A couple of weeks back I had a bug.  Didn’t feel terrible but couldn’t keep anything down.  I let it go on a bit too long and ended up in the ICU with a dangerously low sodium level (107 for you medical types).  I was literally given a less than 50% chance of survival.

A few days with the good people at Rust Presbyterian and I was able to walk out feeling completely fine.  It wasn’t covid or the flu, but probably this nasty one. Be careful out there.

My real point is that if the anti-vaxxer crowd gets their way you will be seeing lots more of this, with deaths among young children.  F-U RFK JR!

Rotavirus Cases Surge Across the U.S., Posing Greatest Risk to Infants and Young Children

The SunZia project here in central New Mexico is set to produce enough wind power for approximately 3 million homes.  Since there are only about 2 million people in New Mexico, most of this will be going to Arizona and eventually California, via new high voltage DC transmission lines.  As I have said, no shortage of wind or sun here, especially this time of year.

The US’s largest clean energy project is generating power

War!   What is it good for?  Profits!  Oil company profits!  Apologies to Edwin Starr. Same story for Gulf Wars I and II with Bush I and Bush II.  Do Americans realize they are spending billions (trillions?) in tax dollars to get higher gas prices?  Suckers!  From OilPrice.com

World’s Top Oil Companies To Rake In Extra $234 Billion In War Profits