Non-traditional endorsements are lining up with Joe Biden.

October 20, 2020

By USA Editorial Board

Four years ago, the Editorial Board (click here) — an ideologically and demographically diverse group of journalists that is separate from the news staff and operates by consensus — broke with tradition and took sides in the presidential race for the first time since USA TODAY was founded in 1982. We urged readers not to vote for Donald Trump, calling the Republican nominee unfit for office because he lacked the “temperament, knowledge, steadiness and honesty that America needs from its presidents.” We stopped short, however, of an outright endorsement of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee. This year, the Editorial Board unanimously supports the election of Joe Biden, who offers a shaken nation a harbor of calm and competence.

Recent polls show that more than 90% of voters have decided between Biden and Trump, and nothing at this point will change their minds. This editorial is for those of you who are still uncertain about which candidate to vote for, or whether to vote at all. It’s also for those who settled on Trump but might be having last-minute doubts....

It is an election year like no other in the history of the USA. Our democracy is under threat and everyone who wanted to see it for themselves saw exactly that in full view of an astounding reality. Over and over, this country has watched Trump insult and lie about the USA government. He took the idea of small government and turned it into a national security issue. 

USA Today did the right thing to let their readers know this is a seriously important election. They stepped forward bravely to stand up for our democracy. Thank you.

Scientists in India are ending the use of convalescent plasma.

October 21, 2020
By Kaylan Ray

Armed with scientific evidence (click here) proving its futility, the Centre is set to drop the convalescent plasma therapy as a Covid-19 treatment option from the national treatment guidelines.

This comes in the wake of the world's largest study on such therapy by Indian researchers who demonstrated that treating a Covid-19 patient with the plasma of another infected-and-cured patient's plasma neither reduces the mortality nor prevents the disease...

The elections under Citizens United.

I listened to Micheal Moore’s “Rumble” this morning. I think it is rumbling now, actually. He was speaking about voting with US Rep. Dan Kildee. While I was listening it occurred to me they did not speak to Citizens United and the impact on the electorate.

Here is my take on the influence that action by the Supreme Court had on our elections with unlimited monies, including Dark Money. It drives people to vote to the point where many elections are concluded with a very small margin of voters. I think Americans have witnessed this vast change and are concerned to address the idea money is a citizen. But, that is a side story.

Some Americans may not realize those small margins ARE THE REASON TO VOTE regardless of any confidence they may FEEL they have. I think Michael Bloomberg picked up on this new and wayward dynamic years ago. I believe it is what resolved him to save our democracy and invest in Democrats. I think the Former Mayor Bloomberg is a great American especially in reflecting on Giuliani and his treasonist methods. 

Former Mayor Bloomberg knows that spending high amounts of money moved the electorate and contributes to the stability of our democracy for the times we live in. One thing Americans have to realize is that EVERY VOTE COUNTS after Citizen United.

Go vote. 

Be a Great American knowing the vote is protecting our Democracy in the era of Citizens United.

One other thing. Speaker Pelosi needs to end negotiations with Trump regarding a stimulus. It is giving Trump a platform to shame the Speaker in her demands and it gives McConnell a platform to refuse to bring any measure to the floor of the Senate because of concern for the national deficit. The reality is that McConnell should have worried about the national deficit when he passed the Trump tax plan that gave away trillions to the wealthy.

There are many serious reasons to vote, so get out of our comfort zone and plan your vote this year, the winning margins are far to small.

VOTE!

There is some interesting news about COVID-19.

To begin please realize that ingesting "soap" causes diarrhea and if serious enough that leads to dehydration.

The measures addressed in this article is about coronavirus, not SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). With a president that favors taking bleach to fight COVID-19, I think it is important to protect people from such ideas. The mouthwash is the potential to protect from the common cold. It is still unclear about COVID-19.

There is some discussion about using baby shampoo in nasal rinses. NOT WITHOUT A DOCTOR'S ORDER.

October 20, 2020
By Rachel Grumman Bender

Mouthwashes may help lower the transmission and spread of the coronavirus, according to a new study.

In the study, published in the Journal of Medical Virology, researchers investigated over-the-counter mouthwashes and nasal rinses commonly found in drug stores and supermarkets, since both types of products “directly impact the major sites of reception and transmission of human coronaviruses (HCoV)” — namely, the mouth and nose — and “may provide an additional level of protection against the virus.”

To find out whether mouthwashes and nasal rinses would be effective against the coronavirus, the researchers tested a common human coronavirus known as 229e — one of several strains that typically only cause mild infections like the common cold, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — not SARS‐CoV‐2, which is the virus associated with COVID‐19....

The study below is great news, it is however about one health care system and not more diverse practices. There could be many reasons for this drop in one health care system, including the fact the USA just came off a summertime when the rate of new illnesses did fall.

This study out of New York University's Grossman School of Medicine is a sign of hope. It definitely reflects an increased competency in HOSPITAL TREATMENT in a state that suffered the highest initial infection population of COVID-19 patients. A dedicated staff will find an ever-increasing better technique with more experience with the virus and patient symptomology. 

Recently there were confusing reports about remdesivir (click here). The WHO found that remdesivir was not helpful. The British study was a double blind study that cannot be dismissed. In that study, it was found that when remdesivir is administered early in the infection there was a marked difference in the patient outcome. That is important and can be built on. The idea of finding infections early requires countries to increase their testing. That means the USA is not pursuing the right strategy with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

October 20, 2020
By Geoff Blumfiel

Two new peer-reviewed studies (click here) are showing a sharp drop in mortality among hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The drop is seen in all groups, including older patients and those with underlying conditions, suggesting that physicians are getting better at helping patients survive their illness.

"We find that the death rate has gone down substantially," says Leora Horwitz, a doctor who studies population health at New York University's Grossman School of Medicine and an author on one of the studies, which looked at thousands of patients from March to August.

The study, which was of a single health system, finds that mortality has dropped among hospitalized patients by 18 percentage points since the pandemic began. Patients in the study had a 25.6% chance of dying at the start of the pandemic; they now have a 7.6% chance.

That's a big improvement, but 7.6% is still a high risk compared with other diseases, and Horwitz and other researchers caution that COVID-19 remains dangerous....

The reason Trump began his attacks on Democrats...

 ...so long ago was as part of his re-election strategy now. I think anyone following politics in the USA picked up that trend. It was obvious. The states where Trump cranked up the hate speech was where he won in 2016 by a very, very small margin. Michigan was one of those states. 

Governor Whitmer displaced a Republican Governor that caused a lot of problems because he thought a business model would work for governance. Trump should have known the people of Michigan was tired of government policy that was harmful. But, he remains steadfast in believing hate speech is better than speechs about policy. 

Governor Whitmer is a great Governor and never not one day earned such hate and plans of violence against her.

I am fairly certain the belief in Trump facilitated the fantasies of the Michigan domestic terrorists. These violent people absolutely believed Trump would stand behind them once their plans were revealed. 

It is a terrible time in the USA.

Now who are Americans going to believe? This is a proven to be deadly virus and there is no reason for ridiculous lies to harm the lives of our country.

Winter is approaching and Dr. Fauci has stated mask-wearing might be necessary inside American homes, especially that indoor activities and visiting can bring the virus to otherwise healthy people, including children.

Trump is a serial liar.

October 20, 2020
By Stephen Collinson

President Donald Trump's election endgame argument, (click here) far from bristling with new solutions to a pandemic that has killed 220,000 Americans, on Monday devolved into a campaign of insults against Dr. Anthony Fauci -- for telling the truth about the disease.

Trump ridiculed Fauci as a "disaster" and an "idiot" who has been around for "500 years" -- trashing one of the nation's best hopes of easing the pandemic along with his recommendations to quell an alarming Covid-19 surge.

His personal warfare against Fauci on a frenzied day on the campaign trail, while indecent and questionable from a strategic political perspective, revealed how the US government effort to beat the pandemic has been suppressed in the service of Trump's reelection.

"Tony Fauci has been the most clear, consistent proponent of the measures the United States needs to protect itself from a deadly disease," William Haseltine, a renowned public health expert and former professor at Harvard Medical School, told CNN's Erin Burnett on Monday....

The Republican Party plays the American people like a fine tuned fiddle.

When the American people are told to fear and jump, they ask how high. There is always fear peddled by Republicans and this is exactly why and it worked for the 2016 race against Clinton. A simple statement by Comey shortly before election day the reaction by the American people was palpable. Why? Because they are preprogrammed to fear life itself. It doesn't matter if it is terrorists or school shootings the American people are primed to react to alarming information.

This attack against Hunter and Joe Biden is a planned assault. No one makes a movie to defame on the happenstance of the DISCOVERY of a laptop. This was manipulated to FIT THE PURPOSE OF A MOVIE to promote the Republicans. This is just found in the right-wing media. Hence. Fear the Deep State the right-wing media is the only trustworthy liars.

My, my it isn't about Ukraine, but, China that Trump has spewed hate at since before he took office. It is my understanding the laptop was examined by the FBI last November 2019.

...FBI paperwork (click here) also shows that shop owner John Paul Mac Isaac received a subpoena to testify before the US District Court in Delaware in December 2019

This is nothing, except, the right-wing media willingness to overthrow the USA government for their own purposes. This is all old news. Manipulation, manipulation, manipulation. 

CURRENTLY, the FBI is looking into the fact the magazine involved may be guilty of supporting a Russian propaganda campaign.

As Election Day nears, (click here) President Donald Trump and his supporters are urging greater scrutiny of Hunter Biden, the son of his opponent, Democratic nominee Joe Biden. They’re especially focusing on the younger Biden’s ties to China.

"Joe Biden must immediately release all emails, meetings, phone calls, transcripts, and records related to his involvement in his family’s business dealings and influence peddling around the world—including in CHINA!" Trump tweeted on Oct. 14. His campaign also ran an ad that said, "The question is not why Hunter Biden used his name to get these gigs. It’s why Joe Biden let him do it."

This line of attack against Biden is crystallized in a new documentary distributed by TheBlaze, (Glen Beck) a conservative media site, and featuring the conservative author Peter Schweizer....

If I read my Trumps right, Thursday night will be a loud cry about "the Deep State," regardless of there being no deep state.

The FBI already determined there was no law broken by the Bidens.

There is no Deep State and there is no scandal here!

Secretary-General of the Palestinian Authority Saeb Erekat is in critical condition in an Israeli hospital suffering from COVID-19.

May Allah hear the prayers of the devoted.

More corruption from Trump and Barr.

I trial must go forward. Even if it begins as a civil suit there must be support for

Ms. Carroll and any others willing to come forward after all these years. This cannot stand. Bill Barr is not the personal lawyer to the president with allegations decades old. This is a very dangerous precedent by Barr and must be dealt with

...And in September 2020, (click here) model Amy Dorris said that in 1997 Trump forcibly kissed her, groped her all over her body, and gripped her tightly so she couldn't get away....

Ms. Carroll is one of at least 26 women making accusations of sexual misconduct and sexual assault. Those 26 women were as of 2017. There are far more than that who have or are speaking out about Trump.

October 19, 2020

By Benjamin Weiser and Alan Feuer

The Justice Department (click here) said on Monday that President Trump should not be sued personally for having denied a rape allegation because he made the statement while acting in his official capacity as president.

Lawyers for the government made the argument as they defended Attorney General William P. Barr’s decision to intervene in a defamation lawsuit filed in a New York court against President Trump by E. Jean Carroll, the writer.

Ms. Carroll has said that Mr. Trump raped her in a department store two decades ago and then falsely denied the attack, branding her a liar and harming her reputation....

The evidence and the reports of the same behaviors by Trump of many women and girls cannot be denied.

Trump afraid of pedophilia?

He practiced pedophilia with his Miss Teenage America pagent for a thrill. If Qanon was any kind of moral organization they would not be holding Trump up as an example.

I also don't understand why Hunter Biden is an issue at all. Trump's family has been taking advantage of the USA government for every dollar and hotel reservation they could get. Other countries were taken for a ride, like ylrlthe loans from the USE. There is nothing Hunter can do that even compares to the abuse by the Trump family.

Vice President Biden needs to be proud of his son’s accomplishments. No apologies!

Ron Johnson is a propagandist.

I am away and I am not staying on my personal hotspot for a significant length of time.

Until tomorrow. 

Thank you for your interest.

Trump is lying about Michigan.

There are schools open in some of the cities. If the population of the infections is low the cities are allowed to open and that includes schools.

Kindly remember Detroit was the scene where a Chinese scientist was picked up by the Border Patrol carrying very dangerous vials of SARS and MERS. Governor Whitmer has had significant worries that other states did not.

March 30. 2020

By Tobias Hoonhout

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (click here) agents at Detroit Metro Airport stopped a Chinese scientist carrying vials believed to contain the MERS and SARS viruses in November 2018 — just over a year before the first reported Wuhan coronavirus case, according to an FBI tactical intelligence report obtained by Yahoo News....

Statewide Available PPE and Bed Tracking (click here)

The idea of "opening up the state" revolves around bed availability. ICU beds in most regions pf Michigan are tight. There are enough ventilators, but, the beds are running about 25 percent across the state. So the number of beds ready for patients is still low. I don't consider 25 percent when it means 20 to 30 beds a great number to allow an entire state to open it's economy.

The number of beds dictates the number of people allowed to congregate at a time. When a governor states there can be a group of 10 people allowed to meet that means if one person of the ten is a COVID-19 carrier (silent or otherwise) then those ten people will have a bed when they come down with the virus because they were infected when their group met.

the matter of available is much bigger than that because one person infecting nine others at a get together doesn't end there. Those ten people will carry their new infection back home and infect those that were healthy before the meeting. So, it is risky to a governor state there can be 10 people at a time in a group. The danger of the infection is not limited to 10 people because there are going to be multiple groups throughout the region. So, when people meet and become infected those open beds are occupied quickly.

Opening up an economy in the cities is a risky business. It is why people must wear masks, social distance, and practice hand hygiene. There are life-saving measures AND they also keep beds open for those that are not as careful as they should be.

When beds become occupied the demand for PPE goes up. 21+ days of PPE is a good lead-in for any hospital, but, with increasing numbers of COVID-19 escalating that turn from a comfort zone into a worry.

According to the PPE report today, some hospitals are operating on low supplies with gloves being from zero days stocked to perhaps 6 days supply. That is not at all sufficient to handle an increase in disease that is occurring now.

Trump, WHERE IS THE PPE NEEDED IN MICHIGAN?

India's researchers have decided the SARS-CoV-2 infecting their population is not mutating. It is stable.

October 17, 2020

...As the work continues (click here) to develop an effective vaccine for Covid-19, the government on Saturday said two pan-India studies on the genome of the virus in India suggest it is genetically stable and has shown no major mutation....

The only Ukrainians willing to provide false information to Giuliani would be backed by Russia.

Giuliani and his Ukrainian friend Andriy Derkach are allowing Russia to corrupt the political process in the USA. There was and still is nothing wrong with Vice President Biden talking with former President Poroshenko.

It would be helpful to have FBI Director Wray speak to the American people about this mess before it gets out of hand. The Trump party is providing propaganda through a news organization that will cause confusion with the people. That has to stop. 

August 8, 2020
By Matthew Kupfer

President Volodymyr Zelensky (click here) has called on Ukrainian citizens to avoid engaging in any activity connected with the upcoming U.S. presidential elections in November. His statement comes just a day after U.S. Intelligence accused a Ukrainian lawmaker of attempting to interfere in the vote and suggested that his actions worked in the interests of Russia.

In an Aug. 8 post on his official Facebook page, Zelensky said that “under no circumstances should it be acceptable to interfere in another country’s sovereign elections.”

“I assure our partners once again that Ukraine has not allowed and will not allow itself to interfere in elections in the future and thereby damage our trusting and sincere partnership with the United States,” he continued....

The horrible men behind the horrible man.

Whenever I read about Giuliani's handiwork I always state he is a snake. That legacy continues.

Rudy Giuliani remains responsible for the death of firemen on September 11, 2020. The radios he bought them to communicate when on the scene of a fire, didn't work. He purchased those defective radios while is was the so-called "America's Mayor." If the communication system with the fire department wasn't defective, most believe those dead would still be alive today because they never got the evacuation order.

Rudy Giuliani has always been a snake straight out of Satan's Lair. They all deserve each other, Bannon, Giuliani, and Trump. They are all bankrupt million-billionaires and they always, I do mean always, need money. Bannon even floated his boat in reach of the FBI. Oops, the RNC primarily dark donor was now busted.

I thought it was too quiet. Christie was on his way to the ICU when no one had heard yet from Giuliani. It was just too quiet and no one was stating he died. I could imagine Trump saying, "Come on, you are my lawyer, come up with something to protect my second term."

Guiliani, had he actually managed to spoof the public and the vote turned to Trump and that is a lot of Imagineering, would still be a candidate for treason. So, here we are with basically three men that don't care, I do mean don't care, about the country so much as their own creature comforts and cash flow. Three men that should never be involved with the public discourse of anything and once again trying to overthrow the government FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES. 

WHEN IS SOME GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THEM?

And what about the return of the "character" of Judith Miller at the New York Post? The entire management of the New York Post needs to be peer reviewed. 

October 17, 2020
By David Folkenflik

...This week, the New York Post published (click here) a story based on what it says are emails — "smoking gun" emails, it calls them — sent by a Ukrainian business executive to the son of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. The story fits snugly into a narrative from President Trump and his allies that Hunter Biden's zealous pursuit of business ties abroad also compromised the former vice president.

Yet this was a story marked more by red flags than investigative rigor.

To start, the emails have not been verified as authentic. They were said to have been extracted from a computer assumed — but not proven — to have belonged to the younger Biden. They were said to have been given to the Post by Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who is known for making discredited claims about the Bidens....

Hopefully the truth is on the move.

I did say hopefully. It will be an issue if the members of the Snyder administration attempt to lie about it's involvement in the poisoning of the people of Flint. I am sure they have huddled about Flint more than once to "get their storeis straight."

October 13, 2020

Speculation (click here) is mounting that a grand jury has been tapped to consider potential charges in the Flint water case, as The Detroit News reports Dave Murray, a former spokesman for Gov. Rick Snyder, made a lengthy visit to the Genesee County Courthouse Tuesday.

Murray was one of Snyder's closest advisers in the wake of the Flint water crisis. His lawyer would not answer questions about why he was at the court in Flint. A spokesperson for state Attorney General Dana Nessel would not confirm whether a grand jury had been convened. 

Prosecutors have been mum on the status of the case since mid-April, when they said criminal charges were still coming. The initial probe that brought stiff charges against top Snyder officials was scrapped and restarted last year by Nessel. She said a special prosecution team tapped by her predecessor, Bill Schuette, botched its investigation.

A well thought out plan.

Farmers are very smart businesspersons. I first saw this a couple of days ago and waited to hear how it was photoshopped or something. Evidently, it is for real.

A farm this size cannot register a series of large losses. Mr. Larson is right he needed to rethink his best interests. I wish the farming community would realize it is the Democrats that fight hardest for them. It is usually a Democrat that comes to the press to say the farm bill is stalled in Congress.

I love it. It is a great expression of resolve.

October 16, 2020
By Chris Riotta

...He etched out their last names on a loose piece of paper he carried with him in his tractor until he decided to go through with it.

“I’m sitting out there for hours, and I got to thinking, ‘you know, I could make a nice sign out here I betcha,’” he says in a recent interview with The Independent. “I had taken a little piece of note paper — I didn’t take a Biden and Harris sign, just found the logo online — and made a little sketch. When I finished doing my business up there, I made these little signs.”

To be clear, the signs are anything but small.

Larson says the Biden-Harris sign stretches ten acres. He also made one for the state’s Democratic gubernatorial and lieutenant governor candidates, Dr Shelley Lenz and Ben Vig. He used a grid based on old tracks left in the fields from the last time he worked on the area, and simply got to work on his vision....

...Larson (click here) says the president’s trade wars with China have resulted in steep losses in revenue for his farm, calling Trump’s promise that China would end up taking the economic hit instead of America’s farmers and ranchers a “bold-faced lie.”

“It’s cost a lot of money,” he says. “I’ve paid check-off money — tens of thousands of dollars for forty years. A big share of that money goes to trade missions: Setting up trade relationships, inviting trading partners over here to see our product. Trump got into office and he flushed that all down the toilet in two months.”...

Third debate

Somehow SARS-CoV-2 has reached into the Harris campaign. To be absolutely confident in the candidates’ safety in the third presidential debate between Biden and Trump a virtual venue should be mandated. 

The Biden and Harris campaign need to reassess their safety regulations. No more contamination. Biden and Harris have been personally vigilant. No excuses for any staff member.

The offices, the cars and any other hardware must be terminally cleaned and the staff given physical exams and SARS-CoV-2 test for the Harris Campaign, No slip ups including the venues she enters. No conversations with random people. Tighten it up.

DO NOT ENTER THE WHITE HOUSE!

That historic building will have to be given a vacation between presidents. It needs to be cleaned with a mist of ingredients to permeate EVERY CRACK of which there are many. The White House may have to be freshly plastered and sparkled. Insect and any critter will have to be found, the nests cleaned out and given a new home far from Washington, DC. Seriously. They are vectors.

No leaf unturned. That includes outdoor venues. I think the Rose Garden should be ripped out by the roots and concrete removed to be on the safe side. It needs a historic return anyway.

Concrete is carbon. Questions?

The lawns will have to be treated before the Easter Bunny returns.

DOJ

Joe Biden’s answer about what his DOJ would do should be a HUGE relief to the country as compared to the personal retaliative demands by Trump. The country would actually benefitting from a real DOJ that is not used for attack dogs.

I really don’t care what Trump said. Who wants to hear nothing but lies.

Administration of antibodies is not new. There is another company called QUANSYS has a Human iGg 4 plex specifically to combat SARS-Cov-2. 

One pint of blood is broken down into different components to RBC (Red Blood Cells), plasma (FFP also called Fresh Frozen Plasma) is used in liver disease and iGg or white blood cell components. RBCs are RBCs. White blood cells are far more complex in its components. iGg has been around for as long as medical research looked through a 10X microscope. The science being tapped to fight the global pandemic are long lived rock solid methods. There is at least one exception to that with Moderna and their highly specialized investigation into mRNA.

Moderna is not looked to as in favor by the financial markets. I don’t understand that. This company has been very successful in treating human disease. I am hopeful their vaccine will be stable and successful. I haven’t heard about their trials having problems. They are working with genetics. So is the virus. 

The so called Hunter Biden laptop...

 ...is an unsecured laptop that was manipulated. There really isn’t much to say when a third part is involved.

US intelligence was expecting this level of deception to attempt to manipulate the election. I take it the Russians still haven’t found the 30,000 emails, too.

This is such a lie. Shame on everyone.

US intelligence was alerted to a Russian hack into Burisma back in January. The laptop is a creation from Moscow. 

The New York Times reported on the crime. Unfortunately, the American public was exposed to the Russian crime before it could be stopped.

The awareness of the hacked and forged Burisma emails extends back by at least one month. The hacking of Burisma by the Russian military began November 2019. They weren’t successful until two months later. Once hacked emails were produced and made to appear the Vice President was involved in an illegal act.

Hunter Biden is the victim along with his father because Joe Biden is tough on Russian criminals.

It was an attempt by Russia to enter the word “email” into the contest for president. Russia was also expecting Bill Barr to enter the fray to ensure Trumps victory. I guess Barr was waiting for it along with the rest of the US intelligence agencies.

The USA is NOT communist RUSSIA, Vladimir. No ballot stuffing either!

Trump supporters are activist spreaders, wear masks and demand social distancing!

The house needed a plumber to fix a slow drain. It worked out that the garbage disposal needed to be replaced.

The plumbing crew composed a young man and an old man. Neither were wearing masks when my mother answered the door. I was at the other end of the house. After 10 minutes I came to the kitchen and they had begun work. The old man was talking to my 85 year old mother up close and talking to her about her age and how he is interested in dating. 

I demanded they immediately place masks on as I was wearing one and handed one to my mother. The old man stated he and his partner never wear masks and see no reason to change now. I offered them extra masks kept in the house, but, they refused. I told them they couldn’t finish the work, I would pay them their minimal charge and I would find someone else.

It is my opinion the old man, conveniently named Don, was having his own COVID-19 party and was an activist attempting to give an 85 year old woman the virus by chance he was a silent spreader. 

If workpersons of any capacity won’t follow the rules for avoiding SARS-CoV-2 and won’t verbalize that over the phone, don’t hire them as they most probably are activists for herd immunity in both their private and professional lives.

Please be assertive to obeying social demands for anyone entering a home. He absolutely terrified me.