December 31, 2022
Africa is also much warmer. Covid is a cold and flourishes in cold climates. Viruses thrive in colder climates than in warmer (which have bacteria and parasites).
Also, there is less obesity and the people are used to catching all manner of diseases, so their immune systems are likely stronger than ours. And they come into contact with fewer people in much of Africa than in the West.
And finally they simply ignored a little sniffling so there probably were far fewer tests done for Covid. Here in the West we tested, tested, tested. Trump was mocked for blaming all the testing but he wasn't wrong; not only were there multiple false positives but it just stands to reason more testing will find more "cases". Cases don't really matter.
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In the West we are told that we have the best medical systems in the world. We are told that we are rich nations who can afford a level of clinical care and medical infrastructure which simply doesn’t exist in the Third World.
At the same time we were told that within the West black people are disproportionately affected by health issues due to racism, poverty and apparently some conditions like covid being more harmful to some ethnicities than to others.
What we aren’t told is that Africa and the entire Third
World dealt with the covid pandemic far better than the West or parts
of Asia that are relatively wealthy as well. The lowest death rates and
the lowest number of cases are all from Third World nations. Africa,
India, Oceania, and large parts of Asia were all much less affected by
covid than the rich European nations or North America.
This
should be the exact opposite of what would happen if 1. Our health
systems were great and saved many lives 2. Poverty actually does
translate to lower survival rates in a pandemic and 3. Black people
actually are more at risk from covid. One or all of these things must
be untrue for the Third World to have much better covid figures than
the First World.
Covidians have been remarkably silent not only
on all the evidence that has gradually emerged showing that every
measure they insisted on either had no statistical impact or was
actually harmful, but on the disparities of outcomes between the First
and Third world.
How is it that the UK or the US, France or
Germany should do so much worse, whilst blessed with all the resources
others lack, than Haiti or Burundi? Places which barely quality as
functioning states did better than the West. Places which had virtually
no medical infrastructure,
Headlines now
read that ‘experts’ are "baffled” as to why Haiti, one of the most
badly run, corrupt, poor and failing countries in the world, has among
the very best covid statistics in the world. The same experts are
equally ‘baffled’ by why excess death rates post mass vaccination are
much higher than excess death rates at the height of covid.
The
lesson from covid is if you want the very best chance of surviving a
pandemic, be somewhere so poor, so isolated and so unnoticed that
nobody can turn up and inject you with a ‘cure’. Witch doctors
literally did better than our doctors. For personal power and profit,
the professional medical and governmental class in the West abandoned
perhaps its greatest claims and greatest achievements. It can no longer
claim that it’s ethics are better than those of the Third World. It
can’t even claim any more that it’s science is rigorously tested,
appropriately applied and unusually effective.
In breaking the
Nuremberg Code and enforcing draconian measures including coerced
medical experiment on a vast scale, it lost its moral authority. In a
small group of people using this crisis for vast profit it lost any
claim to be less corrupt than the likes of Haiti or Zimbabwe. In
adopting utterly irrational measures reliant on mass hysteria,
propaganda and magical thinking, like believing that a virus obeys
arrows on the floor, it smashed the Western reputation for rationalism,
acquired painstakingly over centuries, to pieces. And in allowing the
State to eradicate basic freedoms on so little actual evidence and with
so little actual cause, it abandoned the love of at least some form of
liberty which had defined the West in opposition to Eastern despotism
since the days of Ancient Greece.
Most people have yet to fully
realise just how vast a crime all this was. As vaccine deaths exceed
virus deaths, some who went along with it all will do so. Some will
wake up, and we are seeing that. But until those responsible are
punished, until consequences occur, the West will never again be what
it was. And that is a tragedy for all mankind even if not one more
person dies due to these policies and these disastrous covid vaccines.
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I can't believe Secretary Mayor Pete isn't congratulating Southwest for all the carbon they are saving by not flying planes.
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The U.K. to build SMRs as the reality of the insufficiency and unreliability of "green" energy hits home. The U.S. should do the same.
UK plans a fleet of small nuclear reactors to fight energy crisis
interestingengineering.com
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Life is not just a succession of events or experiences. It is a search for the true, the good and the beautiful. It is to this end that we make our choices; it is for this that we exercise our freedom; it is in this – in truth, in goodness and in beauty – that we find happiness and joy.
─ Pope Benedict XVI (1927 - 2022)
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12/31/2022
Ald Lang Syne an old Scottish Rhyme
Reminiscing of times long past
a time to pine
and drink some wine
and think of the things that last
But the darkness of the geriatric year
the dying of things long held dear
to be replaced with what we fear? We know not the course or the star by which to steer
The future awaits ready or not
it's coming now like a cannon shot
prisoners of our past
players in the cast
time we know not the lines though the floodlamps are hot
What course do the stars fix for our journey
our trip from the cradle to the gurney? A man scarcely knows which way the winds of life blows
in our long short stay in this strange tourney
So another Ald Lang Syne has come along
is it the beginning or the ending of our song?
Will all be right or all be wrong?
Will we be cut short or our lives prolong?
We of the mortal coil
we grub around in this dank soil
always are we far too obtuse
to understand what fruit it produce
from all our days of struggle and toil
How we long for the Ald Lang Syne! For those days we will surely pine But the past is gone and to pine is wrong
and in truth it was not all benign
So look to the future sky
and do not question why
a new year is about to dawn
say goodbye to the old with a sigh and a song
and be thankful your number's not drawn
For the grave awaits all
on this dusty old ball
But it won't get you yesterday or last year
so hoist up your glass for the time that's gone past
for the moment put down all your fear
Ald Lang Syne never was full of cheer.
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So, Republican Rep.-elect George Santos padded his resume' prior to his election to Congress. Now it's being demanded he resign and there is talk in left-wing media about what can be done about him. Even the New York Post through Santos under the bus.
In an ideal world this would be an issue for both parties. But we do not live in an ideal world. The fact is the Democrats likely stole a number of House seats, and certainly stole the Arizona Governorship. The GOP would be insane to take this guy out.
But more importantly, why is there no parity?
What about Big Smelly Sqwah Cherokee Lizzy Warren? She was caught lying about being Cherokee and ran for President after that. No fallout for her.
What about Hillary Clinton? She claimed she landed under sniper fire - a lie. She claimed she was named for Edmund Hillary - before he climbed Mt. Everest. She claimed a lot of things that were untrue.
And her husband was even worse. He claimed he smoked pot "but didn't inhale" when busted with the news. He lied repeatedly about his many affairs. In fact, he was convicted of perjury by a court of law.
But, but, but...that's different!
What of Al Gore, who invented the internet, according to his own claims?
What of Barack Obama? Obama went to American University as a foreign student and had attended a Madross in Indonesia. You can only attend a Madross if you are Muslim, yet he claimed he was a Christian when he ran for Senate/President. And if he was taking money at A.U. for his education then he defrauded the taxpayers. He LIED, about that and a good many things.
And what of Joe Biden's career-long lies? He lies and [/link=https://www.foxnews.com/video/6317813270112]lies some more. He knew nothing about his son's dealings with Ukraine, even while he is on recorrd openly bragging about getting the Ukrainian prosecutor who was looking into his son fired. His lies are innumerable - and have not been numerated by a media which kept a "Trump lies list" of dubious accusations of dishonesty against Mr. Trump (who was often proven correct.)
There are so many other Democrats who simply have been given a pass by the media. So why start now?
Well, it's obvious; the GOP has a majority in the House of only the slimmest majority, and if they can flip a seat or two the Democrats can retake control of that body. It was inevitable that anyone with any skeletons in their closet would be raked over the coals.
And of course our idiot Elephant friends are all on board here, ready to toss a guy who won on Long Island for resume' padding. Well, when the aforementioned liars resign then Santos can do likewise.
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December 30, 2022
I'm very busy the next two days. Blogging will be light, alas.
Please be patient.
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Those who weren't paying attention to Putin or Ukraine until February of this year, and insist "NATO expansion" somehow "goaded" Putin into invading Ukraine (which is literally nonsense, and nothing but Russian propaganda), literally don't know what they're talking about. Here's a quote that proves it:
"I am absolutely convinced that Ukraine will not shy away from the processes of expanding interaction with NATO and the Western allies as a whole. Ukraine has its own relations with NATO; there is the Ukraine-NATO Council. At the end of the day the decision [on Ukraine joining NATO] is to be made by NATO and Ukraine. It is a matter for those two partners.”
Who said it? Vladimir Putin, May 17, 2002.
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Conditions had changed Bryan. Back then Putin wanted to make it clear that Ukraine was indeed a sovereign country. France and Germany both opposed Ukrainian membership, and Ukraine did not meet the qualifications of membership anyway. All that changed with the CIA backed coup against the lawfully elected government.
In his 2007 Munich Security Conference speech Putin said:
"NATO has put its front-line forces on our borders, We have the right to ask: Against whom is this expansion intended?” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/20/putin-ukraine-nato-2007-munich-conference/
It was clear back then he was not willing to tolerate NATO expansion into the heart of the old Soviet Republics.
And it should be pointed out that Russia wanted to join NATO back in 2000 but were largely rebuffed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/03/06/putin-says-why-not-to-russia-joining-nato/c1973032-c10f-4bff-9174-8cae673790cd/ So then NATO expanded eastward.
The Baltic States were accepted into NATO in 2004, after Putin made his statement.
And missile defense systems have since been deployed in Poland and the Czech Republic, changing the equation.
I'm sorry Bryan but a 20 some-odd year old quote is hardly smoking gun proof that Putin only now is opposed to Ukrainian membership in NATO. He may have been o.k. with it (when it wasn't going to happen anyway) but when faced with a stark reality things change. And no doubt the Russian populace is upset by it.
I appreciate your position on this but I think there is zero attempt to see the Russian side here. I also must ask, who is it that is beating the war drum in the West? The Leftists and mainstream media, that's who.
I purposely link more than one post from WaPo, as they and the rest of the media are all on board with this. But even some of their own writers admit this is not so clear-cut.
Oh, and Bryan you say "At the end of the day the decision [on Ukraine joining NATO] is to be made by NATO and Ukraine." Note that "joining NATO" is in brackets, meaning he didn't say that. He spoke of NATO Ukrainian relations. I would have to look it up to see it in the Curillic, but I rather suspect this is an interpretation and not perhaps a good translation of what he said. Certainly he didn't say he was o.k. with them JOINING NATO, just having good relations. He may have been saying Ukrainian membership in NATO was fine too, but I would want to see the original Russian to determine that. At any rate it certainly was the case that, at the time, Putin had little to lose by making such statements. Again, he wanted to join NATO himself.
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Kiddie Culture of Death? Canada Funds Assisted Suicide ‘Activity Book’ for Children
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As we travel down the slippery slope toward the abyss....
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December 29, 2022
Sea level rise acceleration in the satellite altimetry record is statistically equivalent to zero. According to this paper in Nature from scientists at Delft Uni. Remote Sensing.
A rare confirmation of the null hypothesis. As far as we can tell from 27 years of satellite data, nothing is happening.
This is oddly in conflict with the claims from Columbia University that the altimeter record shows unequivocal strong acceleration.
"We provide a new and more accurate estimate of the intra-mission bias, which leads to a much reduced GMSL acceleration over the whole record."
A revised acceleration rate from the altimetry-derived global mean sea level record - Scientific Reports
nature.com
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Want to know why it matters if you have a gay governor who is "married" to another man?* Check out this provision in a job notice I just got:
COVID-19 Vaccination Notice:
In compliance with state and federal guidance, Colorado Access has
adopted a policy addressing vaccination and testing requirements to
protect the health of employees and their families, our members,
vendors and visitors of Colorado Access. All new hires must present
proof of COVID-19 vaccinations or agree to testing protocols at the
time of hire.
*No, this isn't because he's gay, but it IS because, as a (liberal) gay dude, he is totally on board with the full menu of "woke" liberal BULLSHIT. And obviously, the idea of being vaccinated being to "protect the health" of ANYONE is obviously absolute, utter bullshit at this point.
Remember the Ebola pandemic during the Obama years? We handled that so very differently.
The Obama Administration had a policy to bring Ebola infected people into the United States for treatment. Non-citizens. So we could actually import people with a very deadly disease (Ebola Zaire had a 60 to 90% mortality rate. Sudan 40 to 60% and the "gentle" Bundibugyo 25%, but we were told we had no right to stop people from coming here for treatment.
Then we were told Covid - with a mortality rate below 1% and we were stampeded into a panic and quarantined and denied jobs for not getting the clot shot or not masking. Strange how different these two diseases were treated.
And it's even stranger than the way we treated HIV when it first surfaced. We were told we had absolutely no right to quarantine AIDS patients, or restrict htem in any way. (Fauci was involved in that too.) Odd.
In the early days we didn't know if HIV was transmittable through saliva or could become airborn. We just rolled the dice on it.
Why the different treatment? One involved a protected class and the other affected the majority of citizens. Is's fine to oppress ALL Americans but not some who want to march to the beat of their own drums and don't much care for the resultant hearing loss.
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December 28, 2022
I've never been overly impressed with Ben Shapiro, but he's right here by and large:
Ben Shapiro
@benshapiro
Dec 22
Ukraine is singularly interested in pushing Russia completely out of
Ukraine, including Crimea; we are interested in upholding NATO
deterrence, preventing Russian escalation, standing back China, and
yes, preventing Russia's absolute collapse.
We have achieved most
of our goals; Ukraine has not achieved its goals yet. This means we are
eager to bring Russia to the table, where Ukraine is less eager.
Ukraine has no incentive to end the war short of absolute Russian
surrender.
The United States has every interest in ending the war
in a negotiated line that will undoubtedly fall short of Ukrainian
expectations. This means that the United States must (1) give Ukraine
aid to push the Russians hard and prevent the internal collapse of the
country...
and (2) make clear to Putin behind closed doors that a
negotiated solution is available. This will also mean that at some
point in the near future, Biden will have to be the bad guy to Zelensky
and tell him "no."
The question is whether Biden is willing to do
that, or we just keep doing (1) ad infinitum, with no actual view as to
America's end goal independent of Ukraine's. I have serious doubts
Biden is willing to take the hit of being the bad guy here. And herein
lies the problem.
None of this analysis requires that we
ignore the very serious problems within Ukraine, ranging from
corruption to questions of religious discrimination to use of
Nazi-ideology-o
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History rhythms, Zelenskyy's trip to DC, puts one in mind of Diem's trip to DC and the Vietnam war. The PTB were intent on invading Vietnam, Kennedy ended up assassinated and Diem murdered and 550,000 young Americans went to Vietnam and 50,000 came back in body bags. A war on the Asian mainland with a corridor directly into China was a fools errand, but still they did it.
The perverse in DC seem hell bent on confronting Russia on their borderland, this time it won't only be young soldiers, which are expendable to governments, it will be the truth expressed by Sherman on his march to the sea, enemies do not relent or surrender until civilians have died on their homeland. Russia understands history.
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The Constitution could be described as the sum of all fears. All the states feared the power of a federal government. The small states feared the economic and political dominance of the big states. Ordinary citizens feared the powers of all forms of government, hence the bill of rights.
Who knew...they were all right!
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Emails Reveal White House is Funding Foreign Climate Journalism
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Who is engaged in Fake News and misinformation?
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Biden Admin jails True the Vote people.
True the Vote Patriots Jailed by the Corrupt Biden Regime Over the 2020 Election - American Liberty Report
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For those in a panic over global warming and the big Buffalo New York snow, I submit this for your consideration:
Buffalo has had such snowfalls before. In December of 2001 it got 82.7 inches, well above the 558 inches this month. So it's gone down since 2001; what does that tell us about global warming? Does that mean it's getting colder? Hotter?
It means nothing of course. Normal variations.
And while the lakes have all seen slight SURFACE temperature increases(please note that surface warming could just as easily be caused by a number of other things, like heat pollution from growing cities on the shores of the lakes (Roger Pielke Sr., professor emeritus at UC Boulder, always argued that land use changes explained all planetary warming; a blacktop parking lot is hotter than a green field), or from increased solar insolation - which we know to be happening. Yes, the Sun has been getting hotter. or rather the TSI (Total Solar Irradiance) has increased.
So there are plenty of explanations for the big snow in Buffalo. And of course anyone blaming Global Warming for this is a pure partisan; we got a lot of snow all around the country, and bitter cold too. It wasn't just Buffalo or western New York.
Yes, this was a huge snowfall for a single day.
Here is a list of Bufallo snowfall highs. Note that in 1995 it received 86.1 inches.
Now Buffalo has had 97.2 inches of snow this season, according to the National Weather Service. That is admittedly a lot of snow. But it has happened before. In 1976-77 it had a snowfall of 199.4 inches. So yes, it's on track to beat that year, but by how much?
And Buffalo is not exactly an ancient city, so records only go back to the last century. Likely it's been hit this hard in bygone days - especially during the Little Ice Age. Buffalo was founded in 1803 and it is doubtful any meaningful snow records were kept until late in the century.
Attempts to tie this to global warming is just that - an attempt. A nice try perhaps. But is it really grounds for panic?
The National Weather Services says this about lake effect snow:
Get that? COLD air moving across the warmer water. So it has little to do with warming water in the Great Lakes and everything to do with cold, humid air moving across those lakes. In other words, it's snowing because it's cold, not warm.
But Climate Change is the Goldilocks Theory; if it's too warm, too cold, or just right it's all evidence of Global Warming.
Sheesh! What a racket.
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December 27, 2022
With Apologies to Stephen Foster:
I come from Alabama
for to hug a nice green tree
I've been comin' to these conferences since COP number 23
It rained all night the day I left, the weather it was dry
The sun so hot I froze to death; oh Greta, don’t you cry.
Oh dear Greta, oh don't you cry for me!
I've been going to these conferences since the COP in Germany!
Had a dream the other night that all machines were still,
I thought I saw Al Gore up there a blowin' on Capitol Hill,
Some caviar was in his mouth, a tear was in his eye,
He said it's awfully hot down south, so you had better cry.
I soon will be in New Orleans and then I’ll find a mohel
An environmental activist who grubs around in soil
I'll anger him with climate change
I'll bring him to a boil
And I'll set him loose on the caboose of an exec from dirty oil!
And when I go and find him, this man will surely die
And although it's freezing cold right now, I know this world will fry.
This world will fry, and a lot of folks will die, and the Revolution's comin gonna poke 'em in the eye!
Oh, Greta Thunberg, oh don’t you cry for me
cos’ I come to sell some windmills
and to steal your liberty.
Thanks to Tom Gelsthorpe for inspiring this.
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