Here’s a caveat to a recent US ODNI (Office of the Director of National Intelligence) assessment: “Judgements are not intended to imply that we have proof that shows something to be a fact.” In other words, “our conclusions are not based on facts.” Publish the “judgement” in the newspaper and you get fake news.
My account was suspended by Twitter for suggesting that, in view of the evidence of the Astra Zeneca vaccine causing blood clots, taking that vaccine did not seem to be an effective way of committing suicide. Twitter views this as “encouraging suicide.” Its AI algorithms don’t understand sarcasm.
A young woman takes over her father’s drug business. By the time she points a gun at you, it’s too late. Everyone betrays everyone else. Loyalty is a lie. Honor is a delusion. Trust is for sale.
Hunter Biden is guaranteed to provide political comic relief for the next four years. Hunter persuaded a young woman from Arkansas who was working at a gentleman’s club in Washington D.C. to have a fling. The baby’s grandfather now lives at the White House. It isn’t clear whether President Biden has asked to spend any time with his new grandchild. Meanwhile, Hunter’s wife is to (or has) give(n) birth to President Biden’s latest grandchild, whose father is also: Hunter Biden.
There are now three (four?) recognized dangerous Covid-19 variants:
It is not clear whether the reports about the new, 30% more contagious South Africa refers to B.351 or (B?)501, or both of them. The nomenclature will settle down eventually.
4578 active cases of Covid-19 in Bahrain. The last time there were these many cases was early October, 2020.
Every day there is a change in the rules, in the procedures; B.1.1.7 will no more be contained than Covid-19 has; unless the previously ill have immunity, it will spread across the globe. It is starting to look like it will be two years of Covid; another lost year.
2021 Scorecard: Storming of the US Capitol Trump Impeachment B737 Crash in Indonesia Outbreak of UK, So.African and Brazilian Virus Variants Myanmar Coup No locusts yet. The Lord of the East Wind Demons must be sleeping.
Imagine if the generals of the Tatmadaw were advising Trump. After arresting Myanmar legislators and closing the parliament, they stated that their reason for invoking the emergency provisions of the Myanmar constitution as justification for the intervention was the pandemic and election fraud. Trump would have difficulty maintaining that the pandemic was an emergency after denying it for so long. Not even his own infection with the disease changed his mind.
No More Conspiracy Theories I’m sick and tired of QAnon, Pizzagate and other conspiracy theories. When can we get back to hard news?
Government Depository Libraries Every major university’s library, public and private, is a government depository library. This means they have to give you access if you say you’re going to consult the government collection. Usually I just ask what floor it’s on and then don’t bother to go there. Instead I head for periodicals, grab what I can carry and find a comfortable chair to read in. Unfortunately, there is not always an accessible government depository library nearby and sometimes you have to make do with a county or even a municipal library.
A vaccine is an immune system booster. It is not a cure or a treatment for disease. You have to have an immune system to start out with. My question is, in the case of centenarians, how much of their immune system is left?