https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FDqx3wDXsAIK8LJ?format=png&name=small

Yeah, yeah, I know. Correlation does not prove causation. But, the partisan differences towards masks, social distancing and vaccination provide a causal explanation for this correlation.

If this forum is good for anything, it is a demonstration of the validity of Brandolini’s Law.

Brandolini’s law, also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle, is an internet adage that emphasizes the difficulty of debunking false, facetious, or otherwise misleading information: “The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude larger than is needed to produce it.”

Recently, I have wasted my time and effort on responding to more than a little bullshit.

1. That the economy suffered under Obama and Trump changed it for the better.
2. That Obama had nothing to do with the 2009-2010 recovery.
3. That Covid vaccines are secret poisons.
4. That Billionaires are secretly trying to kill everyone with Covid vaccines so that . . .
5. They will have easier access to “beautiful concubines” (somehow immune to the poison)
6. That FIVE years in jail was justified for a voting mistake.
7. That stories of Ms. Mason and young Mr. Youngkin are not in any way related
8. That tax breaks to support journalists (mostly conservative) is an assault on Liberty and
9. part of a master plan to create the equivalent of Pravda.
10. Imaginary and debunked bathroom failures by President Biden.

If you see a lot less of me posting, this is the reason why. It is truly a waste of effort.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/gov-elect-youngkin-s-underage-son-tried-vote-twice-virginia-n1283376

Black woman in Texas got five years for voting when not eligible. What should happen here?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/20/crystal-mason-texas-upholds-sentence-voter-suppression

https://tinyurl.com/jfwxxnym

Inevitably the details of the attack on Congress and attempted coup are going to come to light. There is much more to come but what is already known is utterly damning. Until the GOP purges itself of anyone and everyone who continues to ignore and/or whitewash this treachery no patriotic citizen should vote for any of them at any level.

https://tinyurl.com/7759shw

In order to win the Republican nomination Mr. Youngkin chose to attack our core belief in the primacy and legitimacy of our elections. By supporting the Big Lie he has disqualified himself regardless of any other facts about him or his opponent.

https://tinyurl.com/z98bnd39

https://tinyurl.com/jp5hvk74

Both Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger have risked their political careers to defend the Constitution and its core principle of the peaceful transfer of power. Exactly the sort of people with integrity needed for the Select Committee on the January 6th attack on Congress. If there is any temptation by the Democrats to hide uncomfortable facts, these two will not stand for it.

https://tinyurl.com/ez4nr6eh

New polling that gathered data on vaccination rates by preferred news source may have found the single most significant reason why so many Republicans are risking their lives for no good reason.

Vaccination rates per this poll . . .

All adults 70% (Close to CDC reports)

Fox News Viewers 62%

MSNBC Viewers 83%

Network News Viewers 79%

What makes these findings even worse is that the Fox News audience is significantly older than average and should therefore have the highest and not the lowest vaccination rates.

It has been shown many times before that Fox News viewers end up misinformed on almost every subject so this result is not all that surprising. What the poll cannot answer is which comes first – The Ignorance or the Fox News preference? I think it is the later. Watching Fox News makes people ignorant. Or worse, they “know” things that are simply not true – in this case that vaccines will harm you.

https://www.rawstory.com/arizona-audit-ken-bennett/

It has been clear from the very beginning that the “audit” was a joke organized by partisan hacks without the skills, experience or credibility needed for a real review. Now their internal chaos is coming to light with one of the key leaders banned from the campus for the sin of sharing the fact that the “audit” was tracking very closely to the official tallies. Telling the simple truth is often a sin in Republican circles – why would this be any different.

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/21/1018850848/pelosi-rejects-2-gop-nominees-for-the-jan-6-panel-citing-integrity-of-the-probe

The Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, has said “Hell No!” to Jim Jordan and Jim Banks being part of the Select Committee charged with investigating the January 6th Attack on the Congress. She is absolutely right. This work is too important to allow it to be polluted by such egregiously dishonest Trump enablers.

Leader (and probable witness) Kevin McCarthy says that the Republicans will boycott the proceedings if these partisan trolls are not accepted. Good! Things will go much quicker and much smoother without GOP delaying tactics and obfuscation. I hope he sticks to his guns. But, I wonder. Has McCarthy been played by the wily Speaker? Maybe.