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Sunday, December 6, 2020

God Made Some Scary Gentlemen...

Thanks, Mr. President!

Thanks, Republicans!

Saturday, December 5, 2020

Entertainment Overnight--Holiday Edition

And those "gentlemen" are Republicans, of course.

Happy holidays, indeed.

Friday, December 4, 2020

"Twas a Month Before Christmas--- 2020 Pandemic Edition

T'was a month before Christmas,

And all through the town,

People wore masks,

That covered their frown.

The frown had begun

Way back in the Spring,

When a global pandemic

Changed everything.

They called it corona,

But unlike the beer,

It didn’t bring good times,

It didn’t bring cheer.

Contagious and deadly,

This virus spread fast,

Like a wildfire that starts

When fueled by gas.

Airplanes were grounded,

Travel was banned.

Borders were closed

Across air, sea and land.

As the world entered lockdown

To flatten the curve,

The economy halted,

And folks lost their verve.

From March to July

We rode the first wave,

People stayed home,

They tried to behave.

When summer emerged

The lockdown was lifted.

But away from caution,

Many folks drifted.

Now it’s November

And cases are spiking,

Wave two has arrived,

Much to our disliking.

Frontline workers,

Doctors and nurses,

Try to save people,

From riding in hearses.

This virus is awful,

This COVID-19.

There isn’t a cure.

There is no vaccine.

It’s true that this year

Has had sadness a plenty,

We’ll never forget

The year 2020.

And just ‘round the corner -

The holiday season,

But why be merry?

Is there even one reason?

To decorate the house

And put up the tree,

When no one will see it,

No one but me.

But outside my window

The snow gently falls,

And I think to myself,

Let’s deck the halls!

So, I gather the ribbon,

The garland and bows,

As I play those old carols,

My happiness grows.

Christmas is not cancelled

And neither is hope.

If we lean on each other,

I know we can cope.

--Anonymous

Happy holidays, everyone.

God help us all.

Sunday, November 29, 2020

Kansas City COViD Roundup

Here you go, Kansas City! A COVID roundup. First up, Torey Southwick advises us!

With KC beds sparse, rural hospitals in Kansas, Missouri face new COVID ‘tidal wave’

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum temporarily closes after staff test positive for COVID-19

A lost generation? Educators and students worry online classes leave too many behind

KC metro sees dip in new coronavirus cases as testing slows over Thanksgiving holiday

Meanwhile, this, nationally.

16 States Log Record-High Average COVID-19 Cases Since Thanksgiving

Insane.

Here's a statewide assessment.

Examining COVID-19 Cases In Hard-Hit Wisconsin, Missouri

The region.

‘We’re drowning’: COVID cases flood hospitals in America’s heartland

And then, hope.

Covid: First Americans 'could get vaccine in December

Be careful out there, folks. Stay safe. Mask up, for sure.

Thursday, November 28, 2019

Thursday, December 27, 2018

Notes On the Southern Wall and This Government Shutdown

Yes, let's make two notes, two points about this Southern border wall Mr. Trump wants and his Federal Government shutdown.

First, there's this.

There Is No Crisis At The Border - And DHS Stats Prove It

Proof.

Southwest Border Apprehensions and Individuals “Inadmissible” at Ports of Entry Compared by Fiscal Year

October-May FY 2018	October-May FY 2017	October-May FY 2016	October-May FY 2015	October-May FY 2014	October-May FY 2013
340,030	306,793	362,020	284,020	380,116	329,428

Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The report reflected reality: Border Patrol apprehensions along the Southwest border plummeted by approximately 80%, from a high of over 1.6 million in FY 2000, to around 300,000 in FY 2017. (Apprehensions are considered a proxy for illegal entry, so the fewer apprehensions, the less illegal entry.)
Ironically, the government’s own data show that illegal entry by family units is actually down in FY 2018...

And then, on this, the Christmas, holidays, Federal Government shutdown, there is this.

Let's never forget.

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Entertainment Overnight: Happiest of Holidays

Local boy, Anthony Glise, makes good, very good.

From an hour North from Kansas City, in St. Joseph, my home town, coincidentally.

Happy Holidays.

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

KCPD and Target Doing a Very Cool Thing Today

I had some time away from the office today and had to run some errands. One of those errands took me to the Target store at Ward Parkway Mall. Those pesky vacuum cleaner bags, you know?

I pulled into the parking lot and, before getting parked, noticed a Kansas City, Missouri police department squad car, parked there but far out in the lot. It seemed odd. I never see that.

I got inside, of course, only to see an officer. "Ah, that's the one who parked there", I thought.

Then I saw another officer.

And another.

And sure, it's the holidays but the store seemed unusually busy for the middle of the week and middle of the day.

Pretty soon, I noticed there were police--and families with them, it seemed--all over the place.

I stopped this one young officer and asked him what was up.

He said that, yes, the KCPD did this, every year, I guess. Today there were going to be 152 kids go through with them, shopping, today alone. They call it their "Shop With a Cop" program, you guessed it, for the holidays.

I congratulated and thanked him and a few of the other officers there.

What a fantastic program. Seems Target sponsors it.

Shop With A COP Program‎

Seems it's quite the national program. Lee's Summit does it, as does Parkville and Prairie Village, on the Kansas Side and lots of other cities and towns in the area. Unknown to me, it's been going on for years. This video, from KMBC News, is from 2014.

So kudos, KCPD, and to you, too, Target and really, all of Kansas City.

What a great thing. What a great, even beautiful thing to do.

It's enough to give a person hope.

Happy holidays, y'all.

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