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Strike One

Now you can listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! A couple of days ago, I told you how YouTube gave me a warning and censored the very first post I made on their site.  They claimed I was spreading misinformation and contradicted what the World Health Organization or

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Garth Brooks, MD

Now you can listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! If somebody rounded up a room full of people with smallpox, I’d be willing to walk into the room and help them.  Without wearing a mask.  I already know what some of you are thinking.  You’re thinking that’s an

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What a Difference a Day Makes

Now you can listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! The Pfizer vackseen has received full approval from the FDA.  Yippee.  Now I guess I should run right out and roll up my sleeve. Nope. I said before, in order to convince me to be vacksinated, you’ll need to

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A Really Big Ask

Now you can listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! Avella Bauer contracted ADEM (acute disseminated encephalomyelitis), a rare disease where the body’s immune system attacks its own cells and tissues.  This typically causes swelling in the brain and spinal cord.  ADEM develops in about 1 out of every

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Errors and Corrections

Well, this is embarrassing.  A few days ago, I wrote an article called “Tylenol COVID+Flu”.  I said that something like “Tylenol COVID+Flu” would be useful for alleviating some of the symptoms of COVID-19.  And, since many of the symptoms of COVID-19 are the same symptoms one might have with the

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Rapid Crap Development

Back before the mid 90’s, software developers had to be very careful about what they shipped.  This was before the Internet and downloadable software.  Consumer software was packaged, then sent to places like Babbage’s, and sold to geeks.  If the software in the box didn’t work, the product failed.  If

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Uncaringly Ignorant

Over the past few months, I’ve had many conversations that go something like this: Other Person: “I’m going to get vacksinated” Me: “Aren’t you worried about the side effects?” Other Person: “What side effects?” Then we talk a bit and I tell them about the eleven-plus thousand Americans (and counting)

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Observing the Real Danger

I know five people who have contracted COVID-19.  Five.  Out of all the people I know, I’m aware of only five of them who have actually had the disease.  And none of them died.  Hell, none of them even had symptoms worse than a cold. If COVID-19 is as contagious

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On Telecommuting and Forced Vacksinations

I know a woman who works in the Health Care industry.  Specifically, she works for Essentia Health.  Just a few days ago, Essentia released a memo stating that they were going to “require all colleagues to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment”.  Here’s a chunk of

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Meme Fact Checking #1

I ran across a sort-of meme today.  It was some text claiming that some new facts had surfaced about how much Fauci knew about the effectiveness of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as a treatment against SARS-CoV, and when he knew it. You can see the whole image here. There were some pretty

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