The Crazy Years

Slow decay.

[In the US] "the death toll has soared to more than a million people [from COVID-19], “drug overdoses now account for close to 100,000 deaths per year”

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In the trailer for the anti-vax “documentary” DIED SUDDENLY a video of Florida Gators basketball star Keyontae Johnson collapsing on the court is shown.

Johnson collapsed at a game on December 12, 2020, before vaccines were even available.

And he didn’t die!

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Japan defeated Germany in some form of sporting event:

Presumably both teams were motivated to win by the prospect of returning home to freeze due to foolish anti-nuclear energy policy.

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https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/european-lawmakers-declare-russia-state-sponsor-terrorism-2022-11-23/

“I propose designating the European Parliament as a sponsor of idiocy,” Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram.

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Impact of today’s Russian strikes on the Ukrainian and Moldovan internet connectivity



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Not just tax websites: retailers have been sharing what products you’ve been browsing so that their competitors can then target you with ads on Facebook. Not sure how this works for them.

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Related: American Cheese: Neither American, nor Cheese

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Sometimes when a potential client walks in the door, the lawyer needs to embrace the word “no!” Three and a half minutes? You are going to clog the court’s docket and delay actual justice sought by others for three and a half effing minutes?

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How many such cases are not “a potential client walks in the door”, but class action law firm finding a plaintiff?

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Journal of Advanced Ceramics will cease publication with Springer Nature on completion of Volume 11/2022. The journal will be published by Tsinghua University Press from Volume 12/2023.

https://www.springer.com/journal/40145

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Not crazy – inevitable.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/mother-nyc-heiress-paid-deprogrammer-172846585.html

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This reminds me of this mother-and-daughter story that centered on the lucrative business of transgender ‘services’:

Another source is Scott Newgent:

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