Funny that…

Seems like we HAD this discussion well over a year ago, if not longer…

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul started requiring hospitals to specify whether a hospitalized COVID patient was admitted with COVID symptoms or something else and just happened to test positive. The early results are in, and in New York state, 43% of patients listed as COVID hospitalizations did not list the virus as an admission diagnosis. They simply tested positive on the compulsory testing for all patients. In New York City alone, 51% of those listed as COVID hospitalizations have admissions diagnoses that do not include COVID.

Full article, HERE.

Remember the gunshot victims??? HERE.

Or the motorcyclist? HERE.

And a lot of questions over the last 2 years…

And the CDC even tried to explain it and how they calculated it, HERE.

Colorado actually ‘revised’ their numbers, dropping the death count significantly, HERE.

This is becoming even more of an issue now, with Omicron being much milder, but the MSM and others continue to ramp up the fear factor. I saw an interesting comparison yesterday of pandemics vs. death rates, went back to use it here, and it’s nowhere to be found. Sigh…

Well, we ‘know’ which side the liberals on SCOTUS are on…

There are lies, damned lies, and statistics, and OSHA mandates…

Obviously Sotomayor and Breyer don’t care about lying to their peers or the public, and sure as hell don’t understand numbers/statistics…

Here’s Sotomayor… Proven false from the get go… And what is she doing worrying about policy/medical issues rather than COURT issues.

And Breyer basically said exactly the same thing about vaccine and the omicron variant. 750,000,000 infections A DAY??? That is twice the population of the USA!!!

Roberts, on the other hand, asked what I believe is a critical question.  “How much power should the executive branch have? And what about State’s rights?”

Even Biden and his handlers admitted the whole vaccine mandate is unconstitutional, but they did it anyway, hoping to shove it through before anybody could object, and get big business to go along with it.

This goes back ‘at least’ to Obama, if not considerably farther with the whole “I have a pen and a phone.”

Congress has been notably incompetent/absent on a number of critical issues for a long time. DACA, Immigrants, State’s rights, Search and seizure, national concealed carry, et al… ALL of these SHOULD be handled by the congresscritters, not dumped on the courts, or given to the executive branch to handle (or fumble).

This is not even to get into the whole Fort Fumble/CDC/Fauci mess, where they change the recommendations based on pushback NOT on science! And moving the goalposts yet again…

Apparently the ‘new’ CDC definition of fully updated and vaccinated is three doses of Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna’s vaccines should be considered “up-to-date” inoculations, and that Johnson & Johnson recipients should receive a second dose, preferably of Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech, to also be considered up to date.

Full article, HERE.

I just wonder how long it will be before these ‘new’ goalposts get moved again, or revised ‘again’…

And it appears Citigroup is going ahead with firing unvaxxed effective 14 January…

No jab, no job: Citigroup to fire unvaccinated staff this month – memo

Full article HERE, from Reuters.

I’m just glad I’m retired and in Texas where I don’t have to put up with that crap. I’ve taken the basic doses, but that’s it, based on the asschewing from my cardiologist… sigh

Heart of a Child…

Just caught this song…

It’s worth the time to take a listen. And the kids ARE really the ones that are suffering…

I just don’t know what we can do, since it seems everyone in a position of power is against the kids going back to school even if they are forced to take the ‘vaccine’…

And the irony of homeschooling is that some states, like Commiefornia, now say the ONLY valid homeschooling is what THEY prescribe/approve… Grrr

Book promo…

First up is a first short story by one of our locals. The Seashell

As always, click on the cover for the Amazon link!

The blurb-

When Luca is given a vision of a bakery, his family is skeptical.
It goes well until he changes the recipe on his best selling bread.

A new vision promises even more success but only if he can make some happy little clams.

Can Luca manage to save his bakery or will he end up all wet?

It’s a cute little short story!

Next up is CV Walter with the fifth book in her Alien Brides series- Captivating the Alien Captain

The blurb-

Some women aren’t meant to be tamed…
Some men would rather love a wild woman…

Trina’s been in love before and is done with all that nonsense. After a lifetime of not being able to count on anybody but herself, she’s happy with the life she’s created, thank you very much. She’ll love her fabrics, and dote on her grandchildren, but leave the romance to the young and foolish.

Enter Captain Maikedon Cretus.

He’s smart, sexy, and interested in more than Trina’s body… and very interested in that, too.
Careful and patient, he’s laying siege to her heart until the walls she’s built start to crumble. He’s willing to wait as long as he has to in order to win his lady’s love, and it’s not looking like it’s going to be as long as she thought…

Until the alien dress Trina is altering for the wedding of the century turns up questions and a story of betrayal. Can they work together to solve the mystery and lay to rest an Emperor’s dark past, or will the tangled web of woven lies and truth tear them apart?

Next up is Peter Nealan with book ten in his Brannigan’s Blackhearts series- Blood Debt 

The blurb-

Mercenaries strike a hidden base…

…But it’s a trap.

Now they have only one hope – Brannigan’s Blackhearts

When Mitchell Price’s black bag team hit a mysterious former Soviet military base in Kyrgyzstan, they thought they knew what they were in for. They’re professionals, and they’ve been on this hunt for a long time.

But things can go bad in a heartbeat.

Now with the team dead or captured, one man knows where they are, and he’s going to have to convince Brannigan’s Blackhearts to help. He’s not just going to hire them, though. He’s coming with them.

Dan Tackett is coming out of retirement.

And he and the Blackhearts are about to venture into the heart of darkness in Central Asia.

You’ll love this action thriller because it moves as fast as a bullet!

Get it now.

Next is Sarah Hoyt’s newest excursion, the comic Barbarella #6 is out

The blurb-

Of all the creatures in the known universe, none is more dangerous than a species known variously as the planners, the architects or the controllers. (Really, they need to get better interplanetary language translators, is what it is.)

It is customary for the young of their kind to pick a creature from another species to herd towards a glorious future that fits their species’ plan.

Vix, a very promising youngster has picked…. Barbarella.

Gotta give them some credit…

Sneaky bastards… LOL

At 0000 hours on 01 January 2000, USS Topeka (SSN-754) crossed the intersection of the equator and International Date Line, placing the submarine simultaneously in two years, decades, centuries, millenniums, seasons and hemispheres.

Kudos to them for thinking this up, AND for pulling it off! Any bets that higher had NO idea what was going on until after it happened???

Sneaky bastards… 🙂

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More pushback on the Covididiocy…

Word from the ‘street’ so to speak is the DOD has turned down 12,000 requests for religious exemption from the vaccine. 35 sailors from SPECWAR sued…

A federal judge in Texas has granted a preliminary injunction stopping the Navy from acting against 35 sailors for refusing on religious grounds to comply with an order to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Full article, HERE from Navy Times.

Now this will pose an interesting situation for the 100+ Marines that have already been discharged, and who knows how many from other services…

Plus the issues with the Guard and Reserve units that aren’t complying (OK and I forgot the other state).

We now know that Omicron is fairly benign, much like a bad cold, but who knows what the powers that be are going to do? A number of states are suing the administration over the OSHA mandate, and I ‘believe’ there are some suits ramping up over the lack of antibody treatments being partialed out by the government after they bought ALL the treatments to keep states from buying their own.

What you decide to do is YOUR choice (or it should be), I know I have been told NOT to take any follow-up/booster shots due to potential heart issues… sigh…

But this is really dividing the country along both blue/red and vax mandaters/your body your choice crowds. Sadly, I’m not sure we are going to come back together after this kerfuffle… Politics and the MSM has only worsened the entire situation, IMHO.

Thank you!!!

Y’all have bumped us to #1 new release in Short Stories Anthologies!

And you’ve marched us pretty far up in the categories too!!!

We, and I think I speak for all the authors, truly thank y’all for your willingness to take a chance on us! It is appreciated!

And HERE’s the link again… Just in case you have friends… 😉

 

It lives!!!

Our second round of Tales Around the Supper Table Volume 2 is up!

Only on Kindle for right now, waiting on the proofs for the paperback before we release that into the wild.

Click the cover for the Amazon link!

We have new authors joining us in this volume!

Dragons, Cowboys and Indians, SciFi, Magic, Urban Noir… Stories for everyone in this new collection!

Alma TC Boykin- To Absent Dragons
Monalisa Foster- Progeny
Dorothy Grant- I didn’t Sign Up For This
Pam Uphoff- Listen to Me
Carole Lisa Lynn Gilbert- The Unwanted Supper Guest
Celia Hayes- The Kind of Kibira
Cedar Sanderson- The Phoenix Egg
Alyssa Casto- Sea Change Shop
Peter Grant- Piracy in a Good Cause
JL Curtis- The Templar Bank
Karl K. Gallagher- Zombie
John Van Stry- PK
Wayne Whisnand- Cargo

Please feed us starving writers! 🙂

And we hope you will visit the author’s other works and maybe find some new things to read. As always, HONEST reviews welcomed and appreciated!

Truth…

From a country mechanic…

FARM LIFE OBSERVATIONS ON MECHANICS AND FARMING

A dropped socket can run uphill.

7/16ths wrenches have legs.

Measure 3 times; the first two measurements are always different.

Any bolt bin always has one less of the size and length needed to complete the job.

The ratchet is always headed in the wrong direction.

The battery charger unplugs itself.

The first extension cord will always be two feet too short.

The chance of an inappropriate cut is directly proportional to the cost of the piece.

When you think it will take longer to get out the tools than to complete the job, you’re probably wrong.

Dropped screws instantly turn to camouflage.

The odds of dropping a small item is a direct relationship to the cleanliness of the floor.

You will always incorrectly cut the last remaining piece.

All engine compartments have nut, bolt, and washer hiding areas included at no extra cost.

The battery is situated on the side requiring a longer set of jumper cables.

A broken air wrench has little or no impact.

Grease guns are even greasy when they are new.

Freshly welded items always stay warm longer than necessary.

There is a reason that the closest tool is always the hammer.

10 millimeter sockets are the all time “Hide and Seek” champions.

A misplaced tool will always be located once the need has passed.

I’ll agree, EVERY @#@% one of these is true…

Happy New Year!!!

Let’s hope this year IS the year of the Tiger and we come roaring back!

Best wishes to each and every one for a safe, successful, and happy 2022!

Me…