Friday, August 28, 2020

And another shitty end to another shitty day comes to a close. And oh yeah: Fuck cancer.

“The more we do to you, the less you seem to believe we are doing it.”~ Dr. Joseph Mengele

“What happens now determines what happens to the rest of the world.” -- T’Challa (Black Panther)

Deaths

US: 185,901 (+1105)

World: 841,292 (+5665)

Cases

US: 6,096,235 (+49,601)

World: 24,907,251 (+282,270)

Countdown: 67 days.

Trump's RNC finale had a clear message: Take it or leave it. — He is who he is.  

"We can never have a situation where things are going on as they are today." — Donald Trump, August 27, 2020, after almost four years of HIS version of America. Even Trump wants you to vote for Biden

CNN reporter does breathtaking fact check of Trump's RNC speech. Trump has never been a stickler for the truth, but CNN reporter and fact-checker Daniel Dale identified more than 20 false or misleading claims in the president's Thursday RNC speech alone. — I’m not sure he took a breath during the whole thing. Watch the video. At a minimum the first three minutes.

The absurdity of Trump’s RNC speech, in one photo. Trump tried to make his Republican convention into a celebration. America’s current reality is much grimmer. It’s a moment that encapsulates what amounted to a week of gaslighting on Covid-19 by Trump and the Republican convention — an attempt to make America think that a president who had so clearly failed was in fact a victory for the US.

“You know what I say? Protest this, your ass. I don’t talk about my ass.” — Donald Trump, August 28, 2020. 

RNC airs video clip of 'Biden's America' — it was actually Barcelona. The video, which appeared during Monday night’s event, shows footage from 2019 protests in Spain.

Thousands gather at March on Washington commemorations.

March on Washington: Civil rights leaders, families of Black victims rally against police violence.

White supremacists and militias have infiltrated police across US, report says.

Over 300 LGBT leaders endorse Biden for president : "The most pro-equality ticket in US history".

Joe Biden’s campaign has purchased the web domain that spells out President Donald Trump’s re-election slogan “Keep America Great” and filled the site with what it says are Trump's broken promises.

Despite DeJoy's vows to halt changes, serious problems persist, postal workers say. “Some stations have so much mail backed up, it’s three times more than the volume you would see at Christmas,” a Chicago postal worker said.

NBA announces plan to convert arenas into polling places as part of agreement to resume play.

Top general says military will play no role in resolving any electoral dispute.

Doctors find possible case of Covid-19 reinfection in US. Genetic tests indicate the patient was infected with two different varieties of the virus, the team at the University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine and the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory reported.

Notre Dame sending students back to class next week — even as new COVID-19 cases reported. The university halted in-person classes on Aug. 19, eight days into the fall semester, after 146 students and a staff member tested positive. -- Here we go ‘round the mulberry bush; the mulberry bush; the mulberry bush.

Hurricanes, fires, floods and locusts: Science says climate change is here but the RNC refuses to believe.

U.S. Marshals say they found 39 missing children in Georgia during two-week operation.

Controversial organization led by Trump allies has tax-exempt status revoked by IRS.

Vancouver's Trump hotel closes doors for good. — It was open for only three and a half years. He’s such the businessman.

Las Vegas-based casino operator MGM Resorts International will layoff 18,000 previously furloughed workers.

Elon Musk shows Neuralink brain link working in a pig.

Scooby-Doo Co-Creator Joe Ruby Dies at 87.

RIP Chadwick Boseman. He was 43. -- Fuck cancer.

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

Until next time, my friends. Stay safe and stay sane. Good night.