I been writing about this crap for years, but Ms. Bowers covers it pretty well in 3 minutes:
A Different View
I always post a pic of Michelle’s Xmas decorations around this time of year. As usual, I only participated to the extent of getting things plugged in. This year she put the icicle lights up on the gutter where they nicely animate the main front security cam. Nothing to celebrate this year, but I guess it’s still good to see all the decorations.
4°F with 3 inches of fresh powder on the ground this morning. Merry Pandemic!
Government Money
Recent macro economic problems have highlighted just how much of it is out there. When government spending packages start being measured in the Trillions, and the biggest worry on the most people’s minds is how much bailout money they might get, it pays to review your options. Here’s how I collected quite a bit of extra Uncle Sam Green the 1st half of my Air Force career:
USAF and Space Force Jobs Qualifying for 2021 Retention Bonuses.
126 GOP Lawmakers…
…Have issues. They are either traitorous seditionists, or dumb as a box of rocks. I’ll wager both, in most cases. At least we have a list now. Thanks for volunteering your time to be prosecuted for crimes against the Unites States of America. Every single GOP member, be they legislators, donors, card-carrying activists or just dumbasses who get their opinions off Facebook – every one of you cocksucking mutherfuckers can kiss my rosie red rectum.
The most obvious issue is the Texas cretin who started it, looking for a pardon. People need to vote these thievin’ idiots OUT!
“The Associated Press reported that the federal case relates to allegations made by seven senior lawyers in Paxton’s office who had accused him of abuse of office, bribery, and other crimes. The former colleagues have all left the office, and several brought a civil suit against Paxton as well.”
Throughout the pandemic, Republicans in government have remained steadfastly focused on one thing only: Reelection. Congratulations U.S. Congress! You are now officially the most corrupt gang of morons ever to disgrace the halls of our government. The New Confederates.
Big Fucking Surprise
It’s not hard for me to imagine what a huge clusterfuck managing veteran’s healthcare at the VA must be. But it’s no excuse, and creates an adversarial atmosphere between patients desperate for medical services and providers defending a siege of their facilities. Yesterday I learned (once again) PT appointments are booking out a month in advance at the Loveland clinic. I’ll wager they get even farther away at many other government-run medical facilities these days.
It would seem criminal misconduct has become de ri·gueur at the VA. Guess that’s just what 4 years of Trumpomania gets us.
Chuck Yeager, 1923-2020
I Spent Some Time in Korea…
…back in 1989-90, helping keep electronics focused on the DPRK for a year. One of the things I noticed setting Korean culture apart, was a seemingly singular focus on societal unity. I guess it makes sense, after having your country overrun by hostile invaders. This feature of Korean life became dramatically, visually apparent to me without even realizing it, the 1st time I descended into the Seoul subway. Being 5’9″ made me an average of 6 inches taller than most everybody else. Seeing a sea of dark-haired heads flowing mostly in liquefied unison was an oddly interesting phenomenon.
Moving efficiently through the subways was not the only thing Koreans did well as a group. Earlier this year, South Korea was one of the few success stories at the outset of the Covid Pandemic. They quickly employed successful testing and tracing programs to quash the virus spread with minimal health or economic impact. But humans have short memories, peppered with ingrained stupidity.
“the problem has been aggravated, medical experts say, by the government’s haste in relaxing restrictions after the second wave, and hesitation to ramp up restrictions at the start of the third wave.”
I haven’t seen anything to indicate the U.S. is not approaching the peak of the 1st wave here in this country.
“The capital area is now a COVID-19 war zone,” Health Minister Park Neung-hoo warned Monday at a government meeting.”
What happens in places bungled at the outset, just now approaching collapse under the 1st wave? We’re gonna get to find out…
Value of a Pardon
Mike Flynn probably has a strong opinion on that topic nowadays. Apparently it’s worth his reputation and even exceeds the value of democracy itself. Raw selfishness in the fascist mindset of Xtian orthodoxy is telling. None of this has anything to do with the Constitution, Democracy, elections or any of the nonstop nonsense spewing from Trump-supporting toadys in all walks of life across the country these days.
It’s only ever about one thing: Themselves. Flynn just doesn’t want his next walk to end in a jail cell. So Trump leverages his weak, selfishness in furtherance of national destruction. That’s all to be seen here. Flynn’s words are worth exactly as much as the cretin who bought and paid for them with a pardon – nothing.
“Trump lawyer Joe DiGenova, for example, said Monday that former head of U.S. election security Chris Krebs should be “taken out at dawn and shot” for saying that Trump’s defeat was not a result of voter fraud.”
I understand firing squad’s recently been re-instated at the Federal level.
Both Literally AND Figuratively…
Sick, poetic justice unfolds across the country in ways rational people imagined, and irrational Trump supporters still refuse to believe, even as the intubation process signals the approaching end of their political delusion.
“As deaths from the coronavirus have surpassed 250,000 in the U.S., new data show the pandemic has been particularly lethal in rural areas -it’s taking lives in those areas at a rate reportedly nearly 3.5 times higher than in metropolitan communities.”
I saw it in May, but what the fuck do I know?
Let Me Be Perfectly Clear
Olberman couldn’t be more so. Damn straight.
No quarter. None.
Learn from Germany
The U.S. DOJ could learn a thing or two from some of their European counterparts. It’s high time the alt-Right becomes the alt-wrong – OFFICIALLY. Get yourselves alternated with the wrong attitude and your ass will land in jail.
What We Need…
…is this mutherfucker and his entire fucking family in the ground.
“I’m going to use 125 percent of my energy to do it,” Trump said when asked how he planned to prove his claims. “You need a judge that’s willing to hear a case. You need a Supreme Court that’s willing to make a real big decision.”
And people still believe his lies.
“President Trump on Sunday said his administration’s Department of Justice and the FBI could be “involved” in an alleged widespread voter fraud conspiracy plot in the 2020 presidential election.”
Starting to sound like everybody could be involved. Unfortunately, at the highest level where it matters the most, we are all involved. The entire nation is now one big Trump victim. Can’t wait to see the pee-pee video.
Voting Trump out in the middle of the worst-case political scenario ever doesn’t mean he goes away. But the pee-pee vid would help…
The Kind of Shyt that Goes on in PA
At least they turned blue this year.
Police chase ends in multi-vehicle crash and officer-involved shooting.
They couldn’t even say why the guy got shot.
Pennsylvania Republicans attempt to subvert the General Election.
Must be some REALLY stupid people running that state.
Most jurisdictions in CO do not engage in “police chases,” as a matter of policy. And we’ve been doing mail-in balloting statewide since 2013. Time to clean up your act, PA. Three things: Trump, racism, oil ‘n gas. Let’s get to work, boys ‘n girls – let me know when you figure it out…
Looks Like Football Season's in the Crapper
Thanksgiving game with the Ravens now postponed for the 2nd time, until Tuesday. At least I won’t be too disappointed about Pittsburgh missing the opportunity for another Super Bowl. Anybody with the slightest bit of common sense and access to a television could have predicted the outcome of the 2020-1 NFL season, unless there is some reason to believe the NFL is any smarter about SARScoV2 than the government.
Gotta love those plastic face shields. What a fucking shitshow: “Besides, it’s hard to make the Ravens solely responsible for the potential inability to play. As explained earlier today, the league allowed the Ravens to gather at the facility on Monday and Tuesday despite obvious evidence of an ongoing outbreak. The league wanted to preserve the Thanksgiving night game if it could. That calculated risk apparently backfired; if it keeps the Ravens from playing on Sunday, the Ravens can’t solely be faulted for that.”
Late Update 11/29: Broncos QB’s all out with Covid today. But they will play anyway. What — a — fucking — shit — show.
Cybersecurity Exam
Pretense to Oblivion
Henceforth, no religious holidays will be observed in any way shape or form at the 5712 household. Christmas is the biggie, being the one emphasized in my xtian upbringing. Hanukkah, Ramadan and anything else emanating from the cesspool of human thought known to me as religion, will be roundly ignored.
I harbor no ill will for the devout with one glaring exception: Their beliefs are the pretense to political power and much of what is wrong in many places around the world. Everything is political, but when politics becomes plain old propagandized mind control aimed at the most vulnerable, something must change. It took a few hundred years to reach a flash-point in this country. The 2020 fight for social justice is really just the fight against a political base perverted with religion.
We have come too far to allow a shrinking minority to continue derailing progress. Fuck religion – ALL RELIGION – and anybody who believes they deserve some grandfathered seat at the political table. Of course they may continue voting for the con man of their choice as long as charlatans in the pulpit and government convince them to believe their lies. But supporting them financially with tax-free status only prolongs their suffering and delays everything else..
The facts and data behind the pic below clearly explain the big problem for anyone able to read between the lines. You simply cannot have a minority dictating to the majority. The irony of how that minority was electorally manipulated and mobilized for evil in the 2016 election will forever be a failure ingrained in my personal psyche. We will never realize society’s potential or break free of authoritarian rule until either the codified government ties to religion are cut, or their adherents simply die off over time. The planet might not be able to wait that long.
There’s another Trump waiting in the wings, for their opportunity to leverage religion. That’s just how it goes when you drink your own kool-aid.
Jesus said things which are demonstrably false, and he said them in a way that couldn’t possibly mean he was speaking figuratively. These were not allegories. He was literally saying that if you believe, you’ll have superpowers granted to you by God himself. Their Bible is full of lies, and their son of God was a liar. That’s no reason to nail him to some wood, but let’s call a spade a spade. Jesus made promises he could not, and did not deliver, and people still believe his lies, as we see here in this country today. Any common storekeeper is more trustworthy than Jesus. If you order something from their store, there’s a chance they will deliver it. If you order a prayer from Jesus, nothing happens. Do yourself a favor. You like reading about Jesus, right? Keep reading all 50 proofs of why Jesus’ teachings and the related Bible hogwash is imaginary. Then, look at the Bible, realize you’ve been lied to, and move on with your life.
Cocksukers wrote it in, now they can live (die) with it.