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....sadly, stopped long ago in several ways for me, and for little big Vierk, who can't even complain about things. We see this term used by media pundits and others, often inappropriately. But it's a simple concept, easily caught by all, except perhaps by the odd, VERY odd, hottie red kneed nurse, cheapo lower class wench with an expensive car name, and certain ueber angry, virtue signaling, failed guitarists. But I digress. Basically, the phrase comes from simple mathematics, basic algebra really, and refers to the little letter/number above and right to another such 'base' number/letter. Used in many branches of the physical sciences, the concept is often very helpful in biological research, with reference to changes in population size. Nuff said for now, as with too many more big words and concepts, the above identified bimbos will quip, "I refuse (couldn't follow) to read what you wrote, but I hate it all anyway." Two factors underlie the concept---size of a population, and measures of time, although more refined statistical approaches exist. Anyone who has worked in microbiological or insect science will be quite familiar. Well, our favorite virus provides us with a cautionary tale of exponential growth. Your stalward director of the Vierk Institute hasn't personally verified the data, but it seems that it may have taken almost two months time, from case number one, for the population size of humans afflicted with Covid 19 to reach 100,000 souls. The next 100K took 11 days, and the next, merely FOUR DAYS, peebles! Epidemiologically writing, this indicates we are still on the frightening 'up swing', and does big little Mr. Vierk ever hate to hear that term. But public health measures, widely adhered to, will make things start to 'shrink' once again. OK. OK, little feller, I'll try not to use such words either.

More than half the population of China believe in UFOs and there apparently is great interest in the existence and appearance of extra terrestrial craft.
China has built the biggest radio telescope which covers an area large enough to accommodate 30 soccer pitches.
The scope can tune into the tiniest pulses of sound in the universe and the aim is to search for the existence of aliens and other mysteries of space.
Does the Chinese government know more about what's going on in space sufficient to need to build the world's largest radio scope?

Probably fair to say, consistent with all other marked differences here and elsewhere between the sexes, that women get much more mail/notice/likes/ favorites/etc. from men than the other way around. So one might think that we men would immediately follow along whenever a lady shows even a bit of such interest thusly. Some may, perhaps most do. I actually try to respond to all such contact, at least initially. But with CS hardly being a lovefest of sobriety, groundedness, and other signals of sound mental health, regrettably, one must, with all due diligence, do a little vetting and screening out. Many ways to do so, of course. But I prefer psychological subtlety. Sure, it cuts down the numbers of possibilities early on, but even with high specificity, I'll take higher sensitivity, keeping the numbers of false positives higher, at the regrettable cost of false negatives. Epidemiology and public health. But which fellow won't follow clever banter no matter how dangerous the trip? Now noone will ever look my way. Ouch?

A Juggalo (Clown Posse fan) friend of mine told me a few weeks ago that she had seen 3 lights in the night sky moving in a strange triangular formation. Although many other people on the road had also stopped their cars and gotten out to look at the 3 bright white lights, she took a picture of them for me (and her) and sent them to me. When I expand the positions I see them. Sure enough, 3 bright, white, lights in an Equilateral triangle formation. She advised they were pretty bright and moved together in formation before finally just going way up and disappearing. I found no online reports about that day's sightings. Therefore I filed it away as a Hmmm incident.

Yesterday morning she advised of a second incident the night before (Tuesday). Again 3 lights in a triangle formation darting here, darting there, going up, then down, then darting away again. She doesn't believe they were more than 5 miles distant. What was different this time is that the lights changed color, Red, blue, green, yellow and white. Seemingly at random. Sje could hear a faw away hum. Then they went way up high and the lights went out and a few seconds later the noise stopped too. Again she took a photo and sent it to me. Yes 3 noticiably bright lights in triandle formation. A blue, a red and a white. I went online and scrolled backwards in the FlightAware air traffic radar for the time period she described. Nothing found. To me that is interesting. Visible by camera and the naked eye, but not by radar?

A more extensive online search pulls up a similar report from a bunch of US Marines on Maneuvers, about 50 of them who also reported, in 2021, seeing a triangle of lights in the sky. However unlike my friend they had aerial flare capability she doesn't. So when it was overhead they provided some local overhead illumination to light it up. They reported seeing a black Delta shaped aircraft that could hover and fly in any direction without turning that was at least the size of a football field. Seconds after being illuminated it slew sideways and then straight up, it went once around the sky, horizon to horizon, very quickly and then simply disappeared. Several of the Marines made posts about the incident, but it is not generally believed the incident was included in the list of known UAP incidents.

...Got a Covid -19 PCR nasal swab test just now. Free on the government's dime, which after all, is really on all us tax payers' coins. Digressing as so often.
Almost as valid for exposure, and thereby possibly immune protection, than classical serological tests. Far better than the so called rapid tests, although I'll hear tomorrow. Sailed through the Nursie's eligibility questions, easily to be rapidly approved. I know the drill, in my sociopathy.
Then, I decide whether subjecting this Adonis of a body, and Mensa of a mind, to such rapidly developed vaccines. two of which were based on human fetal stem cell culture lines.
OK, well, four points. For the price of two.
Herr Doktor Fauci will be talking at Tuft's University. He's never had a PITA like me in the audience, asking him gotcha Epididymis like questions.
It's a five hour drive to Bean Town. Thinking it over. Decisions, decisions.

Tag.} Push print right away.} the hour requires us to get right to the starry point..
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4611...the ] work....................4 2 0....xl - Intel.
3068..............................). ).. 2 6 4 8...s t a r t.
....977. good ] choice
..2091..Au./ gold.
..8 parts of speech hits the eight ball....
.......o8. WoE. / World of Evil.) Whirl of Entrope.
......- o1...yhwh.[ 3068 in Strong's Concordance.
...0 7...and // DNA...see Judges 2:13 ( mini bible.
........part 2.. every one knows.[ yada.
..who's reaching out to capture a moment ?
7489. Association [ of Ideas.
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7307....W I N D Y...............) ... 7 3 0 7.......
...the whimzee of ball point.....4 2 3 9..battering ram.
Radio is in the knowing..........3 0 6 8..
It leads directly to kosher physics & zero * defect muse / meditation.
5 2 3 4... recognition.
..2166...it's [ high ] Time.
3 0 6 8................} ...... 3050...yah. [ short form 3068
..........................o 1 9...the point...} Jer. 17
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.... ..2225..rise of Light.
................. 843..the Happening
6215....W I D E. Application
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3147. Yah is perfect. ) Professor Mitchell put it this way.., " stoking the star maker machinery behind the popular song."
...part 3. Who's peeking out from UNder a stairway ?
...[ Everyone knows it's UNcle Joe & the circle back story.Time.]
* One defective verse ruins the entire poem.- Ezra.

In an effort to continue bombastically to bomb away at neophytes, and to have all our shamelessly wasteful research grants re- funded, we here at VI International are no strangers to sensational science, especially if it's basically a hunk of trash. Digressing.

Long overdue are the early findings announcements of early findings, being announced early, right here and now. But in the saintly fairness of the Director, since one new syndrome describes Him, we'll begin there. Some may have noticed here, his obsessive compulsive preoccupation with liberal hypocrisies, certainly only a bit less an impairment than the now world famous Trump Derangement- Hilary Deficit Syndrome. A certain hottie Northlands Norwegian Nursie has even used the word Syndrome in reference to our dear leader himself. Peace be upon her curvaceous little backside.

At first, we thought a totally descriptive name for the syndrome would be best. One of out hottie overpaid interns came up with---"Annoying Little Wanker Thinks He's Sherlock Holmes on Exposing Liberal Hypocracy Syndrome " Sure, a spot on description of his illness, but a bit of a mouthful. Not to mention a pretty crappy acronym.

So our creative, but vastly overpaid and underworked HR hangabouts suggested---"Detective Shorty Liberal Hypocrisy Syndrome," which soon emerged as, "Short Wanker Anti -liberal Detective Syndrome"---SWADS, abbreviated.

And if the glove fits, wear it well.

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Tag.} the Sciences / s l e e p.
..distance over Time./ dream theater
Jet Lag..../ simple plan.

01. Meta Cognition.
6..our [ constructed ] reality
007. Structure & purpose of Argument.
.....o8. LOGIC. [ &error....
.....o7. s O p.....} the Great Courses. ©.
.....15. Q o E. ) quality of Evidence.
....Your Deceptive Mind: A scientific guide to Metacognition../ 24 lectures. Dr. Novella / yale.
7..s O p. .) standard Op. procedure.
x 2..neuro-Science of belief.
14. Science & Super Natural.....) "Be immersed in the
science of Cognitive Bias and [ the mysterious
thought process of thinking about Thinking.} Metacognition..." - Dr. Novella.
12.. Culture & Mass delusion
x 2. N.S.B.
24. Critical thinking.) critical mass.
...{ and now, the missal of the Massive..}
.... metal 4 the masses....d3.} digital dream door.
48..dance of Eternity / dream theater.
...- 20. Iconoclast / symphony X.
28..critical mass 1./ Threshold.
........56...godless endeavor / nevermore.
......- 28.. c mass 1./ threshold
......28. critical mass 2./ Ibid.
75. Suite sister Mary / Queensryche.
..- 47. Tapestry of the starless abstract / ne Oblivis..
28. Critical mass 3 / threshold.
....Edt.} that THING at 6 o clock { blind spot.
is the [ enduring ] strength of the Roman Calendar.
Ergo...E = m C..) the [energy ] of the Empire remains Constantine, despite the change or tempo of the Mass..- 1st law of hot; Roma edition.
X..epicus doomicus metallicus / candlemass.
...Y....the Legacy / testament.
Z...We are the Romans / botch.
....you've also under Estimated their propaganda....
Staring at the sun / TV on the radio
...Psalm 2 / blur
Easter Everywhere / 13th floor elevators.
....cognito Sum Petra.} eYe totally rock.
.....Yale Law [ & Dr. Novella ] did not have the Universal Mass in view when building the Syllabus for "Deceptive mind"...yet eYe have demon-straighted
it's not just 'there', it's EVERYWHERE.

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