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Media and the panic over malaria

Media and the panic over malaria

Several cases of malaria have been identified in the U.S. From the media reporting, you might think this is a crisis and this has never happened before. Indeed, the new cases are because of climate change. Except this is a super exaggeration: the first case of malaria in what would become the U.S. was reported in 1492. The CDC was founded in 1946 for the purpose of eliminating malaria from the U.S., particularly the Southern states – this is why it’s HQ is in Atlanta, GA.

Crazy: The U.S. Racial Classification System is Nonsensical

Crazy: The U.S. Racial Classification System is Nonsensical

In 1977, the US decided to classify people by race. We decided the world was made up of 4 “races” and 1 “ethnicity”. An indigenous heritage person in North America is “Native American”, but an indigenous person in South America is …. Hispanic. People in Korea, Japan, Singapore, Pakistan, India and more are “Asian” “race”, which makes no sense. And many people are of mixed racial heritage (including my family) – but oddly, even if only a tiny part of the heritage is an ethnic group, it is legal to declare yourself part of that group. As the interviewed professor notes, it is now possible for a majority of the U.S. population to qualify as a “minority owned business”. That’s funny when a majority can qualify as a minority 🙂 It is a big mess that was news to me as I had not thought about these issues before.

Rep.-elect George Santos: How to be an idiot

Rep.-elect George Santos: How to be an idiot

Rep. Elect George Santos (R, NY) has admitted to have lied about almost all of his background including college history (he didn’t go to college), work history, charity, and family history. He defends this by arguing he did not commit any crimes…. he is an outright liar and now he will soon be a Congressional Representative. Obviously, well qualified for the job!