News Round-Up

A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
4 years ago

https://off-guardian.org/2022/07/18/why-the-bbcs-new-anti-vaxxer-documentary-is-a-complete-farce/

A typically brilliant and well-researched piece from Iain Davis which takes apart the upcoming BBC anti vaxxer “documentary”. Apologies – propoganda piece.

ebygum
ebygum
4 years ago

News from the former democracy known as Canada…

Pat King a key figure in the Freedom Convoy Protest has been granted bail, after 5 months in prison…
he has been sent back to Alberta….25k in bail, no contact with other organizers, multiple sureties, no social media, no participation in anti-govt protests, a 10pm-6 am curfew.

what a world we live in….

ebygum
ebygum
4 years ago

ATL..Eugyppius…Germany is facing its biggest economic crisis since the war…

This is the richest economy in Europe…..
Providing ‘warming rooms’ where people can go if they can’t stay warm at home….these are also being touted in the UK..Bristol’s Mayor has already suggested them….
Businesses will suffer blackouts and may close..with the ensuing unemployment,…the same with school and shops, and leisure facilities…
….even hospitals might be affected.
Fuel and food prices set to rise even further….

And still no one, no one at all, is making the slightest effort to talk to Russia? Why?
The ONLY thing we hear about is more money and more arms-shipments……
Where is the money supposed to come from?
This should be telling us all a lot ….

I notice in the article people are being advised about log burners….although there may also be a shortage of wood..

Just ironic really that the country that has the most forests? Russia!!

Nobody2022
Nobody2022
4 years ago

In poker a bad beat is essentially extreme bad luck. Anyone who’s played poker enough (and understands probability) knows that bad beats happen all the time because they’re actually quite common.

The chance of somebody pulling a one outer on the river is roughly 2%. This is when they only have one card to draw that can save them from losing. If it happens it will usually be greeted with disbelief, frustration and anger from the one who just lost.

But when you look at the actual probability of pulling a one outer, it’s not vastly different to rolling 1 and 1 or 6 and 6 with two dice (2.1% for a one outer vs 2.7% for the dice rolls). Nobody shouts “OMG that is unbelievable” when you need and roll a two in a game of Snakes and Ladders.

There are forums full of bad beat stories from people lamenting their bad luck. If you’re a bad player you’ll only ever play strong hands (this is bad because you’ll become so obvious that a good player will avoid playing you). If you only ever play strong hands, at some point you’re going to lose a hand to an unlikely… Read more »

NeilParkin
NeilParkin
4 years ago

“Monkey Up: U.S. Government quietly acquires 7 million monkeypox vaccines, as Fauci starts selling product on TV”

The demographic who catch Monkey pox seems to be well defined, and well known. Don’t forget to wash that banana.!

NeilParkin
NeilParkin
4 years ago

“Revealed: Penny Mordaunt’s hidden equalities agenda” 

Well, all western governments have a ‘hidden agenda’, on the basis of ‘vote us in and you get a load of claptrap we didn’t mention’, so I don’t suppose Penny is that exceptional. I wonder what surprise they have for us next. Maybe Ukraine going Centralised Crypto Currency and Social Credits in the middle of a ‘war’? Nah, that was announced yesterday.

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