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Blue

31 Saturday Oct 2020

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missouri, Moon

Tonight:

Halloween – morning

31 Saturday Oct 2020

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birds, Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, Dark-eyed Junco, House Sparrow, Junco hyemalis, missouri, Passer domesticus

This morning in west central Missouri:

Dark-eyed Junco. Junco hyemalis.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 5.6, 1/320, ISO 800, 400 mm.

Cardinal. Cardinalis cardinalis,
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 5.6, 1/320, ISO 800, 400 mm.

House Sparrow. Passer domesticus.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 5.6, 1/320, ISO 800, 400 mm.

Treats. Avoiding the rush.

Good neighbors in Missouri

31 Saturday Oct 2020

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contact tracing, Corona virus, COVID-19, Maries County, missouri, pandemic, Phelps County, sociopaths

From the Phelps-Maries County Health Department:

Phelps-Maries County Health Department
October 29 at 6:26 PM ·

Unfortunately we are again encountering a significant number of individuals that have tested positive for COVID-19 who are declining to provide us with potential sources of exposure and/or identify any potential direct contacts. While this is the individual’s right to do so, this negatively impacts our ability to effectively contact trace and notify individuals of their exposure to COVID-19. This means there are individuals still attending work, school, public and private events that have been exposed to COVID-19, may or may not be aware of their exposure, and are potentially further spreading COVID-19 amongst the community. Unfortunately this increases the chance that COVID-19 will unknowingly enter our schools, long-term care facilities, and places of business. When we call you after your positive result, we ask that you are honest and thorough, so that we can confidentially notify the contacts of their exposure to further mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

A friendly reminder that if you are tested for COVID-19 you must quarantine/isolate until you have your test results back. Please do not get tested and then return to school or work. Unfortunately we have numerous individuals who continue to go work or attend school after being tested only to be called later with a positive test result. This unnecessarily exposes others to COVID-19.

Care facilities with current COVID-19 outbreaks include: MO Veterans Home, St. James Living Center, Ferndale Residential Care Facility, Presbyterian Manor (staff only), Maries Manor (staff only)
[….]

“Unfortunately we are again encountering a significant number of individuals that have tested positive for COVID-19 who are declining to provide us with potential sources of exposure and/or identify any potential direct contacts…”

Read the entire first paragraph again.

Good neighbors, right?

In Maries County, Missouri:

In Phelps County, Missouri:

The fatalities are among the elderly. Good neighbors protect the elderly. Sociopaths don’t give a damn.

Good neighbors, eh?

Make it so

30 Friday Oct 2020

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Joe Biden (D) [2020 file photo].

Senator Kamala Harris (D) [2019 file photo].

Oh, the places you’ll go!

30 Friday Oct 2020

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Today, on our front steps:

One has returned!

This might have been the yard sign which blew away in very high winds. At the time we figured that it probably made it to St, Louis. It just goes to show you that marking “stolen from [address]” in permanent ink on the lower border of the sign sometimes helps in the return.

Previously:

Stupidity in an era when everyone has a camera (August 30, 2020)

Yard Signs: resupply (October 17, 2020)

The replacement (October 18, 2020)

To catch a thief (October 23, 2020)

Mommas don’t let your babies grow up to be Fascists (October 27, 2020)

Four days

30 Friday Oct 2020

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Yesterday:

Joshua Potash @JoshuaPotash
You’re anti-fascist, or fascist. You got 5 days to get really clear on where you’re going to stand.
1:27 PM · Oct 29, 2020

If you haven’t voted already.

That’s it. That’s your choice.

Campaign Finance: very interesting

30 Friday Oct 2020

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campaign finance, General Assembly, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C171047 10/29/2020 House Democratic Campaign Committee Dem Leg Camp Com Missouri-Out of State Committee 1225 I St NW #1250 Washington DC 20005 10/28/2020 $175,000.00

[emphasis added]

Someone believes investing in a sane future in Missouri is worth it.

Johnson County, Missouri – COVID-19 – Statistics – October 29, 2020

29 Thursday Oct 2020

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Today from Johnson County, Missouri Community Health Services:

Johnson County, Missouri

Cumulative Positive Cases: 1766

Deaths: 16

Wear a damn mask. And while you’re at it, wear some damn gloves.

Stay Home. Wash your hands. Don’t touch your face. Good luck to us all.
#FlattenTheCurve

Campaign Finance: still, it’s in their nature

29 Thursday Oct 2020

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campaign finance, governor, Mike Parson, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Uniting Missouri PAC

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Uniting Missouri, an extremely well-funded right wingnut PAC propping up Missouri Governor Mike Parson (r):

C180490 10/29/2020 Uniting Missouri PAC REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION – MISSOURI 2020 1747 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW SUITE 250 WASHINGTON DC 20006 10/29/2020 $500,000.00

[emphasis added]

And that came from:

C201214 10/29/2020 Republican Governors Association – Missouri 2020 Republican Governors Association 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 250 Washington DC 20006 10/28/2020 $600,000.00

[emphasis added]

Just a little off the top.

Governor Mike Parson (r) [2018 file photo].

Previously:

Campaign Finance: they keep dumping money (October 27, 2020)

212° in the shade

29 Thursday Oct 2020

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dave Helling, Josh Hawley, missouri, shade, social media, Trump, Turkey, Twitter

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

This morning:

Dave Helling @dhellingkc
A link to this story must be posted on @HawleyMO’s Senate website. Otherwise, he’s censoring the news.

Turkish Bank Case Showed Erdogan’s Influence With Trump
[….]

8:29 AM · Oct 29, 2020

Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…

“The most dangerous place to stand in Washington D.C. is any place between Senator Josh Hawley and a live microphone” – Charles P. Pierce

Not today, Dave. Not today.

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