Archive for 2021

HMM: Ultra-processed foods increase odds for second heart attack, stroke. But, as I suspected when I saw the headline, there’s this: “The study cannot tell if the ultra-processed foods themselves actually contribute to higher mortality [death], or if the people who tend to eat these foods also tend to do other unhealthy behaviors that actually increase mortality.”

EXPORTING OPPRESSION: Authoritarian Governments Use Huawei Technology To Censor Journalists. “Researchers at Top10VPN determined that 17 of the 69 countries studied use the Chinese telecom giant’s hardware to enforce censorship laws. Cuba uses Huawei’s ‘middlebox’ devices to censor stories that criticize the country’s communist regime. In Burundi, the government blocks media outlets that have criticized the president. Fifteen other countries use Huawei hardware specifically to censor news, the report found.”

Previously: Biden Gives Blacklisted Chinese Tech Giant Huawei Entry to U.S. Auto Industry.

WELL, BYE: Top Harris Aide the Latest to Flee Sinking Ship. “Symone Sanders, chief spokesperson and senior adviser to the embattled vice president, will depart at month’s end, as turmoil continues. Sanders is the second top Harris aide to announce her departure in less than a month.”

NEW BINARY STAR DISCOVERED: Imagine one huge star with a much smaller companion star nearby. Scientists have long theorized such a duo must exist, but only recently was an actual example of the phenomenon observed, according to the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. This is exciting stuff, people!

HMM: Highest Vaccination Rate, Record-Breaking COVID Numbers. “A disproportionate number of hospitalizations in Vermont are in the southwestern part of the state, near the Massachusetts border. Vermont’s Department of Health said a majority were not ‘fully vaccinated’ against the virus.”

INDEED: Sorry, Commies, You Can’t Ruin Christmas. “Dr. Fauxchi (see what I did there) stated in October that it was ‘too soon’ to say whether or not it will be safe to gather for Christmas. That was before the thus far not-lethal omicron variant appeared. I believe it is not too soon to say Fauxchi is covitarded and I’m spending Christmas where and with whom I choose.”

RED PEN LOGIC: ‘Religious people’ should keep their moral beliefs to themselves and not try in the Public Square to impose them on the rest of us. But wait a minute, Tim Barnett asks, doesn’t everybody have a right to participate in the public square?

HE’S NOT ALL THERE: Hunter Biden’s Therapist Said Joe Biden ‘Triumph[ed] Over Dementia.’

In January 2019, Ablow offered to provide a tongue-in-cheek endorsement for a Joe Biden presidential campaign: “‘Any man who can triumph over dementia is a giant. Think what he could do for our nation’s needed recovery.’ Dr Keith Ablow.”

“Perhaps he can help us remember all we intended to be as a people since he can now remember his address,” the mock endorsement continued.

Ablow was close to Hunter and also served as his onetime landlord, the book says. In February 2019, Ablow and Hunter discussed hosting a podcast together, with Hunter texting: “Dad is our first guest.”

Ablow responded: “Does he recall details tho, with the dementia and all.”

Hunter retorted: “Not much these days but since it’s all fake news anyway I don’t see the problem.”

The story is based on material from Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop, and perhaps could have been known before the 2020 election if the press and social media hadn’t squashed the story.