Link. For America fomite obsession was worst. Outdoor masking was mostly unnecessary and a distraction from indoor ventilation needs.
Daily Archives: March 12, 2022
“Otto Von Bismark once described politics as the art of the possible, which only sounds optimistic until you think about it.”
Link. What a great line. 1/6.
“Conservatives do not approve of systemic racism. They do not condone it. They do not even ignore it, any more than skeptics ignore the ghosts they never see. They simply do not believe in it.”
Link. Religion.
China redefines zero-COVID: “zero tolerance for slow responses”
Link. Climbing down.
Convicting Nazis – the long slow trial of Hermine Braunsteiner.
Link. A Wiesenthal win. Remarkable for federal disinterest.
“A confessed courier for Al Qaeda whose tale of torture by the C.I.A. disgusted a U.S. military jury has completed his prison sentence,”
Link. The Bush/Cheney torture program is a key part of modern American history. It was quite popular.
BA.2: “It is not yet causing a new surge in the United States, and probably won’t. Existing vaccines work against the BA.2 variant, and it’s vulnerable to antibodies made by the immune system after an earlier Omicron infection.”
Link. More contagious than BA.1.
Purported FSB analyst letter.
Link. Legitimacy inside, it’s an oddly persuasive portrayal of a Russian mindset. They really could be this stupid.
“The Biden administration’s decisions not to declare a no-fly zone or help transfer Polish MiGs were both good ones; they’ve kept their heads during a very emotional time.”
Link. Essential read.