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by Nick Dixon
6 February 2023 12:05 AM

  • “Covid and the Three Tests of Compliance” – Lockdowns, masks, and vaccine mandates were the great Covid compliance tests, writes Jeffrey A. Tucker in Brownstone.
  • “The lethal cost of lockdowns” – Britain’s high excess deaths show us why shutting down society was a fatal mistake, writes David Livermore in Spiked.
  • “Record Cold in New England, As Natural Gas Comes to The Rescue Again” – The fossil fuels that Joe Biden has promised to eliminate from the grid by 2035 supplied 65% of New England’s electricity at 8.00pm on Friday night, according to WUWT.
  • “The Left’s Climate Imperialism” – A prominent form of modern slavery is climate imperialism, or eco-colonialism, wherein restrictive energy policies conceived and promoted by politicians in Western economies are forced on some of the world’s poorest, writes WUWT.
  • “Sorry, Nicola Sturgeon, but we’re all ‘Terfs’ now” – Trans extremists can’t blame opposition to their policies just on gender-critical feminists, says Zoe Strimpel in the Telegraph.
  • “Hundreds of women’s rights activists rally in Let Women Speak event” – Kellie-Jay Keen has attacked the Scottish Government over the case of transgender prisoner Adam Graham, AKA ‘Isla Bryson’, at a rally organised by Standing for Women, the Mail reports.
  • “Nicola Sturgeon’s approval rating plunges in wake of trans row” – A new poll suggests both Sturgeon and the SNP are haemorrhaging support due to the latter’s indefensible positions on the trans debate, the Telegraph reports.
  • “Proposed ban on importing fur and foie gras will be dropped” – Environment Secretary Therese Coffey claims that although animal welfare is important, the Government need to consider their priorities, the Mail reports.
  • “BBC journalist says her family will pay slavery reparations” – BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan says her family is apologising “for the role our ancestors played in enslavement” on the Caribbean island of Grenada, the Telegraph reports.
  • “Free societies can’t survive the elevation of feelings into facts” – It would be dangerous to conclude from the implosion of Sturgeon’s trans policy that the woke edifice itself is about to crumble, writes Janet Daley in the Telegraph.
  • “Trussonomics is slowly winning the argument” – Events are gradually showing that Liz Truss was right along, writes Matthew Lynn in the Spectator.
  • “If the Tory party refuses to accept reality, it faces years in opposition” – While its opponents have indulged in ideology and factionalism, the historical success of the Conservative Party has always rested on its longstanding membership of the reality-based community, says Nick Timothy in the Telegraph.
  • “Ron DeSantis is the future of conservatism” – The blob will continue to spread the woke gospel in schools and universities until the Tories put a stop to it, writes Eric Kaufman in the Telegraph.
  • “According to ChatGPT, no race has any flaws besides white people” – Turns out ChatGPT is more woke than a Portland gender studies student.

According to ChatGPT, no race has any flaws besides for white people pic.twitter.com/Loox0dl5gq

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) February 5, 2023

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True Spirit of America Party
True Spirit of America Party
1 year ago

“U.K. health chiefs warn new Covid variant may be rapidly spreading” – The new Covid variant ‘Pirola’ may already be spreading across the world, according to a panel of Government ‘experts’ including ‘Professor Lockdown’ Neil Ferguson, according to the Mail. Ooh, mother!

(Yawn)

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True Spirit of America Party
True Spirit of America Party
1 year ago

“YouTube prepares for new Covid lockdowns with gaslighting ‘misinformation’ rules” – If you thought that YouTube had relaxed its medical ‘misinformation’ rules around Covid, then you’re in for a nasty surprise, says Phillip James in Vision News.

That said, it still does NOT follow that they are planning another lockdown. That specious idea was from Alex Jones’s site Infowars, which should be taken with at least a grain of salt, if not a whole pound. It would truly be the height of political and career suicide for anyone in power to do anything like that now, as the majority of people have already been red-pilled and will not fall for that again.

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The old bat
The old bat
1 year ago
Reply to  True Spirit of America Party

Sadly, I think quite a few people enjoyed being locked down and paid to stay at home and do nothing, so they live in hope of another one. Seeing the government has just about bankrupted the country by doing it once, I don’t see how they could ever, financially, do it again, and yes, most people would just ignore it.

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JeremyP99
JeremyP99
1 year ago
Reply to  True Spirit of America Party

Hmm. As Hancock stated clearly at the inquiry, he would lock down again and lock down harder. They’d do it at the drop of a hat. Get real. Things have changed, and not for the better.

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True Spirit of America Party
True Spirit of America Party
1 year ago
Reply to  JeremyP99

But the difference is that this time they will be met with fierce resistance from a critical mass of people, God willing. Most people have achieved “herd immunity” to their lies after being red-pilled the hard way for so long.

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True Spirit of America Party
True Spirit of America Party
1 year ago

“Wearing masks in hospitals may have had little impact on COVID-19 transmission during Omicron wave” – According to new research, mask requirements in a London hospital during the first 10 months of omicron made no discernible difference to reducing hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infections, reports Medical Xpress.

In other news, water is wet and the sun rises in the east. And another study finds that bears in fact do their business in the woods.

But seriously. If they don’t work in hospitals, combined with all the other strict precautions, that means they really don’t work anywhere.

Last edited 1 year ago by True Spirit of America Party
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Boomer Bloke
Boomer Bloke
1 year ago
Reply to  True Spirit of America Party

I’ve just had a shouty letter from the NHS inviting me for a “free” health screening appointment. With the demand that I wear a ‘face covering’ during the procedure. I sent them a shouty reply.

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True Spirit of America Party
True Spirit of America Party
1 year ago
Reply to  Boomer Bloke

Wow

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Mogwai
Mogwai
1 year ago
Reply to  Boomer Bloke

It would have been interesting to see how they’d reply if you asked for the scientific evidence which underpins this muzzling request. Actually I’d be interested to see what a FOI request would produce. When I had my Hull Infirmary experience on a previous visit home all they kept repeating, parrot fashion, was ”It’s guidelines, Trust guidelines”, nobody could offer me the scientific rationale, they were just demonstrating that they were pig-ignorant, automaton Covidian cultists. Guidelines trump evidence – based practice apparently. The laugh was, and I pointed it out to them, that Scarborough down the road had zero mask regs. Bloody retards.

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True Spirit of America Party
True Spirit of America Party
1 year ago

“The lab leak illusion” – The laboratory accident hypothesis of COVID-19’s origins is a bust, says Jamie Palmer in Quillette, but the popular consensus is unwilling to accept it.

Michael P. Senger has been saying this for years now. The lab leak theory is the “Scooby Doo” narrative that the powers that be wanted us to discover. Regardless, whether it was natural or a lab leak, the virus really wasn’t all that special after all. A super-flu at worst, which happens from time to time, and a pretty humdrum virus overall, that is now devolving into the new common cold, basically. The mad scientists’ GOF abilities are (thankfully) quite inferior.

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THE REAL NORMAL PODCAST
THE REAL NORMAL PODCAST
1 year ago

NEW PODCAST OUT FROM THE REAL NORMAL PODCAST!

We’re back on the airwaves talking about the ‘Bibby Stockholm’ and her massive hull…plus we’re picking the bones out of light fingered museum curators. We cover the awful story of Lucy Letby, whilst also chatting about the usual madness that swirls around the woke, namely Graham Linehan.

https://therealnormalpodcast.buzzsprout.com/1268768/13442825-ep-53-get-your-big-bibby-stockholm-s-out

  • Bibby Stockholm
  • Graham Linehan
  • Lucy Letby and NHS letdown
  • Also in the News
  • Kultur Klub

PLUS SILLY SONGS you unfortunate proles!

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Mogwai
Mogwai
1 year ago

More on the Lucy Letby case here. The site linked in Clare’s tweet is very comprehensive and casts reasonable doubt on everything, furthering the case for a retrial for Lucy, in my opinion.

”Based upon published peer-reviewed research, and with the guidance, advice, and insights of other scientists, it is the view of Science on Trial that the scientific information put before the court by the expert witnesses is very simply inaccurate, misleading, and in many places false. The expert witnesses in this case are likely aware that the claims they have made lack necessary scientific findings, and if they were to write these claims up and attempt to submit them for publication, their submission would be quickly rejected.”

https://twitter.com/ClareCraigPath/status/1693550419727835414 

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Mogwai
Mogwai
1 year ago

I didn’t see the interview with Graham Linehan on Talk TV, in which the interviewer was allegedly rude and gave her other guest ( somebody who wants to legalize paedophilia ) way more respect, but it all makes sense now. I guess Clown World logic dictates that deviants and paedos deserve sympathy and understanding while those who raise concerns about child welfare and stick to biological facts are persecuted.

”A notorious trans activist known for sending pornographic images to woman critical of gender ideology reportedly prepared Talk TV presenter Rosanna Lockwood for her disastrous interview with Father Ted creator Graham Linehan. Rosanna Lockwood drew ample controversy after conducting what many described as an “ambush.”
Lockwood was blasted on social media following her interview with Linehan, a critic of transgender ideology, in which she called his views “extreme.” Linehan had appeared on Talk TV under the purported intention of discussing the cancellation of his comedy show due to his criticism of gender ideology.

Many noted that Lockwood did not treat other guests during the segment the same way, allowing infamous LGBT activist Peter Tachtell to speak uninterrupted. Despite calling into question the validity and appropriateness of Linehan’s views, Lockwood did not interrogate Tatchell on his history of pro-pedophilia sentiment.
Tatchell infamously called for lowering the age of consent, wrote chapters in two books where he argued that laws criminalizing adults for sexually abusing children do more harm than the abuse itself, and said during an interview that not all sex between adults and children is “harmful.” Tatchell has also been linked to members of the Pedophile Information Exchange, a now-defunct pedophile rights group.”

https://reduxx.info/trans-activist-defending-violent-trans-inmate-reportedly-prepped-talk-tv-journalist-for-interview-with-graham-linehan/

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soundofreason
soundofreason
1 year ago

“The pain of Net Zero is coming sooner than you think” – The U.K.’s proposed bans on boilers and petrol cars will be economically devastating, warns James Woudhuysen in Spiked.

The uncertainty about when any ban on new oil-fired boilers will come into effect is of no help to the 1.7million UK households currently dependent on oil rather than gas to keep warm – largely because they live in off-grid, rural locations. As a result, Tory MPs, charity Age UK, boiler manufacturers and even the Heat Pump Federation have been highly critical of the lack of clarity over the ban.

The government has told manufacturers that if they fail to increase the current annual rate of heat-pump installation to 68,000 over the course of 2024, they will be fined £5,000 for each extra gas or oil boiler that they sell.

Manufacturers that fail to meet these targets will have to pay £15,000 per ‘non-zero-emission car’ they produce and £18,000 per ‘non-zero-emission van’. Any fines that firms incur will almost certainly be passed on to the consumer through price hikes.

‘Any fines that firms incur will almost certainly be passed on to the consumer through price hikes’. No, no. Surely Vauxhall will swallow a £15k fine per car in order to keep selling £20k entry level Corsas?

I think these are the policies of a government which does not think it can win at the next General Election. It will leave poisoned policies which the new incumbents will either have to repeal or carry through – and either way lose the public’s approval.

Last edited 1 year ago by soundofreason
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EppingBlogger
EppingBlogger
1 year ago
Reply to  soundofreason

Repealing such nonsense after the GE would secure a 10/15 year term for any party.

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soundofreason
soundofreason
1 year ago
Reply to  EppingBlogger

I take your point. I should have said lose some of the public’s approval if they carry through – and, of course, some others and the WEF if they repeal.

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Mogwai
Mogwai
1 year ago

Just another statistic for TPTB to ignore. 🙁

”College basketball was mourning the loss of former University of Houston forward Reggie Chaney on Monday night. 
Chaney passed away at the age of 23, according to multiple reports, though the cause of his death was not immediately known.
He had been set to join the AE Psychiko — a professional basketball team in Greece — according to the Houston Chronicle.

Chaney played two seasons for the Arkansas Razorbacks before he transferred to the University of Houston, where he played three seasons.
This past season had been his final one with the Cougars and he was named American Athletic Conference’s Sixth Man of the Year.”

https://nypost.com/2023/08/22/former-houston-cougars-basketball-star-reggie-chaney-dies-at-23/

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DevonBlueBoy
DevonBlueBoy
1 year ago

Why the hell do the MSM keep referring to Ferguson as an ‘epidemiologist’? An academic with 2 physics degrees, who shows zero self awareness of all his previous forecasting errors, driven by schoolboy coding, does not an epidemiologist make.

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ebygum
ebygum
1 year ago
Reply to  DevonBlueBoy

Agreed..found this in my ‘archive’ from 2020…..so it’s still the same question, why, after all these wrong, egregious and utterly banana’s ‘predictions’ does anyone give him the time of day? Who should we ask?

https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2020/05/08/so-the-real-scandal-is-why-did-anyone-ever-listen-to-this-guy/

[Imperial College epidemiologist Neil] Ferguson was behind the disputed research that sparked the mass culling of eleven million sheep and cattle during the 2001 outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. He also predicted that up to 150,000 people could die. There were fewer than 200 deaths. . . .
In 2002, Ferguson predicted that up to 50,000 people would likely die from exposure to BSE (mad cow disease) in beef. In the U.K., there were only 177 deaths from BSE.
In 2005, Ferguson predicted that up to 150 million people could be killed from bird flu. In the end, only 282 people died worldwide from the disease between 2003 and 2009.
In 2009, a government estimate, based on Ferguson’s advice, said a “reasonable worst-case scenario” was that the swine flu would lead to 65,000 British deaths. In the end, swine flu killed 457 people in the U.K.

…that’s before we get to the great Convid scam?? Nice work if you can get it!!?

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soundofreason
soundofreason
1 year ago
Reply to  ebygum

Have 10,000 virtual up-votes

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Boomer Bloke
Boomer Bloke
1 year ago
Reply to  DevonBlueBoy

For the same reason that lifelong communist and clinical psychologist Susan Michie was never off our screens (YouTube in my case, not MSM) during the pandemic pontificating about Covid and spreading lies and misinformation.

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True Spirit of America Party
True Spirit of America Party
1 year ago
Reply to  DevonBlueBoy

Both Professor Pantsdown and Hatt Mancock are really far too disgraced to be taken even remotely seriously at this point. A heckler’s veto and a two-finger salute (or one finger, in the USA) is the only appropriate response when they open their big mouths.

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ebygum
ebygum
1 year ago

If I didn’t already believe from the very beginning that something was seriously wrong with the American narrative on Ukraine…and didn’t make sense…this would make me go huh!

WTF!

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/hawaii-announces-plans-ukraine-independence-day-raise-money/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hawaii-announces-plans-ukraine-independence-day-raise-money

Hawaii is holding a “Ukraine Independence Day Event” on Aug 26th at Magic island to raise money and awareness for the War in Ukraine. 
They are still digging up the charred remains of victims in Lahaina. There are over 1,000 people missing. 
Maybe they should put a pause on the Ukrainian fundraiser? At least until they find all the bodies of the missing children.

But it is a committed leftist state – so it won’t matter.

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Boomer Bloke
Boomer Bloke
1 year ago

““The West is losing the plot”. Too late, that happened some years ago. Around about the time of the invasion of Iraq I would say, and those illusive WMDs.

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Boomer Bloke
Boomer Bloke
1 year ago
Reply to  Boomer Bloke

or elusive, take your pick

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JeremyP99
JeremyP99
1 year ago
  • ““Wearing masks in hospitals may have had little impact on COVID-19 transmission during Omicron wave” – According to new research, mask requirements in a London hospital during the first 10 months of omicron made no discernible difference to reducing hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infections, reports Medical Xpress.”

No surprise. They don’t work in stopping the spread of infection.

https://brownstone.org/articles/studies-and-articles-on-mask-ineffectiveness-and-harms/

And the tweet by a UK Surgeon below tells us all we need to know. The use of masks was to oppress us.

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Boomer Bloke
Boomer Bloke
1 year ago
Reply to  JeremyP99

Nice one, and very timely, I’ve saved it in case I get a response from the NHS consultant that I’ve just shouted at. He started it.

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Mogwai
Mogwai
1 year ago
Reply to  Boomer Bloke

To be fair, here is a quick demo of just how effective masks are at preventing respiratory virus spread;

https://twitter.com/susantananda3/status/1598935763823243264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1598935763823243264%7Ctwgr%5E713f4f8e406e8fd085af570a6ad774968b89e64a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiatimes.com%2Ftrending%2Fanimal%2Fvideo-of-deer-gracefully-crossing-gate-586736.html%3Futm_source%3Dmsn.com

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Occams Pangolin Pie
Occams Pangolin Pie
1 year ago

Did somebody say a new variant called PAYOLA ?

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True Spirit of America Party
True Spirit of America Party
1 year ago
Reply to  Occams Pangolin Pie

LOL. Right up there with MONEYPOX.

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