Lone Candle
Champion of Truth
Co-author of study linking Tylenol to autism says pain reliever still an option
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/22/pregnant-women-can-still-use-tylenol-judiciously-says-researcher-00575788
“Inflation, as measured by the Fed’s preferred price index, remained at 2.6 percent in July, the most recent month in which data are available. The Fed’s target is 2 percent. Moreover, in August, the consumer price index, which the Bureau of Labor Statistics uses to measure inflation, increased by 0.4 percent—the greatest monthly increase in inflation since January…
The FOMC acknowledged in its own announcement that “inflation has moved up and remains somewhat elevated” while the unemployment rate “remains low.” Increasing the fed funds rate is one of the Fed’s primary tools to combat inflationary pressures; lowering it is the opposite of what the Fed should do if it’s seriously concerned about inflation. Apparently, it’s not.”
https://reason.com/2025/09/18/the-federal-reserve-cuts-rates-with-inflation-still-hot-is-political-pressure-winning/
“The RICO Act allows prosecutors to define more or less anything they want as a mafia organization, and the charges are nearly impossible to defend against, partly because the government can seize the defendant’s assets before trial, making it impossible to pay a defense lawyer.”
https://reason.com/2025/09/18/what-does-it-mean-for-trump-to-designate-antifa-a-terrorist-organization/
“The biggest challenge is political. Without a congressional majority, Milei has relied on vetoes to block deficit-boosting bills. By conceding targeted increases, he hopes to blunt those challenges while courting centrists who dislike Peronist populism but remain wary of his radical cures. The October 26 legislative elections will decide whether he grows his foothold in Congress or stays boxed in.”
https://reason.com/2025/09/18/milei-raises-government-spending-while-pledging-zero-deficit/
“The inevitable result is slower growth, less dynamism, and a political economy driven by rent-seeking instead of entrepreneurship.”
https://reason.com/2025/09/18/trump-is-embracing-daddy-state-economics/
Now, the right is into cancel culture. Na, they were always into cancel culture. They just don’t want people they like canceled.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUdZ2AHAmRo
We need to channel masculinity in such a way that is moral and productive for society. This isn’t an excuse for toxic masculinity, but it requires an acceptance that not all masculinity is toxic and we need masculinity to be a force for good. We should also recognize that there are different ways to be masculine and that not all men are masculine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLIEpbLWWao
The United States is greatly underplaying Russia’s military drone flights into Poland.
In general, the U.S. president is underplaying the entire Russian invasion. He still blames Biden and Zelenskyy for Putin invading its neighbor in a war of conquest or regime change (exchanging a struggling democracy with a Putin controlled dictatorship)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_knhpdBdJ-c
The Venezuelan military is involved in drug trafficking at the highest echelons.
Crime and corruption has consumed Venezuela. It is partly run and controlled by gangs and militias.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYlsn6vLVm4
Using government power to force some critical voices off the air is how other democracies have turned to dictatorship.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohPToBog_-g