These People Ought to be Ashamed of Themselves

Journalists and research grant grubbers set the wrong expectations.

Worth Watching: Bill Whittle, Stephen Green and Zo Rachel | Right Angle Lightning Round

Just when you think they couldn't pack any more wisdom into one video, they do another Lightning Round.

I tagged this post with Kakistocrat of the Year, because I'm pretty sure Uncle Joe is gonna be the one.

I'm a Walking, Leaky Gain-of-Function Laboratory

As a 65 year old overweight diabetic, I figured I should probably be vaccinated. I've had no noticeable negative effects so far, save for a mildly sore injection site for a day or so. And for a few weeks there, I was able to waltz into any business establishment without a mask, and say, "Yo, I'm fully immunized! I can't hurt you risk-averse cootie-phobes!" 

But then Emperor Inslee dropped the hammer again, and I have to wear a mask anyway. So no more practical advantage to being vaccinated. 

And now, we're finding out that the vaccine is 'leaky', i.e., it doesn't train our border guards to kill or fend off every invader. So the stronger variants escape, creating an even more powerful mutant. I just realized I'm actually a walking gain-of-function laboratory. Swell done, idjits!

Well... I'm Boned...

Sharyl Atkisson

I took the Pfizer COVID vaccine, not because I was mandated to, or because I believe the busybody
illiberal control freaks, but because I'm a 65 year old overweight diabetic. 

Now this: (STUDY) Why so many vaccinated people are getting sick: Antibody Dependent Enhancement (ADE). 

And of course, if the illiberal control freaks ever find out the vaccines are worse than the disease, we'll be right back to face diapers and lockdown city, for all the good that does. I think this is already happening in the People's Republic of California. 

The linked article is by Sharyl Atkisson, whom I trust explicitly and implicitly. She is one of the few true reporters left in the world. Fearless, objective and honest. 

Follow the Money (and the Dogma)

Nothing Would Surprise Me Anymore

They played us for a year in 2020; The state of fear is the new state of the state. Something better give, and soon. But the one thing I fear is that it won't. 

Stop It With the Fear Mongering!

This isn't the first heatwave we've had, and it won't be the last. The climate has always been changing. Give me a falsifiable hypothesis. The dire predictions we've had so far have been stunningly inaccurate. At some point, it's time to admit that the whole theory was bunk.

‘Jaw-dropping’ forecast is warning sign of climate change’s future impact in Washington, scientists say, says the Seattle Times. There's no excuse for this kind of political propaganda. 

Update: okay, it got up to 102.6 today, according to my weather station. I think that's hotter than I remember it ever getting around here. But that doesn't mean there's a causal link between that and human fossil fuel consumption.