Archive for 2020

MY PROPHETIC SOCIAL MEDIA FRIENDS: Some of my Facebook friends predicted that the shutdowns, by reducing employment esp. among the working poor and creating boredom by shutting people up in their homes would be the tinder for social conflagration. I thought that was unreasonable, but now it’s hard to gainsay.

POLITICIZED SCIENCE SUCKS: Scientists raise concern over hydroxychloroquine study. “Dozens of scientists have raised concerns over a large-scale study of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine published in the Lancet that led to the World Health Organization suspending clinical trials of the anti-viral drugs as a potential treatment for COVID-19.”

ANDY NGO: Antifa’s American Insurgency. The far-left has perfected the art of rioting:

Media, politicians, the public — all of us — have underestimated the training and capability of left-wing extremists, who are united in purpose. All the parts of rioting serve a purpose. Looting and fires destroy local economies. Riots can overwhelm the police and even the military. All of this leads to a destabilized state. America is brave and beautiful. She is not invincible.

Read the whole thing.

Related: Neo on The riots and the hard, organized left.