[kj] "PUT ON YOUR MASKS ...AND ANIMAL SKINS..."

Fri Jul 17 12:34:30 EDT 2020

I live in MI. Detroit to be exact and our c-19 shot way up and everything shut down. People protested at the capital with their guns to open the state back up. We weren’t allowed St. Patrick’s day of puke and slumber. On and on. Then George Floyd happened. Those gun totters did not go back to the capital to protest police violence. Protesting marches started. The gunners stayed home.
I’m not really in a great mindset right now as I have to go to a funeral (cancer) and it will be set up like cattle at a slaughter house. I honestly don’t want to go but it’s support for my smarter half.
We’ve (most of the time) Been overly cautious. And not to defy the other side but only because it’s more of a inconvenience that COULD protect my child and grandparents and the rest of the family. In general, if there are things that could help a situation I’ll do it. Saying it was concocted by the government for phones seems ludicrous. Could the masks save lives? Maybe. But it’s not going to hurt anything either.
I personally know two people on two different coasts that had it. One is still recovering 6 weeks later. The other had zero symptoms and only took the test when Her daughter got it.
It’s probably better I didn’t see Jaz’s video as he’s a bit of an eye-roller anyway when he goes off on his theories.

Stay safe, stay smart
Chris

On Jul 17, 2020, at 12:01 PM, GREG SLAWSON <gregslawson at msn.com> wrote:

Alex is correct a big chunk of Americans are ignorant and fascists and others who are not believe in stupid conspiracy theories. On the plus side the majority are against the Nazi minority, tens of millions are protesting police murders, and a majority are trying to contain the virus.

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 17, 2020, at 10:59 AM, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net<mailto:vassifer at earthlink.net>> wrote:

Good morning, all....

I'm sure some of you have seen Jaz's latest video blog entry via his new black'n'red page. If not, the link is out there... it's Jaz speaking to his cellphone (he must have one, now?) from somewhere in Central America, where he's working on some new classical music (a piano concerto).

Content-wise, it's typical Coleman ... talking up his latest project ("The Day the Earth Went Mad") and suggesting that its success has been  unprecedented ... which I think *might* be a *bit* of an overstatement, but I haven't seen any figures to suggest one way or the other.

Beyond that, Jaz speaks elliptically about the current world health crisis, affirming that he believes nothing is accidental on a geopolitical level (translation: the pandemic was somehow orchestrated? ... or, at the very least, being used as an opportunity by "them"). He gravely asserts repeatedly throughout the clip that he will not succumb to "compulsory vaccination" and alluding to comments Bill Gates allegedly made about curtailing overpopulation. He also alludes to own own precognitive prowess for predicting such things. All in a day's work for our Jaz, of course.

He does *NOT* get into the mask debate, although I'm quite certain he has thoughts on the matter. He does not sport a mask in the clip, but then... he appears to be alone during proceedings.

My question here is this, dear Gatherers... where do YOU stand on these issues?

I know Jaz has pretty much never met a conspiracy theory he didn't like, but I cannot say that I share his view on this point. I don't have enough faith in my fellow man to be able to orchestrate such things. Sometimes a tremendous calamity is just that .. a tremendous calamity. You, of course, may beg to differ.

Here in the States, of course, it is the very definition of a clusterfuck. While New York has managed to more or less get onboard and bring the infection rate down (which is not to say it won't spike up again), seemingly the rest of the nation simply cannot get their heads around it. While I'd always harbored by own preconceptions about my fellow countrymen, this crisis has only confirmed them. By and large, Americans are selfish, arrogant, myopic and willfully ignorant. Prove me wrong.

I do not pretend to know what is going to happen next, but as there is no vaccine at the moment, I have no great hope of a return to "normalcy" occurring any time soon. I raised this point on the Jaz Coleman Facebook page, and earned a quick rejoinder suggesting that I am basically being conditioned into craving a vaccine via propaganda. Personally speaking, I find this worldview somewhat dim.

Our government already has more of my information than can be quantified by my social security number, my tax information and pretty much all my vital statistics, to say nothing of the the phone I regularly carry around with me.

I don't believe COVID-19 was created in a lab. I also don't believe it's a hoax. There are still morgues in the streets of New York City. It's all very real.

I don't believe wearing a mask is an impingement on my personal, Constitutionally protected freedoms. At worst, it's a mild inconvenience. As has been said elsewhere, if you think wearing a mask is uncomfortable, WAIT `TIL YOU TRY THE VENTILATOR.

Myself and my immediate family have all been safe and healthy, but we do know several folks who've been infected, and their stories of their experiences are fairly harrowing.

What are YOUR feelings and experiences with this, so far?

Alex in NYC

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