This is a magnificent evening. The most incredible character of the DNC is their many, many young faces involved in this countries government. The mature voices of our leaders also remind all of us of the very importance of the USA and the DNC. This party truly carries the responsibility of this country to its people.

We have a presidential nominee, Joe Biden.

Other countries know the current administration is not the real USA. Iran is holding on to protect the Iran Nuclear Agreement.

A staff member (click here) removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with foreign ministers and representatives of the U.S., Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union during the Iran nuclear talks at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria July 14, 2015.

They are waiting Secretary Kerry. The world is waiting for the USA to return. That speaks to the greatness of the USA and it's magnificent leadership in John Kerry, Colin Powell and John McCain.

August 18, 2020

By Parisa Hefezi and Michelle Nichols

Dubai - The fate of a fragile 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers hinges on the result of the U.S. presidential election in November, not a planned U.S. bid this week to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Tehran, said several Iranian officials....

They are waiting, Colin. They are waiting, John. Unfortunately, John McCain has left us behind, but, he would approve of the longing by the world for the real USA.

August 18, 2020

By Kristen de Groot

The importance of the media (click here) in helping dispel misinformation and the need for international cooperation in battling the coronavirus were topics in the first public conversation between senior health officials in Iran and their counterparts in the United States, an event hosted by Penn’s Middle East Center (MEC).

Panelists at the Aug. 13 virtual event included Iran’s former Health Minister Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, who now directs the Health Policy Research Center at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences; Hamid Soori, who serves on Iran’s National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce; and Mohsen Moghaddami, an infectious disease specialist on the city of Shiraz’s coronavirus committee. They were joined by virologist Susan Weiss, co-director of Penn’s Center for Research on Coronavirus and Other Emergent Pathogens, and Vira Ameli, a doctoral student at Oxford who has been studying Iran’s coronavirus response....

I told you so and no one bothered to realize the danger of youthfulness in contracting the SARS-CoV-2.

The age groups today that do better when percentages are reviewed are not UNTOUCHED by the virus in a profound way. The "age" of the human body determines the IMMEDIATE outcome of many patients, however, as these patients grow older they will be effected in their quality of life and longevity as the virus has done damage that should have never occurred.

AND THE DAMAGE IS RANDOM. THERE IS NO SET PATTERN. SIMILARITIES, BUT, NOT A PRESCRIBED POST COVID OUTCOME.

It is pure foolishness to go down the path that Herd Immunity is the answer. It will profoundly affect the efficacy of the nation. This virus is as much about the country as it is about the individual.

The numbers of Americans contracting this virus is enormous and in order to prevent a high degree of disability in the years to come, they need to be followed and interventions PLANNED to assist in maintaining a good quality of life, otherwise, the more that contract the virus the more likely it will provide a population of disabled people that will demand financial and medical support from the country.

Genetic intervention for disabilities, including heart-lung, need to be investigated. Can destroyed brain tissue be regenerated? Does it provide a platform to relearn a person's life?

It is one thing to regenerate a limb or an ear, it is quite something else to repair hearts and lungs. The future following this virus is a challenge BUT today, avoiding infection at all costs has to be the only reasonable path forward.

I told you so. Every person contracting the SARS-CoV-2 is facing a life of disbility.

Either authorities pay attention to the BEST PATH FORWARD or they need to get out of the way, because, accepting this as merely a "herd immunity" issue is asinine.

August 18, 2020

By Aria Bendix 

The clues (click here) were there all along. In the years following the 2003 SARS outbreak, studies showed many patients hadn't recovered six months to a year after their symptoms started. Some suffered from persistent muscle weakness and impaired lung functions.

A 2011 study of 109 SARS patients in Toronto found that more than half hadn't returned to work a year after they were discharged from the ICU. And 2009 research in Hong Kong found that more than 40% of SARS patients studied there reported chronic fatigue four years after their illness began.

Similarly, many COVID-19 patients have reported that symptoms can last several months. In July, Business Insider spoke to 17 coronavirus patients who had symptoms for more than 100 days. Italian researchers also recently evaluated 179 patients roughly two months after their first COVID-19 symptoms and found that around 44% had a diminished quality of life. Many were still suffering from fatigue, shortness of breath, body aches, and chest pain....

And now authoritarians want to make children face down this virus. 

I DON'T THINK SO!

DO NOT SEND THE STUDENTS TO SCHOOL. 

DO NOT SEND THE STUDENTS TO SCHOOL.

DO NOT SEND THE STUDENTS TO SCHOOL.

Additionally, they can carry the virus home to the entire household and who is going to be able to care for who?

The University of North Carolina system is a magnificent education. But, the folks running it are now canceling on-campus education because there is no controlling the in-person learning environment. If online education is the choice of the school where Michael Jordan earned his education, then it has to be the choice of the country.

Mail-in/Absentee ballots in three cities in Michigan which are Democratic strongholds have been parrallized by the Postmaster General

August 18, 2020
By Jordyn Grzelewski and Craig Mauger

Southfield — Michigan union leaders (click here) within the U.S. Postal Service are sounding alarms about policy changes that one official describes as a "conscious decision to delay mail" as a political showdown brews in Washington, D.C.

The removal of at least eight mail sorting machines in Detroit, Pontiac and Grand Rapids facilities are causing the loss of sorting more than 270,000 pieces of mail per hour, according to union officials from around the state. The planned removal of another three machines in West Michigan would reduce mail sorting capability by another 108,000 pieces of mail per hour, a union official there said.

The warnings come after Louis DeJoy of North Carolina became postmaster general in June and as President Donald Trump has publicly voiced concerns about mail-in voting this fall as he seeks re-election. The U.S. Postal Service lost $6.7 billion in the first half of the year as the service reported continued drops in first class and business mail that weren't offset by an over 50% increase in package deliveries....

None of the losses in income is due to the operations of the US Post Office. These income losses are related to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The US Post Office should have been allowed to apply for funding along with every other large business in the country. Now, it needs a grant and not a loan to maintain it's operations.

August 18, 2020

By Amy Gardner and Erin Cox

At least 20 states (click here) plan to file lawsuits this week against the U.S. Postal Service and its new postmaster, Louis DeJoy, seeking to reverse service changes that have prompted widespread reports of delays and accusations of an intentional effort to thwart voters from mailing their ballots this fall.

The suits, including one filed Tuesday afternoon in federal court in Washington state , will argue that the Postal Service broke the law by making operational changes without first seeking approval from the Postal Regulatory Commission. They will also argue that the changes will impede states’ ability to run free and fair elections, officials from several state attorney general’s offices told The Washington Post. The Constitution gives states and Congress, not the executive branch, the power to regulate elections.

“We will be taking action to reinstate Postal Service standards that all Americans depend on, whether it’s for delivering their prescription drugs or for carrying their very right to vote,” Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said at an afternoon news conference....

There is absolutely no choice in handling these issues. They are deliberate and harmful to the country and its people. The Postal Service MUST MAKE EVERY CITY it attempted to dismantle whole again and REPLACE sorting machines and the postal drop boxes used to mail letters and in this case, their ballots. This is a planned and destructive act by the new Post Master General Louis DeJoy.

Permit to destroy an "Underground Railroad" house up for passage at Guildford County Historic Preservation Commission.

The house that stands proud of its heritage in the movement of African - Americans out of danger is on the chopping block tonight at 6 pm.

August 15, 2020

An application (click here) has been filed to demolish a home dating as far back as 1810 and believed to have ties to the Underground Railroad. A public hearing on the request involving the Mendenhall-Blair homestead goes before the Guilford County Historic Preservation Commission on Tuesday. The house on Skeet Club Road in High Point whose earliest portions were built using handmade nails, now sits in the midst of residential developments and a high-growth area.

Website of Guilford County Historic Preservation Commission (click here). They don't even have the meeting agenda listed for tonight. That seems a little shady.

The Belarus president is on his own. Russia to date is not interfering and neither is NATO.

The illegal president in Belarus is pretending he is under siege from Europe. He is attempting to instill fear that he will close borders and engage in war. War would be a reason to declare an emergency and permanently end any democratic movement.

When Putin looks at the map containing Belarus all he sees is Russian borders. He has no regard for the people. They are more or less an annoyance. This is what Putin and Trump hope to be the outcome for the USA in November. 

NATO needs to standby it's member nations. The Belarus people don't speak English, but, their signs are written for an audience other than their own.