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Resist Corona Tyranny!
World War II buffs will recall the story where General Patton, about the launch a counter-offensive in the Battle of the Bulge, was called into Eisenhower's office. With Ike was…
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Models Only Say What They’re Told To Say
https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1260234198578802690 "Trust science!" says Deng (lower down in the thread). Isn't science self-correcting? "Yes, that's why it's so great." Then science is sometimes wrong? "Well, yes, sometimes." So how do…
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Yes Like The Flu, Yes Like Car Crashes, Yes Like…
First Section updated For Sorry Ari Fans Many have asked me to comment on The New Atlantis article "Not Like the Flu, Not Like Car Crashes, Not Like..." by Ari…
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Death Of A Thousand Cuts — Guest Post by GG
There are 1000 different things going on, and which threads are relevant? Which aren't? Who are the players? Let's start with the far left, the so-called progressive wing. These are…
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The Week In Doom — Hurry Up & Die & Give Us Your Liver Edition
Item Medically assisted deaths prove a growing boon to organ donation in Ontario Ontarians who opt for medically assisted deaths (MAiD) are increasingly saving or improving other people’s lives by…
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Coronavirus Update XXXIII: The Effect Of HUGE Increases In Testing & False Positives On Continuing The Panic
The Godmother Want proof this is all now politics, pure politics? Here's the Godmother (misquoting his own law): https://twitter.com/NYGovCuomo/status/1310722984076865537 Here is the actual state of the coronadoom crisis in all…
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Comparing England & USA Covid & Historical Kill Rates (Sorry, England)
Kissing Cousins Thanks to our new friend at In Proportion, a must-view site, we have daily deaths in England & Wales going back to 1993, and not just from 2013.…
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Reader Question On Sea Level Data Precision — Help Requested
From reader Kip Hansen comes a long but good (and slightly edited) question on sea level data. I can only answer part of it, because I have no expertise in…
