Hydroxychloroquine revisited.

I just watched Fauci on TV saying that "there is no evidence Hydroxychloroquine works for Covid-19. A differing opinion: an article by a scientist on its effectiveness. More and more I think HCQ was reported ineffective just because Trump was promoting it. Note that it only works when used with zinc so many studies you heard about are bogus.  How come I know this and the professionals don't?

Here's a chart comparing fatality rates by countries that use HCQ verses those that don't.  Click "Show this thread" under the chart for more discussion.

Intelligent Design is the theory that evolution was the result of guidance by a supreme being rather than natural selection. One argument for ID is the example of the "Cambrian Explosion" when a great variety of life forms appeared much faster than could be explained naturally. This writer says that ID proponents were the early recipients of persecution of free speech.

San Francisco Giants pitcher Sam Coonrod refused to kneel during the national anthem Thursday night against the Dodgers.

The Woke Movement is the new Puritanism. Racial justice: the new religion?

Fauci threw out the first pitch at a baseball game. On the pitcher's mound, he wore a mask, 60 feet from home plate. In the stands, close to people, he didn't wear it (scroll down).

Americans pay more for prescription drugs each year than people in any other developed country in the world. Trump is working to do something about that.

"Get  woke, go broke" refers to the financial penalty some organizations suffer for adapting to the new emphasis to saying or doing the right things as approved by culture. One example is programs that accurate portray police in action.

A  roundup of conservative commentary from the New York Post.

The Wall Street Journal stands up to its staff and the cancel culture.

Black Portlander changes his mind about the nightly protests after he attends one.

How to cut the crime rate in any city--use the broken windows solution.

There is something called the "cancel culture" where people lose their jobs because of something they said, often innocuous to you and me (see last week's blog). Here's a discussion.

"Bat Woman", the Chinese scientist at the center of COVID-19 origin theories speaks out. Needless to say, you can't trust anything that comes out of China.

The Japanese seabirds who fish for the Emperor.

There is a new film coming out on Amazon about Roger Ailes. Read this article before you decide not to watch it.

Trump's polling numbers are bad.  Here's how he could still win in November.

Kind of a fun comic on the scientific method.