Friday, June 9
Trip to Nashville
We just got back from Nashville, Tennessee where we had an appointment at Vanderbilt University Medical Center - department of Orthopedics. We were referred there by our family physicians in Dandridge... the reason for this referral is that we are unable with the results of the doctors here in Knoxville and desired a second opinion.
Nashville is about 3.5 hours away and by the time we stopped to walk around a little, our trip took us 4 hours. However, that time was based upon entering the city and we had to go downtown. We found Vanderbilt and parking, but it took us another two hours to find where we were supposed to go the next day for our appointment.
Our motel room was spacious and very clean but the bed was uncomfortable and the air conditioner kept up awake with it noise. The free breakfast sucked and that is being nice. We left two hours early and decided to eat breakfast at the hospital and make sure we had a good parking spot.
What amazed me the most was that the people hired to provide information to visitors at Vanderbilt were not familiar with the Orthopedic department and sent us in several directions until we found someone who knew where we were going. Wonder why these people had been hired or if they had just not been trained properly.
The doctor we saw was a hip specialist. He asked lots of questions and took lots of notes. At the end of the visit, he said, it appeared that my wife's bulging disk was more at risk than her hip problems and referred us to a spine specialist at the end of this month. Also in Nashville but at a different location... not in the downtown area of Nashville but more out in the suburbs.
It will be interesting to see how that visit turns out.
Kamala Harris is the Problem
Like Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, in an effort to sound more sympathetic to the working class, is fond of telling stories.
But these anecdotes often drive Republicans up the wall. A tale from back in March is one that is sure to rile the right.
Harris told the insulting anecdote while talking to attendees in Colorado on March 6 at the city of Arvada’s Center for the Arts and Humanities.
Kamala Harris: What Did She Say Now?
She recalled her childhood in which she asked, “Why are conservatives bad, mommy?” This question came out of nowhere because Harris was supposed to be talking about environmentalism and climate change.
Harris seemed to think Republicans were the bad guys at a young age.
Here Is Some More Background Behind This Story
Let’s offer some more context around Harris’ cringeworthy question.
Harris was on stage with rock climbing pro and moderator Sasha Digiulian and Colorado Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen. The vice president was trying to recount how she became environmentally conscious at a young age.
“We called it ecology at the time. So, some of us who were born around that time know what I’m saying. And we talked about it in the context of conservation,” Harris said. READ MORE...
Thursday, June 8
DEMS Blame GOP for Border Crisis Problems
Even while Democrats, including New York City Mayor Eric Adams, have recognized just how damaging the border crisis is to people and communities, the Biden administration remains in blissful denial of what it is encouraging and who is being harmed by it.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, the incompetent messenger for an incompetent administration, took to the podium to complain about Republican governors sending illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities. This comes after California, which claims to be a sanctuary state, accused Florida of flying illegal immigrants to Sacramento.
“Busing or flying migrants around the country without any coordination with the federal government … state or local officials as well, is dangerous and unacceptable,” Jean-Pierre said. “It is dangerous and unacceptable because you are putting people’s lives at risk and … because you are actually putting a lot of pressure on these states and local areas.”
First, the idea that sending transportation to help illegal immigrants get to sanctuary cities that claim they are welcome there is not “putting people’s lives at risk.” READ MORE...
Illegal Immigration
NYC for example is considering putting these illegal immigrants into the homes of private residences and churches. I BETCHA THAT GOES OVER REAL BIG WITH THE LOCAL RESIDENTS.
What I am waiting to see is how the BLACKS like all these HISPANICS moving into their territories... Before long, the BLACKS will start to raise hell because there are too many Hispanics in the neighborhoods.... but, that is not going to be the key here for being upset... what will really piss the blacks off is all the MS13 gang members moving into their communities taking over the drug business.
Talk about gang wars developing... you ain't seen nothing yet, until you see the violence that MS13 is capable of committing on another human being.
In addition to the gang violence, the illegal immigrants will join in with the stealing and looting because they have no source of income and they must do something to survive. Crime will escalate big time and with the DEFUND THE POLICE MOVEMENT because of the BLACKS, well, guess what... not enough cops will be available to control the increase in crime...
FUN DAYS AHEAD...
Wealthy To Pay More
California will soon become the first state to determine residents’ electricity fees based on their income as part of a new effort to spur households toward full electrification and bring down the state’s soaring electricity costs for low-income Californians.
Electricity bills are made up of fixed costs as well as fees that vary based on the amount of electricity residents use. Last year, the state passed a law giving the California public utilities commission a 1 July 2024 deadline to determine a fixed charge for household electric bills based on people’s income.
The new income-based electricity bills could hit residents’ mailboxes as soon as 2025. Based on proposals currently under consideration, residents who make more than $180,000 a year could pay about $500 more annually on their electricity bills, while Californians who make less than $28,000 annually could save up to $300 a year. The law is part of the state’s answer of how to equitably transition away from carbon as an energy source.
But state officials are already facing backlash from higher-income residents who don’t want to see their bills increase. The proposals have so far received more than 250 public with large number opposing the law. READ MORE...
Wednesday, June 7
Martha Stewart says...
Martha Stewart has shared her candid thoughts about remote work.
The 81-year-old media mogul came out against businesses allowing their employees to work remotely in an interview with Footwear News published on Monday (5 June). While describing her packed daily schedule, Stewart revealed that she didn’t stop working during the Covid-19 pandemic.
“I continued to work five days a week,” she said. As companies have slowly introduced return-to-office measures, with some allowing employees to opt for a hybrid work schedule, Stewart has taken a stance against remote work.
“You can’t possibly get everything done working three days a week in the office and two days remotely,” she told the publication. The Martha Stewart Living founder noted how many French companies allow most of their employees to take summer holiday between July or August, with some French workers receiving 30 days a year of paid vacation. READ MORE...
Surviving a Nuclear War
I was in the military during the Vietnam War that the government called the Vietnam Era Conflict... it was still a war in which countless of wasted lives were lost on both sides.
However, the GI Bill not only paid for 4 years of education (2 undergraduate and 2 graduate) but it gave me a housing allowance because of I was married. Regardless of what the GI Bill gave me, I still worked FULL TIME during those four years. Working full time and going to school full time was not easy but it got done.
I am not a war hawk nor am I a pacifist, but I do believe in a strong military presence if for no other reason than to deter our enemies who might otherwise perceive us as weak. I also believe we should do everything in our power to avoid war.
The USA has enough nuclear weapons stored to blow this entire world to hell and back several times, but it is doubtful that these weapons will ever be used because it means the end of life on earth.
NOT SO FAST WALLY... several govts including the USA, Russia, and China have been building underground complexes where only the privileged will go in the event of a nuclear war. Some scientists believe that a nuclear war can be survived underground and while that may indeed be possible, no one would be able to leave that underground complex for hundreds of years.
Everything above ground would be destroyed, including the ground soil so that no plants will ever grow for a thousand years or more. There would be no lakes or resorts or public transportation underground. No professional sports teams or musicians. I would assume that those who were picked to survive might cook up a little community theater for entertainment.
The other interesting aspect of life underground would be a selection of males and females who were brought there for no other purpose but to BREED and give birth to a future generation.
Some people would be alive but what kind of a life would they have. The general public would all die as they have nothing of value to preserve.
North Korea Hates the USA
North Korea has been scrambling to launch a satellite to spy on the US, but this is just a distraction from a far more worrying threat, an analyst told Daily Express US.
Kim Jong-un was left red-faced earlier this week when his attempted spy satellite launch crashed into the sea.
Pyongyang is allegedly planning to use the new technology to spy on the US from space and has vowed to make a second attempt this month.
But, according to Brandon Weichert, geopolitical analyst and author of Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower, these launches are just a distraction from a terrifying threat the hermit Kingdom is developing, which could put the US mainland at risk.
He told Daily Express US: "Like Iran, North Korea having a satellite program is at first not about the satellite capabilities. READ MORE...
Tuesday, June 6
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