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The Week In Doom — Out-Of-Control Matriarchy Edition
Item I have it on good report a high school has eliminated its year-end speech by the Valedictorian and substituted one by the "most popular student". (I am not naming…
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Winnowing the COVID-19 Numbers — Guest Post by John Carver
This idependent article shows how confusing counting coronavirus deaths are. Regular readers, no Doom tomorrow. This is going to be a preliminary investigation into the COVID-19 numbers being presented hourly…
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The Getting Of Bastards
'We have kept back the pudding for you, sir,' said Mowett, 'and meanwhile Mr Butcher has been asking us riddles, some of them most amazingly clever. The present one, that…
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This Week In Doom — Celebrity Meat Edition
Item Abortion until birth in New York State. In a democracy, what is voted yes on becomes both true and moral. Maranatha. Item Everyone Stop Everything. What Is This? A…
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A Brief Note On Democracy, Authority & Power Inspired by Patrick O’Brian: Houellebecq Trump-Is-Good Update
The scene is this: Dr Stephen Maturin, physician and surgeon of England's Surprise sits dining with his messmates in the ward room, near the end of the Napoleonic wars. The…
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Insanity & Doom Update XLIX — Special Midweek Doom!
Insanity and doom items are piling up faster than I can put them out. This bonus edition will reduce the load somewhat. Item Healthline says, using the medical term 'vagina'…
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How Many Geniuses Are There?
This post originally appeared 15 September 2008. Here is a question I often give on exams: What is the probability that the next child to be born will be a…
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Insanity & Doom Update LXV
Item The Future of American Sexuality and Family: Five Key Trends How many Americans have entered into civil same-sex marriages? It's hard to say, since same-sex households themselves have never…
