Yes I am compiling a Blog about the great pandemic of 2020 and how my country stupidly shut down the economy. We will have opinions, political and cultural highlights, my personal experience, social media details, even TV reviews since I watch so much TV while in my home jail. We shall, as always, end with a smile.
8/28/20
MISC. PANDEMIC NOTES OF THE WEEK
(an update for my descendants)
While the Republican National Convention was the big political news this past week, goodness there's been plenty of news elsewhere.
Let us discuss this Hurricane Laura. She came in at a level 4. And while the storm immediately started to lose strength upon landfall in the Louisiana/Texas area, it still caused tons of damage.
I live in Delaware, yon descendants, and before I lived in Maryland. I've lived through plenty of hurricanes. Once upon a time I would get a bit excited by hurricanes but as I age just the though of one near or coming my way terrifies me.
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The whole country at this time, yon descendants, if full of rioters and looters. From Chicago to Portland to some silly-named town in Wisconsin, even in my beloved Baltimore, they loot the Wal-Marts and groceries. The claim by the rioters is they are protesting the shooting of innocent blacks by the hated police. The claim by the Democrats is that they are "mostly peaceful".
Since the Democrats have recently discovered that Americans do not like having their cities burned with the stores looted they have begun to condemn such actions.
Duh.
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MAJOR POLITICAL EVENTS OF THE WEEK
(another update)
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MAJOR POLITICAL EVENTS OF THE WEEK
(another update)
But of course the Republican National Convention was wonderful to behold. Great speakers to include the Sandmann kid who they accused of starting WWIII, to Melania Trump, mocked by the wonderful Bett Midler, to, of course President Donald Trump.
Trump showed up every day during the convention but he gave his speech, as is the tradition, on the last day.
The Fox pundits immediately asserted that Trump's speech was too long. It was 70 minutes but hey, it was virtual for the most part. The folks on Zoom TV could have some snacks while he spoke, or even take a nap. Besides, this is Trump being Trump. He loves to speak before the people and he did it in the White House.
Of course the Democrats are going to impeach him for daring to do such a thing. Trump had already changed the locale twice due to the virus. And he IS the President and he does live in the White House.
The Democrats are unhappy folks. Their convention was an endless drone of how bad America is, how awful are the people. The Republicans played patriotic songs and put on a great fireworks display after Trump's speech.
Vice-President Pence gave his speech from my beloved Baltimore's Fort McHenry. I will vote for Pence in a minute in 2004.
A great time was had by all, even by us sitting at home.
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MAJOR CULTURE EVENTS OF THE WEEK
(one more update)
WHERE THE HECK IS RUSH LIMBAUGH?
(one more update)
WHERE THE HECK IS RUSH LIMBAUGH?
As I write this on a Friday I note that Rush Limbaugh has not been on his show all week. Usually Rush informs us ahead of time that he will be out or if he didn't get a chance ahead of time, the guest host will generally give a reason and some estimate of when he will be back.
Nothing this week except two mediocre hosts (where the heck is Mark Steyn while I'm at it?) who just said they were filling in for Rush.
We all know that Rush has cancer but of late he's been telling us how his new medical treatment is working out well for him.
This is very odd.
Melania's regroomed White House Garden.
In the picture below, on the left is the old design. On the right is the new garden design as created by the First Lady.
Frankly I like the older one with the trees and the color. But the new design is attractive, not so over-bearing and, of course, criticized by every Democrat alive.
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PERSONAL NOTES FROM ME RE THE PANDEMIC
(that my descendants may know how I handled it)
Went to Labcorp yesterday to get one of those ubiquitous lab tests for stuff in my blood. I am just so impressed by how efficient everything was. First I made appointment on computer. Screen gave me directions, appt. times available, click here, appt. made.
When I went to the place, the chairs were all placed 6 ft apart. My Iphone had my appt. and some kind of bar code to sign in. Hit that thing and boom, I was signed in.
Waited a few minutes and then got another message to come back, my lab person was ready for me.
In this technological world, this is how these things should be handled.
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OVER THE INTERNET(social media explains so much)
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EDITORIAL
(My opinion for my descendants)
What is the truth about those nursing homes?
I am working with ageing memory here, but I know there were five Governors who said that those with Covid-19 are to be returned back to nursing homes. This was early in the pandemic but even then it was known that older people were very susceptible to the virus and the nursing homes complained that those who had it or are recovering should not be returned to a place with many vulnerable elderly residents.
But they demanded it, the most notable being Governor Cuomo of New York. FIVE Governors. Note that 45 other governors did not make such a demand.
So why did they do it?
Well I got an idea and if I'm right those five governors need to go to jail for murder.
President Trump at the time had delivered two hospital shops, one on the east coast and one on the left coast. In addition makeshift hospitals were quickly built in various spots in New York which was then being overwhelmed with virus cases. Trump was also providing the needy states with masks, ventilators and other equipment as needed.
I think those governors were determined not to allow Trump to get any credit for doing the right thing. Absolutely no virus patients were put onboard the ships, which took a lot of effort to move. There was no place to put recovering COVID patients so the five governors demanded they be returned to nursing homes where most elderly patients go for recovery after a hospital stay.
But even though told by the medicos in the nursing homes that to allow these people back in would cause deaths of those currently in residence, the governors said damn it, do it anyway.
I'm also amazed by Cuomo's reaction to all those deaths. He's shown no sorrow of remorse. He acts like someone who is guilty but doesn't want it to show.
Why couldn't they have put those recovering virus patients in those huge ships moved for just such a purpose?
Because they didn't want Trump to get any glory?
I am so glad that our DOJ is researching this.
It's an awful thing that Cuomo and the other Governors did.
They should not get away with it.
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TIME FOR A SMILE
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