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And the Bird Flu just keeps on coming… The bird flu narrative is constantly developing, so I figured it was time for an update. You know…to keep you all abreast of the chicken situation. Ba dum tss! Back in April the scare stories were about Bird Flu jumping from birds to cattle and from cattle to people, and how – as a result – we should stop eating red meat. Things have moved on since then. May has been a busy month for bird flu watchers. Back on May 9th it was reported that 70 people in Colorado were being…... Read full article ... https://off-guardian.org/2024/05/28/and-the-bird-flu-just-keeps-on-coming/

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No, they’re (probably) not going to bring back National Service. As you all know, the UK is in the throes of campaigning following the announcement of an “election” on July 4th. One particular campaign promise has already caused a huge stir, with incumbent PM Rishi Sunak pledging to re-introduce National Service – mandatory military or some other community service – should the Conservatives win:

Opportunity. Community. Security. This is why I would introduce a bold new model of National Service 👇 pic.twitter.com/bNXTLwwBXV — Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) May 26, 2024

It’s caused a huge backlash already, with memes and videos circulating on social…... Read full article ... https://off-guardian.org/2024/05/27/no-theyre-probably-not-going-to-bring-back-national-service/

From COVID-19 to Campus Protests: How the Police State Muzzles Free Speech

“Politicians of both parties want to use the power of government to silence their foes. Some in the university community seek to drive it from their campuses. And an entire generation of Americans is being taught that free speech should be curtailed as soon as it makes someone else feel uncomfortable.” William Ruger, “Free Speech Is Central to Our Dignity as Humans”

The police state does not want citizens who know their rights. Nor does the police state want citizens prepared to exercise those rights. This year’s graduates are a prime example of this master class in…... Read full article ... https://off-guardian.org/2024/05/27/from-covid-19-to-campus-protests-how-the-police-state-muzzles-free-speech/

Fire in the Soul: Nick Lyons With lilacs in the dooryard blooming a week ago, I was struck by a sense of synchronicity so strong that I stood stone still and sniffed the air for its direction. I had just written a little essay about my youthful days and the first fish I caught at the age of ten and my subsequent basketball obsession. Now I was out for an early morning walk up the hill by the lake above the town across from the railroad tracks. As I dawdled in the intoxicating fragrance of the lilacs, it transported me to other springs when my…... Read full article ... https://off-guardian.org/2024/05/26/fire-in-the-soul-nick-lyons/

The norm-deviation tolerance test for authoritarianism If you think about it, you know perfectly well what you’re allowed to say. You know what most people will nod in agreement with, and what, on the other hand, will amount to a social transgression if it’s spoken out loud. Of course, in every society, there will be certain things that are not only part of the consensus, but that you just can’t say without committing some kind of faux pas. All groups will have certain boundaries for acceptable discourse, and there will be fundamental positions, narratives or factual claims they for various reasons really don’t like having…... Read full article ... https://off-guardian.org/2024/05/25/the-norm-deviation-tolerance-test-for-authoritarianism/

"Let the lie come into the world. Let it even triumph. But not through me. The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie." Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn ROBINMG 🚀

Maybe better than we did Now, Godot the raccoon, now aptly named Myrtle-Godot arrived plump and tired and fuzzy at dawn for what would be her morning feed. She laid her cool fingers on my hand and touched me with her cold nose and then she sprawled on her side to eat which I had not seen her do before. Languidly laying there she reached out and scooped up the kibble at leisure with her little paws. I soon realized why. She was exhausted. There, behind her, five little wee faces. And I thought… I’m in trouble now. I had been plotting how I…... Read full article ... https://off-guardian.org/2024/05/24/maybe-better-than-we-did/

Asymmetric Idiocy I miss the 1970s sometimes. Not just the music. And the sex. And the drugs. I miss the terrorists. The old-school terrorists. Or, OK, maybe not the terrorists, but the revolutionaries who cheered on the terrorists. I miss the clarity, and the honesty, of that era. Maybe you’re too young to remember, but, back in the day, you didn’t get all this hemming and hawing about murdering civilians. The terrorists, and the revolutionaries who supported them, were not ashamed of murdering civilians. The Revolution demanded that they murder civilians. Murdering civilians was one of the fundamental strategies of the…... Read full article ... https://off-guardian.org/2024/05/23/asymmetric-idiocy/