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MACDONALD: Disgraced BBC Pretending It Still Has Credibility [Update]

November 11, 2025November 11, 2025 Steve MacDonald

The habit of the dregs of the former British Empire to rely on state-run television is a practice America has been trying to shed. Defunding public broadcasting is something the UK or Canada would likely never accomplish, let alone seriously consider. And why bother? Until recently, America’s so-called privately owned and operated media was ideologically … Read more

MACDONALD: Pregnant People Problems

November 8, 2025November 8, 2025 Steve MacDonald

Watching Vermont spiral in the blue toilet water is not enjoyable. Sure, it is a TRE, and when the legislature is in session, we get a lot of low-hanging fruit. It is sad to observe the real-time decline and fall of a state founded by a rebel militia that fought against big government tyranny. Vermont … Read more

MACDONALD: Woke Dr. Who & Woke Disney Part Ways (Declining Ratings)

November 1, 2025 Steve MacDonald

We like to give the social-justice warriors at Netflix a hard Time, but Disney, as a platform, has lost a lot of credibility in the past decade, all because it let the #Wokeasaurus in the door. Its reimaging of the Star Wars universe may have resulted in some spectacular backgrounds and film-making innovations (something the … Read more

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BBC: “Nearly 13% of hospital patients with confirmed Covid were unvaccinated.” You Mean, 87% Were Vaccinated?

October 3, 2021October 3, 2021 Steve MacDonald

To the BBC, this headline was best. “Covid-19 in Wales: A third of positive cases are unvaccinated.” Correctly translated, this means that at least 66% were vaccinated, but wait, there’s more!

UNAIDS and The Economist: COVID Political Response Hits Children and AIDS Patients Hard

November 21, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The ruling class loves to project dangerous outcomes when fear advances their policy objectives. If we don’t do this some number of persons will experience harm. In the case of the recent flu we’ve heard so much about, it’s hard to find evidence that the action does more harm, but we’ve found some.

Doctor WHO: All of it, on one Large Graphic.

September 26, 2018December 23, 2011 Steve MacDonald

Doctor WHO Fans will find this fascinating; a timeline graphic covering the entire series. Every one else can just move along then.

It is far to immense to post on the front side, and requires special consideration on the back side, so you’ll have to “jump” to see it, and then scroll down a bit…but if you are a fan of the show, it is worth the trouble.