Occasional Reader 1/5/2022 5:58:23 AM

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Macron vows to “piss off” The Unvaccinated, deliberately make their lives miserable; thankfully, this is at lesst getting a lot of pushback:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59873833

Occasional Reader 1/5/2022 6:03:53 AM

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And now for something completely different:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-59871945

Kosh's Shadow 1/5/2022 6:25:49 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 2:

The Revenge of Bambi

vxbush 1/5/2022 6:33:52 AM

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The next generation may not be as smart as we think they are. Or they are just very lazy--which tracks with some of the students I know. 

Good morning, campers. 

JCM 1/5/2022 7:23:46 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 2:

Venison is back on the menu boys!

JCM 1/5/2022 7:32:06 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 1:

Monsieur Macron, if lockdowns, masks, distancing, vaccines work..... why haven't they?

JCM 1/5/2022 8:01:23 AM

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vxbush 1/5/2022 8:20:29 AM

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Reply to JCM in 7:

I literally was just looking at a different link at shipwrecked's website not 30 minutes ago. Cosmic. 

Occasional Reader 1/5/2022 8:23:27 AM

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Reply to JCM in 6:

“The Unvaccinated” are becoming the new Untermenschen.

vxbush 1/5/2022 8:28:36 AM

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In #9 Occasional Reader said: “The Unvaccinated” are becoming the new Untermenschen.

And that seems very intentional on the part of the leadership of this country to make them so.

JCM 1/5/2022 8:42:59 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 10:

Agreed. I see it all as test case for using "public health emergency" to get the agenda in place.

They've failed through other channels, they even failed with executive orders. So now with COVID they see how much they can do under the banner of "public health emergency". Think of all the things they've called "public health emergency", climate change, gun control, racism.

Now they don't need a debate, legislation, just a decree from a expert to do anything and everything they want.

buzzsawmonkey 1/5/2022 8:56:44 AM

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In #11 JCM said: I see it all as test case for using "public health emergency" to get the agenda in place.

I heard on Morning Sedition the other day that our Cuomo Replacement governor is declaring "racism" to be a "public health emergency."

vxbush 1/5/2022 9:06:16 AM

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In #12 buzzsawmonkey said: I heard on Morning Sedition the other day that our Cuomo Replacement governor is declaring "racism" to be a "public health emergency."

I have heard similar sentiments elsewhere. I don't know what else to do but laugh.

Occasional Reader 1/5/2022 9:48:38 AM

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In #12 buzzsawmonkey said: I heard on Morning Sedition the other day that our Cuomo Replacement governor is declaring "racism" to be a "public health emergency."

Black-on-white homicides outnumber white-on-black homicides by about 6 to 1 in the US.  (And that's a gross number, not a rate; consider that white people outnumber black people in this country by almost 5:1, and the numbers are even more lopsided.)

So... That's what she's referring to, right?  

Right?!

JCM 1/5/2022 10:35:31 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 14:

And black on black are like 90% of blacks being murdered, and nearly 60% of homicides overall.

When you do another break out of the data, something like 80% of homicides are gang related... which essentially means drug related.

JCM 1/5/2022 11:42:05 AM

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Reply to JCM in 15:

And what are big blue cities doing?

De-facto by non-prosecution... drug offenses.

Occasional Reader 1/5/2022 11:46:04 AM

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And now, for something (else) completely different:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/goldfish-can-learn-to-drive-and-navigate-terrestrial-environments/

Hat tip: Insty

buzzsawmonkey 1/5/2022 12:00:05 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 17:

"Hey, baby---come and take a ride in my car.  Don't be koi."

Occasional Reader 1/5/2022 12:13:21 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 18:

The thread-winner comment at Insty was: "So it turns out a fish does need a bicycle."

Occasional Reader 1/5/2022 12:14:58 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 14:

No no no... over 100% (hat tip: Marion Barry) of the murders in the USA consist of MAGA-hatted white supremacists gunning down innocent black people for sport.  

Occasional Reader 1/5/2022 2:18:31 PM

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The Dems are becoming the party of Karens… exclusively.

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/587452-the-party-of-karens-the-new-democratic-party-alienates-non-white-voters?rl=1

Kosh's Shadow 1/5/2022 2:44:32 PM

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Reply to JCM in 7:

Saw graphs for the past year. Big spike in cases at the end of the year. Hospitalizations at end of year were similar to last winter despite the much larger number of cases. Deaths noticeably smaller than last winter.

Omicron very contagious but not that dangerous.