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THE WEEK IN PICTURES: DELTA VARIANT EDITION
Powerline ^ | 7 Aug 2021 | Steven Hayward

Posted on 08/07/2021 6:41:29 AM PDT by Rummyfan

The progressive “ratchet effect” has been well known for a long time now: that is, government grows in a crisis, but never recedes to back to the scope or level it had been before the crisis. Hence, government ratchets up permanently with every new crisis. You can therefore understand why progressives are addicted to crises—the more apocalyptic the better. This is one reason the late Aaron Wildavsky called climate change “the mother of all apocalypses,” because it offers such huge opportunities to the political class. COVID is just a dry run for Climatopia. Meanwhile, you can expect that we’ll run through the rest of the Greek alphabet of COVID variants before this crisis is over.


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1 posted on 08/07/2021 6:41:29 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

I like how you saved the best for last!


2 posted on 08/07/2021 7:20:44 AM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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To: airborne; pookie18

Ping!


3 posted on 08/07/2021 7:37:58 AM PDT by Nateman (If the Left is not screaming , you are doing it wrong.)
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To: airborne

That last picture got me ‘triggered’, or at least, got the blood flowing. 😜


4 posted on 08/07/2021 8:11:43 AM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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To: Rummyfan

i love that name Schmidt

we need more Schmidts


5 posted on 08/07/2021 8:36:26 AM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: Rummyfan

the woman with the AK-47 was heard saying, “BLM up ahead”


6 posted on 08/07/2021 8:52:46 AM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian

I love denim skirts on young attractive feminine women.


7 posted on 08/07/2021 12:09:30 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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