Cruz is actually going to contest the Texas vote.

He can only object to his own state’s certification. He can vote to remove any state electors when their certification is opposed by that state’s House Representative and Senator.

So far the only State Senator that matters is Johnson from Wisconsin. Johnson has to have a House member to contest the 10 electors from Wisconsin. 

This is an empty exercise to serve up more right wing political propaganda.

What happens to a USA House member and USA Senator when they are obviously caught lying about their states electors?

This is more than an ethics violation. It is fraud to over turn a legitimate election by the people. There has to be consequences to their political jockeying. At the very least a charge of fraud is in order. I suppose it can go all the way to treason.

 Happy New Year, Flint

David “Communist Hugging” Perdue

Every morning David Perdue plays with his stocks from his Senate Seat In Washington, DC. So, on one hand he sold out America’s manufacturing sector to the Chinese while he racked up Big Wall Street Bucks from the very Chinese companies he founded.

That is called corruption. American jobs went overseas while Purdue became wealthy. Why would anyone trust him any further?

He is probably an inspiration for McConnell’s obstruction policies. There has to be a connection because Moscow Mitch and Perdue because Moscow Mitch is another one that embraces communists.

How could any card carrying American not see through these thinly veiled corruption of this country? 

When Nixon went to China the trade deal involved cultural exchanges and invasive Chinese ornamental plants. Now, thanks to Perdue, China spies on allies, manufacturers iPhones, has scientists carrying strains of deadly virus and bacteria into Detroit, and wants to control AI. 

Where does it stop David Perdue? He should never have made it to the US Senate in the first place. He is there for one reason and that is to work the Chinese Big Board for personal profits.

To prove how cozy he is with Wall Street, according to ProPublica, he sold his DC home privately for $1.8 million to Hillary Sale, a board governor to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. 

Just a regular sale, right? Not at all. 

The sale, while stated at fair market value, is still a pay off because at the same time the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority was lobbing David Perdue. This house sale is no coincidence. It wasn’t even on the market at that time.

The Financial Industry has him in their back pocket.

David Perdue is on the US Senate Committee for banking, housing and urban affairs. He reviews the committee on foreign investment in the USA. If his vote on that committee benefitted China’s interest in 5G, hence AI, then he is guilty of STILL costing American jobs while his stock portfolio skyrockets.

This committees review of foreign interests, including the communists, in the USA took place on September 14, 2017; after Trump was in office. 

www.govinfo.gov

Senate Hearing (115-126) 

Link that to an article from the Washington Post, December 16, 2019 entitled, “We are letting China win the 5G race. It is time to catch up.”

If Perdue was pushing for 5G markets for China in 2017, he was successful by 2019.

Any Nashville IT worker would know that AI is only possible with 5G. I read where the Nashville authorities knew of the bomb making skills of their. domestic terrorist.

But, that aside, no matter what he says, David Perdue has not changed; he is still playing the market and selling out America and its workers. 

AI and 5G are national security issues. Perdue is not trustworthy.

Some wacko nurse ...

 ...in Wisconsin has endangered lives by allowing hundreds of vials of the coronavirus vaccine to degrade and become worthless, not just once but twice. She was arrested. This should be a standard for not just any professional that endangers the public but also elected officials allowing the deaths that are occurring. That includes Governors and the Executive Branch of the Federal government.

There should be a law that holds all those elected to protect the public but fail through inept ability or deliberate actions, and in influential speeches responsible for “negligent homicide.” This is ridiculous. These are peoples’ lives at stake and these bozos are spinning deadly politics.

There are two standards NOW in the USA. One standard for government and the other for everyone else.

The US Prosecutors should be busy hauling them in on perp walks. 

The actual numbers aren’t in yet.

The National Safety Council has estimated 308 to 467 people will die from Holiday travel spanning Thursday evening to Monday morning. The Council also stated those estimates could be effected by the virus in undetermined ways.

That should be a reality check for most Americans that live with deaths from COVID-19 over 349,000 and over 20 million infected. 

The New Years holiday averages about 100, not 100 thousand, deaths per day.

COVID-19 takes approximately 1000 lives of Americans daily. That is ten times higher than what the National Safety Council estimated. 

Why are Americans putting up with this when the rest of the world is doing far, far better?

Florida’s Ron “Fake News” DeSantas is doing it again.

DeSantas went to “The Villages” to announce he is going against the CDC recommendations and will administer the COVID-19 vaccine to all those 65 and older. 

There is just one hitch/half truth DeSantas has no disruption plan for the largest part of “The Villages.” 

The residents of “The Villages” now call him “Showboat DeSantis.” 

The Villages lie across three separate counties, Lake, Marion and Sumter. The Villages majority of residents live in Sumter county. Lake and Marion counties are ready for distribution. But, Sumter county has stated there is no information as to how many vaccines will be delivered nor when the vaccines will be delivered.

Just another day in the life of America’s chronically lied to and manipulated. 

These politicians actually get into office through repeated propaganda and continue the half-truths to stay in office. Too many Americans have become numb to their own reality. They need to fight their complacency and vote for the one with less campaign cash and relies on the truth for policy.

The propaganda that has elected a Governor on a “ Death Watch” is mind pollution. Americans have to fight it by seeking the truth and voting their best interests.

An adult woman, both nameless and faceless..

 ...yelled “Jumanj!”

Curious to the culture I wasn’t aware of, I asked what that “Jumanji” thing was all about. 

She stated, “This is the year of the end of the game.

”Jumanji!

Wishing you a Happier New Year.

My first thought is to remember all the Americans we lost this past year. My deepest and sincerely sympathy to the surviving friends and family of those we lost.

I am looking forward to the greatest presidency this country had seen of Joe Biden and his administration including our first woman Vice President, Kamala Harris.

Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and their administration have enormous responsibility ahead of them. They will need a great Congress to put all the pieces back together to a tattered country assaulted by a virus, but also, both communist China and Russia and a grossly negligent president.

One thing Commander and Chief Joseph Biden must do is ask the military to trust him. Joe, they haven’t been receiving all their paychecks on time. That is a huge morale problem. Our military needs a return of confidence in our greatness and that includes intact pay and benefits to them and their family. Who knows what kind of strange system has replaced tried and true methods for military pay.

Then, the vaccines to defeat SARS-CoV-2 must be invigorated, as well as those 2nd doses. Testing, especially of those vaccinated, must increase. Testing will result in a realistic picture of our country’s share of the global pandemic. Americans need hope to the best path forward in that an end to this is near. I would expect New Years 2022 will be greeted by healthy, happy Americans.

Good ridden to the year 2020, may this never happen to the USA and all its allies ever again.

That’s a strategy?

It appears the great Republican strategy to capture the nation from Democrats and minorities is McConnell screaming national debt and Hawley acting like a Trump wannabes.

If there is anything the Republicans have yet to learn is that Americans are tired of the game. They want genuine people in office they can put their trust into without lies and deceptions or isolated in their choice of media coverage. I wish the “gaming” would stop and real governance would result. We would be a better country for it.

According to a report today Australia is being spied on by the communists. A Chinese drone was found near shipping lanes between Indonesia and Australia by Indonesian fishermen.  That could escalate if this isn’t an isolated incident. The USA has bigger things to worry about than Republican deceptions to the electorate.

With Hawley willing to play politics..,

...be prepared for Republicans to vote outside the Electoral College findings because they did the same thing with Trump’s impeachment. Trump won’t get the votes to change the outcome of the election, but, they will do it anyway. 

Why?

Georgia Senate Race and perverted Senate politics. It keeps the new Republican myth that corruption rules the country. 

The people of the USA need to pay attention to the level of corruption displayed by Republicans on January 6, 2021. Those that do will witness for themselves how far Republicans will go to assault the will of the American people.

They don’t care about the people. They care about themselves and the wealth they reap from their seats of power.

Racial Discrimination

I was just reading an article in The NY Times regarding discrimination in resolving claims for dwelling (apartment and/or home) insurance. 

Let’s, for this entry, assume all insurance claims are discriminating based on ethnicity/race when it comes to people of color. I am going to add another qualifier, balance insurance bias/discrimination with the KNOWN commodity of Environmental Justice.

The US Congress as well as state legislatures should have no problem in stepping up to the challenge and bring about legislation that places all claims on the same level playing field. Then define that level playing field for profound fairness in quotes for insurance, fees, claims, and claim resolution. 

When that legislation is written a clause that provides transparency for the customer and transparency for annual reporting of statistics must be included. By reporting statistics (absent of customer personal data) legislators can determine whether insurance premiums are fair or gouging consumers.

Insurance providers of any kind also need to be blind to ethnicity, race, gender, sexual identity and the way a person makes a living except if the insurance is directly involved in employment, ie: fire personnel or police that receive insurance through a union contract. 

Penalties for not adhering to the rule of law should be made plain to the insurer if violations occur. The fines need to be significant. The insurer has broken the law(s) that directly effect citizen’s lives.

Penalties, including jail/prison time should be part of the legislation, including prohibition of pardons. And let’s not forget prohibited from any form of liability waiver.

Unruly students

When I think of Trump supporters there are two categories; those that become wealthy on the novelty and those unwitting from peer pressure.

There is little to be done with those preying on others to gather personal wealth, but, the solution to this dynamic is the same for both, teach to remove ignorance. 

It is amazing to me that once unruly students become ENGAGED in the lesson being taught when personal attention is provided to bring them up to speed. 

When I teach and notice behavioral problems or silent distraction I always offer personal help during class and at the end of teaching a daily lesson, I offer time at the end of the day for any student who cares to review any subject. Guess what? I never leave on time for home because students always show up after they too finish classes.

The point is children and/or young people have “ego defenses.” Those ego defenses are difficult to get past because they receive approval from peers with similar knowledge deficits. I do believe knowledge deficits are at the basis of many a bully and their cohorts.

I have yet to witness a student engaged in study and doing well, spend time as a bully so much as completing an in class assignment or homework. When students with poor behavior are proved an opportunity to ask questions one on one during or after class their bad behavior improves and often is eliminated. I believe that same method of engagement extends to adults.

People long for power in their lives that will not betray their trust. Americans engaged in politics for the first time in their lives regardless of their age will attach themselves to foolish and often adverse information for the purpose of peer acceptance. It is a form of brainwashing on a societal level. It isn’t political because it is based in disinformation, lies, half-truths and a demonization of truth tellers.

ie: Don, Jr. and probably Ivanka will engage any peripheral belief system, including white supremacy/nationalists. The most stark example is that of the “Tiger King.” I think that is the name of the wayward and supposed animal loving people that created a movie about their caging of what should be wild animals. Jr. didn’t care about the truth. He took the “fascination” of those following and enthusiastic about the movie as his purpose when he achieves power to right a supposed wrong, hence voters.

It isn’t okay anymore for politics to estrange American voters from the truth and benevolence that is the foundation of this democracy. All Americans must be told an understanding of truth and why truth is considered the best basis for power. 

I sincerely believe when politics goes off the rails to allow adversity a legitimate place in society it in turn destroys democracy. Democracy lives and grows within truth. Not truthiness, but, unforgiving truth.

Truth does not abandon democracy, it solidifies it. Truth is a vapor and not brick and mortar. It can easily be toyed with when ethics is scoffed at as a sissy behavior. Ethics is not law, but, ask any student I have taught if it is important and they will say, “My principal and parents cannot punish me for telling it.” 

Truth is a foundation that becomes stronger as it grows among a society. It is not a toy, it is freedom. In the case of Trump supporters, the unwitting become knowledgeable and those seeking wealth at the expense of democracy can no longer deliver votes for the lack of followers. 

Chronic pain

This is not a scientific poll, however, in speaking to basically strangers who have suffered contracting the virus and lived, state they are grateful to be alive. They state they know other people they know, on a spectrum of friend to family, that did not survive the virus. The most common symptom after recovering from SARS-Cov-2 is chronic pain that feels like arthritis. 

I believe this pain is neurological and not much musculoskeletal. I believe anti-inflammatories during and after recovery may lessen the pain. Anti-inflammatories as simple as aspirin or ibuprofen should be followed in a trial of these people. The problem being GI and kidney problems over the short and long term. 

Some of these people were receiving physical therapy and state they still have the pain. 

The post virus attack should be treated vigorously to return function and comfort to its victims.

Eliminating SARS-Cov-2 from the face of Earth should be a high priority and refusal to accept the concept of “permanent endemic” at every turn.

This new strain of the virus effects children and spreads easily. That strain must be ended as well to prevent a generation of cripples.

January 6, 2021 will be uneventful.

The Electoral College will elect Joe Biden as President of the United States of America. 

What Al Gore didn’t say when he lead the Electoral College in 2001, was that if a Senator had signed the written complaint there would then be a hearing of FACTS that would prove there were egregious breeches in the election that could actually change the outcome.

A House Representative and a US Senator cannot simply submit a written complaint to over turn the vote of the people. They have to prove there were actually remarkable issues with the election. They have to show all four swing states had profound problems that caused their electors to be fraudulent. That won’t happen because those states have been scrutinized and held to be accountable in courts of law. 

Bringing a complaint to the Electoral College in the year 2021 is nothing but the last attempt of a defeated president to commit fraud to stay in power.

The Weather

 Stay home.

There is a whopper of a severe storm headed for the Midwest and nearly the entire east coast. There is going to be dangerous conditions New Year’s Eve and New Years Day and most of the days leading up to the holiday. 

Given the social circumstances and the very dangerous weather to would be BEST if everyone would stay home to celebrate and WELCOME in the New Year.

The northwest USA will have as much severe weather as the rest of the country.

Please, everyone, be safe. Thank you.

Enjoy the holiday. I think the country is safe from any repeat of violence this holiday season.

The new year is coming,

Be happy. 

Stay safe.

Masks work.

Social distancing works.

Hand hygiene works. 

Stay away from uncertain social venues like bars.

Until later...

Trump's negligence will fall to Congress' shoulders.

pocket veto - The Constitution grants (click here) the president 10 days to review a measure passed by the Congress. If the president has not signed the bill after 10 days, it becomes law without his signature. However, if Congress adjourns during the 10-day period, the bill does not become law.

Ten days from December 22, 2020 falls on January 1, 2021. Some of the states have passed aid bills. 

December 22, 2020
By Andrew Taylor

Congress passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package (click here) that would finally deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a frightening surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths.

Lawmakers tacked on a $1.4 trillion catchall spending bill and thousands of pages of other end-of-session business in a massive bundle of bipartisan legislation as Capitol Hill prepared to close the books on the year. The bill approved Monday night went to President Donald Trump for his signature, which was expected in the coming days.

The relief package, unveiled Monday afternoon, sped through the House and Senate in a matter of hours. The Senate cleared the package by a 92-6 vote after the House approved it by another lopsided vote, 359-53. The tallies were a bipartisan coda to months of partisanship and politicking, a logjam that broke after President-elect Joe Biden urged his party to accept a compromise with top Republicans that is smaller than many Democrats would have liked....

A Lone Wolf

It looks like the bomb was a suicide of a man that worked with IT. Both he and his RV are missing from his home and he gave the deed to his home and another property to a woman friend. He was paranoid of 5G, hence, ATT. 

It looks like a one time attack. It is a strange time in the USA.

Besides the apppropriate lockdowns across the country to stem the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the country needs to be put on alert when returning to work on Monday.

This is a terrorist attack. It has the probability of a domestic terrorist attack, but, none the less it is a terrorist attack.

The USA has a national alert system that was regularly used after September 11, 2001, and that should be applied until more is known about this bombing.

It doesn't feel right. Nashville is not the place where extremists go to make a point. I think the fact this was Christmas is less about the holiday/Holy Day and more about the area being empty to reduce any deaths from the explosion.

The staging of this bombing was studied. It was decided when and where this would take place. This was planned and did not occur by some angry person.

The buildings that have shattered glass as the major damage probably have more damage than is evident. They are beautiful buildings by the way. Iconic for the city and area. But, concussive force of air can do damage that would erode the structure slowly over a shorter period of time than it would normally occur. Before any of the buildings are occupied adding weight and stress to them engineers must check the foundations and the floors above the foundation to be sure it is sound. Bricks are beautiful and stand up to intense wind like hurricanes, but, a force that was unleashed by the bomb would create high velocity that could disrupt the masonry. All the buildings in the area of the explosion, especially those showing damage, must be inspected for safety before they can be occupied again.

December 26, 2020
By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio

Officials said at least 41 businesses, (click here) including several historic buildings, had been damaged by the explosion.

Federal agents said on Saturday that they do not yet know who carried out the Christmas Day explosion that ripped through the city’s downtown, mangling storefronts, injuring three people and leaving the city mystified as to the motive.

Investigators were tracking down more than 500 leads, working to piece together what happened before an R.V. — apparently rigged with explosives and parked on a street in the tourist district — detonated in the early hours of Christmas. The blast devastated the neighborhood, which regularly draws thousands of people each night, and officials said the city was lucky no one was killed.

Douglas Korneski, the F.B.I. special agent in charge of the Memphis office, said at a news conference that more than 250 F.B.I. employees were working the case, but that they still had many unanswered questions....

I am curious about the gun violence that prompted the 911 call. Nashville has a higher gun violence rate than Chicago which is chronically pointed to as an out of control city.

I don't know if it was related to the bombing. I don't really believe in coincidence, but, there were a series of incidents that makes the timing of the bomb explosion appear to be aligned with the actions of a 911 call. It is hard to believe it was all coincidence.

January 3, 2020

By Beth Joslyn Roth

Gun violence in Tennessee is a public health crisis. (click here)

Based on the most recent U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, we are 11th for firearm mortality, seventh for firearm homicide, and fourth for both youth gun death and gun homicides. 

According to data reported by The Tennessean, Tennessee is currently fifth in the nation for women murdered by men, most often with a firearm and almost always by a man they know. Tennessee has ranked in the top 10 states for women murdered by men for the last decade.

Tennessee also has an ongoing problem with unintentional shootings involving children with access to negligently stored guns. In 2017, Tennessee led the nation in these types of shootings. There have been 25 of these incidents this year, resulting in the deaths of eight kids....

The bombing was a complete surprise and it could be the act of a lone wolf. The surprise worries me. If there was no suspicion of this act of violence, how much more is not suspected? I think the country needs to be on alert and their State Bureaus of Investigation should be reviewing any potential to this level of violence that may be under the radar.

December 26, 2020
By Kimberlee Kruesi, Michael Balsamo, and Eric Tucker

Nashville, Tenn. – Federal agents converged Saturday (click here) on the home of a possible person of interest in the explosion that rocked downtown Nashville as investigators scoured hundreds of tips and leads in the blast that pulverized city blocks on Christmas morning and damaged dozens of buildings.

More than 24 hours after the explosion, a motive remained elusive as investigators worked round-the-clock to resolve unanswered questions about the mysterious blast, which took place on a mostly deserted street on a sleepy holiday morning and was prefaced by a recorded warning advising those nearby to evacuate.

Still, there were signs of progress in the investigation, as the FBI revealed that it was looking at a number of individuals who may be connected to the investigation. Officials also said no additional explosive devices have been found – indicating no active threat to the area. Investigators have received around 500 tips and leads....

Credit...

It is a similar methodology to Timothy McVeigh. Reports the FBI may have a person of interest.

The FBI (click here) is probing whether Nashville's Christmas Day bombing was deliberately designed to target police officers, amid reports that investigators have found human remains at the site of the blast. The RV which exploded is pictured

26 December 2020
By Andrew Court, Francis Mulraney, and Jennifer Smith

Explosion occurred on 2nd Avenue (click here) in Nashville's downtown at 6.40am on Christmas morning 

The blast injured three people and caused massive damage

Cops had been called to the area a short time before the explosion amid reports of a shooting

However, when they arrived at the scene they discovered a parked RV playing a recording which claimed the vehicle would explode 

The FBI is now investigating whether the bomb may have been designed to deliberately target police officers as they were lured into the area

Meanwhile, possible human remains have been discovered near the site of the explosion

Dramatic new videos have also been shared; one  shows buildings shaking during the impact of the blast while another shows a man run for cover...

The police did exactly what they should have done, warn people living in the surrounding buildings to evacuate to a safe distance. If he was targeting police he didn't understand police work.

McVeigh's rental truck was a large explosion; so was the bomb-RV filled with fertilizer? There was no rental truck because it would have been investigated if it was parked in that area. The bomber spent money on the bomb if that RV was purchased for this purpose alone. It doesn't really appear to be an old van. There is only one axle (click here) in the rear. That would have limited the amount of explosives. There is something on the passenger seat that is basically unrecognizable. The driver appears to be Caucasian.

In the foreground is what appears the grill of the RV in flames. The explosion didn't blow up the engine compartment. It is just burning.

The damage to the downtown area was by concussion and not the direct explosion. The immediate area to the explosion is charred. Other areas effected are not charred. It was the massive movement of air from the area among buildings.