Regretably omitted from this clip is Carlson’s follow on segment with John Ioannidis of Stanford, who also expressed the view that our coronavirus public policy is substantially time-lagged behind our reliable scientific knowledge concerning the disease. That is to say, we are making public policy on the basis of bad data, guesswork and political opportunism (my words).

If you care about civil liberties and constitutional rights, this should be concerning to you. If you care about social justice, it should be concerning to you, as well (after all, real fascism has a disparate impact on the weakest among us).

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/494218-gop-sounds-alarm-bell-over-coronavirus-fueled-debt

It wasn’t an issue in 2017 when times were good. Now the GOP is complaining? SMH!

https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/04/22/there-is-no-empirical-evidence-for-these-lockdowns/

Tucker Carlson mentioned this study in his opening commentary last night, which I will post separately. The data set the author used is available upon request via a link in the article, for those of you who may be inclined to validate his findings.

Continue reading “sp!ked: There is no empirical evidence for these lockdowns” →

https://www.axios.com/trump-administration-coronavirus-response-50699033-7fd7-4b9c-9d62-a3015553a140.html

Those pesky scientists. Trying to tell the truth. CDC Director Redfield was supposed to bow his head in shame and recant. A modern day Galileo. He refused to play along. And the former head of our national vaccine effort, Dr. Rick Bright refused to go quietly into the night after he was removed for standing up against peddling snake oil “game changers”.

I have noted before the Stalinist nature of Trumpism. These episodes reminds us that Stalin, too, tried to rewrite the laws of nature by making Lysenkoism the official state version of biological science. In those times to speak the truth about the science was to risk your career and even your life. So far, at least, truth tellers around Trump only risk their careers.

https://news.yahoo.com/fox-brit-hume-says-biden-021518245.html

“Uh, Mr. Hume….”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/22/coronavirus-blood-clots/?utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere_trending_now&utm_medium=email&utm_source=alert&wpisrc=al_trending_now__alert-hse–alert-national&wpmk=1

Doctors are still trying to work out how Covid-19 kills. This story is about the role of blood clotting. Pretty scary stuff.

https://theweek.com/speedreads/910330/some-antilockdown-protests-are-reportedly-being-organized-by-groups-funded-by-republican-megadonors

The Post article is pay walled, but this overview from The Week shows how calling the protests “grassroots” movements is a lie.

Continue reading “I was under the belief that the protests were grassroot movements.” →

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/new-warning-covid-19-nothing-compared-to-emp-295-million-dead

Among the more irrational criticisms of the Trump administration is the claim that the pandemic threat was well-known, but little to nothing was done to prepare for it.

Continue reading “WE: New warning: COVID-19 nothing compared to EMP, 295M dead” →

Convalescent plasma Study

We discussed this issue here a few days ago, so it is interesting that there will be local participation. Continue reading “Local hospitals to participate in study” →

Earth Day remembered

Since the Pilot appears to have forgotten, here’s a decade old commentary on Earth Day. The day shouldn’t pass without comment.