"mask in photo with a string of letters in name" is one of the strongest possible prediction heuristics for "everyhting i am about to say about public health is nonsense."

quite a contrast from the UK or US, no?

property rights, defended by violence, constitute the bedrock of any functional society. there is no other option. “The notion that people should use violence to defend their property is INSANE.” this is fundamentally indefensible. golden rules make golden ages and the idea

a society in which things cannot be protected by violence is a society in which no one can really have things. someone can just come and take them and if you say "stop" and they do not, what then? so "property" literally cannot exist without "defended by violence." it just

i don't think western europe and canada understand how little their opinions matter anymore. once, at least europe was relevant, but today? both are failing, no-growth, collapsing demographic failures that are rapidly losing anything like their high trust, flourishing cultures

You evidently struggle with reading comprehension. So, I’ll state it again. 💅 Powering the entire U.S. with solar and wind would create excessive land costs with additional costs for transmission and load balancing (your favorite talking point, bAtTeRy storage). That would

a "right not to be offended" is authoritarian fascism dancing around in the skin suit of empathy. it allows whoever is in power to selectively silence any and all dissent. only a complete muppet would arrest someone for calling someone a muppet.

it's because europe is poor relative to the US. the ability to produce and use energy is literally what makes you rich and enables high standards of living.

"i never thought leopards would eat MY face!" exclaimed the man who had voted for the leopards eating faces party.

this is pure bias fallacy. "people who own motorcycle helmets are much more likely to die in a motorcycle crash than people who do not own motorcycle helmets, therefore motorcycle helmets don't protect riders!" unless you control for "actually rides a motorcycle" all you're

when did "censoring reality in order to control what people are allowed to know" become the primary purpose of government information?

This video by Matt Orfalea of Fauci humiliating himself is absolutely incredible — wear a mask outside, don’t wear a mask outside, we don’t need masks, actually wear two masks — it’s easy to how bad he was and how often he misled people

“the karentocracy needs to end”

If we manage to go another eight days without Gabrielle forming in the Atlantic, it will be the first time since 1939 (and the first time in the satellite record, 1966-present) that no named storms have been active in the basin during the first 18 days of September.

At FEE, we believe the freedom to speak and debate openly is the cornerstone of every other liberty. Without it, democracy and civil society cannot endure. Political violence is never a legitimate response to speech. Our thoughts are with Charlie Kirk and his family during this

Remember, Bluesky was created because the political left said Elon Musk was allowing "hateful rhetoric" to spread on Twitter/X

I’m not big on incitement claims but this one is crystal clear to me: Labeling opposing viewpoints as “hate speech” does nothing but give moral cover to actual hate … real hate that has an ever-increasing body count and allows onlookers to feel morally superior celebrating

“leaders on the left have to acknowledge what’s really happening here, and speak out against it, and stop comparing Republican leaders to Nazis. Hey, maybe they could even tell their followers that free speech and debate are core American values, too. Or is that too much to ask”

These people cry at the drop of a hat because someone was “mean” but then they’ll laugh at a human being murdered. Their precious feelings are everything but human life is nothing. Children left without a father is nothing. It’s pure evil. Combined with ordinary narcissism.

A 2011 study of nursing homes showed preferential use of hand sanitizer among the staff was associated with a significantly higher rates of norovirus infection... ~Steve Templeton Germophobia Doesn’t Pay, But It Does Sell brownstone.org/articles/germo…