vxbush 9/22/2021 6:17:18 AM

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Is that breakfast or pie? Because it looks amazing. 

Good morning, campers. It's not enough that every news organization has declared what is and what is not COVID misinformation. Now a county in Nevada has established that COVID misinformation is a public health emergency. 

I wonder if Harry Reid is involved in this. It's not a huge deal because it's not setting up a law that misinformation will get you arrested, but it could be the first stepping stone to that. 

JCM 9/22/2021 7:19:12 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 1:

They established Rule of Law goes out the window with a "Public Health Emergency" and the public at large has accepted that.

Now they suspend the 1st Amendment.

History books will wonder a free people, allowed a Republic to die over a hoax response to a flu.

vxbush 9/22/2021 7:26:48 AM

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In #2 JCM said: History books will wonder a free people, allowed a Republic to die over a hoax response to a flu.

Ah, but all the history books are written by the elites, who support this. They will say it's a wonderful example of how government is there to take care of us. 

Occasional Reader 9/22/2021 8:01:29 AM

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In #3 vxbush said: Ah, but all the history books are written by the elites, who support this. They will say it's a wonderful example of how government is there to take care of us. 

See, also, "FDR's New Deal ended the Great Depression". 

JCM 9/22/2021 8:02:05 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 3:

Sadly, too true.

JCM 9/22/2021 8:08:48 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 1:

This week's breakfast theme is crepes.

vxbush 9/22/2021 8:29:25 AM

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In #6 JCM said: This week's breakfast theme is crepes.

Yes, all the chocolate crepes have been divine. 

lucius septimius 9/22/2021 8:41:21 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 4:

Yeah ... Oldest Boy got in trouble for pointing out that that was bunk.

JCM 9/22/2021 9:10:48 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 8:

You mean got in trouble for not toeing the party line.

My boy and I were discussing how media manipulates the news on the way to school.

How he Dem misconduct is buried, how things like the Holodmor and other communist atrocities are minimized etc...

Occasional Reader 9/22/2021 9:25:25 AM

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In #9 JCM said: Holodmor and other communist atrocities are minimized

I'm still surprised that the (quite good) movie Mr. Jones saw the light of day. 

Kosh's Shadow 9/22/2021 10:09:14 AM

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In #2 JCM said: Now they suspend the 1st Amendment.

A fitting article

But we shouldn’t be willing to forfeit free speech if the sacrifice does not actually have the desired impact, or worse yet, if it actually makes the problem worse—in this case, by undermining democracy. Indeed, government punishment of disinformation is fundamentally antithetical to democracy. As the Supreme Court declared in United States v. Alvarez (2012), which struck down a federal law criminalizing certain false statements, “Our constitutional tradition stands against the idea that we need Oceania’s Ministry of Truth.”

doppelganglander 9/22/2021 10:13:08 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 4:

Some people need to be whacked over the head with a copy of Amity Schlaes' The Forgotten Man.

JCM 9/22/2021 10:39:13 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 12:

Great Book!

JCM 9/22/2021 10:50:01 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 11:

What they've done is carved out a except under "public health".

I keep bringing up the Seattle Heroin site case, where a public initiative to block them was rejected by the State Supreme court.

Because, Public Health Issue the public health authority should have pelonpenitary powers, not reviewable by The People or the Legislative branches.

Most States there is a time limit on an emergency act, extension require legislative authority. None of the States I'm aware have serious challenged the 20th month of 30 day emergency powers.... because... Public Health.

The idea is now "acceptable" that any and all Constitutional protection can be violated in the name of "Public Health".

Occasional Reader 9/22/2021 11:12:35 AM

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Reply to JCM in 14:

We need more tar, feathers, and possibly lampposts... because Public Health. 

Occasional Reader 9/22/2021 11:36:16 AM

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JCM 9/22/2021 11:38:34 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 15:

It frightens me because of what they label "Public Health" and therefore extraconstitutiona and extralegal.

Hate speech, gun violence, housing, transportation, climate change, access to food, poverty

I'm not making those up those are on lists of public health issues.

Kosh's Shadow 9/22/2021 1:51:59 PM

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Reply to JCM in 17:

But somehow unsanitary homeless camps with illegal drugs are not a public health problem. Go figure.

JCM 9/22/2021 2:22:34 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 18:

... human trafficking, medieval diseases, neighborhood crime.

No homeless camps are a lifestyle choice..... 

Kosh's Shadow 9/22/2021 3:27:00 PM

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Take dogs out and then take the laptop that isn't working right to be shipped for repairs.

Was able to squeeze it an the packing materials in the box, but I really think the box they sent is too small

Have a chat transcript that says if I use the packing materials Dell sent, they will be responsible for damage.

Have several pictures showing that, too.