Glad you are just busy.

I'm just out of Fs to give about these people.  I was reading today interviews with doctors and other health people in the area who are starting to resent unvaccinated people infected with covid.

And admitting it to journalists!  That seems extraordinary.  You don't want the people caring for you resenting you for your rampant stupidity.  Or maybe that's just me.

I understand the argument being made that we need to "convince" these idiots to save themselves because of the danger of repeated infections causing dangerous variants.  But this is true all over the world.  There are people, millions of people, all over the world begging for vaccines.  I don't think they should risk wasting ONE SINGLE DOSE by sending vaccine to private doctors hoping they can inject them.

Jeralyn: "So for those of you who were kind enough to inquire as to whether I am okay, the answer is Yes, I'm fine, just feeling overwhelmed by the sudden change in routine and perplexed at how I ever managed to do so many different things in a day and not think twice about it."

... since the first day we locked down for the pandemic in March 2020. I've since found myself becoming increasingly appreciative of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's definition of a satisfying day:

"Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's a day you've had everything to do and you've done it."

Organizing my daily routine has never been one of my strong points in life, particularly if I'm doing it in my head because I am otherwise rather easily distracted. So, the last thing I do before bedtime each night is to compile a written daily list of things I have to do the following day, along with a schedule / timetable for accomplishing them. The following morning, I print it up and put it in my briefcase to take with me as I start my day. Then, as I accomplish each task, I cross it off my list.  

I started to do this in college when I was balancing my studies and baseball practice / gamedays. 40 years later, I still find this to be a highly effective personal habit which helps me to prioritize and complete the stuff I have to do. It's probably more psychological than anything else, but it does give me a very real sense that I'm in control on my day, rather than vice versa.

In Undervaccinated Arkansas, Covid Upends Life All Over Again

When I realized I am living in the house I will likely die in, which has an entirely windowless bathroom, I decided to go with plan B.  Bring sunlight into the bathroom.  Which works because my shower is in the center of the house with the highest ceiling.  

I put grow lights over the shower

The news is

A new Data for Progress poll finds 66% of Arizona Democrats say that they would choose a different candidate if Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) continues to protect the Senate filibuster, while another 13% said they're not sure how they will vote.

Just 22% of Arizona Democrats support Sinema's current position on the filibuster.

But Jabba the Gut says - "Can anybody believe that the Cleveland Indians, a storied and cherished baseball franchise since taking the name in 1915, are changing their name to the Guardians? Such a disgrace.  I guarantee that the people who are most angry about it are the many Indians of our Country."

Capitol rioter who breached Senate gets 8 months for felony
A Florida man who breached the U.S. Senate chamber carrying a Trump campaign flag has received an eight-month prison term, the first resolution for a felony case in the Capitol insurrection

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) will recommend five Republicans to serve on the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob, the Washington Post reports.

The lawmakers are Reps. Jim Jordan (OH), Jim Banks (IN), Rodney Davis (IL), Kelly Armstrong (ND) and Troy Nehls (TX)

Remember this?

`That f---ing guy Jim Jordan. That son of a b---h,' the excerpts from CNN claim she said, according to the book I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year.
Cheney, who broke with her party to criticize Trump and was recently ousted as No. 3 ranking Republican, said during the call that she ran into Jordan on the House floor during the chaos that day.
`While these maniacs are going through the place, I'm standing in the aisle and he [Jordan] said, `We need to get the ladies away from the aisle. Let me help you," the Wyoming at-large representative detailed to Milley.
`I smacked his hand,' she explained, `and told him, `Get away from me. You f---ing did this."

However, it turns out that Mr. Barrack was charged not under FARA but rather, under 18 USC 951, which prohibits an individual in the United States from acting against the interests of our country while under the direction and control of a foreign government. (Please correct me if I've mischaracterized that particular statute.)

Now, I'll defer to the explanations of either Jeralyn or Peter G (or both), our two resident experts on penal code matters, as to the difference between the two laws. But speaking as a lay person, I think this means that Mr. Barrack was likely arrested by the FBI and charged with having allegedly engaged in espionage at the directive of certain U.A.E. officials, rather than for merely doing some illegal lobbying in D.C. on behalf of that country's sheiks.

And THAT, I believe, is a far more serious matter, both for him legally and for our country generally.

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At first, the cheesy dialogue and ludicrous set-up of Amazon Prime's "The Wilds" threw me for a loop. After all, this is a show with an elevator pitch that could basically be reduced to "Young Adult 'LOST' with Teenage Girls," which sounds inherently ridiculous. And dialogue like "Being a teenage girl in normal ass America--that was the real living Hell" doesn't help at the beginning. Or maybe it does? It may take you a minute to get on the groove of a show that features an unironic a cappella version of a Pink song after a character dies, but you will enjoy "The Wilds" if you can find its wavelength. And it's a smarter wavelength than it first appears. There's something incredibly (and increasingly in each episode) watchable about this twisting, silly show that anchors its B-movie charms in truthful, heartfelt characters and performances. It's a bit rocky sometimes in its midsection when it comes to pacing and the entire ensemble isn't exactly equal, but I was pretty much hooked by the second episode, and actually changed my schedule because I was so curious to see how it ended.

He represents nexus with the UAE and the Saudi's with just about all the major players in tRump's orbit before, during and after election.

Barrack, Eric Prince and George Nader were all tight with the Emirates, and they all lied about it. The Seychelles meeting and especially the "real" tRump tower meeting have collusion written all over them

Three months before the 2016 election, a small group gathered at Trump Tower to meet with Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son. One was an Israeli specialist in social media manipulation. Another was an emissary for two wealthy Arab princes. The third was a Republican donor with a controversial past in the Middle East as a private security contractor.

Erik Prince, the private security contractor and the former head of Blackwater, arranged the meeting, which took place on Aug. 3, 2016. The emissary, George Nader, told Donald Trump Jr. that the princes who led Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were eager to help his father win election as president. The social media specialist, Joel Zamel, extolled his company's ability to give an edge to a political campaign; by that time, the firm had already drawn up a multimillion-dollar proposal for a social media manipulation effort to help elect Mr. Trump.

Missouri Supreme Court Upholds Medicaid Expansion

July 22, 2021 at 7:34 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 12 Comments

"The Missouri Supreme Court Thursday unanimously reversed a lower court decision that found the state's Medicaid expansion unconstitutional," the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

"The legal action came after the Republican-led House and Senate voted against funding the voter-approved expansion in May, resulting in Parson withdrawing an application with the federal government outlining the more inclusive program."

Trump suddenly decided he wanted Schoen to take over everything--but Schoen was now resisting, saying, in the middle of the most important trial of his life, he really didn't know the case. "You should let Castor do it--he has a whole firm. It's just me and my son." "I've seen you on TV," Trump tried to bolster him. "You're a good lawyer. Just do it. Why are you so afraid of Castor?" "Because I'm a wimp, sir," said David Schoen to the president. "What? What did you say?" "I'm a wimp sir. I'm a pushover. That's me. I can't stand up for myself. That's just who I am." "A wimp? You're supposed to be defending me in an impeachment trial? My lawyer's a wimp? A wimp? Did you just call yourself a wimp? A wimp? I want you to do it. You do it. Man up."

"Politics often creates unlikely alliances, the odd-couple arrangements between would-be foes who drop their differences to engage on a common cause," the AP reports.

"But the emerging partnership between Pelosi and Cheney is remarkable, if not astonishing, as the longtime political adversaries join forces to investigate what happened the day former President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol."

"Rarely has there been a meeting of the minds like this -- two of the strongest women on Capitol Hill, partisans at opposite ends of the political divide -- bonding over a shared belief that the truth about the insurrection should come out and those responsible held accountable. They believe no less than the functioning of America's democracy is on the line."