US pullout from Afghanistan
by request: "Many people are questioning the Biden administration's recent handling of the Afghanistan situation. It seems that the pullout was poorly executed."
Current Events
News and commentary
YouTube Covid-19 censorship policy
"YouTube doesn't allow content that spreads medical misinformation that contradicts local health authorities’ or the World Health Organization’s (WHO) medical information about COVID-19." --youtube.com
Russian hackers narrative
“Examples include a ransom attack on a petroleum pipeline in the eastern US, various US government agencies, and the US healthcare sector. Are these accusations at least somewhat accurate, or are bureaucrats covering their rear ends with Russia as the scapegoat?” —by request
Covid-19 came from a lab
Includes analysis of a Wall Street Journal editorial that asserts "scientific evidence points to the conclusion that the virus was developed in a laboratory."
Chinese Olympic Team
Level of organizational energy
US Olympic Team
Calibrated at present, in 2016 and 1984.
Simone Biles
The "face" of the US Olympic team. Calibrated as a gymnast (public) and personally (paid-subscriber access).
Larry Elder
"conservative and libertarian talk radio host, author, attorney, and documentary filmmaker" leads the field of contenders to fill the seat of embattled California governor Gavin Newsom, who faces a recall election September 14th.
Jacob Zuma
4th President of South Africa. "Rather than face the prospect of imprisonment and disgrace, he seems to have attempted a preemptive coup against his successor.." --nypost.com
Alex Berenson's "Unreported Truths" substack
Questions the effectiveness of governments' Covid response around the world.
actual rates of unemployment, inflation in US
Politically expedient statistics from government agencies distort reality in the short term (statement at 465).
US District Judge Randolph D. Moss
Obama-appointed judge in the news for fabulist rhetoric regarding January 6th protestors in the Capitol, denying bail for first-time offenders, and levying penalties disproportionate to actual offenses. Calibrated as a judge (public) and personally (paid-subscriber access).
Kathleen Sebelius
Former HHS Secretary under Obama in the news for her hard line stance to enforce the Covid-19 vaccine. "I want [the unvaccinated] to maybe have a limitation on where they can go and who they can possibly infect,” she said.
Geert Vanden Bossche
Penned an "Open Letter to the WHO: Immediately Halt All Covid-19 Mass Vaccinations." Calibration as a scientist (public) and personally (paid-subscriber access).
George Floyd mural struck by lightning
Lightning eliminated exactly the portion of the mural depicting George Floyd