Just Sayin’

Presented for your approval, some quick hits in the way of news and followup.

We never came close to the overly hyped prediction of minus-25 degrees Wednesday night into Thursday in these parts, so I’m thinking the local noon weather babe was all apologetic today about her big forecast miss. Or not.

My mother officially cleared COVID quarantine today and was visited by me and my brother. This makes twice that she has tested positive for COVID at her long-term care facility and twice she has lived to tell about it, with minimal to no symptoms along the way, despite being 85 years of age and not in the best of health. She was, and is, fully vaccinated, not that it helped with this second positive test. But keep on worshiping the needle and living in COVID fear, people.

Speaking of COVID hysteria, Illinois has yet to explain why about 40 percent of the COVID deaths the past month in that state were vaccinated victims. So much for the propaganda that while the vaccine may not prevent you from getting COVID, it keeps the symptoms mild.

There are reports that Chinese scientists from Wuhan (wait, this is sounding a bit familiar) have discovered yet another COVID strain, this more deadly and capable of moving from animals to humans. Of course, we must believe everything coming from Wuhan scientists.

In Canada, a convoy of more than 50,000 truckers is nearing the capital to protest the COVID policy of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. It’s been reported the convoy is more than 70 kilometers long, or about 44 miles! Trudeau, conveniently, has gone into self-imposed isolation at home after claiming to have had COVID exposure. Wonder how many trucks will fit on his street?

A bi-partisan group of members from the House of Representatives is proposing that they and fellow members of Congress be barred from trading stocks while in office. Den mother Nancy “Marie Antoinette” Pelosi is not expected to be sympathetic. This is not surprising considering the amazing investment performance by Pelosi and her husband that some cynics suggest could be due in part to knowing what’s coming down the legislative pipeline. Interesting side note: Officials of the Federal Reserve, which sets interest rates and money policy in this nation, also were free until last October to make hay in the stock market despite their information advantage due to their positions.