My Cousin Elmo says, “Went Wild Turkey hunting today. Shot one. Broken glass everywhere.”

Lick Mortensen headed east into the desert. In his pack he carried enough supplies for three days and a small container holding his dogs ashes.

It had been a difficult week and getting away from civilization, society, people is all the he desired. Losing his dog had been the worst of it and now he wanted to go spread his ‘best friend’s ashes and be done with the heart ache of it.

Three days earlier, 13-year-old Donny Robbins had run away from his fourth foster home. He’d given it a week, but after that had become certain he was only there because no place else would take him and the older couple needed the money the state and county provided.

The teenager had no idea where he was headed when he found the trail north into the desert. Nor did he have any idea how arduous a journey he’d taken on with only his jacket on his back.

Lick decided on a spot some 50 feet from the finger-canyon’s rim, having located a small rivulet of water dripping over the edge and copse of Aspen to camp under.

“Tomorrow, Ol’ Roy,” he said to the small package that still rested in the bottom of his pack.

Donny lost track of time, had it been three days or four, since he’d fallen down the hillside into what he called a ravine.

“Thank god,” he said, as he nursed his bruised ribs and a sharp gash on his cheek, “that it wasn’t any deeper, I might have died.”

Then he recalled how he couldn’t get out of the ravine and with no one around, he might die anyway. He looked at the dripping water that fell from the lip of his tomb.

Morning was nearly present. The sun had not yet come up over the mountains in the distances, but the eastern sky was turning a lighter shade of gray with each passing moments.

Lick has a small fire going and a few strips of bacon sizzling in the pan. To those he added some pancake batter and began cooking them as one.

With breakfast served, he leaned back and watched the sun peak over the Ruby Mountains.

Donny, huddled against the smooth stone wall of his trap and tried to sleep. It had been too cold to fall asleep completely, so he allowed him self to catch snatches of rest here and there and to dream.

This morning, as the sun rose someplace beyond where he could see or feel it, he dreamed of bacon. The odor had been so real that it woke him from his restless slumber with a start.

Once he was awake, sitting up and rubbing his cold and numb legs and arms, the smell of cooking bacon held steady on his mind. In fact, Donny was certain the scent was real and not simply a figment of his half-dead imagination.

“Hey!” he cried out.

Lick had been busy stowing his gear in his back pack when he thought he heard an echoing shout. He stopped and standing still, he held his breath, looked around and listening.

There it was again, this time coming from the nearby canyon. Cautiously, he walked to the edge of the rock and dirt escarpment and looked over.

A pair of eye’s looked back and up at him. The skin about those eyes was crushed in dust and haggard looking, lost and without hope.

“Eh, can you help a fella out, mister?” Donny asked in a weak voice.

It appears as if Nevada may have dodged a viral bullet early in 2020 after federal officials warned the state not to use Chinese-made coronavirus test kits donated by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over concerns of Chinese espionage and other nefarious activities.

In documents, made public through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA,) show that the Trump administration acted to halt Nevada from participating in a project involving the Chinese firm BGI Group, a genetic sequencing company which continues to expanded its reach during the coronavirus pandemic. Along with its sale of tests, BGI has expanded into multiple countries by offering turnkey labs, which can reportedly analyze 10,000 to 50,000 tests a day.

It has since set up such labs in multiple Chinese cities and in countries like Angola, Australia, Brunei, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Serbia and Togo. One lab, established in Abu Dhabi in March, is said to have conducted over 11 million tests in the UAE, a nation of only nine million people.

BGI formed in 1999 as a state-backed lab to work on the Human Genome Project. And while BGI claims that it is no longer owned or funded by the Chinese government, a 2018 U.S. Trade Office report stated that the company has “evident links to the government” as its leadership includes individuals who previously held positions in the Chinese government and Communist Party.

In July, two BGI subsidiaries, Xinjiang Silk Road BGI and Beijing Liuhe BGI, were sanctioned by the U.S. Commerce Department for conducting genetic analyses to further the repression of Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in China.

“Beijing actively promotes the reprehensible practice of forced labor and abusive DNA collection and analysis schemes to repress its citizens,” said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. “This action will ensure that our goods and technologies are not used in the Chinese Communist Party’s despicable offensive against defenseless Muslim minority populations.”

Returning to Nevada, the proposed lab would have reportedly processed samples from polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, using long cotton swabs that collect samples from deep inside a person’s nose and throat. It must be noted that all of BGI labs must use the company’s proprietary equipment, which the U.S. fears could be a means of collecting the personal information of U.S. citizens by the Chinese government.

The Department of Homeland Security warned the Sisolak administration that China could all exploit these samples to discover the medical history, illnesses and genetic traits of test takers.

“I hope the Nevada COVID-19 task force leadership is aware of this so they can make an educated decision and know some of the U.S. Government’s concerns,” William Puff, a Homeland Security regional attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi, wrote in an email forwarded to Nevada officials.

The warnings led the office of Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak in April to direct University Medical Center (UMC) in Las Vegas not to use any of the donated 250,000 test kits as officials turned down an offered laboratory deal.

“Based on the information communicated to me by Homeland Security, we highly recommend that you discontinue these tests and any usage of testing equipment immediately,” Nevada governor’s chief of staff Michelle White wrote to UMC.

Unfortunately, UMC had already used 20,000 of the suspect specimen collection kits offered, but claim they didn’t use any of the donated 250,000 analysis kits. Meanwhile, a 25-year-old Washoe County man is confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 for a second time, with this bout with the illness more severe than the first.

The donation to Nevada also involved the UAE company, Group 42 (G42.) BGI however now claims that G42 made the donation on its own and without BGI’s knowledge and that it never had direct contact with the state.

In April, the UAE announced through G42, its interest in donating an estimated $20 million worth of coronavirus testing kits to the state. The offer came as Nevada was struggling with a growing number of COVID-19 cases and a shortage of test kits.

UAE leadership, both political and business, have long seen Las Vegas as an investment opportunity. In 2007, in its largest investment, state-owned Dubai World partnered with MGM Resorts to build Las Vegas’ $9.2 billion multi-resort CityCenter development.

In March, former MGM chairman Jim Murren was appointed by Sisolak to be Nevada’s COVID-19 Response, Relief and Recovery Task Force chairman as part of a public-private partnership to seek funding and aid for the state. Also in late March, Murren forwarded to the governor’s office an email from Peng Xiao, CEO of G42, pitching the Chinese company’s desire to help.

Murren wrote that the UAE made the offer “both as a public service and because they see this as a future investment opportunity for them,” adding, “They have unlimited capital and would be incredibly flexible on terms – I will handle that part.”

Murren said the initial G42 proposal was to set up a “turn-key,” or ‘ready-to-use’ lab designed to process COVID-19 tests as in other nations.

Days after G42 announced its offer of aid to Nevada, the U.S. government made known its concerns with Nevada. In an email sent to state officials on April 20, Puff raised concerns about the potential risks of Americans sharing medical samples with BGI.

“The embassy has concerns with G42’s relationship with the Chinese government and BGI, and patient privacy concerns,” Puff wrote. “The guidance we received from the U.S. Department of State is we should decline testing from G42.”

In May, the U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center issued a warning to state health officials about the “potential threats posed by foreign powers in connection with COVID tests.” It did not specify BGI, though it did link to a news report on Israel’s largest health care plan declining to work with BGI.

In June, a Washington Post article reported that California’s health agencies had decided to avoid the offer made by BGI to that state. The report claimed that the decision was taken on the advice of the state’s coronavirus test task force advisers, in part because of concerns over China gaining access to private patient information.

Officials at G42 have refused to identify who owns the company, though many suspect it links back to Abu Dhabi’s ruling family. G42’s CEO, Peng Xiao, previously ran Abu Dhabi-based firm DarkMatter, which can pool hours of surveillance video to solely track any one person. The company has also hired a number of former CIA and National Security Agency analysts.

Finally, among G42’s marketing and communications staff is Giacomo Ziani, the creator of the video and voice calling app, TikTok, owned by ByteDance and based in Beijing, which is suspected of being a spy tool used by the UAE. The app was the subject of a possible Trump administration ban in September based on the concern that it can be used as an espionage tool.

Since the warning not to use the Chinese-linked COVID-19 test kits was issued, much of Nevada’s business operations have begun reopening, albeit very limited. Furthermore, COVID-19 testing is now widely available, with more than 1.1 million tests for COVID-19 performed and more than 85,000 cases involving1,600 deaths.

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Two things when this story first broke: first, the national media seemed far more concerned that the Trump administration had interfered with Nevada’s COVID response than the possibility that the tests kits might be dangerous. Secondly, the first attempt at reaching Gov. Siskolak’s office for comment lead to an entire day of searching for a spokesperson.

Unfortunately, for a supposed ‘transparent’ governance there are no phone number’s readily available to call the Governor’s office or staff. So resorting to email, one was sent to Sisolak’s Chief of Staff Michelle White on Oct. 15, and again on Oct. 19.

Both were responded to within minutes with an ‘automatic reply.’

After the second email was sent, a response from Meghin Delaney was received, reading, “You may direct all press inquiries for the Governor’s Office to me, as the communications director for Gov. Sisolak.”

So, within minutes an email was sent to Ms. Delaney.

The email to Delaney read, “What has become of the Chinese/UAE COVID-19 test kits? Were they returned? Destroyed? Are they sitting on a shelf some where?”

That was Oct 19. It is now Oct. 29 and still no response from the Governor’s office, and yet the question remains the same, “Where are the 250K unused test kits?”

Additionally, the questions of “How can the public be sure that they are not being used?”, “Based on the lack of response, is the Sisolak administration hiding something they don’t want people to know?” and finally, “What part of the 20K collection kits did UMC use and were any of those tested with these collection kits harmed or died as a result?”

In light of Hunter Biden’s laptop and the Chinese connection, is this a wider problem in the U.S. than simply Nevada? The gut says yes.

Michelle Obama is not the Big Guy referred to in Hunter Biden’s emails.

My wife was explaining to her friend that I see numbers or math equations the same way someone with dyslexia sees letters or words. While it’s call dyscalculia, she kept calling it necrophilia.

Sunday morning, October 4, 2020, began like many other mornings, a Melissa Wortham, 24, pulled into a parking space at the QuikStop at the corner of Falcon Drive and US 95A in Fernley. She and her 3 year-old son were there to pick up some juice for him, before they drove to the local playground.

Whether the white passenger van was already in the parking lot or not, Melissa cannot say. What she does know, is that it was parked close next to her car, on her driver’s side and that it held four large men, each staring at her and her son.

Prior to seeing the van though, she noticed a big man watching and following her and her little boy around the convenience store.

“My son took off towards the juice and that’s when I saw the man look at him. He had an odd look in his eyes,” Wortham said. “He also had a Gatorade in his hand and after he put it back, he then moved so that he could get around behind me.”

“Before this, he was picking stuff up and putting it back, while side-eyeing us the whole time,” she added.

She described him as being over six-foot tall, 200 lbs., with a dark tan complexion.

“I was in so much shock that this was even happening in my little town, to me and my son, that I didn’t even think to get any better description of him or of the other four in the van.”

While Wortham’s instinct was telling her that she and her son may be in trouble, she heard a voice over the stores intercom announce that because the businesses register system had gone down, the store could only accept cash.

“So, I put everything on the counter and told the person at the register that I had to go out to my car and get my money,” Wortham said. “And as soon as I stepped outside, I instantly saw that white van and how it was parked so close to my car.”

“I could see that the sliding door near my driver’s door, was cracked open slightly. And all four men in the van were staring at me, not taking their eyes off me, which made it very obvious what their intentions were,” she added.

Deciding to listen to her internal voice, she turned around to head back into the store, but by then it was too late.

“The guy that was inside the store was now outside and walking towards us, so I rushed back to my car, tossed my son in the back seat then I crawled into the driver’s seat by getting in on the passenger side of my car,” Wortham said. “Otherwise my back would have been to the four men in the van and I’m sure no one would have noticed that they had grabbed me before it was too late.”

Wortham said she had to fight her emotions to remain calm and not cry as she struggled to think what she needed do next.

“I noticed a lady getting ready to pump gas. She had kid’s in her car and I felt bad for calling her over to help me, but I needed someone to know we were in danger. I don’t think she heard me at first, but the second time, she put the nozzle back and came over to my side of the car.”

While trying to get the woman’s attention, Wortham could see the man that she’s seen inside the store starting to approach her car.

“The guy was walking up behind us, but when he saw the woman from the gas pump coming to my window, he went back towards the van. I never saw him again,” she said. “I’m sure they were there for me, but would have taken up both and all this happened in less than 10 minutes.”

The woman helped Wortham buckle her son into his car seat, then waited with her while she called her mother. After a brief exchange, Wortham left the store’s parking lot and after making certain she wasn’t being followed, drove home.

Once home, Wortham called the Lyon County Sheriff’s office and a deputy was sent out to take her statement. Not one to stand idly by, she plans to be proactive in case she finds herself in this kind of situation again.

“I’m glad I was aware of my surroundings and had somewhat of an idea what to do,” Wortham said. “I don’t want this to happen to anyone else. I’m also looking into getting my CCW (Carry Concealed Weapon) permit since it’s just me and my son most of the time.”

Reporters notes:

By the early afternoon of Tuesday, Oct. 13, there is some confusion as to the whereabouts of Melissa Wortham. The Lyon County Sheriff Watch Commander said she was in jail on charges that he could not discuss and suggested I speak with the Lyon County District Attorney Stephen Rye’s office regarding her situation.

Upon calling the county jail and asking to speak with Ms. Wortham, I was told by a deputy that they had no records of her being arrested or jailed. Finally, I called the DA’s office, and learned that they also have no record of Ms. Wortham being in jail.

“All I show for her is a traffic citation, and that was back in 2018,” the woman in the DA’s office stated.

Again, I was instructed to call the Watch Commander one more time. After confirming who the Watch Commander on duty was, I was put through to Lt. Pete Spinuzzi, at ext. 1005, where my call went directly to voicemail.

Finally, I called Lyon County Sheriff Frank Hunewill’s office. His receptionist put me through to his voicemail, where I gave him my name, who I work for, my cellphone number, and did my best to explain what is going on, and of this articles submission deadline.

Sheriff Hunewill returned my call, saying he was ‘behind the curve’ on this situation. After going over the information I had provided in my voice mail to him, he said he would get back to me.

It is now Oct. 27, two-weeks later, and I have heard nothing from either Deputy Lopez or Sheriff Hunewill.  Further, no official report, case number or press release has been issued in this case.

My wife said the broom was giving her blisters. I told her to drive next time. I’m scheduled to die from COVID-19 jus’ a soon as she’s finished sweeping the floor.

Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden’s 39-year-old daughter Ashley wrote in her journal that she “was probably molested,” including taking a shower with her father (Joe) as a pre-teen or young teenager. The screen-grab, from National File, said that there exists an audio recording of Ashley  admitting this is her diary.

Fortunately for her and her recovery from substance abuse, n one is waiting for that ‘shoe to drop,’ however this comes on the heels of a number of reports of Hunter Biden having been filmed in compromising positions with young women. It’s alleged that Hunter has thousands of naked pictures of his then teenaged niece Natalie Biden on his now-recovered laptop.

It now appears as if he was having sex with his sister-in-Law Hallie Biden before and after his brother Beau died, and there are emails in which the sister-in-law/mistress Hallie is complaining to Hunter about his inappropriate activities with her daughter, who is Hunter’s blood niece Natalie, who was 14 at the time.

This means Hunter was sexually involved simultaneously with his sister-in-Law and his pubescent blood niece. As for her part, Hallie Biden reportedly told both Jill and Joe Biden that if Hunter did not stay away from Natalie, she would go to the police.

Her threat must have worked, as there are no reports nor arrest of Hunter made public since the story of the recovered hard-drives broke earlier in October.

Another child with thousands of photos on Hunter’s laptop (at least eight young girls outside the Biden family feature prominently on the laptop) is Senator Chris Coons’ daughter, Maggie. She is already recognizable as the teen girl in the photo with Joe Biden nuzzling and kissing her at her father’s swearing-in.

The photo, a frame extracted from a January 2015 video taken during the ceremony, has been shared thousands of time, if not more, on the Internet, via various social media platforms.  Coon’s has since stated that Maggie, who was 13 at the time, “doesn’t think the vice president is creepy.”

There are also videos of a Hunter smoking crack while having sex with a Chinese actress, supplied to him by the CCP. The next round to drop is said to be of Hunter sexually abusing pre-pubescent Chinese girls, almost certainly trafficked sex slaves.

While it’s true that the majority of this is being leaked from China, the FBI has known about it for well over a year now.

I always carry a stone with me during October and November, so I can throw it at anyone singing Christmas songs before December. I call it my Jingle Bell Rock.

It’s being reveal that the Obama-Biden administration may have sold out as many as 60 CIA operatives to the Communist Party of China (CCP.) The New York Times report this in May 2017, five years after the purge occurred, which could explain why the hard drives were held by the FBI for so many months.

In the still-classified documents pulled from one of the hard-drives, it is alleged that President Obama gave then-Chinese General Secretary Hu Jintao a box as a gift during his visit to China in 2009. Hu refused to accept the gift, returning it to Obama.

Later, the same box was given as a gift to Xi Jinping, by Vice-president Joe Biden, who did open it, finding a list of operatives and information on his rivals, including secreted monies and adult children living in the U.S. Following the murders, Xi mentioned the “cooperation” multiple times as Biden bragged about “saving Xi.”

Officially, a supposed ‘firewall’ used by the CIA to communicate with its spies in China compromised their identities and contributed to their executions by the Chinese government. The internet-based system, brought over from operations in the Middle East, was taken to China under the assumption that it could not be breached.

Using this ‘firewall,” officials could communicate using ordinary laptops or desktop computers connected to the internet. Considered a “throwaway” encrypted program, it was believed to be untraceable and separate from the CIA’s main communication line.

However, Ukraine also saw the death and disappearance of many its operatives within China. This lost has yet to be explained.

Also on one of the Hunter Biden hard drives is an email from Bo Tiantian to Hunter and Joe’s brother, Robert Biden. Bo Tiantian is a daughter of Bo Xilai who headed the CCP faction, Jiang-Zeng-Meng within the CCP, whose major political rival is Xi Jinping and who challenged Xi for the leadership of the Party.

However, Bo was defeated and sentenced to prison after Biden provided Xi with this information. It’s the Jiang-Zeng-Meng Faction that is believed to have helped uncover the three Hunter Biden hard drives.

Bao Jiaqi, the daughter of another of Xi’s rival, is said to have been the facilitator of the delivery of the hard drives. A graduated from Arizona State University and Tsinghua University, Bao interned for a number of Chinese government agencies.

She worked for Ye Jianming, an oil tycoon according to the New York Post, and was the contact person between Ye and Biden, and whom she calls “Uncle”. Ye Jianming is said to be the main money launderer for Xi.

Ye has since been arrested after Xi found out that Bao was working for him and had allegedly delivered the hard drives to U.S. authorities. But none of the major news agencies are talking about the purge of the operatives or Ye’s arrest.

Instead the media are more concerned with dispelling the claim that Hunter Biden may be a pedophile. This, along with a video allegedly showing him lighting a crack pipe has led to several tech giants, including Facebook, Twitter and Google banning the video or screen-grabs, as well as the news agencies that published the claim.

Meanwhile, an alleged photo of Hunter Biden, having passed out in bed with a crack pipe in his mouth, has made the Internet rounds for days and is suddenly absent from any Google search. So far, no one is saying said Hunter might be and sadly nobody in the media is asking.