Author Archena Posted on September 10, 2021September 10, 2021Categories CurrentTags , , , ,

Why Does Jimmy Kimmel Have a Job?

Kimmel stated publicly that we should just let the unvaccinated die. This is blatant hate mongering – and it’s just a tad racist, too. Only 30% of the country remains unvaccinated – and 28% of those folks happen to be black. So basically – why does this hate monger have a job? Probably because he’s carrying water for Fauci – as is much of the media. Remember when 70% was enough to reach herd immunity? Well, now it’s not because … Continue reading “Why Does Jimmy Kimmel Have a Job?”

Author Archena Posted on September 9, 2021September 9, 2021Categories CurrentTags , , , ,

Truth Hurts; So We Cling to Lies

Truth hurts. We’ve all heard the saying. Worse, we’ve all been on the receiving end of a painful truth; didn’t make the team, girlfriend wants to break up; you have bad breath. It’s so much easier to just believe we are good enough for the team, our girlfriends want to be with us and that our mouthwash works – who would ever want to be told otherwise? The adage is a misnomer, however. Truth isn’t what hurts. Ripping away the … Continue reading “Truth Hurts; So We Cling to Lies”

Author Archena Posted on September 6, 2021Categories CurrentTags , , , , , , ,

Fear the Reaper – Do Not Fear Information; The Media Maybe

The media makes its money on fear. We tune in to hear about the crisis; we don’t tune in to hear about the city counsel meeting. The media – from the local newsletter all the way to the multinational conglomerates – knows that. Advertisers pay for views – they always have. When the only media was a single sheet of paper hung on the church door, some enterprising merchant somewhere paid to have his business’ name written in on the … Continue reading “Fear the Reaper – Do Not Fear Information; The Media Maybe”

Author Archena Posted on September 4, 2021September 4, 2021Categories Current

Can We Actually Teach Science?

Forget STEM and all the hoopla about fewer people going into the science field – let’s look at the science every US citizen needs to understand – can we just teach that much science successfully? Not ‘do we’ – ‘CAN WE’? Because the reality is, real science is really boring. It’s not particularly difficult – elementary kids can grasp the basics and high schoolers should be able to master the principles. If you can keep them awake long enough because … Continue reading “Can We Actually Teach Science?”

Author Archena Posted on September 2, 2021September 2, 2021Categories CurrentTags , , , , , , , , , , , ,

You Can Do Something Now

I saw a comment online today that I found annoying, disheartening, infuriating and just so sad. That person said what many, many people are saying – what maybe you’ve said – it’s such a common sentiment. And ever so wrong. What did that person say? Simply that we will have to wait until the midterms before we can do anything about the state of our government. My reaction: Seriously? What the heck are they teaching in Civics nowadays? Do people … Continue reading “You Can Do Something Now”

Author Archena Posted on August 31, 2021August 31, 2021Categories CurrentTags , , , , , ,

Biden Lied

From ABC News, August 18, 2021 Interview (transcript linked below): STEPHANOPOULOS: All troops are supposed to be out by August 31st. Even if Americans and our Afghan allies are still trying to get out, they’re gonna leave? BIDEN: We’re gonna do everything in our power to get all Americans out and our allies out. STEPHANOPOULOS: Does that mean troops will stay beyond August 31st if necessary? BIDEN: It depends on where we are and whether we can get– ramp these … Continue reading “Biden Lied”

Author Archena Posted on August 27, 2021August 27, 2021Categories Current

What Approval Numbers Tell Us

Nothing. Thanks for dropping by. Okay, okay, so there might be more to it than that. First thing to know about any poll is that it’s a snapshot of what’s going on at the minute it’s taken. It can be meaningful days afterwards if the electorate is stable – and it can be completely wrong two hours later – even if it was done perfectly (which nothing is – pollsters come in the same size human as the rest of … Continue reading “What Approval Numbers Tell Us”

Author Archena Posted on August 26, 2021August 26, 2021Categories CurrentTags , , , ,

Statistical Musings

In 2008, Barack Obama claimed 69,498,516 votes out of a total of 131,313,820 cast. He was a popular candidate in an exciting election and turnout was high. In 2020, Donald Trump garnered 74,216,154 votes of the 158,383,403 total. He was a popular incumbent in a hotly contested election. Turnout was extreme. In 2020, Joseph Biden received 81,268,924 votes of the total cast. He was not popular, barely campaigned for most of the summer and didn’t have a strategically important running … Continue reading “Statistical Musings”

Author Archena Posted on August 24, 2021August 24, 2021Categories CurrentTags , , , ,

When?

The disaster that is the Biden administration continues staggering along. In the meantime, we still have Americans and those Afghanis who trusted us stranded in Afghanistan. Jenn Psaki, the White House Press Secretary, chooses to play semantic games about whether or not people who want out and cannot get out have been ‘stranded’ by the grossly incompetent handling of the ‘evacuation’ by the Biden administration. Nero isn’t fiddling while Rome burns – he seems to have opted to take a … Continue reading “When?”