Fish out of water

 I guess i'm taking a break from the 'my plague year' series for a few days.  More later...

My plague year, a179

Angel of Death working late picking up stragglers.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a178

Follow the intricate threads of a vast and overwhelming conspiracy.  No, not QAnon. The evil plot to make us use the 'new and horribly buggy, truly it sucks', blogspot editor.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a177

Republican party now recruiting Flat Earthers, Big Foot and Dracula Hunters, and UFO Conspiracy Detectives for the adventure of a lifetime.  Join the team of other 'make your own reality' theorists and practitioners.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a176

A vast cloud of smoke covered much of California on Wednesday, dimming the sun to an eerie orange glow.  The geographic scale and intensity of what is transpiring is truly jarring.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a175

5G has arrived.  ATT 5G slower than ATT 4G on the same network.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a174

The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is now connected to over 250,000 coronavirus cases.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a173

US attorney general hails the killing by law enforcement of an 'innocent until proven guilty in a court of law' suspect in a shooting death as a “significant accomplishment.”  In my plague year.

My plague year, a172

It's getting hot in here.  Record heat wave headed for west coast.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a171

President urges supporters to vote twice.  What can you say...  In my plague year.

My plague year, a170

Death wish syndrome. Playing out now.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a169

Pay no attention, to the 'no one left' behind the curtain. Because he's a great bigly wizard, probably the biggest bigly wizard ever, at least that's what people tell me.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a168

Your time of chaos.  In a land filled with danger.  Change is coming.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a167

Beware the all knowing huckster.  And his enablers.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a166

President plans trip to Kenosha, to 'stir the pot'.  State and local leaders beg him not to come.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a165

Dead guy lies by the highway.  Shot and killed.  A real world casualty of political rhetoric.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a164

The horror, the horror, that is the RNC.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a163

RNC Day 4.  Neo-nazi fascists celebrate their hate festival while the rest of the country burns.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a162

RNC Day 3.  With the backdrop of more dead black americans shot by cops and yahoo vigilantes.  In my plague year.

My plague year,a161

RNC day 2.  The message gets even darker.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a160

Day 1 RNC.  We felt unclean, had to stop watching.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a159

Try some Joe. Unlike the current administration, he's not psychotically insane.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a158

Bring america back.  Change is rising.  Build it better.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a157

Build a better tomorrow.  Try a cup o Joe.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a156

DNC day 4.  Change we are ready for.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a155

DNC day 3.  Change that is needed.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a154

DNC day 2.  Change on the horizon.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a153

DNC day 1.  Change is a coming.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a152

A pyrocumulonimbus with hurricane force winds in Lassen County California activated a 'fire-tornado' warning.  Called a 'once in a lifetime event', it's the kind of extreme event you will see again next year, and the year after, and again, and again...  In my plague year.

My plague year, a151

Fragmentation.  Misinformation.  Frustration.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a150

QAnon spreads throughout the land via social media 'stir em up' algorithm amplification.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a149

Government assures us we are on the 'road to greatness'.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a148

The past decade was the hottest ever recorded globally, with 2019 either the second or third warmest year on record, as the climate crisis accelerated temperatures upwards worldwide, scientists have confirmed.

Every decade since 1980 has been warmer than the preceding decade, with the period between 2010 and 2019 the hottest yet since worldwide temperature records began in the 19th century.

In my plague year.

My plague year, a147

American citizens permanently disabled by federal thugs who shot them with 'non-lethal' weapons.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a146

Interrupted by shooting, president frantically continues to spin false narrative.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a145

Beware the oncoming Derecho.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a144

Yeah, you’re right. He, Roger Stone, Laura Ingraham. They do it in this kind of way: “I’ve heard lots of people say X, Y, Z.” That’s kind of Trumpish plausible deniability. Anyway, there was a meeting where Francis Collins, Tony Fauci, and I had to [attend], and they had no data about anything. When we would say, “But wait a minute, that’s not real data,” they’d say, “Look, Trump told you you have to sit and listen, so just shut up and listen anyway.” So it’s a bit ironic that the president is now trying to have some benefit from a vaccine.  

From an interview with Bill Gates.  In my plague year.

Hurray, you can still revert to the old BlogSpot Editor.  The new one is so buggy as to be unusable.

My plague year, a143

The last fully intact ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic lost more than 40% of it's areas in two days at the end of July.  In my plague year.

Click for more info. This new blogspot editor is embarrassing.  Endless bugs. Loses pre-existing tags.  The list goes on and on.  Did AI algorithms write it?  They would probably have done a better job.  Shame on you google.

My plague year, a142

President claims his opponent in the upcoming election will 'hurt the bible'.   And we all want more details. Will he squeeze the bible until it shouts 'no more'.  Will he talk trash behind the bible's back, causing it mental anguish that will lead to inappropriate behavior later in bible's life as it lashes out against simmering grievances floating around in it's noggin?  In my plague year.

PS: Wow, the new blogspot editing interface sucks so bad. So many bugs.  Come on google. Arghhhhhhh....

My plague year, a141

So many crazy insane things to choose from. Which we will forget when new even crazier ones shout for our attention tomorrow.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a140

American death cult, the new live streaming reality show, filmed right in your very own backyard.  A pandemic has never been so bigly disastrous?  In my plague year.

My plague year, a139

People had questions.  It did not go well.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a138

Media to be banned from republican convention.  I wonder why?  In my plague year.

My plague year, a137

President decides he will decide what software applications people can use, shutting down ones that might criticize him by presidential authority. Meanwhile across town, a decorated military veteran fired for telling the truth about illegal government activities laments that this country is becoming like the authoritarian one he left to come here.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a136

The creation of intelligence report on journalists is part of a broader pattern of aggressive tactics by the Department of Homeland Security in Portland.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a135

The Arctic summer of 2020 is one that has been marked by raging fires in the Far North, with smoke extending more than 1,000 miles downwind, along with alarming new temperature records and ice melt.  Meanwhile, the current administration is busy destroying the homeland as well, spraying kids, moms, dads, and vets with toxic liquids to make them choke, keel over, and maybe have a heart attack.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a134

White house promotes video of doctor president calls 'impressive' and 'a voice to be heard', that is known for posting religious sermons online that link medical conditions to sex with demons and witches.

When a reporter mentioned Dr. Immanuel’s background to the president, including comments attributed to her that “doctors make medicine using DNA from aliens,” Mr. Trump responded, “I know nothing about her,” and abruptly ended the briefing moments later.

Rumor has it that the old gang of comedy writers from The Dana Carvey Show is now writing most of the white house's comedy sketches that they present every afternoon in the guise of a press conference.  Truly cutting edge work.   In my plague year.

My plague year, a133

The Trump administration’s deliberate decision to intervene in the Portland protests with a heavy hand, unconventional means and inflammatory political rhetoric has contributed to growing public distrust — particularly of the Department of Homeland Security.

That's putting it mildly.  The administration continues to make it very clear through their actions that said DHS needs to be completely disbanded, broken up, and severely de-funded, unless we want america to turn into even more of a fascist police state then it already has become.  In my plague year.

My plague year, a132

There is “a culture of cruelty towards migrants and border crossers that dehumanizes and demeans border crossers. So to see border agents who have already been desensitized by the mistreatment of immigrants redirected to engaging with protesters in the interior is very concerning.”

More concerning still is that the federal officers deployed in Portland, ostensibly to protect federal property, were spearheaded by an elite unit, the border patrol tactical unit. Better known as Bortac, it is a quasi-militarised outfit equivalent to the Navy Seals.

Bortac agents are among “the most violent and racist in all law enforcement”.

The quasi-military nature of the unit goes beyond their training, percolating into their state of mind. “They don’t exist within the realm of civilian law enforcement,” Budd said. “They view people they encounter in the military sense as enemy combatants, meaning they have virtually no rights.”

That strain of extra-judicial aggression runs through everything Bortac does, Budd said. “They don’t do normal vehicle stops. They will rip drivers from their seat, throw him against the side, put him in handcuffs – the same tactics you are now seeing Bortac agents use in Portland.”

My plague year, a131

America's global standing is at a low point, and americans themselves can't believe anything the white house or it's emissaries say at this point, in my plague year.