Birthday
Wow, today our granddaughter in Maine turns 11...and will receive her Hogwart's Letter,
thanks to Gramie's best friend (who does them so convincingly).
thanks to Gramie's best friend (who does them so convincingly).
Here is the birthday girl holding her baby cousin who turns 1 next month.
Volunteer Medics are first!
ReplyDeleteI sure hope the Judiciary expedites these things! Why is it taking so long? What's to ponder?
Portland Federal Agents Accused of War Crimes for Destroying Medical Supplies
https://www.newsweek.com/portland-federal-agents-destroying-medical-supplies-1519945?fbclid=IwAR25pDWzyQv9ZKxUov_EgcLJDTerKGHeTRLr_OsaFNMWC6Po3YrsIl_Ql5M
The federal police in Portland [and their dons in DC) don’t even understand what ‘arrests’ are. [Click] “The government cannot lawfully exercise its power of arrest if it doesn’t realize it is, in fact, arresting people in the first place.”
ReplyDeleteThe child-care crisis punishes women in health care. Without schools, they'll quit. [Click] “Three-fourths of health care workers are women. They can’t keep this up.”
ReplyDeleteTitle [Click] “As parents realize how badly the U.S. botched the next school year, we’re furious.”
ReplyDeleteAs pandemic limits scrutiny, GOP fears lesser-known Democratic candidates will steamroll to Senate majority. [Click] “Republican incumbents trying to defy the president’s sagging poll numbers want more debates to shine light on their challengers, especially because the pandemic has limited campaign activities — meaning fewer chances for new candidates to make mistakes.” Things are tough all over.
ReplyDeleteBBC: The dying teenager who wanted world peace (and love)
ReplyDeleteBy Natasha Lipman
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/stories-52763560
A good read
Oddments from politicalwire.com: [Click]
ReplyDeleteWSJ: Expiring Jobless Aid Puts Pressure on GOP Senators [Click]
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Protests Widen Across the U.S. [Click]
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As the coronavirus pandemic worsens across the country, the White House shared a photo of President Trump and football legend Brett Favre golfing yesterday afternoon.
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A new AP-NORC poll finds finds President Trump’s approval for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic falling to a new low, with just 32% of Americans supportive of his approach. Just 20% of Americans say the U.S. is headed in the right direction.
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With 100 days remaining until Election Day, voters in three critical battleground states swing Joe Biden’s way, according to new Arizona, Florida and Michigan CNN polls [Click]
'It’s my constitutional freaking right': Black Americans arm themselves in response to pandemic, protests [Click] Following the Civil War no small numbers of Black Americans did exactly the same, but it has been erased from the history books.
ReplyDeleteI suppose the current situation is increasing membership in the Socialist Rifle Association to boot.
Breonna Taylor killing: call for justice intensifies after months of frustration [Click] It boggles the mind.
ReplyDeleteUS failures are holding back search for coronavirus drugs [Click] “Treatment of Covid-19 in America has been fragmented and uncoordinated, says expert leading UK programme.” Remind me again of how awful socialized medicine is.
ReplyDeleteTrue that, Alan!
DeleteSorry, but I don't think I would want Trump in a position to tell doctors what to do.
Delete"Socialized" health insurance is, of course, something entirely different.
Rock from Mars heads home after 600,000 years on Earth [Click] Will be used to calibrate instruments on new Mars rover.
ReplyDeleteForget Putin, it's meddling by America's evangelical enforcer that should scare us [Click]
ReplyDeleteHow the Republican Party opened itself up to the Trump takeover [Click] Another review of Stuart Stevens’ new book, It Was All A Lie.
ReplyDeleteLeaf-blower wars: How Portland protesters are fighting back against tear gas and forming 'walls' of veterans, lawyers, nurses. [Click] Chortle. . . reminds me of the protesters in Mogadishu who quickly figured out how to deal with the glue the US troops were spraying onto the street to stop them. (They pulled boards out of fences, threw them down onto the glue and kept on walking.)
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DeleteVermont: 1400 cases (+4)
ReplyDelete56 deaths (0x40days!)
Now 165 active cases
Recovered 1186
In Hospital = 1 ( 0)
Tests 89,809 (+1007)
OHIO: As of Sunday afternoon, there have been at least 84,073 confirmed or probable cases in the state, 3,307 deaths, and 10,199 hospitalizations, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
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DeleteWhat’s Going on Inside the Fearsome Thunderstorms of Córdoba Province? [Click] “Scientists are studying the extreme weather in northern Argentina to see how it works — and what it can tell us about the monster storms in our future.”
ReplyDeleteI hit a paywall, but I found this on the subject from February:
Deletehttps://watchers.news/2020/02/19/severe-thunderstorms-heavy-rain-hail-and-tornado-hit-cordoba-argentina/
Trump’s ambassador to Iceland is a paranoid psychotic—with deep pockets. [Click] Not that that is surprising.
ReplyDeleteA top HHS aide’s last job was ‘Labradoodle breeder.’ [Click]
DeleteIn a survey by YouGov Chat last night we were shown TV ads by every winning presidential candidate from Eisenhower through Obama and asked to pick out favorite. What I noticed is that the ones I liked most all had music. In fact, my second pick after Obama's "Yes we can" would have been "I like Ike," which had nothing going for it but bouncy, upbeat music and maybe some cute cartoon figures. Reagan's "Morning for America" was the only one without music that I would give the time of day to.
ReplyDeleteHave there been any ads with music this time around? I don't watch TV, of course, but I haven't seen any mentioned here.
That's an interesting observation, Bill; it makes all kinds of sense. But it might be something of a challenge in the present circumstances. I will have to see if I can find the episode online.
DeleteI didn't find that program, but I found this, which is similar: Ten of the Most Successful Presidential Campaign Ads Ever Made [Click] It gives me some hope that Biden might produce an upbeat ad.
DeleteVery interesting! Did Howard use music back in the day?
DeleteI think Biden (or any other candidate) just talking coherently would make me feel upbeat.
Progress in energy storage devices. [Click] Batteries and supercapacitors.
ReplyDelete“Florida’s total number of reported coronavirus cases has surpassed that of New York, an early epicenter of the pandemic in the United States,” the New York Times reports.
ReplyDeleteNew York and Florida populations are roughly the same.