Bill, just after the votes I mentioned, the House was doing some preliminaries to the Build Back Better vote (voting on the rules, I believe). I have the impression that they're breaking for the weekend, then coming back for BBB on Monday.
Fresno county gears up to vaccin[ate] more Valley children, as hospitals face crisis levels [Click] “. . . while there was a slight decrease in COVID-19 hospitalizations for Fresno County a couple of weeks ago, the number of patients walking through the door is back up. . . in the last year mental health calls and psychiatric holds are on the rise. . .As several hospitals across the county declared internal disasters due to the high number of hospitalizations, Lynch said patients continue to wait for a bed, ambulances are turning away non-urgent calls and doctors are canceling elective surgeries. . .56% of Fresno County’s million residents are vaccinated against COVID-19 and 30,000 have received a booster shot.” In the sports news there is a photo of people packed into a local football stadium cheek by jowl with hardly a mask to be seen.
Yay--Sandy Claws' discount store today has the robe I wanted for Xmas in stock, and the elves can deliver it Monday! A new wool robe, a best-seller book, and a new pair of boots--that takes care of my Winter Solstice haul very nicely.
Bill, just after the votes I mentioned, the House was doing some preliminaries to the Build Back Better vote (voting on the rules, I believe). I have the impression that they're breaking for the weekend, then coming back for BBB on Monday.
ReplyDeleteI thought it rather interesting that to pass something they seem to need a majority of all the potential voters, not just those who are present.
DeleteFresno county gears up to vaccin[ate] more Valley children, as hospitals face crisis levels [Click]
ReplyDelete“. . . while there was a slight decrease in COVID-19 hospitalizations for Fresno County a couple of weeks ago, the number of patients walking through the door is back up. . . in the last year mental health calls and psychiatric holds are on the rise. . .As several hospitals across the county declared internal disasters due to the high number of hospitalizations, Lynch said patients continue to wait for a bed, ambulances are turning away non-urgent calls and doctors are canceling elective surgeries. . .56% of Fresno County’s million residents are vaccinated against COVID-19 and 30,000 have received a booster shot.” In the sports news there is a photo of people packed into a local football stadium cheek by jowl with hardly a mask to be seen.
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ReplyDeleteWonking Out: Is the Great Resignation a Great Rethink? —Krugman [Click]
ReplyDeleteYay--Sandy Claws' discount store today has the robe I wanted for Xmas in stock, and the elves can deliver it Monday! A new wool robe, a best-seller book, and a new pair of boots--that takes care of my Winter Solstice haul very nicely.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.mahablog.com/2021/11/06/39123/
ReplyDelete--really good rundown on yesterday's vote. Be sure to read the bloggers' commentary--she has a brilliant set of followers, even if I say so myself.