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Why does Trump still have such a hold over the Republican party?
Because what else have they got to fall back on? Trump and his cabal effectively killed the few remaining scraps of traditional conservative ideology in the GOP. If you’re an ambitious Republican puppy dog, what have you got to build on that doesn’t stink of Trump? Who will be your mentor and rabbi? Kevin McCarthy?…
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What’s with the lying?
A contributor on Quora asked yesterday: It’s because the GOP is rudderless and has been since the Neocon/Teaparty takeover of the party in the 1990s and 00s and it RINO’d out all its independent voices. The Republican party is so devoid of political, economic and social principles now, conservative or even patriotic, that it ran…
We’re Immersed In Yet Another Witch Hunt!
It’s amazing how many “witch hunts” Trumpers complain that their precious Bloatus is being subjected to: January 6th, NYS v. Trump Org, Georgia v. Trump, SDNY v. Trump, DC v. Trump… all just this year. Wow. Dear Sean: A “witch hunt” is about prosecuting an innocent person for a phony crime. This isn’t about finding…
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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…