Joe Biden has his first political ad. Yes, the ancient and frail candidate for President whom the desperate Democrats scraped up out of the detritus of the political disaster of the last primary seaso has pushed open that sloping Bilco door to his basement and poked his balding head out into the sun With prompting from someone behind him in the shadows he mouthed his first political advert. Breaking into a phony smile which crinkled up his dry, prison pallor skin he states: “We are in the battle for the soul of this nation”. And then he asks: “Who do we want to be?”
It’s clear that large silent majority of Americans don’t want to be what Joe and his radical handlers want us to be— socialists and mob members. In his dotage, Joe may not fully comprehend that those who will make his decisions for him—perhaps only allowing him a figurehead presidency—represent the radical violent far left fringe. These folks are not the democrats of old who could claim to be the “power of the people” (demos- kratos) but are now the new MOBOKRATS—who embrace the violence and unrepresentative power of the chaotic, frightening mob.
Τhe Democrat Party once represented the “deme”—the people. It was a political coalition of the lower middle class, the unionists, farmers, laborers and blue collar workers. “Sleepy” Joe was once one of those Democrats —all of 47 years ago. In those days the party held broad political power all across the nation Today, like Joe —that party is no more. Those who call themselves “Democrats” have retreated —or been relegated to the densely populated, narrow urbanized enclaves on our teeming coasts. Confined in these places they have, out of necessity, cobbled together a coalition of anarchists, social democrats, communists, radical feminists, illegal immigrants, secularists (who defame the Christian faith), abortionists (who would permit the taking of innocent life on demand into the third trimester and infanticide legal), and a fringe element of African Americans and others who would rather claim and hold tightly to their “badge”of victimhood than take the myriad advantages and opportunities that this nation has so generously made available to them.
Joe may not know it but it is clear to all of us—those with full use of our faculties— that what the MOBOKRATS offer to their fringe radical coalition is just “free stuff”—free college, free health care for illegal aliens, free abortions, free access across our borders, no bail for felonious offenders, and defunded and defanged police forces so that the violent, radical ignorant mobs can rage across our nation defacing, burning, destroying property, and pulling down historic statuary with impunity.
But what are the MOBOKRATS offering us—the vast majority of hard working midddle class, small business men and women and more rural Americans? The America of the heartland and across our wide land who keep the peace, raise their families, support their churches and—pay the vast majority of the nation’s tax revenue. The radical fringe who are using Joe as a pasty-faced political prop offer nothing to those who actually pay for the “free stuff” and who in fact create jobs and wealth. Rather than aiding these people the radical politicians permit their mob-allies to burn and loot their businesses and destroy vast swaths of commercial property.
What do the Mobokrats offer? Not a thriving economy and low unemployment. No low tax rates. No safe and secure streets and freedom to conduct business in peace and security. Not better and more secure jobs, No end to bad deals that give away jobs to China. No kow-towing to the Chinese for access to their 1.4 billion consumers. No end to China stealing technology. No level playing field for our goods in Chinese markets. And not an end to off-shoring our well paying jobs.
No Joe we don’t want to be like your violent mob who are attempting to raise up out/dated, proven useless economic socialism which even the Chinese abandoned. And what chutzpah to even raise the question of the “soul” of this nation? It is you and your far left handlers who are on a course to destroy the wise, politically moderate, soul of this nation.
Joe—please now in the full of your four score years —we can see plainly that you are too fragile, too old for this job— go back into that basement, close that Bilco door and stay there below ground.
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Saturday, June 20, 2020
ON DOG TICKS,l
Ticks can smell!
The tick season has arrived. Those tiny, flat, brown, arachnids are on the prowl again. These blood sucking little critters are dangerous. They complete their life cycle only by burying their head in your skin (or your pet’s skin) and gorging bloob like a vampire. In the process they said well up to three or four times their original volume. . Whereupon finally blown up to look like a shiny bead-pearl they fall off The host and begin their life cycle again. In their passage through their blood sucking life they often pick up a host of deadly diseases which they can pass on to their human hosts:.Lyme, Babisiosis, Erlichiosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, etc etc.
These eight-legged members of the spider “family” live among the weeds, brush and waste places around every home. Over the millions of years of evolution they have evolved a very efficient system to help them find hosts and complete their bloody life cycle. They can smell!
Yes these tiny arachnids can smell you out. Their olfactory organ is not located on the front of their head—their “nose”. No, that part of the head, where a nose would be is instead devoted to blood sucking. (This critical part—the probosis—is composed of a central straw/like tube bounded on each side by a sharp pointed harpoon-like appendage armed with rear-projecting barbs. These “side harpoons” slide forward and backward on either side of the central “sipper” tube, In the process of entering the skin of a host these harpoons move alternately as they drive the proboscis deeper into the host’s skin, eventually positioning the “sipper tube” deeper and deeper through the epidermis into a region where it can draw blood.
The twin harpoons with their array of rear facing hooks, once deeply embedded, make it near impossible for the tick to pull out if it wanted to or to remove the critter without tearing off the elaborately armed “nose” or “probosis”. On removal this part —the tube and harpoons are most often left behind embedded in the host’s skin to fester there when the tick is pulled out. )
So with its “nose” area devoted to harpooning a host and sucking blood, any olfactory organ (“smeller”) had to be located elsewhere. In the tick anatomy, that elsewhere is on the “wrists” of their most anterior appendages or front legs. These tiny “smelling” organs known as Haller’s Organ are comprised of a tiny pit on each “wrist” of the first appendage. The pit is lined with sensory setae (hairs) which seem to be able to sense the presence of carbon dioxide gas, ammonia, and other mammalian generated chemical vapors. Some claim they may also sense heat.
Thus a tick can “smell out” its host. When a cat or dog—or other warm blooded animal—passes through a brushy area. As it moves through this environment it leaves behind a trail of CO2 gas, as well as a gaseous trail of organic molecules resulting from the animal’s metabolic processes, such as carbon dioxide, urea, ammonia etc. etc. Ticks In the surrounding area respond and can home in on these scents using their Haller Organs to direct them. By always moving toward the more concentrated scent they eventually crawl up onto the branches or leaves which were in contact with the passing host animal. There they lay in wait.
In a tick’s view, if an animal had passed this way once...it is likely it will return. The ticks position themselves in a near upright stance , with their hind appendages holdong on to the leaf or branch and their fore appendages (these are armed with entangling bristles) are extended outward ready to engage the fur or fabric of a passing host. When a tick senses the approach of a host (perhaps by sensing heat) they simply extend their appendages and are literally swept up onto the skin or fur of the potential host.
Once aboard a host animal they cling on tightly and begin to move upward. Ticks are antigeotropic. They sense gravity and move opposite to its attraction —upward. They will not turn to go down. Thus a downturned collar on a long sleeved shirt will protect a human host from ticks crawling over its neck and into his or her hair. The arachnid reaches the bend in the collar and will not turn to go down and over it— so stay it stays trapped under the collar. (They must be removed from there)
While working as an archaeologist on Shelter Island off of Eastern Long Island my team an I often had to penetrate dense vegetative tangles and thickets heavily infested with ticks. Our field work required us to locate sites by subsurface probes and then excavate these areas. The process required clearing vegetation and then driving wood stakes to mark off excavation boundaries. On more than one occasion our work extended over several days. Often returning to a site after leaving the site area overnight we would find the tops of our stakes densely occupied by hungry ticks. The stakes —which had been driven into the soil by sweaty human hands—leaving behind attractant odors for ticks to home in on from the surrounding vegetation. Ten or more might be clustered on the top of the stake standing nearly upright with their fore appendages ready to grasp or entangle a host they expected to pass by again. .
University students in those days were well equipped with Zippo lighters and bug spray and ready and eager to deal with these aggressive and blood thirsty invaders.
But they too often resisted directions to tuck long pants into boot tops and wear long-sleeved buttoned up collared shirts—preferring more fashionable dress—like muscle shirts —to their eventual chagrin.
The tick season has arrived. Those tiny, flat, brown, arachnids are on the prowl again. These blood sucking little critters are dangerous. They complete their life cycle only by burying their head in your skin (or your pet’s skin) and gorging bloob like a vampire. In the process they said well up to three or four times their original volume. . Whereupon finally blown up to look like a shiny bead-pearl they fall off The host and begin their life cycle again. In their passage through their blood sucking life they often pick up a host of deadly diseases which they can pass on to their human hosts:.Lyme, Babisiosis, Erlichiosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, etc etc.
These eight-legged members of the spider “family” live among the weeds, brush and waste places around every home. Over the millions of years of evolution they have evolved a very efficient system to help them find hosts and complete their bloody life cycle. They can smell!
Yes these tiny arachnids can smell you out. Their olfactory organ is not located on the front of their head—their “nose”. No, that part of the head, where a nose would be is instead devoted to blood sucking. (This critical part—the probosis—is composed of a central straw/like tube bounded on each side by a sharp pointed harpoon-like appendage armed with rear-projecting barbs. These “side harpoons” slide forward and backward on either side of the central “sipper” tube, In the process of entering the skin of a host these harpoons move alternately as they drive the proboscis deeper into the host’s skin, eventually positioning the “sipper tube” deeper and deeper through the epidermis into a region where it can draw blood.
The twin harpoons with their array of rear facing hooks, once deeply embedded, make it near impossible for the tick to pull out if it wanted to or to remove the critter without tearing off the elaborately armed “nose” or “probosis”. On removal this part —the tube and harpoons are most often left behind embedded in the host’s skin to fester there when the tick is pulled out. )
So with its “nose” area devoted to harpooning a host and sucking blood, any olfactory organ (“smeller”) had to be located elsewhere. In the tick anatomy, that elsewhere is on the “wrists” of their most anterior appendages or front legs. These tiny “smelling” organs known as Haller’s Organ are comprised of a tiny pit on each “wrist” of the first appendage. The pit is lined with sensory setae (hairs) which seem to be able to sense the presence of carbon dioxide gas, ammonia, and other mammalian generated chemical vapors. Some claim they may also sense heat.
Thus a tick can “smell out” its host. When a cat or dog—or other warm blooded animal—passes through a brushy area. As it moves through this environment it leaves behind a trail of CO2 gas, as well as a gaseous trail of organic molecules resulting from the animal’s metabolic processes, such as carbon dioxide, urea, ammonia etc. etc. Ticks In the surrounding area respond and can home in on these scents using their Haller Organs to direct them. By always moving toward the more concentrated scent they eventually crawl up onto the branches or leaves which were in contact with the passing host animal. There they lay in wait.
In a tick’s view, if an animal had passed this way once...it is likely it will return. The ticks position themselves in a near upright stance , with their hind appendages holdong on to the leaf or branch and their fore appendages (these are armed with entangling bristles) are extended outward ready to engage the fur or fabric of a passing host. When a tick senses the approach of a host (perhaps by sensing heat) they simply extend their appendages and are literally swept up onto the skin or fur of the potential host.
Once aboard a host animal they cling on tightly and begin to move upward. Ticks are antigeotropic. They sense gravity and move opposite to its attraction —upward. They will not turn to go down. Thus a downturned collar on a long sleeved shirt will protect a human host from ticks crawling over its neck and into his or her hair. The arachnid reaches the bend in the collar and will not turn to go down and over it— so stay it stays trapped under the collar. (They must be removed from there)
While working as an archaeologist on Shelter Island off of Eastern Long Island my team an I often had to penetrate dense vegetative tangles and thickets heavily infested with ticks. Our field work required us to locate sites by subsurface probes and then excavate these areas. The process required clearing vegetation and then driving wood stakes to mark off excavation boundaries. On more than one occasion our work extended over several days. Often returning to a site after leaving the site area overnight we would find the tops of our stakes densely occupied by hungry ticks. The stakes —which had been driven into the soil by sweaty human hands—leaving behind attractant odors for ticks to home in on from the surrounding vegetation. Ten or more might be clustered on the top of the stake standing nearly upright with their fore appendages ready to grasp or entangle a host they expected to pass by again. .
University students in those days were well equipped with Zippo lighters and bug spray and ready and eager to deal with these aggressive and blood thirsty invaders.
But they too often resisted directions to tuck long pants into boot tops and wear long-sleeved buttoned up collared shirts—preferring more fashionable dress—like muscle shirts —to their eventual chagrin.
Monday, June 8, 2020
Colin Powell Master of Deception Dragged Out As “Republican” Not Supporting Trump
The left has dragged out aging (83 years) Colin Powell, South Bronx boy who made it in the US Army and politics, rising to Secretary of State for George Bush (the kid) but who always seemed to be elevated to positions just above his punching ability. Powell’s ties to the disastrous Bush (junior) and the evil Cheney administration are legend. But Powell’s critique of the present administration has has no validity. Powell would be wise to keep criticisms of the Trump team to himself, lest we are reminded again about his lies to the American people regarding “WMD which caused so much loss of life and treasure for the USA. In fact, with his history of duplicity how this man has the chutzpah to criticize Trump at all—is itself a remarkable feat.
Recall that it was Powell who in his now infamous lie-filled, plagiarized speech to the UN Security Council of February 2003 laid out “proof” of Iraq’s biological and nuclear arms—WMD. All his proofs were of course made up out of thin air. It was Powell’s speech —supposedly from a senior member of the Bush cabinet with gravitas, honesty and courage to tell the truth—(all scarce in the the young Bush character) that helped turn the tide for invasion and the disastrous Bush-Cheney IraqWar. Those events of the Bush years were ones which truly needed Congressional oversight and criminal investigation and yes impeachment. But the Democrats of those days were silent and compliant with the truly dumb and evil team of Bush/Cheney. The weak Democrats all voted for Bush’s disastrous war.
At the UN, Powell knew the truth —there were no weapons of mass destruction—but did not have the courage to stand up against the kid Bush . He “took a knee” for Bush junior’s death dealing war
plans and caused the demise of untold thousands and the desolation of wide swaths of the Middle East for which we are still paying dearly. . It was and remains the worst foreign policy decision ever made—or near enough to it. (And there were so many.)
How Powell could show his face in public after his long ago UN performance says something about Powell’s understanding of the US public ability to absorb and then forget lies and the hypocrisy of the left who set him to this task
The left. so consumed and debilitated by “Trump derangement syndrome”’is clearly and hypocritically attempting to refurbish and recast this truly “bad playe of the past into a paragon of virtue so as to use him as a cudgel against the President.
They hypocritically forget history.
Recall that it was Powell who in his now infamous lie-filled, plagiarized speech to the UN Security Council of February 2003 laid out “proof” of Iraq’s biological and nuclear arms—WMD. All his proofs were of course made up out of thin air. It was Powell’s speech —supposedly from a senior member of the Bush cabinet with gravitas, honesty and courage to tell the truth—(all scarce in the the young Bush character) that helped turn the tide for invasion and the disastrous Bush-Cheney IraqWar. Those events of the Bush years were ones which truly needed Congressional oversight and criminal investigation and yes impeachment. But the Democrats of those days were silent and compliant with the truly dumb and evil team of Bush/Cheney. The weak Democrats all voted for Bush’s disastrous war.
At the UN, Powell knew the truth —there were no weapons of mass destruction—but did not have the courage to stand up against the kid Bush . He “took a knee” for Bush junior’s death dealing war
plans and caused the demise of untold thousands and the desolation of wide swaths of the Middle East for which we are still paying dearly. . It was and remains the worst foreign policy decision ever made—or near enough to it. (And there were so many.)
How Powell could show his face in public after his long ago UN performance says something about Powell’s understanding of the US public ability to absorb and then forget lies and the hypocrisy of the left who set him to this task
The left. so consumed and debilitated by “Trump derangement syndrome”’is clearly and hypocritically attempting to refurbish and recast this truly “bad playe of the past into a paragon of virtue so as to use him as a cudgel against the President.
They hypocritically forget history.
GERMANY HOWLS WHEN TRUMP PULLS TROOPS
According to the WSJ President Trump has decided (June 7, 2020) to pull 9500 of the @35,000 ot our troops stationed in Germany. The German response was typical...anti- Trump blather. “It’s completely unacceptable” and the false claim that President Trump was “weakening NATO” or “upsetting the post-WW II world order”!
Our troops have been stationed in Germany for 70 years or so costing us dearly while bolstering the German economy where our troops spend their paychecks. The local economy around troop bases has become dependent upon the economic presence of these soldiers and their families. But an even more significant effect has been that the Germans have never needed to spend their tax money on defense. Our presence in Germany may save them more than one percent (of GDP) on their defense expenses or perhaps $50 billion in US dollars. They are reluctant to change the system —so for them it is “unacceptable”.
Perhaps that’s why the Germans have such a “good life”. They have the best health care system in Europe, exceptional transportation systems, clean, well run affluent cities, and they spend magnificently on social welfare and the social safety net, offering long vacations, psychological leaves, exorbitant family leave and year long maternal leaves.
Much of this domestic spending is possible because Deutschland spends little on their national defense. Germany expends about 1% of GDP on defense. Other more independent nations spend many times more. American tax payers have the burden of three times that amount! Our formal “defense” spending is well over 3% οf our GDP. The German federal government. relieved of defending its borders, can then afford to spend lavishly on domestic spending—keeping all those Germans fat and happy and Ms Merkel in her post as PM for the last 15 years.
Those German defense costs have been transferred to the backs of hard working American tax payers. We American workers pay so the Germans can live longer and happier lives than we can as they freely and often cast dispersions on our race relations, our government and our people in general. So we keep them safe and we get no thanks.
To add to Trump’ chagrin the Germans have agreed to purchase natural gas—not from America their long term benefactor —but Mr Putin’s Russia via pipeline. .
So the only world order that President Trump is threatening is the well heeled,overfed pampered German tax payer. Trump is only attempting to level the paying field for the US worker - so let’s give him a chance to do that.
Our troops have been stationed in Germany for 70 years or so costing us dearly while bolstering the German economy where our troops spend their paychecks. The local economy around troop bases has become dependent upon the economic presence of these soldiers and their families. But an even more significant effect has been that the Germans have never needed to spend their tax money on defense. Our presence in Germany may save them more than one percent (of GDP) on their defense expenses or perhaps $50 billion in US dollars. They are reluctant to change the system —so for them it is “unacceptable”.
Perhaps that’s why the Germans have such a “good life”. They have the best health care system in Europe, exceptional transportation systems, clean, well run affluent cities, and they spend magnificently on social welfare and the social safety net, offering long vacations, psychological leaves, exorbitant family leave and year long maternal leaves.
Much of this domestic spending is possible because Deutschland spends little on their national defense. Germany expends about 1% of GDP on defense. Other more independent nations spend many times more. American tax payers have the burden of three times that amount! Our formal “defense” spending is well over 3% οf our GDP. The German federal government. relieved of defending its borders, can then afford to spend lavishly on domestic spending—keeping all those Germans fat and happy and Ms Merkel in her post as PM for the last 15 years.
Those German defense costs have been transferred to the backs of hard working American tax payers. We American workers pay so the Germans can live longer and happier lives than we can as they freely and often cast dispersions on our race relations, our government and our people in general. So we keep them safe and we get no thanks.
To add to Trump’ chagrin the Germans have agreed to purchase natural gas—not from America their long term benefactor —but Mr Putin’s Russia via pipeline. .
So the only world order that President Trump is threatening is the well heeled,overfed pampered German tax payer. Trump is only attempting to level the paying field for the US worker - so let’s give him a chance to do that.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
On Sec Mark Esper A deer in headlights
Sec Mark Esper has come out with a nervous faltering explanation as to what happened on the evening he accompanied the President to the Episcopal Church across the park from the WH. His statement: He didn’t know where he was going or why. It wasn’t his fault! He is not culpable for gassing the violent mob ( they were not gassed). Oh and he is NOT in favor of ever calling out the troops to put Diwn the violent insurrection we face across in almost every city across the nation. .
One can only conclude this is not the guy you would want to find yourself next to in a foxhole at night with the VC lobbing mortars into your LZ. I don’t feel safe with him as Sec Of Defense.
President Trump does not need this guy on his team.
He belongs elsewhere. The other team?
One can only conclude this is not the guy you would want to find yourself next to in a foxhole at night with the VC lobbing mortars into your LZ. I don’t feel safe with him as Sec Of Defense.
President Trump does not need this guy on his team.
He belongs elsewhere. The other team?
Saturday, May 30, 2020
PANDERING TO DOMESTIC TERRORISTS—DEMOCRAT PLAYBOOK
How did we get to this place where shadows of rioters dance in front of the flames which shoot up in the night air across the nation, where the White House and DC are on lockdown? And where terrorists— the domestic variety—yes thugs —are Left to burn, loot and destroy homes and apartment buildings. Where mobs break in and torch libraries, police stations, pharmacies, gas stations, and restaurants—and leave desolation behind in our major cities across the entire nation.
We can thank the Democrats and their far-left media supporters for where we are today. . They began in 2016 (or earlier ) to secretly undermine a Republican candidate they did not like, then when he was legitimately elected, they initiated an FBI-led palace coup to unseat him. When that failed they schemed up a phony investigation (Mueller) to set the stage for an impeachment which failed to achieve its ends as well. More recently, they are trying to claim he is responsible for the coronavirus pandemic. And i’m sure he will be blamed for these incendiary race riots sparked by the tragic death of an unarmed black man at the hands of an out of control white cop.
The stage was set for this national tragedy and existential threat of violent mobs raging across the nation by the Democrat-media- leftist schemes of government, as well as “resistance journalism” all designed to undermine the rule of law so as to underscore and weaken a Republican president prior to election. The Democrat plan of “total resistance” has resulted in a lack of respect— for our elections, for the office of the President, for our government and for our nation. The constant stream of attacks and counterattacks initiated by the left has weakened us as a nation. These leftsit folks in effect used the First Amendment protection to shout out in a theater the proverbial “run for your life—fire”. And the pandemonium we see today is the result.
The chaos and the domestic violence we are experiencing can be laid at the door of those who have over the last three and half years weakened our government and our nation for their own base political purposes—-read: Ms Pelosi, the clique of radical leftist in the House, and the Washington Post the NY Times and the left-leaning cable news outlets and their ilk and other misguided supporters.
The phone video of a 17 year old bystander captured the ugly, unnecessary and tragic death of a black man being “subdued” by four white police officers in Minneapolis. These officers had the man handcuffed but —being a big man —were unable to get him into the police van for transfer to the precinct. One of these men used an illegal (and ultimately deadly method) to render him unconscious. That officer and his colleagues should have been arrested and charged immediately But the weak, vaccinating, pandering, left-wing pansy officials of the City of Minneapolis dragged their feet. The let the anger fester. Then as the situation grew into violence and rioting—the major of the city and the governor of the state—forgot that their FIRST responsibility to the black community and to all the citizenry of Minneapolis was to maintain order and protect life and property. But instead they went on a campaign of pandering to the original legitimate black protestors —and to CNN whose crew were detained by the police—and then in their weak vaccinating way they gave in to the local rioters as well as the “out of town” agitators and antfas thugs, yes, as well as petty thieves, arsonists and “bad guys” who were attracted—like wolves to a wounded and defenseless moose—ready for the kill.
The governor and the mayor, the police commissioner exposed their home-city to deadly violence, looting, pillage, destruction and arson. They should be ashamed. They abandoned the 3rd precinct police building and let it burn down. They were following the playbook of the fart-leftists. That scripts reads: “We as white folks are collectivley ‘guilty of the crime of racism’—so let’s let the mob work out their anger on the innocent folks, black and white, of Minneapolis, as well as on the legimate businesses and infrastructure and cultural elements of the City.”
This far-left ideal is a prescription for Continued violence, chaos and utter economic disaster. Those two officials should be summarily fired or impeached.
The only way out of this situation is to meet lawlessness with the appropriate and justified force. The mob must be quelled and peace restored immediately—tonight. No more riots.. Arrests must be made. If any protest turns violent.—the perpetrators must be arrested and jailed.
If you are in favor of this dystopian dream of the Democrats..where every minority demographic can act out violently to obviate and frustrate the legitimate function of government to protect its citizenry from mob route– vote them into power in November... But make sure you have purchased your AR15 and a good supply of ammo.. You will be on your own for protection against the violent mobs that will be a constant threat to life limb and your well being.
You have just witnessed what the future will bring with a Biden Administration.
.
We can thank the Democrats and their far-left media supporters for where we are today. . They began in 2016 (or earlier ) to secretly undermine a Republican candidate they did not like, then when he was legitimately elected, they initiated an FBI-led palace coup to unseat him. When that failed they schemed up a phony investigation (Mueller) to set the stage for an impeachment which failed to achieve its ends as well. More recently, they are trying to claim he is responsible for the coronavirus pandemic. And i’m sure he will be blamed for these incendiary race riots sparked by the tragic death of an unarmed black man at the hands of an out of control white cop.
The stage was set for this national tragedy and existential threat of violent mobs raging across the nation by the Democrat-media- leftist schemes of government, as well as “resistance journalism” all designed to undermine the rule of law so as to underscore and weaken a Republican president prior to election. The Democrat plan of “total resistance” has resulted in a lack of respect— for our elections, for the office of the President, for our government and for our nation. The constant stream of attacks and counterattacks initiated by the left has weakened us as a nation. These leftsit folks in effect used the First Amendment protection to shout out in a theater the proverbial “run for your life—fire”. And the pandemonium we see today is the result.
The chaos and the domestic violence we are experiencing can be laid at the door of those who have over the last three and half years weakened our government and our nation for their own base political purposes—-read: Ms Pelosi, the clique of radical leftist in the House, and the Washington Post the NY Times and the left-leaning cable news outlets and their ilk and other misguided supporters.
The phone video of a 17 year old bystander captured the ugly, unnecessary and tragic death of a black man being “subdued” by four white police officers in Minneapolis. These officers had the man handcuffed but —being a big man —were unable to get him into the police van for transfer to the precinct. One of these men used an illegal (and ultimately deadly method) to render him unconscious. That officer and his colleagues should have been arrested and charged immediately But the weak, vaccinating, pandering, left-wing pansy officials of the City of Minneapolis dragged their feet. The let the anger fester. Then as the situation grew into violence and rioting—the major of the city and the governor of the state—forgot that their FIRST responsibility to the black community and to all the citizenry of Minneapolis was to maintain order and protect life and property. But instead they went on a campaign of pandering to the original legitimate black protestors —and to CNN whose crew were detained by the police—and then in their weak vaccinating way they gave in to the local rioters as well as the “out of town” agitators and antfas thugs, yes, as well as petty thieves, arsonists and “bad guys” who were attracted—like wolves to a wounded and defenseless moose—ready for the kill.
The governor and the mayor, the police commissioner exposed their home-city to deadly violence, looting, pillage, destruction and arson. They should be ashamed. They abandoned the 3rd precinct police building and let it burn down. They were following the playbook of the fart-leftists. That scripts reads: “We as white folks are collectivley ‘guilty of the crime of racism’—so let’s let the mob work out their anger on the innocent folks, black and white, of Minneapolis, as well as on the legimate businesses and infrastructure and cultural elements of the City.”
This far-left ideal is a prescription for Continued violence, chaos and utter economic disaster. Those two officials should be summarily fired or impeached.
The only way out of this situation is to meet lawlessness with the appropriate and justified force. The mob must be quelled and peace restored immediately—tonight. No more riots.. Arrests must be made. If any protest turns violent.—the perpetrators must be arrested and jailed.
If you are in favor of this dystopian dream of the Democrats..where every minority demographic can act out violently to obviate and frustrate the legitimate function of government to protect its citizenry from mob route– vote them into power in November... But make sure you have purchased your AR15 and a good supply of ammo.. You will be on your own for protection against the violent mobs that will be a constant threat to life limb and your well being.
You have just witnessed what the future will bring with a Biden Administration.
.
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
ON: POLITICIZING CV19 MORTALITY DATA
Let’s take a quick look at how this pandemic is going world wide late in May 2020. . Too many pundits and media outlets have taken to misrepresenting—politicizing—the sad death toll to further their own agenda. This happens both on the left and the right.
Any time a pundit, media or columnist presents mortality data as raw numbers you can be sure they are looking to hoodwink you or are motivated by a political agenda The only meaningful way to make a comparison of mortality rates such as between countries or states is to examine the numbers per unit population.
Τhere is wide diversity in these values and there are probably many reasons for the variations observed. The density of the population, age distribution (older populations are more vulnerable), general health, availability of care, how fast and effective the original shut down took place, the number of nursing home patients, how effective was social distancing, is the nation a center of tourism, industry, or a world transportation hub? etc. etc. But perhaps we might be able to tease some valuable information from these figures if we at least examine them in such as way as when the most prominent variable—total population—is accounted for. One can not compare death rates in the UK with its 60 million to the USA with more than five times that number at 320 million!
As of May 20, 2020. The USA is listed with the highest total deaths out of the world death figure (326,000). At this date (May 20)USA has suffered 94,000 mortalities from the pandemic. The next highest is the UK with 35,000 total deaths due to Cv19. . Youcan review these sad figures in many sites.
But when we look at those numbers relative to the size of the population, the figures are quite different. In deaths per million population the USA has suffered 286 citizen deaths.
But that value is not the highest!
Deaths/Million Population
Belgium 800
Spain 600
UK 532
Italy 532
France 418
Sweden 376
Netherlands 333
Ireland 322
USA 286
Switzerland 222
What might cause the differences? These are all nations with top of the line medical care—most have universal health care. They are modern democratic industrialized nations, As noted above there must be many variables that may in part explain the differences such as population age, when, how and how effective was closing down the nation and its social distancing, how intimately was it tied to China and tourists and workers arriving from that nation—the source of the virus...etc. etc etc.
But it is clear that the USA does not have the worst record—as some in the media would have it. Attempting to claim that we or our leaders are or were doing something wrong they often tout the raw data of deaths. But in fact Sweden and Ireland have a greater number of deaths per unit population than we do.
It is noteworthy that Sweden, has the highest deaths/million population of the Nordic nations. It is up there with the central EU counties with close to 400 deaths per million. Perhaps the reason is that Sweden chose NOT to shut down its industries, businesses, gyms and pubs and close its schools most of which remained open. But that strategy does not seem to have improved its numbers much at all. Other nordic nations such as Denmark (95)*, Finland (55), Norway (44) all shut down businesses and schools and had much lower *deaths per million levels.
Germany, with about 96 per million is an exception worth noting. It’s response —strict shutdown—closures—and its0penchant for structure and conformity —was similar to the Nordic countries and has similar numbers. Then too the pandemic seemed to strike a much younger demographic in Germany. Many were young healthy skiers returning from trips to the Italian Alps where they contracted the disease. That may have kept their numbers lower at first. But strict social distancing and closures helped too. Germany also reports its cases differently as well reporting only deaths which are confirmed as cv19 related if post mitten tests so indicate.
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