Month: November 2022
Links 11/12/22
Life got busy again, so I’m a bit behind and some of these links are a bit older than I’d intended to let them get. They still apply though.
Arrested in 2020 for taking her children to the playground, still fighting in court.
11/2020 Woman arrested for removing mom from nursing home
More from the Ethical Skeptic: the CDC had a problem.
The new booster might not be all that. (I mean, they only tested it on a handfull of mice before releasing it, why would there be a problem with it??)
Guy who approved the new booster based on a study involving 8 mice, says the new studies on humans are to small to be useful.
Japanese study on vax induced myocarditis vs general pop. Folks, every time I see numbers on this they just get worse. Seriously, think twice before getting a shot, or a booster.
Scientists from Switzerland show that the MRA vax’s may injure the hearts of ALL recipients, even if they don’t end up needing medical attention. Guys, damage to your heart is a bad thing, even if its “minor”.
One of the most respected cardiologists in the world is being stripped of his credentials due to his take on the vax.
Vax trials in children noted that there was a concerning spike in RSV in the kids involved. Now that RSV numbers are spiking nationwide the .GOV wants to vax even harder.
Italy ends health worker vax mandate
10/28/22: Shanghai lockdown (again)
Shanghai Disney locks down and won’t allow visitors to leave without a negative test
NYC First responder vax mandate ruled unconstitutional
Records of federal pressure on the FDA to approve boosters
Effectiveness of Pfizer vax turns negative within a few months (note, this is not the first study to show NEGATIVE, not just zero)
Newest booster may be causing immune imprinting instead of helping
Serious cases of covid in kids to few to actually evaluate vax effectiveness
Triple vax’d more likely to get symptomatic covid than unvax’d.
Triple boostered have higher Omicron infection rates than the unvax’d w/previous infection
Sweden stops Novavax for <30
Meanwhile the LA Times is still trying to harass the unvax’d
Study looking at vax’d 6th graders, in a primary school (where they are the only vax’d students), vs in a middle school (where there’s a much higher rate of vax’d students). Results: But our estimates of indirect effects are small and statistically insignificant: despite a 20 percentage point increase in vaccination rates across all grades, we find essentially no difference in COVID-19 incidence between sixth graders in middle schools and sixth graders in elementary schools.
In Germany the vax’d make up most of the patients in the ICU
Additional data on NYC hospitals in 2020
Proof of vax still required to enter the USA (legally) through Jan 2023
Paper showing “covid is leading cause of death in children” was thoroughly debunked, so they just narrowed the time studied and re-issued the study. Spoiler, covid is still only #8 on the list with less than 3% of the deaths.
Disney ends vax mandate for actors
Study on how effective masks are accidentally proves that covid rates are higher in vaccinated students
Finland (who already had one of the lowest covid death rates) says its covid death rate may be to high by 40%.
Lockdowns: they didn’t ACTUALLY happen, people weren’t ACTUALLY arrested for taking their kids to the park, or wave boarding by themselves, or going camping, or…
Sweden refused to lock down, and had the least covid restrictions, also has lowest covid caused death, and lowest pandemic response caused deaths, and lowest excess mortality
CUNY’s testing policy is costing a fortune and not doing a single useful thing
NSW teacher wins court case for “phycological injury from vax mandate”
One of the reasons why amnesty isn’t going to happen
FB and Twitter created special portals for .GOV employees to report “misinformation”
Oxford England looking to issue permits: you’d only be allowed to drive in the city 100 days a year.
The TikTok app sold to the world is not the same app sold to the Chinese
Student Debt Relief was a driving factor in Biden’s election: and! days post election its officially unconstitutional
Diversity quotas result in lower interest rates
Guns and parts stolen from the ATF
Judge suspends large portions of NYs new gun restrictions
Stress during pregnancy causes psychiatric disorders in the child.
The new threat to science and research
DeWalt battery powered zero turn mower catches fire for reasons unknown.
20yr old wind farm being pulled down to open coal mine in Germany
The fun of trying to find a place to charge your EV
In the UK it is now more expensive to charge your EV than to buy desiel.
Hummer EV taillight costs $4k (I mean, its a Hummer, so yah).
Watch out for parking garages if you drive a Tesla
Greenpeace admits that recycling plastic isn’t worth it
Billionaires emit more greenhouse gasses than the average person
More student sexual abuse by teachers
Please stop licking the toads
Wondering why in hell so many of the GOP candidates that were up for election were on the batshit side of the party? Wonder no more: the Democrats promoted them on the assumption that people would vote Dem instead of crazy.
Poll worker removed from poll site after trying to influence voters, more
Mercer County NJ voting machine outage, more
Luzerne County PA ran out of paper for the voting machines
Dead man elected in PA
White man chokes black woman. But its not news cause the white guy is a Dem and the black lady is GOP.
2nd railroad union veto’s deal that would have stopped the strike.
Officers who locked a woman in their patrol car and left it parked on the train tracks to be charged with attempted manslaughter
Montreal police handcuff black man, discover he’s innocent, have to call for handcuff keys in order to release him
Blind Man arrested after cops mistake cane for weapon
CDC releases new opioid guidelines
.GOV aid for high heating prices
Dutch wolves are becoming to tame
Russia turns Ukrainian children into spoils of war.
Chinese police stations found in Netherlands
Small Town highschool stabbing
No Bail system strikes again
Salesman steals dog from home (folks, please don’t let your dogs run loose…)
Royal Mail Strike
Turkey to institute digital currency tied to your digital ID
Dormant volcano waking up
3 day work week is popular
Aldi and Walmart to price foods at 2021 prices for Thanksgiving
Cali is about to be very broke
Norwegian man identifies as disabled woman, uses wheelchair “almost all the time”
Halloween Stampede in Seoul
Town dresses up police horses for halloween: discovers idiots are universal
Idiot calls 911 because she doesn’t understand how smoking meat works
Google puts out new search tool to help you manage your online presence.
Homemade bread dough enhancer?
Painting has been on display upside down for 75 years
Directory of things still Made in the USA
Farmer injured in car accident: whole town comes together to help bring in his harvest
Business owner puts up “now Hiring” sign
500m year old fossil found in Wisconsin
Strange mineral growth on dead bodies turns them blue
Twin elephants born at zoo
And last, but not least, a smile for your last link of the day
Raffle for Lawdog
Lawdog’s having a bad year it turns out. A bunch of folks have put together a raffle to help raise money for him. I can’t really donate financially, but I’m donating a chainmaille, stainless steel and crystal, 6 sided dice for the raffle. See the above link for how to enter to win it!