- “The Real Story of the Birth of ‘Social Distancing’ – the Western Term for Lockdown (封锁)” – Michael Senger discovers CDC social distancing guidelines from 2004 and concludes that the story that ‘social distancing’ arose from a school science project “appears to be an elaborate cover story for the fact the concept was lifted directly from China’s lockdown measures during SARS in 2003”.
- “Fauci: ‘We Don’t Have Time’ to Run Clinical Trials for Updated Boosters” – The Epoch Times reports that Dr. Anthony Fauci is claiming that there was not enough time to wait for clinical trial data before clearing updated COVID-19 booster shots.
- “New Zealanders waking up to Jacinda Ardern’s ‘gross ineptitude’” – Watch: Sky News host Rita Panahi says New Zealanders are finally waking up to the “gross ineptitude” of their “lockdown happy Prime Minister”.
- “One case of monkeypox heart trouble trumps vaccine victims by the thousand” – Dr. Roger Watson in TCW Defending Freedom is not impressed by an officialdom that makes much of one cases of myocarditis linked with monkeypox but plays down the thousands linked with vaccines.
- “Sustained, as-yet unheard of excess mortality trend strikes Switzerland” – Eugyppius suggests that neither heat waves nor Covid mortality are sufficient to explain the excess deaths, which are concentrated in the over-65 age bracket.
- “Good News: European Kids Mortality Has Remained Normal in 2022” – The Swiss Doctor reports that excess mortality among youngsters was a EuroMomo baseline mistake – though there really was a worrying excess among young males in particular in late 2021.
- “A Much Larger Greenhouse Effect – But Temperatures Dominated by Cooling” – Wim Röst in WUWT demonstrates that the Earth’s greenhouse effect is highly effective and would heat the surface to 200°C, were it not for an incredibly efficient and self-stabilising water-based cooling effect that, regardless of CO2 concentration, holds the temperature at a life-conducive 15°C.
- “British Climate Divergence: Jacob Rees-Mogg Appointed Energy Minister, as Charles is Crowned King” – Eric Worrall in WUWT observes that climate champion Prince Charles is now King, yet his new energy minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has said he wants “every last drop” of oil and gas extracted from the North Sea.
- “YouTube CEO hypocrisy: Susan Wojcicki says she wants ‘as much free speech as we possibly can’” – Tom Parker on Reclaim the Net on the hypocrisy of the head of a platform that censors millions of videos each year. “If we have a lot of content that is seen as undesirable or not supporting society or not being responsible, we’ll also see pullback from our advertising community,” she explains.
- “The virtual Little Red Book: how Maoism permeated Western culture” – Dr. Niall McCrae in the New Conservative looks at the role of Maoism in the rise of censorious wokery.
- “U.K.’s Truss Says She Will ‘Tweak’ Online Safety Bill” – Newly appointed Prime Minister Liz Truss has confirmed that planned legislation to regulate online spaces will return, even as she signalled that it could be watered down in response to concerns about regulatory overreach and restrictions on free speech, the Epoch Times reports.
- “Trevor Sinclair facing calls to be sacked after controversial Queen tweet” – Sinclair’s claim that black and Asian people should not mourn came as the rest of the sport united in paying tribute to the Queen, and he has now been suspended by Talksport as it investigates, according to the Telegraph. Though of course, cancel culture is still wrong, even when race-baiting wokesters are in the crosshairs.
- “Columbia University ranked as worst for free speech” – The scorecard, reported in the Mail, comes amid a long simmering debate about free speech and deplatforming on U.S. campuses, and whether ‘snowflake’ students deserve protection from opinions they find hurtful.
- “Why was Kemi Badenoch overlooked for Education Secretary?” – Neil Davenport in Spiked rues Kemi being passed over once again, and says the Tories are terrified of challenging the woke establishment, which has advanced substantially on their watch.
- “Why Chileans rejected a new ‘progressive’ constitution” – The Left-wing Government’s proposal would have made a mockery of democracy by enshrining policy in a constitutional document, says James Heartfield in Spiked.
- “A sad day” – Watch: Dr. John Campbell continues to press the issue of unexplained excess deaths and demands the authorities release more data.
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Continuing excess deaths here in the NL also. Is it just me and my selective memory or did we not hear much about excess deaths of unknown cause years back? In the summer time too…Its certainly a head-scratcher. Unless you’re Swiss Doctor who is want to lay the blame on a summer cold-type virus and the heat before any other cause.
https://nltimes.nl/2022/09/09/excess-mortality-continues-august-scientists-struggling-research-cause
“Trevor Sinclair facing calls to be sacked after controversial Queen tweet”
A hate filled tweet for sure, and he has previous as his conviction for racially abusing a police officer while being arrested for drink driving. However if he is to be sacked it should be because he doesn’t have the sort of interesting things to say about football that would keep a listeners attention.
Hypocrisy is hypocrisy though. Had Matt LeTissier said “white people shouldn’t mourn the passing of Nelson Mandela” (he wouldn’t because he’s not like that, but i’m just making the point) an equally bone-headed statement, his feet would not have touched the floor on the way out.
Also note the use of the word ‘controversial’ in the headline. That suggests that it has some merit but is not well received in some parts. There is nothing controversial about it, it is grossly offensive and has no redeeming value whatsoever. As was the comment by the US Academic that was also in the news.
Free speech by private individuals is fine, but when you are a public figure it is not unreasonable for them to be held to a higher standard. Hence why I think it is a matter for their employers, but not for the police.
I wasn’t suggesting that he shouldn’t be sacked. Rather that his performance on Talk Radio is hard to square with his continued presence there. Its another ‘job for the boy’, with very little to merit it.
LeTiss demonstrates a good working knowledge of football and a reasonable perspective about the world, along with his sceptical attitude. You are right though. Sky canned him for not liking to have to wear the BLM badge on his jacket.
“British Climate Divergence: Jacob Rees-Mogg Appointed Energy Minister, as Charles is Crowned King”
There is a pragmatic necessity, that having followed the wrong energy policy for years, we don’t compound it by trying to carry on as if it hasn’t been a total disaster. It is the classic, ‘if you find your self in a hole, stop digging’.
It might be nice if they take a look at the pricing mechanisms for renewables too. Charles will just have to suck it up and let the new Prince of Wales berate us poor people for wanting to be warm in our homes, and put food on the table instead.
“Why was Kemi Badenoch overlooked for Education Secretary?”
I’m a Kemi fan, and hoped that she would get Education too. However, I can see the logic of having Kit Malthouse in there instead. He is older and more experienced, and seems the type to have a go at the blob. Kemi could be a future Prime Minister, but not if she throws herself across Education and is stymied or defeated. Trade will allow her to hone her skills and build her capital, in what is a vital role of expanding the economy. Its a positive role that will suit her positive outlook. I hope I’m right.
My worry about the Trade brief would be that it depends very much on the Government cutting EU induced red tape and regulations. Otherwise all she can really achieve is rolling over our pre-independence agreements.
Despite making noises in the direction, so-far at least deregulation has always been at the bottom of the to-do list along with all of the other manifesto promises that they have no intention of getting around to.
Accepted that priorities change, but the PM was quite forthright about bombing the EU red tape out the system. I keep hoping that she will follow through on her pledges.
I’ll be as happy as anyone if they actually do, but those are the kinds of things they talk about but for some reason never seem to actually do.
My late father used to call them ‘The Gunners’, on account of them gunner do this or gunner do that.
I’m posting this link here as a follow on to the discussion yesterday about Common Law. If enough of us follow this path, then we can & will set-up a parallel legal system which cannot be hijacked or corrupted by those who wish to control everything, as Common Law is higher than Maritime or Statute Law. BTW ever wondered why one is given citizenship? At birth we’re registered by the state as chattel, as a ship & are therefore subject to maritime law, which is set up for trade & commerce.
https://www.commonlawcourt.com/
Cash updates:
2022 coins from the Mint with Charles III on might be quite rare? By the time the Royal Mint produce them, it will be just a couple of months to 2023. They could become commemorative editions automatically – potentially worth more than their face value. Similar gamble with notes, perhaps.
I’d be surprised if they weren’t minted months ago.
Hmm. Is the Bank of England really into actuarial gambling? They would have to be pretty secret about manufacturing in advance, based on someone’s life expectancy. I suppose they might have reduced the amount printed and minted if they thought she was unlikely to survive for so many months each year. Might even be sketching some King William designs in the background!
Or they might not even bother, as it will be digital currency in the very near future?
https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/985093/the-queen-set-for-a-bumper-payout-from-offshore-wind-985093.html
Nice and tidy.
It gets worse when you learn that she has been interfering with inheritance laws….
Published documents from the National Archives reveal that the Queen on occasions used the consent procedure to privately lobby the government
Evidence suggests she used the procedure to persuade government ministers to change a 1970s transparency law in order to conceal her private wealth from the public.
Documents also show that on other occasions the monarch’s advisers demanded exclusions from proposed laws relating to road safety and land policy that appeared to affect estates, and pressed for government policy on historic sites to be altered.
Some of the bills the Queen reviewed before they were passed by parliament relate to wealth or taxation.
One of the richest families in Britain, the monarch’s property investments are exempt from inheritance tax.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/08/royals-vetted-more-than-1000-laws-via-queens-consent
This is what we are a part of!
https://twitter.com/winteroakpress/status/1568304210826989572?s=21&t=XAhgcTRzpq1UmFx8rHEK0Q
I think my wife gave me the new BJ1 variant. It sucks.
I have an antiquated Teasmade gathering dust in the attic. Don’t know why that just sprung to mind?