Why European Budget Carriers Are Cheaper Than Their US Counterparts - Simple Flying

Why European Budget Carriers Are Cheaper Than Their US Counterparts - Simple Flying

"...On average, though, fares in Europe work out substantially lower. 

Airfare comparison website Skyscanner looked at this in 2018 and noted that the average one-way flight with Southwest Airlines costs $149, while the average one-way flight with Ryanair is just $60.

Why are fares lower in Europe?

...The key driver of low fares is increased competition. And much more competition is permitted in Europe. 

EU legislation allows airlines from any EU country to operate flights in another country (domestic and international). 

In the US, foreign airlines are not permitted to operate domestic flights. 

Protectionism so far has won over opening up competition...Read all.

Pretty similar!

 

Happy Kwanzaa! The Holiday Brought to You by the FBI

Happy Kwanzaa! The Holiday Brought to You by the FBI

"Vice President-elect Kamala Harris recently tweeted:

“Our Kwanzaa celebrations are one of my favorite childhood memories....

...Kwanzaa, celebrated exclusively by white liberals, is a fake holiday invented in 1966 (when Kamala was 2 years old) by black radical/FBI stooge Ron Karenga — aka Dr. Maulana Karenga, founder of United Slaves, the violent nationalist rival to the Black Panthers. 

Liberals have become so mesmerized by multicultural gibberish that they have forgotten the real history of Kwanzaa and Karenga’s United Slaves.

...Despite modern perceptions that blend all the black activists of the ’60s, the Black Panthers did not hate whites. 

Although some of their most high-profile leaders were drug dealers and murderers, they did not seek armed revolution.

Those were the precepts of Karenga’s United Slaves. 

The United Slaves were proto-fascists, walking around in dashikis, gunning down Black Panthers and adopting invented “African” names. 

...It’s as if David Duke invented a holiday called “Anglika,” which he based on the philosophy of “Mein Kampf” — and clueless public school teachers began celebrating the made-up, racist holiday...Read all!

#1 This day 1949-----Spike Jones & His City Slickers - All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)

The Meaningless Meaning of “(COVID)-Cases”

The Meaningless Meaning of “(COVID)-Cases”--Dr. Klaus L.E. Kaiser

“Most interesting, at least in my mind is that “evidence of pneumonia” – by this definition alone (see below) — now qualifies as a clinical evidence of COVID-19 ‘infection.’”
– Dr. Klaus L.E. Kaiser

...Each day, we’re bombarded (I’d say ad nauseam) with reports & news of more COVID-19 “cases,” whatever that term means.

You’d think that this term would be well defined, here, there and everywhere. I wish you luck in finding a standard, generally accepted definition of it. If you succeed, please let me know.

But, don’t despair, there’s a cure for it. Big Pharma is “on the case.”

Some Definitions of “Cases”

• First, let’s see how Wikipedia defines it: Searching Wikipedia for the definition of “case,” at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case (accessed on Dec. 29, 2020, 6:21 pm EST) in this context. I could not find any reference to COVID-19, or any other medical meaning of the term “case” – none at all!
• The CDC (U.S. Centers for Decease Control and Prevention); again just searching for a definition of the term “case” provides only such for Listeriosis: https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/conditions/listeriosis/case-definition/2019/ ). No mention of COVID-19 – none at all.
• Undeterred, further checking found a CDC definition, dating back to April, 2020, (https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/conditions/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/case-definition/2020/ ) answering my quest. There, it states, under the Headlines (also accessed on Dec. 29, 2020) as follows :
• “Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), 2020 Interim Case Definition, Approved April 5, 2020”:

Most interesting, at least in my mind is that “evidence of pneumonia” – by this definition alone — now qualifies as a clinical evidence of COVID-19 “infection.”

...That truly begs the question:

What differentiates the “common flu” from “COVID-19?”

As far as I can reckon, the answer to that question is hard to come by.

Both the “flu” and COVID-19,” diagnosed via the unspecific “PCR” (polymerase-chain-reaction test), appear to test for similar or, perhaps even identical, biological fragments in one’s body.

What’s of interesting significance in that regard is also a recent report in the journal Nature that states, inter alia,

“In May [2020], at the tail end of the first wave of COVID-19 deaths in many nations, and when some of the strictest lockdowns were in place, health workers noted an abrupt and early halt to the 2019–20 flu season in the Northern Hemisphere.”

...For another opinion along this line of thought, A. Firstenberg summarized that in a recent post with the title “The Wrong Pandemic.”...Read all!

Easy peasy.

 

Marco Rubio Backs the Truck Over Anthony Fauci for Lying to the American People - Louder With Crowder

Marco Rubio Backs the Truck Over Anthony Fauci for Lying to the American People - Louder With Crowder: 

I never had a beef with Anthony Fauci as much as some of my colleagues did. Though the dislike and distrust have been growing on me. Like a fungus. A fungus Anthony Fauci would most likely want to shut down the country for. It was sometime between "just shut up and do what you're told" and "sure I lied, and there's nothing you can do about it." Sen. Marco Rubio was late to the game like I was. He called out Fauci with a tweet that was of course misreported and/or lied about in the media. The senator doubled down in an opinion piece on Fox News. Some choice nuggets:

University of Michigan Warns Students that the Word 'Picnic' is Now Racist - Great American Politics

University of Michigan Warns Students that the Word 'Picnic' is Now Racist - Great American Politics:

"The University of Michigan is helpfully alerting student to the next wave of forbidden words that are suddenly deemed racist, including “picnic,” and “brown bag.”

...The report outlining the latest forbidden, wrong think words was published this month by the university’s Words Matter Task Force which “evaluated the terms and language conventions that may hinder effective communication, harm morale, and deliberately or inadvertently exclude people from feeling accepted to foment a healthy and inclusive culture.” 

The task force now advises that people should avoid using problematic words such as “privileged account,” “handicapped,” “blacklist,” “crazy,” “grandfathered,” and “dummy.”

The school’s Information and Technology Services department, which created this absurd task force, claims to be a “trusted enabler of technology for the U-M community.”...Read all.

AM Fruitcake

 

History for January 2

History for January 2 - On-This-Day.com

Isaac Asimov 1920

• 1492 - The leader of the last Arab stronghold in Spain surrendered to Spanish forces loyal to King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I.
• 1842 - In Fairmount, PA, the first wire suspension bridge was opened to traffic.
• 1859 - Erastus Beadle published "The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette."
• 1900 - The Chicago Canal opened.
• 1935 - Bruno Richard Hauptmann went on trial for the kidnap-murder of Charles Lindberghs baby. Hauptmann was found guilt and executed.
• 1953 - "The Life of Riley" debuted on NBC-TV.
• 1974 - U.S. President Richard M. Nixon signed a bill requiring all states to lower the maximum speed limit to 55 MPH. The law was intended to conserve gasoline supplies during an embargo imposed by Arab oil-producing countries. Federal speed limits were abolished in 1995.

The way we were-----The American Presidential Election of 1984

Boob-tube-----Fred Willard joke about blind prostitutes on Letterman

The Ten Worst Legacy Media Abuses of 2020

The Ten Worst Legacy Media Abuses of 2020

6. “Mostly peaceful” riots

"...Perhaps the most egregious example came from CNN. As a fire raged amid riots in Kenosha, Wisc., the CNN chyron read, “FIERY BUT MOSTLY PEACEFUL PROTESTS AFTER POLICE SHOOTING.”

While Black Lives Matter and antifa rioters may have intended to fight alleged “institutional racism,” the riots disproportionately damaged black communities in Kenosha, Wisc., Minneapolis, and Chicago. The riots destroyed black lives, black livelihoods, and black monuments. At least 26 Americans have died in the riots, most of them black.

...The New York Times propped up the destructive ideology fueling the riots.

In September, the Times published a report suggesting that any violence in the riots came from police and “right-wing activists.”

New York Times Finally Admits the Black Lives Matter Riots Left ‘Long-Term Economic Damage’

Scumbaggery!-----Canadian finance minister Rod Phillips caught in St. Barts after video in sweater in front of fire | Daily Mail Online

Canadian finance minister Rod Phillips caught in St. Barts after video in sweater in front of fire | Daily Mail Online

• Busted! Canadian finance minister RESIGNS after posting pre-recorded Twitter videos pretending to be at home on lockdown - from the beach in St Barts!
  
• Rod Phillips shared a video of himself drinking eggnog in a sweater in front of a fireplace with a gingerbread house and a little Christmas tree
• He thanks Ontarians staying home and avoiding nonessential travel 
• His Twitter account had suggested he was in snowbound Ontario for weeks but the truth has since surfaced that he's been in sunny St. Barts since December 13
• Phillips also shared other tweets which suggested he was in Ontario including a tweet on December 17 enjoying Canadian maple syrup...Read all!!

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Rod Phillips shared a video of himself drinking eggnog in a sweater in front of a fireplace with a gingerbread house and a little Christmas tree He thanks Ontarians staying home

Up to Half of Health Care Workers in Parts of California Refuse Coronavirus Vaccine

Up to Half of Health Care Workers in Parts of California Refuse Coronavirus Vaccine: 

Up to half of health care workers in some parts of California are refusing to take the coronavirus vaccine, despite scientific evidence that it is safe, leading to a potential surplus of doses and renewed questions about the system for allocating them.

"An antifa group booked 16 rooms at a budget motel near Seattle..."

Andy Ngo on Twitter: "An antifa group booked 16 rooms at a budget motel near Seattle.

My Prediction For 2021 Is Pain-Kurt Schlichter

My Prediction For 2021 Is Pain--Kurt  Schlichter

"...here’s a column full of my 2021 predictions as my last column of the year. 

I predict pain.

Here are the specifics.

...8. COVID Will Continue Until We Revolt

Have you noticed that Establishment seems to love this pandemic? 

And why not? 

They get to boss the proles around and it sure doesn’t interfere with their pampered lives. 

They’re doing fine working from their penthouses. 

They’re still noshing at the French Laundry while the rest of us – at least in the unfree blue states – are trying to survive their idiotic lockdowns. 

Eventually, maybe, Americans will find their spine and we’ll know it when the first healthy 25-year old doofus without a comorbidity is pulled from his Prius for wearing a mask while alone in his jalopy and is tarred and feathered.

7. Trump Will Leave Twitter...

6. There Will Be A SCOTUS Nomination...Read all!

Lunch video-----Walter Williams: Up From the Projects

Noon-toon

 

That's not right!

 

If you want to travel next year, you may need a vaccine passport - CNN

If you want to travel next year, you may need a vaccine passport - CNN
"San Francisco (CNN Business)Now that coronavirus vaccines are starting to roll out in the US and abroad, many people may be dreaming of the day when they can travel, shop and go to the movies again. But in order to do those activities, you may eventually need something in addition to the vaccine: a vaccine passport application.Several companies and technology groups have begun developing smartphone apps or systems for individuals to upload details of their Covid-19 tests and vaccinations, creating digital credentials that could be shown in order to enter concert venues, stadiums, movie theaters, offices, or even countries.
..."You can be tested every time you cross a border. 
...IBM's Digital Health Pass app creates an online vaccine credential that can be stored in a mobile wallet...Read all.

Hmmm...

 

Insanity Wrap #114: Transgender Propaganda Claims Straight Is Hate

Insanity Wrap #114: Transgender Propaganda Claims Straight Is Hate

"...Shall we begin?

This Is Not a Sane World, Exhibit #1,000,006

...“Straight is hate” is what “morality” requires us to believe now, that men who don’t want to date men are filled with hate.

...But if your brain is so divorced from your own chromosomes that you have to play dress-up or either chemically or surgically alter your body in order to find some simulacrum of happiness, then at least have the decency not to demand that the rest of the world play along.

Also: Seek help, not political power.

Insanity Wrap really is trying to help, and has nothing but the deepest sympathies for anyone with this condition.

But we must draw the line at the mandatory indulgence of mental illness...Read all!

#1 This day 1966-----Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence (Audio)

McConnell Dooms $2,000 Stimulus Check After Refusing To Split Trump's Three Demands | ZeroHedge

McConnell Dooms $2,000 Stimulus Check After Refusing To Split Trump's Three Demands | ZeroHedge

"...On Tuesday, McConnell introduced the bill that would boost the payments to $2,000 but also repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which 

• provides legal liability protections for internet platforms, and 
• create a commission on voter fraud, 
  

something which Trump has pushed for as he continues to challenge the outcome of the November election.

Democrats - who were for the $2,000 check but against repeal of Section 230 and the electrion fraud commission - threw up all over McConnell's bill as expected...Read all.

Be there!

 

Murder Surged in Democrat-Controlled Cities During 2020

Murder Surged in Democrat-Controlled Cities During 2020: 

Murder surged in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, New Orleans, and numerous other Democrat-controlled cities during 2020.

The murder surge was great enough that columnist Byron York observed 2020 was possibly “the worst one year increase in murder ever recorded.”

Wannabe 'Jeopardy!' Host Ken Jennings Is A Kavanaugh Rape Truther Who Hates Republicans

Wannabe 'Jeopardy!' Host Ken Jennings Is A Kavanaugh Rape Truther Who Hates Republicans

Much specific hate against half of America.

Another show we should consider avoiding...Read all and decide yourself!

AM Fruitcake

 

History for January 1

History for January 1 - On-This-Day.com

Barry Goldwater 1909

• 0404 - The last gladiator competition was held in Rome.
• 1808 - The U.S. prohibited import of slaves from Africa.
• 1863 - U.S. President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all slaves in the rebel states were free.
• 1902 - The first Tournament of Roses (later the Rose Bowl) collegiate football game was played in Pasadena, CA.
• 1959 - Fidel Castro overthrew the government of Fulgencio Batista, and seized power in Cuba.
• 1994 - Clinton-The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect.
• 1995 - Clinton-The World Trade Organization came into existence. The group of 125 nations monitors global trade.
• 1999 - Clinton-The euro became currency for 11 Member States of the European Union. Coins and notes were not available until January 1, 2002.