Last Friday, a large majority of Irish voters (67.7%) rejected their government’s proposal to insert a new definition of the family into the Constitution, in which “durable relationships” and not just a marital bond, could form the legal basis for …
The Taboo Ingredient for Progress: Shame
But again and again there comes a time in history when the man who dares to say that two and two make four is punished with death. The schoolteacher is well aware of this. And the question is not one …
Kid Lab Rats
“Mommy, can I be a Covid lab rat?”
That is a request most parents will never hear and it is a request that very few parents would ever want to hear.
But, unlike the more typical “Can I have a …
The Road to a New McCarthyism
I wonder how many people have recoiled with horror at what happened in the House of Representatives recently. I am referring to the decision, effectively, to ban the social media platform, TikTok, in the United States (to ‘protect Americans from …
Ketanji Brown Jackson Defenestrates the First Amendment
At her confirmation hearings, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson claimed she lacked the expertise to define “woman.” Just two years later, she did not hesitate to redefine the First Amendment and free speech as she advocated for the regime to bulldoze …
Mainstream Measles Mongers
If you’ve been following reporting from mainstream media outlets lately you could not have missed the flurry of stories about the resurgence of the measles in Canada or the US. Stern-looking public health officials with wrinkled brows are quoted as …
Anatomy of the Tech-Industrial Complex
In the news this week, there is a lot of controversy over the US House of Representatives voting on Bill HR7521 which gives the Executive Branch of government the power to control and/or censor the content on websites and apps …
The Virality Project’s Censorship Agenda
In November 2023 Alex Gutentag and I reported on the Virality Project’s internal content-flagging system, as released by the US House Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
Initiated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency …
The Social Pole Switch
I. Magnetic Pole Switch
The Earth is not a rock. Instead it has a solid core surrounded by thousands of kilometers of swirling magma covered by a thin crust (where we live). “Electrical currents flowing in the slowly moving molten …
The Harm of College Vaccine Mandates
Who would have believed we’d still be talking about Covid vaccine mandates in 2024, but given how resistant authority figures are to accepting reality, or defeat or acknowledging mistakes, it seems likely we’ll unfortunately be subjected to talking about them forever.
Dozens …
Google’s A.I. Fiasco Exposes Deeper Infowarp
When the stock markets opened last Monday morning, February 26, Google shares promptly fell 4%, by Wednesday were down nearly 6%, and a week later have now fallen 8%. It was an unsurprising reaction to the embarrassing debut of the …
When Panic Became Normalized
In honor of the fourth anniversary of the tyrannical overreaction to a largely imagined threat that elsewhere I’ve described in terms of Israel’s worship of golden calf, I thought it useful to relive my own experience of how easily normal …
How Will We Remember the Pandemic Era?
As we reach the four-year anniversary of Covid, it is difficult not to wonder what the legacy of that period will ultimately be. How will it be remembered by future generations? How will it be taught in schools? How will …
The PREP Act Swallowed the Bill of Rights
The US sold its citizens’ right to jury trials to the country’s largest lobbying force, and Americans now bear the costs after Pharma cashed record profits.
The PREP Act, a 2005 statute invoked by HHS Secretary Alex Azar at the …
How Did American Capitalism Mutate Into American Corporatism?
In the 1990s and for years into our century, it was common to ridicule the government for being technologically backwards. We were all gaining access to fabulous things, including webs, apps, search tools, and social media. But governments at all …