PS: "To be a "journalist" you must have a degree in journalism after all." Yes, that's exactly the problem. I've seen Journalism schools, and I've seen journalism majors. (TBH, there was one guy who could have been a good engineer - smart enough - who just liked writing better and went to the Journalism school. He must have had 20 IQ points on the class average. I have no idea what or how he's doing now.)

I hope we don't need the /sarc tags here, but thanks for making sure, M.

PS
"Are there no experienced, jaded White guys with Fedora hats doing the reporting anymore? "

I suspect they all drank themselves to death some time ago. They wouldn't be employable as "journalists" now anyway. To be a "journalist" you must have a degree in journalism after all.

Coming up from the mailroom? What, people actually use mail still?

/sarc

PS: Damn...

𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠, 𝑏𝑖𝑔 𝑦𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑢𝑔 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑐𝑦, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 "𝑁𝐸𝑋𝑇! 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑛𝑢𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑝 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑓 𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟!" 𝐼𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑠𝑜 𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑦. 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑦.... 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐼 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑦.

𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡, 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑛𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑜 𝐼'𝑑 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑊𝑎𝑙𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠.

https://www.amazon.com/XINGO-Zip-Handcuffs-Ties-Restraints/dp/B07CGLNZMQ

☮️

PS: "Is that supposed to be an American beach ? Where are the land-whales ?" It's another trick-photography deal. Let Steve Sailer explain the wide-angle lens trick.

No, actually, that was one his very good moments of noticing. I guess it's obvious looking that "hey, you can't tell from here how close people are", but he spelled it out and called the Lyin' Press out on this.

PS: Who exactly is tasked with Covid-testing my sewage? I could make it easier for them, and just send in the solids to the lab. "Let's go up to the lab, and see what's on the slab." "Let's not and say we did." (Shades of Rocky Horror.)


Back to Mr. Hail's comment, now that I remember that byline. Yes, it IS like the Common Cold. We may send more men to the moon, but we still can't sure that one. It comes and goes. So will this other Coronavirus.

If I were still drinking, this would be a good time to pick up a 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒 of Corona. Old joke, sorry...

PS: Hello, Adam, as with Mr. Hail's link, I really didn't want to go to the NY Times site. However, I took a look at your 2 comment screenshots.

My only regret is that I have but one body to give to my Health Czar. - Nathan, now, Natalie Hail, pronouns, xir, xim, zizzer-zazzer-zuzz.

Let me capture NY feeling: There I was, big yellow cable ties around my wrists, with the officer nicely telling me to watch my head as the pulled me out of the cruiser to go into the drug store for my mandated health treatment. They pulled me through the stationary aisle to the pharmacy, where the side of my head was gently slammed on the counter "NEXT! The doughnut shop closes in half an hour!" It felt so nice, that soothing gene therapy. I remember it like it was yesterday.... cause I took another booster yesterday.

That was about it, except they let me use my nose to punch in my phone number so I'd get my Walgreens points.

Do you think the NY Times would keep THAT comment up, Adam?

That npr one was something else too. I really cannot believe they keep on trying with this shit.

PS: Also, I think you've got that lady reporter's type nailed down pretty good, Mr. Hail. Are there no experienced, jaded White guys with Fedora hats doing the reporting anymore? We could sure use them.

PS: That's a long teaser/sub-title, and boy, does it hit all aspects of stupidity.

"You shouldn't have tested." EXACTLY! That was the mantra in '20 for me too. The one time I supposedly got tested was when the doc's office required it (already '22, I think, and a month later they didn't give a rat's hootie). Well, appointments were a month in advance, so what do you do? I'll tell you what you do: Go through the pharmacy drive-through, swipe any old thing (but my wife had put some gel in my nose that I swiped), and just pay the few bucks for this joke. Negative, baby!!

Oh, as far as not testing, this story involved a young lady we were working with out of town. She KNEW positively she had the Kung Flu (all the symptoms), and 3 of us, including her boyfriend told her in no uncertain terms, "Don't get tested!" She had mentioned doing this. "If you test positive, they (the company) will not let you get on a flight to go home for 2 weeks of something!"

She listened, and then a week later I was called up to be told that I worked with someone who had the Covid. (She tested at home, I guess.) Besides having fun with the HR lady re: the Hippo Laws. "Well, I know who it is - her name is ____." "No see, we that's a violation... blah, blah...." As we talked and I indicated that I couldn't give a (same animal's ass) about this thing, I really forgot, and at the end said "Oh, and how's _____ doing?" "I can't tell you! We'll get sued!!! Ahhhhh!" Heh, heh. ... it was all a joke to me then. I think that was already '21.

PS

Is that supposed to be an American beach ? Where are the land-whales ?

🕉

PS

Corona-nostalgia?

Not many are on the bandwagon anymore.

The Reddit "r/coronavirus" posted the story yesterday but it only got a measly sixty-some comments.

Here is one Panic bitter-ender commenting at the Reddit thread:

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JBuzz87
8h ago

i hate humanity so freaking much. 4 years locked away because politicians made medicine political, and now wearing masks can get you targeted for assault and harassment.
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Back in the early weeks of 2020, the r/Coronavirus Reddit-forum was, I believe, a major incubator for the Panic.

Here is another commenter's input:
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Konukaame
1d ago

Thankfully, I get very little pushback for still wearing a mask everywhere, but it's wild how such minor things that actually can make a difference managed to be so heavily politicized and how doing even that tiny thing means you're not "living" anymore.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/1f2djwd/on_the_covid_offramp_no_tests_isolation_or_masks/

PS: Good afternoon, Achmed!

KungFlu porn, eh?
And just in time to help sell some of the new jabs!

Because it's time for the vaxxers to take their medicine again!

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-and-authorizes-updated-mrna-covid-19-vaccines-better-protect-against-currently

https://www.cpr.org/2024/08/26/newly-updated-covid-19-vaccine-shots-what-to-know/

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/08/22/nx-s1-5082372/updated-covid-vaccines-fda-approved

(Here is a link to the article in question...)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/27/health/covid-19-tests-vaccines-masks.html

I know you don't read the NYTimes, but some of the comments are hilarious. These communists really are true believers.

The other day I was reading some of the comments under this article...
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/22/health/covid-booster-vaccines.html

(Enjoy unlimited access to all of The Times)(For Free!)
https://i.ibb.co/B6BkwYW/New-Shots-Approved.png

And I screen-shoted a couple of them...
https://i.ibb.co/JKN1KMX/Recapture-the-Feeling.png
https://i.ibb.co/wgxbLsb/My-Only-Regret.png

There are many examples of these sorts of comments.
(It's like these people live on a different planet.)

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So... They say the 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠! are on the rise...
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/15/nx-s1-5075060/covid-summer-wave-variants-vaccine

(Remember the 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠!, the 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠!, the 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠! and all those cool case counting web-portals we had back at the height of the KungFlu panic hysteria?)(Good times!)

https://covidactnow.org/

They say the 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠! are on the rise...
Because they are testing sewage...

“We’re now relying on wastewater data, because people aren’t testing. We can’t have other reliable measures,” said Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the School of Public Health at Brown University and former White House COVID-19 response coordinator in an interview with NPR’s Morning Edition. He said that based on the wastewater data, “this is turning out to be possibly the biggest summer wave we’ve had.”

Biggest Summer Wave Ever!

But... I can't help wonder, and I can't find any data either...
But who is actually catching the coof?
(My gut tells me that the vaxxers are being hit hardest.)

Could it be that antibody dependent enhancement starting to kick in?

Or... Maybe there are no 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠! at all? Maybe this is just part of an elaborate ruse to help some of the communists 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔...

And to sell a few moar KungFlu Jabs!

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Sorry about the somewhat disjointed comment.
It is what it is, though,
and I'm going to mash that Submit button anyway...

Cheers! ☮️

PS

Quote:

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On the Covid ‘Off-Ramp’: No Tests, Isolation or Masks

New York Times
August 27, 2024

"For many, Covid is increasingly regarded like the common cold. A scratchy throat and canceled plans bring a bewildering new critique from friends: You shouldn’t have tested."

_________________

What a strange story to appear in August 2024.

There is a lot that is telling even in that 'teaser,' or article-subtitle as it appears at the New York Times. Who are these people "testing" in 2024? The author clearly assumes it's a significant phenomenon.

And now for what may be the least-surprising fact of your day, dear Peak Stupidity comment-readers:

The author of the article is an early-thirties white woman. Ethnoreligious origin uncertain; put the eyes to work and judge for oneself. Name: Emily Baumgaertner.

She is definitely a relatively-young white woman (counting white broadly, encompassing possible non-Christian ancestries). She has ties to New York. She has family-ties to Yale (father a professor), where she grew up. By her accounting, she has nine years residence in Washington DC, constituting most of her adult life. Hired as a health-journalism specialist by NYT, August 2022.

With Emily Baumgaertner, dear friends, I present to you the very dictionary-definition of a cadre member of the USA's Big-Blue coalition. A topic I wrote about, some, in my anti-Kamala essay some weeks back.