Would appear as though Nancy Pelosi has thought about it quite a bit—seeing as she’s been seeding her personal Capitol Police force throughout several states (as a future “investment”, no doubt).

she was willing to have the military enforce the rule.

I think most people think of the military as sort of the leveled-up version — “the cops can’t get it done? send in the troops!” — and haven’t actually thought about the pitfalls of using the military as if they were police.

(Plus we have laws about that sort of thing, if people like that gave a damn about laws when they went against whatever they wanted right that minute.)

Viruses continually mutate whether there is vaccination or not.

But Omicron is a very specific mutation that probably did not arise first in South Africa and then in Australia. If it’s in Australia, it probably got there from somewhere else.

The question that my little brother used to ask a lot when he was a toddler: “And then what happened?” How long do the lockdown thugs expect to lockdown? What do they think happens next? The virus in various mutations will be out and about in the world from now on. What happens when they try to open back up? Has anyone asked them? Wouldn’t a competent news media be nice? Even one competent journalist ….

Mass vaccination forces the virus to mutate. Mutations are part of life. Evolution. Science. That thinking stuff that the Left has worked overtime to eliminate from civilization.

Where did the omicron variant come from, there?

My question — have we reached the point of blue dysfunction where wise people should avoid blue cities and blue states even for travel? I’m a white male. If my car breaks down in the wrong area, or I’m in an accident or I’m in a store during a smash and loot, my right to self defense is FAR more limited in a blue jurisdiction. Limited? It may be effectively non-existent. I could well be expected to simply take my beating and hope I don’t get killed. Especially if I’m assaulted by someone of a protected minority status.

No, I don’t think the odds are very high that something could happen. BUT, they are much, much higher than where I live. And my rights are even more at risk than my safety. If I have a choice of travel or vacation, wouldn’t it simply be smarter to away from blue areas as much as possible?

There’s absolutely no way I would go to Portland, Seattle, Minn, or SF. Period. And not likely, NY, Phila, Chicago, or Det.

Isn’t that what makes Satan evil? Wanting to be God?

Hubris. In the extreme. Evil.

Many years ago, I decided that the US was the country in the world with the strongest commitment to liberty. I learned that through studying defamation laws throughout the Western world. I was surprised to learn that the US was the only country that protected freedom of expression as strongly as it does. So I’m not so surprised at NZ and Australia, although I’m somewhat surprised.

And people in the US have been more compliant than I expected, as well, but at least the rules here have not been as draconian.