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The Vindication of Dr. Bhattacharya

Before he was confirmed as Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Jay Bhattacharya was a well-respected professor of medicine and health policy at Stanford University, from which he took an M.D. in medicine and a Ph.D. in economics, econometrics, and health economics.

Then came the COVID-19 pandemic and, unlike the majority of academics across the United States, Dr. Bhattacharya did not quickly fall in line with the normative narrative. Just days after the government ordered Am...

Reflections on the Vietnam War

On April 30, 1975, the city of Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese communists. A big military parade in front of hundreds of thousands of flag-waving Vietnamese was held last month in what is now called Ho Chi Minh City to mark the fall of Saigon 50 years ago. Many conservatives have been reflecting on this event. I don’t agree with what some of them are saying because they are apologists for the immoral, unnecessary, undeclared, senseless, criminal Vietnam War.

The Vietnam War officially ended ...

Polls??? HaHa!

Polls prove just one thing; the effectiveness of propaganda.
Approve/disapprove “statistics” only determine how many dumbasses bought the story.
I just have to laugh!

As a recent example; Tariffs and stock market gyrations so-spun as earth shattering news for weeks are finally proven “unpopular” by the very networks that fear mongered and spun the idea in the first place!  Smug “news” anchors gloat over the fulfillment of their prophecy “proven by opinion polls”,…opinions they just implanted!  Y...

India-Pakistan Ceasefire

After a few frightening missile and drone strike exchanges and some of the most large-scale aerial combat that our world has seen in recent history, India and Pakistan have reportedly agreed to a full and immediate ceasefire.

So that’s a relief. I was about to publish a piece about this conflict and the risk of nuclear war when the ceasefire was announced, and I’ve never in my life been so happy to have to throw out hours of my work. Things are still tense and the grievances of Kashmiris under I...

Fed Up With Benjamin Netanyahu?

I have in the past speculated that the day might come when President Donald Trump, he of a massive ego, might just become tired of his being manipulated and controlled by America’s Israel Lobby and by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in particular. I thought, and hoped, that he might become so annoyed that he might move to take control of the so-called tail wags the dog relationship that has for so long put Israel in the driver’s seat. While I am loath to read too much into several rece...

The Digital Revolution Is Too Costly To Continue

Malwarebytes is a service that can help you to reduce your cybersecurity risks, but not eliminate them.  The Internet will always be vulnerable, because it was developed as an open system.  

Malwarebytes reports on two recent new ways cybercriminals can steal your identity.

One results from a problem in Google’s infrastructure that allows cybercriminals to send emails that seem to be from Google.  Responding to them can result in identity theft. See this.

Another operates by exploiting the Zoom ...

A Growing Number of Prophets Warn of an Apocalyptic Disaster at the Door

The prophet Isaiah warns us that in the last days God is going to “turn the world upside down.” He declares, “Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down” (Isaiah 24:1).

According to this prophecy, sudden judgment is coming upon the earth, and it will change everything in a single hour. Within that short span, the whole world will witness fast-falling destruction upon a city and a nation, and the world will never be the same.

If you are attached to ma...

Attempted Murder at Fort Detrick Bio-Lab Halts Operations

Ever since the anthrax letter attacks on September 18, 2001, the U.S. Bio-Lab at Fort Detrick has struck me as emblematic of U.S. government recklessness and unaccountability.

Recall that, on that day, letters containing anthrax spores arrived at news media offices and at the offices of senators Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy, who were leading opposition to the Patriot Act.

These attacks killed five people and infected seventeen others. The result of the attacks was that the U.S. military’s anthr...

Creating the Future: Human Action and AI Action

Humans take a variety of actions. These interleave nicely, and each has its place.

The roles of customer, manager, and entrepreneur require using increasingly-more information to make projections amidst increasingly-greater uncertainty.

AI accesses large amounts of information, makes inferences, and will be able to generate and triage more possibilities. These complements to human capabilities will serve both humans and AI well.

As Customers, We Value

As customers, we purchase what we project wi...

The OKC Bombing Sting Operation and the Ford Bronco

An otherwise obscure FBI 302 report recently sourced from records in the 2004 Terry Nichols State Trial adds an interesting dimension to the theory that the April 19th, 1995 Oklahoma City bombing may have been a sting gone awry.

The memo, which describes a Ford Bronco driving slowly around the Murrah Federal Building at 2:30 A.M. between two to three times — 15 miles per hour, seems innocuous enough.

However, that is only if you’re not familiar with the notion that the Oklahoma City bombing may ...