Thursday, May 21, 2020

Lockdown delays cost 36,000 lives, data shows

Lockdown delays cost 36,000 lives, data shows
Even small differences in timing would have prevented the worst exponential growth, which by April had subsumed New York City, New Orleans and other major cities.

PETA Urges Use of Trump Instead of Animals To Test Pharmaceuticals. - Andy Borowitz




The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

A mass shooting happening hours after the country reopened sums up America. - Edward Hardy

So Sweden, How's That Herd Immunity Going?
Sweden has now overtaken the UK, Italy and Belgium to have the highest coronavirus per capita death rate in the world, throwing its decision to avoid a strict lockdown into further doubt.






The reason some Republicans refuse to wear a mask is legitimate

It's uncomfortable to wear two masks. - John Cleese


Republican Shenanigans





He believes he'll be raptured before imprisoned.

Pompeo Gets A Little Grifting In On The Side
Mike Pompeo's wife used diplomatic security officials to pack up her mother's home in Louisiana and cart away boxes when her mother prepared to move to a retirement home in Kansas.








I hope Michael Cohen live streams everyday from his apartment, sharing random stories and thoughts about all the terrible things Trump has done. - Mystery Solvent tweet




An “inspirational” quote from Ivanka just appeared on my feed, so now I’m doing an interpretive dance to appease the Gods and cleanse myself of the darkness. - Jesse D. Lifson

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Trump is unworthy to preside over a ceremony to hang President Obama’s portrait in the WH. When President Biden presides over that ceremony I hope all of the former Presidents sans Trump will be there. It will be a restorative act. It will be a reassertion of dignity and decency - Steve Schmidt


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The New White House Press Secretary Has "Word Salad" Down Pat
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said in an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) that prayer played an important role in the 2016 election.
"I think prayer made a difference in this election," McEnany, who became press secretary at the beginning of April, told CBN's David Brody. "And that's not to say I think God put, not to say that He puts a certain political party in a certain place at a time, but I do believe certain people are meant to be in positions at a certain moment. I do believe that President Trump is the person meant for this moment, and I think prayer made a lot of difference in the election."


Trump is on his way to Michigan to visit a Ford plant, where the Ford people say everyone is required to wear a mask. Counting on Ford to do the right thing and bar the door to the plant if the malignant one refuses to wear a mask and model good behavior. - Steve Beschloss 




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Remember the days when we were excited about a three day weekend ? - Roland Scahill





Email 📬
Subject: JFK

Hi Lisa,
Thank you for pointing out how the TSA was not screening people way back in Feb. at JFK & most airports with international flights. The virus was given an easy entrance from Europe thru JFK. I live nearby and saw this coming. 
Thank you for having a sense of humor and a sense of the ugly truth.
Stay safe as you are needed in these dark days.
Karen in Jersey (no, not that Karen)


Hi Karen, not THAT Karen,
You are very welcome. My blog is what kept me sane all these years but with trump at the wheel, I question my sanity or even believing anything he says or the republicans. They are no longer the pro-life party in any form. Once George W. Bush normalized torture I knew it was a matter of money and time before they'd throw grandma under the bus!





When this is over, we all agree we're gonna subtract a year from our age, right? - Nick Jack Pappas





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Odd News

Time To Deflate Photo

I wonder how well the paint dries in that foggy weather?

Peace.


Wednesday, May 20, 2020

'We've been muzzled': CDC sources say White House putting politics ahead of science

In the early weeks of the US coronavirus outbreak, staff members in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had tracked a growing number of transmissions in Europe and elsewhere, and proposed a global advisory that would alert flyers to the dangers of air travel.
But about a week passed before the alert was issued publicly -- crucial time lost when about 66,000 European travelers were streaming into American airports every day.


Troubling thought: What if these are the good old days? - Conan O'Brien





The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

I do believe that President Trump has been taking hydroxychloroquine. Since childhood. - Conan O'Brien




Pompeo's Taxpayer Funded Feasts
As federal workers file out of the State Department at the end of a Washington workday, an elite group is often just arriving in the marbled, flag-lined lobby: Billionaire CEOs, Supreme Court justices, political heavyweights and ambassadors arrive in evening attire as they're escorted by private elevator to dinner with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.






VP Pence & Florida Gov. DeSantis visited a somewhat crowded Beth's Burger Bar in Orlando today. Pence was't practicing social distancing & nobody appeared to be wearing a mask. The pool reporter called it “chaotic” and said many local press, patrons & officials not wearing masks. - Vivian Salama, CNN


Republican Shenanigans



Trump Fears Painting of Obama at White House Would Spy on Him. - Andy Borowitz

I Hope This New Investigation Is As Successful As The Benghazi Hearings


Wait they didn’t even finish locking up Hillary but they’re moving on to Obama? Sheesh. - Sarah Cooper









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Trump Breaks With Tradition By Unveiling Portrait of Putin at White House. - Andy Borowitz



Revenge Shall Be Mine Sayeth The Trump


Somebody should call out the Elephant in the room before Don Jr. shoots it. Trump is a drug addict. - Noel Casler

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Here’s an idea. Instead of judging the recovery by the stock market how about we judge it by food lines and unemployment? - Claire McCaskill 






On Friday, February 28, 2020, AHNC Noted That JFK Airport Was Not Screening People For Covid-19
The number of newly reported coronavirus cases worldwide hit a daily record this week with more than 100,000 new cases over the last 24 hours, according to the World Health Organization...The majority of new confirmed cases are coming from the Americas, followed by Europe, according to WHO’s daily report. The U.S. reported 45,251 new cases on Tuesday, according to the agency. Russia had the second-most reported cases Tuesday at 9,263






What I Googled in January: "Who directed 'Ford v Ferrari?'"
What I Googled in May: "Can Murder Wasps get Coronavirus?" - Conan O'Brien






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Odd News

Time To Deflate Photo

I wish I had a dancing partner in my garden.

Peace.


Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Trump says he takes hydroxychloroquine to prevent coronavirus infection

President Donald Trump said Monday that he has been taking anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for over a week to prevent coronavirus


Trump Optimistic About Winning Nobel Prize in Medicine. - Andy Borowitz





The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

We're going after Virginia, with your crazy governor, we're going after Virginia. They want to take your Second Amendment away. You'll have nobody guarding your potatoes. - Donald J. Trump





Put-Down by Pelosi





I'm so inspired by Trump taking an anti-malarial drug to prevent a coronavirus that he's already tested for every day.

Also, I don't ever wanna get measles so I'm starting chemotherapy.
#hydroxychloroquine
- John Fugelsang




Republican Shenanigans

Trump is moving into the Late Elvis stage of presidency.  Everyone around him trying to make as much money as they can fast and doctor giving him whatever he orders up. - Stuart Stevens

 


Florida Is Covering Up Coronavirus Data
As Florida starts to reopen, the architect and manager of Florida's COVID-19 dashboard, announced she'd been removed from her position, Florida Today reported...Rebekah Jones said in an email to CBS12 News that her removal was "not voluntary" and that she was removed from her position because she was ordered to censor some data, but refused to "manually change data to drum up support for the plan to reopen."





It’s crazy that the president is taking an experimental medication and also it’s possible he’s lying about it. - Molly Jong-Fast

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Another White House Tradition Bites The Dust
For decades, it’s been a gesture of the peaceful transition of power from president to president, regardless of party politics. But, according to a report from NBC News, President Trump will not be unveiling his predecessor Barack Obama’s official White House portrait. For 40 years, a first-term president has hosted his immediate predecessor in the East Room for the first public showing of the portrait of the former president. 




Republican Martha McSally is getting CLOBBERED in Arizona by DEM Mark Kelly, 51% to 38%.

A good sign of what's to come in 2020. - Brooklyn Dad Defiant tweet

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A coal lobbyist runs the EPA

A pharma exec runs HHS

An oil lobbyist runs the DOI

A Raytheon lobbyist runs DOD

A Verizon lawyer runs FCC

A Goldman Sachs exec runs Treasury

A private equity kingpin runs Commerce

And you wonder why stimulus funds become corporate handouts. - Public Citizen tweet



Meanwhile, In China


Does anyone else tell their pets "I'll be back soon" when you leave the house or is it just me?





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