There is absolutely no reason to revisit this. It is an inefficient drug while incurring unnecessary costs and poor outcomes of patients. Trials of immensely beneficial medications are complete with widely held value for good patient outcomes.
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
There are far better treatments for COVID-19
Hydroxychloroquine has far too many serious side effects including death to continue using it as a treatment regime for COVID-19.
There aren’t that many pediatric intensive care units and staff
I am traveling and it is looking good out here. Trucks everywhere and far fewer cars.
There will be nightmares if students return to their in person classrooms.
Look, when Trump starts his mess about opening the economy and schools he is driving anger and fear. I believe that is why the cut in support by Republicans for continued unemployment. But, that said Trump has no real numbers on what to expect in the way of COVID-19 cases among anyone let alone children.
I don’t see a return to in person classes before winter semester 2021. Congress is supposed to be appropriating funds for schools. It has to pass into law and the monies distributed. It won’t be until winter semester 2021 at the earliest schools will be readied.
Did anyone notice the fence wall Trump is building around the White House? He is scared to deaths of American citizens. He completely disregarded Congressman John Lewis as well. That was a racist political statement, not a partisan statement. If one can honor another in death there is no recognition of humanity in that stand. The Trump political ads are full of fear and racism. No policy. Those ads should matter but don’t.
Don’t send the children back to school. It is too soon and the USA does not have enough pediatric beds, PICU or otherwise to even approach a risky strategy like that.
Later.
Sunday, July 26, 2020
There is too much inconsistency in policy to maintain a steady drop in SARS-CoV-2.
In recent days it appears Governor Abbot is moving closer to closing the state of Texas with a "stay at home" order. Recently the death toll in Texas surpassed 5000 (click here). If there are additional stay at home orders, be it Texas or otherwise, the needs of the people will not have changed.
Let me remind that when the first legislation was passed in the US Congress, a bill from the US House provided for employers to maintain their payroll and that it would be a grant rather than a loan if the businesses were open by July 25th, if memory serves. Well, July 25th is here and gone and the number of cases in the USA is still climbing and deaths are still accumulating. I might point out some of those deaths were due to states reopening too soon and people returning to their jobs when there was still danger.
The first attempt to end the virus' spread, the science as directed by the CDC was assaulted by President Trump. I don't want to hear how the CDC was first stating the masks would not help. This was long before masks became an issue and the science behind wearing them changed to accommodate changing conditions of the people and the continued spread of the virus. The fact that COVID-19 is still a problem is due to presidential lies and political deceptions.
The first effort would have worked beautifully and this second round of monies not even necessary if the science wasn't undermined for political purposes. In those days, Trump was denying there was even a problem and the virus was shut down by one plane full of people from China. Then Oregon exploded and nursing homes came into focus. In the beginning, entire segments of families were dying because of the poor response by leadership.
Texas has become another cautionary tale amid the pandemic. (click here)
The point is the circumstances have not changed but the US Senate wants to pretend the people are not returning to work because of the unemployment they are receiving. There are complaints about people not seeking work because the businesses sincere about their attempts to ride the wave with their employees are now facing the July 25th deadline and their employees are too scared to come back. These businesses took those loans in good faith that July 25th actually meant something and expected their loans to be converted to grants. For those businesses, employees returning or being hired are vital to protect their operations. The complaints aren't about lazy people, they are about loans that won't convert to grants.
...The enhancement was designed (click here) to keep laid-off people at home instead of out looking for work during the pandemic-fueled lockdowns and has helped millions pay the rent, buy groceries and cover other bills. But it has also kept some workers on the sidelines -- creating headaches for employers trying to get back up and running, even as new coronavirus surges complicate state reopenings....
Kudlow has it all wrong.
NO ONE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR WORK DURING A PANDEMIC. If the programs to take care of Americans aren't in place they will risk their lives to work and provide for their families.
THAT IS A HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION!
There is no returning to work because Trump decided to create fear to enhance his re-election bid and that was more important than a healthy country.
I don't know what a $1200 bonus is going to solve except it will tide Americans over while the GOVERNMENT ONCE AGAIN GETS IT ACT TOGETHER.
There is no returning to work if states like Texas are looking at a shutdown that will last 16 days or more.
What are the Senate Republicans interested in the health of Americans or creating more fear, because they are plenty fearful of this virus and a White House run amuck?
Governor Abbot is correct in mandating masks to be worn at all times and returning to a stay at home order. It might be if his plans work, Texas may be seeing a huge downturn in virus cases and A SUSTAINED low rate by the time school rolls around.
Sixteen days of a shutdown is far less expensive than continuing to fund political rhetoric that keeps Americans sick and dying.
Any new legislation MUST INCLUDE that cities and states CANNOT BY LAW exceed the capacity of their hospitals during any reopening.
This next legislation, Senator Schumer, needs to be far tougher on states and municipalities to protect citizens. That means staying at home orders must stay in place until the virus is under control. That takes monies not just to citizens, but, to state and local governments. If this next legislation does not achieve the end of the spread of the virus, this tragedy will continue into next year.
No American wants to stay home without working. They have lost their health benefits because of it. That is another issue that faces the July 25th date. The businesses that are complaining about people not working are afraid of the debt load that loan will compel them to pay rather than a grant and without those continued funds they will not be able to maintain their health insurance either.
TRUMP ROYALLY SCREWED UP THE FIRST RESPONSE TO THE VIRUS AND THAT IS THE ONLY REASON WE ARE STILL FACING AMERICANS FEARFUL FOR THEIR HEALTH AND LIVES.
Moscow Mitch is not going to get away with calling Americans lazy when he and Trump have neglected their responsibility in maintaining an anti-virus stance.
The political rhetoric will stop.
NOW!
This was supposed to be over by July 25, 2020. It isn't!
Let me remind that when the first legislation was passed in the US Congress, a bill from the US House provided for employers to maintain their payroll and that it would be a grant rather than a loan if the businesses were open by July 25th, if memory serves. Well, July 25th is here and gone and the number of cases in the USA is still climbing and deaths are still accumulating. I might point out some of those deaths were due to states reopening too soon and people returning to their jobs when there was still danger.
The first attempt to end the virus' spread, the science as directed by the CDC was assaulted by President Trump. I don't want to hear how the CDC was first stating the masks would not help. This was long before masks became an issue and the science behind wearing them changed to accommodate changing conditions of the people and the continued spread of the virus. The fact that COVID-19 is still a problem is due to presidential lies and political deceptions.
The first effort would have worked beautifully and this second round of monies not even necessary if the science wasn't undermined for political purposes. In those days, Trump was denying there was even a problem and the virus was shut down by one plane full of people from China. Then Oregon exploded and nursing homes came into focus. In the beginning, entire segments of families were dying because of the poor response by leadership.
Texas has become another cautionary tale amid the pandemic. (click here)
The point is the circumstances have not changed but the US Senate wants to pretend the people are not returning to work because of the unemployment they are receiving. There are complaints about people not seeking work because the businesses sincere about their attempts to ride the wave with their employees are now facing the July 25th deadline and their employees are too scared to come back. These businesses took those loans in good faith that July 25th actually meant something and expected their loans to be converted to grants. For those businesses, employees returning or being hired are vital to protect their operations. The complaints aren't about lazy people, they are about loans that won't convert to grants.
...The enhancement was designed (click here) to keep laid-off people at home instead of out looking for work during the pandemic-fueled lockdowns and has helped millions pay the rent, buy groceries and cover other bills. But it has also kept some workers on the sidelines -- creating headaches for employers trying to get back up and running, even as new coronavirus surges complicate state reopenings....
Kudlow has it all wrong.
NO ONE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR WORK DURING A PANDEMIC. If the programs to take care of Americans aren't in place they will risk their lives to work and provide for their families.
THAT IS A HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION!
There is no returning to work because Trump decided to create fear to enhance his re-election bid and that was more important than a healthy country.
I don't know what a $1200 bonus is going to solve except it will tide Americans over while the GOVERNMENT ONCE AGAIN GETS IT ACT TOGETHER.
There is no returning to work if states like Texas are looking at a shutdown that will last 16 days or more.
What are the Senate Republicans interested in the health of Americans or creating more fear, because they are plenty fearful of this virus and a White House run amuck?
Governor Abbot is correct in mandating masks to be worn at all times and returning to a stay at home order. It might be if his plans work, Texas may be seeing a huge downturn in virus cases and A SUSTAINED low rate by the time school rolls around.
Sixteen days of a shutdown is far less expensive than continuing to fund political rhetoric that keeps Americans sick and dying.
Any new legislation MUST INCLUDE that cities and states CANNOT BY LAW exceed the capacity of their hospitals during any reopening.
This next legislation, Senator Schumer, needs to be far tougher on states and municipalities to protect citizens. That means staying at home orders must stay in place until the virus is under control. That takes monies not just to citizens, but, to state and local governments. If this next legislation does not achieve the end of the spread of the virus, this tragedy will continue into next year.
No American wants to stay home without working. They have lost their health benefits because of it. That is another issue that faces the July 25th date. The businesses that are complaining about people not working are afraid of the debt load that loan will compel them to pay rather than a grant and without those continued funds they will not be able to maintain their health insurance either.
TRUMP ROYALLY SCREWED UP THE FIRST RESPONSE TO THE VIRUS AND THAT IS THE ONLY REASON WE ARE STILL FACING AMERICANS FEARFUL FOR THEIR HEALTH AND LIVES.
Moscow Mitch is not going to get away with calling Americans lazy when he and Trump have neglected their responsibility in maintaining an anti-virus stance.
The political rhetoric will stop.
NOW!
This was supposed to be over by July 25, 2020. It isn't!
Saturday, July 25, 2020
India has political parties that are communists.
Some say India is in a political crisis. Maybe. For some. But, I think the people in office right now are solid leaders and love democracy while seeking stronger ties with the EU.
There is a common thread across The West that income inequality is an issue. It is an issue and people in the USA are not paid a fair wage. But, I find it really strange that economies recovered from 2008 global banking crash are all having the same complaints as if their elections are being hacked by the same communists.
I love the cartoon. It says so much.
July 25, 2020
By Sadanand Dhume
If an alien landed on Earth (click here) and demanded to see an Indian legislator in his natural habitat, where would you send him? My pick: an upscale resort hotel. Among freshly mown lawns, long buffet tables, and flat screen TVs showing Bollywood reruns, the odds of sighting a state legislator would appear fairly high. (MPs tend to be more elusive.)...
So much is clear about the aggression by China into India now. How convenient for a political crisis to follow that illegal act by China.
India and China have seemed to come to an UNDERSTANDING if not peaceful coexistence. However, India is not slacking off it's military build-up. India is correct to continue that.
India has a right to its sovereignty and the military to defend it. I have never known modern-day India to be an aggressor nation. It isn't in their DNA.
See, The West is chronically under attack and when the USA has a soft and ineffective president allied countries begin to think about THE REAL WORLD where their borders exist. That is what China was picking up on. Trump was not attending to the national security of any country be it the homeland and/or an allied country. China was becoming dangerously close in misinterpreting the relationship the USA has with India.
And of course, Trump's best buddy has become very worried about the Himalayas. I don't recall a single Russian that scaled the Himalayas risking oxygen deprivation. I think the history makers have come from The West.
June 17, 2020
By Tom O'Connor
Russia has said (click here) it is closely watching reports of deadly clashes between its strategic partners China and India over contested land in the Himalayas.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters Wednesday that Moscow is "watching with great attention what is happening on the Chinese-Indian border" after what he described as "a very alarming report" about the conflict at the disputed territory between India-administered Ladakh and China-controlled Aksai Chin in Kashmir. Peskov said, however, that Beijing and New Delhi could resolve their dispute on their own.
"We consider that the two countries are capable of taking necessary steps to prevent such situations in the future and to ensure that there is predictability and stability in the region and that this is a safe region for nations, first of all, China and India," Peskov said, according to the state-run Tass Russian News Agency....
Alliances aren't about trade so much as national security. And it isn't the kind of national security that resorts to nuclear holocaust. It is the kind of national security that allows for economic prosperity WITHOUT the hint of a threat from neighbors. It is why The West engages in military exercises.
That hand-holding with Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a great privilege. If there was ever a man interested in global peace is Modi. I recently saw a picture of him in the Himalayas in his military uniform. Very dashing. The picture and accompanying article left no doubt to the resolve of Modi and India to maintain it's the vigilance of it's borders.
India is in a very interesting neighborhood. India is a great non-aggressive neighbor. So, Putin has little to no reason to think about India as a problem, but, he might want to take it up to his friend, China.
I bid Prime Minister Modi great admiration for the man of peace that is he. Amazing man.
I am not sure the relationships India has with it's smaller neighbors. I do know Vietnam has been having trouble with China and it's insistence Vietnam oil fields were actually China's. China is a very confused country under this leadership. But, when the virus is under control, I would encourage Prime Minister Modi to reach out to it's small neighbors and find common ground.
There is a common thread across The West that income inequality is an issue. It is an issue and people in the USA are not paid a fair wage. But, I find it really strange that economies recovered from 2008 global banking crash are all having the same complaints as if their elections are being hacked by the same communists.
I love the cartoon. It says so much.
By Sadanand Dhume
If an alien landed on Earth (click here) and demanded to see an Indian legislator in his natural habitat, where would you send him? My pick: an upscale resort hotel. Among freshly mown lawns, long buffet tables, and flat screen TVs showing Bollywood reruns, the odds of sighting a state legislator would appear fairly high. (MPs tend to be more elusive.)...
So much is clear about the aggression by China into India now. How convenient for a political crisis to follow that illegal act by China.
India and China have seemed to come to an UNDERSTANDING if not peaceful coexistence. However, India is not slacking off it's military build-up. India is correct to continue that.
India has a right to its sovereignty and the military to defend it. I have never known modern-day India to be an aggressor nation. It isn't in their DNA.
See, The West is chronically under attack and when the USA has a soft and ineffective president allied countries begin to think about THE REAL WORLD where their borders exist. That is what China was picking up on. Trump was not attending to the national security of any country be it the homeland and/or an allied country. China was becoming dangerously close in misinterpreting the relationship the USA has with India.
And of course, Trump's best buddy has become very worried about the Himalayas. I don't recall a single Russian that scaled the Himalayas risking oxygen deprivation. I think the history makers have come from The West.
By Tom O'Connor
Russia has said (click here) it is closely watching reports of deadly clashes between its strategic partners China and India over contested land in the Himalayas.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters Wednesday that Moscow is "watching with great attention what is happening on the Chinese-Indian border" after what he described as "a very alarming report" about the conflict at the disputed territory between India-administered Ladakh and China-controlled Aksai Chin in Kashmir. Peskov said, however, that Beijing and New Delhi could resolve their dispute on their own.
"We consider that the two countries are capable of taking necessary steps to prevent such situations in the future and to ensure that there is predictability and stability in the region and that this is a safe region for nations, first of all, China and India," Peskov said, according to the state-run Tass Russian News Agency....
Alliances aren't about trade so much as national security. And it isn't the kind of national security that resorts to nuclear holocaust. It is the kind of national security that allows for economic prosperity WITHOUT the hint of a threat from neighbors. It is why The West engages in military exercises.
India is in a very interesting neighborhood. India is a great non-aggressive neighbor. So, Putin has little to no reason to think about India as a problem, but, he might want to take it up to his friend, China.
I bid Prime Minister Modi great admiration for the man of peace that is he. Amazing man.
I am not sure the relationships India has with it's smaller neighbors. I do know Vietnam has been having trouble with China and it's insistence Vietnam oil fields were actually China's. China is a very confused country under this leadership. But, when the virus is under control, I would encourage Prime Minister Modi to reach out to it's small neighbors and find common ground.
The Republicans that make up Trump's base are also isolated.
We know for a fact that FOX News is a player in Trump's perverted game of propaganda. But, it isn't just FOX News that is poisoning the minds of the unwitting, Trump has his own visual methods to inspire hate and violence.
The lack of real information reaching the Trump base, which I don't think can be called Republican, started the day of Trump's inauguration. This was the plan. It was the strategy to end the American democracy. All of what is transpiring now is all pre-meditated. How long has this game been developed? To deploy such strategies didn't occur all by themselves either.
The Trump Russians showed up within 12 hours of the Comey firing. This is all pre-meditated. I don't find the timing at all awkward. To say so only provides Traitor Trump with shade.
May 10, 2017
By Julie Hirschfeld Davis
Washington - When President Trump (click here) met with top Russian officials in the Oval Office on Wednesday, White House officials barred reporters from witnessing the moment. They apparently preferred to block coverage of the awkwardly timed visit as questions swirled about whether the president had dismissed his F.B.I. director in part to squelch the investigation into possible ties between his campaign and Moscow....
Trump hands his Russians highly classified information for what purpose? The information Trump handed the Russians is KOMPROMAT. Is there any doubt among Americans that Trump is compromised and continues to play to THE PLAN that was launched at the time of inauguration?
There are Trump supporters that actually believe Russia is their liberator from the Deep State.
July 25, 2020
by Mike Allen
Axios White House (click here) editor Margaret Talev and data visualization editor Danielle Alberti analyzed 17 weeks of our Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index, and found:
- Trump's words and actions have driven Republican perceptions and behavior on everything from wearing face masks to worry about economic collapse.
- Why it matters: When Trump talks, his base listens. That carries profound implications for efforts to limit the spread in the U.S., since he so often contradicts public health officials or state and local leaders.
- Cliff Young, president of Ipsos U.S. Public Affairs, says: "The influence of the leader in highly partisan times is really large ... It's true for any president, no matter which party."....
The lack of real information reaching the Trump base, which I don't think can be called Republican, started the day of Trump's inauguration. This was the plan. It was the strategy to end the American democracy. All of what is transpiring now is all pre-meditated. How long has this game been developed? To deploy such strategies didn't occur all by themselves either.
The Trump Russians showed up within 12 hours of the Comey firing. This is all pre-meditated. I don't find the timing at all awkward. To say so only provides Traitor Trump with shade.
May 10, 2017By Julie Hirschfeld Davis
Washington - When President Trump (click here) met with top Russian officials in the Oval Office on Wednesday, White House officials barred reporters from witnessing the moment. They apparently preferred to block coverage of the awkwardly timed visit as questions swirled about whether the president had dismissed his F.B.I. director in part to squelch the investigation into possible ties between his campaign and Moscow....
Trump hands his Russians highly classified information for what purpose? The information Trump handed the Russians is KOMPROMAT. Is there any doubt among Americans that Trump is compromised and continues to play to THE PLAN that was launched at the time of inauguration?
There are Trump supporters that actually believe Russia is their liberator from the Deep State.
July 25, 2020
by Mike Allen
Axios White House (click here) editor Margaret Talev and data visualization editor Danielle Alberti analyzed 17 weeks of our Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index, and found:
- Trump's words and actions have driven Republican perceptions and behavior on everything from wearing face masks to worry about economic collapse.
- Why it matters: When Trump talks, his base listens. That carries profound implications for efforts to limit the spread in the U.S., since he so often contradicts public health officials or state and local leaders.
- Cliff Young, president of Ipsos U.S. Public Affairs, says: "The influence of the leader in highly partisan times is really large ... It's true for any president, no matter which party."....
Friday, July 24, 2020
No one is above the law. Snyder and Dillon are to be held responsible for their own decisions.
July 14, 2020
By Beth LaBlanc
A federal appellate panel Tuesday (click here) upheld its June ruling that former Gov. Rick Snyder and former state treasurer Andy Dillon could not be shielded from certain depositions in civil litigation related to the Flint water crisis.
A three-judge panel on the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied Snyder and Dillon's motion for an en banc review, or reconsideration of the appeal by the full Sixth Circuit rather than the three member panel.
The panel concluded Tuesday that the issues raised in Snyder's and Dillion's request "were fully considered upon the original submission and decision of the case."
"The petition then was circulated to the full court," the panel said. "No judge has requested a vote on the suggestion for rehearing en banc."
The three circuit judges were Gilbert Merritt, an appointee of former President Jimmy Carter; Karen Moore, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton; and Eric Murphy, an appointee of President Donald Trump. Moore wrote the opinion.
Snyder and Dillon had requested that they be shielded from depositions in which they would be used as "non-party fact witnesses" in civil litigation connected to the water crisis....
..."Plaintiffs allege here that Gov. Snyder approved the water source switch," the motion read. "But Plaintiffs also allege that his approval was based on Dillon's approval, which in turn rested on the approval of Director Wyant.
"Like Director Wyant, Snyder and Dillon can only be held 'accountable for [their] own conduct.'"...
The Natural Resource Defense Council (click here) has a map that currently tells of the places still in need of replacing lead pipes.
I really feel compelled to mention a gun buyback program the Flint Police are offering to residents.
July 21, 2020
By Ron Fonger
Flint - City officials say they will form a special police unit and buy back guns in the city as part of a broader effort to tamp down rising violent crime.
Mayor Sheldon Neeley announced the plan in a news conference Tuesday, July 21, less than 24 hours after a man in his 20s was shot and killed on Clement Street -- the 28th homicide in Flint this year....
In addition to these, there was a 19-year-old woman shot and killed over a $10 bill. Another 10-year-old girl was hit by a stray bullet and was injured. There is no reason for any of this.
I don't care if there is a poor example by leaders in this country regarding the law and crime, the people need to respect life and stop this violence. It is senseless crime. The people of the USA need to place their dignity on review every day regardless of those in leadership that do not. The people aren't part of gangster culture, we are Americans and we respect life without question.
Everyone possible in Flint should be taking guns to the police and turn them in for $10 bills not seek to victimize more people.
By Beth LaBlanc
A federal appellate panel Tuesday (click here) upheld its June ruling that former Gov. Rick Snyder and former state treasurer Andy Dillon could not be shielded from certain depositions in civil litigation related to the Flint water crisis.
A three-judge panel on the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied Snyder and Dillon's motion for an en banc review, or reconsideration of the appeal by the full Sixth Circuit rather than the three member panel.
The panel concluded Tuesday that the issues raised in Snyder's and Dillion's request "were fully considered upon the original submission and decision of the case."
"The petition then was circulated to the full court," the panel said. "No judge has requested a vote on the suggestion for rehearing en banc."
The three circuit judges were Gilbert Merritt, an appointee of former President Jimmy Carter; Karen Moore, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton; and Eric Murphy, an appointee of President Donald Trump. Moore wrote the opinion.
Snyder and Dillon had requested that they be shielded from depositions in which they would be used as "non-party fact witnesses" in civil litigation connected to the water crisis....
..."Plaintiffs allege here that Gov. Snyder approved the water source switch," the motion read. "But Plaintiffs also allege that his approval was based on Dillon's approval, which in turn rested on the approval of Director Wyant.
"Like Director Wyant, Snyder and Dillon can only be held 'accountable for [their] own conduct.'"...
I really feel compelled to mention a gun buyback program the Flint Police are offering to residents.
July 21, 2020
By Ron Fonger
Flint - City officials say they will form a special police unit and buy back guns in the city as part of a broader effort to tamp down rising violent crime.
Mayor Sheldon Neeley announced the plan in a news conference Tuesday, July 21, less than 24 hours after a man in his 20s was shot and killed on Clement Street -- the 28th homicide in Flint this year....
In addition to these, there was a 19-year-old woman shot and killed over a $10 bill. Another 10-year-old girl was hit by a stray bullet and was injured. There is no reason for any of this.
I don't care if there is a poor example by leaders in this country regarding the law and crime, the people need to respect life and stop this violence. It is senseless crime. The people of the USA need to place their dignity on review every day regardless of those in leadership that do not. The people aren't part of gangster culture, we are Americans and we respect life without question.
Everyone possible in Flint should be taking guns to the police and turn them in for $10 bills not seek to victimize more people.
This is a grossly deceptive statement by the CDC.
The “Children appear (click here) to be at lower risk for contracting COVID-19 compared to adults. To put this in perspective, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of July 17, 2020, the United States reported that children and adolescents under 18 years old account for under 7 percent of COVID-19 cases and less than 0.1 percent of COVID-19-related deaths,” the guidelines state.
American children have been sheltering at home and NOT in social environments. Comparing the USA to Europe is also a gross deception because Europe has conquered the virus.
The USA has the largest number of confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is no other country that can be compared to the USA because they are all doing better than we are. American children have been sheltering at home with their parents so sure there are far few cases because "staying at home" works.
THERE ARE NO CASES OF IN SCHOOL TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THE CHILDREN HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN THOSE SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
DO NOT SEND CHILDREN BACK TO SCHOOL, THERE IS NO SAFE SCENARIO.
The USA needs a nationwide general strike for 16 days to end this virus!
American children have been sheltering at home and NOT in social environments. Comparing the USA to Europe is also a gross deception because Europe has conquered the virus.
The USA has the largest number of confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is no other country that can be compared to the USA because they are all doing better than we are. American children have been sheltering at home with their parents so sure there are far few cases because "staying at home" works.
THERE ARE NO CASES OF IN SCHOOL TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THE CHILDREN HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN THOSE SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
DO NOT SEND CHILDREN BACK TO SCHOOL, THERE IS NO SAFE SCENARIO.
The USA needs a nationwide general strike for 16 days to end this virus!
Any Governor wishing to reach herd immunity is committing murder.
As of 2019, the USA population was 328.2 million men, women, and children.
Herd immunity by definition is 60 percent of the population of a country has sustainable immunity.
To begin, no one can say for sure that people immune today with antibiotics against SARS-CoV-2 will maintain that immunity for a sustained period of time. There have been cases of reinfection after initial infection, too.
196,920,000 Americans with sustained immunity are needed according to 2019 figures for herd immunity. There aren't even that many in the global community, yet alone the USA.
Currently, there are 4,205,389 confirmed cases in the USA.
THE HOSPITAL CAPACITY IN THE USA WILL NEVER ACCOMMODATE ANOTHER 192,000,000 PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONTRACTED COVID-19.
The USA needs a nationwide general strike for 16 days to end this gross malpractice of governance.
Herd immunity by definition is 60 percent of the population of a country has sustainable immunity.
To begin, no one can say for sure that people immune today with antibiotics against SARS-CoV-2 will maintain that immunity for a sustained period of time. There have been cases of reinfection after initial infection, too.
196,920,000 Americans with sustained immunity are needed according to 2019 figures for herd immunity. There aren't even that many in the global community, yet alone the USA.
Currently, there are 4,205,389 confirmed cases in the USA.
THE HOSPITAL CAPACITY IN THE USA WILL NEVER ACCOMMODATE ANOTHER 192,000,000 PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONTRACTED COVID-19.
The USA needs a nationwide general strike for 16 days to end this gross malpractice of governance.
The Jacksonville City Council was asking questions about the RNC Convention when Trump decided to cancel the convention.
July 21, 2020
By Max Greenwood
The mayor of Jacksonville, Fla., (click here) on Tuesday backed up Duval County Sheriff Mike Williams’s assessment that the security plans for the Republican National Convention are inadequate, saying that he needed reassurance that law enforcement would have the necessary resources to secure the convention.
“Any event, anything we put on in the city of Jacksonville, I have to have my sheriff telling me it can be done,” Lenny Curry, a Republican who is also involved in planning the August convention, told reporters on a video call Tuesday.
Curry said that he needed Williams to assure him that “he has the resources he needs and that it can be done in a safe and responsible way.”...
July 23, 2020
The 2020 Republican National Convention’s plans (click here) for coming to Jacksonville next month will face a major roadblock after Mayor Lenny Curry filed a bill Wednesday evening: a city council president who said he now opposes the effort.
The bill, which still leaves gaps about how the city plans to handle testing, treatment and the potential spread of coronavirus, grants Curry extraordinary power to spend $33 million in federal security funds how he thinks is necessary....
July 23, 2020
The 2020 Republican National Convention’s plans (click here) for coming to Jacksonville next month will face a major roadblock after Mayor Lenny Curry filed a bill Wednesday evening: a city council president who said he now opposes the effort.
The bill, which still leaves gaps about how the city plans to handle testing, treatment and the potential spread of coronavirus, grants Curry extraordinary power to spend $33 million in federal security funds how he thinks is necessary....
There are private schools in the country opening today with teachers having positive tests. The governors have to issue closure of all schools otherwise there is too much financial pressure to open with a president that doesn't care about the infection rates of students.
It appears schools are not required to alert parents that school teacher(s) are testing positive.
We are talking about children. This should not be occurring without a national understanding that the virus has a very minor number of Americans positive. The fall semester should be canceled across the USA and school ONLY virtual.
Trump is proving to be lying about COVID and other issues as he chooses.
There will be nightmares out of this for no other reason than “The Donald Trump Crisis.” Trump is disregarding Supreme Court decisions. Why are government employees willing to carry out unlawful directives by Trump? It will negate the US Census in 2020. He is also sending in people to REASK households the Census questions as a validation of truthful reporting by USA citizens. Private companies are carrying this out.
July 22, 2020
By Leah Litman
On Tuesday, (click here) President Trump signed yet another executive order designed to solidify the political power of his white Republican base at the expense of members of minority groups: It would exclude undocumented immigrants from the census count used to apportion congressional seats.
The order appears to emphatically confirm what the Supreme Court concluded last summer in a blockbuster decision that forbade the administration from adding a citizenship question to the U.S. Census — namely, that the administration had “contrived” a rationale for that action. It did not want to collect citizenship information to enforce the Voting Rights Act, as it had maintained. (Throughout the litigation, the groups challenging the citizenship question argued that the administration really wanted citizenship information to allow states to draw districts based on the number of citizens rather than total population. The court did not embrace that interpretation, but did reject the administration’s descriptions of its motive.)
Trump is now pursuing another way to wield the census against noncitizens — confirming that the court was correct in finding the administration to be disingenuous in the earlier case. The administration will now try to figure out which people identified by the census are undocumented immigrants using information shared with the Commerce Department by other agencies. That Trump’s dishonesty on census-related questions is now crystal clear could doom this executive order as well — fairly quickly....
It appears schools are not required to alert parents that school teacher(s) are testing positive.
We are talking about children. This should not be occurring without a national understanding that the virus has a very minor number of Americans positive. The fall semester should be canceled across the USA and school ONLY virtual.
Trump is proving to be lying about COVID and other issues as he chooses.
There will be nightmares out of this for no other reason than “The Donald Trump Crisis.” Trump is disregarding Supreme Court decisions. Why are government employees willing to carry out unlawful directives by Trump? It will negate the US Census in 2020. He is also sending in people to REASK households the Census questions as a validation of truthful reporting by USA citizens. Private companies are carrying this out.
July 22, 2020
By Leah Litman
On Tuesday, (click here) President Trump signed yet another executive order designed to solidify the political power of his white Republican base at the expense of members of minority groups: It would exclude undocumented immigrants from the census count used to apportion congressional seats.
The order appears to emphatically confirm what the Supreme Court concluded last summer in a blockbuster decision that forbade the administration from adding a citizenship question to the U.S. Census — namely, that the administration had “contrived” a rationale for that action. It did not want to collect citizenship information to enforce the Voting Rights Act, as it had maintained. (Throughout the litigation, the groups challenging the citizenship question argued that the administration really wanted citizenship information to allow states to draw districts based on the number of citizens rather than total population. The court did not embrace that interpretation, but did reject the administration’s descriptions of its motive.)
Trump is now pursuing another way to wield the census against noncitizens — confirming that the court was correct in finding the administration to be disingenuous in the earlier case. The administration will now try to figure out which people identified by the census are undocumented immigrants using information shared with the Commerce Department by other agencies. That Trump’s dishonesty on census-related questions is now crystal clear could doom this executive order as well — fairly quickly....
There is an enormous hurricane system with the eye in the Gulf of Mexico.
24 July 20201226z
Tropical Storm Hanna (click here for film loop)
I hope everyone is ready. This isn't just a thunderstorm. It is highly unusual to have a storm front (from the Four Corners north to Canada) with the rotation center over Nebraska and Kansas.
The tropical storm organized and grew very quickly because of the heat in the Gulf of Mexico waters.
Tropical Storm Warning (click here)
GMZ001-242100- Synopsis for the Gulf of Mexico 448 AM EDT Fri Jul 24 2020 SYNOPSIS...Tropical Storm Hanna near 26.7N 92.4W 1002 mb at 5 AM EDT moving WNW at 8 kt. Maximum sustained winds 35 kt gusts 45 kt. Hanna will move to 27.1N 93.7W this afternoon, 27.3N 95.5W Sat morning, 27.3N 97.1W Sat afternoon, inland to 27.2N 98.6W Sun morning, then rapidly weaken over land Sun and Mon.
Thursday, July 23, 2020
The United Nations needs to end this war in space.
There is an International Space Station where live astronauts work. There is absolutely should never be a war in space that will lead to nothing but tragedy. The USA and Russia are guilty of breaking with the treaty that governs space.
March 26, 2020
By Amy Thompson
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) (click here) Atlas V rocket took to the skies Thursday afternoon (March 26), delivering a highly advanced communications satellite to orbit for the U.S. Space Force.
The rocket, outfitted with five strap-on solid rocket boosters, leapt off the pad from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station here at 4:18 p.m. EDT (2018 GMT), near the middle of a planned two-hour window....
July 23, 2020
By Loren Grush
The Department of Defense (click here) believes that Russia may have tested out a new technology in space that could be used to destroy other satellites already in orbit. This particular test didn’t destroy anything, but military officials are worried it could be used to target US satellites in the future.
On July 15th, a Russian satellite called Kosmos 2543 released an unknown object into orbit, according to US Space Command, which is responsible for tracking all the objects currently in orbit. The satellite released this mysterious object near another Russian satellite, though no pieces came in contact with one another. At the time of the test, the Russian Defense Ministry admitted that Kosmos 2543 was going to come close to a target satellite to do an inspection, but satellite trackers took notice of a new object appearing around the time the “inspection” took place....
March 26, 2020
By Amy Thompson
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) (click here) Atlas V rocket took to the skies Thursday afternoon (March 26), delivering a highly advanced communications satellite to orbit for the U.S. Space Force.
The rocket, outfitted with five strap-on solid rocket boosters, leapt off the pad from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station here at 4:18 p.m. EDT (2018 GMT), near the middle of a planned two-hour window....
July 23, 2020
By Loren Grush
The Department of Defense (click here) believes that Russia may have tested out a new technology in space that could be used to destroy other satellites already in orbit. This particular test didn’t destroy anything, but military officials are worried it could be used to target US satellites in the future.
On July 15th, a Russian satellite called Kosmos 2543 released an unknown object into orbit, according to US Space Command, which is responsible for tracking all the objects currently in orbit. The satellite released this mysterious object near another Russian satellite, though no pieces came in contact with one another. At the time of the test, the Russian Defense Ministry admitted that Kosmos 2543 was going to come close to a target satellite to do an inspection, but satellite trackers took notice of a new object appearing around the time the “inspection” took place....
Remember the Obama plan called "Waters of the USA?" Trump wants to not only dump the program but endanger the lives of Americans besides.
The new EPA water program is not about clean water. Trump wants every company or farmer that needs to dump waste into rivers and streams to do so. THEN after the waters are polluted they are to be recycled for human use.
The program is called, "National Water Reuse Action Plan." It could be called, "Drink Your Own Piss."
On February 27, 2020, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler (click here) and other federal, state, and local water leaders announced the release of the National Water Reuse Action Plan: Collaborative Implementation (Version 1). Safe and reliable water supplies for human consumption, agriculture, business, industry, recreation, and healthy ecosystems are critical to our nation’s communities and economy. Water reuse can improve the security, sustainability, and resilience of our nation’s water resources, especially when considered at the watershed or basin scale....
So far 40 states are targeted for the program. The public input isn't widely advertised.
April 18, 2020
Contact Information:
EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov )
Washington - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (click here) is seeking public input on the development of an action plan to accelerate the application of water reuse as a safe, reliable, and sustainable way to meet the country’s current and future water demands.
“To meet the country’s most pressing water resources challenges, EPA recognizes the need for coordinated federal leadership,” said David Ross, U.S. EPA’s assistant administrator for the Office of Water. “Working with our federal partners, we are looking to tap the expertise of our nation’s farmers, utilities, industry, NGOs, scientists, and others to craft a Water Reuse Action Plan that helps our country better prepare for current and future water challenges and meet the water needs of generations to come.”...
EPA Regions to Facilitate Water Reuse (click here)
"Water reuse represents a major opportunity to support our nation’s communities and economy by bolstering safe and reliable water supplies for human consumption, agriculture, business, industry, recreation and healthy ecosystems.”
-EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler
The Basics (click here)
Water reuse (also commonly known as water recycling or water reclamation) reclaims water from a variety of sources then treats and reuses it for beneficial purposes such as agriculture and irrigation, potable water supplies, groundwater replenishment, industrial processes, and environmental restoration. Water reuse can provide alternatives to existing water supplies and be used to enhance water security, sustainability, and resilience.
Water reuse can be defined as planned or unplanned. Unplanned water reuse refers to situations in which a source of water is substantially composed of previously-used water. A common example of unplanned water reuse occurs when communities draw their water supplies from rivers, such as the Colorado River and the Mississippi River, that receive treated wastewater discharges from communities upstream.
Planned water reuse refers to water systems designed with the goal of beneficially reusing a recycled water supply. Often, communities will seek to optimize their overall water use by reusing water to the extent possible within the community, before the water is reintroduced to the environment. Examples of planned reuse include agricultural and landscape irrigation, industrial process water, potable water supplies, and groundwater supply management...,
I have been involved with conservation all my life and intensely involved in the past 21 years. Never once has anyone ever said, let's convert garbage into a benevolent method of refining water. Never once. It was always about making water safer and minimizing pollution into rivers and streams. This plan by the Trump Administration explains a lot about their agenda. DEREGULATION and reducing costs to increase profits.
This form of water reclamation is extremely expensive and requires far more regulation than anyone can imagine. There will be regulation after regulation and guess what will happen in the end? It will be scraped and the old methods will be pursued while seeking to improve water quality everywhere.
I got to hand it to Trump, he knows how to make things as bad as they can be to turn those that complain about costs and government into believers.
The program is called, "National Water Reuse Action Plan." It could be called, "Drink Your Own Piss."
On February 27, 2020, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler (click here) and other federal, state, and local water leaders announced the release of the National Water Reuse Action Plan: Collaborative Implementation (Version 1). Safe and reliable water supplies for human consumption, agriculture, business, industry, recreation, and healthy ecosystems are critical to our nation’s communities and economy. Water reuse can improve the security, sustainability, and resilience of our nation’s water resources, especially when considered at the watershed or basin scale....
So far 40 states are targeted for the program. The public input isn't widely advertised.
April 18, 2020
Contact Information:
EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov )
Washington - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (click here) is seeking public input on the development of an action plan to accelerate the application of water reuse as a safe, reliable, and sustainable way to meet the country’s current and future water demands.
“To meet the country’s most pressing water resources challenges, EPA recognizes the need for coordinated federal leadership,” said David Ross, U.S. EPA’s assistant administrator for the Office of Water. “Working with our federal partners, we are looking to tap the expertise of our nation’s farmers, utilities, industry, NGOs, scientists, and others to craft a Water Reuse Action Plan that helps our country better prepare for current and future water challenges and meet the water needs of generations to come.”...
EPA Regions to Facilitate Water Reuse (click here)
"Water reuse represents a major opportunity to support our nation’s communities and economy by bolstering safe and reliable water supplies for human consumption, agriculture, business, industry, recreation and healthy ecosystems.”
-EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler
The Basics (click here)
Water reuse (also commonly known as water recycling or water reclamation) reclaims water from a variety of sources then treats and reuses it for beneficial purposes such as agriculture and irrigation, potable water supplies, groundwater replenishment, industrial processes, and environmental restoration. Water reuse can provide alternatives to existing water supplies and be used to enhance water security, sustainability, and resilience.
Water reuse can be defined as planned or unplanned. Unplanned water reuse refers to situations in which a source of water is substantially composed of previously-used water. A common example of unplanned water reuse occurs when communities draw their water supplies from rivers, such as the Colorado River and the Mississippi River, that receive treated wastewater discharges from communities upstream.
Planned water reuse refers to water systems designed with the goal of beneficially reusing a recycled water supply. Often, communities will seek to optimize their overall water use by reusing water to the extent possible within the community, before the water is reintroduced to the environment. Examples of planned reuse include agricultural and landscape irrigation, industrial process water, potable water supplies, and groundwater supply management...,
I have been involved with conservation all my life and intensely involved in the past 21 years. Never once has anyone ever said, let's convert garbage into a benevolent method of refining water. Never once. It was always about making water safer and minimizing pollution into rivers and streams. This plan by the Trump Administration explains a lot about their agenda. DEREGULATION and reducing costs to increase profits.
This form of water reclamation is extremely expensive and requires far more regulation than anyone can imagine. There will be regulation after regulation and guess what will happen in the end? It will be scraped and the old methods will be pursued while seeking to improve water quality everywhere.
I got to hand it to Trump, he knows how to make things as bad as they can be to turn those that complain about costs and government into believers.
I think Mayor Wheeler taking up the challenge by local media to meet the protesters did the right thing.
I hope he understands their resolve to end abusive police practices and police brutality. Portland and every city across the country for that matter need to outlaw tear gas. Protesting is a legitimate way to bring attention to direly important issues.
July 23, 2020
By Anna Griffin, Dirk VanderHart and Rebecca Ellisa
Mayor Ted Wheeler moves through a crowd of people at a protest in Portland, Ore., July 22, 2020. People have protested police brutality and systemic racism for nearly two months straight and have called on the mayor to resign.
...Many of his remarks, (click here) delivered in the same stiff cadence he uses at City Council meetings, were drowned out by boos and insults. As Wheeler answered questions from protest leaders, someone dumped munitions used by police against the crowds at his feet. A list of demands projected on the wall above his head as he spoke concluded with a call for him to resign.
Wheeler showed no inclination to do that, and he provoked more boos each time he told questioners that he does not plan to hand over day-to-day oversight of the Portland Police Bureau to Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty as she has demanded.
Wheeler said repeatedly that he’d ventured downtown to listen, and he did plenty of that....
July 23, 2020By Anna Griffin, Dirk VanderHart and Rebecca Ellisa
Mayor Ted Wheeler moves through a crowd of people at a protest in Portland, Ore., July 22, 2020. People have protested police brutality and systemic racism for nearly two months straight and have called on the mayor to resign.
...Many of his remarks, (click here) delivered in the same stiff cadence he uses at City Council meetings, were drowned out by boos and insults. As Wheeler answered questions from protest leaders, someone dumped munitions used by police against the crowds at his feet. A list of demands projected on the wall above his head as he spoke concluded with a call for him to resign.
Wheeler showed no inclination to do that, and he provoked more boos each time he told questioners that he does not plan to hand over day-to-day oversight of the Portland Police Bureau to Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty as she has demanded.
Wheeler said repeatedly that he’d ventured downtown to listen, and he did plenty of that....
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
I don't see Trump denying himself any privilege of money.
CNN's Brooke Baldwin made an interesting point. "Why isn't he offering well wishes to the victims of Epstein's exploitation?"
July 22, 2020
By Alex Woodward
Picture is of his daughter at a young age. I also believe Trump will do anything that brings him controversy he can spin on.
...The Duke of York (click here) has previously been targetted by former US attorney Geoffrey Berman – who was recently and controversially removed from his post by US attorney general William Barr – over allegations that Andrew has refused to cooperate in the case.
Acting US attorney Audrey Strauss has sought his cooperation in Maxwell's case.
"We would like to have the benefit of his statement," he said....
July 22, 2020
By Andrew Naughtie
Former White House communications chief Anthony Scaramucci (click here) has accused Donald Trump of covertly imploring the arrested socialite Ghislaine Maxwell not to reveal what she knows about him.
In a tweet on Wednesday, Mr Scaramucci wrote: “She has the goods on him. He is signaling ‘please don’t talk.’”
Mr Trump acknowledged Ms Maxwell during a press briefing on Tuesday, his first since April. Asked by a reporter whether he thought she would turn in other powerful men who were potentially involved with Jeffrey Epstein, the president said he hasn’t been following the case closely....
July 22, 2020By Alex Woodward
Picture is of his daughter at a young age. I also believe Trump will do anything that brings him controversy he can spin on.
...The Duke of York (click here) has previously been targetted by former US attorney Geoffrey Berman – who was recently and controversially removed from his post by US attorney general William Barr – over allegations that Andrew has refused to cooperate in the case.
Acting US attorney Audrey Strauss has sought his cooperation in Maxwell's case.
"We would like to have the benefit of his statement," he said....
July 22, 2020
By Andrew Naughtie
Former White House communications chief Anthony Scaramucci (click here) has accused Donald Trump of covertly imploring the arrested socialite Ghislaine Maxwell not to reveal what she knows about him.
In a tweet on Wednesday, Mr Scaramucci wrote: “She has the goods on him. He is signaling ‘please don’t talk.’”
Mr Trump acknowledged Ms Maxwell during a press briefing on Tuesday, his first since April. Asked by a reporter whether he thought she would turn in other powerful men who were potentially involved with Jeffrey Epstein, the president said he hasn’t been following the case closely....
See a doctor if gassed by any police.
By Lisa Song
Protesters run away from tear gas on Monday in Philadelphia after a march protesting the death of George Floyd.
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surfaces, and can cause long-term lung damage.
When Amira Chowdhury (click here) joined a protest in Philadelphia against police violence on Monday, she wore a mask to protect herself and others against the coronavirus. But when officers launched tear gas into the crowd, Chowdhury pulled off her mask as she gasped for air. “I couldn’t breathe,” she said. “I felt like I was choking to death.”
What is it about the police in the country that simply clings to strangling Americans, either by physical strangulation or chemical induction. If there are protesters that succumbed to SARS-CoV-2 after being tear-gassed, there needs to be a lawyer coming forward with lawsuits.
Chowdhury was on a part of the Vine Street Expressway that ran underground. Everyone panicked as gas drifted into the dark, semi-enclosed space, she said. People stomped over her as they scrambled away. Bruised, she scaled a fence to escape. But the tear gas found her later that evening, inside her own house; as police unleashed it on protesters in her predominantly black neighborhood in West Philadelphia, it seeped in.
“I can’t even be in my own house without escaping the violence of the state,” said Chowdhury, a rising senior at the University of Pennsylvania. On Wednesday, she said her throat still felt dry, like it was clogged with ash....
Americans need to receive an evaluation of a physician after being gassed. Lungs are important and so are the lining of the throat.
A national general strike needs to take place for 16 days to end the spread of SARS-CoV-2.
This is not going to end the displacement of families nor will it feed them. State unemployment is ending. Medicaid benefits need to be extended to low-income families. Food Stamps has to be extended to low-income families as well.
July 22, 2020
Republicans (click here) are considering extending the enhanced unemployment insurance through the end of the year at a drastically reduced level of $400 per month, or $100 a week.
The current additional benefit of $600 per week expires at the end of July, but Democrats hope to extend it at least into next year.
Republicans had been discussing extending it at a level of $200 per week....
Of the states not providing the standard 26-week maximum: (click here)
- Massachusetts provides up to 30 weeks of UI except when a federal extended benefits program is in place (as it is now) or in periods of low unemployment (as was the case through February), when the maximum drops to 26 weeks;
- Montana provides up to 28 weeks of UI;
- Michigan normally provides up to 20 weeks of UI, but in the COVID-19 emergency that has risen to 26 weeks;
- South Carolina and Missouri provide up to 20 weeks of UI; and
- Arkansas provides up to 16 weeks of regular benefits.
The charity infrastructure in the USA can carry people in financial trouble for a while, but, there are far too many unemployed to place that burden on charity groups.
The first round was squandered by the Republicans that scoffed at the experts telling everyone to stay home and use a mask. Now, that the Republicans have failed the USA, they want to hurt it besides.
The length of unemployment is growing. (click here)
July 22, 2020
Republicans (click here) are considering extending the enhanced unemployment insurance through the end of the year at a drastically reduced level of $400 per month, or $100 a week.
The current additional benefit of $600 per week expires at the end of July, but Democrats hope to extend it at least into next year.
Republicans had been discussing extending it at a level of $200 per week....
Of the states not providing the standard 26-week maximum: (click here)
- Massachusetts provides up to 30 weeks of UI except when a federal extended benefits program is in place (as it is now) or in periods of low unemployment (as was the case through February), when the maximum drops to 26 weeks;
- Montana provides up to 28 weeks of UI;
- Michigan normally provides up to 20 weeks of UI, but in the COVID-19 emergency that has risen to 26 weeks;
- South Carolina and Missouri provide up to 20 weeks of UI; and
- Arkansas provides up to 16 weeks of regular benefits.
The charity infrastructure in the USA can carry people in financial trouble for a while, but, there are far too many unemployed to place that burden on charity groups.
The first round was squandered by the Republicans that scoffed at the experts telling everyone to stay home and use a mask. Now, that the Republicans have failed the USA, they want to hurt it besides.
The length of unemployment is growing. (click here)
The cities being invaded by Trump's police dressed as Soldier-wannabes need to warn the homeless things can get rough on the street.
The 2019 methodology (click here) was approved by the PIT
Subcommittee and presented to the collaborative
partners and Chicago Continuum of Care Board of
Directors. As in the past, data was collected from
tallies of individuals in shelters and of individuals
residing on the streets, riding public transportation, at
24-hour establishments, and in parks, cars, and other
locations not meant for sleeping. The PIT count also
includes a survey that collects demographic, social
service and other information from a subset of
homeless individuals.
Building on a successful outreach approach for
veterans in the previous PIT, extra resources were
made available by the Department of Veteran Affairs
to conduct assessments of veterans in shelters and to
engage with veterans identified on the street and
connect them to a housing provider. Similarly,
additional resources were provided to recruit youth
with previous experiences of homelessness to lead
teams during an extended 24-hour window after the
night of the PIT count in order to identify and count
homeless youth....
22 July 2020
By Chris McGreal
...But after pushing back demonstrators, (click here) many of them kitted out in helmets and gas masks, the federal agents retreated into their courthouse citadel to mocking jeers and women who were part of the “Wall of Moms” protest linking arms and chanting: “Our streets.”...
22 July 2020
By Chris McGreal
...But after pushing back demonstrators, (click here) many of them kitted out in helmets and gas masks, the federal agents retreated into their courthouse citadel to mocking jeers and women who were part of the “Wall of Moms” protest linking arms and chanting: “Our streets.”...
Are the protesters correct? Are they on the streets for the wrong reasons and/or criminal reasons?
They are absolutely correct. A civil war and 155 years since that civil war ended, the violence against African Americans by the police hasn't stopped no matter how peaceful protesters have carried out their messages.
The scapegoating of the media hasn't worked for three years, so now it is "The Democrats" as the scapegoat for Trump's faux presidency.
Last week it was Dr. Fauci. This week it is democrats, but, the difference is that Trump has entered a far higher sense of danger to the victims of his "strategy" by calling gunmen into the cities.
Putting gunmen in the cities doesn't end the fact the president is a bigot and racist.
The only reason protesters NEED to leave the street for a while is to end the spread of COVID-19. They will be saving the lives of the minorities they support.
July 15, 2020
By Phillip Bump
There’s clearly a self-serving element (click here) to White House trade adviser Peter Navarro’s opinion piece for USA Today, published late on Tuesday. Not that this is new for him.
Navarro came to the administration by virtue of his fervent anti-China worldview (and thanks to some fortuitous Googling by Jared Kushner), positioning him well to be a skeptic of the threat posed by the novel coronavirus that emerged from that country. A pair of memos Navarro wrote earlier this year argued that the virus posed a significant risk and demanded an urgent response — arguments that were largely borne out but that have been hard to evaluate outside the context of his sinophobia. Was he prescient about the pandemic? Or did his worldview simply position him well and allow him to take victory laps where he saw them?
The aforementioned memos are central to the lap he takes in the USA Today essay. In it, he contrasts his self-professed foresight with the pronouncements offered by the nation’s leading infectious-disease doctor, Anthony S. Fauci, saying that Fauci “has been wrong about everything I have interacted with him on.”...
The people turning out to protest are citizens of this country and live in Portland, Oregon. If a citizen is in danger from policies of the country and/or city, it is their obligation to demand change. After all, their lives rely on it. That is democracy. That is the First Amendment.
Independent journalists are taking on the dangerous shift. Why? They must strongly believe in what they are doing, no different than the patriotic Americans they focus on for their reporting.
July 22, 2020
Portlanders have turned (click here) out to protest systemic racism and police brutality for more than 50 consecutive nights on downtown Portland streets.
While some journalism organizations, including OPB, haven’t been able to send reporters out on a nightly basis, independent freelance journalists are on the ground covering the chaos nearly every night.
Tuck Woodstock and Sergio Olmos are two Portland-based journalists who have been covering protests since late May.
They joined OPB’s “Think Out Loud®” to reflect on nearly two months of ongoing protest coverage.
Covering these protests is inherently dangerous: law enforcement’s use of tear gas, impact munitions, pepper balls and other sanctioned violence against protesters and the press are well-documented....
The scapegoating of the media hasn't worked for three years, so now it is "The Democrats" as the scapegoat for Trump's faux presidency.
Last week it was Dr. Fauci. This week it is democrats, but, the difference is that Trump has entered a far higher sense of danger to the victims of his "strategy" by calling gunmen into the cities.
Putting gunmen in the cities doesn't end the fact the president is a bigot and racist.
The only reason protesters NEED to leave the street for a while is to end the spread of COVID-19. They will be saving the lives of the minorities they support.
July 15, 2020
By Phillip Bump
There’s clearly a self-serving element (click here) to White House trade adviser Peter Navarro’s opinion piece for USA Today, published late on Tuesday. Not that this is new for him.
Navarro came to the administration by virtue of his fervent anti-China worldview (and thanks to some fortuitous Googling by Jared Kushner), positioning him well to be a skeptic of the threat posed by the novel coronavirus that emerged from that country. A pair of memos Navarro wrote earlier this year argued that the virus posed a significant risk and demanded an urgent response — arguments that were largely borne out but that have been hard to evaluate outside the context of his sinophobia. Was he prescient about the pandemic? Or did his worldview simply position him well and allow him to take victory laps where he saw them?
The aforementioned memos are central to the lap he takes in the USA Today essay. In it, he contrasts his self-professed foresight with the pronouncements offered by the nation’s leading infectious-disease doctor, Anthony S. Fauci, saying that Fauci “has been wrong about everything I have interacted with him on.”...
The people turning out to protest are citizens of this country and live in Portland, Oregon. If a citizen is in danger from policies of the country and/or city, it is their obligation to demand change. After all, their lives rely on it. That is democracy. That is the First Amendment.
Independent journalists are taking on the dangerous shift. Why? They must strongly believe in what they are doing, no different than the patriotic Americans they focus on for their reporting.
July 22, 2020
Portlanders have turned (click here) out to protest systemic racism and police brutality for more than 50 consecutive nights on downtown Portland streets.
While some journalism organizations, including OPB, haven’t been able to send reporters out on a nightly basis, independent freelance journalists are on the ground covering the chaos nearly every night.
Tuck Woodstock and Sergio Olmos are two Portland-based journalists who have been covering protests since late May.
They joined OPB’s “Think Out Loud®” to reflect on nearly two months of ongoing protest coverage.
Covering these protests is inherently dangerous: law enforcement’s use of tear gas, impact munitions, pepper balls and other sanctioned violence against protesters and the press are well-documented....
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