Category Archives: Social Commentary

The California Herd

Virus thoughts from VDH. I don’t buy the 1-2% number. I think it will ultimately be shown to be much lower than that.

[Update a few minutes later]

More from VDH: Viral Prerequisites and Nationalist Lessons in Time of Plague.

[Update late morning]

Why herd immunity is not a solution, at least not without a vaccine.

I agree on principle, but I continue to believe that the ratio of infections to deaths is much less than one percent.

[Update a few minutes later]

Time for a second opinion.

Space-Age Gas Stations

Isolation thoughts from Lileks.

[Update a while later]

We went for a drive on Saturday into Manhattan Beach, where the beach (like all LA County beaches) was closed. It was a ghost town, with just a few people walking around, and we could have parked almost anywhere. The most surreal thing was to see The Kettle closed. That restaurant has been 24/7 for decades. They’re not even doing takeout, just shuttered.

Europe Was Not Ready

…and it may never fully recover.

And get ready for more exits; Italians are burning the EU flag.

I think that this is probably the most significant European event since the end of the war. The project, and the conceit of globalism in general, is coming apart at the seams.

[Update a few minutes later]

But wait! There’s more: Calls in France to “buy French.”