My old pay that I never talk to since 2016 and when HRC lost, thinks people like you are now aiding & abetting & accessory to rebellion. I bad person now and I'm sure they soon look to find my arm to shoot me. I leave soon for the great outdoors wat fly. You did everything "they" asked and their still giving you a hard time for associating with folks like me and or even defending my Nuremberg right to say no for any reason that I don't consent to. "They" are forcing you and the kids to wear a mask after two jabbs and test for the flu every week. Question bro. When will this end and when will someone like me be loved and cherished on this planet?
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Bruddah IZ
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The following few paragraphs are from pages 142-143 of Amor Towles’s marvelous 2016 novel, A Gentleman in Moscow; the setting is one of Moscow’s finest hotels in 1924 (ellipses original):
Having followed Andrey across the dining room, through the kitchen, and down a long, winding stair, the Count found himself in a place that even Nina had never been: the wine cellar of the Metropol.With its archways of brick and its cool, dark climate, the Metropol’s wine cellar recalled the somber beauty of a catacomb. Only, instead of sarcophagi bearing the likeness of saints, receding into the far reaches of the chamber were rows of racks laden with bottles of wine. Here was assembled a staggering collection of Cabernets and Chardonnays, Rieslings and Syrahs, ports and Madeira – a century of vintages from across the continent of Europe.
All told, there were almost ten thousand cases. More than a hundred thousand bottles. And every one of them without a label.
“What has happened!” gasped the Count.
Andrey nodded in grim acknowledgement.
“A complaint was filed with comrade Todorov, the Commissar of Food, claiming the existence of our wine list runs counter to the ideals of the Revolution. That it is a monument to the privilege of the nobility, the effeteness of the intelligentsia, and the predatory pricing of speculators.”
“But that’s preposterous.”
For the second time in an hour, the unshrugging Andrey shrugged.
“A meeting was held, a vote was taken, an order was handed down…. Henceforth, the Boyarsky shall sell only red and white wine with every bottle at a single price.”
With a hand that was never meant to serve such a purpose, Andrey gestured to the corner, where beside five barrels of water a confusion of labels lay on the floor. “It took men ten days to complete the task,” he said sadly.
Bruddah IZ
DA
Although fictional, this account of Bolshevik ignorance, prejudice, arrogance, and thuggery rings true. This account captures an ugly inclination of human nature that arises whenever we are insufficiently civilized by liberal sentiments. Illiberal people mistake their own prejudices for reality and their own beliefs for truth. Illiberal people are thus intolerant of anyone who disagrees, and are prone to condone violence on those who dare to dissent.
Illiberal people also excel at slathering the worst interpretations on the actions and words of anyone suspected of not towing the party line. Not only ignorant of history, but disdainful of it, illiberal people destroy mindlessly. Today chanting diversity, equity, and inclusion, illiberal people are utterly intolerant of anyone who does not willingly chant in their choir. They demonize all who through merit differentiate themselves from the crowd, and insist that anyone who dissents from their party line be outcast. Illiberal people are as allergic to subtlety and trade-offs as they are to humor and fellow-feeling.
Today’s woke legions are people who are as illiberal as people become. They are – let’s not mince words – both stupid and uninformed. And they are motivated overwhelmingly by hatred – hatred of what they do not understand and of the monsters that exist only in their juvenile imaginations. They are comatose to reality.
Today’s woke legions might not have much against labels on bottles of fine wine. But the woke’s self-righteous eagerness to re-write history, to destroy so much of what has come down to us from the past, and to restructure civilization with brute force make the woke very much akin to the Bolsheviks and to so many of the other barbarians throughout history who mistake their fevered passions as being commands from God.
Illiberal people also excel at slathering the worst interpretations on the actions and words of anyone suspected of not towing the party line. Not only ignorant of history, but disdainful of it, illiberal people destroy mindlessly. Today chanting diversity, equity, and inclusion, illiberal people are utterly intolerant of anyone who does not willingly chant in their choir. They demonize all who through merit differentiate themselves from the crowd, and insist that anyone who dissents from their party line be outcast. Illiberal people are as allergic to subtlety and trade-offs as they are to humor and fellow-feeling.
Today’s woke legions are people who are as illiberal as people become. They are – let’s not mince words – both stupid and uninformed. And they are motivated overwhelmingly by hatred – hatred of what they do not understand and of the monsters that exist only in their juvenile imaginations. They are comatose to reality.
Today’s woke legions might not have much against labels on bottles of fine wine. But the woke’s self-righteous eagerness to re-write history, to destroy so much of what has come down to us from the past, and to restructure civilization with brute force make the woke very much akin to the Bolsheviks and to so many of the other barbarians throughout history who mistake their fevered passions as being commands from God.
Bruddah IZ
DA
NYC Theaters Sue Bill de Blasio, Claiming Vaccine Mandate Obstructs Free Speech
Citing our nation's "long history of protecting parody and satire" that stretches back to an early cartoon of George Washington depicted as an ass, the suit seeks to defend continued freedom for comedians and performers. "Plaintiffs seek only to be allowed to operate on equal terms as other similar venues, without regard to the content of the speech or to the identity of the speakers that they host," it reads. "The same rules should apply to all speakers, regardless of their message."
Lol! Mask up people.
Desert Hound
DA
Somebody somewhere on here has been talking about natural immunity.
BBC reports that children might be more susceptible to common illnesses this winter because of an “immunity debt” built up during lockdowns. Dr. Rob Orford, the Welsh government’s chief scientific advisor for health, spoke to the Welsh parliament’s health committee. In addition to telling them there is a great deal of uncertainty about what could happen next with the pandemic, he warned that the re-emergence of respiratory diseases suppressed during the lockdown could flood the healthcare system. According to BBC:
He [Orford] told the committee: “We may have stacked up some immunity debt in the system where children have not been mixing with friends, and so they may be more susceptible to some of the illnesses we traditionally see.”
Members of the Senedd (MSs) [Welsh Parliament] were told children were much less likely to get seriously ill with coronavirus or to develop long Covid.
But Fliss Bennee, co-chair of the government’s technical advisory cell, said children had suffered “unproportionally” in the pandemic by losing out on education and play.
She added: “We are also aware that there is a harm that builds up from not being able to have social interaction that leads to the development of barrier immunity from exposure to other infection diseases.”
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You may be old enough to remember two California doctors opposing lockdowns because of the immunity “debt” that can affect everyone due to how our immune system develops and maintains itself. At the end of April 2020, Dr. Dan Erickson and Dr. Artin Massihi held a press conference to call for an end to lockdowns. They discussed the damage reduced activity can have on the function of the immune system. As I wrote at the time:
BBC reports that children might be more susceptible to common illnesses this winter because of an “immunity debt” built up during lockdowns. Dr. Rob Orford, the Welsh government’s chief scientific advisor for health, spoke to the Welsh parliament’s health committee. In addition to telling them there is a great deal of uncertainty about what could happen next with the pandemic, he warned that the re-emergence of respiratory diseases suppressed during the lockdown could flood the healthcare system. According to BBC:
He [Orford] told the committee: “We may have stacked up some immunity debt in the system where children have not been mixing with friends, and so they may be more susceptible to some of the illnesses we traditionally see.”
Members of the Senedd (MSs) [Welsh Parliament] were told children were much less likely to get seriously ill with coronavirus or to develop long Covid.
But Fliss Bennee, co-chair of the government’s technical advisory cell, said children had suffered “unproportionally” in the pandemic by losing out on education and play.
She added: “We are also aware that there is a harm that builds up from not being able to have social interaction that leads to the development of barrier immunity from exposure to other infection diseases.”
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You may be old enough to remember two California doctors opposing lockdowns because of the immunity “debt” that can affect everyone due to how our immune system develops and maintains itself. At the end of April 2020, Dr. Dan Erickson and Dr. Artin Massihi held a press conference to call for an end to lockdowns. They discussed the damage reduced activity can have on the function of the immune system. As I wrote at the time:
EvilGoalie 21
GOLD
Its sort of an assumption that he became the white because he beat the Balrog. Kind of like swag for hitting level 30 on Nethack. Maybe, win or lose, you just turn white after fighting a Balrog.
Bruddah IZ
DA
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what-happened
GOLD
This is a thing..happening now across this country, and well before winter. An intended consequence of isolating children for so long. Immune systems are having to re-learn in a sense how to defend against these rather common and cyclical viruses. Curiosly, hand, foot and mouth disease is on the uptick in the Phoenix area. It's signficantly contagious and can/will spread asymptomatically.
Fun times for urgent cares and ERs across the valley, as well as private pediatric practices. Begs the conversation on what is the priority for pediatric care right now, given the numbers?
kickingandscreaming
PREMIER
I see you are over gloating that you go the Moderna vaccine and have joined the rest of us "losers".
kickingandscreaming
PREMIER
Yes, it's the anterior variant of swampass.
what-happened
GOLD
You should have rolled with J&J. Nothing fancy, old school, and reliable. The new sexy tech may start to lose it's shininess.
kickingandscreaming
PREMIER
At the time, I just took the first available. I would have gladly gone J&J - 1 shot and done - if it was available first. Well, done until the booster. Whatever.
Bruddah IZ
DA
Shocking isn't it?? Funny how the Anti-immune system movement is so set on saving the world that they'll do and advocate for policy outcomes like immunity debt. It is the anatomy of the State.
I would recommend that book.
Desert Hound
DA
I don't now about that. I got a great deal on the vaxx when I went down to Nogales. It all seemed legit. By the looks of it they were manufacturing it right there in the alley. So I got it fresh so to speak.
No, it doesn't.