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The Midnight Skeptic

by David Murphy

Science talk, modern skepticism, light politics, random thoughts.

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  1. The Midnight Skeptic; 2-22-24, Disinformation from the plastics industry.

    Petrochemical industry disinfo; A Trans high schooler in Oklahoma.

  2. The Midnight Skeptic 8-30-23 How the GOP became sickening MAGAs!

    How the GOP became sickening MAGAs! Evangelicals in Africa & witches!

  3. The Midnight Skeptic 8-23-23 Quackery in "alternative" medicine

    The WHO 'endorses' traditional & alternative medicines ?

  4. The Midnight Skeptic 8-16-23 Lead in the water & in Aurvedic "medicine"

    Consumer alert: Ayurvedic "medicine" + lead content ! Fani Willis: YAY!

  5. The Midnight Skeptic 8-9-23 Faith 'healing' religions; Youth climate lawsuits

    Youths continue with their climate change lawsuits!

  6. The Midnight Skeptic 8-3-23 Heritage Foundation 's war on our future!

    What makes a supporter of the Orange Sociopathic Bloatbag??

  7. The Midnight Skeptic 7-13-23; More on Dr. Debra Soh & gender

    Some free advice for GOP MAGAs in the 2024 Presidential election.

  8. The Midnight Skeptic 7-4-23 Dr. Debra Soh, PhD, a retort to her 'facts.'

    Commentary on Dr. Debra Soh's podcast with Christopher Rufo.

  9. The Midnight Skeptic 6-28-23; "Advanced Plastics Recycling" is a SCAM!!

    Greenwashing by plastics industry and fossil fuel industry: good SCOTUS !

  10. The Midnight Skeptic; 6-22-23 Youths Environmental lawsuits, Montana and the U.S. Young Women's Leadership Summit, going backwards

    Held v. Montana & Juliana v. U.S. YAY! Youths are abandoning religion! YAY!!

  11. The Midnight Skeptic 6-15-23; The "Two Santas" economic of keeping the GOP in power. SCOTUS makes a good decision!!

    The "Two Santas" way the GOP tries to keep in power for their wealthy corporate sugar daddies!!

  12. The Midnight Skeptic 6-6-23; Pride Month; NASCAR, yes NASCAR is celebrating it; warning about buying "Trump Bucks"

    Bad news about an upcoming SCOTUS decision about voting rights; Gun safety laws passed in Connecticut; Yay!!

  13. The Midnight Skeptic 5-31-23; High School graduations and stress by administrators; Reality Winner doc on HBO & MAX

    Reality Winner : hero and patriot, Julian Assange : creep; Christian home-school cult.

  14. The Midnight Skeptic 5-23-23; Florida's Chinese Exclusion Act; More on Book Banning--lawsuits.

    The "Negro Leagues" and C.R.T. Florida travel advisories; Southern Babtist membership declining!!

  15. The Midnight Skeptic 5-16-23; The TEA Party as racists & absorbed into the MAGA GOP party of today

    Good news from the Williams Institute at UCLA; MAGA protestors @ Drag Storytime here in N. California ???

  16. The Midnight Skeptic 5-10-23; Big Evil Plastics and the Ocean Savers. Texas shoving Jesus down our throats!

    RWDS is the 'norm' for GOP MAGA Head Republicans now. So sad for our country.

  17. The Midnight Skeptic 5-1-23; The GOP MAGA war on women and transkids continues; cruelty is their game.

    In Texas you have to dress as a 'Real Man,' or a 'Real Woman.' GOP war of gender affirming care continues.

  18. The Midnight Skeptic 4-25-23; The GOP as religious 'bullies' and ignorant of LGBTQ facts & numbers.

    GOP MAGA Head bills to make life as hard as possible for LGBTQ people--especially Trans people. Why?? What's their thinking??

  19. The Midnight Skeptic 4-18-23; GOP MAGA threats to protestors + threats to voting rights.

    MAGA Texas Gov. Abbott pardoning a murder of a liberal protester in Austin. MAGA states lowered life expectancy!

  20. The Midnight Skeptic 4-10-23; A brave W. Virginia Trans middle school girl is allowed to participate on her girls track team. YAY!

    Who sends death threats and hate mail? GOP MAGA Heads, that's who! A brave W. VA trans middle school girl!!

  21. The Midnight Skeptic 4-4-23 Student walkouts in Tenn.; Anti-science at Hillsdale College

    AR-15 marketing; anti-science at Hillsdale College; Shell Oil & Climate Change--they knew!!

  22. The Midnight Skeptic 3-28-23; GOP Moral Panic about kids learning anything "disturbing'" or that makes them "uncomfortable."

    Educastion dictated by the 'Lowest Common Denominator' of MAGA parents!!

  23. The Midnight Skeptic; 3-22-23 Some good environmental news; The DFL Party in Minn. makes school lunches FREE!

    The GOP just hates giving anyone 'free' anything, but 4 States now have free school lunches. GOP hates this!!

  24. The Midnight Skeptic 3-15-23; 'Raised By Racists' but I have fond, loving memories of them, No 'White Guilt" for me!!

    Raised in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. A window into the U.S. of those times. Racism and all!!

  25. The Midnight Skeptic 3-6-23 Dwayne Wade's heartfelt message to his Trans Daughter, read verbatim!

    Dwayne Wade's moving, heartfelt message to his daughter; also Nationalize the Railroads; Jaimee Mitchell, a HORRIBLE person!!

  26. The Midnight Skeptic 2-27-23; Railroads Nationalized! GOP MAGA Head vs Transgender kids

    The derailment @ Palestine, OH; Gender Dysphoria and MAGA Head GOP hate!

  27. The Midnight Skeptic 2-20-23; What kinds of GOP are there? Not all are MAGA Heads.

    Pres. Jimmy Carter's administration was a good one, but his post-Presidency was great. The US would have been better if he had won a second term!!

  28. The Midnight Skeptic 2-14-23; Black History Month, time morebook banning of Black sports heroes in Florida!

    The Midnight Skeptic calls out Utah Gov. Cox, S. Dakopta Gov. Kristi Noem, and others for anti-trans kids laws. Plus Black History Month: time to ban books about Black sports heroes and what RACISM they had to endure!

  29. The Midnight Skeptic 2-8-23; A history of the Republican Party 'til NOW!!

    DeSantis, Cruz, Gosar, Bobert, Taylor-Green, Gohmert, Oh MY! Oh My!!! MAGA Heads all!

  30. The Midnight Skeptic 2-8-23; A history of the Republican Party 'til NOW. They've become the MAGA Head party.

    DeSantis, Cruz, Gosar, Bobert, Taylor-Green, Gohmert, Oh my, Oh my; MAGA Heads all !!

  31. The Midnight Skeptic 2-4-23 A rebuttal and discussion of Bill Maher's "Real Time" (HBO-Fridays), I disagree with some things.

    A rebuttal and discussion of Bill Maher's Real Time (HBO-Fridays) rantings. Identity politics, inclusiveness.

  32. The Midnight Skeptic 1-25-23; All religions are misogynistic and tamp down the human spirit !!

    All religions are misogynistic and tamp down the human spirit; Women do NOT benefit from religion !!

  33. The Midnight Skeptic 1-25-23, All Religions are misogynistic & tamp down the human spirit. It benefits MEN !!

    Humanity has NOT benefitted from religion, especially not women !!

  34. The Midnight Skeptic 1-16-23; MLK Holiday, GOP resistance to it; Exxon KNEW about Climate Change

    FBI against Rev. Martin L. King back in the 60s; Racist 'Moms For Liberty.'

  35. The Midnight Skeptic 1-11-23 'Semantic Infiltration' and Right-Wingers; Reality Winner-Patriot

    Words have meaning, don't let MAGA Heads pollute our language for their benefit; Reality Winner--Patriot!

  36. The Midnight Skeptic 1-7-23 Ridding the U.S. of GOP MAGA Heads one broadcast at a time !!

    I am proudly WOKE !! Spineless McCarthy will have a ahnd at governing the U.S. Woe is us !!

  37. The Midnight Skeptic 12-29-22 Cosplaying right-wing 'Wolverine watchers sentenced to 16 years in prison.

    Kari Lake is now an official LOSER--just like her idol the Sociopathic Orange Bloatbag of Mar-A-Lago !!

  38. The Midnight Skeptic 12-20-22 Winter Wonderland fest in the Castro Dist. of San Francisco was protested by Creepy Christians

    More on MAGA Head book banning; Creepy Christians protest Drag Story Time and books.

  39. The Midnight Skeptic 12-15-22 What is a MAGA Head? Venn Diagrams of the GOP base.

    I mock and make fun of far-right-wing militias and their obsessions with Drag Story Time performers.

  40. The Midnight Skeptic 12-8-22 Brittney, free at last, MAGA Head racists, What is a MAGA Head

    Types of MAGA Heads, almost all are NOT good; 'Free To Be You & Me'

  41. The Midnight Skeptic, 12-1-22 Naturopathic Quack 'busted'; 'Election Fraud Units' waste of time & money in FL & VA

    MAGA Head Fl & VA Governor's 'election fraud units' worse than useless

  42. The Midnight Skeptic 11-22-22 Christian Nationalism; MAGA Head parents dictating what's taught in our schools.

    Two women making life difficult for right-wing media; MAGA Head parents complaining about C.R.T. in our schools.

  43. The Midnight Skeptic 11-15-22 MAGA Head threats against school superintendents; Keri Lake loss!!

    Oklahoma Governor Stitt & Christian Nationalism; More Florida 'Performance Cruelty' by MAGA Heads.

  44. The Midnight Skeptic 11-7-22 The Big Lie & bothsiderism, a rebuttal to a SALON article; Christians taking over the Air Force.

    Research on the benefits of 'cat petting.' This makes FoxNews angry. Good!!

  45. The Midnight Skeptic 11-2-22 Kari Lake is a horrible person; Good environmental news.

    Same sex marriage is now legal in CUBA !!! Homicides up in MAGA states.

  46. The Midnight Skeptic 10-26-22 The 'Christian' right and MAGA Heads; Lara Logan is certifiably insane!

    News from QUACKWATCH; California school boards are being infested with MAGA Heads

  47. The Midnight Skeptic 10-20-22 Women's Flag Football; Medicine finally paying attention to the clitoris!!

    The female clitoris & medical knowledge; Bad News FGM still practiced; The Orange Sociopathic Bloatbag & rape trial !!

  48. The Midnight Skeptic 10-13-22; Jewish lawsuit against Kentucky's anti-abortion law; Social Emotional Learning & MAGA Head fears

    Why MAGA Heads just "Their Guy" to win in Georgia : to 'own the libs.' America's Frontline Doctors are QUACKS !!

  49. The Midnight Skeptic 10-6-22 What is a MAGA Head? Is Sen. Tom Cotton one? VA students walk out of classes to protest anti LGBTQ 'guidelines.'

    Hooray for Virginia high school students for supporting their LGBTQ friends over Gov. Younkin's 'guidelines.'

  50. The Midnight Skeptic 9-27-22 ; Parental education rights; Can they ban books THEY dislike?

    MAGA Head fears that their kids will read about how badly blacks were treated, will read about kids who haven't found themselves yet.

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Science talk, modern skepticism, light politics, random thoughts.

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