Real Science to be used for rules 

During the Obama administration, the EPA was allowed to make rules based on published studies in which the data and methods were kept secret by the authors or disclosed only to supporters. Continue reading “EPA Rule will follow Scientific Method, Climate Lobby in panic” →

https://theweek.com/speedreads/900356/trump-tells-town-hall-plans-cut-entitlements-hopes-replace-obamacare-something-great

After promising to NOT cut entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare, during his town hall on Fox, he said just the opposite. Another promise made and NOT kept.

Continue reading “So this happened last night…” →

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/05/judge-slams-bill-barr-122449?te=1&nl=david-leonhardt&emc=edit_ty_20200306&campaign_id=39&instance_id=16538&segment_id=21941&user_id=45fc4046d933a4a135ed01d747c3bd8c&regi_id=1894992420200306

It was pretty obvious to everyone except Trumpers that Barr was hiding the nature and extent of the Mueller report’s findings and that the redactions in the released version of it were fishy. Now this judge – appointed by George W. Bush – is calling Barr on the carpet for his dishonesty and demanding answers. This was predicted by the House Managers – the truth WILL come out.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-falsely-blames-obama-admin-hurting-rollout-coronavirus/story?id=69410162

This is a variant on the continuous lie that Trump’s trashing of regulations has been a boon to this country. It is also part of the obvious pattern – blame someone else when you fail.

In this case, he takes his regulation reliever lie a step further by claiming to have trashed Obama regulations that did not exist. Anything rather than accept the fact that “the buck stops here.”

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/486219-judge-orders-doj-to-hand-over-unredacted-mueller-report

A Republican appointed federal judge was scathing in his demand from Barr.
Continue reading “Judge demands redacted parts of Mueller Report” →

Texas primaries result.

Texas had both a Democratic and Republican primaries. A lot of attention has been drawn to Biden’s very narrow win over Sanders, as the in the GOP primary, Trump was virtually uncontested.

But when you look at the numbers, in which there was no real need for anyone to show up for the GOP primary, Trump nonetheless got more votes than all of the Democrats who were still in the race, combined.

The GOP base is VERY motivated.

https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/3/5/21166135/facebook-trump-ads-census-deceptive-census-2020

So the Trump campaign (and the RNC) is using the word CENSUS on forms that are actually surveys at the same time the ACTUAL Census is about to begin. Sounds like something out of a Russian disinformation campaign.

Continue reading “Survey vs Census” →

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/03/05/coronavirus-trump-disputes-world-health-organization-death-rate/4961519002/

It is impossible to find the lower limit of Trump’s stupidity. Knowing almost nothing on a subject never deters him. He literally does not know when to shut up.

The death rate in question is for those diagnosed with the virus. Cases that are so mild that the victim just toughs it out at home or -OMG – at work without a diagnosis, are not part of the equation. Duh!

Her choice of endorsement will be *very* interesting.

https://www.vox.com/2020/3/4/21156607/how-did-the-coronavirus-get-started-china-wuhan-lab

For those that believe in science, this is the key takeaway (IMHO) …”virologists who’ve parsed the genome and infectious disease experts who study coronaviruses say they have enough evidence the virus is brand new and came from nature. A large group of them, citing genome analyses from multiple countries, recently affirmed in The Lancet that the virus originated in wildlife.

For those who believe in straight conspiracy theories, well, there isn’t a lot anyone could say to change your minds.