I say YES. YOU say NO....Numero Tre! Enjoy!
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Life is an exercise in the development of feeling. When we repress feelings, we become sour and judgmental. When we live awash in great feeling over small things, we become jaded long before we have even begun to enjoy. When feelings are in balance they sweeten long days and great distances with gratitude and hope. -Joan Chittister, Seeing with Our Souls
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I would say you are in great balance here Ruth -- along with many others. I hope that within the next few elections we see a lot more women and if not younger men, at least men with 'younger' ideas. The old white men are dying out and good riddance. The world right now is in a terrible place which makes me long for Pres. Obama. Then again, knowing that many of the old white men who I hope are soon gone are the ones who tried their destructive best not to work with him.
I may have time to come back later today ( I hope ) but am busy trying to tie up lots of ends, ( loose and otherwise ) so I can go to the big hospital across the river for some much needed surgery. The plan now is surgery in the early morning ( I need to be there at 5 a.m. ) and 2 nights in the hospital. Then home again.
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Well, well, well.
Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma tested positive for the coronavirus, as cases surge in his state. He is the first U.S. governor known to be infected.
Wednesday, July 15, 2020 1:22 PM EST
Mr. Stitt, a Republican, said that his own infection had not prompted him to second-guess his response to the virus. The governor has resisted issuing a statewide mask order, and continued to do so on Wednesday.
"I'm probably getting tons of texts right now from other governors around the country," he said. "I was pretty shocked that I was the first governor to get it."
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Wishing you well with your surgery and a speedy recovery, Jackie.
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Good luck, Jackie!
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Ruth, I just watched the Lincoln Project video on trumps attempts to discredit Dr. Fauci and thought I might do the very same thing!
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I’ll have to watch that video.
Jackie, sending you positive vibes and wishing you all the best with your upcoming surgery and on to happy healing.
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I just read that from now on Covid-19 reports from hospitals will go STRAIGHT to the Trump Administration--i.e. DHHS, same thing--and NOT to the CDC.....
Outrageous!!!
Talk about seizing control of information a la Putin's Russia, China at its controlling worst...
My heart sank when I read this Big Brother move....
But then it lifted, because I'm sure that now, with this action, the info will leak out--spurred by those as outraged as i am--and we'll get the facts no matter how much shit-face wants to get his dirty hands on it first....
Come forward, Whistleblowers and Leakers!!
PS. Am now wondering if this daily Covid report from Hopkins (below) will be the same and still come to me...
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The Atlantic is also tracking numbers. It calls the state departments of health and takes screen shots of the departments of health websites.
https://covidtracking.com/data
Find your state and pick historical data to see the cases, etc. each day from the first case in your state. This is the historical data for Alaska.
https://covidtracking.com/data/state/alaska#historical
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In your pocket for surgery, recovery, and adjuvant tx, Jackie!
When I took the WA Bar Exam (45 yrs ago), it was all non-smoking; anyone who wanted to take it in the smoking room had to specifically request it. When I moved here and took the IL Bar Exam, it never occurred to me to request "non-smoking," so for 2-1/2 days I was stuck in Smoking Room Hell. Guess who was sitting next to me? Phyllis Schlafly. (Perfectly coiffed & sprayed hair, heels, smoking like a chimney).
AL Gov. Kay Ivey (a loyal Trumper) just issued a statewide mask mandate--saying she'd previously been wrong, and that "the numbers don't lie." Wonder if the right-wing base in her state will comply, or dismiss her out-of-hand because of her gender?
RBG is home today!
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Interesting about Phyliss S. Sandy.
Here is a big moment of poetic justice.
Oklahoma Governor Tests Positive for Coronavirus
Posted: 15 Jul 2020 04:30 PM PDT
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt announced Wednesday he had tested positive for the coronavirus weeks after attending President Donald Trump's rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.0 -
I hope this is true -- in fact, I hope that percentage goes higher. It is a ways away yet from the election and I do feel concern for the cheating, suppression, outright lying and any other types of nullifications that may be used. I do though feel so many people are tired of the chaos and if you are really ready to be VERY honest Trump has almost nothing to his credit and what is there doesn't make up for your life or those of your loved ones be they friends or family. Sounds like they will be going hard on anyone mildly differing from Trump in any way. May be a bumpy ride.
Nearly 60% of Voters Say There's Little Or No Chance They Will Vote For Trump
The new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found that 59% of voters said that there was little or no chance that they would vote for Trump.
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Just the kind of behavior I've grown to expect from Trump.
Wed, Jul 15th, 2020 by Jason Easley
Trump Is Stalling On Turning His Tax Returns Over To The Manhattan DA
FacebookTwitterWhatsappPinterestRedditPrintMailFlipboardThe Supreme Court ruled that Trump had to turn over his tax returns to the Manhattan DA, so the president is stalling in handing over the records.
Mr. Trump's lawyers wrote to the federal judge in Manhattan who originally presided over the case, saying they planned to argue that the district attorney's subpoena was too broad and politically motivated.
Days after the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a defeat to President Trump, clearing the way for the Manhattan district attorney to seek his tax returns, his lawyers on Wednesday renewed their efforts to block or at least narrow access to the records.The recent Supreme Court decision struck down the president's previous argument that he could not be criminally investigated. In the new filing, Mr. Trump's lawyers noted that the decision allowed him to raise other objections: that the subpoena "is motivated by a desire to harass or is conducted in bad faith," and that it would impede his constitutional duties.
All of the arguments that Trump's lawyers are making have already been dealt with. Trump is trying to run out the clock and get through the presidential election without turning over his tax returns. DA Cyrus Vance has been trying to get Trump's financial records for more than a year.
While Trump is thinking about the presidential election, there is now something much larger at stake. If Trump loses the election, he will be withholding his tax returns in a bid to avoid a criminal indictment.
Trump isn't just trying to win an election. He is also trying to stay out of prison.
Donald Trump can stall, but the records will be turned over, and he will likely be indicted for lying on loan applications.
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A thankful heart is the greatest virtue.
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July 15, 2020
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As the coronavirus continues to ravage the country, the way the government will collect data about Covid-19 cases changed today. On March 29, Vice President Mike Pence asked hospital administrators to report data about coronavirus through three different systems: the network provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the CDC), HHS Protect, and TeleTracking. Last Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that, beginning today, hospitals should report daily information about coronavirus cases not through the CDC system, which has been in place for 15 years, but rather through the other two.
This move has met with widespread condemnation as observers worry that Trump is trying to take control of information about the coronavirus in order to conceal it. In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis has hidden information this way, and Trump has made it clear he believes that if only he downplays the numbers, he can convince people to go back to work and resurrect the economy.
But there is another angle to this change that seems to me likely to be at least as attractive to the president as control over data information. That primary issue is money.
HHS Protect is developed by Palantir Technologies, a data-mining firm that works with the Pentagon and law enforcement agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Peter Thiel, a billionaire Trump supporter, co-founded the company, which last week confidentially filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to go public. An initial public offering (IPO) would have made bucketloads of money in any case, but a federal contract to compile coronavirus information is a sweet addition to its portfolio.
The TeleTracking system also raises suspicions of a financial deal. On June 3, Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) wrote to the director of the CDC, Dr. Robert Redfield and the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Robert P. Kadlec, to ask why HHS had awarded a $10 million no-bid contract to create this data system that duplicated the one the CDC already had. Why indeed?
There is, in the letter shifting data collection, a peculiarly nasty stick. Underlined on the first page of the instructions is that "We will no longer be sending out one-time requests for data to aid in the distribution of Remdesivir or any other treatments or supplies. This daily reporting is the only mechanism used for the distribution calculations, and the daily [sic] is needed daily to ensure accurate calculations."
Remdesivir is one of the two drugs proven effective at combatting Covid-19. Two weeks ago, the Trump administration bought up almost all of the world's supply of the drug for the next three months.
The rest of the world was outraged at this purchase, but at the time HHS Secretary Alex Azar defended the move by saying "To the extent possible, we want to ensure that any American patient who needs remdesivir can get it. The Trump administration is doing everything in our power to learn more about life-saving therapeutics for Covid-19 and secure access to these options for the American people."
Now, it appears, in order to get access to it, hospitals will need to use the private data systems the administration supports.
There were two other big stories today.
First, Trump announced tonight he is replacing his campaign manager, Brad Parscale, less than four months before the election. A replacement at this stage of the game indicates trouble for the campaign. Parscale has borne the brunt of Trump's anger at his dropping polls, which today showed Trump behind the presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden by double digits. The debacle of the Tulsa rally, in which Tik Tok users and K-pop fans so badly polluted the data the campaign was harvesting from the event it almost certainly could not be used, appeared to seal his fate. This is a tad awkward for the campaign, since Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump, Jr.'s girlfriend, and Lara Trump, Eric Trump's wife, have been receiving $15,000 a month through Parscale's company to avoid disclosure on Federal Elections Commission reports.
Parscale will stay on the campaign as an adviser for data and digital operations.
Bill Stepien, a political operative who worked for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, will replace Parscale. Stepien got embroiled in the 2013 Fort Lee Lane Closure scandal that snarled traffic on the George Washington Bridge for four days. Intended to punish the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee for opposing Christie, the scandal instead hurt Christie's national ambitions. Emails and texts show that Stepien knew of the scheme before it happened. Christie fired him when the communications came to light, but Stepien was never indicted in the case.
Second, this afternoon, Twitter was hacked. Some of the nation's most prominent politicians and entertainers lost control of their accounts, which mysteriously posted messages sounding like a giveaway. They told readers that if they sent Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency, the Twitter user attacked would double the money. Eventually, Twitter was forced to shut down all verified accounts for two hours, silencing official voices on the platform Americans increasingly use to stay on top of breaking news. The attack interrupted tweets from the National Weather Service about a tornado in Illinois, for example, when the verified account providing information was shut down.
The attack was a dramatic illustration of how vulnerable our communications systems are to hackers. Casey Newton, who writes about social media and democracy at The Interface, noted that this hack was a sign of what could come: the incitement of "real-world chaos through impersonation and fraud." Alex Stamos, director of the Stanford Internet Observatory and the former chief security officer at Facebook, told the New York Times: "This demonstrates a real risk for the elections. Twitter has become the most important platform when it comes to discussion among political elites, and it has real vulnerabilities."
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Old Butch......
Fred was in the fertilized egg business. He had several hundred young pullets,' and ten roosters to fertilize the eggs.
He kept records, and any rooster not performing went into the soup pot and was replaced.
...This took a lot of time, so he bought some tiny bells and attached them to his roosters.
Each bell had a different tone, so he could tell from a distance, which rooster was performing.
Now, he could sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency report by just listening to the bells.
Fred's favorite rooster, old Butch, was a very fine specimen, but this morning he noticed old Butch's bell hadn't rung at all!
When he went to investigate, he saw the other roosters were busy chasing pullets, bells-a-ringing, but the pullets, hearing the roosters coming, would run for cover.
To Fred's amazement, old Butch had his bell in his beak, so it couldn't ring. He'd sneak up on a pullet, do his job and walk on to the next one.
Fred was so proud of old Butch, he entered him in the Local Farm Show and he became an overnight sensation among the judges. The result was the judges not only awarded old Butch the "No Bell Piece Prize," but they also awarded him the "Pulletsurprise" as well.
Clearly old Butch was a politician in the making. Who else but a politician could figure out how to win two of the most coveted awards on our planet by being the best at sneaking up on the unsuspecting populace and screwing them when they weren't paying attention.
Vote carefully in the next election, you can't always hear the bells!!
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Jackie, my thoughts are with you as you head for surgery.... take care and know you will be in my prayers....
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Jackie, I loved your Fred story! Hilarious! Wow! So original and so apt! Thanks for that! You brought a much-needed laugh in these dark times..
Love you, dear....
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Jackie:
Loved the "Old Butch" story. Clever old rooster.
Good luck with your upcoming surgery and I wish you a speedy recovery.
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Jackie, best wishes for your upcoming surgery. You got this!
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Good thoughts Jackie, feel better soon.
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I don't post in this thread a lot, but I read it everyday. Thanks so much for all of your posts.
Jackie (IllinoisLady)...best wishes for a speedy recovery from your surgery. By the way, my name is Jackie too if you haven't already guessed. 😊
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Trump Admin does not care about kids or anyone but their rich donors and Putin.
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Sandy, great story about Phyllis Schlafly! She was something of an anomaly, advocating for the full-time mother and wife when she herself was a political activist, newsletter editor, touring speaker, and lawyer! (Her minions didn't seem to notice?) I know the Netflix show takes a lot of creative license in telling this whole ERA story, but it gets the point across.
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Come on Jackie! Let us know as soon as you can how the surgery went... I just miss you little sister.... Known each other for over 10 years, because of BC.ORG! Thinking of you.... Sunny xoxoxo
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IllinoisLady- I hope you are doing well!
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