The Vaccine

by on April 19, 2021 at 12:01 am
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For a number of reasons, I chose to get the vaccine for the Big C. I’m an essential worker, my mom has many co-morbidities, and I’m asthmatic. So I really do not want to get the Big C. I scheduled an appointment to get it a couple Wednesdays ago, and the day I showed up they were stocked up on the J&J vaccine. Yes, the one-shot vaccine that is now on hold because six people got blood clots after taking it. I was one of the 40% who got side effects. In fact, I got ALL of the side effects. On Wednesday night, while at work. And I got one of the really bad ones as well. I went short of breath. Of course, I am asthmatic, so I’m used to being short of breath. And now I have an inhaler for that, so a couple hits later, I was breathing normally again. And after a couple hours of total side effect time, I was back online and fully operational. So I’m vaccinated and alive. Woohoo.

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The Confederation of Dixie

by on April 18, 2021 at 12:01 am
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Fighting in the Rockfish Gap came to a momentary end after the air battle concluded. Ruined aircraft raining down all over the landscape was a sobering moment for all involved. The Federal law enforcement officers had left the Commonwealth officers to slow down their western brethren alone. That was more than the Richmond-aligned Virginians wanted to do, and they quickly negotiated a withdrawal from the gap. The Virginia Defense Force and the Lexington Police accepted that withdrawal and continued their pursuit of the Federal officers holding Lexington’s mayor and his family. They caught the Feds less than ten miles outside the gap, and this time there was no one in range to support them. The fight was quick, bloody, and decisive.

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The Confederation of Dixie

by on April 17, 2021 at 12:01 am
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The United States Air Force shooting down Virginian fighters enflamed the fighting in and around the Rockfish Gap. Their air strikes against other Virginians did far more. The Virginia Air National Guard that had remained neutral until that point quickly launched with orders to clear the skies of Virginia’s enemies. Those were not Richmond’s orders, but fewer and fewer Virginians outside the eastern counties still listened to Richmond. The aerial combat proved swift, deadly, and decisive, and Virginians quickly took control of Virginia airspace again. It was a sobering moment for everyone involved in the fighting in the Rockfish Gap.

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The Confederation of Dixie

by on April 16, 2021 at 12:01 am
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The trapped Federal law enforcement officers called on the United States Air Force to open a path for them to escape with their prisoners. The Air Force swept in before daybreak, and the Virginian fighters met them in the skies over the Rockfish Gap. Missiles and gunfire lit the night for a few minutes, but the Virginians were heavily outnumbered and the Air Force quickly took control of Rockfish Gap airspace. Air strikes soon dispersed the Virginians blocking the Federal officers’ escape route, allowing them to flee the fighting with the mayor of Lexington and his family in their custody. Live and nearly-live footage of the fighting preceded them, which did not improve matters for them.

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The Confederation of Dixie

by on April 15, 2021 at 12:01 am
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Richmond ordered the Virginia Air National Guard to perform an air strike on the escalating conflict in the Rockfish Gap. That turned out to be a Bad Idea. With capital letters. Some pilots followed the orders. Some could not in good conscience. And some fought to counter the orders. The Virginia Air National Guard exploded in the sky over the Rockfish Gap, and wreckage, bombs, and gunfire rained down towards the fighting below. Those seeking to stop the attacks controlled the air when it was all over, and they ignored all orders from Richmond to stand down. Someone else might seek to follow those orders, after all.

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