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Be careful driving around tonight. Lots of idiots out there

A Neuroscientist Prepares for Death - Lessons my terminal cancer have taught me about the mind

‘What Is a Woman?’ Jeopardy! Contestant Crowned Highest-Earning “Female” In Show’s 57-Year History, Is Actually A Man

Professor of color denied funding for cutting-edge laser research due to ‘insufficient’ equity, diversity and inclusion enthusiasm

Book: Debunking Howard Zinn

Pulitzer Center Helps 1619 Project Teachers Subvert Laws Banning Racism

The American Psychological Association No Longer Represents Good Science or Clinical Practice: An Open Letter on My Resignation from the APA

COVID Deaths Fall as Omicron Wave Fails to Deliver

Washington state looks to reduce sentences for drive-by shootings for "racial equity"

NYPD Kicks Out Mom, Upset Child From Applebee’s Over Vaccine Cards, Arrest Others

COVID testing has become ridiculous and even counterproductive

Chris Hayes: We shouldn't reorient our lives around something that looks like the flu

The mainstream media's top 10 missteps in 2021. Media pundits and publications spun on inflation, critical race theory, and more

IRS reminds thieves, drug dealers to report their illegal income

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re ‘What Is a Woman?’ Jeopardy! Contestant Crowned Highest-Earning “Female” In Show’s 57-Year History, Is Actually A Man

Jeopardy is just a game. This doesn't matter in my view. Let the ratings decide if it is okay or not.

re Professor of color denied funding for cutting-edge laser research due to ‘insufficient’ equity, diversity and inclusion enthusiasm

This matters a great deal. Are we gping to stunt basic scientific research because the wrong color and sex are making the discoveries? This has ominous implications for the future of the country.

#1 feeblemind on 2021-12-31 09:08 (Reply)

"'What Is a Woman?' Jeopardy! Contestant Crowned Highest-Earning 'Female' In Show's 57-Year History, Is Actually A Man"

Annoying; the worst kind of pandering. Particularly because winning Jeopardy relies on intellect and all else is irrelevant.

I watched this contestant in action. Amy Schneider won through ability and skill and nothing else.

Which is as it should be.

#1.1 JJM on 2021-12-31 13:15 (Reply)

Driving: I used to work with drunks who stayed home on New Year's because it was Amateur Night, and therefore dangerous.

#2 Assistant Village Idiot on 2021-12-31 09:34 (Reply)

Good links today, or maybe I am just brimming with chattiness

Resigning from the APA (notice that there is also an association of psychiatrists with the same initials, the two are often confused): Well, what took you so long. Your own essay shows there have been problems for decades.

Omicron deaths and later Chris Hayes "flu." A drop from 1,200 to 1,100 per day for a week is encouraging, All the Omicron news has been encouraging thus far. But it ain't much. That chicken may be pecking, but it ain't hatched. And we never lose a thousand a day to the flu. I hope we get down to flu numbers, but we are not within even calling distance of them yet.

#3 Assistant Village Idiot on 2021-12-31 09:51 (Reply)

‘What Is a Woman?’ Jeopardy! Contestant Crowned Highest-Earning “Female” In Show’s 57-Year History, Is Actually A Man

When does pretending a man can turn into a woman stop being a game and start being a massive, soul-destroying, politically-mandated lie?

#4 jm01 on 2021-12-31 10:17 (Reply)

What good is all the testing for covid if the damn government and hospital systems and doctors won't treat you with things other countries have found helpful? You would think any sane medical person would try what treatments are necessary.

#5 JC on 2021-12-31 10:21 (Reply)

Because it is easy to look at the research that the countries that found Ivermectin useful are also those which have endemic parasitism, which is a suck of a complication to add to covid and increases your chance of death, but ivermectin treats well. Studies in countries that don't have huge amounts of parasitism don't show the same result. So it is much less usual to find a medical professional here that thinks it's a good idea. And those are mostly older and not keeping up with research or already completely contrarian and wanting to prove everyone else wrong for personal reasons. Having worked with doctors for over forty years, I know some.

#5.1 Assistant Village Idiot on 2022-01-01 01:40 (Reply)

Funny that the people who champion racial equity in the criminal justice system aren't running ads urging white people to commit more crimes. I mean, I could probably be talked into a drive-by shooting or two if I was sure it was for a good cause.

#6 Jerryskids on 2021-12-31 10:26 (Reply)

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COVID testing has become ridiculous and even counterproductive . . . The Omicron version of COVID is so mild that it’s indistinguishable from a cold.

Though less dangerous than previous variants, Omicron has led to thousands of hospitalizations.

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We also know now that early COVID counts were almost certainly wrong because the dominant test used was unable to distinguish between COVID and the regular flu.

That's false. It's based on a misconception from when the CDC phased out a COVID-only testing regime in lieu of a single test for both COVID and influenza, an action taken in the expectation of a return of influenza this season.

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Nevertheless, Joe Biden has invested almost $140 million dollars in a German company that will build a home-test plant in America...by 2024.

Unless you believe that the U.S. will never experience a pandemic ever again, then the investment makes sense.

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Democrats insisted that the flu vanished because of the masks and social distancing but it now appears the flu dropped off the radar because all cases were misclassified as COVID.

Over a million tests for influenza were made in the 2020-2021 influenza season, and only 0.2% were positive. Flu essentially disappeared, almost certainly due to social measures to combat COVID, and showing the effectiveness of such measures against respiratory illness.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/season/faq-flu-season-2020-2021.htm

#7 Zachriel on 2021-12-31 10:29 (Reply)

The CDC announced it would end using its PCR test in June, however, they can be used until the end of 2021. (Today) Their test was not reliable and they should have recalled all tests after the announcement. The tests also went positive for influenza.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/12/huge-cdc-withdraws-use-pcr-test-can-not-differentiate-flu-covid-virus/

#7.1 indyjonesouthere on 2021-12-31 18:37 (Reply)

Omicron spelled another way is Moronic

#7.1.1 Zachinoff on 2021-12-31 19:31 (Reply)

and you've been tested, right.

#7.1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2021-12-31 21:44 (Reply)

Right.

#7.1.1.1.1 Zachinoff on 2022-01-01 00:03 (Reply)

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CDC encourages laboratories to consider adoption of a multiplexed method that can facilitate detection and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses.

If you tested an influenza with a test for SARS-CoV-2, the result would be negative for SARS-CoV-2. If you tested SARS-CoV2 with a test for influenza, the result would negative for influenza. The tests didn't confuse the two viruses, but it could required two tests.

CDC recommended moving towards a single "multiplexed method" that can test for both.

#7.1.2 Zachriel on 2022-01-01 08:30 (Reply)

"Washington state looks to reduce sentences for drive-by shootings for 'racial equity'"

Wait - are they suggesting that drive-bys are mostly perpetrated by blacks and Latinos?

Dats raycis!

#8 Maniac on 2021-12-31 10:41 (Reply)

Heh.

British Newspaper Cancels ‘Person Of The Year’ Poll After J.K. Rowling Runs Away With Top Spot

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Readers of the British newspaper, The Guardian, are accusing the outlet of deactivating an online poll that asked readers to vote on “Person of the Year” after it became apparent that J.K. Rowling would handily win.

“Tell us: who is your 2021 person of the year?” ran the headline, posted on Dec. 15, with the subtitle, “Time Magazine chose billionaire Tesla boss Elon Musk – but who would be your choice?” A short time later, when Rowling was far and away in the lead, the voting form disappeared, as did the results. A message in small print stated, “This form has been deactivated and is closed to any further submissions.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/british-newspaper-cancels-person-of-the-year-poll-after-j-k-rowling-runs-away-with-top-spot?itm_source=parsely-api&utm_campaign=daily_shapiro&utm_medium=email&utm_source=housefile&utm_content=daily

#9 feeblemind on 2021-12-31 11:39 (Reply)

Another artist banned but not out.

https://www.ntd.com/texas-sculptor-makes-mount-trumpmore_651705.html?fbclid=IwAR3wOt518DRSUwBNPJDd2zkHkfYd3kMZwJ8HprqjmiUG6HV1dSUUZsg3Erc

#9.1 Zachinoff on 2021-12-31 18:56 (Reply)

Omicron is Moronic

#10 Zachinoff on 2021-12-31 12:32 (Reply)

I never thought I would see the Feminist movement fail because it couldn't bring itself to say something.

#11 Aggie on 2021-12-31 12:47 (Reply)

Ironically, the feminist movement was never about feminism, in fact it was the opposite. It generally revolves around hatred of men and lesbianism. It is the "KKK" of gender. It does not like men and it does not like women who like men. It is NOT an organization for the advancement of females and THAT is why they could care less about female sports being dominated by men with a mental disorder that makes them think that they are women.

I feel I must also add that not all lesbians hate men. Many, in fact, prefer to work and hang out with men. But, generally they don't consider themselves to be feminist either.

#11.1 OneGuy on 2021-12-31 17:49 (Reply)

The irony of the co-sponsor of the Washington bill reducing the penalty for drive by shootings being a fat white chick who’s also a convicted felon….is not lost on me.

#12 DblTap on 2021-12-31 12:47 (Reply)

Be careful driving around tonight. Lots of idiots out there

Hey, remember when Joe Biden's caravan would run down people as it traveled through DC?

#13 JK Brown on 2021-12-31 13:11 (Reply)

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