The Dose - 11-26-21
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 11/26/2021 - 6:00amAn open thread for gentle discussions of all things Covid.
An open thread for gentle discussions of all things Covid.
We might get snow this weekend. The season of heating is upon us. There are many woodstove-heated homes in France including in Paris.
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated after the harvest 400 years ago this autumn, in 1621. The exact date is unknown. The feast was celebrated by the Pilgrims, the breakaway Puritan sect that founded Plymouth Plantation in Massachusetts in 1620, and it was joined by the neighboring Native American tribe, the Wampanoags.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/11/the-four-hundredth-anniversary-of...
For the Wampanoags and many other American Indians, the fourth Thursday in November is considered a day of mourning, not a day of celebration. Because while the Wampanoags did help the Pilgrims survive, their support was followed by years of a slow, unfolding genocide of their people and the taking of their land.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/11/04/thanksgiving-anniversa...
Though the holiday is ironic, enjoy your gathering with family and friends, and don't eat too much!
The daily COVID conversation column. Please keep it civil and informative.
While the fearmongering from the warmongers about Russia have reached a deafening level, it's important to look at how the money-based (aka reality-based) policy is trending.
Back in February the IMF stopped giving Ukraine more loans because of the endemic corruption.
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An open venue to discuss concerns and realizations of our present state of affairs in the dystopian world of covidis.
If you only listen to the American MSM you would think that the U.S. is reluctantly standing up to a belligerent military titan. Nothing could be further from the truth.