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CNN and Sesame Street

The world is an increasingly bizarre, upside-down nonsensical place right now, or so it seems to me… While a college dropout who is not a doctor, epidemiologist, or health expert of any kind tours the country insisting everyone follow his instructions,1 the Washington Post is scolding some of America’s most respected doctors, reporting they have […]

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Liars Figure…

Figures Don’t Lie, But Liars Do Figure The old saying is that “figures will not lie,” but a new saying is “liars will figure.” It is our duty, as practical statisticians, to prevent the liar from figuring; in other words, to prevent him from perverting the truth, in the interest of some theory he wishes […]

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Not A Shot Fired

If we can believe anything in this charade,12345678 independent expert-led studies910 now conclusively show that there are “50-85-fold more than the number of confirmed cases” the CDC / JHU data shows, and this thing, whatever it is or is not, is correspondingly 50-85x less lethal than alleged. On average, that would mean the alleged (inflated) […]

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Opportunities… of Crisis…?

When written in Chinese, the word “crisis” is composed of two characters – one represents danger and one represents opportunity. The danger signs are all around us. John F. KennedyRemarks at the Convocation of the United Negro College Fund, Indianapolis, Indiana, (April 12, 1959) When you asked about the power outage (i.e. Q-Anon-sense) I believe […]

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It’s All About #ActiveHospitalizations

America: find and share your #ActiveHospitalizations. We’re told that we’re risking overwhelming the health care system capacity. Here’s an example: today Spokane County, WA has 20 active hospitalizations. Another example: today, the entire State of Montana has a whopping 21 active hospitalizations–not to mention, notice the ‘Cases by Day’ trend. We’re shutting down the country […]

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RWR
2020-04-13

While the Coronavirus (COVID-19) so-called ‘pandemic’ has been dominating the headlines–and our attention–the most important number has escaped our notice…

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#FlattenTheCurve Is Counterproductive

Those familiar with Event 201, the “high-level pandemic exercise on October 18, 2019, in New York, NY” hosted by Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will recall Dr. Caitlin Rivers’ performances, for instance in Event 201 Pandemic Exercise: Segment 4, Communications […]

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RWR
2020-04-08

Too often we hold fast to the clichés of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

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RWR
2020-04-07

This is a special time for many Christian folks, Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, and so forth. But you wouldn’t know it by the headlines. Happy World Health Day.

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RWR
2020-04-06

I agree with JBS CEO, Art Thompson: The things that are going on in the name of this pandemic are very dangerous. So, while you’re home, if you have the opportunity and occasion, consider encouraging family, friends, and neighbors to [re]acquaint themselves with the Bill of Rights, and understand what’s really going on.