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I went windsurfing for the 1st time this year at Sherman Island. Awesome wind and waves.

On the way there I stopped at the local surf shop to look around and buy a new hat. Threw on my nasty old mask. I walk in and look around for a minute when I realize the store clerk wasn't masked. I took mine off.

Conditioning works.

I am going to start walking into places and make them ask me to put on my mask.

I will put on a dramatic show of pulling it out of my pocket, dusting it off, straightening it out, and then carefully fitting it.

I will then ask, "Is this fine?"

Nasty ass masks.

Masks litter all over the place in Santa Cruz.

Nobody is masking at gyms in Florida, thank $@#$. Imagine trying to get your VO Max or bust out that last rep, going hard, wearing a mask.

Onvacation says

I am going to start walking into places and make them ask me to put on my mask.

I will put on a dramatic show of pulling it out of my pocket, dusting it off, straightening it out, and then carefully fitting it.

I will then ask, "Is this fine?"

I like this.

A little passive aggression may be just the thing.

"When the great lord rides by on his high horse, the humble peasant bows, and silently farts."

Onvacation says

I am going to start walking into places and make them ask me to put on my mask.

I will put on a dramatic show of pulling it out of my pocket, dusting it off, straightening it out, and then carefully fitting it.

I will then ask, "Is this fine?"

I've been doing this since day 1. I live in Northern Virginia about 1 mile from the See Eye A.

Ceffer says

Masks litter all over the place in Santa Cruz.

But hey SF banned plastic straws! Fucking morons.

Patrick says

@Shaman What percent of people were still wearing masks?

Probably 90% or more. Outdoors there were more, but not a lot more unmasked. Indoors there were some unmasked here and there. I walked around indoors unmasked for a while and nobody ever told me to mask up .

Atlantic City now maskless! And just in time for my Beach vacation! No I'm not going this weekend, but soon! Will report back mask usage.

https://dossier.substack.com/p/cdc-85-of-covid-19-patients-report

An underreported, recently-published CDC study adds to the pile of evidence that cloth masks or other forms of mandated face coverings only contribute negatives to our COVID-19 problem. The study also displays — despite the constant accusations of widespread misbehavior from public health officials — that Americans are adhering to mask wearing, but mask wearing is not doing us any good.

The CDC study, which surveyed symptomatic COVID-19 patients, has found that 70.6% of respondents reported “always” wearing a mask, while an additional 14.4% say they “often” wear a mask. That means a whopping 85% of infected COVID-19 patients reported habitual mask wearing. Only 3.9% of those infected said they “never” wear a face covering.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/travel/summer-shaping-up-to-be-blockbuster-at-jersey-shore/952168

Summer is shaping up to be a blockbuster rental season as pandemic restrictions ease

Booking websites like Airbnb are also seeing a boom in traffic for the Jersey Shore. “Cape May is actually a top trending destination across the entire site,” Sam Randall of Airbnb told CBS Philly, referring to the popular resort at the southeastern tip of New Jersey.

Several factors could explain the blockbuster season. Duane Watlington, who owns Vacation Rentals Ocean City NJ, told AccuWeather the pandemic has inspired people who usually travel farther distances to book a vacation closer to home.

“I think people still can't take those overseas vacations, they might be a little hesitant to fly still, so they're looking for a staycation someplace they could drive to," he said. "So not only do we have our normal people that vacation at the shore, but we've branched out and have people from Connecticut, Massachusetts -- they are coming to the Jersey Shore this year too.”

Sean Tannehill with Mark Arbeit and Co. agrees, but said interest is coming from even farther away than the Northeast. He told CBS Philly, “We’re actually getting a lot of calls from the West Coast, from California, from people where the restrictions are still tight and they’re just trying to find a way to escape and have some normalcy this summer.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/kprcradio.iheart.com/alternate/amp/2021-01-29-texas-university-tells-students-wear-masks-during-masturbation/

Texas University Tells Students: Wear Masks During Masturbation

Booger says

Texas University Tells Students: Wear Masks During Masturbation

Why? The link looks icky.

I can understand doing your one night stand doggy style for safety, but how is maskless masturbation dangerous? Not sure I want to know.

Booger says

https://www.google.com/amp/s/kprcradio.iheart.com/alternate/amp/2021-01-29-texas-university-tells-students-wear-masks-during-masturbation/

Texas University Tells Students: Wear Masks During Masturbation

Weird kink people have for masks.

zzyzzx says

Summer is shaping up to be a blockbuster rental season as pandemic restrictions ease

From my anecdotal experience with Maui this is not fake news. Well, I suppose of my neighbors and cleaning company as well.

Not only summer but I've raised the prices for the entire year 50% over the prior 3 years, booked nearly the entire year out that way already and a few months into next year as well.

It's crazy.

I've never had so many inquires.

just_passing_through says

zzyzzx says

Summer is shaping up to be a blockbuster rental season as pandemic restrictions ease

From my anecdotal experience with Maui this is not fake news. Well, I suppose of my neighbors and cleaning company as well.

Not only summer but I've raised the prices for the entire year 50% over the prior 3 years, booked nearly the entire year out that way already and a few months into next year as well.

It's crazy.

I've never had so many inquires.

Flash in the pan. Don't expect it to keep up. I think we see a decent decline starting around October after everyone blew their stimulus wad. Not a crash (possibly) but prices are going to come back to the norm on a lot of things. A family of 4 that's never had savings got $5,600 and many/most were still working. It will take a bit, but the back end of this has the potential to be ugly.

WookieMan says

prices are going to come back to the norm

Not if Biden keeps on spending like a drunk sailor. He says if you make less than $400,000 you don't have to pay any taxes; generous mother fucker.

In the fiat money world, taxes are really about control. If the government needs wants money they just create it.

Out of thin air.

True, but it's the Federal Reserve creating the money out of thin air, and then loaning it to the government so that we have to pay it back, with interest.

Fortunately, can at least totally trust the Fed not to give quiet tips on upcoming interest rate changes to certain favored people right?

Because if they did that, certain favored people could get tremendously rich by knowing in advance how the bond market was about to move.

That would be unethical, so the Fed would never do that...

That's why I go sailing a lot.

The world may be full of injustice but it is still a nice place to be alive.

Hasta la vista.

just_passing_through says

zzyzzx says

Summer is shaping up to be a blockbuster rental season as pandemic restrictions ease

From my anecdotal experience with Maui this is not fake news. Well, I suppose of my neighbors and cleaning company as well.

Not only summer but I've raised the prices for the entire year 50% over the prior 3 years, booked nearly the entire year out that way already and a few months into next year as well.

It's crazy.

I've never had so many inquires.

Actually I was looking at summer rates and availability in Atlantic City boardwalk casino hotels and the rates are higher compared to normal. Even the marina district has high rates, but if I am going to commute to the beach I may as well stay someplace cheaper on Rt 40. The number of sold out days at the Tropicana is amazing, and even then that is including the Chelsea Tower that wasn't part of it a few years ago. That and the lack of sale emails that I normally get as well is another indicator. Showboat and Clarige kill the deal with their outrageous parking rates.

Booger says

https://www.google.com/amp/s/kprcradio.iheart.com/alternate/amp/2021-01-29-texas-university-tells-students-wear-masks-during-masturbation/

Texas University Tells Students: Wear Masks During Masturbation

And I suppose they advise using hand sanitizer as lube.

https://therightscoop.com/this-cafe-charges-extra-if-you-brag-about-getting-vaccinated-and-even-more-if-you-wear-a-mask/

A cafe in California is making news, and gathering a huge amount of support, for a new policy they instituted during the Covid vaccine era: open your mouth, pay a fine. Cover your mouth, pay another.

Fiddleheads Cafe is Mendocino, California has been fighting against Covid restrictions for a while now, trying to keep their doors open and retain their right to earn a living, engage in trade, and, you know, eat food. They’ve been fighting the government telling them to give up their livelihoods because Fauci told them to.

They have some signs available at the site for other restaurants.

No matter how you slice this, Fauci lied multiple times about masks. If what he’s saying privately in this email is true (and it is), masks don’t work anyway, so why would first responders need huge amounts of them? Given that, his later claim that he was initially lying to the American people for the virtuous reason of protecting first responders is also a lie.

Further, Fauci piled more lies on top of his previous lies, when he changed his public position to being pro-mandatory masking. He’s been lying from the beginning, carefully shifting his positions to match what the left-wing politics of the day demanded. Past that, pushing masking the way he did gave cover to him and his political allies. While Trump was correctly skeptical of masks, Fauci used them as a bludgeon in the public sphere, pretending as if every failure was the result of not enough masking.

Eventually, as RedState has extensively reported, the data would come out, starting late summer of 2020, that masks were largely ineffective. The most recent study on the efficacy of mask-mandates, released just in the last few weeks, came to the conclusion that they made no real difference at all. In other words, the thing Fauci put the most stock in and lied his butt off about — he was wrong about.

In short, there are two parts to this. One, Fauci is a lying liar who lied. He did so to elevate his own profile and has now cashed out millions of dollars as a result. Two, those of us here at RedState and elsewhere who questioned the science of mask-wearing early on were right. Vindication is here for those who were brave enough to stand up and say none of this makes sense.

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23FauciEmails

My girlfriend got our school district to do away with masks!
posted 10 hours ago by Agallagher410 +2475 / -1
I've never been more proud. Our son got home from field day yesterday and nearly passed out because they made them "cool off" in their hot gym with their masks on. His face was bright red, he was severely dehydrated and basically incoherent. Long story short, my girlfriend contacted the superintendent, the principal, posted on her social media, threatened lawsuits, basically started a "revolution" with other parents to contact the school district and hours later the superintendent sent out a notice to all parents that masks will no longer be required. Let her inspire everyone to be a voice, never give up and fight like hell! Don't let tyranny rule. So proud of my girl!!! Our kids do NOT belong in masks.

Side note...today is the Primary for Governor in NJ and I cannot wait to vote our dictating lying democratic ruler out of office!!! Between getting rid of mask mandates and having a voice, we are feeling HIGH ENERGY in Northern NJ! Just wanted to post how proud I am of my girl and to hopefully inspire others to never stop fighting for our freedoms! Let freedom ring!!!

https://patriots.win/p/12izuRyoQG/my-girlfriend-got-our-school-dis/

Finally social media doing something good!

https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2021/06/13/denmark-entirely-scrapping-face-mask-requirements-n396406

Denmark entirely scrapping face mask requirements

Is Joe still going to let us celebrate Independence Day? Or have we been bad?

Maher went on to cite a Gallup poll on attitudes regarding the continuance of mask-wearing going forward, which showed that a huge majority of Republicans believe people who are vaccinated, healthy, and not showing symptoms should “lead their normal lives.”

Meanwhile, said the host, “71 percent of Democrats: stay home. Keep cowering,” Maher said.

“I see people on the street walking outside with a mask on, like you f**king moron! I just want to shout at them outside the car, you’re a moron! You never could get it outside, really, and you’re alone walking on the street with a mask?” he said.

https://republicandaily.net/2021/06/bill-maher-unloads-on-panicked-liberals-for-wearing-masks-outdoors/

Maher gets it right occasionally. Though I do believe he plays both sides to try and increase viewership and not seem hardcore left. Not sure if that's the case here as masks are completely disappearing now the people have been "vaccinated." So even some on the left would agree with him.

His views aside I can't stand his face and voice. So he's always been unwatchable to me.

https://notthebee.com/article/after-year-of-keeping-kids-at-home-and-inside-experts-have-discovered-the-health-benefits-of-fresh-air

After year of keeping kids at home and inside, experts have discovered the health benefits of fresh air

https://ianmsc.substack.com/p/the-more-masks-fail-the-more-we-need

Masks Aren't Working Anywhere...So We Must Keep Using Them