No post today. I am at my son’s wedding.
COVID
Speaking of Science
Orange County Florida is reporting that COVID is in the sewer. They have been wasting money on analyzing shit for months. I am just wondering what data they are getting that isn’t being obtained by simply looking at the number of positive results from individual testing.
There is a lot of reporting about how the CDC is advising against going on cruises. The reason for this, it is claimed, is putting so many people in such a small area increases the likelihood of infection. I say bullshit. Let the math speak for itself:
Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas has over 3 million square feet of deck space while carrying 8,300 passengers and crew. That works out to 361 square feet per person.
Disney’s Magic Kingdom is 4.7 million square feet in area, and has a capacity of 90,000 guests. This works out to 52 square feet per person. The CDC doesn’t have a problem with theme parks.
What about aircraft? Passengers on commercial aircraft are crammed in with less than 10 square feet per person. The CDC has little problem with flying.
Theme parks are roughly 7 times more crowded than a cruise ship, and no one has to prove vaccine status or have a negative COVID test in order to enter theme parks. Planes are even worse. The CDC is targeting cruise lines, but not airlines or theme parks. Like everything else COVID related, it isn’t about science or facts, it’s about control and political favors.
Insanity
Don’t Deny ‘Science’
Scientists claim that, if cats were human, they would be psychopathic. As evidence, they noted that cats “dominate neighborhood cat(s) (e.g. chases them, picks fights with them),” “is undeterred by punishment i.e. will repeat behaviors he/she is scolded for” and “vocalizes loudly (e.g. meows, yowls) for no apparent reason.”
Of course, cats aren’t human. Cats do what cats do, because those behaviors are what they needed to compete and survive.
We are spending money to pay scientists to tell us that cats are psychopaths, but those same scientists tell us that a man can be a woman by merely declaring himself to be one.
We are truly entering the dark ages.
Humor
Too Soon?
I have spent the vast majority of my adult life dealing with death. As a result, my sense of humor is darker and more inappropriate than most people’s. If you can’t learn to handle death in an irreverent manner, you won’t last long in emergency medicine. With that being said:
If you are a sports fan, you well know that you never say things like “He only has one batter to strike out to get the no hitter,” or “We are just two minutes from a shutout,” because to challenge the gods is to tempt them. With that being said, here is the cover of People magazine’s next issue:
I found this to be extremely humorous
COVID
This is Where Genocide Begins
The State of New York has announced that whites will be placed at the back of the line when it comes to being treated for illness. How much further to the concentration camps?
Anti American left
Socialism is never for the Socialists
As New York reports a record number of COVID cases, the NYPD is making small children cry while tossing them from Applebee’s for not being vaccinated, Florida’s Governor DeSantis is being heavily criticized for not being as forward thinking as New York.
Why New York is so forward in its thinking that its own members of Congress are seen sipping drinks in Miami while maskless.
Me
2021
When I did my end of the year post last year, I didn’t think that 2021 would be a good year at all. As it turns out, the year didn’t go as badly as I had feared. The country could be doing worse, and personally, I am in pretty good shape.
- In January, this blog left blogger and came here to its new home.
- I had an emergency room trip in February.
- In March, I had enough of being a teacher and went back to the medical field.
- April saw my house get hit by lightning for the third time in the past four years.
- In June, I managed to spend a few days in Las Vegas.
- In July I went lobstering in South Florida and spent a few days fishing in Maine.
- I spent August working many hours of OT in the COVID wings.
- In November, I went on a cruise.
I worked a lot of hours this year. My average workweek at the hospital was right at 50 hours a week. I know that some changes are coming, because I can’t keep up this schedule, and I am also convinced that my boss couldn’t lead a platoon of Marines into a whorehouse.
In the meantime, I will continue preparing for the bad times that I think are coming. For today, I will just enjoy the last day of 2021 as I wonder what 2022 will bring.
Crime
St Floyd of Fentanyl Pardon
A Texas board has withdrawn its request for a George Floyd Pardon. I don’t understand why they wanted to pardon him in the fist place. It isn’t like he would have been released. Where he is, there is no pardon.
The board claims that his death in Minneapolis has nothing to do with the pardon request. That is bullshit, and everyone knows it.
Cancel Culture
Creating Villains
This article is an attempt to paint gun owners as being terrorists and Nazis. Case in point:
The Atlanta Gun Show, held over a weekend in late September, had everything one might need for a coming apocalypse or civil war: flame throwers, hundreds of rifles, thousands of handguns and knives, body armor, survival kits, medical supplies…Nestled in the middle of the show at the Atlanta Expo Center, a man proudly displayed Nazi memorabilia: medals, swastika patches and a model of a German amphibious vehicle occupied by toy Nazi soldiers. People crowded around his table, asking questions about buying and selling Nazi stuff.
Let’s look at that table of Nazi memorabilia.
Looks evil, right? Let’s take a closer look:
Not a Nazi. This table is selling war memorabilia from all three of the major suppliers of weapons, but a person buying and selling Japanese WW2 military items doesn’t support the true goal here: making gun owners look like they are trying to kill minorities. This is about turning 2A supporters into racist killers.
This is another attempt at making the same stupid “terrorist” argument they always do. Trump supporters were terrorists in October.
NBC claimed that Republicans are planning an armed insurrection and that Steve Bannon has turned Breitbart News into a right wing ethno-Nationalist Propaganda mill. (Oct 4, 2021)
The Guardian says that Republicans are meeting as a part of secret hate groups who want to target non-whites and LGTBQOENC… (Sept 30, 2021)
It became apparent in June that Biden’s plan was to demonize and target the right as terrorists so he can bring the full power of the Federal government’s anti-terror laws to bear.
This editorial in the Washington Post says that anyone who opposes the COVID vaccine is committing domestic terrorism.
San Francisco has declared that the NRA is a terrorist organization, and is urging the Federal Government to do the same.
This isn’t new. It’s been going on for more than a decade. From twelve years ago:
Americans affiliated with a foreign terrorist group would be stripped of their U.S. citizenship under bipartisan legislation introduced by Senator Joseph Lieberman.Americans affiliated with a foreign terrorist group would be stripped of their U.S. citizenship under bipartisan legislation introduced by Senator Joseph Lieberman.
Criminals
Moron, or BATFE sting? You decide
This guy is selling 80 percent Glock autosears for $260, with a warning that completing the parts is a felony.
He is also out of stock on AR15 DIAS for $149, claiming that they are cell phone stands.