"How Many Covid Deaths Are There, Really?"
Just like with global warming, when politics saturates even what the data actually are, rational discussion and debate are essentially impossible. . . . this acknowledgement by the Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health: I just want to be clear in terms of the definition of people dying of COVID. So, the case definition is very simplistic. It means that at the time of death it was a COVID-positive diagnosis. So that means if you were in hospice and had already been given, you know, a few weeks to live and then you were also found to have COVID, that would be counted as a COVID death. It means that if, technically, even if you died of a clear alternate cause but you had COVID at the same time it’s still listed as a COVID death. So, everyone that’s listed as a COVID death doesn’t mean that that was the cause of the death, but they had COVID at the time of death. Also interesting: "43% of U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Are Linked to Nursing Homes". In at least 24 states, a majority of deaths are linked to nursing homes." We shut down the economy because American Authoritarians saw China do it and decided, "Hey, that would be fun!" Progressive governors shut down the economy, the schools, and sent the elderly with COVID back to the nursing homes to infect the other oldsters. Time to sue. And would some prosecutor somewhere grow a pair and start charging these miscreants for the crimes they've committed?
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New Yorkers risk losing sick leave benefits for travel during COVID-19 But then, authoritarians hate the individual liberties and restrictions on government woven into the second greatest document in modern history. Bonus points if you know the first. We made it across the Cascade divide, although much of the Santiam Wagon Road was not open to vehicle traffic, so we had to re-route, but the tracks were all pretty good. The first photo is of Three Sisters. Sorry but most of the photos have a dust haze/patina, once we rolled off the pavement, it was three hundred plus miles of dusty gravel, dirt, double-track, single-track, and trail blazing. Friday, we rode north out of Sisters towards Lake Billy Chinook and Balancing Rocks. We crossed an old burn with some great views. The Suzuki DR 650 SE was a great bike for this style of mostly forest roads, two-track, and some old overgrown road trail breaking. The mighty Yamaha TW 200 was near perfect except for the highway passes, which put the little bike at its limit. Still, it kept up with traffic. We rode home on Hwys 20 and 22 since we wrapped up after 3:30 pm and after we got some lunch, we were faced with about 6+ hours of dirt riding to get back over the Cascade Crest. We had been putting in about 7-8 hours per day of solid riding, and we had about 6 hours under our belts on Friday when faced with another 6-hour touch ride, so we decided to opt-out and rode the tarmacadam back home. A bit later on the Friday ride, we encountered miles of baby head rocks, not smooth but mostly geometric rocks made from the lava or basalt in the roadbed. Sorry, I did not take photos of that road; it was technical and hard work. We made it up to Balancing Rocks with Mt. Hood overseeing our trip. The rocks are interesting, and Lake Billy Chinook looks inviting in the background. We were tired from the trail, and it was a good chance to take a break and a stroll. The Balancing Rocks are small boulders sitting on top of softer material. The rock hats protect the softer material from erosion and create tall columns that the rock hats balance upon. Many of the non-volcanic Buttes in the area are made the same way. After Balancing Rocks, we rode down towards Black Butte. The main Forest Development Road was gravel, which was dusty and dull. We tried to take a few of the smaller forest roads, but they were either too overgrown to see the old road or had serious washouts. We eventually found a few routes and eventually found our way to Green Ridge Forest Lookout. The photos are from near the gate, which is about ¼ mile from the lookout/repeater station. The photos below are from Green Mountain Forest Lookout, one of the most beautiful spots in the Cascade range. Mount Hood, Mt. Jefferson in the distance, Mt. Jefferson up close, Three Fingered Jack, Mount Washington, Three sisters in the distance, and Three Sisters up close. Again sorry for the lense dust, but...
The ride home was long, although longer since we were so tired from packing 8+ hours of riding per day. That is a lot of dirt riding, and neither of us was in top shape for the long rides. But we had a great time. I am not sore, and I wasn't after the first day, just tired of all of the work. I cleaned up the bike, washed the dirty laundry, ate some dinner, and sat in my favorite chair, exhausted, but content. I can't implore you enough, get out in the wild, you will be rewarded for the time you take. I've always taken time for my kids by doing things they like doing. Son has adopted moto riding as a serious hobby. He has created a motorcycle club of fellow riders down at school. He loves everything about riding. I, too, like the sport, which makes it the perfect way for me to do something we both like and create a bond that would not otherwise exist. Get out and get some! Later today, son and I are riding the Old Santiam Wagon Road from Sweet Home to Sisters, Oregon6/25/2020 Santiam Wagon Road There are a few other rides we are likely to make but plans are vague for the next two days. I will ride the Suzuki DR 650; he will ride the Yamaha TW 200. See you in a few days. Should police roll out on druggie calls, or should the mayor's office do that heavy lifting?6/25/2020 Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus offers resignation after man’s death
"While authorities concluded “no blows, strikes, chokeholds, knee to the neck, chemical or electronic weapons were used” during the incident, Magnus said the officers involved did not follow department protocol. “I can’t say enough, this is a terrible tragedy,” Magnus said, adding that he is offering his resignation over the “horrible” incident. “The officers, in this case, did not live up to our department’s high standard. He added that the three officers, who are Hispanic and Black, would have been terminated if they had not resigned." In the video, the officers generally acted professionally and treated the druggie well. They did swear at him and threatened to tase him, but those cannot be fireable department protocol violations. What are these protocols? The police chief and police chiefs around the country need to tell the mayors of the cesspool cities, F@#$ off, you take care of these nonviolent druggies from now on. Let the mayor roll out on a strung-out druggie running through his house, naked, and let's see how well they do with the situation. My best guess is they can't cut it. The mayor sounds like a CYA jerkoff trying to smear the police, so the mob doesn't come for her. Well, if the mob comes and Tuscon needs a sacrificial lamb to the slaughter, I would suggest it be the mayor. That is the way the world should work, you get the power and perks, but you also pay the price when the piper demands payment. Instead, Regina sacrificed the police, how quaint. "The Pima County Medical Examiner stated that Ingram-Lopez’s cause of death was “a sudden cardiac arrest, with acute cocaine intoxication and an enlarged heart.” The report, however, listed the manner of death as “undetermined.” Mayor Romero said it was unacceptable that neither her office nor the public was notified of this death immediately after it happened and called for a “swift but a thorough investigation” into the incident. She is also proposing sweeping changes in the city's policing procedures, including establishing a community policing initiative. She added that she was not aware of Magnus’ decision to offer his resignation, saying he has been “an honest, a great police chief for the city of Tucson.'" Why would her office need to be notified immediately? Perhaps so she can pull out her blame-thrower and start projecting blame on others? Tuscon, if you elect crap, don't expect it to work out well. Now you have three fewer officers, no police Chief, and a department demoralized to the point that all of the responsible officers are looking to bail out at the next opportune moment. Way to go. Mobs are not different from toddlers throwing an emotional tantrum, but the damage and mayhem they can do is monsterous. We cannot allow a mob to control even one of our cities. Sadly the mayors of our progressive cities have no idea what they are doing, or how one diverts a mob from violence to valid legal protest. Instead, they are bending the knee, appeasing the mob and trying hard to cause the mob to totally lose control in a spasm of violence that will trigger a new American Civil War. Bending the knee will trigger the spasm of violence. Bubba Wallace calls rope 'straight-up noose' as FBI says no crime occurred
Dude, a door pull is a door pull, a noose is something entirely different. "'When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’ ’The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’ ’The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.'" ― Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass I know, I know, we're long past the point where arguing semantics and etymology with the insane makes sense, but I can't help myself HOW A CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATOR TURNED THE LEFT’S CANCEL CULTURE CAMPAIGN AGAINST ITSELF.
"#CancelYale is now trending, and [Jesse] Kelly should do a victory lap for turning this idiotic fetish among American liberals against itself:” It seems if cancel culture is to be executed fully, then the bastions of liberal power must be the first to go. For liberals, this is not how it’s supposed to work, right? Yeah, but these are your rules. Rice must be renamed or destroyed, as does Yale. New York City might have to be torn down completely. Again, we didn’t make up these rules. You people did. To be fair, between the rioters, looters, statue smashers, and Bill de Blasio, New York lefties are doing a pretty good job of tearing the city down without any conservative help." The last paragraph is the key. The left is killing its own, daily. But too many people not on the left believe the left is winning. Would they say that about the warring couple down the street who spend their nights tossing small appliances through windows and damaging the home? Probably not. The left is not winning; they are slowly but surely killing themselves in their Democratic Party civil war. Antifa and BLM spend their time destroying the progressive cities and the businesses and shops in these cities that are owned primarily by progressives. My first rule of combat is, it is best not to interfere with an opponent mid suicide." The Dems are working diligently today at the suicide of the party; don't interfere with them. They have hard work to do. Tucker Carlson: "The Mob" Is Controlled By The Democrats; "This Is Their Militia," "Foot Soldiers" By the 1960s, it was clear to the Democrats that their militia, the KKK was not cutting the mustard any longer, so they held try outs for a new face mob for the band. It looks like the Dems have settled on Antifa, and BLM although there are others. The job description of facing the militant wing of the Democratic Party is that the individuals be mindless and violent. Frankly, I am amazed that astute observers like Carlson did not understand this back in the 1990s when the Dems were holding tryouts for the precursor to Antifa, who called themselves Anarchists. The thing that made that so laughable was that they were not anarchists in any form, they were welfaristia socialists with a penchant for violence. Regardless, welcome Tucker to the epiphany. "Tucker Carlson warned Tuesday on FOX News that far-left and anarchist protesters are the "militia" of the Democratic Party. "How many stores and parks and statues and public buildings have been destroyed recently by rioters? How many churches and memorials and monuments to our fallen soldiers have been desecrated by them? Too many to count," Carlson said. "Now ask yourself, how many people have been held accountable for these crimes? Some? A few? No, hardly any. Politicians applauded this destruction. Law enforcement has ignored it. Why is that exactly?" "Democratic politicians don't fear the mob," Carlson continued. "Why? Because they don't need to. They control the mob. The mob operates with their permission. These are their foot soldiers. This is their militia. In unguarded moments, Democrats make it very clear that they know this." "Career bureaucrats in the federal agencies support the Democratic Party. That means they support the mob as well. It's their militia too," he said. "Virtually every American power center now stands on one side of the political divide. "What you're watching in the streets is an attempt to crush the holdouts," Carlson said. "Ask yourself who is being targeted for destruction right now? Anyone who's not on board with their program." "That's not a random assortment of institutions," he said. "It's the people standing in their way. There's a reason that Black Lives Matter leader Shaun King yesterday called for the desecration of churches ... None of this should surprise, as we should have seen it coming, it was obvious." "We know all this. We still pretend they're legitimate. We dutifully send in our taxes every quarter to pay their salaries," Carlson added. "If there's any good to come out of this moment, and we hope there is, it's that we can no longer lie to ourselves about what is happening. Our institutions are not serving all of us equally. Some are actively trying to hurt us. When this is over, we need to do something about that, this time for real.'" |
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