Wednesday, May 6, 2020

And another day to just hang your head and cry comes to a close:

“But if this ever changing world in which we live in, makes you give in and cry. Say live and let die.” -- Paul McCartney

Deaths
US: 74,799 (+2528)
World: 265,076 (+6750)

Countdown: 181 days.

“One thing is clear. Our government has a higher tolerance for unnecessary deaths than other countries. School shootings, shootings in church, at concerts, in night clubs. People in nursing homes. Meat plants. Prisons.” -- Andy Slavitt

“We had a strategy. Trump gave it a few weeks & then decided “liberate!” Basically, he’s a quitter.” -- Andy Slavitt

"I had a much higher view of my Republican colleagues of their commitment to their own ideals, of their commitment to the constitution. They don’t represent the Republican party anymore. They represent a cult of personality of the president." — Adam Schiff

Although there are cities seeing a flattening of the curve, some areas of the US have recently begun to find an uptick of coronavirus cases. Some of these hot spots are in states that have just begun allowing businesses to reopen.

'What are we doing this for?': Doctors are fed up with conspiracies ravaging ERs. Halazun, like many health care professionals, is dealing with a bombardment of misinformation and harassment from conspiracy theorists, some of whom have moved beyond posting online to pressing doctors for proof of the severity of the pandemic. And it's taking a toll.

Trump's Twitter rant against Lincoln Project's 'Mourning in America' ad proved our point. What we accomplished this week was not something to be celebrated. No commercial should have the power to derail the leader of the free world.

An Ohio state representative says he won't wear a face mask because he says it dishonors God. "We are all created in the image and likeness of God. That image is seen the most by our face. I will not wear a mask," state Rep. Nino Vitale wrote on Facebook. — Jesus fucking Christ these people. He is literally trying to kill you.

People with Disabilities May Need More than Just Intensive Care for Covid-19 Treatment.

More than two-thirds of people surveyed in 20 African countries say they would run out of food and water in 14-day lockdown.

CDC report details extent of coronavirus outbreaks in U.S. jails and prisons.

Why you need to wear the damn mask.

Nation's stockpile proves to be no match for a pandemic.

In 1847, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma sent $170 to Ireland during the Great Famine. More than 170 years later, Ireland has helped to raise more than $2M for Navajo and Hopi nations, which have been hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. -- Because there is still good in the world.

The first Presidential election since the rise of the #MeToo movement has come down to a race between two men who have both been accused of sexual assault. Where do we go from here?

Federal Rules Give More Protection To Students Accused Of Sexual Assault.

Donald Trump wants female reporters to be as meek as a '50's housewife'.

The 911 calls show the call taker was asking the men what Arbery is doing that was of criminal concern, Merritt said. "They didn't give any answer for that, they said, 'He's a black man running down our road.”” -- And they killed him because of it.

Heavily restricted NBA practices expected to resume on Friday.

Texas eases underground oil storage rules, raising concerns.

Trump’s Nuclear Policy Has Failed. All of the nuclear challenges facing the U.S. are getting worse, according to a new report by the American Nuclear Policy Initiative.

Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.

Until next time, my friends. Good night.