imperious: adj. domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing
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When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth
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The heavy-handed Mayor of All He Surveys is hinting heavily that his response to the rising number of positive Covid test results* will be to reactivate large segments of his original "hunker down" order, sometime in the coming week.
Just like everywhere else, the bulk of new positive test results are in the 20-to-30 year old population, and nearly all of them remain asymptomatic. But that's the part that the local press would sooner die, themselves, than report to the sheeple who bother to pay any attention.
We were all excited when the original shut-down expired. But many restaurants remain closed to dining-in, and buying take-out from the same 5 or 8 choices has gotten really old.
The local Wal-Mart in our little town now has a very large Samoan fella standing out in front of an 8-foot banner. Said banner displays the message that masks are now required by "federal, state and local laws" (a whole series of falsehoods, there). He confronts everyone who who approaches the entrance without a mask visible, demanding that they put one on.
For the record, there is no federal, state, or local law requiring a mask. There is only a municipal edict from Lord Ozymandias requiring that masks be worn inside all public places.
And I'm astonished by the numbers of people I see driving alone on the highway with a mask on inside their cars. But I digress.
The whole farce has left me increasingly angry at the governmental hoax being perpetrated on people who used to know better.
However, I'm quite happy to report that the vast majority of people have stopped pretending to go along with the draconian edicts, and are doing their best to resume a semi-normal life.
* Never mind that Anchorage has quintupled the number of tests performed; that's apparently irrelevant. So is the fact that only 32 persons remain hospitalized. Nothing to see, here: move along!
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Lord Ozymandias. Hah! I'm gonna use that one. It's oblique enough that, by the time they figure out what you're inferring, folks who will beat you up for not being cowed by them will be long in your rear view mirror.
Our wannabe Colorado Emperor, Governor Polis, has decreed 100% masks in public. Today at a local farm show, perhaps 15% of the people were in compliance. Worse, there was no social distancing in seating and many handshakes were being exchanged.
I'm trying to reach the point where I can contact our state senator, whom I know from church, and explain to.her why I think the WV legislature has utterly betrayed the citizens of the state by not standing up and saying "Not legal." I'm embarrassed and horrified by the state my family fought and died for. The state with the motto of "Mountaineers Are Always Free" has jus5 rolled over and bared its belly. I can'5 talk to her without using every bit of my vocabulary.
I ha a headache the other day,,,turns out it was from shaking my head in disbelief..
No actual plans for moving forward, just "wear your mask, hunker down, trust us that we will find something, and everything will be all right..."
All designed to destroy America and keep Trump from being reelected.
All - your remarks are telling, and there's nothing I could add. They all confirm my continuing belief that a second round of shutdowns will be soundly ignored, if not actively resisted.
I don't think our legislature here in NY will ever grow the appendages required to remove the outrageous "executive powers" they granted our version of the supreme being you describe....no fun at all.
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