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Since forever, philosophers, economists, and conspiracy theorists have devised any number of elaborate theories on the nature of society and the motivations of human behavior. From the ideas of Adam Smith to Karl Marx, most of these models depend (at least somewhat) on the idea of rational human actors working to achieve reasonable results for themselves, their community, or society. But they are wrong.Similarly, there have been volumes written about how you should successfully relate to other people—but most assume that the person you’re talking to is a relatively intelligent, functional person, even though they probably aren’t. You probably aren’t,...

Alec Baldwin’s wife Hilaria has shared a quote encouraging people to stop being negative towards other people when they are ‘enjoying something that isn’t hurting anyone’. The tweet, which also suggested people instead ‘train themselves’ to be pleased for others’ happiness and ‘carry on with your life’, was shared by the mum of six to her Instagram Stories on Tuesday. It read: ‘The next time you see someone enjoying something, that isn’t hurting anyone, that’s not your cup of tea instead of saying something negative train yourself to think to yourself “I’m glad they are happy” and carry on with...

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has introduced a companion to a Senate bill that would let people use algorithm-free versions of tech platforms, according to a copy of the text shared exclusively with Axios.Driving the news: Recent revelations about Facebook's internal research findings have renewed lawmaker interest in bills that seek to give people more of a say in how algorithms shape their online experiences.Why it matters: The bill shows that anger over how platforms use their algorithms to target users with specialized content is a bipartisan issue with momentum on Capitol Hill.The algorithms that personalize content on social...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says that the bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, which cleared Congress on Friday and is awaiting President Biden's signature, is a “godsend” for his state. McConnell spoke in Morehead, Ky., on Monday, noting the Bluegrass State has "a lot" of infrastructure needs after touring a facility for indoor farming company AppHarvest, according to CBS News affiliate WKYT. He pointed to Kentucky's infrastructure report card from the American Society of Civil Engineers, which gives it a C-.

As Hollywood considers new safety measures following the fatal shooting during filming of Western movie “Rust,” actor Alec Baldwin said on Monday he believed film and TV productions should hire police officers to monitor weapons on sets.Baldwin accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on Oct. 21 after being told the gun he was rehearsing with on the “Rust” set in New Mexico was “cold,” or safe to use, according to the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office....“Every film/TV set that uses guns, fake or otherwise, should have a police officer on set, hired by the production, to specifically monitor weapons...

ate 3 times yesterday breakfast, lunch and dinner to test out this so-called vaxx passport to eat-in at these various restos.. Breakfast near Melrose: I told them NO, I dont have a stinkin' vaxx card. But I have a party of 3 with me. WAITRESS: "Yeah come in." LUNCH> after editing an episode for a TV series, I went with a "known TV actor" (libertarian) at a restaurant in Burbank. CLEARLY says "Im not vaxxed and I dont have a card. Can we come in?" Server thinks about it for a time then says NO. My bud says "Alright, I'll...

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., reiterated her support for the Democrats' infrastructure bill, arguing it dismantles leverage from the 'socialist squad.'

Jake Sullivan, President Biden's White House national security adviser, is the "foreign policy advisor" referred to in the indictment of former Hillary Clinton presidential campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann, according to two well-placed sources. This is the closest Special Counsel John Durham's investigation into the origins of the Russia investigation has come to anyone directly associated with the Biden White House.

DENVER (CBS4) – Just before sunrise Monday morning, a south Denver neighborhood was violently awoken by gunfire. “It was surreal. It didn’t seem like it was actually happening,” said Russ Skigen, a resident of the Gun Club Green community. First, Skigen said he heard the gunshots. “I heard 10. Other neighbors heard six. Others heard eight,” he told CBS4. Then, Skigen saw smoke billowing from a neighbor’s car which crashed at a home on East Dartmouth Avenue. “I realized that there was somebody in there and my neighbors needed help getting her out,” he said. With a mix of panic...

Jake Sullivan, President Biden's White House national security adviser, is the "foreign policy advisor" referred to in the indictment of former Hillary Clinton presidential campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann, according to two well-placed sources. This is the closest Special Counsel John Durham's investigation into the origins of the Russia investigation has come to anyone directly associated with the Biden White House. Sussmann was indicted for allegedly lying to the FBI on Sept. 16, and has pleaded not guilty to one count of making a false statement to a federal agent. This case came out of Durham’s probe into the origins of...

Xi Jinping is looking to rewrite history. At a four-day conference of the Communist Party’s powerful Central Committee that began on Monday, delegates are set to cement Xi’s status as one of China’s greats. Around 400 top members of the regime are meeting behind closed doors to discuss the text of a resolution that has not been released to the public. The document is likely to be a "reinterpretation of some recent events in Chinese history”, explained Marc Lanteigne, a China specialist at the Arctic University of Norway. A political gathering to discuss the historical record might sound esoteric, but...

China now has the world's largest navy and is preparing to launch a new high-tech aircraft carrier by February, the Pentagon has revealed. Beijing has 'numerically the largest navy in the world with an overall battle force of approximately 355 ships and submarines,' the Defense Department said last Wednesday in its annual report on China. That compares with 296 warships at the US Navy's disposal, 69 vessels operated by the Royal Navy and 295 boats deployed by the Russian Navy.

Federal workers who have recovered from COVID-19 have filed a class-action lawsuit against Dr. Anthony Fauci and other government officials over a COVID-19 vaccine mandate that still forces them to get a jab. The government not only failed to offer a carve out exemptions for naturally immune workers, or those who have recovered, but neither President Joe Biden’s executive order nor the guidance explaining it outlines why naturally acquired immunity isn’t an acceptable alternative to vaccination, the lawsuit says. “Because they already have natural immunity, there is no coherent purpose for the federal government to require them to undertake a...

California, which has certain mask mandates in place, has a daily average of Chinese coronavirus cases four times that of Florida’s, recent data shows. Data last updated Tuesday shows California reporting a daily average of cases of 6,353, according to the New York Times’ coronavirus case map and tracker. That results in an average of 16 cases per 100,000. Overall, it reflects a 61 percent case increase in the last 14 days.

You would think that the mostly MIA Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg would find friendly ground at the liberal Politico but apparently his incredibly insular boring personality is so off-putting that even that periodical is unable to display much enthusiasm about the soon to be released "Mayor Pete" documentary. You don't even need to read very far to find the harsh assessment of reviewer Ruby Cramer since it is shouted out in the title of Monday's review, "‘He’s Comin’ Across Like the F---ing Tin Man Up There’."

ABC legal analyst Sunny Hostin said Tuesday on ABC’s “The View” that Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers using the word “woke” was “despicable and dismissive.” During a recent interview, Roger said, “I realize I’m in the crosshairs of the woke mob right now. I didn’t lie in the initial press conference. During that time, it was a very, you know, witch hunt that was going on across the league where everybody in the media was so concerned about who was vaccinated and who wasn’t, and what that meant, and who was being selfish, and who would talk about it....

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) vetoed Republican-sponsored school choice bills passed by both the state House and Senate that would have helped low-income families obtain scholarships they could use to leave failing neighborhood public schools. In her veto letter Friday, Whitmer called the legislation a “catastrophic failure,” according to a report at mlive.com:

UNITED NATIONS — Mexico’s president warned Tuesday that the world is sliding from “civilization to barbarity” and called for the thousand richest people, the thousand largest private corporations and the 20 major economies to improve life for the 750 million people now existing on less than $2 dollars a day. Andrés Manuel López Obrador told the U.N. Security Council that this proposal could generate around $1 billion annually, which should go directly to the world’s poorest people “without any intermediaries, through a card or personalized electronic wallet.” He said the proposal can be financed with money from three sources: an...

The Younger The Priests The More They Are Critical of Francis' Vatican II BackwardnessA 2021 survey by the Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture queried US priests on issues including abortion, homosexual behaviour, and their approval of Francis.The result: The younger the priests the more likely they affirm Catholic positions. 90% of priests ordained after 2010 said that abortion is always a sin compared to just 56% of those ordained prior to 1980, the generation of Francis who was ordained in 1969.89% of priests ordained after 2010 said homosexual behavior is always sinful, compared to 34% of...