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Fear doesn't travel well; just as it can warp judgment, its absence can diminish memory's truth. What terrifies one generation is likely to bring only a puzzled smile to the next. --Arthur Miller, "Why I Wrote 'The Crucible'", The New Yorker, October 21, 1996
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Category Archives: Turning Japanese
No, ivermectin did NOT cause a “miracle” in Japan
A biotech professor breaks down just how bogus the story of the “Japanese ivermectin miracle” really was, as well as how to spot pseudoscience and quackery in COVID reporting. What really gets me in all of this was how the … Continue reading
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What is Japan doing right about COVID-19?
Japan’s ambassador to Canada has some interesting insights: Surprise! Japan’s secret weapons are science, technology, communitarian solidarity, internal public preparedness, and international co-operation. Something the amnesiacs just to the south of us, in all their not-so-rugged “individualism”, are forgetting even … Continue reading
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Donnie poses for selfies with alleged massage parlor madam
Be it known that I say “alleged” only for legal reasons here. My mind is pretty made up as to what sort of person this woman is already: I mean, a gold, rhinestone-encrusted MAGA clutch purse? That is one tacky-ass … Continue reading
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Vic Berger skewers Gavin McInnes again
And if anyone ever deserved to be made into fascist shishkebob, it’s Gammon: …who, as we can see, has absolutely NOTHING to be proud of. Especially with all the walking-back you’ve had to do since you were first exposed. But … Continue reading
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Right-wing thugs run amuck, NYPD looks the other way
…and of course, FUX Snooze — which never met a fascist it couldn’t hug — deliberately misreports it all: Sam Seder provides some helpful context and backgrounder to last weekend’s peebee swarm-attack on random people in New York. And makes … Continue reading
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Quotable: Brian Bilston on national identities
And in light of the latest mass shooting and the political inaction that’s bound to follow, those final two lines are the kicker.
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Japanese nun arrested in Argentina for child trafficking
Here’s something you don’t see everyday: a nun in full habit being schlepped off in shackles. What did she do? Well, she’s charged with something so awful that I’m going to just issue ALL THE TRIGGER WARNINGS, right here and … Continue reading
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PUA racism at its finest
Seen on the tweeter today: Yes, that’s right. One of Julien Fucking Blanc’s little ass-barnacles is calling for all of Japan to be wiped out just because they won’t let him in to teach hapless morons how to sexually assault … Continue reading
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Pick-up shut-down: Canada and Germany fighting back against RSD
Julien Blanc’s infamous “choking girls” video, in which the PUA “coach”, of the firm RSD, gives racist “advice” on how to pick up women in Japan: Literally grab them by the throat and scare/embarrass the hell out of them, and … Continue reading
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