IDENTIFYING ANTI-VAXXERS

 IDENTIFYING ANTI-VAXXERS

Since there’s no easy way to tell if somebody has been vaccinated for Covid-19 federal officials have put Americans on the honor system. If we have not been vaccinated we are supposed to continue wearing masks indoors. Those who have been fully vaccinated are free to remove their masks.

Frankly, after everything I’ve seen in the past 15 months from Americans, I am not so sure we can really trust our fellow citizens to comply with an honor system. We need to be able to tell whether those around us are anti-vaccine so we can keep our (social) distance. Thus I have compiled this handy guide to help Americans immediately identify whether they are near an anti-vaxxer.

And, to make clear, "anti-vaxxer" is a reference to those who willfully choose not to be vaccinated for political purposes or general distrust of vaccines.

There is a group at the next restaurant table. Someone gets up to use the restroom and when they finally return somebody asks, “Did you fall in?” – we can be reasonably certain they are anti-vaxxers.

DEAR ABC: NEBRASKANS AREN’T ALL PSYCHOTIC RUBES

DEAR ABC: NEBRASKANS AREN’T ALL PSYCHOTIC RUBES

I waited a few weeks after the debut of the new ABC sitcom set in rural Nebraska - “Bless This Mess” - to write my review of the program in hopes that it would get better. It hasn’t.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s a pretty good show if you enjoy watching Nebraskans depicted as flannel shirt-wearin’, tobacco chewin’, watermelon seed-spittin’, cousin-kissin’, outdoor pissin’ rubes who are wholly disinterested in anything not having to do with crops, cows and...well, that’s it, just crops and cows.

HIDDEN ART OF COUNCIL BLUFFS

HIDDEN ART OF COUNCIL BLUFFS

You’re probably familiar with the four large, unusual sculptures, two of which are pictured below, adjacent the South 24th Street Bridge on Interstate 80 in Council Bluffs. The somewhat confusing work called “Odyssey” cost $3 million, much of that taxpayer money, when it was commissioned in 2010. But did you know there are many other lesser known works of art on the streets of Council Bluffs that are frequently located off-the-beaten path? Check out my compilation below highlighting some of these hidden gems. 

I WATCHED MeTV FOR 15 HOURS STRAIGHT

I WATCHED MeTV FOR 15 HOURS STRAIGHT

I spend too much time watching TV news channels CNN, Fox News and MSNBC. Lately I’ve grown so sick of the political rancor and finger-pointing that permeates these networks that I vowed to stay away and watch nothing but MeTV for one entire day. Last Thursday I viewed the classic TV network almost nonstop from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Below is a diary of my experience.