Speaking of lost Empires. I note today the CDC ya know the folks trying to keep us alive despite the destructive irrational antics of our current head of state. Well them guys,...imperfect, but better than nothing...or our head of state. Them swell folks just gave us the Butcher's Bill for the week,...97,000 KIA in the Pandemic War.

This does not look like it's leveling off.

A week ago it was 88K. Now just days later it's near 10,000 more. NYC is still getting a 1000 new cases a week,...or is it a day? Fog of war. I'm afraid to look closer for the real numbers.

Don't look like this is on verge of "Vanishing" as #45 just said,...again.
In his dreams. Not that he wants us to live. He wants the economy back so he can get re-elected. Wants his rubes alive long enough to vote for him,...after that they can drop dead. ...and may.

But enough of the Big Picture.

Life among the lowly which is near all of us now. 
Times is just peachy. The unending procession of ambulances continues in my 'Hood. As ya know NYC is red fucking hot...and not for #45. We're a Pandemic dead zone.

However there's even bad spots in hell.

I happen to live in one. My sister 
messaged me telling me to never leave my digs. That my hood on a heights is one of the worse hit in the whole City. Have everything delivered sez my dear sister...I loves that kid...stuck with me though everything. My old radio pals Paul, and Sharon Martin too.

Anyway They say sterilize the stuff when it gets here. I more or less do that anyway, but I still do my own shopping.

$14.75 for one package of beef franks.

That was the high point in local gouging. 
These are 'only' six bucks now. Eh...I really don't want hot dogs that bad. Still no dairy little bread skimpy  on chicken, and stewing meats,...they closed the butcher shop, and the meat dept. at the supermarket.

The plague is doing it's work on the midwestern meat packing outfits. COVID is finally hitting the South, Midwest, and parts of the checker board States. The rubes are where we were in mid-March.

They may be surprised when the plague ignores their guns,...their white skin, and their Jebus. This will be very interesting to watch through the summer.

Me I'm fine.

Mostly,...have weird symptoms, but nothing that sez curtains. Looking online there's a lot of this crap floating around the City,...random unspecific symptoms. They say it's the long term stress. Yeah maybe...we'll see.

Btw I might have to put off my mass gala parade to celebrate my 70th birthday. What with the end of the world, and all. It's okay if I'm still breathing I'll do a double parade for my 71st next year.

How are you folks?

Yeah it's hard weird overwhelming. 
Like we're all stuck badly written end of the world flick. 
Not even any popcorn. Our horror movie has an insane head of state abetting a plague. That, and it's victims are insisting on being infected. 

This story even has UFOs.

The Pentagon just re-issued their statement admitting that "...unknown advanced aircraft" have been buzzing our aircraft carriers, and assorted land facilities for years. 

They never used the "A" word,...bleeping Aliens.  

Weirdly this was met with indifference. ...again.
In rational times this would have been front page noise. The government after near 70 years of lying is coming partly clean, and nobody gives a bleep.

As I commented to a FB friend, "...the Aliens could open a shop in Times Square, and no one would notice. Heck it might even go broke".

Godzilla could wander up the Hudson, and wouldn't cause a stir.

Sure we'd take selfies with the guy, and all. 
But that would be it. He'd probably settle in Queens at the old fair grounds. There he is painting his new digs. 
After a while old 'Zilla would just be another guy in the 'hood. 

New York is like that. 
He'd vote independent of course
So unless the sun explodes it looks to me like there's no problem.

You guys stay safe.
Want you to be here for the National Block Party after this is over.