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October 30, 2020

WTMWD #42: Kevin Kiley's Lawsuit Against Governor Newsom Could Set a Critical Precedent

I spoke with California legislator Kevin Kiley this week, about his (and fellow legislator James Gallagher's) lawsuit against Governor Newsom's authoritarian orders, and his one-man rule. You can see Kiley's opening arguments in the case here. And his blog, with...


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Published on October 30, 2020 12:51

October 29, 2020

WTMWD #41: Bad Assumptions Drive Bad Policy: Masks and Viruses, with Roger Koops

I speak with retired scientist Roger Koops, about the nature of viruses and how flawed assumptions about how they operate in the natural world have driven mask recommendations and mandates that may do more harm than good. We also talk...


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Published on October 29, 2020 13:24

October 26, 2020

WTMWD #40: "They could have done this on any cold virus" - Kevin McKernan on PCR deception

I speak with founder and CSO of Medicinal Genomics, Kevin McKernan, about some of the problems with PCR testing, as well as some of the incentives to produce high positive test numbers, both of which are making it difficult to...


           
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Published on October 26, 2020 16:17

October 25, 2020

October 24, 2020

Elixir of Fear: A Halloween Story for Our Time

This is a Halloween story for 2020. It is also a fanfiction tribute to one of my favorite children's writers, John Bellairs. You can download the full PDF below. Enjoy. * * * Normally at this time of year, Harrison...


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Published on October 24, 2020 23:11

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October 19, 2020

WTMWD #39: Swedish MD Sebastian Rushworth on Why the Herd Immunity Question is not as Simple as it Appears

I speak with Swedish ER doctor Sebastian Rushworth, about the workings of the immune system and Covid-19. Among other insights: The media (and much of research) focuses on antibodies, but T-cell immunity may be better suited to viral infections; antibodies...


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Published on October 19, 2020 10:47

October 18, 2020

Why FB's "Fact Check" of Mask Harm Claims is Utter Bullsh*t - Addendum to "Why I Won't Be Putting Masks on my Kids"

So I've just seen that Facebook has "fact checked" the claim (made in my most recent post) that "Wearing face masks can cause carbon dioxide toxicity; can weaken immune system." (I've written elsewhere about why Facebook's "fact checkers" are not...


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Published on October 18, 2020 14:11

Why I Won't Be Putting Masks on my Kids:

This is a video that by some miracle is still up on YouTube. It is in German, and maybe that's why it's still up. It is a video of a German neurologist, Dr. Margarite Griesz-Brisson MD, PhD, explaining that wearing...


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Published on October 18, 2020 13:15

Can California be Saved from its Politicians?

My latest piece on FEE.org: It's hard to choose one image, or juxtaposition of images, that best sums up the state of California at the end of summer, 2020. Is it the eight-year-old girl's birthday party being broken up by...


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Published on October 18, 2020 12:06