There's a lot on display, mainly ignorance about how the EU works and how constant flip-flopping on key issues just shows: the end of Austria's Covidian nightmare may be due to--people ignoring Covid
Reading that (thanks for translating, keep your saity!) it feels like I've hit myself with a hammer to the face, repeatedly. It's that stupid. I don't mean that JR having different opinions makes him stupid as such, but he comes across as either lying, corrupt or uninformed or a mix, and that's unforgivable in his position.
And the interviewer - I'd claim this under oath: that interview was rehearsed. Zero spontaneity, virtually no follow up and abslolutely no questions that left JR stumped or fumbling for words. That means regearsed, and practiced. Not even the best orator is never caught flatfooted - only way to have such smoothly running coversation is it it's been praticed.
I notice that lowered taxes on basic goods and services, including low-income jobs, didn't make an appearance when the topic was how to improve matters for the poorest quarter of the population, nor how excess of unskilled labour creates a permanent lumpenproletariat or other such things which should be part of any talk about poverty and unemployment.
The stupidity is one thing, of course, but the scripted nature of these questions--spot-on. I had the same feeling (apart from: this cannot be true, this guy is a moron and knows nothing): there's not even the pretence of 'doing journalism' anymore. It's just, as you say, a rehearsed reading of a script.
As to these anti-inflation measures, well, they are about as 'temporary' as all the Covid mandates, I suppose. Once there, it's going to be super-hard to wean the populace off the perceived 'free money', which, of course, will also have to come from somewhere (someone).
My gut feeling is this: there'll be a split between those at the bottom rungs who will get the Central Bank Digital Currency ('universal basic income'), to be topped off with compliance, such as eating bugs, taking public transportation, receiving mRNA shots, etc. You know, yesterday it was China, today it's here.
Best-case scenario: no (substantial) debt, which will allow you to 'opt-out' of these measures for a few more years.
On the other hand, I do know that the first thing that happens to Ukrainian refugees in Austria is--(drum roll): the injections. No jab, no humanitarian aid, appears to be the issue.
Hence, we may add to your comment: no major outbreak of Covid among the many refugees and their new host countries either.
It's been a mere two years since we've been asked to disinfect and sanitise everything we touch. I do 'wonder' if Sars-Cov-2 doesn't stay around on surfaces anymore (esp. of military vintage).
So many questions, but there's only one answer: apparently, it doesn't.
In 2020 there was a live exercise to prove that lockdown, masking, social distance measures were bulla bulla when there was an earthquake in Croatia and people were forced to abandon those measures. No outbreaks occurred.
At the beginning we had the real life data from the Diamond Princess cruise ship. I regret I did not take note of the DP data because I was conned by twitter. I did not think they would do such a thing!
I agree--to state now that nothing was known is either a big, fat lie--or merely a pathetic attempt to relieve oneself of one's culpability.
Ioannidis was quite spot-on, as were many others.
None of the early sceptics were taken seriously.
Now, with no-one even pretending to be responsible, we'll move to the next stage of the drama: false equivocation paired with claims of self-absolution. As disgusting as predictable.
I'm not sure we'll even get the conventional sacrificial lamb (pawn).
“given the impending economic disaster....”. I know that said disaster is supposed to be because of the sanctions, but if the rest of his government is as economically illiterate as Mr. Rauch appears to be then I think we may have found an additional reason for the ‘impending economic disaster’.
Mark, if these morons would be 'only' economically illiterate, it would be bad enough.
Vienna's municipal energy supplier recently had to be bailed out--in early August--to the tune of 1.4 billion euros because they engaged in 'forward trading', they said (sold energy futures in January, but--when this bill came due, in July/August, electricity prices were much, much higher…), and the Social Democratic governor tried to cover it up bypassing the state assembly but it wasn't enough money; thus, he went to the federal gov't, cap in hand, and begged for more.
Of course, the feds gave him the money: it's embarrassing to experience a blackout in the capital, but it's--another legal nicety--legally impossible for a state to declare bankruptcy (it's by the way the second time something like this has happened in less than 15 years…)
Reading that (thanks for translating, keep your saity!) it feels like I've hit myself with a hammer to the face, repeatedly. It's that stupid. I don't mean that JR having different opinions makes him stupid as such, but he comes across as either lying, corrupt or uninformed or a mix, and that's unforgivable in his position.
And the interviewer - I'd claim this under oath: that interview was rehearsed. Zero spontaneity, virtually no follow up and abslolutely no questions that left JR stumped or fumbling for words. That means regearsed, and practiced. Not even the best orator is never caught flatfooted - only way to have such smoothly running coversation is it it's been praticed.
I notice that lowered taxes on basic goods and services, including low-income jobs, didn't make an appearance when the topic was how to improve matters for the poorest quarter of the population, nor how excess of unskilled labour creates a permanent lumpenproletariat or other such things which should be part of any talk about poverty and unemployment.
The stupidity is one thing, of course, but the scripted nature of these questions--spot-on. I had the same feeling (apart from: this cannot be true, this guy is a moron and knows nothing): there's not even the pretence of 'doing journalism' anymore. It's just, as you say, a rehearsed reading of a script.
As to these anti-inflation measures, well, they are about as 'temporary' as all the Covid mandates, I suppose. Once there, it's going to be super-hard to wean the populace off the perceived 'free money', which, of course, will also have to come from somewhere (someone).
My gut feeling is this: there'll be a split between those at the bottom rungs who will get the Central Bank Digital Currency ('universal basic income'), to be topped off with compliance, such as eating bugs, taking public transportation, receiving mRNA shots, etc. You know, yesterday it was China, today it's here.
Best-case scenario: no (substantial) debt, which will allow you to 'opt-out' of these measures for a few more years.
"....—given the impending economic disaster..." look at Ukraine. It is 100% free of C19 since it has never been mentioned since Putin touched Ukraine.
Ha, an excellent observation.
On the other hand, I do know that the first thing that happens to Ukrainian refugees in Austria is--(drum roll): the injections. No jab, no humanitarian aid, appears to be the issue.
Hence, we may add to your comment: no major outbreak of Covid among the many refugees and their new host countries either.
It's been a mere two years since we've been asked to disinfect and sanitise everything we touch. I do 'wonder' if Sars-Cov-2 doesn't stay around on surfaces anymore (esp. of military vintage).
So many questions, but there's only one answer: apparently, it doesn't.
In 2020 there was a live exercise to prove that lockdown, masking, social distance measures were bulla bulla when there was an earthquake in Croatia and people were forced to abandon those measures. No outbreaks occurred.
At the beginning we had the real life data from the Diamond Princess cruise ship. I regret I did not take note of the DP data because I was conned by twitter. I did not think they would do such a thing!
I agree--to state now that nothing was known is either a big, fat lie--or merely a pathetic attempt to relieve oneself of one's culpability.
Ioannidis was quite spot-on, as were many others.
None of the early sceptics were taken seriously.
Now, with no-one even pretending to be responsible, we'll move to the next stage of the drama: false equivocation paired with claims of self-absolution. As disgusting as predictable.
I'm not sure we'll even get the conventional sacrificial lamb (pawn).
“given the impending economic disaster....”. I know that said disaster is supposed to be because of the sanctions, but if the rest of his government is as economically illiterate as Mr. Rauch appears to be then I think we may have found an additional reason for the ‘impending economic disaster’.
Mark, if these morons would be 'only' economically illiterate, it would be bad enough.
Vienna's municipal energy supplier recently had to be bailed out--in early August--to the tune of 1.4 billion euros because they engaged in 'forward trading', they said (sold energy futures in January, but--when this bill came due, in July/August, electricity prices were much, much higher…), and the Social Democratic governor tried to cover it up bypassing the state assembly but it wasn't enough money; thus, he went to the federal gov't, cap in hand, and begged for more.
Of course, the feds gave him the money: it's embarrassing to experience a blackout in the capital, but it's--another legal nicety--legally impossible for a state to declare bankruptcy (it's by the way the second time something like this has happened in less than 15 years…)