Author Archena Posted on October 5, 2021October 5, 2021Categories CurrentTags , , , ,

Where Are The Remaining Stranded Americans?

The current administration claims that only about 100 Americans are still in Afghanistan and in hiding. Rescue organizations on the ground place the number near to 1000. Which estimate is correct is immaterial – the question is what is being done by the Biden administration to secure the safe return of the Americans the administration stranded behind enemy lines? Ten or ten thousand – we want ALL our people back. These are not people who chose to remain – these … Continue reading “Where Are The Remaining Stranded Americans?”

Author Archena Posted on October 2, 2021Categories CurrentTags , , , , , , ,

Science? What Science?

Has anyone else noticed that the science ceased to matter about five months ago? It’s not coincidental that this sudden shift away from ‘follow the bouncing science’ occurs just as the first indications were coming out that there were major problems with the vaccines. It’s also not coincidental that there is no discussion of science at all as the reports surface showing that the vaccines are losing efficacy fast. After all, we can’t have some silly science project getting in … Continue reading “Science? What Science?”

Author Archena Posted on October 1, 2021Categories CurrentTags , , , ,

Coming to the Party

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. Martin Niemöller We’ve all heard at least part of the saying before. … Continue reading “Coming to the Party”

Author Archena Posted on September 30, 2021September 30, 2021Categories CurrentTags , , , , , , ,

The Post Authoritarian World to Come

I refuse to use the idiotic phrase ‘post COVID’. A virus with a 98% survivability and that hasn’t infected the majority of people simply isn’t a turning point in world history. That it has been used as an excuse for totalitarian and authoritarian measures directed against the free people of the world might well be a turning point – the virus itself is not. Australia has gone full totalitarian – which begs the question of why the heck we are … Continue reading “The Post Authoritarian World to Come”

Author Archena Posted on September 29, 2021September 29, 2021Categories CurrentTags , , , , ,

We Pay for This Homeland Security Department Why, Exactly?

I worked 18 years in Disease Control. I’ve transported many HIV and some TB patients in my personal vehicle – and never thought twice. The tuberculous Disease Intervention Specialists didn’t wear masks – why should an STD DIS? I stayed home when I even thought I was sick – because that really can be dangerous to HIV patients – but otherwise, we didn’t need no stinkin’ masks – and never used them. I say that because I realize I’m not … Continue reading “We Pay for This Homeland Security Department Why, Exactly?”

Author Archena Posted on September 24, 2021September 24, 2021Categories CurrentTags , , , , , , , ,

Failure isn’t a Bug; It’s a Feature for the Biden Administration

This is the most incompetent administration in national history. It’s the first to manage to lose a war deliberately. It’s managed to violate the Constitution so badly that even the ever supportive Supreme Court finally said knock it off. This administration has lost every case with a verdict thus far challenging its increasingly bizarre edicts. One of its political allies is now protesting against it in the streets. None of its signature legislation has passed both Houses of Congress despite … Continue reading “Failure isn’t a Bug; It’s a Feature for the Biden Administration”

Author Archena Posted on September 23, 2021Categories CurrentTags , ,

Journalism is Dead: The Media is Not a Good Replacement

Polls done by news outlets are not news – news is the stuff that happens, not the stuff that news outlets do so that they have something to talk about. Polls done by news outlets are seldom done well but that’s another issue. The point here is that when the media covers itself it is almost never telling you anything important or information you need to know. Media is not news. If you want to know about your favorite celebrity … Continue reading “Journalism is Dead: The Media is Not a Good Replacement”

Author Archena Posted on September 21, 2021September 21, 2021Categories CurrentTags , , , ,

Ramblings on Congress and Stuff

Sometimes, you spend so much time talking you run out of things to say. Then you ramble. I was thinking about discussing the hilariously unproductive Biden administration. Well, being fair, the Biden Admin has produced a lot of executive orders that have been overturned in a lot of court cases – I suppose that counts as ‘productive’. Good thing Biden won’t need a job after his term – who’d hire someone with that kind of thing on their resume? Pelosi … Continue reading “Ramblings on Congress and Stuff”

Author Archena Posted on September 18, 2021Categories CurrentTags , , ,

Be Not Afraid

Fear has enormous power to destroy. The more afraid we are, the larger and more insurmountable the problem seems. This is not news – it’s the most basic of human responses. We run or we fight when we are afraid – it’s part of the instinctual systems we have that let us act when we haven’t time to think. Fear in its proper place can be a good thing. Being scared to leap off of a perfectly good roof to … Continue reading “Be Not Afraid”