Kevin Roche for Governor!

He puts in another round of slapping Governor Walz and the Department of "Health" around.   And they deserve it, saying things like this (via Power Line) about the youth sports mask requirement:

While some youth may experience shortness of breath, dizziness, or headaches until they acclimate to wearing a mask, these symptoms are not considered harmful. Masks can be safely worn, with the proper coaching and training, by young athletes.

Dizziness isn't harmful?  While they're playing sports??

Just as an experiment, I tried playing my flute while wearing a mask.  The air went everywhere except where I wanted it to go, and I couldn't get a sound out of it at all.  Wearing a mask while under physical exertion likely sends more air around the mask than through it, and at a considerable velocity...which makes this mask requirement a total charade.

Acceleration

The past few weeks have been educational in many ways.  Just yesterday, I learned that 3 tablespoons of the liquid from a can of garbanzo beans (chickpeas) can be used as a substitute for an egg in baking.  I knew about the substitution using soy flour and water, and I guessed that grinding up dried beans and adding a little water would work about the same way, but using canned bean liquid--that was new to me.  It worked just fine in the corn bread, though, and I've been told (but have not yet confirmed myself) that chickpeas have much lower levels of nitrates than other beans, for those who need to avoid them.

[ EDITED TO ADD:  I believe now that I was mistaken above, and that it is black-eyed peas that are low in nitrates, but I have not been able to confirm that yet.]

I've also come across references to chokeberries and aronia, which I hope to look into in more depth later, and a very interesting (and probably out of print) book called Curious Customs, which gives a wry and educated look at many of the traditional American customs that underlie our modern culture. 

I've also uncovered some small modifications to my eating habits which seem to be producing good results, but really, it is basically the same as someone else's "Eat food, but not too much."  I'd add, "And not too quickly,"  especially in respect to fluids and carbs.

Buckle up, friends

For when they nuke the internet, see Markku's update here.

And I'll see some of you at Christian Women Seeking Truth as soon as I can.

Audits

I looked into "risk-limiting audits" and they are a farce.  In the same vein, Larry Correia explains a bit about what real audits look like.

I pity the fools

Apparently the new Narrative is:  CCP Macht Frei.  We saw it in the New Year's Eve pictures of New York City's empty Times Square and Wuhan's very non-empty square.

If only you plebes would have masked up and obeyed like the Chinese do, you would have been free to party, too!

Yeah, right.

And now articles are being written to support the same idea.  There's a good response here. 

It's not just that our betters have been selling us out to China for years, but that they are counting on China to have their backs after the blue helmets that they'll call in first are all collected as trophies. 

The stakes are very high, and the times are perilous.  I'm looking to God, because everyone else is an idiot.  Including me.