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At the Orlando Sentinel, Jacob V. Stuart muses on the internal contradictions of Florida’s mandate against mandates. Here’s a bit (emphasis added):

In so doing (enacting the anti-mandate mandate–ed.), they have advanced a paradoxical contradiction: the leaders of today’s Republican Party favor the imposition of strict mandates to eliminate potential existing mandates. It is totally deranged conduct, most often associated with immature, single-issue thinkers. It is certainly not the work product of a group of thoughtful leaders, nor the welcomed discovery of an assembly of community trustees.

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Writing at the Tampa Bay Times, a retired physician struggles to understand why persons are refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. An excerpt:

I’m just not getting it.

Follow the link for his reasoning.

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Once again, fists fly in the fiendly skies.

On the same topic, Jeffrey Hanna, writing at The Roanoke Times, tries to make sense of the plethora of pathological passengers peopling the planes. I don’t think he can, because it’s clearly senseless, but follow the link and decide for yourself.

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The Portland, Maine, Press-Herald’s Bill Nemitz spots a flock of Does.

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A wild, wild West marauder.

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A gubernatorial marauder gets schooled.

Sadly, as the article points out, the lesson is likely shortly to be unlearned.

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A marauder who must pay the price.

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Lies and Lying Liars 0

Sam and his crew call out Dennis Prager’s lies.

Aside:

I’m so old that I remember when AIDS was referred to as “GRID (gayrelated immunodeficiency disease.”

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar isn’t buying Rodgers the Dodger’s line of hokum.

Via PoliticalProf.

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Dis Coarse Discourse, Vaccine Nation Dept. 0

Republicans now have Big Bird in their sights:

Over the weekend, Big Bird tweeted that he had gotten the COVID-19 jab in a clear attempt to promote the shot now available to children ages 5 to 11.

President Joe Biden prompted reacted to Big Bird’s tweet, saying, “Good on ya, @BigBird. Getting vaccinated is the best way to keep your whole neighborhood safe.”

Reaction from the anti-vaccine crowd led by Sen. Ted Cruz was swift, saying Big Bird is spreading government propaganda while others called it “brainwashing children.”

More tales of dis coarse discourse at the link.

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Vaccine Nation, the Great Cop Out Dept. 0

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A doctor explains why she’s getting COVID vaccinations for her children as quickly as she can.

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Little girl wearing Green Bay Packers shirt is getting a shot from a doctor.  She says,

Via Job’s Anger.

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Frame One:  Image of a child getting a shot, captioned

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Marauders who were looking for a fight.

We are a society of stupid.

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The state of Iowa sanctions endangering public health in the name of the Lord.

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The stupid. It burns.

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At Al.com, a physician steps back, takes a larger perspective, and looks at the history of pandemics and vaccines, leading him to wonder what happened to the concept of the common good. Here’s a bit; follow the link for a valuable perspective.

Of course, in the ancient world, it was easy enough to attribute infectious disease to an enraged deity. With that mindset, a logical solution was simply to banish the person who had offended the god or gods in charge.

Aside:

Methinks the “ancient world” isn’t so ancient after all.

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