May 23, 2020

Just finished

Alliance Rising...Cherryh and Fancher. Pretty good...About space stations..

So now I must reread some of the earlier stories..Just received Cyteen..complete

in one vol..700 pgs...The Chanur series? For some reason, it took me some time

to be able to follow her...Now I really enjoy the stories..

May 18, 2020

Trump officials deflect blame for US death toll, escalate reopening push

Source: cnn

(CNN)Two of President Donald Trump's top officials are now pointing the finger at the administration's own scientists and Americans' pre-existing health conditions to explain the country's world-leading Covid-19 death toll.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar suggested Sunday that underlying health conditions, including among minorities, were one reason for the high American death toll -- nearly 90,000 as of Sunday evening. And Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro added the government's own Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to its list of scapegoats alongside China and the Obama administration.

The White House has been escalating its effort to recast the narrative of its own chaotic response to the crisis as it aggressively pushes to reopen the country, a process vital to the fortunes of millions of people who have lost their jobs in lockdowns and its own political prospects in November.
The effort follows Trump's repeated early denials that the virus would be a problem for the United States and claims that his administration had it under control months ago.

The United States accounts for about 4.25% of the world's population, but currently has about 29% of the confirmed deaths from the disease, and models used by the White House suggest the tragic toll could rise to around 147,000 by early August.


Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/18/politics/trump-us-death-toll-blame-reopen/index.html

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This is like when stumpy stood next to putin and said it was americans fault for the negative

attitude to the russians...

May 9, 2020

Native Kansan tells stumpy to fuck off...

TOPEKA — A Hutchinson native who began sounding alarms in mid-January over the need for more N95 masks, testing supplies and other equipment that would be needed in the imminent pandemic is scheduled to testify before Congress this week, days after filing a damning whistleblower report.

Rick Bright says he was reassigned as director of Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority for resisting pressure to promote dangerous drugs touted by President Donald Trump as possible cures for COVID-19, pushing for a more aggressive response to the pandemic, and questioning the meritless awarding of contracts to the president’s political cronies.

On Friday, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel moved to temporarily block Bright’s departure from BARDA based on evidence provided in his 89-page complaint.

Bright was removed from his position on April 20 after confirming for a journalist the dangers of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine and providing supporting documentation that included email exchanges among Health and Human Services officials.

“Bright hoped that by shining a light on HHS’s reckless and dangerous push to make these drug available, American lives would be saved,” his attorneys wrote in the complaint.

The internationally recognized expert in immunology, therapeutic intervention, vaccine development and pandemic preparedness had served as director of BARDA since November 2016. Before arriving at HHS in 2010, he worked in the biotech industry and was recruited by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2003 to develop testing to combat avian flu.

In late March, Congress passed a massive spending package for COVID-19 response that allocated $3.5 billion directly to BARDA. Bright’s complaint asserts the appropriation intensified hostilities between Bright and his HHS boss, Robert Kadlec, by making it more difficult for Kadlec to siphon funds for companies that have connections to the Trump administration.

As the president and HHS leaders promoted hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug, as a potential cure for COVID-19 in an apparent attempt to score a short-term political victory, Bright resisted pressure to accept or invest in the drug.



https://www.salina.com/news/20200509/kansas-native-inside-us-health-agency-pushed-for-more-masks-testing-supplies

May 8, 2020

Their dvd..at wimbley..awesome...

Queen’s Brian May Hospitalized After Ripping Glutes ‘to Shreds’ While Gardening


The lead guitarist announced he’s been hospitalized after ripping the muscles in his glutes “to shreds” after working too furiously in his garden.

May posted a photo and video on his Instagram on Wednesday with the unusual announcement.

“As well as getting over-stretched and harassed by too many demands, I managed to rip my gluteus maximus to shreds in a moment of over-enthusiastic gardening,” he wrote.

https://www.bing.com/search?q=Brian+May+hospitalized&filters=tnTID%3a%22B86CF27B-3A0C-4b9e-A6CF-1C5EF6A7B472%22+tnVersion%3a%223515411%22+segment%3a%22popularnow.carousel%22+tnCol%3a%222%22+tnOrder%3a%222a197e69-7e34-4a21-a6bb-8fbc6b26b28a%22&FORM=CNTPNH

May 2, 2020

Did stumpy get to the cdc?

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/marked-change-in-tone-in-cdc-meat-plant-reports-raises-questions-82911301638

May 2, 2020

The next line of chic office wear?

I could hide snacks..easy..

https://i.insider.com/5eabff8542278d61b91b7bf9?width=1000&format=jpeg&auto=webp

May 2, 2020

1500 aerospace workers..

out the door..

Glad we had kelly for awhile..After 8 years of little sammy brownbutts' draining

of the treasury..She has done an admirable job with revenues..imho.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/boeing-supplier-spirit-aerosystems-lays-off-1450-kansas-employees-2020-05-01

May 1, 2020

The rules will discourage..

..flying, all by themselves..

https://www.axios.com/future-air-travel-coronavirus-bcee181c-1d3a-4305-992d-053d5c80a909.html

 Online check-in: Besides choosing their seat or paying for checked bags, passengers might also need to upload a document to confirm the presence of COVID-19 antibodies before they fly.

Airport curbside: Passengers could be required to arrive at least four hours ahead of their flight, and pass through a "disinfection tunnel" or thermal scanner to check their temperature before being allowed to enter the airport.

Check-in and bag drop: New touchless kiosks would allow passengers to check in by scanning a barcode, or using gestures or voice commands. Agents would be behind plexiglass shields, and bags would be disinfected and then "sanitagged.

"Health check: Passengers would undergo a health screening, and potentially even have their blood tested. In

April, Emirates became the first airline to conduct rapid on-site COVID-19 testing of passengers before boarding.

Security: Each carry-on bag and security bin would be disinfected when entering the X-ray machine, using fogging or UV-ray techniques, then “sanitagged."Boarding: Passengers would need to be present an hour before departure, maintain

May 1, 2020

Restaurants can open...

Maybe there were some rules on that..corner tables only.

I couldn't read any further...

More articles on air transmission..

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/04/27/coronavirus-found-air-pollution-particles-preliminary-study-finds/3033646001/

So maybe in an enclosed volume? Not a good idea..imho.

April 28, 2020

Hard to do business...

with a Corp that has screwed you over...530$ early cancellation fee.

With a cut and paste agreement from the chat line where I setup the package.

Two week grace period on a DirecTV package..And when I canceled 6 days later,

rep said there would be no early cancellation fee...And yet that money was taken

out of my boa acct... autopay..my bad there. Can't get it back..believe me I've tried.

Thing is the service for the wireless is great!..Hate to change .. it was kinda a hassle

getting setup...and I don't want to do it again..

But it's tough paying the bill..which is another thing..its not a bad price..

But it's tough..etc.