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What Does the Absurd Tell Us About the Pandemic? Part 1 The Chloroquine Wars Part LVIII Mathew Crawford " A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools ." -Douglas Adams I'll leave the question open, but in case you'd like to see a smattering (just a small sample) of such absurdities---maybe to  email to your friends  who seem to think that the media and public health authorities are doing  an ahistorically bang-up job ---here we go… Note: All absurdity scores assigned are computed using Fisher's Exact Absurdity test, verified and approved by a thorough team of  Marxist revolutionaries ---curated by  Kunlangeta ---at the Intergalactic Health Organization (IHO). By Speaking English, You Killed Your Grandmother (Absurdity Score: 8.2/10) With all the important things going on in the world that people might really want or should be informed about, Forbes felt it within their p

The Heebie-Jeebies of August James Howard Kunstler “Joe Biden” will interrupt his moveable vacation — for now, back in Wilmington, DE — to speak to the nation early this (Friday) afternoon. Will he dig himself deeper into the hole that the Taliban tossed him in, or just throw in the towel on running the executive branch of the government (if that’s what he’s been doing)? Let’s face it: “Joe B’s” actual doings in the White House these seven months are as mysterious as last week’s blitzkrieg through Afghanistan by the Taliban. What does Ol’ White Joe actually  do  all day after his managers “call a lid” on his official duties at 8:30 in the morning? Gab with Hunter about family business on a secure phone? Watch Joy Behar and her gang on TV? We-the-people are unaware that the “president” has any hobbies or avocations. Golf? Apparently not. Stamps? Please! Or does he just sit in a comfortable chair on the second-floor casting what is left of his mind back on those dear dead days of his fab

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Voz: To start the weekend with... The fuckery fuck of a fucked-up society! ( Land of the Free... to be fined ) *************************** Florida Town Bans ‘Indecent’ Political Speech on Signs & Clothing, Fines Protesters $3000 for Displaying Flags Proclaiming ‘F--k Biden’ August 04, 2021 PUNTA GORDA, Fla. —Two Florida residents have been fined $3000 for displaying protest flags with the political message “F--k Biden” in violation of a city ordinance banning signs, clothing and other graphic displays containing words that the city deems “indecent.” In coming to the defense of Andrew Sheets and Richard Massey, attorneys with The Rutherford Institute challenged the City of Punta Gorda’s ban on indecent speech as unconstitutionally vague and a violation of the First Amendment’s safeguards for political speech that may not be censored or punished by the government. Afte

Manfred127 commented on and linked to this article, and I took the liberty to nab it and put it up here in the hopes it'll get a larger readership. Thanks for the link, manfred! *********************** How China’s Gorbachev Was Flushed in 1989 Matthew Ehret Ago 19 A recent short video  which opened Mike Lindell’s recent Cyber security symposium was brought to my attention recently which encapsulated this belief and has been amplified across nearly all conservative press over the recent year. The trope has taken many forms and has been spread widely among a certain category of conservative-minded citizens of western nations who recognize that a disturbing global behavior-modification program is afoot which threatens to uproot thousands of years of traditional values.To this day, many people are still unclear as to the nefarious role that Hungarian mega speculator-turned philanthropist-turned color revolutionary George Soros has played in international affairs over the

EH here. (Voz here...added the video to see it here!) [The video won't transfer, so watch it on OffGuardian] here . It covers the election of Trump and how the resultant divisiveness and freakout affected the Covid insanity. Also the Jan 6 staged "coup." WATCH: Perspectives on the Pandemic #18   “One of the things that Covid rollout has done, is create a whole new category of forbidden speech… if you’re not completely credulous then you’re somehow “putting people at risk”. The Interviewee : Mark Crispin Miller is Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University. His research interests include modern propaganda, history and tactics of advertising, American film, and media ownership. He is the author of Boxed In: The Culture of TV ; Seeing Through Movies ; Mad Scientists: The Secret History of Modern Propaganda ; Spectacle: Operation Desert Storm and the Triumph of Illusion ; and The Bush Dyslexicon . The Interviewer : John Kirby is the dir