I will admit I was lazy with this storm, not doing any shoveling until this morning because I knew the Plow Guys would be by to do 90% of the work. All I had to do was ‘clean up’ what they didn’t or couldn’t get and that took all of 10 minutes to take care of. Seeing that temps around here will be in the 60’s by the end of the week I figure everything that fell on Saturday will be gone, and then some. We still have three and four foot snowbanks here around The Gulch and I am hoping the warm temperatures will reduce them to almost nothing.
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Speaking of warmer temperatures, I made arrangements with the boatyard that stores and services the Official Weekend Pundit Lake Winnipesaukee Runabout to have it ready for launching by the second week of May. It helps that I am friends with the owners and have done business with them for almost 20 years, so there were no issues regarding getting the work done.
To think, boating season starts in a little over 7 weeks!
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When I saw this, I realized it was so true.
Even incompetents can accomplish big things. In this case SloJo has managed to damage more than just our economy.
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Have you noticed that climate change is being blamed for everything?
Claims have been made that it triggers earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, causes automobile accidents, male pattern baldness, high credit card balances, low marriage rates and related high divorce rates, Third Wave Feminism, the Red Sox not being in contention for the World Series, Tom Brady going to Tampa Bay, Hollywood putting out even worse crap than they usually do, cargo ships carrying $400 million worth of luxury vehicles (including some top end EV’s) to catch fire and sink in the Atlantic, discontent with the morons running the Feddle Gummint, voter fraud, erectile dysfunction, and a whole host of other ills.
Claims have also been made that the only way to reverse these ills is to impoverish ourselves and go back to living an Eighteenth Century lifestyle which also include reverting to technology and medical care from that time as well. The only ones exempt from those ‘cures’ will be those imposing those cures, of course. That’s the real motivation for pushing all of these cures for a problem that isn’t really a problem.
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I wish I didn’t have to say this, but it bears repeating here: Americans Feel Less Free and Don't Trust Public Officials in Post-COVID Poll.
Considering how many times we’ve been lied to by the government (at all levels), how many times the so-called “experts” have been proven wrong, how studies have been proven that masks are all but useless and that lockdowns were equally useless and far more damaging than Covid itself, is it any wonder the feeling of freedom and trust in public officials is as low as it is?
While the legal basis for our rights is unquestioned thanks to the Constitution, how those rights are protected is causing people to question whether they mean anything anymore. The poll showed that 42% feel less secure about voicing their opinions, 43% feel less secure about their freedom to protest, and 36% feel less secure about their freedom to exercise religious beliefs.It’s even worse when one looks at the government’s crackdown on “misinformation”, meaning they only what their view about what’s true or not to be heard. That view is what is called propaganda and truth rarely has any relation to what is being peddled in that propaganda. The American people, at least those not under the thrall of our wannabe totalitarian masters, understand that “it’s hard to trust a government that doesn’t trust its citizens with the ability to tell the difference between misinformation and the truth.” The government doesn’t want the citizens to have the truth. The truth won’t let them get away with what they’ve been planning for us.
While a healthy skepticism of government power is wise in a democracy, in a true crisis public officials must make snap decisions to protect the public. Whether people follow those decisions depends, in part, on their confidence in the leaders making them. Unfortunately, when asked about every single institution or office in the YouGov/AFP poll, the majority of respondents said their trust in those institutions had dropped.None of this is much of a surprise except, perhaps, the margins that say they feel less secure in their rights. When more than four in ten Americans feel less secure about speaking their minds or protesting, the essence of freedom is under attack.
Nearly three in five Americans said the government did a “somewhat” or “very poor” job clearly communicating to the public about data or reasoning regarding any pandemic restriction or requirement. And 54% thought government officials did a “somewhat” or “very poor” job applying any restrictions or requirements to all people (including themselves) equally.
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This is an abbreviated TOAS as I have work-related duties to attend to, specifically at the lab, and will shortly be on my way. I will endeavor to make up for it in the next day or two.