vxbush 3/26/2021 6:08:46 AM

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PaladinPhil 3/26/2021 6:37:20 AM

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Morning. Pissing down rain today which is nice since I don't plan on going anywhere except where needed which is only one trip.

Handed off all the paperwork to my younger brother and am now letting him deal with most of it. His responsibility, I just got things set up for him at least.

Occasional Reader 3/26/2021 6:43:36 AM

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Reply to PaladinPhil in 2:

Glad that you are through the worst of this, or so it seems to me.

PaladinPhil 3/26/2021 6:53:38 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 3:

Still have the obit to write. putting that off for the moment while I gather my strength and do some research.

buzzsawmonkey 3/26/2021 7:21:42 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 1:

If you claim to "identify as" something, that is a declaration that you are not, in fact, that thing.

Occasional Reader 3/26/2021 7:23:55 AM

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Kosh's Shadow 3/26/2021 7:28:51 AM

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Radiation is baaaaaad!

Israeli researchers looked at radiation and cancer data for the entire United States and reaching a stunning conclusion that people living in areas with higher background radiation actually have lower incidents of some key cancers, Ben-Gurion University (BGU) reported this week.

The evidence for radiation hormesis - small amounts of radiation are helpful - has been around at least since the 1970's, but the conventional "wisdom", despite various studies, has been the 0 threshold - any radiation is dangerous

buzzsawmonkey 3/26/2021 7:50:10 AM

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In #7 Kosh's Shadow said: The evidence for radiation hormesis - small amounts of radiation are helpful - has been around at least since the 1970's, but the conventional "wisdom", despite various studies, has been the 0 threshold - any radiation is dangerous

My father would routinely encounter people who were all a-twitter because of "radiation" from powerlines, or cell phones, or microwaves, or something of the sort.  He'd point out that we've got "radiation" of various sorts zipping through us constantly---whether it's the Earth's magnetic field, or cosmic rays, or radio waves from radio/TV broadcasts, or the magnetic fields created by the wiring in the house, or whatever.  There's a difference between ionizing radiation (potentially dangerous) and non-ionizing radiation (not dangerous, and practically ubiquitous).  

I assume that the evidence you're referring to refers to low levels of ionizing radiation.

Kosh's Shadow 3/26/2021 8:01:11 AM

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In #8 buzzsawmonkey said: I assume that the evidence you're referring to refers to low levels of ionizing radiation.

Yes. I first read about radiation hormesis studies back around 1977, but they never get publicized. The anti-nuke people had their own cancel culture back then, I guess.

Kosh's Shadow 3/26/2021 9:46:46 AM

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PaladinPhil 3/26/2021 10:17:31 AM

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buzzsawmonkey 3/26/2021 10:31:05 AM

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More Morning Sedition madness: A Chicago metal-shredding company, formerly on the very-industrial North Side, is trying to move to the formerly-industrial Southeast Side, once home to steel mills and other heavy industry.   The residents of the Southeast Side---children of the people who moved there originally to get jobs in the mills and other industries, are claiming this is "environmental racism."  

The fact that the company wants to relocate to a cheaper, more-industrial area is being taken as "racism" because the North Side neighborhood has "gentrified." You can't win with these loons.  

Occasional Reader 3/26/2021 10:34:44 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 12:

And if the activist residents are successful in blocking the company they will then pivot around and claim that due to institutional racism they live in a “metal-shredding desert.”

doppelganglander 3/26/2021 1:18:26 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 12:

Well, it's not as if they want to work there. 

doppelganglander 3/26/2021 2:25:39 PM

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This is an interesting article from Tablet (via Insty) about what we face as the left-wing oligarchy consolidates its power over the rest of us and how we can fight back. Nothing as dramatic as a second civil war or secession - just withdrawing as much as possible from the institutions they control and building our own. Food for thought. 

American Exodus

Kosh's Shadow 3/26/2021 2:33:38 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 15:

I linked to that yesterday, with some quotes

Kosh's Shadow 3/26/2021 2:34:15 PM

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