Mercy Hospital, Ekklesia of Oklahoma, Covid-19, Budesonide, and the Fauci Protocol

 The Ekklesia of Oklahoma is part of a global movement of Christ followers and concerned citizens responding to the growing social, political, and economic crises with practical Biblical principles and models that solve specific community and national problems.

From the Ekklesia of Oklahoma home site.

Right now, according to the founder and director of the Oklahoma Ekklesia, Daniel Navejas, part of the, "national problem," are the hospitals who insist on proceeding with, "Fauci's death sentence," when it comes to treating Covid-19 patients.

Mr. Navejas--he shies away from titles like, Reverend and Pastor--became outraged after a member of his flock, Bob Barth, died from the virus at Oklahoma City's Mercy Hospital. According to Barth's widow and now Navejas the staff at Mercy screwed the pooch by failing to dose Brother Bob with a sufficient amount of Budesonide, a drug used primarily to combat asthma.

Budesonide jumped onto far right radar screens a while back after it was proclaimed Covid's, "silver bullet," by West Texas Doctor Richard Bartlett. At the moment though just about every other doctor, medical group, and the CDC say Bartlett's claim is way too premature and untested for Budesonide to be considered a miracle, or any other kind of cure. But, as far as the true believers are concerned, he isn't Anthony fucking Fauci and that's pretty much all anyone needs to know.

In January Bob Barth's wife began to aggressively lobby her husband's treatment team to up the dosage of Budesonide from 1 mg every 12 hours to 1mg every 4. In fact she raised so much hell about it, the attending physician did just that on January 28th. It didn't help. Barth's passing last week prompted Daniel Navejas to post on FaceBook that Mercy Hospital is an, "Evil Marxist controlled death camp." He also wrote, "People are dying, not because of Covid, but literally because they are following Fauci's death protocol." 

Last week Navejas and his supporters, a rowdy crowd numbering in the 10's, protested at Mercy. The Director and a couple of other people got ticketed for trespassing which was okay with our man Dan, because, as he told a local news team, it would bring publicity to Ekklesia and their current cause.

All this would be tragic and darkly funny, but within a day, or so things went way off the rails. In another post addressed to Barth's former lead doctor Navejas accused him of being a, "murderer." Then, "You are a worthless doctor and should be run out of town."

To give everyone a hand in that project, either he, or another member of the Ekklesia posted the doc's home address online. Monstrous allegations from parts unknown and death threats soon followed. Mercy was forced to file a restraining order against Navejas, seeking to prevent him from posting any other private information and or, inflammatory rhetoric. In addition they stationed security at the ER entrance and put the Intensive Care Unit on lockdown.

Mercy also felt it had to issue a lengthy in house statement to its employees, probably because they are aware how quickly social media bullshit turns into collective reality if not immediately rebuked. Among other things the hospital had to remind their staff, there is no such thing as a Fauci Protocol, there aren't any government vouchers paying for specific drugs and treatments, and my personal favorite, the hospital does not make money when its patients die of Covid-19.

The number of people involved in Ekklesia of Oklahoma is unknown. They don't take attendance because they apparently don't believe in having a physical building to gather in, although we can be sure there is a list of donors somewhere. Navejas' FaceBook account has a little less than five thousand followers. The group's website does mention Eufaula and Muskogee as hotspots and we do know the Director has been in Stigler, because that's where he accused state senator Larry Boggs of taking a swing at him. (The local DA refused to press charges.)

What we do know for sure, however, is Daniel Navejas is a demagogue wanna be who is willing to do and say anything to rally the weird, mis wired, and otherwise deranged to his side. 

For those interested they--they probably meaning Daniel Navejas himself--have an online gift shop. Ekklesia tee shirts begin at $22, coffee mugs are available for $7.33, and trucker's hats are a mere $27.

Now, who says America isn't great?

2- 17-22  

Just Making Sure in Otero County

 This is not going away and it is never going to go away until we get the correct results and fix our elections, it's just that simple.

Trump spokesperson, Liz Harrington to Steve Bannon on his podcast.

Ms. Harrington then added, We still are getting more information about how fraudulent these elections are. 

You don't have to tell them that out in Otero County, New Mexico. Otero County is located in the south central part of the state. It sits just west, south west of the UFO mecca, Roswell, although it is better known as the home to Alamogordo and most of White Sands National Park. 

The county has three commissioners. One is a gentleman named, Couy Griffin. Mr. Griffin, besides being a county commissioner is the founder and leader of a group called, "Cowboys for Trump."  The Washington Post reports, Brother Griffin is also known as a defendant in federal court because of his raucous adventures in the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6th, 2021.

These days Couy Griffin is using his office to drive an audit of the 2020 presidential election in Otero County. The Post also reports to do the type of in depth audit Griffin wants it is going to cost Otero taxpayers just shy of $50,000. That might not sound like much in say, Phoenix. but in a place with a population of 67,000 it is a sizable chunk of cash. 

Part of the plan is to get a cadre of volunteers to walk door to door to see if each resident voted in 2020, or not. It is going to be a pretty frustrating job since only 23,000 people in the county cast ballots in the last presidential race. 

So, what mysterious deeds and terrible crimes took place in Otero during November, 2020? What sort of monstrous plot was hatched and carried out by the democrats, or George Sorors, or even those fucking Commie Chinese? Well answers to these burning questions will be tough to ascertain since Donald John Trump carried the county by more than 25% of the votes cast.

Yes, that is how far this madness has gone. Apparently, the commissioner thinks a win by 25% just wasn't enough. One can only wonder if the Trump organization is aware of Griffin's zeal and if they will help finance it. You have to assume people like Liz Harrington are all for it. even if, in this case, the results were in her mind, "correct."

And, hey, don't even jabber a little bit about a waste of badly needed public money. After all, Couy Griffin put it this way, "I don't think there is any more productive way to spend tax dollars than to make sure our elections aren't compromised."

Yeah, even an election your guy won by over a quarter of all the votes cast.

sic vita est 

2-9-22

The RNC's Alternative Truth

 The republican national committee, apparently a wholly owned subsidiary of Trump Enterprises, censured GOP house members Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger the other day. In doing so they attempted to rewrite recent history as only true Trumpists can. Part of the statement read: " Representatives Cheney and Kinzinger are participating in a democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse, and they are both utilizing their past professed political affiliation to mask democrat abuse of power for partisan purposes."

Oh yeah, rather like all that legitimate political discourse at Ft. Sumter on April 12, 1861.

In the RNCs defense republicans every where the last half decade, or so have been enamored with, as Kellyanne Conway once so eloquently put it, "an alternative truth." This ranges from the two women on the capitol grounds CNN reporter, Donie O'Sullivan interviewed on Jan. 6th. Those two vile hicks insisted there had been no violence that day. Their statement was at odds with Fox News influencer, Tucker Carlson, At the same time he was sending out panic ridden texts begging Trump to call off his supporters. These days he is telling his audience the FBI infiltrated the crowd and instigated the insurrection. That would be the same FBI which was then headed by arch republican Bill Barr.

Yes, not even those of us who did more than our share of blotter acid and psilocybin in the 60's and 70's ever found reality so twisted out of shape.

Of course all this nonsense originates with The Big Orange Guy himself. To this day he claims the election was stolen from him and that then Vice President, Mike Pence had the authority, no, the duty, to single handedly overturn the 2020 presidential election.

On the same day the RNC censured Cheney and Kinzinger Pence told a Federalist gathering in Orlando, Trump was, "wrong." Trump responded with a statement saying Pence was a tool of Mitch McConnell who never liked him, plus he should be investigated for not overturning the election.

Unfortunately for Brother Don, every secretary of State, every county election official, and the people who actually counted the votes in all those contested states--a huge chunk of them republicans--know he is lying out his ass. Hell, even the hand picked by the Arizona GOP, Cyber Ninja outfit knows it. In fact the only people who still say the election was rigged is Trump himself and his hardcore cultists.

All of which begs the question, why the fuck is the RNC backing a horse so dead dog food processors won't even touch it? 

Tradition? Stupidity? Fear? I don't know, maybe we should check with former members of the Manson family, or closet Nazis, or even those poor fools who still think the confederacy was based on something besides slavery. 

Whatever the case we can only hope, as author John Wooley said the other day, Don Trump fades away just like Sarah Palin did. In other words there is a point in time when people and the media finally realize exactly how moronic, irrelevant, and passe he really is.

Indeed.

2-6-22  

A New Poll Proves Some of Us Failed Civics

The folks at the Monmouth University Polling Institute made a bunch of phone calls the last few days. Yesterday they released the results of their survey and proved once again a large chunk of this country is not only nuts, but completely ignorant of the nation's laws and constitution.

First, the usual suspects. 32% of respondents believe in their heart of hearts Joe Biden is president of these United States because of run amok voter fraud. Their only proof of this massive crime is Donald John Trump says it happened--well, him and the "My Pillow," guy. Trump's proof seems to be based on the number of people who show up at his rallies, both past and present. In other words, "A lot of people come out and cheer wildly for me, therefore I could not have lost."

That's right, it doesn't make any difference that there were multiple recounts and audits in multiple states, none of which found any wrong doing, or a shift in results. If Don Trump says he was cheated, so, by God, he was.

The poll went on to find 41% of the population thinks voter fraud is a major issue in American elections while 28% thinks it is at least a minor one. Only 29% believe voter fraud is a non issue. This might explain why a lot of us are fine with the rash of draconian voter restriction laws being passed in state legislatures across the land. This includes a bill in AZ introduced by republican representative, John Filmore which would cause the state legislature to go into a special session after each and every election. The legislature would review the election process and results then either accept the way it turned out, or overturn it. 

If all this nonsense isn't frightening enough, 11% of those asked think there is probably a way, somehow, for Donald J. Trump to be reinstated to the presidency before the 2024 election. Another 6% think there is definitely a path for him to do so. 21% believe that while he probably won't return to the Oval Office, there might be a way for him to do so. Only 56% of those polled understood there is no legal avenue for Trump to regain power without another scheduled election.

For those outside that 56% let me explain. This is basic 8th grade civics: There is nothing in the constitution of the United States of America that allows such a thing to happen. Steve Bannon can brag at some rally in Arizona the, "decertification," process has begun, but he knows, or should know, there is no such fucking thing as a decertification process. It simply doesn't exist. And while a lot of people might want to believe things--I myself love the thought of a fat German worming his way down my chimney once a year to give me gifts-- wanting it to be true doesn't make it so. 

What is in the constitution are a couple of paths to amend it. So if you silly sons of bitches want a legal way to decertify a presidential election propose a new amendment instead of running around thinking it can magically happen. Let me warn you though, it is a long drawn out process. One that would probably take us all well beyond the 2024 election.

My God, will you clowns please go do something useful, like get vaxxed up. 

To paraphrase the famous philosopher, Mr. Bugs Bunny, "What a bunch of ultra maroons."

sic vita est

1-28-22  

Jo Jorgensen and the Libertarian Conspiracy

Our boy Don Trump showed up in Florence, AZ this past weekend to whip the faithful up into a frenzy. Estimates are there were about 15,000 of his fans there. Trump, as always, seemed impressed by the number. He even claimed there was a 25 mile long line of cars outside, waiting to get in. To him it was further proof he couldn't have lost the 2020 election legitimately. 

Admittedly 15,000 in attendance sounds like a lot during a mid term election year. Unless, of course, you realize in 2020 there were 3.92 million registered voters in Arizona. 

During his harangue The Big Orange Guy expanded his conspiracy accusations to Georgia, Michigan, and even the January 6th failed coup in Washington. According to him the national media is scared to report, or show the actual size of that mob, as if sheer numbers legitimizes what they tried to pull off.

According to media reports, which are easily accessible, the pre riot crowd on Jan. 6th of last year numbered nearly 80,000. Again, an impressive number, but not quite the 250,00 people on hand to hear Martin Luther King's, "I have a dream," speech.

Yes numbers are relative and despite claims of nefarious Chinese ballots made of bamboo paper and voting machines there is another set of figures Big Don and his yahoos never mention. Donald Trump lost AZ by a little over 10,000 votes. One of main reasons he lost the state had nothing to do with mythical democratic operatives. It was all the fault of Jo Jorgensen. 

And who, you might ask is Jo Jorgensen. Well, she would be the 2020 presidential candidate of the libertarian party. On election night while everyone was looking at the vote totals of Trump and Biden she scored 51,465 ballots of her own. Even the mathematically challenged Trump has to realize that number makes up more than the difference between him and Uncle Joe.

And the libertarian plot goes deeper that fateful night. Trump lost Georgia by over 12,000 votes, Ms Jorgensen received more than 62,000. In Wisconsin, the difference between Trump and Biden was 11,279, Jorgensen won the hearts and minds of over 38,000 cheese heads. 

While Mr. Trump wouldn't have gotten all those libertarian votes it is pretty safe to assume he would have received the vast majority of them. Let's face it, most libertarians aren't inclined to vote for those big government loving socialist sons of bitches the democrats routinely nominate. 

That's right, El Donald can scream fraud all he wants, but the truth is he lost three key states, not because of devious democrats, but rather the presence of Jo Jorgensen and the libertarian party on the ballots.

Man, ain't that a bitch.

1-18-22 

Michael Protzman, Benito Mussolini, Donald Trump, and Jesus Christ

 Michael Protzman is a wild and wacky guy. No, really--we're talking about seriously wild and wacky in every possible way. 

He owned a demolition business in Washington state, but it went into bankruptcy a while back. Around the same time he jumped onto the social media site, Telegram where he started to make statements and predictions that even the late, Amazing Criswell would describe as fantastical bullshit. 

When last seen he had organized a rally in Dallas, at Dealy Plaza where he predicted either John F. Kennedy, senior, or Jr, or both would appear and declare Donald Trump as the true President of the United States of America. When neither of the Kennedy's showed up he and a number of his followers adjourned to a Rolling Stones concert where a few of them claimed to have met the deceased Michael Jackson who was also attending, although incognito.

This week brother Protzman made news by getting a couple of his videos deleted from YouTube. The two videos, titled, "The Jesus Strand," announced to one and all that Mr. Trump is the nephew of the late, unlamented, Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini.

To some this might seem an odious connection, but according to Protzman, all is good because Benito was actually a decent guy. In fact he invaded Ethiopia and Libya simply to improve the living conditions of the natives. Not to mention the whole alliance with Hitler thing was okay because the Nazis were really innocent people who were just defending themselves from the dark and devious plots of the Jews. 

Protzman explains the Don and Benny connection this way. Jesus and Mary Magdaline had four kids who went on to leave a slew of descendants. Among them were the no show Kennedys, George Patton, Abraham Lincoln, Mussolini, and yes, Donald John Trump. 

These descendants, he says, are being hunted down like dogs by the Rothchild's, Rockefellers, and Illuminati through their DNA which has been obtained during Covid-19 testing. 

While some might think Mr. Protzman is a true mystic, he has proven himself a blue collar sort of dude. In 2019 he was popped by the cops on charges of domestic violence and false imprisonment after he refused to let his wife leave their home. During a scuffle with responding officers he maintained the police had, "no authority over him." The home was subsequently foreclosed on. 

Well, shit, as they say, happens.

So why are any of us concerned with this piece of human flotsam? Maybe because those two videos had over 300,000 views before they disappeared. Or because, depending on which source you read Protzman's Telegram channel has anywhere from 11,000, to 100,000 followers. He also has a web site which doles out financial advice, but only after you sign a non-disclosure agreement. 

Mull that over for a bit as we all thank the good Lord for the internet. 

Indeed, what a world it would be without it.

1-11-22

The Mainstream Revolt

 According to Robert Pace, of the University of Chicago, there are 21 million people in this country who believe Joe Biden is an illegitimate president. That same society of delusionals thinks it is perfectly justifiable for true believers, such as themselves, to use violence to remove Uncle Joe and install Donald Trump as the chief executive--presumably for life.

So what sort of evil propaganda sources feed this dangerously demented world view? Well, Pace says polls show 42% of what he calls, "the insurrectionist movement," count on Fox, One America News, and News Max as their primary provider of information. A stunning 32% polled claim they usually watch networks such as CNN and MSNBC. Pace speculates they do so because outlets like CNN profoundly piss them off and they like being pissed off. Only 10% of the wild eyed bunch get most of their, "news," from right wing internet sites.

While that 32% seems high, Brother Pace pointed out a another set of stats which seemingly reinforces the notion the Trumpist mob is more than crazed militia dressed in camo playing with guns on the weekend.

Of the 700 plus rioters arrested for invading the capitol not quite a year ago over half hold down good paying white collar jobs. We are talking about business owners and professionals such as lawyers and doctors. Only 7% of those popped are unemployed and a mere 13% are what you'd call members of terrorist organizations like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. 

The one true constant, Pace pointed out, is racism. He described it as, "the driver," behind the violent discontent. He pointed out the majority of those busted came from counties Biden largely carried in 2020--counties containing large cities where the white populations are shrinking and minorities are growing. 

To these besieged white folks that whole, "race replacement," shit seems real. Or, to paraphrase a line from a movie, "They're coming to get you, Barbara."

It would be easy to blame all this nonsense on Donald John Trump. In truth, however he is simply the end product of a disease that has infected the nation since day one, 

Before he was done Robert Pace described the insurrectionist movement as, "mainstream." Indeed those werewolves howling on the capitol steps aren't being manipulated by a bunch of out there right wing radicals in the media, or anywhere else. They were on those steps because the face of America is changing and they just can't handle the reality of it.

1-3-22