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How to handle booster backlash
“Global health advocates are pushing back on the Biden administration’s anticipated plans to start offering Americans a booster dose of coronavirus vaccine, arguing it will only deepen global inequalities,” The Hill reported on Tuesday, August 17, 2021. “Biden officials are s[...]
August 11th, 2021 - 11:45 pm § in Humor
So you think you’re right, huh?
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Why didn’t Lincoln get a Nobel Prize for his Gettysburg address?
One reason is because Nobel Prizes didn’t exist then. They were created by a will that Alfred Nobel signed on Nov. 27, 1895; came into being when the will was officially approved by Norwegian authorities on April 26, 1897; and weren’t awarded until 1901 (read history here). The recipient[...]
Understanding quantum computers
For most people, that’s an oxymoron. Putting the word “understanding” in the same sentence as “quantum computers” doesn’t make any sense, except to a handful of people above our pay grades. Quantum computing is based on the physics of quantum mechanics, which is a[...]
Who cares if photons from 6,500 light years away accelerate like crazy?
“Scientists have long known the Crab Nebula [is] a very energetic astrophysical object …. But recently, [they] discovered it is even more energetic than they thought. Using an array of state-of-the-art detectors on … the Tibetan Plateau, a team … detected light particles with[...]
Who is Avi Loeb, and why does he believe in aliens?
From Wikipedia: “Abraham “Avi” Loeb (Hebrew: אברהם (אבי) לייב; born February 26, 1962) is an Israeli-American theoretical physicist who works on astrophysics and cosmology. Loeb is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University. He had been[...]
June 23rd, 2021 - 5:42 pm § in Law and Courts, News Media
Detained American reporter freed
An American reporter detained by authorities while covering an anti-government protest has been freed. Worldwide, journalists are arrested by the hundreds every year, and 50 were killed last year (see figures here). Last month, Belarus’ strongman hijacked an airliner and seized a journalist on[...]
Do blacks have 2nd Amendment rights?
Heck no! The 2nd Amendment was never meant to apply to them, it was meant to apply against them! And, largely, still is. Oh, a black guy can go to the Bureau of Non-Regulation of Firearms, get a permit (because they have to give it to him), and carry a gun just like white folks. But […][...]
April 4th, 2021 - 1:18 pm § in America, Donald Trump, Economics, Humor, Misc., News Media, Politics, Racism, Schools & Colleges
Bad, bad boomers!
“I’m not a fan of baby boomers,” begins this Vox article. “And no, it’s not really fair to paint an entire generation with the same brush, but I’m doing it anyway,” the writer — somebody I’ve never heard of — continues. “Hopefully, the boomers wi[...]