• Morning AB, All. As always, thank you AB for doing this thread so reliably and keeping the peace with gentle thread policing. Thank you Bray for weekly written wisdom, Thank you RG for your fabulous pictures. Thank all yon contributors for excellent commentary to flesh it all out.
• Below are the words from my daily political diary. It is quite long so scroll on by if not interested. But do stay around and add your commentary and point of view to the thread.
Daily Miscellany
Thoughts and flashes of brilliance that enter my head from nowhere.
Enjoy. Or abhor, depending on the effect of my "wisdom".
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Our Very Stupid Supreme Court Justices
“Those numbers show that omicron is as deadly and causes as much serious disease in the unvaccinated as delta did. … We have over 100,000 children, which we’ve never had before, in serious condition and many on ventilators.”
— Justice Sonia Sotomayor, during oral argument at the Supreme Court, Jan. 7
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Folks, this is a Supreme Court Justice.
My granddaughter could do a better job.
Does Justice Sotomayor have Google on her computer?
Frankly I have lost all respect for these people, no matter what robes they wear.
Below, what I learned from Google.
That’s wildly incorrect, assuming she is referring to hospitalizations, given the reference to ventilators. According to HHS data, as of Jan. 8 there are about 5,000 children hospitalized in a pediatric bed, either with suspected covid or a confirmed laboratory test. This figure includes patients in observation beds. So Sotomayor’s number is at least 20 times higher than reality, even before you determine how many are in “serious condition.”
No respect. I have no respect for those supposed to be our leaders.
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Male of Female?
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas of UPenn is losing some dominance in the sport as the season continues.
Lia, who competed for three years as part of the Men’s Team as Will Thomas before switching to the women’s team, has been crushing NCAA records.
During the school’s most recent tri-meet with Yale and Dartmouth, Lia defeated everyone in the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyles but lost in the 100-yard freestyle.
Transgender swimmer Iszac Henig of Yale defeated Lia in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 49.57 seconds. Lia finished with a time of 52.84 seconds.
Yale’s Iszac Henig, who is transitioning from female to male, is still competing alongside female competitors because Henig says the necessary hormone treatment has not yet begun.
Henig, who has already had breasts removed, is able to compete on the women’s team per NCAA policy on the issue.
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Why are born males allowed to enter into sporting events meant only for females? Is this supposed to be considered fair?
If I think I am a horse can I run in a horse race?
I do not think a silly born male who wants to be female is a winner of any kind when he competes against born females. There's a reason why these events are separated by sex. There is a reason why lambs do not run in horse races.
Allowing this sort of thing shows how stupid the event planners are.
Sometimes I think all of America is losing its mind.
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There was a thread on FreeRepublic requesting a change in the programming. This elapsed into an online discussion about how this should be changed, that should be changed.
Here's what I'm telling yon reader, THERE IS NO ADVERTISEMENT ON FREEREPUBLIC!
Sure, there are things I might suggest changing but never mind, here's my suggestion: Throw some money in the pot. FreeRepublic allows readers on the forum for no charge but it does need contributions.
I cannot stand the constant advertisements on the Internet and they get worse every day.
Put a couple bucks in the pot and be grateful there is a FreeRepublic on the world wide web.
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Review: The Amazing Race
The Amazing Race is a multi-Emmy Award-winning reality series hosted by Emmy Award-nominated host Phil Keoghan. This season, 11 teams will embark on a trek around the world. At every destination, each team must compete in a series of challenges, some mental and some physical, and only when the tasks are completed will they learn of their next location. Teams who are the farthest behind will gradually be eliminated as the contest progresses, with the first team to arrive at the final destination winning The Amazing Race and the $1 million prize.
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It's Season 33 on The Amazing Race 2022, it's been a wild and wacky ride as I am to understand.
But first, allow me to sing the praises of this show.
I do quite love reality shows. The Amazing Race rises miles above the rest as I see it. The contenders work in groups of two, from all different states, all different relationships, all different ages and talents.
The teams travel to some country on the planet and begin the race to meet host Phil Keoghan at some specified destination. But not before the teams follow some plan that brings them all around their current location. In the most recent episode, the teams had to find what was called a "Bobby". Once they found this Bobby, the same person would then give the team finding them the clue to the next destination. In this case the "Bobby" was a London police officer who when tapped by a team member gave the next clue to them.
Along the way the duos might have to decorate a cake, learn to play the bagpipes, ride a stick shift through the city. There is also times when the challenges are double, with the team choosing which ones they wish to complete.
After following all the clues at some point the location of the show's host is finally reached. The last time to reach the host is eliminated from the game.
Below is a list of this year's team duos:
-Akbar Cook Sr. (45) and Sheridan Cook (44),Married educators from Martinsville, N.J.
-Anthony Sadler (29) and Spencer Stone (29),Childhood friends from Sacramento, Calif.
-Arun Kumar (56) and Natalia Kumar (28),Father and daughter from Detroit, Mich.
-Caro Viehweg (23) and Ray Gantt (25),Dating from Los Angeles and Toms River, N.J., respectively.
-Connie (37) and Sam (39) Greiner,Married couple from Charlotte, N.C.
-Kim (45) and Penn (47) Holderness,Internet personalities from Raleigh, N.C.
-Marianela “Lulu” (37) and Marissa “Lala” (37) Gonzalez,Twins and radio hosts from North Bergen, N.J.
-Michael Norwood (36) and Armonde “Moe” Badger (42),Singing police officers from Buffalo, N.Y.
-Raquel Moore (31) and Cayla Platt (30),Flight attendants from Chicago, Ill. and Gulf Breeze, Fla., respectively
-Ryan Ferguson (37) and Dusty Harris (38),Best friends from Columbia, Mo.
-Taylor Green-Jones (38) and Isaiah Green-Jones (31),YouTube sensations from Portland, Ore.
It would seem that the pandemic has affected this year's show. They shut the show down in
2020 and has re-started. But there seems to be some kind of surge with the latest form of
the virus and some of the contenders are gone. It is said that other former players will take their place.
This past week the team of
-Arun Kumar (56) and Natalia Kumar (28),Father and daughter from Detroit, Mich.. were last and were sent home.
THE FLY ON THE WALL
Yes I am a fly and yes I also Blog. I tend to wander around among the politicians and hear their conversation. Because I am a fly beneficial to humanity, I share that which I hear. Bear in mind my spelling. I am, after all, only a fly.
Seems they are sending Kamala Harris to some sort of school to make her a proper speaker.
Please come back next week for more information because I hear there are lots of cookies and the spider will also be attending.
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