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The Mass Mask — Guest Post by Uncle Mike & Rebuttal by Briggs
Uncle Mike Speaks Following this piece is a rebuttal by Yours Truly It has come to my attention that some people resent having to wear a face mask when attending…
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Mask Madness — Our Latest Moral Panic
https://twitter.com/NYGovCuomo/status/1286278847558819840 We might as well have a tinfoil hat mandate to protect from aliens. It would, at this point, be just as useful. Should somebody tell him about the evidence…
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Arkansas Gov. Hutchinson Goes Full Gibber: Coronamadness Criminalizes Masklessness
May I remind the reader there is no cure for coronadoom, and that other disease outbreaks were deadlier but without the full blown panic and hyper-mothering reaction. I take it…
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Coronavirus Update XXII: Mask Madness: Updates At End
As I was writing this (Monday morning), a minor government official came on the radio and promised "We haven't seen the worst yet." What accounts for this monumental level of…
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Equality of Opportunity Always Masks Desire For (More Than) Equality Of Outcome
Last November, Spiked magazine held a discussion panel on "Is the left eating itself?" at which appeared ex-Evergreen State College professor and self-described progressive Bret Weinstein. You may recall that…
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The Importance Of Not Making Decisions
Here, I promise you, was "breaking" news from not long ago: "United States Representative Tim Burchett says aliens could be stationed in five or six underwater bases off the U.S.…
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Polar Bears Are Doing Fine: Activists, Not So Well
The hersterical (there is no misspelling) headline: "Polar bears are 'rewriting their DNA' to survive warming Arctic, study suggests" (one of many who "reported" on this). I suppose it's good…
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What Science Says About Making Medication Mandatory
A doctor, a physician, has decided that the drug Profital™ if taken prophylactically will prevent the Screaming Willies most of the time, and that the drug's side effects won't scar…