Crackpots

The San Diego Union-Tribune reports: The Poway Unified Board of Education ended its Thursday meeting early after a group of people protesting mask-wearing mandates interrupted the proceedings, officials said. The board was expected to discuss its safety protocols and public health guidance updates. They never got to those items. According to a statement issued by the board Thursday evening, a …

“Steve, he [Biden] said there’s 80 million people not vaccinated. Well, gee, that’s kind of funny. That’s how many votes Donald Trump really got. “You know, it’s probably more like 200 million people aren’t vaccinated. I don’t know a Christian out there that I know that’s going to get vaccinated because it’s actually – you know, I’ve said it before …

The San Antonio News-Express reports: A San Antonio woman yelled and harassed Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff over the mask mandate while he walked through an H-E-B parking lot last weekend. The hairstylist, who goes by Ashley Rocks on social media, posted a video of her following Wolff on her Instagram on Sunday, September 5. The clip showed her calling …

The Daily Beast reports: Hurricane Ida’s Northeast floods and tornadoes showed the visual reality of climate change, including at the headquarters of the “truth-seeking” organization Project Veritas. The setback comes amid a damaging year for Project Veritas, which runs undercover stings in an effort to catch journalists or liberal figures saying embarrassing things. Twitter banned both Project Veritas and O‘Keefe …

“Buying a fake vaccination card is not a, quote, serious crime. It’s not even close to a serious crime. Buying a fake vaccination card is an act of desperation by decent, law-abiding Americans who have been forced into a corner by tyrants. You know what’s a serious crime? Forcing Americans to take drugs they don’t need or want. That’s a …

From the American Medical Association: Ivermectin is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for human use to treat infections caused by internal and external parasites. It is not approved to prevent or treat COVID-19. Ivermectin is also available to treat certain veterinary conditions; medications formulated or intended for use in animals should not be used by humans. …

“I’m a mama bear and I know there’s a lot of mama bears here tonight, and no one’s gonna mess with our cubs.  And tonight I’m simply here to tell you to unmask our children. “We’re done begging. In fact, we’re done asking for permission. We are gonna be unmasking our children today. The pandemic is over, the parents are …

Media Matters has the transcript: SEAN HANNITY (HOST): Well, I will tell you there is a great discernment here. If you look at the disastrous last couple of press conferences he’s had, it has — there’s been three unmitigated disasters, and then — I guess they gave him a lot of caffeine today, or whatever. And “You go be tough, …

News One reports: Candace Owens’ reported absence at an event in Texas because of a “sudden illness” has sparked rumors that the conservative anti-vaccine champion may have come down with COVID-19 after spending more than a year dismissing it as nothing more than a hoax designed to infringe on freedoms enjoyed by Americans. Owens, who has bragged about traveling internationally …

The Ohio Capital Journal reports: A Butler County judge ruled in favor of a woman last week who sought to force a hospital to administer Ivermectin — an animal dewormer that federal regulators have warned against using in COVID-19 patients — to her husband after several weeks in the ICU with the disease. Butler County Common Pleas Judge Gregory Howard …

Media Matters has the transcript: GRANT STINCHFIELD (HOST): We know that one of the key components to enacting socialism in America is not just gun control, but gun confiscation. I have told you that much of the tyrannical response to the China virus is about the left’s quest to control you. Well, quietly, a plan is now underway to use …

Greenville, South Carolina’s NBC News affiliate reports: Some parents in Greenville County are frustrated and say they want masks mandated. Others say they’re glad it’s an option. The Greenville County School board voted unanimously at a meeting Tuesday to pass a motion allocating 5.5 million dollars in federal funding. The district will allocate $3.3 million for 80 hours of COVID-19-related …

CNN reports: Federal authorities are proposing more than a half-million dollars in new fines against commercial airline passengers they say refused to wear masks, hit flight attendants and even threw luggage across the cabin. The Federal Aviation Administration’s announcement Thursday of $531,545 in fines against 34 passengers accused of being unruly on board is the single largest announcement of federal …

“Climate change is not scientific. It is a religion. It is an anti-Christ religion that has taken over the minds of the world. In today’s lesson, I’m going to prove to you from God’s word that it is a sin to believe in the ideology and the religion of climate change. “Satan has deceived the whole world. If you believe …

Kansas City’s CBS News affiliate reports: Kansas’ most populous county on Thursday imposed a mask mandate for students and staff in elementary schools in hopes of checking the more contagious COVID-19 delta variant. The Johnson County Commission voted 5-2 for a mask requirement for schools from kindergarten through the sixth grade. The commission faced criticism both from health care providers …

The Associated Press reports: MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell says he was aggressively poked by someone seeking a selfie in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, this week, which led him to say he was attacked. Lindell, who hosted an election fraud symposium in the city this week, told the conservative talk show FlashPoint that he was approached by a man who …

Mediaite reports: OAN host Dan Ball reacted credulously to a jaw-droppingly inept live demonstration that his guest said shows that the COVID-19 vaccine made her magnetic. On Thursday night’s edition of Real America, Ball hosted a segment with Amelia Miller, one of many cranks posting videos that they say show Coronavirus vaccines conferring magnetism into their bodies. Ball subjected Miller …

Salon reports: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, on the final day of his “cyber symposium,” remained unable to produce any tangible evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. He attempted to deflect blame for his failed event onto supposed antifa activists — or, actually, “antifa things” — who were nowhere to be seen in this Great Plains city of …

Mediaite reports: At his so-called cyber symposium, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell said that a writer for far right website Gateway Pundit might be a CIA plant trying to undermine his conference … or something? But they are looking into it for sure. Lindell was apparently unhappy about a post at the conspiracy blog that focused on the news of supposed …

The New Jersey Advance reports: Gov. Phil Murphy angrily lashed out at a small group of protesters carrying signs objecting to mandatory vaccinations, calling them the “ultimate knuckleheads” during a public bill signing event on a crowded street in Union City on Wednesday. “These folks back there have lost their minds — you’ve lost your minds,” Murphy said, his voice …