Comments on: Open thread 5/20/22 https://thenewneo.com/2022/05/20/open-thread-5-20-22/ A blog about political change, among other things Sun, 22 May 2022 05:58:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: AesopFan https://thenewneo.com/2022/05/20/open-thread-5-20-22/#comment-2624497 Sun, 22 May 2022 05:58:19 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=116546#comment-2624497 Sarah Hoyt addresses the newest nascent pandemic – if St. Fauci & the WHO have their way.

https://accordingtohoyt.com/2022/05/21/a-poxy-diseased-lot/

The commenters are in consensus that this is another run at the covidiocy control agenda, and that it should not be allowed to succeed.

Really: the Monkey Pox? Did the name come from the same focus group as Ultra Maga King?

https://i0.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-19-at-1.55.59-PM.png?w=850&ssl=1

]]> By: Wesson https://thenewneo.com/2022/05/20/open-thread-5-20-22/#comment-2624370 Sat, 21 May 2022 04:37:41 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=116546#comment-2624370 Petition to support SF Archbishop banning Nancy Pelosi from Holy Communion:
https://lifepetitions.com/petition/stand-with-abp-cordileone-as-he-bars-nancy-pelosi-from-holy-communion-until-she-repents

]]> By: Kate https://thenewneo.com/2022/05/20/open-thread-5-20-22/#comment-2624315 Fri, 20 May 2022 22:55:32 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=116546#comment-2624315 There is some indication, yes, that this is sexually transmitted.

]]> By: Art Deco https://thenewneo.com/2022/05/20/open-thread-5-20-22/#comment-2624303 Fri, 20 May 2022 22:16:02 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=116546#comment-2624303 According to this, those of us old enough to have had smallpox vaccinations may be protected from monkey pox,

I have a suspicion that those of us who refrain from sodomy and intravenous use of street drugs are not in much danger of monkeypox.

]]> By: Art Deco https://thenewneo.com/2022/05/20/open-thread-5-20-22/#comment-2624302 Fri, 20 May 2022 22:11:05 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=116546#comment-2624302 In my Blue area people are wondering why govt isn’t locking down again because of an uptick in cases.

If you look at the national numbers, you notice:

1. Since April 2, the (seven day moving average of the) daily case count has increased 3.5x

2. The ICU census began to increase around about 20 April. However, the increase has been on the order of 1.35x.

3. To date, 47 days into this explosion in the case count and 28 days into the increase in the ICU census, the (seven-day moving average of the) daily death count has continued to decline. From June of 2020 to the present, the case count has been a leading indicator foreshadowing an increase in the death count with the trough-to-trough delay being between 18 and 32 days. What we’ve been seeing is something novel and it does not in this respect resemble the post-omicron waves in other occidental countries.

]]> By: Kate https://thenewneo.com/2022/05/20/open-thread-5-20-22/#comment-2624284 Fri, 20 May 2022 20:32:09 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=116546#comment-2624284 The Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco has sent a letter to Nancy Pelosi, telling her not to present herself to receive Holy Communion, and that priests in the archdiocese have been instructed not to commune her if she comes forward:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/san-francisco-archbishop-pelosi-communion-abortion-support

]]> By: JimNorCal https://thenewneo.com/2022/05/20/open-thread-5-20-22/#comment-2624273 Fri, 20 May 2022 20:02:11 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=116546#comment-2624273 The “official” gold price has been explained as being set daily. But no (or very little) gold changes hands. The price is set. “Futures” contracts are paid off and everyone goes about their business. I’ve also heard it explained that gold price is dominated by “paper gold”, various futures and other financial contracts. Actual gold is loaned out as collateral and then loaned again (‘re-hypothecated”).
I’m just repeating stuff I’ve heard, I don’t actually know.

I’d think a better guess at the true value of gold would be the price charged by a small, local dealer who actually provides, you know, the actual metal.
Or if we could find out what nation-states pay for it.

re: the vid. Looks to me like the dog is more long-suffering, well-behaved and tolerant not so much entertained …

]]> By: Rufus T. Firefly https://thenewneo.com/2022/05/20/open-thread-5-20-22/#comment-2624265 Fri, 20 May 2022 19:30:20 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=116546#comment-2624265 Does anyone have any theories on why the spot gold price has not roughly, tracked with the Treasury printing a plethora of U.S. dollars? Or at least tracked with inflation?

]]> By: Kate https://thenewneo.com/2022/05/20/open-thread-5-20-22/#comment-2624249 Fri, 20 May 2022 18:39:13 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=116546#comment-2624249 According to this, those of us old enough to have had smallpox vaccinations may be protected from monkey pox, and they are looking at data as to whether people who’ve had chickenpox, or have been vaccinated against it, may also have some immunity. This is a small benefit of being old.

https://www.newsweek.com/monkeypox-poses-greater-risk-those-under-30heres-why-1708704

]]> By: Le Mot Juste https://thenewneo.com/2022/05/20/open-thread-5-20-22/#comment-2624224 Fri, 20 May 2022 16:23:26 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=116546#comment-2624224 “Can’t we all just get along?”

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