Tech Commentary columnist James Meigs joins the program to talk about his latest piece for the magazine “Thank God for Big Pharma.” We discuss the “lab leak” hypothesis and the terrifying consensus within the scientific community that shut its advocates up.

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  1. OwnedByDogs Lincoln
    OwnedByDogs
    @JuliaBlaschke

    I used to think that American institutions did a good job. At least compared to other countries. Now I have no faith in any of them! It seems to me they are all simply filled with apparatchiks for the Democrat Party! The CDC has been revealed to be useless or even harmful. The State Dept. is flying gay and blm flags and seems to think their mission is to further the Democrat agenda and they don’t even make a show of hiding it like they used to. The NIH and Fauci seem to be working with and maybe even for the Chinese. The military wants to recruit soldiers with two mommies and seems to think its mission is some kind of social justice/welfare thing. Big business can’t kow tow fast enough to every stupid thing the far left pushes.  Doctors can’t wait to put children on hormone blockers and even mutilate their bodies which is somehow “treating them with respect and giving them dignity”. 

    Apart from the fact that it is all insane – it is embarrassing!  

    I guess I’m just old. I feel sorry for my kids and grandkids.

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  2. OccupantCDN Coolidge
    OccupantCDN
    @OccupantCDN

    Good discussion.

    The agencies that are supposed to have real impactful real world missions have just become political organizations…

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  3. Saint Augustine Member
    Saint Augustine
    @SaintAugustine

    Nice commentary on citizen science!

    Now what about citizen journalism on election fraud?

    Do you disagree with my view that the traditional means of election shenanigans resulted in illegally cast or illegally counted votes larger than the Biden margin of victory in multiple swing states?

    Then please find the mistake.  I’ve changed my mind already on this question, and I can do it again.  I’ve personally rebutted two of the election fraud claims (173k votes in MI with corresponding registrations, and the Miller allegations in PA).  If I’m missing some other mistake that would leave my conclusion unwarranted, I want to know.

    But if you can’t find it, let citizen journalism on election fraud have its day in the public court next!

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