If It Saves Just One Life

Appears to be peer reviewed. Let me know if it isn’t.

NIH- Are Lockdowns Effective in Managing Pandemics?

The price tag of lockdowns in terms of public health is high: by using the known connection between health and wealth, we estimate that lockdowns may claim 20 times more life years than they save. It is suggested therefore that a thorough cost-benefit analysis should be performed before imposing any lockdown for either COVID-19 or any future pandemic.

Y2Kyoto: Don’t Get Blown Away

Roger Pielke Jr;

1. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in its latest report, concluded that there remains “no consensus” on the relative role of human influences on Atlantic hurricane activity.

Here is what the IPCC says exactly:

“[T]here is still no consensus on the relative magnitude of human and natural influences on past changes in Atlantic hurricane activity, and particularly on which factor has dominated the observed increase (Ting et al., 2015) and it remains uncertain whether past changes in Atlantic TC activity are outside the range of natural variability.”

It’s only Cancer

Just walk it off.

The Telegraph- Lockdown hysteria led to an NHS cancer catastrophe – and the Government is in denial

August seems a tad early for the NHS winter crisis but, apparently, it’s never too soon to start warning people not to use their health service. To be fair, we only spend £136 billion a year on it and they have got one of the world’s biggest bureaucracies to look after, fleets of luxury cars to subsidise for staff etc, so it would be entirely unreasonable to expect any treatment. You do have to marvel, though, at the brass neck of those who are planning a campaign which will urge the public to avoid A&E

I had an interesting conversation the other day with an acquaintance who retired from the RCMP a few years ago. He’s been doing some contract work auditing medical expenditures. Apparently one of the things the bean counters are quite proud of is all the money they saved the system during the lockdowns.

And The Criminals Cheered

Sun- Man out of jail year after conviction for smuggling 248 guns into Canada

William Rainville pleaded guilty just over a year ago to bringing in the bodies of 248 Polymer80 Glock-type pistols without serial numbers. There were also high-capacity magazines and other parts for these illegal weapons.

The estimated street value of all the gear was $1.6 million on the black market.

Reuters- Canada to ban handgun import until passage of gun control law

Wednesday On Turtle Island

Woke Britain:  Diverse youth visit McDonalds.  But the British police are on the job.  The Just Stop Oil morons.

Trudeau’s Canada:  Canadian women fight back.  From the greatest generation to the most useless generation.  Apparently Americans like free stuff, just like Canadians. Justin’s CBC celebrates the rebounding Democrats.  Today Climate Justin burns jet fuel to Edmonton Alberta for private meetings. Which means of course, that he’s fundraising at taxpayer expense.  CBC is outraged that Islamophobia is running rampant in New Brunswick.

Biden’s America:  Blue haired freaks.  Time to Home School. You can trust us now. The raid of Trump’s home has no legal basis.  Where is Steven Dantuono?  The TikTok threat.  A typical modern American family.  Your morning meme.

The Covid Industrial Complex™ vs. Natural Immunity

The CDC has finally realized that there’s such a thing as Natural Immunity. Why did it take so long?

In August 2021 Science Magazine, a peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, highlighted groundbreaking research out of Israel that upended the public health establishment.

The research, which relied on a database enrolling some 2.5 million Israelis and was led by Tal Patalon, head of the KSM Research and Innovation Center at Maccabi Healthcare Services, and deputy Sivan Gazit, found that previous infection from Covid-19 conferred considerably stronger and longer-lasting protection against the Delta variant than vaccines.

“The newly released data show people who once had a SARS-CoV-2 infection were much less likely than never-infected, vaccinated people to get Delta, develop symptoms from it, or become hospitalized with serious COVID-19,” Science staff writer Meredith Wadman noted.

Directly related: I want accountability and some apologies

Contextual murder

Ritual mass murder ought to warrant a critical response, but today’s academics just can’t seem to resist stretching the concept of context to the breaking point. If your culture is far enough removed from Western civilization, any heinous act appears to be beyond criticism.

And, as subsequent discoveries proved, the 500-year-old Inca girl and two other children were plied with drugs and alcohol before they were killed — which can either be viewed as abusive or merciful, depending on your point of view.

Charles Stanish, of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), has a different theory of why the Llullaillaco Maiden didn’t look pained: because the drugs and alcohol numbed her to her fate. “Some would say that within this cultural context, this was a humane action,” he said.

Has Ana Kasparian Been Red-Pilled?

For those not aware, Ana Kasparian has been a “card carrying” woman of the Left and a prominent host on The Young Turks for a long time. A recent event in New York City may have woken her up to the fact that many of her fellow Leftists are completely insane.

Analysis

Temporarily Unexpected

OTOH, if they go full Zimbabwe with the money printing, that national debt could be paid off with a couple loaves of bread.

When The President Does It, That Means That It’s Not Illegal

Of course they were lying.

In the wake of the FBI raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre insisted multiple times that no one in the White House (from Joe Biden all the way down) had any role in the investigation of Trump or knew about the raid. They used the Obama administration’s go-to talking point that they only heard about it through the media.

But, according to memos obtained by Just the News, the Biden White House worked directly with the Justice Department and National Archives to launch the criminal investigation into Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents and deny Trump’s claims of executive privilege.

Schadenfrozen

@JavierBlas – Day-ahead electricity prices in Europe are eye-watering, with lots of countries setting record highs for today. Notable to see the Nordics close to €400 per MWh, and Germany at €600. Before 2020, anything above €75-100 was considered expensive

As the Finnish Prime Minister parties into the night: Fingrid has published its first estimate of the adequacy of electricity for the coming winter. The war in Europe and the exceptional situation on the energy market have increased uncertainties related to the availability of electricity. As a result of the great uncertainties, Finns should be prepared for power outages caused by possible electricity shortages this coming winter.

Bloomberg: European Power Prices Surge to Records Yet Again on Wind Dearth

The Euro slowly dying…

Things You’ll Never See On The CNN

Post Millenial;

A licensed Texas attorney and federally-appointed immigration magistrate was taken into custody for allegedly smuggling migrants and resisting arrest on Saturday.

According to Galveston County Constable Jimmy Fullen, Timothy Daniel Japhet was arrested and charged for the “smuggling of a human and resisting arrest” in Kinney County, TX. Fullen made the announcement on his Facebook page, along with pictures of Japhet and the four men he was accused of smuggling across the US-Mexico border.

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