The Scales of Truth

The, Revolution. Is. Over. 2020 is 2026."Betcha Can't Solve a Pandemic Better than Anyone" equals "Betcha Can't Have The Most Successful Unauthorized Middle East War Ever."You a Libertarian yet?? 

Numerical proof from stathead of the degree of the alien tint to Wembanyama's tendency to insist on threes regardless of his shooting night. On occasion of his latest 0-fer or low percentage night (0 for 8, game 1 of round two, versus Wolves in San Antonio) Yeah... "Just shoot!" can make sense, for that right role, or when it is hitting, or when there is only so much your body and skill set can offer.But even then there are limits on nights where it is just not happening.And when you have potential for outlier performance with other scoring strategies ( like lobs, post-ups, pick and rolls, putbacks), more of a reason to abandon what isn't working. Wemby could just be "Super Gobert" with almost no offensive responsibilities, and be the basis for a well constructed championship team. But if he's gong to have the offensive gravity they're allowing, then this is an area of improvement that could reap big rewards.GSG! 

Not that there are not lessons learned from the event - I find at least three - but the simplest criticism is possibly misunderstanding the pretty unique physical circumstance of the incident.Maybe one of the most difficult "range" exercises one could dream up. Plus some nuance on the "panicking" agents. 

This definitely falls into the "mostly unimportant, mostly silly observations" category. But it is an observation on truth.Yes, your friendly neighborhood Tyson can even find hijinks in goings on with "thumbs up." It's how I do, bruh. Listen, do what you want with your own reactions.  Feel free. I'm not offended.That said, I will point out the lack of logic regarding this particular case. 

Who knew "onions are evil"?! This one is. Or at least the leadership. The ridiculous idea that someone's copyrighted ownership of a world-wide brand (infowars) should or could be taken away, and what it reveals about a person who would want to use it, and to do the exact opposite of the original idea.Never ever trust someone whose root is "comedy" but who also wants to delve in spiteful vengeance just because someone is fully exercising their rights and trying to inform people. It is the former person, not the latter, who should be sued for $1.5 Billion. Remember, take Alex Jones for what you want, but always know that as much as any news outlet he brings receipts. And now "infowars" will be someone purposely creating fictional content. Because he didn't like Alex Jones actual reporting.  Irony much?

Kimmel is pretty much a dick, but can be entertaining to some. But what he did NOT do is ANY call to violence the week of April 19. The facts, with even a scintilla of research, prove it was just an age joke.For the President to conclude in a hard way that it was about violence is literally the same kind of unnecessary disingenuous rhetoric that inflames unstable sycophants.We, and by we I mean also Kimmel, have a greater right to the plain meaning and actual intent of the words we utter than other people have the right to misunderstand or to be "offended" by their interpretation. If either side could consistently act like adults... That'd be great. 

A sports analogy of the point first (in the form of an NFL Draft selection story), then a dive into "The Trouble at Dill Creek Farm" as the perfect example about how a fact, there and known early on but kept ignored and therefore undeveloped, meant a team of investigators kept themselves in "the matrix" instead of seeing things for what they were.Eventually, but years later, they pulled themselves out, but had they noticed "the black cat on the stairs" at the time, it would have saved much time and effort and brought justice quicker. 

(CORRECTION: A mis-utterance when mentioning a quick aside on 9-11. I mentioned a lack of debris but stopped there. i meant plane debris at the non-WTC sites. Sometimes with this large of a library you can make too quick of a nod towards what you've said in previous episodes}More of a "quick rant" in spirit, since the length is a bit much vs typical QROTs. Early thoughts and impressions and best guess on the authenticity of the event at the White House Correspondents Dinner. And related ponderings. 

A commentary on the truly earth shattering information covered by "Special Investigations" Season 1, Episode 1, "The Nazca Mummies," found on Alien Nation by DUST. Multiple full-body specimens not just of skeletons, but of intact naturally-mummified bodies.Not just alleged specimens by some rag tag group, but analyzed by scientists and instrumentation, to the point of not whether it is a fake - they're past that - but to the point of how structures and organs, and even DNA, compare to humans and the rest of the animal world 

Victor is an utter All-Worlder, so certainly this is picking nits. But it is still true as far as his quickest path to further dominance. 

Victor Wemanyama us clearly on his way to all around greatness, but the sooner he leans into his size offensively, instead of trying to be SuperSize KD, SuperSize Giannis, or SuperSize Westbrook, the sooner that greatness will manifest (and the fewer self-induced faceplant concussions he'll have). 

Pff. Funny if not tragic.In the analogy, if you keep lending tools and money to the neighbor who never returns anything and always breaks his promise... Shame on you.Let alone when they repeatedly break their promises within a day. Or in this case, minutes, with the promise being to the world. 

Not that it is news. Those who have analyzed it know the definition of their process IS this. But still, for some it is somehow better to hear it from the horse's mouth.1. The admission.2. Even more interesting, that section of the 60 minutes interview is missing from most of the transcripts. But your dude Tyson found it. CBS News transcript where you CAN find the verbiage [POWELL:] We're not trying to move markets to a particular level. We just want them to work. We want, you know, people to be buying and selling. And so, you know, it felt like we really needed to act. And we did.PELLEY: Fair to say you simply flooded the system with money?POWELL: Yes. We did. That's another way to think about it. We did.PELLEY: Where does it come from? Do you just print it?POWELL: We print it digitally. So as a central bank, we have the ability to create money digitally. And we do that by buying Treasury Bills or bonds for other government guaranteed securities. And that actually increases the money supply. We also print actual currency and we distribute that through the Federal Reserve banks. PELLEY: In terms of size, Mr. Chairman, how does what the Fed is doing right now compare to the unprecedented action it took in 2008?Also reported in Forbes: Fed Chairman Powell 60 Minutes Interview Highlights Bitcoin’s Value Proposition 

"Sometimes, that leads to confidently wrong answers, even on simple things. . .  because the system predicts plausible text instead of retrieving verified truth." "Studies show AI can hallucinate or misstate basic medical facts at rates up to 60% in ungrounded responses."=============================Ohboy.0:00: Admission via industry article that AI call centers put in place poorly will give horribly wrong information (Air Canada case)15:09: Two interactions where I had to know its answers were wrong to finally pull an admission of truth from it. Then hysterical apologies and explanations of how it can't be accurate a lot of times but sure is sorry for it!48:23: My accusation that it's no better than a bluffing poorly-prepared 15 year old student, and AI agreeing.54:24: Admission of its privacy invasion as a main goal and usual course.57:59: A comedic rendition of "Yeah, THAT'S the ticket" AI giving me directions while walking with me. 

A nice look through the catalogue, to refresh long-term listeners, and give new listeners a better idea of what might be worth going back and catching. (Besides over 360 episodes, also technically over 8.5 years (though really, the bulk is in the last 6.5)NOTE: Took me longer to edit this, so it really covers through 4/11, but for it to show as a new episode in feeds, I'm dating it 4/14/26. May back date it to its proper sequence after it has been up for a while. 

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Okay. The title's a bit of a riddle.  But not much of one. You get it.  

- A reminder and reset on what was at the top of the world consciousness right before the Iran War was planted.- What cease fires mean to Israel? A bait-and-switch to just kill others, while they still have cover of "Operation Furious Lion" or whatever the fuck grand name they gave it. - Letter of law versus spirit of law, versus their unquenchable desire to exterminate others, for either just the reason that they are others, or for "Greater Israel", "gaining" land they never controlled.Moral of Story: Again, WAR, Israel... all you want until the international community ever grows balls enough to stop you in spite of how many you've blackmailed. But that does NOT mean that the United States has to war, with its weapons and soldiers and inflation-causing debt-money, on your behalf.America, release yourself from the chains of this death machine. SIMPLY look at them with the same eyes of others who would double-cross at every turn even as they're "partnering" with you. If others were that disingenuous, you would not have it. Right, President Bigger Balls Than Any Other President Ever?So act like it. 

... And prediction if the approach doesn't change. 

I may go off-the-cuff at times. But if I say without reservation that it's proven, it is because it is."It is concluded that AZT, at the dosage prescribed as an anti-HIV drug, is highly toxic to human cells."

The adjustment in marketing strategy and dosage that helps prove the point of the dangers they're perfectly well aware of but don't care about.Plus some refresh on background covered in other episodes on same topic. BTW, in my off-top-of-head examples of clear indications, I didn't mention among others, ACUTE PANCREATITIS, which may require emergency treatment to avoid DEATH.But, oh yeah, it's science's "miracle drug."(A good general rule by the way is to just say "toxin" whenever you see "drug". It's not always true but is as often as not.)  ===========================Popular weight loss drugs linked to rare but severe stomach problems, study finds"The new research, based on health insurance claims from 2006 to 2020 from more than 5,000 patients in the U.S., looked at how many people developed one of four serious gastrointestinal problems — biliary disease, gastroparesis, pancreatitis or bowel obstructions — after they were prescribed one of the weight loss drugs. About 4,100 of the patients were prescribed liraglutide, about 600 semaglutide and 650 the weight loss drug bupropion-naltrexone, which is not a GLP-1 medication."..."People included in the analysis all had records of obesity and did not have diabetes, which itself can cause gastroparesis." =====================Risk of Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in Patients Prescribed Semaglutide"Question  Are prescriptions for semaglutide associated with an increased risk of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) in patients with type 2 diabetes or patients who are overweight or obese?"Findings  This matched cohort study of 16 827 patients revealed higher risk of NAION in patients prescribed semaglutide compared with patients prescribed non–glucagon-like peptide receptor agonist medications for diabetes or obesity."=============================The unseen risk of Ozempic: NAION and vision damage"According to a study, 6.7% of people who were overweight and 8.9% of those with diabetes who took semaglutide had NAION. The FDA issued a warning regarding counterfeit and compounded products while approving semaglutide for weight loss under the Wegovy® brand. Unsupervised usage and problems with diabetes accessibility raise ethical questions." . . ."Semaglutides cause NAION by vascular dysregulation at the optic nerve head, activation of GLP-1 receptors in retinal ganglion cells, and fast glycemic or weight changes that influence perfusion. Patients with packed optic discs or vascular risk factors may be more vulnerable[7]. Many experts are raising concerns about the potential risks that patients may face from these medications. These include side effects like muscle loss, severe side effects like pancreatitis, and kidney and gallbladder issues."================================= The toxicity of azidothymidine (AZT) on human and animal cells in culture at concentrations used for antiviral therapy "The human dosage is based on a study by the manufacturer of the drug and their collaborators, which reported in 1986 that the inhibitory dose for HIV replication was 0.05 to 0.5 microM AZT and that for human T-cells was 2000 to 20,000 times higher, i.e. 1000 microM AZT. This suggested that HIV could be safely inhibited in humans at 20 to 60 microM AZT. However, after the licensing of AZT as an anti-HIV drug, several independent studies reported 20- to 1000-fold lower inhibitory doses of AZT for human and animal cells than did the manufacturer's study, ranging from 1 to 50 microM. In accord with this, life threatening toxic effects were reported in humans treated with AZT at 20 to 60 microM." . .. "It is concluded that AZT, at the dosage prescribed as an anti-HIV drug, is highly toxic to human cells." 

Not the smartest play, but the interesting mix of elements in the situation made it far from just a brain freeze moment.  (CORRECTION: Pardon - I said it was the larger Boozer brother. Point still holds.) 

Hmmm.But now that Kent's said his highly informed opinion, he, like Massie, is persona non grata and being considered for investigation. Kinda makes his point that MAGA and campaign promises are being betrayed. 

An analysis of the effect several years in, and a side discussion on how as imperfect as our skills development pipeline is for basketball players in the States, it is now worse, in that it is now significantly less practically available to American players. 

What? The "side effects" that they admitted  against interest, in an 8-hour national meeting in late 2020 before it even came out, actually occurred? Ya don't say. Only among those single "protected" or "boosted".(Plus an end dose of opinions on current events) 

'Uh oh... the prominent figure associated with a product I have purchased has turned political heel. What to do?!! Why, I surely don't want people to think I might have just bought the product because I like it! I must explain myself to everyone that might see me!!" Please Lord, just for pure entertainment, let the President of Subaru come out and express strong opinions about "traditional values."*crosses fingers*

[CORRECTION at 2:07, and at least one other time - as indicated by other contrary statements, I TWICE said "first round" instead of "first weekend" regarding at what point KU basketball would be out of the tourney. I meant the latter.] The failed regular season saga reveals what will be a (short) maddening March. 

It's okay to embrace those that are merely "MAGA-adjacent" at best, like Levin, but once the "MAGA President" selects for his biggest repeated rhetorical firepower those MOST loyal to MAGA causes and the truest reform and attainment of justice in America, like Massie and MTG, we have a problem at the top of the movement to such an extent that its pulse should be checked. 

Only a pharmacist association and their brethren, would have this concern, of all concerns, about a deadly risky tromp to the edge of WWIII.But truth seeking / bread crumb following makes strange bedfellows and a chief executive for said association makes an admission against interest regarding the world's "medicine." 

Querying for geofenced phone data to make sense of things and potential actors in a crime is a very established technology. When feds have a hard time solving an infamous crime where key location of suspects is known, not solving the crime is often a sign of a lack of commitment to use this very available informational tool. Where this was over 7 years ago, for its use to help solve a local crime, illustrates its availability and maturity for other crimes for which "who was in the area at the time" would be key. A la "pipe bombs" at both DNC and RNC on January 6. 

It doesn't PROVE anything, without more. But as to in the classic sense of understanding any case and considering a suspect, one tends to try to understand if they're "capable" of the act. Therein circumstantial evidence is relevant.  What is their outlook?  What is their history?  What was "family life" like?  What do they believe in?  Have they done things along the same lines of violence or deception as the act you're pondering upon?  From a 2018 book, from a journalist who lives there and has received one of the nation's highest journalistic awards, this history and national policy, along with the well-known "Hannibal Directive" ( I believe I said "Doctrine" in the episode ) helps illuminate the extreme outlook, basically unique among nation states, as to how far they'll go how soon.Again, not particular evidence of ANYTHING for a specific case, but much like finding out the friendly schoolboy who is an honor roll student has a dark history of a tendency towards violence and/or manipulation, this information MUST color how anyone (and particularly, PRESIDENTS (ahemmm....) and diplomats) deals with this country's leadership. Goodreads

One key to empathy AND logical analysis of actions is to use a hypothetical to put yourself on the opposite end of the actions to see if you'd then think the actions were just, or rationalized, or humane.Another key to emoathy and logical anakysis is to not limit yourself to doing the above to only when the perpetrator of the acts is already someone you dislike.Also, and even MORESO, you should do it when "your side" has done something. 

An analogy.  TLDR: In the real world, not the psy-op matrix, neither flesh and bone nor aluminum and steel disintegrate wholly into zero matter upon introduction of massive collision or explosion. 

Ludicrous. 

(UPDATE: I stupidly said I wouldn't vote for DJT next time.  D'OH!!! So inserted an "I'm aware"warning,but I'm not going to otherwise edit it - everything else holds, and the surgery wouldn't be precise. Consider the sentiment more like "I can't believe I left my Libertarian voting ways, and then he does THAT!) BUTTHURTEDNESS WARNING: If you're susceptible, put on protective equipment or listen to something else. Podcasts cannot override your consent unless someone has tied your hands behind your back. In which case you have worse problems. A far-flung rant, granted with justifiably irritated tone, over the latest activities that are NOT about Making America Great Again, and related analysis and topics.I think DJT might be misspelling MAGA. Due to people "calling him chicken." Maybe we should get back to the people's mission for him, instead of helping other countries be more murderous AGAIN.If not (and I don't expect it), one, the "Republicans" are losing the mid-terms in a landslide, and two, zero chance I'm doing anything except turning back to my Libertarian roots in 2028.

Pfff.Guess what you need to even register to shovel snow tomorrow for NYC. 

A perfectly good way, through official Microsoft open source application available on github, to make easier and more obvious how to mute and unmute your microphone (and shut your camera off). Gone.Never mind if people want it, or if it a common sense feature that SHOULD just be a feature in Windows already, without having to download an extended features app. You want privacy, or at the very least not to be embarrassed by a mistake during a large conference call? Too bad. THEY find your privacy inconvenient. Your rights be damned. 

Unpacking Travis' comments and how they dovetail with Patrick's sentiment before the hire. 

1. Some thoughts on Divisional Saturday and Josh Allen's continued playoff bed wetting.(CORRECTION NOTE: At about 2 minutes I said wild card round was first time Allen had game winning drive in overtime, but I meant the first game winning drive in the playoffs.) 2. Main Topic - In a recent zoom meeting, Patrick states in what is missing and what they need to get back to you. Guess what. It jives with what I've told you on my various analyses of the Chiefs offensive decline. TLDL: FIRE MATT NAGY. 

A rare philosophical and inspirational Scales of Truth. Be your own hero. 

Greenland for "Golden Dome"??HAARP, anyone. MAGA is now, at best, 5th priority. The psy op was easy. "What are ya, Donald? Chicken??!" "Bet you can't do what other Presidents couldn't do."There is no hope left.Vote Libertarian. 

A second look into the numbers. This one featuring revisiting the dazzling heights in average fantasy points per game that Patrick Mahomes attained in his first five years of starting, versus the sharp (really unprecedented for an elite QB in his prime) decline upon Nagy's arrival as OC. It's not just that Nagy has to leave. May he do well on the rest of his journeys. But it is also that Andy can't just be the venerable grandpa just believing somehow that because heights WERE reached years ago, that everyone is going to self correct and go back to the levels of the 2022 season and before. They have NOT. Let alone now that Kelce's exit is imminent. Andy HAS to enforce those tough quality control processes being reinstituted. Patrick, by EVERY means, SHOULD have continued to have almost year after year of top 100 fantasy points seasons all time. And instead they stopped abruptly. And always remember, his MOST productive year, yards-wise AND in team results, was AFTER Tyreek left. So don't give me the "he had an elite receiver and that was the only reason" gar-BAGE. Though I did more with the numbers than what this query shows, the basis for these numbers come from this sports-reference / stathead query:  Thanks for listening!

Not a study from Tyson's Conspiracy Corner. A study from Tufts and Brown University."TYSON, you don't know who cyber attacked it!"I mean, technically you're right. But I'm imagining it is less likely that just Harold the Hacker, with no stakes about it, just decided to take down a scientific journal website.  In other words, as Andy Dufresne might say - don't be so obtuse. Daily Mail:"A global review examining reported cases of cancer following Covid vaccination was published earlier this month, just as the medical journal hosting it was hit by a cyberattack that has since taken the site offline.The study appeared in the peer-reviewed journal Oncotarget on January 3 and was authored by cancer researchers from Tufts University in Boston and Brown University in Rhode Island." At top of the website, which can be accessed at the moment I write this:"In December 2025 and January 2026, our server encountered malicious cyberattacks that led to disruptions of online publications and website access.The Dark side of PubPeer: there are suspicions that certain individuals associated with PubPeer may have been involved in cybercriminal activities, including hacking servers, causing journal websites to go offline, and using illegitimate practices to influence Google search results for journals and scientists."Full text of article.One author:Wafik El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP is the Associate Dean for Oncologic Sciences at the Warren Alpert Medical School, Director of the Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University, and Director of the Joint Program in Cancer Biology at Brown University and affiliated hospitals. He is an American Cancer Society Research Professor, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Professor of Medical Science, and Mencoff Family University Professor at Brown University. He is a licensed practicing physician-scientist and Medical Oncologist in Rhode Island and Pennsylvania with clinical privileges at The Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island.

(second topic I mention in the intro is actually going to be split into  a different episode)Anywhere else you'd say "the thing you want to sell is worth what it will sell for, assuming the market is quite aware of you offering it." But not in real estate. In real estate, the hypnotized industry instead tells their clients, who WANT to sell their houses or they wouldn't be trying, that the price the market will bear is insulting. So a house, that SOMEONE WOULD BUY at a lower price, sits. And sits.And sits. How can that be???!!! In the day and age of ebay and amazon and online listings?? It's SHELTER. Therefore it is in demand!! IF the buyers and sellers get to meet at the right price! What is the motivation? How many blue pills (the other kind) do these agents (agents, blue pill, matrix... interesting) gulp every day???? The house is NOT work $400K if you do not even get offers at that price for months and months on end. So do you want to sell it for much more than you bought it for or not? Even if that much more is only $250K versus your purchase price of $175K, instead of the extra $150K that your real estate Agent Smith is telling you (that you'll never get anyway).The reasoning, I INSIST, is these evil bastards who want you to have fewer options. They build a world of scarcity so that they're relatively more rich and relatively more in control. Even as young couples every year WANT a place where they can grow their family, their legacy, and their equity. There are no hanging trees high enough . . . 

The NFL statistical numbers I said I'd deliver to help people who have not had a chance to give the argument that the Chiefs have turned into an offensive disaster under the Nagy-Reid partnership a true eye test.  TLDL - Significantly worse numbers in all possible ways to look at it. Certainly in comparing Nagy versus the Bieniemy years, and sometimes starkly even as we look at 2025 (with Rice back) versus the much less capable receiving corps in theory from last year. See Profootballreference tiny URLs below.  Another TLDL: FIRE. MATT. NAGY.Or if you don't support that, then be a contrarian and watch Patrick's legacy and reputation go further into the toilet. From right on track for second-best ever, to maybe even not another chapter of highest success in his story.  | https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/IN0Qc  - All six five-game spans within the same regular season where Patrick Mahomes' TD passes did not exceed his interceptions have occurred in the last 16 months, smack dab in the heart of the Nagy era. | https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/sk65Y - Of 13 instances where Patrick threw at least five interceptions total over a five-game regular-season span in same season, and he threw 1.5 times or less as many TDs as interceptions, 10 of the 13 were in the Nagy era.   | https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/AE2wJ -  Only eight instances where Patrick threw at least five interceptions total over a five-game regular-season span in same season, and he threw only 1.3 times as many TDs as interceptions. over five regular season games, Seven of eight were in the Nagy era.  | https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/B3vNS - Only six instances where over five regular season games in same season, Patrick threw at least five INTs and did not throw more TDs then interceptions. Five of the six times were in the last 16 months, smack dab in the Nagy era. | https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/mNxXT - Only twice has Patrick had five-game stretches with combined completion percentage below 60%.  Both were in the Nagy era, in the 2025 season, when the full complement of receivers were available. | https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/Xp3hm - Only four times prior to the 2025 season did Patrick have five-game stretches in the same season with a combined completion percentage even below 62%. But two more (and easily the lowest) occurred in 2025. | https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/3TsmG - Basis for other metrics, including the percentage of completed air yards versus intended, total yards per season, total yards per game, rating, and others. Receipts delivered. 

Three examples.One that could have brought justice.One that could deliver adequate customer service.One that could really help a business entities bottom line.

So while Erika can feel free to share an opinion, we can feel free to understand it has no inherent persuasive or conclusive value. 

A path of purposeful and causative chaos they laid over four years ago. For some reason this death and destruction is their commitment above all other commitments.One thing for sure is that it serves the purpose o  not one common European, let alone the lot of them. But serving the purpose of the common European citizen is hardly ever something that either NATO or the EU do. 

What, he still refuses to spare the remnant of his native fighting age men by agreeing to peace?Ya don't say.Why it's almost like he doesn't actually care about their fate at all and is instead allegiant to a cause where the more of them die the better. And by "almost" I mean exactly.