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Who Do You Trust More: A Sturgis Biker or An Academic Economist Waving His Wee P-value Around?
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Who Do You Trust More: A Sturgis Biker or An Academic Economist Waving His Wee P-value Around?

The only thing right about that new Sturgis Biker paper everybody is talking about is the opening quotation from somebody calling himself Smash Mouth (asterisks original): "Now we're all here…
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Coronavirus Update XXX: Our Governments Have Grown Weary Of Us
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Coronavirus Update XXX: Our Governments Have Grown Weary Of Us

No End In Sight Last week the big news was the juicing of death counts, which came as no surprise to us. What might have been missed was the section…
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Fight Of The Century! Ethan “The Scidolator”  Siegel vs. Sam “Reality Boy” Bowman
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Fight Of The Century! Ethan “The Scidolator” Siegel vs. Sam “Reality Boy” Bowman

In the near corner, we have Ethan "The Scidolator" Siegel, a record of 0-32, 132 pounds (I'm guessing), southpaw with a slight case of carpal tunnel syndrome, wearing red and…
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Coronavirus Update XXIX: How Many Really Died? When Will Panic End?
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Coronavirus Update XXIX: How Many Really Died? When Will Panic End?

Going a day early with the update because of the news about death counts. Also, I want everybody to pay attention: memorize the next paragraph. You hear things like this:…
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Take Your Masks Off: That’s What THE Science Says
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Take Your Masks Off: That’s What THE Science Says

If you're a surgeon and risk getting blood shot up your nose, or snot shot down into the open body, wear a mask. If you're a painter, working with insulation…
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Coronavirus Update XXVIII: fear, Fear, FEAR!
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Coronavirus Update XXVIII: fear, Fear, FEAR!

Eeeeeeek! What are you afraid of? From Italy: "The president of the Italian Society of Anti-infection Therapy (SITA) said Thursday that over 90 percent of new cases of coronavirus in…
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Anti-Whites At Sandia Prove Whites Are Great People — Update
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Anti-Whites At Sandia Prove Whites Are Great People — Update

Christopher Rufo broke the story that whites at Sandia National Laboratories were frog marched into a struggle session to help eliminate their whiteness. Rufo tweeted "The federal government's premier nuclear…
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Coronavirus Update XXVII: The Central Fallacy of the Panic: Updates
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Coronavirus Update XXVII: The Central Fallacy of the Panic: Updates

See the new analysis at the bottom, prompted by a question from Joe Bastardi. Update I have two words for the people who did this. You know what they are.…
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