USSA by 24 Executive Orders (published 1-31-2021)

Introduction

The Ununited Socialist States of America (USSA) began earlier this month on January 6. The first president of the USSA was sworn into office fourteen days later, on January 20. The article from seven days ago is about both events.

The socialist propagandists are moving very fast to convert this once-great nation into their “socialist utopia.” Their efforts are increasing daily and exponentially. They have power. They have the majority. They want all the power. They will get it in time.

In his first six working days in office, the first president of the USSA signed 24 executive orders, an average of four a day. The days were January 20-22 and 25-27. Why didn't he sign more? His signing hand may have become tired. Note: God rested on the seventh day of creation. The current president is not a god.

24 Executive Orders with My Comments

The list of 24 executive orders is on the Federal Register. I read each one. My eyes blurred after a while. What follows is a summary of those articles and my comments.

Signed 1/20/2021 (inauguration day).
Published 1/25/2021 (the anniversary of Dad's passing in 2008).
Nine Total.

(1) Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.

My comments: The key is “advancing equity for all.” Notice: Equity, not equality. The following is the definition: “The term 'equity' means the consistent and systematic fair, just, and impartial treatment of all individuals, including individuals who belong to underserved communities that have been denied such treatment, such as Black, Latino, and Indigenous and Native American persons, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and other persons of color; members of religious minorities; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) persons; persons with disabilities; persons who live in rural areas; and persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality.”

Conclusion: This is how the socialists will start to force everyone into the same economic bracket, as in the former Soviet Union (USSR).

(2) Ensuring a Lawful and Accurate Enumeration and Apportionment Pursuant to the Decennial Census.

My Comments: It starts, “We have long guaranteed all of the Nation's inhabitants representation in the House of Representatives.”

Conclusion: I do not see the word “citizens.” I see “inhabitants.” The illegal alien floodgate is about to open fully. The founding fathers of the USA did not mean that illegal aliens would be included in the census. The socialists are building their voting base, as they continue to make the right to vote a sham, just as it was in the former USSR.

(3) Organizing and Mobilizing the United States Government to Provide a Unified and Effective Response to Combat COVID-19 and to Provide United States Leadership on Global Health and Security.

My Comments: The USSA is back in the pocket of the World Health Organization.

Conclusion: Need I say more?

(4) Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation.

My Comments: Part of this states, “Children should be able to learn without worrying about whether they will be denied access to the restroom, the locker room, or school sports.”

Conclusion: This is where the boys who think they are girls can play on girls sports teams. It has been in the media. Further, this means that boys who think they are girls can use the girls bathroom. God made us male and female. I stand with God! I am in the majority. God plus one is the majority.

(5) Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel.

My Comments: It is an apparent attempt to insult the last president of the USA by insinuating his fake “Russia collusion.” One section reads, “I agree that any hiring or other employment decisions I make will be based on the candidate's qualifications, competence, and experience.”

Conclusion: Hiring based on qualifications will not promote “equity,” as stated in the first executive order. Did the first president of the USSA shoot himself in the foot? Didn't he hurt his foot recently?

(6) Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis.

My Comments: This stopped the TransCanada Keystone Pipeline and several other items.

Conclusion: Costs for gasoline, propane, natural gas, groceries, and such will soon increase. Wait for it.

(7) Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing.

My Comments: Wear your mask, unless you are playing sports. If you are a coach, a player on the sidelines, or a referee, don't forget to touch your mask, take it off every now and then, and pull it down below your nose. Under the chin is okay.

Conclusion: It is a joke.

(8) Revocation of Certain Executive Orders Concerning Federal Regulation.

My Comments: The last president of the USA stopped many federal regulations that were irrelevant and hurt the economy.

Conclusion: Those regulations are back!

(9) Revision of Civil Immigration Enforcement Policies and Priorities.

My Comments: The last president of the USA tried to stop illegal aliens from invading the country.

Conclusion: No longer! Let them roll across in waves. They are or will be coming soon.

Signed 1/21/2021.
Published 1/26/2021.
Eight Total.

(1) Ensuring a Data-Driven Response to COVID-19 and Future High-Consequence Public Health Threats.

My Comments: Part of it reads, “The heads of all executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall facilitate the gathering, sharing, and publication of COVID-19-related data.”

Conclusion: Let's keep “Corona Myopia Psychosis” going! It's a good way to control this once-great nation. It is working.

(2) Ensuring an Equitable Pandemic Response and Recovery.

My Comments: Notice “equitable,” not equal. “Equitable” is the trick word. This order wants to ensure that, by proportion of population, as many whites die from the new cold virus as do “people of color.” That's how I read it.

Conclusion: I thought that white was a color. I thought we were all equal in God's eyes. Am I wrong?

(3) Establishing the COVID-19 Pandemic Testing Board and Ensuring a Sustainable Public Health Workforce for COVID-19 and Other Biological Threats.

My Comments: My eyes are getting blurry from all this reading! This is an establishment of more bureaucracy.

Conclusion: I need to wipe my eyes, so I can see clearly!

(4) Improving and Expanding Access to Care and Treatments for COVID-19.

My Comments: One quote includes, “... to improve all Americans' access to quality and affordable healthcare.”

Conclusion: Obamacare is coming back in full measure. Wait for healthcare costs to increase even more. (My article yesterday was about that.)

(5) Promoting COVID-19 Safety in Domestic and International Travel.

My Comments: It keeps the routine of wearing masks almost everywhere. If you fly, you must wear a mask, and so on.

Conclusion: The mask-wearing won't go away until the socialist propagandists are satisfied that they have full power.

(6) Protecting Worker Health and Safety.

My Comments: This is more of the wear your masks diatribe.

Conclusion: Scientific evidence has established that wearing masks, staying inside, shutting down the economy, and such do not do much good. Are you seeing the allegedly correct daily new cold virus numbers? I have written about it before. Masks are the tool of the socialist propagandists to take full control, which they will, in time.

(7) Supporting the Reopening and Continuing Operation of Schools and Early Childhood Education Providers.

My Comments: It seems that the first president of the USSA wants to get children back into face-to-face, classroom education as soon as possible.

Conclusion: Public education is the way the socialist propagandists will continue to indoctrinate the minds of the gullible. It has been happening for a few decades now.

(8) A Sustainable Public Health Supply Chain.

My Comments: This reads as if the first president of the USSA thinks that the last president of the USA was doing a great job on this. The current president will continue, adding more spending and bureaucracy, of course.

Conclusion: I can't add to my comments. It's 4:21 PM. I've been at this most of the afternoon. I'm getting bored! I have only seven more executive orders left to review!

Signed 1/22/2021.
Published 1/27/2021.
Two Total.

(1) Economic Relief Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

My Comments: It states, “The economic crisis resulting from the pandemic must be met by the full resources of the Federal Government.” The meaning is that the USSA will borrow more money from China and other countries, so that “your stimulus check will be in the mail soon,” if the post office can get it to you.

Conclusion: We don't yet have our borrowed-from-China “stimulus” checks in the second round. I don't care if we get it. We do not need it. We do not want it.

(2) Protecting the Federal Workforce.

My Comments: One quote is, “It is also the policy of the United States to encourage union organizing and collective bargaining.” Is this enough said?

Conclusion: Didn't he mean the Ununited Socialist States of America? Ask for the union label! The price of everything will increase soon. Wait for it.

Signed 1/25/2021. (Dad passed away on 1/25/2008.)
Published 1/28/2021.
Two Total.

(1) Enabling All Qualified Americans to Serve Their Country in Uniform.

My Comments: It states in part, “... gender identity should not be a bar to military service.” This is enough to tell you what the rest means.

Conclusion: The USSA military is going into ruin. This once-great nation will not be a world power. It will happen. Of course, God identified gender centuries ago: male and female, created in his likeness. I stand.

(2) Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America's Workers.

My Comments: This is about the same as “Protecting the Federal Workforce” (above). The bureaucracy continues to grow.

Conclusion: The price of everything will increase soon. Wait for it. Only three more executive orders to go. The time is now 4:40 PM.

Signed 1/26/2021.
Published 1/29/2021.
One Total.

(1) Reforming Our Incarceration System to Eliminate the Use of Privately Operated Criminal Detention Facilities.

My Comments: This one starts, “More than two million people are currently incarcerated in the United States, including a disproportionate number of people of color.” It adds, “We must reduce profit-based incentives to incarcerate by phasing out the Federal Government's reliance on privately operated criminal detention facilities.” It drones on further.

Conclusion: Yes, get the free market out of prisons, industry, the supply chain, and everything as soon as the USSA socialists can! The USSR tried it. They failed. The USSA will do better! I'm kidding, of course.

Signed 1/27/2021.
Published 2/1/2021 (tomorrow)
Two Total.

(1) President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

My Comments: It states in part, “There is hereby established the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).” That is enough.

Conclusion: Another socialist propaganda tool further bloats the bureaucracy.

(2) Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.

My Comments: It begins by stating, “The United States and the world face a profound climate crisis.” He should have written the USSA. He will “rejoin the Paris Agreement.”

Conclusion: Global warming became global climate change. It is a tool that the socialist propagandists use to hold power. They will keep using it. Wait for the price of everything to skyrocket. It will. At 4:49 PM, I am finally done!

Final Conclusion

I took the following photograph on 10/28/2010. I was on the upper middle bluff on House Mountain. I remember the moment exactly.

The people who own the land had an American flag flying on the flagpole. They kept it there for several years. I saw it many times and have other photographs. In time, they took it down. The flag and the pole are now gone. The foundation of the pole remains.

I wonder what the forthcoming flag of the Ununited Socialist States of America (USSA) will look like. Assumedly, it will look about the same with two more stars for Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico (which means “rich port”). The USSA will become an “equitable” port, not an “equal” port. Everyone will be able to share in the poverty, being barely able to live, in “equity.”

The former Soviet Union (USSR) fell decades ago in 1991. When will this once-great nation learn from that example? Not in my lifetime. I still stand. Others are standing. We will not go down without an intellectual fight. We are wiser than the socialists. The socialists have the power. They will keep it.

At 5:07 PM, I am signing off now. I liked my first article today better. It did not cause my eyes to blur. We need 20-20 vision in this once-great nation. We won't get it. This country is about gone, boys, as Dad would say.

Does the foundation of the flagpole still stand? We will see.

Bible and Faith Discussions: Christian Viewpoint (published 1-31-2021; updated 9-17-2022)

 

Introduction

On 9/7/2016, I joined the website discussion board Bible and Faith Discussions – Christian Viewpoint. Recovering, I was still trapped at home, unable to return to work yet. I had to find ways to entertain my untrapped mind and spirit. I posted three comments on the discussion board. I read several comments by others.

Two days ago, I posted the following on the discussion board:

I have stopped by here many times over the years. I haven't visited, to drink coffee with y'all, in a while. My website, which I own, will catch you up on my 'life, such as it is.' https://www.appalachianirishman.com. I'm working on my book to be published, 'Light at the End of the Tunnel.' My website tells you how to contact me directly. Otherwise, I may stop by again in a few weeks or months.

The post had views. It has received one comment so far. I replied. It was a fine comment.

1/31/2021: Βαπτίζω in the Context of Grace

Yesterday, the website administrator posted an article to start a new discussion topic. The post is titled, “Do we need to be baptized to be saved?” The article drew my interest.

Today, I posted my following reply:

I am honored to be the first to comment on your 1/30/2021 post.

On 3/7/2009 on my website, I wrote “Why I Left.” Over the last almost 12 years, I have reread my article many times, such as today. I still would not change one word. My unpublished book, “Light at the End of the Tunnel,” expands greatly on my 3/7/2009 article. I plan to publish my book.

The CoC had the formula: faith + repentance + confession + immersion (to be saved, not after one thought he had been saved) + faithful living = salvation. The implication is that a Baptist, whose faith glows by example in life, as my mother's did, wasn't “saved,” if immersion came after thinking to have been saved by prayer. I know. I remember, even in my own sermons from decades ago. The CoC had that formula. I hope the CoC has matured in the last couple of decades.

The formula is not 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 5. The formula is 1 (faith that includes the others) = 1 (everlasting salvation).

The formula is genuine and active faith in response to God's grace. That faith includes repentance, confession, βαπτίζω, and living in appreciation of God's gift. God doesn't demand perfection. He expects faithfulness. This is the faith that takes us to heaven!

Βαπτίζω is defined as “I dip, submerge, but specifically of ceremonial dipping; I baptize” (https://greeklexicon.org/lexicon/strongs/907/). My God is bigger than the quibble on the mode of “immersion” or “baptism.” I know many fine Christian examples who were “sprinkled” as adults. That was their genuine and active faith response to God's grace. Their lives demonstrate the Lord living in them. They are saved by their genuine and active faith, despite any doctrinal imperfections, such as the mode of baptism. The correct mode of baptism is immersion, as per the Greek and New Testament examples, but I digress.

My God honors a Christian's genuine and active faith response to his grace through his Son. If that person's faith is incorrect on certain precise doctrinal details, then my God is bigger than that!

An earthly father instructs his son, “If you dig up weeds in the garden, mow the yard, pick ripe corn from the garden, bring it inside, and take a bath, then I will give you your allowance for the week.” The son, eager to honor his good father, digs up weeds and accidentally a few beans. He mows the yard, including some of his mother's flowers. He picks corn, several ripe, but a few not ripe. Outside, he takes a garden hose and douses himself with water over his head and down his face. (He is hot and sweaty.) His father comes outside just as the garden hose shower is done. His earthly father, a good man, says, “Well, you did a good enough job. You tried. You honored me. Here's your weekly allowance, son. Now, let's go home.”

If a good, earthly father would do that (as my father did, similarly), how much more will our perfect heavenly Father do? (Dad didn't have the extra money to pay me an allowance, as a side note for humor.)

God expects faith, not doctrinal perfection. Faith should guide us to be as exact doctrinally as we can be. Salvation is based on faith, not perfection in doctrinal understanding. I rest my case. My case is biblical. I can prove it. My God is bigger than that!

By the way, my website, https://www.appalachianirishman.com, will include my remarks on this topic. Your name will not be mentioned. My website protects privacy. I see numbers of readers only. I do not know who they are or where they are. You are welcome to comment on my website. Thank you for administering this discussion board.

Kindest regards, in Christ,

Marion W. Ferrell (aka M. Fearghail as “the Appalachian Irishman”)

Conclusion

On 9/17/2022, the anniversary of my father's birth, I updated this article by improving the formatting and by adding this conclusion only.

Today, I still affirm my words in this article from 1/31/2021. I am not very active on the website discussion board Bible and Faith Discussions – Christian Viewpoint. I write articles here.

1/30/2021 REVIEW: MY 12/29/2020 ANNUAL PHYSICAL COST BREAKDOWN

Introduction

At 5:38 PM on Saturday, 1/30/2021, I begin to write. Didn't you love the clouds today? What about that snow that fell for a few minutes, before turning to rain? Those were great! It was wonderful hiking weather. I am joking, of course.

I'll probably have another article tomorrow. It will include additional commentary on several topics. Until then, I thought that you might enjoy this brief article, just for fun!

My 12/29/2020 Annual Physical

I mentioned my annual physical in the 12/29/2020 article. I hope that my good personal care physician (PCP), who is a friend, and his wife decide to hike House Mountain with me soon! It's up to him. He knows that he may call me at any time!

The following is my financial commentary on my 12/29/2020 annual physical. It is not pretty.

MARION'S 12/29/2020 (Tuesday, 8:15 AM) ANNUAL PHYSICAL

12/29/2020: I paid the $25.00 copay by check.
1/09/2021, Sat., rcvd. BCBS EOB: $520.00 billed - $289.29 BCBS discount = $203.72 BCBS paid.
1/16/2021, Sat., rcvd. BCBS EOB: $412.54 billed - $378.19 BCBS discount =   $34.35 BCBS paid.
1/30/2021, Sat., rcvd. BCBS EOB:   $75.00 billed -   $63.65 BCBS discount =   $11.35 BCBS paid.

The calculation is: $1,007.54 grand total billed - $731.13 BCBS discounts = $276.41 balance due to my PCP - $249.42 BCBS paid - $25.00 I paid by check = $1.99 balance due to my PCP.

I wonder if my good PCP and friend will send me a bill for $1.99.

Conclusion

My doctor and friend does well. He is an old-fashioned doctor. He hears and listens. Additionally, he does the type of thorough examination that doctors used to do years ago. Many don't do that now. Still yet, however, my doctor has to play the “modern insurance game,” which is insanity, as I see it.

My doctor and I both know that an annual physical should not cost $1,007.54. We both know that $274.42, which he was paid ($249.42 BCBS paid plus $25.00 I paid), is too much. An annual physical should not cost more than about $50.00.

I see how much was charged for every little detail. For example, the audiology charge for my hearing check was $75.00. BCBS discounted $55.14. BCBS paid my PCP $17.87. I was there. The young female assistant checked my hearing. It took about 30 seconds. She was surprised, when I could hear the tone that a human was not supposed to hear. I had some fun. Thirty seconds of work by the assistant earned my PCP $17.87. You can figure the hourly pay rate, if you want to do so.

At 6:01 PM, Mrs. Appalachian Irishman stated, “Alright, it's ready.” Okay, I'll stop. It's supper time, y'all!

Look for another article tomorrow, especially if the weather hinders a hike.

DAD, 9/17/1927 – 1/25/2008, AGE 80: I REMEMBERED (published 1-25-2021)

My Dad, Earl Ferrell, was the last child of his parents, Marion Ferrell and Molly Gertrude Archer Ferrell. Dad was born on 9/17/1927. I am the first of four sons, of Earl and Betty (Wood) Ferrell. I was born on 7/17/1960.

Dad joined Mom, on 1/25/2008. I remember. I know the details. I do not want to repeat them in this article. They are not pleasant. I still remember.

Dad, with his eighth grade education, did well enough. He provided for all six of us. He continued Ferrell's Well Drilling, after Papaw Ferrell had started the business, in 1901. The next photograph is proof. I know. I have the photograph.

By the way, that phone number is not active any longer. If you are looking for well-drilling, please don't call Dad. He's no longer in the business.

The next photograph is an invoice that Dad wrote on 1/18/1958. That was before Mom and he married, on 9/3/1959. That was before I was born. I thought that you would like to see the photograph.

Dad was always thankful. He had a hard life. Many of us do. I do. Today was Monday, 1/25/2021. I worked from home. Mrs. Appalachian Irishman drove to and from her work. We endured. It rained most of the day.

In the midst of my work insanity, I thought that I heard Dad say, “at least you didn't have to work outside, at the well machine, in the rain, son!” Yes, Dad, I know. You did it more times than you could have counted. I was at home, trying to work through the insanity of my job. I have it easier than you ever did. Still, I don't care for what I do. You enjoyed your self-employed job. I remember.

Dad would say, in reply, “it's life, such as it is, son.” He would be right. I know it. At 5:45 PM, as the evening falls, Mrs. Appalachian Irishman is busy with supper leftovers. I hear her. It's still cloudy and rainy.

Dad, I know that men don't drop the “L” word, so I'll just say that I miss you! You were and still are a fine father. Tell Mom and so many others that I will see y'all again, in time, once I am Home too!

MY MOTHER'S BIRTHDAY, 1/21/2021, AT AGE 91 (published 1-24-2021)

Introduction

My Mom is Betty Lou Wood Ferrell (11/24/1932 – 12/27/2000). She is my biological mother. She was the finest Christian example that I have ever known. I have known many fine examples.

My Mother's Birthday

My wife and I lived in Charleston, Missouri, from 1986 to 1992. I have written about it. I moved to Charleston, in January. We married, on 5/16/1986. I was an engaged but still single “preacher boy,” for those first four months. I could cook well enough to keep me from starving. My new family, in Charleston, kept me alive, by feeding me well! I didn't have my plate broken! (That is a family joke. If you are family, you know it.)

My Charleston family started, in January. We are not related biologically. We are related spiritually. They are my family. We “adopted” each other!

I always called Mom “Mom.” I did not call her “mother.” My sister calls her mother “Mother.” My sister's Mama was and still is her mother's mother. You would have to know them and me well, to understand. I understand perfectly. I call my mother “Mother.” (She is my second mother.)

My sister and I have a “Mother.” She is Ozella Scott. She was born on 1/21/1930. She attained the age of 91, on 1/21/2021. I am in east Tennessee. My Mother and sister are in Missouri. I could not see them in person, sadly.

After work (at office), I called my sister's phone. She answered. I spoke with our Mother and with my sister. We had several long minutes of wonderful conversation! I love my Mother. I love my sister. They love me. We are family. I am glad to know that they are doing as well as they can. We each have Irish roots, primarily. Our glib Irish tongues, inspired by God's grace, waxed wonderfully well.

My Mother, Ozella Scott, is also the finest Christian example that I have ever known. (I can have two, my Mom and my Mother. They are equally the finest!)

Photographs

The best that I could do was to find two photographs. The first, below, is Charleston, Missouri, main street. I remember.

The next is the Charleston Church of Christ, where I served as minister, from January 1986 through about August 1992. The six years there were wonderful. As a “young preacher boy,” I grew and matured greatly. I had help from my family there. Our time there helped prepare us for Russia (1994 through 1999).

The building looks about the same now. The church, however, is not the building. It is the people. Hey, Mother and sister, tell the church that I said hello! I remember. I still love them!

Conclusion

Isn't this a better article than my first one today? We must keep this temporal life in the perspective of everlasting life. If we do, then we endure. If we don't, then I don't know how those folks endure. I endure, day by day, by God's grace – in assured hope of everlasting life at Home.

My Mom is at Home. Dad is at Home. Many others are Home. Until I get Home, I will continue to try to be one poor beggar who helps another poor beggar find Bread – the Bread of Life.

If you need Bread, my e-mail address is on my website. E-mail me! I can help you!

1/24/2021 REFLECTION: INAUGURATION of the FIRST PRESIDENT of the USSA, on Wednesday, 1/20/2021

Introduction

On this cloudy Sunday, I must have a bit of writing fun. I trust that you will enjoy my sarcastic humor. It helps me overcome my ongoing Corona Myopia Psychosis. Try it! It will work for you too!

The USSA started, on 1/6/2021, Wednesday. The first president of the USSA was inaugurated, on 1/20/2021, Wednesday. That was a work-at-office day for me. (I worked at home Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. I worked at office Wednesday and Thursday – doing the same job, but with the extra 16.4-mile, one-way drive. I digress, however.)

Fact Check #1

Starting on 1/20/2021, a “Farcebook” post was re-posted a few times. (I don't know who posted the original.) I thought that I would “fact check” the post, to help “Farcebook.” My fact checking was done yesterday, on 1/23/2021.

Post: gasoline is currently $2.35 per gallon.
Fact check: $2.379 USA national average on 1/18/2021.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Petroleum & Other Liquids, as of 1/24/2021.

Post: interest rates are 2.25 percent for a 30 year mortgage.
Fact check source: 1/21/2021 MSN.com article, “30-Year Interest Rates for January 21, 2021.” Details, with my emboldening added for emphasis: “the average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is 2.88 percent, dropping 2 basis points over the past week. This time last month, the average interest rate on a 30-year mortgage loan was worse, at 2.92 percent.”

Post: the stock market closed at 30,829.40.
Fact check source: Yahoo Finance article, “Stock Market News for Jan 20, 2021,” by Zacks Equity Research, 1/20/2021. Details, with my emboldening added for emphasis: “The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) gained 0.4% or 116.26 points to close at 30,930.52. Notably, 18 components of the 30-stock index ended in the green while 12 in red. Moreover, the Nasdaq Composite finished at 13,197.18, surging 1.5% or 198.68 points due to strong performance by large-cap tech stocks. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 advanced 0.8% to end at 3,798.91.”

Post: GDP growth for the 3rd Qtr. was 33.1 percent.
Fact check source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, “Gross Domestic Product (Third Estimate), Corporate Profits (Revised), and GDP by Industry, Third Quarter 2020,” 12/22/2020. Details, with my emboldening added for emphasis: “Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 33.4 percent in the third quarter of 2020.”

Post: we have not had any new wars or conflicts in the last 4 years.
Fact check: from 2016 – 2020, I don't know of any new USA (USSA) wars or “police actions.” Do you?

Post: North Korea has been under control and has not been testing any missiles.
Fact check: well, it looks as if they have launched several missile tests from 2016 to 2020.
The last one was on March 2, 2020. Note that one source is Wikipedia, “List of North Korean missile tests.” I don't rely on Wikipedia for completely accurate details. Many websites have details. The Wikipedia listing sums up the details fairly accurately.

Post: ISIS has not been heard from for over 3 years.
Fact check: well, ISIS hasn't called me – ever. I don't find anything in the news, from 2016 to 2020.

Post: the housing market is the strongest it has been in years.
Fact check: well, I don't doubt that. I have fought and won a tie, with Knox County, on our property value. I know it. I have my records to prove it.

Post: homes have appreciated at an unbelievable rate and sell well.
Fact check: see my last comment. This is redundant.

Post: peace deals in the Middle East were signed by 4 countries.
Fact check: Well, at 5:52 PM, on 1/23/2021, Saturday, supper is almost ready. I will grant that this is correct. I will not take the time to research it. The Middle East has been, at least, more quiet, from 2016 through 2020.

Post: unemployment at 6.7%.
Fact check:
  Jan. 1, 2016 4.90%
  Jan. 1, 2017 4.70%
  Jan. 1, 2018 4.10%
  Jan. 1, 2019 4.00%
  Jan. 1, 2020 3.60%
  Nov. 1, 2020 6.70%
Fact check source: Multpl.com, “US Unemployment Rate by Year.” The breakdown by month is available also. 2020 had high monthly numbers that decreased. The myopic reaction to the new cold virus caused the increases.

Whoever made the original post was close to exact. Oh, well, I have this article. It will be available, to compare to data in the new USSA (Ununited Socialist States of America) that is coming soon -- to a gulag (Glavnoye Upravleniye Ispravitelno-Trudovykh Lagerey; Chief Administration of Corrective Labor Camp) near you! We must remember: we are still in the “good economic times.” Wait for the economic disaster. It will come, in a few months.

Fact Check #2

In my effort to help “Farcebook,” I will “fact check” another re-post. Today, I have seen re-posts of an original article. The original article is: “Biden ‘Stepped Up Basis’ Facebook Post,” on Truth or Fiction? By Kim LaCapria, 12/18/2020.

I found two articles, from socialistic media sources, that appear to agree. The first article was “The Potential for Major Estate Tax Changes during the Biden Administration,” on Daily Herald, 1/18/2021.

The second article was “This is how Joe Biden will tax generational wealth transfer,” on CNBC, by Darla Mercado, CFP, 3/13/2020.

In time, we will see if the first president of the USSA acts on his promise. The increased redistribution of wealth is the main goal, in the early days, of this new socialist order. Of course, the redistribution of wealth, in the former USA, had been taking place, since the 1930's.

USSA's First President

I expect nothing more than the realization of his agenda. The socialists control the executive and the legislative branches. They plan to control the judicial branch.

The 2020 Democrat (not Democratic, as they are not) Party Platform is a 92-page document. I have downloaded it and saved it on my computer. The source is PARTY PLATFORM: The 2020 Democratic Platform. I will not take the time to read it. I know the agenda.

The Soviet Union socialists had their platform. I have written about it, in my 1/11/2021 article, earlier this month. They had their agenda. The USSA socialists have their platform. They have their agenda.

The first USSA president is the puppet. Others pull his strings. The first USSA vice president will take his place in a while. The agenda will unfold, to the economic demise of the USSA. It will take time. I give the USSA about 70 years or so.

Conclusion

The USSA is at least 100 years behind the former USSR. We, who affirm biblical values that inspire our conservative mindset, are in the minority. The first century Christians were in the same minority. We must stand, as they stood.

Once we are Home, this temporal aggravation will be in everlasting perspective. Until then, we endure the temporal. We have a sure hope in the everlasting future!

I dare anyone to challenge me. I know that I am right. I will be glad to educate any challengers, if they are brave enough to seek me out.

Please wait, however! I have a second article today. It will be much better. I promise!

1/18/2021, A Year Later: Uncle Bobby and Aunt Mona, with Consideration to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Introduction

Last year, 1/18/2020 was a Saturday, and 1/20/2020 was Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Another year has come and gone.

Last year, on 1/26/2020, I published “Memories: Aunt Mona and Uncle Bobby, 1/18/2020; Dad, 1/25/2020; But Life Goes on with a Touch of Humor!” I published 55 articles in 2020. The article from 1/26/2020 was the final of three that I wrote that January. Looking back to last year's article, I would not change one word, except I would add a comment about Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Sidenote: The article from 1/26/2020 states, “1/24/2020, Mrs. Appalachian Irishman and I both came home feeling a bit sickly. That’s not good. It’s not the flu, so we win!” I wonder if that was when we had the new cold virus. If so, and if we ever get tested, which we will not, I suspect that we will both join the “positive test numbers.” We will not be statistics for the socialist propaganda machine! Wisdom: If you are not sick enough for your doctor to test you, then do not get tested just because bullies want you to be tested! I, however, have digressed from my main point.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 – 1968)

On August 28, 1963, before a huge crowd at the Lincoln Memorial, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a great speech. I was three years old. I have heard it many times. The following is from the middle section and his conclusion.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, “Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”

His speech still inspires me. I have spoken before large gatherings in this country, India, and Russia. A gifted orator with a great topic can be inspiring. Dr. King, Jr.'s words still ring true. Truth is timeless.

Sadly, I regret that many of the prominent “leaders,” who claim to follow Dr. King, Jr.'s legacy, are not doing so. Moral character matters. Skin color is not relevant. All lives, each created in God's image, matter equally. Lives must be lived in honor of the Creator. Lives that are not are wasted. Too many folks of various nationalities and skin colors are wasting their lives today.

Shall each creation of God not live up to the standard of our Creator? That is the only way that people can stand together in unity. I have spoken.

Uncle Bobby

My mother's younger brother was my Uncle Bobby. His full name is Robert Allen Wood. He was born on 5/14/1939. Mom was born on 11/24/1932. Uncle Bobby “went to see Jesus” on 1/18/1941. That was 80 years ago today. He could be my living uncle now. He is still my uncle. I will meet him for the first time once I join him.

I love you, Uncle Bobby!

Aunt Mona

My father-in-law's older sister, Mona (Gordon) Beckner, reached her 99th year on 1/18/2021. She was born in 1922. I haven't seen her since 7/18/2020, which was Mrs. Appalachian Irishman's birthday. I have spoken with her a few times since by phone or on those “Internet tele-chats.” Those, who continue to suffer from “Corona Myopia Psychosis,” keep us apart.

Mrs. Appalachian Irishman took a birthday card for her aunt to the front door. Her cousin, Aunt Mona's son, greeted her at the door and received the card. That's the best that my wife could do, given “these challenging times.” My wife is still restricted from seeing her family, unless she stands outside and sees them for a few minutes. The “mask mafia” is in control. I think that the “mask mafia” leaders have swallowed the socialist Kool-Aid. From what I gather, the leaders are proud of the recent “vote early and often” election results.

I wonder if Aunt Mona will publish her book next year, when she turns 100. I wonder if she will publish her book, before I publish my book, “Light at the End of the Tunnel.” We will see.

Happy birthday, Aunt Mona. I hope that you read this. Wait, however! My wife received a text from the “mask mafia!” An “Internet tele-chat” appears to be in the works! Aunt Mona, I expect to “tele-chat” with you in a while! We keep up the spirit!

Conclusion

Mrs. Appalachian Irishman and I are both off from work today. Why was it cloudy and not good hiking weather until about 4 PM, when the sun started shining and the clouds started to roll away? I wonder if that was not God's sarcastic sense of humor to this hiker!

Of course, it could have been God's way of encouraging me to publish two articles today. I don't know. I speculate. At about 4:45 PM, I am going 10-10 on the side until next time.

CDC ACTUAL NUMBERS 2019 & 2020 (published 1-18-2021)

Introduction

On 1/18/2021, Monday, I needed to publish this follow up, to my 1/17/2021 article.

The following is the Data.CDC.gov website official information. The data is for the “United States.” The exact source is Weekly Death Counts by State. I selected “Jurisdiction” “United States.” That gave me 105 rows. The rows included weekly totals from 1/5/2019 through 1/2/2021. (You can do the same.)

The Data with My Notes

2019: 52 weeks, from week ending 1/5/2019 to week ending 12/28/2019.

– Total deaths by all causes 2,852,609. (My note: the various causes are parsed out on the website. I downloaded the complete data from the data.CDC.gov website. I have it.)

– Deaths by COVID-19 Multiple Cause 0 (none).

– Deaths by COVID-19 Underlying Cause 0 (none).

My note: 54,857(.865) average deaths per week.

2020 53 weeks, from week ending 1/4/2020 to week ending 1/2/2021.

– Total deaths by all causes 3,258,883. (My note: 406,274 more total deaths in 53-week 2020 than in 52-week 2019.)

– Deaths by COVID-19 Multiple Cause 327,847.

– Deaths by COVID-19 Underlying Cause 299,962.

My notes:

61,488(.3584905) average deaths per week. That is 6,631 more weekly than 2019, with rounding.

6,185(.79245283) COVID-19 multiple cause deaths per week. (This is 10(.060103415)% of total 2020 deaths. COVID-19 is not the main cause of death. The deceased had tested positive for COVID-19, but it was not the main cause of death.)

5,659(.66037735) COVID-19 underlying cause deaths per week. (This is 9(.204442135)% of total deaths. COVID-19 was the main cause of death.)

Conclusion

I wrote yesterday:

USA 2021 total deaths (as of 1/17/21, about 2 PM): 130,145 not by COVID-19 + 49,919 by COVID-19 = 180,064 total deaths. That means 27.7% of all 2021 USA deaths have been due to COVID-19 – that is, if you believe the counts. I am skeptical.

Today, I remain skeptical. The CDC verifies 9% (rounded) of total 2020 deaths was by COVID-19 as the main cause, as today's article verified. I repeat, for emphasis: today, I remain skeptical, of the 2021 COVID-19 numbers.

Heart disease:

– In 2019, was an annual cause of “United States” deaths. The 2019 52-week total was 658,761. That was 23(.093280572)% of all 2019 deaths.

– In 2020, was an annual cause of “United States” deaths. The 2020 53-week total was 675,068. That was 20(.714705007)% of all 2020 deaths.

We, as a once great nation, had better start focusing our myopic obsession on heart disease. I suggest it now.

I hope that this short entry helps my readers. It should help you remove your Corona Myopia, to see clearly, if you haven't done so already. Mainly, it should give you “ammunition,” to help the still Corona Myopic (i.e., family, friends, etc.), to see clearly.

The socialist media propagandists will not place the new cold virus in context. I have done it for them, again, in this article. We must treat this new cold virus as seriously as we would any cold virus. It is a serious new cold virus. We should not continue to be so Corona Myopic, as we are, in this once great nation. “Mask mafia,” will you read this? Will you become educated? I doubt it.

SHOT DOWN BY A BLAZE OF CORONY (published 1/17/2021)

Introduction

Once again, the weekend weather pattern forestalled any hiking, unless it had been another muddy hike. Yesterday, 1/16/2021, Saturday, the weather was snowy, cloudy, snowy with sun, and windy – in various stages. Today, we have clouds and wind. The ground is muddy.

I will, therefore, exercise my brain. I will place color on this blank canvas.

Blaze of Corony

My youngest brother, his family, Mrs. Appalachian Irishman, and I were “shot down by a blaze of corony” today. While my brother and I talked by phone, Bon Jovi's song "Blaze of Glory" came to my fertile mind, in my futility. My personality improvised the title to fit the situation. We were “shot down by a blaze of corony” – unfortunately, but only temporarily.

No one in the Fearghail clan has the corony, unless one of us does, with no symptoms. I will not go into the details. “Out of an abundance of caution” – as the phrase of choice is “in these challenging times” – we decided to delay our family get together that we had planned for this afternoon. We're all becoming very tired of this “new normal.” Aren't you?

Our clan gathering is delayed, but we will adapt, improvise, and overcome. It may take us a week or two. We will do it. The stubborn Irish is in us.

Rant by Topic

Since the Fearghail clan gathering is delayed, and the weather declined my strong desire to get into the woods, I have decided to rant. The following rants are by topic. I hope that you enjoy them. I did not. This writing, however, gets them out of my system!

USSA: I must revise slightly my most recent article. It is not the “United Socialist States of America.” It is the “Ununited Socialist States of America” (USSA). Ununited is a valid word, but it is not pleasant to the ear. Either “not united” or “divided” would be better. I wanted to keep the letter “U.”

Many “Republi-cants” are yellow (i.e., cowards). The majority of “Demo-rats” are red (i.e., socialist). The moral backbone and biblically constitutional values are almost gone, from the “leadership,” of this once great nation. A minority still stands. Many, of “we the people,” still hold dearly, to those values. We, apparently, are now the minority. The “vote early and often” gang has won.

Forget July the 4th, Independence Day. (The year was 1776, for future readers – uneducated, by the socialist agenda, in USA history -- who may find this article.) Sadly, the many men and women, who suffered and died, for USA freedom, are a fading memory.

Independence Day for the USSA is 1/6/2021, or January the 6th, annually. The socialist propagandists will change the date and the name of this once great nation. Mark this article date. I predict the change will happen. Just give it time.

Healthcare (i.e., illness insurance): I have done the math before. I did it again. My health insurance costs $698 monthly. I pay $140 monthly, or 25%. My employer pays the other 75% for me. I should be pleased. I am not.

$140 a month should be enough for one person, not $698 a month! I have calculated that the unreasonable price of healthcare costs me 15.3%, of what my annual gross income should be. In other words, I make 15.3% less annual gross, because of the inflated cost of healthcare.

Of course, the coming socialist “utopia” will provide “free healthcare to all.” If you believe that lie, then you must also believe that pigs can fly!

Corona Myopia Psychosis: I checked the websites that I have used, for data in my 2020 articles, on this sad topic. The websites are: Indexmundi USA deaths -- not including COVID-19 deaths, Indexmundi USA COVID-19 only deaths, and Tennessee's COVID-19 website.

I will not parse out my calculations. You can check the websites and do the same math. The website data, if you can believe it, indicates the following:

USA 2021 total deaths (as of 1/17/2021, about 2 PM): 130,145 not by COVID-19 + 49,919 by COVID-19 = 180,064 total deaths. That means 27.7%, of all 2021 USA deaths, have been due to COVID-19 – that is, if you believe the counts. I am skeptical. Of course, the mask wearing and physical distancing, with the economic and mental damage tossed in, do not appear to be “slowing the spread” of this new cold virus.

Tennessee 2021 total deaths (as of 1/17/2021, about 2 PM): 3,088 not by COVID-19 + 1,448 by COVID-19 = 4,536 total deaths. That means 32%, of all 2021 TN deaths, have been due to COVID-19. The other 68% have been due to other reasons. I still recall the news, about the man who died of a gun shot wound. The autopsy tested positive for COVID-19. Death was listed as COVID-19. The gun shot wound had nothing to do with his death, apparently.

Is this the dark ages? I hear the funeral morticians in our area. They drive around in large box trucks. They call out, “bring out your dead; bring out your dead!” That is how it was, during the black plague, in the dark ages. The same is happening now. Do you not hear their cries, “bring out your dead; bring out your dead?”

I do not diminish the illnesses and deaths that occur legitimately, by the new cold virus. I know one neighbor and one friend, both of whom had the virus. Both had short hospitalizations. Both are well again. I know some, who tested positive with no symptoms. I know some, who tested positive and felt a mild cold a few days. If 32%, of all 2021 deaths, in Tennessee, are by the new cold virus, then I wonder why I don't know of any more than two people, who recovered from it, and none, who died from it. The odds are that I should be aware of many, who died by the new cold virus.

The media state only the number of deaths, by this new cold virus. The names and details are hidden. I understand privacy. My point remains valid. Thirty-two percent of 2021 deaths, in Tennessee, by the new cold virus, in the mind of this skeptic, appears inflated, suspiciously.

Conclusion

Yes, I know that this article was not fun to read. I didn't enjoy writing it. I had to write it. The writing helps me overcome my Corona Myopia Psychosis (which everyone has). The Fearghail clan was “shot down by a blaze of Corony” today. We will not stay down. We will rise again.

Tomorrow is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I am off work, for the holiday. A planned article, for tomorrow, is in my mind today. It will be a better one. Please wait for it!

Thanks, y'all, for stopping by, to drink some coffee with me and to read a while. At 5:36 PM, this website's view statistics were: all time 76,281; today 182 (so far); yesterday 224; this month 5,435 (so far), and last month 8,935. Thanks, also, for guiding other folks to this website. We are doing our best to stand, as free people, in a once free and great nation! Who knows? We could turn around the upcoming fall, before it happens. We will see.

As the clock gets close to 9:50 PM, I am posting this article today, finally. I had to finish it today. My article tomorrow will help you understand why.