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ExcessDeathsAU's avatar

Wow I appreciate your articles so much. I used to travel internationally a LOT. Haven't since 2019. Australians hold a lot of trauma after so many of us were found on the wrong side of closed borders for years without right of return. Thanks for this.

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epimetheus's avatar

You're welcome.

I also used to travel a lot, mostly for work-related reasons; by now, I find it all but unbearable, for virtually identical reasons.

At some point I'll recount the travails of 'entry quarantine' in summer 2021. Disgusting and shameful, to say the least (Norway's supreme court has since ruled these mandates unconstitutional).

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ExcessDeathsAU's avatar

People suicided in Australia's entry quarantine 'Medi-Hotels.'

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Markker's avatar

As you say, financial shinnanigans. I reckon that air travel will become unaffordable to majority with the carriers having to purchase credits to offset emmissions, that plus individual carbon allowances making such journeys a choice between keeping warm with a full belly or having a foreign 2 week annual holiday.

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epimetheus's avatar

I think so, too, and it'll happen for 'market' reasons before it'll happen for 'social credit score' reasons.

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Victor Jr. et al's avatar

The airport security procedures ( laptop out etc) are a complete farce non-sense brainwashing process. The way to spot

and stop trouble is the province of good "Sherlock Holmes" methods most security ppl know. All airports should promptly stop this brain-numbing process. It's a farce in the same vain as masks. I must take off my belt, and my shoes, and my coat (USA style process in some airports) for fear of me strapping a bomb to my pants or whatever? LOL. This is again-- I know I repeat-- brainwashing process to get ppl to fear AND obey. X-ray ( contended by some bad for humans bc of radiation) machines and metal detectors WILL catch all dangerous objects. We have ground penetrating radar.

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Kazimir Malevitch's avatar

When you can buy Rights of polluting from third world Countries all of that become just a joke!

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epimetheus's avatar

There's no signalling like virtue-signalling.

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Eva's avatar

Most interesting thank you!

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Rikard's avatar

Wish I could tell you what to check out when in Göteborg but a) it's not my city, since I'm from the other side of Sweden so to speak and b) what I did know is 25 years out of date.

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epimetheus's avatar

That's very kind of you, but these conferences are quite high-pitched in terms of what to do.

I'm using what little time there is to get some work done…

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Les's avatar

Something else on European Affairs and Washington's interference.

https://les7eb.substack.com/p/washingtons-war-ix-one-great-game

Just what might happen in Western Europe after the Russian Armed Forces finish with The Ukraine?

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epimetheus's avatar

Interesting content, thanks for posting.

As to your question, well, that'll merits a post or two on its own.

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