The RoanokeSlant
This file is a US personal journal of commentary of examples of the Roanoke Times and Liberal Media Slant...... lbhagen@aol.comTuesday, March 31, 2020
Kennedy Center Looking For Sponsors
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How can the
richest elitists in the US,
the Hollywood, Political and Arts Community,
abandon the Kennedy
Center in its hour of
need?
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The
taxpayers, through Pelosi’s demands, just gave the Center $25-million in the virus
aid package.
They in
turn are ‘shafting’ the working people at the Center.
And to
think Democrats are always saying they are for working people!
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Kennedy Center to stop paying National Symphony
Orchestra despite $25 million in coronavirus aid:
The decision
was notified just after President Trump signed the stimulus bill.
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These ‘arts
connoisseurs’ are the same ilk that gave
Andres Serrano $15,000 of
taxpayer-funded money (from National Endowment for the Arts) to proudly display photographs of Jesus in a
jar of urine at the DC Kennedy Center.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piss_Christ-http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE4D61F3BF930A25754C0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piss_Christ-http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE4D61F3BF930A25754C0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1
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Pelosi’s
worth $120-million
and that’s
chicken-feed compared to her artsy, political and Hollywood minions and buds.
Bloomberg
just ‘watered away’ three-quarter of a Billion dollars to demonstrate that
voters are ‘not that into him’.
Seems like
they-all should help-out at the Center, and it’s a tax deduct too.
There’s
something very dark about Democrat greed and hypocrisy!
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The Personification Of ‘Fake-News” In A Crisis
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/03/looking-desperately-for-medical-short.html
In the
middle of a pandemic health crisis, at the epicenter of that crisis in NYC, who
would insert into the NYC ‘news’ article a video strip from another
country's hospital? Who indeed?
But not to
worry – the PravdaMedia Outlet admitted
their ‘mistake’ after being called-out for this bogus fake-news travesty!
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CBS News
admits 'mistake' after airing footage of overcrowded Italian hospital in report
about NYC
(may have to copy-paste link into browser to
view fox article)
“CBS News
admitted to a "mistake" on Monday after airing footage of an
overcrowded hospital room that was allegedly in New York
City but was actually from a hospital in Italy.
"It
was an editing mistake. We took immediate steps to remove it from all
platforms and shows," a CBS News spokesperson told Fox News.
Last
Wednesday, "CBS This Morning" included a brief clip showing several
patients and medical professionals in one room during a report about the rising
threat of the coronavirus outbreak in New
York City.
However,
that same footage aired days prior on Sky News.”
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CBS Blames
'Editing Mistake' for Italian Hospital Footage in Report on NYC Hospital
Conditions
“The
footage has angered viewers in the U.S., who are counting on news
agencies to bring them accurate reporting on the actual situation on the
ground. Many feel that the inclusion of Italian footage is designed to create
more panic about the state of New
York hospitals, which, according to Governor Cuomo, are
not overwhelmed yet and have the supplies and ventilators they need.”
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The federal government is setting up Army Field Hospitals in the NY area, just sent in Hospital Ship Comfort and is supplying massive amounts of critical hospital supplies to this virus epicenter.
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Meanwhile in the US: Trump Derangement Syndrome Rages On
Meanwhile in the US: Trump Derangement Syndrome Rages On
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/03/looking-desperately-for-medical-short.html
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Monday, March 30, 2020
Major Change At The Bank
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It’s Now OK
to enter the Bank wearing
A Mask
And Gloves
And
Carrying a Spray Bottle
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USNS Hospital Ship Comfort Enters NY Harbor
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WATCH: Navy
hospital ship 'Comfort' arrives in New
York City amid coronavirus
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Hospital
Ship USNS Comfort Arrives In New York
To Ease Coronavirus Pressure
CoronaVirus Has Undone The EU And Globalism
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For 8-years
Obama sang the song of one-world globalism and the subordination of the US to
the EU and UN.
His
kowtowing to other leaders was a national embarrassment and resulted in reduced
respect for the US.
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Along came
Trump with a totally different view of America.
The Left
has constantly demeaned Trump for his “America First and Great” proclamations
and actions as a major contrast to Obama who voiced the view that American was
never great or first.
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During this
current time of crisis it is clear that America First is a sound political
philosophy and the EU and its Globalism First is under great strain and
conflict.
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COVID-19 – The European Union
Unravels
“In recent
weeks, EU member states have closed their borders, banned exports of critical
supplies and withheld humanitarian aid. The European Central Bank, the
guarantor of the European single currency, has treated with unparalleled
disdain the eurozone’s third-largest economy, Italy, in its singular hour of
need. The member states worst affected by the pandemic — Italy and Spain — have been left by the other
member states to fend for themselves.”
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Meanwhile in the US: Trump Derangement Syndrome Rages On
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Sunday, March 29, 2020
Virginia D Gov Northam Not Newsworthy -- Really?
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Roanoke
Times, 3-29-2020, Editorial: The only doctor-governor
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The RT Editor
opines that Va Gov Northam is not a ‘media celebrity’ in the midst of today’s
turmoil and crisis? The Editor outlines six areas
of Northam’s celebrity short-falls.
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But the
Editor is not highlighting Northam’s major achievements:
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He’s the
Black Face Governor.
He’s the
Infanticide Governor
He’s the
Abortion Governor
He’s the Gas
Tax Booster Governor
He’s the
Electric Bill Breaker Governor
He’s the
anti-2nd-Amendment Governor
He’s the
Massive Left-wing-Laws Governor
He’s the
Copperhead-Bloomberg Puppet Governor
He’s the
Lame-Duck Budget Busting Governor
He’s the ‘I
Don’t have a clue what to do in this crisis’ Governor
He’s the
chief of the Three Top Va Leadership Stooges Governor
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Sleep tight
Virginian’s: Northam, Fairfax, Herring and the Copperhead-Bloomberg Legislators are
all on-watch making Virginia
into California-East as fast as they can. What a joy!
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Election Expectations
vs. Reality:
Or, as Deana
Carter sang: Did I Shave My Legs For This?
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Saturday, March 28, 2020
USN Hospital Ships Fight The CoronaVirus
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President
Trump has ordered two state-of-the-art Hospital Ships into the CoronaVirus
fight.
USNS Mercy
to Los Angeles
USNS
Comfort to NYC
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Trump,
Esper Wish Bon Voyage To Hospital Ship Bound For New York City
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Trying Not to
inject “Southern Comfort’ into this occasion at Norfolk Virginia.
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Norfolk-based
USNS Comfort hospital ship will go to New
York for aid
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Hospital
Ship USNS Mercy Arrives in Port
of Los Angeles
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New Yorkers Fleeing NYC Into Quarantine
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https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/florida-to-set-up-more-checkpoints-to-quarantine-travelers/2212416/
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‘Go home!’ New Yorkers flee the city as coronavirus cases surge, but they aren’t welcome in the Hamptons
Shelter In
What Place?
The sight
of New Yorkers in flight being apprehended by the Virus Police is indeed a
bizarre sight.
NYC is a Sanctuary City, but, other cities and states Not
so much when it comes to the CoronaVirus.
Apparently
Shelter in Place doesn’t include fleeing to other places, taking the Virus with
you and then spreading it around to others.
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Governors
and Mayors declaring ‘States of Emergency’ have almost “Marshal Law” powers to
apprehend and detain for cause and isolating the Virus Carriers is clearly good
cause.
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NYC didn’t
take the Social Distancing and Personal Hygiene warnings seriously and are now
paying a horrific price. Pictures of
high-density gatherings were common during early March and now 2-weeks later
the virus is a pandemic there with 8-million high-density targets.
“Lurch” Mayor De
Blasio haunted by weeks-old tweet urging people to 'get out on the town despite
coronavirus'
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Coronavirus
killing people in New York City
at rate of one every 17 minutes
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Rhode Island Door Knocks in Search of Fleeing
New Yorkers
The Rhode
Island National Guard started going door to door in coastal areas to inform any
New Yorkers who may have come to the state that they must self-quarantine for
14 days while Gov. Gina Raimondo expanded the mandatory self-quarantine to
anyone visiting the state.
State
Police set up a checkpoint on I-95
in Hope Valley on Friday where drivers with New York license plates must stop and
provide contact information and were told to self-quarantine for two weeks,
WPRI.com reported.
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A North Carolina county is
using checkpoints to block visitors and keep coronavirus out
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/29/us/dare-county-north-carolina-state-of-emergency-trnd/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/29/us/dare-county-north-carolina-state-of-emergency-trnd/index.html
Since March
17, only permanent residents with proper identification -- including a
permanent resident entry permit -- have been allowed to enter Dare County.
Businesses must apply for entry permits for their out-of-town employees.
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Florida governor orders New York travelers to quarantine
Florida governor orders New York travelers to quarantine
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The new
Florida travel restrictions follow the governor's order on Tuesday that visitors flying
in from New York, New
Jersey and Connecticut
are to self-quarantine for two weeks under threat of a 60-day jail sentence.
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/florida-to-set-up-more-checkpoints-to-quarantine-travelers/2212416/
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‘Go home!’ New Yorkers flee the city as coronavirus cases surge, but they aren’t welcome in the Hamptons
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Friday, March 27, 2020
Wisdom From A Senior Friend
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America Start Your Engines
"Everyone says
we should listen to Dr. Fauci. That's right, we should listen to Dr. Fauci. But
we shouldn't forget --- Dr. Fauci is a virus doctor. He has no idea how many
suicides and stress related fatalities are associated with an economic
collapse. That's not his job. It's Trump's job to find the balance. Lets hope
he gets it right. Tom"
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White House
coronavirus task force update for March 26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWpPIt7WPBY&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWpPIt7WPBY&feature=youtu.be
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Fauci cites
Trump travel restrictions as possible key for U.S.
not 'becoming another Italy'
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fauci-cites-trumps-travel-restriction-as-possible-key-for-u-s-not-becoming-another-italy
(may have
to copy-paste link into browser to view fox article) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fauci-cites-trumps-travel-restriction-as-possible-key-for-u-s-not-becoming-another-italy
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America Start Your Engines
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My 2020 Census Notice
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Received my
first notice to comply with the census March 12.
Addressed to: Dear Resident -- all the taxes I have paid and they don't even know my name!
Would be a nice touch to at least address me as: Legal Resident and US Citizen and Veteran.
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Received my second notice to comply with the census March 16 (4-days later)
Addressed to: Dear Resident -- all the taxes I have paid and they don't even know my name!
Would be a nice touch to at least address me as: Legal Resident and US Citizen and Veteran.
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Received my second notice to comply with the census March 16 (4-days later)
Apparently
they know about my senior-ADD-issues.
I was
annoyed to see the REQUIRED BY LAW notice in BIG BLOCK letters (instinctive negative
reaction to the Big Brother syndrome).
I was irked
to see the “Mensaje importante” notice.
It’s been a
long time since my high school Spanish Classes.
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What a joy
to know that the distribution of federal and state funding will be based on how
many Illegal’s we have in the neighborhood.
Also counts directly toward number of Congresspersons we get (and
everyone wants one of those).
Good basis
to justify some extra mail-in ballots too.
Talk about nonAmerican influence in our elections!
Talk about nonAmerican influence in our elections!
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What a
change from when my parents came here alone as teens through Ellis Island to become Legal Immigrants as soon as they could.
Based on
the prior strong citizenship proclamations by Teddy Roosevelt I’m quite
sure the only language printed on the census back then was English.
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My parents
also swore allegiance to the United
States of America.
I also took that oath 25-years later as a young army officer.
I also took that oath 25-years later as a young army officer.
Not done by Immigrants now after Obama Removed the Allegiance Commitment from Citizenship Oath
(just more of his sad Legacy).
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And to
think that an avowed Communist is the runner-up for the Democrat nomination for
POTUS.
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And to
think that we’re being told that all these changes are progress and are good
for us! Really?
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The 2020
Census And Illegal Immigrants
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Thursday, March 26, 2020
VT AGW Prof A Disappointment
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Roper:
Necessity for renewable energy
“Recent articles in The Roanoke Times have
deprecated wind and solar energy. Apparently the authors of those articles have
not given much thought about how humans will get energy for electricity and
transportation after fossil and nuclear fuels are depleted.”
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VT AGW Prof
Roper has been a staple in the Roanoke Times and has had more coverage than
most of the ‘paid’ staff.
This yet
another chapter designed for a room of gullible students.
However,
this is a significant change in the Profs story-line.
Apparently
the steady drone of the Gore-Mann-Greta-AOC apocalyptic projections (oceans
over-flowing the statue of liberty, all ice gone from Arctic and global temperatures
so hot we all suffocated -- all belied by
Mother Nature) has now lost its sting and we’re back to ‘soon we’ll run out
of fuel’.
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There are
shelves of books going back 100-years proclaiming the world population growth
will exhaust the energy supply.
That may
well prove true. However, the bridge
from here to there is not paved with wind-turbines and solar panels albeit they
will be seen along the way.
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Intermittent and unreliable wind and
solar can be supplements to utility level energy, but they do not provide the vast
magnitude of 24-7-365 supply that’s required, not now, not ever!
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Prof Roper
and his associates, parading their academic credentials before the public, owe
the public more than platitudes.
They owe
the public the supply-demand graphs and calculations and costs showing the
reality of what their 24-7-365 utility-level proposals are that will support
our people and industry.
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Prof, If
you can’t or won’t do that – then spare us your unproductive diatribes!
And RT
Editors: find some creditable sources for your energy pandering!
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Northam,
AOC, Greta and Gore Hatch A Disastrous Energy Plan For Virginians
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Va Clean
Economy Act: The 19% Solution
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Where Is Virginia’s Renewable
Energy Realism?
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David
Roper: Small Town Farmer Turned Hokie Physicist
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Apple 9M Masks And Readiness
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Apple donating 9M coronavirus masks:
(may have to copy-paste link into
browser to view fox article)
Vice
President Mike Pence said Apple is donating 9 million N95 respiratory masks
during a Tuesday press briefing on the novel coronavirus.
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Thank You
Apple for this major and generous donation!
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Apple has
80,000 Apple employees and accounts for 2,000,000 Jobs across all 50 states
Question:
why did Apple have Nine Million N95 masks in the first place? Interesting!
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US was more prepared for pandemic
than any other country, Johns Hopkins
study found ---- Really?
“The United States was ranked the best-prepared
country in the world to handle a pandemic in late 2019 by the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (NTI) and the Johns
Hopkins Center
for Health Security (JHCHS) -- an assessment seemingly at odds with claims by
Democrats that the Trump administration left the country vulnerable to the
ongoing coronavirus outbreak.”
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How does
this Johns Hopkins assessment compare to the results in South Korea?
South
Korean CoronaVirus Success To Date
The South
Koreans are having significant success in fighting and limiting the
CoronaVirus.
It appears
they were quick to identify the risk and had tools, assets and processes
in-place that was quickly deployed.
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And
relative to readiness responsibility:
It appears
that Medical Facility Certificate-of-Public-Need (CON) Laws are a country-wide
process based on national health programs like ObamaCare and Medicare;
therefore:
It’s Not
clear who is really ‘responsible’ for medical facility availability and
capacity but it looks like a State Committee based on Business As Usual case
loads and clearly not peak epidemics no less pandemic crisis.
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020
America Start Your Engines
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3-26-2020: Ford aims to reopen some North American
plants in April after coronavirus shutdown
(may have
to copy-paste link into browser to view fox article)
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The
PravdaMedia is abuzz with explosive negativity over Trump’s desire to get
America Open For Business by Easter.
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How could
this even be a pipe dream considering many locations, like NY, are not yet
close to ‘topping-out’ their case loads?
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Perhaps
there are those who are looking at the current ‘regular flu epidemic’ data, for
which we did Not shut-down the country, and are comparing that to the
CoronaVirus data where current sickness and deaths are a fraction of the ‘regular flu’
impacts, albeit that hospitalizations may become a significant mitigating factor.
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When the
shut-downs were ordered, it was “assumed”, based on foreign data, that the
death rate was 5+ percent of infections – clearly a major exposure. Current data indicates it may be less than
1.0 percent of infections with those most at risk Not in the workforce (like
myself).
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A prolonged
shut-down clearly could lead to another 1930s Depression with all the massive
issues that would involve.
Starting
the economic engines of the US
could be done by state or even areas within states.
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Significant
decisions lie ahead with risk to both the deciders and the public.
We all face
risk every day in everything we do.
We will
soon have to face the risk-reward decisions associated with “America Start Your
Engines”.
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God give
the Wisdom of Solomon and the Luck of the Irish to those who will make these
decisions!
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An interesting work item: some companies are giving 'risk bonus' to keep workers on the job
(in reflection: was a time I got airborne jump pay).
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An interesting work item: some companies are giving 'risk bonus' to keep workers on the job
(in reflection: was a time I got airborne jump pay).
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Adversity
Uncovers Good, Bad And Horrid Actors
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Social Distancing
LTE To Roanoke Times Tweedledum Biden
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By Peter Hain, SML Virginia
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It’s all but certain that Tweedledum
has outdueled Tweedledee for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Liberals may be elated that the soon-to-be 78 year old career politician is the
last man standing against the irrepressible President Trump. But it’s not
because Joe Biden is an odds on winner, rather that Bernie Sanders’ metrics –
age 79 and self-anointed “democratic socialist” – do not resonate well with the
public. Yet, whether it is Biden or Sanders, both haul more baggage than
Fed Ex and UPS combined.
Joe Biden, an underwhelming graduate
of the University of Delaware (class rank 506 of 688), claimed to be in
the “top half” of his Syracuse
Law School
class, but actually ranked 76 of 85.
A politician since age 28, Biden has
fed at the public trough for 46 years – two years as a part time county
councilman, 36 years as a Senator from Delaware,
and eight years as VP. Thus, he is well versed in the practices of
obfuscation, misrepresentation, embellishment, ducking volatile issues, and
assuming credit for others’ achievements. And not getting much done for
the public along the way.
Throughout his career, Biden has been
tarred with allegations of plagiarism. The chickens came home to roost in
1987 when he withdrew from the Democratic presidential nomination because of
“the exaggerated shadow of his past mistakes.”
In 1988 Biden suffered two brain
aneurysms that required surgery, but is said to have no recurrences or effects
since then. His neurosurgeon pronounced him fit for the 2020 presidential
run and quipped: “I’m sure he has a brain, because I’ve seen it.”
Biden is a prominent “father” of
gaffes and incoherent ramblings too numerous to mention, putting him on top-10
lists of celebrities with foot-in-mouth disease. Critics attribute recent
inconsistencies to early onset dementia or Alzheimers. Time magazine’s
take: “Biden’s brain is wired for more than the usual amount of
goofiness.” Despite his quirks, Biden served in key positions as ranking
member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations and Senate Judiciary
committees, as well as two-term VP. Noteworthy, however, is that former
President Obama has yet to endorse him as presidential nominee.
If Biden had his druthers, he
probably would retract his 2015 quote about corruption in Ukraine.
He told the Council of Foreign Relations that he informed the Ukrainian
president he must fire his prosecutor-general or the U.S. would not release $1 billion
in loan guarantees. “I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six
hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the
money.’ Well, son of a bitch. He got fired.” House Democrats
impeached President Trump on flimsier evidence of “quid pro quo.”
Joe Biden’s wayward son, Hunter, is
an embarrassment to his father’s campaign. Substance abuse issues.
Messy affairs. And his appointment to the board of Ukraine’s natural gas company for
which he displayed no expertise beyond his father’s VP position - receiving
$50,000 per month for his services. Nice work if you can get it!
Numerous women have come forth and
castigated Joe Biden for his unwarranted “touchy-feely” behavior. While
acknowledging that he would try to do better, he is “not sorry for anything
I’ve ever done . . . it’s just who I am.”
With a potential nominee pool of 42
million Democratic voters, 232 congressmen, 47 senators, and 24 state
governors, Team Trump is surely puzzled, but rejoicing that the Democratic
establishment settled on the befuddled Tweedledum as the president’s opponent
in November.
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Impeach Joe
Biden Before His Inauguration?
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Congressman Riggleman’s Team On Front Line Again
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Silverback
Distillery pivots from making whiskey to hand sanitizer in fight against
COVID-19
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Va 5th
District Congressman Denver Riggleman has been on the front-lines of American
defense during his distinguished military career.
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In civilian
life he is both a Congressman and a businessman who with his wife and two
daughters, own and operates three distilleries.
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To help alleviate the current shortage of hand sanitizers, used to help
remediate the spread of CoronaVirus, they are re-purposing their distillery processes for the sanitizer product.
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Some Franklin County folks are also jumping-in to help:
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Hawaii Victim Of Pandemics
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Coronavirus
spurs Hawaii
to take 'extreme action,' quarantine all arrivals to the state for 14 days
(may have to copy-paste link into
browser to view fox article)
“All
visitors and returning residents to Hawaii will be required to complete a mandatory 14-day
quarantine starting on Thursday in what the state's governor called an
"extreme action" on Saturday needed to fight the spread of the coronavirus.
Hawaii Gov. David Ige said the state's majority of COVID-19 cases so far are linked to travel, which makes
it "critical" to mitigate the spread of the virus by those arriving
from out of state.”
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Death in Hawaii: The Epidemics of
1848—1849
Some
infectious diseases are highly communicable and manifest them-selves with
varying degrees of intensity. Since the
Hawaiian people possessed no natural immunity to the bacterial and viral
organisms that were brought to the Islands in
the early 19th century, their resistance to foreign diseases was low. An
illness that was considered to be relatively mild could cause severe or fatal
consequences to the unprotected native population
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How Measles
Helped Destroy the Hawaiian Monarchy
“The
measles deaths of Hawaii’s
monarchs were tragic—and foretold another tragedy. When measles finally hit the
Hawaiian Islands in 1848, it began a long
sequence of epidemics that tore the kingdom apart.”
“a “plague”
that struck the island around 1803. Thought to have been yellow fever or a
similar disease, the epidemic resulted in up to 175,000 deaths, cutting the island’s
pre-contact population in half.”
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Why Is CoronaVirus So Dangerous
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Opinions or Facts?
> It has to do with RNA
sequencing.... i.e. genetics.
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> Seasonal flu is an “all
human virus”. The DNA/RNA chains that make up the virus are recognized by
the human immune system. This means that your body has some immunity to
it before it comes around each year... you get immunity two
ways...through exposure to a virus, or by getting a flu shot.
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> Novel viruses, come from
animals.... the WHO tracks novel viruses in animals, (sometimes for years
watching for mutations). Usually these viruses only transfer from animal to
animal (pigs in the case of H1N1) (birds in the case of the Spanish flu).
But once, one of these animal viruses mutates, and starts to transfer from
animals to humans... then it’s a problem, Why? Because we have no natural
or acquired immunity.. the RNA sequencing of the genes inside the virus isn’t
human, and the human immune system doesn’t recognize it so, we can’t fight it
off.
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> Now.... sometimes, the
mutation only allows transfer from animal to human, for years it’s only
transmission is from an infected animal to a human before it finally mutates so
that it can now transfer human to human... once that happens..we have a new
contagion phase. And depending on the fashion of this new mutation, thats
what decides how contagious, or how deadly it’s gonna be..
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> H1N1 was deadly....but
it did not mutate in a way that was as deadly as the Spanish flu. It’s RNA was
slower to mutate and it attacked its host differently, too.
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> Fast forward.
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> Now, here comes this
Coronavirus... it existed in animals only, for nobody knows how long...but one
day, at an animal market, in Wuhan China, in December 2019, it mutated and made
the jump from animal to people. At first, only animals could give it to a
person... But here is the scary part.... in just TWO WEEKS it mutated again and
gained the ability to jump from human to human. Scientists call this
quick ability, “slippery”
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> This Coronavirus, not
being in any form a “human” virus (whereas we would all have some natural or
acquired immunity). Took off like a rocket. And this was because, Humans
have no known immunity...doctors have no known medicines for it.
>
> And it just so happens
that this particular mutated animal virus, changed itself in such a way the way
that it causes great damage to human lungs..
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> That’s why Coronavirus
is different from seasonal flu, or H1N1 or any other type of
influenza.... this one is slippery AF. And it’s a lung eater...And,
it’s already mutated AGAIN, so that we now have
two strains to deal with, strain s, and strain L ....which makes it twice as
hard to develop a vaccine.
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> We really have no tools
in our shed, with this. History has shown that fast and immediate
closings of public places has helped in the past pandemics. Philadelphia and Baltimore
were reluctant to close events in 1918 and they were the hardest hit in the US during the
Spanish Flu.
>
> Factoid: Henry
VIII stayed in his room and allowed no one near him, till the Black Plague
passed. Just like us, he had no tools in
his shed, except social isolation...
>
Monday, March 23, 2020
Looking Desperately For A Medical Short-Fall Fall-Guy
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The media
and politicians are looking for a fall-guy for the so called shortage of
medical facilities and resources during the CoronaVirus Pandemic.
That’s very
important because it’s an election year and the masses are calling for blood
and heads; some are even building new gallows (solid plan not based on
injection drugs or electricity and firing-squad would only add to the gun
violence data).
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Here in SW
Virginia and adjacent Appalachia country there
has been a massive reduction in medical facilities as administered by:
Medical Facility
Certificate-of-Public-Need (CON) Laws.
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Reflections
on this process include:
Lee County picks Ballad to reopen its hospital
“I don’t
know how many rural hospitals have closed — 70 or 80 or maybe more in the last
few years. I believe we will be the only one that has reopened,” Montgomery said.
“The University of North Carolina’s
Cecil G. Sheps Center has tracked 95 closings since
2010. Some of the former hospitals now offer emergency or urgent care, or
outpatient services.”
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It appears
that CONs is a country-wide process based on national health programs like
ObamaCare and Medicare; therefore:
It’s Not
clear who is really ‘responsible’ for medical facility availability and
capacity but it looks like a State Committee based on Business As Usual case
loads and clearly not peak epidemics no less pandemic crisis.
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So, Let’s
hang the CON committees – wouldn’t want to let a crisis go to waste and someone
needs hangin!
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The ‘urgent’ reaction in NY to ramp-up medical facilities (including army field hospitals) is testament to the serious short-falls highlighted by this pandemic:
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The ‘urgent’ reaction in NY to ramp-up medical facilities (including army field hospitals) is testament to the serious short-falls highlighted by this pandemic:
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