Monthly Archives: August 2020

California Fires, Climate Change, and Poor Building Practices

California Fires, Climate Change, and Poor Building Practices There are now over 500 fires in California, covering over 1,000,000 acres since July, or about 1,600 square miles, which is a 40 mile square.  All of California’s firefighting equipment is involved, … Continue reading

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California’s Vast Lightning Fires and Hazardous Air Pollution

California’s Vast Lightning Fires and Hazardous Air Pollution California has had 11,000 lightning strikes and 370 resulting fires, of which 23 are major fires.  Over 10,000 firefighters are fighting them.  We will show PurpleAir.com maps of the extremely hazardous air … Continue reading

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Trump’s Destructive March to the End

Trump’s Destructive March to the Sea This title is an analogy to Sherman’s March to the Sea.  It wasn’t enough to defeat the Confederate Army.  Sherman marched through Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah, and destroyed all along his way. We … Continue reading

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Trump’s Forces Plotting to “Win” the Election

Trump’s Forces Plotting to “Win” the Election It is apparent that the race is no longer Trump competing with Biden, but the Trump factions competing with each other for who can implement the most dastardly plot to deny votes to … Continue reading

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Birtherism, Pence, and Trump’s Muddying Masks and Voting

Birtherism Strikes VP Mike Pence While not explicit, the Constitution clearly assumes that a candidate for President or Vice President must be a human being who can think independently.  This clearly rules out a computer or cyborg from becoming President … Continue reading

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The Year-Ending Holiday Trifecta of Pandemic Spreading

The Year-Ending Holiday Trifecta of Pandemic Spreading While we are soon to get through the openings of schools at the end of a shorted out summer, the holidays in the fall and winter will easily restart another wave of the … Continue reading

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The Donald: Come Join Us in Trumplandia

The Donald:  Come Join Us in Trumplandia In Trumplandia, The Donald has Absolute Power, and there is no Congress or Federal Courts, or Supreme Court.  Or Constitution, or laws, for that matter. Trumplandia, apparently, is just pretending that everybody lives … Continue reading

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Possible Sources of T Cells Leading to Asymptomatic Coronavirus Cases

Possible Sources of T Cells Leading to Asymptomatic Coronavirus Cases Some people and older blood samples show the presence of T cells, which could be leading to asymptomatic Covid-19 or SARS-CoV-2 cases.  In blood samples of a few years ago, … Continue reading

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The Obese Require Larger Vaccine Dosages

The Obese Require Larger Vaccine Dosages. From Dr. Darria Long on CNN and a Medscape article by Sarah Varney, we find that obesity hinders the effectiveness of influenza vaccines.  As some comedian says:  again, this is something you could have … Continue reading

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Countries Can Save Many Lives By Masking, in IHME Coronavirus Projections

The August 6 IHME projections show which countries can benefit greatly from going to 95% masking.  They also show which countries have large increases in deaths in their future, without greater mitigations.  The new projections have been extended to December … Continue reading

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