Donald Trump has declared martial law in DC. No, this isn’t a reality TV moment. This isn’t hyperbole. This isn’t a prank. This is actually happening. And he’s threatened to declare martial law in any state where he wants to deploy our military personnel to “dominate the streets” against our citizens, regardless of governors’ objections…. [read more]
What Have We Done?
Reading time – 5:29; Viewing time – 9:32 . . . [Ed. note: Be sure to read the “Finally” section at the bottom, which was added after the video was recorded.] It’s the Economy, Stupid The White House announced (love that phrase – as though a building could talk) that it won’t update economic projections… [read more]
Who Will Lead?
Reading time – 2:43 . . . It has been clear from the start that the leadership of Donald Trump is of himself, for himself and by himself. Where does that leave the remaining 328.2 million of us in this time of worldwide pandemic? Many of our governors are doing a good job with the… [read more]
Sacrifice
Reading time – 3:39 + 1:43 . . . Tomorrow is Memorial Day – a formal day of remembrance for those who did their duty, put their lives on the line and died defending America. The flag-draped coffins continue to arrive at Dover, Delaware and, with the healthcare mess we’re in, it will take extra… [read more]
Update to Consequences
Update to Sunday’s Consequences post: From author John Scalzio in an interview for the New York Times Book section, May 17, 2020: “Maybe people might look at me askance for “Atlas Shrugged” [being on my bookshelf], since I’ve written about how Ayn Rand valorizes a genocidal sociopath in John Galt, and I think it’s a… [read more]
Consequences In One Long and Two Short Parts
Reading time – 5:36 . . . Part 1. Healthcare Wake-Up The Kaiser Family Foundation just reported that, “. . . nearly 27 million people will lose health insurance as a result of being laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Some will go on the ACA exchanges; the majority will wind up on Medicaid; and… [read more]
Rights
Reading time – 4:11; Viewing time – 6:20 . . . There are small mobs clogging our streets, attacking our state capitol buildings and protesting inside those buildings with menacing assault rifles in their hands. They are carrying Confederate flags and Nazi flags and they’re egged on by the President of the United States. They… [read more]
Here’s Why We Don’t Do Widespread Testing
Reading time – 3:50; Viewing time – 5:28 . . . We continue to bumble along, seemingly unable to develop a reliable test to use in large quantities throughout the country to fight this awful disease. It isn’t because we don’t have access to the needed resources. Here and here are reports on testing options… [read more]
Counting Just For Fun
Reading time – 97 seconds . . . I received a Trump fundraising letter today – no clue how I got on the Trump/RNC mail list. Perhaps they read these posts. Nah, not likely. This packet is like so many, in that it includes a clumsily skewed questionnaire designed to appeal to the confirmation bias… [read more]
Mom
Reading time – 4:12; Viewing time – 6:53 . . . My mother was a teen during the Great Depression and came of age during WW II. She was from that generation. Tom Brokaw dubbed it The Greatest Generation and the label stuck, this for obvious reasons. This was a generation without a sense of… [read more]
