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1. 2 days ago on Ziggy

   As for my own case, it truly is a big whoop (to me!) that I am anywhere. Life is a gift, folks!

2. 2 days ago on Pluggers

   Where does it hurt?

   Yes.

3. 2 days ago on Back to B.C.

   Mammatus cloud?

4. 2 days ago on Andy Capp

   Where’s Andy going to nap now while Flo works?

5. 2 days ago on Wizard of Id

   Why? Does your scale stop working if it gets wet?

6. 2 days ago on Cornered

   Yup, he’s the right age to be a grandfather!

7. 3 days ago on The Argyle Sweater

   Uh, PBS and thinking for themselves? Believe me, PBS is as ideological as any other news outlet. You might not see it because you agree with it, but then you might want to think about the circularity of that a little.

8. 3 days ago on In the Bleachers

   That’s an interesting rewriting of history. As I recall, Trump was pretty much toeing the Fauci party line, and even said he was being advised by the experts. Division came from many sides, including doctors who were questioning the validity of the party line. I remember several press conferences by doctors who were reporting that what they were seeing in no way matched the breathless and dire warnings from above.

   What supports “people acting in unity and understanding” is respect for those who are being directed, and letting the experience of real experts — the front-line doctors, for example — develop over time to accurately characterize the issue. That’s not what happened; we got the so-called experts who managed to pretty violently shut down all who raised facts that brought the ideological approach into question — and ideological approach in this specific case that was developed in the absence of lived experience. Medical careers were terminated over things that have subsequently been found to be correct.

   The problem is that the “experts” who force science-by-dictatorship are closeted into their own small view of the world, where their “recommendations” are given without balance of other priorities, such as, say the mental health and development of school-age children. If those experts were given their way, no ship would ever leave the safety of the harbor.

   People do have the right to question that, without being accused of being divisive.

9. 4 days ago on Ziggy

   Besides, what are you complaining about? You’re an expert already!

10. 4 days ago on Strange Brew

    Looks like he blew something else, from the documentation provided here!