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Camas, WA I started this series as I way to learn to take care of our recently acquired and beloved parakeets Ocean Blue & Sunny Jewel . Sometime in April, I acceded to one of my granddaughter's wishes to take her to the local PetSmart - she had already lobbied grandma into considering getting her a new pet. Perhaps a fish
Sunny Jewel
As soon as we went inside, she darted toward the fish section and had already selected one she liked. But as I was ready to call a clerk to help with the fish, from the corner of her eyes she saw Ocean Blue. It was love at first peck! She stopped looking at the fish and right there and then, she wanted Ocean Blue. Once that was decided, she turned to selecting a parakeet for her sister. She chose Sunny Jewel.
As we got Ocean Blue & Sunny Jewel settled in their new home, Ocean flew out of the cage. It took us a few minutes to get her back in, but in the process, my granddaughter was able to take an iconic picture of Ocean Blue in my hands
Since then, Ocean has been more sociable, while Sunny seems more energetic and aggressive. Ocean loved her Millet. I got to the point that I would approach her with a branch of Millet in my hand and she would start chomping right away. Often she would grab the branch with one of her feet, as she would use her other foot to grab on to the cage or perch.
Iconic picture of Ocean Blue
Ocean loved to peck at an oversized mirror on her perch. They made that their main bathroom. As soon as I cleaned the perches, they would start pecking at the mirror again
BEFORE-AFTER mirror on a perch
I built a little platform with a two inch thick giant pine bark. Sunny can spend hours shaping the bark, while Ocean was more deliberate. She would join in once in a while but not overly enthused
Yesterday, besides the cage cleaning mid morning, spending a couple of hours outside to get fresh air & introducing baby spinach to their diet, all seemed normal. Never lethargic or symptomatic of anything that indicated there was anything wrong with Ocean
Bark Platform- Sunny's favorite pastime
In fact,, Sunny plays a mean game of Keet Basketball. Yesterday I was fortunate to catch both going at it, using their own basket.
This morning as I uncovered their cage to say good morning, the place was unusually quiet. Sunny was standing on their favorite high perches, next to a warming perch. I could not see Ocean, then got that feeling. As I looked around the cage, Ocean was lying on the floor next to their bath tub & water tub. Ocean has gone to Bird Heaven to join Angel. Angel paid us a short dying visit this summer.
While we will surely miss our beloved Ocean Blue, our attention turns to Sunny Jewel. How is she going to cope without Ocean? Does she know Ocean is dead? She is currently more subdued - she knows something is different.
RIP Ocean Blue
Angel and Ocean Blue now in Bird Heaven
Sunny Jewel busy working on her bark, while Ocean Blue pecks at her favorite mirror
Tribute to Ocean Blue and Sunny as seen by my granddaughters
Camas, WA - I have been notified that the moderator for the subreddit account has permanently banned the CotoBuzz Journal. What does that tell you about the state of our public discourse, free speech and Reddit when a subreddit "devoted to life in and around the city of Camas, Washington" permanently bans you for posting about life in & around Camas, Washington.
Life about camas, but not the white, cisgendered, heterosexual or Christian community
We know from the Facebook whistleblower, that Facebook encourages hate and division, as a profit making strategy.
Twitter 's is different. It uses a cryptic algorithm throttling or shadowbanning content it does not like. Users can block each others so that eventually everybody lives in their own bubble. Makes it less controversial, but the same people who demand diversity in terms of skin color and sexual preference, very much prefer intellectual inbreeding
Reddit bans you - because you think differently: Steve Jobs rolling on his grave
Reddit is the ultimate bubble. Community administrators, such as the one in this case, can ban anyone they dislike, not for violating any rules, but because they do not like what you have to say. Again, less disagreement, and again, much intellectual inbreedinng
Subreddit who does not identify with white, cisgendered, heterosexual or Christian community seems to prefer intellectual inbreed
Giving the r/camaswashngton Reddit administrator the benefit of the doubt, perhaps there is an offending post. Perhaps my piece on the successful introduction of the political index, Poldex, critical of the establishment. Or perhaps its ,my piece about the cancerous Critical Race Theory and their proponents.
Camas WA - While the CotoBuzz Journal's political index (Poldex) has successfully been used for more than 10 years, we had reservations about using it in the Camas- Washougal area, because it's mostly based on name recognition, as opposed to retail politics or face recognition
The Good
We had already prepared a concession statement saying that Poldex has not been proven in retail politics. In retail politics, face recognition is introduced, injecting a good dose of subjectivity, as Dan Ariely's research in behavioral economics demonstrates in the video below
The Clark County Auditor’s Office first results of the 2021 election shows Camas City Council member Steve Hogan leading Camas Washougal Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jennifer Senescu by a 35% margin. Poldex had Mrs Senescu at 90-1. Certainly a significant gain, not enough
In the Washougal race, we had City Parks board member Rochelle Ramos at 10-1 against City council member Paul Greenlee. The initial Clark County Auditor's office shows Ms Ramos' unsurmountable lead at 83% and the late Derik Ford in second place at 13%
The Bad
In Camas, Mrs Senescu political flyer was spot on - Mr. Hogan, the Camas New Mayor to be does not seem to dislike any taxes - brace yourselves.
Mrs. Senescu Political Flyer
In Washougal, Ms Ramos demonstrated no leadership skills in confronting controversial issues. Brace yourselves
The Ugly
When we unveiled Poldex in the Camas - Washougal area we said it was a race to the bottom: Cant get any lower than this
Camas, WA - We inherited Sunny Jewel & Ocean Blue from our eight-year old twins who thought they wanted a couple of parakeets as pets. Turns out they wanted two live toys to pull their feathers. When that was not possible, they quickly lost interest.
When we bought them, we knew nothing about what it took to take care of parakeets - their diet, how to bathe them, keep them warm during cold nights, how to keep them entertained and so on
Giant mirror added to perch: Before and After - One day
We quickly found out that they prefer my hand-made toys, over the manufactured ones, including repurposed door jingles & a home made swing. This last combination Sunny uses to play a mean game of bird basketball.
They like to make square perches round, and some round perches, really small.
By accident I got three inch thick bark planks and built and out a 3 X 4 platform inside their cage - they immediately got busy and transformed the piece of bark into bird sculpture.
Bird Artwork - carved from Giant Pine Tree Bark
I replaced the fist plank with a second one. They spend a good part of their day pecking at the plank, but not as hard as the first one.
The dust they generate from pecking at the plank can be messy and perhaps anti- hygienic, so I got them an air filter and a nylon skirt. for the cage - the nylon skirt works well to contain the debris, not sure the air filter makes any difference
Home made swing - being reshaped
Home made bird bath - needs water change after one day
Home made warming nest - next to warming perch
Sunny Jewel engaged in a mean game of solo parakeet basketball
Camas, WA - Before Flat Screen televisions, we had CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) Televisions, vacuum tubes and transistors. At that time, integrated circuits were barely showing up. I studied these components while pursuing an engineering degree carrying a full load and working full time
Cathode Ray Tube as shown by wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oscilloscopic_tube.jpg
At this time, we had one female student in the engineering department. If you walked by the engineering school, you could hear a pin drop. And the university's mascot was a Mighty Aztec, eventually canceled in favor of the more politically correct logo with simply the letters SD.
In contrast, the liberal arts colleges were always partying or staging a protest du jour, often protesting the Vietnam War
And while we were studying algorithms, liberal arts students where studying euphemisms to disguise their arguments, like
selling infanticide as women's health, cheating as having an affairs or the sign in a Rite Aid drugstore as shown by Wikipedia:
Family planning for contraceptive
Feminine Hygiene for douches
Feminine protection for tampons
Sanitary protection for diapers
Liberal arts students were also learning about a different CRT: Critical Race Theory.
Indicative of the times, the engineering curriculum did not include a single Ethics class. Instead, it emphasized engineering sense which I refer to simply as common sense.
While the Cathode Ray Tube was replaced by flat, plasma or LCD screens, Critical Race Theory spread like leaven and can now found in public schools, state and federal governments, including the FBI and the military.
Appointing a Diversity Officer (such as the FBI's first CDO) based on her color or sexual preference, or the FBI teaming up with the Girl Scouts, or even the FBI's incessant press releases warning the nation about reporting hate crime may result in unintended consequences, such as hate crime hoaxes or promoting the LGBT lifestyle. All these are cultural signs, where culture is used as a form of social control. If you do not like the culture, or the signs or language that define that culture, you do not belong! That is not diversity! That is indoctrination.
FBI's Report Hate Crimes and Diversity Campaigns
Critical Race Theory
Proponents of Critical Race Theory use euphemisms like diversity, equity, inclusion and so on, to sell their wares. Nothing wrong with any of the terms. It's how they are applied. Diversity is not just abouo about the freedom to question authority, like we did in the 60s, it is about entertaining different ideas as crazy as they could sound. It's not about shutting down conversations using terms like "the science is settled " Science never settles. Or "racist." Or as I like to say, a sign of top intellect is the ability to make progress in the face of ambiguity.
Diversity and excellence go hand in hand like clouds in a rainy day. Yet diversity is not like a rainbow. More like a constellation of stars. And diversity is never easy, Empathy, patience and listening skills are required to fully harvest the output of a diverse group.. I tell the story of Scott Stillinger, inventor of the Kush Ball(r) when he first showed me a prototype and asked me what I thought. My immediate reaction was "that's really a useless idea." I'm glad I never told him, because after some nine months, from this incident, the Kush Ball was featured in the Wall Street Journal as the best selling toy in America.
Its like when my boss asks me to think outside the box, I think I do but then she immediately tells me "no, that's not what I meant " Does that mean she remained in the box? Just like when Scott showed me the prototype, he was outside the box while I was inside.
At this time, Scott Stillinger, Steve Blank, other national luminaries like Ben Wegbreight and Steve Johnson and I worked at Convergent Technologies. Scott was my manufacturing engineering manager and Steve was a marketing manager. As Steve, a University of Michigan dropout writes:
Put to a vote, I might have been chosen “least likely to succeed” in my New York City high school class. My path has taken me from repairing fighter planes in Thailand during the Vietnam War (a member of the Society of Wild Weasels), and I was lucky enough to arrive at the beginning of the boom times of Silicon Valley in 1978.
I must admit that at this time, I also did not think Steve had that much potential. This is when Fortune named Convergent the Fastest Growing Company in the world. A couple of years later, Sott was in full gear producing Koosh balls, while Steve and I worked for Stardent building supercomputer. Stardent was eventually purchased by Kubota Computer.
Needless to say, it wasn't that Steve didnt have the potential. He was outside the box, I was in. Then we of course all know about Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Zuckerberg
I learnt to tell undergraduate and graduate students that if their main reason for attending college is for financial gain, they should drop out.
All this simply shows that the US Education System is in desperate need of a paradigm change.
"Most schools place students in what are called remedial courses in math or English before they can move on to a full load of college-level, credit-bearing courses – a process that is a financial drain on not only students, but also colleges and taxpayers, costing up to an estimated $7 billion a year."
Instead colleges and universities do the job high schools are supposed to do. A viable option for these students in trade school. Trade schools have a more streamlined approach to learning providing students with a specialized skill set rather than focusing on general education that students care little about Trade school training takes less time to complete, require little critical thinking & communication skills, it is usually hands-on and a lot more cost effective
The reason most of these students do not choose trade schools is mostly due to parents, usually highly educated ones, as the Atlantic's Meg St-Esprit writes
When college is held up as the one true path to success, parents—especially highly educated ones—might worry when their children opt for vocational school instead
Then there are the unscrupulous politicians selling free college for everyone, qualified or not, as well as colleges in the Diploma Mill business.
PBS's Sarah Butrymowicz say that
"Most schools placed students in what are called remedial courses in math or english before they can move on to a full load of college level, credit bearing course - a process that is a financial drain on no only students, but also colleges and taxpayers, costing up to an estimated $7 billion per year"
So taxpayers bear the burden of poorly prepared students to get them ready for college, then have to pay for their financial irresponsibility as they rack up student debt!
Equity
Equity theory focuses on determining whether the distribution of resources is fair to both relational partners. Equity is measured by comparing the ratio of contributions and benefits for each person. I graduated high school with honors and very much wanted to attend UCLA Medical School, but I could not afford it. So I worked full time, spent three years in community College, transferred to State & earned a BSEE with a Minor in Biomedical Engineering. Is it equitable for me and thousands of other financially responsible families and students to bear the responsibility of the irresponsibly ones who rack up thousands and thousands of dollars in student debt bur now demand their debt be forgiven? Should we file for reparation?
Inclusion
Inclusion in education refers to a model wherein students with special needs spend most or all of their time with general education students. Inclusion, like diversity, may sound good but the application is often bashed to the detriment of all students: Recently when a third grade teacher asked students about their favorite food, one child said "sushi!" Immediately the whole classed laughed & made fun of said child. Like diversity, inclusion requires a good family support system. specialized teachers, and a mature student body. Just like the student who like sushi. A classmate quickly stood up and said, "I love sushi too. What's wrong with that?" The family of the girl who likes sushi positively reinforced the notion that there is nothing wrong being different. Imagine a special needs child in this same classroom without peer, teacher or family support? Instead of "teaching" other students how to live in the real world, it could be traumatizing. Recall that most high school students in general education classes are not equipped to live in the real world!
Then there are those politicians and educators who want to criminalize homeschooling or fight school choice, forcing students into a one-size, government option fits all.
If the motives of Critical Race Theory proponents were serious, using engineering sense, or common sense if you will they would be in the front lines trying to stop the Black Genocide: Planned Parenthood kills millions of preborns, mostly African American.
African American Family Structure and Black Genocide
They would work on getting rid of Biden's Crime Bill, which codified Institutional racism. President Trump, against all odds, was able to chip at this wall, but no effort since then
The Heritage Foundation has an excellent free book detailing how to spot Critical Race Theory & How To Fight it - click here for a copy
Arguably the USPS played a pivotal role in the 2020 elections. FiveThirtyEight puts it this way:
We may have seen it coming, but now we know for sure: The coronavirus pandemic made the 2020 election look different from any other election in recent memory. Due to the massive expansion of mail voting, a staggering number of Americans cast their ballots before Election Day. And due to then-President Donald Trump’s false claims that mail voting would lead to election fraud, a huge partisan gap emerged between ballots cast by mail and ballots cast on Election Day.
With such truth over facts scenario, and both sides digging their heels waiting for history to pass judgment, we take a simple system's view: We look at the inputs, then the outputs and we guess at plausible transfer function - that is, a best guesstimate as to what really happened.
We know for example that the USPS unions endorsed Biden and that over 80% of the USPS workers voted for Biden.
We also know that some 60-90% of security breaches happen due to Inside Jobs, The wide range is not an anomaly - a great number of victim organizations are reluctant to admit to any security breach for obvious reasons. We also know that insiders with motive, have a MOM: Motive, Opportunity and Means - enough to easily commit any crime, such as voter fraud.
We know that as part of the inputs, President Trump was ahead inall vote counts, then voting stopped. Three hours later, Biden was declare the winner.
On the output side, we know Biden was declared the winner and the USPS got rewarded with a vaccine mandate exemption, a price increase, slower service and a worse customer service than the DMV
In weasel-speak:
The price changes will raise overall Market Dominant product and service prices by approximately 6.9 percent. First-Class Mail prices will increase by 6.8 percent to offset declining revenue due to First-Class Mail volume declines
The USPS also says that dominant products go up by about 7%, and says that the USPS says it has more flexibility pricing competitive products
TRANSLATION: Price increase mostly affects small businesses & Middle Class AND is actually much higher since the service goes from #SnailMail standard to #SlothMail
Just last week at the #CamasWA USPO a lady shocked at new USPS prices refused the service and simply walked out shaking her head. At the same time, USPS clerk yelled at customer for insertinga credit card too early - the computer was too slow and the clerk took it out on the customer
New USPS prices help Amazon since Amazon :want to be a new kind of U.S. Postal Service where everything can get everywhere, but also quickly," said e-commerce consultant Chris McCabe
If you closely follow the inputs and check out the outputs, as well as the media and big tech synchrony that we have seen before, clearly the 2020 election was impacted by an Inside Job!
Camas, WA - Kudos to the City of Camas organizers for putting up a very successful Boo Bash yesterday
Successful not only on attendance but also safety, friendliness and family atmosphere - sorely lacking in the area.
We drove around the city 30 minutes after the start of the event, and there was little to no parking. Even the Safeway parking lot was full with a good number of Boo Bash attendees
There seem to be a good number of volunteers and signage to control traffic and as far as we know, there were no reported casualties
While raining throughout the event, parents & kids were in a festive mood. The candy givers were not trying to sell their wares, but just trying to be nice to children
We even caught the Senescu Family with no expected political signs to identify them - Mrs Senescu even reached out to me to hand me a piece of candy!
Camas WA - We have successfully used the CotoBuzz Journal's political index, or Poldex(c) for more than 10 years, but this is the first time we use it in the Camas- Washougal area. Poldex uses a simple but effective name recognition methodology as opposed to face recognition
The community is deep in controversy. In Washougal City Hall, without environmental studies nor residents input, the destroyed the Hartwood Park's natural habitat frequented by residents, in favor of an adult Disc Golf Course catering to a small specialized affinity group, albeit, disc golf is one of the fastest growing sports in modern times according to Discgolfmentor.com. The Disc golf course in Washougal happens to be located right next to a children's park.
While the local media like the Columbian and the Camas Post Record have been very supportive of the Disc Golf Course project but has failed to report on the objections: To date the City has not addressed children's safety from errant discs or pedophiles, the reason for disturbing a natural habitat frequented by residents In favor of an outsider vocal minority and nuisance residents already experiencing a concentration of vagrants & subsequent nuisance.
The two remaining candidates for Mayor in Washougal have failed to take a public stance on the project: Paul Greenle is and insider currently serving in the City Council. Rochelle Ramos seats in the City's Park Board
In Camas property taxes have gone up eight out of the last nine years. Then there is the $78 million pool bond, which failed 90-10 and a a drug detox center was located next to an elementary school - similar to the Washougal Disc Golf Course
Camas political signs at the local Safeway parking loiteCotobuzz
In Camas, Steve Hogan, member of the City Council is running against Jennifer Senescu.
Jennifer Senescu political flyerJennifer Senescu For Mayor Campaign
In the past, Poldex has been very accurate and its when did a reasonable test, the results seemed reasonable. No this time, The results do not seem reasonable, but here they are.
Candidate Index
Rochelle Ramos 10
Paul Greenle 1
Steve Hogan 9
Jennifer Senescu 0.1
If you have not voted, you may want to send us a note and tell us why Poldex is right or wrong.
Camas, WA - PBS wants you to be ready for Halloween
PBS Wants you to buy the Green New Deal
PBS wants you to think of infanticide as Women's Health
PBS uses FBI as a source to promote Critical Race Theory despite the 2020 FBI Hate Crime Statistics
Did we mention that PBS' Yamiche gets offended if she is asked to respect the US flag?
On the other hand, Americans will spend over, $2 billion on pumpkins this year - most will end up in landfills instead of the stomach of hungry kids, 13 million just in America alone
Pope Francis says:
"Since everything is interrelated, concern for the protection of nature, is incompatible with the justification of abortion"
But Faux Justice Warriors like the DNC, Hollywood & PBS with a high degree of Belief Gap, love to promote the Green New Deal. And at the same time, the same Old Bum Deal for the millions of unborns, mostly African American.
According to the Washington Examiner, Senate Democrats, unveiled legislation on Monday, October 18, 2021, which cut core border security funding, allow taxpayer funding for abortion, and lift domestic spending by 14%, among many other provisions.
Consider that
Democrat policies have wiped out the African American nuclear family: In 1965 25% of African American children were raised in a fatherless home. Today is 75% and 100% by 2024
Planned Parenthood kills millions of unborns, mostly African American. We ask: How many more African American unborns need to die before it is called Black Genocide
The Biden Crime Bill codifies Institutional racism
But not to worry, because the DNC, FBI and Main Stream Media in daily press briefing warn about hate crimes. Implying that America is Racist. Contrary to the 2020 FBI's Hate Crime Statistics which show Blacks are more likely to commit hate crimes than Whites
Camas WA - We were looking forward to using The CotoBuzz Journal's Poldex(c) for the first time in the Mayoral Race in the Camas-Washougal area.
In Washougal, Paul Greenle, an establishment candidate, member of the city council is running against a
not so fresh face Rochelle Ramos. Not so fresh face, because she sits in the Parks Board and went along with the Disc Golf Course Project, or at last failed to take a public stand
In Camas, Steve Hogan, the ultimate insider is running against Jennifer Senescu. Hogan has not met a tax initiative he didn't like, a good reason why Camas has been losing jobs.
Hogan - Senescu
Greenle
Ramos
In the past, Poldex has been very accurate and its output intuitively. This time we thought we had a simple insider vs outsider race - Poldex says we do not. The results in fact, do not feel right, yet here they are
Rochelle Ramos 10
Paul Greenle 1
Steve Hogan 9
Jennifer Senescu 0.1
If the Poldex is accurate as in the past, Ms. Ramos and Mr. Hogan will be the new Mayors hands down,
