We are excited. There are two vaccines being distributed- albeit in very spotty fashion. At least one more (the Johnson & Johnson version) is about to be submitted for FDA approval- to be followed shortly thereafter by the Oxford/Astra-Zeneca choice. Hopefully, by the end of this year, the pandemic will be over.
Continue reading You’re kidding me, right?
So, we all thought we knew about Covid-19. Sure, it attacks the lungs. That must mean that folks who have asthma, COPD, and other lung diseases are at risk.
Trust me, you are glad I’m not. But, there are policies that need to be effected to keep America strong and great. As opposed to what’s been going on for the past three years to make us weak and disregarded.
Continue reading If I were the President
Here we go again.
Yes, the economy is in the doldrums. And, this time we weren’t taken down by foolhardy banks leaving us with the tab. Nope. This time it’s a pandemic. (OK, a foolhardy government that made believe the disease and its effects were a hoax.)
Continue reading Who Deserves a Bailout?
I always find it amazing to read articles from the right (center to radical) wing point of view. Where they blithely announce that the middle class is growing.
Continue reading A rose by any other name is still a rose
2016 was a pretty bad year (and 2017 is probably going to match it), if you are fan of rock and roll. We lost Glenn Frey, Leonard Cohen, George Michael, Prince, David Bowie, among many other greats.
Continue reading Rock Stars are Dying and their Business Changes
A few years ago, my district was represented by a fellow that truly ticked me off. Over the course of a few years, there was (more than) a hint that he might have borrowed money from folks’ stock accounts, that he beat his wife, that he had a physical argument with a young (10ish) child. Oh, and after he promised he would never vote for a change in the bankruptcy bill, he did- and this one really favored the banks. Amazingly, he acquired a new mortgage for his home shortly after the vote- for about 100-105% of its value, which secured his divorce.
Continue reading The middle needs to hold.
We talked about dams, water systems, electricity, and factories. (Check out the previous two posts here– or just search for cyber in the index on the right.)
Most of you have no clue about these distances I will discuss today. (That’s why I have a map below.) But, when I was little- around 6- I rode my bike from my house in Forest City to Lee’s Hobby Shop in East Meadow. So, I could buy chemicals for my basement lab. (No, we are NOT going to talk about what happened to my chem lab- or me- or my parent’s house, either. At least not today.) A distance of about 3 ½ miles. Only about ½ mile on really major highways.
If you are like me and watch Person of Interest (CBS) or Covert Affairs (USA), then you’ve seen this concept in action. And, I bet you never once considered what that really means.
Continue reading A kiss is just a kiss?
