On the Happy Feeling of Being Conned

But you can't see the happy smile because of the mask.

This story is about cons.

They say that it’s easier to con someone than to convince them that they’ve been conned.

True! True!

I wish it weren’t but alas, it is! We all love our ideas very much—and con artists know how to capitalize on our weaknesses.

But people are waking up because…

Well, I started to write a philosophical story but screw it.

Can facts maybe carry the message on their own? For once?

(I am trying to find the clip in which a propagandist was bragging about how he had conned people into craving a medical product by spinning stories about famous athletes who lied in order to get it—to the audience’s heartful laughter—but I didn’t save that clip, and I cannot find it. Will share as soon as I do! Whitney Webb reported on it a while ago.)

UPDATE: Here is the video, thanks to Phil Hayward who shared it comments. Go to 13 minutes in.

Here come the tweets.

ON GETTING BACK TO NORMAL.

The Stanford Daily @StanfordDaily

BREAKING: Stanford will require weekly COVID-19 testing beginning Aug. 15, regardless of vaccination status. The University is potentially the first in the country to mandate testing for fully vaccinated individuals. Story to come.

Yossi Gestetner @YossiGestetner

🚨 CDC Director said today August 6th that “what they (Coronavirus vaccines) can׳t do anymore is prevent transmission.” So… What’s the logic of treating the people vaccinated against COVID-19 better than those who are not vaccinated such as at NYC restaurants? cc @MarkLevineNYC

ON CHANGING IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS WITHOUT TELLING ANYONE.

Kulvinder Kaur MD @dockaurG

🧵Public Health Ontario's new report was used by politicians, media, academics to claim majority of hospitalized & ICU Covid "cases" & deaths "with Covid" are "unvaccinated" BUT their definition for "unvaccinated" actually INCLUDES vaccinated ppl (p.23) ▶️publichealthontario.ca/-/media/docume…

I believe there is also an update of the definition of “hospitalizations” in the U.S. Do we even know what anything means anymore?

ON HOW SCIENCE WORKS.

Richard Taylor @RWTaylors

COVID only exists when standing up or having a photo shoot. Sit down and you’re safe from a deadly virus.

IM @ianmSC

Cases in Thailand are up, and this is not a misprint, 944,700% since National Geographic said that they had “prevented coronavirus from gaining a foothold.” So even with 93-95% mask compliance, cases are up 944,700%, and people are still somehow convinced they work. Incredible.

ON THE CHANGE OF HEART.

Ray Armat, Ph.D. @RayArmat

Important March 2020 Video c-span.org/video/?470035-… Watch Hotez discuss - Risk of death & immune #pathology with coronavirus vacc!nes - Serious questions about #mRNA & Moderna - Need for 1-2 years of development to ensure #safety 8 months later he REVERSED everything he said WHY?

Farm45 @Farm4501

@JamesDelingpole

ON LOGIC.

Tessa Lena a.k.a. Tessa Fights Robots ❤️ @TessaMakesLove

Case in point. See also: The Lambda variant that's "resistant" to the product in question. See also: An outbreak on a cruiseship with all fully v-d people. Etc. etc. What's the scientific basis for segregation? (I can't believe it's come down to this.)

tessa.substack.comOn Shamelessness... and variants.

ON GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN….

p69 @ShilyagovPavel

@RWMaloneMD No way

Yossi Gestetner @YossiGestetner

🚨 Fauci 1/28/20: “Even if there is some asymptotic transmission, in all the history of respiratory born viruses of any type, asymptomatic transmission has never been the driver of outbreaks.” If more remembered this, schools would be open normal with temp checks at the door.

Tessa Lena a.k.a. Tessa Fights Robots ❤️ @TessaMakesLove

A fascinating thinking exercise. An article from 2003, with a preface from an article from 2020 (before the flip). You know, I am not even going to comment. Just read and ponder.

buff.lyDo Surgical Masks Stop the Coronavirus?Previous coronavirus outbreaks give us a strong hint.

ON HEARTY, CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS.

Ray Armat, Ph.D. @RayArmat

OK, Only one person came close to the answer, which is Affiliations of Board Members at Pf!zer: Facebook, Bank of NY, Presidential Election Commission, NY Univ., Citicorp, FDA, GE, MIT, #CNBC, AIG, Gates Foundation, Univ. of CA, #Reuters, #cocacola, Goldman Sachs, etc.

Ray Armat, Ph.D. @RayArmat

What connects Facebook, Bank of New York, Presidential Commission on Election, NY University, Univ. of California, Citicorp, #Gates Foundation, #CocaCola, FDA, National Academy of Medicine, General Electric, CNBC, MIT, Goldman Sachs, AIG, Reuters? First correct answer rewarded https://t.co/llWNUbN30V

ON WHY WE SHOULD TRUST BIG CORPORATIONS WITH OUR HEALTH.

Organic Consumers Association @OrganicConsumer

“Monsanto compromised scientific journals, academies, regulatory agencies, media and governments to deceive the public about the toxicity of Monsanto’s flagship herbicide, Roundup.”

organicconsumers.org‘The Whole Truth’ on Monsanto’s Campaign to Discredit Scientists, Deceive Public“The Whole Truth About the Monsanto Papers,” by Gilles-Eric Seralini and Jérôme Douzelet, details how Monsanto compromised scientific journals, academies, regulatory agencies, media and governments to deceive the public about the toxicity of Monsanto’s flagship herbicide, Roundup.

ON POLITICS AND MERCHANDIZING:

(With thanks to El Gato Malo’s Substack)

Photo via El Gato Malo

AND, FOR GIGGLES, ON CARTOONS.

Jason Vale @juicemaster

The Simpsons nailed it years ago! 👇🏼