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I’ve moved the “EMILY’s List working mother article” from this website to News of Interest.TV…

You can see it here:  https://www.newsofinterest.tv

I’ve decided to work on some technical aspects of NOITV, so I won’t be publishing updates for a day or so while I’m implementing that.  Things are coming along well.

Here are some interesting links:

Right-wing Sweden Democrats may win Sunday election by a landslide – Expert — https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/09/right-wing-sweden-democrats-may-win-sunday-election-by-a-landslide-expert/

Swedish PM calls far-right party racist on election eve — https://www.apnews.com/1a21129a48924d2495165824ba6ac955/Swedes-weigh-choices-before-vote-likely-to-boost-far-right

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Egypt sentences 75 to death, hundreds to jail over 2013 sit-in — https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-rights/egypt-sentences-75-people-to-death-hundreds-to-jail-over-2013-sit-in-idUSKCN1LO0CY

UK: Hijab-wearing Muslima screaming “Kill, kill, kill!” stabs one man, tries to stab others in busy town center — https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/09/uk-hijab-wearing-muslima-screaming-kill-kill-kill-stabs-one-man-tries-to-stab-others-in-busy-town-center

Germany: “Man of Arab/North African appearance” randomly stabs subway passengers — https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/09/germany-man-of-arab-north-african-appearance-randomly-stabs-subway-passengers

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A Las Vegas shooting survivor’s therapy dog was shot by his cruel neighbor in Washington State.. https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/07/vegas-shooting-survivors-therapy-dog-shot-to-death/

University hosts separate orientation for black freshmen — https://www.thecollegefix.com/university-hosts-separate-orientation-for-black-freshmen/

Apple Pulls Alex Jones’s Infowars From Its App Store — https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-pulls-alex-joness-infowars-from-its-app-store-1536382593

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U.S. adds 201,000 jobs as worker wages accelerate to nine-year high — https://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-adds-201000-jobs-as-wage-growth-accelerates-to-nine-year-high-2018-09-07

China’s Trade Surplus With U.S. Hits New Record — https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-trade-surplus-with-u-s-hits-new-record-1536397753

Trump’s Tight Labor Market Wins U.S. Construction Workers Higher Wages — https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/06/trumps-tight-labor-market-wins-u-s-construction-workers-higher-wages/

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Leftists are LOSING; court sides with woman against Planet Fitness policy allowing trans men to use women’s locker rooms — https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-09-08-court-sides-woman-against-planet-fitness-policy-allowing-trans-men-use-womens-locker-room.html

‘Magnet For Sexual Offenders’ – Spike In Sex Crimes In ‘Gender Neutral’ Zones Like Bathrooms, Changing Rooms, etc… — http://allnewspipeline.com/Keep_Your_Front_Hole_Away_From_Children.php

News of Interest.TV is back!  So far I’ve moved the immigration story to it.  More articles and technical enhancements will be coming to it daily.

See:  https://www.newsofinterest.tv/

I went shopping today and the amounts were $130.64 with a checkout time of 8:07, so it wasn’t very good amounts this time.  I’m sure they’ll be better soon.  I’m keeping busy with things, I hope all is well..

Lately I’ve been working on getting the websites working more optimally.  The PHP version for the web hosting has been updated to accommodate this new site, but it has also caused News of Interest.TV to have issues so I’ve been going through its scripts to find and update any older programming which is depreciated.  Most of the programming that I’ve done for that site is over ten years old.  It should be running again very soon.

Also I went shopping today and I didn’t get such great amounts.  I got $125.18 with a checkout time of 8:18.  It just wasn’t the right day apparently.  I hope all is well..

When I was growing up I’ve always heard about the “Big Bang Theory” which postulates that all matter and energy in the Universe was initially compressed into a single tiny mass which exploded outward about 13.8 billion years ago, with the explosion continually expanding to form the known Universe.  I’ve also heard that theoretically the energy of the outward expansion will eventually dissipate, leading to the gravity of all existing matter pulling everything back together again with black holes also growing and consuming each other until all matter and energy is once again compressed into a single tiny mass, with the entire process then repeating itself over and over again.

However, this recent Forbes article that I saw initially sounds as if it supposedly overturns everything that everyone knows about the theory, saying “[The most common assumption of the Big Bang theory] isn’t just wrong, it’s nearly 40 years out of date!  We are absolutely certain there was no singularity associated with the hot Big Bang, and there may not have even been a birth to space and time at all.  Here’s what we know and how we know it.”— It sounds as if the article will totally destroy the Big Bang theory, but what does it actually say?   https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/07/27/there-was-no-big-bang-singularity/#3b6721f67d81

In recent years I’ve actually come across information a few times essentially saying “the Big Bang theory of the Universe is no longer thought to be valid,” in the same manner that the above article seems to say it, but I haven’t bothered to look into the claim.  So when I came across this article I decided to examine it.

The article is actually rather long-winded, and it doesn’t offer easily interpreted “compare-and-contrast” summaries of the “traditional” Big Bang theory alongside the supposedly “new” claims that the article makes.  But more surprisingly, after examining the article it became apparent that it only refutes a relatively minor aspect of the Big Bag theory which only some people still claim, it definitely doesn’t refute the entire Big Bang theory altogether as it rather deceptively initially seems to suggest.  The article also doesn’t mention the potentially “cyclical” nature of “Big Bang expansions and contractions” as I’ve often heard, but I don’t necessarily fault it for that since that is a technically speculative theory (although in my opinion it is the most likely scenario.)

Following are points that that article makes:

— The article focuses on what it calls “the false idea of a singularity,” explaining that a “singularity” would theoretically be an instant where all time, matter, and energy in the Universe would be concentrated into a “single point.”  The article states “We are absolutely certain there was no singularity associated with the hot Big Bang, and there may not have been a birth to space and time at all.”  Most of the rest of the article elaborates on that theory.

— The article explains what is assumed to have happened in the Universe by extrapolating backwards in time, explaining that the farther back you go, the more matter would be clumped together and the more the Universe would be so incredibly hot that “individual protons and neutrons would be dissociated into quarks and gluons.”  As you continue to go back into time, you would eventually theoretically (almost) reach a “singularity” where all time, matter, and energy would be contained within a single point.

— The article says that if the Universe was in fact actually at such a “singularity point” at the time of the the Big Bang, then “clear signatures” of that would be able to be observed today, such as “temperature fluctuations in the Big Bang’s leftover glow that would have tremendously large amplitudes.”  However, the temperature fluctuations that exist today are only 1-part-in-30,000 smaller than what a “singularity” Big Bang would have created, apparently showing that the Big Bang did not occur starting from a “singularity point.”  (Personally, I’ve always “correctly” been taught that the Big Bang initially started from a small dense blob of matter rather than just a single point.  The article explains that scientists have understood that theory for about forty years despite many people still thinking otherwise.)

— The article then mentions a theory of a period of an “expansion” which apparently occurred before the Big Bang, which supposedly gave rise to the Big Bang and supplied the energy that went into the matter which is present today, saying the energy somehow arose out of the fabric of space itself.  Apparently this “expansion” was not a particularly hot and dense state, and it was not a singularity.  But based on what the article mentions about such a potential period of “expansion” I wasn’t really able to understand much about it.  (And I wonder if a “contraction” from a previous Big Bang is what is actually supplying the energy and matter that scientists now attribute to such a “pre-Big Bang expansion.”)

— Only a genuine singularity would be a “true” start of time and space.  It is theoretically possible that a singularity may have happened at some point before the Big Bang, however there is no scientific way of knowing when that happened, or even if it happened at all.

Another device which I find to be extremely useful is the iSpring RCC7 water filtration system which installs under your sink and is used with its own tap.  It makes having access to purified water as easy as having your own well.  Previous to using it I was relying on filling large jugs with water from a water vending machine, and after installing and using it for a few months I’ve found it to be indispensable because I don’t need to go through the effort of dealing with the water jugs anymore.

The device somehow automatically fills its pressurized holding tank with purified water, and it always maintains a full tank.  I’ve never run out of water when using it.

Earlier today I wrote a post which explained why it I think it would be a bad idea for the government to be involved with mandating who private social media platforms must be allowed to use their services, but I do agree that major media companies should be fair with their practices anyway.

I think it should be made in the best interest of such companies to be fair to their users without needing the government to be involved in that process.  For example, new companies who are in fact fair to their users could arise as competition which would soon become popular in place of the companies who discriminate.

I think it is mostly a matter of activists keeping track of the companies who are unfair to their users and making sure that people are aware of those  companies, and it is also important for alternative companies to be promoted.

This video explains problems with the major internet content providers such as Google..

I think it’s mostly a matter of people being made more aware of issues with the problem companies and informing them of effective alternatives.  For example, other search engines than Google exist which don’t track users, such as “DuckDuckGo.com.”

I’m a big fan of the Soyabella device, which is a fantastic method for making hemp milk.  However I because curious about the possibility of other potential methods of making hemp milk, and I’ve found another way to do it although it is not as easy as using the Soyabella and it is a bit messier.

I initially knew about using fabric “milk bags” to strain the liquid from the hemp pulp after the hemp seeds have been blended with water in a traditional blender, however that technique is messy and labor intensive and the fabric bags need to be meticulously cleaned after every use, which makes that process of making hemp milk be something that is not at all practical to do every day.

As an alternative, I tried using a normal mesh strainer to see if the milk could be separated from the hemp pulp that way, but that didn’t work because the strainer immediately became clogged.

So recently I’ve purchased a new type of stainless steel strainer which has larger holes than a typical mesh strainer, and it works well for making hemp milk as long as you manually keep the holes clear as you are pouring the liquid into it.  I just swirled my finger over the surface of it to keep it clear while I was pouring, but I see now that some such strainers are actually sold with “pestles” to be used for that purpose.  I haven’t seen such strainers be promoted for the use of making hemp milk, but they are rather just generally promoted for straining the contents of canned food.

The strainer is usually just promoted to be used to strain canned vegetables.

The strainer isn’t perfect for making hemp milk because the process is still rather messy due to needing to use a blender, but it is effective enough to be useful.  It is a much better technique than using a fabric bag for separating the pulp.  I would still definitely recommend using the Soyabella over this strainer due to the “messiness factor,” but the strainer is a good option if you are on a budget or if you need to make large amounts of hemp milk at once every time.

Note!— People should realize that the “messiness factor” of using the above blender technique instead of using the Soyabella for making hemp milk is a rather big one, which makes using the Soyabella totally worth it as a part of a daily routine due to the sheer simplicity of using it and how easy it is to clean.  Also the Soyabella is capable of making soups, porridges, and also soy milk by first boiling the soybeans in the water, and it can also work as a coffee grinder, which are even more reasons that it is a great investment.