“Some argue that Imperial’s modelling may have come true had it not been for lockdown. But this does not explain Sweden. Academics there said its assumptions would mean 85,000 deaths if Sweden did not lock down. It did not – and deaths are just under 6,000”
It gets better
“..original system..run over by a bus would be counted as a ‘Covid death’ if..tested positive..but later recovered. When this..was pointed out..it turned out even the Health Secretary was unaware what..Covid death data referred to. He ordered an immediate inquiry”
It goes on:
“Imperial’s ‘Report 20’..contains a prediction of tens of thousands of deaths in Italy within three weeks of reopening. Yet by 30 June, just 23 daily deaths had been reported (lockdown officially ended on 4 May and internal travel restrictions on 3 June).”
Ouch.
The knockout:
“Rather than be cautious in the use of such data..government’s approach has been publishing worst-case scenarios. These assumptions..have largely proven to be unreasonable and..flatly incorrect. However..this realisation..had little effect on the approach.”
Reminder:
China has been pushing pro-lockdown, anti-West messaging on social media.
“two tweets lauding China’s handling of the outbreak were liked & reposted hundreds of thousands of times. The posts...originated from users with modest followings.”
“Gerhard Schindler, who led the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) from 2011 to 2016, said Germany needed to curb its “strategic dependence” on Beijing and ban Huawei from its 5G mobile phone network.”
“He also warned that Angela Merkel’s liberal approach to the 2015 migrant crisis had left Germany with a “large reservoir” of young Muslim men susceptible to violence and jihadist ideology, and that the true scale of the danger was only now becoming clear.”
asking “how did Giuliani get these emails” rather than: “are they genuine” points to a willingness in media to ignore evidence of (and a witness to) biden’s *alleged treason with genocidal china, over a procedural point
I learnt how to think better via traditional Arabic legal philosophers (الأصوليين)
“..a mountain of knowledge to be discovered in (Islamic) Spain shot like a lightning bolt through Europe. Translators (went for) ancient Greek..translated into Arabic. The jackpot..was Aristotle”
Ancient Arabic books on the principles of jurisprudence are some of most powerful displays of legal logic and linguistic philosophy you can find. So many of them are preserved.
Unbeknownst to many, they are replete with reverence for the commentary & thinking of Plato & Aristotle
It is worth noting the role Arab Jews also played in this ‘golden era’ for medieval Muslim thought.
Here’s to a similar, new era of reenlightenment for our times 🙏🏽🧿
The former head of Saudi intelligence Prince Bandar pillories the Palestinian leadership, holding them responsible as “they always bet on the losing side & that comes at a price”
Prince Bandar is Saudi Arabia’s former ambassador to the US and served as director general of the Saudi Intelligence Agency from 2012 to 2014 and the head of the National Security Council from 2005 to 2015
“Who are the allies of the Palestinians now?.. Iran..using the Palestinian cause as a pretext at the expense of..Palestinian people?.. Iran..who want to liberate Jerusalem through Yemen, Lebanon, & Syria? The path to Jerusalem is known.. if they truly wish to take it”
Biden was weak on that Proud Boys vs Antifa exchange #Debate2020
Why?
Trump’s base doesn’t care he refused to condemn Proud Boys. But Biden’s base *see* violent Antifa Black Bloc rioting in the streets. Now we see Biden refuse to condemn by name, or even acknowledge they exist
So Biden inadvertently revealed Trump’s allegation is correct, Democrats are covering for Antifa (no one sane believes it’s “just an idea”). And Antifa does not sit comfortably with the base Biden’s *needs* to win over (even me)
Perhaps the real reason why “this won’t end well”
And despite everything we *see with our own eyes* in Portland etc, still you repeat this myth that Antifa “is just an idea”
Seriously, you think us stupid? 🤦🏽♂️
We know what we see: a loosely affiliated violent network of blackshirts