Sorta Blogless Sunday Patriotic Pinup

Happy Sunday! It’s still better to be in the United States than anywhere else. The sun is shining, the geese are honking (good grief, they’re loud), and the squirrels are all over. This pinup is by Gil Elvgren, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Althouse covers the polling with Trump and Handsy Joe head to head (what happens when they debate and we see Gaffe Joe?)
  2. Weasel Zippers highlights Handsy Joe’s answer on why the Obama admin didn’t replace N95 masks
  3. Watcher Of Weasels notes how long this could go on
  4. Victory Girls Blog covers a college dean dancing when students asked for a refund
  5. The Right Scoop notes the NRA suing California over gun store restrictions
  6. Theodore’s World has something different, a link to the whole Agatha Christie Death On The Nile movie, one of my favorites
  7. The People’s Cube has Hopeless Headlines
  8. The Other McCain features the NY Times blaming America’s Christians
  9. The Last Refuge covers NY gov Cuomo getting upset about a potential NY quarantine
  10. The Hayride notes the lack of doomsday numbers
  11. A rare link to The Gateway Pundit, which notes the police charging a man after throwing a big party
  12. The First Street Journal says that Coronavirus exposes the economic ignorance of the Left
  13. Raised On Hoecakes discusses medical masks
  14. Powerline says 1984 comes to Britain
  15. And last, but not least, Pacific Pundit highlights illegal aliens demanding their $1,200

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page (nope, that’s gone, the newest Apache killed access, and the program hasn’t been upgraded since 2014). While we are on pinups, since it is that time of year, have you gotten your “Pinups for Vets” calendar yet? And don’t forget to check out what I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts and things that interest me.

Don’t forget to check out all the other great material all the linked blogs have!

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11 Responses to “Sorta Blogless Sunday Patriotic Pinup”

  1. Elwood P. Dowd says:

    Here’s an article on homemade medical masks. Can be better than nothing.

    https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/homemade-masks-coronavirus-do-they-work-how-to-make-them-20200324.html

    The attacks on the FDA regs are unwarranted. Given the chance, unthinking far-rightists and libertarians would dismantle the FDA.

    • formwiz says:

      They often do more harm than good, but making masks that aren’t plastic and cover the full face are a waste of time.

      Just like all of Jeffery’s revelations.

      BTW Forbes noticed Demos are more likely to get, should we call it the Blu State Fl?

    • gitarcarver says:

      The attacks on the FDA regs are unwarranted.

      Because the regs that prevented other companies and citizens from making masks are a good thing in a time of crisis.

      Reagan was right:

      “The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”

      It is amazing that the left is attacking those who want to help people in need. Such is the depth of their hatred.

      Then again, all the left has is hate.

      • Elwood P. Dowd says:

        Why do YOU think the FDA has regulations?

        Is it possible the regulations are to protect the American public and to prevent ‘snake-oil’ salespersons from bilking citizens by selling false hope and dangerous and/or ineffective drugs and devices?

        Kudos to folks giving their time, resources and effort for making the masks. But what good is a mask that doesn’t work, or that is contaminated or that gives a false sense of security? In the greatest, most technologically advanced, richest nation in history, why can’t we manufacture enough effective masks to support the dedicated, at-risk, first responders in our hospitals and clinics? Instead of hurling scurrilous broadsides at the FDA perhaps critics could ask relevant questions.

        All gitarcarver is hatred (especially for the Federal gov’t) and ignorance.

        Do YOU receive any support from the Federal gov’t?

        • gitarcarver says:

          Is it possible the regulations are to protect the American public and to prevent ‘snake-oil’ salespersons from bilking citizens by selling false hope and dangerous and/or ineffective drugs and devices?

          Is it possible that the regulations are there to protect other companies from innovation and to price items out of the market?

          The fact of the matter is that there is a balance and when hospitals were screaming for masks, the FDA need not have put their foot down and said “no.”

          If, as you assert,the regulations are there to protect the American public, then those regulations need to be examined in the light of current situations and the harm being caused by the regulations themselves.

          I perfectly understand how you are one of the people and the companies that want regulations in the market so you don’t have to compete. (Have you vacated your patents yet as you believe you should?)

          In the greatest, most technologically advanced, richest nation in history, why can’t we manufacture enough effective masks to support the dedicated, at-risk, first responders in our hospitals and clinics?

          We do manufacture masks. The problem is that when the need rose exponentially, the current supply chain failed. Instead of letting other companies step in, the FDA wouldn’t let them. The relevant question is “in times of emergencies, do regulations do harm or good?”

          The answer in the case of masks and ventilators, the answer is clearly “harm.”

          The bottom line is that when regulations that are designed to protect do actual harm, they need to be suspended or wiped off the books. In this case, the lack of speed from the FDA is alarming, but we suppose that the left hates Americans so much they are willing to let people die in order to support regulations that harm others.

          After all, all the left has is hate.

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