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I don't understand why they are sticking to that story. Maybe they're just using it as a measuring stick. The only other reasons I can think of are far too out there for me to really believe Though its all the rage a Devos.
On the off ramp I get off of for my house, there is a sign n95 is better.
In a restaurant tonight on the local news, there was a commercial pushing masking and boosters. I think it was some Hispanic health group that has been around for 30 years.
In Ca to go to a hospital or medical facility you need to wear a mask.
Lot’s of employees at a Costco I just visited in Moreno Valley (inland empire) were wearing masks.
It’s lots of virtue signaling by the elites, including our amazing Gov. That cheated with his campaign manager wife. And has legally collected bribes, I mean contributions, to favor certain businesses.
The virtue signaling loses its impact when cloth masks are worn.
I find myself taking exception to the way most of you are framing the discussion, and, yes, to the way Scott Adams puts it. Yes, I am a winner in my perception of government now as fundamentally dishonest and even evil. I am a loser in no longer having a government I can trust, or for that matter medical practitioners into whose hands I would put my life. As for the past, I do not universally assign blame. Unlike most of you, I respect President Trump's statement that the economy could take a back seat when human life is in danger. On the other hand I am convinced that there were those who made political capital of the situation, assuming they were not involved in creating the situation, and even went to the extent of denying us medicines like Intervectin that worked for their own selfish and evil purposes.
His conclusion: “The sociopathic Political Left and its international managers have lost control of the ball in this game. They can insist on any sort of absurdity, but the people have stopped buying it. Resentment over all this is breaking out. Nobody wants anymore boosters. The running dogs of official propaganda, such as Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel, await their career executions. The years of Reality Consensus Disorder draw to a close. The counter-revolution finally begins.”
I was blind to this at the time. Busy with career, kids, etc. Now it seems obvious based on the recent and current actions being taken by the US neocons what they have been up to for decades. I never had a clue that the 1991 Gulf War had anything to do with Russia but what Will Schryver is saying makes perfect sense. We have been played for a long, long time.
But Central Asian energy--just look at the geography. It's the flow of energy to Europe from those areas under the control of Russia that we were concerned about. Same as Nordstream. That's why our involvement in the Caucasus--pipelines to Europe. Bases in Iraq give us military access, and that's part of the geopolitical change that hypersonic missiles could bring. Lotta moving parts here.
Not sure about the “something big is about to happen” idea, but the preponderance of incontrovertible evidence is simply crushing all of the lies and propaganda that have been passed off as “science” since this fiasco started. I do find quite a bit of satisfaction in seeing the “smartest people in the world” finally getting stopped in their tracks when reality stepped up and slapped them in the face! If I may be allowed, REAL science is a bitch!!
The saddest part about all of this is that it’s not over for those who took the shots and in particular those who had their children take the vax. I sincerely hope that those responsible are held accountable, Fauci number one on that list please, but I fear that they will slip away and watch others take the heat which is rightfully theirs to endure.
God Bless Will; real info in the age of "The Information Super-Highway" is difficult to come by. *Anyone remember CompuServe? :^)
I am unsure how to take Scott Adams' vid. The Covid debacle wasn't a contest. I am not seeking apologies. I've adapted: the 'Karens' of this country mean nothing to me including getting no respect, at all. There are several businesses I will never enter again. There are many people I not only do not respect, but will have nothing to do with. There's a lot of that now. I can't get back the losses. Not being 'anti-vax' but not personally taking/accepting vaccines turns out to be a good thing, but is not some kind of confirmation of a 'conspiracy theory'. There are no animosities in my personal life choices, I do want to be left alone regarding my choices however.
There is a lot that is wrong about 'Covid'; Scott Adams can do nothing for me about any of it. I'd accept an honest description of his experience, perhaps, but patronizing me simply has me place him into that pile of things/people/places I'll have nothing to do with again. Simply not worth it.
Mark, continued success and my best wishes for your wife's on going recovery. (WRH)
I'm like you, Wayne. The Covid scam broke something in me. There are people and places that are now dead to me forever. As for Adams, he is the classic arrogant intellectual who refuses to show true humility and admit that he made the worst mistake of his life. It must be especially galling to him that many of the smelly, lower IQ people that he despises, saw through the lies straight away. Stay strong, my man! The truth will out!
S'21, I do thank you for the encouragement and affirmation. I never used to consider my drive for personal independence, that is self-reliance, accountability being MINE, following my Faith and beliefs for self, not show and trying to walk in rather than talk 'the talk'. Not needing to prove to anybody anything. Yet, today, it has become a struggle to be left alone... a weird thing I'd never considered here in the USA. (USsA now?). Anyways, I hope for you, too, to be able to maintain, be successful in your endeavors of choice and are Blessed constantly. Love Large; best 1st step dealing with our world for me at least... (WRH)
Apropos of winning, I enjoyed reading Roger Kimball’s latest essay at American Greatness in which he asks, “Is it too much to hope that fit retribution is even now being organized for these bitchy, beige, and bland totalitarians of the deep state?”
My natural pessimism is desperately trying to hold the line, but even I feel that something is about to break. The next stage is probably the search for scapegoats whom the DS hope will throw to the lions, hoping that they will be assuaged. But I don't think that will work. I think the real people behind this mess are going to be exposed and hopefully punished.
Good comment. I'm not sure how strong their attacks on the unvaxxed will be. They will be too busy thinking about their own health. And if they do attack us, well, we survived their earlier campaign, so we'll survive this one too.
The full Shryver thread, including the discussion w/the "Empire Evangelist" that provoked it, is a mind blower. How many of us just accepted what the media told us of these events & never blinked?
Scott Adams has a weird way of framing - "The antivaxxers won" - is that a guy thing, a weirdo thing, or something else entirely?
Scott Adams still doesn’t get it. I take issue with his suggestion that we “anti-vaxxers” were merely distrustful of the government. For many of us, including me, trust in the government / health authorities was the default until 2020-2021. This default position was overcome by REASONING regarding the nature of Covid and the appearance of these new “vaccines.” He just can’t bring himself to concede that he was duped / didn’t think critically about what was going on.
Yeah, I get that. I have one doctor to whom I'm quite grateful, and yet he seems to have drunk the Kool-aid to an extent that seems to me to be incompatible with his profession.
Right. I feel the same way. I started out suspicious that this was an accident from a weapons lab--US/PRC. It became quickly apparent that, while this didn't look like a natural occurrence, there was more going on. By May I'd come in off the masking ledge, probably a bit sooner. It's hard now to trace exactly what the progression was, but there was a lot more to it than simple distrust. That has come later, with the revelations of the powerful forces behind the Covid Regime. I was always skeptical of big government and corporations, but strong distrust wasn't a major part of that process. It is now.
I was a chump who once supported both Iraq wars. Our government has been lying to us for a long, long time. Longer than I ever realized or was willing to accept. It turns out that nothing is as it is told to us. The past six years have been if nothing else, quite eye opening. It has been a very disorienting experience to see the truth behind the lies be revealed. But now I can never unsee what I’ve seen unfold. Wow.
Right. But this is normal, and what the liars take advantage of. At some point, and to varying degrees, we can't live normal lives without investing trust in other people and even in institutions/orgs.
It didn't take a rocket scientist to know what the drug lords and the government were selling was bogus. A basic military NBC warfare class was enough to know a virus is not going to be impeded by a porous cloth mask, social distancing (who came up with that BS?), or lockdowns. All to 'prevent' a virus with a 99% or greater survivability. Sadly, the censoring of social media and a massive government PR campaign convinced many who may have been hesitant to succumb to the Vax pressure. Scott Adams and many others clearly fall within that group.
As I said in an earlier post, 'suddenly died' may well be the phrase of the year for 2023.
True. There's a lot that goes into making it possible to sell big lies--especially mass behavior, social psychology, and the legit weaknesses of human being: How many have time to really stay deeply informed? In the Big Picture, the Covid Regime was decades in the preparation.
I was righteously outraged by 9/11. I still am, but over the years I came to see other parts of the puzzle. I saw the Iraq invasion as part of a plan for encircling and squeezing Russia. I was concerned about the wisdom of that strategy but didn't understand the full Neocon picture. By 2008 and the Russian invasion of Georgia I was seeing the bigger picture and was vocal about it, but still wasn't aware of the full globalist picture.
Knowing that science is about questioning accepted theories, it was a big tell (for me) when we were told not to question the science when it came to combatting the virus with alternatives to the vaccines. In fact, questioning the 'science' and the effectiveness of the vaccines resulted in banishment from social media platforms and blacklisting of actual scientists.
Adams was just one of many who are likely having regrets of not trusting their gut instincts. Dan Bongino is another who went with the herd.
There is a huge push in Ca for the booster, lots of propaganda. Interesting it’s being ignored…
I don't understand why they are sticking to that story. Maybe they're just using it as a measuring stick. The only other reasons I can think of are far too out there for me to really believe Though its all the rage a Devos.
On the off ramp I get off of for my house, there is a sign n95 is better.
In a restaurant tonight on the local news, there was a commercial pushing masking and boosters. I think it was some Hispanic health group that has been around for 30 years.
In Ca to go to a hospital or medical facility you need to wear a mask.
Lot’s of employees at a Costco I just visited in Moreno Valley (inland empire) were wearing masks.
It’s lots of virtue signaling by the elites, including our amazing Gov. That cheated with his campaign manager wife. And has legally collected bribes, I mean contributions, to favor certain businesses.
The virtue signaling loses its impact when cloth masks are worn.
Listening to that German MP is a bit chilling. He's right on. The ghosts of Barbarossa still loom large.
I find myself taking exception to the way most of you are framing the discussion, and, yes, to the way Scott Adams puts it. Yes, I am a winner in my perception of government now as fundamentally dishonest and even evil. I am a loser in no longer having a government I can trust, or for that matter medical practitioners into whose hands I would put my life. As for the past, I do not universally assign blame. Unlike most of you, I respect President Trump's statement that the economy could take a back seat when human life is in danger. On the other hand I am convinced that there were those who made political capital of the situation, assuming they were not involved in creating the situation, and even went to the extent of denying us medicines like Intervectin that worked for their own selfish and evil purposes.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/paul-craig-roberts-how-troublesome-presidents-are-disposed
Kunstler also senses the tide has turned against the Powers That Be. Read his survey of the playing field here:
https://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/the-end-of-consensus-reality-disorder/
His conclusion: “The sociopathic Political Left and its international managers have lost control of the ball in this game. They can insist on any sort of absurdity, but the people have stopped buying it. Resentment over all this is breaking out. Nobody wants anymore boosters. The running dogs of official propaganda, such as Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel, await their career executions. The years of Reality Consensus Disorder draw to a close. The counter-revolution finally begins.”
I'm scanning that now and, yes, some very amusing bits:
"one of the WEF’s most sadistic leadership implants, PM Jacinda Ardern"
In fact I had considered citing JA's fall from grace as sign that we are winning. That's the optimistic view.
Re Will Schryver, I always thought that Iraq was part of a bigger move that looked to control all Central Asian energy and its movement to Europe.
I was blind to this at the time. Busy with career, kids, etc. Now it seems obvious based on the recent and current actions being taken by the US neocons what they have been up to for decades. I never had a clue that the 1991 Gulf War had anything to do with Russia but what Will Schryver is saying makes perfect sense. We have been played for a long, long time.
But Central Asian energy--just look at the geography. It's the flow of energy to Europe from those areas under the control of Russia that we were concerned about. Same as Nordstream. That's why our involvement in the Caucasus--pipelines to Europe. Bases in Iraq give us military access, and that's part of the geopolitical change that hypersonic missiles could bring. Lotta moving parts here.
Not sure about the “something big is about to happen” idea, but the preponderance of incontrovertible evidence is simply crushing all of the lies and propaganda that have been passed off as “science” since this fiasco started. I do find quite a bit of satisfaction in seeing the “smartest people in the world” finally getting stopped in their tracks when reality stepped up and slapped them in the face! If I may be allowed, REAL science is a bitch!!
The saddest part about all of this is that it’s not over for those who took the shots and in particular those who had their children take the vax. I sincerely hope that those responsible are held accountable, Fauci number one on that list please, but I fear that they will slip away and watch others take the heat which is rightfully theirs to endure.
Sad times.
God Bless Will; real info in the age of "The Information Super-Highway" is difficult to come by. *Anyone remember CompuServe? :^)
I am unsure how to take Scott Adams' vid. The Covid debacle wasn't a contest. I am not seeking apologies. I've adapted: the 'Karens' of this country mean nothing to me including getting no respect, at all. There are several businesses I will never enter again. There are many people I not only do not respect, but will have nothing to do with. There's a lot of that now. I can't get back the losses. Not being 'anti-vax' but not personally taking/accepting vaccines turns out to be a good thing, but is not some kind of confirmation of a 'conspiracy theory'. There are no animosities in my personal life choices, I do want to be left alone regarding my choices however.
There is a lot that is wrong about 'Covid'; Scott Adams can do nothing for me about any of it. I'd accept an honest description of his experience, perhaps, but patronizing me simply has me place him into that pile of things/people/places I'll have nothing to do with again. Simply not worth it.
Mark, continued success and my best wishes for your wife's on going recovery. (WRH)
I'm like you, Wayne. The Covid scam broke something in me. There are people and places that are now dead to me forever. As for Adams, he is the classic arrogant intellectual who refuses to show true humility and admit that he made the worst mistake of his life. It must be especially galling to him that many of the smelly, lower IQ people that he despises, saw through the lies straight away. Stay strong, my man! The truth will out!
S'21, I do thank you for the encouragement and affirmation. I never used to consider my drive for personal independence, that is self-reliance, accountability being MINE, following my Faith and beliefs for self, not show and trying to walk in rather than talk 'the talk'. Not needing to prove to anybody anything. Yet, today, it has become a struggle to be left alone... a weird thing I'd never considered here in the USA. (USsA now?). Anyways, I hope for you, too, to be able to maintain, be successful in your endeavors of choice and are Blessed constantly. Love Large; best 1st step dealing with our world for me at least... (WRH)
Apropos of winning, I enjoyed reading Roger Kimball’s latest essay at American Greatness in which he asks, “Is it too much to hope that fit retribution is even now being organized for these bitchy, beige, and bland totalitarians of the deep state?”
https://amgreatness.com/2023/01/21/too-much-to-hope/
My natural pessimism is desperately trying to hold the line, but even I feel that something is about to break. The next stage is probably the search for scapegoats whom the DS hope will throw to the lions, hoping that they will be assuaged. But I don't think that will work. I think the real people behind this mess are going to be exposed and hopefully punished.
Good comment. I'm not sure how strong their attacks on the unvaxxed will be. They will be too busy thinking about their own health. And if they do attack us, well, we survived their earlier campaign, so we'll survive this one too.
The full Shryver thread, including the discussion w/the "Empire Evangelist" that provoked it, is a mind blower. How many of us just accepted what the media told us of these events & never blinked?
Scott Adams has a weird way of framing - "The antivaxxers won" - is that a guy thing, a weirdo thing, or something else entirely?
Yeah, the full thread was interesting.
Re: Adams. It’s a weirdo thing. He’s definitely a weirdo.
Scott Adams still doesn’t get it. I take issue with his suggestion that we “anti-vaxxers” were merely distrustful of the government. For many of us, including me, trust in the government / health authorities was the default until 2020-2021. This default position was overcome by REASONING regarding the nature of Covid and the appearance of these new “vaccines.” He just can’t bring himself to concede that he was duped / didn’t think critically about what was going on.
That's it. As an intellectual, he believes he is an expert in reasoning and critical thinking. He just can't understand how his brain failed him.
And it was never about “winning”.
'Emergency approval' by the CDC and FDA was the giveaway for those paying attention.
Yeah, I get that. I have one doctor to whom I'm quite grateful, and yet he seems to have drunk the Kool-aid to an extent that seems to me to be incompatible with his profession.
Oh, yeah. That’s a good one! Thanks!
Right. I feel the same way. I started out suspicious that this was an accident from a weapons lab--US/PRC. It became quickly apparent that, while this didn't look like a natural occurrence, there was more going on. By May I'd come in off the masking ledge, probably a bit sooner. It's hard now to trace exactly what the progression was, but there was a lot more to it than simple distrust. That has come later, with the revelations of the powerful forces behind the Covid Regime. I was always skeptical of big government and corporations, but strong distrust wasn't a major part of that process. It is now.
I was a chump who once supported both Iraq wars. Our government has been lying to us for a long, long time. Longer than I ever realized or was willing to accept. It turns out that nothing is as it is told to us. The past six years have been if nothing else, quite eye opening. It has been a very disorienting experience to see the truth behind the lies be revealed. But now I can never unsee what I’ve seen unfold. Wow.
Right. But this is normal, and what the liars take advantage of. At some point, and to varying degrees, we can't live normal lives without investing trust in other people and even in institutions/orgs.
https://sonar21.com/americas-insularity-is-a-threat-to-its-survival/
A lot of us were in the same blind boat but...
"At least you see it now. That is everything" Perfectly put!
This is important. We all have our moments of awakening in life, and the important thing is to recognize them.
It didn't take a rocket scientist to know what the drug lords and the government were selling was bogus. A basic military NBC warfare class was enough to know a virus is not going to be impeded by a porous cloth mask, social distancing (who came up with that BS?), or lockdowns. All to 'prevent' a virus with a 99% or greater survivability. Sadly, the censoring of social media and a massive government PR campaign convinced many who may have been hesitant to succumb to the Vax pressure. Scott Adams and many others clearly fall within that group.
As I said in an earlier post, 'suddenly died' may well be the phrase of the year for 2023.
True. There's a lot that goes into making it possible to sell big lies--especially mass behavior, social psychology, and the legit weaknesses of human being: How many have time to really stay deeply informed? In the Big Picture, the Covid Regime was decades in the preparation.
I was righteously outraged by 9/11. I still am, but over the years I came to see other parts of the puzzle. I saw the Iraq invasion as part of a plan for encircling and squeezing Russia. I was concerned about the wisdom of that strategy but didn't understand the full Neocon picture. By 2008 and the Russian invasion of Georgia I was seeing the bigger picture and was vocal about it, but still wasn't aware of the full globalist picture.
Knowing that science is about questioning accepted theories, it was a big tell (for me) when we were told not to question the science when it came to combatting the virus with alternatives to the vaccines. In fact, questioning the 'science' and the effectiveness of the vaccines resulted in banishment from social media platforms and blacklisting of actual scientists.
Adams was just one of many who are likely having regrets of not trusting their gut instincts. Dan Bongino is another who went with the herd.