“Follow the science” has become the clarion call of the “know-nothing.” Which science is never quite clear. And when it is, it’s ever-changing. The parents see this too and have a right to be furious, especially because it is now being brought down to their children, both in the form of masks and vaccinations with …
Category Archives: Uncategorized
You’re always shocked by what you won’t see
New at the Belmont Club. Blasts from the past. Never let the Narrative disable common sense.
What happens to the Emmy?
Is Cuomo headed for the end of the trail?
Whatever your politics, nature rules
“We need a lot of humility.” — Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, of University of California San Francisco, discussing the many unknowns surrounding whether one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine provides sufficient protection for the previously infected. “You either choose to live with it, or avoid anything that makes life meaningful.” — Alex Myers, DO, a …
Suddenly the scales fell from their eyes
[J]ust a year ago, much of blue-state America was lusting after Governor Andrew Cuomo… The erotic interest was documented in a Jezebel article—“Help, I Think I’m in Love with Andrew Cuomo???”… The term “Cuomosexual” was popularized in a song called “Andy,” by the comedian Randy Rainbow, set to the tune of “Sandy,” from the musical …
A month later nobody knows who killed Haitian president
Haitian officials crucial to the investigation are now in hiding. Callers to Mr. Destin, the crime-scene officer, from blocked numbers have threatened his life and family, he said. Three other clerks and judicial officers on the case said they received the same calls. One colleague, tasked with interviewing suspects, left his lights on one Sunday …
Continue reading “A month later nobody knows who killed Haitian president”
Is it time to worry?
New at the Belmont Club. There’s been a change of plan. You won’t be released as scheduled.
US intel digging through genetic data to uncover virus origins
It’s unclear exactly how or when US intelligence agencies gained access to the information, but the machines involved in creating and processing this kind of genetic data from viruses are typically connected to external cloud-based servers — leaving open the possibility they were hacked, sources said.
Can we handle the truth?
Editorial denounces the De Blasio vaccine passport
It is common to hear that the ‘selfish’ are inflicting negative externalities on the ‘selfless’ during the pandemic. But the ‘selfless’ also impose negative externalities on everyone else. This happens because nothing is free. Striking the right balance is a matter of cost-benefit estimates and calculated risk. Anyone who promises ‘free’ and totally safe is …
Continue reading “Editorial denounces the De Blasio vaccine passport”
Lockdowns create vision problems for kids
An analysis of eye test data from nearly 2,000 Hong Kong school-age children revealed that the rate of nearsightedness that developed during the pandemic more than doubled what was found in a pre-pandemic study of children the same age, according to the report in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. … The researchers also found “significant …
Continue reading “Lockdowns create vision problems for kids”
When you’re not sure but can’t let on
From Slate, mind you. Slate.
Seniors wasting away under pandemic curbs
More than a third of the 2,074 U.S. adults aged 50 to 80 who took part in the online survey in January reported a decline in physical activity in the first 10 months of the pandemic, and 27% said their physical conditioning — flexibility, muscle strength and endurance — had worsened.
The great historical mission fantasy
New at the Belmont Club. People who think they have everything figured out, haven’t.
Does new delta plus variant mean life imprisonment?
South Korea’s Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Tuesday that it had recorded at least two cases of the new coronavirus delta-plus variant, which some experts believe to be more transmissible than the original delta variant that was first detected in India and has since thwarted plans for returning to life before the pandemic. But …
Continue reading “Does new delta plus variant mean life imprisonment?”
It’s the only way
North Korea Is Willing to Talk, but First It Wants Fuel, Suits and Liquor
SEOUL—North Korea has a few demands to restart nuclear talks with the U.S., according to South Korea’s spy agency. Kim Jong Un’s regime wants sanctions restrictions relaxed to allow exporting minerals and importing more refined fuel. Also on the must-have list: fine suits and premium liquor.
North Korea breaks out last ditch food
Seoul’s intelligence service says climate change effects appear to have hit crops, causing shortages