BUSBIZ

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Random thoughts from a bipolar-2, Iowa grandfather while he entertains his 3-year old grandson with Paw Patrol.

25-minute podcast covers:

     *Freedom of the Press and explaining sex to boys.

Way back in 2021, I wrote and podcast about the need for mental health discussion. I was following up on national reporting that mental health problems were increasing...for all ages.

Politicians will not touch the subject and news organizations don't cover the story if it doesn't bleed.

For me, writing about mental health is therapeutic. I wish it actually made me feel better.

Haste makes waste.

There have been many examples of doing things quickly, without planning, causes mistakes.

The 2020 Census may be one.

Reading from my Amazon self-published paperback.

More than just the "flu", Covid-19 continues to wreak health havoc in people of all ages.

Isolation, disrupted routines, loneliness, stress, anxiety and fear has climbed as the pandemic continues. 55% of respondents to a recent survey reported an increase in mental health issues.

From my basement, on the October day of Iowa's firs snow of 2020--shutting the TV off after another very poorly played first half of the Sunday Vikings game--I start adventure in podcasting--ORBITS--an initial effort to get us thinking about more than the gloom and doom of the pending Second Civil War.

Two items today:

1.) No stimulus money for tour buses?

2.) What is a "Boogaloo" rally?

Reading from two articles in Des Moines Register

Eight strategies got managing mental health

"It was a quiet death"

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The Impeachment struggle.

Elite failure ails us, not just Trump's abuses.

That's the important lesson from two weeks of impeachment hearings.

We have learned that not just Trump is suffering from uncontrolled chaotic thinking, but of something much worse: that the American people are in decline due to systemic elite failure.

We are not alone. The same plague has overtaken the English. Just consider Brexit.

The elite that has failed and continues to fail is the management class raised up by the industrialized society. It is most easily defined by its system of recruitment (higher education); by its social function (providing regulatory technical expertise); and by its culture and mind-set of privilege and entitlement.

As reported by Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Dairy farmers are in crises -- and it could change Wisconsin forever

Wisconsin lost almost 700 dairy farms in 2018, an unprecedented rate of nearly two a day. As of Feb. 1, Wisconsin had 8,046 dairy herds, down 40 percent from 10 years ago.

This Iowa grandfather is very concerned. I like a cold glass of milk, every day. This should be front page news...not the comical, wasteful Trump crimes!

First podcast in 2019. New refurbished Toshiba Satellite. New download of Audacity. New Blue Snowball mic.

Time to get busy on a number of fronts. Writing(started 7th book--BOOMER SHORTS, on Amazon. Couple new counselors as I try a renewed effort on controlling my demons.

Excited about my new commercial, as face of the 50+ Club for Wild Rose Casino, in Jefferson, IA. Also, the commercial is running on local TV. You can view it on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/u-Z7kwlG1nM.

Podcast from Colorado.

The Senior Flatlanders are reporting in from 9,100 feet above sea level.

Out here in Silverthorne, CO.

GOOGLE The Dairy. Check this place out. Then take a look, online, about Breckenridge, OC. There is something for all ages.

Reality has been altered and we are all standing silently as it controls our lives. Social media has made lies easy and commonplace.

We believe what we want to believe.

Along with writers Leonard Pitts (Miami Herald) and Nathan Bomey (USA TODAY), I talk about the crises of our times.

It's been a year since Mr. Trump surprised us all with his election.

It's been a year of more and more abnormal behavior.

As I publish this, the government is shut down.

Unacceptable.

Summer vacation and the weather is hot and muggy. The sweet corn will enjoy this weather, while this school bus driver is enjoying having the summer off...sleeping until past 9 AM!

Today, as a enjoy the coolness of my basement, I am recovering from the lower back impact brought on my a 10-day visit from my daughter Jenna and her three boys. The 2-year-old is a challenge with his 35 pounds needing a boost. Don't get me wrong, I miss him already. I love being a Grandpa!!!!

Today I am reading from two articles:

1.) Des Moines Register article, written by Marc Hansen, "Ankeny loses far more than great bus driver", then

2.) A short segment on Senior Living, by Shelly Charter, of Valley View Village, "Staying social is good medicine."

Congressional reports show that Iowa is rock bottom, as far as care for the elderly. AND, dead last in the childcare.

The state of Iowa votes on the use of fireworks, but not on the care and nurturing of our young or elderly.

Mixed thoughts as I spend my first Spring Break 2017 day with a physical and a doctor's appointment. There are good thoughts, as I recall that 44 years ago I randomly selected Florida as my only Spring Break escape, in 1973, and found my life's mate.

Yesterday, from my school bus driver's seat, I hear two stories that gave me pause. One, a young man from a split marriage, being told by his distant mother to pack his PASSPORT. The other story coming from the sad side on the aisle, where two youngster's were not looking forward to the long break due to the volatility at home.

We can't end mental health's stigma if we won't talk about it.