She’s Not Exactly Sticking Her Neck Out

 

August 10, 2023

 

“One always picks the easy fight…One spurns no device, practicing the Art of the Possible. ...Politics, the Art of the Possible.” (from Evita)

 

Rep. Ann Wagner of Missouri, who has ignored a blatant power grab by a former president and other stirring events, has finally spoken out on an issue. She agrees with Sen. Josh Hawley that people with medical conditions linked to radiation exposure because of nuclear waste in the St. Louis area should be compensated by the government. Not only does she agree with him, she’s backing his proposed amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act.

 

Way to go, Congresswoman. Take a stand.

 

 

The Past Is the Present

 

August 10, 2023

 

I’ve been reading Kick Ass, a collection of columns by Carl Hiaasen from his days at the Miami Herald. The columns are from the late ’80s, dealing with corrupt politicians, greedy developers, and spineless legislators who cave to the NRA. 

 

It’s amazing that you could read any one of them and swear he was talking about life today. So much for making progress.

 

 

Prescient, or Good Researchers?

 

July 31, 2023

 

I just read Lethal Agent, a novel by Kyle Mills for a Vince Flynn series. It was written in 2019 and deals with a foreign terrorist planning to cause a pandemic with a brand-new virus. It’s eerie how much it foreshadows COVID-19 in 2020.

 

There was also a TV show called “Travelers” that dealt with a pandemic (also filmed well before the advent of COVID-19). Again, it was eerie how well the writers predicted what would happen in the event of a pandemic.

 

Of course, they had the Spanish Flu as a guideline; and I’m sure that other such books and shows were developed pre-pandemic; but those are the 2 I’ve run across, and I was fascinated by how spot-on they were.