Category Archives: Social Commentary

Thanksgiving

James Lileks’ obligatory essay.

I am not just today, but always thankful that I was born in this Republic, and for the opportunities that we will continue to have to preserve it. Speaking of which, Sidney Powell delivered the Kraken for Thanksgiving.

[Update a couple minutes later]

Also in my home state of Michigan which is, apropo of nothing other than the Lion’s loss today, having a very bad football season.

Hyperbaric Oxygen

Can it reverse aging? I’d like to see this replicated. I found this interesting: “The clinical trial was conducted as part of a comprehensive Israeli research program that targets aging as a reversible condition.” [My emphasis]

Too many people in this country still think of aging as an inevitable condition, rather than treating it as a disease to be fought. And Biden’s ghoulish new “health” adviser thinks that we shouldn’t live past 75. Despite the description in the story, I consider him neither a “medical ethicist” or “health-care expert.”

Conservative Treehouse

…has been deplatformed by WordPress.

Bob Zimmerman has further thoughts.

I use WordPress software for all my blogs, but I don’t quite understand this. Were they actually using WordPress as a host? If so, while this is stupid, they could in fact simply find a new host. This sort of thing is why I lease my own server.

[Update a while later]

Zimmerman link is fixed, sorry.