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Wednesday 17th 37F, light winds but heavy overcast. The temperature is still rising slowly after holding steady at 36F overnight. A walk to the lanes in spitting rain and thick but patchy mist. 100 yard softness. With 200 yard invisibility about average. 38F at 10.30. 60F indoors.
The open superstore chain monopoly is far worse than mere economics, profiteering and the ruin of small business. One superstore chain has changed its closing times. Why? Because crowds of young people were using the store as a social hangout, without masks, right up to the 2300 closing time at night.
Obvious questions arise: Why was this allowed? Because they might have bought something? Why were there no security staff demanding these young people wear masks to comply with the law? OR LEAVE! i.e. To protect the staff and other REAL customers from a lethal infection of Jinping Plague.
Why were numbers allowed to exceed the legal limit of 5 in any group? Why was the shop allowed to exceed the legal limits on the maximum number of "customers" per unit area at any one time? All without penalty? Or the police dropping heavy, on the spot, fines? Like they do with everyone else who breaks the pandemic public protection laws.
Is this international money chain of superstores, supermarkets and other outlets too huge a monopoly? So that they need not be bothered with pandemic safety laws? Laws which affect everybody else? Is sheer economic power enough to completely ignore the laws of the land?
Why aren't they limited to only the food halls being allowed to open? Special [economic] case? Or do they employ or "know" 😉 people in high places? Do to their elevated social standing which comes automatically with such great wealth?
How many infections can we lay directly at the well shod feet of The Salling Group? [Aka: Billionaire's, money printing, Investment Club.] Keep on cheating!
The head of the Danish cycling association has called the government's proposed new cycle path investment: "Peanuts!" Some of the proposed paths mentioned have been discussed or planned for 40 years in <cough> "cycling friendly" Denmark. This is despite cycles massively outnumbering car journeys in the major cities. Particularly during the rush hours. A recent suggestion for road charging motorists, during busy periods, has been squashed. Like a bug on the hideously costly motorways.
The message to all motorists is perfectly clear:
Your utterly pointless and selfish CO2 release is very welcome in Danish cities. Your massed, premature killing of young and old alike, with your toxic, exhaust pollutants are very welcome in Danish cities. Your universal noise pollution, making life miserable for most of the Danish population, is very welcome! Your defiling of every Danish town, village and city. With your empty, parked vehicles, all day, every day, is very welcome.
Your walking pace [statistically] short journeys, between queuing for parking spaces, outside takeaways, are very welcome. Your endless toll in death and injury is welcome. As you drink drive, drug drive, completely ignore the law and universally speed. These insane behaviours are always very welcome.
Why? Because we need the income from your paltry fines. To pay for all the hospital bed cases you directly cause by your insane, sociopathic behaviour. We need all you "untouchable" drunk drivers. Still driving drunk. Years after multiple bans for being drunks behind the wheel. Despite locals repeatedly informing the police of your continued, drunk driving behaviour.
Keep on driving! Unless you live in "truly cycling friendly" Holland. Where "cycling friendly" isn't just a tourist, marketing ploy. Not some vague rumour still clinging on from the 1950s. In Holland "cycling friendly" literally means everyday reality for all.
All it took was for Holland to put the majority cyclists first. Rather than treating than like carriers of some minority disease. Cyclists are not lepers. Walking and cycling streets manufacture small shops and rebuild high streets into thriving, popular places to shop, enjoy a coffee and socialise. Cycling does not destroy shops in favour of the out of town superstores. With their vast car parks. Which can be seen from the Space Station.
I hear The Grate White Trash "Mars o' Logo, immigrant dosser is attacking the head of the Republican Brownnoser party. This is despite his obscenely, obsequious help in escaping from an automatic treason finding. Or is it the Republican Brownshirt party? I can never remember the difference. Is there one?
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