Yesterday got away from me and a fist fight over science.
Medhia loves her new pot of grass. I’m happy because she is no longer eating the wheatgrass I grew for decoration.
Yesterday was just a crappy day all around. My two hard drives arrived at 11:30 a.m. but stayed outside until 6:30ish when friends came by for a visit. The person who made the delivery didn’t bother to ring the doorbell. Since I’m a partial hermit, I didn’t leave my house and had no reason to open the door.
Well, the two drives were nearly frozen. Their external temperature was 1 and 0 Celsius. I wrote a massive complaint to Amazon. I pointed out how bad it is for electronics, especially hard drives, to be near frozen. The CSR said the driver rang the doorbell. I wish I could have seen their face when I pointed out that my doorbell records all interactions, and my security camera shows the driver just dropping the package and leaving. I even sent them a link to the footage and doorbell log.
So they have been “dethawing” overnight while I decide if I’m going to return them or risk using them.
My MacBook’s sound also kept cutting out yesterday. For some reason, the digital out keeps switching on. This meant that I was frustrating fought with the little ear jackhole, and started to make the adjustments to my mobile workstation.
Then my friends showed up.
Somehow we got talking about science, which is always a terrible topic with these two. They are left wing and buy religiously into the human-made global warming cult.
We debated as usual.
I used the Carrington event of 1859 to explain how a solar storm would be devastating, especially since the earth’s magnetic field is weakening at an alarming rate.
Then I started explaining how the magnetic poles are rapidly changing with the magnetic north ending up somewhere between the Bermuda Triangle and the South Atlantic Anomaly, and the magnetic south ending up between Australia’s magnetic anomaly and the Dragon’s Triangle.
At this point, one of my friends started calling me a corporate nazi and a danger to society. That apparently I don’t understand science and how my views are racist. There were a few other insults, but the picture is painted clearly.
My reply was to stop using fear and intimidation tactics in a scientific debate, use credible research; not from scientists who are forming theories off of faulty initial investigation.
I mentioned how years ago I explained how dark matter would never be found and now even mainstream scientists are admitting they need to look at new theories. The electric univerise theory explaines almost all of the anomolies that trigged the search for dark matter. Something few people know is that there are twice as many rouge planets than there are stars. There is also the Great Attractor and its counterpart that creates a diploid reaction within the universe, as it turns out there is a much larger magnetic force behind the Great Attractor which was just discovered.
Even modern science is learning, so for you “him” to have the definitive answer is egotistical and dangerous. My first cheap shot was his degree was in criminal justice, not science. So he is as much an expert as I am, except I continuously study these subjects using up to date papers and theories.
As a reference, look at the national science winner who used the electric universe to prove the suns effect on cyclone activity. This is a high school student who understands the universe better than you; reference to my friend.
Quickly, I spouted some numbers that pointed to the stated fact the earth hasn’t been heating up in years and in fact is in a cooling trend thanks to the lack of solar activity. I explained the cycle of the grand solar maximum and minimum, which we are currently entering.
Then I figuratively hit him. Just by mentioning the Sept, 18th, 2017 paper which states that the initial paper which sparked CO2 based global warming was wrong, that there was a 50% error in calculation. Furthermore, the study should have included; which means it was not considered, other pollutants, deforestation, the sun, and a few others. The tame which wrote this paper is the same team that wrote the initial article that sparked a religious, political, and economic revolution in how people treat the environment. This includes passing laws, banning products, and taxing people through a carbon tax which turns out isn’t necessary to combat CO2 global warming.
That’s when he phiscally hit me while calling me a pig loving; reference to the fact I don’t think all cops are evil mindless zombies, climate denier who should be put in jail or killed. I turtled and got pummeled for what felt like five minutes. Then my training kicked in.
With one well-placed punch, I dropped him. Then dropped my knee just below his sternum knocking the wind out of him. I told my other friend 2 who was looking on in absolute shock. I’m this very quite humble person who wouldn’t do anything to harm anyone else, and I just beat the holy hell out of someone who was a “friend”.
The second shock to friend 2 was when I told him to take that peice of shit and get the fuck out of my house. That our friendship was over.
While they were leaving, I tried to apologise to my friend, that I didn’t want to hurt him but he wouldn’t stop hitting me even after me asking nicely. He was very generous with his response. He spat at me and again called me all sorts of leftist buzzwords that had no bearing in reality.
A couple of hours later, the cops showed up. I laughed at the officers face when I opened the door, and they realised who I was. They were investigating an assualt that I comitted on someone who is seven inches taller than me and outweighs me by about 60 lbs.
They asked for my side of the story. I offered to do one better and show them. Imediatly, they were concered that I have security cameras in my home. Initially, I put the cameras in so that I could watch my cats when I was away for long periods of time. It was more of a research project than a security concern. After pointing out that where I live has a one-party consent law and asking what they thought the problem was, the lead officer just moved on.
Of course, my MacBook decided not play the audio again, but the video was clear. I was attacked and my body language demonstrated that I didn’t want to fight, and acted properly.
As they were leaving, the second officer even referred to my friend’s known lack of respect towards the police and thanked me for being helpful and not resentful or defensive in any way. This turned into a coversation about corroupt police and the media’s poor betrail of the police in general.
This whole kerfuffle goes back to why I was so pissed off at Amazon for leaving my hard drives out in freezing weather. I need the data to be protected for several reasons. One is my whole life is backed up on the server, two they hold security camera footage which may be needed in an emergency. There are others, but those are the top two I can think of at the moment.
What is going on with the world that suddenly I’m being attacked like this? Over the last year situations similar to this have been happening to me with more frequency. My views are not that controversial. Yea, sometimes they are cutting edge and go against what people were taught in school. But learning shouldn’t end with school.
I was never a right-wing person, and I’m finished with the left or what some call the lunitic left.
Between my career and the ablity I’ve always had to see through the false reality, life can be challening at times. This is one of them. It’s nearly impossible for me stop engaging in disucssions of science, geo-politics, and history.
Now we live in a time where if one doesn’t belive the Egyptians built the pyrimids, that person is racist. Yet, these same people who so easily hand out the racist card can not explain how Kufu; who reigned durring the stone age, could have built the pyrimids.
Well, I have blown past my 1,000-word limit. I will leave it here and write more tonight.
MJG
“for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
Oh my word, my jaw/mouth have stayed (staid?) lol–open throughout this whole entry; the Gramma in me, wants to give you a big hug!! Being attacked in your own home, and Friend 2 being so docile, not that he should have taken sides, but, helped to de-fuse this some how? I am so sorry that happened. I am not scientifically knowledgeable to your extent but, any debate should NOT end up in a literal fight. I am just stunned and sorry it exascerbated to that level. I am on your side, lol, by the way.
Point 2 of my note. Amazon’s drivers/delieverers are NOT properly trained, or just don’t care? I live in an apartment, and on 2 occasions, so far, I have brought packages that were left on the “porch” of our security building—IN to the proper people. They were beyond greatful. Any and all packages are to to be brought to the rental office!! It’s unheard of to leave them out there. Anyone could take them, and *so on* you know the rest. I am thinking of calling our warehouse in the next town over, and speaking to a manager ** IF this would do any good. It is just wrong on EVERY level. If I were you, I wouldn’t even chance them being okay, I would nicely demand new ones, because you have a “video” trail a mile long, to prove you are right. Sorry this got so long. ~L
Thanks for the long note. I’m not sure how it all escalated so quickly. Then to call the cops just left me baffled.
Amazon usually has superb customer service. Work your way up the customer service tree. It may take some digging to see who to chat with or try their PR department.
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Wow, with “friends” like that, etc. What would possess him to start hitting you?!
As for delivery drivers, I have been in your place countless times. They lie when they say they ring the damn (sorry, DM) doorbell.
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