Israel is averaging two — 2! — deaths per day

I swear this dude is a masochist, it’s the only explanation https://t.co/g6tNGMuo8j

— Dylan Scott (@dylanlscott) July 19, 2021

The liberal messaging now has decidedly shifted to “the vaccines do not work” while the non-extremist conservative messaging has converged on “the vaccines work but I shouldn’t be forced to have one.” It’s been interesting to watch the propaganda streams shift positions and in many cases completely reverse. (“We have always been at war with Eastasia.”)

Admittedly, other than just a tactic to keep enriching the plutes, I am having trouble understanding what exactly is going on here. Is this just about identity? If so, then why do the propaganda streams and beliefs seem to have no consistency at all? And why can people not recall what happened just a few months prior? We’re not talking years or decades here — no, this was the very recent past.

For the liberals, is staying inside forever really that attractive? What happened to “believe science?” Haven’t seen that formerly-ubiquitous mantra being chanted much lately, which makes sense because if you do in fact believe science it’s obvious that the vaccines are working quite well.

I don’t understand what the fuck is going on here and it bothers me. Is it just fear? Identity dominating all other concerns? Or maybe many people truly do want to cower inside until the sun goes supergiant.

Lockdown last winter means that millions protected from Covid won't have any immunity to flu this winter.

So the solution will be to lockdown again this winter to "save lives".

Can anyone guess what will happen to flu in the winter of 2022/23…?🤔😬

End the madness now. pic.twitter.com/UKAZxFodZP

— Julia Hartley-Brewer (@JuliaHB1) July 16, 2021

In many places, lockdowns will never end. I expect that this will be true for Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and a few other countries or regions. By “never end” I mean there will be repeated lockdowns in perpetuity as some new crisis is ginned up.

In the US I’d expect less of this but with eco-fascism on the way, who knows?

Luton airport baggage arrivals hall on a Sunday in mid July. Madness. pic.twitter.com/aXGjbpRs1x

— Julia Hartley-Brewer (@JuliaHB1) July 18, 2021

That is indeed total madness. I cannot believe what we have done to ourselves.

Haters gonna hate ✈️ ➡️ pic.twitter.com/qvtlpexsqX

— Dr. Cam Sepah (HIRING) ‍♂️ (@DrSepah) July 18, 2021

There is a very valid critique of capitalism in the actions that Musk, Bezos, Branson, et al., are taking regarding space — but for most liberal types, it seems to be that anyone is doing it at all that’s the issue.

These are the same types of people that denigrate basic research because to them it seems trivial or unnecessary, who imagine there is a big pot of money somewhere space exploration is reducing, and who are just general assclowns all around.

The Reassuring Data on the Delta Variant. There’s no sign of a surge in hospitalization or severe illness, and the vaccines remain extremely effective.

But the liberals told me that the vaccines are totally useless against Delta and we certainly must hide inside until at least 2040. Also, inevitably, Covid will evolve to be the size of a tiger and will slaughter you with one spiky paw-slash — because in their minds, this is just how mutation works, duh!

It’s funny when the “hide inside forever” crowd started (thankfully) losing the debate, that’s when they switched to the “vaccines are almost useless” claims, directly opposite what they’d been asseverating just a few weeks before.

Is hiding inside really that much fun?

Everyone quotes what Robert Oppenheimer said at the Trinity test because it makes them sound smart by proxy, but test director Kenneth Bainbridge’s statement was more apropos and accurate.

He said, “Now we are all sons of bitches.”

That’s the meat of it.