The US hasn’t been big on general strikes, although they’re a bit more popular in Europe. And in the past they’ve tended to be launched by the left. The forced vaccine mandates the Biden administration has tried to foist on … Continue reading →
…if I could figure out whether the information we’re getting on that is reliable or too speculative so far. But here’s a thread for you to discuss the subject in the meantime. And here are a couple of articles: this … Continue reading →
Here’s the evidence: Purchases of PCR tests in China’s Hubei Province surged months before the first official reports of a novel coronavirus case there, according to a report by Australia-based cybersecurity company Internet 2.0. About 67.4 million yuan ($10.5 million … Continue reading →
Here’s some recent research on the relation between COVID deaths and obesity: To identify potential patterns in data, the researchers employed cutting-edge techniques of statistical analyses. “The main finding from the analysis is a statistically significant positive association between COVID-19 … Continue reading →
…and yet it is reported that border guards will be fired if they refuse to be vaccinated by November 1st. Not only that, but many of those untested and possibly-COVID-infected illegal aliens who are streaming across the border courtesy of … Continue reading →
I put this portion of the following Jordan Peterson interview (about 17 minutes) up on the post I just published, but I also want to highlight it by giving the excerpt its own post here. If you find listening to … Continue reading →
It’s no longer news when a Democrat politician who has been pushing masks and mask mandates – such as, in this case, Joe Biden – goes against his or her own recommendations and goes maskless. Same for parties of more … Continue reading →
I’ve seen it over and over – assertions that researchers involved in the Tuskegee study of syphilis, back in middle third of the 20th Century, gave black men syphilis in order to study them. I saw the claim again the … Continue reading →
It seems self-evident that without an understanding of and commitment to our own basic principles, the underpinnings of both our government and our institutions are undermined. At some point – and we can argue about exactly when it happened – … Continue reading →
I keep reading ominous reports about the Delta variant of COVID and other potential variants and their effect on the vaccinated. To me the most important metric is not the number of cases, it’s the percentage of serious cases and … Continue reading →
Here are some excellent observations from Glenn Greenwald: The quickest and most guaranteed way to save hundreds of thousands of lives with policy changes would be to ban the use of automobiles, or severely restrict their usage to those authorized … Continue reading →
The only reason I’m writing about Jimmy Kimmel is that some people apparently see him as some sort of thoughtful person worth listening to, and in many ways he’s expressing views that have become all too typical. Such as this … Continue reading →