GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Pentagon Warns They Aren't Set Up to Fight Coronavirus – News From Antiwar.com

Thursday, March 19, 2020

With many politicians long seeing the military as an all-purpose problem solver with a bottomless budget, it is unsurprising that the outbreak of coronavirus has many, particularly high-ranking Democrats, angling for a declaration of war and an outright militarization of the domestic issue.

“I would call out the military now,” Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden said on Sunday. He said it’s an emergency and the US needs to treat it like a war. He suggested that the military could provide a “surge” for US hospitals, building more beds and tents that are secure. “We’re at war with the virus,” Biden added.

– By  Jason Ditz

Source: Pentagon Warns They Aren’t Set Up to Fight Coronavirus – News From Antiwar.com

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It seems to be ludicrous to expect the military (mission = kill people and destroy things) to be able to do humanitarian tasks.

They maybe able to do some tasks (i.e., deploy a MASH unit; bury bodies in a mass grave; physically secure a perimeter — people may get shot), but that is NOT their area of expertise or operation.  Not that they wouldn’t want to help.  They are just not trained for that.

It seems that politicians and bureaucrats are delusional to thing that you can “drive screws with a hammer or pound nails with a screwdriver”.  But that shouldn’t surprise anyone.

In a moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing to do, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
— Theodore Roosevelt

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PIERS MORGAN: Coronavirus may be millennials’ wake-up call | Daily Mail Online

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

“… dumb, selfish millennials like Vanessa Hudgens can do is stop partying …”

Source: PIERS MORGAN: Coronavirus may be millennials’ wake-up call | Daily Mail Online

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Once again, surprisingly, I have to agree with Mr. Morgan.

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GOVERNACIDE: The Coronavirus Hoax – LewRockwell

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Governments love crises because when the people are fearful they are more willing to give up freedoms for promises that the government will take care of them. After 9/11, for example, Americans accepted the near-total destruction of their civil liberties in the PATRIOT Act’s hollow promises of security. It is ironic to see the same Democrats who tried to impeach President Trump last month for abuse of power demanding that the Administration grab more power and authority in the name of fighting a virus that thus far has killed less than 100 Americans. Declaring a pandemic emergency on Friday, President …

Source: The Coronavirus Hoax – LewRockwell

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That is not to say the disease is harmless. Without question people will die from coronavirus. Those in vulnerable categories should take precautions to limit their risk of exposure. But we have seen this movie before. Government over-hypes a threat as an excuse to grab more of our freedoms. When the “threat” is over, however, they never give us our freedoms back.

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Freedom has to be fought for in order to have it.

“You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” — Rahm Emanuel

“I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.” — Robert A. Heinlein

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TESTING: WordPress to Facebook

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Seems like the handoff has been broken for a long time.

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SERVICE: Exchanging for private info like passwords, account numbers, proof of identity, and such!

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

USEFUL FOR PRIVATE INFO LIKE PASSWORDS, ACCOUNT NUMBERS, PROOF OF IDENTITY, and such!

https://keybase.io/

If someone clicks that link, they’ll be invited to join an encrypted chat with you. Even if they haven’t installed Keybase yet, it will work. So post it anywhere.

Signed,
https://keybase.io/reinkefj

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INNOVATION: This Library In Minecraft Was Built By 24 People To Fight Censorship Across The World

Sunday, March 15, 2020

Most of us live in countries where freedom of speech is considered a fundamental human right and it would be hard to imagine living in a different state than that. However, not all of us are blessed with this sometimes overlooked right as there are a number of countries in this world where governments actively censor their citizens, especially those whose profession is to report facts.

In a number of places around the world, journalists are banned, jailed, exiled, and even killed for their words. In order to make their message heard and reach the places where they’re banned, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) opened a special type of library that could reach millions. They built it in Minecraft.

Source: This Library In Minecraft Was Built By 24 People To Fight Censorship Across The World

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What an innovative way to bypass censorship!

#TruthFindsAWay

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QUOTE: Where will you be?

Sunday, March 15, 2020

“Three hundred years from now where will you be and where shall I be?” — Thich Nhat Hanh

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INNOVATION: Sacramento building $5.6M tiny-home community for homeless

Thursday, March 12, 2020

“Our community is very special, and we have a lot of homeless here, just like everybody has them,” Pastor Larry Joyner told KCRA, “but we’re willing to help ours.”There will be trailers on site for bathrooms, showers, and community space for counseling and social services inside the church building, where meals will be provided.

Source: Sacramento building $5.6M tiny-home community for homeless

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First thing I thought of — tiny homes — when I first heard of “homelessness”!  That and ending “rent control”.  And, reopening the mental hospitals.  Also, ending the “(pseudo) War on (some) Drugs” shifting resources from prisons to treatment.

If we had more tiny homes neighborhoods, then the problem could be solved.

But, the Gooferment prevents entrepreneurial people from figuring how to solve the problem and make a few bucks out of it.  Remember — “no margin; no mission”!

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HEALTH: Ultra-Fast Genome Sequencing Could Save the Lives of Newborns | WIRED

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Blue Shield expects that 250 to 500 newborns will be eligible for the whole genome sequencing each year, which represents about 10 percent of their insured babies treated in neonatal intensive care units in California. Company executive vice president Terry Gilliland said he will encourage other Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans around the country to adopt a similar policy. “When you think about all the pain and suffering families go through with sick babies, this is going to be an enormous benefit,” he says.

Source: Ultra-Fast Genome Sequencing Could Save the Lives of Newborns | WIRED

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I can think back to TWO babies in my life who could have used this.  Maybe it could have prevented a one or both fatalities.  And, maybe all the associated heartbreak.

Don’t know how much it costs, but like all technology the cost will come down.

Maybe it can be done on ALL babies as well as in the womb.

God’s gift to humanity, if it becomes so!

Dona Nobis Pacem

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HAPPINESS: No fretting, hesitating, calculating, or pontificating

Monday, March 9, 2020

I’ll get “concerned” when “Corona” aka Wuhan virus fatalities reach that of “normal” flue death rates.  Per John Hopkins, flu causes around 50k deaths every year.  Again, mostly among the elderly. 

The 24 hour news cycle (“if it bleeds, it leads”) is whipping “We, The Sheeple” into a frenzy. 

The stock market has yet to take into account the fantastically low price of oil.  Gas prices, airlines driving cost factor, and trucking expense will drop like a rock.  If I was a retail investor, I’d be buying  — cruise lines, air travel, and consumer goods.  I’d be selling all the “legacy” industries. 

IMHO.  In six months, Wuhan will be like the “bird flu”  —  forgotten.  No need to panic. 

Just take normal precautions with more attention to the “most common touch points” (i.e., door knobs, ATMs, bars, restaurants, Post Offices, doctors’ offices, and such).  Have to relax; look both ways when you cross the street so as not to get hit by bus or drunken driver.

Calm common sense. ZZZZzzzzz!

“Eeyore frets, Piglet hesitates, Rabbit calculates, Owl pontificates, Pooh just is.” — A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh!

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