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Geeking Out 2
Ubuntu MATE with the Fluxbox window manager using the zimek-darkblue theme, xclock, and GKrellM. The wallpaper is from my collection.
If anyone can tell me what the building in the picture is, I would be most grateful. It seems clearly to be in Germany or possibly Austria . . . .
And Now for an Interlude 0
Courtesy my brother in Virginia’s Northern Neck.
Rose-breasted grosbeak
Rx 0
In the Portland Press-Herald, a Maine doctor who is actively involved in treating victims of COVID-19 offers some words of advice for these viral times (emphasis added):
I warn everyone away from those who call themselves “Doctor,” but either misappropriate the term (i.e., did not go to an accredited medical school) or no longer practice evidence-based medicine, using their titles to promote metaphysical ideas. Maine has a hardy crop. In the midst of a crisis, it is comforting to be around those who claim to know. Charlatans thrive in chaos. Accept a little discomfort, some unknowing, and double check all the “facts” that such people espouse ad nauseam. As Winston Churchill said, “When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.”
Follow the link for the entire article. It is worth your while.
Supply Change 0
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an interesting analysis of how COVID-19 has affected the supply chain and why we are seeing shortages in grocery stores.
There’s more to it than hoarders and preppers and closed processing plants (closed, natch, due to managerial cupidity). Here’s one bit; follow the link for the list:
Consumers are home in dramatically higher numbers.
So tens of millions of households are buying from local stores for meals and needs that had been served away from home in pre-crisis days.
House of Cards Three-Card Monte
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Writing at AL.com, Howard Bankhead argues that the economy pre-COVID-19 was not anywhere near as good as pols and pundits were saying, and that the pandemic as revealed its fundamental weakness. Here’s a bit:
My own theory is that for far too many persons the economy inhabits on short street in lower Manhattan where at one time stood a wall.
The Past Is Prologue . . . . 0
David Campos espies a pattern in historical Trumpling. I am skeptical of where the pattern leads him, but the pattern itself deserves discussion. A snippet:
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In fact Trump is an enormous crybaby and whiner . . . .
The Abdication 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Jim Jones argues forcefully that Donald Trump is not doing his job. Here’s a bit of his piece; follow the link for the rest.
The federal government has the power, the funding capacity and the responsibility to organize and lead a national effort to combat this serious national threat. Trump has flat failed to do so.
Against Covidiocy 0
At NJ.com, a nurse argues that the severity of COVID-19 has not been clearly communicated and pleads with persons to follow the rules during this pandemic. A nugget; follow the link for more, but be forewarned–it’s not pretty or comforting (emphasis added).
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another responsible gun owner (sic) hunts politely.
Just before 5 p.m., the child was turkey hunting with his parents southeast of Roxbury (Kansas–ed.).
Detective Doug Anderson says another adult hunter in the area, who was not with their group, shot at what he thought was a turkey. It turns out he was shooting a decoy that the boy was standing near.