Sunday, 12 April 2020

Remembering the Timeline

In case the news people ever get you confused, just remember:

- The House Impeachment articles were passed on 18 December 2019.

- The articles were not taken to the Senate until 16 January 2020.

- The Senate got procedural rules on 20 January 2020.

- The opening of the Impeachment hearing started on 22 January 2020.

- The Q and A session in the Senate started on 28 January 2020.

- On 5 February 2020, the hearing was concluded, and the charges 'dumped'.

You might have various news journalists attempt to confuse you.....so just remember the timeline.  But let's remember the virus timelines here:

- It's on 31 December that China says there's a serious virus at work in Wuhan.....to the WHO.

-  On 3 January, the CDC boss reacted and sent a email to the Chinese CDC operation....offering help.

- On 6 January, the CDC (not the WHO) ordered up a Wuhan travel notice.

- On 7 January, the CDC opened a incident system to share and respond on data.

- On the 11th of January....the CD issued a Level I travel warning on Wuhan.

- On 17 January, the CDC started having public screening at US airports that had travelers from Wuhan arriving (3 airports nationally).

- On the 20th of January, Doctor 'Doom' announced a NIH effort was underway for a vaccine.  This is 3 weeks from the day that China admitted there was a problem.

- On 23 January, the CDC asked for a “special emergency authorization” via the FDA.  This was to ensure states could use the new test for the virus.

- On 27 January, President Trump sent an offer to the Chinese President.....asking if they needed help.

- On 27 January, the CDC issued a major warning to all Americans to avoid all nonessential travel to China due to the virus.

- On 27 January, a White House Coronavirus Task Force started up.

- On 31 January, the White House declared a public health emergency.  With this came a complete China travel restriction and suspended entry into the United States for foreign nationals who pose a risk of the virus.  With that came a halt to all flights from China into the US, with only seven airports allowed to conduct some type of travel arrangement.

- 6 February, the CDC-tests were shipped out across the nation.

- 12 February, thirty countries got the US kits.

- On 11 March 2020, the WHO declared a Pandemic.  One can argue that evidence existed in early February for this declaration.  But it really didn't matter.

If you receive any suggestion to the otherwise, it's fake news.

Just Humble Advice That I Hand Out

1.  Did the Surgeon General really utter 'Pop-pop' and 'Big Mama'?

Yes.  But lets be honest, the guy is black, and in the black community....you use certain phrases.  It's the same way in the Latino community, the redneck community, and the Beverly Hills community.  The reporter who got all hyped about this....probably hasn't been around a real black community in twenty years.

2.  Is there anything to really discuss about this 'red-pill' versus 'blue pill' stuff?

Basically, this is a trend where you wake up as a true Democrat, get some tingly feeling, then feel lied to (to some degree) and just admit to your barber, wife, neighbor, or fake-Facebook friends that you got 'turned', and now can vote for Trump.  The phrase used is 'red-pill'.

Are there Republicans who, who got all tingly and took the 'blue-pill'?  Some, but it appears (my numbers) that there are around 100 red-pill folks for each one single blue-pill people.  Either the Democratic message is marginal, or the Republicans are asking too many questions.

3.  What should I do with my Corona-money from the Feds?

Spend it....wisely.  Don't spend it on wild women, booze, or weed.

4.  I'm standing in a NY City where nurses are wearing garbage bags for protection.....what's wrong with this?

Well....the hospital has a logistics guy who marginally does his job and probably ought to be dismissed.  On the other hand, this might have been one of twelve signals that you need to call up cousin Lonny and have him pick you up....transporting you overnight to Ohio, where 'care' is much better.  Promise Lonny a portion of your Corona-check.

5.  Did the NY Times really print a story describing our current condition as being in a 'dystopia' (meaning an imaginary period of sorrow/woe with suffering throughout the landscape and things are almost in a apocalyptic situation).....thus requiring socialism as the 'cure'?

Yeah.

Folks in California would suggest that the writer for the Times might be on a pretty good weed trip and having consumed a fair amount of gin.

6.  Should I bet on the House of Representatives opening up for business in May?

No.  I think a quarter of them (especially over the age of 50 and having a unhealthy lifestyle)....are a bit fearful of attending meetings or hearings.  I might also suggest that the House won't be open until after election-day.

7.  Does anyone remember impeachment?

That's the funny thing.  If you were to bring in a hundred folks and do a current events quiz.....at least a quarter of the group have forgotten the impeachment already, and by November....probably up around 70-percent will have forgotten.

8. This Australian 'miracle' pill deal.....what's the deal with it compared to Trump's 'miracle' pill?

Well....around four decades ago, because of a number of folks having headlice problems in Australia (don't ask why).....they developed this compound and made it into a pill.  Oddly, if you hand out two day's of the dosage...in the bulk of folks with the Coronavirus.....you wipe out the virus (no, not 100-percent but the numbers appear like 95 percent) by the third day.

Naturally this begs questions.  The original virus leads back to bats.  Is there a possibility that the bats have a lice issue?  No one talks much about that, but you have to wonder....if Bat-lice are really the culprit here.

9.  Is the virus triggering financial problems with the Post Office folks?

Well....the Post folks have been in dismal financial issues for several decades, and rates keep climbing....with the Feds giving some cash to make up the difference.

Trump might say fine....here's some cash, but I want you guys to operate ONLY four days a week.  This might trigger a huge Democratic backlash.

10.  If there is a second Corona-check issued....how much should it be for?

I propose a $15,000 voucher-card which you have ten days after receiving.....to have spent.   In reality, I expect another $1,200 per person to occur in mid-June.

11.  Is it true that Boston went and created one-way sidewalks, and you get tickets if you fail to walk the right way?

Yeah, it's true. 

12.  Is this new slogan by Trump (".....invisible enemy") a bit crazy?

He started to tweet it a week ago and you see it mentioned at least once or twice a day.  Let's be honest.....Corona is not your 'friend'. 

13.  Are mute-buttons across America being worn out during this period?

I would imagine at least thirty times a day....folks are hitting the mute-button.  About half the time that Doctor Doom appears, I hit mute now.  With Joe Biden....it's near 90-percent mute for me.

14.  Whats with this Surgeon General that Trump has (Doctor Adams)?

The guy is brilliant and articulate.  He connects to regular people, and gets to the point.  Whoever is running in 2024 for President....ought to strongly considering bringing this guy along as VP.

15.  Can city or state officials shut down churches?

They can instruct a church to offer social distance rules....meaning a 500-seat church would be limited to probably 150 folks.  They could suggest a out-door situation where you drive up....stay in the car.....getting a radio-speech (short distance) from the minister.  But to purely shut it down or hand-out tickets?  No....the Constitution didn't offer waivers for the government (federal, state or local) to 'control' things.  In this case, it's merely getting people angry enough to vote against the mayor or governor (oddly, they are all Democrats that I've read on so far).

16.  Any truth to this rumor that the Steele guy who wrote the Trump Dossier is hooked to the Russians?

Well, here's the thing that stands out as a fact.  The FBI reached some point of wanting to assign a value to the dossier and needed to know background on Steele.  So after they asked the CIA folks.....the problem came back that they knew in a absolute sense that Steele was connected to various Russian characters and they didn't give him much of a value (at the CIA level). 

In simple terms....they knew that too much of his info was 'misinformation'.  So this should have soured the FBI guys enough to drop the whole thing.....yet they didn't drop it.

At this point, the AG has to decide.....are these FBI guys that STUPID, or just corrupted?  Either way, you'd have to either fire them, or put them under major supervision for the next five to ten years. 

17.  Was there a memo in January that came out to the White House to warn of severe consequences because of Corona?

This is debated.  Someone handed the info to a insider to the Trump circle, and he inserted a brief paragraph into a memo.  Where he got the info.....is a debate item.  How many memos are created and forwarded to the President is also debated.  To be honest, there might be fifty pages of text written daily and most Presidents simply don't have the time to analyze these memos to the degree required. 

Then you come to the 'what if' question....if he had read this and analyzed this completely.....we would have shutdown all air-travel back in mid-January....to everywhere and freaked out the House and Senate crowd, and had all journalists hyped-up that this was totally unnecessary.  You win some.....you lose some.

18.  Did Iceland actually test 10-percent of their population on the virus?

Yes.  But with a population of 364,000.....it's not a big deal.  So what they found is this one simple fact.  Fifty-percent of the tested group had results of 'positive', YET showed no symptoms.  So it begs the question....will there suddenly be some massive showing in five to fourteen days of the virus in Iceland?  Or will there be a large segment who have a cough and minor ailment.....never realizing that was the full impact of the virus. 

19.  What's it really mean if the AMC theater-chain goes bankrupt?

Well, it's a big argument here.  Lets say they fully close down in the next month.  At the current pace of things, I don't expect theaters to really re-open in April or May.  Even in the summer months.....the threat of the virus will be there.

So I'm expecting a lot of the AMC operations to never re-open.  You may find by September that fifty-percent of all theaters across the nation are wiped out and non-operational.

Some type of new public delivery system will likely occur by Xmas, with people staying home and watching a streaming service.

20.  Did the Surgeon General really tell blacks not to drink, do drugs, or smoke?

Well.....yeah.  Don't worry.....99-percent of blacks will laugh over the suggestion and continue on.  They aren't that crazy. 

Saturday, 11 April 2020

Just Humble Advice I Hand Out

1. There's a rumor that Corona is a Chinese-virus which only kills 'infidels'.   True?

Well, some Islamic women over in Kurdistan have been told this by some Mullah, and they've pumped out the advice that it only kills non-Islamic folks.  Just me saying this.....but it sounds like some retired CIA guy decided to create a fake 'fact' and speed up the death count of Muslims.

2.  The head guy of the WHO is NOT a doctor?

Yep, shocker huh?  It'd be like putting a Tulsa barber in charge of the Fed, or hiring up a new CEO for Ford who was a Briggs and Stratton mower mechanic.

3.  The Philippines on a average Easter weekend....would have a fair number of pretender-Crucifixions.  Will those occur on schedule?

No.  Nation-wide order because of the virus....no fake-Crucifixions.  However, Flagellation's are still on the approved list and may continue. 

4.  'Most' Americans to get their Corona-check by Friday of next week?

Well, that's a substantiated rumor that the government stands by.  Basically....they are saying if you had your bank-account tied to your last tax submission.....your check will arrive.  Otherwise?  You might be talking about several weeks.  If you didn't submit any tax paperwork over the past year.....you might have an issue.  The possibility that a dead-guy will get a Corona-check?  If you passed away in the past three months, it's pretty good odds that the check will appear in the account.  Some of you dead folks will be kicking yourself.....you didn't get the $1,200 in time to spend it on something wasteful.

5.  Was that Army field hospital erected in Washington state a waste of time and effort?

The Army folks will readily admit that it was a damn good exercise and everyone had a good time for two weeks....waiting for customers.  Other than that....yeah, it was a waste of effort.

6.  Fizzing as a symptom?  What the hell is fizzing?

Well.....there's a list of lesser symptoms for the virus, which include loss of smell or loss of taste.  Some NY people are saying they had this unusual symptom.....like you stuck your finger into a 110-volt socket and got a 5-percent dose of a discharge.  A tingling would be the best description.

Noticed in Wuhan, Spain or Italy?  No.  So I kinda lean toward this being physiological suggestive symptom that some CIA guy started around NY City.....to see if enough people would latch onto this fake symptom and pass it around until the NY Times or NY Post printed the story.

7.  Did Doctor Doom actually suggest a 'certificate of immunity' saying that you had the virus, and therefore are 'clear'?

Yeah, he did suggest this.  Who would issue this?  It hasn't been answered yet.  Would fake certificates start to exist?  Probably so.  Cost factor?  I'll bet on $125.  Course, your veterinarian could probably write the note and sign and stamp it with the same prestige for $35 (note, your dog might even get a 'worming' with the $35 deal). 

8.  Is it true that nudists in Europe were told it's ok to be on the beach, but they need to wear face masks?

Yeah, but only in Czech.  Some folks are asking if your lacking tan around the mouth will be obvious.

9.  Is this vote-by-mail idea going to take off?

I would forecast that twenty states will have it up and running by November.....oddly all of the states that Hillary carried in 2016.  I will also predict that all twenty will have lawsuits going on because ballots failed to arrive, or non-residents were allowed to vote.

The bigger deal is that more than 10,000 dead folks (by the Coronavirus) will have voted even though they've been dead for more than 90 days prior to the election.

10.  Are models that corrupted or screwed-up?

Listen, intellectual folks and PhD wizards get honored each and every year for creating fantastic models.....that say something (maybe not the truth).

There are folks who are already modeling up the NFL season approaching and saying the Cowboys will have the best team in the past two decades.

The blunt truth is that you don't live your life by a model.  If you were lucky enough to be married to some gal who bakes muffins from scratch, mows the yard in a shapely bathing suit, never says a word about your bad habits, and allows you an extra slice of bacon each morning....it wasn't a model that gave you such 'luck'.

Friday, 10 April 2020

Just Humble Advice I Hand Out

1.  Should you stay in a virus-affected area or leave?

Well....if you are asking, it's basically too late.

2.  Where should I go, with the virus all around?

Alaska.  Take the 1,200-mile Alaska Highway.  Take along a six-month supply of food.

3.  Is Joe Biden suffering dementia?

In Alabama, you wouldn't declare Joe suffering until you drove up and found him on the porch with sixteen cases of Gatorade, and just wearing his underwear.  Joe has a long way to go, in my humble opinion.

4.  What should one do with relatives with TDS (Trump-Derangement-Syndrome)?

Pray for them, and ask your Catholic associates if there is an exorcism for demons like this.

5.  Is it true that giant Chinese hornets are coming into the US and can kill you with one sting? 

If you are allergic to stings anyway.....this is bigger deal to worry about.  However, because their size (2 inches), you can probably see them from 30 feet away. 

6.  If Joe Biden is just plain dropped at the convention and Governor Cuomo is selected, what does it really say about the sanity of conducting a primary?

You might as well dump primaries in general....have some vote in your state to pick delegates only, and send them off to the convention to pick some guy of thin air.  You'd add to the excitement, with a clock ticking down from Monday at 8 AM and pressuring the delegates to select someone by 11 PM Wednesday.  Failure?  You allow the biggest 21 Democrats in status to just pick their choice.

7.  Is there really a problem with dead folks laying in storage and no burials being conducted in NY City?

Well....here's the thing.  Funerals are a detailed operation in NY City, and it might take four weeks to line up all the guests....write up something positive to say about the guy, and arrange for a bar-party after the funeral.  Add in the fact that probably one-third of the dead folks had ill relations with their relatives, and legal battles are being fought over who plans and executes the funerals.  As bad as funeral planning can be in the south.....NY City would be ten times as hard to conduct.

8.  The Pope says that the virus is a curse from God over environmental damage.  Any truth to this?

You might as well say tiny demons pass the virus around, and Satan personally writes your name on the back of each Corona particle.  Again, ask your Catholic associates about exorcisms for corona demons. 

9.  Should one stay home and away from church on Sundays?

You can just as easily pass the Bible around on the patio.....read some Old Testament, discuss moral judgement, and pass a pitcher of ice tea around.  Pray for those afflicted, and those suffering stress.  It wouldn't hurt to pray for Joe Biden (I wouldn't pray over Hunter).

10.  How soon will things 'pick-up'? 

This is a tricky question.  Putting on my Trump-hat....I'd say that in two weeks....you will detect people acting normal and red-state governors taking down 'bans'.  In those states, things will take slowly off (don't anticipate trips to Vegas or folks buying new cars).  Blue states? They will be delayed six weeks as those governors try to figure out a way to make folks suffer a little bit extra.

11.  Are blacks more affected by Corona?

Statistically, yes.  If you asked if most black males over the age of 18 are living great healthy lifestyles.....the statistics for the past forty years would say 'NO'.  That might explain part of this problem now.

12.  Is Doctor 'Doom' on the Trump-team a problem?

No.  You need a Doctor 'Doom' around.....to always spell out the worst case scenario.  It would be a problem if you had a President 'Doom' saying the same crap.

13.  Is this a big deal that anti-Trump Republicans are endorsing Joe Biden?

At this point, if you were a anti-Trump Republican.....it's painfully obvious that you got some freaky psychological problem and need a couple of weeks in a rehab center.

14.  Did the New York City Coronavirus come from Europe? 

Evidence (the dna business) says yes.  Other obvious things would suggest that the fashion crew from NY City went to Milan, Italy in late January to mid-Feb, and probably brought it back....infecting folks at parties, and on the subway system.  You could have had six models arrive back.....do a line of cocaine each with twelve other folks at some NY party, and jump-started the whole thing.

15.  Is it true that a South Korean study is showing 'cured' Coronavirus folks are taking multiple tests after being 'cured' and some tests say positive and some say negative?

Yeah.  Basically, no one is answering this scenario or offering any ideas.  You can imagine the chaos this is creating for South Korean couples. 

16.  Is it true that more than 500 Iranians drank pure alcohol and died from that, instead of the virus?

Well....some rumor started up if you drank enough alcohol....it'd kill the virus.  No one clearly said the amount and it sounds like these were folks (mostly guys) consuming more than quart (at 37-percent, if it were Gin).  Luckily this is Iran and not the US....because here, the death certificate would have said dead by Corona. 

Please note, alcohol will accomplish a lot of things but getting rid of the virus isn't one of them. 

17.  Does all of this make you wonder how western civilization survived the Black Plague?

Yeah, you could wonder about that.  Remember, we didn't even have a Doctor Doom, Nancy Pelosi, CNN, or a Donald Trump in those days.

18.  The story is that the White House will start forcing journalists who sit in the President's conference room to be Corona tested.....what will likely happen?

Fate will arrive one day, when all 88 journalists are tested, and 87 fail.....leaving just Jim Acosta of CNN as the lone journalist in the room....mostly grinning as he gets the President for sixty minutes of a chat.

19.  Is it true that Americans actually had an election in the Civil War, and voted while in the conflict?

Yeah, 27 states carried out the 1864 election (Louisiana too).  Four-million Americans voted.  From the 1868 election....three states were NOT allowed to vote (Texas, Virginia and Mississippi).

20.  Is there any evidence that more men die than women with Corona?

Well...yeah....if you are under age 65, it's a 80-percent chance on death for men (20-percent for women).  Some women suggest its bad habits, bad hygiene, and bad health.  Guys mostly suggest they drink more because of the women talking about their bad habits and hygiene. 

CNN Story

I noticed that CNN's Brian Stelter spoke up and said all of the networks ought to change how they pump-out Trump's Coronavirus briefings.  He wants the whole thing....fact-checked. 

I sat there and kinda wondered.....what exactly has that five-man crew of CNN (almost every hour now) been doing for the past three years?  Well....their version of fact-checking. 

So is he suggesting a second crew be brought on....to fact-check the CNN fact-checkers? 

If anything, it seems like CNN is hiring up a bunch of folks, and their only purpose in life is to either criticize Trump or fact-check against Trump.  What happens after Trump is out?  You could probably dump 40-percent of the CNN payroll.

Thursday, 9 April 2020

My 'Reverse' Idea on Voting

Lets start a new practice in the US.  Instead of a poll-tax.....a poll-pay-out ($250), for each adult who votes. 

The trick?  Well, to get the 'voucher', you'd present an ID to show who you are at the polling site. 

The free-money?  It'd come from the wonderful federal government who just throws money out....left and right....anyway.

If you show up and don't want to show the ID....fine, no poll-pay-out and we just note your name on the non-pay list.  A month down the line, if questions arise....your non-ID folks get on a special list of people to review and see if they voted twice or are non-citizens. 

The Three Events That Jump-Started Corona in America

Sorry if you were thinking it was all Trump's fault....but you might want to sit down and think about the three:

1.  New Orleans Mardi Gras was allowed to continue on.  That was a serious blunder.

2.  Spring-break in Florida was allowed to continue on.  That was a serious blunder.

3.  NY City saying 'no big deal' back in Feb, and suggesting that mass transit by subway was not a problem.  The enclosed cars simply helped to spread the virus around the whole city.

If those three events had been attended to.....our virus-count right now would be one-quarter of what the numbers are.  In each case, a mayor or governor could have done something, but failed.

If March Madness had been allowed?  Oh, we'd have 20-percent more victims on the board.  If baseball had opened up on schedule, toss on another 20-percent.