Sancho
Sancho's JournalJust a note from Largo/Clearwater - so I wondered what is happening locally to others in FL?
I'm in Pinellas, and since 2000 my neighborhood has been majority GOPers. Lots of retirees, and folks who work for the military contractors, and hard-core repubs who give $2000 every year. It can be discouraging.
This year the signs are literally 50-50 with a lot of Biden/Harris (we counted)! Also, the homeowners didn't hold a meeting in Oct. because of the possible conflicts. More and more seniors are going blue! They are really upset over the virus and social security. Trump is losing favor. I hope it's enough.
We have two families that are big trouble. One has a bunch of signs and one of those black flags with a blue stripe. I had never seen one of those before, and I really don't know what it means. Now I wonder if we have some kind of radical.
There are two black families and lots of international families, and none have reported any problems or harassment that I know of at this point. There is a lot neighborhood communication, so any event would be broadcast immediately.
There is another family with kids who openly break the rules. They are fundamentalists. Pool parties and cookouts, no masks, etc. They seem nice, but folks are crossing the street to avoid them. That group has been politely isolated all summer.
The biggest house is owned by two MDs, and they have a Trump sign. Their cars were home all day, and I found out that both caught the virus! I'm wondering if they will hold out for Trump now.
We have LOTS of people calling, waving signs, and organizing on social media. It seems to be working. If the local polls are correct, Biden could win Pinellas. We may even flip one of the crazy GOP state delegation, but that's a long shot.
I'm optimistic that we can win big here. 
Some of us were around for this debate...and we thought the 60s were crazy.
&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR28cqmMaeZlXNPMsH90--WEff-FKynDBNb7vtDmWo_nUJYN4fYTEtHSKgkScientists Discover "Vantablack" Deep-Sea Creatures
https://futurism.com/scientists-discover-vantablack-creatures?fbclid=IwAR29gV_2F998tJgGWQF7EllECM4VqvMH1hQqhMUSCAUP6mRPs5Nhvv19vBAMarine biologist Karen Osborn was astonished when she attempted to take pictures of a fangtooth, a terrifying fanged monster of the deep sea, for cataloguing reasons. The fish appeared to absorb almost all of the light her underwater studio shone at it, leaving only eerie silhouettes.
“I had tried to take pictures of deep-sea fish before and got nothing but these really horrible pictures, where you can’t see any detail,” Osborn, who co-authored a paper about the fish published in Current Biology, told Wired. “How is it that I can shine two strobe lights at them and all that light just disappears?”
“It’s like looking at a black hole,” lead author Alexander Davis, a Duke University biologist, told The New York Times.
There are some pictures at the link, and an interesting article.
Rachael will need an eight hour show tonight...
...to get all the book authors, reporters, whistle-blowers, and recordings from Sept. 9, 2020 on air.
Discovery of a black hole so massive that existing theories suggest it shouldn't exist
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/black-hole-massive-record-gravitaitonal-waves-ligo-a9700761.html?utm_content=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0gxsCAGdFq4m9W5yOh4byFXffu7xh3bGlnr2G3OmjfhDjcl0ZjMF1CkZE#Echobox=1599048508The black hole that formed from the merger that sent the gravitational wave through space is 142 times the mass of the Sun, making it the most massive ever to be observed with gravitational waves. And the energy that it released through the universe is the equivalent to around eight solar masses, spreading out across the universe.
"This doesn't look much like a chirp, which is what we typically detect," said Nelson Christensen, a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research who helped pick up the signal. "This is more like something that goes 'bang,' and it's the most massive signal LIGO and Virgo have seen."
“The system we’ve discovered is so bizarre that it breaks a number of previous assumptions about how black holes form," said Karan Jani, a researcher from Vanderbilt University who was involved in the research, in a statement. "We took more than a year to confirm this alien black hole’s existence and are thrilled to be sharing this discovery with the world.”
Let me get this straight...
Florida has done everything they can to spread the virus:
- Cruise ships!
- Spring break parties
- Open beaches
- Open theme parks
- Etc., etc.
Now they plan to release 750,000,000 mosquitoes into the face of two hurricanes and blow blood-sucking bugs all over North America!!! Squitonado??
Sure they say the little buggers are "safe" and won't spread disease. 
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/19/health/gmo-mosquitoes-approved-florida-scn-wellness/index.html
Oh well, got to go now and get ready to teach school that opens on Monday (the day the hurricane arrives)!!
Great moments in Senate history: Kamala shows Senator Warner how to make a tuna melt...
Another Florida Republican hospitalized with Covid19 (Randy Fine)
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/354424-randy-fine-hospitalized-for-covid-19?fbclid=IwAR1P09QPKKxfF7YeMWnaBd3uf2VVWesGdLofCgFQI6Sld0z0nrtR3w_aViY“I’m not going to lie — I’m pretty scared. I didn’t even see the boys before I left because I figured I’d be back in a couple hours,” Fine wrote.
“Good news is they want me here as a precaution — for observation. Nothing about my present condition requires supplemental oxygen, let alone a ventilator. And they only have this snapshot in time of my lungs — they don’t know if it would have looked worse a few days ago. But they feel as though things could fall apart quickly and if I do need those things it is better that I am here,” he continued.
Fine tested positive for coronavirus on July 22. His two sons tested positive the same day and his wife, Wendy, had tested positive on July 21.
How do DeSatan and MF45 avoid catching it? Maybe they are getting antibody infusions as preventative?
Mike Pence Met With Group Behind Viral Coronavirus Misinformation Video
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/pence-coronavirus-video-doctors-hydroxychloroquine_n_5f21d7c4c5b6b8cd63b15277?ncid=other_facebook_eucluwzme5k&utm_campaign=share_facebook&fbclid=IwAR0ocCJB8HkqFqeADR7PNovDyR46JPhrftVPE7kViddJKrNjXfN77cfAH_QPence’s office did not publicize the meeting nor respond to requests for comment, but several members of the group tweeted Tuesday evening that the meeting had just occurred. “Just finished a great meeting with Vice President Mike Pence and his Chief of Staff,” wrote James Todaro, a member of the group who trained as an ophthalmologist. “We are doing everything to restore the power of medicine back to doctors. Doctors everywhere should be able to prescribe Hydroxychloroquine without repercussions or obstruction.”
Todaro, who also presents himself as a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, co-authored a widely circulated Google Docs file proclaiming the benefits of hydroxychloroquine in March. It claimed to be affiliated with Stanford Medical University and several other institutions, but HuffPost reported in March that wasn’t true. Google removed the document for violating its terms of service, but not before it gained the attention of Fox News and other right-wing media outlets, which began promoting the document. Trump advocated for the drug shortly after.
Read the whole article...take down Pence too...
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