What Does A Cornered Cat Do

[JohnyMac]

With the new Quinnipiac poll out showing President O' Biden's poll numbers hovering around 33%, the failed Build, Back, Better (AKA The Great Reset), failed foreign policy, supply chain, inflation, Covid-19 response, amongst many other items. What will the O' Biden admiration do now?

I see O' Biden and his puppeteers caught in a corner not unlike a scared cat. What does the cat do? What will O' Biden and his handlers do? I would like to read your thoughts on their next step.

[JohnyMac]

Add to the earlier list today's decision by the SCOTUS on O' Biden's Vaxx Mandate.

[Nemo]

They are doing lots of stuff.  Ask VP Harris.  And wait till SCOTUS hands down a GOOD decision in the NY gun control case argued back in November.  I have a suspicion that will be a MAJOR headache for them and dems overall.  To the point of trying to expand the court and start all kinds of control policy.

Nemo

https://video.foxnews.com/v/6291615323001#sp=show-clips

[JohnyMac]

Yupper Nemo. 

However, "it" is crumbling. Where will it go?

[Nemo]

Where?  I dunno.  But even rich people are getting concerned.

Nemo

https://www.fastcompany.com/90712209/why-global-leaders-are-terrified-about-social-cohesion-erosion

According to a new survey from the World Economic Forum, it?s the fastest-growing threat to our planet since the COVID crisis struck.
Why global leaders are terrified about ?social cohesion erosion?
[Source Images: Malte Mueller/Getty]

By Connie Lin, 2 minute Read

The global pandemic has blazed a long trail of upheaval, the vast majority of it bad: surging inflation rates, small business devastation, and a death toll that?s climbed above the last 10 years of casualties from the flu. But according to a new report from the World Economic Forum (WEF), that?s not the worst of it: What we should fear most is ?social cohesion erosion.? That?s the fastest-growing threat to our planet since the COVID crisis struck.

What exactly is social cohesion erosion? you ask.

If you think it sounds scary, you?re not alone. According to the WEF, it?s ?perceived as a critical threat to the world across all time spans?short, medium, and long term?and is seen as among the most potentially damaging for the next 10 years.? Social cohesion worsens upon rising divisions and polarization in society?as income inequalities are exacerbated by the pandemic?s lopsided recovery, for example, with 51 million people projected to live in extreme poverty by 2030 while billionaires grow richer than ever. Erosion also lurks in the fissures created by opposing viewpoints vaccines and on face-mask mandates, and in the rallying cries for long-awaited racial justice in historically oppressed communities.

Put simply, it?s the crumbling of civil society, fractured by divergent forces from within. Consider the attack on the U.S. Capitol led by Donald Trump supporters a year ago; that?s ?one manifestation of the instability that political polarization risks creating,? the report says. In the pessimistic scenario, it?s just a harbinger of what?s to come. And voters seem to feel it looming: In a recent poll, they named ?division in the country? as their greatest worry, and said they expected it to increase in 2022.

It?s not just domestic, either. Social fraying endangers global populations, as a sense of disenfranchisement grows in large swaths of the world, especially amid a lack of collaboration among powerful governments, which have largely failed to help developing nations crawl out of the pandemic, resolve humanitarian crises, or fight natural disasters wrought by climate change. Environmental neglect, extreme weather, and biodiversity loss were also cited among the top risks we face today.

A gloomy flowchart in the WEF?s report lists the possible offspring of social cohesion erosion, including:

    youth disillusionment
    social security collapse
    livelihood crises

Pair that with ?mental health deterioration,? another side effect of the pandemic, and it gets even scarier. All of that could come as a slow burn, with fallout covering the next decade.

However, risk-mitigation efforts do exist, including those for poverty alleviation, human health crises, and basic resources security?all of which the WEF says, comfortingly, are almost 50% effective.

Other risks the report cites include geopolitical rivalries, such as rising competition between the United States and China, and crowding in space as leading militaries race to control the skies with anti-satellite and hypersonic weapons. But, as with many of the world?s ills, the WEF notes that the latter could still be remedied if ?countries come together to ensure common benefits? and work together to share what should be a universal resource.

The findings come from WEF?s 2021-2022 Global Risks Perception Survey, which included input from about 1,000 ?global experts and leaders.? You can see the full dataset and responses here.

[Felix]

Not to nit-pick but I should like to correct where warranted.
If I may, the wrong animal is referenced as to what it will do.
Leave the cats out of it.
We are going to be observing cornered RATS.

[RB in GA]

Johnny, the Scotus verdicts were a mixed blessing- yes, the business result was great, but 20 million healthcare workers were Fubared by Kavanaugh and Roberts.  The concensus among healthcare business owners I've talked to are they are going to deny any medical reasons for vax exemptions to avoid possible monetary penalties from Medicare/Medicaid, and they're split about 50/50 on whether to approve religious exemptions.

This was going to affect me, but my boss and I worked out a solution that left us both covered. I incorporated and am now a sub-contractor, therefore allowing me to bypass the vax mandate by granting my own religious exemption.
 
I say this because if some of you are in private healthcare, work in a small clinic, or similar setting this might be an out for you too.  Heck, it might be something to float to a small hospital as well.  The concept is similar enough to travel nursing.

[DMCakhunter]

Cornered animals either lash out or roll over.
I am guessing they will lash out as a desperate attempt to score on something.
Gun control maybe? Not through congress but via health and humans services commie Becerra?
He made a comment at the beginning of his appointment that he would look at guns as a health problem.

[JohnyMac]

@ RB in Ga. I agree 100%. Good work-around. 

I am trying to find the correct simile to use that best explain my thoughts. Feeding sharks, parana fish, or a wolf pack however, the Democrats are starting to see the blood of a wounded animal. They will jump in shortly, to finish it off and feed on the flesh.

Case in point...

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin on Wednesday said President Joe Biden may have gone "a little too far in his rhetoric" when he compared lawmakers who do not support changing Senate filibuster rules to pass stalled voting and elections legislation to segregationists. - CNN