All Quarked Up

A comment sparked by this: "What exactly does [Elon Musk] believe can’t be said on [Twitter] right now?"  <I>It's interesting how much free speech the opponents of free of speech already have. </I> Well, yes, that's the point. it's the point of "mask mandates" that are violated by the people imposing them (see Gov Newsom and The French Laundry). It's the point of "Covid travel restrictions" that are violated by the people imposing them )see the Mayor of Denver and Thanksgiving 2020). it's the point of "carbon restriction" pushed by people who fly private places to the "Climate Change" Conferences. The point is that the part of the US Constitution that they MOST hate is the ban on "patents of nobility". The whole point of being "elite" is that you get to do things the masses aren't allowed to do.  The greatest "sin" of America is that we let the common people do everything...

https://davidblaska.com/2021/11/28/if-republicans-are-tearing-country-apart/comment-page-1/?unapproved=70591&moderation-hash=f92e281d22e8aea656e588d17db52188#comment-70591   “Only one party turns a vigilante who killed two people … into a folk hero,” Dave indicts The only vigilantes there were the three leftists who attacked Kyle after he shot the child rapist who was trying to murder him. That was the prosecutor’s justification for why it was legitimate for them to attack Kyle, and why Kyle’s self defense against him wasn’t legitimate: because they were “attacking an active shooter”. 1: 2 minutes of running to turn yourself into the copse nd not shooting anyone, is the exact opposite of an “active shooter” 2: What they were doing was trying to kill Kyle for his “crime” of shooting one of their own thugs. Which makes them the platonic ideal of “vigilantes” Mr. Zweifel continues his trope: “Only one party … wants to limit access to the ballot.” Yes, one Party wants to “limit acc...

 "vaccine denialism" Hmm, let's think about this: 1: If the shots were actual vaccines, there would be no mask mandates for people who are vaccinated.  But there are 2: What are the effects of these "vaccines"? A: You can still die from Covid B: You can still end up in the ICU / Hospital because of Covid C: You can still be sick but not hospitalized because of Covid D: You can be asymptomatic for Covid, but still give it to other people Looks like the main thing the "vaccines" are good for is providing hosts where the Covid virus can mutate to make versions that do better against people who've had the "vaccine". 3: I've seen a couple of charts comparing Covid vaccination rate for a US State to current Covid infection rates.  None of those charts have provided a solid "more vaccinations == less cases" line.  Do you have a graph that does? 4: The CDC has been utterly dishonest in its promotion of the Covid shots.  See the KY s...

Israeli study : Natural immunity better than vaccine. The dishonest press release for the Kentucky study Kentucky Study :  Overall, 246 case-patients met eligibility requirements and were successfully matched by age, sex, and date of initial infection with 492 controls. Among the population included in the analysis, 60.6% were female, and 204 (82.9%) case-patients were initially infected during October–December 2020 ( Table 1 ). Among case-patients, 20.3% were fully vaccinated, compared with 34.3% of controls This study found that  among Kentucky residents who were previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 in 2020 , those who were unvaccinated against COVID-19 had significantly higher likelihood of reinfection during May and June 2021. This finding supports the CDC recommendation that all eligible persons be offered COVID-19 vaccination, regardless of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection status. So, the study does  not  compare "people who previously had covid" with "people who d...

 I posted this over here , in response to the post  and this argument: If Cuomo broke positive law by retaliating against women who had lodged complaints about his behavior, then those retaliation-related allegations (if true) could supply a good basis for impeachment. The COVID19 allegations are entirely different. If Cuomo chose poorly (as we now understand it) in sending elderly patients with COVID19 into nursing homes, but did so acting on the information before him and for disinterested ends (i.e., in the narrow sense of not taking any bribes), then that is a reason for voters (if they so choose) to boot him out of office, but not for the legislature to impeach. Otherwise, you are converting impeachment into an ongoing legislative vote of no confidence. As my comment still hasn't escaped moderation, I'm posting it here: "If Cuomo chose poorly (as we now understand it) in sending elderly patients with COVID19 into nursing homes, but did so acting on the information bef...

Interesting news here :   Mujahid reiterated that the Taliban have offered full amnesty to Afghans who worked for the U.S. and the Western-backed government, saying “nobody will go to their doors to ask why they helped.” He said private media should “remain independent” but that journalists “should not work against national values.” More interesting news here : KABUL, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Taliban fighters in the Afghan capital, Kabul, started collecting weapons from civilians on Monday because people no longer need them for personal protection, a Taliban official said. "We understand people kept weapons for personal safety. They can now feel safe. We are not here to harm innocent civilians," the official told Reuters. So, the Taliban wing of the Democrat Party favors gun control, and are in favor of free speech that does "not work against national values", like "tolarance" or CRT. Good to know

 How to determine the truth of a matter: 1: Go to the side the Left hates, and find out what they have to say: For example, I wanted to know what was happening with the Sheikh Jarrah controversy.  So I did a Duck Duck Go search (never use Google first, never use Google for anything political) and found this https://www.jns.org/sheikh-jarrah-a-legal-background/ 2: Then go to the side supported by the Left, and see what they have to say about the things the other side claimed. So, in this case, I went here: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-sheikh-jarrah-jerusalem-neighbourhood-eviction-explained 3: Compare What I found was that The JNS site had reported everything covered by MEE.  But while MEE stopped at the point where things were going to start going bad for them, JNS kept on going, bringing in the details that made a difference. MEE: In 2005, the Israeli court dismissed Ottoman documents presented by Suleiman Darwish Hijazi, one of the residents of Sh...