For those of you that were expecting just a “deep recession”, I am afraid that you are going to be very disappointed. It took years for the U.S. economy to fully unravel in the 1930s, but now we have witnessed a similar level of economic devastation in just a matter of weeks. More than 26 million Americans have already lost their jobs, economic activity has come to a standstill, people are lining up for miles at food banks all over the nation, and businesses are being permanently shuttered at a staggering pace. But the good news is that some states will attempt to “reopen” their economies in the weeks ahead. Continue reading →

…Aren’t Choo?

Regardless of how soon they “reopen” America, She is still in deep, deep trouble, and along with the already irreconcilable differences of the parties and their bases, it portends many dangerous days ahead as we race towards a social upheaval that many refuse to believe is even possible in our day and time, an all out civil war that will arrive sooner rather than later, for a litany of reasons many have voiced over the years.

“This is insanity. It is definitely not science. It has nothing to do with the public’s health, much less the broader public interest. This is instead what happens when mediocre people suddenly find themselves with God-like power.” ~ Tucker Carlson, Fox News, April 23rd 2020 Continue reading →

Linda (I’ll leave her last name out), 23, a resident of Arkansas, was visiting her in-laws and while there went to a nearby super-market to pick up some groceries. Later, her husband noticed her sitting in her car in the driveway with the car running and the windows rolled up. Her eyes closed with both hands behind the back of her head. Continue reading →

Pulling the sleeve down to hide the tracks doesn’t mean the addict is cured.

Just for a change of pace, can we be bluntly honest about the U.S. economy? It’s difficult to do because we’ve chosen to ignore all the realities, much like a family that hides all the addictions, drunkenness and lies in a dysfunctional household to maintain the outward illusion of a happy functioning family. Continue reading →

A common phrase I have heard lately all around the internet as well as all around the area I live whenever the pandemic situation is broached is that “We are all in this together, and WE will get through this together….”

The sentiment is repeated like a religious mantra and I believe it is rooted in a collectivist reaction in the minds of many. The idea is that if we all comfort each other by repeating the lie that we’re all in the same boat, and if everyone believes it, then the threat of the outbreak along with the economic collapse will somehow simply “disappear”. Continue reading →

Years ago, I heard a story about something that happened in the former Soviet Union. It was in a small town. When the Soviets took over, they did their best to stamp out the Christian religion, as totalitarian regimes always do. But in this one town, there was an elderly priest who was much loved. Instead of arresting and persecuting him, they decided the best way was to just “starve him out.” They figured that, as he was so old, he couldn’t live much longer anyway. Of course,they made it known to the people that to attend the church services was frowned upon, and most stopped going out of fear. But some few secretly supported the old priest, sneaked and brought him food, or money… Continue reading →

* Half of us are going to come out of this quarantine as amazing cooks. The other half will come out with a drinking problem.

* I used to spin the toilet paper like I was on Wheel of Fortune. Now I turn it like I’m cracking a safe.

* I need to practice social distancing from . . . the refrigerator. Continue reading →

Do you know when and how you are going to die? While I not be among the majority, I believe only God knows when I am going to die, and I can’t live my life in constant fear of that day arriving. I am in complete agreement with something Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson once said, “God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me.”

If I’m going to die from a virus, then I’m going to die from a virus; there isn’t a damned thing I can do about it. But I’m not going to cower in fear over it – SCREW THAT! There’s another thing I refuse to do as well, that being give up my freedom due to fear; especially when the level of fear is not proportional to whatever threat is causing it. Continue reading →

“I look at life from Both Sides Now!” ~ Judy Collins

I’m not posting this for debate. I don’t need any comments. Just please consider this… when the President is a jerk…

The bottom line has been that Trump is a jerk. He’s crude, he bloviates, he gets his feelings hurt and he’s a hot head.

Let me tell you what else he is. He is a guy that demands performance. He is a guy that asks lots of questions.

The questions he asks aren’t cloaked in fancy phrases, they are “why the hell….” questions. Continue reading →

President Trump and his administration should designate a day in May as the target day — D-Day, if you will — for America’s $22 trillion economy to be “back in business.”

Much is being said these days about how the two-week period of April 5-19 is expected to experience a peak in coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths. This prediction applies to the city of New York as well as certain other cities and areas of the United States.

Concurrent with the above time period and continuing thereafter, the nationwide supplies of essential face masks, protective clothing, ventilators, protective gloves, and other needed medical supplies to combat the virus are exponentially mushrooming. As of the last week in April, there should be little or no scarcity of the above items to treat dangerously infected Americans, no matter where they live. Furthermore, by the end of April, one or more therapies will most likely receive greater approval as effective treatments against COVID-19. Continue reading →