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Diaries published: 5 (14 days since last diary on Mon Apr 27, 2020 at 12:17 PM PDT)
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Most Recommended Diary: Rushing to Reopen - Likely A Deadly Error, Says Just Released Washington Post Article, 8 comments, 22 recommends
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“Prices are surging. U.S. wholesale beef touched a record in the week ended April 24, and wholesale pork soared 29%, the biggest weekly gain since 2012” And it’s not just meats. Today, Bloomberg reported “U.S. Could Be Weeks From Meat Shortages With...
by hughwill
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on Mon Apr 27, 2020 at 12:17 PM PDT
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States rushing to reopen are likely making a deadly error, coronavirus models and experts warn — (Washington Post, 4/22/20) “There are no easy answers for the phase that comes next, especially with a continued lack of testing, contact tracing and...
by hughwill
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on Wed Apr 22, 2020 at 06:39 PM PDT
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I recently mentioned in one of my comments that President Trump has thoroughly seeded the Administration’s Departments and Agencies with incompetent political hacks at the top (and a couple of tiers down) who trust and believe him, or at least, are...
by hughwill
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on Mon Apr 06, 2020 at 08:39 PM PDT
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“(Reuters) - Confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States reached 100,040 on Friday, the highest number in the world, a Reuters tally showed. “Italy is second with 86,498 cases and China is third with 81,340 confirmed cases.” (note: Bing’s...
by hughwill
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on Fri Mar 27, 2020 at 03:06 PM PDT
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In order to “restart” the economy, and already bored with current efforts to “flatten the curve”, impetuous D.T. seems so worried about going into the election in the midst of a recession that he is poised to go against all medical advice and curtail...
by hughwill
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on Tue Mar 24, 2020 at 11:32 AM PDT
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- In important weekend news, we learn that Trump is sad because it turns out killing 80,000 Americans (and counting) through rank incompetence is making him, personally, less popular. Oh, and that Republicans are worried that killing off their own...249 comments 330 Recs
- Everyone involved with modern conservatism is a stone-cold idiot and the COVID-19 pandemic is nature's latest brute-force effort to scrape them into mass graves so that everyone else can get on with their lives without coal-rolling and misspelled...532 comments 534 Recs
- I don’t know who the hell is on Biden’s media team, but damn they are good. I thought they couldn’t top the “Unprepared” ad, but the latest one showing factually the contrast between Biden and Trump is amazing. “Crisis reveals character”. In case you...177 comments 328 Recs
- www.washingtonpost.com/… This is just jaw-dropping. Starting in mid-January, Mike Bowen, the VP of the biggest US manufacturer of N-95 masks, reached out repeatedly to the federal government offering to ramp up production to meet the need for a...195 comments 581 Recs
- Last month, advocates held a car caravan and drove past Watsonville, California’s farming fields to thank farm workers for their essential labor during the novel coronavirus pandemic, saying ”Next time you see someone in the farms, working like this in...66 comments 249 Recs
- The evidence of Donald Trump's mental infirmity continues to pile up. On a daily basis he openly exhibits an unbridled rage at those he fears. He proclaims that he has the "total authority" of the tyrants he admires. With paranoid fervor he regards...363 comments 501 Recs
- Then surely the White House Press Corps should, at the very least, do the same out of respect for our President? Every time I think of the chairs in the White House Press Room being replaced with laptop stands, each with it’s own reporter on screen,...22 comments 32 Recs
- Letter of the day in today's LA Times: "To the editor: This is what I want to tell the protesters. No one likes the economic shutdown, but I am sorry that whoever raised you made you believe that the world revolves around you, because (spoiler alert)...165 comments 547 Recs
- This story concerns the the consolidated Deutsche Bank and Mazars cases which are set for oral arguments before SCOTUS on May 12. In essence, the two cases concern the constitutional and statutory authority of US House committees to issue subpoenas...308 comments 311 Recs
- A few years ago I wrote an essay titled “The Weirdness of Planning for Extreme Old Age,” in which I described our ill-fated attempt to move to a retirement community. When our house failed to ...65 comments 95 Recs
