Sunday, May 10, 2020
SPRING FORWARD, 8TH WEEK:
As usual, I start with the pond view from the deck. The dam and far edge of the pond are now completely obscured. The smaller trees are now pretty well filled in, and you can see that the larger trees and those on the other side of the pond are filling in rapidly.
Here's our highway to the rest of the world. It's not yet a tunnel, but filling in rapidly. The cats are Rusty and Oreo, who usually constitute my guard force when I'm out and about.
The final picture this week is of the fire pit and house, looking from the north. I was pretty successful in keeping our 'yard' clear, less so with the adjoining lot -- the brush is growing back rapidly.
Last week's pictures are here.
As usual, I start with the pond view from the deck. The dam and far edge of the pond are now completely obscured. The smaller trees are now pretty well filled in, and you can see that the larger trees and those on the other side of the pond are filling in rapidly.
Here's our highway to the rest of the world. It's not yet a tunnel, but filling in rapidly. The cats are Rusty and Oreo, who usually constitute my guard force when I'm out and about.
The final picture this week is of the fire pit and house, looking from the north. I was pretty successful in keeping our 'yard' clear, less so with the adjoining lot -- the brush is growing back rapidly.
Last week's pictures are here.
WUHAN FLU [CORONAVIRUS] UPDATE for May 10, 2020:
I think it's time for the 'same old, same old' phrase again. Both cumulative and daily death curves are flat/decreasing slightly. The Coronavirus Dashboard is also showing the same pattern.
The estimated death rate is 0.1064%, trending down again, and the estimated percentage of Americans not yet infected is still decreasing, at 77.026% today.
I've also begun looking at coronavirus testing, since the COVID-19 website also tracks tests on a daily basis. On April 5th, 5 weeks ago, 18.9% of tests were declared positive; today it is 14.7%. Since it's not clear what's being tested for (virus? antibodies?) and how widespread the testing is, these percentages strike me as interesting factoids of no particular significance.
I think it's time for the 'same old, same old' phrase again. Both cumulative and daily death curves are flat/decreasing slightly. The Coronavirus Dashboard is also showing the same pattern.
The estimated death rate is 0.1064%, trending down again, and the estimated percentage of Americans not yet infected is still decreasing, at 77.026% today.
I've also begun looking at coronavirus testing, since the COVID-19 website also tracks tests on a daily basis. On April 5th, 5 weeks ago, 18.9% of tests were declared positive; today it is 14.7%. Since it's not clear what's being tested for (virus? antibodies?) and how widespread the testing is, these percentages strike me as interesting factoids of no particular significance.
I'M OKAY WITH THAT: Former Sanders campaign official wants progressives to 'go crazy,' take Democrats 'hostage'.
If they want to take their party, burn it to the ground, and stomp on the ashes, let them.
If they want to take their party, burn it to the ground, and stomp on the ashes, let them.
DOOMERS DON’T CARE ABOUT COVID, it’s about them feeling superior. That's what happens when you're 'edjumacated' and unaccomplished.
[NB. I use the term 'edjumacated' because while many of these doomers have college degrees -- even multiple degrees -- they are so bereft of common sense they cannot reasonably be considered 'educated'.]
[NB. I use the term 'edjumacated' because while many of these doomers have college degrees -- even multiple degrees -- they are so bereft of common sense they cannot reasonably be considered 'educated'.]
OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THOSE KNUCKLE-DRAGGING, BIBLE-TOTING NRA DEPLORABLES: Woman shoots McDonalds employees.
Or so it will be reported in the mainstream media -- if it's reported at all.
Or so it will be reported in the mainstream media -- if it's reported at all.
SOMEONE (BARR? DURHAM?) IS OVER TARGET: Obama slams White House coronavirus response, blames ‘selfish’, ‘tribal’ mindset.
After 3-1/2 years, he speaks out? Obama must be getting very, very nervous.
After 3-1/2 years, he speaks out? Obama must be getting very, very nervous.
NEWSOM ORDER sending mail-in ballots to all California voters sparks concerns. As it should.
In a state that is staggeringly blue, California's governing socialists must be getting awfully worried if they're already prepping the battlefield to steal the election in November....
In a state that is staggeringly blue, California's governing socialists must be getting awfully worried if they're already prepping the battlefield to steal the election in November....
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