So there I was, with a bunch of other grumpy old men, listening to the lecturer demonstrate how to put on a CAT tourniquet.

I was taking a “Stop the Bleed” course. 

What with Covid restrictions and all that, we could only accommodate 16 people in the class, but lots was learned that evening. 

It was a good review of the course I took with Ambulance Driver way back when. His course was better, and much more in depth, but I did need the review. 

I urge you to take such a course if you haven’t already taken one. 

And if you haven’t had a review in a while, you should do one soon. 

I DO have a beautiful set of four matching pressure bruises on each arm and leg, up high though. on each arm and leg I did myself, but the really nice ones were done by the others in the class when they applied the tourniquets to me.  

The videos we saw were pretty graphic, but at least no one squealed like a 6th grade schoolgirl when the blood started flowing. 

Now today, I am hoping to do a blogmeet with some Michigan bloggers. 

 Joe talked a LOT about Values…but did not mention what those values were.

I think, for him, those values are not mine.

No rule of law

No Constitution. First amendment only to those who are currently special, the rest of us can just shut up. No Second amendment for anyone.

No true Equality, nor Equal Protection under the law….Minorities and groups deemed special at the moment are forgiven actions that the rest of us will be put in jail for.

Taxes taxes taxes…because the Government knows how to spend your money better than you do…..and redistribution is ok. So is Socialism. 

These are NOT my values. nor, I think, are they the values of most Americans, no matter what our color, culture or race. 

 Biden claimed he never said he wanted to “end” Coal and Oil and Fracking:

Trump called him a liar: “You said it! It’s on tape!”

Biden said “Prove it”

Donnie and his team did so, as promised last night in the debate….

Read here. 

Biden lied (or forgot) 

Why is it that they can’t tell the truth to most of the country? 

 Especially TV news, I can only come to one conclusion:

I must have watched the wrong debate.

And it wasn’t the one that the Media saw. Couldn’t have been. No way.

They saw things that I did not….

Or their bias did not allow them to see things that I missed. Lots of them. Somehow they saw a side of Joe Biden that I missed….

I was unaware that I was watching the wrong debate. 

I will have to pay more attention next election. 

 Seems that the fat-ass Governor of Illinois has decided that the economy in many downstate counties was recovering too quickly………….

So he decided to close indoor dining and some other activities under the guise of “Spread of Covid” issues….even though there is no evidence that this is a major factor in new infections…

But it would seem that these downstate folks are fighting back, promising not to close, and their governments are stating that they will not enforce the new Edict by the Governor…

We will see how it goes. 

 So in Chicago, the Mayor is implementing “curfews” for bars and restaurants. No alcohol sales after 9 PM, no food after 10 for any business deemed “Non-Essential”. 

Why is it that before 9 PM, booze is safe? Or even going to a bar BEFORE 9 PM, but it is bad AFTER? 

Really, I gotta ask what the hell are they thinking? What logic makes this a good idea? 

Or is it Social Conditioning? Or simply a power grab? 

 Seems that Donnie did an interview with CBS’s “60 minutes”. 

And he turned the tables on them, as he released an “unedited” copy. 

CBS is PISSED. Not able to edit and slant the questions and Donnie’s answers. 

Anyone who is interviewed by any current “news” agency should record it for their own protection. 

 The FBI has given a press conference telling us that they are ever vigilant and that they had “some information” about Iran and (possibly) Russia maybe sending some sort of “intimidating” emails to people….

Somehow, someone may have accessed voter information . No one said how, or who,  or what voter databases had been accesses…and what information they had that wasn’t already publicly available data. 

But they told us to be assured that the FBI is ON THE JOB. 

(no statement on the fact that they had knowledge that the entire “Russian Interference” meme was bullshit, and they knew it, nor that they had knowledge of Hunter Biden’s activities via the emails (and photos) on the Hard Drive that has recently surfaced via Giuliani and the Post…and that they sat on it for nearly a year)

(Start at 8:30)…for some reason it won’t embed

13 days. 

“Beat the rush, panic early.”

If I were you, I’d go shopping. While there may not be the selection in the stores you might like, I’d go purchase some food and water, especially if one lives on a “Blue” city (or, for that matter, any city). 

Plan for some “civil unrest”. After all, we are likely to not have “election DAY” but rather “Election WEEK”. as mail in ballots that arrive after election day are counted as much as 5 days after. It may be that we have no clear president for as much as a week. 

I fully expect the Left to become violent….followed possibly by folks on the Right deciding they ahve had enough and taking action to quell it. 

Food, water, fuel. (Ammo is pretty much nonexistent unless one is lucky, or is willing to pay 5 times for it). Buy it and store it…it might be that the wise move is to stay home for a week or more. 

Don’t forget the pet food either!

If you don’t already have it, try to get a 2 (or more) week supply of your maintenance medicine….just to be sure you have some if you can’t get it. 

 So the evening “News” is telling us that “Hospitals are overwhelmed” ((again), even though they weren’t overwhelmed last time) by the new “Surge” in Coronavirus cases. 

Maybe this time they are telling us the truth. Last time, there were very few hospitals that were “overwhelmed”.

Much like the little boy that cried WOLF!, the media has lied time and time again, and I find it hard to give any credence to the warnings of doom this time.

The statistics are structured to frighten without giving a real, honest assessment. They tell us the total overall number of cases (since March, in most cases) and tell us the number of new cases without telling us how many of those new cases are symptomatic, how many are hospitalized….And they trumpet the number of deaths…but they make it difficult to find out any usable information….They don’t tell us what percentage of tests show a positive, for instance….

When people or organizations use statistics to frighten, rather than inform, I become suspicious.