Author Archive: Sarah Hoyt

SHUT UP XI SAID:   Explosive study claims to prove Chinese scientists created COVID.

Which means it’s shoddy and done all with thumbs. I suspect it really was supposed to be super lethal, which is why they went crazy, and then someone thought “Hey, we already panicked, now let’s use it to our advantage.”

SEE, THIS IS WHY MATH AND (REAL) SCIENCE ARE RACIST, SEXIST AND WHITE SUPREMACIST:  A New Kind of Denialism.

They cause you to doubt the words of your “betters.”

 

MOSTLY BECAUSE THEY CAN’T AFFORD FOR THEIR CRIMES TO BE DISCOVERED: A Democratic Mafia Family Dynasty.

Like MacBeth they are in blood steeped so far that to go on is easier than to return.

OKAY, YES, IT STARTED AS A TYPO, BUT TRAD BEING TRADITIONAL, IT’S APT:  Tools of the Trad.

OH, PLEASE, ACCORDING TO THE WAY OF MRS. COSMOPILITE OF QUIRM STREET, ANKH-MORPORK “I WASN’T BORN YESTERDAY”:  Indian yoga guru slammed for ‘irresponsible’ COVID views.

I.e. the left is fine with crystals being talked about as cures for cancer. but Winnie the Flu? Oh, no. That’s sacred onto Marx, and therefore can only be cured by official science promulgated by the CDC and other governmental entities.  Pfui.

WHAT? MY SHOCKED FACE YET AGAIN?   EXCLUSIVE: COVID-19 ‘has NO credible natural ancestor’ and WAS created by Chinese scientists who then tried to cover their tracks with ‘retro-engineering’ to make it seem like it naturally arose from bats, explosive new study claims.

So…  Here’s my prediction:

Altering genomes using our current technology is highly dependent on these things known as “restriction sites”.

Briefly– bacteria are infected by a class of virus called bacteriophages, and have evolved enzymes that find specific sequences in double-stranded RNA which are indicative of a viral genome, and cleave them there.

We use these to manipulate DNA to splice into bacteria in labs, by putting artificial restriction sites on the DNA to be inserted and identifying a part of– usually — a plasmid, which is a free floating strand of genetic material outside the main bacterial genome that allows the bacteria to do extra stuff (a lot of antibiotic resistance is carried on specific plasmids and can even be acquired by living bacteria that integrate DNA from dead ones.)

Restriction enzymes make “L” shaped asymmetric cuts, so if you have two pieces of genetic material cut with one enzyme, the two can interchangeably dimerize with each other.

Radical departures from the closest relatives in nature positioned near known restriction sites would be– and probably are — extremely suspicious.

FROM KEN LIZZI:  Blood and Jade.

 


When an ancient sorcerer pursues an enchanted blade at any cost, only one man stands in his way.

Archaeologists uncovering a lost Mayan city unearth a magic artifact. An earthquake disturbs the operations of neighboring narcotraffickers. An ancient sorcerer and his mercenary henchmen arrive to claim the artifact.

When these three factions converge, Karl Thorson, ex-Special Forces, is thrust into action.

Dexicos Megistos, a nigh immortal sorcerer, wants to retrieve a mystical jade dagger. Alejandra Matamoros-Lopez wants to smuggle narcotics through the tunnels beneath the ruins, avoiding the notice of rival cartels. Professor May Chen wants to see if any sparks remain from her relationship with the head of the archaeological dig.

Karl Thorson just wants to do his job, and maybe have a cold beer.

Can he safeguard the archaeologists, especially the lovely Professor May Chen? Can he defeat a murderous band of narcotraffickers? And can he deprive the sorcerer Dexicos Megistos of the jade dagger?