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MC Fresh Breath

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  1. You know, this past week we saw a lot of condemnation of "political violence" from folks who can't condemn a genocide.

     

    I'm not sure I have this thought completely all down, or have matured the theory enough in my mind.  But the further crushing of free speech we are seeing this week regarding Charlie Kirk feels like its a very similar thread to what happened to people criticizing the state of Israel post Oct 7.  Calling out their war crimes getting one branded as anti-zionist.  Especially before the starving children pictures took hold.  And how mainstream US media (regardless or 'right' or 'left') chose to cover (or not cover)  the genocide.  How the pro-Palestinian college protestors were treated.  Pretty sure people were fired for their beliefs regarding it all as well.  It feels like the very same mechanism and now some of the same angry liberals are angry but failing to connect the dots.  Disinformation and gaslighting are dangerous wherever they get away with it.

     

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  2. 2 hours ago, Snake Diggity said:

    Was thinking about this topic.  When did the country permanently turn to the dark side?  

    Always has been gif.  

    Hunter would tell you it was Nixon's election.  He's probably right, given how much damage has been done since then and that Nixon was never truly punished (a theme that resonates throughout the years).  Reagan another one.  Bush senior did a ton of damage. Both of those were during my lifetime but I wasn't politically astute enough to know that the boiling pot was cranking up.  Only in retrospect do I start to comprehend the damage done. 

    As I became more politically aware, I was like Charlie Brown trying to kick that football.  Surely everyone will see through W, right?  Right?  And that for me was the point of no return--W's second win.  That he could be re-elected with all we knew at the time.  That was my personal revelation that nothing was ever going to get better.    I don't have Brisket's ledge routine, and its a good one, but I've been on the 'doomed' train for some time.  For a hot minute Bernie kind of drew me back in, and then the machine reminded me that was dumb to be hopeful.   I also very much remember the first time Trump was elected posting that this country will never recover.  Hmm.

    Now just deciding (fantasizing) whether I retire to Mexico or Southeast Asia or.....

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  3. 56 minutes ago, Walser said:

    So are we still trying to make "blueANON" happen? 


    I don't know about the phrase itself as levied by certain folks.  But it was the best description that came to mind of all those long ass twitter/bluesky threads that get posted here with the "I'm a crypto guy but here's my expert analysis on why Trump has been having ischemic strokes" posts.   

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  4. 1 hour ago, Brian Fantana said:

    I also quit cigs by using a vape, and quitting the goddamn vape was 100x harder.

    Nowadays I don't use any nicotine/tobacco products at all but I'm on those THC gummies every day.

    Which banned dyes are in those gummies?

  5. One more thought on all this, and maybe its in this thread already.  But obviously somebody somewhere  decided killing or at the very least making Americans sick was profitable enough to warrant putting the quacks in charge and casting doubt on science.  Heritage Foundation, project2025 folks, someone or some group with big money.  I'm not smart enough or dedicated enough to reading about all this to understand where the grift is.

    Like fantastically I could say they want more of us sick and broke so they could put us in debtor's prisons and force us into indentured servitude.  But my experience is most CEO's are psychos who don't think beyond this week's stock profits, or at maximum this quarter's earnings.  So perhaps they don't even see that killing of their workers (either literally or figuratively) won't help their bottom line?  Do they really think AI will automagically replace us all so therefore fuck vaccines?  Is it that simple? 

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  6. 19 hours ago, GenXer said:


    Oklahoma will be all in on this.

    75% of the time I go visit my family in oklahoma, I come back with some sickness. It’s a gross state. A petri dish of stupidity.

     

    This happened to me on my visit to Texas a few weeks back.  Now, I did have layovers of course in various airports, but I'll blame Texas anyway. 

  7. 1 hour ago, royiv said:

    It’s unfortunate that viruses don’t respect state borders. While I applaud the initiative, if we keep marching in the current direction, it ultimately won’t do much to stop the spread of diseases that we considered to be eradicated.

    Yes, but there would still be more protection overall in a vaccinated versus unvaccinated set of states, correct? Lots of travel between these three states as well.  Just having the availability locally would mean a lot to many of us.  I am of course angry and saddened that it even comes to this.  But in an age of "they're doing nothing to fight them" it is nice to see some fight.  Will the insurance companies refuse to pay for those that fall under the new CDC guidelines is another matter.  Perhaps something gets worked out.  

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  8. Selfishly I'm a bit more relieved this morning.
     

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    The democratic governors of Oregon, Washington and California are forming a new public health partnership aimed at preserving access to vaccines.

    The partnership, called the Western Health Alliance, will develop its own immunization guidelines “informed by respected national medical organizations,” according to a press release Wednesday from Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson and California Gov. Gavin Newsom. 
     

    “The CDC has become a political tool that increasingly peddles ideology instead of science, ideology that will lead to severe health consequences. California, Oregon, and Washington will not allow the people of our states to be put at risk,” the governors said in a joint prepared statement.

    Their announcement comes after a week of chaos at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

     


    https://www.opb.org/article/2025/09/03/vaccines-oregon-washington-california-cdc/

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  9. Watched a bit of it on mute because all the 'he looks awful talk.' Looked the same to me.  Only thing I noticed is he can't keep his eyes open very long when someone else is talking.  I lean towards that just being his total narcissism.  Someone else talking not worth his concentration.  

    Butthead in charge of the military is also visually repulsive in his own way.  That's enough of this mess for the week.  Back to aws classes. 

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