Why Alzheimer's matters from a political lens

This video is fascinating, it talks about a some things that are interesting from a political lens. There's a lot to be taken from this video from a health perspective and they are worth considering.  But I have two additional, not primarily health-related takeaways that matter in a more political realm.

Trust The Science?

The first takeaway, in this video Dr. Benjamin Bikman, a leading metabolic scientist, points out that for decades brain plaque was considered the root cause of Alzheimer's. It turns out billions have been spent on what was either fraudulent or at least flawed data. Decades spent on trust the science. 

Science at it's root is based on the principle of question the science. You don't learn by not asking questions, you instead inculcate wrote dogma. Science has always improved because the field was founded on the principle of asking questions. The science of gravity was once considered locked in by Isaac Newton. Einstein took it further and in an entirely different direction, and even Einstein, as brilliant as he was, was not the be-all-end-all on any scientific subject. So when they told you that the science on climate change was settled, no it wasn't, and it still isn't.  

And when they told you that the Pfizer and other COVID shots would prevent catching dying spreading worse symptoms and that the normal 7+ year clinic trials weren't necessary because all the kinks were worked out, and jab your kids - yeah, QUESTION THE SCIENCE. 

Insulin resistance and TDS

The second takeaway is a little less obvious. Dr. Benjamin Bikman also mentions that insulin resistance is connected not only to Alzheimer's but also depression and a lot of other mental health issues, there is something that comes to mind.  In the unrelated video below, there's an interesting path that was followed on how we got to the obesity epidemic. The timing of that is eerily close to the rise of radical leftism. Is it possible that so many on the left who are depressed, anxiety riddled, suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, and often just crazy in their worldviews (think transgender athletes competing with women), are suffering from insulin resistance? As our diets changed, we opened the doors to not only obesity but a host of metal issues? It seems plausible. 

So maybe the most important way to ensure common sense conservatism thrives in the coming generations is not redistricting, and rooting out the criminal cheating Democrat election machine, and ridding the country of illegal immigrants of census-padding or illegal Democrat voters. Maybe it's RFK Jr. sorting out the toxic mélange that is the American diet. It sounds crazy, but maybe that's just your insulin-resistant brain talking. It doesn't hurt to listen rather than talk. I think John Wayne said that once.

Fat Fiction:

Joy Behar's TDS on full display

Yet again, The View self owning but unaware of it. The Trump Derangement Syndrome is in full effect here.  Joy Behar will not remember the Let's Go Brandon bashing as bashing, she will remember it as simply speaking the truth. The ladies on The View are full of something that doesn't smell good.

They have a cure!!!

For TDS:

It's like watching two toddlers argue astrophysics

Not really, but this video is not as sophisticated as Doug In Exile would have you believe. Yes, there's some good things to note but it's not quite great. Watching a conversation between John Fetterman and Bill Maher is a different thing than it would have been even four years ago. Four years ago it would have been mind numbingly painful, but now it's tolerable.  Don't be mistaken; neither man is about the to jump sides and become a Republican (and probably not even an independent) because the Democrat party has gone full-tilt, off-the-map crazy.  

They are entrenched. Dave Rubin thinks Bill Maher will wake up and see the light one day, drop his Trump Derangement Syndrome and become a conservative. He truly believes Maher is on the edge of doing that. It's not gonna happen.  Maher has some common sense but he still suffers from Trump Derangement Syndrome. He still believes Democrats are the party of liberty.  He doesn't believe the radical elements represent the majority of the party.  They are a lunatic fringe in his mind.  On Megyn Kelly he outright denied that Hillary Clinton has been an election denier since 2016 - despite the video evidence otherwise. If he hasn't come around by now, he won't.  He's in too deep to realize he's buying garbage and being told it's gold.  

A lot of people, including Doug In Exile in the video below,  think Fetterman will leave the Democrats. It's not going to happen unless the Democrats end up kicking him out of the party. There's been a lot of talk about Fetterman turning more conservative since he had a stroke. There's several data points showing that to be true. But I don't think he's likely to "leave the plantation", he's more likely to stick it out and try to win from the inside of the democrat tent.  The strategy is doomed to fail, but I'm not opposed to him trying. As is mentioned by Doug In Exile in the video below, the more infighting among Democrats, the better. Democrat disunity and division is definitely a winning formula for conservatives. The longer it goes on, the better.

The whole video is a good watch. At 3:47, Doug In Exile starts making some fantastic points about the left.  They wrap themselves in terms that in action, they actually oppose.

J6DS

January 6th derangement syndrome is still rampant on the left:

Tulsi Gabbard is not wrong

At the risk of sounding like a Democrat with Trump Derangement Syndrome, and coming across as a conservative with Let's Go Brandon Derangement Syndrome, I do believe Tulsi Gabbard is correct when she says Democrats are lying and spreading propaganda.

Double standards and the weak case against president Trump

There's a double standard - Hunter Biden (Ukraine, China), Joe Biden (see Hunter Biden), Hillary Clinton(Bleachbit-gate, the Steele dossier), and countless other people on the left commit crimes in their pursuit of wealth and power. They do not get prosecuted. President Trump plays by the rules and they make up high crimes and misdemeanors with which to charge him. As Glenn Beck recently pointed out, the reasons behind the nefariousness and virulent attempts to disable president Trump are no longer about Donald Trump, they are about the symbol that he has become; a symbol of resistance to a self-serving beaurocracy or deep-state that exists to serve insiders only at the expense of everyone else.

But a made up case is weak.  So say many in the case against president Trump:

While the case may be weak, it doesn't stop them.  And that brings up three possible scenarios:

1. Trump Derangement Syndrome has blinded them to rational thought
2. It's about weakening him prior to the 2024 election, not convicting him
3. They have a case

As a conservative we gravitate towards scenario #1.  These people have been doggedly relentless in their pursuit of a ill-perceived evil.  Trump Derangement Syndrome is real. But Trump supporters depending on that being the case is potential echo-chamber thinking.  And while currently their TDS is causing them problems, rather than president Trump, that may not remain the case up until 2024.

Trump Derangement Syndrome is the best case scenario for conservatives because it could easily explode in Democrats' faces.  But relying on that is a mistake. Even if this blows up in their face, it won't stop them from continuing to pursue this man.  And eventually something could stick, or at least be enough to galvanize the anti-Trump vote for the 2024 general election.  I don't see that but we still have to be prepared for the possibility and make moves to counter it.

Weakening president Trump (scenario #2) ,even if they know they have a bad case, may be the real motivation for Democrats.  If his approval surges among Republican voters just enough to win him the Republican nomination but also hurts him enough among Democrats and independent voters, he's a politically wounded adversary and easier to beat. Some people may just have had enough of the circus that surrounded Trump from 2016 to 2020, even if most of it was not of his doing. Fatigue may be the goal here. We can't count on Democrats continually shooting themselves in the foot and discount the possibility that it might work. We underestimate our political opponents at our own peril.

Finally the last scenario (#3), they may have a case.  While the case itself may be ridiculously weak, that's not the only consideration. We have a politically motivated DA in a far left-leaning state, with a far-left leaning voter base from which to select jurors.  They could win.  While it probably would lose on an appeal, eventually, it still could be enough to derail president Trump's chances forever.  He's not getting any younger.

I was listening to Breitbart News Radio this morning and the host was arguing that we should forget about going after Hunter Biden because it's not the best use of our efforts.  I disagree. Wholeheartedly.  He also said he didn't want to live in a country where that's the norm.  I understand that. But until Democrats feel the sting of it themselves, they are not going to change their tactics.  And if they don't we have a one-sided mechanism that only goes after conservatives.  You can't stop this until Democrats agree to a ceasefire.  Why would they do so when only the other side is taking damage?