Still alive

My last post may have been a bit too negative. But I meant it.

Anyways, just wanted to say I am still here, but very busy. Monkeypox has not visited me yet.

Daily Mud's Razor

Never ascribe to coincidence that which is adequately explained by government incompetence.

 

It appears Anthony Fauci did lie about coronavirus gain-of-function research at, and the United States taxpayer funds that went to the Wuhan lab in China.

I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that the Covid-19 virus originated in that Wuhan lab. Similar to Occam and Hanlon's razors, I think the more probable and obvious explanation is government incompetence. Not only is this China's major fuckup, but the United States helped pay for it. Two 21st century superpowers and they can't even keep a virus contained. 

Who's genius idea was it to not only experiment on/create new deadly viruses, but to do so in a massive population center? I bet this person happens to be very wealthy too.

If it weren't for individuals' resilience and resourcefulness, and humankind's uncanny ability to fail upwards, I would say the world is doomed.

"NEWLY RELEASED documents provide details of US-funded research on..coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology..The Intercept has obtained more than 900 pages of documents detailing..work of..EcoHealth Alliance..at the Chinese lab.."https://t.co/n3OkFAq3kM

— Richard H. Ebright (@R_H_Ebright) September 7, 2021

Let them eat cake, and punish those who dont

The establishment response to the recent unrest (only right-leaning unrest of course) is to demand justice, make more laws prohibiting and making it more difficult to be in a state of unrest, despite them being largely responsible for the underlying cause of said unrest.

'They were a riotous mob, insurrectionists, domestic terrorists. It's that basic. It's that simple,' Biden said during an event in Wilmington, Delaware, to introduce his nominees to lead the Justice Department. 'And I wish we could say we couldn't see it coming, but that's not true. We could see it coming.'

My pessimism and familiarity with the demagoguery of Democrats leads me to believe Biden meant this as the false narrative-driven stereotypical knee-jerk assumption about right-wing protesters--that they are violent, backwards cavemen. As in caveman hate change, him smash Capitol! Whereas lefty protestors are peaceful by default, even when not.

But we non-idiots could also see it coming. Since the 4 year long hate & smear fest on Orange Man, since the hand-waving away of violent antifa riots, the perpetual lock down and earning a living became evil, since questioning a questionable election became taboo, since "deplorables."

Mr. Biden has said he plans to make a priority of passing a law against domestic terrorism, and he has been urged to create a White House post overseeing the fight against ideologically inspired violent extremists and increasing funding to combat them. (via Instapundit)

I think a bit more sensitivity and understanding, especially in the early aftermath of a pandemic, and psycho political shitstorm of the last 4 years, rather than finger wagging, can go a long way towards "unity" and healing.

But no, the left is set in their ways. "Let them eat cake!" they will shout. And if we complain about the non-existent cake, get deplatformed and maybe go to jail. Hyperbolic? I'm just following their lead, and only barely.