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Good things about the Coronavirus Pandemic

Aside from the news media screaming, “Death and despair” 24/7, there may be some good to come out of all this.

It’s probably too soon… But hey, I could drop dead tomorrow!

1. Corporate America has been forced to admit that working from home is viable. Going forward perhaps they’ll go “Green” and keep workers, working from home.

2. People have realized that health care is important and perhaps they’ll force politicians to follow through with a better version of health care that is affordable for everyone that also doesn’t allow pricing to continue to spiral out of control. Why does the same drug cost $10 a pill here and .01 in a third world country? What’s the real damn cost? Big pharmaceutical giants I’m looking at you!

3. Everyone is seeing just how easily despotic rulers can rise and how difficult it is to regain rights once those rights are taken away. Governor Whitmer I’m looking at you! BTW thank you for showing in just a few short weeks, the arc of a despotic cycle. Now hopefully America will use your rise and fall as a lens through which all politicians will be viewed.

4. Traffic is, for the time being a thing of the past. Speeding tickets in LA are increasingly written for speeds in excess of 100 mph. Funny how that works isn’t it?

5. The air is cleaner. So obviously if there weren’t as many people forced to drive to and from work, air pollution wouldn’t be as much of a problem… Duh!

6. The oil companies have seen their future. Yep there will still be a demand for oil but not at obscene prices, and if we continue to work from home you might want to sell off your oil stocks.

7. Antisocial behavior is suddenly fashionable. Who could’ve seen that coming?

8. People have more time to actually learn about little things, like their kids, and their community, instead of running all the time like bats out of hell.

9. For once, the Government is actually giving tax dollars back. At the same time it’s learning that the American People aren’t pleased with their government and haven’t been for a long time.

10. The Government is learning that they can still be functional with a lot less people actively working. I guess Trump laying off and consolidating various departments wasn’t such a bad idea after all.

11. People are re-learning that common sense might actually be beneficial. Planning for disaster, washing your hands, staying away from others if you’re sick, not depending on the government to be your savior, etc.

12. We’ve seen our vulnerabilities laid bare. We can’t have the convenience of super cheap disposable products without being vulnerable to losing access to those products at a moment’s notice. It’s time to start bringing jobs and industry back to our shores and this time, let’s do it with thought. We don’t have to trash the country just because we have manufacturing here. We have the opportunity to build better factories and better manufacturing processes that are less (or not) damaging to the local environment.

13. Everyone may be realizing that unlimited immigration legal or otherwise might not be such a great idea. I’m going to be interested to see how that plays out going forward.

14. Censorship is most definitely alive and well in America. Folks are hopefully realizing that Facebook & Twitter are not the best places to get information. If humanity is really lucky both of those corporations will come to a crashing end. I’m even hopeful that all of the news media will get a rework and re-establish some journalistic integrity. Then they’ll be using their first amendment rights properly, by just reporting what happened instead of every piece being an Op/Ed.

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Oh Nancy!

Ms. Pelosi…

Ipelosi78.jpeg’m sure that the Botox has paralyzed your brain.  You do realize that too much Botox may have side effects right?

Here, just for your information is the list of Botox side effects:

allergic reactions, rash, itching, headache, neck or back pain, muscle stiffness, difficulty swallowing, shortness of breath, nausea, diarrhea, stomach pain, loss of appetite, muscle weakness, fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, flu symptoms, cold symptoms, respiratory infections, dizziness, drowsiness, tired feeling, anxiety, dry mouth, ringing in your ears, increased sweating in areas other than the underarms, urinary tract infections, burning/painful urination, and difficulty urinating.

injection site reactions including
bruising, bleeding, pain, redness, swelling, or infection, 

So Nancy, you might want to have a discussion with your doctor about being over-botoxed. I can understand your desire to be pre-embalmed, but even the Ancient Egyptians didn’t start the process pre-mortem. Although come to think of it you do look like a mummy now.

Based on the side effect list, is it just possible that it’s the Botox and not The President that’s causing that nagging pain in your neck?

It was kind of you to express your concern about the health of The President upon his disclosure that he’d been taking Hydroxychloroquine for the past two weeks.

However it is exactly opposite of your previously expressed desires. While you personally may not have suggested that you hope he falls ill, your flying monkey minions most certainly have. It’s safe to say they are your mouthpieces, so what they say are certainly echos of your desires.

I think I should point out for you, and your minions that if The President is incapacitated or dies, You still won’t be president, nor will Hillary Clinton. There’s the little matter of Vice President Pence. Or are you expecting for something untoward to befall him too?

Is your plan to insert Hillary as VP in the interim before the election and then let the Hillary Curse take care of then presiding President Pence? Or is that the plan if Biden is elected? 

You’ll have to pardon my misgivings about you and our government. Your tone deafness to the American People does not engender trust. Suffice it to say that you do not have my vote. I’d sooner cast my vote for a homeless syphilitic drug addict than you. At least such a person would do little harm to the nation.

Ms. Pelosi, Fat Shaming? Oh my… that’s low, even for you. Is this yet another example of your hypocrisy.

Is your intent to suggest that fat shaming is only wrong if it’s against Women? You know men have fat shaming issues too. We’re simply not as likely to whine in public about it. I’d imagine that we’re more likely to seek comfort in the solitude of our closed garages with our beloved cars motor running.

But of course that’s of no concern to you. After all, many of your minions clearly hate men, or at least believe that all men are evil, with the notable exception of Joe Biden.

He’s allowed to completely sidestep rather serious and somewhat credible allegations of sexual misconduct. The fact notwithstanding that he’s been observed, in public and often, behaving inappropriately.

Brett Kavanaugh on the other hand was excoriated for something that could at best be described as college hijinks and stupidity. Even the witness wasn’t sure about what happened. 

Double standard much?

I don’t hate you, I won’t waste the energy on hatred or even intense dislike. I’m a big believer in Karma. I know you’ll get what’s coming to you, because your kind of evil always does.

When you lose your election, when you see your works dismantled piece by piece, when you’re the one testifying before congress for your misdeeds, when you lose all that you have and are cast upon the rubbish pile of history, and yet continue to live a long, long life.

I’ll be smiling. I’ve learned first hand, that Karma is a stone bitch. I dare to hope that Karma is in a particularly bad mood the day she looks at you. It would be an absolute joy to see you duckwalked in handcuffs out of congress. 

Understand it’s not necessarily your politics that I find so distasteful. It’s your duplicity.

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Hmmm A petition to recall MI governor Whitmer

Whitmer.jpgThat’s interesting!

I got a video taken by a guy wandering around in a Michigan Walmart.

The gardening supplies, seeds, plants, painting supplies, and BBQ stuff were all yellow taped. It wasn’t that the shelves were empty, they were full, just taped off.

His commentary was interesting because he’s muttering to himself about being stuck at home and not being able to do home projects.

I thought it was one single instance of a store misunderstanding lockdown instructions. When I saw the video I didn’t think much of it other than, “Boy someone is dumb.”

This morning, while catching up on the news. (I’m only taking the news in small doses every couple of days) I saw a headline on Breitbart that said; “Over 200,000 Michiganders Sign Petition to oust Governor Whitmer“

It turns out that the Walmart hadn’t misunderstood. They were complying with Michigan’s governor’s order.

Which leads to WTF?

I’m uploading the executive order Here.

The relevant part of the order reads:

For stores of more than 50,000 square feet:

(1)  Limit the number of customers in the store at one time (excluding
employees) to 4 people per 1,000 square feet of customer floor space.
The amount of customer floor space must be calculated to exclude
store areas that are closed under subprovision (2) of this subsection.

(2)  Close areas of the store—by cordoning them off, placing signs in aisles,
posting prominent signs, removing goods from shelves, or other
appropriate means—that are dedicated to the following classes of
goods:

(A)  Carpet or flooring.

(B)  Furniture.

(C)  Garden centers and plant nurseries.

(D)  Paint.

WTF? I could see maybe carpeting and flooring, possibly furniture because folks take their time deciding what they want.

But if you walk in and say I want paint in color X, a flat of Pansies, 1 package each of cucumber, carrot, and watermelon seeds. There’s no reason you shouldn’t be able to buy them.

The executive order seems somewhat random in its constraints about what will and will not be allowed. 

For example, you can be outside running, walking, biking, kayaking, and participating in other outdoor activities as long as you maintain social distancing requirements. 

But there was a report, I have yet to confirm, saying that a man had been arrested for being in a boat alone, out on a lake fishing. This activity does not conflict with the executive order so someone may have been arrested, but there may be more to the story.

The petition is on Change.org here 

A lot of comments in both the Breitbart piece and on the Change.org site appear to be disgruntled MI residents who feel that their Governor has over-reached her authority and is unnecessarily restricting their freedom. Another thread of comments say that she’s a possibility for the VP slot in Biden’s campaign, and is posturing for that position.

Given that MI has one of the higher rates of COVID-19 I’m not sure that the freedom allegation holds water. But the VP slot could cause her to be remotely interviewing.