Friday, December 04, 2020

"Donkey's Hill"

 

Camel’s Hump, or as it is known locally (meaning, at our house) “Donkey’s Hill” 
after our 4 year old grandson recalled it as such when he last visited.

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  1. Quote of the Day
    December 4, 2020 By Taegan Goddard

    “This virus has humbled me as a professional and a person. I did not think this level of failure in a federal response was possible in the United States. We have a lot of work to do.”
    — Michelle Odden, Stanford professor of epidemiology, quoted by the New York Times.


    Thanksgiving Travel Barely Decreased Despite Pandemic [Click]

    Red State Budgets Hurt More by Pandemic [Click] Not surprising, given that they are more dependent on money transfers from Democratic states in the best of times.

    Swamped Hospitals Scramble for Pandemic Help [Click]

    Pistols, a Hearse and Trucks Playing Chicken: Why Some Voters Felt Harassed and Intimidated at the Polls [Click]

    Your Guide To The Political Attacks Currently Inundating The Good People Of Georgia [Click]

    Stacey Abrams Raises $34 Million In a Month [Click] About as much as in the previous two years.

    Job Growth Slows As COVID-19 Ravages The Nation [Click] “the U.S. economy is still roughly 10 million jobs below its pre-pandemic level, with a rising proportion of the unemployed describing their jobs as gone for good.”

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    1. Vermonters apparently took the Thanksgiving travel ban seriously.

      We’ll see.

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    2. Good luck to all! We had no reason to travel, therefore no temptation. I refuse to stop going to salons, saloons, and $550/plate restaurants, though.

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  2. OHIO; COVID cases 456,963 and 6,882 deaths*
    *incomplete data

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    1. Well, I guess I'm just a peasant. The food "experiences" they offer make me want to gag.

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    2. I was surprised that none of the things mentioned particularly attracted me, either.

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    3. Ah, plebeian tastes. . . I fit right in here.

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  4. Sanders Won’t Back ‘Skinny’ Relief Bill [Click] Bernie hasn’t been called “the amendment king” of the Senate for nothing. He knows how to get bills improved.

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  5. Decline and fall: what Donald Trump [could] learn from the Roman emperors [Click] “The US president’s refusal to concede the election looks unnervingly familiar to a classicist – ancient Rome offers valuable lessons about [falling from] power.”

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  6. VT: 4763-4642 = 121*
    1868 active cases
    77 deaths(+2)
    Recovered 2818(+82)
    Hospital 29(0) ICU 3(0)
    Tests 230,109 (+2645)

    * +46 cases corrected
    +2 +73 official new cases

    Positivity rate 2.8%
    Death rate 1.6%

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