The Wrong Guncast: February 2023

Saturday, February 25, 2023

Dilbert Creator Scott Adams Plays Fair

UPDATED: 3/11/23

He said what he thought. Maybe he was a little clumsy about it, but he stated that if a group of people is hateful toward you, then stop giving them what they want: your deference, your obedience, your attention.

Well, I don't know if that is a fair portrayal of the situation, but I am going to listen to the podcast episodes and find out.

I have a stinking suspicion that though Adam's comments might have been clumsy but that they are not racist, and the media newspaper giants are just pandering to the race hustlers and woke idiots. I guess it really remains to be seen. What will Adams do next? Will something more damning come to light?

The Associated Press's leftist take: Media drop Dilbert after creator's Black 'hate group' remark.

Well, I listened to Adams's statement, and it did come off as a bit clumsy. But Adams is not taking any guff over this. He is not backing down. He did clarify that he thinks that it is ridiculous to stop helping individuals, but that they organizations and rabble rousers should not get your assistance anymore in attacking others.

Real Coffee with Scott Adams podcast on Rumble.

Friday, February 17, 2023

ChinaDaiiy.com.cn: "Top leadership hails victory over COVID"

"Top leadership hails victory over COVID"

published 2/17/23

"China has secured a major, decisive victory in fighting COVID-19, creating a miracle in the history of human civilization of a country with a vast population successfully prevailing over a pandemic, according to a key meeting of the Communist Party of China on Thursday." - Cao Desheng, ChinaDaily.com.cn

Uh, yeah. The CCP bowed to protests and cranked up the crematoriums. Of course, the CCP also quietly went after the protesters. Tiananmen Square was bad optics.

"China announces rollback of COVID-19 restrictions following protests" - The Hill 12/07/22

"Crematoriums Filled with Caskets Hint at Scale of China's COVID-19 Horror" - Newsweek 12/29/22

"China's authorities are quietly rounding up people who protested against COVID rules" - NPR 1/11/23

Friday, February 10, 2023

ChinaDaily.com.cn: "Xi: Forge new drivers for modernization"

"Xi: Forge new drivers for modernization" by Xu Wen published 2/8/23

"'[Xi said it is not only necessary to achieve a higher level of efficiency than that offered by the capitalist system, but it is also necessary to more effectively maintain a higher degree of social equality.'
"Well, didn't the Soviets have the ability to appear efficient in the wrong things?
"They also showed that they could make almost their entire population live in equity of misery."
- China Daily Comments - Unauthorized (on Facebook)

ChinaDaily.com.cn: Official CPA News

ChinaDaily.com.cn is an official outlet of news from China that is in English.

As far as I know, there is no easy way to honestly comment on their articles. Of course, you could tweet about them or post on any number of social media platforms, but there are no (relatively) free-speech outlets that allow an honest debate about the content.

In 2010, China Daily played on Facebook for a short amount of time - a month. The page is still there. Most if the posts are photos of western celebrities. But with comments like these, the CCP probably did not see a advantageous future for China Daily on Facebook:

source: Facebook.com

So, is there a convenient way to set up centralized commenting on state-run China Daily articles? Would an unofficial page be allowed on Facebook? Would a blog get by without CCP harassment? Let's see.

ChinaDaily Comments - Unauthorized

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Pfizer Gain of Function: Russell Brand's Take

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Friday, February 3, 2023

SHOT Show 2023 and TheFirearmBlog

TheFirearmBlog has posted tons of info from this year's SHOT Show on their blog and their two YouTube channels. I've almost forgotten to look anywhere else for information.