Saturday, February 08, 2020

Remember this? Census 2010 (click here)

The 2020 Census is not being mailed this time. THERE IS NO PAPER TRAIL. 

The 2020 Census is ALL ONLINE. 

That's right folks, the US Government will have the electronic fingerprint of every computer that signs on to complete the census beginning April 1, 2020 and running until July 2020.

It is called invasion of privacy. It is also DATA MINING. The GOP will have the electronic signatures of every computer in every household in the country, including handheld devices. How much is the USA government going to make on the sale of the information?

There is a way of dealing this, in that a Census Worker can come to the household with a hand held device that is provided by the US Census Bureau. The questions can be answered without using a personal computer or handheld. Does anyone realize how long it will take to canvas homes individually? If the American people decide to go on strike and not answer the online census because of privacy, it will take a long time to complete it.

Does anyone know what a mess this is going to be? The entire country DOES NOT HAVE BROADBAND.

Donald J. Trump has already failed to deliver a quality 2020 Census with all Americans in mind.

January 23, 2015
By Nichole Dobo

Not only does home access to high-speed Internet service (click here) vary by state, it also varies within states. Some metropolitan areas far out-pace neighboring towns; some well-connected cities have pockets of poor access in certain neighborhoods....

Julia Gillard's 'misogyny speech' in full (2012) | ABC News (click here for New Yorker article - thank you)

Column: Trump impeachment backfires and Nancy Pelosi meltdown (click here)

The impeachment did not backfire, but, those that feel Trump was right might see it that way. The impeachment was necessary and is a label Trump can not erase. The impeachment alone revealed a president out of control and willing to do anything to attempt to win a re-election.

I have never heard a Congressman referred to as having a meltdown. Speaker Nancy Pelosi was reading Trump's speech while he was giving it. She knew before the words came out of his mouth that it was nothing but lies. She had to politely wait until the end of the stump speech to show the audience and her members the disdain that exists for liars.

You will excuse me, but, the State of the Union is not a political speech, it is a REPORT on the country. THE COUNTRY, not Trump. As of today, after listening to that rubbish, the USA still doesn't know the state of the union. Every Congressperson should have demanded clarification on the falsehoods laid out so brazenly before the entire country.

AT LEAST SPEAKER PELOSI HAD THE GUTS TO LET ALL THOSE WATCHING THAT THE STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH JUST DELIVERED WAS RUBBISH!


Confirmed cases of coronavirus in the USA. (click here) 

February 7, 2020
By Sara G. Miller and Jiachuan Wu

As the coronavirus (click here) continues to spread in China, U.S. health officials are closely monitoring for cases in the United States.

This map will be updated as more cases in the U.S. are confirmed. As of Feb. 7, there were 12: six in California, two in Illinois, and one each in Arizona, Washington state, Massachusetts and Wisconsin....

The pictures coming out of China are somewhat disturbing. There are rows and rows of hospital beds, but, no evidence of treatment, so much as isolation. Additionally, the governor of Hubei states the shortage of supplies is about barrier methods to keep the healthy from being contaminated by the ill. Yesterday 86 people died (click here). Yesterday it was 75. Are these hospitals only supplying clean sheets for the ill detected to have the coronavirus? What measures are being taken so that every patient has a chance to live?

WUHAN, Feb. 5, 2020 -- Patients infected with the novel coronavirus are seen at a makeshift hospital converted from an exhibition center in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 5, 2020. The first makeshift hospital converted from an exhibition center in China's epidemic-hit Wuhan city began accepting patients Wednesday. The hospital can provide about 1,600 beds to infected patients.

The vice governor of Hubei province (click here)  said that the region's supply of medical goods had improved but could still tighten if the epidemic worsens.

Speaking at an evening press briefing in Wuhan, Cao Guangjing said Hubei's major providers of protective gear - such as masks and protective suits - had all returned to work on February 7 but some smaller plants had still not fully resumed production.

"The shortage still exists," but may end if there is a turning point in the crisis, Cao said. "If the numbers keep rising, the tightness will continue and may increase."