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2020-07-12 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-12 04:22|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Im curious what the need is for a vaccine for a virus with a death rate of 0.2%. I seems to my unedgumacated mind that a peeps immune system is adequate for this. For those at risk it might be a proper choice.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2020-07-12 05:18|| 2020-07-12 05:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Of course, some are still in denial phase.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-12 05:25|| 2020-07-12 05:25|| Front Page Top

#3 "Now, as the government ghoulishly prioritizes the economy over American lives..."

I stopped reading right there.

Posted by Dave D. 2020-07-12 05:36|| 2020-07-12 05:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Bully for you!

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-12 05:44|| 2020-07-12 05:44|| Front Page Top

#5 "Now, as the government ghoulishly prioritizes the economy over American lives..."

I'd like someone to explain to me why this version of the flu virus (and few or none of its predecessors) requires killing large swaths of the world's economies.

Posted by Raj 2020-07-12 06:54|| 2020-07-12 06:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Some have argued climate change agenda was flailing, and this plandemic gave it a boost. Listen to the nonsense coming out of AOC's & Pelosi's mouths and also Europe. Also a "sudden" push to digitize currencies (Europe & Pelosi again). Other items as well. Something is horribly rotten in the state of Denmark.

Posted by Clem 2020-07-12 07:35|| 2020-07-12 07:35|| Front Page Top

#7 The long pandemic, indeed. Per the 'historians' at the CDC The 1968 pandemic was caused by an influenza A (H3N2) virus ... The H3N2 virus continues to circulate worldwide as a seasonal influenza A virus.

Posted by Bobby 2020-07-12 08:00|| 2020-07-12 08:00|| Front Page Top

#8 Ref #6: A porch squirrel told me just yesterday that "the globalist agenda is all that will save us." Some people don't hold much stock in porch squirrels, but this one is seldom wrong about anything.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-07-12 08:02|| 2020-07-12 08:02|| Front Page Top

#9 G - your Catastrophe Celebration™ is tiresome and self-destructive. F off

Posted by Frank G 2020-07-12 08:36|| 2020-07-12 08:36|| Front Page Top

#10 @#8 - Keep feeding that squirrel, B!

Posted by Clem 2020-07-12 08:41|| 2020-07-12 08:41|| Front Page Top

#11 #9 Cancel culture comes to the "right"?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-12 08:43|| 2020-07-12 08:43|| Front Page Top

#12 So you're a victim now? Right

Posted by Frank G 2020-07-12 08:44|| 2020-07-12 08:44|| Front Page Top

#13 ^p.s. Frank, do you know what happened to Lex? He suddenly stopped posting.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-12 08:50|| 2020-07-12 08:50|| Front Page Top

#14 Nope.

Posted by Frank G 2020-07-12 08:52|| 2020-07-12 08:52|| Front Page Top

#15 g(r)on, I was wondering the same about Lex the other day. Hope he didn't get frustrated. One poster thinks Lex and I are the same. LOL, ridiculous.

Posted by Clem 2020-07-12 08:56|| 2020-07-12 08:56|| Front Page Top

#16 I never thought that, Klement.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-12 08:57|| 2020-07-12 08:57|| Front Page Top

#17 /\ Je sais, grom...it is someone else.

Posted by Clem 2020-07-12 09:00|| 2020-07-12 09:00|| Front Page Top

#18 This is the far lefts best chance to cripple mid America into the welfare state the coastal cities have become.

Posted by 49 Pan 2020-07-12 12:41|| 2020-07-12 12:41|| Front Page Top

#19 Lex departed graciously.
The serial agitator is still here.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-07-12 14:02|| 2020-07-12 14:02|| Front Page Top

#20 Lockdown was a mistake and the virus is vastly overblown in terms of threat.

It's as simple as that.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-07-12 14:04|| 2020-07-12 14:04|| Front Page Top

#21 @ #19 - NICE!!

Posted by Clem 2020-07-12 14:06|| 2020-07-12 14:06|| Front Page Top

#22 No thanks.

Now, as the government ghoulishly prioritizes the economy over American lives

If the WuFlu is the nightmare as advertised, there would be no need for scare sentences.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-07-12 15:14|| 2020-07-12 15:14|| Front Page Top

#23 do you know what happened to Lex?

Lex got tired of refighting the same battles about the coronavirus, and took a vacation before he said something we’d all regret — on the opposite side of the argument as you, g(r)omgoru.

My personal position is that both sides are right, and it would be very helpful if all involved could apply their serious intelligence and deep knowledge to work on ways to accommodate both sets of very real needs instead of staking out maximalist positions and refusing to budge.

If the solution should happen to involve isolating all Black Bloc activists on Alcatraz for the duration, regardless the banner they happen to be doing the usual under, I am open to throwing a dinner party as a reward. Y’all have been upsetting me.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-07-12 15:23|| 2020-07-12 15:23|| Front Page Top

#24 Hope Lex comes back. He will, when he is good and ready, methinks.

Posted by Clem 2020-07-12 15:24|| 2020-07-12 15:24|| Front Page Top

#25 Sad to hear you were being worn down, TW. Lex stepping back will be good for Lex.

Question to all: I read the other day (and failed to bookmark it) that the Chinese virus is no longer a 'pandemic', and is falling to marginal epidemic status. Does anyone else recall this news item? It was in a CDC statement, iirc.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2020-07-12 16:21|| 2020-07-12 16:21|| Front Page Top

#26 Yes, I read that as well.

Posted by Dave D. 2020-07-12 16:44|| 2020-07-12 16:44|| Front Page Top

#27 Pretty sure the DNC and G(r)om issued a joint statement denying that :-)

Posted by Frank G 2020-07-12 16:54|| 2020-07-12 16:54|| Front Page Top

#28 Dave D, Whiskey Mike, the article is

COVID-19 May Soon Lose Status as an 'Epidemic' Under CDC Guidelines

A PJ Media piece. I posted it on the 8th. There is a search thingy on each page in the right margin above the list of most recent commenters. Enter your desired key words, and you’ll get clickable articles back in 100 piece lots. I use it so often I have the search page saved in my favourites. Nota bene: it only searches the text within articles, not comments.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-07-12 17:08|| 2020-07-12 17:08|| Front Page Top

#29 Thanks, TW!

Posted by Dave D. 2020-07-12 17:11|| 2020-07-12 17:11|| Front Page Top

#30 Thank you very much, TW.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2020-07-12 19:13|| 2020-07-12 19:13|| Front Page Top

#31 For me,
In February it made sense to call the fire department.

In April, I was wondering why we were ventilating the roof for a smoking power outlet.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-07-12 21:27|| 2020-07-12 21:27|| Front Page Top

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