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Friday, August 6. 2021

Pre-weekend link dump

 Under Fire from Social-Justice Warriors, Classical-Music Organizations Grovel


Teaching Biological Sex and Gender to Med Students: What's Really Going On? — A controversial blog post has stirred intense debate among the medical community


Intense debate? Really? C'mon, man. 


Climate Change Doesn’t Cause All Disasters. Warmth annually causes about 120,000 heat deaths but prevents nearly 300,000 cold deaths.


 AVI considers the "third spike" and why it makes sense to get vaccinated


 Despite ‘Delta’ Alarmism, US COVID Deaths Are at Lowest Level Since March 2020


How Fauci et al undermined public trust 


 Professor suggests it should be a federal hate crime to criticize Fauci and other government-funded scientists


 Americans Are Willing to Take Pay Cuts to Never Go Into the Office Again


The Progressives’ Callous Indifference to the Loss of Small Businesses


Via Dr S,  Our Broken Politics


I dunno. Politics is war without guns 


 Facebook executive helped Cuomo smear sex-harassment accuser: AG report


 Dem Rep. Cori Bush: ‘I’m Going To Make Sure I Have Security…Defunding The Police Has To Happen’….


 DESANTIS IN THE BREACH


Trumpy without the mean streak


 "This is a mess": White House, Dems feud expands over eviction-moratorium failure


Landlords have mortgages to pay, usually


 Is it possible that Biden’s not as stupid as he appears?


 Biden Wants Half of All Vehicles Sold in US by 2030 to Be Zero Emission


So the power comes from unicorn poo?


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"DESANTIS IN THE BREACH Trumpy without the mean streak"
Oh come on now haven't you ever heard the old saying " Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me"? What kind of pansy as$ gets hurt by truthful words instead of subtle lies. Yes, I get into trouble sometimes saying what I mean but it is the truth and not some soft slide sideways in meaning. I'm sure some here think he should be "kinder", oh well.
#1 JC on 2021-08-06 12:04 (Reply)
Don't Fauci with myFlorida. Or anything else! We love our Governor!!!
#2 Stargazer on 2021-08-06 12:04 (Reply)
Yes, he's been better than expected!! The Dems have already started throwing everything they can at him. He's up for reelection next year, (need to keep all those Cuomo voting New Yorkers back in NY.)
The media fear mongering will just get worse. Remember that reading any news about Florida will be bad news. They got Trump out in 2020, DeSantis is next for 2022. Floridians we need to keep him in office!
#2.1 grant1863 on 2021-08-07 00:22 (Reply)
Don’t fall in love with politicians or prostitutes…for the same reason.
#2.2 DblTap on 2021-08-07 05:41 (Reply)
How to get kids into music: to neglect all the really high-level stuff, in an ordinary family the best thing you can do is make sure the kid has a place to practice where he doesn't have to compete with a TV.

Beyond that, someone will have to care enough to supply him with a decent instrument and tutors. It's a rare child talent who can pull this off without considerable support from his family, and the family had better want it pretty badly.

If the sentiment in the family's social milieu is that being serious professional musician is dumb or elitist or impractical, it's rare family--of any socio-economic-ethnic background--that will buck the trend.
#3 Texan99 on 2021-08-06 13:29 (Reply)
A very good essay by Thomas Frank on the phenomenon of post-Trump hysteria. Linked by Matt Taibbi.

https://mondediplo.com/2021/08/06usa

"In the supreme irony of our times, many of the same liberals who were so concerned about Trumpist authoritarianism four years ago have enthusiastically accepted a system of social media censorship in which ideas that contradict the findings of established authorities are in certain cases banished from the public sphere. And they are slowly but clearly coming round to the administration’s proposal to turn the government’s surveillance powers on what is called ‘domestic extremism’. It was fears of Trumpist authoritarianism that made this new, liberal authoritarianism possible.
#4 Aggie on 2021-08-06 23:39 (Reply)
Dr. Ryan Cole: "The spike is (!) the toxin."

https://rumble.com/vkopys-a-pathologist-summary-of-what-these-jabs-do-to-the-brain-and-other-organs.html

Not a long video, but vital. Share. Widely.
#5 Slow Learner on 2021-08-07 14:49 (Reply)
If Biden wants "half of all vehicles sold by 2030 to be zero emission" then he better have one heck of a lot of crews out there planting current bushes.
#6 Frances on 2021-08-08 00:53 (Reply)

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