A defining characteristic of the Left—Liberalism, Progressivism, Wokeism, Establishment Elite Privilege, what have you—is the desire and repeated efforts to abolish the law of cause and effect. And yet reality keeps intruding itself into human affairs.
Exhibit (via FR):
BORIS JOHNSON FACING NO CONFIDENCE VOTE
BBC ^ | Jan 19 | BBCBoris Johnson is expected to face more questions about his leadership at Prime Minister's Questions, as the row over lockdown parties at No 10 continues.
A group of the newest Conservative MPs are believed to be preparing to submit letters of no confidence in him, having met to discuss the issue on Tuesday.
If 54 Tory MPs submit letters, it would trigger a leadership contest.
Only seven are known to have done so, but one MP told the BBC they thought the threshold could be reached shortly.
Another said there was now a consensus, and a leadership contest could come sooner rather than later.
However, only MP Sir Graham Brady, chair of the Conservative backbench 1922 committee - who receives and counts up the no-confidence requests - knows the exact number.
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Followed by:
BREAKING: COVID restrictions in England lifted
LBC ^ | Jan 19 | LBCThe Prime Minister has scrapped Covid-19 Plan B in England, ditching the use of face masks from next Thursday and telling people to stop working from home in a major announcement signalling the beginning of the end of coronavirus.
- Work from home scrapped
- Face with medical mask Masks no longer mandated
- Hospital Care home rules relaxed
- Covid passes now optional
Boris Johnson ditches Plan B measures.
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You’d almost think it was all about politics.
Yesterday there was this story:
Obviously this is political, too—in the face of Pelosi’s losing effort to make the Midterms about J6, GOPers see the much greater possibility of making the MIdterms a referendum on the Covid Regime that is obviously losing its Mojo. Partly it’s Ted Cruz trying to make amends for recent stupidities worthy of BoJo, partly it’s other GOPers sensing that the blood is in the water re the Covid Regime. Whatever it is, I’ll take it:
In a letter to FDA Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock, more than two dozen Republicans in the House and Senate questioned the decision by the administration to forego the approval of the booster shot by the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC).
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The group of Republicans argued that uncertainties surrounding the vaccine remain when it comes to children getting the jab.
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The lawmakers pointed to a non-peer-reviewed study that has suggested that boys ages 12-15 who received the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine may have been under a higher risk of cardiac adverse events (CAE).
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"Democrats from Joe Biden all the way down to county and city officials have spent the last two years trying to stop parents from choosing what’s best for their children by closing schools, imposing authoritarian mandates, and selectively enforcing lockdowns. These petty tyrants have shamefully vilified and persecuted the parents who dared to challenge them. Parents are right to stand up for the kids and demand answers and accountability, and I’m proud to fight for them," Cruz told Fox News Digital.
All of which is probably proof that GOPers are perfectly capable of watching the news and learning some lessons. Like, remember the election in VA? Youngkin’s turnaround tactics could work for the party as a whole.
This may or may not be OT, but the following link is the most erudite and open explanation for what is taking place not just here, but throughout the so-called Democratic nations of the West. For those who might get squeamish about an article from a site that writes for Russian Media I'll include a second link for further explanation of this site's motives. I am referring to "The Strategic Culture" blog site.
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/01/10/the-double-helix-of-entwined-pandemic-and-economic-strategy/
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/01/10/why-would-americans-work-for-russians-the-curious-case-of-strategic-culture-foundation/
I thought the first article by Alastair Crooke was spot on.
The Elephant in the Room the eGOP is desperately trying to avoid are the 2020 Election Fraud and Jan 6th FBI false flag / casus belli, which is a modern day Reichstag Fire. The eGOP is trying to throw a bit of raw meat to their very upset voters to quiet them down a bit, and have decided Covid is a safe issue, as well as the Domestic Terrorist Letter.
It does not look like this is working out very well:
https://spectator.org/trump-supporters-swarm-pennsylvania-gop-senate-gubernatorial-debate/
Dan Crenshaw's latest statement on the Jan. 6th prisoners was disconcerting.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2022/01/18/gop_rep_dan_crenshaw_we_dont_have_authority_to_do_anything_about_january_6_prisoners.html
As well as a Never Trumper (my guess Senator Toomey) letter to a constituent on Jan. 6th:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/01/a_republican_nevertrump_senator_reveals_more_than_he_meant.html
Why am I not surprised?
“Video shot by John Sullivan, also known as Jayden X, shows that Babbitt tried to stop the violence against the Speaker’s Lobby at least four times before she climbed into a broken window and was shot by U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd. At one point, she was so distressed at the violence, she was jumping up and down in frustration,” Epoch’s Joseph Hanneman reports.
https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/babbit-was-trying-to-stop-the-violence-when-she-was-killed-new-january-6-video-footage-analyzed-by/