Bring the embassy staff home for a period of time until it is deemed safe.

Iranian general Qassem Soleimani was assassinated on January 3, 2020.

Four Iranian and five Iraqi nationals were killed along with Soleimani, including the deputy chairman of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) and commander of the Iran-backed Kata'ib Hezbollah militia, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis – a person designated as a terrorist by the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

December 20, 2020

The US embassy's (click here) missile defense system shot down three rockets

The US Embassy in the Baghdad Green Zone (click here) was targeted in a rocket attack on Sunday, according to reports.

Iraqi security officials told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity that the embassy's C-RAM defense system shot down the rockets in midair, causing minor damage to a residential complex and parked cars. There were no reports of casualties.

"The US Embassy confirms rockets targeting the International Zone (Green Zone) resulted in the engagement of embassy defensive systems," said a statement released by the embassy.

"We call on all Iraqi political and governmental leaders to take steps to prevent such attacks and hold accountable those responsible,'' the statement said....

The pardoning of the Blackwater Guards will result in greater violence. The staff needs to return home for the holidays.

There are no doubt terrorists involved, but, they are successful in firing rockets into the Green Zone. There is still a Green Zone with blast walls to prevent attacks.

This is all happening while Israel's government has collapsed for the fourth time. (click here)

Trump's knee deep corruption is well documented.

TRUMP'S PARDONS ENCOURAGE CRIME AND LOYALTY.

Page 88 of the report and Page 97 of the PDF.

e. Russia-Related Communications With The Campaign 

While he was discussing with his foreign contacts a potential meeting of campaign officials with Russian government officials, Papadopoulos kept campaign officials apprised of his efforts. On April 25, 2016, the day before Mifsud told Papadopoulos about the emails, Papadopoulos wrote to senior policy advisor Stephen Miller that “[t]he Russian government has an open invitation by Putin for Mr. Trump to meet him when he is ready,” and that “[t]he advantage of being in London is that these governments tend to speak a bit more openly in ‘neutral’ cities.”466 On April 27, 2016, after his meeting with Mifsud, Papadopoulos wrote a second message to Miller stating that “some interesting messages [were] coming in from Moscow about a trip when the time is right.”467 The same day, Papadopoulos sent a similar email to campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, telling Lewandowski that Papadopoulos had “been receiving a lot of calls over the last month about Putin wanting to host [Trump] and the team when the time is right.”468

Papadopoulos’s Russia-related communications with Campaign officials continued throughout the spring and summer of 2016. On May 4, 2016, he forwarded to Lewandowski an email from Timofeev raising the possibility of a meeting in Moscow, asking Lewandowski whether that was “something we want to move forward with.”469 The next day, Papadopoulos forwarded the same Timofeev email to Sam Clovis, adding to the top of the email “Russia update.”470 He included the same email in a May 21, 2016 message to senior Campaign official Paul Manafort, under the subject line “Request from Russia to meet Mr. Trump,” stating that “Russia has been eager to meet Mr. Trump for quite sometime and have been reaching out to me...

This is due to lack of leadership in the USA.

Pfizer and Moderna and any other companies coming online need to make a video about the preparation of the vaccine and how best to administer it. Each of the vaccines will be unique in its preparation and if this confusion has resulted it is because there is no leadership at the federal level in anticipating any problems.

The videos should address doctors, nurses, and pharmacists so they know what has gone into the vaccine they are administering.

The videos can be accessed from the company’s website under a tab where “ Instruction videos” can be found. There should be a Frequently Asked Questions webpage and as a courtesy “Professional Contact” webpage. Professionals should apply for access with their credentials.

There is nothing wrong to seek funding from the federal government for reimbursement of these web services and professionals to staff it.

See, the mixing and administration of the vaccine seems fairly straight forward to me. But, I am not on the front lines and making the decisions under a lot of pressure to make those decisions.

To me, if a vial states there are five doses in the vial then there are five doses and the administration amount is going to include the dilutant. In other words, if the vaccine is 1 milliliter and the dilutant is 1 milliliter then the administration amount is 2 milliliters. The vial defines the administration regardless of the amount of dilutant.

There can be questions as to exactly how the preparations are conducted. Does the dilutant get added to the vial while the vaccines are still in the vial in its entirety? Or. Is the vaccine first drawn up in the injection syringe and then the dilutant added to the syringe and mixed with the plunger creating an air bubble to allow mixing? Then the air bubble is ejected to allow smooth administration of the vaccine. 

This should have been worked out ahead of the administration of the vaccine to the public. This is not the fault of the company. They wrote directions and those directions were misinterpreted by professionals now administering an mRNA vaccine for the first time in their lives. It sounds as though the pharmacists were being very, very cautious with a vaccine that is supposed to vanquish a very dangerous virus. I don't blame the pharmacists. The most responsible party here is the federal government and its lack of oversight of the final distribution of the vaccine and the education of the professionals responsible for reconstituting the vaccine out of cold storage.

Pfizer and Moderna and other companies producing vaccines are going to have to bring pharmacists up to speed in working with a very frozen vaccine that is then thawed and then diluted with a warmer fluid to complete the melting of ice shards in the vial or in the injection syringe.

No one is leading this effort and it seems completely obvious to me. There are shipment amounts in question and now the pharmacists are concerned over a vaccine to create immunity to a dangerous virus. This is all a leadership problem and only one man is responsible namely Trump and his lack of knowledge of public policy.

December 16, 2020
By Olivia Goldhill

With the Covid-19 vaccine in short supply, (click here) hospital pharmacists found themselves in the unexpected position of throwing away one in every six doses of the first Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines distributed this week in the United States.

The confusion came over labeling: The vaccine comes in vials labeled as containing enough for five doses. But pharmacists discovered that, after thawing and mixing the contents with a diluent, each vial contained enough vaccine for six doses. Without explicit approval from the manufacturer, that final dose had to be discarded.

“It was overtly clear early on there’s some extra volume,” said Russell Findlay, pharmacy manager at University of Utah Health. His colleagues called Pfizer on Tuesday to ask if they could use the extra dose, said Findlay, but the company wouldn’t give a definitive answer....

Long overdue help for the arts.

The empty seats hurt far more than the lack of income.

December 21, 2020
By Ben Sisario and Emily Cochrane

For the music venue owners,(click here) theater producers and cultural institutions that have suffered through the pandemic with no business, the coronavirus relief package that Congress passed on Monday night offers the prospect of aid at last: it includes $15 billion to help them weather a crisis that has closed theaters and silenced halls.

The money, part of a $900 billion coronavirus relief package, is designed to help the culture sector — from dive-bar rock clubs to Broadway theaters and museums — survive. Many small proprietors described it as their last hope for being able to remain in business after a nearly yearlong revenue drought.

“This is what our industry needs to make it through,” said Dayna Frank, the owner of First Avenue, a storied music club in Minneapolis. She is also the board president of the National Independent Venue Association, which was formed in April and has lobbied Congress aggressively for relief for its more than 3,000 members....

'We fully support his mission of safely spreading cheer'

History of the beloved reindeer:

’Operation Reindeer (click here) gets underway as motor carrier executives and animal experts set plans. Edwin L. Isenberger (left), Operations Engineer for Consolidated Freightways Inc., discusses novel move with Smithsonian National Zoological Park's Senior Keeper Charles Thomas and Assocaite Director J. Lear Grimmer. This image was taken at the Seattle Zoo where the handlers stopped to visit with ’Pepper Pot ’ at the reindeer exhibition to set plans for the trip. Operation Reindeer was the name for the transfer of 14 reindeer and 1 caribou to the National Zoological Park from Alaska in 1958. (Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 365, Box 15, Folder: 11)

The special care of Santa's reindeer in 2020:

There are no overworked reindeer at the North Pole. Everything is lining up. Nothing has been left to the last minute. It is exciting.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - Santa’s reindeer are cleared for take-off! (click here) 

December 18, 2020

Salem - Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up, let's go! (click here) To increase holiday cheer, the state veterinarian at the Oregon Department of Agriculture has issued an animal import permit to Santa Claus of 123 Elf Road, North Pole, and his reindeer in preparation for their upcoming visit to Oregon.

All livestock transported or moved in any manner into Oregon must obtain an import permit from the department before entry. To ensure safe entrance into the state and expedited access to good children everywhere, Dr. Ryan Scholz, state veterinarian with ODA, granted a permit to S. Claus effective through December 25, 2020. “It’s the season of generosity and a time for celebrating family and friends, and we know this is a busy time of year for everyone. We wanted to welcome Mr. Claus and guarantee smooth access for him and his reindeer during their travels later this month. We fully support his mission of safely spreading cheer,” said Scholz....

Scientific findings MUST be disclosed by the scientific community as they know the facts.

December 21, 2020
By David Gutman

Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday (click here) announced new travel restrictions for people arriving from the United Kingdom, South Africa and other nations where a new variant of the novel coronavirus has been reported.

I told you it just wasn't in the UK. It existed from September. Give me a break. If the people in government can't do better than this, how do they expect citizens to believe them?

Early estimates indicate that the new mutation of the virus, while not more deadly or vaccine resistant, spreads faster and more easily than prior strains. There is not yet evidence of this new strain of the virus in the United States, but Inslee said it was crucial to act early, “before the horse is out of the barn.”

Inslee’s new proclamation requires anyone arriving in Washington from those countries within the last 14 days to quarantine for 14 days — and the restriction applies to those who have recently arrived. It also urges those people to get tested for the virus.

The quarantine is mandatory and legally enforceable, but the state is not likely to take many enforcement measures, Inslee said....

No one can confiscate voting machines.

Voting machines are purchased by the people of the states. States Rights dictates the ownership first has to be honored. There would have to be profound reasons to confiscate property that belongs to the states.

Trump cannot write an Executive Order and confiscate any States' property. He is wacko.

He would have to take EVIDENCE before a judge to begin to examine election machines while in possession of the state.

He is a crazy bastard.