Here is a similar case going to court in New Zealand.
The quest for rare unvaccinated blood.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politi...PWF3EXDDNEXSM/
The quest for rare unvaccinated blood.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politi...PWF3EXDDNEXSM/
mercredi 30 novembre 2022
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Headline: Alzheimer's drug lecanemab hailed as momentous breakthrough
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-63749586
What a nice piece of positive news -
I'm sure most of us older folk will know of family or friends that have been struck down by Alzheimer's. Hopefully this will only be the start of effective treatments.
What a nice piece of positive news -
Quote:
One of the world's leading researchers behind the whole idea of targeting amyloid 30 years ago, Prof John Hardy, said it was "historic" and was optimistic "we're seeing the beginning of Alzheimer's therapies". Prof Tara Spires-Jones, from the University of Edinburgh, said the results were "a big deal because we've had a 100% failure rate for a long time"....snip.... Lecanemab is an antibody - like those the body makes to attack viruses or bacteria - that has been engineered to tell the immune system to clear amyloid from the brain. Amyloid is a protein that clumps together in the spaces between neurons in the brain and forms distinctive plaques that are one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's. ...snip... |
mardi 29 novembre 2022
The best (least worst) case for the 9/11 truth claims
We are often accused of attacking easy target when we criticise 9/11 truthers. But the fact is they are all easy targets, it's just that some of the sillier ones are more entertaining.
I thought that I would bring together the things the more persistent players in the 9/11 truth movement would regard as their best case and see how it looks. These have been gleaned mainly from the ironically titled Beyond Misinformation.
The first is, of course, WTC 7 which the 9/11 truth folk seem to regard as vessel which will carry all their hopes and aspirations. Prove that 7 is a demolition, they say, then all the others will start to fall in place - WTC 1 and 2, the Pentagon, Flight 93, JFK and so on and so forth.
For a best case it seems remarkably weak, its basically
WTC 7
- It fell at freefall acceleration for 2-3 seconds
- It fell symmetrically
- Some people reported hearing explosions
- Steel frame buildings don't collapse due to fire.
- The Hulsey Report
- It collapsed suddenly
- No one expected it to collapse.
- A lot of people expected it to collapse.
- "Sulphidation" of steel in rubble.
WTC 1 and 2
- They collapsed vertically, with sudden onset of collapse.
- Collapsed at near freefall acceleration
- Debris fell almost entirely into the footprint
- Explosive ejections outward with most debris falling well outside the footprint
- They collapsed through the alleged "path of least resistance"
- "Dustification"
- Bodies of victims pulverised and some remains found scattered widely on roofs of buildings
- Lots of people reported explosions at various times
- The simple collapse model allegedly shows the buildings would not collapse
- "Missing jolt"
- Molten material seen pouring from one particular corner of WTC 2
- Molten metal reported in the rubble for up to months after the collapse.
- Nano thermite allegedly detected in dust.
- High heat
The first thing to notice is that some of these things are contradictory. If debris was not forced outward during the initial collapse of the top part, where did they expect it to go? Straight down? Through the alleged "path of most resistance"?
Or the way that the collapse of WTC 7 was an unexpected event that lots of people expected. Of course they expected it because they were experienced emergency responders who had made careful inspections, both externally and internally, of the extent of the fire and the damage. So it was not expected and there is nothing sinister about the fact that it was expected.
But the main thing is that all of this is better explained by the damage and fires caused by the impact of commercial airlines, flown in at high speed and at an angle calculated to create the most damage or, in the case of WTC 7 damage caused by extensive fires and by the impact of debris from the collapse of WTC 1.
None of the truthers are willing to be anything but vague about the kind of setup of explosives and/or thermite would fit the observational evidence we have of the event. And no one will explain how explosives and or thermite can keep metal molten and cause high temperatures in the ground for months afterwards. However the raging fires in the rubble and the compressed combustible material from hundreds of collapsed floors can easily explain this. Neither would explain molten steel, so whether this was a fiendish conspiracy or not, the molten metal was not steel.
Obviously we could go into detail on any of these claims but this has been done again and again over the years. Most of it more than it needed to be. A single paper in an open access chemistry journal would never be considered adequate evidence for anything.
Even the "best case" for the 9/11 truth movement is unbelievably flimsy after 20 years.
I thought that I would bring together the things the more persistent players in the 9/11 truth movement would regard as their best case and see how it looks. These have been gleaned mainly from the ironically titled Beyond Misinformation.
The first is, of course, WTC 7 which the 9/11 truth folk seem to regard as vessel which will carry all their hopes and aspirations. Prove that 7 is a demolition, they say, then all the others will start to fall in place - WTC 1 and 2, the Pentagon, Flight 93, JFK and so on and so forth.
For a best case it seems remarkably weak, its basically
WTC 7
- It fell at freefall acceleration for 2-3 seconds
- It fell symmetrically
- Some people reported hearing explosions
- Steel frame buildings don't collapse due to fire.
- The Hulsey Report
- It collapsed suddenly
- No one expected it to collapse.
- A lot of people expected it to collapse.
- "Sulphidation" of steel in rubble.
WTC 1 and 2
- They collapsed vertically, with sudden onset of collapse.
- Collapsed at near freefall acceleration
- Debris fell almost entirely into the footprint
- Explosive ejections outward with most debris falling well outside the footprint
- They collapsed through the alleged "path of least resistance"
- "Dustification"
- Bodies of victims pulverised and some remains found scattered widely on roofs of buildings
- Lots of people reported explosions at various times
- The simple collapse model allegedly shows the buildings would not collapse
- "Missing jolt"
- Molten material seen pouring from one particular corner of WTC 2
- Molten metal reported in the rubble for up to months after the collapse.
- Nano thermite allegedly detected in dust.
- High heat
The first thing to notice is that some of these things are contradictory. If debris was not forced outward during the initial collapse of the top part, where did they expect it to go? Straight down? Through the alleged "path of most resistance"?
Or the way that the collapse of WTC 7 was an unexpected event that lots of people expected. Of course they expected it because they were experienced emergency responders who had made careful inspections, both externally and internally, of the extent of the fire and the damage. So it was not expected and there is nothing sinister about the fact that it was expected.
But the main thing is that all of this is better explained by the damage and fires caused by the impact of commercial airlines, flown in at high speed and at an angle calculated to create the most damage or, in the case of WTC 7 damage caused by extensive fires and by the impact of debris from the collapse of WTC 1.
None of the truthers are willing to be anything but vague about the kind of setup of explosives and/or thermite would fit the observational evidence we have of the event. And no one will explain how explosives and or thermite can keep metal molten and cause high temperatures in the ground for months afterwards. However the raging fires in the rubble and the compressed combustible material from hundreds of collapsed floors can easily explain this. Neither would explain molten steel, so whether this was a fiendish conspiracy or not, the molten metal was not steel.
Obviously we could go into detail on any of these claims but this has been done again and again over the years. Most of it more than it needed to be. A single paper in an open access chemistry journal would never be considered adequate evidence for anything.
Even the "best case" for the 9/11 truth movement is unbelievably flimsy after 20 years.
What is ‘real socialism’?
It's quite amazing to see people who are leftists, which by definition makes them statists, fling the word 'authoritarian' around without a hint of irony.
The innocence of Michael Stone
No not that Michael Stone convicted of murder the other Michael Stone convicted of murder, for the killing of Lin and Megan Russell (and also of the attempted murder of Josie Russell).
The case was one of the notorious trifecta of UKian murder cases of the 1990s, along with Colin Stagg and Barry George, both later cleared despite police obstructionism.
Th case against Stone, a fairly terrible human being, was weak to the point of non-existence; a dubious witness, a bootlace never connected to him and a trio of prisoners who alleged they heard Stone confess (one admitted lying , one was paid and the third even the prosecution admitted was unreliable).
Stone continued to maintain his innocence and has refused to apply for parole.
More.
The case was one of the notorious trifecta of UKian murder cases of the 1990s, along with Colin Stagg and Barry George, both later cleared despite police obstructionism.
Th case against Stone, a fairly terrible human being, was weak to the point of non-existence; a dubious witness, a bootlace never connected to him and a trio of prisoners who alleged they heard Stone confess (one admitted lying , one was paid and the third even the prosecution admitted was unreliable).
Stone continued to maintain his innocence and has refused to apply for parole.
More.
Christians now minority in England and Wales
The various Christian sects and cults are no longer, in toto, a majority of the population of either England or Wales, according to the most recent census data.
It is the first time that fewer than half of the population have described themselves as Christian.
The census data showed a drop of ~5.5 million people (around 17%) in the number who self-describe as "Christian" and a ~1.2 million (43%) rise in the number of people who describe as Muslim (a total of around 3.9 million).
Meanwhile around 37.2% of people (~22.2 million) declared they had "no religion", now the second most common response (after 'Christian').
It means that over the past 20 years the proportion of people reporting no religion has soared from 14.8% – a rise of more than 22 percentage points.
Though there's also the ~6% who just don't answer the question.
Expect the Usual Suspects to panic and lie. Again.
It is the first time that fewer than half of the population have described themselves as Christian.
The census data showed a drop of ~5.5 million people (around 17%) in the number who self-describe as "Christian" and a ~1.2 million (43%) rise in the number of people who describe as Muslim (a total of around 3.9 million).
Meanwhile around 37.2% of people (~22.2 million) declared they had "no religion", now the second most common response (after 'Christian').
It means that over the past 20 years the proportion of people reporting no religion has soared from 14.8% – a rise of more than 22 percentage points.
Though there's also the ~6% who just don't answer the question.
Expect the Usual Suspects to panic and lie. Again.
NYC DoE gives students BC
Every now and again I come across a culture war story where it's a bit hard for me to intuit why people are actually upset in the first place.
https://www.libsoftiktok.com/p/nyc-s...-students-plan
I suppose some parents—having failed to pass on the virtue of celibacy—were hoping for the chance to have the chance to veto medical care which might well prevent STIs & pregnancy...?
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New York City’s Department of Education has been providing birth control (such as the long-lasting shot Depo-Provera), Plan B/emergency contraception, and “all pregnancy options” to thousands of high school students in grades 9-12, without parental consent or notification through the Connecting Adolescents To Comprehensive Health (CATCH) program. |
I suppose some parents—having failed to pass on the virtue of celibacy—were hoping for the chance to have the chance to veto medical care which might well prevent STIs & pregnancy...?
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