🐷🐷🐷🐺 The play which Wil wrote is now officially published online! Our three eldest grands (13.12 and 10) offered the premier performance at our Family Gathering at Thanksgiving. (Remember actual ffamily gatherings?) Poignantly enough, they had never rehearsed it all together prior to the day of performance! Living in more than one state, they had rehearsed via FaceTime. Grandad Wil dedicated the play to Eldest*Grand, because of their shared love of Shakespeare. ENJOY!
Sailor aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt dies of coronavirus [Click] Anybody care to ask if I am concerned whether a brass hat or two suffered minor damage to his dainty ego because of Captain Crozier’s e-mail? Put me down for a cynic, but I am not assuming that the old guy campaigning for the presidency from his basement will issue a statement in response to this.
Trump’s “Deep State” obsession. [Click] It seems to me that in addition to senility, our Dear Leader seems clearly to be in the throes of paranoid psychosis.
Malignant Narcissism is marked for worsening with being in power (“leader of the free world”) and when under stress for holding on to power causing the person to become more and more paranoid, combative, and unpredictable. Heh.
STAND BACK! Herd of gnus coming through! [Click] [In looking for this, I discovered that the collective noun for a large number of gnus is not “herd,” but rather an “implausibility.” Who gnu? Well, at least not I.]
Taegan Goddard: “There’s a good chance the governors will take control of the effort to reopen the economy, just as they did with the pandemic itself. They’ll organize themselves, ramp up testing and coordinate their efforts. At this point it’s really our only hope since we can’t rely on the president at all.”
Though I never much cared for Bill Clinton, at the time he did seem to care; to, as the saying has it, feel your pain. Now, I'm doubtful of the genuineness of that projection, but it really does help for a politician to have that touch...one sorely lacking in his wife. Now, Bernie really does care about people... Ahem. From where I sit, Biden and Trump are much of a muchness.
Sanders Endorses Biden: ‘We Need You In The White House’ [Click] Well, that’s the decent thing to do, but it doesn’t change the fact that the only thing the establishment/corporatist/New/moderate/Blue Dog Dems want from me is money—without having to do anything for it. Pardon my bad attitude.
It occurs to me to wonder whom Howie Hawkins' running mate will be. As memory serves me, the Green Party nominee is decided by their national convention rather than by primary votes; and the choice of VP nominee may be up to the convention (rather than the candidate) as well.
If it’s safe at the time, I will work at the polls. And I will vote (maybe even via absentee ballot for the first time) for whomever isn’t DT. But that’s all Dems are getting out of me. I got off their mailing lists ages ago.
I agree with you completely, Alan. And IMO it isn't bad attitude on your part.
I commend your dedication, Listener. For myself, I am slightly annoyed with myself for changing my party registration now, since it only occurred to me afterwards that doing so means I won't be able to vote for Alex Morse for Congress and Ed Markey for Senate in the Dem. primary in September. I'd been looking forward to doing so. *shrug* I've already gotten off of several mailing lists. Have to get off the rest and close my ActBlue accounts. (Curiously, it turns out I have two.) If I really want to, it must be possible to contribute to Common Defense some way other than ActBlue. For the rest, all they do is ask for money without providing meaningful newsletters.
Cat--In California primary elections, the Democratic party (but not the GOP, natch) will accept ballots from third party members and independents; one just has to ask for a Democratic ballot. Maybe it is so in Mass. as well. Since we are vote by mail only, I have never tried it because of the extra complication--but it can't hurt to inquire.
New York governor Andrew Cuomo and several other governors of north-eastern states [NJ, NY, CT, PA, DE, and RI] convened a conference call this afternoon, to discuss a regionally coordinated plan to reopen the economy. Cuomo said the state governments’ decisions about how to reopen the economy would be “guided by experts, data and science” and would not be done “in a political way”. The conference call comes as Trump has said he has the authority to reopen the economy on a federal level, a claim that has been contradicted by constitutional experts. ================================ Washington, Oregon and California said they would work together to establish a west coast plan to reopen the economy. In a joint statement, Washington governor Jay Inslee, California governor Gavin Newsom and Oregon governor Kate Brown said they would prioritize residents’ health when deciding how to ease “stay at home” orders. “The West Coast is ahead of the curve on COVID-19. We’re going to make sure that stays true.” ““We are announcing that California, Oregon and Washington have agreed to work together on a shared approach for reopening our economies – one that identifies clear indicators for communities to restart public life and business,” the statement said.”
Today, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott made it clear that Vermont will decide when and how to reopen businesses, and not the federal gov’t. Not bad for a Republican, eh? He’s an old style Republican, and a moderate. I don’t always agree with him, but can always respect him. He’s a decent person.
WHAT IN HEAVEN’S NAME HAPPENED? That is the biggest meltdown I have ever seen from a President of the United States in my career.” — CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta, quoted by CNN [Click], on today’s coronavirus press briefing.
“When somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total and that is the way it’s gonna be. It’s total. It’s total. And the governors know that. When somebody is the President of the United States, the authority is total.” — President Trump, quoted by the Associated Press, at his daily coronavirus briefing.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) declared professional wrestling among the essential businesses like grocery stores and pharmacies that can stay open despite coronavirus-related restrictions statewide, the Miami Herald reports.
“The CIA has privately advised its workforce that taking an anti-malarial drug touted by President Trump and some of his supporters as a promising treatment for the novel coronavirus has potentially dangerous side effects, including sudden death,” the Washington Post reports. ============================
Fresno County has had 21 new positive tests for coronavirus, for a total so far of 222. Health officials said more than 30 are hospitalized including 14 in ICUs and there have been 5 deaths.
What Biden Learned the Last Time the World Stopped [Click] He oversaw the 2009 economic recovery for Barack Obama. If he wins the presidency, his first task will be to perform an encore on an even more daunting scale.
A debt jubilee is the only way to avoid a depression [Click]
ReplyDeleteListener, great meme at the top of the thread.
ReplyDeleteInadvertently left a few comments on the last thread.
Thanks to the magic of the Internet, I was able to watch two Easter Sunday Masses, one not far from here in Lenox, Mass., and one in San Diego.
Orthodox Easter is this coming Sunday, as I recall.
Delete🐷🐷🐷🐺 The play which Wil wrote is now officially published online! Our three eldest grands (13.12 and 10) offered the premier performance at our Family Gathering at Thanksgiving. (Remember actual ffamily gatherings?) Poignantly enough, they had never rehearsed it all together prior to the day of performance! Living in more than one state, they had rehearsed via FaceTime. Grandad Wil dedicated the play to Eldest*Grand, because of their shared love of Shakespeare. ENJOY!
ReplyDeletehttps://www.dramanotebook.com/plays-for-kids/the-wee-triple-swine-of-briarvine/
* 13, 12 and 10
Delete* family
Standing ovation! surely worthy of the earlier William himself!
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DeleteSailor aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt dies of coronavirus [Click]
ReplyDeleteAnybody care to ask if I am concerned whether a brass hat or two suffered minor damage to his dainty ego because of Captain Crozier’s e-mail? Put me down for a cynic, but I am not assuming that the old guy campaigning for the presidency from his basement will issue a statement in response to this.
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DeleteTrump’s “Deep State” obsession. [Click] It seems to me that in addition to senility, our Dear Leader seems clearly to be in the throes of paranoid psychosis.
ReplyDeleteIn my work I encountered cases of paranoid psychosis, ranging from pathetic to frightening.
DeleteMalignant Narcissism is marked for worsening with being in power (“leader of the free world”) and when under stress for holding on to power causing the person to become more and more paranoid, combative, and unpredictable. Heh.
DeleteVirginia simultaneously makes Election Day a holiday and ends Lee-Jackson holiday. [Click] Even better!
ReplyDeleteWow! Rock on, Virginia!
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Vermont stands 3rd in the nation for most deaths per 100,000 citizens.
DeleteVermont is also 4th in the nation (possibly 1st in New England) for most tests per 100,000 citizens.
Do I recall correctly that it got into two nursing homes, listener?
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ReplyDeleteSTAND BACK! Herd of gnus coming through! [Click] [In looking for this, I discovered that the collective noun for a large number of gnus is not “herd,” but rather an “implausibility.” Who gnu? Well, at least not I.]
Bloomberg Opinion: Trump’s managerial incompetence [Click]
Trump Falsely Claims Power to Reopen the Economy [Click]
Taegan Goddard: “There’s a good chance the governors will take control of the effort to reopen the economy, just as they did with the pandemic itself. They’ll organize themselves, ramp up testing and coordinate their efforts. At this point it’s really our only hope since we can’t rely on the president at all.”
NYT: East Coast Owes a Debt to the West [Click]
For comparison with New Yrok's 44 coronavirus deaths per 100,000 population and California's two, Illinois had six.
DeleteWH Adviser Claims ’60 Minutes’ Never Covered Pre-Trump Pandemics. Show Plays Clips Proving Him Wrong. [Click]
ReplyDeleteWhy Biden’s Polling Lead vs. Trump Isn’t as Solid as It Looks [Click]
But there is this:
In four devastating weeks, Americans' fears of the coronavirus have exploded [Click]
And this:
Analysis: Will voters want a president who feels their pain? [Click]
Though I never much cared for Bill Clinton, at the time he did seem to care; to, as the saying has it, feel your pain. Now, I'm doubtful of the genuineness of that projection, but it really does help for a politician to have that touch...one sorely lacking in his wife. Now, Bernie really does care about people... Ahem. From where I sit, Biden and Trump are much of a muchness.
DeleteHokkaido Declares Emergency for Second Time [Click] In other words, proof that it is very dangerous to let up too soon.
ReplyDeleteLouisiana Official (R) Admits He Was Wrong on Coronavirus [Click]
Ron DeSantis Sinks In Florida [Click]
Companies Warn Economic Recovery Will Be Slow [Click] Oh, gee— they couldn’t be talking about Trumpistan, could they? [Naughty me.]
Sanders Endorses Biden: ‘We Need You In The White House’ [Click] Well, that’s the decent thing to do, but it doesn’t change the fact that the only thing the establishment/corporatist/New/moderate/Blue Dog Dems want from me is money—without having to do anything for it. Pardon my bad attitude.
ReplyDeleteAOC Wants ‘Uncomfortable’ Concessions From Biden To Party’s Left Flank [in return for uncomfortable concessions to the party’s right flank] [Click] It is an old political truism that things are far more likely to get done if each side’s ox is gored than if only one side’s ox is gored, and that badly.
It occurs to me to wonder whom Howie Hawkins' running mate will be. As memory serves me, the Green Party nominee is decided by their national convention rather than by primary votes; and the choice of VP nominee may be up to the convention (rather than the candidate) as well.
DeleteIf it’s safe at the time, I will work at the polls. And I will vote (maybe even via absentee ballot for the first time) for whomever isn’t DT. But that’s all Dems are getting out of me. I got off their mailing lists ages ago.
DeleteI agree with you completely, Alan. And IMO it isn't bad attitude on your part.
DeleteI commend your dedication, Listener. For myself, I am slightly annoyed with myself for changing my party registration now, since it only occurred to me afterwards that doing so means I won't be able to vote for Alex Morse for Congress and Ed Markey for Senate in the Dem. primary in September. I'd been looking forward to doing so. *shrug* I've already gotten off of several mailing lists. Have to get off the rest and close my ActBlue accounts. (Curiously, it turns out I have two.) If I really want to, it must be possible to contribute to Common Defense some way other than ActBlue. For the rest, all they do is ask for money without providing meaningful newsletters.
Cat--In California primary elections, the Democratic party (but not the GOP, natch) will accept ballots from third party members and independents; one just has to ask for a Democratic ballot. Maybe it is so in Mass. as well. Since we are vote by mail only, I have never tried it because of the extra complication--but it can't hurt to inquire.
DeleteAnd it's simpler in Illinois, where nobody registers by party to begin with. You simply request the ballot you want.
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ReplyDeleteLessons Learned From Running ICUs in Disaster Zones [Click]
Uh Oh, The White House Just Gave Dr. Fauci A Vote Of Confidence [Click]
From the uppity governors file:
ReplyDeleteNew York governor Andrew Cuomo and several other governors of north-eastern states [NJ, NY, CT, PA, DE, and RI] convened a conference call this afternoon, to discuss a regionally coordinated plan to reopen the economy. Cuomo said the state governments’ decisions about how to reopen the economy would be “guided by experts, data and science” and would not be done “in a political way”. The conference call comes as Trump has said he has the authority to reopen the economy on a federal level, a claim that has been contradicted by constitutional experts.
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Washington, Oregon and California said they would work together to establish a west coast plan to reopen the economy. In a joint statement, Washington governor Jay Inslee, California governor Gavin Newsom and Oregon governor Kate Brown said they would prioritize residents’ health when deciding how to ease “stay at home” orders. “The West Coast is ahead of the curve on COVID-19. We’re going to make sure that stays true.” ““We are announcing that California, Oregon and Washington have agreed to work together on a shared approach for reopening our economies – one that identifies clear indicators for communities to restart public life and business,” the statement said.”
Today, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott made it clear that Vermont will decide when and how to reopen businesses, and not the federal gov’t. Not bad for a Republican, eh? He’s an old style Republican, and a moderate. I don’t always agree with him, but can always respect him. He’s a decent person.
DeleteGOP Loses Gamble In Wisconsin [Click]
ReplyDeleteEven better:
Wisconsin Justices All Voted by Absentee Ballot [Click]
WHAT IN HEAVEN’S NAME HAPPENED?
That is the biggest meltdown I have ever seen from a President of the United States in my career.”
— CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta, quoted by CNN [Click], on today’s coronavirus press briefing.
Paula Reid of CBS News pressed President Trump on the video he showed during today’s White House coronavirus briefing: [Click]
“When somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total and that is the way it’s gonna be. It’s total. It’s total. And the governors know that. When somebody is the President of the United States, the authority is total.”
— President Trump, quoted by the Associated Press, at his daily coronavirus briefing.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/492604-trump-uses-coronavirus-briefing-to-fire-back-at-critics-of-his [Click]
Horowitz Report: Nation’s Governors Consider Forming Country [Click]
Chicago poll worker dies of coronavirus. [Click]
Disapproval of Susan Collins Keeps Climbing [Click]
The Imposters [Click] Coming soon: The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics by Steve Benen.
Horowitz Report = Borowitz Report
ReplyDeleteThe first couple times I saw The Borowitz Report, I thought it was actual news. Sometimes, I wish it were.
DeleteMore headlines from The Borowitz Report:
DeleteNational Incompetence Stockpiles at Full Capacity [Click]
Peter Navarro’s Ph.D. Revealed to Be from Trump University
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NYT: As They Console Coronavirus’s Victims, Italy’s Priests and Nuns Are Dying, Too [Click]
ReplyDeleteI have probably said it here before, but I again recall what Thomas Jefferson said: "If a good man is religious, he must have a good religion."
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Quotes from politicalwire.com:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) declared professional wrestling among the essential businesses like grocery stores and pharmacies that can stay open despite coronavirus-related restrictions statewide, the Miami Herald reports.
“The CIA has privately advised its workforce that taking an anti-malarial drug touted by President Trump and some of his supporters as a promising treatment for the novel coronavirus has potentially dangerous side effects, including sudden death,” the Washington Post reports.
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South Dakota Resisted Shutdown, Now It’s a Hotspot [Click]
Interstellar object ‘Oumuamua believed to be ‘active asteroid’ [Click] Scientists believe cigar-shaped visitor to our solar system is fragment of a larger body
ReplyDeleteFresno County has had 21 new positive tests for coronavirus, for a total so far of 222. Health officials said more than 30 are hospitalized including 14 in ICUs and there have been 5 deaths.
ReplyDeleteHow many people live in Fresno County, Alan?
DeleteWait. I looked it up: 999,191
Delete222/5
2.25%
222 cases = .02% of the population
(In all of Vermont it’s: 626,299)
748 cases = .12% of the population
What Biden Learned the Last Time the World Stopped [Click] He oversaw the 2009 economic recovery for Barack Obama. If he wins the presidency, his first task will be to perform an encore on an even more daunting scale.
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