Omicron offensive: ostracise others...

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Jesus wept. yes, I quote the scriptures but also the modern meaning applies: after a mention of the head bed-wetter ABC* telling us what Jesus would do, now Bozo the Clown is too! FFS. 

"Boris Johnson has invoked the teaching of Jesus Christ to urge the public to get a Covid booster jab", ludicrous. [The Guardian] 

* No sooner had I blogged 'will no one rid us of this turbulent priest?' (to coin a phrase hehe), and 'his wokeness presiding over the collapse of the faith in the UK (he is not alone in the blame for this)' when Frederick Edward, 'Will nobody rid me of this turbulent priest?', at Bournbrook has what could almost be a follow-up: albeit smarter, calmer, better written...OK, OK! 

"Given that the entirety of the mainstream Christian establishment is wetter than a damp rag left out overnight during a rainstorm, it seems almost churlish to pick on any individual in particular." 

And regarding the Archbishop of Canterbury's comment, Frederick writes: 

This spiritual blackmail left me cold. If you love your neighbour, you probably shouldn’t try and strong-arm them into having a vaccine for which there is no long-term data and whose potential harms outweigh any conceivable benefit for vast swathes of the population. Particularly considering the fact that vaccination does not appear to stop infection or transmission. 

Hear hear.

Oh, and by the way, I almost forgot: "The UKHSA study also found that protection against Omicron from booster shots starts to wane within three months, meaning millions face having an earlier fourth Covid jab next year." [The Times]...

...please don't pretend to be surprised.

Omicron offensive: ostracise others...

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Jesus wept. yes, I quote the scriptures but also the modern meaning applies: after a mention of the head bed-wetter ABC* telling us what Jesus would do, now Bozo the Clown is too! FFS. 

"Boris Johnson has invoked the teaching of Jesus Christ to urge the public to get a Covid booster jab", ludicrous. [The Guardian] 

* No sooner had I blogged 'will no one rid us of this turbulent priest?' (to coin a phrase hehe), and 'his wokeness presiding over the collapse of the faith in the UK (he is not alone in the blame for this)' when Frederick Edward, 'Will nobody rid me of this turbulent priest?', at Bournbrook has what could almost be a follow-up: albeit smarter, calmer, better written...OK, OK! 

"Given that the entirety of the mainstream Christian establishment is wetter than a damp rag left out overnight during a rainstorm, it seems almost churlish to pick on any individual in particular." 

And regarding the Archbishop of Canterbury's comment, Frederick writes: 

This spiritual blackmail left me cold. If you love your neighbour, you probably shouldn’t try and strong-arm them into having a vaccine for which there is no long-term data and whose potential harms outweigh any conceivable benefit for vast swathes of the population. Particularly considering the fact that vaccination does not appear to stop infection or transmission. 

Hear hear.

Oh, and by the way, I almost forgot: "The UKHSA study also found that protection against Omicron from booster shots starts to wane within three months, meaning millions face having an earlier fourth Covid jab next year." [The Times]... ...please don't pretend to be surprised.

Oncoming oppression II...

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Previously blaming the unjabbed it was Avid-Jabber Javid and Sadiq Khan[t] (amongst others), now it the normally sane Philip Johnston [DT] and, half expected, the leader of the Church of England, the primate of All England. So, will no one rid us of this turbulent priest? No, I am not suggesting anyone murder the latest Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby- his wokeness presiding over the collapse of the faith in the UK (he is not alone in the blame for this) who, in pretending to be a Christian -  said "it's not about me and my rights to choose – it’s about how I love my neighbour" [Independent], no Justi-babes, it really isn't. he thinks I am immoral. He said the same thing at the beginning of the year [Reuters] about getting the jab, back then you could forgive the ignornace, not now. 

I turn your attention to The Blogmire and Rob Slane's* excellent blogpost 'The Middle of the Road to Hell'. 

We are accustomed to thinking of great evil as instantly recognisable. From Nuremberg rallies to the squalor of the Gulag, great evil is something obvious and unmissable. Or so we think... 

It really is an excellent piece boosted by pertinent quotes from Vaclav Havel ['An apostle of Friedrich Hayek and Margaret Thatcher...'] and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (how many of the latter's famous quotes are so relevant again now?!) 

"Both Havel and Solzhenitsyn saw the issue very clearly. It is this: we can either stand for truth, or we will get falsehood; we can either retain our integrity, or we will invite deceit."

Rob piece essentially centres on the work by Belgian psychologist, Matthias Desmet re the current mass psychosis. "Amongst his many insights is the idea that totalitarian systems tend to see populations split into three broad groups. Firstly, there are those who are utterly hypnotised by the propaganda. Secondly, those who are not necessarily in thrall to the propaganda, but who nevertheless tend to go along with the demands it exacts on them. And thirdly, those who seem to be not only immune to the propaganda, but who oppose it as they are able."

Amazing this gets repeated all through history: the oft quoted Marcus Tullius Cicero [IEP], two thousand years ago said: "Do not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and adored him and rejoiced in their loss of freedom and danced in his path and gave him triumphal processions. Blame the people who hail him when he speaks in the Forum of the 'new, wonderful good society' which shall now be Rome, interpreted to mean 'more money, more ease, more security, more living fatly at the expense of the industrious.'" 

Wow...the 2nd time in a week with a Cicero quote...

* Rob Slane 'dwells in the Country Formerly Known as Great Britain, now known as The Quagmire'. 

Update 1 p.m.: across the pond the lies are similar: Sleepy Joe said "The only real protection is to get your shot."...stop lying POTUS. For those not believing what the Whitehouse has said ("For the unvaccinated, you’re looking at a winter of severe illness and death for yourselves, your families, and the hospitals you may soon overwhelm.") here is the WH briefing room link. 

Oncoming oppression II...

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Previously blaming the unjabbed it was Avid-Jabber Javid and Sadiq Khan[t] (amongst others), now it the normally sane Philip Johnston [DT] and, half expected, the leader of the Church of England, the primate of All England. So, will no one rid us of this turbulent priest? No, I am not suggesting anyone murder the latest Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby- his wokeness presiding over the collapse of the faith in the UK (he is not alone in the blame for this) who, in pretending to be a Christian -  said "it's not about me and my rights to choose – it’s about how I love my neighbour" [Independent], no Justi-babes, it really isn't. he thinks I am immoral. He said the same thing at the beginning of the year [Reuters] about getting the jab, back then you could forgive the ignornace, not now. 

I turn your attention to The Blogmire and Rob Slane's* excellent blogpost 'The Middle of the Road to Hell'. 

We are accustomed to thinking of great evil as instantly recognisable. From Nuremberg rallies to the squalor of the Gulag, great evil is something obvious and unmissable. Or so we think... 

It really is an excellent piece boosted by pertinent quotes from Vaclav Havel ['An apostle of Friedrich Hayek and Margaret Thatcher...'] and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (how many of the latter's famous quotes are so relevant again now?!) 

"Both Havel and Solzhenitsyn saw the issue very clearly. It is this: we can either stand for truth, or we will get falsehood; we can either retain our integrity, or we will invite deceit."

Rob piece essentially centres on the work by Belgian psychologist, Matthias Desmet re the current mass psychosis. "Amongst his many insights is the idea that totalitarian systems tend to see populations split into three broad groups. Firstly, there are those who are utterly hypnotised by the propaganda. Secondly, those who are not necessarily in thrall to the propaganda, but who nevertheless tend to go along with the demands it exacts on them. And thirdly, those who seem to be not only immune to the propaganda, but who oppose it as they are able."

Amazing this gets repeated all through history: the oft quoted Marcus Tullius Cicero [IEP], two thousand years ago said: "Do not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and adored him and rejoiced in their loss of freedom and danced in his path and gave him triumphal processions. Blame the people who hail him when he speaks in the Forum of the 'new, wonderful good society' which shall now be Rome, interpreted to mean 'more money, more ease, more security, more living fatly at the expense of the industrious.'" 

Wow...the 2nd time in a week with a Cicero quote...

* Rob Slane 'dwells in the Country Formerly Known as Great Britain, now known as The Quagmire'. 

Update 1 p.m.: across the pond the lies are similar: Sleepy Joe said "The only real protection is to get your shot."...stop lying POTUS. For those not believing what the Whitehouse has said ("For the unvaccinated, you’re looking at a winter of severe illness and death for yourselves, your families, and the hospitals you may soon overwhelm.") here is the WH briefing room link. 

Omicron outcomes, official ordure...

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[Link to Euro News article and image]*

It just keeps coming: politicians spouting shit and causing problems. This time is is Sajid avid-jabber Javid, who says [SKY 'News'] - in an amazing case of non self-awareness -  'accused those unwilling to have the vaccine of having a "damaging impact" on society.' No Jabid, YOU and other LYING politicians and their LYING not very SAGE 'experts' are the ones having that marked effect; "We are watching the data and discussing it with our scientists and our best advisers almost on an hourly basis."...it doesn't matter how often you do it if the data is already skewed the way you want it!

Everything that is going on is based on dodgy models, wrong input and blinkered observation of data. We knew this when they started taking Prof Panic's advice; amazingly, that link is 18 months ago! How time flies when you're enjoying yourself!) but now they are openly admitting their shit-fest [Spectator]

  "if you tweak one assumption (on severity) then — suddenly — no need for lockdown". 

We knew this last year but hey. As per Reg's comment there: Fucking scandalous. 

At last some MSM 'names' are beginning to question the narrative: "...this raises serious questions not just about Sage but about the quality of the advice used to make UK lockdown decisions." 

Another LYING politician is Sadiq Khan, "The really bad news is those in hospital - the vast, vast majority are unvaccinated that's why it is so important to get both the vaccines and the booster jab.". Lies, the data proves him to be wilfully misleading or just fucking lying.

COVID-19 vaccine surveillance report [UK GOV Week 50 pdf] has this: 

By 12 December 2021, the overall vaccine uptake in England for dose 1 was 67.9% and for dose 2 was 62.2%. Overall vaccine uptake in England in people with at least 3 doses was 31.4%. 

Hmmmm, not quite the numbers you expected? Is Khan admitting that if you haven't had the booster you are considered unvaccinated?

I am quite interested in the Danish data which concurs with what I think is happening in the UK:

"Omicron - which continues to appear significantly less dangerous though more transmissible than earlier variants of Covid - has been used as a cover for vaccine failure." 

* re image: don't get me wrong, I know gene sequencing is complicated, costly and time consuming so many countries just won't/can't do it....but really? Also please note: "This article and its accompanying graphics are being regularly updated by our team of journalists. The last update was on December 16."

Omicron outcomes, official ordure...

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[Link to Euro News article and image]*

It just keeps coming: politicians spouting shit and causing problems. This time is is Sajid avid-jabber Javid, who says [SKY 'News'] - in an amazing case of non self-awareness -  'accused those unwilling to have the vaccine of having a "damaging impact" on society.' No Jabid, YOU and other LYING politicians and their LYING not very SAGE 'experts' are the ones having that marked effect; "We are watching the data and discussing it with our scientists and our best advisers almost on an hourly basis."...it doesn't matter how often you do it if the data is already skewed the way you want it!

Everything that is going on is based on dodgy models, wrong input and blinkered observation of data. We knew this when they started taking Prof Panic's advice; amazingly, that link is 18 months ago! How time flies when you're enjoying yourself!) but now they are openly admitting their shit-fest [Spectator]

  "if you tweak one assumption (on severity) then — suddenly — no need for lockdown". 

We knew this last year but hey. As per Reg's comment there: Fucking scandalous. 

At last some MSM 'names' are beginning to question the narrative: "...this raises serious questions not just about Sage but about the quality of the advice used to make UK lockdown decisions." 

Another LYING politician is Sadiq Khan, "The really bad news is those in hospital - the vast, vast majority are unvaccinated that's why it is so important to get both the vaccines and the booster jab.". Lies, the data proves him to be wilfully misleading or just fucking lying. COVID-19 vaccine surveillance report [UK GOV Week 50 pdf] has this: 

By 12 December 2021, the overall vaccine uptake in England for dose 1 was 67.9% and for dose 2 was 62.2%. Overall vaccine uptake in England in people with at least 3 doses was 31.4%. 

Hmmmm, not quite the numbers you expected? Is Khan admitting that if you haven't had the booster you are considered unvaccinated?

I am quite interested in the Danish data which concurs with what I think is happening in the UK:

"Omicron - which continues to appear significantly less dangerous though more transmissible than earlier variants of Covid - has been used as a cover for vaccine failure." 

* re image: don't get me wrong, I know gene sequencing is complicated, costly and time consuming so many countries just won't/can't do it....but really? Also please note: "This article and its accompanying graphics are being regularly updated by our team of journalists. The last update was on December 16."

Obsidional obmutescent obloquy...

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The people on this list (it includes my MP who was a stalwart all through the Brexit saga too) could form the new slimmed-down UK parliament. The savings will be enormous, added to an MPs' Travel Lodge instead of 2nd homes...I digress. 

From the same link you can select those that voted 'aye' - these will not survive - and those that had 'no vote recorded' will be interviewed to see why they did not vote, some for obvious reasons (Speakers, SNP, SF etc), they may be allowed to continue. 

This craziness has to end: very slowly, but very surely, more people are realising. The hole is deep enough, just stop digging. But hey, this is just Health Protection right? All for our own good! "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive...." Thank you C.S. Lewis for that quote.

To digress further, the number of great quotes from Marcus Tullius Cicero (Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist) is amazing and almost all very applicable to the modern era; a half dozen of the best (the first was also so true during the Brexit division!). The Enemy Within: 

"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague." 

"What is morally wrong can never be advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain that you believe to be to your advantage. The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious."
"Freedom will bite back more fiercely when suspended than when she remains undisturbed."
"Law applied to its extreme is the greatest injustice"
"Politicians are not born; they are excreted."

"The closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are."

Omicron outbreak...Oh...

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Life continues in Clown world. yes Israel has a very high vaccination rate so any new cases of anything will be mainly in the vaccinated, but hey...get your booster, LOL. Coming to a country near you soon: especially one telling you to rush to get a booster [Metro LINK] "Health Secretary Sajid Javid insisted that the Government will 'throw everything at' the booster programme, with GPs only focusing on urgent needs and vaccinations for the next few weeks."...for something they KNOW won't work against something they KNOW doesn't need it. A virus 'they know very little about' but know "Booster shots up to 75% effective against Omicron" [Yahoo UK] ...really? 

But what's this: "Sadly at least one patient has now been confirmed to have died with Omicron"...[ALJ LINK] says Boris. 

This was inevitable, but what did the patient die of? 

Boris then blows it:"So I think the idea that this is somehow a milder version of the virus – I think that's something we need to set on one side – and just recognise the sheer pace at which it accelerates through the population." ...sorry? What? The idea it is milder? Why do we need to set it to one side? And we all know the 'sheer pace'...so what do you mean BoJo? Not thinking of an excuse for stricter restrictions are you? You have already obliterated any Christmas dinner/drinks trade the pubs might have gotten. 

And a third jab of something we are getting VERY close to knowing causes a death surge?! FFS. Anyway, so now COVID deaths will be OMICRON deaths? 

 The Health Foundation report: What has happened to non-COVID mortality during the pandemic?

"In England, deaths from causes other than COVID-19 have been lower than usual for 80% of the pandemic. In January to September 2021, this was equivalent to about 34,000 (or 9%) fewer deaths than we would expect, based on historical mortality patterns."

"During the pandemic, deaths from eight of the nine leading causes of death in England were lower than usual." 

They have got to keep the numbers hidden somehow, before we see 'behind the curtain'. The longer the politicians keep digging down in the hole they are in, the harder their punishment will be.

Omicron outbreak...Oh...

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Life continues in Clown world. yes Israel has a very high vaccination rate so any new cases of anything will be mainly in the vaccinated, but hey...get your booster, LOL. Coming to a country near you soon: especially one telling you to rush to get a booster [Metro LINK] "Health Secretary Sajid Javid insisted that the Government will 'throw everything at' the booster programme, with GPs only focusing on urgent needs and vaccinations for the next few weeks."...for something they KNOW won't work against something they KNOW doesn't need it. A virus 'they know very little about' but know "Booster shots up to 75% effective against Omicron" [Yahoo UK] ...really? 

But what's this: "Sadly at least one patient has now been confirmed to have died with Omicron"...[ALJ LINK] says Boris. 

This was inevitable, but what did the patient die of? 

Boris then blows it:"So I think the idea that this is somehow a milder version of the virus – I think that's something we need to set on one side – and just recognise the sheer pace at which it accelerates through the population." ...sorry? What? The idea it is milder? Why do we need to set it to one side? And we all know the 'sheer pace'...so what do you mean BoJo? Not thinking of an excuse for stricter restrictions are you? You have already obliterated any Christmas dinner/drinks trade the pubs might have gotten. 

And a third jab of something we are getting VERY close to knowing causes a death surge?! FFS. Anyway, so now COVID deaths will be OMICRON deaths? 

 The Health Foundation report: What has happened to non-COVID mortality during the pandemic? "In England, deaths from causes other than COVID-19 have been lower than usual for 80% of the pandemic. In January to September 2021, this was equivalent to about 34,000 (or 9%) fewer deaths than we would expect, based on historical mortality patterns." "During the pandemic, deaths from eight of the nine leading causes of death in England were lower than usual." 

They have got to keep the numbers hidden somehow, before we see 'behind the curtain'. The longer the politicians keep digging down in the hole they are in, the harder their punishment will be.

Openly obsessed oaf...

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"The government is running out of time to stop messing up". "I would dearly love to see Boris grip this mess and turn things around. The time to do it is not much longer." writes UK Member of Parliament Steve Baker, Count the Cost in The Critic. 

I disagree, BoJo the Clown has botched too much. Brexit (almost) is all he has to his name. The rest of the high-tax, open border, green zealotry and lockdown/ mask domestic terrorism is a few bridges too far for me. Steve Baker almost gets there too because before the final sentence posted above he writes: 

It is long past time to finally, openly and honestly count the cost of lockdowns and restrictions and vote no to all these measures. That is the only way to get off this road to the hell of minute and ever changing restrictions on our lives on which the Government has embarked.

And btw, I don't give a toss about the parties they had, it is just further proof that that they don't believe this shit either. 

Why Plan B? And Gove pushing for Plan C?! Show us the data! Well they don't because showing the data makes them look even more like politico-pharma tyrannical misfits. That link, written by 'a senior executive in a pharmaceutical company' ends with a great quote (one of many*) from Spanish philosopher Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás (George Santayana to his mates)

Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.

* A couple more as that Wiki page just reminded me: the omni-quoted "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" and the sad truth about the human race:

"Only the dead have seen the end of war" 

(the latter from Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies, readable online [LINK] at The Project Gutenberg eBook).

Objectivity, optimism over occasional obscurantism...

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Empathy and Compassion over tyranny. Back in my October Opener, we read about The Great Barrington Declaration. They said: "As infectious disease epidemiologists and public health scientists we have grave concerns about the damaging physical and mental health impacts of the prevailing COVID-19 policies, and recommend an approach we call Focused Protection." "Current lockdown policies are producing devastating effects on short and long-term public health." I said: 

 "It is pure common sense and unfortunately a long way from the government's approach, which becomes more Monty Pythonesque every week." 

Now it has been taken a step further: Collateral Global. "A global collaborative community of academics, health professionals and citizens who document, study and communicate the collateral effects of the measures taken by governments to mitigate the damage of the covid pandemic." [About]

This isn't just about Covid, it is about the effects, aftermath and long term damage of something far worse: politicians' and zealot jobsworths' reaction to it. 

Opening offers...

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The Daily Sceptic tells us BOB is now expanding into merchandise: "Responding to huge public demand, the celebrated artist Bob Moran is launching a range of exclusive merchandise featuring his legendary paintings. During a very dark period for humanity, Bob has been seeking to create powerful imagery which stands strong in the face of a global storm."

Bob says: "I am thrilled to finally be able to offer the opportunity to buy clothing featuring my artwork. Over the past 18 months, I have received countless requests for clothing from those on the side of freedom and decency." [Link to Bob's gallery]

It is my firm belief that we can only rescue society from this dystopian, authoritarian nightmare by getting the right messages to as many people as possible. 

"I hope that these garments will be worn all over the world as a statement of defiance, a declaration of solidarity and a form of counter-propaganda. They are all well made, ethically sourced and carry high quality reproductions of my images." 

[LINK to store] Just ordered my 'MSM bullshit' T shirt. 

Opening offers...

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The Daily Sceptic tells us BOB is now expanding into merchandise: "Responding to huge public demand, the celebrated artist Bob Moran is launching a range of exclusive merchandise featuring his legendary paintings. During a very dark period for humanity, Bob has been seeking to create powerful imagery which stands strong in the face of a global storm." Bob says: "I am thrilled to finally be able to offer the opportunity to buy clothing featuring my artwork. Over the past 18 months, I have received countless requests for clothing from those on the side of freedom and decency." [Link to Bob's gallery]

It is my firm belief that we can only rescue society from this dystopian, authoritarian nightmare by getting the right messages to as many people as possible. 

"I hope that these garments will be worn all over the world as a statement of defiance, a declaration of solidarity and a form of counter-propaganda. They are all well made, ethically sourced and carry high quality reproductions of my images." 

[LINK to store] Just ordered my 'MSM bullshit' T shirt.