In times of endemics, it is time to revive the use of handkerchiefs.

The CDC recommends you use a tissue or even your sleeved arm to stop the contents of a cough. I say we need to go back to basics and carry an old proven method of containment: The hanky.

When I was a child, I was not allowed to leave the house unless I had a spotless white handkerchief in the right rear pocket of my pants. Mom would even throw a back up in my book bag inside a plastic bag “just in case” one was not enough or the original got used or lost.  If it was not used, it would go back in my pants the next day or if used, it went to the dirty clothes basket.

This was not an affectation. Back in the 1960s we were still dealing with Tuberculosis and it was drilled into out heads never to cough freely but to cover our mouths to prevent transmission. The handkerchief being white was to see if any blood would come out the lungs indicating some serious condition.

As civilization managed to push back on TB and other diseases, the use of handkerchief fell into the bin of the old stuff to be forgotten.  I also rebelled for a while, but I am cursed with over productive sweat glands and I may end up looking like Ted Striker in “Airplane.”

I did not like the old whit handkerchiefs, but when I came to the US in my 20s, I discovered the bandana and I carry at least one with me but more likely two.  I did a small post about bandanas being the cheapest EDC item and one with the most uses some time ago and still stands true.

Short of carrying a mask all the times, using a bandana to cover yourself when coughing is the best in terms of fast deployment and containing the cough by-products.  Push comes to a shove, you can use the bandana as rudimentary mask in case others are the ones spraying.

Bandanas run about a buck each or less most everywhere including Amazon and EBay with free shipping. I usually give them a couple of washes before suing them to get them soft.

But if you like handkerchiefs, go for it too. The idea is not fashion but health.

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Bloomberg trying to be Minority Woke ends up being racist.

Michael Bloomberg panders hard on Super Tuesday, “correcting” a reporter to pronounce Texas as “Tejas” because “you’re in a Cuban neighborhood.

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Bloomberg was in Miami when he said that which shows that for him all Brown People look and sound the same: Wearing a big sombrero, a sarape and taking naps half the afternoon.
Dear Nasty Little Fascist, be advised that in South Florida when you say “tejas” we immediately go to the clay roofing tile which is part of our heritage going back to the Spanish colonizers.  You see a lot of historical houses in Coral Gables fully roofed with “tejas.”

Bloomberg trying to appear woke and sensitive to minorities, only managed to show he has no frigging idea of people who are not within his NY Rich and Famous circle.

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Florida: Explaining CS/HB HB 1437 Chucrh Carry

Bearing Arms reported on the bill CS/HB HB 1437 and some folks in the comments had an issue trying to grasp what it means and fixes.  Florida law is inflexible (so far) about carrying in School and at the same time allows you to carry in you place of worship.

The problem is when both are combined in the same property. So far nothing has happened (probably there were a couple of events that we did not hear about and were kept under wraps) but eventually we are going to have to deal with an otherwise Law Abiding Citizen caught carrying in Church that has a school in the property which is verbotten.

Here is a perfect example: Even though you are supposed to legally carry in church, you cannot even step on the property because there is also a school in it That big fat square of land is legally a Gun Free Zone. And this is a very common combination wherever you have a concentration of Catholics such as South Florida.

The bill will allow you to go to Mass or Temple or Mosque or Church and return home duly and legally armed even if it is school property.

 

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One way to keep those pesky car burglars out of you driveway.

It looks like this device sold in Amazon:  Orbit 62100 Yard Enforcer Motion-Activated Sprinkler.

HUMANELY REPELS ANIMALS AND PESTS: Keeps animals and pests out of plants, yards and gardens using a harmless spray of water.

I’d say it did a good job. Again, notice how the motion-activated light was not a deterrent for the cyclist at all.  I am going to guess the sparyer is fixed to the bucket with concrete. Another idea for the security folder.

 

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Gun Porn: Earl Harbinger’s Revolver

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In the Monster Hunter International Universe, there is a character most interesting: Earl Harbinger. He kills monsters old school: Revolver and Thompson Machine Gun.

Larry Correia had the  beauty above  made by Apex Tactical. He has promised to do a full photo array with details next month and I will link you to that when it happens.

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CEO bonuses and externalities

In my post about a CNN video about the rise of socialism among the youth, Mr. Divemedic left a comment that I have been ruminating on for a day.

Case in point: Several decades ago, I worked the overnight shift for the Walt Disney company, back when Michael Eisner was the CEO. We had a meeting with a company executive one night and we were told that Disney’s goal was to have no permanent, full time employees within ten years. They wanted to replace all of their full time employees with contracted employees through subcontractors. They said that health care costs for employees was costing the company $90 million a year.

One of my coworkers then pointed out a news article where the CEO (Eisner) had received $270 million in pay, company stock, and other benefits the previous year. He then asked if they could pay the CEO only $180 million and let all of the other employees keep their jobs. The meeting was abruptly ended at that point.

In economics, there is something called externalities.

According to Investopedia:

An externality is an economic term referring to a cost or benefit incurred or received by a third party. However, the third party has no control over the creation of that cost or benefit.

So let us say that Eisner got what he wanted and Disney was able to fire all but a few managers and replace all workers with part-time sub-contractors and gig workers.

Disney is vital to the economy of central Florida in the Orlando and Kissimmee region.

So what happens then?

There are over 77,000 full-time Disney employees in Florida.

Disney employees lose the bulk of their salaries.  Others get fired completely.  They all lose their health care.

Some would go underwater on their mortgages.  Others will move out leaving vacancies.  New people would be less likely to relocate to the region for gig work.  This would harm the housing marking in central Florida.

Out of work employees would go on unemployment.  Some would go on welfare and Medicaid.  Others would go without healthcare and end up being uninsured at the ER, which is reimbursed through tax dollars.

The deprecation of the housing market would reduce property tax revenue in the region, leaving local budget shortfalls.

Tourists spend money but they don’t buy homes.

Disney would save $90 Million on healthcare costs.  Millions more on salary.

Eisner (or the current CEO) would pocket hundreds of millions in bonus money from the “cost savings.”

But where did those cost savings come from?  By dumping those costs onto the American and Florida taxpayer that has to foot the bill for out of work employees, the loss of healthcare, and hit to the local housing market.

Disney would have profited by making employee costs a negative externality.

This is reprehensible.

If Disney dumped a bunch of old rides and rotting food into Lake Okeechobee and polluted the water, rather than pay for proper waste disposal, people would rightly be angry about that sort of negative externality.

However, dumping workers onto unemployment, welfare, and Medicare instead of making payroll somehow gets a pass.

It should not.

If you are a conservative that is worried about entitlement spending, letting companies cost cut for profit by dumping people onto entitlements should enrage you.

It’s not socialism to say “the CEO can’t bonus himself with layoffs” when the taxpayer picks up the tab for those layoffs.

 

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It seems we are back online (part 2)

The automated linkages to Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin were out so this is a replay of the past post

I can see the site on phones and Firefox which I was not before.

And no, you are not bothering me by sending emails, tweets or FB post telling me the status on your side, I welcome them all. It has been helpful and I thank all of you who did it.

According to the stats this morning, 90% of the usual readers were lost thanks to whatever the hell was messed up

PS: There is a bunch of posts you missed. Git at them!

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