Sars Cov 2 … the grinder continues to eat away at resources and humanity.

80 new cases in Iowa, no deaths.

Have to go back to the first week of April 2020 when cases were on their way up for the first time to find a day that low.

I'm sure there's a reason why this is horrible news.

To give an idea of how much lower the R number is currently, there were about 500 active cases of COVID back then... and 40,000 right now.

Given the lack of testing then I'm sure that 500 is very low.

Looking at the number of deaths at the time versus later in the pandemic, probably was 10,000 to 20,000.

Still pretty good.

If 7 day average deaths tick down by 1 more point, they will be at the lowest level seen since the end of March 2020 when it first ticked up to 1 from 0.

Invest in Germanium...

Invest in Germanium...

I was never much of a gardener... don't think I have the patience.

Never Invest more than you can Stand to Lose

I was never much of a gardener... don't think I have the patience.

Had to educate one of my sons. He was messing around with "naked calls."

GameStop?

Hey if Biden thinks masks are the cat's ass, why isn't he wearing an N95???

Why isn't everyone in our government wearing them?

Simple.... it happening everywhere....

Desperate people do desperate things. It’s heartbreaking.

It was the first I've seen or heard. Fresh flowers in short supply. They had limits, but hardly mattered; not much there.

Ahhhhh.

And it’s still winter here.

I know it's not life or death with lack of market flowers. It was sad to see all the empty bins and refrigerators normally full of flowers. I always stop, peruse, and debate on buying myself flowers. The frugal side usually wins, but last time I did buy myself some flowers. Now I'm glad I did.

The whole reason I went out tonight was to fill my almost empty gas tank. Seeing the main board now makes me thankful I did. One tank lasts me quite a while.

how long did it take Venezuala to get their power grid back up? is it fully up today?

when their grid was attacked,the virus hid in the systems. once they tried to turn more power on,the virus did more damage. went on for weeks at least.by then the damages were huge.

imagine that happening to our pipelines.

we have been too close to the edge too many times between JAN 2020 and now. electrical grid has had issues.water treatment plants, the virus,suez Canal, TP,lumber,chips,food,etc. too many close calls to the JIT failing. gears are dmaged to the great machine. sooner or later, a slight breeze will push us off the cliff. our luck will run out.

i peaked out from under the bed. nop freaking out,no crazy lines. gas 2.89 all normal.

Invest in Germanium...

I thought that said 'Invest in Geranium', sigh

I laughed at that twice.....one because I actually did buy three geraniums a couple of weeks ago (they're still alive!), and two because germanium has the word "germ" in it. Lol. Seems apropos for 2021.

And we thought 2012 was going to be weird. ;)