One Size Does Not Fit All

I don’t know about you dear reader, but I’ve always been a bit suspicious of the phrase “one size fit’s all”. Personally I’m not the kind of one size that would allow me to fit in anything that might be considered all. The number of people who fit well into one size fits all is pretty small. For most people it will be a little small or a little big or a bit tight or a bit loose. Most of us might fit into it, but few will actually be happy about it. Which brings us to the COVID vaccine(s). … Continue reading One Size Does Not Fit All

A Postcard From the Other Side of the Pandemic

April 13, 2022 It’s a warm sunny day here in Northern California, the kind of day when you sit out on the porch with a cool beverage in hand, some tunes on the phone, and just marvel at the wonders of nature. Hard to believe just two years ago we were hunkered down, fearful of going out into a public place, fearful of coming in contact with anyone else, fearful of even breathing without a mask on. Fearful, fearful, fearful. It was all about the fear. And making sure to wash your hands. Not that today we are without fear. … Continue reading A Postcard From the Other Side of the Pandemic

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes

(That’s my vaccination card.  Yes, it’s hot pink. I’m not sure why, although I will say it’s a great prompt to keep me from inadvertently throwing it away.) When the pandemic began I was struck by the singularity of the moment. I studied history, after all, so while the United States was already in the middle of a historic catastrophe of a presidency, that event wasn’t immediately apparent to everyone. The pandemic declaration wasn’t as easy to discount and it made its mark on our national consciousness. Early on my family was on a group call that was part of … Continue reading Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes

A Postcard From The Vaccination Line

Like El Grand Heffe of First-Draft himself, I find myself in the netherworld of having had one, but not both, jabs of the COVID vaccine. My next jab comes in mid April, three weeks after my first cause that’s how Kaiser Permanente, my HMO, rolls. Speaking of rolling, my jab, from entering the building to exiting, took a total of 30 minutes. 20 of them were spent sitting waiting to see if after the jab I went into anaphylactic shock. Surrounding me and my fellow jabbonees were a phalanx of nurses, nurse practitioners, and even a guy with an degree … Continue reading A Postcard From The Vaccination Line

Ryne Hancock: Hope Is A Winding Road, But It Comes Eventually

My friend Ryne had a bad year even by 2020 standards. He’s feeling and doing much better now as you can tell from his latest post. Hope Is A Winding Road, But It Comes Eventually by Ryne Hancock Apart from my biking to deliver food, last spring wasn’t filled with festivals and social bike rides. It didn’t include trivia nights at Tracey’s, open mics around the city, late nights at Igor’s, or being behind a mic at a radio station. My socialization last spring was limited to the customers I had with my day job as well as the dumbass … Continue reading Ryne Hancock: Hope Is A Winding Road, But It Comes Eventually

A Postcard From Sacramento

Welcome to Sacramento, state capitol of California. It’s got a bunch of really neat government buildings, a nice river, and um…let me see.. I think there’s a basketball team but that’s really more a rumor than a verified fact. It’s a town better known for who has left it (Greta Gerwig, Brie Larson, Raymond Carver, LaVar Burton) than who actually lives here. If you live here it’s a 90% chance you work for the state government or for a company that depends on the patronage of those who work for the state government. Even elected officials of the state don’t … Continue reading A Postcard From Sacramento

Today on Tommy T’s obsession with the Freeperati – Darwin or lose edition

This is going to be a short one this week, people. With the only Trump news being his showing up at a dog charity to announce that  he loves dogs (sorry) wants to siphon off the charity money for his daughter-in-law  (I guess they haven’t found out about THIS yet)  that his daughter-in-law is running for Senator in NC, they’ve just been moping about.

A rudderless ship.  A headless chicken.  It’s boring as hell.  So :

Nearly Half of Trump Supporters Won’t Take the CCP Virus Vaccine: NPR, PBS, Marist Poll
Epoch Times ^ | 03/12/2021 | Samuel Allegri

Posted on 3/12/2021, 7:35:04 PM by SeekAndFind

Almost half of former President Trump’s supporters don’t plan to take a CCP virus vaccine according to a poll by NPR, PBS, and Marist.

The poll indicates that 47 percent of people who identified themselves as Trump supporters would not want to be vaccinated when the doses became available to them.

Upon widening the demographics, the survey found that 41 percent of Republicans would not take the vaccine, compared to only 11 percent of Democrats saying they wouldn’t take it.

In total, about two-thirds of Americans polled said that they’ve already taken a vaccine or would take one when they can.

Thirty-eight percent of white evangelical Christians said that they would not take the vaccine. Thirty-seven percent of Latino Americans would refuse to take the shot, along with 28 percent of Caucasian Americans and 25 percent of black Americans.

Some data about lockdowns were also collected, showing that nearly three-quarters of Republicans think that the states should open up in order to restart the economy.

In contrast, 78 percent of the polled Democrats said that the lockdowns should be prioritized to contain the spread of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.

A former advisor to Bill Clinton said the United States is becoming a “totalitarian state” due to COVID-19 lockdown orders.

Former Democratic adviser Naomi Wolf, who aided former President Clinton during his second reelection bid, told Fox News in February that the nation is “moving into a coup situation, a police state” as a result of lockdowns.

“The state has now crushed businesses, kept us from gathering in free assembly to worship as the First Amendment provides, is invading our bodies … which is a violation of the Fourth Amendment, restricting movement, fining us in New York state … the violations go on and on.”

1 posted on 3/12/2021, 7:35:04 PM by SeekAndFind
Well? Is it true?
To: SeekAndFind

This poll is a lie. The number of those of any political leaning who are willing to take the vaccine is MUCH lower than they want to admit.It’s not a coincidence that the propagandists at NPR, PBS, and Marist promote these fallacies.

4 posted on 3/12/2021, 7:37:28 PM by T.B. Yoits
So it’s NOT true?
To: SeekAndFind

I think I’ll wait awhile to see if any longer term side effects pop up.

7 posted on 3/12/2021, 7:39:40 PM by servantboy777

So it IS true?
To: SeekAndFind

Aside from a sore arm and Bill Gates knowing your every thought, there are no side effects.

10 posted on 3/12/2021, 7:43:42 PM by Meatspace

Heh.
To: SeekAndFind

If the left truly believes that the shot is the answer and without it you could die from covid (we all know many of the deaths were because of mismanagement like Cuomo’s stick um in a nursing home)…..then why is it the(sic) are not happy Trump supporters are not getting the shot ………they would love to be rid of us

11 posted on 3/12/2021, 7:43:49 PM by blueyon (`nt to be a nothing burger)

Not entirely accurate. I don’t mind if YOU die choking to death with fluid filled lungs.
It’s the innocent people around you (and the members of your immediate family who are non-political and regard you as a nutjob) that we’re concerned about.
You want to blow yourself up in your car? Knock yourself out. You want to blow yourself up in your car as you crash it into your house full of innocent people, House MD-style?  We’ve got a problem with that.
To: SeekAndFind

Count me as one who won’t be getting the vaccine shot!

I don’t trust them or their so-called medicine!

15 posted on 3/12/2021, 7:48:04 PM by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They’re the same poison, just a different potency)

You and your newfangled so-called “mede-cine” can go to the Devil! (p-tew!)
To: Ken H; All

LOL!

I’m fine with those that are ‘at risk’ getting the shot as long as it’s NOT mandated and they are doing it of their own Free Will. Their body, their choice and all that rot.

I don’t need one at my age, and I’ve NEVER had a flu shot of ANY kind in my entire life. I’m certainly NOT starting now!

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I LOATHE Mother Government. I never DID trust her, and she’s certainly NOT gained ANY points with me in this past year, and especially NOT during President Trump’s first term, and his STOLEN second term.

You’re on my list, Beotch! 😉

29 posted on 3/12/2021, 8:22:39 PM by Diana in Wisconsin (I don’t have ‘Hobbies.’ I’m developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )

When you die, can I have your car?
Oh, and your “post-apocalyptic skill set” is gonna be kinda worthless, considering that you’ll die in agony.
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Hope Is The Thing With Feathers

When I returned home earlier this week after my weekly super-exciting grocery trip (aka, what is missing from my order this week?) I was startled to hear a bird call I’d never heard before. This bird meant business with his ear-splitting song. I bustled inside singing the song over and over so I could immediately google possible suspects. I couldn’t find it and I have since forgotten it. But because he was so aggressively marking his territory with sound, I bet I’ll hear him again (and this time I’ll make sure I have my binoculars with me). I got my … Continue reading Hope Is The Thing With Feathers

Impossible Things Are Happening Every Day

(That’s our cat Rey. She has just–and finally–figured out how to get into the empty bookcase space her (bigger and stronger) brother Finn has been obsessed with getting into for months.) I had planned to write about the filibuster, but I had a rough couple of days. Nothing bad actually happened; I just had the Covid blues. I would say that I don’t have any right to have the Covid blues since our disruption has been minimal—I had already mostly been using my preferred grocery store’s pickup option for several months prior to Covid’s arrival, my husband transitioned after a … Continue reading Impossible Things Are Happening Every Day

Saturday Odds & Sods: Do You Feel Like We Do

Cocktails by Archibald Motley.

The cold weather is gone for now. We haven’t run the heater for a few days. Yay. I shudder to think what our next utility bill will be, but it won’t be like the budget-busters in unregulated Texas; at least I hope not. Freedom, man.

I’m feeling cautiously optimistic on the COVID front. But some people are already getting carried away. That’s been the pattern and it’s a lethal one. I’m keeping my guard up even after I get vaccinated, which should be in the next few weeks. Let’s be careful out there.

The featured image is by Archibald Motley who was a Jazz Age modernist active during the Harlem Renaissance. The image is of well-dressed Black ladies having cocktails. I’d call them flappers but that could cause a flap, Jack…

This week’s theme song was written by Peter Frampton for his 1973 semi-solo, semi-band album Frampton’s Camel. It’s the ultimate rock hangover song.

An edited version of a live version from the monster hit album, Frampton Comes Alive later became a hit single. How’s that for a version diversion? I hope it was diverting.

We have two versions (there’s that word again) of Do You Feel Like We Do for your listening pleasure: the studio original and a 2000 live performance.

We’ll have more about Peter Frampton after the break. We might as well go now.

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Good-Talking Candles

I thought I wanted to write something about the budget reconciliation process, but I’ve been feeling sad these last few days:  sad because a dear friend lost her mom on Friday, sad because that dear friend and her youngest son and her husband have COVID-19 and it involved a hospital stay, sad that 500,000 people have died from this disease, and sad that we have no organized communal mourning with its permission to just exist in the ever-present grief. Every year I drag my feet when it comes to taking down our Christmas decorations. I don’t really do a lot … Continue reading Good-Talking Candles

Texas to Florida: Hold m’ Beer, Watch This

This whole COVID vaccine mishigas (per the Chief I’m trying to use more Yiddish) is getting so as you can’t tell the good guys from the bad guys. Above you see Dr. Hasan Gokal of Houston, TX. Until recently he was the medical director for Harris County’s Covid-response team. In that capacity he was put in charge of getting those precious cc’s of vaccine into the arms of local citizens. On Dec. 29, a mild Tuesday, Dr. Gokal arrived before dawn at a park in the Houston suburb of Humble to supervise a vaccination event intended mostly for emergency workers. … Continue reading Texas to Florida: Hold m’ Beer, Watch This

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Great White Nope edition

Well, folks – looks like the Freeperati have their backs against the wall for sure.

Fortunately, they have the man who can never say no to The Darnold, waiting to pull that rabbit out of the shat for them – MIKE (mommy told me not to cum) PENCE!!!!

LEGAL FILING — Mike Pence refused to sign on to plan to overturn election…
Citizen Free Press ^ | 12/30/2020 | Kane

Posted on 12/30/2020, 7:06:48 PM by Beave Meister

Lawyers representing Louie Gohmert and a group of Arizona Republicans disclosed in a court filing Tuesday that Vice President Pence rejected their request to join their attempt to block electors.

Gohmert and 11 GOP “alternate” electors from Arizona filed suit against Pence on Monday in an attempt to argue that the vice president has sole authority to determine which presidential electors Congress will count when it certifies the results of the election. The suit essentially asks the court to grant Pence the authority on Jan. 6 to overrule the results in swing states such as Arizona and have Congress count only pro-Trump electors.

In new court filings made public Tuesday, the plaintiffs disclosed that they had reached out to Pence before filing their suit in an attempt to join forces but that their talks did not reach any kind of agreement.

“In the teleconference, Plaintiffs’ counsel made a meaningful attempt to resolve the underlying legal issues by agreement, including advising the Vice President’s counsel that Plaintiffs intended to seek immediate injunctive relief in the event the parties did not agree,” lawyers for Gohmert and the electors said in the filing. “Those discussions were not successful in reaching an agreement and this lawsuit was filed.”

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I have a bad feeling in my gut about this. Pence is our last line of defense…
1 posted on 12/30/2020, 7:06:48 PM by Beave Meister
Oops.
To: Beave Meister

I think Pence was one of the leaks all along at this point.

10 posted on 12/30/2020, 7:15:14 PM by ZULU (Impeach John Roberts for corruption. SOROS IS “SPARTACUS” BOOKER’S LANISTA.)

Mike Pence – derp state operative!  (I told you that circle of trust would eventually shrink down to only The Darnold and a few of the Freepers)
To: Beave Meister

Pence was never going to do anything to upset the Deep State.

25 posted on 12/30/2020, 7:26:14 PM by ducttape45 (“Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people.” Proverbs 14:34)

I’m getting a feeling here…..
To: ClearCase_guy

Pence is Swamp. Half of his staff who have left have become never-Trumpers.

34 posted on 12/30/2020, 7:33:03 PM by Reverend Wright (Biden is like Robert Mueller: a senile frontman for radical left interests)

To: Beave Meister

I knew it. I knew this guy could not be trusted to do the right thing. He’s a weakling.

53 posted on 12/30/2020, 7:55:29 PM by Robert DeLong

To: Jonty30

So he’s looking after his own interests rather than the constitution and the people who had this election stolen from them.

Sqwew him. I’m going back to being a Palin fan.

78 posted on 12/30/2020, 8:41:28 PM by Kevmo (I’m in a slow motion Red Dawn reality TV show. The tree of liberty is thirsty.)

To: Mr. K

I think the election is gone, and the March on the 6th is for naught, but I’ll be there..we are grasping at straws now..slim pickins

96 posted on 12/30/2020, 10:23:35 PM by aces (and )

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