Hydroxychloroquine

For Hydroxychloroquine to cure the virus, it needs to be combined with an antibiotic and zinc.  None of the trials where it didn't work included zinc, including this new one from he NIH.

The Simpsons predict the future. This chart includes all the predictions made during the Simpsons TV series including the election of Donald Trump. Mouse over the lines for the details.

A scene from a cartoon: a coyote chasing a roadrunner.

The carouser and the great astronomer. It’s a fine line between oblivion and immortality.

CNN put together a panel of experts to discuss the Coronavirus. Ridicule followed when they included Greta Thunberg.

Here is a fun blog from a fellow conservative: Roger Anghis. Unlike mine, this one has lots of original commentary on the contemporary political scene. Scroll down for a list of subjects.

The Atlantic has a review of Biden's virtual rally. It didn't go very well.

The media is nearly universally negative toward Trump, yet his followers remain favorable toward him. Why isn't the media campaign working?

Another epidemiologist who argues for letting people out and about has his video removed from YouTube.

How did America react during the pandemic of 1969? They went on with their lives, even Woodstock.

Someone committed a crime in the Michael Flynn case. It wasn’t him.

Politico has a different take on the Tara Reade story.

Every Tom Hanks movie rated from worst to best, a list that will suck you in.

May 18 was the 40th anniversary of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens. Here's a popular level perspective from a local newspaper. Here's a more technical discussion with a slide show of the eruption and how it improved volcano science.

The FDA demonstrates its stupidity once again. Bill Gates is sponsoring at at home test for the Corona Virus. It apparently works, but the FDA is objecting to the fact that people are being told of the results. You wouldn't want people to know they are sick, would you?

Biden has included former Senator Dodd in his VP selection committee. Dodd was featured in the "waitress sandwich" story by the late, great Michal Kelly who died in Iraq before he could finish his career of pummeling Democrats.