Conspiracy theories are not more popular on the right. Here’s a link to a good discussion on the topic. It’s a little too anti-Trump, but it’s mostly good information. Conspiracy Beliefs are Not Increasing nor Exclusive to the Right. If that’s true (and it seems to be), why do so many people believe that? Is there a conspiracy about conspiracy theories? Who benefits from bemoaning the growth an influence of conspiracy theories?
Some conspiracy theories are true. There is a conspiracy to promote the left’s global warming story. Contrary voices are silenced. Same with the government-approved Covid story.
Taking down the tree. In the Crowhill household we take down the Christmas tree on Epiphany, or the weekend that follows. What do you listen to while you take down the tree? There are so many songs about Christmas, why aren’t there songs for taking down the tree?
Small beer. “Small beer” is low-alcohol beer that was brewed as an all-day beverage. (Before modern sanitation, alcoholic beverages were, in some ways, safer than water.) George Washington has a famous recipe for small beer, and one of the Crowhill clan gave me a little kit for a gallon of Washington’s small beer. There is no malt. It’s molasses and hops. I brewed it yesterday.
Speaker McCarthy. It took 15 ballots, but he finally got the job. I hope the concessions to the Freedom Caucus push things in a more healthy direction.
Tree comes down on the first day following Epiphany on which I get around to it. The day after Epiphany being a Saturday this year, it came down that day.