Late to the Pol
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Late to the Pol

My political commentary and opinions are all found here. May or may not involve falling up the stairs, falling off a stationary bike, or shaking hands with ghosts.


Making Your Own Healthy Granola

7 Oct 2023 1 minute read 0 comments LateToTheParty

It's been quite a while since the last time I published something. I've been rather busy with school and clinic as well as other life events. Even so, it's important that I maintain good fitness and nutrition. I would not have gotten through my packe...

Threads Turns Out to be a Wet Fart while Twitter Makes Disruptive Progress

16 Jul 2023 2 minute read 1 comment LateToTheParty

When Meta launched its Twitter competitor, Threads, some of mainstream media buzzed about how it could become a disruptive force and bring competition to the social media sphere. Politico, for example, hyped Threads up as it claimed Twitter's hold on...

Certain Nuances of Inflation Commonly Overlooked

29 Jun 2023 2 minute read 2 comments LateToTheParty

After Joe Biden took over the White House, the inflation rate shot up at an alarming rate. Inflation was relatively quiescent in January and February 2021 at 1.4% and 1.7%, respectively. However, by March 2021, people grew concerned as the rate hit 2...

The Other BlackRock Story You Need to Know

21 Jun 2023 3 minute read 1 comment LateToTheParty

By the time you're reading this, you are likely already aware of BlackRock (along with other major investment firms like Fidelity) making a play for crypto. Recently, the firm filed an application for a Bitcoin spot ETF license. The timing is rather...

Bank of Canada Holds CBDC Survey with Shady Lack of Answer Choices

9 May 2023 2 minute read 2 comments LateToTheParty

Co-published on Read.cash and Zirkels. It is not a secret that governments around the world are trying to implement CBDCs or Centralized Bank Digital Currencies. They advertise CBDCs as cash, but better. You can buy products in-person or online; you...

Elon Musk Labels State-Affiliated Media as State-Affiliated Media, Hilarity Ensues

15 Apr 2023 3 minute read 4 comments LateToTheParty

Co-published on Read.cash and Zirkels. Not a week goes by without some drama regarding Elon Musk and Twitter. There was a big hoopla regarding Twitter Blue and the new checkmark system; Twitter open-sourced some of its algorithms onto Github last mon...

Shower Thoughts: Why Crypto is Rising in the Wake of Bank Collapses

18 Mar 2023 3 minute read 3 comments LateToTheParty

Co-published on Odysee, Read.cash, and Zirkels. +60%. That is how much Bitcoin has risen since the beginning of 2023. This is in spite of how much the crypto industry suffered in 2022 with notable collapses of Celsius, Voyager, BlockFi, and FTX. This...

Correcting the COVID Record, Part II - The Unnecessary Panic

5 Mar 2023 4 minute read 3 comments LateToTheParty

Co-published on Odysee, Read.cash, and Zirkels. In Part I, I looked into the masking data from the Cochrane Library. It turned out that using surgical masks did not improve health outcomes from respiratory viruses, including COVID. And while N-95 mas...

Correcting the COVID Record, Part I - Unmasking the Data

23 Feb 2023 4 minute read 0 comments LateToTheParty

Co-published on Odysee, Read.cash, and Zirkels. When the COVID pandemic began, there was a large emphasis from governments and the medical community to wear masks as a way to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Some governments even went as far as to...

The Dangers of Centralization: When Gov't Doesn't Want You to Grow Your Wealth for Your 'Protection'

11 Feb 2023 2 minute read 1 comment LateToTheParty

Co-published on Odysee, Read.cash, and Zirkels. As covered by multiple people on Publish0x, the SEC went after Kraken and its staking program for not registering it as a security. In response, Kraken paid the SEC $30 million in disgorgement, prejudgm...