Covid-19 Update -- Massachusetts, South Dakota, Iowa -- August 16, 2021

The birthday bash was held just as the third wave was beginning to appear in that state.

The Sturgis Rally, began about the same time, and has now ended.

The Iowa State Fair, expecting one million unmasked visitors, no vaccinations required, will last two weeks and opened August 12, 2021.

All of this, of course, has been overshadowed by global warming and systemic racism issues playing out in Afghanistan over the weekend.

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Prior to this weekend's events in Afghanistan, SecDef stated his top priority was climate change. "Afghanistan" did not make the list of his top three priorities, nor did Taiwan.

Memo to Taiwan, aka Taipei Province, China:

• check the fine print in US-Taiwan treaties and MOUs;
• senior government officials should start booking hotel rooms in southern California now
  
• protect the airport at all costs;
• update Plan B
• expedite plans to move TMSC to Austin, TX