Occasional Reader 1/14/2022 6:05:02 AM

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doppelganglander 1/14/2022 6:15:29 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 1:

That looks gross.

I'm grateful my cold/omicron variant isn't severe, but it's lasting a lot longer than I expected. I don't think you're supposed to take Dayquil and Nyquil for 11 days straight. I'm trying to space out the doses rather than take the maximum allowed.

Kosh's Shadow 1/14/2022 6:19:55 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 2:

If you do have COVID, ivermectin works. The problem is getting it unless you are a dog. It is the active ingredient in Heartguard, a medicine that prevents heartworm in dogs.

vxbush 1/14/2022 6:39:48 AM

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In #3 Kosh's Shadow said: If you do have COVID, ivermectin works. The problem is getting it unless you are a dog. It is the active ingredient in Heartguard, a medicine that prevents heartworm in dogs.

And apparently cannabis works, although I would never recommend you inhale. 

lucius septimius 1/14/2022 7:14:29 AM

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JCM 1/14/2022 7:18:43 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 3:

What irritants so much about the Ivermectin response, especially by Fauci... is NIH says it works against COVID.

"You attack me, you attack the science", they why Mr. Fauci, he lost the right be called doctor IMAO, are you attacking the science?

buzzsawmonkey 1/14/2022 7:19:57 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 5:

Sounds fascinating: sadly, however, blocked by paywall.

JCM 1/14/2022 7:20:23 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 1:

I slave away to put a roof over your head, clothes on you, back and make a good breakfast, AND this is what I get!?

Oh, wait, sorry that's what I tell my kids!

lucius septimius 1/14/2022 7:21:48 AM

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Commentary obituary for Terry Teachout.

Back when I took Commentary, his columns were either the first thing I'd read or the desert I'd save for last.

lucius septimius 1/14/2022 7:22:29 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 7:

Odd -- I didn't run into a paywall.

lucius septimius 1/14/2022 7:29:10 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 7:

The review focuses on a new translation - not Whittaker Chambers but just as Red -- that is much closer to the original (which I read some time ago).  It's definitely not Disney - far more brutal.  The rabbit, for example, sees his son eaten by crows, his wife shot, and ultimately ends up dead in a trap.  The hunters are clearly the Nazis; the animals are the Jews and everyone else being persecuted (the author was a Viennese Jew). There is no domesticity - Bambi has his fling with Faline and then runs off enjoying the life of the man about town, so to speak.  There is something Nietzschean about the whole thing.  The author published a pornographic novel in his youth; some of that carries over into the original Bambi (though not the Disney version where Bambi ends up as a model husband etc.).

The reviewer points out the paradox that the whole "nature is better than civilization" trope running through the book was itself closely identified with fascism. He goes further to stress the ways in which much of the modern environmentalist movement has roots in fascism, something glossed over/forgotten.  Those roots reveal themselves in the anti-Human totalitarian attitude of environmentalists, something the translator misses completely.

Kosh's Shadow 1/14/2022 7:45:25 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 7:

I just clicked on the x in the box asking me to sign up and the page came up

doppelganglander 1/14/2022 7:47:49 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 3:

Reply to vxbush in 4:
It's not bad enough that I would try to get my doctor to prescribe ivermectin. I'm taking Vitamins C and D3 plus zinc. I already take HCQ though in a lower dose than recommended for Covid. 

As for cannabis, if I had a source I would give it a try.

doppelganglander 1/14/2022 7:54:31 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 11:

So more like Animal Farm than Peter Rabbit. Which now makes me wonder what Walt would have done with the former.

vxbush 1/14/2022 8:15:09 AM

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In #6 JCM said: "You attack me, you attack the science", they why Mr. Fauci, he lost the right be called doctor IMAO, are you attacking the science?

Absolutely concur. It's rather obvious now that that he (and the other lowlifes in government) did this so they could grab control. 

Kosh's Shadow 1/14/2022 8:16:05 AM

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In #14 doppelganglander said: So more like Animal Farm than Peter Rabbit. Which now makes me wonder what Walt would have done with the former.

Well, if it was a Warner Brothers version, I could see it ending with Porky Pig saying "That's all your freedom, folks!"

vxbush 1/14/2022 8:17:48 AM

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In #13 doppelganglander said: It's not bad enough that I would try to get my doctor to prescribe ivermectin. I'm taking Vitamins C and D3 plus zinc. I already take HCQ though in a lower dose than recommended for Covid.  As for cannabis, if I had a source I would give it a try.

I just learned today that a coworker's husband was exposed to COVID, so now there is weeping and gnashing of teeth as the coworker waits to get tested. I just sit here silently, do my work, and roll my eyes when they can't see. 

Kosh's Shadow 1/14/2022 8:20:28 AM

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In #15 vxbush said: It's rather obvious now that that he (and the other lowlifes in government) did this so they could grab control. 

With the collusion and support of the Chinese government. 

Occasional Reader 1/14/2022 8:23:38 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 13:

Have you been in touch with your primary doctor?

Monoclonal antibodies come to mind as another option. 

Occasional Reader 1/14/2022 8:30:00 AM

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How to survive a knife attack

A very important, if nuanced, technique. 

Kosh's Shadow 1/14/2022 8:54:05 AM

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In #20 Occasional Reader said: How to survive a knife attack A very important, if nuanced, technique. 

I like the Indiana Jones method.

Alice in Dairyland 1/14/2022 9:03:06 AM

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In #13 doppelganglander said: As for cannabis, if I had a source I would give it a try.

Careful folks, she could be a narc/Fed.///

Occasional Reader 1/14/2022 9:04:52 AM

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In #21 Kosh's Shadow said: I like the Indiana Jones method.

Also a good one, if available. 

vxbush 1/14/2022 9:58:42 AM

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Friends don’t cancel friends.

Those are very difficult words in this day and age, when politics and COVID have meant many friendships have thrown out. I'll give Glover credit here for being a friend despite differences of opinion. 

Kosh's Shadow 1/14/2022 10:17:30 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 24:

The whole point of "cancel culture" (I prefer "Woke Inquisition" myself) is to break down interpersonal connections.

You are part of the group or not. You are part of the gang, or you are an enemy.

Kosh's Shadow 1/14/2022 10:26:24 AM

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In #25 Kosh's Shadow said: The whole point of "cancel culture" (I prefer "Woke Inquisition" myself) is to break down interpersonal connections. You are part of the group or not. You are part of the gang, or you are an enemy.

Better analogy is Wokeism is a cult.

Kosh's Shadow 1/14/2022 10:50:24 AM

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In #26 Kosh's Shadow said: Wokeism is a cult.

Only they're forcing all of society to swallow their kool-ade (maybe should have left in the typo kook-ade)

Occasional Reader 1/14/2022 10:51:15 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 25:

I have witnessed this firsthand.

vxbush 1/14/2022 12:43:19 PM

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In #25 Kosh's Shadow said: You are part of the group or not. You are part of the gang, or you are an enemy.

Recognized. However, there have also been a lot of "If you believe <XYZ> unfriend me now" that has nothing to do with Wokeism. 

Occasional Reader 1/14/2022 2:31:25 PM

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Reply to vxbush in 29:

Generally, the Left has become MUCH more fanatic and tribal in these last few years.  2014-ish seems like another country.