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Back in the 1930s, in Europe, a strange conspiracy theory spread throughout the land. Crazy crackpots were spreading a rumor that a man wanted to take over the world, that his followers thought they could exterminate an entire race of people, that--like the bogeyman--they were coming for all of us. Yikes! While a few people fell for this and actually packed up and moved to another country where th...

Here's another "quickie" mini episode for y'all:  Chinese virologist Li-Meng Yan claims that she (and her colleagues) fled China to reveal that their government intentionally released this new corona virus to cause trouble for the world. She claims to have evidence supporting her contention. Do you believe her? Should we believe her? If she's so afraid of the Chinese government, why did she s...

If you live in the UK, you need to resist this NOW! Apparently, they're planning on pushing through this law within the next few days if enough people do not resist. (This is from Sonia Poulton, a UK journalist.) Apparently, this law will enable just about anyone to vaccinate just about anyone. Imagine the kid pumping your gas offering to vaccinate you! I'm not saying that will happen, but who kno...

Today's mini episode, less than 20 minutes long: A woman writes a book of poetry during the pandemic, hangs up flyers throughout her community then finds them all taken down a few days later... Musicians can perform publicly but aren't allowed to advertise their shows or invite their friends to hear them play. What is really going on here?  Is fun illegal? Are we really trying to slow down th...

While Democrats characterize themselves as do-gooders who want to save lives, Democratic governor Andrew Cuomo budget cuts funding to Medicaid, education and substance abuse rehab. Yep, Cuomo budget cut health care for poor people during a pandemic... (It's okay, though, 'cuz he's not Donald Trump, and he's... uh... a Democrat.) Democrats, it seems, are do-gooders--even when they're not doing good...

Will mandatory masks lead to mandatory vaccines and a high-tech surveillance state? Is this the beginning of the end? Does wearing a mask really prevent the spread of this highly contagious virus, or does it give people a false sense of security? Emily Coleman of Kansas speaks before the Johnson County Board of Commissioners. Is history repeating itself? Back in 1976, the head of the CDC, Dr. Davi...

Americans are a bunch of temporarily embarrassed millionaires, conditioned to believe that the US is the land of opportunity where anyone can strike it rich... Liberals, conservatives, democrats, republicans--all seem to believe it... Is there a true progressive movement here in the United States? Is the progressive movement dead or was it just co-opted by wealthy, privileged "limousine liberals"...

Do you believe what you see on TV? View on YouTube? Hear on the radio? Read in newspapers or magazines? Have you ever experienced something then seen it reported very differently by mainstream media? Well... We have. In today's episode:  Dracula makes another appearance, only to be thwarted by fearlessness and alignment with the force of good, we discus witnessing an agent provocateur in acti...

Today we discuss the dangers of driving an automobile. Why do we not hear much about the great dangers of driving or being driven around in cars? According to MSN, some states didn't "lockdown." How well did they survive the pandemic? Did the quarantine reduce the number of deaths or did it do more harm than good? Progressives who want a vaccine for this corona virus dislike progressives who do no...

We discuss the many viruses that have plagued humankind in times past: Dengue, Ebola, HIV, etc. and how they compare with this new Coronavirus. The science may surprise you. Looking at actual numbers, the mortality rate of this new Coronavirus is, thankfully, relatively low.  The new Coronavirus is not the deadliest virus we've seen. Yet we've shut our entire country down! Why? Surprisingly,...

Question of the day: If someone offered you $10 million and told you that if you took the money, a million people would die, would you do it? Imagine what you could do with $10 million! Sure, a million people would die, but you could help a million other people to live, right? Maybe you could save two million people! Then you'd be making up for the million people who died, right?   Stop for a...

Those people you see defying the quarantine aren't stupid--they're human! Human beings have a strong need for social contact. In fact, numerous studies show that people who are lonely, lacking adequate social connections don't live as long.   Malcolm Gladwell's book, The Outliers , discusses one example: Italian immigrants whose close-knit community affected their physical health in a positiv...

Ep. 25 Occupy Your Mind-Pandemic! We continue our discussion regarding the mismanagement of the Coronavirus here in the United States: Unemployment - People around the country are having difficulty obtaining unemployment benefits during this quarantine. Is this due to faulty computer systems? Or could it be that states don't have the money to pay the unemployment benefits? (With all the money bein...

Lots to discuss today. In some states, people are having trouble applying for unemployment insurance yet are forbidden from working due to a mandatory quarantine to slow down the spread of the Corona virus. If the government mandates its people to stay home, shouldn't it provide unemployment benefits? How will millions of people pay their bills when applying for assistance is nearly impossible due...

Well, here we are. Many of us are unable to work due to the pandemic. While we're wondering how we'll put food on the table, we have to ask, "Why is the US government managing this crisis so poorly?"  Is the Coronavirus another scare tactic, like 9/11, to convince us to give up more civil liberties? Is it a distraction against the upcoming election? Or perhaps our wonderful (Ehem!) president is tr...

The Coronavirus pandemic has disrupted lives all over the world. Here in the United States, many states are forbidding residents from going to work and from leaving their homes except for necessities such as grocery shopping or medical visits.  Many Americans have already been living from paycheck-to-paycheck, some are unemployed, and some are without homes. Needless to say, poverty can only...