Getting Rolled. . .

(Getting Rolled. . .)

In an ignominious display, several climate protesters who were blocking a highway to the Burning Man festival of all things, backing up cars for miles. In any event, they were removed with some force by Nevada Rangers. Big white pick-up trucks crashed the demonstration and place several members in cuffs. The activists complained loudly. They were protesting on behalf of the environment. They were non-violent. But, they had been something else. They were blocking the way.


One can ask those on that Silver State highway what happened at Maui and was it climate change ? In reality, it was a bad live line that arced in high wind and sparked the blaze and bad subsequent executive decisions made things worse. President Biden had declared the pandemic over but is now "concerned" over some new covid variant so one needs to get another booster and put those masks back on.  And social distance. of course.


The absurdity of the idea is apparent on its face and that aside, who in the world would actually comply ? The record of vaccine and mask combination in actually preventing disease was never conclusive and indeed, when it came to schooling, the results were catastrophic. Could that scenario be played out again ?


This new embrace of covid control makes about as much sense as the guidelines on beer/alcohol consumption. Is another lockdown possible ? Everybody who had anything to do with controlling the pandemic got it wrong. No policy prescription, especially those offered by Dr. Fauci and he proved more clueless than most. It has been previously argued that the Doctor had a role in having Trump lose in 2020 but as the former President is now surging, Fauci's role has been diminished.


In the end, people will not be rolled by the Biden Administration, Boosters will not be administered in any wide-spread manner. Masks will remain rare and social distancing will be largely ignored. The President is frail. Donald Trump will be in court in the height of campaign season. Who, in the end, will be rolled the most ?

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