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5 resilient plants anyone can keep alive

Workplace Wellness Programs Don't Do Anything Except Make Wellness Companies Wealthy

Greta Thunberg Or Naomi Seibt -- How They Enforce Official Orthodoxy

Why Are Democrats Fighting The Revival Of The US Nuclear Industry?

Twitter exec in charge of effort to fact-check Trump has history of anti-Trump posts, called McConnell a 'bag of farts'

Kimball: In praise of Kayleigh McEnany. She’s a patient but no-nonsense camp counselor in charge of the problem kids

Fauci: Wearing A Mask Is Symbolic, May Be No Second Wave Of COVID-19

Unmasked: MSNBC’s Double-Standard, Elitist, Mask-Shaming Faceplant

"... one more pronouncement of our so-called "togetherness" may make me scream."

Leading UK Epidemiologist: "Pubs, Nightclubs, Restaurants Could Reopen Without Serious Risk"

Let the Sun Shine In. Florida has proven that a measured, evidence-based response to reopening works.

NYC Lockdown Continues Despite COVID-19 Hospitalizations Dropping To Just 63 On Monday

Tucker Carlson: CNN And MSNBC Peddling Panic, Not Science Or Data (VIDEO)

“To the extent Americans believe the media is going too far to downplay or to play up the coronavirus, they may see the media — in addition to elected leaders and public health officials — as responsible for making the crisis worse than it needed to be.”

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Re: one more pronouncement of our so-called "togetherness"

Maybe it's just me, but I've spent the last several weeks noting the irony of the slogan, "We're all in this together." This was what amounted to a burlesque refrain in Terry Gilliam's flick, Brazil. At the time, I thought that flick was a pretty accurate reflection of how governments work. For the most part, I still do.

#1 Phil, Jr. on 2020-05-28 08:05 (Reply)

Those disgustingly pseudo concern commercials 'what matters most' drive me crazy.

You know what really matters?? FREEDOM

#1.1 jay on 2020-05-28 09:31 (Reply)

Yes. These commercials pretending that I can be a frickin’ hero for sitting at home doing nothing just make me insane.

That’ll be the day, when I need terrible life advice that helps nobody from a f*cking TV commercial.

You want to be a hero by sitting in your house watching life pass you by, go ahead. Leave me out of it.

#1.1.1 Jeff Brokaw (Link) on 2020-05-28 09:54 (Reply)

The media has reduced "Hero" to an advertising term, devalued to the point where everyone gets to be a hero and the truly heroic are lost in the crowd.

#1.1.1.1 Hugh Evan-Thomas on 2020-05-28 10:56 (Reply)

Out of the ruins, out from the wreckage
Can't make the same mistakes this time
We are the children, the last generation
We are the ones they left behind
And I wonder when we are ever gonna change?
Living under the fear, till nothing else remains

We don't need another hero,
We don't need to know the way home
All we want is life beyond the Thunderdome lockdown

-Tina Turner

#1.1.1.1.1 B. Hammer on 2020-05-28 11:16 (Reply)

These commercials from "the Ad Council" are all over the radio too.
I noticed the people promoting 'togetherness' work for "The Government" and are receiving a paycheck while the suffering small business owner is losing his income and still paying taxes.

#1.1.1.2 annieoakley on 2020-05-28 11:10 (Reply)

FYI Minneapolis was in flames last night. A three story building was burned to the ground, cars were torched, and multiple stores stripped bare by looters, including an entire Target. People are posting footage and photos here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Minneapolis/comments/grycfj/megathread_minneapolis_protests/

#2 Jm01 on 2020-05-28 08:20 (Reply)

Madness of (low IQ) crowds.

#2.1 Stargazer on 2020-05-28 11:57 (Reply)

Did you notice in the videos the race that is joining in with the predominant race doing the looting this time? Trashy young whites, a spot on the white race.

#2.1.1 JC on 2020-05-28 12:59 (Reply)

QUOTE:

a spot on the white race.

anyone who's into racial identity is a sure loser as an individual.

#2.1.1.1 Hugh Evan-Thomas on 2020-05-29 01:22 (Reply)

I don't want any race to descend into the depths of behaving like animals, so if you want to think poorly of me go ahead. I prefer all people even the white race to act better than those rioting and destroying their surroundings.

#2.1.1.1.1 JC on 2020-05-29 07:34 (Reply)

Hey, at least they're all wearing their masks.

#2.1.2 Aggie on 2020-05-28 14:20 (Reply)

Not apropos of any particular item in today's links, but I think the time has come when it's both possible and needful to break out the deaths in nursing homes and care centers from the overall death figures.

Early on, there wasn't enough info, although it became clear pretty quickly that nursing homes would be hard-hit.

Now however there's sufficient data to compile those statistics. And if they are available, could someone please post a link to them?

Thanks!

#3 PubliusII on 2020-05-28 09:59 (Reply)

Early on, there wasn't enough info, although it became clear pretty quickly that nursing homes would be hard-hit.

Not trying to quibble but Florida's (and I believe Georgia's) nursing homes weren't hit hard.

#3.1 mudbug on 2020-05-28 11:14 (Reply)

That's because our Georgia's Governor Kemp didn't require Nursing Homes to take in Covid-19 patients like some other States.

#3.1.1 oolioo on 2020-05-28 11:29 (Reply)

You might find this helpful.

https://freopp.org/the-covid-19-nursing-home-crisis-by-the-numbers-3a47433c3f70

I found this map quite interesting too: The continental US divided into thirds, representing total COVID deaths - i.e. 1/3 of deaths are in the red region, 1/3 in the yellow, 1/3 in the green.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/gfuvq3/usa_country_map_divided_by_13rds_of_covid_deaths/

#3.2 Aggie on 2020-05-28 11:46 (Reply)

You beat me to the punch - didn't refresh!

#3.2.1 Bill Carson on 2020-05-28 11:51 (Reply)

Excellent, thank you. I do note that the map was published 20 days ago; it would be interesting to see what it looks like now.

My hunch is that it wouldn't look much different.

Thanks again —

#3.2.2 PubliusII on 2020-05-28 12:00 (Reply)

That Freopp map is very indicative — thanks for posting it. I hope they update it at least once a week for a while.

Thanks again —

#3.2.3 PubliusII on 2020-05-28 12:03 (Reply)

Deep down, I have a persistent sense that COVID-19 - or rather the demands from the general public that are bound to arise out of attempting any economic recovery from it - likely signals the death knell of the cult of climate change.

Mind you, it will also have unintended consequences for a whole range of dearly-held notions across the political spectrum.

#4 JJM on 2020-05-28 10:46 (Reply)

Climate change may be dead, I doubt it, but now we have pandemic climate. This won’t be the last lockdown.

#4.1 B. Hammer on 2020-05-28 11:06 (Reply)

Neither one will ever go away. The media will not allow the truth to ever be made public.

Both are man made to terrify the general public and based on poor or completely false computer models.

#4.1.1 annieoakley on 2020-05-28 11:23 (Reply)

Climate Change happens. I can step out on my front porch and see it changing. Global Warming has also evolved - to "Climate Change".
And I wonder what else the leftists will try to scare us with.

#4.2 oolioo on 2020-05-28 11:36 (Reply)

Interesting COVID-19 maps:

https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/map-of-the-day-us-population-divided-by-one-thirds-of-covid-deaths/

https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/animated-map-of-the-day-covid-19-deaths-per-capita-by-us-state/

If this guy's numbers hold up, 2/3 of all US COVID-19 deaths occurred among 15% of the US population.

P.S. CDC death provisional count as of today is 81,000+.

#5 Bill Carson on 2020-05-28 11:45 (Reply)

"provisional death count"

#5.1 Bill Carson on 2020-05-28 11:53 (Reply)

It's even more specific than that. At least as of May 13, close to half (47-49%) of deaths from COVID-19 reported in New York were persons over 75. US Census data places the number of people in the city over 65 at 14%.Assuming that 2/3 of the over 65 cohort are over 75, and you have 10% of the population in New York city alone accounting for half the deaths.

#5.2 anoher guy named Dan on 2020-05-28 12:06 (Reply)

Over 3/4ths of Georgia's deaths are over 60. And about 2/3rds have some co-morbidity associated with their deaths. Only 103 are listed as no co-morbidity, with the rest unknown.

Youngest death is 17, with co-morbidity.

Youngest NON-co-morbidity was a 26 year old male.

As the numbers come in, it just gets more interesting...

[url] https://dph.georgia.gov/covid-19-daily-status-report [/url]

#5.2.1 JLawson on 2020-05-28 12:35 (Reply)

"Youngest death is 17, with co-morbidity.

Youngest NON-co-morbidity was a 26 year old male."

Remember that the number of people dying from malpractice a year is 200,000. Or at least the stated number is. I'm sure there are many more instances where stuff happens and everyone just keeps quiet about it.

Don't assume that all numbers are by stated cause. Some coroners in my state were circulating locally because they were being coerced to mark COD as Covid when it wasn't.

#5.2.1.1 fjord on 2020-05-28 14:39 (Reply)

Yep. Trouble with trying to analyze this is we've got numbers that only bear a tenuous connection to reality in the first place, and we're trying to figure out rational reactions from junk data.

#5.2.1.1.1 JLawson on 2020-05-28 16:30 (Reply)

Yes, you can definitely can make things more specific like you've (scarily) done. Even more frightening winnowing here:

The Most Important COVID-19 Statistic: 43% Of U.S. Deaths Are From 0.6% Of The Population

#5.2.2 Bill Carson on 2020-05-28 13:34 (Reply)

If some of you smart people here have time, please watch this video about contact tracing and vaccination and give your opinions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIVPyKLyRjI&feature=youtu.be

#6 mary on 2020-05-28 11:59 (Reply)

How come you still have the sleigh on the banner? It hit 106 in Barstow yesterday. Time to put the Christmas decorations away for a while.

#7 Walt Bowser on 2020-05-28 12:20 (Reply)

Re: Wearing A Mask Is Symbolic

Bad headline, good article. The headline gives the impression that Fauci thinks the masks are only symbolic, not efficacious also.

(As I'd had a disagreement with my wife over the Birx/Fauci previous practice of not wearing masks at presidential press conferences, with me saying that in that circumstance(i.e.: everyone on the dais having daily testing and evaluation of risk from their contacts diary ) it would be merely symbolic, and my wife saying that they should do it anyway because it sets a bad/confusing example not to – "do as I say, not as you can clearly see me not doing" – I can see why symbolic mask use may be important)

#8 Douglas2/Unknown on 2020-05-28 12:30 (Reply)

The MSM and the DNC/administrative state have made life in the US nothing more than performance art. Russia, Russia, Russia, then act 2 became Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine and we are currently in act 3 of virus, virus, virus. If the production stops we see the crap behind the curtain which is a big no, no in their book.

#9 indyjonesouthere on 2020-05-28 17:09 (Reply)

RE: 5 Resilient Plants Anyone Can Keep Alive.

Evidently, you've never encountered my wife, "The Black Thumb". She can't even keep Kudzu alive.

#10 mike on 2020-05-28 17:47 (Reply)

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