First up in Nova Scotia ... This just in from North Murka's earliest rising weather rodent.
Shubenacadie Sam was the first groundhog in North America to make his prediction, about an hour before other groundhogs in Ontario and the eastern United States
Vierk the Shorter - Any relation to the King of the Franks ... Pepin le Bref? ...
Whatever. Re vaxes & the Profit Motive - Especially(!) when that profit motive is coupled with immunity from legal action for any damages. If a makers NEEDS that kind of protection for its vax, might they be more apt to cut corners? ...
OTOH - Some folks are concerned that vaxes developed so quickly weren't tested adequately. The Extremely short development time has been explained by the vaxes being developed from existing vaxes for similar viruses such as SARS & MERS. So I guess that's Kinda reassuring ...
Leftists have strayed Far from the Classical Liberal Ideal of MLK's "I Have A Dream" speech - i.e. content of character vs color of skin.
Leftist Identity Politics is ALL about Victimgroups assigned by skin color - or gender, séxual orientation, national origin, or any of a host of traits Other than Content Of Character ...
It's fair to say there are Two MLKs. One was the quite human man with the faults/frailties of a Real human. The other is the semi-mythical, near-deified image celebrated on a national holiday.
"When the legend becomes fact - Print the Legend." ...
At the bottom of Your blog there are Two buttons blue "Post A Comment" & green "Edit My Blog". 1) Hit "Edit My Blog" - Options will appear ... Select "Comments". 2) Scroll down to the (un)desired comment - There'll be a little box thingy to the upper right of the comment. Hit that - "Delete Comment" will appear. The rest is self-explanatory ...
GROUNDHOG DAY - Time For The Annual Awakening Of The Furry Forecasters!
kp! ... ...