Reditributionists

Or, Democrats. Call ’em what you wish.

But if they were true to form, they’d tax 56% of Biden’s delegates and give them to Tulsi Gabbard
Same with Bernie: tax 49% of his and give that to the lowest two….

I mean, let them pay their “Fair Share”….right? 

Also: What happens to the Delegates that have already been earned by Bloomberg, Buttigieg and the other dropouts? 

At least we won’t have to watch those irritating commercials:

So Mike Bloomberg didn’t Get It Done.

He dropped out. Apparently his lack of Charisma and his disdain for anyone not from New Yawk and who wasn’t in the Information Technology business got to the voters.

As I said, we don’t have to have our lives disturbed by those irritating commercials of his.

And what have we learned? Gobs and Gobs of greebacks won’t buy an election outside of New York. 

I find it interesting

That politicians who wanted to cut funding for Planned Parenthood are accused of
“Limiting a woman’s right to choose”.

Nice conflation there.

Do these folks really think that Abortions should be free? Contraceptives should be free?

Oh, yeah, I forgot…Socialists.

My bad. 

At 5:30 in the morning that would likely be my greeting as well:

Seems that some folks from Black Lives Matter chose to protest at the local LA District Attorney (forget the fact that they could get them organized and UP at 5: 30 AM….)

Banging on the front door and generally being rowdy got them a door opened and a gun in their face:

“Get Off My Porch”

https://twitter.com/DocMellyMel/status/1234477243260272641

And there you go:

They came trying to intimidate. And it worked.
And that is the response you get from a man who is intimidated and is prepared to defend himself and his family from a rowdy, unruly crowd.
“Play stupid games, win stupid prizes”…

If a crowd forms at 5:30 AM outside of your house, they aren’t there to be nice….they are there to intimidate and frighten the occupants. They are looking for trouble.

And they found it. Lucky for them that they were smart enough, and HE was restrained enough to let things de-escalate.

They claim they were there for the “Promised Community Meeting”.

5:30 AM: Really?
Liars.

After 8 AM and before 9 AM. Or you are looking for trouble.
They found it.

If he’d have shot 2 or three of them I still don’t think I could convict were I on his jury.

Tough question:

So at what point , not having committed any crime, can the Federal or State government confine me to my home or other facility because I have CoronaVirus or other disease? How about curtailing my freedom to move about the country or to meet with others? 

I mean, my freedom to travel or freedom to associate is a constitutionally guaranteed right.

But yet, the Common Good is often best served by quarantining people with a communicable disease.

“Emergency Powers” are all well and good, but the issue is that I don’t trust government officials**, nor are their “Experts” often well enough educated to give actual good “expert” advice. Often the responses are at best made for convenience (of the government) and at worst chosen out of malice or prejudice.

I’m not sure where the line is, or where it should be.

Thoughts?

**  History has shown that government officials are often incompetent, be they law enforcement or otherwise, and often their decisions are shaded by ambition or politics….

Now, I’ve been wrong before….

And, while I am not an epidemiologist, I did sleep with one once (she was sweet, and …well, that’s not the point of this post) Any way, I digress…

Her’s the thing. The US has now had at least one death from Coronavirus, and has (admitted) at this time, something like 14 known cases.,,,,at least some where we don’t know how they were infected.

Ok, so lets look at this. At least ONE person was infecting people not less than 10 or more days ago…..Likely more like 20-25 days.
The Virus is already here. It HAS BEEN here for at least 14 days,. Someone unknown is (or WAS) spreading said virus for at least 14 days…probably more.

The time for quarantining people entering is too late. The time for keeping people out of the US who were risky (or had risk factors) is long gone.

As of now there are cases in Europe, most of the East, and (apparently) Australia and the MidEast. I don’t know about South America. Unless you stop all air travel, if it isn’t yet in a large city it will be soon.

The Genie is out of the bottle, the cat is out of the bag, the Smoke has left the Lucas Wiring. No putting it back.

Is this a crisis? Yep. Would it be prudent to do a bit of preparation if you haven’t? Yes. Should we panic and run around with our hair on fire? No (unless that makes you feel better, then feel free, just do it in your own home and not in the streets). City folks are at a higher risk than Rural folks (more people more close interactions, more people per square foot, etc, but the risk even in smaller communities  is NOT zero.

What you do need to realize is that the CDC’s effort to keep you safe is-and-was ineffective, poorly thought out, and pretty much useless.

Just remember that Flu kills more people each year than this Coronavirus is likely to.

And also: So far, my experimentation with C2H5OH has been effective….I haven’t gotten the flu nor the Coronavirus. You might want to go to your local liquor vendor and stock up, just in case…..

Underfunded

So Nancy Pelosi claims that Donald’s response to the Coronavirus effort is “Underfunded”.

I agree.
We need to close the border and quarantine people entering this country from anywhere for a period of….say 25 days (at a minimum).

We need more money for border security.
We need some folks in the CDC who have a clue, who realize that simply scanning the foreheads of people getting of a plane with an infrared thermometer is not a preventative response.

And I would ask this of Ms Pelosi:
Which social programs are you gonna cut to get the funding for these programs?
Welfare? SNAP? What?

I’m open to funding the response better if she will figure out who pays for it. She and her ilk spend every dine we give as taxes, and then some.
So what is she gonna cut??

Not approved by the FDA:

There is a persistent rumor that 2 ounces of Ethyl Alcohol  (C2H5OH) applied every 4 hours internally will prevent the Coronavirus from infecting a human body (with 89% effectiveness).

While this has not (yet) been proved, I, so far, have not gotten the Coronavirus.

Further experimentation will continue, of course.

The FDA could not be reached for comment.