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Open thread 1/13/22 — 11 Comments

  1. So, some CDC or NIH official says that 75% of those who have died “from” covid , had FOUR OR MORE co-morbidities.

    This tells you that those who have died “from” covid who had TWO OR MORE co-morbidities probably constitute, what, 85% ? 90% of all “covid deaths.”

    How odd they chose to cite the “4” co-morbidities figure; not 3, not 2 , not 1.

    One can only surmise that those who died WITH covid (not from covid) were intentionally and fraudulently designated as having died From covid, which should lead one to ask,”why would the govt. do this?”

  2. Well, it’s not far down to paradise, at least it’s not for me
    And if the wind is right you can sail away and find tranquility
    Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see.
    Believe me.

    It’s not far to never-never land, no reason to pretend
    And if the wind is right you can find the joy of innocence again
    Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see.
    Believe me.

    Sailing takes me away to where I’ve always heard it could be
    Just a dream and the wind to carry me
    And soon I will be free

    Fantasy, it gets the best of me
    When I’m sailing
    All caught up in the reverie, every word is a symphony
    Won’t you believe me?

    Sailing takes me away to where I’ve always heard it could be
    Just a dream and the wind to carry me
    And soon I will be free

    Well it’s not far back to sanity, at least it’s not for me
    And if the wind is right you can sail away and find serenity
    Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see.
    Believe me.

    Sailing takes me away to where I’ve always heard it could be
    Just a dream and the wind to carry me
    And soon I will be free

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhVHwnHZSdY

  3. I note this news, out today, that the Biden White House, not content with the tall security fences and protective systems it already has in place, has a bunch of heavy equipment working inside those tall fences, adding another line of defense–placing concrete “blast and security barriers” inside the existing iron fences and encircling the White House.

    Looks like the Biden White House has some reason to believe that sometime soon it might face some pretty dramatic hostilities from some quarter, and is getting ready to protect against them.

    See https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/01/12/biden-administration-erecting-concrete-blast-and-security-wall-around-white-house/#more-225035

  4. If we manage to pull ourselves out of society’s current downward trajectory, future historians are going to give a lot of the credit to one man: Donald Trump.

    The Republican National Committee is going to require candidates to sign a pledge they will not participate in any debate managed by the Commission on Presidential Debates. So in 2024, we’ll either have no debates or will have debates controlled by the respective campaigns and NOT stage-managed by the political establishment.

    This is a tiny but absolutely positive development and would never have happened if Donald Trump hadn’t been subjected to such inexcusably bad treatment. And it’s a reminder of how many serious, foundational problems would likely have festered for years or decades more if Trump and the hysterical resistance to him hadn’t happened.

    Mike

  5. Commission on Presidential Debates

    I think Bob Dole pointed out that he knew all of the soi-disant Republicans on the commission personally and not one of them was a supporter of Trump. No clue why Trump agreed to participate last time.

  6. Supreme Court has ruled against the OSHA vaccine mandate. Details still coming. The medical worker mandate, from CMS, stands.

  7. Roberts and Kavanaugh switched sides. Can’t wait to see how they think mandating experimental genetic therapy injections which neither prevent infection nor transmission of the current virus variant into health care workers is something that should be tied to Medicare reimbursements.

    Hmm-is the next step mandating injections for Medicare PATIENTS???

    Have a feeling those staffing shortages are going to be getting worse if this doesn’t get pulled back by CMS.

  8. An economical description of the Mandate vote seen at another blog:
    I haven’t read the decision but it seems the deep Constitutional principle guiding Roberts and Kavanaugh is that once the Feds get the camel’s nose under the tent with Medicare and Medicaid, they can mandate whatever they want on employees. Makes no sense whatsoever and a very dangerous precedent.

    Even more short and sweet:
    Robert’s and Kavanaugh decided to split the baby.

    A longer rant concludes:
    Just wait, the effect of this ruling will be almost as bad as if they had approved the OSHA mandate.

  9. Hi, Gerard. That was nice. I never understood what he was singing before; another one of those misheard lyrics.

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