Omicron What?

Omicron, schmomicron! The WaPo presents the obvious - the public has no more appetite for lockdowns. Fortunately, after a one-day Black Friday wobble, Wall Street has no further appetite for bad news:

Stock futures climbed in overnight trading on Monday following a rebound on Wall Street as investors reassessed risks associated with the new omicron Covid variant.

Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 75 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures both ticked up 0.2%.

The overnight action came after a broad-based comeback that saw the S&P 500 jump 1.3% with all 11 sectors registering gains. Major averages rose to session highs on Monday after President Joe Biden said economic lockdowns are currently off the table and there will be no new travel restrictions. The blue-chip Dow ended the day up more than 200 points.

Then again, tomorrow is another day...

Comments

[Narciso]

in other news

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nyc-mayor-elect-eric-adams-stop-and-frisk-officers-shooting?fbclid=IwAR0PAu_pv9mvGpRFpYjoXXAmzRB-vM9ABD4wzfOyAAX88-NfanuwLgeKW_I

[Narciso]

as I pointed out in the last thread, national geographic covered the last big failure, the anthrax scare, this should have been one of mueller's signature failure, 19 years later the culprit was not found, the scapegoat was paid 5,5 million dollars, the series focuses on bruce ivins, who is an awkward nebbish, but could never have been the perpetrator,

[Narciso]

some sanity,

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/11/29/judge-strikes-down-joe-bidens-vaccine-mandate-for-healthcare-workers/

[Jack Lillywhite]

Update:still in hospital, controlling my afib,blood pressure and other minor issues. Stay safe, solid and sound.

[henry]

Get well, Jack!

Omicron sounds like mild sniffles. But Fauci is going full Cartman about his AUTHORITAY! Never let a minor bureaucrat have a sniff of power… they turn into Fauci.

[Narciso]

well fauci has rarely failed to do the wrong thing, like mueller the other pillar of bureacratic permanence,

[MissMarple2]

Isn’t it amazing that none of them are ever embarrassed?

If it were a private business, the media would be hounding them constantly.

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

I thought frisch was in oregon,

Posted by: Narciso | November 29, 2021 at 04:41 PM

Her family is and she moved up there in the midst of the inanity when she got sacked at ASU. It only took Oregon 3ish years to finally put her behind bars after Colorado pissed around for 3ish years before that and locked her up for a bit.

[Narciso]

and dorsey or agrawal, did a similar thing deplatforming goldstein,

[Narciso]

they don't want a circus, but this what they have engaged in for 10 months

https://twitter.com/AmandaMilius/status/1465387159205068800

[Narciso]

sure that makes sense:

https://t.me/chiefnerd/955

[Pinandpuller]

Can we trade Junk Yooger back to Turkey for Enes Kanter?

[Narciso]

you think they would want him, erdogan had plenty of yes men, who don't exude that creepy renfield look

[Narciso]

that's not how vaccines work

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/11/29/covid-booster-vaccines-rolled-adults-three-months-second-dose/

[Davod]

I am watching the x-files on the IPAD. This episode has people in a supermarket scratching their eyes out and the butcher sticks a knife in his eye. All in a few minutes. Then the title comes up, and Steve King is one of the producer/writers.

Now I understand.

[Davod]

PS. I preferred the battles against aliens, and their earthling enablers.

[Narciso]

there was also one with william gibson, about a crazy ai. I liked the alien conspiracy arcs best,

[Narciso]

there were some genuinely creepy episode, then there was the first one with charles nelson reilly where they went very silly with alex trebek and jesse ventura

[Davod]

If you like Belgian Waffles.

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/belgian%20waffles%2002.jpg

[jim nj]

https://www.manufacturing.net/operations/news/13172320/belgian-waffles-a-sweet-sensation-at-1964-worlds-fair

Belgian Waffles a Sweet Sensation at 1964 World’s Fair

The notion of introducing a new food to the American public is almost inconceivable in an era of global cuisine and foodie websites. But that's what happened at the 1964 New York World's Fair, when a family from Belgium introduced Belgian waffles.

They were very popular. I never got to try them. The line was too long.

[jim nj]

https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-defund-police-gov-candidate-nypd-detail-security-army-base-lives

NY defund police candidate for governor has NYPD detail, home protected by military with 'M16s'
Jumaane Williams is 'hypocritical' for living on a secure military base, critics say

"Williams lives on the Fort Hamilton U.S. Army Garrison in Brooklyn, the New York Post reported, and is provided an NYPD security detail due to his position for the city. The garrison requires anyone attempting entry to submit a background check and go through security checkpoints."

With Cuomo out of office "silly season" has begun in NY.

[Pinandpuller]

“ But when Ambrose used to read, his eyes were drawn through the pages, while his heart searched for its meaning; however, his voice and tongue were quiet. Often when we were present—for anyone could approach him and it was not his habit that visitors be announced to him—we saw him reading in this fashion, silently and never otherwise.”—Saint Augustine

https://qz.com/quartzy/1118580/the-beginning-of-silent-reading-was-also-the-beginning-of-an-interior-life/

[Jack Lillywhite]

Belgian waffles best served met slaagroom (whipped cream) strawberries on top. In Antwep they fold into a cone and fill wnatever your fancy in luding beef stew.

[Jack Lillywhite]

Still in hospital. Using assissted breathing, nose type. Feel great. More tests this am. No food or drink til after that.

[Pinandpuller]

People in Waukesha held a moment of silence for the Black Terrorist Attack last Sunday.

Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin have decided to make the silence permanent.

[henry]

Good news, Jack. hope you get home soon.

[anonamom]

JiB, I am curious--did you get some more of that mRNA injected lately by chance??

Doctors are reporting lots of trouble with arrhythmias--your a fib--and blood pressure control in patients after the re jab.

ER visits are up 30% in lots of regions, with lower Covid cases--and no, at this point in time it is NOT anything to do with last year's lockdowns.

[anonamom]

Here's a discussion of the doubling of risk as predicted by inflammatory markers of MI (from our Steve Gundry, no less!) showing what happens after mRNA injection:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEBGl8MVE-c

[Jack Lillywhite]

amom,

No. afib related. But something else going on. Two tests today,no drink, no eat. We’ll see.

[matt - deplore me if you must]

I hope that you get out of there soon, jack.

That comment on Belgian waffles really hit me. When I was a kid, my mother took me up to NYC for the World's Fair. We stayed in a hotel and ate at the Automat. I was fascinated by tapioca pudding.

We went to the Fair for 2 days and I remember eating the most delicious thing I had ever had. Yup, one of those waffles.

What an incredible memory.

Thanks, Jim!!!

[Marlene]

Good Morning! Thinking of you, Jack!

Darn! Elizabeth Holmes and Ghislaine Maxwell are both federal trials. Holmes took the stand yesterday. Both would be must see TV. I hope both of those evil women go to prison.

[henry]

WSJ wrote that Holmes claimed a college rape and the so,es sort of sex slavery under her #2 for everything. Not clear why anyone would believe her.

[Melinda]

Dustin Braden
@dbrades89
Two members of the US @FMC_gov are calling for the @USTreasury to review the purchase of a major #shipping terminal operator by a Canadian pension fund bit.ly/3kJg3Th

https://twitter.com/dbrades89/status/1465672461152833537

https://www.joc.com/maritime-news/fmc-members-want-security-review-ports-america-deal_20211109.html

At least it's not the Ontario Teachers Fund....

[Marlene]

We had a conversation about Holmes when the daughter was here last week. The daughter thinks Holmes is a total b*tch. Ha.
Think about Holmes and Maxwell, both being involved with "influential" people.You know, our so-called elites, who are greedy and immoral and horrible people.

[jimmyk]

Here's a discussion of the doubling of risk as predicted by inflammatory markers of MI (from our Steve Gundry, no less!) showing what happens after mRNA injection

Do you (or anyone) know if this applies to the J&J jab as well? Not that I'm planning on getting another, but in the event I'm forced to do so, I'm curious if that's a safer alternative.

[MissMarple2]

Good morning!

Doctor appointment today. My son is chauffeuring me.

[clarice]

JIB, whatever they do, make sure they don't empty your piss and vinegar (;0 ). (Get well soon.)

[Buckeye]

Think about Holmes and Maxwell, both being involved with "influential" people.You know, our so-called elites, who are greedy and immoral and horrible people.

I won’t be surprised if they get lighter sentences than the 1/6 guy with the horns.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Holmes made a fool of VIPs = Supermax.
Maxwell might still make criminals of VIPs = Kid gloves.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

About half way through Anabasis. Great book. Thanks for the prompt Pin.

[Narciso]

yes he messed with their authoritah, thats some serious business,
on last weeks nash bridges, someone who dealt with ukrainian and chinese oligarchs got iced in lockup, his tech billionaire father was the real villain,

[Narciso]

yes hubris is well illustrated in that expedition, what were thinking?

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/rep-boebert-ilhan-omar-spat-phone-call/2021/11/30/id/1046691/

[Narciso]

the kingsman prequel, will be out next month, has a touch of league of gentleman, but not three hours long,

[Narciso]

my cousin vinnie would have been a better choice

https://www.newsmax.com/us/january-6-capitol-riot-qanon-shaman/2021/11/29/id/1046637/

[Jane]

I went to the NY Worlds Fair too. No wonder you guys look familiar!

[Narciso]

questions

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/what-relationship-between-political-left-and-globalism

was 1964 the last one, if so why?

[Narciso]

zany madcap humor

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/biden-is-a-boring-president-that-s-ok-because-he-s-also-a-competent-leader/ar-AARfUpP?ocid=msedgntp

[Narciso]

this williams cat, reminds of victor strand, the warlord who lives in an armored tower in fear the walking dead,

[Narciso]

i think that was the indian summer, before the social unrest of 68, vietnam was the pretext, then came the oil shocks, the inflation,

[Davod]

Matt. I had a friend who used to be a chef on Air Force One. He started a Belgian Waffle restaurant near Andrews Air Force base. He got his waffle mix from Belgium. The menu also included wiener schnitzel with waffle fries.

[Davod]

PS. I forgot the most important part. The waffles were great, and the wiener schnitzel unbelievable. The crispy bread rolls were pretty good as well.

[henry]

@vickimckenna

After hard-left students mass protest against Kyle Rittenhouse attending ONLINE, non-degree classes at @ASU, his enrollment is canceled. By WHOM?

https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=18501

[Davod]

From Ace:
Exaggerated media hype is being used to villainize South Africa and justify unwarranted travel bans, the National Chair of the South African Medical Association and Ministerial Advisory Committee on Vaccines member said Sunday in an interview with Reuters:

"The hype that's been created currently out there in the media and worldwide doesn't correlate with the clinical picture. "And it doesn't warrant to just cut us off from any traveling, and ban South Africa as if we are the villains in the whole process -- should not be like that.""Looking at the mildness of the symptoms we are seeing, currently there's no reason for panicking as we don't see severely ill patients.

"I also checked with the hospitals, some of the hospitals in my area, and one of the biggest hospitals they only have one patient currently that's [Chinese] COVID-positive on a ventilator -- and they don't even know whether it's [Chinese] COVID, you know it's Delta -- or whether it is Omicron-related."

Symptoms of the Omicron variant are presently so mild and that the virus can be treated at home, Dr. Coetzee noted. In fact, one of her country's largest hospitals has had only one potential Omicron patient -- and even that case isn't confirmed, she said.

[Neo]

Twitter bans sharing images or videos of private individuals without their consent "The misuse of private media can affect everyone, but can have a disproportionate effect on women, activists, dissidents, and members of minority communities."

[Narciso]

what is this the wayans bros sketch

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/11/30/jussie-smollett-lawyer-claims-disgraced-actor-is-a-real-victim-of-hate-crime/

[henry]

He keeps making things worse

@wsjecon

President Biden is considering Richard Cordray, the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, to serve as the Federal Reserve’s top banking regulator

[Davod]

https://euro-bistro.com/lunch is not a bad place.

[Narciso]

omg, what eldritch wheel of hell are his puppet masters spinning,

[Old Lurker]

Henry, the thing about these hard leftists like Cordray is that they never seem to go away for good.

[Narciso]

no they are like jason voorhees or jesse jackson who haunted the arbery trial

[henry]

Seems a lot more of Chisholm pandering to criminals than gets reported.

@kristenbarbar

State informs court they will address bail & conditions of bail in Milwaukee case @ next hearing.

State says it became aware Brooks attempted to intimidate a witness in Milwaukee domestic violence case while in jail earlier this month in connection with that case.

#Waukesha

https://twitter.com/kristenbarbar/status/1465701052733263880?s=21

[Neo]

White Genocide on Twitter
https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1465475934710943748

[Buckeye]

Henry, the thing about these hard leftists like Cordray is that they never seem to go away for good.

At least we got his ass outta Ahia.

[henry]

Biden strikes again.

@WSJ

U.S. coal prices are climbing to their highest levels in more than a decade as stockpiles dwindle to their lowest point since the 1970s #WSJWhatsNow

[henry]

@bottafp

Biden doubles tariff on Canadian lumber just as his inflationary policies send prices to all time highs. It’s like he’s trying to bankrupt the middle class.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-joins-the-lumber-wars-commerce-department-tariffs-canada-11638226400

[Narciso]

winning the future is that about, it's like when modi raised the tariff on beans, after zoolander's visit,

[matt - deplore me if you must]

The whole Canadian timber kerfuffle would probably be best addressed by Ig. The logjam is at the mills in this country from what I understand, and prices for raw timber are rock bottom in the US.

As to coal, WTF? We have 400 years+ of coal reserves and basically shut down the coal belt and we're now left wondering why there's no coal available. More environmental idiocy.

After watching those 5 mile coal trains moving through Wyoming towards the West Coast last summer, I really do believe there is LSD in the water in DC, to which Clarice and a few others seem immune.

[Neo]

Nurse in Idaho explains that Covid patients are dying from the treatments, not Covid.
https://twitter.com/LetsgoRandom2/status/1464394068180545538

[henry]

But we gotta lock down (except the southern border) and get boosters that don’t work…

@cnbc

Fauci says omicron Covid variant has already been found in 20 countries, but not yet in the U.S.

[clarice]

https://babylonbee.com/news/fauci-dons-funny-hat-declares-himself-to-be-pope-of-science

[Narciso]

people are at their fainting couches because lara logan, called fauci mengele, heck fauci's body count is a hundred fold,

https://dossier.substack.com/p/dont-take-the-new-strain-omicron

[Narciso]

another day, another show trial

https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/11/daunte-wright-shooting-trial-live-jury-selection-day-1/

[Narciso]

shirley

https://conservativebrief.com/psaki-55463/?utm_source=CB&utm_medium=55321

[Narciso]

well that's not going anywhere,

https://www.wnd.com/2021/11/doctor-calls-lockdown-vaccinated/

[Narciso]

as if that will work

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/583586-meadows-reaches-cooperation-deal-with-jan-6-committee?fbclid=IwAR1_qz8QPBKb1AnU9ceFIko57sWCHuBnHQdNpX_loi3bMtBP5_3CIKAuSvo

[henry]

He’s smarter than the VP, but not smart.

@guypbenson

Amazing. Smollett brought his "attackers" on a dry run the day before the fake hate crime, and it's on video.

https://twitter.com/guypbenson/status/1465720336192835589?s=21

[Narciso]

his atty is former deputy atty general george terwilliger, swamp critter,

[Narciso]

that a fredo move,

[MissMarple2]

Back from the doc. Heart, BP, lungs, O2 all fine. My son said they are now thinking it may have been my potassium level that went haywire.

If you are driving through Indy, take an alternate route. Hey have so many exits closed due to construction it’s a nightmare, especially if you aren’t familiar with the city.

[Neo]

Yesterday members of the Squad including Reps. AOC, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib and others, sent a letter to Attorney General Garland asking that he free former environmental lawyer Steven Donziger.

Forbes:
I've detailed the civil contempt of court motion against Steven Donziger in prior columns. So it's very pleasing to read United States District Judge Lewis Kaplan's remarkable, 75-page, contempt of court ruling. It begins with these words: "Steven Donziger, formerly a lawyer, has led a corrupt effort to extort billions of dollars from Chevron Corporation."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelkrauss/2019/05/23/steven-donziger-disbarred-former-attorney-is-held-in-contempt-of-court/?sh=5e870c724582

Steven Donziger is the eco-laywer equivalent of "creepy porn lawyer" Michael Avenatti.

[MissMarple2]

I guess a bunch of people. Have resigned, according to folks I follow on Twitter.

[Narciso]

how did they conclude that about the potassium?

[MissMarple2]

By a blood test i guess. My son said a young neurologist suggested it, and as soon as they started the IV drip I started recovering.

[Narciso]

rising serpent@

Fed chairman basically calls everything Joe Biden and Janet Yellen have said so far a giant stinking lie and says that inflation is the new normal.

[Melinda]

The Hill
@thehill
Court orders release of some redacted passages of Mueller report hill.cm/lcivb0X

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1465771392150999045

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/583628-court-orders-release-of-some-redacted-passages-of-mueller-report

[Narciso]

does anybody at foggy bottom do any real work?

https://twitter.com/15poundstogo/status/1465764260722659331

[Neo]

When I went into the hospital May last year, the medical personnel freaked out when my potassium was high.
Apparently, elevated potassium levels can spike your SYSTOLIC value (the larger of the two BP).

[Pinandpuller]

Ron Johnson:

Outside Agitators burn your state: I sleep

Outside Agitators protest the anti-White Terrorist attack and murder of your citizens: Real Shit.

[Narciso]

yes that was passing strange pin

https://redstate.com/streiff/2021/11/28/senators-ron-johnson-and-tammy-baldwin-issue-bizarre-statement-claiming-shadowy-outside-forces-are-politicizing-the-waukesha-murders-n483241

[Narciso]

oh really

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/news-and-views/blog/how-youre-protected-when-energy-firms-collapse

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

-- The logjam is at the mills in this country from what I understand, and prices for raw timber are rock bottom in the US.--

Lumber prices are still historically high but slightly less than half of the peak. Log prices haven't really budged much because, as Matt says, there was never a shortage of logs; just mill capacity to produce finished lumber.
Canadian softwood imports have been a contentious issue for decades. The vast majority of the timber in Can is owned by the state and sold cheap to timber companies. US firms claim that amounts to a subsidy and there are complex methods of dealing with it.

[Melinda]

Don't forget the little hole drilled in 2X4s to get around the tariff by calling it "engineered lumber".

[Jack Lillywhite]

Hello from some hospital room in Palm Coast, FL.

Elbow surgery went well and now it’s time to layback and let it heal.

[sbwaters]

Elbow surgery probably means you can’t knit or crochet while you wait.

Thnx for the update, JiB.

[matt - deplore me if you must]

or drink beer.

[Len]

Goede gezondheit, Jack.

[MissMarple2]

Jack,
Glad to hear from you! I missed your breaking your elbow. Ouch! Hope you heal quickly!

[Narciso]

he needs to go decaf

https://twitter.com/TrumpJew2/status/1465760204461588483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1465760204461588483%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Face.mu.nu%2F

[jimmyk]

“he needs to go decaf”
More like Thorazine.

[Narciso]

of course he would

https://twitter.com/LevineJonathan/status/1465798460645552130