Signs of the times---
Large
anti-lockdown protests are sweeping across Europe. Denmark, France,
Germany, Italy, the UK, Poland. The media are trying to put a lid on
coverage of these momentous events.
In
Southern California, five sheriffs of populous counties (17 million
people) are refusing to enforce Governor Newsom’s new curfew order. A
petition to recall the governor is gaining steam.
In
New York, members of the Chasidic sect held a wedding attended by
several thousand people, sitting closely packed without masks.
In
a more intimate setting, up close and powerfully personal, gym members
and owners in Buffalo, New York, shouted down cops and a public health
officer, who had entered the gym because the gathering exceeded the
prescribed limit. The gym personnel drove out the cops and followed
them, to make sure they left the property.
In
Buffalo, protestors came to the house of Erie County Executive, Mark
Poloncarz, to express their anger at new lockdown restrictions. The
protest was also aimed at New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Sheriffs
in Fulton and Erie Counties (New York) are refusing to enforce
Thanksgiving lockdowns which limit the number of people in private
homes.
In
various areas of England, police have warned government officials
they’re “sitting on a time bomb,” because lockdown rules make it illegal
for two or more families to gather together for Christmas---and
law-enforcement personnel are permitted to invade homes where violations
are occurring. The time bomb is, of course, huge numbers of outraged
citizens.
In
Australia, Qantas airline CEO Alan Joyce announced that travelers will
be able to fly only after receiving the COVID vaccine, once it is
approved. Soon afterwards, Joyce stood at a podium at an event to give a
speech, and a grizzled Aussie walked up to him and shoved a pie in his
face.
Two
women saw New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy eating dinner at a restaurant
with his family. He was maskless. “You’re such a dick!” one woman told
him. Murphy has just extended his state’s lockdown, the ninth time he
has done so since March. At his dinner table, Murphy tried to remain
calm. He put on his mask.
Andrew
Kudrick, the police chief of Howell Township in New Jersey, says he
won’t enforce the governor’s “draconian” limit of 10 people for
Thanksgiving dinners.
The CDC has told Americans to stay home for Thanksgiving. Last weekend, two million Americans boarded flights.
In a form of silent protest, 300,000 residents of New York have left the city since pandemic restrictions began.
It
should be noted that, among the several hundred thousand (or more)
Trump supporters who gathered in Washington DC, at a Stop The Steal
rally, few people wore masks, and no one paid attention to social
distancing regulations.
Across
America, without fanfare, pockets of the economy are wide open---no
masks, no distancing, no one is paying attention to government
regulations.
The
walls of lockdown fascism are cracking, in large ways and
small. Actually, there is no small. Every act inspired by the fire of
freedom counts.
(The link to this article posted on my blog is here -- with sources.)
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