I’d like to understand the process by which Larry Elder became the top Republican candidate to replace California’s governor Gavin Newsom if, in the unlikely event he is recalled. I understand that he curried favor with a number of wealthy …
Category: Renewables – Science
What Unifies Americans, and What Doesn’t
There are several good answers to this excellent question. The first and obvious is that an attack by an exterior group to one’s own naturally pulls the assaulted group together, despite any internal differences that may exist. A more nuanced, …
Anti-Vaxxers Don’t Think Like Normal People
I have bad news for Joe Biden, and for all Americans wishing to put the pandemic behind us: anti-vaxxers don’t function on empirical evidence.
Stephen King No Fan of Florida Governor DeSantis, Nor of Trump Himself
Very few public intellectuals have any patience for Trump and the Republicans in government who still support him. As shown here, novelist Stephen King can be counted on for clever ways of making his point. Where King and I differ …
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Yes, Many Anti-Vaxxers Will Die. Sadly, They’ll Take Some Innocent People With Them.
The premise of the movie “The Sixth Sense” is that a young boy has the unique, though terrifying ability to see dead people. No one around him, including the psychologist he’s seeing, believes him, though the audience can sometimes see …
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Tagged with: anti-vaxxers
The Anti-Science Bunch Won’t “Live in Fear”
Here, Dr. Coleman offers a solid observation. My response to her: Apparently you’re expecting the anti-science community to make sense and approach life rationally. That’s where you made your first mistake.
Tagged with: Anti-Science community
How Exactly Do Libertarians “Support Healthcare?”
California’s state constitution allows for something called a “recall election,” i.e., an opportunity for voters to unseat a governor and replace him with someone else. Unlike impeachment, no charges are brought, nor does any specific reason need to be given, …
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Preventable Deaths: The Heartbreaking Reality of COVID-19
Renewable energy superstar Robert Rapier: I know a year ago there were some big Ron DeSantis fans here. They really liked how he was handling the pandemic, and they pointed to the modest case and death numbers as proof that …
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Tagged with: anti-vax/anti-science movement
Religion As Legal Fraud
How clever this is. And how sad it is that all this is so totally on point. Obviously, there is nothing illegal about what this fraud is doing. The First Amendment protects both his free speech and exercise of religion. …
COVID-19 Killing Three Times More Trump Supporters Than Democrats
As shown in this video, COVID-19 is killing three times as many people in states that Trump won in 2020, compared to states that Biden won. One might think that this would be compelling to vaccination hold-outs, but a) they’re …
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