Comments on: Open thread 5/10/22

By: Eva Marie

Eva Marie — Thu, 12 May 2022 01:07:52 +0000

Joke from the Scott Adams podcast:
Breaking – Rich Strike refuses a meeting with Joe Biden. Asked why – he replied, “If I had wanted to see a horse’s ass, I would have come in second.”

By: neo

neo — Wed, 11 May 2022 14:59:32 +0000

Tom Grey:

Agreed.

By: Miguel cervantes

Miguel cervantes — Wed, 11 May 2022 14:50:34 +0000

Well consider:

https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/the-mrna-red-flags-fly-ever-higher

By: Tom Grey

Tom Grey — Wed, 11 May 2022 14:36:23 +0000

physicsguy is usually great, but have to disagree with this:
” Big Pharma rushed a vax they knew was not effective and with serious side effects to cash in. ”
The vaccine was effective at reducing death, and millions who got the vaccine, then the disease, didn’t die.

Going from serious side effects at a 1 in a million, up to 1 in a thousand, is actually a 1000% increase in badness – but 1 in a thousand is still very low risk.
I sort of stopped following the data, and would like to see data about matched cohorts (age, obesity, lifestyle) in their COVID deaths, especially over 70 (or set at 70), middle age (or set at 45), and minors (or set at 12).

I’m pretty sure far fewer Covid deaths for the old and fewer Covid deaths for the middle; not sure about minors. The excess deaths rates are also important, but the selection bias problems are pretty serious.

Please consider posting the most relevant link or two for data you most trust.

By: Miguel cervantes

Miguel cervantes — Wed, 11 May 2022 13:30:15 +0000

A candidate they roy moored, the winner will sell out the remaining farmland to to china

By: om

om — Wed, 11 May 2022 13:26:32 +0000

Well they’ve finally found the streets paved with gold leading to Atlantis:

https://nypost.com/2022/05/10/has-an-undersea-road-to-the-lost-city-of-atlantis-been-found/

Or just hyaloclastites.

Lay your head down on some “My Pillow” basalts and ponder the mysteries of lost socks (and sandals), or ancient civilizations (the 70s)?

By: Art Deco

Art Deco — Wed, 11 May 2022 13:07:33 +0000

but it’s reminiscent of FDR. A Democrat administration coming in and exacerbating what it claims its attempting to fix.

That’s not what happened in 1933.

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 11 May 2022 12:52:29 +0000

Hey, Cornhead, looks like Pillen +3.5%, more than a nose. Who was the Trump-endorsed candidate?

By: Eva Marie

Eva Marie — Wed, 11 May 2022 06:25:05 +0000

This is from an article by Bill Nack:
“Ruffian’s pedigree did not guarantee her demise, but it certainly telegraphed her vulnerabilities to breaking down under the most extreme physical pressures that the sport can offer. Ruffian’s soft-boned sire, Reviewer, had broken a leg three times while in training as a racehorse, and had to be destroyed after breaking down a fourth time in a paddock accident while serving at stud. And, as Parker has pointed out more than once, Ruffian’s dam, Shenanigans, was a daughter of Native Dancer. So she had the same genetic predisposition for unsoundness hanging from the top and bottom branches of her family tree.
“Ruffian was an accident waiting to happen,” Parker lamented.”

Here’s the link: https://www.espn.com/sports/horse/triplecrown08/columns/story?columnist=nack_bill&id=3399004

By: Eva Marie

Eva Marie — Wed, 11 May 2022 05:46:42 +0000

Le Mot Juste: “She never lost, never even had to come from behind, had no real competitors, set record after record. Some claim she may have been the greatest racehorse, filly or colt, ever to run”
I just watched all her races. Wow.
I also watched an interview with Bill Nack. He said a pigeon flew straight at her, she startled and misstepped. You can see the pigeons in the footage. Whatever the reason – what a tragedy.