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Sam's Club had a good TP supply over the weekend when Mrs. SF and I were there. Last bought the jumbo size in October, shouldn't need more until this October. Also had an adequate supply of hand sanitizer in the store. I forgot we live in Northern Indiana where there is still a sense of level-headedness.....Had a client in the office last week from Brooklyn, NY whose wife called him and told him to pick up as much hand sanitizer as he could at the airport, since ALL of the stores in NYC were out.

https://babylonbee.com/news/pence-cancels-general-election-to-stymie-coronavirus?fbclid=IwAR1xWANqQoT_bkRXoFkP_G6nQKcjvklsP68XFPzNVXOWdWFDDzThTdQhtLw WASHINGTON, D.C.—In real news that totally actually happened, President Trump has announced that in the interest of public safety, the 2020 presidential election has been canceled. “It’s just too risky,” President Trump told the press while standing behind a sneeze guard. “We’ll get all these people gathered together at rallies or lined up to vote, and they’re all going to get sick. And Bernie and Biden -- they’re just so old. Sending them around crowds campaiging is basically trying to murder them. Anyway, it just seems pointless for a bunch of people to die when everyone knows I was going to win anyway.” Trump has been a divisive figure in the past, but so far everyone has agreed with this move. The New York Times, which usually opposes absolutely everything Trump does, wrote an editorial in support of canceling the election. “It’s a smart, science-driven move,” the editorial said. “As important as democracy is, it’s just not worth dying over.” Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders also seemed very relieved by the announcement, as they’re both very tired and worried about getting sick. Sanders was especially happy, telling the press, “You know, for a few moments there, it really seemed like I might win, and I didn’t know what was going to happen if people actually expected me to follow through on all that free stuff.” Sanders is now deciding in which of his three houses to self-quarantine. 🤣🤣

Cuts his speeches down, keeping them under 15 minutes so he doesn't gaffe, arguing about not standing at the next debate. He is old and tired, should be retired..... SF thinks if he gets the nomination, he'll call Hillary up for his VP pick.......Which means if he wins in November, he's dead by a week after inauguration......

After seeing the up-close verbiage from Biden on this, I am convinced he has seriously lost it. He shouldn't be in this race, he should be enjoying his retirement years getting fat and happy. He literally tells his aide who tries to diffuse the situation to "Shush" then tells this guy "your not allowed to own any gun" and refers to the AR-14 instead of the AR-15 (an AR 14 existed at one time, but doesn't look as dangerous as the AR 15) even tells the guy he's gonna slap him. Seemingly forgetting he wants to bring Beto "I'm coming to get your guns" O' Rourke on board to handle his gun situation.....I cannot wait for him to get on the same stage as Trump......

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/03/10/watch-joe-biden-loses-it-over-guns-tells-worker-hes-full-of-sht/?fbclid=IwAR318QAmx-HjhAvka1y8Fc5WsBbYZoEibiQ2zygWPkfmVs0y1hkcUH-AJjY Democrat presidential hopeful Joe Biden got into an argument over guns with a Michigan plant worker Tuesday, arguing over “AR-14s.” The worker and Biden went back and forth on proposed gun controls, with the working saying, “You are actively trying to infringe our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.” Biden responded, “You’re full of shit.” Upon further claims that he was trying to take their guns, Biden responded to the worker, “Don’t tell me that,” and said he would “slap” him. Oh, he can talk alright.....Methinks he may have talked his way out of a few votes today in Michigan.......

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

Would have been a great statement, but he kept going, didn't he.....

BO - Then post the correct stats please.......On BOTH the COVID and the H1N1....... Point (in a meme) being made is that there were WAY more actual deaths and cases of "swine flu" in the US but under the firm steady hand of President Obama (Messiah) we had nothing to fear.....(according to the MSM)......If the numbers were incorrect, please post the corrected stats.......Easily found in something like Wikipedia or something like that......🙄

The 100 on Netflix. Almost through the first season.....

You really think you can compare what the President said (noted above) to the Biden ramblings I noted? “Turn this primary from a campaign that’s about negative attacks into one about moving forward. Because we cannot get re-elected… Cannot win this re-election… Excuse me… we can only re-elect Donald Trump,” "You know the thing!!"

I do the same thing. But I already have plenty stocked up in my bathroom for packing. Every January just before show season, I stock up on the small deodorants, shaving gel, etc. that you need to be able to fly. This year, I've been on both ends of the country (Seattle, Boston) and Canada (Edmonton and Montreal) and many in between, stuck in Detroit, Minneapolis and Nashville. A cold ALMOST caught me in Toronto last week, but strategic use of Zi-Cam, Benadryl and fishermen's friend lozenges kept me from getting a full blown cold. AND plenty hand sanitizers and alcohol wipes.....

“Turn this primary from a campaign that’s about negative attacks into one about moving forward. Because we cannot get re-elected… Cannot win this re-election… Excuse me… we can only re-elect Donald Trump,” - Joe Biden..... Good old Uncle Joe......

https://www.953mnc.com/2020/03/09/buttigieg-to-fill-in-host-late-night-tv-show-thursday/?fbclid=IwAR3eTFWMqtUHgm5umWoTyydgLf7xoF3cN-qn4Om4VSqytIwcT0d_rU1ro4c No need to worry about former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, he may not be running for president any more but he is staying plenty busy. This week he will even have the spotlight back on him–quite literally–as he will be gust hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live. The announcement came Monday during Today. While the guest list isn’t completely set it will include seasoned actor Sir Patrick Stewart fresh of the debut of his new Star Trek series and an animal trainer. As far as the opening monologue, Pete says “hopefully some funnier minds than mine will be doing some writing for that.” Past this week though he said he plans to travel to thank supporters, take a vacation and then “make myself useful in new ways”. Yep, he got what he wanted. Methinks he is done with Indiana.....

“I encourage everyone who chooses to be negative and question my work at the White House to take time and contribute something good and productive in their own communities. #BeBest” First Lady Melania Trump responding to former First Lady, former Senator, former Secretary of State, former Democrat Presidential Candidate, HIllary Clinton's criticism of her cyber-bullying initiative.

Answer - BECAUSE THEY ARE RATS!!!

Ok - but the current President (not a senator) is who nominated the first black officer to the position that was noted in the article......

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/03/02/white-house-set-nominate-nations-1st-african-american-military-service-chief-report.html White House Nominates Nation's 1st African American Military Service Chief The White House has nominated Gen. Charles "CQ" Brown to be the next top general to lead the U.S. Air Force. The nomination, announced by the Defense Department Monday afternoon, would make him the first African American officer to serve as the top uniformed officer for any of the military branches. The Wall Street Journal first reported Monday that Brown, currently the head of Pacific Air Forces, would be tapped for 22nd Air Force chief of staff, following Gen. David Goldfein, who is set to retire this summer after four years in the position. Brown would also be the first black officer to sit on the Joint Chiefs of Staff since then-Army Gen. Colin Powell served as chairman between 1989 and 1993. "The [Air Force] will be well served by the formidable talents of CQ Brown," Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett said in a tweet following the announcement. "He has unmatched strategic vision and operational expertise. His leadership will be instrumental as the service continues to focus on the capabilities and talent we need to implement the [National Defense Strategy]." Before his post at PACAF, Brown was the deputy commander of U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. He also served as the head of Air Forces Central Command (AFCENT) between 2015 and 2016, during the height of the air campaign against Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria. The highly decorated commander, an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot by training, commissioned in 1984 and has accumulated more than 2,900 flight hours, including 130 combat hours in various aircraft. With posts that have taken him across Europe, the Pacific and the Middle East, Brown has also "commanded a fighter squadron, the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, and two fighter wings" throughout his career, his bio states. Despite publicly stated efforts across the military services to attract and retain minority troops, the most senior ranks remain largely homogenous. A 2015 report from USA Today found that, of 280 Air Force generals at the time, just 18 belonged to minority groups, and just 13 -- or 4% of the total -- were African American. Between 2014 and 2015, Brown was the director of operations, strategic deterrence and nuclear integration at U.S. Air Forces in Europe. During that time, the general told Air Force Times he had been focused on watching Russia's activities unfold in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, but quickly had to switch gears during his tour to focus on deterring ISIS forces from making gains in Iraq and Syria. "When you ask me what my biggest accomplishment was during this time of my [AFCENT] command, [strategic] targeting. That was it," Brown told this reporter during an interview in 2016. Brown's goal at the command was to streamline processes between the Air Force, coalition air components and the intelligence community to create better dynamic and deliberate targeting operations for battlefield success. "In the last 15 years or so, we've done a lot of close-air support for troops in contact and overwatch, and the deliberate targeting process -- we lost a little muscle memory from what we had in the past," he said, referencing operations in Afghanistan. "So I think this is something that's going to help us in the [Central Command area of operations] and in other contingencies later on that we as a nation or we as the coalition team may face in the future." Like his PACAF predecessor, Air Force Gen. Terrence O'Shaughnessy, Brown has worked to improve collaboration with partner forces, with an emphasis on integrating fifth-generation combat capabilities, such as those within the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter, into theater. "Our allies and partners are on the front lines of fifth-generation integration in the Indo-Pacific," Brown said in 2018, referencing how the U.S., Australia, Japan and South Korea will all operate the F-35 in coming years. I sure wish President Trump wasn't so racist......

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/schumer-claims-conservative-supreme-court-justices-will-pay-the-price-if-they-rule-against-abortion-advocates/ Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday warned Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh that they will “pay the price” if they take a position he disagrees with in deciding a case that addresses the credentials required for doctors who perform abortions. “I want to tell you, Gorsuch. I want to tell you, Kavanaugh. You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price,” Schumer told a cheering crowd of abortion-rights advocates in front of the Supreme Court. “You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions,” the New York Democrat added. A spokesman for Schumer said the minority leader’s comments were a “reference to the political price” Republicans will pay for putting Gorsuch and Kavanaugh on the court, as well as a warning that the justices will inspire a “major grassroots movement on the issue of reproductive rights against the decision.” So it's normal now for the Senate Minority Leader to taunt or threaten the Supreme Court Justices........