July 22

The morning news has a piece which illustrates why I don't pay much attention to the initial reports on medical or scientific issues/studies. Yesterday the story concerned a "study" which said that people who got the J&J vaccine should get a "booster" shot with one of the mRNA vaccines because the J&J was less effective against the Delta version of COVID. Today we get the push back. First the original "study" was not peer reviewed which is essential in establishing the reliability of any scientific reports. Second, the sample size was less than 30. Really?? Fewer than 30 study subjects against the millions who have participated in the earlier studies or received the vaccine.

Evidently I am not the only one with a skeptical and tepid response to the billionaire boys' space race. Gizmodo posted this this morning.

Has anyone checked on the weather in hell? I wonder it it hasn't frozen over. Republicans (pundits and politicians) have started urging people to get vaccinated and touting the vaccines as "safe and effective." The shift in attitude on the part of some of the most vociferous critics of the vaccines has been so sudden the news mainstream media have taken notice.

I heard this morning that Kevin McCarthy is pulling all of his picks for the January 6 commission because Nancy Pelosi rejected the two most obstructionist members, Jim Jordan and Jim Banks. He is, of course, crying crocodile tears about how "authoritarian" Pelosi is and how unfair the whole set up is. Let's not forget how his chosen negotiator had basically achieved an agreement that would have given the Republicans an equal number of seats, the ability to issue their own subpoenas, and even a veto power over certain aspects of the process. He threw the guy under the bus and rejected the whole thing. He didn't want any commission in the first place. Question: What is that Ass-Kisser-Of-The-Former-Guy sycophant afraid of? I am no longer going to be polite in talking about these idiot going to Mar-a-lago or Bedminster to kiss The-Seditionist-In-Chief's ring.