MISC. PANDEMIC NOTES OF THE WEEK
(an update for my descendants)
Just a couple bits of miscellany that popped up this past week.
California congress critter Kamala Harris put up a senate resolution that referring to the Covid-19 virus as the "Wuhan virus" is racist and some kind of crime.
I don't think it passed but what a waste of the senate's time, no?
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And the wonderful Nancy Pelosi describes President Trump as being "morbidly obese". How ridiculous. Trump is no lightweight but man, Pelosi needs to watch some true crime reality shows to know how big morbidly obese really is.
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MAJOR POLITICAL EVENT OF THE WEEK
(another update)
President Trump tells world he takes hydroxychloroquine.
Goodness the media went nuts when President Trump admitted at a recent press conference that he was taking hydroxychloroquine daily and had been, at that time, been doing so for over a week.
He said he had no symptoms, that his White House doctor gave him approval, that he believes it works as a prophylactic against the virus.
Hydroxychloroquine is a medicine, now some 55+ years old, used mostly for malaria and Lupus. It is beloved among Covid-19 affected but many of the NIH and CDC "Scientists" pooh-pooh it and say such repeated cures from the virus are "anecdotal".
President Trump is a big believer of hydroxychloroquine and touts it often. Quite a few others believe in its efficacy.
A belief is, not that as of this writing I believe it to be true, that many very important people, including a couple of public agencies such as the CDC, have patents and patents pending on many viral cures and vaccines and they don't want an ancient medicine that will bring in little or no money to the "inventors" of the better stuff to save the world from this virus.
As far as I know, and I warn my descendants, hydroxychloroquine does not work if the virus infection has gone too far. It does work early in the infection and/or as Trump asserted and even used for the strength of his belief, as a prophylactic.
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President opens all churches.
It was late in the day of the Friday before Memorial Day weekend 2020 as I relate to my descendants. A press conference was called and President came to the podium and announced that he was hereby declaring all churches to be out from under any gubernatorial lock down.
Yes, it would seem that some governors thought it was okay for liquor stores and abortion clinics to be open during the lock down, not to mention mighty Walmart, but churches would remains closed.
Doesn't our country allow for freedom of religion?
Of course all of the businesses open required certain requirements to keep those inside safe from Covid-19. Such as wearing masks, keeping a social distance, limits on numbers of attendees reduced to avoid crowds were required even from the churches.
So why were those wonderful governors so damn determined to keep churches closed, keep them declared as "non-essential"?
Trump said he would over-ride any Governor who re-closes any church that he now declared open.
Andrew Napalatano, a former Judge on Fox news who I despise, immediately gets on TV and declares that Trump has no authority to do this.
Doesn't the President of the United States take a vow upon inauguration that he or she will uphold the constitution of America? So if some dipwad Governor from, say Michigan for instance, refuses to open churches for freedom of worship, the President has no right to enforce the constitution to which he vowed and have freedom of worship prevail?
My own Catholic church holds 300 people+ and it is packed. I don't know how they are going to do it but the archdiocese of Wilmington has declared that churches in Delaware will open for mass and communion effective June 6. My own church also holds two masses-packed-on Saturday in the summer, and three on Sundays.
I'm sure it will somehow work out but take Delaware Governor Carney and smack that stupid man silly.
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MAJOR CULTURE EVENT OF THE WEEK
(one more update)
America has a new military force...THE SPACE FORCE!
I tell my descendants that the United States never had a space force until this year, 2020. Perhaps by the time yon descendant readers read this, the United States Space Force will already have landed on Mars and shot China all to hell from its mighty space station on the moon.
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PERSONAL NOTES FROM ME RE THE PANDEMIC
(that my descendants may know how I handled it)
Just a smile. My clothes still fit but as the below says, they are getting tight.
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OVER THE INTERNET
(social media explains so much)
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Some verbal humor
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3847501/posts
A SIGN IN A SHOE REPAIR STORE IN VANCOUVER READs: We will heel you We will save your sole We will even dye for you.
A SIGN ON A BLINDS AND CURTAIN TRUCK: “Blind man driving.”
Sign over a Gynecologist's Office: "Dr. Jones, at your cervix.”
In a Podiatrist's office: "Time wounds all heels.”
On a Septic Tank Truck : Yesterday 's Meals on Wheels
At an Optometrist's Office : "If you don't see what you're looking for, You've come to the right place.”
On a Plumber's truck : "We repair what your husband fixed.”
On another Plumber's truck : "Don't sleep with a drip. Call your plumber.”
At a Tire Shop in Milwaukee : "Invite us to your next blowout.”
On an Electrician's truck : "Let us remove your shorts.”
In a Non-smoking Area: "If we see smoke, we will assume you are on fire and will take appropriate action.”
On a Maternity Room door : "Push. Push. Push.”
At a Car Dealership : "The best way to get back on your feet - miss a car payment.”
Outside a Muffler Shop: "No appointment necessary. We hear you coming.”
In a Veterinarian's waiting room : "Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay!”
At the Electric Company: "We would be delighted if you send in your payment on time. However, if you don't, YOU will be de-lighted.”
In a Restaurant window: "Don't stand there and be hungry; come on in and get fed up.”
In the front yard of a Funeral Home : "Drive carefully. We'll wait.”
At a Propane Filling Station: "Thank Heaven for little grills.”
In a Chicago Radiator Shop: "Best place in town to take a leak.”
And the best one for last…; Sign on the back of another Septic Tank Truck: “Caution - This Truck is full of Political Promises
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REVIEWS TV SHOWS
(since I watch so much TV, not for my descendants)
The Masked Singer
One of the best new TV shows this year, I assert to my descendants.
The winner was Kandi Burruss, who I don't know who she is. But she was the lady costumed as "The Night Angel".
From https://www.fox.com/the-masked-singer/
"Hosted by Nick Cannon, with panelists Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger and Robin Thicke, "The Masked Singer" is a top-secret singing competition in which celebrities face off against one another while shrouded from head to toe in an elaborate costume, concealing their identity. With each performance, the host, panelists, audience, viewers and even the other contestants are left guessing who the singer is behind the mask. The singers may attempt to throw off the crowd, but keen observers might pick up on tiny clues buried throughout the show. Each week, a singer is eliminated -- and then reveals his or her true identity."
One of the drawbacks of The Masked Singer is that to me anyway, I never heard of a lot of the contenders. Bear in mind that one of the requirements for entry is, obviously, that one must be able to sing.
"Second place went to singer and actor Jesse McCartney, who had been costumed as the Turtle, while third place was hip-hop star Bow Wow, revealed as the star behind the Frog."
Indeed I hadn't heard of the second and third contenders listed above. However, some of the contenders who placed in lower places I certainly heard of, to include Sarah Palin, Jackie Evancho and Dionne Warwicke.
The costumes are amazing and the clues given out are succinct enough for one to guess the identity even if it's somebody they don't know.
Best show of the all, as I declare to my descendants.
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TIME FOR A SMILE
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