2020 archive
The Answer 0
Charniele Herring answers Donald Trump at The Roanoke Times. A nugget:
Stray Thought 0
I must confess that every morning, when I find this thing is still working, I am somewhat gratified and mildly surprised.
“Principled Conservatives”
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Field presents an argument that, as regards today’s Republican Party, “principled conservative” in an oxymoron.
Giving America the Business 0
At The Roanoke Times, Nancy Liebrecht skewers the notion that successful business persons are ipso facto qualified to run governments.
Let alone unsuccessful ones.
Unfortunately, Donald Trump is not a successful businessman. He is talented at creating that image, but his trail of bankruptcies, scams, and failed businesses should have warned voters of his inherent incompetence. 200,000 deaths later, we are paying the price for ignoring his record.
More at the link.
The Epidemiologist Is Released . . . 0
. . . and promptly writes a prescription. Side effects include unfeeling callousness with a lack of empathy.
“I’m so glad that he appears to be doing well, that he has doctors who can give him experimental drugs that aren’t available to the masses,” Sedlacek said. “For the rest of us, who are trying to protect ourselves, that behavior is an embarrassment.”
COVID-19 has infected about 7.5 million Americans, leaving more than 210,000 dead and millions more unemployed, including Sedlacek. The U.S. has less than 5% of the globe’s population but more than 20% of the reported deaths.
More side effects at the link.
The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
At the Hartford Courant, Maxwell Warren warns that we have entered a new age.
Our intellect, technology, ambition and desire for a better life have propelled us forward with rapid changes. And for the last 70 years, our unsustainable lifestyle fed on increasingly greater amounts of fossil fuels.
Follow the link for more.
The Stock Market Is Not the Economy, “The Happiest Place on Earth” Dept. 0
The caller, a Disneyland “cast member,” calls to discuss Disneyland’s laying off 28,000 employees. The caller’s voice fades several times and the hosts have to ask him to repeat himself, but I think, even with the audio issues, his story is worth the few minutes of your time.
Twits on Twitter 0
Aside:
Many years ago, maybe a decade and a half or so, I heard one of the founders of Twitter interviewed on NPR about what a great contribution Twitter would make to our discourse.
Methinks he was, as my old boss would have said, in error.