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Monday, May 18, 2020

"Thankful for TV during the pandemic-COVID-19 takes my TV" 'James "Kimo" Rosen (Kimo's world #303)

Rosen gives himself a COVID hair trim...
James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired professional photographer
 and amongst other things
lived in a tent outdoors for 7 years.
Rosen currently resides on the tropical island of Kaua'i
with his best friend and spiritual adviser Ivanka "Costco" Obama, The Bipartisan Dog!



Sunrise/weather/ photos May, 2020
(These photos made it to Hawaii News Now)
Photos courtesy,
James "Kimo" Rosen



Blog #2056~Kimo's world #303
Thankful for TV during the pandemic
COVID-19 takes my TV

I was watching the Today show
last Friday morning like I do every morning and out of nowhere Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb disappear and my TV goes black. TV personalities during this crisis seem like friends, even though we never met. 

My TV has been on the majority of the day and night the last couple of months during the quarantine and my TV has become a crutch and something
I have come to depend on. I didn't know if my cable went out? I rebooted my cable box, no luck. I tried The TV itself with my streaming devices even without cable, after numerous attempts and even a call to Spectrum, I realized my TV had died.

It seemed like my best
friend had passed away, my TV was gone, what do I do? Many of us have been dependent on our television sets the last few months while being confined to our homes and not being able to go out.

 Since I do
not drive and it is hard to bus to Walmart and Costco, I immediately went to Facebook and posted, "My TV just died- Does anyone on Kaua’i have a TV they want to sell?" I posted this on a site called, "Kauai Buy and Sell" along on my own Timeline. The response was heartwarming and reminded me of what a special place The Garden Island is.

A friend responds on my Timeline, "if you want me to get it for you from COSTCO,
I'll be your wheels." Another says, "Thank God the virus got your TV and not you!" Then the epitome of what Aloha and Kauai are all about shows up on the comments section on The 'Kauai Buy and Sell' Facebook page, "It's not a smart TV, But it works, flat screen and I think 32". You can have it if you want it!

The guy calls me,
we talk, I tell him I don't drive and he agrees to deliver it to me. I say, I must give you a little something for gas and delivery. This dude I never met, gives me a free TV that he delivers, I shot a little something for the delivery that he was hesitant to even take.
The TV connected to my Roku device, instantly making it into a smart TV, it also connected to my soundbar making it sound perfect. The TV works and looks better than my dead TV, all for free form a stranger on Kauai with Aloha. I did not stop thanking him. His words to me were, "Just trying to do right by my parents." I told him, Your parents should be proud! The Aloha spirit lives on through you and I will pay it forward.

Lucky we live Kauai and thank God we have TV during this pandemic! Most important, the people and the Aloha spirit are for real! Now to go see my best friends on Hawaii News Now, Hawaii's Most watched news with 15-Emmys, 29-AP Awards, and 33- Murrows ...

Photo courtesy;
James "Kimo" Rosen

Hana Hou, (Encore)







Monday, April 27, 2020

"Unreported Problems of COVID-19" 'Renee Harden' (Guest blogger) -Kimo's world #302

 Please welcome Guest blogger Rennee Harden from Houston Texas. Renee and her husband own a dental clinic in the Houston area. Her husband Dr. Jan Harden is a dentist and Renee explains what's going on behind the scenes in the health care industry during the pandemic from a  health care provider that is out of work. Renee Harden is a retired  RN.
With all the darkness over the world a rainbow
appeared over Kapaa Town this past Saturday.
A vision of healing times ahead! 

Photo courtesy;
James "Kimo" Rosen

    Blog #2055~Renee Harden- Kimo's world guest blogger (guest-blog #302)

Unreported problems of COVID-19

The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the various authors and forum participants on this blog site do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of the publisher of dakinetalk blog.
James "Kimo" Rosen
Publisher/ Blogger-n-chief


 If you've been watching TV, you have heard the non-stop reports on COVID-19. 
Reporters have effectively scared you half to death.  Some have reported facts, but they were lost in opinion and hysteria.  Here are some facts:
From January thru March, the "experts" who specialize in infectious disease and outbreaks,
were given study models about the morbidity (illness) & mortality (deaths) of Covid-19.  We now know that those models predicting 2 million deaths were wrong! 

In mid-March, New York City had a serious outbreak.  Thousands of people with serious, underlying conditions died. Outbreaks were reported in other cities too. 
At that point, Drs. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx advised President Trump and the COVID-19 Task Force to close down "non-essential" businesses across the US. Dentists, Eye Doctors, Podiatrists, Chiropractors, & other health care providers; 
Even MDs were told they could not see patients that the "COVID Czars" deemed elective! 
If you exercise your 1st Amendment Right to attend your place of worship, even while practicing "social distancing", you can be ticketed or your Pastor can be jailed! So, if you wish to pray, need eye surgery, a cavity filled, or a hip replaced, you'll have to stay home and hurt. 
The rationale for closing the country:
PREVENT HOSPITALS FROM BEING OVERWHELMED WITH COVID-19 PATIENTS! This did not mean we would stop COVID-19 from spreading; it would help hospitals MANAGE cases so they would not be overwhelmed. When the officials learned hospitals were not overwhelmed, "the experts" then said the shut down was to "keep you from catching COVID-19!" 
This disease has killed a lot of people; so has HIV. There are numerous viruses over time...remember polio? Before the polio vaccine, most people experienced a sore throat & fever, but some became paralyzed! The death rate was 5-15%. Polio still cripples and kills today! 
During those pandemics, you could go on a picnic, get your cavity filled, even go to a ballgame! 
Dental practices, hospital units, and other health care providers who weren't caring for "life-threatening illnesses" are being forced to close. Hospitals & clinics laid off RNs & other staff. "Essential businesses" are still open... Big box stores,Target, Walmart, Pharmacies, car dealers,
and bicycle shops.  LIQUOR stores & MARIJUANA dispensaries are "essential!" (essential varies state to state)  Non-essential businesses, like private-health practices, can only see emergency patients.  Who has the training in disease prevention? 
The Texas population is approximately 29 million people. We live in Houston, the 4th largest city in the US. On 4/22/20, our Mayor announced that 34 people had died due to COVID-19.  34!  The entire state of Texas had a total of 517 deaths.  Starting 4/30/20, our Mayor declared, "EVERYONE MUST WEAR A MASK IN PUBLIC" (or risk a $1000 fine!) 
My husband has a Dental practice that employs 7 women. They stayed on staff believing the PAYROLL PROTECTION PLAN would provide their salaries
while patients couldn't be seen.  He followed the rules and filed for PPP at 12:01am on the 1st Friday we could apply.  Now we are learning that big businesses had applied 4 days earlier; they received MILLIONS of dollars intended for offices like ours!  Only one Oral Surgeon we know received his PPP loan papers, but he had been on the Bank's Board of Directors.  Even with that, he hasn't received the money yet. (He's only allowed to see "emergencies" as well.)
I know about hospitals and Dental practices. I've worked in hospitals since age 16. 
I helped my husband open his office. We are required to take courses about infectious disease prevention. 
Dentists pay large fees to several agencies certifying that the staff will protect you from infections.  While the "governing czars" keep dentists (and other doctors) from seeing their patients, many Drs. will be bankrupt before they can take care of anyone's next toothache, eye exam, or hip replacement! 
Folks often think all Doctors are wealthy. They spent 8+ years of expensive education to get their Doctorates.  But, not all Doctors are as wealthy as you may think.  Most doctors in private practice have bills that you can't imagine. Insurance companies fight to delay payment for your treatment.  Some insurance policies, along with your copay, barely cover break-even expenses for treatment.  When prices go up, it's to cover our costs! 
There are no guarantees that small businesses of any kind will receive funds from this loan
program.  It's not the President's fault.  Congress added outrageous demands that money goes to places like the Kennedy Center, who, by the way, laid off their employees in spite of receiving $25million!  If small businesses receive these loans, the business owner is responsible for repayment, if the SBA says so!  
When your local Government allows your doctor to see you again, please remember that health care providers have been slammed financially.  While "essential businesses" are open, we have extensive training in preventing you from getting sick.  People in health care don't do it for the money; they do it because they want to keep you well.

The truth behind the story;
Ozone therapy has been used for cancer patients. O3 gas has been infused in the body as a DISINFECTANT to improve the intake of oxygen while ramping up the immune system, thus more efficiently killing bacteria and viruses. (google it). President Trump was asking the expert off the side if testing was being done relative to applying this to the coronavirus.
NBC CBS CNN and company would take his words out of context to make it appear he asked if we could inject household bleach
A disinfectant should only be done by a qualified medical expert in this field.

Formalin, thimerosal are also used as disinfectants to inactivate bacteria and viruses.

Now you know the rest of the story! 

Hana Hou, (Encore)  




Monday, April 13, 2020

"Could our monetary system be next to collapse..?" 'James "Kimo" Rosen' (Kimo's world #301)


James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired professional photographer
 and amongst other things
lived in a tent outdoors for 7 years.
Rosen currently resides on the tropical island of Kaua'i
with his best friend and spiritual adviser Ivanka "Costco" Obama, The Bipartisan Dog!







Sunrise/weather/rainbow photos April 2020
(These photos made it to Hawaii News Now)
Photos courtesy,
James "Kimo" Rosen



Blog #2054~Kimo's world #301
Could our monetary system be next to collapse?

Could the monetary system of our cash money be next to collapse? However,
Charish disinfects shopping carts
at Costco for members to avoid
getting Covid-19...
at the same time, we must remember what FDR said during his inaugural speech in 1933.  "Nothing to fear but fear It itself." FDR was telling the American people that their fear was making things worse. By running to the banks and taking their money out they were causing more damage to the economy.  


I have
heard on the news that it is wise to wait at least 3-5 days before handling or opening your Amazon or other packages. While the virus dies off on cardboard in about 24 hours, it lives much longer on other materials. If the warehouse worker who packed the item or delivery person who dropped it off was infected, then there could be a virus present not only on the cardboard or paper of the package, but on any plastic tape, labels, or inside the packaging.

 The virus  can
also live on paper and many of the materials our coin currency is made of. Chinese banks have started essentially washing money to destroy potentially infected cash before it's redistributed back out to society.


Restaurants are functioning on-to-go menus and delivery, while many of us are
People are becoming creative
in the kitchen during quarantine...
practicing social distancing and wearing masks when going grocery shopping or on essential outings. However, we are still exchanging currency with hand to hand contact in many instances. Money itself is dirty. I remember as a child after handling money my mother always asked me to wash my hands. I can still hear her voice say,  "you don't know where that money's been."

Under normal circumstances,
money is dirty, under the current world situation I believe our monetary system is contaminated. Maybe it's best for everyone to start using their debit or credit cards, however, it's also been said, "viruses, in general, tend to survive longer on hard surfaces like credit cards and coins."

When I was young,
I  heard the future would consist of a currency free society.  In the first century when the book of Revelation was written, the idea that you could buy and sell with a number that is attached in some way to your body would have seemed incredible. However with the world situation as it is now this doesn't sound too far fetched. 

 The constant partisan bickering is a cancer to our country and must stop. This is not the time! America must unite!

God bless the universe.  



Hana Hou, (Encore)