Monday, October 25, 2021

The day after...

News blues

Still mulling Ivermectin? Before embarking on any self-help regime, get the basic facts. For example, the difference between what’s bacteria and what’s virus is not inconsequential. Bacteria and viruses can live outside of the human body (for instance, on a countertop) sometimes for many hours or days. Parasites and bacteria, however, require a living host in order to survive, and both can usually be destroyed with antibiotics. Antibiotics cannot kill viruses. Coronavirus is, yes, a virus.
Ivermectin kills parasites/bacteria. Moreover, “scientific” reports on Ivermectin show that not all science is worth following. 
 How do you know what to believe? Keep an open mind, conduct research with discrimination, and practice discernment. These days, be skeptical.
Remember, no one ever promised you a rose garden  … (3:09 mins)
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MeidasTouch: Trump in hiding  (0:30 mins)

Healthy planet, anyone?

Inevitably, tens of millions of filthy, used medical gloves imported into the US: Trash bags stuffed full of used medical gloves, some visibly soiled, some even blood-stained, litter the floor of a warehouse on the outskirts of Bangkok.
But don’t only blame Bangkok. We in America do an excellent job of pretending discarded PPE miraculously disappear. We burn it . Or pretend we don’t know it’s there  . Or “recycle” it  ...
What so you so with your discarded PPE? What you do matters, too. 

Meanwhile, back at the ranch…

Apres le deluge… Call it a bomb cyclone, an atmospheric river, or a drenching storm, local news reports on areas hard hit (1:16 mins) More local news tells of heavy rain that resulted in serious flooding and debris flows across drought-stricken and wildfire-ravaged California and even breaking some all-time 24-hour precipitation records >> 
In my neighborhood, old oak and sycamore trees lining walkways near my apartment block my direct view of the park and beach. I donned my colorful polka dot gumboots and took to the pathways for a firsthand look.
Waterflow barometer: the pond is full to the rim

This short dam wall was completely exposed this time last week.
mo'tating mallards

This concrete "jetty" sat, dry, in sand and leaf debris just days ago

Polka dot gum boots indicated depth of water in a temporary pond 

Amazingly small amount of debris blown out of sycamores

Ditto: not much damage to elderly trees

Leaf debris sculpted by water


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