Yer Hopeless

Does RFK, Jr really need to explain himself, or does a nation, that can finally hear how crazy he is, need to explain why they didn't notice it before letting him attain power? 

 Where's that 21st century intellect, I'm told Silicon Valley represents, when it comes to a simple acknowledgement that somebody's lacking in common sense? 

 Steve Jobs used homeopathy to kill himself - never mind

 

The Volkswagen Beetle Was Originally Designed To Carry A Sub-Machine Gun

 

 AN ALL TOO-FAMILIAR FEELING:

 The Cult of AI - How one writer's trip to an annual tech conference left him with a sinking feeling about the future

COULD/COULD NOT: 

Starlight patterns could be evidence of alien technology, according to two new scientific studies

STILL FEELING THAT CRYSTAL ENERGY: 

As New Yorkers Turn on Mayor Adams, Prominent Democrats Join the Pile-On

I DID NAZI THAT COMING:

Germany’s Woke Government Wavers as Islamists Declare Holy War

SURPRISE SURPRISE SURPRISE:

She's an Irish heiress, a psychic, a witch… and about to be extradited to the UK on fraud charges

DIE GRAVITY DIE:

Joe Rogan’s ‘Wild’ Interview with Terrence Howard: ‘We’re About to Kill Gravity’

TOO HIGH:

Legalized Weed Is Landing More Seniors in the E.R.

BUT THE FANS SAID,...:

BRITNEY SPEARS CONSERVATORSHIP VITAL TO SURVIVAL

       

SAID LIKE IF HE WASN'T MAGA THIS WOULD BE OK: 

MAGA loyalist Kid Rock used ‘n-word’ and ‘waved gun’ at Rolling Stone journalist

I CAN SEE THE ATTRACTION:

Public health alert issued after HIV-positive sex worker had over 200 clients

MARRIAGE IS HARD:

Husband who killed his wife by burying her alive in a hand-dug grave is sentenced to life in prison

GOD GETS PEOPLE INTO WEIRD SHIT:

Diamonds, guns and obsession with God: 'War baby' son following dad into doomed Congo coup

EVERYONE GRIEVES DIFFERENTLY:

Mica Miller's pastor husband is pictured drinking and having dinner with another woman at Myrtle Beach sushi restaurant just four days after wife's suicide

LOVE BOMBING:

Robin Murphy confessed to role in Fall River's cult murders. Here's why she got parole.

RED BEANS AND RICE:

The radical practice of eating what you want

CRUISE SHIPS WERE DEPRESSING ALREADY:

Cruise worker 'murders newborn son on board ship': Shocked co-workers raise alarm

REMEMBER WHEN THEY SAID THE INTERNET WOULD MAKE US SMARTER?

Social Media Spreads Sunscreen Myths, Misinformation 

    

 IT'S HILARIOUS YOU'RE BAFFLED:

 “The Lack Of Common Sense Is Hilariously Baffling”: 45 Dumbest Patients Doctors Have Encountered

THEY DON'T WORK AND "MORE RESEARCH" JUST KEEPS THE CULT ALIVE: 

Project aims to increase scientific understanding of alternative health treatments

JESUS SPEAKS OFTEN ON CAMPUS:

Seinfeld and ‘Jesus’ Had the Right Commencement Stuff

BUT SHE GETS TO KEEP THE CATS:

Medics remove 150 MAGGOTS from a woman's mouth with rotting tissue

BIG BALLS:

Cancer-causing microplastics are found in 100% of men's testicles in new study 

   

AND YOU LOOK STUPID:

  Vaping shocker: E-cigarettes linked to lung cancer, study suggests

I THOUGHT CRUISE SHIPS WERE ALREADY IMMORAL AND OFFENSIVE:

Bombshell twist as luxury cruise ships now face blockbuster legal action over 'immoral and offensive' casino conduct after gambler's tragic suicide

The Tattoos Were A Dead Give-Away: Way Too Impulsive (And Not That Bright)

Scientist: I partied with 14 vaccinated friends and 11 of us got infected 

The Crack Emcee: I ain't partied with nobody, and ain't got shit - so who's the winner of The Common Sense Sweepstakes?

Hit me up on Venmo: thecrackemcee@gmail.com

 

Hooray!: "James Randi - An Honest Liar" Is Now Online For Everybody To Watch

If America, and it's people, were who we say we are, this man - and his work - would be much more famous. As it is, he's known just well enough to be my hero.

From A Problem With Science And Metaphysics (To A Solution With Frank Zappa)

I'm always wondering, how is it that - in this "modern" high tech world - something can be known on one side of the planet, that NewAgers aren't aware of on the other? A problem with our satellites? For instance, here's a message from Yurp:

"Apparently, in Canada, osteopathy is strong and full of woo..."

Now, we know it surely can't be a language barrier, because this professor is in Germany, which is right next door to France - where they speak that silly oui-oui, pooh-pooh, lah-lah French - but, the Gauls are just as coo-coo-clueless as the Canadians, so what gives? How are these two nations, so renowned for their educations, modernity, and civility, not so renowned for being in-step with reality?

But, this speaks to how the whole NewAge phenomena is working, all over the world: how do some immediately know fraud when we see it, while many (if not most) NewAgers buy into whatever false "empowerment" (or whatever message) the cultists sell? And - if some people do and can spot it - why aren't they trusted? 

I think it's because, like everyone else, the NewAger's desire for power (whether over themselves, over rationalists, or the world) is stronger - and, they have more money than common sense to indulge it, so bad things happen (Which, of course, is why they shouldn't have power: they've already proven they can't handle it).

Whatever. Thinking about NewAgers makes the mind weary. So here's TMR's new answer to NewAge's problems - listen to Frank Zappa because none of it matters:

It really works. Better than any damned guru, I guarantee you. Big money bet.

This Is The Fight Over Their Delusions NewAgers Are Insisting We Engage In

Relevance: Why Silicon Valley Needs To Hire Blacks

We know whites think they got it - but they ain't got it

Comedian Joe Rogan got there first, with his rap about phones being "small enough," but it took Neil deGrasse Tyson to make the point clear: 

“Society has bigger problems than what can be solved with your next app.” 

 Any sane black person would've told them that - if the geeks would only hire us,...

 

Yes Or No: A Great Way To Conduct A (Squirming) Debate

Notice - there's no question who's in charge under these rules:

The American people, and they'll do as they're told.

That scares these guys to death,...

Wave Away (Talk To The Hand)

When you're powerless and outnumbered, is it worth it to speak up, even if you're right?

"The people most likely to be sensitive to evidence—and therefore most worth listening to—often disagree with the consensus of the people around them on factual matters. We ought provisionally to regard people who frequently act as dissidents, heretics, and pariahs in their own political group as being more committed to speaking the truth than people who usually or always agree with the consensus."

From The Wit And Wisdom Of TMR's Facebook Feed

John Oliver's A Fake Anchor Speaking Truth To Power

John Oliver is havin' quite the effect on the youngin's. No surprise because this is very powerful, funny, timely, and informative stuff. 

But, what's troubling is, it's not like we weren't warned. For instance, I remember seeing this Negativland piece all the way back in the '80s:

Now - how dumb, do Americans have to be, to have burrowed as deeply into the cable scam as our culture has? Wait:

TMR exists because Americans have proudly fallen for it with glee - and pretty much every other one ever devised - while damning the consequences.

Maybe a Brit's what's needed to help turn the tide?

England IS calling homeopathy "witchcraft":

It's "a new way to heal" at Whole Foods,...

People Who Can Kill And Walk Away ARE Pretty Special

The best sentence I've read all morning, edited, for NewAgers and clarity:

"Americans,..think they are rejecting the narrow-minded bias of the Western,...establishment, but they’re just adopting someone else’s narrow-minded bias."

Here's a whole paragraph of common sense, if you're starving:

"There is a debate to be had about the ethics of placebo treatments in human medicine, especially when it comes to pain. If a treatment makes you feel better, in some cases that’s just as good as actual improvement. Animals, however, don’t experience the placebo effect. They don’t know why we’re sticking them with needles or stuffing ground-up herbs down their throats. Those things only make you feel better. That’s not why you go to the vet."

Yes it is, God damn it:

Yes it God damn is,…