Donald Trump was just miles away from my home today. Ostensibly, he was here in Ypsilanti to talk with Ford Motor Company employees about their efforts to produce ventilators in response to the COVID-19 crisis, but the event had almost all the earmarks of a Trump campaign rally. [Trump hasn’t been able to hold rallies […]
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Today, a friend suggested that I listen to The Daily podcast from the New York Times. He wanted me to hear an episode featuring science reporter Donald G. McNeil Jr. titled “The Next Year (or Two) of the Pandemic,” which, he told me, was largely about the stark societal divisions that will likely emerge in […]
Posted in Health, Uncategorized Also tagged antibodies, Carousel, caste system, China, class, COVID-19, Donald G. McNeil Jr., dystopia, Eloi. Morlocks, Gattaca, Germany, H.G. Wells, immunity, Logan's Run, lottery, mumps, pandemic, podcasts, purgatory, pus, scabs, shelter in place, smallpox, The Daily, The Time Machine, vaccines 36 Comments
How valid were the points of Discovery Channel gunman James Lee?
Putting aside for a moment what he did, which was clearly wrong, I’m curious to know if people feel as though James Lee, the fellow who was killed yesterday, after taking hostages at the offices of the Discovery Channel, had a valid point. For those of you who haven’t been following along, it seems as […]
Posted in Environment, Media Also tagged Charles Darwin, Discovery Channel, Duggar family, environmental terrorism, epic breeders, extinction, false heroics, hostage situation, human sterilization, infertility, James Lee, Jon Gosselin, Kate Gosselin, Octomom, overpopulation, parasitic human infants, Theodore Kaczynski, Thomas Malthus, TLC, Unabomber 22 Comments