WHO director Margaret Chan said yesterday that the current ebola epidemic is “the most severe, acute health emergency seen in modern times.” On the one hand, I’m happy that WHO is taking the outbreak very seriously. On the other hand, … Continue reading →
Absolute claptrap from the director of the CDC. And it’s not even difficult to tell that it’s claptrap. The application of any sort of logic or common sense would reveal it as such. Luckily, most Americans are not as stupid/illogical/manipulative/ill-informed/PC/mealy-mouthed/mendacious … Continue reading →
…it’s been zombified. I’ve written before about the death of the university from the virus of pressure of special interest groups favored by the left. The phenomenon seems to have really caught on during the late 60s, when university administrations … Continue reading →
…oh, a better everything than his everythings. Does Obama listen to anyone except his political experts? Oh, he pretends to listen. He lets them talk—invites them to talk, even—and tilts his head and furrows his brow, and thanks them. And … Continue reading →
It’s for real. Fun half-and-half photos at the link. [Hat tip: Maetenloch at Ace’s.]
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Continue reading →I’ve written that it seems that ebola can start with a low-grade fever for a while, and that the criteria for diagnosis should note that fact and not exclude people with other symptoms and risk factors because their fevers haven’t … Continue reading →
…who treated Thomas Eric Duncan. I was wondering when the first US transmission would occur. I was hoping against hope it would not occur, but thinking that transmission was almost inevitable. It is of interest that the first person to … Continue reading →
What a stuff of un-ambiguity and preserveness of precious know-how concerning unpredicted feelings. Yeah, you said it. Once more, with unpredicted feeling.
Continue reading →…grind slow, but they grind exceedingly fine. Another story of a person falsely convicted of murder on flimsy evidence (in this case, testimony about a confession) that should never have been considered credible. What an awful story. Here are some … Continue reading →
But apparently they’ve gotten a tad better at countering the “war on women” this election cycle. Good. My personal observation is that in 2012 the “war on women” caught Republicans flat-footed (what doesn’t?), and it really mattered. Quite a few … Continue reading →
The folks here decided to do an analysis of presidential speeches over time: Using the Flesch-Kincaid readability test””the most well-known reading comprehension algorithm””Vocativ analyzed over 600 presidential speeches, going back to George Washington. We measured syllables along with word and … Continue reading →