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STAND UP FOR AMERICA!

Muhammad Knew

That the virus was coming ...

Desperados

When the virus hit the Wild West ...

Obvious Truth

Cheering for the virus ...

Reader Contribution

Another Big Greener

A carom shot from John B. ... thanks.

How the Virus Stole Easter
By Kristi Bothur
With a nod to Dr. Seuss 😊

Twas late in ‘19 when the virus began
Bringing chaos and fear to all people, each land.
People were sick, hospitals full,
Doctors overwhelmed, no one in school.
As winter gave way to the promise of spring,
The virus raged on, touching peasant and king.
People hid in their homes from the enemy unseen.
They YouTubed and Zoomed, social-distanced, and cleaned.
April approached and churches were closed.
“There won’t be an Easter,” the world supposed.
“There won’t be church services, and egg hunts are out.
No reason for new dresses when we can’t go about.”
Holy Week started, as bleak as the rest.
The world was focused on masks and on tests.
“Easter can’t happen this year,” it proclaimed.
“Online and at home, it just won’t be the same.”
Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, the days came and went.
The virus pressed on; it just would not relent.
The world woke Sunday and nothing had changed.
The virus still menaced, the people, estranged.
“Pooh pooh to the saints,” the world was grumbling.
“They’re finding out now that no Easter is coming.
“They’re just waking up! We know just what they’ll do!
Their mouths will hang open a minute or two,
And then all the saints will all cry boo-hoo.
“That noise,” said the world, “will be something to hear.”
So it paused and the world put a hand to its ear.
And it did hear a sound coming through all the skies.
It started down low, then it started to rise.
But the sound wasn’t depressed.
Why, this sound was triumphant!
It couldn’t be so!
But it grew with abundance!
The world stared around, popping its eyes.
Then it shook! What it saw was a shocking surprise!
Every saint in every nation, the tall and the small,
Was celebrating Jesus in spite of it all!
It hadn’t stopped Easter from coming! It came!
Somehow or other, it came just the same!
And the world with its life quite stuck in quarantine
Stood puzzling and puzzling.
“Just how can it be?”
“It came without bonnets, it came without bunnies,
It came without egg hunts, cantatas, or money.”
Then the world thought of something it hadn’t before.
“Maybe Easter,” it thought, “doesn’t come from a store.
Maybe Easter, perhaps, means a little bit more.”
And what happened then?
Well....the story’s not done.
What will YOU do?
Will you share with that one
Or two or more people needing hope in this night?
Will you share the source of your life in this fight?
The churches are empty - but so is the tomb,
And Jesus is victor over death, doom, and gloom.
So this year at Easter, let this be our prayer,
As the virus still rages all around, everywhere.
May the world see hope when it looks at God’s people.
May the world see the church is not a building or steeple.
May the world find Faith in Jesus’ death and resurrection,
May the world find Joy in a time of dejection.
May 2020 be known as the year of survival,
But not only that -
Let it start a revival

Constitutional Convention

From Powerline blog

Germophobes

Thanks Terry

You can pay me now ... or pay me more later. — Mother Nature

There is a good chance that, after the coronavirus pandemic has passed, we will become a nation ... or even a world ... of germophobes ... no handshaking, no “kiss,  kiss,” universal face masks, no hugs, even fewer hook-ups? If this were to occur, we would have a lot less epidemics, pandemics and sick-outs.

Danger!

Because, when we DO get such a health crisis, it will be a doozy. It might even be universally fatal! We will not have built up defenses to the many germs and viruses that we have become immune to under our current more unsanitary conditions. I know it sounds counter-intuitive ... but it is surely true.

Ovvious Truth

It is not of much benefit to a virus’s survivability if it kills its host. — Anon.

Home Garden

For all of you home-bound virus avoiders who are consumed with agita ... you might think about planning this summer’s garden ... and maybe even turning the soil in preparation for planting. This might get you thinking about life instead of death.

Pie on the Virus

Although, often funny ... Britain’s Jonathan Pie can’t help himself from dumping on Trump. I wonder how he would run things? I guess we’re fortunate he doesn’t have to.

Herd Immunity

I heard a new coronavirus term today on CNN’s Michael Smerconish show -- “herd immunity.” This refers to the fact that viruses, such as our current gift from the Chinese Communists, are bound to spread across the world and there is really no stopping them.

The only rational strategy is to slow a new virus down (“flatten the curve”) to avoid overburdening our healthcare facilities ... and trying to protect our more vulnerable populations such as, in this case, our older people.

It seems to this observer that this is the precise path that the Trump administration is following ... augmented with a rush for a vaccine and an effective treatment for those seriously afflicted. And on top of these medical approaches, Trump’s administration is fighting to minimize the damage to our economy ... which could be considerable. But for this, we need some bipartisan politics ... seemingly more difficult than creating a COVID-19 vaccine.

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