Open (More or Less) Post on Covid 66

[ecosophia]

As we proceed through the second year of these open posts, it's pretty clear that the official narrative is cracking as the toll of deaths and injuries from the Covid vaccines rises steadily and the vaccines themselves demonstrate their total uselesness at preventing Covid infection or transmission. It's still important to keep watch over the mis-, mal- and nonfeasance of our self-proclaimed health gruppenfuehrers, and the disastrous results of the Covid mania, but I think it's also time to begin thinking about what might be possible as the existing medical industry reels under the impact of its own self-inflicted injuries. 

So it's time for another open post. The rules are the same as before: 

1. If you plan on parroting the party line of the medical industry and its paid shills, please go away. This is a place for people to talk openly, honestly, and freely about their concerns that the party line in question is dangerously flawed and that actions being pushed by the medical industry et al. are causing injury and death. It is not a place for you to dismiss those concerns. Anyone who wants to hear the official story and the arguments in favor of it can find those on hundreds of thousands of websites.

2. If you plan on insisting that the current situation is the result of a deliberate plot by some villainous group of people or other, please go away. There are tens of thousands of websites currently rehashing various conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 outbreak and the vaccines. This is not one of them. What we're exploring is the likelihood that what's going on is the product of the same arrogance, incompetence, and corruption that the medical industry and its tame politicians have displayed so abundantly in recent decades. That possibility deserves a space of its own for discussion, and that's what we're doing here. 
 
3. If you plan on using rent-a-troll derailing or disruption tactics, please go away. I'm quite familiar with the standard tactics used by troll farms to disrupt online forums, and am ready, willing, and able -- and in fact quite eager -- to ban people permanently for engaging in them here. Oh, and I also lurk on other Covid-19 vaccine skeptic blogs, so I'm likely to notice when the same posts are showing up on more than one venue. 

4. If you don't believe in treating people with common courtesy, please go away. I have, and enforce, a strict courtesy policy on my blogs and online forums, and this is no exception. The sort of schoolyard bullying that takes place on so many other internet forums will get you deleted and banned here. Also, please don't drag in current quarrels about sex, race, religious, etc. No, I don't care if you disagree with that: my journal, my rules. 

With that said, the floor is open for discussion.     

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Princess Mononoke was excellent as well. My favorite Ghibli is probably Totoro, although when I was younger Nausicaä and Castle in the Sky spoke to me. The next two don't really fit the vibe I was mentioning, but Akira and Ghost in the Shell were fantastic too.

Your mention of holobiont reminded me of the boar in Mononoke, which reminded me of Beasts of the Southern Wild. That, also, was a great movie.

Murmuration

Re: Whither Covid Cult Craziness?

[(Anonymous)]

I wonder if the polls didn't do to Republicans what they did to the Democrats during Hillary's run. My anecdote is that I spoke to a few people on election day asking them if they were going to vote, and the response I got from several was "It looks like my side is going to win, so I don't need to." I wonder how many Republicans thought it was a shoe in and didn't go vote this year.

[(Anonymous)]

The Fall made it right past me, like Roan. Looks like it's going onto the list. Reminds me a bit of Baron Munchausen. Thanks for the recommendation.

Murmuration

Re: Thoughts on Cynicism

[(Anonymous)]

As for the Angelou quote, I think it depends on whether one interprets it in a "ser" or "estar" sort of way. In terms of seeing people as they are rather than as I want them to be, yes.

this is that player lover stuff where you see where the person is NOW and also whether you see if it's worth it or not to go in and pull out this POTENTIAL, and if you can stick around afterwards or not.

i see it as a creative question.

but the cynic is not ellipses as much as a period full stop. nowhere for ME to go or even bother to take them.

erika

Re: Apology to Hearthspirit

[(Anonymous)]

(why is your name crossed out in your heading???)

x

erika

[(Anonymous)]

Ditto.

Re: Mucky state of the collective astral around here

[(Anonymous)]

The thing that really struck me though, was an intense sensation of horror combined with a sense of realization of just how badly western culture had screwed up.

YUP.

erika

[(Anonymous)]

A nice christmas sweater

https://agorathreads.com/collections/sweatshirts-1/products/unvaccinated-ready-to-talk-politics-christmas-sweater

Re: This guy is great

[scotlyn]

No 28 strikes me as the the best "religious exemption" argument ever.

To wit:

"This is a religious, cult-like worship of a pharmaceutical product [and I am not a convert to the faith], and will not participate in this ritual."

Re: Belated response to MARK...

[(Anonymous)]

I had this idea: The reason the punk rockers who rolled in a flaming ball of rage against the system can turn into Jello Hillary Teletubby Biafra Paris Hilton Jr. and wear masks at the dollar store is because their anger came out of infantile self-centredness and was a stand-in for righteous anger coming out of UNFROZEN & EXPLORED feelings.

Fuchsia Exasperating Griffin,
YES. this is the infantile tantrum i'm talking about in the west. hip hop wasn't a tantrum as much as NOT ASKING FOR PERMISSION. punk seemed to be disgruntled disillusioned suburbanite kids, whereas hip hop was po' city kids just doing their own thang.

(i've got both in me and respond to both)

it's all different now, of course. it's all childish tantrums and GIVE ME/YOU OWE ME.



erika

Re: Whither Covid Cult Craziness?

[(Anonymous)]

The Vietnam protests picked up speed fairly quickly. You could have a small city, say with a population of 35,000, and in 1967 there might be two or three people outside the Federal Building or Post Office demonstrating against the war. Then by 1971 you had the nation-wide Moratorium Against the War with a few thousand marching in the same small city. The war continued another five years in spite of convulsive massive protests. With the JFK thing I wish I'd bought the underground paper I saw from the late 60s (I saw it in I think the early 90s) questioning the narrative. It took a very long time to generate critical mass on that subject and there has been a lot of info over the years. Even at least one major 'Hollywood' movie. But you are right even with the amount of knowledge available nothing really changed. Nobody was charged or legally brought to justice. But in terms of critical mass of knowledge did such an event 'prime' us for alternative media? Did these investigations create critical mass for alternative media to develop? Does alternative media give critics of the Covid narrative any more influence?

Jeff Childer's explains the FTX implosion...

[(Anonymous)]

has anyone posted this Jeff Childers write up on the FTX fiasco in Coffee and Covid? and how is it covid related? it shows us what we're up against and why and how we're on our own, but also how short-sighted, suicidal, insane, drugged up, and insane they are. it shows holes:

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/c-and-c-news-sunday-november-13-2022

erika

[(Anonymous)]

hahaha. Oh that is clever.

Re: How the virus emerged

[(Anonymous)]

Great graph. It could be called the dopey-o-meter, where the lower the score the dopeyer you are.

African countries have been experimented upon by Big Pharma for decades. They have also been and continue to be brutally exploited by colonialism in its various forms. Good for them for waking up.

Re: Whither Covid Cult Craziness?

[(Anonymous)]

The propaganda machine is remarkably effective. What would be the number of people on here as a proportion of the general population - significantly less than 1%?

Even on here, probably the larger part want to believe the jab was an 'unfortunate accident' and things will get back to normal shortly. That normalcy bias is part of human nature and is what pushes us on to procreate and carry on regardless.

I was horrified when someone posted the other day that 1.2M people in PA alone have already had the 8 mice, bivalent booster. I mean, what the hell is even in that thing? People are unbelievably trusting to just shoot unknown stuff into themselves.

Re: Fox recovery

[fredsmith11]

Extract from a recent article by Mercola. For information purposes only, consult your physician before doing anything.

While treatment for post-jab injuries, which include long COVID-like symptoms, is still in its early stages, there is hope. A number of doctors, scientists and COVID specialty groups are investigating remedies and working with affected patients. These include:

•The FLCCC treatment protocol — The Frontline COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC) has developed protocols both for those struggling with long COVID and those injured by the COVID jabs https://covid19criticalcare.com/treatment-protocols/i-recover/. You can download both from www.covid19criticalcare.com.

•Spike protein detox — Remedies that can help inhibit, neutralize and eliminate spike protein have been identified by the World Health Council. Inhibitors that prevent the spike protein from binding to your cells include Prunella vulgaris, pine needle tea, emodin, neem, dandelion extract and the drug ivermectin. Dr. Pierre Kory, of FLCCC, believes ivermectin may be the best approach to bind the circulating spike protein.

Spike protein neutralizers, which prevent the spike from damaging cells, include N-acetylcysteine (NAC), glutathione, fennel tea, star anise tea, pine needle tea, St. John’s wort, comfrey tea and vitamin C.

Time-restricted eating (TRE) https://takecontrol.substack.com/p/new-benefits-of-fasting?s=r can help eliminate the toxic proteins by stimulating autophagy, and nattokinase, a form of fermented soy, is helpful for reducing blood clots, Several additional detox remedies can be found in “World Council for Health Reveals Spike Protein Detox.” https://takecontrol.substack.com/p/spike-protein-detox

•Nutritional support — “Treating Long-Haul Syndrome” https://takecontrol.substack.com/p/treating-long-haul-syndrome lists nutritional supplements recommended for long COVID by Dr. Al Johnson, such as vitamin C (to calm inflammation), vitamin D (for overall immune function optimization), glutathione (to quell inflammation) and NAC (as a precursor to glutathione).

Dr. Peter McCullough reports having had some success treating neurological symptoms with fluvoxamine, an SSRI antidepressant, and a March 2022 review paper24 suggests combating the neurotoxic effects of the spike protein using the flavonoids luteolin and quercetin.

An international collaboration involving researchers in Israel and the U.S. has also developed what they claim is a “breakthrough” proprietary nutritional formula for long COVID called “Restore.” Study25 results suggest each of the reported symptoms were alleviated in 72% to 84% of study participants after four weeks of standalone use. As reported by The Jerusalem Post:26

“The supplement contains nutrients and plant bio-extracts for critical immune restoration after surviving a viral infection, with ingredients including zinc, vitamin D, quercetin, bromelain, St. John’s wort, Indian frankincense and beta caryophyllene, a cannabinoid CB2 agonist (agonists turn protein molecule receptors on; antagonists turn them off).”

[temporaryreality]

Oh, and Murmuration, have you played Journey? It's lovely (I don't really play video games, but that one is special).

Re: Whither Covid Cult Craziness?

[(Anonymous)]

Looking back on it, I wonder if the Vietnam protests were more color revolution lead, with support of normal people upset at the war - kinda like the BLM protests in 2020. In small towns near me, people went out and BLM marches and they were truly peaceful. But then in a couple of places near me it went nutso and when they arrested some people they were from out of the state.

The explosives used on draft board buildings is something that if it happened today would be seen as totally insane.

[(Anonymous)]

"it was advanced very aggressively by DARPA. DARPA funded and basically built Moderna. They're continuing to push all this. They're pushing it through the government. What you're seeing is the power of the intelligence community and the new bio-defense industrial complex that's developed since the anthrax attacks and it really goes beyond that in being able to push their agenda through the government."

what the frack?

"now, we have over 100 clinical trials for mRNA vaccines, 51 of which are currently enrolling, the rest are about to start enrolling in the United States, and they're all grandfathered based on what they assert is the clear evidence that there is no safety risks associated with this technology because it's been deployed in billions of people in the United States and worldwide."

this makes me want to run screaming

[(Anonymous)]

My mom and her parents, all vaccinated, have RSV. This year is the first I've heard of RSV, now it's all over the place. So far Mom's just lost her voice. We'll see how the rest of the winter goes.

On a more positive note, I am thoroughly enjoying the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried. Couldn't happen to a better illiterate buffoon.

Re: Jessica Rose, Australia Births Numbers

[(Anonymous)]

Taken at face value this does look like a radical fall, so I'm not expecting good news either.

We've had a generation of baby boomers, are we now in for a generation of 'baby busters'?

The Ninth Mouse

Re: Whither Covid Cult Craziness?

[(Anonymous)]

Cheating is certainly par for the course in US elections. I'm not sure how useful the question of whether there was any 'more' cheating than usual this time actually is. A more interesting question would be whether the always ubiquitous cheating succeeded in swaying the results significantly this time. When all the cheaters' interests conflict, they tend to cancel each other out. Were all the cheaters' interests to align, they could seriously distort the results.

If both parties of the duopoly were interested in stopping another populist Trump campaign at all costs, they could easily come to an agreement on a preferred election outcome that would end up leaving the King in Orange looking as unelectable as possible. God knows, the prepackaged election analysis that was already going to the presses Tuesday night went well out of its way to shriek that all the candidates Trump had endorsed fared poorly, and that every gubernatorial candidate who dared to question the outcome of the 2020 election lost their seat. That kind of pre-written gloss looks to me as though someone knew exactly what messaging the foregone results were supposed to get planted into the electorate's consciousness.

Is there any reason to expect any of the bigwigs who have managed to claw their way up into either of the legacy parties' upper echelons to place the populace's concerns and preferences ahead of their own? Is there any reason to imagine that their carefully crafted opposition to each other's studied platforms and posturings would preclude them form working together to protect their considerably-overlapping real interests? Is there any need for 'more' cheating than usual to sway an election's outcome? Barring the Orange Man entering the ring, of course; then the suitcases of ballots really do have to start coming out from under the tables.

- Christophe

Re: Mary-Jane Stevens, Australian RN: First Excerpt - Two Jabs, Then Asking Questions

[(Anonymous)]

Transcriber here. Thank you, dear scotlyn, I really appreciate it!

[(Anonymous)]

I'll run quietly through the shadows myself

Re: Starting a library

[(Anonymous)]

My big tips:

First. find a place to shelve the books where they will not get sun (nor damp). The biggest challenge with libraries is keeping them organized, and it's tough, even impossible to organize books when there's isn't enough space for them.

Second, use some sort of cataloging system. I use large easy-to-read labels for the shelves, and for the books themselves, bookmarks (acid-free paper). I find it doesn't make sense to bother with a card catalog or cataloging software for a even a quite large private collection, but certainly, having a few thousand books does require some system of organization. I just use bookmarks which I make by cutting up folders and typing the category, eg, HOMEOPATHY or, say, US-MEXICAN WAR. Yes, I use a typewriter for that because it's easier to read than my handwriting and too much trouble to fiddle with the computer and printer for that. With the bookmark, I know, lickety-split, where to shelve the book.

Third, something I have not yet done but it's on the "to do" list, is to get those clear plastic covers to protect the dust jackets of some of the more rare / expensive books. Brodart sells these.

Fourth, good lighting and furniture are essential. Of course the furniture doesn't necessarily need to be anything fancy, but practical and comfortable for working and reading.

Fifth, good insulation for the room itself so that reader & books don't overheat or freeze.

Sixth, a pet must reign. I vote for pug. Cats acceptable.

Seventh, I almost forgot: get the real ostrich feather duster, it works best for books.

MILLICENTLY LURKING