{"id":139514,"date":"2021-05-21T12:54:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T20:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=139514"},"modified":"2021-05-21T17:32:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T01:32:26","slug":"were-the-lockdowns-good-or-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=139514","title":{"rendered":"Were The Lockdowns Good Or Bad?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe id=\"lbry-iframe\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/$\/embed\/2021-05-21-13-54-08\/4c73c99afff2016af78b46f133172456cf633680?r=HYELYErhnaXxzcxogNDNuMQbVAhLjbwU\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>00:00 Taking an Uber\/Lyft these days is like playing the lotto<br \/>\n02:00 On a date when surge pricing hits<br \/>\n03:00 My nightmare about trying to record on my iphone before a UCLA panel discussion<br \/>\n05:00 The Etiology of Victimology | Glenn Loury &#038; John McWhorter, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LSrDiBMHEtw<br \/>\n10:00 The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, https:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/cross-check\/what-thomas-kuhn-really-thought-about-scientific-truth\/<br \/>\n16:00 What is post-modernism? https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=139495<br \/>\n24:00 Thomas Kuhn, The Spanish Flu &#038; Covid-19, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tGNqM-ChiJk<br \/>\n31:00 Jews under attack in USA<br \/>\n42:00 Matt Parrott on Unite the Right lawsuits<br \/>\n46:00 Ten common sense ways to avoid being sued, https:\/\/sites.hanover.com\/articles\/architects-engineers-avoiding-lawsuits.html<br \/>\n1:01:00 DAVE REILLY: THE COMMONALITY IN THE SITUATIONS OF WESTMEN AND THE PALESTINIANS, https:\/\/www.bitchute.com\/video\/e8GfPMotyze3\/<br \/>\n1:05:30 Thomas Kuhn: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L70T4pQv7P8<br \/>\n1:09:00 Charlottesville \u2014 Unite the Right \u2014 the Aftermath | Jared Taylor\/Jason Kessler, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Cc43nql2g_w<br \/>\n1:14:00 Male virgins<br \/>\n1:26:00 CBS Host GRILLS Netanyahu: Are You Killing People to Stay in Power?, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bAzy4Z2WGgc<br \/>\n1:30:00 Israel\u2019s Military Inflicted a Heavy Toll. 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