Archive for 2020

#JOURNALISM: Seen on Facebook:

UPDATE: A retired journalist friend texts: “Everybody’s got their political leanings. But there’s basic fairness. And then there’s the job. You’re a shark. There’s blood in the water. You’re supposed to start biting shit. Do these people have no self respect?”

No, they don’t. They’re lapdogs to Democrats, attack dogs for Democrats, and they take pride in their obedience to the party’s messaging apparat.

MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: The Unspeakable Corruption of Joe Biden. “I can scarcely imagine burying one of my children, much less both of them. But it’s nearly impossible to comprehend what Biden has done and is doing in the years after the deaths of two of his own.”

Read the whole thing, if you don’t mind me saying so myself.

NO, BUT THEY STOP RATIONAL THINKING: Can Lockdowns Really Stop Death?

To the calm (rational) mind, it is clear that “suppression” is a set of “brakes” that should only be imposed to the minimum extent necessary to manage hospital capacity. Any “extra” suppression just saves infections for later — when you may or may not have a vaccine or improved treatment — at extraordinary cost. To scared (irrational) people, however, suppression provides at least some “hope” of avoiding a horrific early death. You cannot blame terrified people for their feelings, but you can and should blame the media and government for misrepresenting personal risk during a pandemic.

Read the whole thing — a thoughtful explanation of the collective hysteria.

LET THEM EAT MASKS: The Coming Post-COVID Global Order.  Lockdowns in the West could leave billions of people in the developing world stranded in a “neo-feudal future.”