Kamala Harris Burdened By What She Had Been: Border Czar

The liberal media are tripping over themselves trying to rewrite history concerning Kamala Harris's appointment as "border czar". 

Their gaslighting lies are being led by Axios, who themselves reported that Harris was appointed "border czar" back in 2021. 

Well, social media is digging up plenty of "receipts" showing that the liberal media did report that Harris was appointed "border czar", a position she failed miserably.

As she herself has said, "What can be, unburdened by what has been." She doesn't want to be "burdened" by what actually was.

As President Ronald Reagan said, "Facts are stubborn things!"

Pandemic Supercharged The Rise of RV Living

Above, The Beast on the Keene Ranch near the Tehachapi Loop. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Anyone who follows this blog to any significant degree will know that the pandemic has been a godsend to the RV industry. People are finding that RVing is one of the safest, if not the safest, mode of traveling.

Axios has an article on just how good the RV industry is today. There's also some downsides as well, and they also go into those too.

They begin with:

 RV — or recreational vehicle — sales have been steadily rising for the last decade. But the numbers were supercharged by the pandemic.

The big picture: Many Americans are taking advantage of newfound work flexibility and pivoting to van life. It slashes costs, takes "glamping" to a new level, and truly embodies the "work-from-anywhere" philosophy.

By the numbers: As of March 2021, 11.2 million U.S. households owned RVs, according to the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association. That's up 26% since 2011.

To read more, go here. 

Russia's Sputnik V Vaccine Excluded

Above, Asya and I having lunch in Santa Monica a week before my move to New Mexico.

Before the pandemic started, Asya and I were talking about a visit by her to New Mexico for a couple of weeks or so. She resides in St. Petersburg, Russia. The pandemic put a pause on that. She was stuck in Denmark for a few months when the pandemic hit and travel restrictions were enacted.

As everyone is aware, the pandemic has hit every country. 

Russia claims to have developed the first vaccine for COVID-19, called Sputnik V. 

According to the Moscow Times:

Russia has confirmed 7,464,708 cases of coronavirus and 205,531 deaths, according to the national coronavirus information center. Russia’s total excess fatality count since the start of the coronavirus pandemic is around 596,000.

On the number of Russians vaccinated, ABC News reported:

Vaccination rates have remained low, too, with only 32% of the country’s 146 million population having received at least one shot of a vaccine and only 28% fully vaccinated.

Unfortunately, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Drug Administration does not recognize Sputnik V vaccine, which will cause some problems when new rules are announced in November on foreign visitors to the U.S. In 2019, over 300,000 Russians visited the U.S.

Axios reported:

New rules allowing fully vaccinated international travelers to enter the U.S. beginning in November will exclude those vaccinated by Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, the Washington Post reports.

Why it matters: Sputnik V's exclusion will mean millions of fully vaccinated individuals won't be eligible to travel to the U.S., per the Post.

• It will also have a wider international impact, as Russia has plans to distribute its vaccine to around 70 countries.  

State of play: According to the new rules, non-citizens entering the country must be inoculated with vaccines approved for emergency use by either the Food and Drug Administration or the World Health Organization, per the Post.

• These include the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines used widely in the U.S., as well as the AstraZeneca vaccine. It also includes the Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines developed by China.

WHO has paused its review process of the Sputnik V vaccine over concerns about its manufacturing process, according to the Washington Post.

It will be interesting to see how things shake out once the new rules are announced.