Saturday, June 20, 2020

Main Stream Media Investigative Reporters Are Mysteriously Dying and No One Knows Why...No One Except Me That Is

Yes, my Dear Readers, I am on top of it! (I much prefer being recognized for being On Top Of It than being acknowledged as Being Full Of It).

I know why Investigative Reporters are dying and, if you will do the following, you will know also...

Ø Skim the list below from Our World In Data.

Ø Don’t concentrate on it, don’t analyze it, don’t think about it too much or don’t start clicking on the links because you might die also.

Ø The list contains 116 Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) Charts.

We used to say, “That’s More Than You Can Shake a Stick At”. Today I’m going to say what we used to say, “That’s More Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) Charts than You Can Shake a Stick At”.

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Let's get back to the Dying News Media People. Here is why they are dying...

We all know that the News Media thrives on Bad News. We all know that every member of our News Media has a sign on the wall in their Cubicle, Office, Car, Home and Palace that reads, “Good News Is Not News”.

The Our World In Data list below found its way into Newsrooms across the Good Ole USofA. The excitement it created was a sight to behold. They looked at it and exclaimed, “Wow! This is a treasure trove of Bad News! Why that’s more Bad News than You Can Shake a Stick At!”

As they dove into the list they found that they could not stop looking for Bad News Story after Bad News Story inside the list. They stopped eating. They stopped sleeping. Divorces was everywhere in Media World. Even when they found really Alarming Bad News they could not stop looking and clicking for more really Alarming Bad News.

Then it started happening...Their heads started to explode. It was awful!

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Ok, proceed with caution and, for your own safety, remember to skim...

Our World In Data

(https://ourworldindata.org/)

All our research and data on Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)...

Read the article


Charts

That appears to be a complete list but it is not a complete list. I actually see one chart that did not make the list.

Yes, My Dear Readers, there could have been a Chart #117...

The Number of Skinny People Who Got COVID-19 Divided By the Number of Over Weight People Who Would Have Gotten the Disease If They Had Mistakenly Worn Their Masks Inside Out

How they could have missed this one I’ll never know.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella


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Tuesday, June 16, 2020

They Looked So Disappointed and Lonely I Felt Sorry For Them

Last night I decided I would like to see Democracy in Action. Of course, there is no better way to do that than to witness Rioting and Looting while it was actually happening.

I drove down to my city’s Financial District because I heard on the news that there were some windows there that had not yet been broken but it turned out that Democracy in Action had taken the night off.

When I arrived there were only 2 Rioters/Looters/Patriots there. They were practicing their window breaking technique swings. One was practicing with a Skate Board and the other was practicing with a Claw Hammer. They, however, did not seem to be very enthusiastic about what they were doing.

They appeared to be so listless I felt compelled to ask them what was the problem. They both looked at me with the saddest puppy dog looks you ever saw and almost in unison said, “Dude, the news media did not show up tonight and it just ain’t as much fun without them. Actually there were about 2,000 of us here practicing our swings and enthusiastically planning and choreographing the mayhem we were going to perform in front of the cameras but about 10 minutes ago, when they all realized the media was not going to show up tonight, they all went home to play video games”.

I actually got a kick out of their disappointment and, as I walked back to my car, I could not help but smile to myself.

As I walked past the Donut R Us Store I noticed that the policeman sitting at the outdoor table with a sign on it that read “Reserved for the Police Observer” was also smiling as he chewed his tasty treats.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: The chewing cop reminded me of a statue I saw years ago in an airport in Texas. It was a statue of a Texas Ranger. The inscription read, “One Riot. One Ranger”.

In the future we are going to see a statue of a Policeman with an inscription that will read, “One Riot. One Policeman Observer”.

 


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Monday, June 15, 2020

Lessons Learned By a Mob of Looters

If you think that the Looters of a Shoe Store learned, “Now that I have all these shoes I have everything I need to be happy in life”, you are delooting yourself.

I must be smarter than you are because I see what they actually learned.

I understand The Rule of Loot which is, “Now that I have all these shoes, I need a Big Flat Screen TV to Match. Tonight I’m going to help myself to that Big Flat Screen TV at the Best Buy across the street from that Shoe Store. I know from experience that there are no policemen in that part of town”.

You think I am kidding u?

Smartfella


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Friday, June 12, 2020

Russia Russia Russia

I looked in Wikipedia to get the official name of Russia and I noticed interesting fodder for a Blog Posting for Foolishness...Or Is it?

Wikipedia describes the Russian Federation this way...

“Federal dominant-party semi-presidential constitutional republic”

A particular phrase jumped out at me because I am The Noticer. Since you are not The Noticer you may not have noticed what I noticed.

It was, “Semi-Presidential”. What the heck is a Semi-President? That’s easy...A Semi-President is a Vladimir Putin and a Vladimir Putin is a Semi-President.

That’s not the kind of definition we are used to in the Good Ole USofA’s Democratic Republic but in Russia’s Constitutional Republic it makes “perfect” sense. 

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As evidence of how much Vladimir Putin dominates Russia consider this:

Ø Do you agree that a Prime Minister is normally a powerful official?

Ø Have you ever heard of Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin?

Ø Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin is the Prime Minister of Russia.

Ø He hasn’t been the Prime Minister very long but that is all the more reason you should have heard of him.

Ø Certainly our crack News Media must have covered the ceremonies having to do with his swearing in and pictures of him raising his vodka holding hand at the cocktail party after he became the Prime Minister. 

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In Russia’s Federal Dominant-Party Semi-Presidential Constitutional Republic they do things differently. Here is how Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin became the Prime Minister of Russia...

Ø One day Mikhail was nominated by Putin (the Semi-President).

Ø The next day, after his nomination hearings were held, he assumed his new office.

Don’t knock it. In many ways it is a lot more appealing that the More Than Two Years of Craziness that we are subjected to in the Good Ole USofA in selecting our President. Here’s how we do it...

Ø Speculation begins about Potential Candidates who are thinking about running.

Ø Denials are made by Potential Candidates that they are thinking about running.

Ø Announcements hit the news about formation of Exploratory Committees (whatever that is) to explore the possibility of the Potential Candidates actually becoming Actual Candidates for President.

Ø Potential Supporters start lining up in case the Potential Possible Candidate actually becomes an Actual Candidate.

Ø Potential Supporters get all excited.

Ø Announcements are made by Potential Possible Candidates that they have now become Actual Candidates.

Ø In the Announcement Audience there are looks of surprise and shocked happiness on the faces of all the supporters of the Now Former Potential Possible Candidates.

Ø The Potential but now Actual Supporters are wearing campaign buttons on their collective lapels bearing the faces of the Now Former Potential Possible Candidates.

Ø Then we are subjected to uncountable numbers of Campaign Speeches.

Ø Then we are bombarded by uncountable numbers of Debates.

Ø Then there are published uncountable numbers of Damning Accusations against the Announced Candidates that go back to their Grammar School Years (a few of the Damning Accusations are actually true).

Ø Then we are subjected to uncountable numbers of Polls by Democratic Pollsters that show the Democratic Candidates in a favorable light.

Ø Then we are subjected to uncountable numbers of Polls by Republican Pollsters that show the Republican Candidates in a favorable light.

You and I both know that this list could go on much longer but you and I both know that you and I get the point. To almost quote Winston Churchill, this is Foolishness wrapped in a glob of Silly Putty waiting impatiently for Happy Hour to Start. 

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Maybe what we need is a Semi-President to shorten this whole process. Putin might just fill the bill. He never seems flustered. He always seems in control. Often times he seems bored. 

He ought to be asked to come over here and spend a couple of days and appoint an Actual Candidate for President who could the next day become the Actual Serving President of the Good Ole USofA.

The Foolishness has now come to an end...Or has it? I really do not think we ought to establish the office of Semi-President of the Good Ole USofA because that would be Silly and our Founding Fathers are Dizzy Enough Already.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 


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Sunday, June 07, 2020

There Are Worms in the Big Apple

A Plethora of Bullets about New York City...

Ø We know that metropolitan New York has been a hot spot during the Covid-19 epidemic.

Ø It has a higher death rate than the rest of the U.S.

Ø The actual disparity is absolutely shocking.

Ø As a proportion of population, the number of excess deaths (the number of deaths in a given period above those in a typical year) in New York City during the epidemic has been 16 times as high as in the rest of America.

Ø Data about deaths is reliable but Covid-19 data isn’t. Many die during an epidemic because other conditions like heart problems, strokes and severe depression go untreated. Those deaths don’t show up in Covid-19 statistics at all.

Ø A study released May 15 by the city’s Department of Health provides the data but has attracted remarkably little notice...
àIt shows that 32,000 people died in New York City between March 11 and May 2—a period that captures the epidemic’s peak and most of its toll.
àIn typical times, there are some 8,000 New York City deaths between those dates.
àThat means there were 24,000 excess deaths, of which only 14,000 were confirmed as Covid-19.
àIn the entire country during the same period, there were 82,000 excess deaths, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
àNew York City, with 2.5% of the U.S. population, had 29.2% of the country’s excess deaths.

Ø Why has New York been hit so hard?...
àA familiar explanation is blunders by the Trump administration.
àBut if you exclude New Jersey and New York State, U.S. excess deaths were only about 10% above normal.
àGermany was 5% above normal.
àFrance was 25% above normal.
àItaly was 40% above normal.

Ø Some contend that New York is unique in America in its population density and reliance on public transportation...
àThis may be true, but Hong Kong—almost as dense and adjacent to mainland China, where the virus originated—has reported only four Covid-19 fatalities in a population of 7.5 million.

Ø A more credible explanation is the incompetence of New York state and local governments...
àMayor Bill de Blasio, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the city Health Department were reportedly at loggerheads as the crisis unfolded.
àTheir shutdown orders came too late, after a few critical weeks when the disease was being transmitted exponentially.
àCompounding the error, the New York State Department of Health ordered the transfer of some 4,300 Covid-19 patients from hospitals to nursing homes.
àThis exposed the oldest, frailest and most vulnerable to the virus.

Ø Here’s the good news: If you’re an average American living outside New York City, the epidemic was a period with barely noticeable increased risk...
àOutside of NYC your chance of being an extra fatality was about 1 in 5,000 but in NYC those odds were approximately 1 in 300.
àOutside of NYC, if you were under 50 with no serious health conditions, your risk was in the ballpark of 1 in 50,000 but in NYC those odds were approximately 1 in 3000.

The intelligent analysis above was not of my making, unless you consider Copy Work to be Making. Credit goes to Mr. Robert Rosenkranz who is chairman of Delphi Capital Management and founder of the Intelligence Squared U.S. Debate Series.

Would I kid u about what Mr. Rosenkranz reported on?

Smartfella


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