From a CNN article published on March 31, 2020 (read it here): ” … [S]ocial distancing may be slowing the rate at which coronavirus cases otherwise would have increased in the United States. … In Washington state’s King County, two new reports from an institute that special[...]
Archive for March, 2020
March 29th, 2020 - 7:57 am § in Jews
Sunday Revelation: San Francisco to Ban Male Jews, Will Not Solve Budget Crisis
Lloyd Schofield, and his supporters, have until April 26 to gather 7,200 valid signatures to ban male circumcision under age 18. Their website is www.sfmgmbill.org. The measure would make it “unlawful to … to circumcise, excise, cut, or mutilate the whole or any part of the foreskin, testicl[...]
March 29th, 2020 - 1:28 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Quotes of the Founders
“God has appointed two kinds of government in the world, which are distinct in their nature, and ought never to be confounded together; one of which is called civil, the other ecclesiastical government.” ~Founding Father Isaac Backus, An Appeal to the Public for Religious Liberty, 1773[...]
March 28th, 2020 - 2:00 pm § in Misc.
Two congressmen were flying home to their districts …
… when the young congressman pulled out his wallet, took out a $10 bill, showed it to the old congressman, and said, “I have an idea. What if I write my name on this $10 bill, throw it out the window over my district, and make one of my constituents happy?” The old congressmen nodded [&hel[...]
March 27th, 2020 - 5:41 pm § in Misc.
Texas company wants to grab its employees’ stimulus checks
An unnamed business in Austin, Texas, is demanding its employees agree to a pay reduction equal to the stimulus checks they’re about to receive from the federal government, according to a local TV station. “By signing the agreement, the company’s employees would have their paychecks be[...]
March 27th, 2020 - 4:16 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Amid coronavirus outbreak crisis, Trump orders Pence to ignore governors who don’t worship him
Trump to Pence: “Don’t call the governor of Washington” From CNBC: “President Donald Trump said Friday that he instructed Vice President Mike Pence not to reach out to governors who aren’t ‘appreciative’ of his administration’s efforts to slow the spread of the coronaviru[...]
March 27th, 2020 - 12:37 pm § in Misc.
A Short Story
by Roger Rabbit The family has gathered around grandpa’s plastic-enclosed hospital bed, maintaining their social distancing. The ventilator whirrs, barely audible. His eyes are open, but he can’t talk because of the tube in his throat. His teary-eyed wife squeezes his hand through the plastic sh[...]
March 26th, 2020 - 11:16 am § in Misc.
THE Ave Challenge; Whatsit?
Earth’s new moon The coronavirus Voyager XI satellite A disk galaxy first picture of DNA[...]
Senate passes $2 trillion relief bill; House to vote Friday
The Senate passed, 96-0, late Wednesday a $2 trillion bill that provides cash payments to individuals and households, assistance to small businesses, corporate bailouts, enhanced unemployment benefits, money for hospitals, aid to state and local governments, and student provisions. Read the details [...]