“Both senators attended briefings on the growing coronavirus outbreak for weeks leading up the national emergency that was declared by President Trump days ago. Burr and Loeffler are each members of the Senate Health Committee, while Burr also serves as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.”
Continue reading “To say this looks terrible would be an understatement.”
That’s not my yob
I just call the governors and say, “Handle it, handle it.”
Defense Production Act,and how it could be used today, explained by the guy who oversaw the program at DOD
Pretty clear cut on how Mr. McGinn thinks Mr. Trump could utilize the DPA to assist in the battle against COVID-19.
His closing is a good one. “COVID-19 is a rapidly evolving threat to our nation’s economic and national security. The Defense Production Act is an important tool and exactly what we need as we seek to develop additional short- and medium-term responses to this unprecedented impact on our domestic industrial base. Depending on how the Trump administration utilizes the DPA, this could be a big step forward in combatting the pandemic.”
Package #3
Good update on what has been done and what is potentially coming from the Federal government.
Anthony Scaramucci was on CNN the other night and I happened to flip to it while he was saying, that based on what he has studied, it it going to take in the range of $3 TRILLION total. Seemed astronomical at first hearing, but when you consider the debt as gone up one-third of that recently, it doesn’t seem so much in the grand scheme of things.
Not sure if “The Mooch” is right, but it was an interesting listen. Wish I could find the clip from Don Lemon’s 10pm show on, I think, Monday.
FPM: “You Can’t Get Hand Sanitizer Because of Government Regulations”
Daniel Greenfield explains, in detail, “America isn’t facing a hand sanitizer shortage because of capitalism, but because of socialism.”
You can make your own hand sanitizer, of course, as the American pioneers or ancient Romans did.
Nancy asks Donald what he is waiting for.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/488392-pelosi-urges-trump-to-tap-emergency-war-powers-immediately
So Mr. Trump signs the DPA and then does not move forward on it? What is he waiting for?
Continue reading “Nancy asks Donald what he is waiting for.”Lest we forget . . .
Our “wartime President” is now claiming that he knew all along how serious and grave this pandemic would be.
If he did actually know that, then the many statements documented in the clip were LIES that will kill hundreds or thousands of people. If he was not lying then, then he is lying now. And his willful ignorance then will kill hundreds or thousands of people. Either way, he has to go. He is not fit in any way to serve.
No links, just a personal epiphany last evening.
Went to my regular Wednesday evening yoga class last night. Prior to starting, the instructor explained all of the sanitation actions they were taking. The floor had been steam cleaned. They reduced to use of props (bolsters, mostly), disinfecting the blocks used after each class, and rotating the blankets to be washed after each session. They were even videoing the class to post online for those who did not want to come to the studio. There was a total of 5 people at the studio and we “socially distanced” ourselves.
The class itself is billed as a restorative yoga class. Works to improve the parasympathetic nervous system. It is part of my own spiritual, mindful, and physical well being efforts. I look forward to this class each week as a way to shake the “hump day” mentality. (Some days you’re the dog, some you’re the leg.)
Continue reading “No links, just a personal epiphany last evening.”The next financial meltdown
Will very likely be in the health insurance industry. And soon. They simply have not built up the reserves needed to pay the horrendous looming costs of every ICU in the nation being maxed out for months. As sure as the sun rises in the east they will be coming to Washington to socialize these costs while keeping their profits. We should “just say no.” It is time for the government to acquire – at today’s prices – all the stock, shares and participations of every health insurer and reorganize them into Medicare-for-all. IMHO, as Len would say.
WAPO: No, the White House didn’t ‘dissolve’ its pandemic response office. I was there.
Link to source _behind paywall_.
One of the more remarkable untruths critics of President Trump persist in circulating is the claim that Trump dissolved the pandemic response team President Obama had set up in the White House, making our nation less safe. This untruth has been repeatedly debunked. Tim Morrison, former senior director for counterproliferation and biodefense on the National Security Council” wrote a new debunking, which the Washington Post published a couple of days ago. Here’s hoping Forum users will stop repeating the false claim.
Continue reading “WAPO: No, the White House didn’t ‘dissolve’ its pandemic response office. I was there.”
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