The Automatic Earth

Fear is the New Smart

Mar 062021

March 6, 2021 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 2:41 pm Finance Tagged with: anti-vaxxers, book bans, Buddha, COVID, denial, experiment, fear, mRNA, science, Smart, vaccine 32 Responses »

Auguste Renoir The umbrellas 1881-6 The Washington Post said recently: “The anti-vaccine movement is comparable to domestic terrorism, and must be treated that way”, while the Guardian had this: “When it comes to shifting attitudes to vaccines, it is crucial to distinguish between public information campaigns that seek to educate the public and those that seek to persuade them,” said Philipp Schmid, a behavioural scientist researching vaccine scepticism at the University of Erfurt. “[..] if you don’t

Debt Rattle March 6 2021

Mar 062021

March 6, 2021 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:02 am Finance Tagged with: COVID, Cuomo, green energy, ivermectin, minimum wage, mortality, obesity, UBI, vaccine, Winnie the Pooh 14 Responses »

Vincent van Gogh Lane near Arles 1888 • The Trial of Winnie the Pooh (Jim Kunstler) • 88% Of COVID Deaths Are In Countries With Over Half Of People Overweight (ZH) • UK Scientist: Substantial Degree Of Covid Mortality Inevitable In Future (G.) • Russia’s 3rd Vaccine Uses Classic ‘Dead Virus’ Technology (RT) • Ivermectin Does Not Alleviate Mild Covid-19 Symptoms – Study (NYT) • Europe Divided Over Covid Passports (Kern) • The Political Economy of Covid-19 Vaccines (IF)

Debt Rattle March 5 2021

Mar 052021

March 5, 2021 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:29 am Finance Tagged with: Biden, BLM, Capitol, deflation, Gogol, lockdown, Manchin, minimum wage, vaccines, waste, WHO 41 Responses »

Vincent van Gogh Landscape with House and Ploughman 1889 • Covid Vaccine Ads Aim To Influence Without Alienating People (G.) • Does Social Solidarity Only Count When It Gets Us Back To The Pub? (Cook) • eBay Bans Sale Of Some Dr. Seuss Books (DW) • WHO Inspectors ‘To Scrap Interim Report’ On Probe Of COVID Origin (AlJ) • Majority of Brits Say They Will “Miss” Some or Many Aspects of Lockdown (SN) • Capitol Police Requests National Guard

Covid Rattle March 4 2021

Mar 042021

March 4, 2021 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 11:31 am Health Tagged with: adverse event, Big Pharma, Brazil, HCQ, ivermectin, mRNA, self harm, Sputnik V, Texas, vaccine, variant, Vitamin D 32 Responses »

Francisco Goya The Dog 1819-23 • Biden Slams “Neanderthal-Thinking” Over Texas, Mississippi COVID Policy (ZH) • 16 States Are Now Following The Science (Schachtel) • The War on ‘Misinformation’ Claims Two Victims (Pfeiffer) • Brazil’s Covid Outbreak Is Global Threat, Opens Door To Lethal Variants (G.) • Vaccines Tweaked For Covid Variants Fast-Tracked Safely – UK Regulator (G.) • Injuries Reported to CDC After COVID Vaccines Climb by 4,000 in One Week (CHD) • 34 Spontaneous Miscarriages, Stillbirths After

Debt Rattle March 4 2021

Mar 042021

March 4, 2021 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 9:30 am Finance Tagged with: Biden, Capitol, COVID relief, inflation, Russia, self defense, stimulus checks, Syria, Trump, wealth redistribution 34 Responses »

J.J. Grandville ‘A Comet’s Journey’, Illustration from ‘Un Autre Monde’ 1844 • It’s Time for Major Wealth Redistribution (Lee Camp) • Joe Biden Just Yanked Away Stimulus Checks From 17 Million Americans (Week) • COVID Relief Showers States With 600% Of Lost Tax Revs (ZH) • Durham File: A Documentary Roadmap To Special Counsel Probe (JTN) • Trump Eyes 2024 Run Without Mike Pence (ZH) • A Change in the Water (Ben Hunt) • When Does This Travesty of

Debt Rattle March 3 2021

Mar 032021

March 3, 2021 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 9:53 am Finance Tagged with: COVID, Cuomo, Dr. Suess, freedom, GDP, Goldilocks, herd immunity, inflation, restrictions, Tanden, vaccines, waste, white math 47 Responses »

Jean-Michel Basquiat Irony of the Negro Policeman 1981 • Texas And Mississippi Drop Covid Restrictions – Even Mask Mandates (F.) • Russian Deputy PM Golikova Predicts ‘Herd Immunity’ By End Of Summer (RT) • Microsoft, LA School District Develop COVID ‘Daily Pass’ App (DC) • Israel Launches Covid-Tracking ‘Freedom Bracelet’ (RT) • Is Europe Open For Summer? All Bets Are Off For US Travelers (F.) • EU’s Faltering COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Triggers Rebellion (G&M) • The Age of Social

Debt Rattle March 2 2021

Mar 022021

March 2, 2021 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:00 am Finance Tagged with: Bernie, Biden, Cuomo, Halper, HCQ, memes, minimum wage, normalcy, Odyssey, Russia, sanctions, Snowden 26 Responses »

Pablo Picasso Acrobat 1930 • “Did You Agree To This? Everybody’s Locked Up” – Edward Snowden (ZH) • Coronavirus Crisis Unlikely To Be Over By The End Of The Year – WHO (G.) • WHO Panel: Hydroxychloroquine Should Not Be Used To Prevent COVID-19 (Hill) • Data On Long Covid In UK Children Is Cause For Concern, Scientists Say (G.) • A Return To Normalcy Seen In November (K.) • Party Like It’s 1984 (Jim Kunstler) • US, EU

Emergency vs Humanity

Mar 012021

March 1, 2021 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 7:24 pm Finance Tagged with: apocalypse, COVID, emergengy, herd immunity, humanity, Public Health Emergency, science, trauma, vaccines 21 Responses »

Lucien Hervé The Accuser, Delhi, India 1955 As I was trying to get this article together, I read something in the Greek press just now, and wondered how far one can move goalposts without it being noticed: A Return To Normalcy Seen In November Experts say the return to normalcy will happen when “herd immunity” is achieved. For that to happen, they say, 70% of the population must be vaccinated. Then, of course, there are questions of how

Debt Rattle March 1 2021

Mar 012021

March 1, 2021 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:25 am Finance Tagged with: battlefield, Biden, Bill Gates, bitcoin, China, COVID, Cuomo, Iran, solitary quarantine, Trump, vaccine 15 Responses »

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Dance at Bougival 1883 • Guidelines To Place Children In Solitary Quarantine ‘Cruel Punishment’ (TSun) • Bill Gates Warns Post-Covid Return To Normal Could Take All 2022 (F.) • Brazil Variant May Make Foreign Summer Holidays Impossible, Ministers Told (G.) • Why “New Cases” Are Plummeting (OffG.) • Trump On 2024: ‘I May Decide To Beat Them For A Third Time’ (SAC) • Biden’s Message To Iran: The Battlefield Has Been Inaugurated (Magnier) • Cuomo Cedes Control

Debt Rattle February 28 2021

Feb 282021

February 28, 2021 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:21 am Finance Tagged with: Biden, bitcoin, Crimea, Cuomo, malaria, mRNA, Putin, rare earth, Russia, Satoshi, Sputnik V, vaccine passport 35 Responses »

Dome ceiling at the Ambassadors’ Hall in the Royal Alcazar of Seville, Spain 1427 (click to enlarge) • Vaccine Passports Are A Technical And Ethical Minefield (FT) • I’ve Had The Covid Jab – And All It Cost Me Was My Freedom (Hitchens ) • First Vaccine To Fully Immunize Against Malaria Builds On RNA Tech (AT) • Czech Leader Asks Putin For Sputnik V Vaccine Without EU Certification (RT) • Biden Says US Will ‘Never’ Accept Russia’s Annexation

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