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Video review of Mighty Ira civil liberties documentary about former ACLU Executive Director Ira Glasser which focuses heavily on the infamous Skokie legal case about a small group of neo-Nazis with a half-Jewish leader(!) that with the assistance of the ACLU sued successfully to march in Skokie, Illinois — a Chicago suburb with a heavily Jewish population and several thousand Holocaust survivors in the 1970s.
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00:00 Intro and Short Review 03:37 Detailed Discussion of Weaknesses of the Documentary 03:41 Passing the buck to the Police? 05:30 Is acknowledging the pain enough? 06:15 The new world of Internet Censorship 08:40 The weaponization of anti-racism by sweatshops 11:24 The frequent failure of Skokie era desegregation 14:00 Conclusion 14:49 Censored Search censored content search engine promo 16:48 Support Us message
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o Excellent documentary making the case for free-speech absolutism.
o Touching stories about Ira Glasser’s friendships with conservative icon William F. Buckley and Skokie Holocaust survivor Ben Stern, with both of whom he had strong disagreements. These help make the case for dialog rather than censorship.
o Some weaknesses of the documentary:
o Arguably passing the buck to police in Charlottesville, VA for the death of a demonstrator during right wing demonstrations and leftist counter demonstrations in 2017.
o Is acknowledging the pain of Holocaust survivors like Ben Stern really enough?
o Documentary is about the past when many free speech issues revolved around protests in publicly owned places such as public parks and roads, whereas the combination of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and privately-owned social media near-monopolies such as Facebook, YouTube, Google and others, often with extensive formal and informal ties to agencies such as the NSA and CIA, has shifted the locus of protest and political activism to the Internet.
o The documentary’s focus on the 1960’s civil rights movement sidesteps the use of militant anti-racist rhetoric and censorship of speech on anti-racist grounds by high tech and manual labor sweatshops to protect and expand their use of exploitative immigration policy — guest worker visas — and illegal immigration to secure cheap, compliant labor today.
o The documentary does not address the failure of Skokie era “desegregation” policies in the Marquette Park neighborhood, home of the neo-Nazis and the actual site of their demonstration after winning the court case, and many other neighborhoods nationwide.
o Overall a great, inspiring documentary available on YouTube, Amazon, and other sites.
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John F. McGowan, Ph.D. solves problems using mathematics and mathematical software, including developing gesture recognition for touch devices, video compression and speech recognition technologies. He has extensive experience developing software in C, C++, MATLAB, Python, Visual Basic and many other programming languages. He has been a Visiting Scholar at HP Labs developing computer vision algorithms and software for mobile devices. He has worked as a contractor at NASA Ames Research Center involved in the research and development of image and video processing algorithms and technology. He has published articles on the origin and evolution of life, the exploration of Mars (anticipating the discovery of methane on Mars), and cheap access to space. He has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
Robert F. Kennedy Jr interview of David Martin from M-CAM, star of Plandemic II, censored by Instagram. BitChute forced to find new service providers in attempt to deplatform the alternative video service. Half-hearted censorship of President Trump voting fraud allegations. Sadly, Internet Censorship continues to expand worldwide.
References:
Children’s Health Defense (CHD / Robert Kennedy Jr’s organization)
John F. McGowan, Ph.D. solves problems using mathematics and mathematical software, including developing gesture recognition for touch devices, video compression and speech recognition technologies. He has extensive experience developing software in C, C++, MATLAB, Python, Visual Basic and many other programming languages. He has been a Visiting Scholar at HP Labs developing computer vision algorithms and software for mobile devices. He has worked as a contractor at NASA Ames Research Center involved in the research and development of image and video processing algorithms and technology. He has published articles on the origin and evolution of life, the exploration of Mars (anticipating the discovery of methane on Mars), and cheap access to space. He has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
The Call of Cthulhu Fifties Drive-in Trailer No. 1
Take a break from election madness and journey back to the halcyon days of yore when men were men and giant tentacled things walked the Earth with the Call of Cthulhu Fifties Drive-in Trailer #1. Recall the good old days when Americans flocked to movie theaters and drive-ins to worry about the extinction of the human race in an atomic war or a genocidal invasion by those mysterious creatures in flying saucers, barely even noticing the global pandemic of 1957.
John F. McGowan, Ph.D. solves problems using mathematics and mathematical software, including developing gesture recognition for touch devices, video compression and speech recognition technologies. He has extensive experience developing software in C, C++, MATLAB, Python, Visual Basic and many other programming languages. He has been a Visiting Scholar at HP Labs developing computer vision algorithms and software for mobile devices. He has worked as a contractor at NASA Ames Research Center involved in the research and development of image and video processing algorithms and technology. He has published articles on the origin and evolution of life, the exploration of Mars (anticipating the discovery of methane on Mars), and cheap access to space. He has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
The Election and the Missing Error Bars on COVID and Flu Death Numbers
A video on the grossly contradictory CDC FluView pneumonia and influenza death numbers, implied to be influenza virus death numbers, and the CDC Leading causes of death report pneumonia and influenza death numbers, which differ by over a factor of THREE, the lack of reported error bars on the CDC flu and COVID death number counts, required by standard scientific practice, and the effect of this on the US Presidential election.
The FluView web site claims six to ten percent of all deaths are pneumonia and influenza in a prominently displayed graphic. However, the Leading Causes of Death report claims about two percent of deaths are caused by pneumonia and influenza, less than one third of the percentages reported on the FluView web site. No error bars are reported on these numbers.
Looking at the numbers behind the percentages. The CDC uses two grossly contradictory numbers of annual deaths from pneumonia and influenza: about 55,000 in the annual leading causes of the death report and about 188,000 in National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) data used on the FluView web site to report the percentage of deaths each week due to pneumonia and influenza. These differ by a factor of OVER THREE. The larger FluView number is comparable to the current cumulative total COVID-19 deaths in the United States frequently cited by the media and compared to a smaller number of about 40,000 “flu deaths.”
O Use of the flu death numbers in popular reporting on COVID and the election, usually lacking any error bars, is discussed.
o The CDC’s mysterious “flu death” mathematical model — a theory — assigning about 50,000 deaths per year to the influenza virus, mostly pneumonia deaths that lack a laboratory confirmed influenza infection, and the usually unreported errors on the output of this model is discussed.
o Evidence of large uncertainties in the assignment of cause of death by doctors, coroners and others is discussed. The lack of proper error bars due to this on both reported “flu death” numbers and COVID death numbers.
o Specific reasons why the CDC would likely be biased against President Trump due to his criticism of vaccine safety and historical statements on the possible role of childhood vaccines promoted by the CDC in causing autism are discussed.
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John F. McGowan, Ph.D. solves problems using mathematics and mathematical software, including developing gesture recognition for touch devices, video compression and speech recognition technologies. He has extensive experience developing software in C, C++, MATLAB, Python, Visual Basic and many other programming languages. He has been a Visiting Scholar at HP Labs developing computer vision algorithms and software for mobile devices. He has worked as a contractor at NASA Ames Research Center involved in the research and development of image and video processing algorithms and technology. He has published articles on the origin and evolution of life, the exploration of Mars (anticipating the discovery of methane on Mars), and cheap access to space. He has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
This Week in Internet Censorship: Glenn Greenwald Resigns over Censorship of His Biden Article by the Intercept
A short video mostly about Glenn Greenwald’s resignation from the Intercept over censorship of his article on Joe Biden and Hunter Biden by the Intercept, the web site and reporting organization that he founded with financial backing from Pierre Omidyar, one of the founders of eBay following the Edward Snowden revelations. Conflict of interest customs and laws are discussed briefly in the context of Joe Biden’s claims that he was unaware of his son’s business activities which clearly constitute a conflic of interest.
John F. McGowan, Ph.D. solves problems using mathematics and mathematical software, including developing gesture recognition for touch devices, video compression and speech recognition technologies. He has extensive experience developing software in C, C++, MATLAB, Python, Visual Basic and many other programming languages. He has been a Visiting Scholar at HP Labs developing computer vision algorithms and software for mobile devices. He has worked as a contractor at NASA Ames Research Center involved in the research and development of image and video processing algorithms and technology. He has published articles on the origin and evolution of life, the exploration of Mars (anticipating the discovery of methane on Mars), and cheap access to space. He has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
The manager at my apartment complex reported that the alarm on my car went off inexplicably twice in the last week. No clear signs of attempted forced entry. I am investigating.
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About Me
John F. McGowan, Ph.D. solves problems using mathematics and mathematical software, including developing gesture recognition for touch devices, video compression and speech recognition technologies. He has extensive experience developing software in C, C++, MATLAB, Python, Visual Basic and many other programming languages. He has been a Visiting Scholar at HP Labs developing computer vision algorithms and software for mobile devices. He has worked as a contractor at NASA Ames Research Center involved in the research and development of image and video processing algorithms and technology. He has published articles on the origin and evolution of life, the exploration of Mars (anticipating the discovery of methane on Mars), and cheap access to space. He has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
Why are the CDC’s Grossly Contradictory Death Numbers Important to the US Election?
A short video explaining WHY the contradictory pneumonia and influenza death numbers on the CDC web site and official documents are critically important to the US Presidential Election. The FluView web site claims six to ten percent of all deaths are pneumonia and influenza in a prominently displayed graphic. However, the Leading Causes of Death report claims about two percent of deaths are caused by pneumonia and influenza, less than one third of the percentages reported on the FluView web site.
Looking at the numbers behind the percentages. The CDC uses two grossly contradictory numbers of annual deaths from pneumonia and influenza: about 55,000 in the annual leading causes of the death report and about 188,000 in National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) data used on the FluView web site to report the percentage of deaths each week due to pneumonia and influenza. These differ by a factor of OVER THREE. The larger FluView number is comparable to the current cumulative total COVID-19 deaths in the United States frequently cited by the media and compared to a smaller number of about 40,000 “flu deaths” which is similar to the smaller number of “pneumonia and influenza” deaths in the leading causes of death report.
The most recent raw data appears to still be accessible on the FluView Pneumonia and Influenza Mortality web page:
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John F. McGowan, Ph.D. solves problems using mathematics and mathematical software, including developing gesture recognition for touch devices, video compression and speech recognition technologies. He has extensive experience developing software in C, C++, MATLAB, Python, Visual Basic and many other programming languages. He has been a Visiting Scholar at HP Labs developing computer vision algorithms and software for mobile devices. He has worked as a contractor at NASA Ames Research Center involved in the research and development of image and video processing algorithms and technology. He has published articles on the origin and evolution of life, the exploration of Mars (anticipating the discovery of methane on Mars), and cheap access to space. He has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
This Week in Internet Censorship: Giuliani, YouTube Purge, and the National Enquirer (Oct. 18, 2020)
Short video on Internet Censorship this week discussing censorship of Rudy Giuliani’s allegations about Hunter Biden and the Biden family by Facebook and Twitter, the YouTube purge of alternative creators, and a deep dive into the National Enquirer and herding alternative sources and information into content “ghettos” that discredit them by association with outlandish, offensive, or false content.
John F. McGowan, Ph.D. solves problems using mathematics and mathematical software, including developing gesture recognition for touch devices, video compression and speech recognition technologies. He has extensive experience developing software in C, C++, MATLAB, Python, Visual Basic and many other programming languages. He has been a Visiting Scholar at HP Labs developing computer vision algorithms and software for mobile devices. He has worked as a contractor at NASA Ames Research Center involved in the research and development of image and video processing algorithms and technology. He has published articles on the origin and evolution of life, the exploration of Mars (anticipating the discovery of methane on Mars), and cheap access to space. He has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
How Reliable are the US Centers for Disease Control’s Death Numbers
A short video showing the contradictory pneumonia and influenza death numbers on the CDC web site and official documents. The FluView web site claims six to ten percent of all deaths are due to pneumonia and influenza in a prominently displayed graphic. However, the Leading Causes of Death report claims about two percent of deaths are caused by pneumonia and influenza, less than one third of the percentages reported on the FluView web site. Detailed references are provided below.
Looking at the numbers behind the percentages. The CDC uses two grossly contradictory numbers of annual deaths from pneumonia and influenza: about 55,000 in the annual leading causes of the death report and about 188,000 in National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) data used on the FluView web site to report the percentage of deaths each week due to pneumonia and influenza. These differ by a factor of OVER THREE. The larger FluView number is comparable to the current cumulative total COVID-19 deaths in the United States.
The most recent raw data appears to still be accessible on the FluView Pneumonia and Influenza Mortality web page:
See Table C: Deaths and percentage of total deaths for the 10 leading causes of death: United States, 2016 and 2017 (Page 9 of PDF)
Line item 8 “Influenza and pneumonia” lists 55,672 deaths in 2017
Leading Causes of Death Table C for 2017 (Note the line item “Influenza and pneumonia” with only 2.0 percent of deaths due to pneumonia and influenza)
The most likely reason for the gross discrepancy between the FluView percentages and death numbers and the leading causes of death is that the FluView graphic counts any death certificate with pneumonia or influenza listed as “a cause of death.” Death certificates often list multiple causes of death. The leading causes of death report appears to list only death certificates that list pneumonia or influenza as the “underlying cause of death,” which may be a rather arbitrary assignment of causation to a single cause of death. While the fine print seems to say this, it is ambiguous.
Consequentially, the CDC death numbers can vary enormously depending on the definition of cause of death — or some other reason that is not clearly documented in the CDC documents. This is discussed further in the associated video.
A significant question is what fraction of the numbers, especially on the FluView web site, are due to opportunistic infections where the immune system or general health is so weakened by some other cause such as chemotherapy, AIDS, cancer, the aging process etc. that death is likely or inevitable and multiple infections may be present. The likely purpose of the FluView graphic and numbers is to frighten the public into purchasing the flu vaccine — which is unlikely to work for patients whose immune system weakens or fails.
Peter Doshi’s Critiques of US Flu Death Numbers
Are US flu death figures more PR than science? British Medical Journal (2005)
Impact of Influenza Vaccination on Seasonal Mortality in the US Elderly Population Lone Simonsen, PhD; Thomas A. Reichert, MD, PhD; Cecile Viboud, PhD; et al William C. Blackwelder, PhD; Robert J. Taylor, PhD; Mark A. Miller, MD Arch Intern Med. 2005;165(3):265-272. doi:10.1001/archinte.165.3.265
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John F. McGowan, Ph.D. solves problems using mathematics and mathematical software, including developing gesture recognition for touch devices, video compression and speech recognition technologies. He has extensive experience developing software in C, C++, MATLAB, Python, Visual Basic and many other programming languages. He has been a Visiting Scholar at HP Labs developing computer vision algorithms and software for mobile devices. He has worked as a contractor at NASA Ames Research Center involved in the research and development of image and video processing algorithms and technology. He has published articles on the origin and evolution of life, the exploration of Mars (anticipating the discovery of methane on Mars), and cheap access to space. He has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
