Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Saturday, December 5, 2020
Music Close to Home!
I know it has been a while. Life has happened, and I've been dealing with a few things. It's 2020, so I'm sure many can relate.
One thing that gets me through, as you may know, is music. It warms my heart especially when new music comes from my favorite local artists!
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Moving political and social rants off of this page
I've decided to keep this blog more upbeat and artsy. I've move my rantings to: Rantings of the Gothic Butterfly
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Louder for the people In the back!
If you supported a baker using religion to discriminate against a same sex couple (using an unposted policy) using the defense of “a privately run business can choose to not serve anyone they wish”, I don’t want to hear you now complain about private businesses’ mask policies...which, by the way, are applied across the board regardless of race, gender, sexual preference, religion, etc.
Monday, May 11, 2020
Can we please compare oranges to oranges?!
I don't know if this is a real tweet, but I've seen this floating around:
I'm getting really tired of people referencing H1N1 and how Obama failed with a pandemic so much worse than the current administration! I'm especially tired of people misrepresenting numbers to match their agenda.
This tweet was made on April 2, 2020. At this point, the numbers he is touting covers a period of about 4 months. The numbers he compares to for H1N1 covers the span of 1 year and are total estimates!!! In the US over that span of time, there was an estimated 60.8 million cases, and only 12,469 deaths...again, this is a 1 year timeframe. Right now, in the US, we are sitting at 1.37 million cases and over 80,000 deaths since this virus was discovered overseas at the end of November 2019. This is a timespan of about 5 months (6 months tops depending on which timeline you look at). In less than half the time, the number of US deaths are about 5x that of H1N1 US deaths, and this is with way fewer infections! The mortality rate of this virus is much higher! But...keep posting the numbers in the way you want to represent them to meet your agenda, as many others continue to die.
And with all these claims that deaths are being misrepresented on death certificates and such to overinflate the numbers, this is not happening! I saw some comment today, "If someone dies of cancer, it is being recorded as a COVID-19 death!" If this were being done, doctors would be losing their licenses! THIS IS ILLEGAL! Why would doctors all across the country risk their livelihood to misrepresent COVID-19 numbers?! Seriously, people!
I'm getting really tired of people referencing H1N1 and how Obama failed with a pandemic so much worse than the current administration! I'm especially tired of people misrepresenting numbers to match their agenda.
This tweet was made on April 2, 2020. At this point, the numbers he is touting covers a period of about 4 months. The numbers he compares to for H1N1 covers the span of 1 year and are total estimates!!! In the US over that span of time, there was an estimated 60.8 million cases, and only 12,469 deaths...again, this is a 1 year timeframe. Right now, in the US, we are sitting at 1.37 million cases and over 80,000 deaths since this virus was discovered overseas at the end of November 2019. This is a timespan of about 5 months (6 months tops depending on which timeline you look at). In less than half the time, the number of US deaths are about 5x that of H1N1 US deaths, and this is with way fewer infections! The mortality rate of this virus is much higher! But...keep posting the numbers in the way you want to represent them to meet your agenda, as many others continue to die.
And with all these claims that deaths are being misrepresented on death certificates and such to overinflate the numbers, this is not happening! I saw some comment today, "If someone dies of cancer, it is being recorded as a COVID-19 death!" If this were being done, doctors would be losing their licenses! THIS IS ILLEGAL! Why would doctors all across the country risk their livelihood to misrepresent COVID-19 numbers?! Seriously, people!
Thursday, May 7, 2020
"But the flu is just as deadly!"
This is the argument of so many right now who are pushing for the country to be open! I'm tired of seeing this from people who ignore science AND math! Here let me lay this out for you...
Flu Season
October 2019 thru April 2020 (time: 7 months...5 of which were NOT under lockdown)
Preliminary Estimates (note the estimate part, because that is not total tested, but estimates based on those tested...notice the WIDE range):
39,000,000 - 56,000,000 Illnesses
24,000 - 64,000 Deaths
COVID-19
February 2020 through early May 2020 (time: just over 3 months...2 of which were under lockdown)
As of the morning of May 7th (note that this is based on actual testing)
1,260,000 CONFIRMED Illnesses
74,581 Deaths
First of all...do the math! Even on the high end of the flu estimates, the rate of death (deaths divided by illness to get the percentage), is .1%. COVID-19, with current confirmed numbers from testing, is at 5.9%. I get it...it can be argued that there isn't enough testing, and as antibody numbers come in, it can be shown that many more people have actually been infected with the virus, and thus bring the death rate down. HOWEVER, that does not change the number of actual deaths versus the timespan of those deaths! The numbers alone show that COVID-19 is more deadly. Flu numbers are over 7 months, with 5 months of people doing whatever they wish...large gatherings at concerts, sporting events, etc. The COVID-19 has a timespan of about half that of the flu, MOST of that time spent in lockdown...where most businesses were closed, there were no concerts or other large gatherings, etc. More deaths in a shorter amount of time! I hate to see what those numbers are going to look like at the 7 month mark to better match up to the flu season!
I'm going to say this only once...and loudly for the people in the back...death rate is NOT calculated by number of deaths versus the entire population, which is what so many arguing to open the county have been doing in their claims that COVID-19 is no deadlier than the seasonal flu! It is deaths versus the number infected! Learn your math! Learn your science! Wear your dang masks and stay 6 ft away from others...or not, and when this illness hits close to home, MAYBE then you will finally get it!
Flu Season
October 2019 thru April 2020 (time: 7 months...5 of which were NOT under lockdown)
Preliminary Estimates (note the estimate part, because that is not total tested, but estimates based on those tested...notice the WIDE range):
39,000,000 - 56,000,000 Illnesses
24,000 - 64,000 Deaths
COVID-19
February 2020 through early May 2020 (time: just over 3 months...2 of which were under lockdown)
As of the morning of May 7th (note that this is based on actual testing)
1,260,000 CONFIRMED Illnesses
74,581 Deaths
First of all...do the math! Even on the high end of the flu estimates, the rate of death (deaths divided by illness to get the percentage), is .1%. COVID-19, with current confirmed numbers from testing, is at 5.9%. I get it...it can be argued that there isn't enough testing, and as antibody numbers come in, it can be shown that many more people have actually been infected with the virus, and thus bring the death rate down. HOWEVER, that does not change the number of actual deaths versus the timespan of those deaths! The numbers alone show that COVID-19 is more deadly. Flu numbers are over 7 months, with 5 months of people doing whatever they wish...large gatherings at concerts, sporting events, etc. The COVID-19 has a timespan of about half that of the flu, MOST of that time spent in lockdown...where most businesses were closed, there were no concerts or other large gatherings, etc. More deaths in a shorter amount of time! I hate to see what those numbers are going to look like at the 7 month mark to better match up to the flu season!
I'm going to say this only once...and loudly for the people in the back...death rate is NOT calculated by number of deaths versus the entire population, which is what so many arguing to open the county have been doing in their claims that COVID-19 is no deadlier than the seasonal flu! It is deaths versus the number infected! Learn your math! Learn your science! Wear your dang masks and stay 6 ft away from others...or not, and when this illness hits close to home, MAYBE then you will finally get it!
Sunday, April 19, 2020
Is it hypocritical?!
I saw a post today that indicated that anyone who supports the #MeToo movement, and votes for Biden, is a hypocrite.
Here is the problem I see....
I'm not defending Biden against the allegations at all! I didn't vote for him in the primaries (I voted for Warren before she dropped from the race, as my state is one of the ones to vote earlier in the process). What I may be forced to accept is Biden as the Democratic nominee, because that is how things are shaping up now that Sanders has also dropped out of the race, and there are no other real contenders. So what do we have (minus any third party candidates, because we know none of them really stand a chance to win)? We have candidates on both sides who have sexual assault and/or harassment claims made against them! So either way, this is going to be a reality for whichever candidate wins this election. The fact that they BOTH have this same black mark against them forces me to disregard that black mark, and look further on to the rest of the issues.
Now, I'm not going to make a case for Biden here....that is for you, the rest of the voters, to decide for yourself. I'm simply pointing out that a vote for Biden does not make me a hypocrite at this point, as I really don't have much choice but to vote for a candidate with such a black mark against them...they BOTH have it. At this point, I'm voting on the remainder of the issues, and what I feel is best for this country as a whole. We've done 4 years of Trump (almost), and we are a mess! It's time to do something different!
Here is the problem I see....
I'm not defending Biden against the allegations at all! I didn't vote for him in the primaries (I voted for Warren before she dropped from the race, as my state is one of the ones to vote earlier in the process). What I may be forced to accept is Biden as the Democratic nominee, because that is how things are shaping up now that Sanders has also dropped out of the race, and there are no other real contenders. So what do we have (minus any third party candidates, because we know none of them really stand a chance to win)? We have candidates on both sides who have sexual assault and/or harassment claims made against them! So either way, this is going to be a reality for whichever candidate wins this election. The fact that they BOTH have this same black mark against them forces me to disregard that black mark, and look further on to the rest of the issues.
Now, I'm not going to make a case for Biden here....that is for you, the rest of the voters, to decide for yourself. I'm simply pointing out that a vote for Biden does not make me a hypocrite at this point, as I really don't have much choice but to vote for a candidate with such a black mark against them...they BOTH have it. At this point, I'm voting on the remainder of the issues, and what I feel is best for this country as a whole. We've done 4 years of Trump (almost), and we are a mess! It's time to do something different!
Saturday, April 11, 2020
The show that shall not be named...
I get it. You are bored!! You are confined to your homes (or at least should be outside of essential activity such as grocery shopping or medical visits). You are scrolling through your social media, and everyone is talking about this new show on one of the popular streaming services. So, you give it a watch.
Here is the issue, and why I refuse to name the show...I am personally so tired of people making stupid people famous! The person or persons talked about in this program do NOT deserve fame! They are stupid...they did stupid things that are not worthy of a national stage! It takes me back to the Kardashians. Most of us wouldn't have even known that name if one of them wasn't made famous over a sex tape. This family has truly contributed nothing to society outside of regular reports of their failed relationships and product lines...oh, and bad fashion trends (such as wearing leggings that are so thin they are see through, or the wearing of padded butt undergarments).
There are so many people out there more worthy of fame, and the monetary reward that comes from such! There are people out there changing the world right now...doctors, nurses, even your grocery store clerks...all putting up with your B.S. and exposing themselves daily to the coronavirus so that you can sit at home watching stupid shows about stupid people and spreading that stupid person's name around the internet like they are some hero!
I don't know...maybe this virus is the universe trying to tell us or priorities are wrong. How many are actually considering that? Worshiping these stupid "reality stars" and other celebrities, and ignoring those that are actually trying to make a difference? Maybe it is the earth fighting back for us doing our best to destroy her...notice how she has been trying to heal while we have retreated to our homes!
Seriously, people...I know you are bored, but please for the love of Mother Earth...stop making stupid people famous!
Here is the issue, and why I refuse to name the show...I am personally so tired of people making stupid people famous! The person or persons talked about in this program do NOT deserve fame! They are stupid...they did stupid things that are not worthy of a national stage! It takes me back to the Kardashians. Most of us wouldn't have even known that name if one of them wasn't made famous over a sex tape. This family has truly contributed nothing to society outside of regular reports of their failed relationships and product lines...oh, and bad fashion trends (such as wearing leggings that are so thin they are see through, or the wearing of padded butt undergarments).
There are so many people out there more worthy of fame, and the monetary reward that comes from such! There are people out there changing the world right now...doctors, nurses, even your grocery store clerks...all putting up with your B.S. and exposing themselves daily to the coronavirus so that you can sit at home watching stupid shows about stupid people and spreading that stupid person's name around the internet like they are some hero!
I don't know...maybe this virus is the universe trying to tell us or priorities are wrong. How many are actually considering that? Worshiping these stupid "reality stars" and other celebrities, and ignoring those that are actually trying to make a difference? Maybe it is the earth fighting back for us doing our best to destroy her...notice how she has been trying to heal while we have retreated to our homes!
Seriously, people...I know you are bored, but please for the love of Mother Earth...stop making stupid people famous!
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
So, let me get this straight...
In the State of Texas, it is okay for churches to violate recommendations and continue to hold services in groups of more than 10 people, but it's okay to completely block a woman's right to a safe abortion in these times of the coronavirus?!
"But...freedom of religion!" Um, freedom of religion does not guarantee you the right to congregate in a building. It gives you the right to practice your religion without persecution!! You can do that with online services from your own home, without putting other people at risk!!
The Supreme Court has already ruled on abortion, and there can be no blanket ban of abortion!! The religious right politicians are using this virus as a way to impose their beliefs into law of the land!
"But...freedom of religion!" Um, freedom of religion does not guarantee you the right to congregate in a building. It gives you the right to practice your religion without persecution!! You can do that with online services from your own home, without putting other people at risk!!
The Supreme Court has already ruled on abortion, and there can be no blanket ban of abortion!! The religious right politicians are using this virus as a way to impose their beliefs into law of the land!
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