SC is currently reporting over 5,000 cases, the fourth highest total yet.
The scary thing is that the other top five case days were from January 6 through 15th, levels we thought we would never see again.
Another point to make you sick/angry/ depressed — in the S.C. forum there is a post from August 1st, just three weeks ago, where our trump-humping Governor was blaming the media for hyperbole by exaggerating the seriousness of the current surge.
So yes, if you live in most red states your government would rather you die than have the asshole GOP primary voters mad at them.

a one sentence letter like Nixon did.
That was the most graceless exit ever.

“Let me ask you one question,
Is your money that good?
Will it buy you forgiveness?
Do you think that it could?
I think you will find,
When your death takes its toll,
All the money you’ve made will never buy back your soul.”


— from Masters of War, by Bob Dylan

for whoever invented autocorrect.

Good friend of mine was in a store, and was one of about half of the crowd wearing a mask.
A woman in her 30s or 40s approached him and said, "I don't mean to be rude, but why are you wearing that mask? Even Fauci and the CDC no longer recommend it."

He said his response just came to him. Leaning towards her, he said in a low voice, "Oh, I agree, and I have never worn them when I could avoid it, but my doctor made me promise to since I had a positive Covid test yesterday. I haven't had any symptoms, so I decided....." He said she didn't hear the rest of what he was saying as she was backing away from him at a quick pace.

for the record, he is fully vaccinated and, like me, says he will continue to mask up so that no one will suspect him of being a Republican.

I was very fortunate to have a new iPhone every 2 years, fully set up and supported by my company IT department, but I retired three years ago and now have to buy a new one.
If anyone cares to offer any advice, it would be appreciated.

1- Which phone should I buy, and where is the best place to get it?
2- Will they fully set up the new phone and transfer all of my date, photos, notes, etc to the new phone?
3- Will the new phone then be synced to my computer and iPad as it is now?
4- And finally, is my Apple ID all I need for this process? There is not a separate iCloud ID?

Thanks if anyone wants to weigh in.

It’s impossible to explain to very young children that adults started out as little people their size.
I’ve tried telling my twin 3 year old granddaughters that their Dad was once my baby, and was no bigger than they are now.
I was with them today, and explained that, at one time, their Dad was a baby and lived with me, and their Mom was a baby and lived with Pop Pop.
One of them looked at her sister for a minute, and then said, “So you and Pop Pop were boy sisters?”
Close enough. I’ll try again in a year or so.

Look like Lindsey Graham?

from the internet:
If you feel you have not achieved as much success as your peers, just keep trying. Matt Gaetz is now a Congressman, and he didn't get his first High School girlfriend until he was in his 40's.

Shouldn't we call the Corona pandemic "Trump Don't Care"?