Actions Speak
When verbal and non-verbal messages are in conflict, believe the non-verbal.
Free
I’ll grant you that wearing a mask in itself is not really a big deal. In fact, it’s a pretty small deal. But that’s precisely the problem.
Riding The Tiger
here we are, closing in on a year of a worldwide viral pandemic. Many of us are also months into all sorts of government-imposed restrictions and mandates intended at first to “flatten the curve” and avoid overwhelming hospitals, now justified as a means to “stop the spread.” Too bad it doesn’t seem to be working, placing several governors into the unenviable position of riding a tiger which they cannot dismount.
Joe Versus The Volcano
Lockdowns. Masks. More lockdowns. More masks. It’s the modern equivalent of throwing virgins into the volcano to appease the rain god.
Blood Calculus
It’s all about math, really. I call it “blood calculus”…the implicit or explicit process of balancing lives lost against the various things which make modern life possible. The reality is that our modern life (and let’s face it…all life) is not possible without a certain amount of death factored in. And whether or not we realize it, we live with the results of those calculations every day.
Was This Trip Really Necessary?
Since the Secret Service is at risk every time the President goes out, what other excursions might be deemed to have put them in danger unnecessarily? Was this trip really necessary?
Arrogance
Just a quick thought here, but I’ve noticed a common characteristic among what I will call “pro-interventionists” during the coronavirus pandemic…
The Pepe Le Pew Effect
You can be pretty confident that when a person’s words and behavior are in conflict, the actions are to be believed over the words.
Gun Control Is Dead
It's beginning to look like the hordes of anarchist rioters burning America's cities may just have delivered the coup de grace to the gun ban movement.
Dangerous Business
It is a dangerous business going out of your door. But is it any less dangerous hiding in your house, distancing yourself from human contact, and covering your face with a germy little burka strung from your ears?
Stop The Coronavirus Using This One Weird Trick!
I have successfully avoided contracting the COVID-19 virus by drinking one shot of bourbon whiskey every day since the pandemic began. And you know what? It has been 100% effective!
You're The Bomb!
For a disease with a 99% survival rate, we are now burdening people with the thought that they could be a killer without even knowing it. That’s a lot to have on your conscience…