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Tucker Carlson: Black is White

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2024/11/02
01:56 UTC

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Adding to the recent post on Rogan's MAGA punditry: The origin and timeline of how it happened. Rogan became friends and text-buddies with Trump Jr in 2015, feared offending him and later tried to hide their association altogether. This documents the timeline with clips from the show.

36 Comments
2024/11/02
01:41 UTC

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Ouija board makes orange peels move by themselves at 31:45 in this video, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blpaqzdatow&t=75s Comments below also note timestamps for strange events, fruits moving by themselves bread moving by itself.

8 Comments
2024/11/02
01:05 UTC

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Richard Dawkins thinks it is fine to prescribe homeopathy due to the placebo effect

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjr3V10Y0d4

It is insane, but it is true. Watch the whole video, but if you are short on time, then just watch from 3:35 to 4:00.

This video is straight from his own organization, it is not some hostile individual or group misrepresenting him.

Once upon a time, Richard Dawkins made a two-part documentary, The Enemies of Reason, where he properly debunked alt-med and or kinds of woo. It was a long time ago since I watched it, but I recall liking it.

I really like Dawkins' writings on evolution. His love for it is obvious, and it is infectious. I also think that his advocacy for atheism has contributed to a lot of good. And despite what the critics said, he was right, and they were wrong. The "sophisticated theologians" never made any sense. Evolution does not disprove the existence of any god, but it certainly peels away the need for one.

But Dawkins has since went on to fight strange battles. He is repeatedly pushing views on transgender that are not supported by most experts in the field. And now this. What happened to you, Dawkins?

81 Comments
2024/11/01
23:07 UTC

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Questions to the americans in this sub: Have both sides completely dismissed the idea that Russia is trying to influence the elections and overall that Russia is trying to weaken the US?

Lately i've seen a few fake voting videos being tied to Russian by US intelligence agencies.

This is nothing new for Europe since Russia's propaganda there has been really active. There are various NGO's who sponsor local organizations in every country that all have the same anti-west/anti-lgbtq/anti-immigrant message. All have the same messages, sometimes they even use the same visuals in different countries. The hybrid war in Europe is huge and seems like many people have in a way accepted it.

With the current political events in the US, I wonder if americans acutally worry that the US is getting more destabilized and that there is a chance Russia is helping for it. I'm sure that even the fanatical GOP supporters would not want a weak country that might someday fall. Which is exactly what Putin wants. Is Russia's involvement seen as a conspiracy theory and are there people on both sides who are worried about it?

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2024/11/01
20:00 UTC

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2024/10/31
00:09 UTC

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The Problem With Sabine Hossenfelder

134 Comments
2024/10/30
20:29 UTC

151

A Simple Explanation of the Red Mirage

33 Comments
2024/10/30
13:56 UTC

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This is actually reasonable: "Trump's Base Is A Cult - One Way We Can Tell"

122 Comments
2024/10/30
13:50 UTC

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I’m a big personal believer in the existence of extraterrestrials but come on now…

Wouldn’t call myself an overzealous skeptic, but I’m more of a “you don’t wanna substantiate your claim, then I’ll throw it into the flames”, but this gave me an absolute chuckle.

49 Comments
2024/10/30
11:18 UTC

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Twitter filtering opinions

I think you all noticed the waves of bot-like comments and adoring blue checks flooding Elon Musk’s every tweet. What really grates is the lack of biting, clever replies, the kind that remind you that not everyone’s drinking the Kool-Aid.

Where are all the witty comebacks? Has Elon cracked the code for a 'no-critique zone,' or are the clapbacks just getting quietly ghosted? You’d think at least a few spicy retorts would survive the tide of fanboys, right?

Are we watching Twitter morph into a one-sided Muskiverse where only glowing replies see the light of day? Or have we all just checked out, leaving Elon to bask in a self-made echo chamber?

What is the goal behind musk's acquisition of Twitter, and the radical changes he operated on the platform, changing it into a mostly-dead space ? Is he just an absolute moron ?

41 Comments
2024/10/29
21:05 UTC

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only video on the internet describing exactly how cognitive warfare is waged, its DARPA origins, etc. && wanted to get the Skeptic's opinion on it

intro ends at the 1:35 timestamp | is cognitive warfare and its use of sound weapons no longer a conspiracy? according to top Army War College PhDs & NATO Generals, it's a reality (Dr. James Giordano, Dr. Masakowski, NATO General Ruggiero, NATO CDR. Groestad, etc.).

31 Comments
2024/10/29
02:50 UTC

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I'm doubtful of "vaccine injuries", I'm more doubtful that Bill Gates is somehow more culpable than anyone else, and I'm not convinced by a judge allegedly saying that this should go to court in the Netherlands alone, especially given that this is small for the "Nuremburg 2" they screech about.

29 Comments
2024/10/29
00:26 UTC

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Remember that time that Joe Rogan interviewed Michael Osterholm, and for a while his show was the best source of information about COVID-19 available?

59 Comments
2024/10/28
22:18 UTC

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Gonstead technique questions

Gonstead technique questions.

Hello. Background: I am a landscape gardener who repeatedly “destroys” his body by working with it. The job involves moments of heavy lifting but almost always nothing too crazy. Lifting heavy objects never goes beyond 30kg and I use my legs etc etc. But I am very often doing repetitive things like shovelling, raking, hand-laying paving stones, hammering etc etc etc. normal construction stuff.

I have had several lower back cases of lumbago.

More recently herniated disc 6/7.

Now this is my second experience with herniated cervical disc I am currently off work for. —————- A friend suggested a Gonstead practitioner in my area. She said that it has really helped with her hips over the years.

I have been to multiple chiropractors and Naprapaths over the years and I am skeptical about the efficacy of such techniques to actually help with nerve pain associated with injury.

If I am very sceptical about chiropractic in general, would I be wasting my money going to a Gonstead practice?

15 Comments
2024/10/28
12:22 UTC

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