Here comes fall

Yup, it’s getting cooler. Now before I go to the activities of the day, I have a mini rant for you as you all are due.

Listen up people, here’s some stuff coming down the pike you need to prepare for. I know most of you don’t listen or don’t want to hear it, but I have to keep trying. So here we go.

1. Enterovirus — EV-D68, this mystery illness is primarily affecting children but also can infect the anyone and is spreading like wildfire across 13 states so far. Colorado is one of the two states hit the hardest. Wash you hands often with warm water and soap for at least 30 seconds. This is not good and you don’t want to get sick going into flu season.

2. Ebola Explodes, computer models show as many as 100,000 cases Worldwide by December. When it comes to pandemics, it only takes a little global connectedness to trigger a cascade of infections. The outbreak of Ebola raging in West Africa— labeled a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization—echoes a scenario mapped out by NECSI in 2006. In a computer simulation of pathogens and hosts, long-range routes of transmission — most prominently, international air routes — can allow the deadliest viral strains to outrun their own extinction, and in the process kill vastly more victims than they would have otherwise.

3. 11 Ways you know you live in a country run by idiots, this is fun!

1. If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for being in the country illegally, you live in a country run by idiots.

2. If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion, you live in a country run by idiots.

3. If you have to show identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor or check out a library book, but not to vote on who runs the government, you live in a country run by idiots.

4. If the government wants to ban stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines with more than ten rounds, but gives 20 F-16 fighter jets to the crazy leaders in Egypt, you live in a country run by idiots.

5. If, in the largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not a 24-ounce soda because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat, you live in a country run by idiots.

6. If an 80-year-old woman can be stripped searched by the TSA but a woman in a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched, you live in a country run by idiots.

7. If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more, you live in a country run by idiots.

8. If a seven year old boy can be thrown out of grade school for saying his teacher’s “cute,” but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable, you live in a country run by idiots.

9. If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government intrusion, while not working is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks, Medicaid, subsidized housing and free cell phones, you live in a country run by idiots.

10. If the government’s plan for getting people back to work is to incentivize NOT working, with 99 weeks of unemployment checks and no requirement to prove they applied but can’t find work, you live in a country run by idiots.

11. If being stripped of the ability to defend yourself makes you more “safe” according to the government, you live in a country run by idiots.

and last….

4.

A U.S. Army report warns that American troops need to be prepared to enter New York City and other global “megacities” in order to prevent civil unrest, political uprisings and protect key infrastructure and natural resources in the national interest.

The report, entitled Megacities and the United States Army (PDF), was released by the Chief of Staff of the Army, Strategic Studies Group.

Cautioning that the power of national governments to deal with the problems caused by increasing urbanization and the growth of megacities is “diminishing,” the report notes, “It is inevitable that at some point the United States Army will be asked to operate in a megacity and currently the Army is ill-prepared to do so.”

Given increasing concerns about martial law and the militarization of domestic law enforcement in the United States, some will be concerned to learn that one of these “megacities” where U.S. troops may operate is New York City.

Indeed, the report notes that, “It is plausible that the Army could be called to act in one of these places tomorrow. As their size and importance grows, it becomes probable.”

Reasons given for why U.S. troops may be sent into major cities to deal with social dislocation include “unrest,” “income disparity,” “natural disasters,” and “illicit networks” who challenge state power. According to the report, all of these problems will create “friction which compels future military intervention” that “will require boots on the ground.” Nice, troops roaming our streets to keep us safe??? Time to head to the hills!

And my favorite, 

So there you have it, I could go on and on but I think you get the picture. Anyone see the flooding in Arizona? Some would say it’s historic or biblical as they haven’t had it this bad since the 1890’s. Hope Robi is ok!

Anyhow the whole point here is that we live in a changing World. The life you lived as a child is no longer and you need to be prepared for the changes all around you. No need to panic here as long as you adapt and take the precautionary steps to make sure you and your family are safe. Simple steps can be taken to counter some of the problems described above. You can stock up on some food and water, get a few extra medical supplies, wash your hands more often and even though I didn’t go there today, diversify your investments. If you have all your savings in stocks, get some out now! Let me repeat myself, do not keep all your money tied up in the stock market or in mutual funds that invest in the market. A correction is coming and by the time you recognize it, it’ll be too late to do anything about it. Ok, that’s it, not too bad, just a compilation of what you’d see on the major networks if you watched them all picking out the highlights, or should I say lowlights. I won’t even go into the Pres and his speech tomorrow night as it’s all just bull. Trust me, he’ll say what the masses want to hear and what’ll make him look better, whether it’s true or not.

Now to the day, Lori worked hard and then stopped to get some highlights in her hair, the boys had school and I interviewed 3 people on the phone today plus did all my work.

Today more of the same along with some cold weather and rain. Bob fell as I said and Eleanor said he banged up his elbow pretty good. Hope he gets better. Have a great day and God Bless.