Cause and effect with COVID

It’s amazing how so many people feel like they’re experts on complicated issues because of what they read on social media, as this comic points out.

A state decides to open, then the state has a rise in cases. Ergo, opening caused more cases, right? Right?

CDC chief says Northerners heading South for vacation may be to blame for surge in coronavirus cases, not state reopenings

Can we please be honest and say that we don’t know? There are many factors involved, and the science is far from settled.

Let’s be reasonable and cautious, but when people think they can connect the dots, remind them they don’t know what they’re talking about.

When will we cancel the days of the week?

How long will it be before we “cancel” the days of the week?

Tuesday is “Tyr’s day.” So who was this Tyr character? He’s best known for offering his hand to Fenriswolf when the gods were trying to trick the poor beast. This is clearly an example of toxic masculinity.

Wednesday is “Odin’s day.” Slaves were sacrificed to Odin.

Thursday is “Thor’s day.” I’m sure Thor wouldn’t hold up to modern scrutiny. (Although Loki might.)

So, while we’re ridding our culture of everything objectionable, why don’t we do something about this?

I suggest we rename the days one, two, three, etc.

Oh, and why seven days in a week? That’s obviously a religion relic that we have to abandon, right? Why not make it ten?

How long does Ghislaine Maxwell have?

Political suicides and assassinations are a normal part of human existence. They’re all over our history and literature. It would be extremely naive to think they aren’t going on today.

Power makes people both crazy and wicked.

If it’s true — and I give the concept good odds at being true — that Epstein and Maxwell recorded very compromising video on very important people, it follows that she’s in grave danger.

I predict she’ll be dead within a month.