{"id":1354184,"date":"2022-03-02T07:52:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T12:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1354184"},"modified":"2022-03-02T07:53:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T12:53:30","slug":"stephen-greene-insanity-wrap-eliminate-science-with-californias-one-weird-trick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-greene-insanity-wrap-eliminate-science-with-californias-one-weird-trick\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Greene: Insanity Wrap \u2013 Eliminate Science With California\u2019s One Weird Trick"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstephen-greene-insanity-wrap-eliminate-science-with-californias-one-weird-trick%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1354184&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><strong><span>Welcome to Insanity Wrap, your weekly dose of the best of the worst. California\u2019s new Science!\u2122 bill is the new big crazy.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Plus:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bad taste is a gender now, apparently<\/li>\n<li>The (Masked) Kids Are (Not) Alright<\/li>\n<li>See what patriotism looks like when the price is high<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Before we get to today\u2019s big story, here\u2019s a short video to make you lose whatever little faith you might still have in humanity.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>This Is Not a Sane World, Exhibit #1,000,006<\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mental health crisis of delusional narcissists <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T2bfLtVY3q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/T2bfLtVY3q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1498504915915657223?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What it screams is \u201cBad taste!\u201d but Insanity Wrap is certain that, of all her many issues, that\u2019s the most easily treated.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>California and Science!\u2122 vs Science<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1562583\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1562583\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1562583\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/The_Scientific_Method-1110x1055-1.jpg\" alt=\"California to Mandate the Science!\u2122\" width=\"640\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/The_Scientific_Method-1110x1055-1.jpg 1110w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/The_Scientific_Method-730x694-1.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/The_Scientific_Method.jpg 1280w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1562583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Wikipedia Commons image.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/state-houses\/california-weighs-punishing-doctors-challenging-contemporary-scientific\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California weighs punishing doctors for challenging \u2018contemporary scientific consensus\u2019 on COVID<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>There\u2019s science and then there\u2019s Science!\u2122<\/p>\n<p>Science is a method for weeding out, as much as possible, human error and bias from our investigations into how the universe works.<\/p>\n<p>You know the drill: Question, research, hypothesize, test, analyze, report.<\/p>\n<p>Well, that\u2019s a stripped-down version. There are other, more complicated ones.<\/p>\n<p>But all of the variations on the scientific method come back to <em>questioning<\/em> the conclusions as new data become available. Or even before new data become available. And then there\u2019s peer review, where other scientists do their best (or are at least supposed to) to debunk what the first scientist tried to prove.<\/p>\n<p>Because in science, nothing is ever settled.<\/p>\n<p>Except in California, if AB 2098 is passed into law.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The bill, which was cowritten by five other California Assembly and Senate members, goes beyond regulating how California doctors can treat their own patients. It opens their statements about COVID \u2014 public or private \u2014 to review by the Medical Board of California and the Osteopathic Medical Board of California, with possible sanctions to follow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExisting law requires the applicable board to take action against any licensed physician and surgeon who is charged with unprofessional conduct,\u201d according to the legislative counsel\u2019s summary, and the bill would \u201cdesignate the dissemination or promotion of misinformation or disinformation\u201d about COVID as \u201cunprofessional conduct,\u201d without specifying what\u2019s prohibited.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Plus: \u201cAssemblyman Low\u2019s office didn\u2019t respond to Just the News questions about whether the bill could punish physicians who are ahead of the curve on debatable issues such as the lab-leak hypothesis, efficacy of cloth masks and post-vaccination heart inflammation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AB 2098 would effectively codify into law whatever happens to be the current conventional wisdom.<\/p>\n<p>You would question their conclusions only at risk to yourself.<\/p>\n<p>In the name of science.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, in the name of Science!\u2122<\/p>\n<p>If science is a method for reducing human error, then Science!\u2122 is a set of social and political controls wearing a very authoritative labcoat.<\/p>\n<p>If today it suits those who control the Science!\u2122 to make everyone wear masks, then everyone will wear masks.<\/p>\n<p>If tomorrow, political expediency requires no mask mandates, then the Science!\u2122 will be updated accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>2+2=5, comrade, except when the Party requires that it equals 3. Or sometimes even 4. Or sometimes all three answers at once.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy your chocolate ration, California \u2014 it\u2019s about to be increased from 20 grams to 15 grams.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Recommended:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/vodkapundit\/2022\/02\/28\/ukraine-war-took-vladimir-putin-from-steely-eyed-kgb-man-to-military-bumbler-n1561091\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine War Took Vladimir Putin From Steely-Eyed KGB Man to Military Bumbler<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Your Weekly Dose of Mostly Peaceful Protest<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/harriet75\/status\/1498658987092414464\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1562628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Sub-Teacher-Masks-1110x1481-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sub Teacher Masks\" width=\"640\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Sub-Teacher-Masks-1110x1481-1.jpg 1110w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Sub-Teacher-Masks-547x730-1.jpg 547w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Sub-Teacher-Masks-730x974-1.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Sub-Teacher-Masks.jpg 1240w\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This edition of Mostly Peaceful Protest is presented in a Shot\/Chaser format.<\/p>\n<p>Above is the Shot.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the Chaser:<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>Insanity Wrap knows you\u2019ve seen that clip already, but as the Democrats gear up to take credit for ending the mask mandates that GOP governors were lifting months and even over a year ago, we thought you might like the reminder.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats instituted two years of legally-mandated child abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Never forget that, and never forgive them for it, either.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Quote of the Week<\/h4>\n<figure class=\"thmimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/b20d28d7-b07f-48a3-9522-0b1bc6390c9b-730x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ukraine\" \/><figcaption><small class=\"text-muted font-italic\">AP Photo\/Evgeniy Maloletka<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/ukrainians-return-home-to-fight-russia-i-have-to-go-11646045875\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukrainians Return Home to Fight Russia: \u2018I Have to Go\u2019<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to be a patriot in a country like the United States, a land that war has barely touched in more than 150 years.<\/p>\n<p>In places like Ukraine, patriotism costs a little more:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI would love not to fight, and be alive, but this is the time where if I want to be able to look myself in the mirror, I have to, have to go,\u201d said Mr. Azarkhin, who has been living in Berlin and had never fired a gun outside a firing range. \u201cOtherwise, I will live in my own personal hell in my head.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That\u2019s your Quote of the Week. Please try not to forget it.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>The Craziest Person in the World (This Week)<\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Incredibly moving moment from tearful Ukrainian journalist who confronts Boris Johnson about the West&#8217;s moral failure to impose a no fly zone over Ukraine<\/p>\n<p>She says: &#8220;Ukrainian children are there taking the hit\u2026 our children instead of planes are protecting Nato from missiles&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kate Ferguson (@kateferguson4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kateferguson4\/status\/1498617103372496896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yeah, no.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine isn\u2019t our fight.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to start World War III, just order NATO fighters to start shooting down Soviet\u2026 er, Russian\u2026 military planes over Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>But by all means, send Ukraine all the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/u-s-to-send-stinger-anti-aircraft-missiles-to-ukraine-01645999474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stingers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearscience.com\/articles\/2022\/02\/28\/how_the_javelin_missile_works.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Javelins<\/a> we can churn out.<\/p>\n<p>Russia according to at least one report has committed nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/frustrated-russia-more-aggressive-ukraine-tactics-us-defense-official-warns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">75% of its total combat power<\/a> to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>If Russia wants to be a bully, let\u2019s give the little guy a pair of brass knuckles to sock him with just when his jaw is almost entirely exposed.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>So That Happened (Allegedly)<\/h4>\n[embedded content]\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/28\/exclusive-isis-bride-says-texas-congressman-van-taylor-paid-her-to-keep-quiet-about-affair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018ISIS Bride\u2019 Says Texas Congressman Van Taylor Paid Her to Keep Quiet About Affair<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>This could turn out to be the Texas Car Wreck of the Year:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHe considered me his girlfriend. He labeled me his girlfriend, his mistress,\u201d Tania told Breitbart News. \u201cI told him that I found him attractive. After that for an entire month, every day during October 2020, he wouldn\u2019t stop messaging me like crazy. It was just so distracting. He was going crazy for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There\u2019s more at the link, including a screencap of (allegedly!) Taylor\u2019s text to Tania which \u2014 trust Insanity Wrap here \u2014 you do <em>not<\/em> want to read.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, we\u2019re told that Taylor is a RINO so maybe this is just nature\u2019s way of thinning the herd.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>And Now For a Brief Moment of Sanity<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1562625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ukraine-Women-1110x1499-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Ukraine Women\" width=\"640\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ukraine-Women-1110x1499-1.jpeg 1110w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ukraine-Women-541x730-1.jpeg 541w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ukraine-Women-730x986-1.jpeg 730w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ukraine-Women.jpeg 1284w\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Presumably, they\u2019re making the sandwiches.<\/p>\n<p>Next question?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Previously On Insanity Wrap:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/vodkapundit\/2022\/02\/22\/insanity-wrap-putin-gets-piece-of-ukraine-in-our-time-n1561022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Putin Gets Piece (Of Ukraine) In Our Time<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>One More Thing\u2026<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1562618\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1562618\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1562618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Brag.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"348\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1562618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Seen on MeWe.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Et tu?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>That\u2019s a Wrap for this week.<\/p>\n<p>Come back next week for another Insanity Wrap\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026assuming we make it that long.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you enjoy Insanity Wrap, Stephen Kruiser\u2019s Morning Briefing, and headline news from PJ\u2019s growing stable of writers, you\u2019ll love our exclusive content \u2014 like video podcasts and live chats with your favorite PJ personalities \u2014 available just to our VIP members.<\/p>\n<p>PJ Media VIP members also enjoy an ad-free experience and, for GOLD members similar exclusives at all six Townhall news sites.<\/p>\n<p>You can become a supporter <a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/subscribe?tpcc=vpiwrap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">right here<\/a> with a 25% discount if you use the INSANITYWRAP promo code. 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