Thank you US Senator Mitch McConnell.

It isn't easy being on the right side of the US Constitution these days, but, Senator McConnell did exactly that and he has my thanks. What was astounding was the backlash he received from "toe the line" Trump loyalists. The Trump loyalists are simply wrong. They are on the wrong side of history and outside the parameters of the USA Constitution.

I not only appreciate the words Senator McConnell spoke, I appreciate the way he said it. His voice was strong and unequivocal. 

February 9, 2022
By David Morgan

Washington, DC - Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell (click here) on Tuesday criticized his party's censure of two prominent Republican critics of Donald Trump, joining an intra-party battle that could upend his efforts to project an image of party moderation in this year's midterm elections.

Last week, the Republican National Committee censured Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, the only two Republicans serving on the House of Representatives select committee investigating the events of Jan. 6, 2021, when supporters of then-President Trump stormed the Capitol in a failed attempt to prevent Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory....

There should be fines to countries that do not stop these cyberattacks.

There are countries that do not have internet laws and if they do sometimes choose to ignore them. If I recall correctly it was not difficult for the Pakistani police to follow the cyber trail of the murderers of Daniel Pearl. If Pakistan can do this any country can do this.

The cyber arena is thought of as the Wild West, I don't believe that is necessarily the case.

There is no excuse for cyber attacks or ransomwear attacks. They can be traced and people held responsible. I would think if the attacks are from within the USA it should be even easier. But, I remind that while we are waiting for Russian hackers to decend on the USA to cause problems, fining Russia through the banks might work to begin enforcement of hackers and stop them from causing problems.

I would think if ransomwear were traced to Russia it would be the government consenting to the attacks and reaping the ransom.

January 5, 2022
By Alexander Panetta

The director of the FBI (click here) compares this moment to 9/11: A time of reckoning about a threat that's increasingly proven its ability to destabilize society.

He's referring to cyberattacks.

Recent digital ransom attacks have accelerated an acknowledgment in Washington that the current trajectory is untenable.

That's after meat plants were shuttered temporarily including in Canada this week; after cars lined up at empty U.S. gas stations when a major pipeline was hacked.

A hacker recently tampered with chemical levels at a water-treatment plant in Florida. Nuclear and other power facilities, voting systems, political parties, hospitals and governments have all been compromised.

"This is our new normal," said Nicole Perlroth, a cybersecurity reporter at The New York Times and author of a new book on the history of cyberattacks....

Stand up mirror

Not everyone doing the at home COVID test will have one, but, for those with a stand up mirror, I found it helpful in conducting the nose swab. 

Set the mirror up before hand washing to start the test to remove any surface germs that may have been on the mirror.