Hold on to your bibles!

News blues

After US Prez Biden suggested a program to go “door to door” to encourage vax hesitant to get the jab, Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn (N.C.) warned,

…health care workers coming to homes to vaccinate people could also be out to grab Americans’ guns and Bibles.
“Now they’re talking about going door-to-door to take vaccines to the people,” Cawthorn complained… adding that the plan would require a “massive” operation.
“Then think about what those mechanisms could be used for,” Cawthorn darkly warned. “They could then go door-to-door to take your guns. They could then go door-to-door to take your Bibles.”

Oh my. Will the whackidoodle-itude never end?

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Meanwhile, in California’s LA County, new coronavirus cases are up 165% compared to last week, all involving the delta variant of the coronavirus. Health authorities are on high alert and again and urge residents to wear masks when they’re inside public spaces.

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Five under vaccinated clusters could put the entire United States at risk as new data analysis identifies clusters of unvaccinated people, most of them in the southern United States. These areas are vulnerable to surges in Covid-19 cases and could become breeding grounds for even more deadly Covid-19 variants. 

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After The Lincoln Project aired Toyota, that company decided that (at least for now, while the public is watching) it “… will No Longer Donate To Republicans Who Voted To Overturn 2020 Election. 
Toyota reversed course hours after the Lincoln Project released a damning video attacking the company for backing lawmakers who refused to certify the election.”
Way to go, The Lincoln Project!

Meanwhile, back at the ranch…

Another day of overwhelming heat: 111F today, up on the river. I’m sheltering 25 miles away in my friend’s apartment, with air con! Drove up to the marina to water my plants yesterday – 106F – and to retrieve my small outboard motor from the person who’d serviced it. Plants – sun gold and beefsteak tomatoes, cucumber, parsley (more nutritious and hardier than lettuce), mint, and basil – appreciated my efforts. Also set up slow drip water bottles in the pots and laid wet dish towels over the soil surface. I mentioned to the plants that temps continue to soar and to sip slowly but regularly. 

Temp tomorrow: 106F.
I’ll stay in air con until Monday, then return to enjoy cool 97F heat – and wind gusts. Perfect fire weather? Don’t mention that dreaded possibility!

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News from South Africa is not good. Big picture: Zuma supporters burn and pillage to protest the jailing of their hero.
Small picture: my mother is exhausted, weak, and abed. Since the Care Center is under tight lock down again, due to soaring rates of Delta variant, I’ve asked staff please, please, if it looks as if she’s “failing to thrive”, give my brother permission to visit. She adores him and seeing him in her final moments would give her a sense of peace.