Scamdemic
This subsection contains posts I wrote during the Great Covid Scamdemic of the early 2020s. As you will see, I was very angry and sarcastic about what was going on, and wrote about it in a white-hot fury. I’m still angry about what happened (and is still going on), but the fury has died down.
Fear and Loathing on the Hiking Trail
Back in early September, I went hiking in the early morning at a nearby state park. There were no other cars at the trailhead when I started out. Just before I returned to the car an hour and half later, I encountered two young women hiking up the trail towards me. They freaked out a little and scurried over to the side of the trail. One of them quickly put on a mask, and the other pulled her shirt up over her face. They apologized as I walk by.
November 21, 2020
Fear
That was then: “So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” –Franklin D. Roosevelt “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.” –Frank Herbert, Dune This is now: “Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger.”
November 19, 2020