The good news coming out of local economies is incredible.
A couple that tested positive were treated was released to home in Chicago.
Acts of kindness and really smart social distancing are numerous, too.
Virtual counseling for students, parents and others are being provided to help with the adjustment.
People are donating blood, hopefully with full precautions.
“TechDirt” is a 3D printing company that manufactured a vital part to a ventilator in Italy. Smart thinking by Italy. The ventilator is manufactured by Bescia and the manufacturer could not supply the $11,000 part. Now, Bescia is suing the 3D manufacturer of the vital ventilator part. Such lawsuits has to be suppressed. “TechDirt” is a hero company.
I have necessary errands for the nest 30 minutes. Then I plan to sit at the laptop for about two weeks.
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma is sending mask and test kits all over the world. That is fantastic, but, I hope this is from standing inventory and not new production. They can be contaminated with virus.
I am surprised though because China has a mask shortage. There are masks currently in use in China known to be effective against bacteria and not necessarily COVID-19. China must resolve its problems with this virus. The report regarding the mask shortage in China and the use of bacterial masks was from “China Daily.”
I am surprised though because China has a mask shortage. There are masks currently in use in China known to be effective against bacteria and not necessarily COVID-19. China must resolve its problems with this virus. The report regarding the mask shortage in China and the use of bacterial masks was from “China Daily.”
Trump loves writing checks with taxpayer money.
If jobs aren’t necessary because of economic failure the people involved need to first seek unemployment. During the recovery of 2009 President Obama helped support state unemployment programs. Additionally, the food stamp program needs to expanded. Any state direct payment programs need to be expanded, the work requirements removed and along with expanded Medicaid supported by federal government WHERE needed.
COVID-19 timeline is currently June or July of this year. Reasonable short term changes will suffice. Medicaid should already be expanded to ALL victims of COVID-19 immediately upon diagnosis. It is important people do not delay their diagnosis and receive treatment to FLATTEN the curve.
Of URGENT need is support of all medical professionals, especially, those providing bedside care and all those directly involved with diagnosis. They IMMEDIATELY need personal protection equipment to prevent shutdown of hospitals.
Any monies spent must be prioritized to first support hospitals and then support Americans through an obvious failure of the economy. If the national emergency goes beyond July then the status of available work needs to be assessed as state unemployment programs will be coming to an end of benefits. State programs will have to be expanded to at least 28 weeks. The work requirements will have to be loosened because CONTACT between people has to be safe. But, safe jobs., where they exist, should be filled.
All Americans will not need assistance.
The global economy will look different after COVID-19 is contained in the USA.
This is not a surplus to be spent it is a time of national need. One time payments will not accomplish economic stability for a three month economic crash. Government programs may needed in the long term if the USA economy has permanently shed jobs, but, there is no indication of that. Brick and mortar are still standing. This is a NATIONAL lay-off and nothing more.
In January 2017 the financial markets were given enormous amounts of money by a generous tax cut bill that should help them through, along with recent programs of the Federal Reserve.
COVID-19 timeline is currently June or July of this year. Reasonable short term changes will suffice. Medicaid should already be expanded to ALL victims of COVID-19 immediately upon diagnosis. It is important people do not delay their diagnosis and receive treatment to FLATTEN the curve.
Of URGENT need is support of all medical professionals, especially, those providing bedside care and all those directly involved with diagnosis. They IMMEDIATELY need personal protection equipment to prevent shutdown of hospitals.
Any monies spent must be prioritized to first support hospitals and then support Americans through an obvious failure of the economy. If the national emergency goes beyond July then the status of available work needs to be assessed as state unemployment programs will be coming to an end of benefits. State programs will have to be expanded to at least 28 weeks. The work requirements will have to be loosened because CONTACT between people has to be safe. But, safe jobs., where they exist, should be filled.
All Americans will not need assistance.
The global economy will look different after COVID-19 is contained in the USA.
This is not a surplus to be spent it is a time of national need. One time payments will not accomplish economic stability for a three month economic crash. Government programs may needed in the long term if the USA economy has permanently shed jobs, but, there is no indication of that. Brick and mortar are still standing. This is a NATIONAL lay-off and nothing more.
In January 2017 the financial markets were given enormous amounts of money by a generous tax cut bill that should help them through, along with recent programs of the Federal Reserve.
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Orbits
Thinking about the anxiety people may feel as this national emergency unfolds, I find the idea of having a strategy can be fun. Personally, I think of chores in shopping as orbits. Not planetary orbits, but, the stops I am going to make and the items I will be purchasing. I got into that habit some time ago when saving fuel for a vehicle. The shorter the distance the less fuel is used. I just kept that habit.
So what I am trying to say is that the number of DIFFERENT people I come in contact with are somewhat limited. I shop at a Non-GMO and know most of the employees. Not personally but by recognition. Then there is the pharmacy, clothes cleaners, fuel stop and at times library, bookstore, etc.
It is a matter of planning. I see the same people and frequent the same stores and have the same orbit most of the time when doing chores. Life is about to get real simple for many people so any orbits will be predictable. I think when people have predictability they feel and are safe.
Know the neighborhood, simplify life and remain aware of social distance. If masks are available, use them. This will get easy and routine. It is interesting how many people one actually has contact with.
So what I am trying to say is that the number of DIFFERENT people I come in contact with are somewhat limited. I shop at a Non-GMO and know most of the employees. Not personally but by recognition. Then there is the pharmacy, clothes cleaners, fuel stop and at times library, bookstore, etc.
It is a matter of planning. I see the same people and frequent the same stores and have the same orbit most of the time when doing chores. Life is about to get real simple for many people so any orbits will be predictable. I think when people have predictability they feel and are safe.
Know the neighborhood, simplify life and remain aware of social distance. If masks are available, use them. This will get easy and routine. It is interesting how many people one actually has contact with.
University of Michigan cancelled non-emergency appointments to minimize the exposure of people to each other. They are taking the virus seriously.
I was suppose to have a dental appointment on Thursday at a local dentist. The town has one positive test. That person is in isolation and in treatment at the local hospital. I was surprised but my dentist cancelled all appointments. There were phone numbers provided for any dental emergency.
All the medical professionals I know are taking this very seriously.
Hospitals do have overflow plans and they may have to institute them to help other hospitals if their census reaches maximum levels. We still need to flatten the curve and carry out the directives of the national health emergency.
We can over come this terrible emergency. Kindly think about being safe. Accidents complicate the picture for hospitals. Please take really good care of yourselves. Everyone is important. Everyone matters.
I was suppose to have a dental appointment on Thursday at a local dentist. The town has one positive test. That person is in isolation and in treatment at the local hospital. I was surprised but my dentist cancelled all appointments. There were phone numbers provided for any dental emergency.
All the medical professionals I know are taking this very seriously.
Hospitals do have overflow plans and they may have to institute them to help other hospitals if their census reaches maximum levels. We still need to flatten the curve and carry out the directives of the national health emergency.
We can over come this terrible emergency. Kindly think about being safe. Accidents complicate the picture for hospitals. Please take really good care of yourselves. Everyone is important. Everyone matters.
Monday, March 16, 2020
I have a suggestion. Please avoid exchanging money for items as much as possible. Using debit and/or credit cards will eliminate person to person transmission. The “chip” cards are best because they don’t change hands. Whenever handling money or cards between people, washing hands or using hand sanitizer will minimize any transmission.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I thank the president for the news conference. It is beginning to sound like the government.
Timeline seems to be of concern. I would suggest the CDC director has the clearest picture through experience, knowledge and being connected to the network of organizational medicine.
But, if I may?
Think first about the emotional and psychological adjustment everyone is experiencing today. As a result of that ADJUSTMENT there are going to be more cases. Denial is a terrible part of this.
Today, there were people being infected. Their symptoms won’t start immediately. Today, they lengthened the timeline. The timeline depends a great deal on social distancing and a strong conscience for Americans. Americans have to act quickly if they believe they are infected. The best example I can think of is Tom Hanks and gracious wife. As soon as they suspected an infection with very mild symptoms they immediately sought medical attention and were tested. That is the DUE DILIGENCE every American has to apply to themselves. No guessing, no waiting, as soon as symptoms begin go to a physician immediately.
This is doable but Americans have to accept the reality of social distancing, symptoms, immediacy in medical attention and ultimately embracing wellness and body awareness. Some Americans will fall ill through no fault of their own. The blame is irrelevant and seeking a source may not continue to be practical. I know the great American media is up to this. We can do this with minimal disease and death. We are a great people.
Timeline seems to be of concern. I would suggest the CDC director has the clearest picture through experience, knowledge and being connected to the network of organizational medicine.
But, if I may?
Think first about the emotional and psychological adjustment everyone is experiencing today. As a result of that ADJUSTMENT there are going to be more cases. Denial is a terrible part of this.
Today, there were people being infected. Their symptoms won’t start immediately. Today, they lengthened the timeline. The timeline depends a great deal on social distancing and a strong conscience for Americans. Americans have to act quickly if they believe they are infected. The best example I can think of is Tom Hanks and gracious wife. As soon as they suspected an infection with very mild symptoms they immediately sought medical attention and were tested. That is the DUE DILIGENCE every American has to apply to themselves. No guessing, no waiting, as soon as symptoms begin go to a physician immediately.
This is doable but Americans have to accept the reality of social distancing, symptoms, immediacy in medical attention and ultimately embracing wellness and body awareness. Some Americans will fall ill through no fault of their own. The blame is irrelevant and seeking a source may not continue to be practical. I know the great American media is up to this. We can do this with minimal disease and death. We are a great people.
The patrons at Oryana were observing six feet separation without prompting.
March 16, 2020
By Bernadetta Hogan
Businesses across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut (click here) will be shuttered to stem the coronavirus contagion in an unheard-of accord among the three states, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced in a joint press call Monday.
Gyms, movie theaters and casinos will also be closed at 8 p.m. Monday.
All bars and restaurants will be open for takeout and delivery only, officials said.
“We have agreed to a common set of rules that will pertain in all of our states, so don’t even think about going to a neighboring state,” said Cuomo....
I went to Oryana to get groceries. There was no worrying about social distancing. We all got it and everyone was observing their distance and shopping. It was great. I really appreciate my neighborhood and it's grocery.
I am sorry, but, BANNING is an opportunistic political agenda and serves no real purpose except victimizing in a different way. Conservatives like to blame video games for gun violence. This is a political ban that is definitely overreaching. I think closings on the short term is prudent and necessary, but, banning is completely wrong.
March 16, 2020
By Kavahn Mansouri
State officials are shutting down video (click here) in Illinois for the remainder of March to help limit exposure to COVID-19.
The Illinois Gaming board ordered the suspension of all video gaming Monday, banning establishments from operating the machines until March 30. The ban went into effect at 9 a.m.
“The public health of patrons, video gaming industry employees, Gaming Board staff, and all others is of paramount importance,” Board Administrator Marcus Fruchter said in a press release....
It is an attempted cover-up. By obtaining the vaccine's research, Trump can maintain his posture.
In reality, a German firm finding a vaccine is just as good as an American firm finding a vaccine. This is another political expendature by Trump with federal government monies. The USA federal budget funds research all the time. If the USA has not yet perfected a vaccine it is probably because funding was cut.
March 15, 2020
By Katrin Bennhold and David E. Sanger
The Trump administration (click here) attempted to persuade a German firm developing a possible vaccine for coronavirus to move its research work to the United States, German officials said, raising fears in Berlin that President Trump was trying to assure that any inoculation would be available first, and perhaps exclusively, in the United States.
The offer arose from a March 2 meeting at the White House that included the chief executive of the German firm CureVac, Daniel Menichella. President Trump briefly attended the meeting and Vice President Mike Pence, who heads the White House coronavirus task force, was also there....
Who hacked HHS, domestic or foreign?
March 16, 2020
By Dalvin Brown
The U.S Health and Human Services Department (click here) was reportedly targeted in a cyberattack over the weekend as the agency grapples with the coronavirus crisis, which has killed 69 people in the country as of Monday.
Bloomberg reporter Jennifer Jacobs tweeted the news Monday saying, "The attack appears to have been intended to slow the agency’s systems down."
USA TODAY reached out to HHS for confirmation that the attack happened.
The supposed cyber intrusion didn't affect systems in any meaningful way, and hackers weren't able to retrieve information, the Bloomberg report said, citing people familiar with the situation.
However, the event prompted the National Security Council to tweet about the spread of disinformation on Sunday, Bloomberg reports....
By Bernadetta Hogan
Businesses across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut (click here) will be shuttered to stem the coronavirus contagion in an unheard-of accord among the three states, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced in a joint press call Monday.
Gyms, movie theaters and casinos will also be closed at 8 p.m. Monday.
All bars and restaurants will be open for takeout and delivery only, officials said.
“We have agreed to a common set of rules that will pertain in all of our states, so don’t even think about going to a neighboring state,” said Cuomo....
I went to Oryana to get groceries. There was no worrying about social distancing. We all got it and everyone was observing their distance and shopping. It was great. I really appreciate my neighborhood and it's grocery.
I am sorry, but, BANNING is an opportunistic political agenda and serves no real purpose except victimizing in a different way. Conservatives like to blame video games for gun violence. This is a political ban that is definitely overreaching. I think closings on the short term is prudent and necessary, but, banning is completely wrong.
March 16, 2020
By Kavahn Mansouri
State officials are shutting down video (click here) in Illinois for the remainder of March to help limit exposure to COVID-19.
The Illinois Gaming board ordered the suspension of all video gaming Monday, banning establishments from operating the machines until March 30. The ban went into effect at 9 a.m.
“The public health of patrons, video gaming industry employees, Gaming Board staff, and all others is of paramount importance,” Board Administrator Marcus Fruchter said in a press release....
It is an attempted cover-up. By obtaining the vaccine's research, Trump can maintain his posture.
In reality, a German firm finding a vaccine is just as good as an American firm finding a vaccine. This is another political expendature by Trump with federal government monies. The USA federal budget funds research all the time. If the USA has not yet perfected a vaccine it is probably because funding was cut.
March 15, 2020
By Katrin Bennhold and David E. Sanger
The Trump administration (click here) attempted to persuade a German firm developing a possible vaccine for coronavirus to move its research work to the United States, German officials said, raising fears in Berlin that President Trump was trying to assure that any inoculation would be available first, and perhaps exclusively, in the United States.
The offer arose from a March 2 meeting at the White House that included the chief executive of the German firm CureVac, Daniel Menichella. President Trump briefly attended the meeting and Vice President Mike Pence, who heads the White House coronavirus task force, was also there....
Who hacked HHS, domestic or foreign?
March 16, 2020
By Dalvin Brown
The U.S Health and Human Services Department (click here) was reportedly targeted in a cyberattack over the weekend as the agency grapples with the coronavirus crisis, which has killed 69 people in the country as of Monday.
Bloomberg reporter Jennifer Jacobs tweeted the news Monday saying, "The attack appears to have been intended to slow the agency’s systems down."
USA TODAY reached out to HHS for confirmation that the attack happened.
The supposed cyber intrusion didn't affect systems in any meaningful way, and hackers weren't able to retrieve information, the Bloomberg report said, citing people familiar with the situation.
However, the event prompted the National Security Council to tweet about the spread of disinformation on Sunday, Bloomberg reports....
The Federal Government is very weak in not issuing schools until it is known to be safe.
Is Liberty University so backward that it doesn't have online access? A lot of schools are going cyber to maintain class schedules. This is pure laziness of Liberty University.
March 16, 2020
By Sky Palma
As most schools around the country shutter operations (click here) in response to the coronavirus outbreak and move their classes online, Liberty University will continue as usual, and the decision by the evangelical college has some students angry, according to a report from WDBJ.
Speaking to WDBJ, freshman Alexis Valle thinks the decision is a bad idea.
“I’m from the area and I have a lot of family that have cancer or lung problems in general,” she said. “I don’t want to risk taking it home and spreading it to my family because with the cancer they have, that could potentially really hurt them and potentially even result in death.”...
The number of cases has increased as has the number of deaths in the USA and will increase even while Americans are working to flatten the curve.
March 16, 2020
March 12, 2020
By Dawn Gilbertson
An American Airlines pilot (click here) based in Dallas has tested positive for coronavirus.
American spokesman Curtis Blessing said the airline's chief medical officer and leaders in its pilots' office are in touch with the the pilot, who is based at the airline's hub at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
There have not been other publicized cases of U.S. airline pilots testing positive, though there have been reports of others in the travel industry testing positive, including airport medical screeners and TSA officers.
"We are in close contact with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health officials and are coordinating with them on all required health and safety measures,'' Blessing said....
Everyone in the airline industry needs to go home and all fleets sanitized for when the flights begin again.
The pilots, flight attendants, ground crew and baggage handlers should all be on leave until this crisis is over.
Airplanes/Jets can be breeding grounds for COVID-19. I read an article whereby all disembarking passengers were held in lines until they were tested. I don't know what good that is going to do, it isn't going stop anything. This test is not an INSTANT STREP (click here). It is a false sense of safety. It is simpleton logic.
Commercial airliners have pressurized cabins. Those cabins are closed to outside air. In other words, while the air in the plane seems fine and healthy it may contain serious contagions. The longer a person is exposed to contaminated air or surfaces the more chance they have in contracting an illness. THEREFORE. Taking planes for lengthy flights is hideous. And to hold people in lines at the airports is stupid. It only prolongs exposure of the same population of people in the plane.
The tests being required of people entering the country won't be known to positive or negative until 48 hours later.
...Later that evening, (click here) a nurse took two specimens from me—a throat swap and a nasal swab, the latter shoved so far up my nose it felt like I had just snorted wasabi. She informed me they would send the two specimens to Maryland’s public health department for COVID-19 testing, which could take as much as 48 hours. I was then told to go home and await the results. Back at home, I noticed the paperwork did not supply me with a way to track my testing, nor did it provide me with a point of contact for my results—just the usual boilerplate text on how to telephone the ER if I had any general questions....
The idea behind flattening the curve is to keep people moving at a distance from others. An airport does not allow for social distancing. As a matter of fact airports will increase the odds of contracting the virus.
It is best for everyone if they wear face masks in airports. The testing can occur at the time of reservation demanding results at the time of check-in or as the passenger enters the plane and handed a face mask in order to fly. Do away with food and water telling passengers as they make their reservations to bring their own. The bottle size restriction must be observed so the containers from home have to meet current regulations.
The federal government is very weak. It has lost it's expertise and opened the country up to a very dangerous virus. Below is a story from Reddit of stupidity and a perfect example of simpleton logic from. This is also a very small population of people, even below that of the restriction of a 50 person gathering.
March 16, 2020
South Korean church sprayed (click here) salt water inside followers' mouths, believing it would prevent coronavirus. 46 people got infected because they used the same nozzle
The number of cases has increased as has the number of deaths in the USA and will increase even while Americans are working to flatten the curve.
March 16, 2020
The latest on the pandemic (click here)
- The U.S. death toll has climbed to more than 60. Dr. Anthony Fauci says Americans will "have to hunker down significantly more."
- According to Johns Hopkins University data, COVID-19 cases in the U.S. have surpassed 3,000 and there are more than 6,000 deaths worldwide.
- A number of U.S. states and cities have announced the closures of bars and restaurants for dine-in service, allowing only takeout and delivery to avoid crowds. The Center for Disease Control recommended no gatherings of more than 50 people for the next eight weeks....
The circumstances at the Today Show is very worrisome. I think Roker and Melvin are correct in staying at home.
March 16, 2020
By Yohana Desta
The novel coronavirus has hit the Today show. (click here) On Monday, anchor Savannah Guthrie announced that a staffer on the third hour of the morning show had contracted the disease, prompting anchors Al Roker and Craig Melvin to take the day off and trace their contacts. Both, Guthrie added, are not ill, but rather taking all necessary precautions in this period of uncertainty....
March 16, 2020
By Yohana Desta
The novel coronavirus has hit the Today show. (click here) On Monday, anchor Savannah Guthrie announced that a staffer on the third hour of the morning show had contracted the disease, prompting anchors Al Roker and Craig Melvin to take the day off and trace their contacts. Both, Guthrie added, are not ill, but rather taking all necessary precautions in this period of uncertainty....
The virus is highly contagious. That means of the staffer was in and working before diagnosed that area is contaminated and requires intense cleaning and preferably by professionals. Roker and Melvin are absolutely correct in being precautious.
The commercial passenger airlines should be shut down immediately.
By Dawn Gilbertson
An American Airlines pilot (click here) based in Dallas has tested positive for coronavirus.
American spokesman Curtis Blessing said the airline's chief medical officer and leaders in its pilots' office are in touch with the the pilot, who is based at the airline's hub at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
There have not been other publicized cases of U.S. airline pilots testing positive, though there have been reports of others in the travel industry testing positive, including airport medical screeners and TSA officers.
"We are in close contact with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health officials and are coordinating with them on all required health and safety measures,'' Blessing said....
Everyone in the airline industry needs to go home and all fleets sanitized for when the flights begin again.
The pilots, flight attendants, ground crew and baggage handlers should all be on leave until this crisis is over.
Airplanes/Jets can be breeding grounds for COVID-19. I read an article whereby all disembarking passengers were held in lines until they were tested. I don't know what good that is going to do, it isn't going stop anything. This test is not an INSTANT STREP (click here). It is a false sense of safety. It is simpleton logic.
Commercial airliners have pressurized cabins. Those cabins are closed to outside air. In other words, while the air in the plane seems fine and healthy it may contain serious contagions. The longer a person is exposed to contaminated air or surfaces the more chance they have in contracting an illness. THEREFORE. Taking planes for lengthy flights is hideous. And to hold people in lines at the airports is stupid. It only prolongs exposure of the same population of people in the plane.
The tests being required of people entering the country won't be known to positive or negative until 48 hours later.
...Later that evening, (click here) a nurse took two specimens from me—a throat swap and a nasal swab, the latter shoved so far up my nose it felt like I had just snorted wasabi. She informed me they would send the two specimens to Maryland’s public health department for COVID-19 testing, which could take as much as 48 hours. I was then told to go home and await the results. Back at home, I noticed the paperwork did not supply me with a way to track my testing, nor did it provide me with a point of contact for my results—just the usual boilerplate text on how to telephone the ER if I had any general questions....
The idea behind flattening the curve is to keep people moving at a distance from others. An airport does not allow for social distancing. As a matter of fact airports will increase the odds of contracting the virus.
It is best for everyone if they wear face masks in airports. The testing can occur at the time of reservation demanding results at the time of check-in or as the passenger enters the plane and handed a face mask in order to fly. Do away with food and water telling passengers as they make their reservations to bring their own. The bottle size restriction must be observed so the containers from home have to meet current regulations.
The federal government is very weak. It has lost it's expertise and opened the country up to a very dangerous virus. Below is a story from Reddit of stupidity and a perfect example of simpleton logic from. This is also a very small population of people, even below that of the restriction of a 50 person gathering.
March 16, 2020
South Korean church sprayed (click here) salt water inside followers' mouths, believing it would prevent coronavirus. 46 people got infected because they used the same nozzle
Currently, the Roman Catholic Church has the strictest rules of any organization. I spoke with 85 year old mother yesterday, even though she is basically housebound, she is fine, happy and catching up on reading. She is a cornerstone of her church. They have stopped masses and meetings regardless of the number of people attending. The priests are on call as always for attending to the sick and the dead.
My mother was in church yesterday when the priest was providing all the changes the congregation will experience as issued by the Pope when another priest walked into the sanctuary and onto the alter. He showed a paper to the priest carrying out the mass and suddenly the scene changed. The papers stated the church would be closed and the congregation was to go home and stay home as much as possible. They clearly got the message this was a very bad virus and they weren't to take chances.
Flattening the curve through social distancing will work, but, not if its principles aren't carried out well.
My mother was in church yesterday when the priest was providing all the changes the congregation will experience as issued by the Pope when another priest walked into the sanctuary and onto the alter. He showed a paper to the priest carrying out the mass and suddenly the scene changed. The papers stated the church would be closed and the congregation was to go home and stay home as much as possible. They clearly got the message this was a very bad virus and they weren't to take chances.
Flattening the curve through social distancing will work, but, not if its principles aren't carried out well.
Sunday, March 15, 2020
I have been championing the Climate Crisis for more than two decades. Opportunistic viruses, fungus, mold, and bacteria are all part of it.
Additionally, I have never been so interrupted in blogging my 'standard' blog as I have with this idiot in the White House.
The guy does nothing but soak up attention like a sponge to maintain his standing with voters he considers loyal. We have an Attorney General that is not only sick, but, violates the law and judges orders. Trump's cabinet dismantles centuries of precedent and produces more and more victims to their whims. He has exploited every aspect of power to dismantle the federal authority and counts on anarchy to make it permanent. He is a criminal and now he has made the country sick while crashing the financial markets. We recovered the markets after Bush and now it has to be done all over again because of gross negligence of the USA by this president.
This has to stop.
This national emergency will cause me to abandon once again the "standard" practice of this blog. It is about the morality of the face of this blog. There is nothing people can count on anymore except one emergency after another and the USA Debit is skyrocketing.
This must stop.
Additionally, I have never been so interrupted in blogging my 'standard' blog as I have with this idiot in the White House.
The guy does nothing but soak up attention like a sponge to maintain his standing with voters he considers loyal. We have an Attorney General that is not only sick, but, violates the law and judges orders. Trump's cabinet dismantles centuries of precedent and produces more and more victims to their whims. He has exploited every aspect of power to dismantle the federal authority and counts on anarchy to make it permanent. He is a criminal and now he has made the country sick while crashing the financial markets. We recovered the markets after Bush and now it has to be done all over again because of gross negligence of the USA by this president.
This has to stop.
This national emergency will cause me to abandon once again the "standard" practice of this blog. It is about the morality of the face of this blog. There is nothing people can count on anymore except one emergency after another and the USA Debit is skyrocketing.
This must stop.
March 14, 2020
By Monique O. Madan
When immigration officials (click here) rolled out their “public charge” rule last month, people who were sick were deemed a “burden” to the U.S. and their health conditions were counted against them when applying for a green card.
Late Friday, however, part of that changed— at least when it comes to coronavirus, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced. Any immigrant who gets tested or treated for the virus will not be negatively impacted.
“USCIS encourages all those, including aliens, with symptoms that resemble coronavirus (COVID-19) (fever, cough, shortness of breath) to seek necessary medical treatment or preventive services,” the agency said in a statement. “Such treatment or preventive services will not negatively affect any alien as part of a future public charge analysis.”...
By Monique O. Madan
When immigration officials (click here) rolled out their “public charge” rule last month, people who were sick were deemed a “burden” to the U.S. and their health conditions were counted against them when applying for a green card.
Late Friday, however, part of that changed— at least when it comes to coronavirus, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced. Any immigrant who gets tested or treated for the virus will not be negatively impacted.
“USCIS encourages all those, including aliens, with symptoms that resemble coronavirus (COVID-19) (fever, cough, shortness of breath) to seek necessary medical treatment or preventive services,” the agency said in a statement. “Such treatment or preventive services will not negatively affect any alien as part of a future public charge analysis.”...
There are immigrant children in detention, who is seeing to their health?
Thousands (click here) of immigrant children have been separated from their parents at the Texas-Mexico border. We’ve compiled a list of organizations that are mobilizing to help.
The Trump Administration is eliminating asylum in the U.S. (click here)
- The Trump Administration has put in place, or proposed, a dizzying number of policy changes that threaten the asylum system as it has existed for decades.
- They have taken steps to restrict who can be granted asylum, to drastically limit whether asylum seekers can stay in the U.S. while their claim is reviewed, and to remove minimum standards for the treatment of children.
- Though the courts have stepped in to stop many of these new policies—at least temporarily—seeking and receiving safety in the U.S. has become next to impossible.
It wasn't an adjustment. It wasn't a downturn. It was a CRASH.
...A crash like many others (click here)
Thursday's market crash was the Dow Jones Industrial Average's worst day since 1987. At the end of the day, the Dow had plunged 10%, just one day after falling into a bear market, down more than 20% from its most recent high. Also on Thursday, the S&P 500 fell 9.5% and the Nasdaq shed 9.4%, also officially entering bear markets.
There are similarities between the two crashes, and other major market events that have occurred in the interim, according to Sonders. Market movements in the last few weeks have felt like "an ugly mashup" of what happened in 1987, in 2001 after the terrorist attacks on September 11, and during the financial crisis in 2008, Sonders said....
Thursday's market crash was the Dow Jones Industrial Average's worst day since 1987. At the end of the day, the Dow had plunged 10%, just one day after falling into a bear market, down more than 20% from its most recent high. Also on Thursday, the S&P 500 fell 9.5% and the Nasdaq shed 9.4%, also officially entering bear markets.
There are similarities between the two crashes, and other major market events that have occurred in the interim, according to Sonders. Market movements in the last few weeks have felt like "an ugly mashup" of what happened in 1987, in 2001 after the terrorist attacks on September 11, and during the financial crisis in 2008, Sonders said....
Americans are not used to personal space in this way. They aren't used to wearing masks either. The Chinese wear masks all the time.
I don't care how Americans come to terms with this virus, all I know is that they need to and Trump will never put on a mask.
Non-profits are in need of these supplies. This is price gouging and the supplies as evidence serve no one.
By Jack Nicas
On March 1, (click here) the day after the first coronavirus death in the United States, brothers Matt and Noah Colvin set out in a silver SUV to pick up some hand sanitizer. Driving around Chattanooga, Tennessee, they hit a Dollar Tree, then a Walmart, a Staples and a Home Depot. At each store, they cleaned out the shelves.
Over the next three days, Noah Colvin took a 1,300-mile road trip across Tennessee and into Kentucky, filling a U-Haul truck with thousands of bottles of hand sanitizer and thousands of packs of antibacterial wipes, mostly from “little hole-in-the-wall dollar stores in the backwoods,” his brother said. “The major metro areas were cleaned out.”
Matt Colvin stayed home near Chattanooga, preparing for pallets of even more wipes and sanitizer he had ordered, and starting to list them on Amazon. Colvin said he had posted 300 bottles of hand sanitizer and immediately sold them all for between $8 and $70 each, multiples higher than what he had bought them for. To him, “it was crazy money.” To many others, it was profiteering from a pandemic....
Voters know the character it takes of a person in office to lead and care for the people. Their leadership is iconic. The images and memories of their words will always be a part of the country's experience. Chris Christie was passed over for AG. He shouldn't have been. At least Trump would have someone with a backbone and loyalty of the USA Constitution.
March 12, 2020
By Bob Hennelly
Military history is a great teacher (click here) that has application to all human endeavor. History is littered with the carnage caused by generals who threw their troops into battle without a clue about the facts on the ground because their ego eclipsed their judgment.
The stakes are every bit as high with the kind of large-scale efforts to protect the public health that Phil Murphy and Andrew Cuomo, the governors of New Jersey and New York, are now engaged in as they lead our nation's most densely populated region through the coronavirus challenge.
New Jersey, the most densely populated state in the country is really getting hit with this stuff.
A public health crisis on this scale requires Cuomo and Murphy to make significant judgment calls informed by real -ime conditions on the ground, in the transit system, in the financial markets, on the streets, our hospitals, in our schools and in the privacy of all our homes.
In the jargon of the "table-top" exercise, this is what we call situational awareness. Every assumption has to be challenged. All "facts" must be vetted through the deceptive question, "How do we know what we know?"
Having that kind of first-hand awareness in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2012 earned former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie an enduring and well-earned footnote in history. If part of Christie's legacy will always be his sycophantic relationship with Donald Trump a few years later, this is another part. Amid the crisis posed by Sandy, he demonstrated that the most important thing is knowing how to listen deeply....
By Bob Hennelly
Military history is a great teacher (click here) that has application to all human endeavor. History is littered with the carnage caused by generals who threw their troops into battle without a clue about the facts on the ground because their ego eclipsed their judgment.
The stakes are every bit as high with the kind of large-scale efforts to protect the public health that Phil Murphy and Andrew Cuomo, the governors of New Jersey and New York, are now engaged in as they lead our nation's most densely populated region through the coronavirus challenge.
New Jersey, the most densely populated state in the country is really getting hit with this stuff.
A public health crisis on this scale requires Cuomo and Murphy to make significant judgment calls informed by real -ime conditions on the ground, in the transit system, in the financial markets, on the streets, our hospitals, in our schools and in the privacy of all our homes.
In the jargon of the "table-top" exercise, this is what we call situational awareness. Every assumption has to be challenged. All "facts" must be vetted through the deceptive question, "How do we know what we know?"
Having that kind of first-hand awareness in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2012 earned former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie an enduring and well-earned footnote in history. If part of Christie's legacy will always be his sycophantic relationship with Donald Trump a few years later, this is another part. Amid the crisis posed by Sandy, he demonstrated that the most important thing is knowing how to listen deeply....
There are new states added to the list of those with infected individuals, now Illinois and Louisiana have victims. And the special interests in the USA such as the NBA are finding their players are testing positive as well.
Dorothy Campbell, 88, (click here) visits her 89-year-old husband Gene through a window.
I don't believe for a minute that Donald Trump is negative. It isn't possible. He has been in the presence of people that have had the virus but were tested the next day or so. If there is no one else in the world precious to him, Ivanka is and she has the virus, perhaps now he is beginning to understand how the rest of the country feels.
Trump has been lying and breaking the law since taking office. And why? Oh, yeah, the Deep State. That many people cannot be the problem. There is only one person without a conscience and that is Trump himself.
March 1, 2020
A federal judge (click here) in Washington DC ruled Sunday that Ken Cuccinelli, the head of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, had not been lawfully appointed to his job and a policy directive speeding up initial screenings of immigrants seeking asylum during his tenure should be voided.
The decision comes months after Cuccinelli was initially tapped to lead USCIS by President Trump, a move that advocates immediately said violated a relatively obscure federal statute governing selections to agency positions. It’s the latest setback in the federal courts for the Trump administration and its efforts to restrict immigration....
And will Cuccinelli, the former attorney general of Virginia, do the right thing? Hell no. And why? Because of the notorious Deep State which he cannot point to one incident of such mythology, except, of course, the judge.
Now that Barr has COVID-19, perhaps Cuccinelli will get a shot at the big desk in DC. He will never get it any other way now that he has opposed a judge. The number three man in the administration without a conscience.
March 2, 2020
By Anna Giartelli
"The succession for the deputy secretary of homeland security (click here) ties back to my official position as the principal deputy at USCIS [U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services], there's not a problem with me at my current position," Cuccinelli said (of course, he first breaks the law and now is above the law) on Fox and Friends Monday after initially laughing at the news. "The only issue in the case is related to being the acting director at USCIS. And this ruling is really something of an outlier. This is a methodology that has been used in the past. It's been thought of as legal as — pretty broadly."
And of course the hard hitting Fox News brought that to his attention in disgust, right? Never in a million years will Fox News bring Republicans to justice through interviews of their ACTIVIST JOURNALISTS.
A federal district court judge in Washington, D.C., ruled that Cuccinelli, who was acting director of the 19,000-person USCIS from last June until January, did not meet the requirements in the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 to have the job. The judge's decision deemed Cuccinelli's policy changes invalid, teeing up new legal troubles for the Trump administration....
And where is Barr on these events? Running to the leveraged Supreme Court? Heck no, he doesn't have to work that hard. He lets Trump continue to defend the indefensible.
Ah, caught in a lie once again. NOW, Trump states he is waiting for the test results. Of course, why let Ivanka receive all the sympathy?
Trump is at least a carrier at this point and should not be holding news conferences with his staff standing less than six feet from him. Trump is not even setting an example for the country to OBSERVE "SOCIAL DISTANCING."
March 14, 2020
By Jon Ward
Washington - At a press conference Saturday, (click here) President Trump announced that he had been tested for the coronavirus, settling for the time being a question on which the White House has reversed itself three times in less than two days.
Only about 12 hours earlier, the White House physician released a letter saying testing wasn’t necessary for the president and would not be done — while acknowledging that another person Trump hosted at Mar-a-Lago last weekend has now tested positive for the virus.
Trump did not explain why he changed his mind. Results of the coronavirus test typically take around two days.
On Friday afternoon, Trump had told reporters at a White House press conference that he would “most likely” be tested. The president was photographed at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida last Saturday standing shoulder to shoulder with a spokesman for the Brazilian government, who tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday....
March 14, 2020
By John Kastilomeres
Penn & Teller, (click here) favorites in Las Vegas since 1993, are off the stage until further notice.
“We are heartbroken to disappoint our fans, but the new figures that have come in today make it clear that the risk of bringing our fans together in theater tonight is just too great. So we will be closed for a while,” Teller said in a statement Saturday. “We love you all and will be back with you as soon as we possibly can.”...
I don't believe for a minute that Donald Trump is negative. It isn't possible. He has been in the presence of people that have had the virus but were tested the next day or so. If there is no one else in the world precious to him, Ivanka is and she has the virus, perhaps now he is beginning to understand how the rest of the country feels.
Trump has been lying and breaking the law since taking office. And why? Oh, yeah, the Deep State. That many people cannot be the problem. There is only one person without a conscience and that is Trump himself.
March 1, 2020
A federal judge (click here) in Washington DC ruled Sunday that Ken Cuccinelli, the head of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, had not been lawfully appointed to his job and a policy directive speeding up initial screenings of immigrants seeking asylum during his tenure should be voided.
The decision comes months after Cuccinelli was initially tapped to lead USCIS by President Trump, a move that advocates immediately said violated a relatively obscure federal statute governing selections to agency positions. It’s the latest setback in the federal courts for the Trump administration and its efforts to restrict immigration....
And will Cuccinelli, the former attorney general of Virginia, do the right thing? Hell no. And why? Because of the notorious Deep State which he cannot point to one incident of such mythology, except, of course, the judge.
Now that Barr has COVID-19, perhaps Cuccinelli will get a shot at the big desk in DC. He will never get it any other way now that he has opposed a judge. The number three man in the administration without a conscience.
March 2, 2020
By Anna Giartelli
"The succession for the deputy secretary of homeland security (click here) ties back to my official position as the principal deputy at USCIS [U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services], there's not a problem with me at my current position," Cuccinelli said (of course, he first breaks the law and now is above the law) on Fox and Friends Monday after initially laughing at the news. "The only issue in the case is related to being the acting director at USCIS. And this ruling is really something of an outlier. This is a methodology that has been used in the past. It's been thought of as legal as — pretty broadly."
And of course the hard hitting Fox News brought that to his attention in disgust, right? Never in a million years will Fox News bring Republicans to justice through interviews of their ACTIVIST JOURNALISTS.
A federal district court judge in Washington, D.C., ruled that Cuccinelli, who was acting director of the 19,000-person USCIS from last June until January, did not meet the requirements in the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 to have the job. The judge's decision deemed Cuccinelli's policy changes invalid, teeing up new legal troubles for the Trump administration....
And where is Barr on these events? Running to the leveraged Supreme Court? Heck no, he doesn't have to work that hard. He lets Trump continue to defend the indefensible.
Ah, caught in a lie once again. NOW, Trump states he is waiting for the test results. Of course, why let Ivanka receive all the sympathy?
Trump is at least a carrier at this point and should not be holding news conferences with his staff standing less than six feet from him. Trump is not even setting an example for the country to OBSERVE "SOCIAL DISTANCING."
March 14, 2020
By Jon Ward
Washington - At a press conference Saturday, (click here) President Trump announced that he had been tested for the coronavirus, settling for the time being a question on which the White House has reversed itself three times in less than two days.
Only about 12 hours earlier, the White House physician released a letter saying testing wasn’t necessary for the president and would not be done — while acknowledging that another person Trump hosted at Mar-a-Lago last weekend has now tested positive for the virus.
Trump did not explain why he changed his mind. Results of the coronavirus test typically take around two days.
On Friday afternoon, Trump had told reporters at a White House press conference that he would “most likely” be tested. The president was photographed at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida last Saturday standing shoulder to shoulder with a spokesman for the Brazilian government, who tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday....
By John Kastilomeres
Penn & Teller, (click here) favorites in Las Vegas since 1993, are off the stage until further notice.
“We are heartbroken to disappoint our fans, but the new figures that have come in today make it clear that the risk of bringing our fans together in theater tonight is just too great. So we will be closed for a while,” Teller said in a statement Saturday. “We love you all and will be back with you as soon as we possibly can.”...
Saturday, March 14, 2020
Social distancing is a protective measure for several reasons.
The primary reason for the social distancing is to protect the CAPACITY of the health care system. The more people "social distance" and protect themselves from any possibility of contracting the infection, the less stress the health care infrastructure will experience. I am confident the USA hospitals are ready, but, they are also worried about sustaining that readiness in carrying out important medical care and emergency surgery in the face of this national emergency.
Social distancing is not being afraid of touching people or using hands for tasks where touching objects are necessary, like work. It is about being PART OF THE SOLUTION. Forbid anyone reading this needs a hospital for care because of COVID-19, but, by practicing social distancing across the country, the beds will be available to end his horrible disease.
The Buddists call it "awareness." Be aware of oneself's behavior while using hands and never touching the face. It is amazing to realize how often a person touches their face in one day. It is also part of facial expression.
There is a cute cartoon (click here) that illustrates the idea of self-discipline in using hands.
Try your best, I know I will.
March 13, 2020
Maria Godoy
As the coronavirus continues (click here) to spread in the U.S., more and more businesses are sending employees off to work from home. Public schools are closing, universities are holding classes online, major events are getting canceled, and cultural institutions are shutting their doors. Even Disney World and Disneyland are set to close. The disruption of daily life for many Americans is real and significant — but so are the potential life-saving benefits.
It's all part of an effort to do what epidemiologists call flattening the curve of the pandemic. The idea is to increase social distancing in order to slow the spread of the virus, so that you don't get a huge spike in the number of people getting sick all at once. If that were to happen, there wouldn't be enough hospital beds or mechanical ventilators for everyone who needs them, and the U.S. hospital system would be overwhelmed. That's already happening in Italy....
I need to say something about the permanence of this national emergency. I DON'T BUY IT. I fully expect this to be temporary, albeit a month or so. To state there is yet another "New Normal" only extends the trauma and changes human behavior unnecessarily. If people carry forth a better habit in washing hands then I am all for it. But, if influential people think for one minute the USA Main Street is gone from sight forever, think again. This is not the best time to be an OPPORTUNIST and use fear to bring about a paradigm shift and eliminate small businesses and entrepreneurship. I can supply an example.
Small businesses are local and easily controlled in such a crisis by the organization of the community, both the hospitals but also the SBA and the local Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development agencies.
Let me put it this way. Imagining.
Let's pretend there is this huge make believe distribution agency about the size of Albaba enjoying the New Normal. Then a human contagion entered into the distribution network undetected at first from the main warehouse. What is the chance of stopping it?
Now, imagine a city with lots of local businesses that produce their own products and/or buy locally. Their products are often at a higher cost and better quality than the big box stores and a contagion enters the product supply undetected at first of one of the stores. What is the chance of stopping it?
Whether Wall Street wants to admit it or not the best venue for an economy is a highly diversified local economy where people are employed in manufacturing as well as distribution and storefronts. The economy is insulated from failure and can react quickly should there be a down turn for their products and prices.
Wall Street has it's place. Today, in my opinion, it is the best venue for investment in operations such as medical research where the expenses are high, but, a product with a wide need and/or use will return that investment with a nice profit, too.
That is the Wall Street I know. It is a place where mass production can bring products, like autos, to the public in a way that is benevolent. Big investments with big stockholder dividends. That to me is Wall Street. It is separate and different from the local economy where diversity can include Wall Street products like refrigerators and washers and dryers. I think where Wall Street tries to control "Main Street" for their own benefit it becomes detrimental to the economy both locally and nationwide.
One of the best examples of this is the clothing industry in North Carolina. Except for socks there really isn't anymore textile mills and clothing manufacturers.
1810 - NC families (click here) produced $3 million in domestic cloth (click here); southern states produced more than imported.
Then came globalization of industry and dirt cheap labor. Do I dare call it commercial slavery.
There have been several causes for the decline in NC textile and apparel employment. In the 1950s, the introduction of new machinery and technology (industry) decreased the labor intensity of production. Starting in the 1990s, the growth of foreign products (competition) accelerated due to changes in institutions. These included NAFTA in 1994, the beginning of the ATC quota phase-out in 1995, and currency devaluation and fluctuations in Mexico (1994) and the Asian currency crisis (1997) (5). More recently the list includes the China and Vietnam’s entries into the WTO (2001; 2007), the end of quotas and safeguards (2005; 2007) and the global financial crisis (2008-2010). However employment declines have not been unique to North Carolina; employment has been decreasing in the United States as a whole, as well as other countries, such as those in Western Europe.
Wall Street has no conscience when it comes to making money. Benevolence to the labor an aggravation to the best profit from the product alone. Labor is viewed as unnecessary while turning toward automation and the alienation of labor.
The American people need to stand their ground and keep their small economies. If Wall Street is successful in using fear to drive everyone to Big Box Warehouses and "At the front door delivery, " then what will you do for a living and how many paychecks per week will then be necessary to purchase the kids school clothes that are delivered to the front door in time for their first day?
Don't allow the so called "paradigm shift" that will permanently isolate communities into the control of Wall Street.
This is a temporary awareness of a very serious health issue. If it goes beyond what is reasonable, then there is something wrong.
Americans have to be strong in their conviction to hold on to their local economies. They are the least effected in a Wall Street slide and they are the first to recover. Americans can handle this national emergency without fear that drives them to give up the economy they most value.
Good night.
Social distancing is not being afraid of touching people or using hands for tasks where touching objects are necessary, like work. It is about being PART OF THE SOLUTION. Forbid anyone reading this needs a hospital for care because of COVID-19, but, by practicing social distancing across the country, the beds will be available to end his horrible disease.
The Buddists call it "awareness." Be aware of oneself's behavior while using hands and never touching the face. It is amazing to realize how often a person touches their face in one day. It is also part of facial expression.
There is a cute cartoon (click here) that illustrates the idea of self-discipline in using hands.
Try your best, I know I will.
March 13, 2020Maria Godoy
As the coronavirus continues (click here) to spread in the U.S., more and more businesses are sending employees off to work from home. Public schools are closing, universities are holding classes online, major events are getting canceled, and cultural institutions are shutting their doors. Even Disney World and Disneyland are set to close. The disruption of daily life for many Americans is real and significant — but so are the potential life-saving benefits.
It's all part of an effort to do what epidemiologists call flattening the curve of the pandemic. The idea is to increase social distancing in order to slow the spread of the virus, so that you don't get a huge spike in the number of people getting sick all at once. If that were to happen, there wouldn't be enough hospital beds or mechanical ventilators for everyone who needs them, and the U.S. hospital system would be overwhelmed. That's already happening in Italy....
I need to say something about the permanence of this national emergency. I DON'T BUY IT. I fully expect this to be temporary, albeit a month or so. To state there is yet another "New Normal" only extends the trauma and changes human behavior unnecessarily. If people carry forth a better habit in washing hands then I am all for it. But, if influential people think for one minute the USA Main Street is gone from sight forever, think again. This is not the best time to be an OPPORTUNIST and use fear to bring about a paradigm shift and eliminate small businesses and entrepreneurship. I can supply an example.
Small businesses are local and easily controlled in such a crisis by the organization of the community, both the hospitals but also the SBA and the local Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development agencies.
Let me put it this way. Imagining.
Let's pretend there is this huge make believe distribution agency about the size of Albaba enjoying the New Normal. Then a human contagion entered into the distribution network undetected at first from the main warehouse. What is the chance of stopping it?
Now, imagine a city with lots of local businesses that produce their own products and/or buy locally. Their products are often at a higher cost and better quality than the big box stores and a contagion enters the product supply undetected at first of one of the stores. What is the chance of stopping it?
Whether Wall Street wants to admit it or not the best venue for an economy is a highly diversified local economy where people are employed in manufacturing as well as distribution and storefronts. The economy is insulated from failure and can react quickly should there be a down turn for their products and prices.
Wall Street has it's place. Today, in my opinion, it is the best venue for investment in operations such as medical research where the expenses are high, but, a product with a wide need and/or use will return that investment with a nice profit, too.
That is the Wall Street I know. It is a place where mass production can bring products, like autos, to the public in a way that is benevolent. Big investments with big stockholder dividends. That to me is Wall Street. It is separate and different from the local economy where diversity can include Wall Street products like refrigerators and washers and dryers. I think where Wall Street tries to control "Main Street" for their own benefit it becomes detrimental to the economy both locally and nationwide.
One of the best examples of this is the clothing industry in North Carolina. Except for socks there really isn't anymore textile mills and clothing manufacturers.
1810 - NC families (click here) produced $3 million in domestic cloth (click here); southern states produced more than imported.
Then came globalization of industry and dirt cheap labor. Do I dare call it commercial slavery.
There have been several causes for the decline in NC textile and apparel employment. In the 1950s, the introduction of new machinery and technology (industry) decreased the labor intensity of production. Starting in the 1990s, the growth of foreign products (competition) accelerated due to changes in institutions. These included NAFTA in 1994, the beginning of the ATC quota phase-out in 1995, and currency devaluation and fluctuations in Mexico (1994) and the Asian currency crisis (1997) (5). More recently the list includes the China and Vietnam’s entries into the WTO (2001; 2007), the end of quotas and safeguards (2005; 2007) and the global financial crisis (2008-2010). However employment declines have not been unique to North Carolina; employment has been decreasing in the United States as a whole, as well as other countries, such as those in Western Europe.
Wall Street has no conscience when it comes to making money. Benevolence to the labor an aggravation to the best profit from the product alone. Labor is viewed as unnecessary while turning toward automation and the alienation of labor.
The American people need to stand their ground and keep their small economies. If Wall Street is successful in using fear to drive everyone to Big Box Warehouses and "At the front door delivery, " then what will you do for a living and how many paychecks per week will then be necessary to purchase the kids school clothes that are delivered to the front door in time for their first day?
Don't allow the so called "paradigm shift" that will permanently isolate communities into the control of Wall Street.
This is a temporary awareness of a very serious health issue. If it goes beyond what is reasonable, then there is something wrong.
Americans have to be strong in their conviction to hold on to their local economies. They are the least effected in a Wall Street slide and they are the first to recover. Americans can handle this national emergency without fear that drives them to give up the economy they most value.
Good night.
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