Apr 22

Leaked

Practically-A-Book Review: Rootclaim $100,000 Lab Leak Debate.

I did not and will never watch all 15 hours of video associated with this, though I have reviewed much of the material (prior and some more now). The lab leak hypothesis still seems far more likely as the zoonotic spillover explanation relies on an absurd level of coincidences. Which is more probable, a 200-step Rube Goldberg machine of various transmissions and transportations, or that someone at the WIV gets infected in their lab known already to have poor containment standards and spreads Covid in the town where they already live?

Hmm, I wonder.

The whole debate seems insane to me just based on Bayesian priors. And with how much the Chinese contaminated all the evidence and mounted an absolutely enormous propaganda operation to conceal what really occurred, how does the zoonotic origin seem at all likely?

Apr 22

No Care

Being spiny, prickly, grumpy and thorny by nature has really optimized me for this era of scams. I don’t give a fuck who you say you are or even if you are truly someone official. I’m not giving you any damn thing.

Talk to the hand, or my motherfucking lawyer.

Apr 21

Tied

We finally did the right thing and approved aid to Ukraine (still has to be approved by the Senate, which is almost certain). I’m glad it will help Ukraine and I almost hate to say this but it’s true: even if Ukraine can’t stop Russia, the longer we can keep Russia tied down in Ukraine the better. This will keep them from attempting to take the Baltic states and Poland for as long as possible.

The nightmare scenario is war against China and Russia at the same time. That is fairly likely. Anything at all that can be done to avoid this is best. Ukraine aid helps avert that if nothing else.

Apr 20

Real Fraud

Obama was a far worse fraud and conman than trump because Trump is so obvious about it. Obama screwed up the nation beyond repair. Trump just continued the decline with a farcical version of Obama’s sly guile.

Apr 19

Piguirbelster

I secretly think that gerbils, guinea pigs and hamsters are the same animal. They just give it different hairstyles to trick us.