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There's nothing quite like a track record of failure to inspire confidence.

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The experts had a rough year? I thought they were right about everything and did a great job with everything, and the only problem was the wreckers. That's what they keep telling me!

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But, "We still have to trust them". 🤯

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"Have to," peasant.

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The way I see it, the only things we “HAVE TO” do are die and pay taxes. And the latter is questionable, depending on who you are.

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If covid has taught us anything it's that death isn't fair and our overlords will do their best to eradicate it.

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See Dr Neil Ferguson of Imperial College London for details . . .

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Nothing except maybe holding back data for 75 years…

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But doesn't a long string of failures increase the odds that maybe, just maybe, the next time they will be right?

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I've been saying this since 2020. Why don't we listen to the people who have been correct instead of the people who keep being wrong but politically motivated? I'll happily put my record up against Fauci's, and I'm just some idiot who can read Hope-Simpson.

The virus is seasonal and nothing we do changes that, unless the vaccines actually make it worse.

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I'm a similar idiot who had a simple calculator and punched in the numbers from the Diamond Princess and knew this was never going to be serious, thus refused to comply with every bit of it. The numbers were very clear from a worst case scenario setting (a floating incubator cruise ship) that we were being lied to at the outset.

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Exactly. And in April 2020 we got back the first antibody tests that showed we had already been living with the virus without knowing it for months. We didn't notice because old, sick people die during flu season every single year.

But since that doesn't get rid of Donald Trump, we all had to pretend to forget everything we knew about viruses and pretend this was a unique threat to everybody on the planet.

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I remember that Dems whined poor little fauci is so mistreated by big old meanie trump and when Biden came in fauci was treated like the King of the world. Oh save us king f@$cki. What a malignant troll he is. I would travel anywhere in the USA to spit on his grave.

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Swing by my house first. We can carpool.

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Got room for another? Though I wasn't intending to spit. Just tell me a half hour before we get there so I can start chugging iced tea.

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Going through his emails made me sick. It wasn't JUST he actually had all the correct information and simply ignored what wasn't politically convenient, it was the way he carried himself in everyday boring bureaucratic shit. His ego is unbelievable and he always made sure the people interviewing him were 'friends' who would give him the questions beforehand. "So he could be prepared" - yeah right.

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Reading every chapter in the RFK Jr. book has made me sick. My husband is tired of hearing me say, "I hope there is a special place in hell for Tony Fauci" which is not a nice thing for a Christ-follower to say, but I have a very strong desire for justice and I want to see it meted out.

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I have to agree with him. Perhaps you can compromise with "I hope God judges Anthony Fauci fairly", which will lead to the same outcome.

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Justice and judgement are not the same. We can preach justice. We can and should shine a light on their absolute lies. But we always need to remember why Christ died. Our sin, not that of “the other guy”. We aren’t throwing stones, we are calling them to the highest account because they have deliberately and in-deliberately, both, caused the deaths of thousands if not millions and many more disabilities that will haunt us for decades. Their punishment might be to serve hand and foot at the bedside of those they’ve maimed. And pay out to all of us out of their millions for the money they’ve stolen.

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Mayorkas is starting to inch really really high on my list also, close to the dude you are discussing. I live in Tex. Is he gonna come protect me when 1 million immigrants come across?

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Pi$$ on it's grave.

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Would like to see the old reliable head on a pike first. Just kidding of course.

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You SPEAKETH the truth!

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Italy is intertwined with China, who certainly DID want Trump out.

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so you're saying it was a package scam? Sure!

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Yes, and despite all the vaccinated coming down with Covid, NY might impose vax cards again…you know because it worked so unbelievably well to stop the virus. And, they say it with a straight face!

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It will work exactly as well as Chicago's:

https://simulationcommander.substack.com/p/did-the-vax-pass-save-chicago

If we go onto Chicago’s official page we see that the rolling average of Chicago’s hospitalizations peaked on January 12th at just under 1600. This is nine days after the vax pass was established. It SEEMS like it’s too early for the pass to make a difference, but just to make sure let’s check on the overall numbers in Illinois, which DOESN’T have a state-wide vax pass.

Just like above, when you interact with the website you can see the day covid hospitalizations peaked in Illinois — it’s January 12th, the same day that the rolling average peaked in Chicago.

Once again, we see that ‘the rules’ don’t move the needle with regards to covid.

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Diamond Princess - a closed environment, isolated, large, mixed demographic, exactly the right experiment researchers would like do but for ethical restraints, producing falsifiable evidence.

It was the wrong kind of science… not The Science™️

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You’re no idiot. If you were, you would have been offered a lucrative contract by MSNBC or CNN.

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Or at * least* Cat Fancy, fur crying out loud

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People who get things correct are KOOKS and must be deplatformed.

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Because that requires an analytical response instead of an emotional one. It also requires accountability on the part of those in charge.

Neither of which are popular ideas in today's environment.

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Hear hear! (or here here!) or both!

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Exactly.

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Hilarious. Read the article. Essentially writer snobbishly says listen to my experts (curated by the super honest elected politicians he supports) but don’t listen to the other experts. It’s this arrogance and condescending nature of liberals in media that is driving former Democrats like me to the Republican side.

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Yes. I am also a former democrat. I just let my rep know I was not voting for her. I had just gotten a letter telling me that good health required funding a “robust FDA”🤮🤮🤢

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I am a former as well. Actually, politically homeless.

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There's nothing wrong with that. In fact, given the corruption of every political party, it makes the most sense.

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Yup. And you figured it out.

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To you former democrats. I would say “welcome” but I am just a rank and file republican .... not one of our “leaders”. Please don’t be put off by people like McConnell and Graham. Many of us conservatives just want what you probably want....common sense, civilized, and decent government....one that plays by the established rules, ie the Constitution . The last several years have shown me how naïve I have been about our govt (and I had thought that I was a cynic). The things that have been exposed are beyond my wildest nightmares of corruption.

I truly believe that those who say that there is no difference between the parties are wrong. And I think that together we can change the Republican Party and make it more responsive to the needs of normal people.....not the lunatics. The democrat party can’t be fixed, it’s the party of the corrupt and the lunatics. Thanks for letting me rant😎

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C’mon over to the right side.

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Yup.

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Yup got that one - everything bad that happened because of insufficient funding.

Anyone who repeats this claim with actual knowledge of the budget numbers is not honest. Any member of the house who doesn't know the actual budget numbers is incompetent. Either way...

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I would expect no less from The Atlantic.

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I could not. I wanted to read it,...no, that's not true,...I wanted to WANT to read it, but I found I couldn't want to. You've confirmed my good instincts, thanks!

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“The experts were all wrong. Here’s why that’s a good thing.”

😑

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Much like the Slate.com article from circa 2006 telling readers why bubbles are good for the economy.

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🤦‍♂️

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These experts fraudulently circumnavigated the regulatory system and the regulatory system experts allowed them.

Project Warp Speed warped the regulators

https://nakedemperor.substack.com/p/did-project-warp-speed-warp-the-regulators?s=w

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Yup. I’m not a dem anymore but wary of Repubs also.

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Always be wary. I’m a lifelong conservative. I will never donate another penny to the Republican Party. Lift and celebrate candidates who act rather than talk.

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Same-Republicans talk big but do nothing. The talking is just about donations. And if you have a moment of weakness and make a donation expect to have your cell number given to every Republican in the USA.

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Perfect headline from the Atlantic. I expect nothing less from the worst publication in the country.

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The New Yorker would like a word.

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...and, New York magazine, also. And now, surprisingly, maybe Quilette , also.

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I kinda think the old free neighborhood Penny Saver is a better rag to source health info from.

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Or at least The National Enquirer

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They *are* experts—at detonating the economy, at perpetrating democide, at covering up corruption, at Ctrl-Alt-Deleting the world …

Oh, and in response to, “We still have to trust them.” I don’t usually use profanity, so forgive my unladylike language, but this merits a, “NO, WE MOTHERFUCKING DON’T, YOU FUCKING FUCKFACED PROPAGANDIST.”

Sorry, I’m a little rusty on my slurs—this is where I need Guttermouth to come in and make up for my deficiencies.

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Don't overlook the power of fuckweasel, douche canoe, and twatwaffle. For a G rated phrase I've become fond of "you moronic doorknob."

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Genius. I’m sitting in a medical office parking lot because I refuse to wear a mask inside. Waiting for a friend who is fighting a raging case of autoimmune hepatitis that began after her second shot. Medication makes her diabetic so she is on insulin shots every day also. Win win for Big pHarma. Not so much for my friend. Her life now sucks big time.

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So sorry to hear that, Janet. Does she at least acknowledge it was caused by the injection?

In the post I published this morning, one of my commenters shared a harrowing story about his super-Covidian friend, whose “body is riddled with ‘mystery’ blood clots, he can no longer walk, and he has been unable to work,” and yet he is STILL pushing the boosters:

https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/dialogue-with-a-curious-injectee/comment/6408848

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🤣🤣🤣

OMG, I love "you moronic doorknob." There's something beautifully symmetrical about it, like "cellar door" (although I honestly never saw the appeal in that phrase).

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Sounds very Don Rickle-ish.

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"You hockey puck!" --- God, I miss him!

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Twatwaffle. Oh my god. Thanks!

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😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 OMG! Thank-you for that bout of laughter! I haven't laughed that hard in years. I can't decide which insult is the funniest.

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You haven’t lost the knack. Please proceed. 👍🏻

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😆😅

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MAA!! I'm blushing!

(...at how good you are at that!)

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😹😌

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Don't feel bad about your slur. You did a fine job. I think Guttermouth would be proud.

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Experts in finding where the money is, for sure !

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They are not experts if they are not allowed to be questioned.....better description is stooges.

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There's also this... "trust the experts" is just straight up mentally lazy, sloppy thinking. Reality has a funny way of rewarding sloppy thinking with poor outcomes.

https://thefreethinker.substack.com/p/the-problem-with-trust-the-experts-6cf58d6c7657?s=w

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I just read the whole article. I wish I hadn't. It literally made me a little sick to my stomach. (Just a little.)

What a disgustingly weak and cowardly human being he is. I do not consent to such spineless creatures deciding how I should be governed or how I may or should act.

Nichols is free to lick as many boots as he would like. But he can kiss my tattooed ass.

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Wait...are we going to have a Guttermouth stack post about the choices you've made,ie-buttock art? If so, will it come with current photo,or at least a survey as to what you should get next?? 😂

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Sadly, none of the above. (And there's no room left anyway).

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Why, did your ass shrink to nothing? If so, I have excess thigh I could donate... Because I care?

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LOL no I'm good.

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I've been coaching basketball for 20 years, teaching kids how to be successful. This is literally the opposite of a successful strategy and instead of instilling self-confidence and the ability to think on your feet, seems to be preaching that people are helpless and should not rely on their own judgement. Incredible. A textbook recipe for continual failure.

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a textbook recipe for obedience and totalitarianism

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We're becoming experts in finding fraud perpetuated by the experts at this point.

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I can't imagine any logic that could require I implicitly trust a stranger with my health, my rights, and my property.

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I dunno...I implicitly trust my tax guy, because frankly? The tax law is too wonky for me to even pretend that I could parse it.

Have at, accountant dude!

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Lol. Well, I have my tax gal explain it all to me each year until I'm satisfied. Kind of like informed consent for theft by the state. I have to completely understand in what underhanded terms I am being stolen from.

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And you'd sue him if you got audited and had to shell out a pile of cash. These moronic doorknobs ; ) never have to answer for their massive death and destruction they leave in their wake. NEVER.

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Muahahhahahhahahaha. 🤪 muahahhahahahahaa. No Mister Tom, when ‘experts’ have a bad year did it occur to you that maybe they’re not experts???? 😛

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Experts are regime bootlickers. Just say no to them. Thought you'd enjoy the cat memes: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/how-to-say-no?s=w

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That's it... It may only be the free sub( I await the day that my now un-watched Berensen paid sub expires!) But now you have ya a new subbie. Really, the whole meme set was awesome,but the cats tipped my scales...

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Experts are usually paid liars that hide deceit in complexity

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You mean lawyers right?

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Those too

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