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We have a moral duty to break unjust laws.

Absolutely frightening. The speed this thing reacts at...

They already use "robots" to kill bad people in the US. Basically a remote controlled, armoured mini skid steer with cameras and sensors etc. I read a thing about an armed guy holed up in a building someplace and they sent in the "robot" with a hand grenade on a stick and just trundled up to him and detonated. Future soldiers are today's ace video gamers, can work from home too.

Tell us more about the ones who sat on your lap please. Details. Sounds like fun.

Precisely - knocked it out of the park, Andy! If Covidiot is really a thing, then I'm one, and 95% of people I know, work with and strangers I meet are as well.

WHO recommends 1 meter distance now.

A local man, retired doctor, requested me to put up a post box for him, a week into the lockdown. I rocked up, found the box and started. He came out and stood right next to me. Now, this was during the "Everybody will DIE!" stage of general hysteria. So, I asked him: "You're not worried about the virus then?" He just smiled and said, "Oh, no." We have two friends who nurses. Neither one social distances around people they know, who are not worried. There are three kinds of people who social distance: 1. Those who do it out of respect to strangers or people they know who they know or suspect are worried. This type does not social distance with people of the same type, even in public. 2. People who are actually worried, or "cautious". 3 People who are not worried but do it out of obedience to authority and/or percieved social pressure. Type 3 are more dangerous to free societies than the virus.

Remember the boy in the bubble? David Vetter - Wikipedia EN.M.WIKIPEDIA.ORG

Good. To hell with lockdowns wherever they be. Same here in rural Ireland. Many, if not most, people just don't give a damn anymore. Some examples. Standing in queue outside hardware store today, an auld feller starts mouthing off about how the government are "arseholes" and the whole thing a farce. General agreement from the queue. A different auld feller gets in the face of the door man with the auld feller joshing and joking, and - get this - puts his hand on the chap's shoulder, you know the way you do when you're joshing around. The doorman recoils in mock horror. General hilarity of "We're all doomed now", "Been nice knowing you" Etc. Etc..... In the "strictly enforced" shop interior, I wait patiently for yet another auldish guy to complete his nut and bolt collection from the rack. He sees me and says "Am I holding you up?" I reply, "Depends how fussy you are" he replies "I'm not fussy at all" ... With this mutual understanding, we crowd together at the fixing rack, both picking out of the same trays. And you know what? We enjoyed it. Local country shops: sign on the door "1 customer allowed in at any time" - reality: jammers with the bewellied elderly, youths, dogs, loiterers, all cheek by jowl. Not allowed to drive around? Could have fooled me. Saw 1 single squad car these last 8 weeks. Worst comes to worst you get sent home, big deal. At a shop counter, the sign reads: Due to Covid19 we can no longer accept cash - payment by card only. So I ask "Oh, you don't take cash no more then?" .... shop owner replies, surprised, "Of course we take cash - no problem!" No, outside of the cities and bigger towns life has continued apace, albeit discreetly. It's like play acting, people repeat the politically correct phrases, and then go ahead and get on with violating the rules. Like putting on your latex gloves, sanitising them with the dispenser, then patting them dry on your filthy shirt, before coughing into your fist, then wiping your nose and shoving your hand in your pocket for change. But it's ok, you wore gloves, virtue signal achieved. And I for one, love it, and I don't care anymore. Human nature wins again.

Gabion baskets look ideal, but they are pricy. You know the mesh cages they fill with rocks for embankments...

€88 for a 25 yard roll, 1.2m tall. Assuming "boxes" of 1 yard square, that's three yards and three yards layed out X fashion, the four sides folded up and laced together with wire or steel zep-ties. Maybe a strand of bull wire around the too for strength. So 6 yards per box - double thickness on the floor side. 24 by 6 is 4 so a box costs €22, and some wire. But, you can find something else for the floor, pallet or whatever, then you get 4 yards per box just wrapped around, so 24 by 4 = 6, €88 by six call it €15 Euros per box.

I wonder if chain link fencing would work?

So many of these so call journalists can't even write properly. Often find glaring typos. Sometimes words misspelled when they're quoting "the enemy" - like they're trying to make their political opponents look stupid. On purpose or genuine mistake? Dunno.

So true it's sad... Ever notice how the media add little subliminal misdirections visual and verbal, to push their agenda? Example, there was a headline this morning on Breakingnews.ie about the Irish government thinking about buying a military cargo plane (we don't have any planes). They're thinking maybe last year's model, probably cost about ten million. Above the headline is a photo of a fighter jet (with the caption "photo - fighter jet") Now, a casual reader will see the jet, and think "That's what the fuckers want to spend our taxes on? A fighter jet?? A single one? What the hell good will that do the country....?) And I would agree, and thought the same, until I read further and noticed it's a cargo plane they want, not a jet. And which would certainly be of more all-round value to the state. The intentional deception is sickening. Another one was reporting on the latest failed refugee stabbing rampage in France. A Moroccan. Under the article is a link to another lone article - to paraphrase - "White rednecks murder black guy in America" - just to balance it out, you see, lest you forget for a minute that whites are murderous racist scum. No mention of the other American black guy that murdered an elderly white couple in a cemetery around the same time, of course, that's not news worth reporting.

Just picking statements at random from the thread... "..Better air quality and low fuel prices..." "...run away inflation..Don't rush out and buy new kit..." "...Boris and Trump irrelevant..." Have we all taken to drinking in the morning then? ?

Some wise economist, maybe Milton Friedman was debating with a Swede of some sort, who put it to him that there is terrible poverty in America, but zero poverty in Sweden. Friedman (?) replied, accuracy "You know, among the Swedish population in America, there is also zero poverty..." It's also cultural. Work ethic, tradition of honesty etc. Italy is/was, an economic basket case. Very productive, but heavily indebted. Why? Endemic corruption and mismanagement. Part and parcel of the culture. Government is drawn from the People, and has the characteristics of the People. Latin America - firey, family oriented, emotional people = firey, emotional, nepotistic governments. Scandinavia - boring, sensible, honest people = stable, prudent government (for the most part).

Yeah, the problem is the Chinese antibody test kits are unreliable. This set the whole thing back...but certified kits will supposably be available soon, to the public. How does a coronavirus antibody home test kit work, and how do I get one? WWW.TELEGRAPH.CO.UK The Government has bought 3.5 million finger-prick antibody tests...

Well, yes they could pay their workers better, I suppose. But then, consider that their workers are already 10,000% better off then their ancestors. They have clean drinking water, electricity, free hospital care and education for their children, cars, a road network, advanced communications, limitless entertainment, abundant food of infinite variety, virtually free clothing, flushing toilets, hot water on tap, social security unemployment protection, state pensions, a pretty fair legal system etc etc. Contrast their lifestyles with the workhouses of the early twentieth century... It's the inequality that pisses people off, but we are comparing clouds of heaven to throne of God here... Go further back, to medieval times, and the commoners weren't even allowed to travel the roads of their own country, without permission from their liege lord (much like the Soviet Union!) In material terms we want for nothing. Your council hovel gives the same warmth and shelter as Bezo's high rise apartment. Your lightbulbs are the same brand as his. His $100 socks and jocks are not more comfortable than yours. Your £5 watch tells the same time as his $50'000 Rolex. Meanwhile, in Africa.......

If a significant percentage of the population already had the virus and recovered, or been asymptomatic, then the R value will not spike up. We'll find out what the true proliferation was when the antibody tests are widely available. Other countries with with more antibody testing suggest many more people were exposed (and are now immune) than was previously thought.

The idea of confiscating the wealth of the 1% - it cannot work because it's based on two misunderstandings. 1. The wealth is speculative wealth - shares etc, which are not transferrable. If the shares were to be liquidated - just the rumour - would tank their value overnight. It's imaginary wealth. Even their assets are not really worth anything. What practical value does a billion million dollar New York high rise have to the poor? It's still just a glorified shed. What value a billion dollar yacht, in real terms, V.S an old fishing trawler? 2. Vast blocs of population need employment. They don't have the temperament to be self employed, therefore the need for huge corporations. Economy of scale, big corporations make goods and services cheaper, so the poor can afford them.

Is there an alternative reward?

My condolences. Do you remember what they attributed the cause of death to?

The models are not reliable. Remember, many nations are attributing ALL deaths where Covid virus is found to death from Covid. The vast majority of deaths are people who are at deaths door anyway. Deaths from Covid, Deaths with Covid and Deaths attributed to Covid were not conflated until late Jan. Could have been people dying for weeks/months with/from Covid that were put down as pneumonia or heart failure. The roads were closed. Domestic but not international flights were grounded. Facts.

Covid may have been around much longer than they're letting on. In October, the cell phone data shows no activity for several days on the roads around Wuhan. Something happened that caused the Chinese to isolate Wuhan. In October. A city the size of London. Domestic flights into and out of Wuhan were grounded shortly after, but not international flights. It was October - November my wifey got a really nasty flu. I was actually thinking about calling for an ambulance. I got it but not as bad, shortness of breath, took a month to kick it. Couple of local auld boys went to hospital with galloping pneumonia. More oldies passed away than usual leading up to Christmas.

It's a coded message - PPE doesn't actually protect. Real bio-hasmat PPE is a positive atmosphere sealed suit, and proper decontamination prior to de-suiting.