That anyone can still justify even in their own mind, to still wear a mask, get their booster, let alone believe any alphabet labeled group (gov't, gov't funded or not), is the most astonishing thing I've learned in the past several years.
Those who prey on the gullible, vulnerable and occasionally indecisive are the truest of evil predators, and also the ones espousing their benevolence even to the point of absurdity. The old fairy tales tell us it is nothing new, just look back to the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood.
"I refuse to engage". I believe that's about all we can do Rosemary B. I am concerned that too many people are starting to just let things "normalize" again. In other words... no lesson learned from the last 3 years at all. Sad! Thanks for stopping by! :)
Rob, you might have put quotes around "normal" in "I guess we're back to normal!".
For exactly which values of "normal", I ask?
The normal I took for granted in third or fourth grade, when the government of the day put a bounty on gophers, and the next day there were dozens of .22's leaning against the walls of the elementary school classrooms?
The normal I took for granted when "vagrancy" was against the law, and people with no visible means of support were politely, (but firmly), escorted to the edge of town?
The normal I took for granted when schools taught basic literacy and numeracy, as well as civics and history - as opposed to critical race theory and deviant sexual practice?
The definition of "normal" has changed. Rapidly. We transitioned from the freest, richest, society the world has ever known to some kind of dystopian socialist hell in a few short decades. The scamdemic was merely the final nail in our coffin.
Will we return to "normal"? Sure. But it won't be the normal we enjoyed when Eisenhower lived in the White House.
You nailed it. None of the people who engineered the government response to covid have been punished. In fact, Mandy Cohen, the lady who crippled NC long after all of our southern neighbors had moved on, is being promoted to the head of the CDC! There's no reason to assume that people have "learned their lesson" and that things will be better next time around. This was just Round 1.
Yep. And even if this ends up not being "Round 1" and things are over and we are going "back to normal", I don't think I will ever let my guard down for the rest of my life. This whole charade has only served to make me more suspicious than I was before. "They" failed. Those who are awake or have woken up completely are more awake than ever and will never be lulled back to sleep. But, on the other hand, those who are asleep and fell for everything are, more than likely, never going to change. They are captured and they love their slavery so much they will do anything they have to to hold on to their bondage. What a shame. In that regard, I suppose what the powers-that-should-not-be did was a complete success.
Hear, hear... But nooooo, NOT a complete success. We mustn't be too quick to declare things are "over"-- Just getting started maybe. This kind of thing takes a long time, I'd say.
Tomorrow, June 5th, my VA will finally make masks optional. 3 years and 3 months too late. In my position, I am a part of three different service lines: Physical medicine/rehab; Mental Health; Social Work. In addition to the national and regional emails urging me to "have kindness towards those colleagues and veterans who are continuing to choose to mask", I have had separate letters from all three service lines, but laser-focused on colleagues who "might not feel comfortable unmasking just yet". 3 years and 3 months. I'm not going to point and laugh, but it will be hard to stifle rage when I see that hateful symbol. And you're right, Rob D. It's the invisible mask that matters. And the fact that most folks have a closet full of masks ready for the "next pandemic".
I don't know how you did it Pancake Princess. I would have snapped the first day of that insanity. "Have kindness towards those colleagues and veterans who are continuing to choose to mask". Seriously? That would be very difficult for me. So I'm supposed to just ignore that these people are mentally ill and still living in some weird irrational state of mind? People who are still doing this are sick in the head. Since day one I've always thought that if someone is sick, with visible symptoms, and coughing and hacking and sneezing and feels the need to leave their home they may put on a mask to keep a drop of gawd knows what from landing on me when they cough in a line at the grocery store, but otherwise... useless (and I've often mentioned my lifetime of wearing masks for the right reasons, having training on masking every year, being fitted properly, etc). I could go on for hours. lol. But I won't. I know you get it. Good luck to you and thanks so much for commenting. :)
Luckily, Rob, my practice area is home care and I don't have to be on the main campus very often. I'd go even further than "irrational state of mind", though. I have found universal masking to be spiritually offensive. I don't mean that lightly.
"I have found universal masking to be spiritually offensive." I could not agree more with that statement. It has to be the reason that I feel like I am in a dark pit of hell anytime I'm around lots of people wearing the devil's diaper. Heck, I feel that way when I see just one person wearing it (when I know it's for the wrong reason).
I seem to remember the powers in charge of administering the last "pandemic" promised another viral attack. I can only imagine the fear to be pumped into society that will likely take place just prior to another national election. Sadly, based on what I have seen transpire over the past 2 1/2 years, I believe an overpowering show of force from concerned citizens will be required to stop the complete Marxist takeover of America.
If the CDC announced a new variant tomorrow and said they are recommending masks again every single one of those people will comply again. Those saying things are back to normal are the ones that want to shove the last 2.5 years into history and move on. Nothing to see here. It is a semblance of normal only. Yes we can now go to restaurants and travel without showing papers (except to Bali don’t get me started) and go to our schools and offices. But now when I do all those things I see a completely different world. I am changed. I am Neo awake in the Matrix and it’s harsh.
Brilliant comment as always JJ. You said in one paragraph what it took me almost two pages to do. Haha. I am on uber-high alert anymore. That doesn't mean that I won't give people a chance... but that chance isn't the same as the one I would have given 3 years ago. (if that makes sense). I can respect the heck out of someone who says, "I was duped and I fell for the sham but I don't plan on ever letting that happen to me again." But, unfortunately, we are *not* seeing that. That leaves me to believe that the people are, as always, being lulled back to sleep (as planned) and when the next shoe drops, almost every one of those ignorant fools from 3 plus years ago will march into the train cars with unseen smiles on their masked faces.
I think in some ways it’s about what people want to believe about themselves. Do they want to think that they fell for the biggest scam in history and potentially shortened their lifespan? Or do they prefer to think they acted super virtuous and “right” and that they saved a lot of grandmas? I think we know the answer to that. The former requires humbleness and humility and an ability to admit you were wrong. There are not a lot of people in the world who will do that these days but the ones that do I can get behind for sure. I like to think that overall there are more of those than there were pre-scamdemic. They are my people.
There you are Rob Dubya! Yeah, I haven't seen you in a long time. Your style of writing takes inspiration and I'm quite sure that you will be inspired eventually. Thanks so much for stopping by. :)
Thanks Rob, im just patiently waiting for the frequencies to align and the next download to begin. Hope its not too much longer though. I'm in a bit of a draught 😁
I've been there. Heck, I'm there right now. lol. I'm definitely not a writer, but I always have a lot to say. Those times where I feel uninspired can feel like they last forever.
You're clearly a writer Rob, the difference between a "writer" and a "not a writer" is simply whether you consider yourself a writer. The only way to really tell if someone is a writer is if they actually write. And as you actually write, and more to the point, you write something that others enjoy reading, you are definitely a writer 🙂
That anyone can still justify even in their own mind, to still wear a mask, get their booster, let alone believe any alphabet labeled group (gov't, gov't funded or not), is the most astonishing thing I've learned in the past several years.
Those who prey on the gullible, vulnerable and occasionally indecisive are the truest of evil predators, and also the ones espousing their benevolence even to the point of absurdity. The old fairy tales tell us it is nothing new, just look back to the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood.
LOTSS of people still wearing masks here in Northern Virginia.
It is really so pathetic.
The sad thing is, I do not see much change in the future.
We have a damaged populace now. I refuse to engage
"I refuse to engage". I believe that's about all we can do Rosemary B. I am concerned that too many people are starting to just let things "normalize" again. In other words... no lesson learned from the last 3 years at all. Sad! Thanks for stopping by! :)
Rob, you might have put quotes around "normal" in "I guess we're back to normal!".
For exactly which values of "normal", I ask?
The normal I took for granted in third or fourth grade, when the government of the day put a bounty on gophers, and the next day there were dozens of .22's leaning against the walls of the elementary school classrooms?
The normal I took for granted when "vagrancy" was against the law, and people with no visible means of support were politely, (but firmly), escorted to the edge of town?
The normal I took for granted when schools taught basic literacy and numeracy, as well as civics and history - as opposed to critical race theory and deviant sexual practice?
The definition of "normal" has changed. Rapidly. We transitioned from the freest, richest, society the world has ever known to some kind of dystopian socialist hell in a few short decades. The scamdemic was merely the final nail in our coffin.
Will we return to "normal"? Sure. But it won't be the normal we enjoyed when Eisenhower lived in the White House.
Keep in mind we didn't transition all on our own, we were politely (but firmly) shoved into it. Ah, the joys having the Invisible Claw of the CIA...
"Invisible"?
Well, to those who TRUST the govt, anyway.
I never could understand THAT.
You nailed it. None of the people who engineered the government response to covid have been punished. In fact, Mandy Cohen, the lady who crippled NC long after all of our southern neighbors had moved on, is being promoted to the head of the CDC! There's no reason to assume that people have "learned their lesson" and that things will be better next time around. This was just Round 1.
Yep. And even if this ends up not being "Round 1" and things are over and we are going "back to normal", I don't think I will ever let my guard down for the rest of my life. This whole charade has only served to make me more suspicious than I was before. "They" failed. Those who are awake or have woken up completely are more awake than ever and will never be lulled back to sleep. But, on the other hand, those who are asleep and fell for everything are, more than likely, never going to change. They are captured and they love their slavery so much they will do anything they have to to hold on to their bondage. What a shame. In that regard, I suppose what the powers-that-should-not-be did was a complete success.
Hear, hear... But nooooo, NOT a complete success. We mustn't be too quick to declare things are "over"-- Just getting started maybe. This kind of thing takes a long time, I'd say.
Let's not give up on that punishment thing... This kind of fuckery takes a long time to really deal with... We will get there, methinks.
Tomorrow, June 5th, my VA will finally make masks optional. 3 years and 3 months too late. In my position, I am a part of three different service lines: Physical medicine/rehab; Mental Health; Social Work. In addition to the national and regional emails urging me to "have kindness towards those colleagues and veterans who are continuing to choose to mask", I have had separate letters from all three service lines, but laser-focused on colleagues who "might not feel comfortable unmasking just yet". 3 years and 3 months. I'm not going to point and laugh, but it will be hard to stifle rage when I see that hateful symbol. And you're right, Rob D. It's the invisible mask that matters. And the fact that most folks have a closet full of masks ready for the "next pandemic".
I don't know how you did it Pancake Princess. I would have snapped the first day of that insanity. "Have kindness towards those colleagues and veterans who are continuing to choose to mask". Seriously? That would be very difficult for me. So I'm supposed to just ignore that these people are mentally ill and still living in some weird irrational state of mind? People who are still doing this are sick in the head. Since day one I've always thought that if someone is sick, with visible symptoms, and coughing and hacking and sneezing and feels the need to leave their home they may put on a mask to keep a drop of gawd knows what from landing on me when they cough in a line at the grocery store, but otherwise... useless (and I've often mentioned my lifetime of wearing masks for the right reasons, having training on masking every year, being fitted properly, etc). I could go on for hours. lol. But I won't. I know you get it. Good luck to you and thanks so much for commenting. :)
Luckily, Rob, my practice area is home care and I don't have to be on the main campus very often. I'd go even further than "irrational state of mind", though. I have found universal masking to be spiritually offensive. I don't mean that lightly.
"I have found universal masking to be spiritually offensive." I could not agree more with that statement. It has to be the reason that I feel like I am in a dark pit of hell anytime I'm around lots of people wearing the devil's diaper. Heck, I feel that way when I see just one person wearing it (when I know it's for the wrong reason).
The WORST is seeing little KIDS with those gd face diapers on...
Right on. It's vomitous. But, well, there's always some way for the people who bring down the gene pool to just get out of the gene pool...
I seem to remember the powers in charge of administering the last "pandemic" promised another viral attack. I can only imagine the fear to be pumped into society that will likely take place just prior to another national election. Sadly, based on what I have seen transpire over the past 2 1/2 years, I believe an overpowering show of force from concerned citizens will be required to stop the complete Marxist takeover of America.
Thanks for contributing to the banter Brian. Good to see you. :)
If the CDC announced a new variant tomorrow and said they are recommending masks again every single one of those people will comply again. Those saying things are back to normal are the ones that want to shove the last 2.5 years into history and move on. Nothing to see here. It is a semblance of normal only. Yes we can now go to restaurants and travel without showing papers (except to Bali don’t get me started) and go to our schools and offices. But now when I do all those things I see a completely different world. I am changed. I am Neo awake in the Matrix and it’s harsh.
Brilliant comment as always JJ. You said in one paragraph what it took me almost two pages to do. Haha. I am on uber-high alert anymore. That doesn't mean that I won't give people a chance... but that chance isn't the same as the one I would have given 3 years ago. (if that makes sense). I can respect the heck out of someone who says, "I was duped and I fell for the sham but I don't plan on ever letting that happen to me again." But, unfortunately, we are *not* seeing that. That leaves me to believe that the people are, as always, being lulled back to sleep (as planned) and when the next shoe drops, almost every one of those ignorant fools from 3 plus years ago will march into the train cars with unseen smiles on their masked faces.
I think in some ways it’s about what people want to believe about themselves. Do they want to think that they fell for the biggest scam in history and potentially shortened their lifespan? Or do they prefer to think they acted super virtuous and “right” and that they saved a lot of grandmas? I think we know the answer to that. The former requires humbleness and humility and an ability to admit you were wrong. There are not a lot of people in the world who will do that these days but the ones that do I can get behind for sure. I like to think that overall there are more of those than there were pre-scamdemic. They are my people.
Hi Rob, I might have lost the urge to write so much these days,but you know I agree with everything you say.
There you are Rob Dubya! Yeah, I haven't seen you in a long time. Your style of writing takes inspiration and I'm quite sure that you will be inspired eventually. Thanks so much for stopping by. :)
Thanks Rob, im just patiently waiting for the frequencies to align and the next download to begin. Hope its not too much longer though. I'm in a bit of a draught 😁
I've been there. Heck, I'm there right now. lol. I'm definitely not a writer, but I always have a lot to say. Those times where I feel uninspired can feel like they last forever.
You're clearly a writer Rob, the difference between a "writer" and a "not a writer" is simply whether you consider yourself a writer. The only way to really tell if someone is a writer is if they actually write. And as you actually write, and more to the point, you write something that others enjoy reading, you are definitely a writer 🙂
Well said, Rob.
Thank you serafino bueti.