OHIO: As of Sunday afternoon, there are 24,081 cases in the state, 1,341 deaths, and 4,351 hospitalizations, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
“The Trump administration is racing to contain an outbreak of Covid-19 inside the White House, as some senior officials believe that the disease is already spreading rapidly through the warren of cramped offices that make up the three floors of the West Wing,” the NYT reports. [Click]
“President Trump met with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, senior military leadership, and national security team members in the Cabinet Room yesterday. The photo released by the White House [Click] shows more than a dozen men of advanced age, at least one of whom has had recent exposure to the coronavirus, in a small enclosed space for a prolonged period of time. None of them had face masks.”
I have given the two boy cats we adopted back in December new nicknames. They still hide from us BTW. The gray and white one is now "Slinky" and the black one is "Void".
How Bats Might Have Tamed the Coronavirus [Click] “The animals have a remarkable resilience to all sorts of diseases that afflict humans.” Includes links to Isaac Asimov’s “Hostess” (1951) about a disease carried by humans.
My Mother's Day started so bad and ended so good!!
On Saturday, the contractor came to take away the sods from our front yard. He sort of did, but in the process he left gullies and hills in the dirt and managed to leave about 20 wheelbarrows worth of sods sitting in place, but covered over by dirt. Moreover, he drove his bucket loader over it all, packing it down hard.
Then during the night, I woke up with something in my eye. I have no idea what it was, other than something gritty, but I could not wash it out of my eyes and it wasn't an eyelash. Anyway, after an hour of trying to help my eye, I went back to sleep. It felt somewhat better upon waking for the day. But the good news is that it has been improving all day.
AND! After removing 15-18 wheelbarrows full of sods, Wil went to do a curbside pickup at the hardware store nearby and noticed a hand made sign at the end of our road offering rototilling! So we called and !!! the guy came right over! He rototilled the yard beautifully and even fixed an area the contractor messed up. Whoo hoo! My pollinator garden project is back on track!!
In the evening, we did a big Zoom gathering with most of the kids and grandkids. A very sweet day!!
Liked Susan's comment at the end of the last thread.
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ReplyDeleteVT: 927/53 (+6/ 0)
Recovered: 777 (+33)
Hospital 5 (no deaths or admits for 3 days)
Tests 20, 048 (+521)
5.7%
How the World’s Only Feudal Lord Outclassed the Nazis to Save Her People [Click] Hmmmm….. is there a lesson here for our Republic?
ReplyDeleteGreat story!!
DeleteHave you watched the movie about Guernsey during WWII?
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
(It’s excellent!)
OHIO: As of Sunday afternoon, there are 24,081 cases in the state, 1,341 deaths, and 4,351 hospitalizations, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
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White House Races to Contain Virus In Its Ranks
ReplyDelete“The Trump administration is racing to contain an outbreak of Covid-19 inside the White House, as some senior officials believe that the disease is already spreading rapidly through the warren of cramped offices that make up the three floors of the West Wing,” the NYT reports. [Click]
Trump Holds National Security Meeting [Click] May 10, 2020 By Taegan Goddard
“President Trump met with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, senior military leadership, and national security team members in the Cabinet Room yesterday. The photo released by the White House [Click] shows more than a dozen men of advanced age, at least one of whom has had recent exposure to the coronavirus, in a small enclosed space for a prolonged period of time. None of them had face masks.”
How disillusioning. I thought professional military officers would be brighter than that.
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ReplyDeleteTrump ‘spooked’ by White House cases as death toll mounts
Robert Reich: American exceptionalism means poverty, misery and death
Meat-free future? Coronavirus exposes America's fragile food system
'We can't stay home': how America's poorest state is trying to reopen [Click] ‘Mississippi has taken a cue from Trump and is attempting to reopen while this week the state reached its highest numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths’
ReplyDeleteBy way of light entertainment, I am currently reading Narrow Dog to Indian River” by Terry Darlington. It fills the bill very well.
ReplyDeleteI have given the two boy cats we adopted back in December new nicknames. They still hide from us BTW. The gray and white one is now "Slinky" and the black one is "Void".
ReplyDeleteGood names!
DeleteHow Bats Might Have Tamed the Coronavirus [Click] “The animals have a remarkable resilience to all sorts of diseases that afflict humans.” Includes links to Isaac Asimov’s “Hostess” (1951) about a disease carried by humans.
ReplyDeleteI vaguely remember reading "Hostess," but need to revisit it.
DeleteYeah, except for the white-nose fungus that was recently killing off whole colonies of bats.
DeleteAt least we don’t get that!
DeleteMy Mother's Day started so bad and ended so good!!
ReplyDeleteOn Saturday, the contractor came to take away the sods from our front yard. He sort of did, but in the process he left gullies and hills in the dirt and managed to leave about 20 wheelbarrows worth of sods sitting in place, but covered over by dirt. Moreover, he drove his bucket loader over it all, packing it down hard.
Then during the night, I woke up with something in my eye. I have no idea what it was, other than something gritty, but I could not wash it out of my eyes and it wasn't an eyelash. Anyway, after an hour of trying to help my eye, I went back to sleep. It felt somewhat better upon waking for the day. But the good news is that it has been improving all day.
AND! After removing 15-18 wheelbarrows full of sods, Wil went to do a curbside pickup at the hardware store nearby and noticed a hand made sign at the end of our road offering rototilling! So we called and !!! the guy came right over! He rototilled the yard beautifully and even fixed an area the contractor messed up. Whoo hoo! My pollinator garden project is back on track!!
In the evening, we did a big Zoom gathering with most of the kids and grandkids. A very sweet day!!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh.