Dimms never consider the the untended consequences.
They cut off the stands of sports including auto racing.
But they drove many to outdoor pursuits camping hiking RVing fishing and here comes hunting season.
Dove, other birds, then squirrel and rabbit, then deer camp.
People get together for a weekend and talk.
Then the word spreads.
Word gets out around the “social” media.
People get together in places the limbs dont think of going.

Dimms never consider the the untended consequences.
They cut off the stands of sports including auto racing.
But they drove many to outdoor pursuits camping hiking RVing fishing and here comes hunting season.
Dove, other birds, then squirrel and rabbit, then deer camp.
People get together for a weekend and talk.
Then the word spreads.
Word gets out around the “social” media.
People get together in places the limbs dont think of going.

Western New York here. Mask mandate in place for all stores that haven’t gone under yet. You will be charged with trespassing if you refuse. Dining in at restaurants is reduced capacity, I haven’t eaten out in months. The only store I’ve been to that doesn’t require a mask is a local gun shop I get supplies from, an island of sanity in an insane world. Every source of social entertainment has been cancelled. Fortunately for me I enjoy gardening, hiking, fishing, etc…, but I dearly miss seeing and visiting family and friends from out of State. I’m a caretaker for my elderly mother and I can never forgive how these globalist bastards are scaring her and keeping her from socializing with our out of State family in the twilight of her life. A pox on them all.

The current madness occurring in Rochester NY, about 1 1/2 hours east of us hasn’t spread here yet, not to that degree anyway. However, Guv Cuomo is trying to spike the virus infection numbers in my county by employing these “rapid testing” machines. The media plays along and provides no context to the increase, ie insignificant viral load = non contagious and no hospitalizations.

Northeast Ohio suburb. I go without a mask wherever I know I can do it. Local Giant Eagle grocery store hasn’t given me any hassle at all – yet. But even though I see Trump signs all over my area, the people are wearing masks everywhere they are told to wear them!

Yesterday I went inside the Panera coffee shop where I have been able to go maskless with no problem even after DeWine’s statewide order, and the girl said she couldn’t take my order if I wasn’t wearing a mask. I told her I couldn’t wear one, but she said I would have to go to drive-through. I told her it was a take-out order but that didn’t work, and then another older employee came over and repeated that I had to wear a mask. So I left. I noticed people at tables without masks, just talking, not “actively” eating, but I wasn’t going to hassle the young girl. She was just doing her job.

I’m retired and this doesn’t affect my activities that much. My main recreational activity is walking outside on our bike trails or around my neighborhood. My only job is babysitting my granddaughter. I hate that those who still are working have to comply with all this garbage.

Southwestern IL (Madison County) here. Pritzker has designated this county and three contiguous counties as “Region 4”. This “region’s” positivity rate is higher than JB The Hutt will allow. Therefore bars must close at 10 p.m. You’re safe in a bar until then. Covid arrives at 10 p.m. All indoor dining is forbidden by our rulers in Springfield. Masks are required in stores and gyms. If you want to buy something or work out, you must comply. Schools are not allowed to open. Because Orange Man Bad.

In Philadelphia the Biden signs are everywhere. Masks are required. Restaurants in the suburbs are open at 25 percent capacity. Inside the city indoor dining starts back up today at limited capacity. My gut tells me most people aren’t that worried about contracting the virus anymore but that libs are VERY pumped about voting Trump out of office. I’m not seeing any converts.

Connecticut here. Schools are starting to open some are totally remote
some are hybrid. lots of people doing outdoor things with no masks
pretty much most everything is open, some on limited schedules, But
being a cold weather state, not sure what will happen to restaurant
when the cold weather, by the end of October, it will be too cold to
eat outside, so that may be a problem. Bars are still closed and sadly
lots of outdoor fall festivals have cancelled..Manchester Road Race
cancelled. but our local farm/orchard is having.. pick your own apples
so I guess that will have to do for outdoor Fall activity. pretty much all stores
and other indoor places require masks.

Some places are getting creative.. Our church fair usually held ( and a big
money maker) in November is now going on line.. a bit slimmed down as
no food items can be sold but still, good for them coming up with way
to still have it.

Our Governor decided himself to extend his emergency COVID declaration
till FEBRUARY.

I am arguing with a friend for five months. This is the latest EM to him. You should go to the article to see the graphs.
Is the Corona virus pandemic ending?
Well according to an article I just read, yes, it is.
What I found interesting about the article is that the author bases his conclusions on total deaths, not just coronavirus deaths. Here are some pull quotes from the article:
Covid19 has already passed through all 50 states as a single major contagious wave in each state. There were 33 early states where the epidemic was over by June, and 14 late states where the epidemic now is ending.
Every week in America about 51,000 people die from all causes. This number rises and falls during the winter due to flu-like illnesses and goes back to baseline in the summer. No one panics about it, and most people do not even realize that it happens. This year was worse than normal, but we have almost returned to baseline.
The author argues that total deaths is a hard number that cannot be manipulated. Coronavirus cases and deaths can be managed. Remember that the CDC counted deaths with coronavirus the same as deaths from just coronavirus. The scarf Queen mentioned this in April in one of the press briefings. She also expressed distrust of CDC data and exclaimed that they may be overstating deaths by 25 %.
Back to the article:

The 11-year weekly deaths from all causes graph (below,) shows that the 2020 flu season was about normal until it spiked for eight weeks in April and May due to Covid19). The April high of 78,000 was significantly higher than the previous multi-year high of 67,000 in 2018, but just as in previous years, the temporary spike rapidly declined toward baseline.
The 11-year baseline increased from about 45,000 in 2009 to about 51,000 in 2019, generally because of increasing population. After this year’s April spike to 78,000, the current weekly all causes deaths number is down to 55,000, about 4,000 higher than the projected baseline. We are at week 32 of the year, and flu season is about to kick in. What does this mean regarding the Covid19 epidemic?
The Covid19 attributed deaths can be divided into two groups: early epidemic states, and late epidemic states. There were 33 early epidemic states where the majority of deaths occurred before June 1, and where the epidemic peaked in April and May. There were 14 late states where most deaths occurred after June 1, and where the peaks were in July and August.
Among the 33 early states, seven states in the northeastern region of the country contributed 71% of the early state’s deaths: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Michigan.
The majority of the 14 late states were southern coastal states: South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Tennessee, and Arkansas. California was the other coastal state where the main epidemic peak occurred after June 1. Nevada and Arizona are contiguous with California and peaked after June and were included in the coastal group
This second wave is not just happening in the USA. It is happening around the world in such places as Australia, New Zealand, India, Western Europe, Mexico, and other countries.
It’s also happening in Hawaii, our isolated state, that has been locked down tight since March.

The author

The author continues:
If the late states death rate drops to below 1,000 per week in September, the yearly deaths from all causes will be about back to the 11-year projected baseline. It will have been a bad year, but not as bad as the 1968 Hong Kong Flu or the 1957 Asian Flu. No one panicked then, and no one should be panicking now.
Nevertheless, the hysteria and panic over Covid19 has not abated. And you can expect it to get worse. We are at the beginning of flu season. Deaths from all causes will begin to increase, and you can expect all deaths to be conflated with Covid19. Former CDC director Tom Frieden was leading the way when he recently was quoted as saying,
The second wave is a misconception: It is the omnipresent risk of explosive spread … That is what we are facing.
This is ignorant fear mongering of the most vicious kind. As the data show, the virus is not omnipresent and ready to explode everywhere. The virus faces natural barriers, just like all infectious pathogens, and dies out as it crashes into each successive barrier. The virus has hit its final barrier, the oceans, and is dying out there.
For the whole cycle to start over again, the virus will have to find a new susceptible population of elderly, and then attempt to repeat its first exponential expansion. But this time, we know who the most vulnerable are, there will be immunity in the larger population, and we know how to stop the spread. Quarantine the sick. If we act rationally, there is no reason to expect a repeat of this past April.
Nature controls the virus, not the politicians. The ignorant will always be with us, just like the virus. But the virus is not that hard to figure out. Do not panic. Keep the big picture in mind. Quarantine the sick. Protect the elderly. Let the rest of us free breathing Americans live our lives.
The most vulnerable are the elderly in nursing homes with other health issues. It has been pointed out that this group of people account for about 45% of the total US coronavirus deaths. Also note that this demographic group comprises only 0.6 % of the total US population.
And I would like to remind and reiterate that there are four incompetent blue state governors who signed executive orders forcing Coronavirus infected patients back into their elder care homes. These facilities were not equipped to care for these sick people. As a result of this incompetence somewhere around 15,000 to 30,000 of such people died, just in those four states. That would be Cuomo of New York, Murphy of New Jersey, Wolf of Pennsylvania, and Whitmer of Michigan.
And that’s just direct deaths.
How many hospital attendants and other staff were infected? How about the nursing home staffs? The people that moved them. What about family and friends?
And how many others did these newly COVID infected contaminate? And so on?
Millions of people may have been infected? And tens of thousands may have died?
We will never know!
If you wish to read the entire article:
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/09/the_covid19_pandemic_is_ending.html

Small town Eastern North Carolina here. Comrade Cooper still has us in a semi-lock down. As far as the little town I live in and the other I visit from time to time, not much has changed from the ‘old’ norm. Our local sheriff’s department and police department said at the get go they would not be enforcing any mandates such as the mask junk (thank God for some common sense!).

If a store doesn’t allow me in without a mask, I don’t spend my money there.

Most of our little main street stores are open and doing well!

Our idiots on the county board decided that our schools should open yet remain as online classes for the first 9 weeks. They claim they will reevaluate at the 7th week mark to decide on whether to allow classes to return to campus. I have a gut feeling that our county/state will never return to ‘normal’ schooling, choosing instead to remain online for the most part (look at the $$ saved in not having to feed students or pay for transportation). They are allowing students with IEP’s (individualized education plans) and those needing tutoring to be on campus for what’s needed.

Thankfully, most people here around this area couldn’t give a flip what Cooper is trying to enforce and we are just going about our normal lives. ?

I’m in SE North Carolina half way between Pinehurst and Myrtle Beach, SC. Unfortunately our town was devastated 20 to 30 years ago, first by NAFTA with the loss of textile plants and then the demise of the tobacco program which effectively took the profit out of farming in our area. Welfare is now our major industry with all that that implies.

COVID has hit a local retirement home with a rash of infections among staff and residents. There have been few other cases locally. Being historically democrat the area is mostly compliant with Cooper’s rules, but there are signs that it’s beginning to wear thin.

My wife and I are retired. I am 70, she’s a bit behind me. She will wear a mask when required. I only wear a shield if I need access to a particular place that enforces masking. Those places are few and far between.

Having time on my hands, I began to research this virus back in the spring, trying to learn how best to deal with it since I have two co-morbidities, overweight and high blood pressure. About six weeks ago I found something called the Zelenko Protocol, which was used by a NY City doctor to treat his COVID patients. After researching I felt that this was something I could do proactively to protect myself.

You can google this yourself, but here’s what I take WITH MY DOCTOR’s APPROVAL. Quercetin 500 mg daily; Vitamin C 1600 mg daily; Zinc Gluconate 50 mg daily; Vitamin D 4,000 IU daily. This is the prophylactic dosage. My wife and I will continue taking this indefinitely, and I will continue to be maskless.

Don’t take my word for this. Google (or DuckDuckGo) is your friend!

Topeka Kansas, Governor Kelly Is Seeking To Renew The “Emergency-Order” She’s Really Pushing This B.S. As Well As The Social-Justice Lunacy… https://www.cjonline.com/news/20200907/governor-to-seek-renewal-of-covid-19-emergency-order

I’m in the nanny state of Northern Virginia. Its basically 100% mask compliance here. The schools are closed; however, my 8th grader’s private Catholic school is open for 100% full-time in class learning!

I spent Labor Day weekend in Central VA (Keswick). Here, its about 70% mask compliance. The big difference is, here in Central VA, people seem much more pragmatic about mask usage. For example, literately no one is wearing them outside b/c that would be silly (duh)…lol.

West Texas – most of us wear our masks. In our county, Brewster, there have been a little over 200 cases of the Chinese virus with 2 deaths. Some people are overly zealous about staying home and preach that on social media. Some people are blase about it. Most of us just wear our mask in the stores and go about life.

Lexington, Kentucky. University of Kentucky President Eli C. sent an email yesterday alerting students/parents of the significant budget shortfalls that were expected next year including an 8% reduction across the board from state governmet budget. No indication if this would result in layoffs, higher tuition, dropping offered courses or any and most likely all of the above. This on top of charging students $30/hour MORE in tuition for online classes (they didn’t sign up for).

The most likely outcome will be all of the above with the state raising taxes to cover the shortfalls . . . and keeping them raised in perpetuity. Who knew shutting down businesses, and keeping them shut down, would result in certain consequences like tax revenue shortfalls. Still masks in retail and in/out of restaurants which are still at 50%. It’s a shame for business owners and citizens at this point but they voted Daddy Andy into office because they were upset that our former Republican governor had hurt teacher’s “feelings” by trying to fix their pension system from one that is a trillion dollars in the hole to one which might actually work. “Not the teachers!” Don’t touch their pension, they are altruistic angels teaching our kids . . . nonsense drivel . . . via ZOOM because it’s too dangerous to be in the classroom because of CV . . . but we’re all meeting for drinks/dinner after class. Nonesense!

Northern Illinois here – Sheeple everywhere – some sheeple even wear masks when outside walking their dogs biking, and driving their cars. Pritzker has got to be smiling when he goes out and sees all the sheeple obeying him.

Rural Nevada here. Heavily Republican area but the local politicians are collaborating with Democrat lockdown order. Need to primary them but it’s too late for this cycle. Useless masks mandated everywhere indoors.

Western North Carolina here between Asheville and Charlotte. Lots of people in Charlotte wearing masks – even in parking lots. Round here (Hickory) not so much. Went downtown for the first time last weekend and ate outside at a brew pub. People wearing masks inside per mandate, but not at tables. As Luke says, “Situation normal.”
Kinda.

I am in blue Broward County, Florida. We went to the beach yesterday. As we approached, a road sign said masks required. My wife said: I don’t believe it! Traffic at about 40% of a normal holiday. We parked, gathered our beach gear and walked with masks in our pocket to the beach. I would say one in 30 were wearing masks. The mood was relaxed. It was like we were in another reality from what is constantly reported else where. We also went to a buffet sushi restaurant earlier in the week. Very clean. Masks when not at the table and gloves provided to retrieve the food.
In the neighborhood, everyone is relaxed and not wearing masks. The ones that do wear a mask portray incredible fear when approaching but no Ken or Karen push back. My wife attends church services regularly. Florida CDC reports around 4% infection rate in this county. We are one of 3 counties with the highest rate. Death rates have plummeted. My neighbor is an EMT and he has been warned by law enforcement to prepare for the worst come Nov 3rd.

NW Georgia, 30 miles from ATL, a few of us go about our lives without masks. I will make an exception for health care providers, clinics, etc. As I steamed into Sam’s Club the other day, a voice behind me asked if I wanted a mask. Nope, I said, and went about my shopping/checking out without another word said to me about masks. Yesterday I marched into the Home Depot right past their stupid sign requiring masks. The guy stationed just inside the door with a box of filthy Chinese made masks offered me a mask. I politely said no, thank you, and went about my shopping/checking out the same way I did in Sam’s Club.
I am generally a law abiding (ok, maybe I push the speed limit a bit) citizen. I served honorably in the Marines. I have toed the line, but this mask thing is over the top. Masks are now more of a symbol of subjugation than a protection against some bug. I am disappointed in my fellow Americans that have adopted the face burka as symbol of how woke they are. Fools!

Ohio: The biggest thing is that the governor, DeWine supposedly a Republican, lied to us and the country when he said he would reverse the ban on HCQ but the regulation is still in effect: OAC 4729:5-5-21. I don’t recall the regulation going through the normal process of public comment. He acts like this regulation is controlled by the Pharmacy Board, but the Board is a state board and he appoints all of its members. It is a board in the executive branch of our state government and he is the head of that branch, but he acts like he can’t reverse it, but can only ask the Board to do so which is a lie.

Our college students at our state universities, Ohio State and Miami of Ohio, are reporting that they are essentially prisoners in their dorm rooms, even while Ohio’s mortality rate plummets, their age group has a 99.9% recovery rate and most people that are tested are asymptomatic.
In response our tyrannical governor who has abandoned the rule of law and the Constitution is setting up “isolation” camps for people who are asymptomatic but “cannot self isolate”.

And a man in Cambridge, Ohio is charged with a misdemeanor of the second degree which carries a possibility 90 days in jail and would be a charge on his criminal record for failure to enforce “social distancing” in his business. In Put-in-Bay, Ohio [a resort area] liquor licenses are being suspended for failure to impose social distancing. In one case a business is told that although it can seat 200 people for dinner on a Thursday night, it can only seat 50 on a Saturday night for a wedding reception.

Our General Assembly is apparently powerless. How is that in our country? As the virus weakens, the governor doubles down every time. He has imposed a 10:00 pm bar last call even while the Mayor of Cincinnati has implored him to reverse it because it is causing public safety problems.

Oklahoma City, Ok.
Social Distancing encouraged, but no other restrictions for restaurants. Malls are open, but empty. Folks are still a little afraid, but wearing Trump hats and about 20 negative in our restaurant business. Masks mandatory.
Norman, Ok. –the mayor is a leftie and screeches in her speeches (online and in council chambers). Restaurants are not in good shape. Today, we expect to go back to 50% occupancy restrictions. The police have had money/police jobs taken away from them –that were specifically voted in by bond election. For that reason, the mayor has been recalled. The election is in January –and she is expected to be gone (Praise God!!). Until then, she screeches on! Two other council persons will be gone with her, plus one retired, plus one more quit –citing Covid concerns (after being arrested for climbing a flag pole at Trump’s rally in Tulsa).
Edmond, Ok. Reason prevails and “Stand Up For Your Country!” signs are everywhere. Trump hats, bumper stickers are found, but not as many as I would expect. Flags and SUFYC signs have become the stand-in for Trump signs. It’s a Trump town, though. However, masks are mandatory.

Middle Tennessee here. We met friends for breakfast last week; it was the best two hours I’ve spent in a long, long time! Nobody had masks on and it was wonderfully normal! Most businesses have “masks required” signs on their doors, but most people remain unmasked. There are still those who are frantic about new cases. However, when pressed about actual sickness from the new cases, they are unable to answer with anything other than gobbledygook about asymptomatic spread. Sadly, we have had our second death (out of a population of 22,400).

Im in w mich and I am pulling my ma

Mesa AZ. Pretty quiet. A bit angry schools are still arbitrating opening dates.

Fleeing taxachussetts soon just bought a house in the red state of South Carolina
Spent the last 5 weeks in NC SC and Florida looks like about half masks half without but back here in mass the sheep are wearing masks in 90degree weather while riding a bike walking and even driving alone in a car it’s kind of troubling
Another extremely odd fact I observed in the liberal sheep stronghold of mass black lies matter signs are everywhere at least 1 on every street usually a lot more but thru out our house hunting excursions thru 5 southern states (most with higher black populations than mass) we did Not see ONE single blm sign although it seemed very strange I am not complaining ?
Looking forward to fitting in nicely in my new red state
Long over due

Testing

Fayette County, Tn. On the border of Shelby County, where Memphis is. Those people in Shelby are mask crazy, scared to death…especially at the VA hospital where you can’t park in the lot…it’s now used for a auto waiting line for blood draws (in an outdoor tent) in advance of annual exams by telephone. I’m going to assume the hospital is empty, since the parking lots were. However, in Fayette only Kroger and Walmart insist on masks….everyone else is chill…like the Southern Ax, where ax throwing is the Activity and the de Terra winery whose owner said plainly, masks are bs. Still have no personal knowledge of anyone I know having contracted the China virus.

Philly here:

Families are leaving, houses selling very quickly, seems to be an exodus. Restaurants still not open for inside dining, when they do will be at 25% capacity. Seeing/hearing about business closures. Synagogues and churches also have insane 25 person rule! Downtown was ghostly, better I am told, though there will be a glut of unused office space while people in burbs avoid the city. Without theatres and sports folks less likely to come in. Large homeless encampment by Art Museum, believe still there, and loud ATV vehicles roam residential neighborhoods all hours of night. Not a good scene at all. Oh, of course children and college students all home learning “remotely.” The disaster of that will unfold.

Lake Charles, Louisiana here. I can assure you that Hurricane Laura blew any single thought of a COVID virus right away. NOONE is wearing a mask. EVERYONE is nose down, butt up trying to clean up and repair our homes. Love and assistance pouring into the area has been incredible. We live in a very good country.

in W Mich I am no longer wearing my mask over my nose inside retail places, nobody is social distancing on makeshift dining patios or the beaches, for months now, and nothing has changed with outbreaks as a result, making me feel in public like/that I am playing some stupid kiddie game.
I wonder when the lib crowd is going to start winking to each other when crossing paths with masks in public in some warped solidarity gesture. If you seriously cannot see by now that the most vulnerable are the only people needing to be this cautious, you’re a moron.
I’m noticing lots of teenagers around the beaches with backpacks and black attire…
predictably and unfortunately.

NW Florida coast here, between Destin and Pensacola. Summer tourists numbers were the same as far as I could see. The beaches weren’t necessarily packed and plenty of space to keep some distance between groups. Mask wearers were in the minority though some actually wore them out in the surf. Lots of boating and Trump boat parades- no masks. Restaurants have been open with mask required postings but not strictly enforced. I don’t wear a mask when I go out and haven’t been questioned. All in all things seem normal but I fear the real damage has been done and will manifest in ways we may not appreciate yet.
We’ve been raising 2 of our grandkids and have decided to keep them home and home educate them. Initially the decision was weighted more towards concern over Covid but that’s changed after learning more about what the State and liberal teachers have been teaching in the classrooms and online. We will educate them ourselves and decide on the curriculum starting with 4th and 6th grades and on through 12. We’re retired and have the time but it’s not something we would have dreamed we’d be doing at this point in our lives.

I went to Homie Depot on Saturday. I hope you enjoy they massively crazy decorations.
We are stocking up too…. I am hoping to gather up about 3 to 6 months worth of provisions.
Reason? I don’t know, just feel I need to prepare for something post election.

Northern Minnesota where socialists are fierce.

Had a garage sale this past weekend and tourists from other states stopped by. My ad for the sale said we would not be wearing masks and we would not ask shoppers to wear masks either, but if anyone was nervous about the virus that they should definitely wear their mask.

A few people showed up with masks on, then took them off.

One couple from South Dakota stopped by. They are from the land of common sense and told us about a restaurant in Duluth they’d stopped at and were shocked by.

People eating at At Sara’s Table were pulling their masks down to shovel food in their mouths or take a drink, then pulling the masks back up as they chewed and swallowed. So no one ever totally took their mask off. When the couple saw that all the wait staff were wearing buttons that said there was no such thing as men or women, but a vague ‘sexual identity’, and then saw the BLT sandwich was called the LGBT sandwich, they decided to go eat elsewhere.

They invited us to move to South Dakota.

Minnesota is a hot mess.

We live In a Dem run state and it’s pretty awful. Rhode Island is only big enough to rival a city in other states so it affects as as a whole.

Out here on TN Cumberland Plateau – haven’t seen a change in life in response to fake flu. Initially liberal Dimwit retirees who relocated here from blue states were on the mask and social distance bandwagon but I along with many other people never put on a face diaper. Local Walmart tried to impose mask policy but only those Dimwits wear them. Lowes, Rural King, Tractor Supply, hasn’t changed much other than social distance tape on the floor that no one pays attention to. I don’t watch network MSM and turn off news from Nashville/Knoxville when they get into their 20 minute CoVid reporting. I’ve pretty much ignored the whole pandemic and it would seem my neighbors have done the same. It’s almost like there’s two Americas – life in rural America where people still think for themselves and life in fear driven urban/suburban areas under the spell of propagandized totalitarianism.

Suburban Milwaukee here. Plenty of sheep wearing masks driving, outside, etc. Went to the grocery store today where masks were required, sign tjat masks must be worn not there today, most wearing masks but a few aren’t and they are not getting questioned.

The masks are just to get us conditioned for mandatory vaccines. Although the government might not make them mandatory, private businesses will, cowering to the Left, or else you can’t shop. be employed, etc.

Northeast Florida here. I refuse to wear a mask and have lost work because of it. Employers don’t agree with the mandates but follow them anyway. I just reminded them as I walked off, ” No person can buy or sale without the mark….uh mask. I’m now not allowed to sell my labor, I can’t go into a store to buy, how far away are we ?” ” You are being groomed for what is coming, if you cannot resist this, well ???

The freedom to travel by automobile or motorcycle still exists folks. Do it!

Much like speakeasies arose when our grandparent’s or great grandparent’s betters thought we shouldn’t drink booze and beer, I have found in my recent road trips (20 states generally east of the plains states, and from top to bottom) places where people are saying screw you to the Karens and fear porn addicts.

For instance, there are VERY clever bar / restaurant owners in a certain place who had serious training in camouflage and deception. Invite only, but they’re packed and happy. Others are just flaunting the “new normal” with full knowledge of local LEOs who have far more important public safety issues to deal with than some whimpering, not-at-risk 24 YO Karen triggered by mass civil “disobedience”.

Assuming this is bigger than I saw, it’s possible that the over-reaching with Kung Flu edicts are uniting the country like nothing else could do at this moment.

“The bombardment seems overwhelming” Americans withstood the bombardment of Ft McHenry and others in our history. This so called bombardment is desperation on the left not on the side of the constitutional republic. Our Constitution was made for times like these not the easy times. What has happened is that the underbelly of the Liberal/progressive/demorat/left/confederate LPDLC has been exposed with much more exposure on the way and they know it. If Trump wins they are doomed for some really bad consequences and they know it. CT has been bringing us this information and we know that even then this is much broader deeper and more evil than anything imaginable. On an FYI I have family west of the cascades in Washington, deep blue territory and daily I get reports from them of people, life long democrats saying they have left the demorats. That is an earthquake worth talking about.

Manitoba Canada. Schools are set to open normally today. Kids have to wear masks. Teachers are upset and must mask. Children with specific health issues can get exemptions for full homeschooling. School bus drivers are supposed to go on strike in the city. Masks are mandatory everywhere and most people are complying. I wear mine. Not worth not doing it as it is the law and I don’t want to throw some poor star clerk into hysterics over something she has no control over.

Listening carefully between the lines, I get the impression the provincial authorities here have decided to let the bug go through the population. I keep hearing about how we have to learn to live with COVID and those who are at high risk need to isolate themselves because we can’t keep the lock down, especially the schools, going for ever. Stores are currently well stocked but with a lot less variety. Home canning supplies are in very short supply as gardening and home canning have suddenly become incredibly popular after a summer of everyone gardening.

At the Federal level we have an extremely corrupt Marxist wannabee in charge who has a minority government propped up by the far left socialist party and the separatists in Quebec. He’s talking about a fall budget that will include all kinds of goodies like massive tax hikes on undefined “the rich”, huge increases in carbon taxes and subsidies for a wonderful new green deal that “will bring prosperity and jobs”, much more gun control because Canadians don’t need guns, open borders, as well as extensions of all the emergency current supports that will basically give everyone a low-level minimum income. Even the Federal bureaucrats of our version of the swamp and members of his party are quietly sounding the alarm about this plan because it promises to fundamentally change the nature of Canadian society. CERB, the latest income guarantee of an extra $600/month no questions asked brought in temporarily for COVID, is set to run out soon. We have been told by assorted experts there will be a huge crime wave because all the homeless junkies will have their income cut off. I am praying Trump gets in because it might be time for me to take my American citizen wife and go south with her if Trudeau’s budget is as bad as the rumors say it is.

Heard from a friend in India by Skype yesterday. Her entire family got COVID confirmed by positive tests. Hers is a four generation household with an infant, and two elderly people with health conditions that place them at high risk. Everyone survived after the equivalent of a nasty flu. Her mother (who has hypertension and heart failure) had some breathing trouble but she was prescribed dethomexazone and recovered without hospitalization. They were all on hydrochloroquinone, zinc and vitamin D prophylactically as well. Everyone she knows has been sick but none have died.

Boise Idaho here. All stores have the masks required signs but many ignore them. Most stores will not confront customers who do not wear masks. The ones that do, like Walmart, I refuse to shop at any longer.

In Idaho, last I checked, we have had about 35,000 cases. If we can believe the numbers. We have had about 360 deaths, if we can believe those numbers. So this is a moderate flu season.

Central Florida, people follow rules, wear masks. People seem like robots going through ritualistic motions. Don’t go out much to restaurants, can’t be bothered following the rules and having food served as if it were radioactive. Went a couple of times but it is not relaxed or comfortable environment where you want to spend money for enjoyment. Several people on block clearly out of work, this area heavily dependent on tourism directly or indirectly. About 40% of students have opted for in school experience. My impression is that too many people are still overly concerned about the virus. More concerned than facts should dictate. Neighbor across the street put up BLM sign, I took a picture and sent to people to let them know our neighbors are idiots. Fortunately by the next morning it seems someone pull the sign out (no it wasn’t me). If the game plan for Covid is to make people dependent and miserable for the longest time possible, it appears on the surface to be working. It’s not normal to wear masks, have businesses 75% closed etc. That’s not freedom and having a little taste of less freedom is not a good feeling. Can’t imagine if we adopt the leftist dream for the future.

Savannah, GA here:
No mask mandate in Georgia, but our illustrious Mayor said thou shalt not go mask less in Savannah.
Went to a BP last Friday for gas. I saw at least six (6) people of Black, White, Male and Female that were entering and exiting the store WITHOUT masks!!!
O, the horror.
P.S.
Being mask less myself, I congratulated a couple of them, they smiled and thumbs up!!

Eastern WV, masks required if you cannot distance. Tractor Supply requires a mask so no more TS. Aldi requires one but if husband goes in, they do not harras him any more after I called corporate to complain about an employee’s attitude and a possible HIPPA violation. Our Walmart requires one but after an incident over an open carry and no mask family, they no longer say anything if you do not wear one. I also called corporate over an employee trying to give medical advice per a mask. I recommend that unless the employee was going to be designated under HIPPA as a provider the employee should not be dispensing medical advice.

I have a friend who still wears her mask in the car.

Gradually seeing more maskless people. This area has a lot of DC people and you can easily spot Democrats. Tons of Biden signs in town. Trump is everywhere else.

Dane County, Wisconsin, the heart for Progressivism. Masks required at in door public places. Schools are all virtual, even private schools. We meet friends at our favorite brewpub, outdoors, we avoid going inside. Went to our weekend getaway, 2 hour drive north – counted about 60 Trump signs to 15 Biden signs. Mask wearing is more relaxed in rural areas.