Speed Bump by Dave Coverly for March 08, 2022

“What dost man know, except…”

Hey, I think I know that guy on Twitter!

Yesh. Kind of depends on what turns your crank.

It would be awesome if all media had to be thus labeled.

And to the left, there is the booth for outright nonsense. Sadly, it has the longest line.

Information is run as a service so that you know what’s been done to you by the government. Speculations is wild rumors printed in the New York Times.

The one on the right is the mainstream news media.

They aren’t showing the next two booths: ‘flat out lies’ and ‘Fox Spews/disinformation’

I guess it is time to repeat the old saying:

Occam’s Razor: The simplest explanation that adequately describes a phenomenon is most likely to be true.

Murphy’s Blunt Instrument: The explanation that requires the largest number of consecutive low-probability events and involves the most conspirators is most likely to be believed.

The latter is also known as Q-Theory and Ancient Alien Theory.

Change speculation to social media and the stupidity we now see makes sense.

It is wise to be cautious and suspicious of both booths.

There are plenty of purveyors of opinion and disinformation calling what they sell as fact and science while suppressing ideas and truths that do not fit their goals.

Too bad so many news agencies have gone with the second booth…

Remember when you could pull in a gas station and get directions and they had a big map on the wall. Now you are lucky if they speak English.

I thought the second booth would be full of eye-glasses…

Alas…the world we live in! :(

The line on the right should be longer.

Next booth. Merch with provocative slogans and graphics.

Ah! I recognize the guy in the “Speculation” booth. He was photographed in a parade in a city in Florida, carrying a placard boasting that white supremacists have “superior jeans”. (I’m not kidding.)

Shouldn’t that be spelled “SpecQlation”?