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16,000 more leave Afghanistan
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Man who tried to EAT five memory cards filled with child porn images after being stopped by police sentenced to 12 years in federal prison
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • Georgia resident David Orozco,31, was arrested in July 2017 after he tried to eat memory cards filled with child pornography

  • Police pulled him over after he was seen drifting between lanes in a blue Lexus in Dunn, North Carolina

  • They searched the vehicle and found $111,252 hidden in the dashboard

  • He must also attend treatment programs and pay $5,000 to a victim

  • Orozco, originally from Mexico, will be deported back after he serves his time
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/24/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Eating memory. Sounds like the theme of a Borges story.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/24/2021 18:04 Comments || Top||


-Obits-
Rolling Stone Charlie Watts dead at 80
[FoxNews] Charlie Watts, best known as the prolific drummer for the rock band the Rolling Stones for more than half a century, has died. He was 80.

A representative for Watts told Fox News Tuesday that the musician "passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family."

No cause of death was given yet.

Courtesy of Skidmark, the Daily Mail has lots of photos.
Posted by: badanov || 08/24/2021 13:07 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It's only a matter of time before the band is reunited again.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/24/2021 13:18 Comments || Top||

#2  Obviously, drinking, drugs, smoking and unsafe sex are not hazardous to your health,
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 08/24/2021 13:47 Comments || Top||

#3  But was he wearing a mask when he died? (other than oxygen mask)
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/24/2021 17:47 Comments || Top||


-Great Cultural Revolution
Dr. Fauci's Economic Lockdowns Killed 267,000 Infants in Low and Middle-Income Countries
[GatewayPundit] In March 2020, Dr. Tony Fauci urged the President of the United States to lock down the entire US economy for two weeks to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Of course, the two weeks turned into several months. And even more devastating, was that several developing countries followed Dr. Fauci’s lead and also locked down their struggling economies.

In June 2020, Dr. Tony Fauci defended his economic lockdowns saying, “When you give advice about what should you be doing — People get confused. And they say, ‘Wow, you know, we shut down and we caused a great disruption in society. We caused great economic pain, loss of jobs… The fact that we shut down when we did and the rest of the world did, has saved hundreds of millions of infections and millions of lives.”

But now we know that Fauci’s lockdowns actually killed 267,000 infants in low and middle-income countries.

The Daily Mail reported:

Hundreds of thousands of babies died last year due to the economic fallout from COVID-19, a new modeling study suggests.

Researchers from World Bank Group, a financial institution headquartered in Washington, DC, estimated that an extra 267,000 infant fatalities were reported n 2020 in low- and middle-income countries.

This is seven percent higher than the number of newborns that usually die in the course of a year.

Past studies have examined indirect deaths caused by COVID-19, meaning not from the virus itself.

For example, one study found 75,000 Americans died indirectly due the pandemic such as delaying seeking life-saving medical care.

And preliminary figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest that a record 93,000 people die from drug overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2020 due to the proliferation of fentanyl and the stress of the pandemic.

The Daily Mail article goes on to point out that the babies died of malnutrition and lack of access to healthcare rather than COVID itself, primarily in India.
Posted by: Sleatle Sheaque8261 || 08/24/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Words fail
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/24/2021 1:22 Comments || Top||

#2  If your erection lasts for more than four hours (months in your case), consult your doctor...
Posted by: Raj || 08/24/2021 1:26 Comments || Top||

#3  thunder mountain, g(r), g(r) PB, Boris -

It is our assessment, that you have failed in your mission as an 'agent of influence', all indications are the people see right through you, no credence is being given to your posts and commentaries, and they have devolved into nothing more than thoughtless childish tokens of harassment.
Now finish your bottle of Slivovitz, and come along, we have other fish to fry elsewhere.

Posted by: Fearless Leader1948 || 08/24/2021 1:34 Comments || Top||

#4  Died of something, but not here.
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/24/2021 13:15 Comments || Top||


Get vaccinated or stay in jail! New York judge tells defendant he must get the COVID-19 shot to make bail, while Bronx judge makes it part of plea deal for suspect to show 'he's finally putting others' interests above his own'
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/24/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:




#4  America imitating Israel instead of vice verse. Better for everybody.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/24/2021 1:20 Comments || Top||

#5  thunder mountain, g(r), g(r) PB, Boris -

It is our assessment, that you have failed in your mission as an 'agent of influence', all indications are the people see right through you, no credence is being given to your posts and commentaries, and they have devolved into nothing more than thoughtless childish tokens of harassment.
Now finish your bottle of Slivovitz, and come along, we have other fish to fry elsewhere.

Posted by: Fearless Leader1948 || 08/24/2021 1:33 Comments || Top||

#6  Nehemiah Scudder wing of the Republican party seems to be out in strength today.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/24/2021 1:44 Comments || Top||

#7  Ooooh - obscure political reference! You're so smart & clever!
Posted by: Raj || 08/24/2021 1:49 Comments || Top||

#8  Here's an obscure political reference...
Posted by: Raj || 08/24/2021 1:50 Comments || Top||

#9  I love Limu emu
Posted by: Chris || 08/24/2021 10:21 Comments || Top||

#10  "Free country, eh...?"
Posted by: Crusader || 08/24/2021 10:29 Comments || Top||

#11  Wadn't it just a few weeks ago the prison doors were opened because COVID?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/24/2021 11:38 Comments || Top||

#12  Oil, water. A hothead, a Ptolemy...
Or, let's say, meorav Yerushalmi:

"Chicken heart!"
"Chicken liver!"
A shiver. A quiver.
"Screw you!"
"True believer!"

"Whew!"
"Call me?"
Posted by: Sonny Pheling1565 || 08/24/2021 14:23 Comments || Top||

#13  Whoops. Now I read the other thread. Should've not-posted over there. Sorry.
Posted by: Sonny Pheling1565 || 08/24/2021 14:44 Comments || Top||

#14  meorav Yerushalmi

New Hebrew phrase for me. Thank you, Zenobia F!
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/24/2021 22:29 Comments || Top||


'No Way In Hell I'm Getting The Vaccine Booster' - If The Left Looses Bill Maher - Did They Loose Their War ?
The Left regularly loses Mr. Maher. It’s part of his shtick.
Posted by: Jing Chavitch4654 || 08/24/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  We shall see if Commissar Bill will survive the ratings war within the Leftist War against US Constitutional, Civil and Common Law; Not to mention Administrative Law (HIPAA), International Law (Crimes Against Humanity)... When the Chief Canary Bill speaks, will the Left Finally Listen ?
Posted by: Thomoting the Younger6300 || 08/24/2021 0:16 Comments || Top||

#2 
Posted by: Woodrow || 08/24/2021 5:17 Comments || Top||

#3  There are always mandates.
Posted by: Angstrom || 08/24/2021 10:53 Comments || Top||

#4  I'd imagine Maher guards his health closely, except when he indulges his bad habits.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/24/2021 11:10 Comments || Top||

#5  It’s part of his shtick.

Same can be said for lefties like Matt Taibbi.

Did that blogger some people can't get enough of ever disavow Jake Tapper?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/24/2021 11:13 Comments || Top||

#6  If they in fact do lose him, it's just one foot soldier. The march continues.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 08/24/2021 17:43 Comments || Top||

#7  I think if I got three wishes, out of pure evil I'd use one to wish "Everyone who ever even thought about wearing prop glasses dies immediately."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/24/2021 19:21 Comments || Top||

#8  There's plenty of examples of people continuing to fight a war after they lost.
Posted by: ed in texas || 08/24/2021 19:39 Comments || Top||


Former KGB Agent, Yuri Bezmenov, Warns America About Socialist Subversion
(ACE) Another "oldie but a goodie" here. This video was recorded in 1984 and features former KGB agent Yuri Bezmenov explaining/predicting what we're seeing in present day America.

Posted by: 746 || 08/24/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Hate to call you a horse George (Yuri), but you are hearing exactly what I heard growing up from refugees from the Soviet Union; This is from the Horse's Mouth.

Believe me and there are a herd of these horses out there, Russian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Eastern European States Citizens (can't Happen here)

Oh yeah, it is... fight back !
Posted by: Cheng Threreper7703 || 08/24/2021 0:35 Comments || Top||

#2  ...whilst g(r)om lectures us about getting vaccinated.
Posted by: Raj || 08/24/2021 0:40 Comments || Top||

#3  There is a vaccine for socialism now? Cool!
Posted by: SteveS || 08/24/2021 1:00 Comments || Top||

#4  I do not know about 'socialist subversion' of US. But yes, America will turn out to be a bum like India.
Posted by: Wren || 08/24/2021 1:38 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Jen Psaki confirms findings of the 90-day intelligence probe into COVID origins are due TODAY but the public will have to wait to see its declassified findings
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/24/2021 09:18 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Commies


Hospitals Causing Wave Of Covid Deaths After Firing Unvaccinated Nurses (Dated 8/18/21) Important - [Washington Gazette]
Posted by: Sleatle Sheaque8261 || 08/24/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Marvelous how the mind of true believer works.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/24/2021 1:14 Comments || Top||

#2  Tap dancing on other's graves - you're a real piece of work.
Posted by: Raj || 08/24/2021 1:20 Comments || Top||

#3  (r) speaks of the unvaxed as he does Palestinians, just die.
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed || 08/24/2021 6:35 Comments || Top||

#4  Which makes me wonder, why does Israel want to vaccinate the Paleostinians at all? They're fairly well picketed, let those mohammed kissers just die.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 08/24/2021 6:56 Comments || Top||


South Florida doctors stage symbolic walkout amid surge in unvaxxed COVID-19 patient, WHO demands 1st World vax delay while 3rd World catches up
[FoxNews] A group of 75 South Florida doctors staged a symbolic walkout on Monday to highlight a surge in unvaccinated COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the state, according to a report.

The doctors who participated in the demonstration in Palm Beach Gardens cited fatigue and frustration with misinformation that has contributed to vaccine hesitancy in the state. Some of the doctors briefly walked out of their shifts to participate in the protest.

Meanwhile, in their secret world headquarters high above the infected world below:
WHO Cares: WHO chief calls for a two-month pause on COVID vaccine boosters because low- and middle-income countries are still struggling to get hold of enough shots

If they're not needed for two months, are they needed at all?
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/24/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:


#2  ^Send the black helicopters!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/24/2021 1:17 Comments || Top||

#3  thunder mountain, g(r), g(r) PB, Boris -

It is our assessment, that you have failed in your mission as an 'agent of influence', all indications are the people see right through you, no credence is being given to your posts and commentaries, and they have devolved into nothing more than thoughtless childish tokens of harassment.
Now finish your bottle of Slivovitz, and come along, we have other fish to fry elsewhere.

Posted by: Fearless Leader1948 || 08/24/2021 1:35 Comments || Top||

#4  How many of those doctors were vaxxed? Asking for a friend who was impressed by Nancy party where all the 'servants' were masked but the participants weren't.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/24/2021 7:21 Comments || Top||

#5  Maybe Nancy's "servants" were worried about catching COVID. Or maybe rabies.
Posted by: Bobby || 08/24/2021 9:24 Comments || Top||

#6  "First do no harm." I heard they cut that part out, sort of like Gurgle dropped "Don't be Evil."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/24/2021 10:31 Comments || Top||

#7  And we danced like a wave on the ocean, romanced
We were liars in love and we danced
Swept away for a moment by chance
And we danced and danced, danced.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 08/24/2021 10:46 Comments || Top||

#8  Other Peoples Money™. How much did they donate for 3rd world vaccines?
Posted by: magpie || 08/24/2021 11:27 Comments || Top||

#9  what I heard is different

South Fl Doctors went outside the hospital in a symbolic act to urge people to get vaxxed.

It was not a protest but yes, people who are un-vaxxed are being infected, hospitalized, killed, at a much higher rate than people who are vaxxed.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 08/24/2021 13:39 Comments || Top||

#10  Maybe if the hospitals didn't fire their unvaxinated staff they'd have someone willing to work on unvaxinated patients without compromising their own integrity.
Posted by: ruprecht || 08/24/2021 19:17 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Ukraine Celebrates 30 years of independence Today (Foreign Brief)
Posted by: Uniting Ebbaviling5617 || 08/24/2021 12:44 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:


Russia to unveil new version of BMP-3 combat vehicle
By Roman Azanov
[TASS] A new modification of the BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle furnished with the Berezhok combat module will be demonstrated at the Army 2021 international military-technical forum for the first time, the press office of the Precision Weapons Company (within the state tech corporation Rostec) told TASS on Monday.

"The BMP-3 vehicle with the Berezhok combat module developed by the Shipunov Instrument-Making Design Bureau (part of the Precision Weapons Company within Rostec) will be featured at the Army 2021 forum," the press office said.

Work continues to upgrade the BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle, which envisages mounting new armaments on this hardware, the press office said.

"The configuration of BMP-3s will change completely when new combat modules are installed. There are also plans to install other armaments that fit for the dimensional and weight characteristics of the chassis of the BMP-3, which must, undoubtedly, remain an amphibious vehicle," the press office added.

Currently, the Russian troops are receiving BMP-2M combat vehicles outfitted with the Berezhok module.

The BMP-3 is one of the basic types of the armor in the Russian Army and the world’s most popular infantry fighting vehicle.

Looks like they chucked the 100mm cannon earlier models had.
Posted by: badanov || 08/24/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


Kalashnikov produces first batch of submachine guns for pilots
By Stanislav Krasilnikov

[TASS] The Kalashnikov Group has produced the first batch of cutting-edge small-size AM-17 submachine guns for airmen and crews of combat vehicles, the company’s press service told TASS at the International Military-Technical Forum Army-2021.

"The batch of [AM-17] prototypes has already been produced. We plan to initiate state trials by the end of the year. Preliminary tests are expected to take place soon. Customers are showing interest in the AM-17 — a compact and lightweight submachine gun that can be used in closed spaces," Kalashnikov said.

The AM-17 was initially developed for 5.45x39 mm munitions. "Submachine guns are under development concurrently for 7.62x39 mm and 5.56x45 mm cartridges," the press service added.

The International Military-Technical Forum Army-2021 is being held from August 22 to 28 in Kubinka, the Moscow Region.
To see a photo of the prototype, click on the link in the title
Posted by: badanov || 08/24/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  a compact and lightweight submachine gun that can be used in closed spaces

When passengers get rowdy?
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/24/2021 7:47 Comments || Top||

#2  ^ No, co-pilots.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 08/24/2021 8:09 Comments || Top||

#3  Be sure and give the flight crew a weapon that can rip the aircraft to pieces.
Posted by: ed in texas || 08/24/2021 10:18 Comments || Top||


Cyber
Massive Microsoft Power Apps data breach exposes personal details of 38 million people: American Airlines and NYC schools data including social security numbers and vaccination status among information leaked
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/24/2021 09:20 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Database software was better when even DBAs didn't understand it. Now an intern in Marketing can create a huge security hole by simple drag and drop.

/Progress
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/24/2021 10:01 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Watch: Church Goes Wild as Fed-Up Oliver North Swears About Biden Admin on Stage
Posted by: Sleatle Sheaque8261 || 08/24/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  He was not swearing. The "swear" word in context was clean speech that meant that a person should be relegated to a form of ultimate doom. To "swear" is to simply use the word as an outburst of frustration. Many churches actually use that word during sermons to describe what happens to non-believers but and is not considered a swear word but a verb describing a final form of judgement from God.
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 || 08/24/2021 1:18 Comments || Top||

#2 
Posted by: Woodrow || 08/24/2021 5:13 Comments || Top||

#3  Our modern Pharisees should be treated as the old were by you know who.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/24/2021 8:01 Comments || Top||

#4  I hadn't realized Ollie was such a little guy.
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/24/2021 9:00 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
CM Buzdar orders action against gangs involved in child beggary
[NATION.PK] Special Coordinator to CM on Child Protection Sara Ahmad called on Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....

Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar at CM’s office on Sunday and presented him with a three-year performance report of the Child Protection Bureau. She thanked the chief minister for extending his full support for safeguarding the rights of children.

The chief minister said that the government was determined to safeguard the rights of the children. "Not a single meeting of the board of the Child Protection Bureau took place in the last 12 years of previous regimes. The current government has turned the Bureau into a vibrant institute and its scope will be extended to every district of Punjab," he said, adding that the Punjab government was providing all-out resources to the bureau to safeguard the rights of destitute and helpless children.

Usman Buzdar directed indiscriminate action against the gangs involved in child beggary and said that children living in the child bureau were like his own children and no stone would be left unturned to safeguard their rights. He further stated that he would inaugurate the Faisalabad
...formerly known as Lyallpur, the third largest metropolis in Pakistain, the second largest in Punjab after Lahore. It is named after some Arab because the Paks didn't have anybody notable of their own to name it after...
Child Protection Bureau during his visit to Faisalabad. He also lauded the performance of the child bureau.


Posted by: Fred || 08/24/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1  Usman Buzdar directed indiscriminate action against the gangs involved in child beggary

But not buggery.
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/24/2021 13:18 Comments || Top||


CPO orders arrest of rapist of seminary student
[NATION.PK] A young female student was sexually assaulted in a seminary located at Pirwadhai, informed sources on Sunday.

They said Pirwadhai police have registered case against the accused after the mother of the victim appeared before CPO Muhammad Ahsan Younas in open court. According to sources, the teacher of seminary had called the mother of girl informing her to take her daughter home as she had fainted.

They said the woman brought her daughter home who later shared her ordeal with mother that teacher Shahnawaz raped her. The mother of victim girl approached CPO and sought justice.
Posted by: Fred || 08/24/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Science & Technology
European Space Agency asks for patience as it sifts through over 23,000 applications from aspiring astronauts to go to the moon – including 1,979 from the UK
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/24/2021 12:42 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  REAL refugees
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/24/2021 13:12 Comments || Top||

#2  They will almost certainly have to pick an "Asian person" who will stab the other crew members at the first opportunity.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/24/2021 19:07 Comments || Top||


COVID vaccines show no signs of harming fertility or sexual function
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/24/2021 12:08 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The noxious Candace Owens hit hardest.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/24/2021 12:23 Comments || Top||

#2  Sometimes it should.
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/24/2021 14:32 Comments || Top||

#3  In theory, if it's all a gummint plot (it's actually just gummint incompetence as usual) then the last thing the vax should do is damage the reproductive possibilities of the compliant abjectly obeisant.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/24/2021 17:51 Comments || Top||

#4  I am sure Candice can describe the specific molecular process by which the vaccine attacks the human reproductive system. If she can’t she should shut up.
Posted by: Croque Fliting8030 || 08/24/2021 20:38 Comments || Top||

#5  "So, doctor, it hurts when I pee."
"That's the virus!" "The vax!" "Or VD."
Well, no one asked me,
But I'll bet it's all three.
[jets roar over, hit Bexhill-on-Sea]

Posted by: Sonny Pheling1565 || 08/24/2021 23:23 Comments || Top||


Israel expands third vaccine dose to all adults over 30
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/24/2021 11:43 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Unvaccinated adults 50+ are 17x more likely to die than vaxxed counterparts
h/t Hot Air
[FOX11] - Los Angeles County reported 2,781 new cases of COVID-19 and 10 additional deaths Sunday, though health officials said the case numbers and deaths may reflect delays in weekend reporting.

...As of Aug. 7, unvaccinated adults between 18 and 49 years old were 25 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than vaccinated adults of the same age. It's not as simple to measure the number of times more likely this unvaccinated demographic is to die from the disease because there have been "virtually no deaths in vaccinated members of this age group," according to Public Health officials.
When you lost FOX, what's left?

All ECMO-bound COVID patients in Israel below age of 60, data shows
[YNet] - Israeli ECMO Association says all unvaccinated patients who were on ECMO since start of 4th wave passed away, while older people, some with underlying health conditions, survived because they were fully vaccinated
So, if I adopted the debating mannerisms of Ranburg's anti-vaxxer squatters, I would be compelled to say something along the lines "Anti-vaxxer influencers are murdering people". Fortunately, I know better. In any case, I'm willing to leave the work to tort lawyers who, I'm sure, are talking to the bereaved families right now.

p.s. Lets do an informal census. How many of 'burg regulars are vaccinated with mRNA, and how many had serious side effects?


Israeli anti-vaxxers submit ethics complaint to ICC - report
[JPost] - Anshei Emet (People of Truth), a group against coronavirus vaccination, filed a suit against the Israeli government with the International Criminal Court (ICC) earlier this month, arguing that Israel’s administration of the coronavirus vaccine and policies to encourage vaccination are considered "crimes against humanity" according to the Nuremberg Code.
Our monkeys always imitate American monkeys.
...Despite the suit’s claims of severe side effects, death and injuries allegedly related to the vaccine, Health Ministry data released amid the vaccination campaign showed that only about 0.25% of Israelis who received the vaccination experienced any side effects, and that the vast majority of these reported side effects were light and temporary, including general weakness and headaches, dizziness, feeling faint, muscle pain, fever, joint pain, nausea, stomach pain, chills, throat pain, coughs and runny noses.
But, in USA, hundred of thousands die - to believe our resident anti-vaxxers. It must be the diet.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/24/2021 01:33 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Just so much garbage news. Coordinated propaganda news network to keep the fear going. The truth has left the building. I am in the public day to day and can see the reality. People are living their lives free of this organized chronic psychosis. Then consider 5G and soon 6 GT. Say what you will but people are standing their ground. Not all will swallow the propaganda.
Posted by: Dale || 08/24/2021 4:23 Comments || Top||

#2  From the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

Right because the would not lie, much.
Posted by: Woodrow || 08/24/2021 5:08 Comments || Top||

#3  The local FOX affiliate is completely woke running the first 12 minutes of each evening broadcast covid related stories. Same routine each night.
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed || 08/24/2021 6:20 Comments || Top||

#4  One hand patting yourself on the back, the other...
Posted by: Frank G || 08/24/2021 6:45 Comments || Top||

#5  "How many of 'burg regulars are vaccinated with mRNA, and how many had serious side effects?"

I'll go first: Pfizer/Biontech (Comirnaty), 2 times.

Side effects: Arm muscle a bit pressure sensitive for a few hours, a few warm flushes for a few hours, a bit tired the next day. I wouldn't even call this "side effects". The second jab had even milder side effects that vanished a few hours later.

I got back to work one hour after both vaccinations.
Posted by: European Conservative || 08/24/2021 6:54 Comments || Top||

#6  Pfizer, some shoulder ache the first day, retirement unaffected.
Posted by: Bobby || 08/24/2021 7:00 Comments || Top||

#7  We're both seniors and went ahead and got the Maderna. No side effects, back to afternoon naps the next day. Our extended family came down with the damn COVID and it was pretty rough. They HAD been vax'd and got a light case, which put them out of action and quarantined for 2+ weeks.

We were hold outs. My major concern are the unknown the long-term effects, which at our age really doesn't mean much. The huge gov't push was my other concern. That needs little further explanation. I've spent too much time around Washington to trust those greedy, self-serving bastids for anything.

Posted by: Besoeker || 08/24/2021 7:06 Comments || Top||

#8  J&J, no side effects that I noticed. Out of caution I took an extra low dose aspirin every day for a month as a guard against clots. Full disclosure, I never have tested positive for COVID at any time before or since being vaccinated.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/24/2021 7:15 Comments || Top||

#9  I got the AstraZeneca thingy. I don't think the mRna ones had come out yet. Slight pain in arm, legs in night. Went on my run the next day as usual. Oh... have had the odd urge for rhyming snark since then. And pizza for some reason. Maybe that's a side effect.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 08/24/2021 7:18 Comments || Top||

#10  J&J, next day something akin to a mild flu, gone the following day. No soreness in the arm cause I was taught to drop and do twenty after shots along time ago.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/24/2021 7:27 Comments || Top||

#11  Moderna: sore arm, slight flu symptoms on first shot
Posted by: Frank G || 08/24/2021 7:30 Comments || Top||

#12  #7 Besoeker, remember I recommended wikipedia "protein synthesis"? It is written in non-technical language, and - once you read it - you'll see that mRNA doesn't modify your genetics.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/24/2021 7:35 Comments || Top||

#13  Besoeker, P2k you're vaccinated - I shouldn't have worried.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/24/2021 7:36 Comments || Top||

#14  Pfizzer, 2 + 1 (it lasts (approx) six months). Dull shoulder ache on second - but I did shopping that day (say 15 kilo (30 pounds)).
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/24/2021 7:39 Comments || Top||

#15  Oh... have had the odd urge for rhyming snark since then. And pizza for some reason.

Which kind of pizza?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/24/2021 7:41 Comments || Top||

#16  I wish they vaccinated kids too. :(
Posted by: Wren || 08/24/2021 7:44 Comments || Top||

#17  Which kind of pizza?

Pork pepperoni for one. Second preference smoked chicken.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 08/24/2021 7:47 Comments || Top||


#19  Pork pepperoni for one. Second preference smoked chicken.

Yammy.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/24/2021 7:52 Comments || Top||

#20  Pfizer. Some heat at the injection site for several days, both times. Not much other reaction, similar to a flu shot. However, my lifts were off by 10% until several weeks after the second injection. I'm 80.
Posted by: KBK || 08/24/2021 8:24 Comments || Top||

#21  Ref #12: Any 'mod' to my generics would likely result in a positive outcome.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/24/2021 8:36 Comments || Top||

#22  Both of us got the Moderna, Mrs. Ret slight arm tenderness right arm @2nd shot; otherwise nothing. Anticipated incapacitation following 2nd shot per news scare so batches of lasagna prepared. Somewhat disappointed that no SIQ time followed.
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 08/24/2021 8:45 Comments || Top||

#23  Pfizer for me - chills the night of the second shot, Moderna for the wife with no side effects.
Posted by: Tennessee || 08/24/2021 8:46 Comments || Top||

#24  myself and my wife both had the Moderna vax. No problems for me, 10 minutes of moderate dizziness for wife

son had Moderna, no problems
daughter had Pfiser, no problems
Posted by: Lord Garth || 08/24/2021 9:20 Comments || Top||

#25  Both wife and I (60+) had Pfizer, no effects but sore arm, somewhat more for the second jab. No down time.
Posted by: Nero || 08/24/2021 9:28 Comments || Top||

#26  J&J for both wife and me. She had slight tenderness at the jab site for the evening. I had nothing. (I am already on a baby aspiring regimin.) She had been repeatedly and closely exposed (pre-vax) to people with covid but apparently never caught it. I was exposed (pre-vax) too and probably did get a mild case (based on timing and symptoms, not tests.) As Besoeker said, I'm old enough to not be too concerned about potential long-term negative effects of the vaccines, but I do distrust the government...
Posted by: Glenmore || 08/24/2021 9:36 Comments || Top||

#27  Yawn. Tell me more lies Medical Industrial Complex
Posted by: Regular joe || 08/24/2021 9:36 Comments || Top||

#28  #21 😂
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/24/2021 9:43 Comments || Top||

#29 
"Well, if you will just
come this way and sit,
and chew on this confit.
There'll be a slight prick,
it won't hurt a bit."

"Ayuh, Doctor Hell,
but only do tell,
in this some genetic shit,
that turns men into pussies
at eighty eighyit?!"


Don't be offended, this is the AstraZeneca side effect.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 08/24/2021 10:05 Comments || Top||

#30  Pfizer/Biontech 2x for Mr. Wife, me, trailing daughter #1, final daughter, and my 95-year old mother. td#2 and her husband were vaccinated as soon as it was available to them, though they both probably had Covid in 2020 — td#2 was pretty sick at the time. My two siblings and my sister-in-law, Mr. Wife’s sister, her husband, their adult daughters and their husbands all vaccinated. I seem to recall that the niece who is a nurse-practitioner on a Covid ward caught it at one point, but recovered pretty quickly — and then got vaccinated when that became available. Typical mild side effects in the first two days after the vaccination all around.

We have concerns about final daughter, who was diagnosed this year as immunocompromised and has been getting generalized immunoglobulin infusions in an attempt to boost her immune response — they let her get the Covid vaccine though they were pretty sure it wouldn’t do much for her. So Mr. Wife plans to get the booster shot to add an extra layer of protection so that he doesn’t bring illness into the house. I figure I’ll wait — I don’t go out into the world nearly as much as he does, so the odds I’ll be exposed to anything are much lower. And I have no idea whether my mother plans to get the booster when it comes out.

In Mr. Wife’s extended family we’ve lost a few relatives to Covid, and had a scare a few months ago when the youngest nephew, age 2, was diagnosed with it — but after a miserable few hours he was as bouncy as ever. We have friends who have needed hospitalization, at least one who survived being on a ventilator... and one dear friend who was only moderately ill months ago, but is very unhappy to be still dealing with reduced energy and brain fog. And friends’ friends & relatives who have gotten terribly ill or died.

My darling father- and mother-in-law have refused the vaccine, so we are all very careful to stay away from them when anyone is ill or has been exposed.

I respect everyone’s choice, but I am tired of the flame wars which serve only to harden opinions.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/24/2021 10:10 Comments || Top||

#31  Cheeseburger pizza
Buffalo wing pizza - bleu cheese dressing to dip is a must.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/24/2021 10:15 Comments || Top||

#32  I respect everyone’s choice, but I am tired of the flame wars which serve only to harden opinions.

Amen, TW. I decided I value the people I know here more than my opinions. I figure I don't have to agree with anyone so much as I have to find them agreeable to be around. I hope I sorta make the cut in that regard myself.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/24/2021 10:21 Comments || Top||

#33  You adults really make a mountain out of a molehill.
Posted by: Wren || 08/24/2021 10:32 Comments || Top||

#34  Reports from Israel:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ultra-vaccinated-israels-debacle-is-a-dire-warning-to-america
Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 || 08/24/2021 11:16 Comments || Top||

#35  Moderna shots, sore shoulder for a day on both occasions, and that's it.

...and g(r)om's still an asshole.
Posted by: Raj || 08/24/2021 11:36 Comments || Top||

#36  ..and g(r)om's still an asshole.

So are you, my dear Raj, and very proud of it. Both of you refuse to see that Israel’s situation is very different than America’s, while both of you ignore how different it is India, leaving Dron56046 in peace.

Please stop.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/24/2021 11:54 Comments || Top||

#37  Unfortunately it has been almost impossible to have a civil educated debate about COVID-19. In Germany just like in the U.S.
Posted by: European Conservative || 08/24/2021 11:58 Comments || Top||

#38  The people who made it a religion co-opted the debate. No reason for non COVID religion zealots to engage them.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/24/2021 12:01 Comments || Top||

#39  ^Now, exactly what did I do, TW, that justifies that person's language?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/24/2021 12:03 Comments || Top||

#40  I got the Moderna and had no problems, in fact I got tired of having to sit for 15 minutes afterwards so left early. My daughter got Moderna and she didn't have any problems either. I'm embarrassed to admit I don't know what vaccine my son and family all got back in Virginia except for my daughter in law who didn't receive the vaccine since she was pregnant. They all came down with COVID feeling miserable for a week then were all fine, so their added natural immunity is reassuring. My Kaiser Dr recommends that I get the booster, I'll probably get it since any long term problems at my age are irrelevant
Posted by: Jan || 08/24/2021 12:07 Comments || Top||

#41  Got AstraZeneca-Oxford. Felt nothing different that day. However, jab site was sore and I had a mild headache and body pain the next day. No fever though. But the effects were mild enough that I didn't feel the need to take a leave from work. Everything back to normal the next day.
Posted by: Rhinemann || 08/24/2021 12:31 Comments || Top||

#42  We have concerns about final daughter, who was diagnosed this year as immunocompromised

Four in 10 immunosuppressed people have 'low or undetectable' levels of Covid antibodies after two vaccines, Government-funded study finds — as pressure mounts for booster jab rollout
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/24/2021 12:40 Comments || Top||

#43  Now, exactly what did I do, TW, that justifies that person's language?
Posted by g(r)omgoru


Your stunning lack of awareness amazes me. Try this on for size:
1. You have wished financial ruin upon the unmasked and unvaxed.
2. You have wished death upon the unmasked and unvaxed.
3. You are joyous when notable non-vaxers perish.
4. You whine to TW and the mods.
I'm not speaking for Raj. I'm sure he will put it more eloquently.

As for the rest of you vaxers. I wish you the best of luck. I hope the vaccines work as well as promised. Many of my close family are vaxed and I want them (and all) to be well. For now the vax is not for me.
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed || 08/24/2021 12:50 Comments || Top||

#44  Moderna: no side effects.
Posted by: borgboy || 08/24/2021 14:02 Comments || Top||

#45  ^Now, exactly what did I do, TW, that justifies that person's language?

You'll react to people trying to tell the truth about the fraud surrounding potential treatments of the virus as if they're going to try to filter the vaccine out of your blood.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 08/24/2021 14:54 Comments || Top||

#46  Moderna x 2. Also had COVID-19 very early on, ~November 2019. It was hard to shake. No real side effects from vaxes. I am 72 with badly damaged lungs (not a smoker) and usually get pneumonia once a year, but not this year or last.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 08/24/2021 15:01 Comments || Top||

#47  I have had it with the Medical Industrial Complex. They are worse then the IC.
Posted by: Grusotle Bumble4501 || 08/24/2021 15:26 Comments || Top||

#48  Pfizer. Slightly sore the first time, significant fatigue the next day for the second (but not sore).

One of our daughters was sick with the bug for three months. I don't know if the predisposition was from my side or not, but I didn't want to fool around.
Posted by: james || 08/24/2021 15:28 Comments || Top||

#49  Fauxi now hedging on vaxx mandates. Says we can wait and see what 2022 looks like. Sounds like the circus is getting ready to strike its tents.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/24/2021 17:37 Comments || Top||

#50  Longitudinal analysis shows durable and broad immune memory after SARS-CoV-2 infection with persisting antibody responses and memory B and T cells

natural immunity is 80% more effective than vax

https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-3791(21)00203-2


note - they plan to go down for maintaience tonight -

"Maintenance Warning: Cell Press journal websites will be undergoing maintenance on Wednesday, August 25 from 12:01 AM to 4:00 PM US Eastern. During this window we have temporarily deactivated the Registration feature. If you already have an account, you can login, however, profile updates, purchases and subscription activations will be disabled until after the upgrade. We apologize for the inconvenience.

"

This is an NIH study
Posted by: newc || 08/24/2021 19:03 Comments || Top||


Southeast Asia
Havana Syndrome: VP's vietnam Departure Held Back 3 Hours
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Two US staffers are medevacked out of Vietnam after 'anomalous health incident' in Hanoi

  • Kamala Harris' departure from Singapore was delayed by three hours

  • U.S. Embassy in Hanoi said there an 'anomalous health incident' there, which is a reference to Havana Syndrome

  • Harris was headed to Hanoi as part of the second leg of her Asia trip

  • Her spokesperson Symone Sanders said: 'You saw her get onto the plane. She is well, all is fine'

  • Havana Syndrome is a mysterious condition that was first reported in 2016 when a staffer at the U.S. embassy in Cuba suffered headaches, brain injury

  • At least two U.S. personnel in Hanoi will be medevacked out of the country after Havana Syndrome incidents over the weekend, NBC News reported

  • More than 200 US officials and personnel around the world have complained of symptoms such as migraines, hearing loss and dizziness

  • Harris trip - her second abroad - has been dogged by controversy

  • Held round table with business leaders and discussed threats from climate change to global supply chains

  • She said that people should consider buying their Christmas presents now, but didn't mention Afghanistan

  • In a major policy speech later on Monday she issued warnings of threats posed by China

  • Harris said Beijing was menacing countries in the South China Sea region, threatening stability
Posted by: Cheagum Jerese1185 || 08/24/2021 12:05 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Apparently she's immune.
Or meeting Bill Clinton.
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/24/2021 12:51 Comments || Top||

#2  Who would like to deter improved US Vietnamese defense and strategic cooperation in the South China Sea and Pacific? Who is emboldened enough now to barely hide their offensive actions as they assert hegemonic authority increasingly? Can anyone with a room temperature IQ or higher fail to see the implicit warning and demonstrated willingness to act, not just talk here? Anyone?
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 08/24/2021 15:11 Comments || Top||

#3  Could an announcement be coming? Will John F'n Kerry be going to Vietnam instead ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/24/2021 15:26 Comments || Top||

#4  *crosses arms, give appraising gaze at those talking President Kerry*
Posted by: swksvolFF || 08/24/2021 15:46 Comments || Top||

#5  I want to state that Bite-One And all his advisors are suffering from the “Havana syndrome”. He is trying to protect us by sending the Cuban’s back to Havana.
Posted by: Grampaw Cooky || 08/24/2021 19:01 Comments || Top||



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