Ramblings & Smiles

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5/30/2020

Nationwide Chaos
NYPD Precinct Attacked, CNN Vandalized, Treasury Breached As Mayors Beg For Calm

Masks vs. No-Masks
Is This The New Symbol of Tribalism?

Scared Americans Desperate to Travel Are Buying Up ‘Covid Campers’

Experts urge U.S. leaders and public to start thinking long-term. Coronavirus may never go away, even with a vaccine

98.1% Of 'COVID-19 Deaths' In Massachusetts Had An Underlying Health Condition

Planned Parenthood execs admit on video that they sold aborted baby parts for a profit.

Harbor Freight Jack Stands Recalled for Risk of Collapsing
The Harbor Freight jack stands that we've all bought, borrowed or seen in our friends' garages are being recalled due to a risk of collapsing under load. Go check yours immediately.

Fridays Adventure Road

5/29/2020

The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.
Albert Einstein

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5/28/2020

The CDC Slashed the COVID-19 Fatality Rate to a Fraction of Earlier Estimate
Governments throughout the world and across the US justified extreme, draconian, undemocratic, and unconstitutional (in most US states) "lockdown" and stay-at-home orders on the grounds that the COVID-19 virus was exceptionally fatal. More

"I'm Looking For The Truth!"
Experts Slam States For 'Misrepresenting' COVID-19 Data As Outbreak Recedes More

One Size Does Not Fit the Virus
The Attempt to Protect Everyone Left the Most Vulnerable Nakedly Exposed

The Unacceptably Death of George Floyd
Does every person of color wind up dead after an encounter with police? No……. But there have been enough high profile cases in the last couple of years that we cannot just ignore it, or pretend there’s not a problem.
In the case of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, he died pleading for help as a police officer pinned him to the ground with his knee on his neck for seven minutes. His life was being squeezed out of him, in front of a crowd that was also pleading for his life.
Sometimes, a police officer’s actions are so grotesque, cruel, or mind-boggling that the benefit of the doubt no longer can be extended.
Sometimes, it isn’t a matter of “waiting for more information,” because no additional information will ever justify what the public has witnessed.

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5/27/2020

SpaceX’s Demo-2 launch is today; here’s everything you need to know

Coronavirus 'does not spread easily' except for close contact with infected patients
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued updated coronavirus guidelines that now downplay the chances of contracting the virus from surfaces.

More than 500 doctors have added their names to a letter to President Trump urging him to end the lockdown, warning that it will cause more death than the coronavirus itself.
In the letter, sent last week, doctors described the lockdown as a “mass casualty incident”.

More People Are Taking Drugs for Anxiety and Insomnia, and Doctors Are Worried
The Wall Street Journal

CDC Admits Coronavirus Mortality Ratio is Similar to 1957-58 Flu Pandemic Where No Lockdown Was Needed

Fauci says extended stay-home orders could cause ‘irreparable damage’

California doctors say they've seen more deaths from suicide than coronavirus since lockdowns.

CDC: 35 percent with coronavirus may be asymptomatic

CDC: Coronavirus fatality rate could be as low as 0.26%

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5/26/2020

Americans Are Giving Made-in-China the Cold Shoulder
A Bloomberg poll has revealed that an overwhelming majority of Americans would be willing to spend more money on products if they are manufactured outside of China, with 40% saying they simply will not buy anything made in China at all. MORE

2.4M claimed jobless benefits last week, bringing total to nearly 39M since mid-March MORE

At least 25 million people in China are under enhanced coronavirus lockdowns after an outbreak of 34 cases in a province next to Russia MORE

68% Of Unemployed Workers In The U.S. “Are Eligible For Payments That Are Greater Than Their Lost Earnings”
Can anyone explain how we are going to motivate unemployed workers to go back to work when most of them can actually make more money camped on their sofas watching Netflix? MORE

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5/25/2020

Take a moment of silence today at 3 p.m. local time for The National Moment of Remembrance. For at least one minute, send your thanks and prayers to the many men and women who died serving our country.

Joe Biden expresses regret over 'you ain't black' comments: ‘I shouldn't have been so cavalier'

Trump works for the black vote, Biden expects it, understand the difference?

Cuomo Admin Sent Over 4,500 Coronavirus Patients To Nursing Homes:

De Blasio: Riding in Crowded Subway, OK, Swimming in Ocean Isn't

CDC: 35 percent with coronavirus may be asymptomatic

Colorado State, facing $100M budget hit, delivers $1,500 checks to illegal aliens:

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5/23/2020

Annual Re-post
Never use a wire brush to clean the grates on your grill top. I believe it is important enough to pass it on here. We had my son and his family over a few years ago for some Pork Chops on the grill. I had brushed the grill with one of those wire brushes and then followed it up with an oiled cloth to get it clean. A tiny piece of wire from the brush had broken off when i was cleaning and lodged in the grate of the grill.

When I put the pork chops on the grill, the tiny piece of wire then became dislodged and went into a Pork Chop. My son Darrel ate the chop and that tiny piece of wire became lodged in his throat. It was a very scary issue for him and the family that night. It did require a trip to the ER where they took an X-ray and then removed it. Bottom line….. do not use those cheap wire brushes.

Fridays Adventure Road

5/22/2020

For The Good Times

At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.
Frida Kahlo

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5/21/2020

It’s Time to Get Outside, and now more than ever, Fire up the Grill!!

Coming together with friends and family for Memorial Day is one of life’s simplest pleasures.
The tradition of Grilling or Barbecue is also a very big part of that social gathering. It’s an American pastime, an annual rite of passage as we head towards the summer and what is sure to be a very different one than any of us has ever seen before. So let’s talk about cooking and working the grill because, it’s time to start grilling.

I personally love the smell of food cooked on charcoal. Either on the grill or the BBQ, good food, cooking or smoking for hours, while enjoying friends, stories and life.

When you’re cooking with charcoal, food is cooked in a way that it creates a smoky flavor that gas grills just can’t begin to match. The aroma and flavor's that always will come as the juices of the meat drip onto the hot coals. The smell, that unique aroma, that's cooking at its best.

People wonder about the difference between grilling and barbecuing. Grilled foods (veggies, burgers, steaks, and fruit) cook quickly over the direct heat with gas or hot coals. The outer surfaces become seared, creating a caramelized crust that helps seal in the juices and flavor.

Authentic barbecuing is a long, slow cooking method that can take hour after hour over the low dry heat of smoldering charcoal with soaked, aromatic hardwood chips added as it burns. In The Northeast, its often apple, cherry or peach that add a light smoky flavor. “Low and slow” is the pit master’s mantra.

What else to have with all those grilled foods? Pasta salads, fresh salads or some light sides. We will be working hard to keep the charcoal burning every day this weekend. I hope you also get the chance to enjoy your grill and also some of these tried-and-true recipes from in the links below.

The Ultimate Collection of All-American Grilling Recipes You’ll Want to Get Your Hands On

The 100 Best Barbecue Recipes You’ll Ever Have

100 Killer Summer Side Dishes

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5/20/2020

It’s Just like the Chinese Government
Cuomo says no one should be prosecuted for coronavirus deaths in New York, including those in nursing homes. Via CBS

Andrew Cuomo: Older People Are Going To Die From The Virus, No Matter What You Do

Bring On The Blame Game
An Australian-led draft motion calling for an independent coronavirus inquiry is being supported by over 110 countries ahead of this week's World Health Assembly, where U.S. officials are expected to highlight China's handling of the outbreak. Via NBC.

Clueless
Pat Sajak shares how he feels about employed virtue-signalers telling us ‘we’re all in this together’.

Retailers, Restaurants ‘Frustrated’
With Phase 1 of Massachusetts reopening plan amid coronavirus crisis

Disinformation from Schiff, media damaged America

Johnson & Johnson Discontinues Talc Powder in U.S., Canada