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https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/02/23/bob-dylan-and-the-ukraine-crisis/
Any progressive rock fans in the house? One of my favorites:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p7uMYGhtBuA "Former President Trump has over the years expressed admiration for Vladimir Putin, a pattern that has continued up to the past week when he called Putin a “genius” for declaring the independence of parts of Ukraine."
Gosh and he was doing so well. He almost had me in church, and then he let out this f*rt. Highly doubt it. if after 5-6 years of Trump your opinion of the man still changes because of how francis fukuyama manages to misquote Trumps words then you were not even close to understanding what the man is about.
No, I'm not familiar with (or remember) who he is, but I'll go check now. I really was reading it with interest and an open mind until the derangement passage forced me to consider the piece, and him, differently.
Fukuyama is the 'End of History' guy who imagined that the end of the Cold War meant people all over the world had signed on to liberal democracy, a thesis which died a fiery death when the Twin Towers crashed down. Looks like he's joined the revival of the 'Red under the Bed' brigade to try to rehabilitate himself, and he's just as wrong now as he was back in 1992.
I note that his little bio under the article makes no mention of that book even though it made him widely heralded as a thinker at the time.
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Christopher B
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2022-02-26 10:54
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Yessir. It sure would be helpful if pundits had a batting average of correct and incorrect before listing off a list of schools where they dodged life.
On the correct side of history is Huffington who warned of A Clash of Civilizations http://www.guillaumenicaise.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/huntington_clash-of-civlizations.pdf
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Joe B.
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2022-02-26 15:02
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Essentially, Trump was noting that Putin has created PR cover for himself so that he can look like the good guy, which is genius, because Putin is actually the bad guy. The quote has been twisted to pretend that Trump admires Putin, which we are also supposed to knowingly read as "Because Trump is a conscienceless tyrant himself!"
As I have said before - and I think you have said it at times yourself, Aggie - when quotes look too perfect, be wary. QUOTE: "I said, ‘This is genius.’ Hitler declares a big portion of Poland — Hitler declares it as independent. Oh, that’s wonderful,” the former president told a conservative radiocaster in an interview. "I said, 'How smart is that?' And he’s gonna go in and be a peacekeeper." Got audio of that, or just what you write?
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Joe B.
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2022-02-26 15:00
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Zachriel
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2022-02-26 15:26
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Zachriel
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2022-02-26 15:28
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Weird. He said Putin not HITLER like you wrote! Zachriel is still 10# of bullshit in a 5# bag.
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Joe B.
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2022-02-26 17:29
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Joe B: He said Putin not HITLER like you wrote!
Someone's not very good with analogy-thingies.
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Zachriel
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2022-02-27 08:23
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Hint: In the analogy, the "former president" would be Herbert Hoover. And Hitler would be well, Hitler; the "genius" attacking a weaker neighbor claiming to be protecting ethnic Germans.
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Zachriel
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2022-02-27 09:03
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HINT youre a lying POS so GFY
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Joe B.
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2022-02-27 11:17
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The Left v. the People
https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/02/18/the-left-vs-the-people/ Canadian truckers : honking = insurrection?? analysis of the Trudeau govt response.
The president of Ukraine's response to Biden telling him to flee Kyiv; https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/02/26/im-still-here-ukraine-president-zelensky-defies-biden-admins-call-for-him-to-flee-kyiv/ "The fight is here, I need ammunition not a ride".
Did Trudeau Create a Dangerous Run on Canadian Banks by Freezing Protesters' Bank Accounts?
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/megan-fox/2022/02/25/did-trudeau-create-a-dangerous-run-on-canadian-banks-by-freezing-protesters-bank-accounts-n1561873 If I were Canadian, I would have withdrawn all my money already. Do a bing search for
Steve Kirsch Today's pandemic response is eerily similar to the smallpox pandemic response https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/what-we-can-learn-from-the-smallpox
QUOTE: After the Great Fire of 1871 (it leveled the city), strict vaccine laws were passed, and vaccination was made a condition of receiving relief supplies. Chicago was then hit with a devastating smallpox epidemic in 1872 where over 2000 persons contracted smallpox, with over 25% dying, and the fatality rate among children under 5 being the highest ever recorded. Yes, poor health after the city was destroyed, large numbers of unvaccinated immigrants to the city, and unvaccinated children, resulted in a smallpox outbreak. When vaccination programs couldn't keep up with the burgeoning population, smallpox outbreaks kept recurring. QUOTE: this is what actually ended smallpox. Due to widespread vaccination, the last natural outbreak of smallpox in the U.S. was in 1949. In 1980, the World Health Assembly declared smallpox eradicated. Indeed! Poor health of Obese, diabetes, etc, then large numbers of Illegals pouring over the border, lockdowns that ensured depression, drinking, drugs, and children left behind, vaxx that doesn't prevent the disease, more vaxx, more vaxx and more boosters, and still more masks. And federal public health officials mandating protocols that don't work and banning other protocols. The real mandate was creating chaos and maintaining chaos.
indyjonesouthere: Indeed! Poor health of Obese, diabetes, etc, then large numbers of Illegals pouring over the border
As history shows, contagions do not respect political borders and have to be addressed internationally. For COVID, universal vaccination is an essential measure. Yet health care officialdom make the same mistakes over and over. It's Deja vu all over again. Only this time it is a virus in the wild that will never respect a vaxx. Just like the flu.
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indyjonesouthere
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2022-02-26 13:18
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indyjonesouthere: Yet health care officialdom make the same mistakes over and over.
Sure. That can happen. In this case, however, vaccination was an essential tool in fighting smallpox.
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Zachriel
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2022-02-26 13:22
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Vaccination was a tool for eradicating smallpox but the Vaxx was a tool for build back better. Lockdowns destroy economies, perfect to launch build back better.
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indyjonesouthere
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2022-02-26 13:33
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indyjonesouthere: Vaccination was a tool for eradicating smallpox but the Vaxx was a tool for build back better.
The claim was that the current situation with COVID was like the situation with smallpox. Smallpox vaccination was crucial for controlling smallpox, but was subject to the same anti-vaccination sentiment we see today.
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Zachriel
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2022-02-26 13:49
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That wasn't the claim. The claim was that government health officials have always tried using force and it doesn't work. They don't seem to understand the idea of consent. The Nuremberg code did legitimize the idea of consent toward experimentation. The EUA recognized the covid vaxx as an experiment along with the PCR test.
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indyjonesouthere
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2022-02-26 15:23
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indyjonesouthere: The claim was that government health officials have always tried using force and it doesn't work.
Vaccine mandates have a long history in the U.S. and in most other countries. For instance, all U.S. states require public school students to have vaccinations for polio, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, measles, and rubella. indyjonesouthere: The EUA recognized the covid vaxx as an experiment The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are fully-approved in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
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Zachriel
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2022-02-26 15:44
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They are NOT approved for the US. Do a bit of research and you will find that the DOD was a full time BS agent in promoting the lie. There are very specific rules for an approval that doesn't apply to "emergencies" and that has not been met. I don't care what the Canadian pajama boy declares ... I'm not a citizen of Canada.
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indyjonesouthere
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2022-02-26 16:03
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indyjonesouthere: They are NOT approved for the US.
FDA Approves First COVID-19 Vaccine FDA Takes Key Action by Approving Second COVID-19 Vaccine
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Zachriel
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2022-02-26 16:13
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Comirnaty was approved on Aug 23, 2021 but it will never be available in the US. And why? Because they will become liable for the side effects which can disable and kill. As long as they operate under the EUA they are protected from lawsuits. India, and I believe China, refused the vaxx to be used in their countries due to the number of serious side effects.
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indyjonesouthere
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2022-02-26 16:45
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indyjonesouthere: Comirnaty was approved on Aug 23, 2021 but it will never be available in the US.
Per the FDA, "The {approved} vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine". It's the same thing. And the liability is the same: See 42 U.S. Code § 300aa–22 - Standards of responsibility.
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Zachriel
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2022-02-26 16:49
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It must have COMIRNATY on the label or it is not the approved version and it is still the old EUA version of the vaxx. The old vaxx is experimental (EUA) and the new version is not available.
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indyjonesouthere
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2022-02-26 16:55
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indyjonesouthere: It must have COMIRNATY on the label or it is not the approved version and it is still the old EUA version of the vaxx.
We cited the FDA and we cited the law concerning liability. Here's some additional information. QUOTE: The FDA-approved COMIRNATY (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA) and the EUA-authorized Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for individuals 12 years of age and older when prepared according to their respective instructions for use can be used interchangeably. https://www.fda.gov/media/153713/download QUOTE: The non-branded vaccines are widely available in the U.S., and Comirnaty also is available in the U.S., according to a Pfizer spokesperson. https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2022/spikevax-and-comirnaty-are-brand-names-for-existing-covid-19-vaccines-which-are-widely-available/
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Zachriel
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2022-02-27 08:06
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An essential measure for what end?
Covid is not going away, even if all eligible people were vaccinated. Smallpox vaccines immunize people, covid vaccines less so at best.
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anon
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2022-02-26 14:02
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anon: Smallpox vaccines immunize people, covid vaccines less so at best.
The smallpox vaccine is about 95% effective, decreasing over time. anon: An essential measure for what end? A reduction in infections, hospitalizations, and deaths. Now that there is widespread immunity, COVID will likely become endemic, one of many respiratory illnesses. Meanwhile, coronaviruses and other viruses will continue to mutate in humans and other hosts, so pandemics will occur every few years. Fortunately, mRNA technology means that vaccines can be produced in a few weeks or months after the discovery of a novel virus. Those countries that can respond effectively will prosper compared to those countries which are less adept.
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Zachriel
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2022-02-26 14:34
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Free the Jan 6 political prisoners. There are people in jail who did not trespass in the capitol, did not fight with the police but were merely there, outside where they could legally be. Imagine that! Your DOJ knows these people did nothing wrong but they are in jail and suffering because politically they cheered for the wrong candidate.
Anon: There are people in jail who did not trespass in the capitol, did not fight with the police but were merely there, outside where they could legally be.
Who? Please be specific. Guy Reffitt has been in jail since he was arrested by the FBI nearly 14 months ago. Reffitt has languished behind bars for more than a year because Joe Biden’s Justice Department asked a federal judge to keep him detained awaiting trial for his participation in the Capitol protest on January 6, 2021. Since then, more than 100 Americans, including several accused of no violent crimes, have been incarcerated under pre-trial detention orders sought by Attorney General Merrick Garland. Reffitt did not assault police officers or vandalize any public property. In fact, he never even entered the Capitol building.
Anon: Guy Reffitt has been in jail since he was arrested by the FBI nearly 14 months ago.
Guy Reffitt is charged with obstruction of an official proceeding, entering restricted grounds, and obstruction of justice. He told his family that he carried a firearm to the riot, then made threats to prevent them from going to law enforcement. Anon: Joe Biden’s Justice Department asked a federal judge to keep him detained awaiting trial for his participation in the Capitol protest on January 6, 2021. That's all they can do, ask, and provide evidence to support pretrial detention under the Bail Reform Act, 18 U.S. Code Chapter 20, which has release as the default position, but Reffitt had threatened witnesses, and made other remarks on encrypted communications about obtaining firearms to engage in insurrection; so, the court found he represented a continuing danger to the community and to the judicial process. You had said the government was holding those "who did not trespass in the capitol," but Reffitt did trespass, attempted to obstruct Congress; and with regards to pretrial detention, made threats against witnesses and made further threats of violence in pursuit of his political aims. Oops. That should be 18 U.S. Code § 3142 - Release or detention of a defendant pending trial.
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Zachriel
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2022-02-26 12:48
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These people deserve "justice" not political tyranny. They should be charged, the evidence shared with their attorney, the trial held not in DC which is biased but in their home state and by a jury of their peers. Holding them this long is criminal.
Anon: These people deserve "justice" not political tyranny.
They do deserve justice. They have all been provided hearings on pretrial release per the law and in accordance with the constitution, and all will be provided an opportunity of going to trial on their alleged crimes per the law and in accordance with the constitution. Justice is not always served by even the most careful legal system, but when we asked for an example of people who are undeservedly in jail, you failed to provide a single specific. Anon: They should be charged, Over 700 have been charged with a variety of crimes. Anon: the evidence shared with their attorney, The courts were already provided enough evidence to establish probable cause for the indictment. Any prosecution evidence to be used at trial must be provided to the defense in advance. The court sets a timetable as part of the trial process. Anon: the trial held not in DC which is biased but in their home state and by a jury of their peers. Some defendants have requested a change in venue, but none have shown that the interest of justice would be so served. The alleged crimes occurred in Washington, and the majority of witnesses will be found there. Anon: and by a jury of their peers. If they go to trial, then they will be judged by a jury of their peers as defined in and according to the constitution. Anon: Holding them this long is criminal. The vast majority have been released pretrial. Those that are being held were judged by the court after a review of the evidence to either be a threat to the public or a threat to the judicial process.
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Zachriel
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2022-02-27 08:21
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At westernrifleshooters
The Saker Russian operation in the Ukraine-end of day 2 Andrew Torbas AFPAC speech Go and Build
https://news.gab.com/2022/02/25/gab-go-and-build/ CPAC 2022 in Florida.
I am sending all my English-speaking Israeli colleagues Governer Desantis' opening speech. It delineates the conservative view and the current culture/values wars quite nicely. https://youtu.be/QoOTc083Vz4 Another good piece on Ukraine from the conservativetreehouse.
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