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-Land of the Free
VictorDavis Hansen : Was COVID-19 Our Neutron Bomb?
Long, but as always VDH is worth it. Here are the beginning and end, to entice you to click on the link:
[AmericanGreatness] In the 1970s and 1980s, furor arose over our possible use of the "neutron bomb" that macabrely would "kill people, but not destroy property." The logic of the perverse weapon was that on allied and friendly European ground, outnumbered defensive NATO troops might radiate and destroy invading masses of Soviet armored troops by periodic detonations of low-yield thermonuclear shells, rockets, and bombs.

The ensuing blasts of heat would sear flesh, but would lack commensurate repercussion power to destroy most structures and buildings, and leave far smaller toxic radiation trails. In eerie Strangelovian terms, once the enemy was finished off, returning friendly troops and populations could sort their way among the mass dead to find their infrastructure intact—without "collateral" damage or fear of serious radiation sickness.

In some ways, COVID-19 was our neutron bomb. When we reach the now politically incorrect, taboo term "herd immunity" through vaccinations and antibodies, and when the virus ceases to be a pandemic, the lethal tally may have exceeded 600,000 Americans.
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Posted by: 746 || 03/04/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The lies continue...
People killed because of Covid is not same of people killed with Covid.
Posted by: Thorong Grundy1520 || 03/04/2021 0:50 Comments || Top||

#2  We also need to wait and see if the "vax" is worse than the virus.
Posted by: warthogswife || 03/04/2021 11:37 Comments || Top||

#3  My wife is convinced our "Blue" state voter rolls are being compared with vaccine signer-uppers.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 03/04/2021 21:42 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Afghanistan: The U.S. Wasted Billions On Buildings & Vehicles
[ZERO] A report released by The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (known as SIGAR) has found that the United States wasted billions of dollars on capital assets such as buildings, motor vehicles and aircraft in Afghanistan.

SIGAR conducts audits, inspections and investigations to ensure U.S. taxpayer money invested in reconstruction is spent efficiently and the agency aims to prevent waste, fraud and abuse of funding. The picture is not a good one, as Statista's Niall McCarthy notes, by the end of 2020, SIGAR reported that the U.S. has appropriated around $143.27 for relief and construction in the war-torn country since 2002 with the cost distributed across four key areas - security ($88.32 billion), governance and development ($35.95 billion), civilian operations ($14.87 billion) and humanitarian aid ($4.13 billion).

Posted by: Besoeker || 03/04/2021 07:40 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Buildings and vehicles? The entire effort was a waste and the waste continues.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/04/2021 7:44 Comments || Top||

#2  In 2001 there was news coverage of entire semi trailer loads of wrapped $100 bills being landed at Bagram, courtesy of Uncle Sam.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 || 03/04/2021 8:43 Comments || Top||

#3  Hey, maybe if they keep fighting the war they'll win. One of these decades.
Posted by: Sheger Thromotch7944 || 03/04/2021 8:43 Comments || Top||

#4  Thank you G. Bush.
Posted by: irish rage boy || 03/04/2021 11:05 Comments || Top||

#5  Thank you G. Bush.
Posted by: irish rage boy || 03/04/2021 11:05 Comments || Top||

#6  Halliburton to the rescue
Posted by: 746 || 03/04/2021 11:12 Comments || Top||

#7  Thank you G. Bush...thought it was worth repeating again.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 03/04/2021 12:06 Comments || Top||

#8  This was post 9/11 danegeld.

Since there was no repeat attack it wasn't wasted.

</sarc>
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 || 03/04/2021 14:31 Comments || Top||

#9  only took 20 years to come to this conclusion? Man, these ppl who are smarter than me are kinda slow.
Posted by: Chris || 03/04/2021 21:51 Comments || Top||

#10  Fortune Cookie: You are showing growth intellectually, knowing your limits Today is a Step in the Direction of Wisdom for Tomorrow.
Posted by: Snakes Owning Crissa9361 || 03/04/2021 23:18 Comments || Top||

#11 


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Have a Sigar Cigar -

Dawn Has Broken Over MarbleHead
Posted by: Sloth Spring1836 || 03/04/2021 23:26 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
China Joe calls Texas, Mississippi Governors of neanderthals for ending mask mandate (video)
[GP] Joe Biden trashed Texas and Mississippi governors for reopening their states and ending mask mandates.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) on Tuesday announced all businesses in the state can reopen 100% and ended the statewide mask mandate.

"So today, I’m issuing a new executive order that rescinds most of the earlier executive orders. Effective next Wednesday, all businesses of any type are allowed to open 100%....also, I am ending the statewide mask mandate," Abbott said from Lubbock.

"Today’s announcement ensures Texans can tap into their own self reliance to seize the opportunities our state has to offer," said Abbott as he ended his presser. "God bless the State of Texas.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/04/2021 00:33 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  If anyone knows what a neanderthal is, it's a democrat,
Posted by: badanov || 03/04/2021 0:37 Comments || Top||

#2 

Joe we just got your results back from 23 & me, you know the DNA people.

(Hands Joe an envelope)

(Joe opens the envelope)

Posted by: Biden Sh*ting2021 || 03/04/2021 1:40 Comments || Top||

#3  The local news was full of people who disagreed with Abbott's order. Most said they would continue to wear masks or require others to wear them in their establishments.

Those that want to mask still can. Some who refuse to do so will be turned away at some places of business.

But the Governor will not stand in the way of a return to normal. I like that.
Posted by: Bobby || 03/04/2021 7:10 Comments || Top||

#4  Thousands of natural experiments now underway. Soon we'll have tons of solid empirical evidence to test the Corona freaks' propositinnthat masks which can't stop ash and other particulates can somehow miraculously block airborne droplets that are 10 or 20 times smaller.
Posted by: Marilyn Peacock8801 || 03/04/2021 10:44 Comments || Top||

#5  Texas just went through a week of extreme isolation because of the icy roads and storms. Keep an eye on folks that clustered in community warmth areas and the rest should have flattened the curve well enough.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 03/04/2021 10:50 Comments || Top||

#6  A place of business should have the right to require masks in their premises. Just as i have the right to not enter.
Posted by: irish rage boy || 03/04/2021 11:02 Comments || Top||

#7  Immigrants coming into the state with Wuhan will cause a spike which will be blamed on Abbott opening up too soon and not following the science.
Posted by: bman || 03/04/2021 11:54 Comments || Top||

#8  What a baboon!
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 || 03/04/2021 12:05 Comments || Top||

#9  You just gotta appreciate the high level political discourse, right up there with Churchill.
Posted by: Raj || 03/04/2021 16:21 Comments || Top||

#10  Sleep tight, Sleepy Joe.

Posted by: Clem || 03/04/2021 18:55 Comments || Top||

#11  Excluse me, I represent that remark, and when you say such vile things, You insult ME, MY wife and MY children

You, you, you Homo Sapien !

May you be "buggered" by a DOG ...

Man's Best Friend

in deed, You cross species breeder.

Posted by: Spikes Shaper8177 || 03/04/2021 23:42 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
This Chart Reveals That Humans Have A Mating Season Based on Birth, Conception Data
[Fatherly] Do humans have a mating season? On the surface, it may seem like a silly question, as couples can decide to make a tiny human whenever they damn well please. However, a deep dive into the numbers show that this question may not be as ridiculous as it initially sounds and, in fact, data seems to indicate that there are actually specific times of the year where people are more likely to engage in the ancient and sacred art of reproduction, based largely on where you live.

Visme, a company that provides data visualization tools, gathered worldwide birth data between 2000-2015, which was provided by the UN, in order to create several charts which show countries’ most common birth months. The biggest takeaway is that, for the most part, the higher a country’s latitude, the earlier its peak birth month, as countries in the Northern Hemisphere see the highest number of births in July, August, and September.

And as you move down the map, the birth months move as well, with countries in the middle latitude or the "tropical zone" tend to see their births peak at the end of the year, when things are still warm. Meanwhile, countries in the Southern Hemisphere register their highest number of births at the start of the year, in the midst of their "summers," with some pushing all the way into March, April, or May.

Of course, for a baby to be born, they first have to be made, and Visme also uses its data to dive into when countries are most likely at their peak for conception. Based on the data, it’s clear that humans have a strong affinity for baby-making in the back half of the year, as 38 countries had their peak in July-December vs. only 14 countries peaking in January-June. Interestingly, April is the only month that does not appear be the peak of conceiving for any of the countries charted — so much for spring pollination.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/04/2021 07:49 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Well, not much to do in wintertime except to drink and screw.
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/04/2021 9:11 Comments || Top||

#2  "Now is the winter of our discontent"....
Posted by: CrankyOldYankee || 03/04/2021 12:16 Comments || Top||

#3  Mating season: 30 minutes after last call Friday night
Posted by: Airandee || 03/04/2021 16:58 Comments || Top||



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