I believe Kamala Harris has a real opportunity before her considering the abuse of legal power by the Trump White House. I would like to see her address prosecutorial misconduct.

Congratulations.

The Democratic Party has a great team to win in November. I could not be happier with Former Vice President Joe Biden's decision. It is the first decision in a great leader.

She is great. 

Everyone can expect great things from her. Every protester in the country has a friend on the Democratic Party platform.

Harris unveiled a broad set of criminal justice policies, including creating national standards for police conduct, lowering the prison population, raising standards for the treatment of prisoners, ending mandatory minimum sentencing, and abolishing private prisons....

..."My plan is about making sure that in America's criminal justice system, we de-incarcerate women and children, that we end solitary confinement and that we work on keeping families intact....

Joe Biden has a friend in Kamala Harris, they are both moderates. They are not radicals, but, seek to eliminate injustice in all levels of society, including income and wealth equality.

"I believe our country wants and needs some leadership that provides a vision of the country in which everyone could see themselves."

Is the prosecution of protesters a continuation of racism.

August 11, 2020

By Jonathan Levinson

...The DA’s office, (click here) however, does not have unlimited resources. Besides the tsunami of arrests from 74 nights of continuous protests against systemic racism and police violence, July marked the deadliest month in Portland in 30 years and saw a dramatic increase in shootings in the city.

Since he can’t initiate an expansive restorative justice program, Schmidt introduced a new policy Tuesday that will result in dropping a significant portion of the more than 500 protester cases brought over the course of the demonstrations.

“In a democracy where speech is so important, being the system that’s being criticized and then using that system to shut down speech,” Schmidt said, “I think we have to hold ourselves to an even higher level of tolerance for that speech to take place.”

Barring unusual circumstances, prosecutors under Schmidt’s new policy won’t press charges for city ordinance violations that do not involve deliberate property damage, theft, or the use or threat of force against another person. That would include charges such as interference with a police officer or disorderly conduct.

“The presumption on a lot of these cases that are listed out there is that we won’t prosecute,” Schmidt said. “But if there are egregious circumstances or something about the case that stands out, we can always choose to prosecute.”...

The Russian vaccine is as dangerous as the virus.

He is using the Russian people as guinea pigs. Moscow is hungry for money. Putin doesn't care who he kills along the way. The announcement is premature and the clinical trials incomplete. The vaccine is worthless.

August 11, 2020

By Andrew E. Kramer

Moscow - A Russian health care regulator (click here) has become the first in the world to approve a vaccine for the coronavirus, President Vladimir V. Putin announced on Tuesday, though the vaccine has yet to complete clinical trials.

The Russian dash for a vaccine has already raised international concerns that Moscow is cutting corners on testing to score political and propaganda points.

Mr. Putin’s announcement came despite a caution last week from the World Health Organization that Russia should not stray from the usual methods of testing a vaccine for safety and effectiveness.

Mr. Putin’s announcement became essentially a claim of victory in the global race for a vaccine, something Russian officials have been telegraphing for several weeks now despite the absence of published information about any late-phase testing....

Expect Russian disinformation campaigns. I wouldn't be surprised if the vaccine is an injection of the virus.

As of 2019 the USA population was 328.2 million people.

If the growth in population is consistent for the average of the past ten years, there will be a 2.1 percent growth in population in 2020. That means there will be 6.9 more million Americans.

The population in 2009 was 306.8 million Americans. When calculating the growth over ten years, the estimate for the increases in the total population in the USA by 2020 is 335.1 million Americans.

According to the CDC, the total current number of COVID-19 cases in the USA is 5,023,649 confirmed cases. The total number of deaths is 161,842. The percentage of people that die within those confirmed cases is 3.2 percent. That means 3.2 percent of all confirmed cases of COVID-19 will die. The overall confirmed infection rate of the entire population of the USA in 1.5 percent. 

The number of confirmed cases in the USA from the WHO (click here) is 4,951,851 confirmed cases. The number of deaths from the WHO is 160,898. There is a discrepancy between the CDC reporting and the WHO reporting. That needs to be investigated and it could be as simple as the time of day each organization is compiling their data, but, it needs to be looked into to be sure accuracy in reporting across all venues of information.

For the sake of this entry, I will use the CDC numbers.

The estimated population of the USA for 2020 is 335.1 million Americans. An infection rate of 1.5 percent will result in a total confirmed case of 5,026,500 Americans. Which is 2851 from where we are now. It would be wonderful if that is all that occurs.

The total death rate of confirmed cases will be 160,848 with that population increase for 2020 and a rate of 3.2 percent death factor.

The point here is the infection rate is only 1.5 percent of the total USA population as of today. The death rate is 3.2 percent of those confirmed case numbers. It will take a very long time to achieve "herd immunity." At this rate of infection, it will take approximately 40 years to achieve the goal of 60 percent herd immunity. 40 years folks. Now, the infection rate is exponential so in actuality, it will not take 40 years, but, will take close to that long without a vaccine.

The only REALISTIC way to achieve herd immunity is through a vaccine NOT EXPOSURE.

THERE IS ANOTHER WAY to return economic function and that would be to shut down the USA just as New Zealand did and end the EXISTENCE of SARS-CoV-2. Those are the only two REASONABLE ways to stop the dysfunction of society with the new reality of COVID-19 among us.

I think the vaccine trials need to go forward. A report from "Moderna" today, the USA company, states the vaccine will not be ready before the end of the year. With that in mind, THE ONLY REASONABLE WAY to stop the economic dysfunction due to the virus is to SHUT THE COUNTRY DOWN, ENFORCE THAT SHUTDOWN AND END THE EXISTENCE OF SARS-COV-2 AMONG US.

Today, the only reasonable path forward is STILL shut down. There is no solid reality to a vaccine in sight right now.

Be there or be square.

Monday, August 17, 2020, thru Thursday, August 20, 2020 (click here)

August 11, 2020

By Todd Spangler

After a weekend of speculation (click here) that she might be presumptive nominee Joe Biden's running mate, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer may not be the choice after all.

On Monday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," co-host Mika Brzezinski revealed the lineup of speakers for next week's four-night Democratic National Convention and there, on Monday night, was Whitmer's name.

A blank space, meanwhile, was reserved for the as-yet "unnamed vice presidential nominee" on Wednesday, the third night of the convention, when the running mate usually speaks ahead of the presidential nominee's speech the following night....