Just looked it up on the net. Before insurance, that’s the cost for a five day round. No wonder the big push against other drugs that are far less expensive such as Ivermectin.

It appears that the drug manufacturer has found a virtual gold mine.

I was never diagnosed with China virus, but I am pretty certain I had it twice. I took Alka-Seltzer Cold & Flu both times. I felt like a truck hit me, but I came through fine. I adopted the strategy of staying alive until my natural defenses fight it off.

How-some-ever, I believe it is important. Besides, I’m old. I won’t live long anyway. I suppose a little courage does come with age.

I do not remember the exact time, but it seems to have been around 1972 when I heard a news report (I have no idea which station it was). The Memphis Police Department tracked which parts of town had the greatest amount of crime.

It was working. They were making arrests, and crime rates were going down. Then the complaints started. Why? You might ask. The method was resulting in an ‘unfair’ number of Black people being arrested.

The police had to back off. They went back to patrolling in a uniform manner.

I’ll let you connect the dots. I’ll simply stick to sharing the intel.

Watching Memphis Channel 3 news, I saw a call for more cameras in an area. I am in favor of catching the bad guys on video and locking them up.

There are, however, two real problems with that. A. It is very rare for anyone to be caught. Most of the bad guys have gotten wise to cameras and hide their faces. B. When they are caught, most hardly receive more than a slap on the hand, especially those who are underage.

The primary solution is to put the criminals in prison for as long as possible. The criminals behind bars are less likely to commit crimes. Moreover, when they realize they will truly spend real time in prison if caught, they are less likely to break the law. Finally, the prisons need to be drastically changed. They do not need televisions. Radios should be limited, both for programming and time. Inmates should be required to be clean-shaven and have very short hair.

But then, just because it worked in times past, why should it work now? By definition, a penitentiary is for punishment.

When an FBI agent goes undercover, say in a department store, does he get to keep both his paychecks?

Power is very habit-forming. It has its own peculiar high, which makes it very difficult to let go.

It is likely the biggest reason for term limits.

There is no doubt in my mind that FDR was controlled by it.

Though it is wrong to seek power for selfish reasons, the more power one has, the more they will want and the less willing they are to relinquish it. Consider the former Senate Minority Leader McConnell. Even with one foot in the grave, he hangs onto his power tenaciously, though it will soon cease to be of any use to him.

Those who yell the most at the exposure of corruption are likely the most involved in it. Beware of those who squeal like swine when they & their comrades are about to be exposed.

Declaring how horrible the US is after making their fortunes while living their living within its borders.

Saying how badly the US treats minorities, after receiving citizenship here.

Saying how we in the US are so biased against Palestinians while they belittle and threaten Jews.

As I have mentioned before, the same year Elvis left this world, I left Memphis. I have never second-guessed my decision once. The one thing I do regret is that I didn’t move farther south. I wasn’t alone. Many others decided to flee the rule of the Democrats and their misguided ideas.

I paid twenty-five thousand dollars for a 3-bedroom house. Good luck finding anything like that today. Lately, similar houses in the area have sold for over one hundred thousand dollars. I have made many suggestions in past posts as to why the rapid value increase. To put it in very simple terms, every time those running the city of Memphis make a dumb decision, it drives my property value up.

Just today, as I was napping, I received a call. A woman wanted to make me an offer on my house. This is commonplace. It seems that at least once a month, I receive something in the mail. I have received multiple offers.

As I have alluded to, dirt is more valuable than gold. The problem with gold is that it has little or no utility value. The advantage of land is that I get to use it while its value goes up.

They like to advertise the value of gold on TV and radio. If it is so valuable, why do they need to advertise so much? If dirt is so cheap, why do so many spend money trying to find it?

A potential buyer approached me with an enticing offer to purchase my home. While the offer seemed appealing, I expressed my concern about where I would live if I were to sell my property. It’s important to carefully consider the implications of such a significant decision.

So, if I sell my house and buy gold with the hundred grand, I suppose I could pitch a tent in the park until the police chase me off. By the way, I’d need to rent a safety deposit box in which to store the gold, which of course, would just sit there serving no purpose whatsoever.

There’s not one “i” in it. Shouldn’t it be pronounced as a long “e”?