Good News: The Pandemic Surge In Crime Is The Fault Of Police Or Something

By William Teach April 5, 2021 – 10:30 am

See, it’s not the fault of criminals, and certainly not the fault of Democrats who run the cities where crime is surging and have historically been soft on crime. Nope, it’s the police, according to Ryan Cooper at The Week

The pandemic crime surge is a policing problem

The last several years have seen a building movement for criminal justice reform in America, culminating in the massive George Floyd protests around the country last summer. Progressive district attorneys like Larry Krasner in Philadelphia and Chesa Boudin in San Francisco have been elected promising to cut back on cash bail, reduce the severity of sentences, prosecute crooked or violent cops, and so forth.

But reformers are running into a backlash. Krasner is up for reelection this year, and police unions are blaming him for the surge in violent crime that has happened in his city over the last year. They are backing a conservative challenger, Carlos Vega. A similar thing is happening in San Francisco, where a group of right-wing tech elites (with the typically tone-deaf slogan of “V.C. Lives Matter”) are trying to recall Boudin.

These arguments are a crock. A return to brutal war-on-crime tactics will not reduce crime — that will require staying the course on reform.

This is Liberal Thought, where cracking down on people who commit crimes will not reduce crime. Tell it to NY City, where the city was crime infested under Mayor Dinkens, then Rudy Guiliani came in, cracked down, and significantly reduced the crime rate.

The argument from police unions and Big Tech barons is the classic reactionary position on crime from the 1980s and ’90s. These reformers are supposedly being soft on crime, so the argument goes, and so the criminal class is emboldened. Therefore we need to “get tough” and start brutally punishing offenders to set an example.

So, being soft on criminals reduces crime? Now, that is a crock. And Cooper attempts to argue this for several more paragraphs

Unfortunately, there are several giant holes in the argument. Take Krasner: As Joshua Vaughn writes at The Appeal, while Krasner has put through many worthy reforms (he has cut future sentences by 20,000 years compared to the prior DA) he is not even close to the radicals who think the police should be abolished altogether. Indeed, many activists have criticized him for continuing to use steep cash bail amounts for certain crimes. Krasner has not at all halted prosecution of serious crime — on the contrary, he has prosecuted over 99 percent of homicides, and over 98 percent of non-lethal shootings, in which Philadelphia police made an arrest. Unfortunately, the cops made arrests in only about 40 percent of homicides and less than 20 percent of non-lethal shootings.

Uh, that’s because there are so many shootings, and, contrary to TV shows, most get away with it, especially since so many in these Democrat run cities refuse to snitch. Gang members won’t even snitch on members of other gangs. They’ll just retaliate.

The logic of the police unions is that if you punish murderers, there will be fewer murders. And it turns out that a great many criminals are escaping with impunity — it’s just the fault of the police. On the raw numbers, any Philly murderer has a better-than-even chance of evading the cops. In fact, it’s worse than that. Typically something like a third of murders basically solve themselves because the culprit is found at the scene, or there is very obvious evidence. Philly cops are doing barely better than that — meaning that if you kill someone and take any steps at all to cover your tracks, you’re all but guaranteed to get away with it. Krasner is more than willing to prosecute violent offenders, but Philly cops are too lazy or incompetent to catch most of them.

See? It’s the fault of the police. No mention that the crimes are being committed, and that they are rising, and were rising even before the pandemic. More often, police are there to clean up the crime, not to stop it.

Investigations into policing demonstrate that the most important part of detective work is community relations. Forensic evidence is rarely decisive; what matters are detectives who are trusted by the citizenry and witnesses who are willing to cooperate. It follows that, by the logic of the police unions, the biggest obstacle to reducing crime is the terrible reputation police departments have earned for themselves by constantly hassling, abusing, and killing people. People are much less willing to talk to police when departments are constantly in the news for mercilessly gassing and beating unarmed protesters, or choking somebody to death for trying to pass a fake $20 bill.

Again, it’s all the fault of the police, who are supposed to build relationships and squishy stuff. All Floyd had to do was comply. Put hands on steering wheel. Say “I had no idea it was a fake bill.” Cops would have written a statement, then moved on, because they don’t have time for something like that. The Treasury Department would have gotten an email, and could have followed up with Floyd if they chose. Local cops don’t care, it’s too hard to backtrace a fake bill, there is more important crime going on, and it’s not their job. Don’t want to have a run in with the cops? Don’t commit crime. It really is simple. If you get pulled over for speeding, don’t give the cops crap: you broke the law. Take the ticket and move on.

These are all promising strategies. But they will require more reform, not less — frankly, Krasner, Boudin, and other reformers have barely gotten started. In particular, it will require a total overhaul of recalcitrant police departments across the country, who seem to view crime sprees as useful political leverage they can use to escape accountability. Voters in Philly, San Francisco, and elsewhere: don’t fall for it.

How’s that defunding working out? Not well. Have fun in your unhinged Dem run cities.

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ClimaBummer: Japan Just Saw Earliest Blossoming Of Cherry Blossom Trees In….1,200 Years

By William Teach April 5, 2021 – 7:43 am

You know what this means? Climate doom. All because you refuse to give up your fossil fueled travel and take the train or bus, refuse to stop eating juicy burgers, and won’t give up your money, freedom, and choice to Government

Japan just recorded its earliest cherry blossom bloom in 1,200 years. Scientists warn it’s a symptom of the larger climate crisis

Think of Japan in the spring, and the image that comes to mind is likely the country’s famous cherry blossoms, also known as “sakura” — white and pink flowers, bursting across cities and mountains, petals covering the ground.

The flowers, which experience a “peak bloom” that only lasts a few days, have been revered in Japan for more than a thousand years. Crowds celebrate with viewing parties, flocking to the most popular locations to take photos and have picnics underneath the branches.

But this year, cherry blossom season has come and gone in the blink of an eye, in one of the earliest blooms on record — and scientists warn it’s a symptom of the larger climate crisis threatening ecosystems everywhere.

Yasuyuki Aono, a researcher at Osaka Prefecture University, has gathered records from Kyoto back to 812 AD from historical documents and diaries. In the central city of Kyoto, cherry blossoms peaked on March 26, the earliest in more than 1,200 years, Aono said.

And in the capital Tokyo, cherry blossoms reached full bloom on March 22, the second-earliest date on record.

“As global temperatures warm, the last spring frosts are occurring earlier and flowering is occurring sooner,” said Dr. Lewis Ziska from Columbia Universities Environmental Health Sciences.

The peak bloom dates shift every year, depending on numerous factors including weather and rainfall, but have shown a general trend of moving earlier and earlier. In Kyoto, the peak date hovered around mid-April for centuries, according to Aono’s data, but began moving into early April during the 1800s. The date has only dipped into late March a handful of times in recorded history.

So, they bloomed super early 1,200 years ago? What caused that? Sure weren’t factories, fossil fuels, or megacities back then. Why can’t they be blooming earlier the same as back then? Which, interestingly, was during the Dark Ages, a time of mild cooling after the Roman Climate Optimum. And when the earlier times started shifting in the 1800’s, well, that was because the Earth was coming out of the Little Ice Age. The climate shifts.

Their early bloom, however, is just the tip of the iceberg of a worldwide phenomenon that could destabilize natural systems and countries’ economies, said Amos Tai, assistant professor of earth science at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

There are two sources of increased heat, which is the main factor making the flowers bloom earlier: urbanization and climate change. With increased urbanization, cities tend to get warmer than the surrounding rural area, in what is called the heat island effect. But a bigger reason is climate change, which has caused rising temperatures across the region and the world.

I’m rather shocked they mentioned the urban heat island effect, which, while man-caused, is not global. But, they fail to mention the #1 reason for climatic systems, natural systems, starting with the Sun. But, that’s what climate cultists do. And the long screed goes on to describe more Doom which is all your fault. Just surrender, peons!

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CNN’s Super Excited That Democrats Have Chance To Turn Economy Modern Socialist

By William Teach April 5, 2021 – 7:23 am

Without delving too deep into Political Theory 101, the main element of Socialism within the Democracy model is the Economic Core, in which government is heavily involved in running all aspects of the economy, up to and including owning the means of production. Of course, another aspect is the Moral Core, in which government pretty much leaves citizens alone in their personal lives, very much not like today’s Democrats, hence the use of the phrase “Modern Socialist”, which is really more Progressive, known as Nice Fascism. And CNN’s John Harwood is pretty excited

Democrats finally have a chance to remake the economy the way they’ve hoped for decades

For decades, Democrats and their economic advisers have agreed: broadly-shared growth requires more government investment. They’ve just lacked the power to invest.

That’s why President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” economic plan has so energized the White House, his party and outside allies. The new President and congressional Democratic majorities have a chance, finally, to make it happen.

The scale of his proposals reflects pent-up demand that years of thwarted ambition have produced. Actions to curb income inequality and boost middle-class wages were already at the center of Democratic debates before the last year brought them into even sharper relief.

“The pandemic just blew it all wide open,” observed Cecilia Rouse, who chairs Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers. “The opportunity cost of not doing anything has become extremely obvious.”

The $2.25 trillion American Jobs Plan Biden outlined last week was just the start. It invests in transportation, manufacturing, schools, broadband, water systems, care-giving services and energy transformation to curb climate change.

So….it’s not really an infrastructure plan, it’s an economy changing plan? Huh. And all those “investments” mean government controls it and can tell businesses what to do. Are they going to give those broadband systems to private entities to run, or run it themselves? Will they charge market rates, or will they be below rate and/or free (meaning Other Taxpapers foot the bill)? As for care-giving, perhaps they should talk to NY Governor Andrew Cuomo about sending seniors off to die.

The comparably-priced American Family Plan coming later this month is at least as significant. Building “human capital” through investments that include universal early education represents a cornerstone of Democratic dreams of reducing poverty, increasing racial equity and fostering long-term prosperity.

With all that is going on, I hadn’t heard of that one. I’ll have to look it up, but, sure appears to be another big Progressive venture, involving the government in the early education of people’s children. Will they start mandating it? Not every parent puts their kid in pre-school.

When Biden came of age after World War II, the federal government invested much more in components of economic growth than it does now. Money for President Dwight Eisenhower’s federal highway program, President John F. Kennedy’s space program, and President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society swelled the part of the budget classified as investment — capital spending, research and development, and education and training — to more than 6% of the size of the entire economy.

Highways and space flight are a heck of a lot different than what Democrats are attempting to do now. They weren’t about government taking charge of the economy.

Democrats now dare to hope the pendulum has swung back in their direction. Before Biden defeated him, Donald Trump, too, emphasized the long-run economic struggles of what he called “the forgotten people.”

The disparate economic effects of the pandemic deepened and underscored the problem. Democrats say the robust fiscal response, including the $1,400 per person checks in Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan, has begun rebuilding long-lost trust in Washington.

“People are now seeing how government can be on their side,” said Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio. “That changes everything.”

And Democrats want to control the economy, despite so few of them actually doing work in the private sector. Few have run companies, many were simply lawyers (70% of House members were lawyers), most don’t know what goes into running a company. Many haven’t done any work in the private sector in years, if not decades. When’s the last time Joe Biden actually worked in the private sector? 1972, when he ran for the Senate and won. What did AOC do? Bartender and waitress. She wasn’t doing the books or payroll, wasn’t doing staffing. Interestingly, she is the kind a person the Founders wanted, a regular person who would get elected, serve a few terms, then go back to live under the laws she voted for. But, she has zero idea how anything works.

The return on Biden’s investments would take years to tally in any event. But he’ll enjoy one immediate political advantage if Congress delivers them.

Forecasters already predict the economy will surge over the next two years even without additional legislation. So voters will render their initial verdict on his agenda in the warm light of strong economic growth.

According to Democrat Talking Points, the economic surges that happened under Trump were the result of Obama’s polices. So, what’s happening now is a result of Trump’s policies. Regardless, Harwood just exposed that America doesn’t need any of these bills, any of this “help’. The economy is fighting its way back. What’s happening is a target of opportunity. Thanks, #NeverTrumpers on the Right, who thought electing Biden and Dems was great because they were unhinged over Trump, and you didn’t care about the cheating by Democrats.

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Who’s Up For An Easter Sermon On….Climate Change?

By William Teach April 4, 2021 – 4:41 pm

When a cult invades an actual religion, causing ordained ministers to yammer about other stuff before the whole point of Easter

Easter message from The Right Reverend Dr Tim Dakin, Bishop of Winchester

IT HAS been quite a year – and, of course, the great thing about Easter is the hope it brings even in our crises. Yet the crises that we’re facing really are quite something.

First, we’re aware that we’re facing an environmental crisis. Climate change is becoming critical. Many of us, I’m sure, are committed to doing something about that personally.

Sherman Potter Bull Cookies

Perhaps someone should explain to Rev Dakin that climate cultists are committed to forcing Other People to do something, not themselves.

As a sidebar, after his start on climate crisis scam, he then mentions economic crisis, BLM, Brexit, and COVID, before finally getting around to mentioning Jesus. Which seems more like “hey, I gotta mention Jesus if this is about Easter. Oh, well.”

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If All You See…

By William Teach April 4, 2021 – 1:00 pm

…is wine which will soon no longer be grown in France, but in Norway, due to carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Watts Up With That?, with a post on replacing NY power plants for Justice.

It’s drinking week!

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup – Happy Easter

By William Teach April 4, 2021 – 9:37 am

Patriotic Pinup Al Buell

Happy Easter Sunday! Another gorgeous day in America. The Sun is shining, the birds are singing, and this is the start of the 16th year of patriotic pinups. The first was all the way back on April 3rd, 2005, and has expanded out from a simple photo to what I do now. And this is the 852 edition. This pinup is by Al Buell, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Free North Carolina has Woke cancel culture companies to avoid
  2. Gates Of Vienna highlights “justice” being served in Sweden
  3. Geller Report News features Trump calling for boycotts of Woke companies
  4. Gen Z Conservative says that media bias doesn’t matter, credibility does
  5. LMAO doesn’t think much of Mayor Pete’s bicycle shenanigans
  6. Jihad Watch notes the police going after a Catholic mass on Good Friday in the UK
  7. Legal Insurrection covers the 9th Circuit’s really bad 2nd Amendment ruling
  8. Moonbattery discusses the China Joe admin as seen from overseas
  9. MOTUS AD wonders if there is nothing the Left can’t destroy (the answer is no)
  10. neo-neocon notes that new facts do not matter when a Narrative has been established
  11. Pacific Pundit notes the national media silent on an Asian attacked in a hate crime
  12. Patterico’s Pontifications discusses COVID passports
  13. Powerline says China should be boycotted
  14. Sultan Knish covers Kamala’s husband hosting the virtual passover from Hell
  15. And last, but not least, The First Street Journal says if you show me a bad kid, you show me bad parents

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page (nope, that’s gone, the newest Apache killed access, and the program hasn’t been upgraded since 2014). While we are on pinups, since it is that time of year, have you gotten your “Pinups for Vets” calendar yet? And don’t forget to check out what I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts and things that interest me.

Don’t forget to check out all the other great material all the linked blogs have!

Anyone else have a link or hotty-fest going on? Let me know so I can add you to the list. And do you have a favorite blog you can recommend be added to the feedreader?

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Saturday Night Live Takes On Georgia Voting Law Or Something

By William Teach April 4, 2021 – 8:28 am

There was, if you can believe it, a time when Saturday Night Live was about laughter, not applause line, along with highlighting some great music acts who actually played live. It wasn’t about being part of the In Crowd, and the times when politics was mentioned was funny and not abusive. And there was little of it, even on the episode where Rudy Guiliani came out to do the opening. It probably hasn’t been actually funny since Chris Farley was on it. John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, and Laraine Newman were the original Not Ready For Prime Time Players, which Bill Murray soon joining, along with many other funny folks down the years.

It wasn’t without controversy, nor afraid to take on controversy in a funny way. The skit with Richard Pryor doing a word association game with Chevy Chase, where the N word was dropped. Which Pryor wanted to do, and they made it funny. Garrett Morris did a bit during the news segment over the apparent controversy about the Rolling Stones song “Miss You”, which some people were mad about (even back then, people got their knickers in a twist, but had to actually call or write a letter) due to the line about some Puerto Rican girls are just dying to meet you.” Morris seemed serious, then said “where are these girls?” He caught crap for years. He also went out and sang a few times, with a beautiful operatic voice.

I could go on and on. Coneheads, land shark, 2 wild and crazy guys, Samurai delicatessen, and so much more. They’d make fun of Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton. Today? It’s about applause lines, and they only swing one way politically, and there’s way too much

SNL calls out Georgia for its new voting law during cold open

The state of Georgia got called out for its new voting law in the latest “Saturday Night Live” cold open on Saturday.

In another episode of the talk show “Oops, you did it again,” Britney Spears, played by Chloe Fineman, hosts the pariahs of the week to decide who is “not that innocent.”

At the beginning of the segment she says, “Speaking of pariahs, shout out to our sponsor Georgia. Voted best place not to vote,” as the state’s name appears across the bottom of the screen adorned by peaches.

So two pieces during the show mention Georgia (and the Oops skit went into more politics), as written by people who certainly did not read the law and are going with the myths propagated about the new law. It’s definitely not the “new Jim Crow”. When does SNL take on that the state of New York has fewer early voting days than Georgia and similar food and drink restrictions (it’s to keep partisans from interacting with people in line waiting to vote in order to stop influencing them, just like there can be no electioneering within so many feet of a polling station). Georgia allows no-excuse vote-by-mail, while New York requires an excuse.

Oh, and then there’s this

Per the instructions on the NBC website, to enter you send an email to snltickets@nbcuni.com while the lottery is open….

Standby tickets are a gamble, but they’re also your only option if you didn’t win tickets through the lottery or know someone who works at the show….

For both the SNL ticket lottery and standby tickets, audience members must be over 16 years old and have a valid photo ID.

Isn’t that, according to Democrats, racist? They require ID. And NBC requires ID to get tickets for all their shows. Will SNL stop requiring valid identification for their tickets? Of course not. Will they note people need ID to get a COVID shot, and that Dems are pushing for COVID passports? Of course not. Do as I say, not as I do.

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We’re Saved! Energy Company Makes Spotify List For Climate Apocalypse

By William Teach April 3, 2021 – 3:00 pm

I was getting worried for a moment

Energy Company Makes Spotify Playlist to Reduce People’s Climate Crisis Concerns

European energy company Vattenfall has produced a Spotify playlist to help people who are losing sleep over the climate crisis.

The “Super Soothing Climate Progress Engineering Tracks” allow listeners to hear the technical details around energy production, hydroelectric power and electric vehicles.

The latest spot in Nord DDB’s pan-European “What’s Happening” campaign promotes a playlist of seven different tracks. It features a lady dozing off on a train while a Vattenfall employee whispers information in her ear about energy production. The series will be promoted through a new multi-channel campaign on TV, digital and social channels.

The second, called “Tuck In,” features a man in bed with his wife while a male Vattenfall employee lies between them whispering information about energy production.

It has been inspired by the rise of sleep meditation apps.

“Of course, we must admit that it is quite a challenge to become completely fossil-free, but at the same time, we know that people have a need to see all the positive things that are actually happening, since the opposite can lower the motivation to act. This is a way for us to reach new target groups in new channels, with a message of the work we do every day to be able to become fossil-free,” said Carole Lindmark, global brand director at Vattenfall, in a statement.

Setting the sarcasm down for a moment, this is exactly the type of do nothing but Climavirtue Signaling we have come to expect from Climate Cultists. It does absolutely nothing, except feed into making people even more crazy and scared, what’s called “climate anxiety”. You know, just like when you make yourself nuts and worried over absolutely nothing. Utter ridiculousness.

Meanwhile

NY’s outgoing climate czar says he hopes Biden can save city from rising seas

Senior Director of Climate Policy and Programs for the City of New York Daniel Zarrilli is resigning his position.

After serving for eight years, Zarilli decided to leave office, hopeful that the Biden administration can combat the city’s climate concern, according to The Guardian.

“[It is the] right time to move on and hand over the reins,” said New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, the man who appointed Zarilli in January 2016. Zarilli has a new position, but it is unknown what he will be doing within the climate crisis space.

Zarilli was appointed during the Trump administration, and the former president halted a study looking into constructing a sea barrier with retractable gates from New Jersey to Queens. Former President Trump called the project a “foolish” way to prevent climate disasters like Hurricane Sandy. Trump told New Yorkers to get “mops and buckets ready.” The project was going to cost $119 billion and include a series of man-made islands.

“That longer-term study was canceled but we are seeing more partnership with the federal government again,” Zarrilli said. “We’re hopeful the infrastructure bill will be a major climate bill that will be to the benefit of New York and cities around the world. It’s been a remarkable whiplash; we were fighting off the federal government for four years due to its reckless leadership. We will now see more flood defenses in the city – we are already under way with that.”

If NYC is so worried, why not spend their own money? Certainly all the leftist climate cultists wouldn’t mind a big tax to pay for it, right? Remember all the people who said that NYC would be underwater by 2000? And then 2018? And now they’re saying 5 feet of sea rise by 2100, because the other prognostications didn’t work out. There is continuous data for The Battery in NYC going back to 1895, which shows no acceleration and 2.88mm per year, which equates to .95 feet per 100 years, which is still lower than one would expect during a Holocene warm period. Again, the average for the last 7,000 years is 6-8 inches of rise per century, and, since cool periods mean lower rise, warm have to have higher rise. That’s the way averages work. The 20th Century was at exactly average.

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If All You See…

By William Teach April 3, 2021 – 1:00 pm

…is an area turned to desert because Other People won’t increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour because everything is part of climate change, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Don Surber, with a post on illegals being the worst parents.

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Florida Governor Bans COVID Vaccine Passports

By William Teach April 3, 2021 – 10:30 am

I’ve said before, I can see the point of having some sort of something which will show that you got vaccinated. I have the two cards provided by Wake County (I forgot to bring the 1st one when I got my 2nd shot), and have taken photos of them. I don’t necessarily have a problem with showing them, or having some sort of electronic something I can easily show at place where they want to know that the patrons are safe, safeguarding the other patrons and workers. Of course, where this breaks down is “mission creep”, with Government wanting to do more with this COVID passports, requiring them more and more, putting more information on them, tracking people, and who knows what Government authoritarians want to do. We didn’t need anything after the Spanish Flu ravaged the nation, did we?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis bans coronavirus “vaccine passports” in the state

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order Friday prohibiting businesses from requiring customers to show proof they have received COVID vaccines and preventing the state government from issuing so-called “vaccine passports.”

Why it matters: Immunization credentials for the coronavirus have become a controversial subject, especially with Republican governors, though proof of vaccination could speed international travel and economic reopening plans.

What they’re saying: DeSantis’ order says requiring immunization credentials “would create two classes of citizens based on vaccination.”

  • “Businesses in Florida are prohibited from requiring patrons or customers to provide any documentation certifying COVID-19 vaccination or post-transmission recovery to gain access to, entry upon, or service from the business,” the order states.
  • “It is necessary to protect the fundamental rights and privacies of Floridians and the free flow of commerce in the state.”
  • Businesses that do not comply with the order will be ineligible to receive state contracts or grants.

The big picture: The Biden administration has been working with private companies to create immunization credentials, and many businesses, including some in Florida, have said they’ll require proof of vaccination as part of reopening.

While on the surface the passports aren’t bad, they are simply rife for abuse. Especially when we’re talking about making these all international. Do you want even more of your private data in the hands of bad actors like China and Russia?

Let’s not forget, the people who are pushing hardest on these passports are also crazy against showing identification to vote (and think blacks are too dumb to be able to get one. Not racist at all, right?). MLB pulled the All Star game from Atlanta over the utterly misrepresented and lied about Georgie voting integrity bill, which requires voter ID. You need ID to purchase a beer at the game, pick up your tickets, and more. You need an ID to go on a White House tour. You need an ID to drive. You need one at the airport, multiple times. And you need an ID to get your vaccine shot.

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