A recent video of Dr. Sherri Tenpenny decrying the Covid vaccines has raised my ire. Not just because she is shamelessly promoting false narratives to promote herself but because it makes clear that we are not debating important topics in this country, which allows dumb ideas to grow in the dark and virtue signalling crap to sprout in the light.
The media needs a villain and white men seem pretty good at this moment. The latest claims are racism and increase in hate crimes against Asian Americans. What support do they have for these claims? And are white guys being absolved by a sexual addiction defense?
The illusory correlation between vaccines and autism has cost lives because measles has reappeared despite the fact that you autism rates are slightly lower among vaccinated children. I thought that was a sign of moronic behavior until the recent scare about links between blood clots and COVID vaccine even though the reported blood clot rate is 1000 times LOWER than normal.
Did the pandemic lockdowns work? This is really an important question considering the loss of freedom, effects on mental health, unexplained death increases and major impact on the economy. There have been some recent comparisons of Florida and California as ends of the spectrum, but the numbers are not being analyzed in a rational unbiased way. Turns out Florida now needs to help bail out the lockdown states.
This pandemic is hell for the socially awkward like myself. We need a deadline for the current ambiguous social standards so we can go back to giving handshakes without anxiety.
Time for some inspirational quotes from His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Hope they help inspire you for the New Year. Surprise!
Does it matter if Jesus as portrayed in the New Testament was "real"? I argue that it is not important...in fact, it is more important that he is not an individual person but a story of how each human has divinity. The revolution of the Christian faith was the democritization of divinity.
Recent controversies on excess death from Covid 19 miss the point. There are certainly more deaths this year but the biggest excess death is among Millennials and it is much larger than would be expected from the pandemic. Why doesn't this concern us?
The right to vote in the United States is important....but so is the right NOT to vote. More people voting does not logically lead to better governance. Countries with mandatory voting demonstrate this.
Sports guy uses data and theories to predict the future but we think that most people can't understand science.....which uses data and theories to predict the future. Less Fauci....more Nick Wright.
Our love affair with celebrity scientists like Dr. Fauci and Dr. Neil Degrasse Tyson perverts the basic democratic and anti-authoritarian nature of science. The media gets to decide who the truth tellers are.
I think I have ignored for too long that LeBron James is just a capitalist bitch.
A second episode on moral posturing and hypocrisy in our safety/health behaviors. In this case, we compare DUI and driving while on a cell phone.
Frank L. Baum wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz but he wrote some nasty crap. The director of the classic 1939 movie was a baaad man. Time to cancel Oz....or relax.
Selective Moral Outrage and Health/Safety Superstitions. Why are we morally outraged at someone who does not wear a seat belt but not someone who speeds? Is this another example of hypocrisy in our approach to safety/health issues?
If the Wet Ass Pussy Song/Video is Feminist, I am all in.
The beginning of the infamous Wet Ass Pussy Trilogy. This podcast wonders about the weird standards for censoring words....like Wet Ass Pussy
NASA has done it! They have deleted the last totems to systemic racism by getting rid of the names of the Eskimo Nebula and Siamese Twin Galaxies. This ridiculous and meaningless action demonstrates the toothless actions of organizations in their claimed commitment to increasing diversity and destroying institutionalized racism.
Everyone is throwing around the word Fascism. But what does it actually mean? And whom does it apply to? And can I dangle a preposition? I can if I want! Linguistic Fascist!
This rant includes some math on the likelihood of having Covid19 if you get a positive test
Debate in this country is pathetic. Here is a call for debate as an art form and two examples of people fucking up political debates
This rant concerns the media's fascination with Coronavirus and Fauci and all of the hypocrisy associated with it.
This is a short rant about the importance of asking people why they believe the things they do
This is a discussion with my friends Ianessa and Karoline about the gradients of blackness that are often ignored in the racial discussions both in America and Brazil.
In this episode Karoline and Lauren and I discuss the question "Why is Marriage Still A Thing?" I argue against government recognizing this relationship and then argue that marriage itself is an awful idea. It is only slightly less bitter than it sounds.
In this rant, I suggest that we turn to a modified Logan's Run solution and actually allow old people to die. Doing so would have a remarkably positive effect on our society and on my ability to grocery shop efficiently.
This is the introductory episode of Sadistically Speaking wherein the motivation for starting a podcast is described and the plan for its future is laid out. Side rants on the Covid Lockdown and current racial discussions are included for a little taste. My Mother suggested that I be careful not to be too naughty.
