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.
Friday, July 31, 2020
Friday, July 24, 2020
The nation has gone insane
The nation seems to have gone insane. The curator of the San Francisco Museum of modern art was forced to resign because he said he would continue to collect the art of white men. Where are the rational people in this society? Where is common sense? Here's more evidence of a world gone mad. And, how about Trader Joes changing its brands?
More here: a coach at West Virginia University leaves after what some consider insensitive remarks.
The New York Times is becoming so antagonistic towards its writers that don't toe the line that one resigned and wrote a scathing report about the atmosphere in the offices of a once great newspaper.
Ethiopia is building Africa's largest dam on the Blue Nile. Egypt is worried about its water supply if they start filling the reservoir.
It is likely that George Floyd, who's death initiated the riots in Minneapolis and the rest of the county, was killed by the opioid Fentanyl. Getting a conviction of the four officers will be very difficult.
Here's an interesting and disturbing video about how Google and Facebook manipulate elections.
Where is your country? Scroll down to the last two paragraphs.
Less than 30% of Americans think the Redskins should change their name.
Good. The Michigan Supreme Court rules that you can't seize a whole house over an $8.41 delinquent tax bill.
Minneapolis police officers are bailing out after the riots.
A lengthy and thoughtful discussion about structural racism.
America's reporters are liars--one example.
Pretty interesting article on Fauci at the NIH.
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York will remove the name of Margaret Sanger, a founder of the national organization, from its Manhattan health clinic because of her “harmful connections to the eugenics movement”. Her legacy also includes supporting eugenics, a discredited belief in improving the human race through selective breeding, often targeted at poor people, those with disabilities, immigrants and people of color. Of course Sanger got her wish, the abortion rate for black women is almost five times that for white women.
An article by a black physicist on what it's like to be a black physicist.
A group of Ford employees would like the company to stop making police cars. The adults who run the company declined.
In California, the largest US public university will now require ethnic studies as graduation requirement.
This author is enjoying watching the left make mistakes.
It's nice to see government workers with a sense of humor, but not everybody appreciated the joke. Arizona child welfare workers fired for wearing ‘professional kidnapper’ shirts.
Trump has been right about China for years.
More here: a coach at West Virginia University leaves after what some consider insensitive remarks.
The New York Times is becoming so antagonistic towards its writers that don't toe the line that one resigned and wrote a scathing report about the atmosphere in the offices of a once great newspaper.
Ethiopia is building Africa's largest dam on the Blue Nile. Egypt is worried about its water supply if they start filling the reservoir.
It is likely that George Floyd, who's death initiated the riots in Minneapolis and the rest of the county, was killed by the opioid Fentanyl. Getting a conviction of the four officers will be very difficult.
Here's an interesting and disturbing video about how Google and Facebook manipulate elections.
Where is your country? Scroll down to the last two paragraphs.
Less than 30% of Americans think the Redskins should change their name.
Good. The Michigan Supreme Court rules that you can't seize a whole house over an $8.41 delinquent tax bill.
Minneapolis police officers are bailing out after the riots.
A lengthy and thoughtful discussion about structural racism.
America's reporters are liars--one example.
Pretty interesting article on Fauci at the NIH.
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York will remove the name of Margaret Sanger, a founder of the national organization, from its Manhattan health clinic because of her “harmful connections to the eugenics movement”. Her legacy also includes supporting eugenics, a discredited belief in improving the human race through selective breeding, often targeted at poor people, those with disabilities, immigrants and people of color. Of course Sanger got her wish, the abortion rate for black women is almost five times that for white women.
An article by a black physicist on what it's like to be a black physicist.
A group of Ford employees would like the company to stop making police cars. The adults who run the company declined.
In California, the largest US public university will now require ethnic studies as graduation requirement.
This author is enjoying watching the left make mistakes.
It's nice to see government workers with a sense of humor, but not everybody appreciated the joke. Arizona child welfare workers fired for wearing ‘professional kidnapper’ shirts.
Trump has been right about China for years.
Saturday, July 11, 2020
Structural Racism
Is structural racism responsible for economic inequality in Minneapolis? This writer argues that there are other causes.
More on the commentary on Trump's speech at Mt. Rushmore. The critical reaction from the press confirms Trump's claim of "fake news".
Too late for my 4th of July blog, but here's a collection of America theme songs.
A couple, the McCloskeys of St. Louis, became famous for standing in front of their place with guns, fending off a mob of protestors. This led to a hilarious collection of MEMES; do not miss this.
This student's professors tried to convince him that America is racist. He refused to buy into it.
A neat one-minute CGI imitation fireworks display worth watching.
Here's a book: The 21 Biggest Lies about Donald Trump (and you!). The link is worth visiting for the summary and the comments from readers.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey seem to be locked in a perpetual contest to decide who is the nation’s worst mayor. Just when it looks like one has the edge, one of the others steps up and delivers more incompetence.
When Black lives matter to Democrats, and when they don't.
Supreme Court says employers may opt out of Affordable Care Act’s birth control mandate over religious, moral objections.
Johnny Cash and that grand old flag.
Is the pandemic coming to an end? More people are testing positive, but fewer people are dying.
Televangelists Jim Bakker, Peter Popoff, Jimmy Swaggart, Joyce Meyer receive millions in PPP loans. I'm still waiting for my modest amount.
European Bison are being reintroduced to England after having gone extinct 6000 years ago (must have been killed by the flood). Read the article to see what they look like; a little different than American Bison.
More on the commentary on Trump's speech at Mt. Rushmore. The critical reaction from the press confirms Trump's claim of "fake news".
Too late for my 4th of July blog, but here's a collection of America theme songs.
A couple, the McCloskeys of St. Louis, became famous for standing in front of their place with guns, fending off a mob of protestors. This led to a hilarious collection of MEMES; do not miss this.
This student's professors tried to convince him that America is racist. He refused to buy into it.
A neat one-minute CGI imitation fireworks display worth watching.
Here's a book: The 21 Biggest Lies about Donald Trump (and you!). The link is worth visiting for the summary and the comments from readers.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey seem to be locked in a perpetual contest to decide who is the nation’s worst mayor. Just when it looks like one has the edge, one of the others steps up and delivers more incompetence.
When Black lives matter to Democrats, and when they don't.
Supreme Court says employers may opt out of Affordable Care Act’s birth control mandate over religious, moral objections.
Johnny Cash and that grand old flag.
Is the pandemic coming to an end? More people are testing positive, but fewer people are dying.
Televangelists Jim Bakker, Peter Popoff, Jimmy Swaggart, Joyce Meyer receive millions in PPP loans. I'm still waiting for my modest amount.
European Bison are being reintroduced to England after having gone extinct 6000 years ago (must have been killed by the flood). Read the article to see what they look like; a little different than American Bison.
Monday, July 6, 2020
Patriotic movies
Fifteen best patriotic movies to celebrate the 4th of July.
We're coming up on corn-on-the-cob season. Here's an article comparing the best and easiest ways to cook this summertime treat.
Did you see "Hidden Figures", the movie about the black female engineers in the space program? NASA will be naming their headquarters building after one of them.
Where do your salmon come from? Farm-raised salmon are as different from wild salmon as dogs are from wolves.
An interesting take on global warming. "On behalf of environmentalists everywhere, I would like to formally apologize for the climate scare we created over the last 30 years. Climate change is happening. It’s just not the end of the world. It’s not even our most serious environmental problem."
More on Hydroxychloroquine: it worked in this study. But they are still not using zinc, the key ingredient.
Is there no statute of limitations on political correctness? Boeing's communications chief wrote an article 30 years ago expressing his opinion at the time and it cost him his job.
A fascinating analysis of the NASCAR Noose, and Juicy Wallace.
Liberalism is a mystery to me. For a movement thats supposed to be so inclusive and loving, it is neither.
Portland is subject to continuing riots and destruction. It's descending into a war zone. I'm reasonably sure that the citizens don't like this.
A man drove into a Black Lives Matter crowd, killing 24yo and seriously injuring another protester. You had to read about it in an Australian report to find out that the driver was black.
Trump gave a great speech at Mount Rushmore. You can tell by the way the media criticized it. Here's the transcript.
We're coming up on corn-on-the-cob season. Here's an article comparing the best and easiest ways to cook this summertime treat.
Did you see "Hidden Figures", the movie about the black female engineers in the space program? NASA will be naming their headquarters building after one of them.
Where do your salmon come from? Farm-raised salmon are as different from wild salmon as dogs are from wolves.
An interesting take on global warming. "On behalf of environmentalists everywhere, I would like to formally apologize for the climate scare we created over the last 30 years. Climate change is happening. It’s just not the end of the world. It’s not even our most serious environmental problem."
More on Hydroxychloroquine: it worked in this study. But they are still not using zinc, the key ingredient.
Is there no statute of limitations on political correctness? Boeing's communications chief wrote an article 30 years ago expressing his opinion at the time and it cost him his job.
A fascinating analysis of the NASCAR Noose, and Juicy Wallace.
Liberalism is a mystery to me. For a movement thats supposed to be so inclusive and loving, it is neither.
Portland is subject to continuing riots and destruction. It's descending into a war zone. I'm reasonably sure that the citizens don't like this.
A man drove into a Black Lives Matter crowd, killing 24yo and seriously injuring another protester. You had to read about it in an Australian report to find out that the driver was black.
Trump gave a great speech at Mount Rushmore. You can tell by the way the media criticized it. Here's the transcript.
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Education funding
Increased education spending generally isn’t associated with better results. So why do people claim the education is being defunded?
Raz, the warlord of CHAZ, is distributing AR-15's from the trunk of a Tesla.
The woke people are trying to cancel Domino's Pizza for an absolutely stupid reason.
UCLA removed a lecturer for questioning proposal to give black students preferential grading. Now there's a movement to fire the Dean for doing that.
This person has reasonable arguments why the lockdown was a mistake. It also says something about free medical care.
I initially thought this was The Babylon Bee. Snap, Crackle, Pop determined to be racist.
Also not The Bee: the great-great-grandson of Aunt Jemima is angry that she is being taken off the syrup container.
The Washington Post never misses and opportunity to say something bad about Donald Trump but strangely never finds print space to say something good (there are a lot of good things about Trump's presidency if he would just tweet less). Here's an interesting anecdote about his father on Father's Day, from folk singer Woody Guthrie no less.
There is a movement to rename military bases that are named after Confederate soldiers. This Washington Post editorial has a list of suggested names worthy of the honor. It is a little bit politically correct, and calling Ulysses S. Grant the finest officer to ever wear a US Army uniform seems a bit presumptuous.
Here's a report of what it's like inside the Capital Hill Autonomous Zone. It's a lawless mob. People were shot two nights in a row.
How the CDC lost control of the virus.
Frank Fleming is a funny guy. You can see some of his work at The Babylon Bee uncredited. Here's an article on why people write fiction.
The educational establishment is out of touch with reality. That's why we should defund the thought police.
Protestors in Madison Wisconsin tore down a statue of one of their heroes. They also assaulted a state senator.
The Catholic Chaplin at MIT lost his job over an email. Read the email and see if you can figure out what antagonized the left.
Black Lives Matter is just another part of the Left's Big Lie.
A round-up of reports from the government accountability office, including the fact that the IRS sent $1.4 Billion to dead people.
Raz, the warlord of CHAZ, is distributing AR-15's from the trunk of a Tesla.
The woke people are trying to cancel Domino's Pizza for an absolutely stupid reason.
UCLA removed a lecturer for questioning proposal to give black students preferential grading. Now there's a movement to fire the Dean for doing that.
This person has reasonable arguments why the lockdown was a mistake. It also says something about free medical care.
I initially thought this was The Babylon Bee. Snap, Crackle, Pop determined to be racist.
Also not The Bee: the great-great-grandson of Aunt Jemima is angry that she is being taken off the syrup container.
The Washington Post never misses and opportunity to say something bad about Donald Trump but strangely never finds print space to say something good (there are a lot of good things about Trump's presidency if he would just tweet less). Here's an interesting anecdote about his father on Father's Day, from folk singer Woody Guthrie no less.
There is a movement to rename military bases that are named after Confederate soldiers. This Washington Post editorial has a list of suggested names worthy of the honor. It is a little bit politically correct, and calling Ulysses S. Grant the finest officer to ever wear a US Army uniform seems a bit presumptuous.
Here's a report of what it's like inside the Capital Hill Autonomous Zone. It's a lawless mob. People were shot two nights in a row.
How the CDC lost control of the virus.
Frank Fleming is a funny guy. You can see some of his work at The Babylon Bee uncredited. Here's an article on why people write fiction.
The educational establishment is out of touch with reality. That's why we should defund the thought police.
Protestors in Madison Wisconsin tore down a statue of one of their heroes. They also assaulted a state senator.
The Catholic Chaplin at MIT lost his job over an email. Read the email and see if you can figure out what antagonized the left.
Black Lives Matter is just another part of the Left's Big Lie.
A round-up of reports from the government accountability office, including the fact that the IRS sent $1.4 Billion to dead people.
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
E-Bay executives arrested
How crazy and/or stupid do you have to be to break federal law to harass a blogger couple for something they wrote about your giant corporate employer? E-Bay executives harass a couple for blogging.
Pretty interesting reading: the history of popcorn. Don't miss the Orville Redenbacher anecdote.
What it's like inside the Capital Hill Autonomous Zone in Seattle.
Remember Hydroxychloroquine? It was in the news because the FDA removed the authorization for its use for Corona-19. The FDA did it wrong. They never tested it at the right time and with zinc.
Black Lives Matter is upset with one of Biden's choices for VP nominee. The other choices have problems also.
BLM creates poverty and food deserts wherever they go. They destroy the infrastructure including grocery stores.
Olympia Mayor Cheryl Selby has been a loud supporter of Black Lives Matter, and the related protests following the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police department—but she has since changed her tune after her home was vandalized by protesters.
In the middle of a severe recession, the California state government is doing what it does best: raising taxes. The gas tax is going to 50 cents/gallon; highest in the nation.
A man pushed a 92-year old woman who fell and hit her head on a fire hydrant. He has been arrested 100 times before, but keeps getting out because of bail reform. Watch the video here.
Fauci said that "masks were not necessary" because they were in short supply and he wanted to protect the public health community.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has told contact tracers not to ask Covid-19 infected people if they attended a protest rally. Politics is more important than science.
Magical thinking replaces jurisprudence at the Supreme Court. Gorsuch is legislating.
Was the officer justified in using force at the Wendy's shooting? The law is on his side.
June 17th is the 48th anniversary of the Watergate Break-In, which led to the trope of the hero journalist. Maybe not totally accurate.
Boy Scouts of America says it supports BLM, will require new "diversity and inclusion merit badge" to become Eagle Scout. Give me a break!
Pretty interesting reading: the history of popcorn. Don't miss the Orville Redenbacher anecdote.
What it's like inside the Capital Hill Autonomous Zone in Seattle.
Remember Hydroxychloroquine? It was in the news because the FDA removed the authorization for its use for Corona-19. The FDA did it wrong. They never tested it at the right time and with zinc.
Black Lives Matter is upset with one of Biden's choices for VP nominee. The other choices have problems also.
BLM creates poverty and food deserts wherever they go. They destroy the infrastructure including grocery stores.
Olympia Mayor Cheryl Selby has been a loud supporter of Black Lives Matter, and the related protests following the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police department—but she has since changed her tune after her home was vandalized by protesters.
In the middle of a severe recession, the California state government is doing what it does best: raising taxes. The gas tax is going to 50 cents/gallon; highest in the nation.
A man pushed a 92-year old woman who fell and hit her head on a fire hydrant. He has been arrested 100 times before, but keeps getting out because of bail reform. Watch the video here.
Fauci said that "masks were not necessary" because they were in short supply and he wanted to protect the public health community.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has told contact tracers not to ask Covid-19 infected people if they attended a protest rally. Politics is more important than science.
Magical thinking replaces jurisprudence at the Supreme Court. Gorsuch is legislating.
Was the officer justified in using force at the Wendy's shooting? The law is on his side.
June 17th is the 48th anniversary of the Watergate Break-In, which led to the trope of the hero journalist. Maybe not totally accurate.
Boy Scouts of America says it supports BLM, will require new "diversity and inclusion merit badge" to become Eagle Scout. Give me a break!
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Free Speech
There is a spirit of ferocious intellectual intolerance sweeping the country and much of the journalistic establishment with it. Contrary opinions aren’t just wrong but unworthy of discussion. From a NYT editorial arguing that the Times should publish editorials like Tom Cotten's suggesting sending in the troops to halt the riots.
A high school principal advised her students not to loot. A petition is calling for her to resign, but she's hanging on.
This article from the Asia Times puts some perspective on black and white shootings.
There is a programming term "master" and "slave" to refer to the hierarchy of software routines. Github is abandoning them.
Fifty-four scientists have lost their jobs as a result of NIH probe into foreign ties.
Reverend Maupin was a longtime activist protesting police shootings. Police invited him to use of force training. He left with a new perspective.
Clarence Thomas upbraids SCOTUS for 'Prolonging Our Decade-Long Failure to Protect the Second Amendment'.
Victor Davis Hanson with another terrific article about the myth of "White Privilege".
A writer threw away her treasured copy of Gone With the Wind because she is nuts.
It's the season for tearing down statues, not just heroes of the Civil War, but even John Sutter in front of Sutter Memorial Hospital and Mahatma Ghandi in England.
The Democrats are pushing mail-in ballots. Of course they are; there's so much more room for graft.
A high school principal advised her students not to loot. A petition is calling for her to resign, but she's hanging on.
This article from the Asia Times puts some perspective on black and white shootings.
There is a programming term "master" and "slave" to refer to the hierarchy of software routines. Github is abandoning them.
Fifty-four scientists have lost their jobs as a result of NIH probe into foreign ties.
Reverend Maupin was a longtime activist protesting police shootings. Police invited him to use of force training. He left with a new perspective.
Clarence Thomas upbraids SCOTUS for 'Prolonging Our Decade-Long Failure to Protect the Second Amendment'.
Victor Davis Hanson with another terrific article about the myth of "White Privilege".
A writer threw away her treasured copy of Gone With the Wind because she is nuts.
It's the season for tearing down statues, not just heroes of the Civil War, but even John Sutter in front of Sutter Memorial Hospital and Mahatma Ghandi in England.
The Democrats are pushing mail-in ballots. Of course they are; there's so much more room for graft.
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