumb that I keep saying it now but it does have I believe an important point. Time answers all questions.)
Its interesting because histories in the U.P. are long and are not that far removed from our roots. Many times downtowns look similar to what they did 100's of years ago. We are a hardy people who have become accustomed to rural wood like living on the Great Lakes.
Signs of extremism are often present and easy to detect if one knows the behavior characteristics (Its not race or religion specific). I have advocated for early intervention through mental health avenues to code and understand bigger issues that have led to situations such as the Buffalo shooting and the sacking of our Capitol. As with many important issues we face it isn't of concern unless it impacts our political elite in some way and typically by then their bat swing is beyond the ball.
My family and I have been subjected to targeting by a group of ex mediocre sports players from 30 years ago who were supported by what appears to be local corruption among a few close associate officers of the group (Most are good people but are socialized to blindly support their friends leaving them in the passive support category. That's a soft problem to solve. I have some ideas on it.).
Multiple incidents of racial slurs and provocative aggressive behaviors that could have led to violence under the wrong mix of personalities, alcohol/drugs (EQ helped here). The situation highlighted prior uninvestigated concerns that were not taken seriously and in turn not opening an avenue to discovering important clues that may lead to unveiling of deeper issues (Maybe something of maybe nothing 🤷).
The danger of lone wolf supporters of "my town" mentality have persisted up until at least a few months ago; and likely continues on. We seem to lack the moral courage to universalize our values and tackle thorny issues like this until it's too late. Hate has no place in modern America but persist under passive support.
The backward values that persist among some in our hometowns and political spectrums should not be pushed to the helm of deciding our domestic affairs. At least that is if we care about the long term health of the nation. I guess we should decide if our nation belongs to all of us or some of us.
I say America is about freedom rallied around core values we all share. It's for all of us! Some may disagree and actively work to create societal schisms 🤔
Let me say that I don't think it is a good idea to leak information out of drafts because they are unfinished opinions and thoughts. While an investigation is likely to determine who did it and what their motives are I'm leaning on the side of "Not cool". It was a misuse of inside information and appears designed to cause serious harm to an institution. Just because someone has a personal and political perspective doesn't mean they have the right to cause chaos and/or undermine the trust in their position (It looks on the surface like a bad Karma move).
You can read the article 'Clarence Thomas says abortion leak has changed Supreme Court'
Its sad but I believe this person should be held to account. We see radicalism growing on different fronts (Republicans and Democrats) and perspectives and its difficult getting a handle on it. It wasn't long ago I was also a target of bullies (and in some cases bigots) and that is not always an easy thing to deal with. This leaked draft is a place where the laws may need to be applied once the culprit and saboteur is found.
There are differences between mistakes and actions designed to intentionally cause societal commotion on unfinished pieces of work. Its not an argument for or against abortion. I have my own opinion but it an argument that when you work with people you should be able to trust them. Hype politics is starting to cause problems in many or our institutions and this is something our leadership needs to think about. (...all three sides. There is a third sleeping side there that may emerge at some point in the future based on the need for a new version of critical thinking/rationalism and the ability to sell that to the general population. )
Either way...I lean on the side of not cool! 👎👎👎
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is a place where small towns reside and a high quality of living is experienced. Its not necessarily about super high paying jobs but about the emersion in nature and the friendly small town vibe. That being said their is room for additional jobs and work. It looks like some of the larger businesses are trying to make some changes.
Read the article Large UP businesses look to increase population, boost economy to understand some of the ideas that are coming forward.