The COVID Development - by Moses

   Now that there is another strain of more severity (Omicron) in the mix, flight restrictions are now in place.  This is seeming to be a long orchestrated effort by the World Health Organization and the U.S Military to close up shops and inflate the health care system to bring in money.   

  Wasn't it in 1994 when the movie 'Outbreak' came out and there was a concern that a disease could spread in an almost planet defeating manner.  Wasn't it in 1998 that the first case of SARS hit and researchers deduced then that this wasn't a global concern.  Weren't there two strains of the COVID that were SARS related that has surfaced.  I'm now remembering when I was a tot in 1977 and it used to get said that you should watch out for the COOTIES before washing your hands for dinner.  This is a seemingly long ordeal in the here and now that's being supported by the U.S Military, an exercise that has led to shops closing down because they can't support their businesses.  Of course Vaccine Suppliers, Pharmaceutical companies, Amazon, Walmart, and many other Corporation are feeding off this pandemic.  The small guy is being reduced and the well off are now holding more power as a result.  The American dream?   

Rittenhouse and the assailants in the Arbery Case - by Moses (a.k.a Stacey Marc Goldman)

       One is a vigilante and the three in the Arbery killing were murderers.  Rittenhouse has the audacity to bring an assault weapon to a demonstration rally and pulls the trigger on three is symptomatic of the road America is heading towards.  When a case like this comes up the argument really should never have deflected from the root issue; bringing an assault weapon to a demonstration rally.  At this point we see the Arbery case and three men that hunted Arbery on the suburb streets he was in.  Will America choose to look at the innocence of plain and simply put murder?  When will clout be used to put these matters to rest?  If the Arbery case is dismissed may end up seeing vigilante acts is the way it played out.  A gross crime in the Rittenhouse case is what it turned into.  The argument of hunting on suburb streets because the guy is black, or the vigilante act of killing someone at a rally demonstration because YOU have an assault weapon and THEY don't.  Russian roulette some would say, what about American roulette is what I'd like to know.  Who is going to be punished as a result? 

Ongoing COVID Updates (Aaron Rodgers Debacle) - by Moses

       The media has been as active as ever on CNN as to how the vaccine to COVID will be implemented into the Canadian and American Health Care systems.  It will be an annual booster once the citizen receives his/her first two shots.  This annual booster was summarized to have been taken down from a bi-yearly speculation.  The rationale and reasoning used is that it would be easier to convince people still on the fence in taking the first set of vaccines (as a yearly booster is a much easier idea to sell over twice a year for your life). 

  The Aaron Rodgers debacle leaves this writer wondering why the media threw Rodgers under the bus by popular opinion.  The reality is that Rodgers didn't lie when he spoke to the media and told them he was being treated by his team of Doctors for the Covid in raising his levels in promoting a strong immune system.  He just neglected to tell the media that he didn't receive the vaccine.  It's unfortunate that he is now suffering from COVID but that may still have been the case had he received his two vaccine shots before the year began.  This is symptomatic of America today; When the media wants to impress an idea before the population they have no problem embarrassing their elite athletes or their personalities in TV and the Movies.  Aaron Rodgers will probably end up losing $10 Million U.S.D a year in endorsement deals that are now in question with all the digging the media has put into towards a negative cycle for supposedly lying.  This also happened to Bill Cosby a number of years ago when public opinion turned sour towards him for the alleged date rapes that he orchestrated.  In actual fact these were only allegations and has rendered Bill Cosby as impotent to being in the public eye to this day.  The decline of Modern Day Western Civilization some would say.  Something North America needs to stray away from.  Would Walter Cronkite have thrown Steve Carlton under the bus for something nasty he said about the media?  No he would let it play out without bullshit commentary.  You're supposed to stand by your common man when you're here.  You never know when you'll need someone to get your back. 

100 Greatest Race Car Drivers of All-Time - by Moses

The Greatest Race Car Drivers of All-Time (including Nascar, Indy 500, Cart, Formula One, World Rally Championship, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans) - by Moses

1.   Mario Andretti - Indy 500, Cart, and Formula One

2.   Michael Schumacher - Formula One

3.   Richard Petty - Nascar  

4.   A.J. Foyt - Indy 500, Cart, and Nascar

5.   Lewis Hamilton - Formula One

6.   Al Unser Sr. - Indy 500 and Cart

7.   Tom Kristensen - Formula One and 24 Hours of Le Mans

8.   Helio Castroneves - Indy 500 and Cart

9.   Dale Earnhardt Sr. - Nascar

10. Ayrton Senna - Formula One

11. Jimmy Johnson - Nascar 

12. Alain Prost - Formula One 

13. Nigel Mansell - Indy 500 and Formula One

14. Jacky Ickx - Formula One and 24 Hours of Le Mans

15. Jackie Stewart - Formula One and 24 Hours of Le Mans

16. Rick Mears - Indy 500 and Cart

17. Kyle Busch - Nascar

18. Emerson Fittipaldi – Indy 500, Cart, and Formula One  

19. Juan Manuel Fangio - Formula One 

20. Sebastian Vettel - Formula One

21. Johnny Rutherford - Indy 500 and Cart

22. Lee Petty - Nascar  

23. Jeff Gordon - Nascar

24. Dario Franchitti - Indy 500 and Cart

25. Derek Bell - 24 Hours of Le Mans

26. Louis Meyer - Indy 500 

27. Frank Biela - 24 Hours of Le Mans

28. Wilbur Shaw - Indy 500

29. Emanuele Pirro - 24 Hours of Le Mans

30. Hurley Haywood - 24 Hours of Le Mans

31. Nelson Piquet - Formula One 

32. Mika Hakkinen - Formula One 

33. Darrell Waltrip - Nascar

34. Alexander Wurz - 24 Hours of Le Mans

35. Bobby Allison - Nascar

36. Kevin Harvick - Nascar and Cart 

37. Alberto Ascari - Formula One

38. Bobby Unser - Indy 500 and Cart

39. Kimi Raikkonen - Formula One  

40. Cale Yarborough - Nascar  

41. Dale Jarrett - Nascar

42. Al Unser Jr. - Indy 500 and Cart

43. Mauri Rose - Indy 500

44. Fernando Alonso - Formula One

45. Takuma Sato - Indy 500 and Cart

46. Juan Pablo Montoya - Indy 500, Cart, and Formula One

47. Rodger Ward - Indy 500 

48. Niki Lauda - Formula One

49. Dan Wheldon - Indy 500 and Cart

50. Tom Sneva - Indy 500 and Cart 

51. Tony Stewart - Nascar

52. Arie Luyendyk - Indy 500 and Cart

53. Nico Rosberg - Formula One 

54. Bobby Rahal - Indy 500 and Cart

55. Graham Hill - Indy 500, Cart, Formula One, and 24 Hours of Le Mans 

56. Damon Hill - Formula One

57. David Pearson - Nascar

58. Jim Clark - Formula One

59. Gordon Johncock - Indy 500 and Cart

60. Jacques Villeneuve - Indy 500, Cart, and Formula One  

61. Tim Flock - Nascar

62. Scott Dixon - Indy 500 and Cart 

63. Greg Moore - Indy 500 and Cart 

64. Buck Baker - Nascar

65. Tony Wallace - Indy 500 and Cart

66. Ned Jarrett - Nascar

67. Bill Vukovich - Indy 500

68. Davey Allison - Nascar 

69. Sebastien Loeb - World Rally Championship 

70. Denny Hamlin - Nascar 

71. Michael Andretti - Indy 500 and Cart

72. Carl Edwards - Nascar

73. Kurt Busch - Nascar 

74. Will Power - Indy 500 and Cart 

75. Sebastien Bourdais - Indy 500 and Cart 

76. Rusty Wallace - Nascar 

77. Alan Kulwicki - Nascar

78. Keke Rosberg - Formula One

79. Bill Elliott - Nascar

80. Carlos Sainz - World Rally Championship

81. Dale Earnhardt Jr. - Nascar 

82. Alexander Rossi – Indy 500 and Formula One

83. Brad Keselowski - Nascar

84. Joey Logano - Nascar

85. Riccardo Patrese - Formula One

86. Jenson Button - Formula One 

87. Rubens Barricello - Formula One 

88. Danny Sullivan - Indy 500 and Cart

89. Bobby Isaac - Nascar

90. Felipe Massa - Formula One 

91. Ryan Newman - Nascar 

92. Tony Kanaan – Indy 500 and Cart

93. Bob Welborn – Nascar

94. Buddy Lazier – Indy 500 and Cart

95. Eddie Cheever – Indy 500 and Cart

96. Kenny Brack – Indy 500 and Cart

97. Ryan Blaney - Nascar

98. Erik Jones - Nascar

99. Gilles Villeneuve - Formula One

00. Paul Tracy – Indy 500 and Cart

The 75 Greatest Drummers of All-Time - by Moses (a.k.a Stacey Marc Goldman)

1.   Neil Peart - RUSH

2.   Buddy Rich 

3.   John Bonhom - Led Zeppelin 

4.   David Weckl 

5.   Keith Moon - The Who

6.   Mitch Mitchell - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

7.   Stewart Copeland - The Police

8.   Alex Van Halen - Van Halen

9.   Ginger Baker - Cream and Blind Faith

10. Tommy Lee - Motley Crue

11. Chad Smith - The Red Hot Chile Peppers

12. Charlie Watts - The Rolling Stones

13. Lars Ulrich - Metallica

14. Bev Bevan - E.L.O

15. Rick Allen - Def Leopard

16. Chester Thompson - Phil Collins 

17. Phil Collins - Genesis and the Phil Collins Band

18. Michael Shrieve - Santana

19. David Grohl - Nirvana and The Foo Fighters

20. Gil Moore - Triumph

21. Dave Lombardo - Slayer

22. Matt Cameron - Pearl Jam

23. Sunray Grennan - The Satellites

24. Ian Paice - Deep Purple

25. Benny Benjamin - Motown

26. Steven Adler - Guns and Roses

27. Don Henley - The Eagles and solo work

28. Raffa Dean - Big Sugar and The Resonators (now Dub Brethren)

29. Anton Fig - Joe Bonamassa

30. Frank Beard - ZZ Top

31. Jaime Oldaker - Eric Clapton, Bob Seger, and Peter Frampton among others

32. Terry Bozzio - Frank Zappa and 'The Mothers of Invention'

33. Tommy Aldridge - Black Oak Arkansas, Pat Travers Band, Ozzy Osbourne, Gary Moore, Whitesnake, Ted Nugent, Thin Lizzy, Vinnie Moore and Yngwie Malmsteen

34. Mike Portnoy - Dream Theatre

35. Taylor Hawkins - The Foo Fighters

36. Bob Burns - Lynyrd Skynyrd 

37. Phil Rudd - AC/DC

38. Carter Beauford - The Dave Matthews Band

40. Roger Taylor - Queen

41. Lucas Fox - Motorhead 

42. David Lovering - The Pixies

43. Bill Ward - Black Sabbath

44. Scott Sundquist - Soundgarden

45. Mick Fleetwood - Fleetwood Mac 

46. Larry Mullen Jr. - U2

47. Collin Edwards - House of David Gang

48. Levon Helm - The Band

49. Louie Bellson - American Jazz

50. Danny Carey - Tool

51. Les Binks - Judas Priest

52. Elvin Jones - American Jazz

53. John Densmore - The Doors

54. Greg Errico - Sly and the Family Stone

55. Phil Trudell - Max Webster

56. D.J. Fontana - Elvis Presley

57. Earl Palmer - Played on thousands of recordings, including nearly all of Little Richard's hits, all of Fats Domino's hits, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" by The Righteous Brothers.

58. Bill Bruford - Yes 

59. Steve Ferrone - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Eric Clapton

60. John Moore - The Jesus and Mary Chain

61. Jeff Porcaro - Toto

62. Joey Kramer - Aerosmith

63. Max Roach - American Jazz

64. Steve Gadd - Studio Drummer

65. Alan White - Yes

66. Topper Headon - The Clash

67. Eric Carr - KISS

68. Carl Palmer - E.L.O and Asia 

69. Sheila E. - Prince

70. Kenny Aronoff - John Cougar Mellancamp

71. Moe Tucker - The Velvet Underground

72. Max Weinberg - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

73. Ringo Starr - The Beatles

74. Chris Steffler - Platinum Blonde

75. Sean Kinney - Alice in Chains

75. Tony Robollo - Bedoin Soundclash

75. Paul DeLong - Kim Mitchell 

75. Steve Smith - Journey

The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All-Time - by Moses

1.    Jimi Hendrix - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

2.    Eddie Van Halen - Van Halen

3.    Steve Vai - Frank Zappa and 'The Mothers of Invention', and extensive solo material

4.    Joe Satriani 

5.    David Gilmour - Pink Floyd

6.    Eric Clapton - The Yardbirds, Cream, Derek and the Dominos, Blind Faith, and solo work 

7.    Geddy Lee - RUSH

8.    Yngwie Malmsteen 

9.    Joe Bonamassa

10.  John Lee Hooker 

11.  B.B. King

12.  Stevie Ray Vaughan - Double Trouble

13.  John Petrucci

14.  Jimmy Page - The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin

15.  Angus Young - AC/DC

16.  Alex Lifeson - RUSH

17.  Santana

18.  Billy Gibbons - ZZ Top

19.  Frank Zappa - Frank Zappa and 'The Mothers of Invention'

20.  Jeff Beck - The Yardbirds and extensive solo work

21.  Prince

22.  Randy Rhoads - Ozzy Osbourne

23.  Robert Johnson 

24.  Muddy Waters

25.  Chuck Berry

26.  Richie Sambora - Bon Jovi and extensive solo material w/ Orianthi

27.  Orianthi - Michael Jackson and extensive solo material w/ Richie Sambora

28.  Les Paul

29.  Rik Emmett - Triumph and solo work

30.  Thor ('The Iceman') - Tonar

31.  Joe Perry - Aerosmith

32.  Tony Iommi - Black Sabbath

33.  Kirk Hammett - Metallica

34.  Johnny Winter

35.  Slash - Guns and Roses

36.  James Hetfield - Metallica

37.  Pete Townshend - The Who

38.  John McLaughlin 

39.  Robert Cray

40.  Mark Knopfler - Dire Straits

41.  Brian May - Queen

42.  Ritchie Blackmore - Deep Purple

43.  Buddy Guy 

44.  Eric Johnson

45.  Jimmie Vaughan - Double Trouble and The Fabulous Thunderbirds

46.  Lighnin' Hopkins

47.  Keith Richards - The Rolling Stones

48.  John Lennon - The Beatles

49.  Robbie Robertson - The Band and extensive solo material

50.  Duane Allman - The Allman Brothers

51.  Joe Walsh - The Eagles

52.  Jeff Healey - The Jeff Healey Band

53.  George Harrison - The Beatles

54.  Billy Sheehan - Mr. Big and extensive solo work

55.  Kim Mitchell - Max Webster and Kim Mitchell 

56.  Gary Moore

57.  Paris Romani

58.  Jack Thammarat

59.  Adrian Smith - Iron Maiden

60.  Brian Robertson - Motorhead and Thin Lizzy

61.  Cesar Rosas - Los Lobos

62.  Ron Wood - The Rolling Stones

63.  Stefan Lessard - The Dave Matthews Band

64.  David Wilcox

65.  Vernon Reid - Living Color

66.  Kim Thayil - Soundgarden

67.  Mike Campbell - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

68.  John Paul Jones - Led Zeppelin

69.  Andy Curran - Coney Hatch and solo work

70.  Vic Johnson - The Circle

71.  Matthias Jabs - Scorpions

72.  Neil Young - Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young and extensive solo material

72.  Mike Machado

73.  Danny Kaminsky

74.  Jay Jacobs

75.  Dave Dunlop - Rik Emmitt 

76.  Tom Morello - Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave

77.  Malcolm Young - AC/DC

78.  Elvis Costello - Elvis Costello and the Attractions

79.  Albert Collins

80.  Gerry Finn (Dwarf) - The Killer Dwarfs

81.  Isaac

82.  Andy Summers - The Police

83.  Edge - U2  

84.  Ace Frehley - KISS

85.  David Grohl - The Foo Fighters

86.  Lorne Gula  

87.  Deo Da Sousa

88.  Leadbelly

89.  Roosevelt Sykes

90.  'Mississippi' John Hurt

91.  Carl Martin

92.  Graham - Dub Brethren (formerly The Resonators) 

93.  Mick Mars - Motley Crue

94.  Myles Goodwyn - April Wine 

95.  Paul McCartney - The Beatles

96.  Billy Bragg 

97.  Jerry Cantrell - Alice in Chains

98.  John Entwistle - The Who

99.  Stuart Hamm - Joe Satriani and John Petrucci

100.Phil X - Triumph

100.Rick Nielson - Cheap Trick

100.Nash the Slash - FM

100.Sting - The Police and extensive solo work

100.Mike Johnson

100.Tom Petty - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

100.Steve Miller - The Steve Miller Band

100.John Fogerty - Credence Clearwater Revival and solo works