Voracious, Insatiable, Perverse

Shoot the messenger, or forgive today’s negativism.

It seems the USA is becoming the stupidly governed country on earth. Here’s an excerpt from an article by Megan Henney at foxbusiness.com: “Unemployment fraud surged during the coronavirus pandemic, with billions of dollars likely ending up in the hands of foreign crime syndicates based in China, Russia and other countries, experts say. As much as $400 billion in unemployment benefits may have been fraudulent, according to one estimate by ID.me… That amounts to about 50% of unemployment money…” Sadly, it’s not surprising. It seems many politicians accept fraud as a natural part of the process.

Here’s a snippet from an article by Theodore Bunker at newsmax.com that should interest my inherently racist brothers and sisters: “A noted psychoanalyst, Dr. Donald Moss, recently published a paper claiming that ‘whiteness’ is ‘a malignant, parasitic-like condition,’ that ‘renders its hosts’ appetites voracious, insatiable, and perverse.’” Sounds zombie-like. Are we the walking dead?

In case anyone hasn’t noticed, headline from NM: “US Consumer Prices Jump at Fastest Pace in 13 Years.” Politicians have a ready made excuse: Covid. Here’s an offset NM headline, at least for the fortunate: “Household Net Worth Reaches Fresh Record on Homes, Stocks.” Looks like it will be needed.

A stiff breeze along Avenue Z wreaked havoc with the wares but kept conditions cool. It was another session where I ended with a lot more weight than at the start. My thanks to Dave, who delivered three more satchels filled with DVD copies, and to the gentleman who parked his SUV behind the old Hyundai and dropped off a cache of valuable books; and to Steve, the poet laureate of Sheepshead Bay, who took out the final six of the Doo Wop CDs and the DVD of Notting Hill (1999); and to Wolf, who took home a satchel of DVDs; and to Lou, who purchased the DVD of A Stranger Among Us (1992); and to the woman who selected a book of humor in Russian; and to Bus Driver, who chose two thrillers by Koontz and one by Cornwell; and to Ira, who opted for a pictorial on France, and Aztec, Inca, and Maya by Elizabeth Baquedano and Barry Clarke; and to the woman who bought a hardcover in the John Sandford Prey series; and to the gentleman who purchased Tyrannosur Canyon by Douglas Preston, surprised that the usual writing partner, Lincoln Child, was not a part of the book. I stupidly said I thought he’d passed away. 63, he is alive and well, to the right in this pic:

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