Posts on Thursday, April 23, 2020
Presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden said during a “virtual” fundraiser Thursday evening that he believes his Republican opponent President Donald Trump will try to postpone the November presidential election, according to a pool report.(Photo) CBS News reporter Bo Erickson’s pool report reads: “Biden said later he also thinks Mr. Trump will try to push back the election because “that’s the only way he thinks he can possibly win.” “Mark my words I think he is gonna try to kick back the election, somehow come up with some rationale why it can’t be held,” Biden said, “Imagine threatening not to fund the Post Office.Now
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday wiped her dripping nose with her bare hand, then took that same hand and wiped it all over the House floor lectern used by other members of Congress.
Pelosi’s mask/scarf was also pulled down around her neck.
This is totally against CDC guidelines and 80-year-old Pelosi is definitely in the ‘at-risk’ category as are other elderly members of Congress.
This was just gross.
Nancy Antoinette held Americans hostage for weeks as she sat inside of her San Francisco mansion eating gourmet ice cream and now she’s spreading her germs all over the place.
Hotels, luxury resorts and management companies that funnel money back to a single company have secured about $53 million in federal virus aid, the largest known amount to benefit one firm and the latest example of how the government’s small business relief program is also helping big companies.
Ashford Inc., an asset management firm based in Dallas, makes money partly by advising two real estate investment trusts: Ashford Hospitality Trust and Braemar Hotels & Resorts, which together own more than 100 properties. Those companies reported in public filings that their hotels had received millions in forgivable loans through a government program meant to help small businesses.
Ruth's Chris Steak House announced Thursday it will return the $20 million it received in coronavirus small business loans. Ruth's Hospitality Group, which owns the Ruth's Chris Steak House brand, procured two $10million loans from the government's $350 billion Paycheck Protection Program this month.
The chain was met with fierce criticism for using loopholes in the PPP system to secure funding, leaving the small business applicants it was designed for high and dry.(Snip) In updated guidance issued Thursday, the Treasury Department said it was 'unlikely that a public company with substantial market value and access to capital markets' could demonstrate that the loan was needed.
Stacey Abrams said Wednesday that former Vice President Joe Biden should pick a woman of color to be his running mate in November. Last month during the final Democratic primary debate with Sen. Bernie Sanders, Biden committed to selecting a female running mate. The former vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee has further indicated he might seek out a woman of color to join his ticket. In an interview on ABC’s “The View,” host Sunny Hostin asked Abrams, the former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee, if Biden not picking a woman of color would amount to “a slap in the face”
Barack Obama Pops Off, Launches Veiled
Attack on President Trump Over His
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Attack on President Trump Over His
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Barack Obama popped off and launched another veiled attack against President Trump over his Coronavirus response.President Trump back in January limited incoming flights from China and the left attacked him as a racist and xenophobe.Trump then sent hospital ships to New York and California to help hospitals overwhelmed by Coronavirus patients and it turned out the ships weren’t even needed.The President then provided extra ventilators and PPE supplies to states that requested back up help from the federal government.Now Trump is sending out tens of thousands of testing kits to states like California where Governor Gavin Newsom is praising Trump
Obama CIA Director John Brennan, who might be considered the “governor” of the anti-Trump Deep State, allegedly buried evidence that the Russian government actually preferred Democrat Hillary Clinton to win the 2016 presidential election while pushing substandard, low-quality information that Moscow favored the Republican standard-bearer.That is the conclusion of former CIA officer and National Security Council chief of staff Fred Fleitz, who described Brennan as “the most politicized intelligence chief in American history.”In a Fox News Op-Ed, Fleitz was reacting to the much-publicized Tuesday release of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Committee bipartisan report
The doors to the Magic Kingdom may not reopen for a year due to strict social distancing measures enforced as the coronavirus pandemic spreads across the country.Disney, which shuttered the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif. and Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla. on March 12, will likely be unable to reopen the parks until Jan. 1, according to a report from UBS analyst John Hodulik.“Profitability will likely be impaired until there’s a vaccine,” Hodulik said. “We believe parks’ profitability will be impaired for a longer period of time given the lingering effects of the outbreak
Several lawmakers disregarded new recommendations and did not wear face marks during Thursday's debate on the House floor - disregarding guidelines meant to stop any spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. Capitol. Many lawmakers opened the day's session in accordance: Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts wore a New England Patriots mask when he spoke on the House floor. Democratic Rep. Kathy Castor of Florida opened the day's legislative session and Father Patrick Conroy wore a yellow mask when he offered the day's prayer.'Give us all patience, especially with one another,’ he prayed of this difficult time. 'These are days of great economic, social and
A French study found that only 4.4% of 350 coronavirus patients hospitalized were regular smokers and 5.3% of 130 homebound patients smoked
This pales in comparison with at least 25% of the French population that smokes
Researchers theorized nicotine could prevent the virus from infecting cells or that nicotine was preventing the immune system from overreacting to the virus
To test this theory, hospitalized coronavirus patients, intensive care patients and frontline workers nicotine patches
Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19
In her introductory article on Wednesday, new National Public Radio public editor Kelly McBride began with company pep talk: "the truth is, we really need NPR right now. [Italics hers.] We need its classic calm tone to inform and reassure us, to bear witness to our anxiety and our grief. We need NPR's sharp journalists to keep questioning authorities — from the local mayor to the governors to, yes, President Donald Trump."If you think NPR is known for sharp questioning of authorities, we have a raft of Barack Obama NPR interviews to show you. A "classic calm tone"?It depends on how the NPR hosts are talking about.
The U.S. House returned to Washington on Thursday for the first time in a month to pass a nearly half-trillion-dollar coronavirus relief package, with lawmakers and staff taking unprecedented steps to govern safely in the midst of a pandemic.
The House session kicked off at 10 a.m. with a stunning visual of the deadliness of the novel coronavirus. Everyone on the dais was wearing a mask, including the clerk, staff members and the House chaplain.
Gov. JB Pritzker will sign a modified version of the Illinois coronavirus stay-at-home order that will go into effect on May 1 until the end of the month. You can watch his daily news conference in the player above.
Among the biggest changes to the stay-at-home order, Illinois residents over age 2 will be required to wear a face-covering or mask in public when unable to maintain a distance of six feet from other others. (Snip) This announcement comes as state health officials announced 1,826 new COVID-19 cases and 123 new deaths. In total, there are 36,934 COVID-19 cases in Illinois, and 1,688 total deaths.
Maxine Waters Says Her Sister is Dying
From Coronavirus, Dedicates Relief
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From Coronavirus, Dedicates Relief
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Rep. Maxine Waters announced on Thursday that her sister is “dying in a hospital” in St. Louis from the coronavirus.The announcement was made on the House floor as Waters said she would vote “yes” on the $484 billion economic relief package and dedicate it to her ailing sister.“I not only rise in support of this legislation,” Waters said on the House floor. “I also would like to rise in support of what we’re doing for the health care enhancement act in this bill. And I’m going to take a moment to dedicate
Masks are the new normal for adults going out in public during the coronavirus pandemic, after the CDC issued its guidelines on face coverings earlier this month. But many parents have been wondering whether they’re supposed to be wrestling tiny masks and bandannas onto their children, when they venture out for exercise or necessary errands. Should the same rules apply to our littlest potential virus hosts? Here’s the short answer from the CDC: “Cloth face coverings should not be placed on young children under age 2, anyone who has trouble breathing, or is unconscious, incapacitated or otherwise unable to remove
CHEHALIS, Wash. — The burglary was more than two years ago, but it still hurts Keith Heldreth. “He did a real fruit basket upset on my wife and I here,” said Heldreth. Heldreth's trailer was stolen out of the front yard of his Chehalis home in December 2017. He said there were more than $100,000 worth of collectibles, tools and memorabilia stored in the trailer. One of the men convicted of the burglary, Shane Poeschl, is on the state’s list of inmates who will likely be released early to create more room in prisons because of the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s
Trumping Poverty
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At the end of March, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rolled back Obama-era fuel economy standards projected to add nearly $3,000 to the cost of a new car. It was the latest instance of President Trump’s record of cutting excessive regulations, which he describes as “stealth taxation, especially on the poor.” Trump’s deregulatory actions over the past three years will increase the purchasing power of working-class income by up to 15 percent, at least after the Covid-19 pandemic passes and the economy begins functioning again. The current economic depression from the pandemic underscores the importance of removing obstacles to economic advancement for those most in need of it.
The tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be entering the containment phase. Tens of thousands of Americans have died, and Americans are now desperate for sensible policymakers who have the courage to ignore the panic and rely on facts. Leaders must examine accumulated data to see what has actually happened, rather than keep emphasizing hypothetical projections; combine that empirical evidence with fundamental principles of biology established for decades; and then thoughtfully restore the country to function. Five key facts are being ignored by those calling for continuing the near-total lockdown.
A leading Russian microbiologist has claimed the coronavirus is the result of Wuhan scientists doing 'absolutely crazy things' in their laboratory. World renowned expert Professor Petr Chumakov claimed their aim was to study the pathogenicity of the virus and not 'with malicious intent' to deliberately create a manmade killer. Professor Chumakov, chief researcher at the Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology in Moscow, said: 'In China, scientists at the Wuhan Laboratory have been actively involved in the development of various coronavirus variants for over ten years. 'Moreover, they did this, supposedly not with the aim of creating pathogenic variants, but to study their pathogenicity.
Detroit Democrats plan to vote Saturday to censure and bar any future endorsements of a Democratic lawmaker who credited President Donald Trump with advocating for the drug that she said cured her of COVID-19. State Rep. Karen Whitsett, D-Detroit, broke protocol by meeting with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence during an April 14 meeting of COVID-19 survivors, during which she credited hydroxychloroquine for saving her life.
Dr. Anthony Fauci’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) actually funded a study on Bat Coronavirus, which was a project that included scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the Chinese lab at the center of controversy over their bat research. That study confirmed in 2018 that humans have died from coronavirus.Here’s an excerpt from the April 4, 2018 NIAID website entry entitled “New Coronavirus Emerges From Bats in China, Devastates Young Swine”: “A newly identified coronavirus that killed nearly 25,000 piglets in 2016-17 in China emerged from horseshoe bats near the origin of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), which emerged in 2002 in the same
In the coronavirus task force briefing Wednesday, President Trump said that the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels and the Air Force's Thunderbirds would be doing flyovers of major American cities in honor of "American medical workers" — and that on July Fourth he would bring back the Independence Day celebration held last year on the National Mall. "I'm excited to announce that in the coming weeks, the Air Force Thunderbirds – are incredible – and the Navy Blue Angels, equally incredible, will be performing air shows over America's major cities," Trump said. "What we're doing is we're paying tribute to our front line health care workers confronting COVID.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday it will donate another $30 million to the World Health Organization (W.H.O.), which is under growing scrutiny from member states for its poor handling of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic and its suspicious tendency to toe the political line from Beijing. American taxpayers are far and away the most important funders of the W.H.O., having donated over $400 million last year, compared to China’s total of $86 million.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) brought a face mask to a Congressional hearing Thursday, but he strapped it under his chin while speaking.Schiff spoke at a House Small Business Committee hearing, where several members of Congress were wearing various forms of masks as a precaution during the coronavirus crisis. Some members of Congress removed their masks while speaking; others kept them on, but Schiff chose to wear the mouth cover under his chin. Schiff delivered a two-minute speech about his concerns about the Paycheck Protection Program failing to save more small businesses.
Amid both Chris and Cristina Cuomo's battles with COVID-19, Cristina revealed on Wednesday that their son, Mario, has also been diagnosed with the virus. She shared the news alongside photos of her and her husband with 14-year-old Mario, while also marking the importance of Earth Day.
(Snip)"This virus has created a different version of me. My hope is to be stronger, healthier, smarter about the virus at large," Cristina continued. "After 10 days of ups and downs, feeling good one-day and terrible the next, I am now working hard to get my son, Mario, through the virus."
"My heart hurts more than my head over his infection," she continued.
The Publix supermarket company is offering a helping hand to its community in Lakeland, Florida, during the health crisis.
Wednesday, the company announced its initiative to buy over 150,000 pounds of produce and 43,500 gallons of milk from local farmers and donate them to Feeding America food banks in its first week, according to a press release.
The statement continued:
The initiative will support Florida produce farmers, southeastern dairy farmers and the growing number of families looking to Feeding America for fresh fruits, vegetables and milk during the coronavirus pandemic. Kicking off today, the initiative is expected to run for several weeks.
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said a “chunk of money” will be designated in the next coronavirus stimulus bill to enable the American people to vote by mail.
When asked about Senate Intelligence Committee confirming U.S. intelligence agencies conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, Pelosi said, “Well, I’m not surprised. As a member of the Gang of Eight, I watched this whole investigation proceed.”
She continued, “It leads you to the question about what does Vladimir Putin have on President Trump personally, politically, financially, in every way?”
A Florida school district is cracking down on its free school meal program after it caught parents selling the food online.
Staff at Hillsborough County Public Schools have now installed a tracker on the meals to ensure parents are not cheating the system, WFLA reported.
Several sites ran out of food at the meal pickup last week, prompting officials to get to the bottom of the shortage.
District officials found parents selling the food online and parents who had the food stockpiled in their cars.
“We had some individuals who made undesired behaviors last week,
"Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice." —Ayaan Hirsi Ali Georgia state rep. Vernon Jones, a Democrat, has just resigned from his office. He said he is "leaving the plantation." Why? Because he expressed his support for President Trump. He believed that Trump's policies have benefited blacks, including Trump's support for black colleges and prison reform. He was even brave enough to express the truth that it is Joe Biden who has long supported racist policies. What did he get for his courage and honesty? Vicious harassment by his fellow Democrats. So he has stepped down.
A global pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 185,000 people worldwide.
Over 2.6 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some governments are hiding the scope of their nations' outbreaks.
It’s almost like The New York Times is nothing but a partisan gossip rag.
Yesterday, a story was put out by Maggie Haberman that made a rather convenient claim that just so happened to reinforce every media narrative. Namely, that an FDA official named Rick Bright was fired for selflessly sounding the alarm on the supposed vast dangers of hydroxychloroquine.(Snip)For example, Bright himself requested the FDA give emergency approval for hydroxychloroquine.(Snip)Not only was Bright not fired for anything to do with hydroxychloroquine, his ouster has been in the making long before anyone was even concerned with the Wuhan virus. Apparently, Bright has a history of insubordination and believing he has more
Time to join the rebellion
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Democrats and fake news media hate Donald Trump and believe that no price is too high to remove him from the White House. They plan to keep filling Americans with bogus fear about the coronavirus to keep the country shut down all the way to the November election. They do not give a rat's derrière about the shutdown causing 22 million people and climbing to lose their jobs. Suicides are skyrocketing, lives are destroyed, and fortunes are being lost.
While much of Hollywood and corporate America share Democrats' hatred for Trump, how long will they continue to allow Trump Derangement Syndrome to destroy their livelihoods?
Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright was out on Tuesday calling President Trump's order to temporarily stop immigration un-American. ABC and others are calling it xenophobic.
This is nothing new. Trump has been called xenophobic and racist for years, no matter what he does. Leftists who seek to destroy Trump always play these cards. Heck, Trump was called xenophobic for sensibly shutting down travel from China and calling the virus the Chinese virus because it came from there.
Wouldn't it be cruel and un-American to invite people from other countries in when they wouldn't be able to go to work,
Cast your mind back to March, when Wuhan virus hysteria seemed to be at its apex. Back then, computer models assured us that unless we locked down America, the Wuhan virus would infect everyone with such speed that the demands on our health system would cause the system to collapse. We'd end up with millions of Americans dead; a broken health care system; and, by extension, a broken America.
The only way to alter this apocalyptic outcome was to "flatten the curve." Flattening the curve was premised on the belief that until a vaccine is created, nothing will stop the Wuhan virus from infecting people.
The gloves are coming off in the fight against dangerous myths surrounding the coronavirus.
Despite no recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to do so, shoppers continue to wear gloves in public places, such as grocery stores. The gesture has left doctors and health experts shaking their heads — not only are the gloves ineffective, they may be worsening the spread of COVID-19. The virus primarily spreads through our mouth, not our hands, so there’s no evidence that gloves do anything to protect people from picking up the illness. The risk is when people touch their faces, which they do with and without gloves, says Marilyn Roberts
We are told by the press that COVID-19 has been around for months and President Trump reacted slowly to address the virus, causing deaths.
We are told that a large number of people have the virus of whom we don't know, including people without symptoms, and that a large number of people who never were diagnosed with the disease and never had symptoms now might be immune to the disease.
We are told that in order to reopen the economy safely, we need to test everyone to see if he has it, even people without symptoms,
A serial burglary suspect with a long criminal history is free without bail despite allegedly being involved in a recent string of burglaries in Fremont, Milpitas, San Jose, Santa Clara and Palo Alto, Fremont police said. Kristopher Sylvester, 34, of Fremont, was arrested by Fremont detectives on April 2 for allegedly committing multiple commercial burglaries, possessing a loaded firearm, evading police and violating his probation, according to police. Sylvester was booked into Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, but an Alameda County Superior Court judge released him without bail(snip). The judge set a court date for Sylvester in June. The judge's action stems from a new California Judicial Council policy
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the U.S. may “never return” to funding the World Health Organization because of the way it operates, including the COVID-19 crisis. And, in a second demand, Mr. Pompeo told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham Wednesday night that WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom may have to step down before Washington restarts suspended contributions of nearly $1 billion of WHO’s 2.4 billion annual budget.(Snip) President Trump cut off funds after what the administration believes were a series of WHO actions that dovetailed with communist China misleading the world on the spread of coronavirus in the city of Wuhan and elsewhere
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded bat-coronavirus research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China to the tune of US$3.7 million, a recent article in the British newspaper Daily Mail revealed.
Back in October 2014, the US government had placed a federal moratorium on gain-of-function (GOF) research – altering natural pathogens to make them more deadly and infectious – as a result of rising fears about a possible pandemic caused by an accidental or deliberate release of these genetically engineered monster germs.(Snip)
Dr Anthony Fauci(Snip) outsourced in 2015 the GOF research to China’s Wuhan lab and licensed the lab to continue receiving US government funding.
Craig Coopersmith was up early that morning as usual and typed his daily inquiry into his phone.(Snip) asking for updates from the ICU team leaders working across 10 hospitals in the Emory University health system in Atlanta.
One doctor replied that one of his patients had a strange blood problem. Despite being put on anticoagulants, the patient was still developing clots.(Snip)every person on the text chat had reported the same thing.
“That’s when we knew we had a huge problem,” said Coopersmith, a critical-care surgeon. As he checked with his counterparts at other medical centers, he became increasingly alarmed: “It was in as many as 20, 30 or 40 percent
For a moment Tuesday, everything was wonderfully normal during a quick run to our Woodbridge office for supplies. The lights in the entryway danced off our three Pulitzer prizes, there was a sign on a broken coffee machine and my mailbox was overflowing with letters and magazines. It felt like any other day in the office until I turned a corner and walked into our newsroom. That’s when it hit me: The place was empty and dark.(Snip) Our parent company, Advance Local, announced furloughs and temporary pay cuts. We also will temporarily lose the company’s 401k match, but we avoided layoffs.
Understanding How Testing Works
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Expanded and frequent Covid-19 testing has emerged as a necessary precondition for reopening America and resuming something like normal life. But political leaders and citizens need a better understanding of how testing works, how testing can go wrong, and why tests don’t necessarily indicate immunity to disease. As we move into the next phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, we also need a better understanding of viral antibodies and how serological tests differ from tests for the novel coronavirus itself. Tests can trick us into thinking we were never infected when we were, and vice-versa, which in some cases can present a real danger.
Serology is the study of blood serum,
The layover would last five hours. Some cried. Most cheered.
Kalitta Air 4371, with service to March Air Reserve Base in California, landed to refuel in Anchorage on the night of Jan 29. The cargo plane had been hastily converted to accommodate passengers and commissioned by the State Department to bring 201 Americans home. And while planes landing safely seldom make the news and delays rarely make anyone happy, this one did both. It came from Wuhan.
'I love this guy': Chinese media sharing
anti-Trump clips from Trevor Noah's
Daily Show to slam US replies
anti-Trump clips from Trevor Noah's
Daily Show to slam US replies
Chinese state media have been sharing anti-Trump clips from comedian Trevor Noah's The Daily Show with audiences eager to slam the United States during the coronavirus pandemic.The New York Times reported the Communist Party of China is trying to keep a positive image of its handling of the outbreak by describing scenes in Spain and Italy with words such as “purgatory” and “apocalypse.” Britain and the U.S. were painted as places where healthcare workers must use trash bags a personal protective gear while treating patients — despite similar scenes in China that were dismissed as "rumors."The New York Times described Noah as “loved” by Chinese viewers for his comments
The new coronavirus appears to be causing sudden strokes in adults in their 30s and 40s who are not otherwise terribly ill, doctors reported Wednesday.
They said patients may be unwilling to call 911 because they have heard hospitals are overwhelmed by coronavirus cases.(Snip) Dr. Thomas Oxley, a neurosurgeon at Mount Sinai Health System in New York, and colleagues gave details of five people they treated. All were under the age of 50, and all had either mild symptoms of Covid-19 infection or no symptoms at all.
"The virus seems to be causing increased clotting in the large arteries, leading to severe stroke,"
While most Americans remain under a stay-at-home order, there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Many states around the country are planning to reopen their economies, led by Republican governors who understand the benefits of a healthy business climate—from job creation to economic growth. In Utah, state legislators are considering legislation that would open certain businesses by the end of April. As Texas Governor Greg Abbott puts it, “The businesses that will have minimal or zero impact on the spread of COVID-19 will be the first ones to open up.”
The stakes are simply too high to be hysterical
A seemingly healthy 57-year-old San Jose woman has emerged as the first person in the US to have died of the coronavirus — with her Feb. 6 death coming almost three weeks before two fatalities were reported, according to a report. Patricia Dowd, a manager for a semiconductor company, died suddenly after she had appeared to recover from flu-like symptoms, the LA Times reported. Her death was at first believed to be from a heart attack. But this week, authorities told her family that she tested positive for COVID-19, making her the first confirmed fatality from the illness in the nation.
Another 4.4 million Americans filed for unemployment claims last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday, as massive job losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic continued to grow.The new report, which covers the week ending April 18, brings total job losses for the five-week period since strict stay-at-home measures took effect to more than 26 million, a stunning sign of the depth of the economic crisis.Economists surveyed by Refinitiv expected the number of initial claims for state unemployment benefits to hit 4.2 million.
Gov Cuomo says economic devastation not
‘worse than death’, tells Americans to get an
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‘worse than death’, tells Americans to get an
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo held his position on keeping non-essential businesses closed in the state and argued that economic hardships are not “worse than death.”The Democrat governor dismissed complaints by New Yorkers wanting to get back to work and dealing with a trove of emotional and physical issues brought about by lost income and lockdowns, telling a reporter in a news briefing that people should get a job as an essential worker.(Video) In a lengthy exchange with Cuomo during his daily press briefing on Wednesday, WRGB reporter Anne McCloy attempted to plead the case for protesters
The hysteria drummed up by the mainstream media over COVID-19, in conjunction with the draconian lockdown measures being employed by many governors, is costing thousands of American lives. In light of horrific job losses and a crashing economy, calls to suicide hotlines are up over 40 percent nationwide. (snip) Between March 4 and April 4 of this year, there were 9,780 deaths in New York City, double the usual total. But only 3,350 were from coronavirus. This means that overall death in that city is way up as a whole.
Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) chief Tom Homan is out with a book, which he said lays out the immigration debate before the American people and “sets the record straight” about his own positions on border security.Homan just released “Defend the Border and Save Lives: Solving Our Most Important Humanitarian and Security Crisis,” which dives into the always-controversial topic of immigration. Homan, who spent a career in law enforcement and, most recently, as the acting director of ICE, spoke with the Daily Caller News Foundation about what’s inside the book and what drove him to write it.
Many Americans have witnessed daily briefings in which New York State's governor, Andrew Cuomo, makes repeated demands of the President and exploits his moment in the sun by condemning the President and even maligning him. Instead of constantly complaining, it's about time Cuomo apologized to President Trump and to those Americans across the country who specifically helped NYC during her time of need. It is not President Trump who has fallen short in doing his job, rather governor Cuomo and his side-kick Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York City.Three weeks ago Cuomo was demanding ventilators, masks, gowns, and hospital beds.
Don't be surprised if some people mistake COVID-19 outbreak maps with those election outcome maps. The virus has killed more than 46,000 Americans and is expected to claim 20,000 more by August. But it’s hitting certain areas far harder than others.
Of the 10 states with the highest number of deaths per 100,000 residents, only two voted for President Donald Trump in 2016, and one of those was Michigan, which had been voting Democratic until Trump flipped it.
At the other end of the spectrum, of the 10 states with the lowest death rates, only one (Hawaii) voted for Hillary
It's been two weeks since Wisconsin voted in a Spring Election that Democrats spent days claiming would spark a massive surge in Coronavirus cases across the state.
"People should not have to decide whether they can vote or be sick," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. "That’s just not a good choice for anyone in a democracy."
It's been two weeks since Wisconsin voted in a Spring Election that Democrats spent days claiming would spark a massive surge in Coronavirus cases across the state.
"People should not have to decide whether they can vote or be sick," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. "That’s just not a good choice for anyone in a democracy."
Staring down the coronavirus's effect on their budgets, states like New Jersey and Illinois are calling on federal leaders to backstop public pensions as part of future coronavirus relief.
Democratic leaders in those states are pushing the federal government for billions in funding to shore up underfunded public pensions. Democrats in Congress have made bailouts for state and local governments a major priority for the next round of coronavirus stimulus, even allowing a major small business loan program to run dry as Republicans refused to package a renewal with more cash for states.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s director, Dr. Robert Redfield, said during a press conference at the White House that this fall, Americans could experience a complicated flu-slash-coronavirus season of sickness and to be on guard.
How convenient.
For Democrats, especially. It’s that second wave of coronavirus all the hysterical types have been warning about in recent weeks.
Make way for Economic Shutdown Part Two, coming just before November, no less, courtesy panic-inducing, Donald Trump-hating leftists and media.
Just as we were getting used to the headlines about hospitalization and mortality rates, the really bad news arrives. Meghan and Harry are back. After scuttling to California before they were isolated in the hell of a luxury rental in Vancouver, the unemployed ex-royals are loose on the streets of Los Angeles. Disguised as two Postmates workers, they’re delivering bags of food to already vulnerable members of the public and making sure to be filmed doing it. Think Candid Camera, without the candor.
Like everything this spontaneously warm and down-to-earth couple does, this stunt combines a cold whiff of careful planning with their signature aroma,
An essential principle of the United States is that it is a free country, with individual liberties guaranteed, and government power limited. That concept is now being tested. A deadly worldwide pandemic has led to draconian lockdowns, forced closings of businesses, and even mandatory “stay at home” orders, some with Orwellian, friendly sounding names like “Safer at Home” (Snip) Not only has this crisis given government officials with authoritarian impulses an opportunity to rule by decree, it has exposed the lamentable fact that most Americans tend to willingly obey such “orders” without even questioning whether they are legally valid.
HOUSTON - Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo signed the order Wednesday."We need everyone to understand we’re in this for the long haul," Hidalgo said. Hidalgo said a face-covering means anything like a mask, scarf or bandanna is acceptable. Those who refuse this order risk getting fined up to $1,000."To be clear this is not a recommendation. This is something that we have to do for the sake of our safety, of our lives and our economy. Because if we don’t do this, we won’t see those cases come down. If we’re not prepared to wear masks, once we begin lifting the order, that spread is going to come right back,"
‘It’s a Free Country, Brother’
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In this current crisis, the longest if not the first complete shutdown in U.S. history, the freedoms of American democracy are being tested in ways we scarcely ever imagined. Out of nowhere little Napoleonic governors arise to enact decrees prohibiting gardening or strolling on an empty beach — decrees that seem to have little purpose other than to reflect that they can do so. Snitches volunteer to out felonious social deviants who are seen cooking in the backyard with a neighbor. A little horned-devil virus seems to be trying to do what those Russkies never could.
How does Nancy Pelosi get away with it? How does the speaker of the House, in the midst of an unprecedented pandemic crisis, delay desperately needed aid to small businesses and, in the process, escape blame in a highly politicized environment?
Pelosi didn't stand in the way of aid for just an hour or two, or a day or two. She stonewalled for two weeks while small-business people across the country struggled to stay afloat in a time in which public fear of the coronavirus and government stay-at-home orders reduced their business incomes to zero.
On March 27, President Trump signed into law an act
Gov. Greg Abbott could make an announcement as soon as Friday about reopening a wide range of Texas businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic, including restaurants, hair salons and retail outlets.
During a series of radio interviews Wednesday, Abbott gave the most details yet about the highly anticipated announcement, which he has been previewing since he announced preliminary steps to reopen the economy last week. He initially advertised the next wave of steps as scheduled for Monday but made clear in some of the interviews that they could now come sooner.
Abbott stressed in the interviews that he is seeking approval from medical advisers on the business reopenings and that they will reopen
Stunning footage has revealed how more than 400 jetliners grounded by the coronavirus pandemic have been parked in the California desert. Pilot Bryan Keith was given access to fly his Grumman Tiger over the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville where the dry climate minimizes the risk of rust.Planes owned by Southwest, Delta, FedEx and other major commercial and cargo carriers sit idle under the desert sun after having their wings clipped by worldwide lockdowns.The Victorville facility in California is a decommissioned Air Force base. Last year, Southwest Airlines began storing its fleet of Boeing 737 Max jets
The Houston Police Officers' Union is not shy in expressing how they really feel about Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo's order that all residents of Harris County must wear a mask under the threat of fines and prison. Governor Abbot began to lift restrictions across Texas earlier this week. Hildalgo seems to be full of authoritarian glee and is giving Gretchen Whitmer competition for her status as the most hated woman in America.
Hildalgo swept into power by accident, having the good fortune to be on the same side of the ticket as Beto O'Rourke. With no experience, and still a grad school student, Hildalgo was elected
Apocalypse Now — or Not Quite?
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I was thinking of heading to the gas station to see how much the local retailer will pay me to fill up my tank. As the Washington Post explained this week, an oil glut caused “sellers holding U.S. crude contracts (to pay) buyers as much as $30 per barrel to take it off their hands.” Unfortunately, I haven’t started up my car for a while — and the tank remains full. And all those assorted taxes still keep gas prices here at around two bucks a gallon.
Nevertheless, the dramatic tanking of oil prices brought to mind one of my favorite doomsday predictions.
The mayor of Las Vegas is all in on reopening during the coronavirus pandemic.In a contentious CNN interview Wednesday, Mayor Carolyn Goodman said she wants to get Sin City back to work — and that she offered it as a “control group” in lifting lockdown restrictions for the country.“I want us open in the city of Las Vegas so our people can go back to work and that’s it because we’re putting children and families back out on the street,” Goodman told host Anderson Cooper.Goodman said it’s imperative to open up casinos and bring conventions back to the Vegas Strip
Ever since President Trump mentioned the highly successful studies of hydroxychloroquine treatments on coronavirus patients the media has downplayed and miracle drug.The far left Washington Post led the charge early. Dr. Fauci cheered the use of hydroxychloroquine in treating the MERS virus in 2013 — but played down the drug’s effectiveness this month.(Video) Attorney General Bill Barr appropriately called the media reaction a jihad to discredit hdroxychloroquine.There have now been several studies touting the use of hydroxychloroquine and antibiotics in treating coronavirus.
Usama bin Laden wanted to assassinate then-President Barack Obama so that the "totally unprepared" Joe Biden would take over as president and plunge the United States "into a crisis," according to documents seized from bin Laden's Pakistan compound when he was killed in May 2011.
The secretive documents, first reported in 2012 by The Washington Post, outlined a plan to take out Obama and top U.S. military commander David Petraeus as they traveled by plane.
“The reason for concentrating on them is that Obama is the head of infidelity and killing him automatically will make [Vice President] Biden take over the presidency," bin Laden wrote to a top deputy.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing pushback as state lawmakers have begun demanding details of his nearly $1 billion deal to receive 200 million masks per month from a Chinese manufacturer.
Just two weeks after announcing the deal, Newsom has remained largely mum on the specifics.
Advisers to the California Democrat have declined requests for comment from the Los Angeles Times about the agreement, which was inked with Chinese electric car manufacturer BYD — which stands for Build Your Dreams — earlier this month.
Tornadoes tore through Texas and Oklahoma on Wednesday evening, killing at least five, trapping residents and causing extensive structural damage.
At least two people were killed in southern Oklahoma and a third was in critical condition, Marshall County Emergency Management Director Robert Chaney said.
In Polk County, Texas, a twister killed at least three people and injured as many as 30, officials said. A Polk County judge issued a disaster declaration Wednesday night over the “significant threats to life, health, and property.”
"It's a lot of devastation,"
Government Goes Too Far
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I'm "social distancing." I stay away from people.
I do it voluntarily.
There's a big difference between voluntary -- and force.
Government is force. The media want more of that.
"Ten states have no stay-at-home orders!" complains Don Lemon On CNN. "Some governors are still refusing to take action!"
Fox News' host Steve Hilton agreed. "Shut things down! Everywhere. That includes Utah, Wyoming..."
But wait a second. People in Utah and Wyoming already socially distanced just by living there. Why must Utah and Wyoming have the same stay-at-home rules as New York?
I find it creepy how eager some people are for authorities to boss us around.
Idaho Woman Facing 6 Months in Jail For
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Welcome to the new America where law-abiding citizens are arrested while criminals are released from jail.
An Idaho woman is facing 6 months in jail and or a $1,000 fine for holding a yard sale.
Christa Thompson was helping her husband Peter, a truck driver, sell his late father’s belongings at a yard sale when police issued her a citation for violating the Governor’s Coronavirus lockdown order.
Peter Thompson told the Idaho Freedom Foundation that after his father passed away he had a significant financial incentive to sell his father’s belongings because his family took over his storage unit which was cost $1,000 a month.
LONDON -- The CCTV footage from a Dutch business park shows a man in a black cap pouring the contents of a white container at the base of a cellular radio tower. Flames burst out as the man jogs back to his Toyota to flee into the evening. It’s a scene that’s been repeated dozens of times in recent weeks in Europe, where conspiracy theories linking new 5G mobile networks and the coronavirus pandemic are fueling arson attacks on cell towers.
My Neighbors Hunt
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My neighbors hunt. They can survive in the forest, hills, lakes, and rivers, here in Indiana. They understand the world of nature, its vicissitudes and savagery. Appreciating its transcendent beauty and cadences, they also accept its fierce cruelties. They do not worship nature. They seek reconciliation with it that they may endure and protect their loved ones. They admire the natural world, its towering majesty and microscopic complexity, but they do not hold it on a pedestal, pristine, and viewed from a distance. Theirs’ is a realistic appraisal of nature and its vagaries, and what they require to survive.