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Do you know which team you play for?
“I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said, ‘This is genius! Putin declares a big portion of of Ukraine, Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that’s wonderful. So, Putin is now saying, ‘It’s independent,’ a large section of Ukraine. I said, ‘How smart is that?’ And he’s going to go…
Is Stoop Dog a Closet Metalhead?
Not really. Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Metallica are the deepest dives I’ve made into heavy metal. I own no Maiden, Sabbath, Priest or Crüe. For bass players the pickings are pretty slim in the mosh pit. I appreciate the bombast and the over-the-top Krampuslauf production values of a well-staged metal act like Dragonforce but…
The Herd Immunity Paradox
There’s a built-in fallacy to herd immunity that shows the difference between a mathematical model where there’s an assumption of even distribution and the practical world where samples are heavily clustered. It’s also not a stable temporal model when that immunity is perishable with a half-life of around 6 months. I think herd immunity was…
Over Ain’t Over
Yogi Berra had it right. Those who believe that this global nightmare is over are overwhelmingly the reason why it’s not, nor will it be so long as their deadly delusion holds sway. Two thirds of the world is being held hostage by a motley faction of nitwits, political extremists, conspiracy freaks and just plain…
What About the Next One?
A contributor on one of the social media venues I use asked a sobering question: “If Ebola were to break out in the US in 2025 under a hypothetically responsible GOP president, would the right wing still embrace denial of common sense health guidelines and insist on its right to infect others with it?” Good…
Proof of vaccine, please!
Damn, I hate being right. And right yet again. Sure I do. ? Not to rehash my amaaazing prescience but I wrote back in September 2020 that there would be a digital COVID passport Coming Real Soon Now and that government would put pressure on venue owners to require proof of negative infection before allowing…