Commentary Communities think that renewable energy providers like Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) are altruistic and all about increasing everyone’s renewable energy use. What is missed is that many of these energy procurement agencies are more about separating you from the green in your wallet than greening the environment. This 3-part article, which includes action…
Orange County Power Authority, Part 1: The Perfect Crime
June 24, 2022
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Trump Rebukes Mitch McConnell Over Gun Bill: ‘Final Straw’
Former President Donald Trump blasted Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s “push” for gun control on June 23. Trump posted his criticism on Truth Social, stating, “Mitch McConnell’s push for Republican senators to vote for gun control will be the final straw.” His rebuke came just before the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan bill hailed as the…
Gender Self-Identification Could Be Muddling Monkeypox Surveillance Data in UK
The nature of the monkeypox outbreak might be muddled by gender self-identification, according to experts, as it emerged that the one percent of infected female individuals in the UK could in fact be biologically male. An Infectious Disease Behaviorist told The Epoch Times that while it’s true for accuracy that data on both sex and…
Pickled Green Beans
Walking around the farmers market during summer is temptation at its finest. The season’s bounty offers an array of colorful fruits and veggies to choose from. But beyond tomatoes for crisp salads and blackberries for desserts and jams, there is one underdog that you musn’t forget before summer fades to fall: green beans. Green beans are frequently relegated to…
Is Google’s LaMDA Woke? Its Software Engineers Sure Are
June 24, 2022
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Commentary An article in the Washington Post revealed that a Google engineer who had worked with Google’s Responsible AI organization believes that Google’s LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications), an artificially intelligent chatbot generator, is “sentient.” In a Medium blog post, Blake Lemoine claims that LaMDA is a person who exhibits feelings and shows the unmistakable signs of consciousness: “Over the…
Build a stone wall
You can’t add a more enduring landscape feature to a home than a stone wall, which you’ll see dotting the countryside of many homes in rural areas. A rugged stone wall creates a natural material surrounding property that’s appealing whether it’s a modest cottage or a handsome country estate, often becoming the focal point of…
CalOptima Receiving Bipartisan Scrutiny From Orange County Delegation
June 24, 2022
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Commentary The best real estate transaction the County of Orange ever entered was the sale of its hospital along the Santa Ana Freeway in the city of Orange for one dollar. You know it as the University of Irvine Medical Center on The City Drive. If you’ve followed any of the hospitals in Los Angeles…
Did Covid Vaccines Save Tens of Millions of Lives?
Did the introduction of Covid vaccines reduce mortality? A recent preprint, with the now questionable Medical Journal Lancet, makes the claim that the Covid vaccine introduction in December 2020 actually prevented tens of millions of deaths worldwide. This paper was submitted by the research group headed by Azra Ghani from the Imperial College of London. It was…
China’s Metaverse Is Dystopia
Commentary The metaverse, that virtual world that teens everywhere are entering with a headset and hand controllers, could eventually pull in $8 trillion. That so enthralls Mark Zuckerberg that he changed the name of Facebook (the parent company) to Meta and is developing haptic gloves that interact and give tactile sensations. Haptic suits that give…
Traveling With Pets This Summer? Here’s What to Know to Keep Them Safe and Secure
By Megan Cardona From Fort Worth Star-Telegram As summer vacations kick back into gear this year, millions of new pet parents will have to navigate traveling with furry friends. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals reported last year that 23 million American households — one in five nationwide — obtained a…
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