Comments on: De Blasio’s war on the elitest institution of indoor dining in restaurants

By: Griffin

Griffin — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 18:26:43 +0000

The damage to the mental health of children and college aged young adults is unfathomable.

Anxiety, depression, fear of others are going through the roof right now.

All for an illness with 99.9% survival rate for those under about 25.

By: Griffin

Griffin — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 18:09:42 +0000

And of course yesterday we had Gavin Newsom’s new criteria for reopening counties in California which basically insures that nothing will ever open again.

There will never be another concert or sporting event with crowds in California again under these criteria.

Some smaller counties can only open if they have zero cases for 21 consecutive days.

Insane.

By: Griffin

Griffin — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 18:03:23 +0000

Also the New York Times story today about the problems with COVID PCR tests should be a massive story but won’t be. Studies have shown that 80-90% of the positive tests may have so little of the virus present as to be meaningless.

Again, this is in the NEW YORK TIMES shouldn’t this be a big deal to all our NYT loving elites.

By: Griffin

Griffin — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 17:56:29 +0000

Slightly off topic but this is neo’s most recent COVID post so I am putting this link here.

http://www.twitter.com/JordanSchachtel/status/1299758115034980352

What in God’s name are we doing in this country?

By: Chris J

Chris J — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 15:06:39 +0000

I’m reminded of a professor who was my primary instructor as a Russian Studies student. There is a short story that he used to frame the Soviet mindset that was, he claimed, commonly told in Russia:

A genie appears to a Soviet citizen one day (I may have simplified this first part a bit) and tells him he will grant him any wish he wants. There is a catch, however. Whatever he wishes for, his neighbor will be bless with two-fold. After some considerable thought, the Soviet tells the genie his wish: “take one of my eyes”.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 14:50:54 +0000

But that’s much better than being smart and evil, isn’t it?

Not sure about that. Would a smart and evil mayor destroy the city’s tax base in the pursuit of his nefarious goals? Hurt the people he claims to be on the side of? Hard to say, there aren’t that many examples of smart and evil. Maybe Bloomberg, who at least tried to preserve the city’s business climate while worrying about ‘big gulp’ drinks.

By: Philip Sells

Philip Sells — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 08:53:17 +0000

What is larger: the odds of choking to death on a bone or something, or suffering food poisoning, at a restaurant… or catching the Ultimate Death Plague (eating in a room is dangerous, you could DIEEEEEE!!!!1!!) at the same restaurant? These people are worse than the Inquisition, I swear. I fear I’m going to begin to turn into an anti-masker because of the hysteria (“very high-risk activity” – really?!).

Speaking of anti-maskers, I’m very interested in what will come of this big protest they’re planning in Berlin tomorrow.

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 05:44:34 +0000

“If a person’s going to be evil, I’d rather the person be stupid also” – Neo

From most of the news stories lately, the Democrats as a whole qualify on both counts.

By: neo

neo — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 02:49:59 +0000

Jimmy:

I agree that de Blasio is both stupid and evil. But that’s much better than being smart and evil, isn’t it? If a person’s going to be evil, I’d rather the person be stupid also.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 00:29:16 +0000

Of course the people most hurt by De Blasio’s war on the wealthy are the working class (restaurant workers) and middle class (small business owners, restaurateurs). This is reminiscent of the luxury yacht tax, intended to soak the rich and raise revenue, but did neither. Instead it put a bunch of working stiffs on the unemployment lines.

As to whether De Blasio is stupid or evil, I say “both.”