The United States has surpassed the painful milestone of 100,000 deaths due to the coronavirus pandemic. On Dec. 31, 2019, Iraqi protesters stormed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, wildfires raged across Australia, the fugitive auto executive Carlos Ghosn took refuge in Lebanon, and President Donald Trump, facing the start of his impeachment trial, held court …
Category: News
May 27 2020
First Remote House Vote!
Also Democrats screwing up on privacy, again. FISA renewal in jeopardy amid resistance from Republicans and progressives By SARAH FERRIS, HEATHER CAYGLE, KYLE CHENEY and JOHN BRESNAHAN, Politico 05/27/2020 Speaker Nancy Pelosi and top Democrats are trying to salvage a contentious bill to renew expired surveillance tools Wednesday amid mounting opposition from Republicans and liberals …
May 27 2020
Good Indians
Comrade, I will make sure you receive the full extent of Revolutionary Justice. Do you smoke? Anti-Lockdown Protesters Now Calling for Dems to Die by Will Sommer, Daily Beast May. 27, 2020 As the head of Cowboys for Trump, Couy Griffin has led pro-Trump horse rides through Washington, D.C., and posed for a photo in …
May 26 2020
Jerks
Yeah, it’s all about Broadway but the situations apply to a lot of “real life” choices people are going to be forced to make soon. Oh, scare quotes around “real life”. Even though I live in Stars Hollow and as I say New York is right over there and Boston about the same in the …
May 26 2020
Where’s the Beef?
I don’t often shop for Beef since I prefer Pork or Seafood and I don’t think a chunk of meat is a necessary part of a meal. But I do notice things when I go to the Market and up until now the chief symptons of Coronavirus in the Meat Department is that prices have …
May 25 2020
How we do it downtown.
I have visited Staten Island (great free Ferry ride) and most of my interactions have been very pleasant, the place has a fascinating History, and some really excellent Restaurants. But there’s not a Hotel or a Motel on the Island that hasn’t seen a murder and Fresh Kills has it’s own special Chernobyl section where …
May 25 2020
Examples Of Constructive Behavior
Not. I tell you, Christians are a cult that worships death (more than Kali who is also a Fertility Goddess who battled at the side of Brahma and Vishnu though she is commonly associated with Shiva, Destroyer of Worlds). Pay attention. It’s all there will be Pie in the Sky, bye and bye, bye and …
May 24 2020
Not a Rant
They’re running the Turn Left Bumper Car Flaming Chunks of Twisted Metal 600 today and good luck with that. No Infield, no spectators, social distancing in the Pit (they already wear masks and gloves for safety). Up until last week or so they’d been running Video Game Races and they suspended one guy for real …
May 24 2020
An Update from Sores and Boils Alley
How are things in the Land of Steady Habits (that’s right, we’ve been swindling you since Colonial times)? Thank you for asking. Seriously. My Oximeter came in and my base line is between 94 and 98% which is good enough for the most part given my underlying Anemia. I feel much more confident about my …