Posted on 01/24/2022 7:26:03 AM PST by rktman
Either Bill Maher is pretty much uncancellable at this point -- or he simply doesn't care.
In a candid interview with entertainment industry publication Deadline, the HBO host said he was "over COVID," ripped into de facto COVID czar Dr. Anthony Fauci, said he wouldn't get a booster shot, and said public health officials and the "medical establishment" shouldn't "sit there in your white coat and tell me, 'Just do what we say.'"
Maher is certainly singing a different tune from the rest of Hollywood -- and, if he were anyone else, this would probably be a scandal. Cancel culture has drummed people out for less, after all --
The interview with Deadline was ostensibly about the 20th anniversary of his current show, "Real Time with Bill Maher." However, things took an unexpected turn when Maher was asked, "heading back to a new season this week, what’s your feeling about the pandemic in 2022?"
"I'm over COVID," Maher said.
"I was never scared of it. I was always scared of the reaction to it, and as this has played out that only proved to be more true for me. I’m sure many people feel different, but that’s me. It was never that virulent a threat, I thought, to people who were in good health," Maher said.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
A neighbor across the street related the covid restrictions and documentation headaches he had to navigate recently while flying back to India for his father’s funeral.
He also mentioned his dad had been “vaxxed and boosted just like the rest of us”......I didn’t even bother.
I am so very sorry. May the Lord welcome your son into His loving arms and console your family and all his loved ones.
Cuban leaf,
My heart is breaking for you and your family. You will be in my prayers.
MG
I work in a hospital ER as a porter. Last January I got the jab. I wasn’t compelled to. I just got it. Law requires every year the staff in my hospital is required to get a flu shot too. No big deal.
I got the Pfizer . Didn’t so get much as a sniffle.
How ever I remember when I went for the second jab the nurse giving the shot asked me, with a straight face “Are you pregnant or nursing?”’
I’m a 65 year old white male.
I said “No. I’m post-menopausal’’. Swear to God that went right over her head.
MY God. I’m so sorry for your loss. Saying Hail Marys for you.
“the nurse giving the shot asked me, with a straight face “Are you pregnant or nursing?”’
I’m a 65 year old white male.”
I suspect she was pretty young. The youth these days don’t seem to be able to think outside the box very well.
On many occasions I have thrown a millennial that was seating us in a restaurant into a tizzy because I wanted a different table than the one they tried to seat me at.....the last time it happened she had to go get the manager.....really? SMH
“Just like the rest.......” SMDH.
🔬😨😷💉🐂💨💩💸
Keep you D3 levels high and there is nothing to worry about. Add in some Vit C and if you start feeling loggy hit it with Zinc and your fine. These are not vaccinations. This is a eugenics extermination project. The vaccinated are the ones that will perpetually keep Covid alive….until they are dead. Tables have turned on all these pro vaxxers!
No. Actually she looked to be in her late forties. I just took all in stride. She was probably having a rough day.
Yep. He’s a good guy. Just an IT geek software architect so I just left it alone.
“D3 levels high...Vit C and Zinc”
Yep, we’ve been doing that for a while now. Thanks.
Good for you. Sometimes you just have to let it pass by.
Yeah, same thing with the lady next door that’s in the medical field. Got the covid shot and at least one booster and now has covid for the SECOND time. And still complains about people not getting a covid shot......I just keep my yap shut.
Condolences. Probably the hardest thing we humans face is losing a child. Prayers for you and your family in this difficult time.
You're saying your son had a fatal motor vehicle accident? That's terrible! Awful! You shouldn't be here on FR right now! Take a break for a while! Rest up!
My thoughts are with you!
Regards,
That is what I’m saying. It’s keeping me sane.
I’m stuck here in Kentucky and will be driving out there tomorrow. I don’t want to die on the same roads he did. Also, my wife and my granddaughter need this alone time really bad to get through this. I’m just trying to stay busy here - and sane. I’m still a bit in shock - disbelief.
Prayers up for you and yours.
my sincerest condolences...
I apologize for having hijacked this thread for such personal news. That being said, I very much appreciate the responses from everyone.
To give closure - backstory to present:
My wife and I met at our 25th high school reunion in 1997. Her first husband had died of Leukemia when her three children were all under 9 years old. The experience caused her to get in a serious fight with God that ended in an absolute miracle (He spoke to her and supernaturally completely calmed her).
By the time we were married, her children were all 21 or younger. Yes, this was my stepson who I first met when he was 19.
He became a truck driver for a fuel delivery company and started his own company about a decade ago. He became quite wealthy, but did so through hard work and tireless commitment. One of his clients is Ohare airport. It was not unusual for him to have to work late at night, covering for drivers that called in sick and he needed to cover their routes.
About five years ago he was in a VERY dangerous area in Chicago at night, holding up in a parking lot, in VERY cold weather, when an elderly black man came up to him and asked to sit with him. For some odd reason he let him. The man told him that he shouldn’t be there because it is very dangerous, and they talked for a while. Anyway, a little later on, a group of youths with attitude approached the vehicle and the elderly man got out and confronted them. They left. And then he said goodbye to my son and left himself. My wife to this day believes that man was a guardian angel. I agree.
Anyway, this past Sunday he was covering for one of his drivers and had rented a car (he doesn’t take his car out in the chicago salt), and it was this rental car that he was in when he went off the road on the ice and into a tree. My wife was in Chicago and staying at his apartment (that’s another story) with our granddaughter. That was a Godsend because the two of them are VERY close and they are getting each other through this. The weather has cleared and I’m heading out today to help with everything.
Though my stepson and I were not “that” close, due to the time I came into his life, we had discussed “life, the universe and everything” and, of course, God, Jesus, and His purpose for our lives and creating us. So had my wife. But her biggest concern is that she feels she didn’t do enough to bring him all the way. It’s going to be the strongest “aftertaste” to this whole thing. I’m praying that God will do for her another miracle.
I don’t grieve for the dead at all. I grieve for those of us left behind. And while I’m on the farm in Kentucky, my wife is in his apartment, reminded of his life - and that he is gone - with every step she takes. My heart has never ached for a person the way it aches for her right now. And for the kids. But they have her right now.
I know life is a mist. And my wife and I believe in Conditional Immortality and, to go further, If I find out after I die that the Universalists were right, I’d not be all that surprised.
If you’ve read to here, thank you. You may wonder why I’m “pouring my heart out” on a political forum. Well, the fact is, I’ve been here since 1997 (yes, the year my wife and I met) and outside of my church and family, this is the closest group of “friends” I have on the planet. I’ve met up with several members and expect to do so in the future. This site, for me, is very much like a family, like no other “virtual” place.
Thank you all for your prayers! It matters. A lot!
Now I gotta get to Chicago and bring things to my wife that are part of her daily life to help her center. Namely me and our fluffy white dog. 🙂
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