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Month: October 2020

Total 26 Posts

COVID Testing FAIL

The most common type of testing for COVID-19 is the PCR test.  That’s where they take a swab from way deep in your nose, multiply whatever they find by one TRILLION and then look to see if they can detect the virus. I’m not an immunologist but I am someone

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Prison of Beliefs

I like to understand how people think.  Not necessarily what they think but rather, how they come to their conclusions.  Lately, I’ve been working to understand how Liberals think the way they do. A few days ago, I wrote an essay entitled “Willful Ignorance” which described the feedback loop of

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Cultural Assimilation

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.  If someone copies or emulates you, then that person is paying you their highest compliment.  America is often called a “melting pot” because we assimilate the cultures brought here by immigrants.  Assimilating cultures is extremely American.  It’s what we do.

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Nothing is Free

I’m always amazed when I hear people talk about free health care or free cell phones or any one of the other government programs designed to give people things they haven’t had to earn.  What many people don’t seem to realize is that nothing is free.  It might be free

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Thoughts on Reparations

A friend of mine has been hinting that I should write something about the topic of paying reparations for slavery.  I think it’s time. This week, Governor Newsom signed into law AB3121 which creates a nine-member task force that will inform Californians about slavery and explore ways the state might

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The Myth of Racial Division in America

At the first Presidential debate, we heard Joe Biden claim that “ANTIFA is an idea, not an organization”.  The next day, a friend of mine said jokingly that “white supremacy is an idea, not an organization”.  Hmm.  Interesting.  While Joe Biden was being disingenuous (i.e. he was lying) when he

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