Two for Thursday

Yea - This .....

While MTV plays less & less music - IMHO once on while they hit on an outstanding performance... You should definitely check out Bastille acoustic,, I think that the band started with just Dan Smith - and he added the others.....

When you got the call that no one wants to have
Sick of hospitals, to paper over cracks
You weren't scared at all but never turned away
Well, fuck 'em, fuck 'em, fuck 'em, fuck 'em all

Stop

Stop signs, run 'em
Bills, don't pay 'em
Who would care at all?
Burn your money
Ain't worth nothing on your curtain call

There'll be no bad days
There'll be no bad days
There'll be no bad days
You'll have no more bad days
When you're gone, gone
There'll be no bad days
You'll have no more bad days

So your future's lost
But they can't take your past
And you said no tears 'round here anymore
But I ain't crying
That's you crying
Well, fuck 'em, fuck 'em, fuck 'em, fuck 'em all

'Cause there'll be no bad days
There'll be no bad days
There'll be no bad days
You'll have no more bad days
When you're gone, gone
There'll be no bad days
You'll have no more bad days

Stop

There'll be no bad days
There'll be no bad days
There'll be no bad days
You'll have no more bad days
When you're gone, gone
There'll be no bad days
You'll have no more bad days

No, no bad days
No bad days
Bad days
Gone, gone
There'll be no bad days
You'll have no more bad days

Will this ever go away

Will this ever go away ???  I am seriously wondering IF this Pandemic will ever go away ...  I have outlined that I think that it is being further propagated by  the UN  Vaccinated...  and as an Aside  the fucking reasons are getting worse and worse ....   and the attacks on a man that has spent a lifetime in the study of infectious diseases and has advised Presidents since Ronald Reagan  are just Stupid ! Even the hard headed non vaxx have to realize that when the science and th data changes the Response to that data top that Science MUST then change also !! OK - 

But I now think that the wearing of masks and the providing of Proof of Vaccination to attend  or use facilities will be will be continuing for sometime and maybe forever.  This is the NEW NORMAL. 

I am certainly in the corner of Business being about to choose  what their rules and regs will be. IF you want to attend this or that concert/show etc,,, Must show proof of vaccination ...   If you buy tickets to these things without first checking the Requirements - you need to crawl out from under that rock you have been living under.   And BTW - this is exactly what you are screaming about - you having the freedom to choose - Well IF I was a Business owner - SO DO I !! 

And for the "This is a highly survivable virus" 1st) SHUT UP - there are so many that have lost loved one to this COVID  at this time - you need to show some respect. And BFD that they had a preexisting condition.  2nd) you DO not calculate mortality rates on the WHOLE population ! You calculate it on those that are infected and the precent of those that die . NO other disease uses the entire population to calculate mortality that way ,,,,  SO the Rate is just less than 2% - Here is a Bowl of Skittles - 100,000 of them !!  200 of them will KILL you , Kill someone on your family if you eat them..  How many of ya are going to grab a handful??? Eat up !

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A sorta sad day - that last night we heard of John Madden's death. he was 85. I just watched a documentary on his life the week before - and hopefully it will be played again. I actually though Madden was dead,, but looked him up,, and he was living in California near San Francisco.  Had just talked to my son about that documentary - and even though he was a Superbowl winning coach at like 32 years old ,  he was a broadcasting ICON. And he description of BOOM ! when there was a tackle or hard hit was 100% unique. HE made a complicated game - Simpler.  and his "Turduckan" became legendary ... And the all MADDEN TEAM in the NFL was a huge honor for the guys that were on it.... LT said it was more important than making the Pro Bowl ! 

RIP Coach !! You will be Missed ...

 

Let's do some BOOM songs for John...

And Beth Hart - Bang Bang  BOOM BOOM Boom

Lastly - Imelda May - Johnny Got a BOOM BOOM

BOOM !

 BOOM !  And just like that Christmas is over - before it even started. 

I did not see this coming. Sickness  (Non Covid) has shut us down. I am feeling sad even though I am not usually a huge Christmas person, the addition of all the grand children has certainly changes some of that..

I am envisioning a couple of days of - same ole same ole -  Like who the Fuck cares ... 

 

Simply said

 So this ad ran in Ohio's largest newspaper ... 

It was joint effort from Clevelands 6 biggest hospitals.  Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, MetroHealth, Summa Health, the US Department of Veterans Affairs and St. Vincent Charity Medical Center.

A One page Ad that had the one word on it.  the bottom of the ad said :

 "We need your help, We now have more COVID-19 patients in our hospitals than ever before, and the overwhelming majority are unvaccinated."

It was a follow up to an ad from a Minnesota Hospital earlier in the month that - Also on a full page , said:  "We're heartbroken. We're overwhelmed."

SO - do you believe that these people are LYING?? What is their agenda ? What will they gain by this ?? Yea - they want you to get vaccinated. So how does that help them ? These are places that make a living ,,, make money by Treating patients.  That's how hospitals work. So why the hell would they want less patients ??? You know the answer . They are not lying.  they are as it says OVERWHELMED...  Their staffs are at end end,,, they thought - we thought this pandemic was nearing the end, and now we seem to be going the other way... 

Look - I am no scientist or Doctor,,,  but - It seems to me that more people that are unvaccinated ,,the more Covid-19 will be transmitted,   the more Variants that there will be , simply because there is more Virus around..   We will never get out of the loop until we get more of the Population the vaccination... and as a-side if you are hearing/reading/using the term THE JAB you are hearing and spreading FALSE information.  And I hear that the more people that get tested the more positive tests there will be - YEA .... These people are already positive with the virus already - the test just tells them so.  SO of course - if you stop testing the number of positives tests goes down. OF COURSE . this is like the police stopping handing out speeding tickets and then saying the number of speeders is going down !  NO it Ain't !! 

Tired

 Simply tired of Hearing Lies... Do you get tired of it ?

One side says that the Covid Cases are surging around the World,,, States reporting the highest levels of Covid Cases since the pandemic started,, Hospital nurses and Doctors say they are exhausted,, that they are over Whelmed in some cases,, that treatment of regular emergencies is being hampered by the number of Covid cases in their ER's and Hospitals...   To the point that they need to triage those that need emergent care, strokes, heart-attacks, Immediate surgeries, away from the Covid cases. 

Then others say - AHHH  - It's just a virus - let's get on with our lives,,, they are unmoved by the Sickness and Deaths around them because they don't / Won't see them.  They say that getting Covid and recovering from it is better then the Vaccines,... they laugh at those of us that got vaccinated,,, got the Booster.. Still unbelieving that there is even an issue .. 

Frankly - I  do not think at this point anyones mind is being changed.   Those that are not Vaccinated will not get it,,, OH - if a Loved one DIES of the Disease - Maybe then,,, but aside from that,,,, NO..  So let's set some rules out for them... as I think some hospitals and care givers already have...  Triage those that are FREE - That have natural Immunity away from others .... No resources wasted on them... You are free - go home and be free.  You did not trust the medical community before - why are you trusting it now?

Shine a UV light down your Throat, Drink disinfectant,  take Horse Dewormer -  Do nothing - hey this is what you believed in and lived by before - why not now ? Cause you are sick ??

Keep Lying ...  

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A CNN news person - Chris Cuomo - was recently fired for among other things Texting and communicating with his Brother , the then Governor of New York. We do not know the exact nature of these texts,, but it is fair to say that CNN did not agree with what ever he was doing and saying. That this communication breached the trust of the Network and the Public . Now texts from the FOX Personalities - NOT NEWS PEOPLE - at  have been revealed, that they  communicated with the White House Chief of staff about the January 6th Coup attempt, that they saw what was happening , knew who was responsible and tried to get Dump to stop it. Then in the hours and days after - KNEW that this would not "Play" with their audience, so they made up lies,, told stories about the COUP attempt as it was a Tourist visit, and they continue that to this day - WHY has FOX not taken any action against them ? Fire them, Censure them??? I'll tell you why MONEY ! They bring in revenue from the millions of people that were told & Sold a LIE and continue to believe it ! 

And let me say that IF - or more likely WHEN - it is revealed that the Racist and Fascists in the Congress abetted the Insurrectionists , texted them, Called them, Gave them tours of the Capital. They should be Expelled from the Congress , jailed and tried for Treason. I hope they are trembling in their boots that the texts have been  turned over to their peers investigating the Attempted COUP and they will be exposed as the Traitors they are. 

HUH ??

 Ok - this might be a simple view of the Texts from the FOX hosts to Mark Meadows - the White house Chief of Staff under Dump ....

They were saying  - on that day , and certainly afterwards - right up and including yesterday  - that it was Antifa , and BLM people that were involved in the Insurrection at the Capital on January 6th.  However; on January 6th they were texting Mark Meadows the POTUS Chief of Staff to get the WH , the POTUS to stop the Insurrection....  

SO - one of Two things is true - 

Either  A) they thought that it was the WH and the POTUS that instigated the riot at the Capital and there-by could stop it. 

OR 

B) they thought that Mark Meadows  had connections in ANTIFA  & BLM and he could influence them to stop the Riot. 

And don't be distracted , saying that Democrats also texted and called the WH to get help is indicative of Nothing other than them KNOWING who started the Riot and who could stop it.

as a side note :  did Don JR NOT have his fathers phone number???  Whey did he call Meadows ???

Borrowing a Line from a GOP Senator - That if you actually think that it was Antifa , and BLM people that were involved in the Insurrection at the Capital on January 6th - YOU should want a full and open investigation into it... IF in your heart - you KNOW that it was the POTUS that incited the Riot , The POTUS that was responsible, the POTUS that did nothing, and you are a GOP Senator/Congress-person that was involved in it... the Sure as hell you DO NOT want any investigation by Anyone into what actually happened.  And if it is possible for Citizens to willfully and purposely defy and refuse to allow Congressional review  ,,,, and that is backed up by A Political Party and there is no ramification.  - Then you no longer have a Democracy and the Republic is doomed.  

Attack a Tree - Sacrilege - Attack Democracy - meh....

Look - Arson is a series crime. A person has been arrested in the Burning of the FOX Christmas tree, as they should be, and they need to get the Full extent of the LAW.... That all said - the inconsistency has to be pointed out.  a Few things first - A) FOX is not News .  I do not know how they live with them selves over there......  They - that s their on air personalities  (they are not News People)  rail against the wearing of masks to control the Covid-19 spread, while their own networks mandates masks in the work place.

 And now - this is the coverage and statements on the Burning of the Christmas tree.  

They covered this story as their MAIN news items of the day,,,, Fox News declared the fire to have been a “hate crime”—an attack on the network, on “America’s tree,” on the country as a whole, and on Christianity.

 Brianna Keller of CNN had the perfect response to the FOX news coverage of their Christmas tree being a victim of Arson." Thankfully - no one was injured ,,  but they could have been ... 

“At Fox, when the target is a Christmas tree at their workplace, it is a sacrilege,” she declared. “But when the target is the seat of American democracy, it’s not.”

“Just imagine if Fox hosts could muster, for an armed attack on the Capitol, the same outrage that they did for their Christmas tree. Perhaps some of the almost half of Republicans who think Jan. 6 was a legitimate protest might actually see it for what it really was.”

No truer words ever spoken.  OH ,    and that Loser Dana Perino - I think that's her name - said that they were going to rebuild the Tree - That they were going to "build it back better than it Was " - now where have I heard that phrase before ?!?!?

Here - you can watch it on your own,..

How about this.....

 And mind you I borrowed some of this content from around the Inter-web...

A) We should stop the debate over Gun ownership and Control. The NRA is too powerful a lobby, and have too much money that influences Law Makers.  We can discuss the whole 2nd amendment thing,, and the "Right to bear arms" and everyone forgetting that it is attached to the Phrase "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."  

B) The GOP will continue to frighten the people with the threat that Left is  "coming to take their guns",,, no matter what regulation is proposed. 

C) lets do this,,,, 

- You can own as many guns as you wish ..

- Decorate your house with them

- Make a Christmas Wreath with them if thats what you want to do

- Have an arsenal of your very own..

however: "With great power there must also come great responsibility" 

- ALL GUNS ARE REGISTERED . Long Rifles, Handguns , ALL GUNS.

- The Guns you own are registered to YOU.

- YOU are 100% responsible for whatever that gun is used for. If it is used in a Killing = YOU own that . If your Toddler gets it and accidentally kills/injures someone - YOU own that . IF it is used by another person in hunting accident- YOU own that . What ever the F that guns does - YOU own that . 

I believe in this way - we that own guns will make sure that they are safely stored, chambers are clear when  they are suppose to be. If they are lost or stolen or Sold - that will immediately reported and ownership transferred or that gun  listed as NOT in owners control. 

Cause right now and after every one of these incidents - 

-It seems that we gun owners value our right to  own guns over  human life.  

- That our  "Right to bear arms " is being defended by School Children. 

Again & Again

 SO - Once again - "Thoughts  and Prayers" - "Thoughts  and Prayers"  - "Thoughts  and Prayers" ..

Yea - yea ,, yea..... There will be no action for one reason and one reason only. 

THE NRA  (supporting the Gun Lobby)  before you jump to conclusions - I am a member of the NRA , I have a Concealed Carry Permit, I Own a handgun.....

But here we are - another person - in this case a student - bringing a gun to school,, Killing 3 people and wounding 6 others... and while they look for a specific motive..... Look at the over all issue.... That this country - of all the Nations on the has this issue,... Not  one other industrialized Country has this killing go on  and on and on,..... the Law makers refuse to act to employ the simplest of controls... because they - Mostly Republicans - take money from the NRA.  The Congress and Legislature take no action,,, After the Murders- they say "now is not the time to discuss this issue" and wait for it to go away - which it will with next weeks news.... and Will only go on and on for those families that had a child - Their CHILD - Killed at school or Wounded in one of these attacks.  

Remember those lawmakers that are so concerned with HUMAN LIFE that they enacted strict abortion laws in Texas,,, and other states are looking to follow..  Well - I suppose they are only concerned with the life of the Unborn - as George Carlin mused - ONCE you are born FUCK you  ! They don't wanna hear from you !  No concern of education, Of food, shelter, a Working wage , Health Care - Nothing FUCK YOU !   Only concern is to limit a womans' right to Do with her body as SHE wishes !  OH and don't get me started with ALL you my Body , My Choice Assholes !  That only extends to what YOU stinking decide it extends to,...... ASSHOLE ! 

SO - Go watch the heartbreaking videos of Kids running for their Lives from that school...  The  Video of the Kids,,,, NOT being fooled by the Shooter saying he was a Sheriff - and to let him into the Class  Room,,,, The one child having the clarity of thought - that hearing the word "BRO" - he knew immediately that it was Red FLAG - that a Sheriff would not use that word... and the Bravery of the two students/children that opened the window and held the Window blinds back and their friends escaped the KILLER that was just on the other side of a door ! WOW .  

Imagine yourself driving to the School your child is at - Knowing that there is/was an active shooter situation,, that some are killed,, some are wounded,,,, and is it your Child,,, your Childs friends ???  think about that...   

Look at this chart as you listen once again to all the reasons - except for lack of Gun Control  - that this happens in THIS COUNTRY.