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  • Here are 70 reasons why I’m against the COVID-19 lockdowns

    05/20/2020 8:29:37 AM PDT · by grundle · 8 replies
    Wordpress ^ | Last updated May 19, 2020 | Dan from Squirrel Hill
    Here are 70 reasons why I’m against the COVID-19 lockdowns 1) Sweden did not have a lockdown.Experts predicted that it would have 40,000 COVID-19 deaths by May 1.The actual number was 2,769.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/05/sweden-suppressed-infection-rates-without-lockdown/2) Nobel Prize-winning scientist shares COVID-19 data showing strict lockdowns were an overreaction.“the damage done by lockdown will exceed any saving of lives by a huge factor’”https://www.theblaze.com/news/nobel-prize-winning-scientist-shares-covid-19-data-showing-strict-lockdowns-were-an-overreaction3) Keep parks open. The benefits of fresh air outweigh the risks of infection:https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/13/keep-parks-open-benefits-fresh-air-outweigh-risks-infection/4) Dr. Deborah Birx:“I think we underestimated, very early on, the number of asymptomatic cases. And I think we’re really beginning to understand there are people that get infected — that...
  • Five more reasons I’m against the lockdown

    05/19/2020 8:25:21 PM PDT · by grundle · 3 replies
    Wordpress ^ | May 19, 2020 | Dan from Squirrel Hill
    Five more reasons I’m against the lockdown My complete list can be read here: Here are 70 reasons why I’m against the COVID-19 lockdownsHere are my five new entries:66) Risk of coronavirus spreading in schools is ‘extremely low’ study findshttps://www.yahoo.com/news/risk-coronavirus-spreading-schools-extremely-194143983.html67) Stanford University doctor: ‘You are mistaken’ if you think coronavirus lockdowns provide safetyhttps://www.theblaze.com/news/stanford-university-doctor-mistaken-coronavirus-lockdowns68) CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins caught removing face mask when she thought camera was off The mask is for show? pic.twitter.com/XnRLiEJ1L5— Power Tie (@realPowerTie) May 15, 2020 https://nypost.com/2020/05/16/cnn-reporter-caught-removing-face-mask-when-she-thought-camera-was-off/69) Totalitarian Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf just forced my dental hygienist to cancel my 6 month teeth cleaningBy Daniel Alman (aka Dan...
  • Jean Craig, "Tillacum" Has Passed Away

    05/19/2020 4:03:11 PM PDT · by Jemian · 44 replies
    Adams' Funeral Home ^ | May 19, 2o2o
    Jean McLeod Craig June 7, 1930 – May 19, 2020 On May 19, 2020 Jean slipped the surly bonds of earth, put out her hand and touched the face of God. A memorial service is planned for 11:00 am, Saturday, May 30, 2020 at Adams Funeral Home. Jean was born on June 7, 1930 on her father’s fishing boat halfway between Ketchikan, Alaska and Prince Edward Island. Jean was the oldest of 13 children and was proud of her Alaska Native Heritage. She was a Haida in the Eagle Frog clan and worked in a cannery as a teenager and...
  • How do you think the mainstream media, politicians, celebrities, etc will react if Donald Trump officially recognized Taiwan (Republic of China)?

    05/19/2020 1:34:13 AM PDT · by wanganghi · 37 replies
    With all the coronavirus issues going on, outsourcing manufacturing jobs to China, WHO and China's relations, most if not all high profile people/organizations kowtowing to China, etc. How would these people especially the mainstream media will react if Donald Trump officially recognized Taiwan (officially known as Republic of China)?
  • Totalitarian Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf just forced my dental hygienist to cancel my 6 month teeth cleaning!

    05/18/2020 9:29:00 AM PDT · by grundle · 31 replies
    Wordpress ^ | May 18, 2020 | Dan from Squirrel Hill
    Totalitarian Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf just forced my dental hygienist to cancel my 6 month teeth cleaning! I’m 49 years old. I’ve lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania my entire life. I’ve been getting my teeth cleaned at the same dental practice ever since I was a little kid in the 1970s.My 6 month teeth cleaning had been scheduled for tomorrow.But they just called to tell me that it has has been canceled, because they are “not allowed” to do teeth cleaning at this point in time.There are really only four people who should have any role in the decision making for this:...
  • Here are 65 reasons why I’m against the COVID-19 lockdowns

    05/18/2020 5:55:37 AM PDT · by grundle · 6 replies
    Wordpress ^ | Last updated May 17, 2020 | Dan from Squirrel Hill
    Here are 65 reasons why I’m against the COVID-19 lockdowns 1) Sweden did not have a lockdown.Experts predicted that it would have 40,000 COVID-19 deaths by May 1.The actual number was 2,769.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/05/sweden-suppressed-infection-rates-without-lockdown/2) Nobel Prize-winning scientist shares COVID-19 data showing strict lockdowns were an overreaction.“the damage done by lockdown will exceed any saving of lives by a huge factor’”https://www.theblaze.com/news/nobel-prize-winning-scientist-shares-covid-19-data-showing-strict-lockdowns-were-an-overreaction3) Keep parks open. The benefits of fresh air outweigh the risks of infection:https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/13/keep-parks-open-benefits-fresh-air-outweigh-risks-infection/4) Dr. Deborah Birx:“I think we underestimated, very early on, the number of asymptomatic cases. And I think we’re really beginning to understand there are people that get infected — that...
  • (vanity) TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS ('50S) - ROUND 4

    05/17/2020 5:09:25 PM PDT · by the OlLine Rebel · 56 replies
    me | 5/17/20 | me
    ROUND 4 OF THE '50S TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS COMMENCES! Votes due: Sunday, May 24 @ 6:00 pm Eastern. 16 songs, 8 pairs, 8 winners! Vote for your favorite in each pair listed. No reply, no vote. (You may abstain from some pairs but please don't overdo it! No onesies, please, or anything less than half!) Any ties will be broken with a run-off which will end the following Monday. Format: Billboard rank/seed - year - song title - act
  • Dirty Harry's blood-soaked San Francisco was a terrifying reality

    05/17/2020 2:02:37 PM PDT · by Rummyfan · 85 replies
    SF Gate ^ | 17 May 2020 | Andrew Chamings
    A shutdown can do weird things to your brain, like make you decide to rewatch 10 hours of Clint Eastwood prowling around San Francisco with a big gun blasting the hell out of any punk in his way. Don Siegel's iconic 1971 San Francisco bloodbath "Dirty Harry" is heralded as one of the greatest crime thrillers of all time. Seeing it (and the four sequels) in 2020 is a tough watch. It is thrilling, and does include a lot of crime, but it's also a right wing fantasy with unapologetic fascist tendencies. The movie also sheds a timely light on...
  • Ocasio-Cortez apparently blames Trump for the fact that NY and NJ forced nursing homes to admit patients who had tested positive for COVID-19. And she apparently doesn’t know that FL's sunshine is good for your immune system. And...

    05/17/2020 10:24:06 AM PDT · by grundle · 16 replies
    Wordpress ^ | May 17, 2020 | Dan from Squirrel Hill
    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez apparently blames Trump for the fact that New York and New Jersey forced nursing homes to admit patients who had tested positive for COVID-19. And she apparently doesn’t know that Florida’s sunshine is good for your immune system. And she apparently thinks Florida’s death rate is higher than New York’s and New Jersey’s. Wow!Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gets so many different things wrong in the video below.As I have explained here and here, New York and New Jersey both required nursing homes to admit patients who had tested positive for COVID-19. This caused the disease to spread, and infect, and kill,...
  • And still even more proof that the lockdown is a scam! Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of Illinois Department of Public Health, said, “… if you died of clear alternative cause, but you had COVID at the same time, it’s still listed as a COVID death…”

    05/17/2020 8:37:56 AM PDT · by grundle · 18 replies
    Wordpress ^ | May 17, 2020 | Dan from Squirrel Hill
    And still even more proof that the lockdown is a scam! Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of Illinois Department of Public Health, said, “… if you died of clear alternative cause, but you had COVID at the same time, it’s still listed as a COVID death…” They keep giving me more and more things to add to my list: Here are 56 reasons why I’m against the COVID-19 lockdownsHere’s the newest one that I just found out about:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljpHugKNcoIThe video’s description states: (the bolding is mine)Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of Illinois Department of Public Health, explains how extremely broadly deaths count as...
  • Here are 56 reasons why I’m against the COVID-19 lockdowns

    05/16/2020 5:47:22 PM PDT · by grundle · 7 replies
    Wordpress ^ | Last updated May 14, 2020 | Dan from Squirrel Hill
    Here are 56 reasons why I’m against the COVID-19 lockdowns 1) Sweden did not have a lockdown.Experts predicted that it would have 40,000 COVID-19 deaths by May 1.The actual number was 2,769.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/05/sweden-suppressed-infection-rates-without-lockdown/2) Nobel Prize-winning scientist shares COVID-19 data showing strict lockdowns were an overreaction.“the damage done by lockdown will exceed any saving of lives by a huge factor’”https://www.theblaze.com/news/nobel-prize-winning-scientist-shares-covid-19-data-showing-strict-lockdowns-were-an-overreaction3) Keep parks open. The benefits of fresh air outweigh the risks of infection:https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/13/keep-parks-open-benefits-fresh-air-outweigh-risks-infection/4) Dr. Deborah Birx:“I think we underestimated, very early on, the number of asymptomatic cases. And I think we’re really beginning to understand there are people that get infected — that...
  • I created this anti-lockdown meme. It’s a photograph from the 1969 Woodstock music festival, which took place during a flu pandemic that killed more than 100,000 people in the U.S., and more than 1 million worldwide.

    05/16/2020 5:26:25 PM PDT · by grundle · 71 replies
    Wordpress ^ | May 16, 2020 | Dan from Squirrel Hill
    I created this anti-lockdown meme. It’s a photograph from the 1969 Woodstock music festival, which took place during a flu pandemic that killed more than 100,000 people in the U.S., and more than 1 million worldwide. You can see a bigger version at this link: https://imgflip.com/i/41quz7It says:The 1969 Woodstock music festival took place during a flu pandemic that killed more than 100,000 people in the U.S., and more than 1 million worldwide.Schools, restaurants, and movie theaters also remained open.
  • Poll: Do you think they should have canceled the 1969 Woodstock music festival because of the 1969 flu pandemic that killed more than 100,000 people in the U.S., and more than 1 million worldwide?

    05/16/2020 3:02:55 PM PDT · by grundle · 60 replies
    Wordpress ^ | May 16, 2020 | Dan from Squirrel Hill
    Poll: Do you think they should have canceled the 1969 Woodstock music festival because of the 1969 flu pandemic that killed more than 100,000 people in the U.S., and more than 1 million worldwide?
  • Government, #Coronavirus and the Murder of Small Businesses! [Excellent two minute video by Stefan Molyneux]

    05/16/2020 11:26:25 AM PDT · by grundle
    YouTube ^ | May 16, 2020 | Stefan Molyneux
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA9zQez5DOI
  • THE WEEK IN PICTURES: LOCKDOWN OR LOCKOUT EDITION

    05/16/2020 5:51:43 AM PDT · by Rummyfan · 10 replies
    Powerline ^ | 16 May 2020 | Steven Hayward
    When does a quarantine lockdown become a government-imposed lockout for American business? Who could have imagined a time when a “job action” would come to mean going to work? And yet here we are. But millions are dying!, says Slow Joe Biden.
  • This COVID-19 meme quote from Handmaid’s Tale is spot-on accurate. And the person is even wearing a mask over her mouth!

    05/15/2020 6:57:42 PM PDT · by grundle · 35 replies
    Wordpress ^ | May 15, 2020 | Dan from Squirrel Hill commenting on someone else's meme
    This COVID-19 meme quote from Handmaid’s Tale is spot-on accurate. And the person is even wearing a mask over her mouth! I found this meme at this link. Click on the link to see a bigger version: https://i.redd.it/pdhed3wxszy41.pngIt says:“That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn’t even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn’t even an enemy you could put your finger on.”I don’t watch this show. But wow! That quote is about as accurate as it gets! And she’s even wearing a...
  • Scott Adams: Is every risk factor for #COVID19 a Vitamin D deficiency in disguise?

    05/15/2020 9:11:54 AM PDT · by grundle · 73 replies
    Wordpress and Twitter ^ | May 8 and May 15, 2020 | Dan from Squirrel Hill commenting on comments by Scott Adams
    Scott Adams: Is every risk factor for #COVID19 a Vitamin D deficiency in disguise? Scott Adams: just brought up this really great point at Twitter. This is what he said:Is every risk factor for #COVID19 a Vitamin D deficiency in disguise? Google it: old, overweight, black, diabetic, smog dwellers, nursing homes, prisons, shaded NYC streets, Chinese urban dwellers, covered body parts (Iran). All would have vitamin D issues.Maybe we only think the heat and sunlight and humidity are what makes most viruses fade in summer. I believe science is not entirely sure why summer helps. All four variables seem promising,...
  • Remy: Surfin' USA (Beach Boys Lockdown Parody)

    05/15/2020 7:54:35 AM PDT · by grundle · 8 replies
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r-6s6cRGgA
  • [Vanity] Screen Shots

    05/14/2020 10:37:50 PM PDT · by TBP · 22 replies
    Me | Now | Me
    How does one capture a screen shot of a website, or a Twitter page? Apparently, using the function doesn't work.
  • Cyril H. Wecht, one of the country’s most well regarded doctors, has made an excellent argument against the lockdown [Full text from Dr. Wecht. No paywall.]

    05/14/2020 9:29:37 PM PDT · by grundle · 13 replies
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via wordpress ^ | May 14, 2020 | Cyril H. Wecht
    This is one of the best arguments against the lockdown that I have read, and it is written by one of the country’s most well regarded doctors.