perfect

In the end, it is the face mask that is the clearest symbol of America’s divide

There have been several great columns on the debate over mask-wearing in public. Scott McKay at American Spectator explains why the mask is essentially useless: The mask is not an adequate defense against the COVID-19 virus, gang. The virus checks in at somewhere between 0.06 and 0.14 microns, meaning it’s too small for any commercially available mask to effectively filter it out. The pores on an N95 mask, which are the best masks you’re reasonably going to find, and the vast, vast majority of you are not going to have N95 masks but rather cloth masks, which perform far less well, are 0.3 microns.” Over at Powerline, John Hinderaker writes about how “wearing face masks has become a cultural divide….On the left, mask wearing has become a basic marker of good citizenship, no matter how silly it may be…”

Then on Tuesday at the Federalist, David Marcus astutely observes that the mask has become the political symbol of 2020. Indeed it has. In Staten Island a mob of “karens” forced a woman from a store for not wearing a mask and they were not at all polite about it; they were vicious. This is all the end result of the wholly unnecessary lockdown of the American economy which was based on fallacious “science” from the outset. It is the distillation of the cultural divide. We are a nation split between the fearful, those easily frightened by anything they read in the mainstream media, and the not-by-nature fearful who are justifiably suspicious of the nonsense spewed forth by the mainstream media. Now we know exactly who believed every word the NYT, the WaPo, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, and CBS published or declared about Trump having colluded with the Russians to rig the election and those of us who knew three years ago that it was all a carefully-constructed hoax, a treasonous attempt to overthrow a duly elected President in order to cover up their many crimes committed to prevent his election.

We knew then, thanks to the few legitimate journalists alive today, that the Clinton campaign had commissioned the phony dossier and paid for it. Those of us who read Andrew McCarthy’s book, Ball of Collusion, Gregg Jarrett’s two books, The Russia Hoax and Witch Hunt, Dan Bongino’s two books on the subject, Spygate and Exonerated, and Lee Smith’s book The Plot Against the President have long known that this attempt to destroy a president is the most serious political scandal in U.S. history. Each of their books are heavily footnoted so all relevant documents that were available to them are easily accessible. But the mainstream media studiously ignored the work of each and every one of these fine reporters. There were of course hundreds of well-researched articles by real reporters that exposed the hoax nearly every step of the way but they were all ignored or ridiculed by the all-powerful mainstream media, the true enemy of the people.

No doubt more books will be forthcoming as more and more proof of the democrat conspiracy to remove President Trump from office is revealed, as more documents are de-classified. But we now know what every member of the House Intel committee has known for years, that not one witness from the Obama administration knew of nor had seen any evidence of the Trump campaign’s collusion with Russia. They all lied in public for three years but had told the truth under oath. And yet, despite all the research available to all of us on the truth of the attempted coup, all those fake news outlets refuse to admit their willing part in the scam. Not one of them has returned their Pulitzer won for reporting lies based on a hoax and a cover-up. This cultural divide has become clearer and clearer over the last three years as the never-Trumpers become more and more unhinged, more desperate to convince the rest of us to denounce the man who brought us the best economy in decades until this virus was used to sabotage it. Does anyone doubt by now that the lockdown, based on ridiculously exaggerated predictions, was a deep state plan to destroy Trump by destroying the American economy or that the blue state governors’ intentions to extend it as long as possible is part of that ploy?

Heroes of the left, Drs. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx have been wrong, wrong, wrong. Long ago the great Thomas Sowell wrote that “It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.” The lockdown was never needed. The hospitals were never overrun, the mortality rate has been a fraction of what the “scientists” predicted. The “data” has all been corrupted. Thousands of those who have died these past few months died of other illnesses, drug overdoses, even homicides but were counted as having died of COVID-19. As everyone knows by now, most of those who have actually died with the virus were both elderly and already ill. Thanks to Gov. Andrew Cuomo in New York, these most vulnerable citizens were herded together in nursing homes that were wholly unprepared to handle so many sick people. After whining about all the things he needed and which Trump saw to it that he received– field hospitals, ventilators and the hospital ship, Cuomo chose instead not to make use of those provisions. But masks? Yes, Cuomo says everyone must wear a mask, no matter how unhealthy unless one is particularly vulnerable.

Jon Gabriel gives a good accounting of the two types of people who have been revealed since the virus came to visit, “karens” and “sharons.” That would be the ones who virtue-signal by shaming anyone not wearing a mask and those who live and let live. On the left and right coasts masks have become a fashion statement! Alyssa Milano tweeted out herself wearing a hand-knit mask. How is that for genius? Gov. Ralph Northam of VA has ordered all Virginians to be masked both inside and outside but he visited the beach over the weekend without one. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has decreed all manner of silly restrictions on Michigan’s citizens but, like J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, believes herself to be exempt. So the mask police are often the biggest hypocrites. Neighborhoods all over the nation are being split by the fearful-yet-controlling mask tyrants and those who possess common sense. Gov. Gavin Newsom of California is gleefully keeping most of California’s businesses shuttered despite that fact that the deaths there have been only .0001% of the California population. This proves that his tyranny over the state’s small businesses is just that, an iron grip without any legitimate cause beyond damage to the Trump administration. The silver lining of this strategy to use this virus as an instrument of control, (a strategy that is even more destructive than the Russia hoax), is that millions of former Democrats are waking up to the oppressive tendencies of Democrats and cannot wait to vote out these despots. The power of the mask police will be short-lived for “The self-righteous scream judgments against others to hide the noise of skeletons dancing in their own closets.”
--John Mark Green

Read more: https://www.americanthinker.co...e.html#ixzz6Nem0YGi3

Pew Research headline:

Since mid-April, COVID-19 deaths have declined in Democratic districts but have been relatively stable in Republican districts

wow. sounds bad for REPs, right?

rest of story:





https://hotair.com/archives/ed...ovid-19-deaths-know/

Damn...some places you have to pay good money to see that kind of thing but the folks at the Ukrainian post office got it for free!!!

quote:

Originally posted by braillediver:
Seems people in other countries are fed up also.

quote:

Masks up, pants down? Ukrainian woman dons UNDERWEAR on her face to meet Covid-19 safety demands (VIDEO)

"The DIY ‘face mask’ apparently checked out with the employees, who continued business as normal and eventually serviced the woman."

https://www.rt.com/news/489849...underwear-face-mask/

quote:

Originally posted by sdy:
Pew Research headline:
Since mid-April, COVID-19 deaths have declined in Democratic districts but have been relatively stable in Republican districts

Rabid bias. Obvious political motive.

Here's more:

On May 5, 2020, when some places in mostly Red states started opening things back up... the WaPo published this:

U.S. daily coronavirus death rate will more than double by June 1, draft government report projects...

Covid-19 deaths in the United States will rise to more than 3,000 a day by June 1, with new confirmed cases surging to about 200,000 daily, a draft government report projects.

The predictions belie the projections made Sunday evening by President Trump, who said the U.S. could eventually suffer as many as 100,000 deaths. At 3,000 deaths per day and rising, the national total would quickly outstrip that number if the new report is correct.

https://www.washingtonpost.com...ronavirus-update-us/

Just another scare tactic.
In reality, there are not 3,000 deaths per day and rising (727 yesterday)and new confirmed cases are NOT surging to about 200,000 daily (19,281 yesterday < 10% of the prediction)

quote:

Originally posted by braillediver:
Seems people in other countries are fed up also.

quote:

Masks up, pants down? Ukrainian woman dons UNDERWEAR on her face to meet Covid-19 safety demands (VIDEO)

....

Yep.
https://sigforum.com/eve/forums...890011074#5890011074

Not much talk of this in the US media the past couple days, hmmmmm I wonder why?

From Yahoo UK:

quote:

Coronavirus 'disappearing' so fast Oxford vaccine has 'only 50% chance of working'

There is only a 50% chance of the Oxford coronavirus vaccine working because cases in the UK are declining so fast, one of the scientists behind it has warned.

The University of Oxford's Jenner Institute and the Oxford Vaccine Group began developing a COVID-19 vaccine in January using a virus taken from chimpanzees.

But with the number of UK coronavirus cases dropping every day, there may not be enough people to test it on, according to the institute's director Professor Adrian Hill.

He told The Sunday Telegraph: "It's a race against the virus disappearing, and against time. We said earlier in the year that there was an 80% chance of developing an effective vaccine by September.

"But at the moment, there's a 50% chance that we get no result at all. We're in the bizarre position of wanting COVID to stay, at least for a little while."

Link

They must be very disappointed.

https://hotair.com/archives/ja...steriously-vanishes/

New York officials have scrubbed Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s March 25 order requiring nursing homes to take in COVID-19 patients from the state health department website — even as Cuomo’s office insists that the order, which has been linked to thousands of nursing home deaths, remains in effect.

The web page that once contained the order now directs to a page indicating that the file is “not found.” The archive indicates that the deletion occurred sometime after May 5, around the time that criticism over New York’s nursing home fatalities intensified.

A copy of the page saved by the Internet archive Wayback Machine, however, shows that Cuomo’s order stated: “No resident shall be denied readmission or admission to the NH [nursing home] solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19. NHs [Nursing homes] are prohibited from requiring a hospitalized resident who is determined medically stable to be tested for COVID-19 prior to admission or readmission.”

They are masters of cover up

quote:

A copy of the page saved by the Internet archive Wayback Machine, however, shows that Cuomo’s order stated: “No resident shall be denied readmission or admission to the NH [nursing home] solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19. NHs [Nursing homes] are prohibited from requiring a hospitalized resident who is determined medically stable to be tested for COVID-19 prior to admission or readmission.”

The internet is like the great oceans that keep coughing up their dead.

Wyoming Governor, Mark Gordon just announced the cancellation of Cheyenne Frontier Days for the first time in its 124 year history. In fact, all of Wyoming’s big rodeos were cancelled after lengthy discussions between the governor and the chairmen of the rodeos. Gordon got kind of emotional when he announced the ultimate decision; he competed in rodeo himself. I’ve been involved with CFD since we moved down here, it’s strange to contemplate summer and no “Daddy of Em All.”

Wow! That's really disappointing to hear! CFD is a fun experience.

https://www.breitbart.com/poli...ction-program-funds/

Business owners across the country are lamenting that people are not coming back to their jobs, even when offered. For small businesses able to survive the quarantine, more will need to be done to get their workers off welfare and back in the workforce. It’s going to require thoughtful action from state and federal leaders, as well as strict enforcement of existing laws regarding unemployment benefits. Thankfully, some of the nation’s governors are making bold and commonsense moves to address the three-headed monster of a health crisis, budget woes, and businesses on the brink of extinction.

Congress created this problem, in large part, by adding a $600 per week unemployment benefit on top of the usual benefit so that many made significantly more money staying at home than they made while working. This is the perfect storm for wide-scale unemployment fraud and abuse.

Dear Leader needs a mask lesson. Maybe use Saran Wrap and do a couple of turns round the whole head?

Or have some burly NYSP tackle him and fix it for him?


On Tuesday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said that wearing a mask was “cool” and suggested he wanted to sign an executive order that said, “Wearing a mask is officially cool.”

“Wearing a mask is now cool,” Cuomo said. “I believe it’s cool. … Wearing a mask is officially cool.”

Dude needs some training on “cool” - he looks more doofus than cool...

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday told CNN that wearing a mask was a “symbol.”

“I want to protect myself and protect others, and also because I want to make it be a symbol for people to see that that’s the kind of thing you should be doing,” Fauci said, even though he reminded viewers that masks were “not 100 percent effective.”

https://www.breitbart.com/poli...-signifies-strength/

Not sure he nose how to wear the mask properly.

quote:

Originally posted by Graniteguy:
Not sure he nose how to wear the mask properly.

Well, Cuomo’s a mouth breather, so...

This is from the Associated Press, not The Onion or the Babylon Bee:


https://twitter.com/AP_Images/.../1266005207386927104