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    Rembrandt van Rijn Man with a falcon on his wrist (possibly St. Bavo) 1661   • Editorial Calls For National Guard To Keep Unvaccinated In Their H
    [See the full post at: Debt Rattle January 17 2022]

    #98279
    Mister Roboto
    Participant

    48% of Democrats support prison time for individuals who “publicly question the efficacy of the existing COVID-19 vaccines

    And here you have why voting for a personality-disordered cheeseball con-artist like Trump now looks semi-appealing to a lot of people. I actually want Wisconsin to become a fully red state this November.

    #98280
    V. Arnold
    Participant

    Re: yesterdays question: Has Even One Person Died From Omicron?

    Apparently yes; here in Thailand…
    From the Bangkok Post:
    Thailand on Sunday reported its first death from the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant.
    Songkhla’s public health office said an 86-year-old woman who was bedridden and suffering from Alzheimer’s disease had succumbed to the virus and was pronounced dead last Wednesday at Hat Yai Hospital where she had been receiving treatment.
    Samples from her were sent for examination by Songkhla’s centre for medical sciences which confirmed she had been suffering from the Omicron strain.
    17.01.22 An 84-year-old unvaccinated woman with terminal lung cancer is Thailand’s second Omicron-related death.

    #98281

    Both arguably WITH not FROM.

    #98282
    Mister Roboto
    Participant

    A good example of why I was literally thanking God on Friday night with the news of the SCOTUS ruling:

    https://twitter.com/michelle_vd_703/status/1482523282838589446

    #98283
    V. Arnold
    Participant

    Rembrandt van Rijn Man with a falcon on his wrist (possibly St. Bavo) 1661

    The light, the light, and depth of detail and the richness of the colors…
    It’s almost enough to ask how it’s possible for paintings like these to exist; and thank the gods that they do……….

    #98284
    V. Arnold
    Participant

    Both arguably WITH not FROM.

    Indeed…with…
    I should have amended the commnt to reflect that very important detail…

    #98286
    Dr. D
    Participant

    “SCOTUS sets dangerous precedent of allowing Americans to choose their health.” –BBee

    “What am I supposed to do now that I don’t have private companies working with the Federal government to force me to inject a foreign substance into my body?” said Linda Waddlebum, a concerned mother of 6 cats.

    “You can’t give people choices! What if they make the wrong one? One that isn’t what I wanted them to do?”

    “Pfizer CEO Condemns SCOTUS Ruling As A ‘Clear Violation Of Our Constitutional Right To Produce Experimental Drugs And Use The Full Power Of Government To Force The Entire Population To Inject Them Into Their Bodies’ — BBee

    I mean: Obviously.

    Classic SCOTUS: “SCOTUS Rules Healthcare Workers Are The Only People Who Can’t Make Decisions About Their Own Health” –BBee

    They’re uninformed, it seems. Misinformed. Not smart enough to be trusted. Otherwise, wouldn’t we let them?

    Commenters on Peak Oil webites will decide what doctors are allowed to do, and which doctors are “Doctors”, and not, for example, the medical accreditation boards of “Harvard,” “John’s Hopkins” and “Yale.” No no no. __I__ decide who is a doctor or not. Using my “Medical Telepathy”. “That’s Science!”

    Meanwhile, back in the real world, NATO recently chemical attacked all Donbass drinking water, and has delivered chemical weapons for the upcoming attack-to-be-blamed-on-Russia. Which is a chemical weapons attack. Because we know from Syria that those pesky Ruskies always use chemical weapons when everything’s going great so they can lose. UN OPCW proved all that. Oh wait: I meant the #OPPOSITE. The U.N. FABRICATED all the attacks, including tucking that bomb casing into bed for nite-nite, and complete with CNN checking by sniffing Syrian backpacks for Sarin. (Spoiler alert: the reporter did not find Sarin with her nose-sniffer. A pity.).

    “Expect Escalation of Conflict in Donbass and Ukraine Soon,” Says Foreign Correspondent

    And true to my case, this article points out the Russians ALREADY KNOW, what, where, when, and why. So…I’m guessing they have a plan? Of response? Nah! THey’re the villain! In America, that means they have no plan and will lose! Don’t you watch any movies or cartoons? Our elite and diplo core watch almost nothing buy cartoons; since they went to Yale it’s all they’re capable of, and we like to keep them out of the way. CoughWcough

    On December 21st, four days after the Russian treaty proposal was published, Ukraine, on U.S. and NATO orders, with reckless impudence again amended the Ukrainian Constitution to allow foreign troops to operate on Ukrainian soil, in preparation for multiple NATO exercises to be held in Ukraine in 2022.”

    This is how you get the second part I mentioned, the forward materials buildup.

     “Russia is the U.S.’s third largest supplier of petroleum products. In 2020, the U.S. imported 538,000 barrels per day from Russia, and even more in 2021. Russia’s supply accounts for 7% of all U.S. petroleum imports, and while an energy loss of 7% would be a major blow to the U.S., Russia can easily divert these shipments to the East and sell them there.

    Were Russia to cut off its energy supplies to the EU, the economic devastation would be immediate and immeasurable. And the physical and infrastructure destruction would be even worse. People would literally freeze to death, pipes would freeze and burst, factories would be shut down and deteriorate, never to be re-opened. That is actually happening now in Ukraine. The U.S. and EU should take a look at that and take a lesson.”

    ……Aaaaaaand the instant hyperinflation and collapse that has been set up should we get even slightly discredited. And everyone is for it. It would happen under Biden. This is being slowly created in the markets and the charts. Read the whole article, it’s worth it.

    “Twitter Bans Ayatollah-Linked Account”

    I think that’s a first ever. ISIS is still up and going strong. Next thing you know they’ll be banning child trafficking.

    “48% of Democrats” Which is thankfully 20% of the population. That is the weirdo fringe cult. U.S. divide, roughly, 30-30-30% ½ of 30% = ~15% but let’s be generous here. Great story since we know these polls and stats never lie.

    Djokovic ‘Must Pay Huge Sum to Australia’ (RT) “

    Oh my God. You are SO right. If a visitor arrives, and his papers are not completely in order, or let’s say not medically complete, and we deport him, he needs to pay VAST sums. Or if they are an immigrant, say, seeking asylum, but it’s not QUITE asylum-y enough. VAST SUMS. Biden and those 48% approve and needs to implement this today. Plus jail for not being faxxed.

    We could extend this to other parts of life. Let’s say you’re an expert that gives advice, you issue and try it, but your advice isn’t QUITE good enough to win over the appeals judge. VAST SUMS. When your medical advice fails everywhere it’s tried and nations that did literally nothing are 100x better? VAST SUMS. You try to sue or impeach somebody and fail? VAST SUMS. Bring charges a Jury disagrees with? VAST SUMS.

    Because, in Leftist-land, we know all things BEFORE they happen, as like other realities, time is optional and flows both ways. “Why did you do that, didn’t you know this thing that would happen afterward?” No. Because “Time”. We tried something that might work and are moving on.

    What do they mean by “Had Covid”? It seems pretty clear at this point that if you get vaccinated, you can get it twice.

    “the FDA “revoked’ emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine since it “may not be effective” against COVID-19.” …but IS completely safe at almost any dose, and does not harm to patients whatsoever to try. But we cant’ have that. First: Do Harm.

    ““unique fingerprints” in Covid-19 samples”

    I remember when the author of the U.N. chemical and biological weapins treaty flatly said that. He is a conspiracy theorist. Like former VPs of Pfizer, employees of the FDA, Presidential Administration overseers, Presidents themselves, who directly read classified medical reports on the same. They don’t know what they’re talking about. I always get my medical advice from “The Five” and my Science from Chad at Twitter. Science is decided by common vote: whatever is trending that day is “true.” If someone doesn’t like that doctor, it’s false. Unless that unpopular Doctor is Fauci, then it’s true WHEN everyone says it’s false. Including Walensky and Fauci himself, only yesterday.

    That’s Science! Follow the Science. Those are the papers everyone is following. Although I hear they published something about medicine and statistics too. But I wouldn’t know. No one’s ever read or discussed them.

    Anyway, created in a lab? Yeah, anybody who’s looked knows. It’s really, really clear. Omicron moreso. With just exactly the right amount of time for development to occur.

    Did those pollinators have a license? Monsantos’ working on that.

    #98287
    ezlxa1949
    Participant

    Some snippets of the propaganda campaign in anti-Djokovic Australia:

    1. The Saturday Paper, Jan 15–21, 2022, p7:
    “Denial of the science of epidemiology is widespread, even among ‘experts.’ We are told repeatedly that SARS-CoV-2 will become ‘endemic.’ But it will never be endemic because it is an epidemic disease and always will be. … But what the past month has shown us that we cannot live with unmitigated Covid-19. Vaccinations will not be enough. We need a ventilation and vaccine-plus strategy to avoid the disruptive epidemic cycle, to protect health and the economy, and to regain a semblance of the life we all want.
    Author is Raina Macintyre, who leads the biosecurity program at the Kirby Institute. She is on the WHO’s technical advisory group on Covid-19 vaccine composition.

    So I presume that ‘always epidemic, never endemic’ is the WHO’s official stance.

    2. The Guardian Weekly, 14 January 2022, p29:
    Article by Kerryn Phelps entitled, “The shambolic mess caused by the decision to just ‘let it rip’.”
    “… The only example Australia is providing now is a warning about what not to do… Preventing transmission is the only way out of this.”
    Phelps is a GP, past AMA president and member of OzSAGE.

    TPTB are most displeased with, inter alia, the covid parties being held by younger people who wish to catch the curative omicron variant. I guess this is part of the élites’ pushback.

    #98288
    Polder Dweller
    Participant

    Get jabbed to increase your chances of catching the disease you got jabbed against, #winning

    #98289

    Saw these numbers for yesterday and I still don’t understand them:

    Greece: 10,783 new cases (down from 50,000, what, a week ago?!,
    • 95 deaths

    Holland: 36,000 cases (new record),
    • 7 deaths

    (76 in 7 days, so no “Sunday fluke”).

    Something’s not right.

    #98290
    Dimitri
    Participant

    If you can’t understand what is not right with Greece that means you have never been in a Greek hospital. Let me tell you that I’m absolutely certain that half the deaths in Greek hospitals are due to nosocomial infections. The conditions in the hospital are so 4th world you can’t even imagine.

    #98291
    ₿oogaloo
    Participant

    “Both arguably WITH not FROM”

    Or perhaps “WITH and partially FROM” — how do we categorize that? WITH? FROM? BOTH?

    #98292

    Of course, Boogaloo, we should ask that. Thing is, so far just about every death WITH has been counted as FROM (ergo: it has not been asked). And now even CNN walks that back (cowards). Which is why I wondered this weekend: has anybody died FROM Omicron? And if all we get from Thailand is bedridden, terminal cancer and Alzheimer, 84-86 years old, maybe it’s time to ask that question, instead of claiming that the question itself evades the “real” issue. What if only 10% of official numbers died FROM Covid, or just 1%, what do we do then? At what point do we stop the panic, and the mass vaccination?

    #98293
    John Day
    Participant

    Buy Maple Syrup!
    • Vaccine Mandate for Cross Border Trucking Now in Effect (CTH)

    #98295
    John Day
    Participant

    Thanks for the Omicron update from Thailand, V.Arnold. Alzheimers, cancer and advanced age may weaken some people enough to die FROM Omicron. There had to be somebody frail enough to succumb to this virus.
    This is a clarification which fits with what most of us conceptualize as “reality”.

    #98296
    Figmund Sreud
    Participant

    Bright Light News on “from” and “with
    Deaths ‘With’ and ‘From’ Covid-19 and the Inflation of Data

    Deaths ‘With’ and ‘From’ Covid-19 and the Inflation of Data

    F.S.

    #98297

    I have mentioned that I have tried snapping my fingers at my hypnotized kith and kin: to no avail.
    But it would be nice to know at gatherings of any sort- a store, a bar, a church, a social function, etc.- who are the ones who are not sleepwalking.
    Perhaps snapping our fingers could be a symbol of solidarity that can help us find our community?
    I know only three people who are un”vaccinated”. I would love to find more. I have considered making a ZH omega symbol I could wear so I might be approached by other recalcitrants…
    Sorry, Ilargi- you don’t have a logo that is well known.
    😉
    My mate still thinks this is mostly about a virus. He is showing less perturbation, however, when I ask what we should do now to prepare for a world where our bank accounts go digital and cash no longer works, and you can’t buy food if you are disobedient.
    People resist ugly futures by denying they could happen.

    Stress kills. Fear thrills.
    Bullshit shills, and money breaks wills.

    I keep having this dream where I live in a tiny rural town and a friendly looking bus arrives: out pop hundreds of armed Chinese soldiers.

    #98298
    Peter 47
    Participant

    Can someone explain to me how do they know that it is omicron and not delta? Is there a special test for it? As far as I know they are using same tests.

    #98299
    zerosum
    Participant

    The mental damage will be with us for a very long time. -TAE
    No, nobody put anything funny in the drinking water. This is simply the media. – TAE
    At what point do we stop the panic, and the mass vaccination? – TAE

    ——–
    The USA demonstrates against lockdown, and mandates by going to a football game.
    ———-
    New way of spelling science – F.A.U.C.I.
    OR
    New way of spelling Fauci – P.R.O.P.H.E.T.
    ——–

    Interesting
    “On December 21st, four days after the Russian treaty proposal was published, Ukraine, on U.S. and NATO orders, with reckless impudence again amended the Ukrainian Constitution to allow foreign troops to operate on Ukrainian soil, in preparation for multiple NATO exercises to be held in Ukraine in 2022.

    When is the next maintenance, upgrade, shutdown of the oil/gas pipeline going through Ukraine?

    ———
    Peter 47
    “how do they know that it is omicron ”

    By the quantity of used cleenex for your drippy nose
    By the use of aspirins to thin your blood
    By the use of pain killer for your headache
    By the use of your bed for rest
    By your aphathy for 5 days
    Because the hospital won’t take you before 10 days of drippy nose

    #98300

    Will someone disabuse me of the notion that the graphene-injected folks aren’t becoming the 5G nodes that they hoped to install every quarter mile?
    Now I’m off to read this article on graphene antennas from an unlikely source:
    “Analysis of Graphene Antenna Properties for 5G Applications” from National Center for Biotechnology Information.
    I can tell already I won’t understand most of it.

    #98301
    those darned kids
    Participant

    “Buy Maple Syrup!”

    actually, you might want to stock up on the following:

    https://tradingeconomics.com/canada/exports/united-states

    Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products $62.68B 2020
    Vehicles other than railway, tramway $41.84B 2020
    Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers $22.37B 2020
    Commodities not specified according to kind $18.61B 2020
    Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal $11.35B 2020
    Plastics $11.19B 2020
    Electrical, electronic equipment $8.09B 2020
    Aluminum $7.04B 2020
    Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins $6.64B 2020
    Aircraft, spacecraft $6.10B 2020
    Paper and paperboard, articles of pulp, paper and board $5.56B 2020
    Pharmaceutical products $5.20B 2020
    Furniture, lighting signs, prefabricated buildings $4.78B 2020
    Iron and steel $4.53B 2020
    Cereal, flour, starch, milk preparations and products $4.06B 2020
    Articles of iron or steel $3.97B 2020
    Optical, photo, technical, medical apparatus $3.85B 2020
    Fertilizers $2.81B 2020
    Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatics invertebrates $2.74B 2020
    Meat and edible meat offal $2.71B 2020
    Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers $2.48B 2020
    Rubbers $2.45B 2020
    Copper $2.44B 2020
    Miscellaneous chemical products $2.44B 2020
    Organic chemicals $2.24B 2020
    Animal, vegetable fats and oils, cleavage products $2.11B 2020
    Inorganic chemicals, precious metal compound, isotope $1.96B 2020
    Pulp of wood, fibrous cellulosic material, waste $1.74B 2020
    Vegetable, fruit, nut food preparations $1.74B 2020
    Residues, wastes of food industry, animal fodder $1.65B 2020
    Miscellaneous edible preparations $1.63B 2020
    Cocoa and cocoa preparations $1.58B 2020
    Essential oils, perfumes, cosmetics, toileteries $1.50B 2020
    Live animals $1.31B 2020
    Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement $1.24B 2020
    Zinc $1.19B 2020
    Beverages, spirits and vinegar $1.17B 2020
    Miscellaneous articles of base metal $1.16B 2020
    Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials $1.12B 2020
    Cereals $1.01B 2020

    #98302
    those darned kids
    Participant

    “out pop hundreds of armed Chinese soldiers.”

    in utah, they’re homegrown.

    #98303
    those darned kids
    Participant

    that’s spelt P.R.O.F.I.T., zero.

    #98304
    Figmund Sreud
    Participant
    #98305
    Noirette
    Participant

    On, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, USA/w.

    Kazakhstan trouble was a ‘spontaneous’ uprising, rioting, based on an underground rumbling disatisfaction, sparked by the gas price hike. The spontaneous is in inverted commas, because while it was an internal affair, there are always parties egging on and trying to control.

    (One of the main demands – was a lowered pension age for women who had 3 children…not color revol. stuff…it sounded just like the demos in Russia against pension reform, which were Massive Demos..partially successful)

    Basically, a clash between two clans – Nazarbayev and the (present) Leader, Tokayev, who was promoted / elected in 2019, not long ago.

    The USA – W. were not involved (although there may have been some actors, NGO type, promoting chaos to poke Russia.).

    Color revolution techniques can be used by anyone!

    Tokayev reacted fast and firm; Russia sent in the CSTO (reportedly without any conditions..?) and so that was the end of that. Tokayev will now “de-Nazarby” (neologism) the upper levels, several generals (etc.), the head of secret services (accused of letting ‘terrorists’ into the country..) have been arrested. Others, like his daughters, hangers-on, are being ‘booted’, stripped of their ‘jobs’ …

    The powerful symbol: the name of the capital will return to Astana.

    It remains to be seen if Tokayev will introduce any ‘new’ type of functioning. (My guess is, yes. He has a long diplomatic history / career, speaks English and Chinese, see wiki.)

    —————

    Putin was extraordinarily complimentary towards Joe B. after the summit in Geneva. It was way beyond ‘ordinary’ praise. It was clear they cooked up some perhaps dodgy and temp. agreement.

    Russia will not invade Ukraine (it has always said it will not, and it is not in its advantage) claiming it will is a W, MSM, neo-con, scare-mongering, fantasy.

    The Bidadmin will not enter a proxy war it will lose, specially not before the mid-terms. After Afghanistan!

    As one F commentator put it:

    The Ukr. army, funded and trained by the US / w, if Russia attacks Ukraine :

    1/3 of soldiers will flee and desert, 1/3 will change sides and join the Russkies, 1/3 will surrender.

    Finis.

    Russia has planned more massive investment in the Donbass, now *de facto* an ‘independent’ territory tied to Russia. The no-tarifs rules just came in. (link – see, stated that collab. with Syria will be upped.)

    Heh, the Democrats used the filibuster to stop Ted Cruz’s sanctions against Russia bill! The Bidadmin refrains from sanctioning Russia.

    Russian roulette: as croupier at this particular casino table, I invite you to place your bets

    NATO-Russia talks fail. US threatens to sanction Putin

    Donbass economic blockade crumbles as Russian market opens to DPR and LPR products

    #98306
    Figmund Sreud
    Participant

    Dog be praised! Hallelujah, …

    Health Canada approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 therapeutic
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/health-canada-pfizer-therapeutic-1.6317505

    Health Canada has approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 therapeutic for use in adults 18 and older, paving the way for the distribution of a potentially lifesaving drug at a time when the country’s hospitals are overwhelmed. […]

    Canada has placed an order for an initial quantity of one million treatment courses. Some of that supply will start to arrive in the coming weeks. With global interest in antivirals running high as the Omicron variant wreaks havoc, Pfizer is promising to churn out 120 million courses of the treatment by year’s end.[…]

    “This treatment, the first treatment taken orally and at home, will be in high demand,” […]”We anticipate supply at the beginning will not be great anywhere.”, says Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer!

    … fwiw,

    F.S.

    #98307
    ctbarnum
    Participant
    #98308
    ctbarnum
    Participant
    #98309
    John Day
    Participant

    Thanks Dr.D. False Flag Details from Donbass, where the river is poisoned and people have to carry water in bottles. https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/01/11/expect-escalation-of-conflict-in-donbass-and-ukraine-soon-says-foreign-correspondent-embedded-in-ukrainian-anti-fascist-brigade/

    #98310
    those darned kids
    Participant

    that’s already been ripped down, ctb. someone filmed them doing so.

    #98311
    those darned kids
    Participant

    holy moly. i checked out the number; this looks legit.
    additionally, read the tweet from dr. aseem maholtra, the cardiologist, immediately below.

    https://twitter.com/theysayitsrare/status/1483017272058863617?cxt=HHwWgoCzjcCW3pQpAAAA

    #98312
    ctbarnum
    Participant

    @tdk

    We knew it would be, it’s the fact it got up in the first place.

    #98313
    those darned kids
    Participant
    #98314
    zerosum
    Participant

    Too late
    Health Canada approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 therapeutic pills
    Omicron takes 5 days
    Omicron is over in 10 day
    Vitamines and IVM will help you for the next 10 days with your drippy nose
    If you are admitted into the hospital, its too late

    #98316
    Dora
    Participant

    Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks” reimagined for the covid madness age – very good.

    #98319
    John Day
    Participant

    Oh, I’m having trouble getting things to post again. Subversive links, I suppose. AI rejecting them. “COVID Vaccine Causes Suicide” post is up, with a picture of attic insulation getting installed (Woo-Hoo!)
    https://www.johndayblog.com/2022/01/covid-vaccine-causes-suicide.html
    https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSRdWkiE0KpEYG34f2a9iHGDHVsPZY_tVlTFyfCWatNcTwP1oQ6lACcdXbyZmJGR7TbfFTyNHQNVJTtMLDMvH2qKhifC1GP4Q0bYIwssWvwQw4KeyFvQd1ZvXydjuwV97m3jDTQjstDD6JpoHyDemVSyEQgT31T27xryg1vXWHdBjf1rd1mUSZ278qAQ=w514-h685

    #98322
    John Day
    Participant

    Even links obtained at this site will not post one-at-a-time.
    The “Suicide by COVID vaccine” story from France will not post as a link.

    I’ll try the Pfizer 6 month data story next.

    #98323
    John Day
    Participant

    ​ ​It’s pretty clear that the placebo patients were doing way better until they were “unblinded” and most of them got the Pfizer vaccine. Take a look.
    Pfizer 6 Month Data Shows COVID Shots May “Cause More Illness than They Prevent”: Canadian Doctors and Scientists
    ​ ​An alliance of more than 500 independent Canadian doctors, professors, scientists and health care practitioners have come together to form the Canadian COVID Care Alliance. Throughout this pandemic they’ve been committed to providing an evidence-based approach with regards to informing the Canadian public about all things COVID.
    ​ ​Their list of representatives include PhDs in Immunogenetics, Immunology, Molecular Virology, Viral Immunology, Pharmacology, Biomedical Research, Biochemistry, Bioanalytics, practicing family doctors, MDs and more.
    ​ ​The alliance recently released a PDF showing that, according to them, the Pfizer 6 month data shows that their COVID inoculations “cause more illness than they prevent.” The PDF is called “The Pfizer Inoculations For COVID-19: More Harm Than Good”

    Pfizer 6 Month Data Shows COVID Shots May “Cause More Illness than They Prevent”: Canadian Doctors and Scientists

    #98324
    John Day
    Participant

    Kids with pus in their brains that has to be drained. “Headaches”, comas.. Neurosurgeons notice the sudden increase in “rare” cases.
    .Intracranial infection cases up 60-fold since vaccines rolled out
    But it can’t be caused by the vaccines, masks, or swabs since all are “safe and effective” according to the CDC. My experts think it is all 3. Infectious disease docs say nothing is wrong, ignore it.
    https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/intracranial-infection-cases-up-60

    ​Divisions this severe do not last forever.​ Some consensus must be reached. Americans traditionally favor individual freedoms.
    ​ ​A new Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 48% of voters favor President Joe Biden’s plan to impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on the employees of large companies and government agencies. That includes 33% who Strongly Favor the mandate. Forty-eight percent (48%) are opposed to Biden’s vaccine mandate, including 40% who Strongly Oppose the mandate.
    ​ ​Voters are similarly divided over the federal government’s top COVID-19 expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci. Forty-five percent (45%) view Fauci favorably, including 28% who have a Very Favorable impression of him. Forty-eight percent (48%) have an unfavorable impression of Fauci, including 34% who have a Very Unfavorable view of him.
    ​ ​The even split among voters is the result of deep partisan divisions. While 78% of Democratic voters support the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate plan, only 22% of Republicans and 41% of voters not affiliated with either major party support the vaccine mandate. And many Democrats would support even harsher measures, including fines for Americans who won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine and criminal punishment for vaccine critics.
    https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/partner_surveys/jan_2022/covid_19_democratic_voters_support_harsh_measures_against_unvaccinated

    ​Charles Hugh Smith, Politics Is Dead; Here’s What Killed It.​
    ​ ​Representational democracy–a.k.a. politics as a solution to social and economic problems–has passed away. It did not die a natural death. Politics developed a cancer very early in life (circa the early 1800s), caused by wealth outweighing public opinion. This cancer spread slowly but metastasized in the past few decades, spreading to every nook and cranny of our society and economy as “democracy” devolved into an invitation-only auction of elections and political favors.​..
    1. The Federal Reserve transferred trillions of dollars of unearned wealth into the feeding troughs of the super-wealthy and corporations, vastly increasing the wealth the top 0.01% had to buy elections and favors…
    2. The Supreme Court betrayed the nation’s representative democracy by labeling corporations buying elections and political favors a form of “free speech.”…
    3. The two political parties betrayed their traditional voter bases to kneel at the altar of corporate / elite wealth, wealth which bought elections and political favors… just as the Democratic Party tossed the working class overboard to the sharks, the Republican Party walked small business off the gangplank right into the voracious jaws of cartels and globalized, financialized corporate sharks.​
    ​ To cloak their betrayal and treachery, the parties have pursued a divide-and-conquer distraction game, pushing half the nation into one-size-fits-all “enemies lists” with labels that have lost all meaning other than as means to promote divisiveness and rancor: Liberal and Conservative, socialist and capitalist, etc.​
    https://www.oftwominds.com/blogjan22/politics-dead1-22.html

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