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A Visit From St Fauci
'Twas the night before Boosters, when all round the floors, The doctors and coroners were forming a corps; The beds were made ready for the bodies to come, For the…
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We’re Almost Always Right; They’re Almost Always Wrong; Yet They’re Always Believed — Coronadoom Update CXI
I PAT MY BACK Before we begin our main update, allow me to congratulate myself. https://twitter.com/MichaelPSenger/status/1472385507099246592 A screenshot of the picture, in case it disappears, is here. I have said…
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How The Expertocracy Builds Consensus & You Become A Denier
I know the weaknesses of the terms Expert and expertocracy, and am willing to consider all alternatives. An Expert is a person with training and, more importantly, credentials, in an…
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Yet Another Coronadoom Podcast
Late last week I did the Conservative Casual Friday--Never-Ending COVID-19 Mania podcast with Andrew Harrod. Here's his description: "Statistician to the Stars" William M. Briggs, a former professor at Cornell…
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The Eternal Truth of The Big Bluff — Guest Post by Gaudia Certaminis
Note: In this essay, some points will indicate plot development, but the head-spinning twist at the end will not be divulged. While browsing on Open Culture’s Free Film Noir page,…
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The Race Doesn’t Exist & Only Whites Are Racist Fallacy — Excerpt from Everything You Believe Is Wrong
Today, an excerpt of Chapter 9 from Everything You Believe Is Wrong. A refutation of the precautionary principle. See if you notice any similarities with what is happening our your…
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Keep Trying The Vax Strategy Until Dissenters Tire Of Showing It Isn’t Working
This is Update CX. https://twitter.com/Babygravy9/status/1470512309181296643 Conspiracy theorists: 27, Woke: 0. VAX SIDE EFFECTS I've been asked by a reader to give a simpler summary than the simple (but still complex)…
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Michael Anton On Identifying Our Cultural Disease’s Symptoms & An Attempt At A Diagnosis
The obvious first stage in disease identification is noticing symptoms and their extent. This, for the United States, Michael Anton does with acumen and aplomb, in his New Criterion essay…