Interestingly, we haven't been given government advicce to wear masks here (as far as I know), and in the area of London where I live, I see maybe fewer than 1 in 10 people wearing one when I go out.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52927089
Starting on the 15th they'll be mandatory on all public transportation in England. But that's interesting that the number is currently so low there. Does that include inside stores or is that just on the street? Because even where I'm at in South Carolina it's like 25% inside stores.

I just go to my local shop which is tiny (but has everything I need), so I can't speak for "stores", but the workers in the shop do wear a mask - the customers, not so much. They do regulate it to 3 people in at a time during busy periods though, and the others have to queue outside. It's rarely so busy that there is a queue though. The food delivery drivers also all seem to be wearing masks when they arrive.

I very much doubt that my little enclave is representative of London, let alone the UK, as a whole, so take that anecdotal evidence for what it's worth.

Just took a couple of pics from balcony @2:30pm. Masks were about 0 for 10 for the time I was watching, but as you can see, crowd density is not exactly high! More people are out when it's sunny, though.

"young" children, disabled and people with breathing difficulties exempt. I do not drive and therefore require bus/train to see family and work. Once this furlough **** is over and I can work it will interesting... I can either a) say I have asthma B) make a stand and wing it c) ask them to fine me and not pay the fine which they will not be able to enforce or d) cycle.

This piece here sums up the "evidence" on face masks, for and against

For

And also hamsters

Against

Also evidence that masks can do considerable damage.

https://lockdownsceptics.org/scienti...inst-covid-19/

Is this different to an Islamic state forcing women to wear a face scarf or the French forcing women not to wear one? I think not. This is fascism plain and simple. Fundamentally you don't need to even go through all the arguments above, this is basic civil liberties, right to free movement to access employment and services, and right to dress how you see fit. If you wear a mask without your consent you will take your injection as well? Course you will. This is so dangerous I just despair.

Cross-posting a couple posts I wrote in POG--the latter one from today and the former from right when the Mueller investigation wrapped up-- because with the (Michael Baden involved) outbreak of protests nationwide and msm publications calling for change, it's obvious that things are still happening and that the 'controlled destruction' idea is still on track.
Some of this thesis I explored in the Epstein thread, as people didn't understand why/how the elites would create a psy-op that exposed themselves as pedophiles. But if change is going to happen then it'll need to be seen as coming from the people and so creating outrage at 'the machine' is a necessary condition for that.

This is a crosspost.

Luckbox, any interest or idea what is going on here?

On the surface this seems like something that would be a honeypot issue for the MSM. But they have extremely little interest, which I find very interesting.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...onstrator.html

So during the protests in Seattle yesterday, a man drives into the protests, gets surrounded by protesters, shoots a black man, and then surrenders to police. What is super interesting about this is how little interest the media has in it. If they mention it at all it is just a cursory telling account with zero follow up of what is the story behind the story.

Really curious what is going on with this story that the media isn't interested, as on the surface it seems like it would be a honeypot story.

Why Everyone Hates the Mainstream Media

While I definitely appreciate you posting that here, "people hate the media because they aren't having their egos stoked properly" is such a crap take that I barely even want to talk about it.
Definitely not why I hate them at least.

LB,

thoughts on the alleged solving of Olof Palme's murder? Is he even really dead?

Way to chase away the people who come to the thread to do something other than troll... This is why we don't get nice things!

I'd be interested in further detail about this. What I am seeing is the msm complex testing its narrative exclusivity, gauging its ability to dominate the media spectrum with a single device seamlessly shifting from one crisis to the next, common globalist themes and layered psychology enrapturing the masses stumbling bewildered, perhaps seeking some solidity the new religion promises... Politics and civil institutions have succumbed, even the lowliest official is a WHO parrot it seems. That kind of leverage is not something to be thrown away, why would a priest with undivided attention burn down the church?

There was probably a little bit of disingenuousness in me saying that it's just about the media--and I acknowledged that in that post by saying there was more but that talking about it wouldn't do any good. But ultimately I think we've entered into a very transformative time and there's something to the bolded part of your post.
I think it was my brother who said that it's as if the elites dumbed us down a little too much and now they need to correct it. I don't quite believe that--they probably dumbed us down just the right amount but there is some sort of "awakening" that is happening and they want to/need to be the ones controlling it. I mean the internet--which was theoretically supposed to make us free-- was a DARPA creation ffs. But I think it's proven now that free access to information does not make us free people, and all the propaganda that we see and the "layered psychology enrapturing the masses stumbling bewildered" is a part of controlling us.
Hard to know how to continue this post or make it sound more coherent, but we left Kansas a while ago* and it's only going to get crazier from here.
*don't know if Brits know the Wizard of Oz but that's the reference.

yo lb, nyt has a new podcast out about internet culture and how it's reshaping the way people really look at the world, it's called rabbit hole and it's really good

just posting here because the episode on q anon where they are interviewing the social groups that evolved from that made me think of you - i think you may like the pod

Ok. I'll check it out. To be sure qanon is a psy-op but it's super relevant for the discussion here and my exchange with Billy.

oh yeah, to be honest i really have no idea where you stand, but seeing how all these regular everyday people could really get behind it and not just that but foster these surprisingly wholesome communities out of it was very interesting

Dumbed down and weakened, our resilience has been attacked. We are all in need of "mental health". We are all racist. We are all both victim and perpetrator. Anything approaching culture, albeit an approximation of culture, is appropriated as Basil Fawlty and Delboy are removed from streaming services - classic British comedies that are now deemed to be racist or sexist despite the context of the racism being within characterisations and therefore if anything an aid to understanding racism. Because words such as w*g and n***er are used this must be removed. I believe this is part of a broader scheme to catch trigger words and censor via AI - computers cant decipher context but they can pick up on trigger words and quarantine discussions, practically all comms is going to be digital in the 4th IR. If they don't want say "vaccines" discussed this can easily be shut down. It's also New Normal Religion - in 'respecting' identity, the individual identity is destroyed. We are being Borgified.
I don't know whether there is an awakening, there is some bizarre stuff going down right now, this is how the war generation felt in the 60s I guess. When I see people out on the streets, mostly masked up, for the reason of preserving statues, destroying statues, celebrating "diversity", rejecting "diversity", after being under house arrest for months on end it is hard not to read this as sheep being herded around and played with. Internet I don't know, did we sleepwalk into it under the promise of being allowed free speech only to have it snatched away? Now I learn that even Saint Julian is a CIA lickspittle after being likely mind controlled as a child, and WikiLeaks is apparently funded by the globalist elite. No more heroes anymore. (See Daniel Estulin, Deconstructing WikiLeaks).
I may have won the incoherence challenge and will now embark upon a hazardous and technically inexplainable journey, into the outer, stratosphere!

Looking at the top news headlines today, I will say it is an absolutely amazing display of gaslighting going on by the media.

So in a span of 3 weeks they went from

1. Wall-to-wall COVID fear mongering, focusing a lot of blame on Trump.
2. Arguing giant protests were perfectly acceptable from a safety perspective.
3. Back to wall-to-wall COVID fear mongering, again focusing the blame on Trump, with no mention of the recent protests

It really is a master class in gaslighting.

Could you link some examples of this?

Go ahead and look at MSM headlines during the protests, and see if you can see any criticism of the protests from a public health perspective. If you find any, feel free to share them. Contrast this with the level of concern before and after, of activities with similar risks (eg. Trump's Tulsa rally)

As I have said before, often what isn't being said is just as important as what is being said.

awwwwwww ****, I see I'm not the only connoisseur of classic British television up in this *****.

"Argument by ommission" is a novel take, I'll give you that.

I'm going to have a lot of fun pointing out the things you've been arguing for, under this new standard.

It's greatly exaggerated

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53020335
So one episode was temporarily removed. The one that does contain some particularly offensive language (no not the german stuff) although clearly as JC says.

This is not a new issue. 'In sickness and in health' was always controversial despite the bigot being the subject of ridicule

As much as I love Fawlty Towers, every episode is exactly the same with all the same gags, so you're not missing much if they pull an episode.

Outrageous post trolly