Today In Stoopid
Welcome to another edition
of “Today in Stoopid Stupid.” Fortunately, there is never any shortage of
material for these posts. To wit:
*Sam Hawgood, a pediatrician-- and the chancellor of UC-San
Francisco—recently appeared before a congressional hearing on DEI in med
schools to state, “the vast majority
of pregnancies are in women.” The vast majority, you say? That is like saying
the “vast majority” of those born will pass away at some point. Or, the “vast
majority” of people with fully functioning vaginas are women. Brilliant. Thank
God for medical experts.
*After
Egypt’s loss to Argentina in the FIFA World Cup, Egyptian commentator
Mohammed Nour posted a video in which he claimed Israel was to blame for his country’s 3-2 loss. Say what?!
Nour claimed that Yair Netanyahu, the son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was
somehow involved—and added, "We played against Argentina, but also against
FIFA and Israel.” Alrighty then. Of course, Egyptian authorities also once
detained a stork on suspicion of it being an Israeli
spy. True story. The vile but ever-growing ranks of anti-Semites now have something
else to hang on the Jews. Lose a game?
Blame Israel!
*Speaking
of stupid, Americans are reading less, and, in many cases, dramatically so. It is not much of an
exaggeration to say that we are entering a postliterate world. (As reading
skills decline, so does writing competency.) More troubling yet, IQ scores have
been falling lately, too. And it’s no coincidence that the decline in reading
skills and intelligence is happening simultaneously. But what the hell, we have
AI, right?
*The NOAA currently estimates that there is an 81% chance
that there will be a “Super” El Niño during the months of October thru December,
perhaps the strongest recorded since 1950. And, right on cue, “AID” groups such
as CARE are warning that this unusually strong
El Niño could worsen health and humanitarian risks for women,
particularly those in “marginalized” communities already adversely affected by
food insecurity, water shortages, and reduced access to medical care. According
to an article purportedly by “John Ghost,” from a publication called “When In
Your State,” we must understand that “Women can face disproportionate harm
during disasters because existing inequalities often increase their caregiving
responsibilities, exposure to violence, and difficulty accessing health
services and financial resources.” Bad weather disproportionately affects
women? First of all, there aren’t any systemic existing inequalities, at least
not ones disfavoring women. And is it still not the case that far more
men than women are firefighters, storm chasers, police officers, National Guard
members, ambulance drivers, construction workers, and the like? You can’t fix
stupid. But you can laugh at it.
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