I keep asking the same question. If everything is supposed to be free, why is it that Socialists never “lead the way.” Ask Bernie Sanders. Now that he can “retire” as a Socialist to one of his many (snicker) homes, are you going to sell one in order to feed the newly made poor due to Government actions during this “crisis”?
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NH Governor could learn from South Dakota’s Governor: “My Responsibility is to Respect the Rights of the People”
While most governmental leaders in the U.S. are imposing lockdowns of one sort or another, Republican Gov. Kristi Noem is refusing to shut down South Dakota. At a press conference Wednesday, Kristi eschewed a one-size-fits-all approach to the pandemic. During this present viral threat, she’s interested in a specific kind of protection — that of individual rights: … Read more
Lakes Region Hospital has done the exact same stupid thing:
How one Pennsylvania hospital system is navigating the coronavirus. “The Washington Health System in southwestern Pennsylvania has announced they are laying off healthcare staff due to several of their departments temporarily closing under the Gov. Tom Wolf’s state mandate that halted elective surgeries and diagnostic procedures. . . . In short, all of the routine, run-of-the-mill … Read more
Data Point – Consumer Purchasing off the cliff
70% of the American economy is consumer driven. With Government shutting it down (e.g., Ben Franklin’s saying again!), we can see how fast consumers shut their wallets (even those that still have jobs). The paper relies on data from a nonprofit “fintech” company that helps people save, and the researchers had access to (anonymized) data … Read more
Quick Thought: Hey, did you expect a silver platter with those Abbott ID Now machines, Guv?
I am finally getting back to writing a bit more as TMEW continues to recover from her knee replacement surgery a month ago. Not back to my normal pace but let me continue with the Governor’s hissy fit about FEMA’s “gifting” the State with 15 Abbott ID Now test kits.
Quick Thought: Seriously? Sununu is going to make criminals out of patients? You made it personal
Steve’s post on “….NH’s Gov. Sununu Enacted the Same Order” has just made it personal. Real personal. Nice to see that TMEW and her docs can now be criminalized just for treating a disease. Yet another day spent in taking her to medical appointments and play support tech on the different videoconferencing tools being used … Read more
COVID-19 – causing death by cutting off oxygen and oxidation of the lungs?
Steve’s post that linked to a piece on Medium I would now label as cutting edge – the first time I had seen the angle that COVID-19’s real attack is to free up the iron ion located within the heme molecule that binds oxygen into the heme (e.g., hemoglobin) within your red blood cells. No … Read more
A Public Service Announcement for those that never learned proper Civics – Part 1,505,375
You may return to your regular lives – hopefully enhanced for every time you run up against a person that holds an elected office. (H/T: Bookworm)
Notable Quote – So easily given up?
To repeat: This extraordinary menace may well require an extraordinary response. Yet a month ago, could anyone have imagined that we would see the complete cessation of all church and synagogue worship in the United States? Or a total halt to citizens’ First Amendment right “peaceably to assemble and to petition the government”? Or the … Read more
Notable Quote – Robert Higg
The most important legacy of the New Deal, however, is a certain system of belief, the now-dominant ideology of the mixed economy, which holds that the government is an immensely useful means for achieving one’s private aspirations and that one’s resort to this reservoir of potentially appropriable benefits is perfectly legitimate. To take – indirectly … Read more
I think comedian Ron White has this correct – you can’t fix stupid
I haven’t seen the Blue Collar Comedy Tour show in a long time – I miss it. Ron White was part of it along with Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall (who appears, from time to time, on Last Man Standing with Tim Allen), and Larry the Cable Guy. Always ready with a quip or a long … Read more
“Coronavirus Rhapsody”
Well done. Sure, it’s as long as the original by Queen but with some clever re-working of the lyrics, it “gets” the current COVID-19. Lyrics only – no flashy band antics:
Trolling for humor – Master Class level
After all, since Trump has invoked the Defense Production Act set up during the Korean War era, he has the power to actually do that.
Notable Quote – Jim Buchanan
Frank Knight could never have joined those of the self-selected elite who, in idea or practice, seek to plan, steer, or direct the lives of those who are excluded. He was a classical liberal, not because he predicted that only with widespread individual liberty would desired results be generated, but because the liberal order is … Read more
Meet Schrodinger’s Virus
I’m really starting to get rather cynical now. It’s as if the Government wants us to believe in two things at the same time – we have the virus and we don’t. But the result is the same. The government is voiding what I believe to be the Proper Role of Government.
DISQUS Doodlings – Urban Density, Infections, and Democrat Socialists Demanding a Share of the “Profits”
Lloyd the architect/New Urbanist Professor has put his foot into it this time. Such that even the other denizens of Treehugger told him he was full of sap. In a post “Urban density is not the enemy, it is your friend,” he turns apologist.
Maine’s Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols – “We Will not Be Setting up a Police State”
We’ve lived for years with Cities, Counties, and States using the euphemism “Sanctuary” for this or that. Like, to proclaim they are “welcoming” and “inclusive” of people who want a better life for themselves and their families.
Palate Cleanser (sorta): How times can “Change” how you view things
Amazing, isn’t it. Same stuff, different times – just that the intent and purpose changes. Unless, of course, you’re one of those criminals that judges, sheriffs, and police chiefs are letting out of jail because they were fearful that you’d get COVID-19? (H/T: Bookworm)
Blogline of the Day – ONLY two genders affected???
Study: COVID-19 Impacts Men, Women More Than All Other Genders Combined All those other 57 genders getting a free ride! Where’s the “equality” in all this????? BALTIMORE, MD—A new study by Johns Hopkins University found that the novel coronavirus is impacting men and women more than all the other genders combined. According to the study, 100% … Read more