I SUSPECT THIS IS THE TINIEST TIP OF THE ICEBERG: Florida Busts Attempt To Register Over Fifty Dead Democrats.

GRANDMA-KILLER CUOMO: On COVID-19, Andrew Cuomo damned himself with his own words.

On March 3, Cuomo held an anti-vaping rally in Albany, complete with a hashtag, #NoVapeNY. Too bad he didn’t think of a hashtag to fight off COVID-19. Instead, Cuomo spent most of March delivering one simple message to the people of New York: Stop worrying so much.

Cuomo would routinely communicate the epidemiological equivalent of “chillax,” spouting various versions of the same line: “The fear, the panic is a bigger problem than the virus.” He told New Yorkers starving for reliable information that the “reality is reassuring,” that “the facts don’t merit the level of anxiety we are seeing.” He flippantly declared, “We have more people in this country dying from the flu” and “this is not the Ebola virus.”

It’s true that COVID-19 isn’t the Ebola virus. In fact, COVID-19 would go on to kill more people in New York in just the first two weeks of April than Ebola has worldwide in all human history.

But, it wasn’t just his downplaying of the virus that caused damage. It was his wild and inconsistent decision-making.

As Cuomo has embarked on his eight-month campaign of self-aggrandizement, he has continually criticized the slow reaction of President Trump. But on March 16, as Trump advocated for a national shutdown, Cuomo resisted. Instead, he limited the allowable size of gatherings to 50: five times Trump’s national guidelines. While making this announcement, he said that the federal government has “been behind from Day 1 on this crisis.”

Cuomo continued to claim there would be no shutdown on March 17 and 18. Even on March 19, he bragged of calming a panicked friend, telling this likely mythical individual that a shutdown “is not going to happen.” It happened the next day.

All of this pales in comparison to Cuomo’s ghoulish health directive of March 25. The order forced nursing homes to import known COVID-positive patients, while prohibiting the facilities from testing new or returning residents for the virus. Peter Ajemian, Cuomo’s communications director, would eventually try to justify the policy, telling Fox News the governor was trying to stop “nursing homes from discriminating against COVID patients.”

Keeping the uninfected away from the infected amid a pandemic isn’t discrimination. It’s common sense. Unless you’re Cuomo. . . .

A sober examination of Cuomo’s record reveals that he oversaw the single worst coronavirus response in the world. New York’s death count is higher than the bottom 29 US states combined. The fatality rate in New York is 67 percent above that of Peru, the highest of any nation on earth.

Flashback: Why oh why is NY Governor Andrew Cuomo being praised for his coronavirus response? Governor Andrew Cuomo does not deserve kudos for his COVID-19 policies. He put the elderly at great risk. And by “great risk,” I mean he killed thousands.

Related: Justice Department Ramps Up Inquiry into NY Care Home Deaths.

The demand ratchets up pressure on Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo after months of bipartisan criticism that the state’s official tally of 6,722 dead at long-term care facilities is probably off by thousands. That’s because New York, unlike nearly every other state, counts only residents who died on a nursing home’s property and not those who died after being taken to a hospital. Cuomo’s administration has repeatedly refused to release such nursing home data to lawmakers and the media, including a public-records request from The Associated Press dating back to May. . . .

An AP analysis in August found New York is probably undercounting nursing home deaths by thousands, noting that a separate federal count since May that included resident deaths in hospitals was 65 percent higher than the comparable state count.

Cuomo, who has generally been praised for flattening the curve in a state hit with a nation-topping 33,400 deaths, has nonetheless faced unrelenting criticism over his handling of nursing homes, particularly a controversial March 25 order that sent thousands of recovering COVID-19 patients from hospitals into nursing homes at the height of the pandemic.

New York’s method of counting allows Cuomo to boast that his state has a lower percentage of nursing home deaths compared to other states.

It’s a lie, and he’s a grandma-killer.

AND ANOTHER FREE SHORT STORY:  Eggs.

(When my brain is squirreling, it’s easier for me to write these than non-fiction.  And hopefully they give people a little break right now.  So, go and get them while they’re free ;) )

A FREE SHORT STORY:  Mirror.

THEY’RE NOT. BUT A LOT OF THEM HAVEN’T CAUGHT ON THEY DON’T BELONG WITH THE VIOLENT CRAZIES, YET:  Extinct.

I’M SO OLD I CAN REMEMBER WHEN THE WASHINGTON POST PRAISED ANTIFA’S STYLE:  How far-right groups are using fashion symbols to recruit the youth.

I’LL START CONSIDERING THERE MIGHT BE AN EMERGENCY WHEN THEY START ACTING AS IF THERE MIGHT BE AN EMERGENCY. UNTIL THEN? NO SALE:  Climate scientists are science’s biggest frequent flyers.

I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANT TO BELIEVE THINGS LIKE THIS. BUT REMEMBER THE VOTER FRAUD IS GOING TO BE MASSIVE, PLUS HALF THE NATION IS CONVINCED THAT WINNIE THE FLU WILL KILL THEM AND THAT SOMEHOW TRUMP SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP IT:  The Trafalgar Group MIGHT be undercounting Trump support.

Friends don’t let friends bring communism on the nation. Particularly not on some paltry excuse like “but Trump is rude.” Trust me on this, when you have to decide between lighting the candle or eating it you’ll be fairly rude, too.

BE THE AMERICA HONG KONG THINKS YOU ARE: A message from Hong Kong to support Trump 2020 (Video)

AND IF YOU HAVEN’T VOTED AND AREN’T SURE, PERHAPS YOU WANT TO READ THIS:  Chairman West’s Monday Message for 10.26.20.

I KNOW YOU’RE SHOCKED, BUT THE LEFT LIES:  Texas: Biden Campaign Claims Trump Supporters ‘Ambush’ Biden Bus, Hit Staffer’s Vehicle.

IF WORSE COMES TO WORST, AND AT ANY RATE IF THE ELECTION HANGS IN THE BALANCE FOR A WHILE, WE NEED TO LEARN TO GET AROUND THESE PEOPLE. FORTUNATELY THEY’RE NOT GENIUSES OUTSIDE THEIR FIELDS:  How to Outsmart the Social Media Technolords.
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DURING THE DEMOCRAT PRIMARIES, KAMALA HARRIS WAS THE ONE I WAS AFRAID WOULD WIN, SINCE SHE IS A STRAIGHT-UP COMMUNIST AND A POWER-HUNGRY HORROR.  I BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF WHEN SHE WAS ELIMINATED. IMAGINE HOW HAPPY I FEEL NOW:  Kamala Harris tweets radical leftist advocacy of “equity” over “equality”.

HONESTLY? IT’S JUST DERANGEMENT:  Trump Derangement In Overdrive.

SHUT UP AND SING:  Lady Gaga: The Clueless Elite Strikes Again.

No one pays these dummies for their public opinions.  They think they’re noblesse, but none of them has an ounce of oblige.

MICHAEL MOORE SHOULD MAYBE STOP AND THINK THAT SOCIALISM ALWAYS BRINGS FAMINES, AND THAT IN A FAMINE HE LOOKS LIKE A WALKING LARDER:  Michael Moore Perpetuates The Misery Once Again.

NEO NEO SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY PERSON BORN AND RAISED IN THE US WHO IS EXPERIENCING ANYTHING CLOSE TO THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY THAT’S CURRENTLY MESSING ME UP. NOT CLOSE ENOUGH, BUT AT LEAST CLOSE-ISH:  And now for a word about polls – and about election terror.

WELL, HE’S NOT A POLITICIAN, SO THAT HELPS:  Promises Kept: Donald J. Trump For President.

WOULDN’T IT BE GREAT IF THE AVERAGE PERSON HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, INSTEAD OF WINNIE THE FLU PANIC 24/7:  Hunter’s laptop and Joe’s judgment: what could possibly go wrong?

I HAVE A STORY IN THIS:  Divided we Fall: One Possible Future.

Political upheavals can be a very dangerous time, especially when ideologies are as far apart as they are now. Divided we Fall presents one possible future, one where powerful forces act behind the scenes to effect the change they’ve wished to create for decades, and have largely been held back. What happens when a nation is sharply divided, anarchistic forces allowed to run wild, and the police are held at bay or even defunded? Add in a presidential assassination, and you have all the potential for a world changing situation. In this world, Divided we Fall.

A collection of talented veteran bestselling authors and several new ones join together to paint a picture of the post 2020 election that none of us hope to see come about. But the more we watch events unfold, the more anything seems possible.

The story if of the birth of the USAian religion I used in the Darkship books.  For the record, I thought it was the most hopeful possible story with the shared reality I was handed. So I was a little surprised when the editor told me “Oh, it’s nice and dark.”  which sort of tells you where my head has been.