Buckle Up

Hope you're all prepped up and ready to "bug-in" or go "innawoods" because it's staring to get nasty, in a small way. 

People are getting robbed of their TP in parking lots in Washington state and the UK, so WA shoppers are going armed to the supermarket. UK people aren't because they're not allowed to defend themselves. Find the cost of freedom, eh?

Here in Hill County Texas, a big fight broke out at Walmart as pastoral people set to scrapping over frozen pizzas, bottled water and Ramen noodles. I missed the fight, annoyingly, but you could see the tension building before Noon.

Over in Aberystwyth the shelves were bare of pasta, "Andrex," and assorted everything else. Calgary, as of today, had run out of milk.

Message to market? Bring the supply chain home. Have a month's supply of food so you don't have to get into a fight at Walmart. Don't hoard loo-roll, the Bat Bug isn't dysentery. Don't hoard water, the Kung Flu isn't Cholera. And on. 

Above all, STAND STEADY. You're no use to man nor beast if you don't. Go armed to Walmart if you aren't already. And on a spiritual note, pray for our country tomorrow, it's a National Day of Prayer. Do not ever downplay the efficacy of that.

God bless,

LSP

Stand Steady

Note .45, and right on,

LSP

The Red Death

"The prince had provided all the appliances of pleasure. There were buffoons, there were improvisatori, there were ballet dancers, there were musicians, there was Beauty there was wine (yes!). All these and security was within." (EA Poe Masque of the Red Death)

Until it wasn't.

LSP

Witch Finder General

Some people have been shorting the market, smart, others have been getting to the root of the problem. Yes, witch finding.

Episcopal dioceses (large geographic worship gatherings, LGWG) are cancelling "in-person worship," and offering presumably out-of-body alternatives. Check it out here.

The dominoes continue to fall.

LSP

Garryowen

All for the Cause, eh? 

Stay calm, please don't buy up all the Andrex, and Cav is King. Apart from artillery and the Black Watch, obvs.

DEFEND THE GREEK BORDER,

LSP

Episcopal Church Bat Bug Wipeout

***DEVELOPING***

Already hit by declining numbers and graying congregations, dioceses in the Episcopal Church (TEC) are starting to close their doors for worship in the face of the Chinese Bat Bug pandemic.

Goff

On March 11, Suffragan Bishop figure Susan Goff told churches in the Diocese of Virginia to cancel "public worship" for a least two weeks. Goff is hoping to "slow the spread" of the Wuhan Virus through "social distancing."

"Mathematical models show that the virus is spreading exponentially. We can't stop the spread, but we can slow it, thereby saving lives and helping ensure that our health care system remains effective. Social distancing is our best means of slowing the spread," stated Goff in a pastoral letter to the diocese.

Budde

The Episcopal Diocese of Washington (EDOW), encompassing the nation's capital, also suspended worship services. Marianne Budde, EDOW's leaderene, told area churches to cancel public worship ceremonies until the end of March and possibly beyond. All 88 of Budde's congregations will close today, March 12.

Following Budde and Goff's example, the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina ordered it's churches to close for "in-person worship" for the next two Sundays beginning March 15. "All non-worship gatherings are also to be cancelled," write diocesan bishop figures Sam Rodman and Anne Hodges-Copple.

Rodman and Copple

Several Episcopal clergypersons who attended the CEEP (Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes) conference in Kentucky this month have been diagnosed with the Wuhan Virus. Their wealthy churches are closed.

No Mass for them. No change there, then.

Here at the Compound we have to ask, how many more dominoes are about to fall?

Cheers,

LSP

Everybody Was Kung Flu Fighting

Sources in Calgary on the front line of the fight against the Chinese Bat Bug say this song's being played on a continuous loop in healthcare clinics across Canada's cow town.

Here at the Compound we hope you find it as inspirational as we do.

Mind how you go,

LSP

Trump Addresses Nation

Quick take - travel ban with Europe, except the UK where no one will ever get Kung Flu, a health insurance deal, no deductibles for virus testing, and an injection of liquidity/financial relief for businesses and taxpayers.

Good call 45, let's see if Congress plays ball. We'll find out soon enough if it's  all a day late and a dollar short. As will the European experiment in open borders.

Speaking of which, are you old enough to remember the time when a country having an actual border wasn't Fascist? Bizarre but true, people really thought that way and the Greeks do today. Such racism.

Regardless, stay safe and please don't buy all the loo roll because if you do, no one else will have any. Math.

God bless,

LSP

Pandemic

The Stranglers' cheery Don't Bring Harry has no sooner finished playing than boom, WHO Chief Tedros tells us that Kung Flu's a pandemic.

"WHO has been assessing this outbreak around the clock and we are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity, and by the alarming levels of inaction"-@DrTedros #COVID19

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) March 11, 2020

Day late and a dollar short? Perhaps, but let's pray Italy's not the canary in the viral coalmine. Closer to home,  6 people in the DFW metrosprawl have caught the virus, including an Episcopalian priest figure, Dr. Robert Pace, who caught the ChiCom superbug at a conference in Kentucky for wealthy churches. 

That in mind, how long before the Wuhan Virus barrels down I35 to Hill County, Waco and beyond? Hopefully never, but I'd give it about a week. In the meanwhile, there's been a run on bleach and "loo roll" at the local Walmart. Should've bought shares but didn't, foolishly.

You can catch up on the latest Kung Flu news over at Zero, if you're in the mood.

Cheers,

LSP

Don't Bring Harry

Surely the infovideo speaks for itself. Then there's this.

Then again, perhaps you prefer this.

All best,

LSP

Warrior Interlude

Greek Legion Forever,

LSP

Hillary And Yoko

Did Hillary Clinton enjoy a sapphic trist with acclaimed musical art genius Yoko Ono? According to the World News Daily Report the answer is an emphatic yes.

Speaking at a press conference in Los Angeles, Yoko allegedly told stunned reporters she'd had a "fling" with the ambitious presidential hopeful in the 1970s.

“We met many times during the New York Vietnam War protests in the 1970s and became very intimate,” said the musically talented celebrity, who went on to say, "We had a brief romantic fling when I lived with John in Manhattan and Hillary was studying at Yale, but eventually we lost touch."

Despite the evidence, Hillary denies she's a lesbian. Speaking on the Howard Stern show, the failed presidential wannabe insisted she didn't find women sexually attractive.

“Raise your right hand, if you’ve never had a lesbian affair,” asked the onetime shock jock.

“Never, never, never! Never even been tempted, thank you very much.”

“Unbelievable,” Stern replied.

Well said, Mr. Stern. But more than this, here at the Compound we're tying to figure out how to say My Woman From Tokyo without saying Yoko. It's not easy. Thanks, LL, and if you're inclined to listen to the literal musical genius of Yoko, click this link.

Music of the spheres,

LSP