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"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

COVID-19: Numbers That Really Matter

Among the dishonest games that the media have played with coronavirus is their habit of reporting cumulative totals of reported cases and deaths as if this is the only metric of the pandemic. Anyone with a functional brain, however, must realize that this is misleading and nearly useless in terms of understanding how the outbreak […]

1993 Video Emerges Supporting Sexual Misconduct Accusation Against Joe Biden

  The hashtag #DropOutBiden began trending on Twitter this morning in the wake of yesterday’s exclusive report by Ryan Grim at The Intercept: A new piece of evidence has emerged buttressing the credibility of Tara Reade’s claim that she told her mother about allegations of sexual harassment and assault related to her former boss, then-Sen. […]

‘Morning Joe’ Goes Nuts, Screaming About Fox News: ‘They Never Learn!’

  Joe Scarborough is smarter than everybody, so smart that he had foreknowledge of the coronavirus pandemic — “back like in February!” — that would have saved “more people . . . than died in the entire Vietnam tragedy!” Despite this, I have never heard Joe Scarborough criticize Andrew Cuomo for New York’s lack of […]

CBS News: White Males Are Heroes

What? The liberal media gives good publicity to Trump voters? A company that produces raw supplies for medical manufacturers has risen to the unprecedented challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. Not only did Braskem USA ramp up production of their much-needed materials, but the company also designated “live-in” teams who stayed and worked at their facilities […]

Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Andrew Cuomo: The Media’s Favorite Scientific Geniuses

  Watching MSNBC today (so you don’t have to) and it’s amazing how laser-focused they are on the blame-Trump narrative of COVID-19. The MSNBC viewer is given the impression, for example, that Joe Biden was presciently warning about this Chinese disease in January, when what is being quoted is not what Biden himself said, but […]

Trump Holds Media Accountable, Media React With Childish Tantrums

In his crucial role as Media Troll-in-Chief, our President had a memorable moment Monday, playing a brief video at his press conference contradicting the “Blame Trump” narrative that has been promoted in the media. Here’s the video, courtesy of the Telegraph:   Victoria Taft chronicles the reaction: Donald Trump absolutely lit up his own Coronavirus […]

IMHE Lowers COVID-19 U.S. Death Projection Again, Now Down to 60,000

  While MSNBC hosts were busy spreading conspiracy theories, the doomsday forecasters were revising their numbers again: The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) model cited by the White House Coronavirus Task Force lowered its projections for coronavirus deaths in the U.S. by 25 percent from 81,766 to 60,415 early Wednesday morning. The IHME […]

COVID-19: The Fight Against Fear

  Mike Rowe: “We’re told to fall in line, trust the experts, and wait patiently for the all clear. Okay, fine. But for how long? What are the criteria for turning the country back on?” Many conservatives have become gun-shy about the COVID-19 outbreak. They don’t want to seem dismissive of the threat, or to […]

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