Comments on: Open thread 11/12/22

By: JJ

JJ — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 20:42:28 +0000

Huxley, keep it up. No guarantees, but exercise and moving seem to slow the decline. My wife and I have had the goal of staying out of a nursing home and have succeeded thus far.

OM, those links to Perun are valuable. This one is especially so in describing how the corruption in Russia’s military works. It leads to low morale, low readiness, and as we are observing, failure on the battlefield.

Unfortunately, we are beginning to see that creep into our military with the new emphasis on DEI. Less time devoted to readiness and possible lying about it.

By: huxley

huxley — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 17:00:49 +0000

Go for it, JJ! Congrats.

My uncle made it to 88 and my grandmother to 94. I’m giving it a shot.

By: om

om — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 16:39:41 +0000

Since it’s an open thread: Ukraine war

How lies destroy armies – Lies, coverups, and Russian failures in Ukraine – Perun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz59GWeTIik

How lies destroy republics? Counting votes post Covid takes 6 days or more when Democrats need a result? Because? Prove it!

What an inspiration JJ! Hang in there.

By: Molly Brown

Molly Brown — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 07:31:47 +0000

JJ,
If you can do all that at 89, more power to you!

By: JJ

JJ — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 03:51:58 +0000

I wish I’d seen this 70 years ago. It would have saved me some injuries.

Until five years ago, I was still lifting some fairly serious weights. Botched surgeries ended that. My workout now is four to six round trips on the stairs, three sets of unweighted squats, three sets of modified pushups, three sets of crunches and getting up and down off the floor several times. It ain’t much but it’s what I can do now. Don’t laugh until you’re 89.

Tomorrow I plan to try the kettlebell swings with a five pounder. I think that’s a good one to add to my workout. We’ll see.

By: Philip Sells

Philip Sells — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 02:59:26 +0000

Hello. I’ve had a couple of conversations at work lately that suggest there may be a problem somewhere with supplies of lettuce to grocery stores. Has anyone else noticed a lack of lettuce locally? I’ve noticed in the last few weeks that a couple of local grocery stores have been coming up short on romaine and sometimes other green vegetables. But someone today at work, who happens to live in a notably affluent area around here, mentioned that even iceberg lettuce was not to be found recently in two different stores where she shops regularly. That got my attention.

By: Brian E

Brian E — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 22:28:49 +0000

I’ve read three news reports saying the “election desk” has called the Arizona Senate race for Kelly. Not one of those stories included the vote tally and the number of votes left to count!

This is absurd!

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 22:16:41 +0000

huxley, and others, thanks for your concerns. I exercise with weights and resistance bands regularly, under the supervision of a monthly visit with a physical trainer who is experienced with older clients. I can’t do those kettlebell swings, but I have alternatives.

By: PA+Cat

PA+Cat — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 21:04:12 +0000

No surprise: “WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will keep in place the public health emergency status of the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing millions of Americans to still receive free tests, vaccines and treatments, two Biden administration officials said on Friday.

The possibility of a winter surge in COVID cases and the need for more time to transition out of the public health emergency to a private market were two factors that contributed to the decision not to end the emergency status in January, one of the officials said. . . . Health experts believe a surge in COVID-19 infections in the United States is likely this winter, one official said. ‘We may be in the middle of one in January,’ he said. ‘That is not the moment you want to pull down the public health emergency.’

Daily U.S. cases are down to an average of nearly 41,300 as of Nov. 9, but an average of 335 people a day are still dying from COVID, according to the latest U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/us-covid-public-health-emergency-to-stay-in-place/ar-AA140Kff

Gee, it looks as if Emily Oster and her pals won’t need a COVID “amnesty” after all– they can go right back to their hectoring, scolding, and virtue-signaling.

By: Chases Eagles

Chases Eagles — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 19:10:18 +0000

“We need a divorce from 50% of the country”
I don’t want a divorce. All the Pacific SSBNs are based in Washington. Do you want Washington to become a major nuke power?

We’ll try to stay serene and calm
When Alabama gets the bomb!
Tom Lehrer “Who’s Next?”