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.
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.
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.”
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.
Quote of the Day
ReplyDeleteDecember 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.”
Vermonters apparently took the Thanksgiving travel ban seriously.
DeleteWe’ll see.
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.
DeleteOHIO; COVID cases 456,963 and 6,882 deaths*
ReplyDelete*incomplete data
Still holding at 1.5%
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ReplyDeleteIt seems I did the French Laundry a dreadful disservice. [Click] Dinner is $850/person, not a piddling $550. My bad.
Well, I guess I'm just a peasant. The food "experiences" they offer make me want to gag.
DeleteI was surprised that none of the things mentioned particularly attracted me, either.
DeleteAh, plebeian tastes. . . I fit right in here.
DeleteWhite House Staffers Heading For The Exits [Click]
ReplyDeleteFederal Judge Restores DACA Immediately [Click]
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ReplyDeleteSanders 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.
Sanders opposes bipartisan COVID-19 relief deal, calling it 'not acceptable' as it lacks payments for Americans [Click]
DeleteGO BERNIE!!
DeleteDenmark set to end all new oil and gas exploration [Click]
ReplyDeleteDecline 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.”
ReplyDeleteI tried the world's first no-kill, lab-grown chicken burger [Click] Hmmmmmm. . .
ReplyDeleteNot gonna try it. I'm too chicken.
DeleteVT: 4763-4642 = 121*
ReplyDelete1868 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%