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Author Archives: Richard Fernandez
Seniors wasting away under pandemic curbs
More than a third of the 2,074 U.S. adults aged 50 to 80 who took part in the online survey in January reported a decline in physical activity in the first 10 months of the pandemic, and 27% said their physical conditioning — flexibility, muscle strength and endurance — had worsened.
The great historical mission fantasy
New at the Belmont Club. People who think they have everything figured out, haven’t.
Does new delta plus variant mean life imprisonment?
South Korea’s Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Tuesday that it had recorded at least two cases of the new coronavirus delta-plus variant, which some experts believe to be more transmissible than the original delta variant that was first detected in India and has since thwarted plans for returning to life before the pandemic. But …
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It’s the only way
North Korea Is Willing to Talk, but First It Wants Fuel, Suits and Liquor
SEOUL—North Korea has a few demands to restart nuclear talks with the U.S., according to South Korea’s spy agency. Kim Jong Un’s regime wants sanctions restrictions relaxed to allow exporting minerals and importing more refined fuel. Also on the must-have list: fine suits and premium liquor.
North Korea breaks out last ditch food
Seoul’s intelligence service says climate change effects appear to have hit crops, causing shortages
I can mashed potato, do the twist
How unbiased is CNN?
The attorney general’s report on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo includes communications from his brother, Chris.
The Mandatorian
New at the Belmont Club. The road from trusting the experts to fearing the police.
Infected but not feeling it
Some of the cases were asymptomatic, most involved mild to moderate symptoms and only two required hospitalization, officials said. The infections were determined to be Delta-related because most samples in San Francisco were tested for the variant, which is now dominant in the city.
Who said “Color is nothing, Class is everything”
In regards racial issues?
The “law of necessity”
In a late-night public address on Wednesday, Mr. Duterte argued that the coronavirus emergency trumped laws guaranteeing freedom of movement, calling his order “the law of necessity.” “If they don’t want to be vaccinated, they should not be allowed to go out of their homes,” Mr. Duterte said. “They may say there is no law, …
Poor salesmanship
New at the Belmont Club. Why don’t people know what’s good for them? Or do they?
Just drop the depth charge anywhere
New at the Belmont Club. Trying to understand coronavirus restrictions in terms of Hollywood submarine movies.
Barbara Boxer assaulted, robbed in California
“The assailant pushed her in the back, stole her cell phone and jumped in a waiting car,” the tweet said. “She is thankful that she was not seriously injured.”
Chance encounter
They say it only happens in the movies and too corny to believe.
The vaccine has failed relative to inflated political promises
“The NYT has decided it’s acceptable to discuss the topic of C19 vaccine failure. Even Dr. Fauci agrees.”
Progressive arrests all rival candidates
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaraguan police placed under house arrest a seventh presidential contender on Saturday, meaning that almost all of those who could have challenged President Daniel Ortega in the Nov. 7 elections have now been detained.
What the ‘selfless’ can learn from the Great War
The newest progressive insult is the epithet “selfish”, which appears to mean ‘not doing what the experts say is best for everyone’. The fallacy here is it discounts the effect of personal experience and feedback on behavior. The reason many people are being ‘selfish’ about Covid is disillusionment with the assurances and warnings issued by …
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