goodness, a 1 year state of emergency!

can you imagine trying to live in a place like that? https://t.co/OYGmXxpRPK

— gatitobueno (@gatitobueno1) February 1, 2021

I’m endlessly fascinated with the power that the media, combined with the tech monopolists, holds over the public mind. Their information can directly contradict what is before the view of the public, and the public will believe the narrative rather than what is obviously true. This is very dangerous, and I don’t see a way out of this problem other than innovation. Competing news outlets, and a refusal to believe the lies, appear to be the only real options. There is no way to legislate our way out of it, because we know who would end up directing and writing the legislation. We’ve lived through an entire year of reality distortion, and that distortion has literally compelled a dramatic shift in the trajectory of world history.

U.S. new daily infections are down 63% from Jan 8th to Jan 31st, yet media – especially CNN – is saying “America’s dark winter is here” and “expectations of returning to normalcy are fading fast.” How many more suicides will there be because of media’s grotesque falsehoods?

— Dr Reality – Dave Champion (@DrReality5) February 1, 2021

You only discover who someone really is in the midst of crisis

Every Floridian has the right to earn a living. Florida is open, and we’ve got your back. pic.twitter.com/Y6WNAhu5qr

— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) January 31, 2021

If an app is "free" then you are the product. Robinhood sells your orders and trade data to Citadel. Citadel is the customer. You are the minnow being fed to the shark. Same with social media, you're the product, your personal data is sold to advertisers who are actual customers.

— Cameron Winklevoss (@cameron) February 1, 2021

Cost of lockdown: pic.twitter.com/3GZ779GXuZ

— Peter Hitchens (@ClarkeMicah) February 1, 2021

But, as someone mentioned in the comments, if he’d tested positive for COVID, his heart condition would’ve been immediately blamed on the infection, and publicized far and wide. We would hear Fauci, Birx, the CDC, WHO, proselytize endlessly over this new COVID danger.

What exactly is the standard of proof for post-vaccination adverse events? Does the Oracle of Delphi have to say the vaccine is responsible? Must Jesus convene a fact-finding committee?

Because the normal rules – plausibility, temporality, repeated events – do not seem to apply.

— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) February 1, 2021

And so now we hear about dogs being trained to “sniff out COVID”, and it smells like BS to me. German Shepherds sniffing out COVID symptoms? Or German Shepherds used as an intimidation tactic to scare a target into compliance? We know the answer.

Why not use rats? They have a far higher success rate at sniffing out disease, drugs, and bombs, they’re easier to train, so why not them? Because the primary use of a dog, either in the war on drugs or the war on COVID, is to intimidate and provide justification for an otherwise unlawful arrest or search.

Prepare for their widespread use for non-virus events. Come on, we knew this would happen. This power is here to stay unless it is consciously removed.

DeBlasio is now using snow to authoritatively restrict people’s movement in the city. We’ve officially graduated from covid, people. https://t.co/cLr5l2ngsr

— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) February 1, 2021

I’m sorry, but how in the hell is it legal for the CDC to have this kind of power over all of the United States? They aren’t the government, they aren’t elected, they are unaccountable. How can they force a blanket mask mandate order while also empowering the police to enforce it, even going so far as to add a criminal penalty for non-compliance?

From the Reason article:

“Americans are now required to wear masks in planes, trains, buses, subways, taxis, car services, boats, and transportation hubs, per a new order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) that took effect today. Masks must be of a style approved by the federal government and must fit properly. Failure to comply will result in being prohibited from traveling, booted from the transit in question, and potential criminal penalties.”

We have serious problems in the nation if a health bureaucracy can wield this level of power.  And the CDC is working in tandem with the TSA to enforce the order. That’s right, the TSA’s mission has predictably crept away from detecting “terrorism”, and is now a weapon aimed at American citizens, and not just at airports.

This video perfectly sums up last week pic.twitter.com/3ElzK34RdQ

— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) January 31, 2021