I wonder what Putin has on Biden and how he will use it.

https://graymirror.substack.com/p/a-new-foreign-policy-for-europe

Alex is pretty good! Asks intelligent questions and isn’t a blatant E-Thot grifter.

Zaphod Kek of Approval.

If you like her, you might like some of these:

https://findmyfrens.net/

Jan. 15, 2022 Jan. 15, 2020
Republicans 1,122,582 50.6% 1,008,569 48.3%
Democrats 696,723 31.4% 738,256 35.3%
Libertarians 17,981 under 1% 11,171 under 1%
Independents 381,088 17.2% 332,111 15.9%
TOTAL 2,218,374 2,090,107

The 2020 census has OK with 3,959,353 people with 76% over the age of 18 (or 3,009,108). So, only 73.7% of the adults are registered. It will be interesting to see the next annual report. But, I also know some people who are registered Ds because they always been Ds, but they are very conservative so they vote for the Rs – AKA Blue Dog Ds.

I think the major population growth has been in OKC and Tulsa and they are in the largest counties, population wise. So the redistricting is moving some population sections towards the more rural parts of the state. The map is interesting, but is still reasonable. Who knows what will be approved in the end.

https://special.usps.com/testkits

I ordered some and will see how long it takes.

Just checked the local school district site for case numbers – on 1/11, there were 369 students and staff with C19 (1.35%). They closed the schools on the 14th due to staffing issues but the report published that day had 831 (3.02%). On 1/18, there are 576 (2.09%) with C19. The district also shares the cases per school. The closest high and middle schools had fast rise then a slower drop over the three reports. The elementary school is still increasing. Unfortunately, the district had to close their testing site due to lack of tests. The local university (about 2 miles from me) has 442 or 2.9% active cases.

I use the school numbers as a better indicator of illness than the state or even county numbers since those are the families that are in the same stores that I go to. School district is Edmond OK, the university is U of Central OK.

I know people who have a young child (often vaxxed) come down with C19 and the parents don’t, though they do take precautions. My doctor notified us that her son came down, but the parents are negative – go figure. The doctor bought some KN95 masks and is selling them to her patients at cost. But, I also get my labs, drugs and radiology at cost. I love having a doc who is in a direct care practice…

The unusual thing is her love of the old verities, husband, home, kids, and her fearlessness in being skeptical of the Woke world.

Here she is interviewing Rob Henderson on sex and mating https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zNkhPd_r1c&t=3073s

Here with Curtis Yarvin, aka Mencious Moldbug https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qujHZ23KgI4&t=121s

I had not realized how US entertainment had spread the English language. I am working with an EE consultant in Romania who has never been out of the country who speaks English like he grew up next door.

‘The past is a foreign country: “they do things differently there,” wrote L.P. Hartley. Indeed they do.’

And I’m sure everyone here would agree with that. We’ve all been sojourners there.

Emirates Ad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbL9QdWWJzo

This one is kind of amusing when you think about it:

HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum visits New Emirates First Class Private Suite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvF6ukdEYc0

If one was this guy, flying in this private suite would actually be roughing it.