“President Donald Trump said Monday that Gettysburg or the White House will serve as the backdrop for his nomination acceptance speech during the Republican National Convention in two weeks,” NBC News reported on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. The convention, which will be held mostly virtually,[...]
Archive for August, 2020
August 10th, 2020 - 1:24 pm § in Donald Trump
World’s worst boss
Work for Trump and you’re screwed. A case in point: Dr. Deborah Birx, who’s technically the federal response coordinator (an easy job, because there’s no federal response to coordinate), but has often been Trump’s point person on Covid-19 non-response in front of TV cameras, [...]
August 10th, 2020 - 12:50 pm § in Misc.
Think kids can’t get Covid-19?
Guess Again. Nearly 100,000 kids got Covid in 2 weeks, and school isn’t even open yet. “Almost 100,000 children in the U.S. were sickened with the coronavirus in the last two weeks of July,” NBC News reports, citing a study by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’[...]
August 10th, 2020 - 12:23 pm § in Humor
8-Minute Movie: “Modern Educayshun”
(Rated R-35. If you’re old enough to run for president, you’re old enough to watch this. Viewer discretion advised: Contains a sick plot, bad acting, and depictions of political correctness and pointless violence. In other words, typical adult movie fare.) [...]
August 9th, 2020 - 9:30 pm § in America
Navajos are flattening the curve by cooperating with health experts
They have everything stacked against them: Poverty, crowded living conditions, no running water, limited medical facilities. But the Navajos, who have a higher Covid-19 death rate than any state, are flattening the curve with a stringent curfew and other drastic measures. “It’s because of the Na[...]
August 9th, 2020 - 4:38 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
This summer, politics crushed the people
In America, all power belongs to the people, and politicians and public servants work for us. On paper, anyway. Except it doesn’t work that way. Police are killing citizens instead of protecting them, and politicians are waging partisan warfare against each other instead of saving the people f[...]
August 9th, 2020 - 1:51 pm § in Misc.
No! to Trump on Mt. Rushmore
America’s most enormous megalomaniac wants to be included in its biggest monument. This is not a joke. He pressures South Dakota’s governor about it. Read story here. But she can’t authorize it, because Mt. Rushmore is on federal property. For God’s sake, don’t tell him[...]
August 8th, 2020 - 5:17 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
States begged for help. Trump gave them a bill to pay.
Among the executive orders signed by Trump on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, after Covid-19 relief negotiations broke down (because Republicans refused to budge) is one extending federally-funded “enhanced” unemployment benefits (on top of state benefits) through the end of this year, but at $4[...]
August 8th, 2020 - 4:55 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Smoke and mirrors
One of the executive orders President Trump signed on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, after Covid-19 relief negotiations broke down (because Republicans refused to budge) creates what CNN is calling a “payroll tax holiday” for people earning less than $100,000 a year. In a nutshell, Trump autho[...]
August 8th, 2020 - 3:34 pm § in Racism
“All lives matter” vigilante erases girl’s chalk art
Her name is Zhuri, she’s 3 years old, and draws “Black Lives Matter” in chalk, on the sidewalk in front of her mom’s home. Then along comes “Jim” with a bucket of water and erases “Black” every time she does. Or did until neighbors intervened. Read sto[...]