2020 – Page 15 – William M. Briggs

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…

Culture

Looting As Reparations Is A Good Idea

Even though riots, looting, pillaging, murder and mayhem and treason are illegal, immoral, and unethical, and that putting them down through the use of violence is historically validated, legal, moral,…

Book review

Physics & Vertical Causation: The End of Quantum Reality by Wolfgang Smith Reviewed

Top Down One of the proofs of God's existence given to us by our good saint Thomas Aquinas is the argument from essential causal chains. (We have met this many…

Culture

Open Fire

The title of today's essay is the answer to the pressing question, "What would you do were you Trump?" https://twitter.com/jason_howerton/status/1300520249196978176 Of course, the act of putting down the rabid mob…

Statistics

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:…

SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Capital Punishment Is Licit & Legal

Previous post. This chapter goes against the spirit of the age, which shrinks from punishment, because it does not acknowledge sin---except for the sin of acknowledging sin. THAT IT IS…

Culture

BLACK! Babies Die At White Doctors’ Hands! Wee Ps Say So

Week or two back the world was shocked to learn that white doctors were killing BLACK! babies. Not the ones that haven't escaped their mothers' wombs: that's old, and even…

Statistics

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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All correct. Slavery had to be specially justified and strictly limited because nobody was inherently worthy of slavery. Therefore, all…
TFBW on Lesson 13: No “Fair” Dice & Jaynes SymmetryJuly 20, 2024
If nothing else, this lecture is giving me pause to reconsider some of my presuppositions. I'm not too satisfied with…
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Johnno: "It’s like a panacea, but in reverse." Good one.
Johnno on Covid Is The Boogerman of Maladies: Now It Causes Cognitive Confusion Claim ResearchersJuly 19, 2024
Have the reporters asked the White House if perhaps another booster might help the Biden? A certain someone said it…
Johnno on The Enlightenment Was The Beginning Of The Great Leveling: Stove 2July 19, 2024
Technically, the Church had and used slaves. And even the Old Testament allowed for slavery under certain conditions. For example,…