Beltway bandits strike again.
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True. I am always confused with dates between 1985 and 1988, I have to admit. To many things going on in that period. Challenger, Exxon Valdez, La Belle bombing, Iran-Iraq war, Rheindahlen bombing, and a lot of other stuff⌠And of course the big one, Chernobyl. Later Lockerbie bombing, Nagorno-Karabach⌠It was all a blur of bad news, some of it with implications on my doorstep.
Well, 2016 to 2022 is going to be the same, I guess.
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AKA the good old daysâŚ
The nice thing about nuclear fallout compared to viruses is that you can use a Geiger counter to scan for contamination.
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Yeah. Thereâs also another thing. Bruce Sterling wrote something in the late 90s in regard to biotech. Iâm quoting from memory here, but might try to crawl for it later: plutonium is very dangerous, but at least it does not replicate itself.
There is a reason why the plague (the actual plage, Yersinia pestis left such a mark on societies.
ETA:
Didnât age too well, I think. But I noted down that quote when I read it back then, and never completely forgot it.
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2022 being the year that President Biden will step down for health reasons and let his excellent VP choice take over. /fantasyuniverse
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âBowing outâ?
She should be arrested. Maybe the charge could be stochastic terrorism?
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Driveway karaoke singer who wanted to lift lockdown spirits gets council noise complaint
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Wouldnât it make more sense to aggressively test those people immediately surrounding Xi Jinping while reopening all of China?
If you want to be a global superpower, start acting like one.
/s
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The last thing he mentioned, Germany testing kids every four days after opening schools: thatâs not recommended by the RKI, and not rolled out nation-wide. Right now, to the best of my knowledge, this is ONE school in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern! The NYT reported on this school, so it gets attention in the US.
Thatâs not really the way to go.
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So sadâŚ
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Super-Rich Stranded by Lockdowns Face Higher Tax Bills
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Problem is, theyâre not concerned about peopleâs rights - they are only concerned about their own rights. They want a world where they can do what they want, and a government that selectively gives support to those who support the government. In their view, everybody else can go hang. Folks who believe this is how the world should work are more than happy to supply the rope, and use it on others.
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Theyâre not concerned about ârightsâ at all. Theyâre concerned about sticking it to âthe enemyâ, i.e. us.
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Do as I say, not as I doâŚ
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McConaughey says both sides are using the virus for political purposes.
I wonder if he said just how the left side is doing that. 
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The left is trying to stop people from dying, which is often one of their political goals, I guess?
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I wish that was true, and that the idea would die:
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