1984 was not supposed to be an instruction manual. First posted 2014

This nice article on Covid vaccination was written by my friend and neighbor Dick Atlee: There has been much discussion recently about frustration with COVID vaccine delays. The desire to end what we’ve all been going through this past year is understandable. But how — and even whether — the vaccines will accomplish this is open to question.  Whether someone should take…

So much for keeping your computer safe from spying–or even insertions and deletions–by using it only as a typewriter and file cabinet.  Note the devices and programs used by NSA are at least 5 years old. Excerpts from the Times: WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency has implanted software in nearly 100,000 computers around the…

  George Orwell’s “1984 was not supposed to be an instruction manual” / Agence France Press

Whistleblowers have some protections under US law.  In fact, those who report on corruption that costs the government money are entitled to a large chunk of what $ is recovered as a result of their whistle-blowing.  This often results in multimillion dollar payouts from what are termed “qui tam” or False Claims Act lawsuits. But…

https://nypost.com/2021/08/27/biden-and-fauci-discuss-covid-19-booster-shots-every-5-months/ President Biden on Friday said he and Dr. Anthony Fauci discussed requiring COVID-19 booster shots every five months rather than every eight as previously anticipated. The shorter timeframe would increase the number of vaccine doses that the US will need to set aside for booster shots — as poorer nations clamor for more US donations. “The…

I am really taken with Jeffrey Tucker, founder of the Brownstone Institute.  He hits the nail on the head, over and over.  In the article below, he somehow got hold of a PR memo written to help the Democratic Party deal with its terrible polling numbers by claiming victory over COVID.  The story ends as…