Many of us have seen this coming for quite some time. It’s par for the course when computer models substitute for rational judgement.
Should we aim for higher,” [Tam] asked. “Yes, I think we should. As I said, shoot for higher, shoot for gold, shoot for the stars. That gives us a better buffer for managing the COVID-19 situation.”
Shooting the economy in the head should not be confused with shooting for the stars.
Matt Ridley looks back for signs of when things might get back to normal.
Three years after the second world war ended, the government was still micromanaging the decisions of consumers. The reluctant withdrawal of the state from rationing (and the even longer persistence of price controls, wage controls, exchange controls and central planning generally) infuriated at least some of the British people, though much of the anger was, as now, directed at cheating rather than the rules.
Lawrence Fox is running for mayor of London. He woke up this morning to a visit from the covid cops mask enforcement division to remind him who’s really in charge.
https://twitter.com/lozzafox/status/1374680088470511618?s=21
It’s not like they have anything better to do.
With many rural bars in Manitoba on their last legs even before Covid, if this measure doesn’t put them all under, I don’t know what would. Urban bars won’t be far behind either.
“Under the province’s latest loosening of health restrictions, lounges and brewpubs are allowed to reopen but can only serve booze if the customer also orders food.”
One bar owners laments that “There’s no clarification on what a meal actually is…”
No need for clarity when central planners must be seen to be “doing something”. Bankruptcy and mass unemployment are apparently an acceptable policy outcome.
As one bar owner put it, “Even with the new restrictions the hotel isn’t making money. Every day we open the doors, we are losing money,”
Listen to every word Bill Whittle has to say.
h/t Colonialista
The Kansas City Star editorial board has found their inner Woke Karen and smeared on the guilt & fear very heavily:
But this fact is inescapable: Gatherings of almost any size this Thanksgiving are still dangerous and should be avoided.
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas is more blunt. “Please, change your plans,” he said. “I’ve had 35 Thanksgiving turkeys in my lifetime. I can wait until next year for turkey 36.”
This isn’t getting through to everyone. An estimated 180,000 people are expected to travel through Kansas City International Airport during the Thanksgiving holiday, a scary number. There is anecdotal evidence that front-porch parties and weekend bar-hopping remain a thing.
But remember: While Thanksgiving is a holiday on the calendar, it’s also an idea. Gratitude and grace will survive a canceled dinner, or a missed slice of pie. There’s always next Thanksgiving, if we take care of ourselves now.
Next year? You honestly think the same voices won’t be screaming the same, or worse, next year? Maybe they won’t have to when the larger state has imposed Communist China like restrictions on everyone who can only travel with a digital vaccination passport. Come to think of it, if Biden & comrades attempt to impose is national lockdown, aided with guns pointed at citizens who don’t comply, then the test against a once free people will come much sooner.
P.S. You’ll notice that this post has been tagged with “Religion of Submission”. This used to exclusively refer to Islamic Terrorism. There’s now a new competitor for this moniker.
I called and left a voice message, warning that the Manitoba government has been infiltrated by former members of the East German Stasi.
Something very peculiar recently happened to a single father in Vancouver:
A single father, Crook is trying to teach his kids aged five to 11 to be independent and able to navigate Vancouver without his supervision.
He started by taking them on public transit — including their 45-minute trips to school — to teach them how that works. Over time, he began allowing the older four to go without him on their commute to school.
But somebody complained and the Ministry of Children and Family Development swooped in, investigated and sent Crook a letter warning him of its “protection concerns.”
Mr. Crook has his own blog, which is very fascinating.
If there was any issue upon which Republicans benefited and campaigned on, it was the Affordable Care Act.
They really only have two options. Let it die or the piecemeal fix approach advocated here. The problem with the first option is no one knows what gov’t behemoth would rise from the ashes.
Michael Koumjian, a heart surgeon for nearly three decades, said he considered treating the sickest patients a badge of honor. The San Diego doctor was frequently called upon to operate on those who had multiple illnesses or who’d undergone CPR before arriving at the hospital.
Recently, however, Koumjian received some unwelcome recognition: He was identified in a public database of California heart surgeons as one of seven with a higher-than-average death rate for patients who underwent a common bypass procedure.
“If you are willing to give people a shot and their only chance is surgery, then you are going to have more deaths and be criticized,” said Koumjian, whose risk-adjusted death rate was 7.5 per 100 surgeries in 2014-15. “The surgeons that worry about their stats just don’t take those cases.”
Now, Koumjian said he is reconsidering taking such complicated cases because he can’t afford to continue being labeled a “bad surgeon.”
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Consumers Union, which sponsored the bill that led to the cardiac surgeon reports, supports expanding doctor-specific reporting to include a variety of other procedures — for example, birth outcomes, which could be valuable for expectant parents as they look for a doctor.
“You know, I very much hope we don’t have a shutdown,” Cruz told reporters. “I will say I’m concerned. I think [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer and the Democrats want a shutdown.”
Here’s a suggestion; get your budget in order.
If it happens, hopefully Republicans learned from the D’s (I realize that this assumes the Republicans in Congress have brains). Shut it all down, except for Veteran monuments and Parks.
Yippee!
New laws to further restrict law-abiding owners, put in place to address criminals who are ignoring the existing laws in the first place.
Make murder illegal, Mr. Goodale, that would work better, don’t you think?
Albeit a winter world.
If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.*
Britain’s health service is engulfed in a “humanitarian crisis” that requires the support of the Red Cross to use Land Rovers to transport patients, the charity said on Saturday.
Founded in 1948, the National Health Service (NHS) is a source of huge pride for many Britons who are able to access free care from the cradle to the grave.
But tight budgets, an ageing population and increasingly complex medical needs have left many hospitals struggling during the winter season in recent years, prompting headlines about patients being left to wait on trolleys for hours or even days.
h/t Adrian
