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Category Archives: Covid
Author Jon Entine Of The Genetic Literacy Project
Jon published these books: * Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We’re Afraid to Talk About It, 2000 * Pension Fund Politics: The Dangers of Socially Responsible Investing, 2005 * Scared to Death: How Chemophobia Threatens Public Health, … Continue reading
Emasculation
I sense that much of the audience for talk radio and right-wing punditry feels emasculated. The world has changed and they don’t know how to cope. The more successful part of the audience also sees that the world has changed, … Continue reading
Political Hysterias Of The Right & Left
A Google search reveals a definition for hysteria as “exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement, especially among a group of people.” I can’t think of any famous pundit or talk show host who is not a hysteric. Perhaps there is … Continue reading
Origin of Covid — Following the Clues
Nicholas Wade, former Science editor of the New York Times, writes: The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted lives the world over for more than a year. Its death toll will soon reach three million people. Yet the origin of pandemic remains … Continue reading
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Why can’t conservatives boycott? (4-6-21)
00:00 Why can’t conservatives mount effective boycotts? 03:00 What I Wouldn’t Give for a Shave That Isn’t Woke, https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-i-wouldnt-give-for-a-shave-that-isnt-woke-11617567413?mod=opinion_lead_pos6 09:00 Georgia becomes a proving ground for sports boycotts, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/06/georgia-becomes-proving-ground-sports-boycotts/ 11:00 Why half-hearted conservative boycotts rarely take root, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/06/why-half-hearted-conservative-boycotts-rarely-take-root/ 21:00 The … Continue reading
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The Pandemic’s Wrongest Man – In a crowded field of wrongness, one person stands out: Alex Berenson
It does not reflect well on Fox News that they have had this clown on their channel so often. I followed Berenson on Twitter for about nine months because I saw him on Tucker Carlson’s show repeatedly and I thought … Continue reading
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The “only 6%” gambit: The latest viral COVID-19 disinformation
Surgeon David Gorski writes: It’s always weird to try to get blogging again after an absence due to a health issue with a member of the family and other pressing issues that were more important than my little side hobby … Continue reading
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You’re afraid it’s all been wasted time
When I think about how much human connection I’ve missed over the past year by socially isolating myself, I feel sad. Then, when I think about how I used the past year, I feel better. If I had used my … Continue reading
Michael Fumento: ‘Don’t buy the media hype over the new China virus’
Michael Fumento, who made similar remarks on Dennis Prager’s radio show in early 2020, wrote in the New York Post Jan. 23, 2020: “…there appears to be nothing very special about this outbreak of the 2019-nCoV or Wuhan virus. It … Continue reading
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The relationship between cultural tightness–looseness and COVID-19 cases and deaths: a global analysis
I first read about this study on Steve Sailer’s blog. From Lancet: The COVID-19 pandemic is a global health crisis, yet certain countries have had far more success in limiting COVID-19 cases and deaths. We suggest that collective threats require … Continue reading
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