Biden needs bucks.
Nothing To Do With Trump
The Abraham Accords have brought peace and cooperation between Israel and some Arab countries, thanks to Trump. But Kerry is trying to take credit for it.
Meanwhile the Biden family is conducting its own international diplomacy.
Behind the Curtain of New York’s State of Emergency
As Rahm Emanuel famously espoused, “Never let a crisis go to waste”, so explains the bizarre declaration of a State of Emergency in New York:
New York’s new and unimproved governor, Kathy Hochul, last seen telling you to Get Vaxxed For Jesus (I kid you not), has now declared a “state of emergency” that will allow Health Department bureaucrats to block “non-urgent” medical procedures at hospitals. Because who needs a colonoscopy, anyway?
Hochul says the Xi – I mean Omicron, definitely not Xi! – variant is behind the emergency.
This explanation would be more compelling if even one case of Omicron had been detected ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
Justin Loves Their Basic Dictatorship
Nice country you have there. We want it.
And China supports employment in Europe by hiring spies.
http://dailynewshungary.com/budapest-academic-institution-may-help-chinese-intelligence/
Move Over, Jesus!
A new religion is in town and it’s here to replace Christianity:
Anyone who has been following the Woke March Against Democracy & Freedom surely must have noticed that the behavior of the Cultist Marxists has had a religious undertone? With this in mind, may we propose the following name for this religion: Wokeinanity
Where Christianity has Jesus as the Son of God, Wokeinanity has George Floyd. Here’s a new prayer you may hear them reciting in public soon:
Our Floyd, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy name.
Thy Kangdom come,
Thy will be done on earth,
as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily Fentanyl.
And forgive us our knee presses
as we forgive those who press knees against us,
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil police.
For Thine is the kangdom, the power,
and the glory, for ever, and ever.
Amen and Awomen.
You can hear a recitation of the prayer here @ 1:23:55.
November 28, 2021: Reader Tips
This evening we take a look at current day Melbourne, Australia. Contrast this with what life was like there in the mid-1960’s
Your best tips of the past day are much appreciated!
Swedish Indians
Swedes apologize to Swedes for colonizing Swedes.
Reading The Fine Print
A nice large sample size in this one.
The Lancet- Effectiveness of Covid-19 Vaccination Against Risk of Symptomatic Infection, Hospitalization, and Death Up to 9 Months: A Swedish Total-Population Cohort Study
Vaccine effectiveness of BNT162b2 against infection waned progressively from 92% at day 15-30 to 47% and from day 211 and onwards no effectiveness could be detected. Overall, vaccine effectiveness was lower and waned faster among men and older individuals. The effectiveness waned slightly slower for mRNA-1273, being estimated to 59% from day 181 and onwards. In contrast, effectiveness of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 was generally lower and waned faster, with no effectiveness detected from day 121 and onwards. whereas effectiveness from heterologous ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 / mRNA was maintained from 121 days and onwards.
Overall, vaccine effectiveness was lower and waned faster among men and older individuals. For the outcome severe Covid-19, effectiveness waned from 89% at day 15-30 to 42% and onwards, with sensitivity analyses showing notable waning among men, older frail individuals, and individuals with comorbidities.
Temporarily Unexpected
U.S. inflation is one of the highest in the world
Opposing Views: Climate Change
Interesting format. Since you can’t get anyone from the “fossil fuels are evil” side to actually debate the issue having them take turns like this is the next best thing. It also takes a lot of the emotion and gottcha moments out of the equation.
Alex Epstein vs Andrew Dessler
Audio only version
Masks work!…until they don’t…
With airline flights now being barred from various nations in the latest knee jerk response to avoid importing the latest Covid variant, (which is apparently already here), this news item inadvertently destroys the case for mask usage.
The traveller from South Africa used a mask with a valve that doesn’t filter exhaled air and may have transmitted the virus to his neighbour when the hotel room door was open, a health department spokesperson said Friday.
As the mass vaccination program lurches to another grandiose failure, it would not be a surprise to see mask rules mandating the use of industrial respirators. Who knows what absurdity is next at this point?
Can China Be Contained?
Recently riots have occurred in the Solomon Islands over that government’s cozy relationship with China. Other nations are being sold out to China by their governments, in order to pad their bank accounts. Can the West contain China?
The Chinese are buying up Commonwealth countries.
Showing Up To Riot
France 24- France postpones vaccine mandate after violent unrest
France has postponed implementing a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for health workers in Martinique and Guadeloupe after the measure spurred widespread protests on the French territories in which police officers were injured and journalists attacked.
Where’s The Beef?
Oxford Academic- Behavioral Characteristics and Self-reported Health Status Among 2029 Adults Consuming a “Carnivore Diet”
In a survey of over 2000 adults following a “carnivore diet” (i.e., one that aims to avoid plant foods), health benefits and satisfaction were generally reported.
Conclusions- Contrary to common expectations, adults consuming a carnivore diet experienced few adverse effects and instead reported health benefits and high satisfaction. Cardiovascular risk factors were variably affected. The generalizability of these findings and the long-term effects of this dietary pattern require further study.
Y2Kyoto: Cutting Edge Colonialism
Activists are keeping alive the colonialist tradition of looting developing countries of whatever the west wants, while keeping those developing populations in a state of arrested development because, well, rich, educated, elite people apparently know better.
Woke Saturday On Turtle Island
I find this story confusing. Maybe someone can explain it to me.
CBC finds another LGBWTKEGB2Spirit complaint.
And why are Canadians so racist?
King’s and Brescia colleges adopt “critical race theory” recommendations
The Sound Of Settled Science
In a sense, I can’t believe I’m writing this article. From a scientific perspective, this issue has been firmly settled. The answer is very clearly “NO!”. And yet, if I google “is saturated fat unhealthy?”, then seven of the top nine results proclaim with great certainty that “yes, it is”.
Here’s what the NHS says to people living in the UK: “Too much saturated fat can increase the amount of cholesterol in the blood, which increases your risk of developing heart disease.”
And here’s what the US government tells its citizens: “Eating too many foods high in saturated fats can be bad for your health. By replacing saturated fats with unsaturated fats, you may lower your risk of getting heart disease.”
To be fair, the US government doesn’t sound quite as confident as the UK health authorities. There’s a lot of “can” and “may” in that sentence. Which is actually a bit funny, when you consider that it was the US government that got the whole world to cut down on saturated fats in the first place.
Interestingly, none of the self-appointed fact checking organizations that have sprung up in recent years has yet tried to pull the NHS or the US government off the internet for spreading misinformation.
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Dementia Joe’s America
While a couple of Marxists at the Globe and Mail website trash the idea of Trump running again, a pretty good summary of the Biden administration is found from across the pond.
The Land Down Under: It Took So Little
A good friend of mine pointed out an interesting fact: There have been less than 2,000 deaths from Covid in Austrlia but that’s all it took for them to build concentration camps. (link fixed)
Are you paying attention yet?