Saturday, September 25, 2021

question 16


Question 16

Why do we have a debt ceiling? A little charade for us?

For those of you with some anxiety deficit, I offer the Nipah virus. In the two strains of Nipah encountered so far — originating in Malaysia in 1999 and later in Bangladesh — pigs and fruit bats are believed to have been the intermediary hosts. It has a low infectivity rate but its mortality rate is 70%. Feel better?

The women's outfits that have appeared in the world--Megan Fox and the like--raise an interesting problem: How should an average woman respond to such carnality? Is it good and liberating or is it dangerous to women?

The California recall vote implies that there is boundless expectation from government and no expectation. What is that? 

The design of scientific studies is as important as the concept behind it. There are a number of failed studies that failed because they were doomed from the start by the very structure of the study. Stats deficiency in the study's creators?

Food and Drug Administration threatened to fine the principal investigator of a clinical trial for failing to submit results as required by federal law, marking the first time the agency has widened its list of targets that could face penalties for such a violation. Do you know that 30% of trials are said to go unreported?

Can you imagine the argument for voting for Gavin Newsome?

Gen. Milley is in trouble for the ultimate in American culture and politics. an allegation about an allegation. Because we are used to this kind of nonsense, we take it in stride--as we do the indictment of the Democrat operative who started the ball rolling on the Russia-Trump 'allegation'/plot.
Unfortunately, as with so much of our foolishness, there is a real problem here. Why would we have a structure that allows a single person to start a nuclear war? And, if we think that's a good idea, was Trump more a risk than Biden is?

In Clint Eastwood's new movie, he plays a two-fisted bronco-busting 92-year-old with several love interests. Parlor game: How many metaphors can you create here in 60 seconds?

All political concepts and visions are expressed through a hierarchy. What hierarchy is immune to self-serving abuse?


An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 caused by the Gamma variant infected 24/44 (55%) employees of a gold mine in French Guiana (87% symptomatic, no severe forms). The attack rate was 60% (15/25) among fully vaccinated miners and 75% (3/4) among unvaccinated miners without a history of infection. No note of severity? Are all infections the same?

Imposter syndrome occurs when high-achieving individuals have a pervasive sense of self-doubt combined with fear of being exposed as a fraud despite objective measures of success. 144 residents completed the assessment (response rate=46.6%; 47.2% male). Only 22.9% had “none to mild” or “moderate” imposter syndrome. A majority (76%) had “significant” or “severe” imposter syndrome. There were no significant differences in mean scores amongst male and female residents (p=0.69). Does the equality of the problem mean there is less of a problem?

Does there come a time when government is so embarrassing that able people don't want to be associated with it?

A recent survey of U.S. high school students conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 1.8% of students identify as transgender. More than one-third of transgender adolescents surveyed had attempted suicide in the previous 12 months. The historical norms were one in 30,000. What is happening?

A U.S. official said recently he is convinced the Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan carried out this week’s horrific attack on a maternity hospital in a majority Shiite Muslim neighborhood in Kabul, killing 24 people, including newborn babies and mothers. These aren't our partners, right?

2 comments:

Kane said...


General .Miley is an idiot.

Thee Imposer syndrome is true, Yesterday, I saw someone pretending to be Doctor Jim McCague..

Another guy was pretending to be Jimmy Swagert.

How is your funding project for OAC, coming along

jim said...

After AOC is on the cover of Vanity Fair and Vogue simultaneously, the money will come rolling in.
j