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lifecoma (72)in #covid • 4 years ago
Soaring cases, falling deaths.
The 7-day average of daily U.S. deaths from COVID-19 was 712 on October 17; 849 on September 17; 1,349 on August 18 (Aug 17th was an anomaly); and 901 on July 17. If you fail…
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lifecoma (72)in #wechat • 4 years ago
WeChat and Tiktok US ban - A Geopolitical decision.
Something that will affect the Chinese American community tomorrow is the WeChat ban, which I've been thinking about in recent days. When I first heard about it, I kind of…
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lifecoma (72)in #law • 5 years ago
Civil Disobedience and Changing Minds.
I know that nobody cares about truth and all that matters is your feelings, but it still bothers me when people use the term "civil disobedience" to describe acts that are not…
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lifecoma (72)in #paedophilia • 5 years ago
Quick point for Q idiots.
Actually, it’s not for Q idiots, because they’re too broken to think. Incapable of learning or changing. This is for everyone else, I suppose. Pedophilia and sex trafficking…
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lifecoma (72)in #chadwick • 5 years ago
Tribute to Black Panther / Chadwick Boseman.
In honor of the late Chadwick Boseman, I think it would be fitting to take a look at the moral and political economy issues raised by the "Black Panther" movie. I should note…
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lifecoma (72)in #kenosha • 5 years ago
Here's my best take on what went down in Kenosha.
Information is still incomplete. There are probably bits here that will piss off people on both sides. :-/ First, I've seen no evidence that Rittenhouse was a white…
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lifecoma (72)in #genealogy • 5 years ago
Finding the genetic 'Adam' and 'Eve.'
Unrelated to any current events, here are some interesting bits from genealogy and genetics. If you trace back through your mitochondrial DNA (inherited almost exclusively from…
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lifecoma (72)in #freedom • 5 years ago
Fighting back against the organized criminal oligarchical plutocracy.
Thought for the day... Dr. Scott Jensen, an honest and courageous physician for the past 35 years and a Minnesota state senator, called out corrupt CDC-directed misattribution of…
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lifecoma (72)in #belarus • 5 years ago
Belarus Protests - Countering the growth of authoritarian nationalism in the world and dealing a setback to Putin.
I have time today to comment on either this or the Israel-UAE deal, but not both. So I will pick this, because I'm a bit more likely to say something that hasn't already been…
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lifecoma (72)in #police • 5 years ago
What is the root cause of police brutality?
Are police the sole problem? I don't think that it can be stressed enough that there are proximate and root causes. When it comes to unjustified police killings, usually, the…
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lifecoma (72)in #human • 5 years ago
How much do we really know about the history of humanity?
For a long time we believed that sophisticated civic organization was kickstarted by Ancient Egyptian, Minoan, Sumerian, Indus Valley, and Ancient Chinese civilizations around…
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lifecoma (72)in #atomic • 5 years ago
75th Anniversary of the Atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
This is the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. Three days ago was the anniversary of Hiroshima. I have two unpopular opinions about the bombings, one ethical and…
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lifecoma (72)in #racism • 5 years ago
The Great Society spent $30 trillion over the past fifty years ghettotizing rather than truly empowering black America.
To believe that racism or genetics explains all the disparities of outcomes (whether health, income, incarceration rates) for minorities, or that sexism explains why women earn…
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lifecoma (72)in #democracy • 5 years ago
Why isn't war being declared against the CPP?
It's pretty much impossible for me to support military intervention against China; but, there's a reason why I've had a few "happy dreams" about blowing up a few government…
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lifecoma (72)in #5g • 5 years ago
Debunking "5G radio waves causing cancer"
This post will be of interest to absolutely no one, except on the off chance you're curious about how we know that "5G radio waves" don't cause cancer, COVID-19, extra-limbs, or…
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lifecoma (72)in #blm • 5 years ago
Garrett Foster - Shot and killed at BLM protest.
When we woke up this morning, the only ones who knew what had happened to Garrett Foster were those who were there. The rest of us only knew that he was shot and killed at a BLM…
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lifecoma (72)in #covid • 5 years ago
We need to stop pretending models are reality.
Dozens of government officials and media talking heads use phrasing like “we must”, ”if we don’t”, ”people who do/don’t” to precede other phrases like “lock down”, ”wear a mask”…
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lifecoma (72)in #arbery • 5 years ago
The reality of vigilantism.
I have to say something extremely uncomfortable. I fully support the arrest and prosecution of the killers of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia. The video we saw contradicts a key…
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lifecoma (72)in #covid • 5 years ago
If you're calling for renewed economic shutdowns, read this first.
I want these people who are calling for renewed economic shutdowns to get serious about the target they're setting for re-opening, how long they think it will take to…
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lifecoma (72)in #culture • 5 years ago
Building cultural cohesion - The super power recipe to success.
One thing I learned recently about the Apollo program is that it wasn’t just about proving that America was superior to the USSR’s Communist system. It was more specifically…
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