"When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!"Colonel Sun wrote: ↑Thu Jul 01, 2021 7:28 am
What HEP might have to do with historical slavery completely escapes me.
If I may, that is "brutally funny!"
It is a norm because its pretty clear conservatives, as a whole, agree that the United States is an illegitimate country too-- though I suspect most of them have been backed into that position.Simple Minded wrote: ↑Thu Jul 01, 2021 10:56 amMaybe so, but it sells to the adolescent mindset, which is still popular into one's 40's with many.NapLajoieonSteroids wrote: ↑Wed Jun 30, 2021 9:24 pmMost of us aren't all that kind and that has always been the majority.noddy wrote: ↑Sun Jun 27, 2021 5:30 am I agree with them that they arent very nice people, their is no problem here, barring the fact they are a magority in many places.
Sheltered and spoilt, definite about the amazing value of their own opinion, yet also so useless they can barely function.
was humanity designed to have so many princes and princess's ? it doesnt do nice things to the royal family.
It still doesn't account for how one figures agreements can be organized around the idea that in all outcomes to events, there are no victors; only violators and victims.
Saying everything is illegitimate over and over again is lamest attempt at permanent revolution to date.
What would be the correct response to one who is "anti-illegitimate?" Oh yeah, "RACIST!"
See how easy the new normal is?
Please elaborate, especially in terms of who is a conservative? or how does a conservative think?NapLajoieonSteroids wrote: ↑Fri Jul 02, 2021 10:07 am
It is a norm because its pretty clear conservatives, as a whole, agree that the United States is an illegitimate country too-- though I suspect most of them have been backed into that position.
"Information blackout"? What a great title for a teenage/20 something horror move !!! Or maybe something like "Don't answer the TicToc!!"Simple Minded wrote: ↑Fri Jul 02, 2021 2:11 pm It would be an excellent social experiment to go one step farther than's Big Tech's methodology of making the kids play nice or playing God, and shut down all social media, political commentary, and MSM for 30 days, 90 days, and a year.
Would more people panic due to the information blackout, or would they simply re-focus on things that are more applicable to them?
IE: would they find that they were reacting primarily to things that were simply parts of the collective imagination? Would they become nicer, happier or saner?
"Dear Dairy, Today I learned that when I stop stomping on the Yellow Jackets nests, they leave me alone. Tomorrow I am going to stop throwing stones at the Hornet's nest and see if the same thing happens."
Exactly !! But I thought Biden said "turn on your gramp-o-phone.Simple Minded wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 3:41 pm
Those were the good ole days.
Follow up sequels could be "Don't Access Social Media!" "Don't Turn on the TV!" and "Don't Turn on Your Smartphone!"
We have already gotten very close to "COVID is the Zombie Apocalypse!" so why not?
We should all follow Joe Biden's advice of "turn on the record player!"
It really doesn't matter whether Biden/Harris are coherent or even sane since there is no opposition party. The only opposition they face is within the ranks of the Democratic Party. Repubs are all AWOL since they banished Trump.Doc wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 8:18 pm
Exactly !! But I thought Biden said "turn on your gramp-o-phone.
"Eh!?! Could you repeat that?"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphophone
I think I pick on Joe too much. I probably should discuss President Harris more.
Yeah more or less. They say Susan Rice is running the country. I heard another Biden aid was calling shots as well. Seems like the country is being run by a committee. That does not bode well.Simple Minded wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 9:48 pmIt really doesn't matter whether Biden/Harris are coherent or even sane since there is no opposition party. The only opposition they face is within the ranks of the Democratic Party. Repubs are all AWOL since they banished Trump.Doc wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 8:18 pm
Exactly !! But I thought Biden said "turn on your gramp-o-phone.
"Eh!?! Could you repeat that?"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphophone
I think I pick on Joe too much. I probably should discuss President Harris more.
That is not all that surprising. I think COVID was the final piece of the puzzle to fall into place regarding the complete destruction of any free market influences in medicine. Very similar to public school education.Doc wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 4:03 am
Yeah more or less. They say Susan Rice is running the country. I heard another Biden aid was calling shots as well. Seems like the country is being run by a committee. That does not bode well.
I was in the hospital over night a couple of months ago for tests. I saw something there that disturbed me greatly. The floor was filled by personnel. With computer terminals of wheels entering data. The nurses were all at desks entering data as well. They were spending at least 10 times more time(and that is conservative), doing that than they were taking care of patients. At least..
Sitting there I realized they were mostly doing it for insurance billing purposes. All dependent on computers.
One of the med types that seemed to be standing in the hall the entire time I was there, started arguing with the head nurse because they had a rush of check ins to, do and the med person started arguing with the head nurse that it wasn't her job to do that. The head nurse seemed to have let the issue go.
But what bothered me is that medicine, like so many other things, has become nearly so complicated and weighted down, that it is very close to collapsing. It would not take much I fear.
There is so many things like this I can think of.
In 2009 there was little inflation reported. In some way that was true. Import of cheap CCP products did hold inflation down.But if you track the value of gold VS the dollar VS Stocks from 2009 until 2012 Gold and stocks track pretty closely while the dollar lost ground in relation to the other two.Simple Minded wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 1:28 pmThat is not all that surprising. I think COVID was the final piece of the puzzle to fall into place regarding the complete destruction of any free market influences in medicine. Very similar to public school education.Doc wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 4:03 am
Yeah more or less. They say Susan Rice is running the country. I heard another Biden aid was calling shots as well. Seems like the country is being run by a committee. That does not bode well.
I was in the hospital over night a couple of months ago for tests. I saw something there that disturbed me greatly. The floor was filled by personnel. With computer terminals of wheels entering data. The nurses were all at desks entering data as well. They were spending at least 10 times more time(and that is conservative), doing that than they were taking care of patients. At least..
Sitting there I realized they were mostly doing it for insurance billing purposes. All dependent on computers.
One of the med types that seemed to be standing in the hall the entire time I was there, started arguing with the head nurse because they had a rush of check ins to, do and the med person started arguing with the head nurse that it wasn't her job to do that. The head nurse seemed to have let the issue go.
But what bothered me is that medicine, like so many other things, has become nearly so complicated and weighted down, that it is very close to collapsing. It would not take much I fear.
There is so many things like this I can think of.
All the medical professionals I know have no confidence whatsoever in official COVID statistics. They all think the official stats are skewed by perverse financial incentives. Most estimate a 300% factor.
If you have any rich relatives that list you as an heir, now would be a good time to take them out. COVID Co-Morbidities are everywhere ya know.
I heard Caterine Austin Fits say a couple days ago that 34% of all small businesses were closed during the COVID Pandemic. Help wanted signs are everywhere. Lots of employees decided to quit working when the supplemental govt unemployment checks were authorized.
Social Engineering at the highest levels. Meanwhile, in the irrelevant parts of America, not much has changed in the last few years.
It saddens me to learn that the US did not have a monopoly on stupid politicians that decided wide spread economic suicide was a viable solution to fighting the pandemic.
amen. in a free market either the lettuce would cost $5 a head, or no one would pay that and those farmers would move on to some other crop or some other occupation.noddy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 3:56 am if lettuces need to cost $5 each to pay for workers to pick them, then thats what they should cost - my country has all the middle class hidden taxes and licenses and rents and fees and if the middle class assholes want all that, then they can pay the baseline workers enough money to pay for all that.
simples.
the entire reason we have a populaiton of angry low class is because we import enough desperate poor people to suppress their wages and we import enough middle class cashed up people to maintain house prices above what they can afford.
the corporate connected dont have to play by the rules, the government connected dont have to play by the rules, hardly any of the sheltered middle class has to play by the rules, the only folks that have to actually experience capitalism are the folks that do work which a migrant can do.
the people that beleive in that system will be first against the wall when the revolution comes, and ill not be stopping it.
Seriously -- watch this:Simple Minded wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 10:35 amamen. in a free market either the lettuce would cost $5 a head, or no one would pay that and those farmers would move on to some other crop or some other occupation.noddy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 3:56 am if lettuces need to cost $5 each to pay for workers to pick them, then thats what they should cost - my country has all the middle class hidden taxes and licenses and rents and fees and if the middle class assholes want all that, then they can pay the baseline workers enough money to pay for all that.
simples.
the entire reason we have a populaiton of angry low class is because we import enough desperate poor people to suppress their wages and we import enough middle class cashed up people to maintain house prices above what they can afford.
the corporate connected dont have to play by the rules, the government connected dont have to play by the rules, hardly any of the sheltered middle class has to play by the rules, the only folks that have to actually experience capitalism are the folks that do work which a migrant can do.
the people that beleive in that system will be first against the wall when the revolution comes, and ill not be stopping it.
stories of price fixing in the US are legion. tune in to the Victor Davis Hanson video that I posted a week or so ago.
it does sound very similar to what is occurring in many parts of the US. the dems used to be seen as supporting the blue collar types, the union types, by restricting immigration. the repubs used to be seen as fiscally conservative types who favored big business. the roles have flipped as they seem to do every 20 years or so, with the exception of there have been no fiscally responsible or even conservative types to be found in govt for the last 30 years or more.
the other day I noted to my wife, "there is a 20 foot long section of the sidewalk that is torn up for repair, huge signs saying SIDEWALK CLOSED, and an orange plastic barrel on both sides of the repair area every 50 feet for a quarter mile in both directions. This type of make work insanity did not exist 30-40 years ago. I can recall when the cost of repairing the sidewalk would have been less than the cost of transporting dozens of plastic barrels."
yeh its crazy.Simple Minded wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 10:35 amamen. in a free market either the lettuce would cost $5 a head, or no one would pay that and those farmers would move on to some other crop or some other occupation.noddy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 3:56 am if lettuces need to cost $5 each to pay for workers to pick them, then thats what they should cost - my country has all the middle class hidden taxes and licenses and rents and fees and if the middle class assholes want all that, then they can pay the baseline workers enough money to pay for all that.
simples.
the entire reason we have a populaiton of angry low class is because we import enough desperate poor people to suppress their wages and we import enough middle class cashed up people to maintain house prices above what they can afford.
the corporate connected dont have to play by the rules, the government connected dont have to play by the rules, hardly any of the sheltered middle class has to play by the rules, the only folks that have to actually experience capitalism are the folks that do work which a migrant can do.
the people that beleive in that system will be first against the wall when the revolution comes, and ill not be stopping it.
stories of price fixing in the US are legion. tune in to the Victor Davis Hanson video that I posted a week or so ago.
it does sound very similar to what is occurring in many parts of the US. the dems used to be seen as supporting the blue collar types, the union types, by restricting immigration. the repubs used to be seen as fiscally conservative types who favored big business. the roles have flipped as they seem to do every 20 years or so, with the exception of there have been no fiscally responsible or even conservative types to be found in govt for the last 30 years or more.
the other day I noted to my wife, "there is a 20 foot long section of the sidewalk that is torn up for repair, huge signs saying SIDEWALK CLOSED, and an orange plastic barrel on both sides of the repair area every 50 feet for a quarter mile in both directions. This type of make work insanity did not exist 30-40 years ago. I can recall when the cost of repairing the sidewalk would have been less than the cost of transporting dozens of plastic barrels."
it seems to be part of human nature, even well organized sane societies can go bat-lavender crazy for a couple generations. persecution of witches, Tulip bulb mania, German high society turning into Nazi's, etc.noddy wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 10:21 amyeh its crazy.Simple Minded wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 10:35 am
stories of price fixing in the US are legion. tune in to the Victor Davis Hanson video that I posted a week or so ago.
it does sound very similar to what is occurring in many parts of the US. the dems used to be seen as supporting the blue collar types, the union types, by restricting immigration. the repubs used to be seen as fiscally conservative types who favored big business. the roles have flipped as they seem to do every 20 years or so, with the exception of there have been no fiscally responsible or even conservative types to be found in govt for the last 30 years or more.
the other day I noted to my wife, "there is a 20 foot long section of the sidewalk that is torn up for repair, huge signs saying SIDEWALK CLOSED, and an orange plastic barrel on both sides of the repair area every 50 feet for a quarter mile in both directions. This type of make work insanity did not exist 30-40 years ago. I can recall when the cost of repairing the sidewalk would have been less than the cost of transporting dozens of plastic barrels."
Black Lives Matter of Greater New York leader blasts vaccine mandates as racist and disrespectful
EXCLUSIVE — Black Lives Matter activists have turned on New York City's leadership over what they claim are racist COVID-19 vaccine requirements.
Mayor Bill De Blasio has aggressively pushed a "vaccine passport" system that bars entry to restaurants, gyms, and other public places without proof of COVID-19 inoculation. But with black residents lagging the overall population in vaccinations, the rules are disproportionately affecting a minority group usually in step with Democratic policies. The schism came to a head on Monday, when Black Lives Matter of Greater New York launched a protest outside a restaurant where enforcement of the policy sparked a melee .
Hawk Newsome is a black activist and co-founder of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York — one of the many prominent Black Lives Matter organizations outside the hierarchy of the Black Lives Matter Global Network . He founded the group with his sister, Chivona Newsome. Both siblings spoke at the Monday protest, where Hawk accused the city of using vaccination requirements to run cover for its "racist ways" and "discrimination."
Newsome spoke with the Washington Examiner about the difficulties vaccine-hesitant blacks are facing in the era of medical passports.
"We are not anti-vaxxers. Some of us are vaccinated," Newsome said of his group. "It's an individual's choice. No one should be forced to put something in their body."
BLM ORGANIZER SAYS DE BLASIO VACCINE MANDATE WEAPONIZED AGAINST BLACK COMMUNITY
The number of black residents in New York City who have not been vaccinated is drastically disproportionate to other racial groups. More than 70% of black people in New York City aged 18 to 44 have not gotten the injection — a statistic touted by Chivona at the Monday protest. There is a variety of reasons for the lag in shots, including religious beliefs and distrust of the government.
"It's black people who have a natural distrust of the vaccine," Newsome said. He cited the Tuskeegee Syphilis Study as an example of historic exploitation of black people by the U.S. medical community, despite the fact that vaccines are accessible to people of all racial groups.
BLMGNY is advocating for the complete abolition of vaccine requirements, not only in the city but also on a national level.
"I think, in a perfect world, [vaccine requirements] should be business by business. But it could be a slippery slope, so the mandate should be removed completely," Newsome said, adding, "It's not gonna be white men in suits on Wall Street who are gonna get stopped. There's such hypocrisy in this thing."
Newsome, a Baptist, said that what infuriates him the most is the lack of accommodations for an individual's spiritual objections to the vaccine.
