Open (More or Less) Post on Covid 145

[ecosophia]

We are now in the third year of these open posts. As the phrase "died suddenly" repeats in the mass media like a mantra, statistics for work days lost to illness and all-cause mortality mount up in heavily vaccinated nations, and more and more ugly facts about the official response to Covid spill out into public, we are entering what may well turn out to be the most difficult period of the Covid disaster -- the phase in which denial rises in lockstep with the death rate, and a great many people try not to admit what has been done to them by the people and institutions they trusted. It could get ugly, folks.

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, religions, 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

Re: Astral weather

[(Anonymous)]

I'm glad you raised the subject! For the past couple of weeks I was thinking of doing the same but just never got around to it.

My observations are remarkably similar. And it's quite pervasive. Just yesterday my wife (who tends not to talk too much about such things) said to me, "lately there's been this terrible pall - this darkness that permeates everything and makes it impossible to experience joy".

Something truly ghastly seems to be descending the planes. I hate to say it, but quite possibly the Grim Reaper is preparing to have a bumper harvest in 2024...

My black humour is reminding me of the Monty Python film The Life of Brian, wherein all those on crosses sing and whistle the song "Always Look On the Bright Side of Life". We must carry on, regardless of the circumstances, with light in our hearts.

Ron M

Re: Astral weather

[(Anonymous)]

I can't quite explain it, but everything just feels 'off'.

A chocolate cake I made recently (same recipe I've used for 10+ years) no longer tasted particularly good. As far as I can tell, the ingredients were the same, I made it in exactly the same way, but it just tasted bitter and burned (even though it wasn't). I tried to bake it again a week later and had the same result.

Other foods I used to enjoy also just taste bland.

Sunlight used to feel warm and relaxing, now it feels fierce and burning.

People feel like cardboard cut-outs. It's like I can't synchonise with them in conversations any more, things feel really stilted.

Music I used to enjoy just sounds like noise, and I can't understand why I used to like the songs.

The same also goes for video games that I used to like.

I'm struggling to read or enjoy books any more.

I used to enjoy certain parts of my job, now they feel like a pointless chore.

I've had covid, but over a year ago, and am unjabbed. I lost my sense of smell for a few days, but it came back and I can still smell and taste everything correctly. It just no longer seems that great.

Weirdly, I've enjoyed running a lot more than I used to though.