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Day 1151 Katie Porter and the CDC man

Friday March 13, 2020 

233 Days until the election on November 3rd

313 Days until the Inauguration on January 20, 2021

Congresswoman Katie Porter asked a question of the man heading up the CDC. He tried to avoid answering the question. She reclaimed her time and asked again. He deflected. She reclaimed her time and asked again. He gave an answer. She said no good enough and asked again. Finally, he said Yes. 

Wow. But wait. There’s more.

Not only had she told his office she was going to ask him this question she gave him the answer! And yet, he seemed to not know what she was talking about. He didn’t seem to know the law. The law that pertained to him as head of the CDC.

This didn’t seem to be a case of trying to avoid answering. This seemed to be a case of avoiding because he had no idea if what she was talking about. Yet, she and two of her fellow Congresspeople had sent them a letter a week before. She had told his staff the day before and reminded them the night before. Yet, he seemed totally unprepared for the question. She even told him the answer in the hearing, and yet he tried to deflect.

Moving on. In an interview with the science reporter for The New York Times, he outlined the steps China went to in order to break the cycle of contamination. Apparently, one of the worst places to get contaminated is if someone goes home with it. Therefore, self-quarantine at home doesn’t work. In order to break the spread of the virus China was checking the temperature of everyone coming into a building, any building, if you had a temperature you went to a special treatment center to get checked. You didn’t go to a hospital waiting room or your doctor’s office because that would just cause everyone there to get it. In these special facilities you went through several tests to determine if you had the virus. If you had it you went to a special facility for treatment.

What are we doing? Basically nothing. The president won’t even declare a state of emergency so funds can be released to let agencies and governments deal with this.

The stock market went down over 10% yesterday, that on top of several other drops in the preceding days. The Fed pumped one and a half trillion into the market, which put things on hold for a moment and then it started to go down again, like nothing happened. This after Trump’s Oval Office speech the night before to reassure the country.

Some say he seemed to have trouble reading the teleprompter. I disagree. I think that is giving him too much credit. I think, and I’ve thought this for a long time, he has trouble reading – period. He’s not stupid. Just uneducated, incurious, and unable to read.

233 Days until the election on November 3rd

313 Days until the Inauguration on January 20, 2021

PS Got this in the mail the other day. Seems she’s the only person willing to tell the president the truth. No wonder he doesn’t want to meet with her.

Day 1148 Once Again I Urge You To Stand With The prez

Tuesday March 10, 2020 

236 Days until the election on November 3rd

316 Days until the Inauguration on January 20, 2021

Oh Boy. Many of the most ardent self righteous “conservative” Republicans are self quarantining. That after one person at CPAC had the virus? What pussies. Don’t they believe the president? That it will go away by miracle?

The only person in the group that isn’t self quarantining is Louie. Go get ‘em Louie! Shake hands, back slap, cough. 

Oh, and one of these people shook the president’s hand at CPAC. 

I don’t think self quarantine is enough. I think they should  put bags over their heads. Plastic bags. Like you get at the dry cleaners. It will prevent all germs and viruses from getting in. Just a thought.

Also, this virus affects mainly old people. Like 70 something presidential candidates. I think there may be an opening here for Mayor Pete. “Vote foe Me! (Least likely to die from Corona Virus.)”

Meanwhile the president has said we need the wall on our southern border more than ever – to keep the Corona Virus out. Yeah. Nothing like a wall to stop a virus. Good thinking Mr. Trump.

Has anyone started a Corona Virus Twitter account? 

Okay. Gotta go. Ya know, I just wish these folks had self quarantined themselves years ago. Think of how much better this world would be without these idiotic blowhards and hypocrites. 

Oh wait. Here’s a tweet from account “Covad 19” Sorry, false alarm it’s just some music,

Why, it’s “Bad Boys” slightly modified – “What’s ya gonna do when I come for you?”  

236 Days until the election on November 3rd

316 Days until the Inauguration on January 20, 2021

PS Toltec Warriors – they’ll protect us!

Day 1140

Monday March 2, 2020 

244 Days until the election on November 3rd

324 Days until the Inauguration on January 20, 2021

Okay, Corona virus is here and we’re all gonna die – get over it.

(Maybe not from Corona Virus, but eventually, is my point.)

What to do?

Party? Bitch? Be Positive? 

I tell you what. There is way too much positivity in those exercise and self help videos. I heard a lady comic the other day who was saying she enjoys a two star experience. Yeah. 

My wife has a tee shirt that says, “No Judgement / Just Support.”

I want one that says, “No Support / Just Judgement.” Probably on the back it should say, “The George Jefferson School of Motivation.” But then someone would ask me who George Jefferson is and I’d have to explain and they wouldn’t get it. …

As far as partying goes. Eh. It’s like “hanging out.” WTF does that mean? “Can I come over and sit on your sofa?” I dunno.

Rolling Stone had an article on members of bands they’d like to see reunite. Okay, the first few I knew, then it got weird. Girl bands and metal bands that frankly – well never mind – I hope they get together and party on. 

And what is with the weird song acts? If it’s a solo black woman she has to have a dancer on either side doing god knows what. If it’s a black male then you have goofy dancing that has nothing to do with anything. I guess it’s the Kayne effect. Better than having the woman in tight and revealing clothing rubbing up against them. In the age of Me Too that is so passé. (or should I say, “Non Courant”?)

The big dance numbers all seem to be modeled after Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation,” I mean it’s great to watch a bunch of people all stepping together, but after how many acts do you kind of know what’s happening?

I went to McDonald’s. It’s “Free McMuffin Monday.” (I don’t know why they don’t call it “Screw Wendy’s New Breakfast Menu Monday” but they don’t.) Turns out only the first McMuffin is free. I advised my father-in-law to pretend he didn’t know who his wife was and let her order her own damn McMuffin. (You save like three dollars and fifty nine cents.*)

*pro-tip

Meanwhile the Corona Virus is spreading in the U.S. Mike better get that prayer circle going. Yesterday there were reports of people in Sam’s where the lines were backed up to the far back of the store – every register.

Seems people aren’t believing the president. I’m shocked. 

Imagine if we had a good health care system in this country. (I know it’s hard to imagine, but try.) Imagine knowing that the sick were being taken care of. Imagine knowing that if you got sick there would be resources to take care of you. Now? Hey. Good luck. Pray.
244 Days until the election on November 3rd
324 Days until the Inauguration on January 20, 2021

** Getting punchy.

Day 1139 Who Ya Gonna Pick?

Sunday March 1, 2020 

245 Days until the election on November 3rd

325 Days until the Inauguration on January 20, 2021

Biden won South Carolina and Bernie won all the stuff before that except one, and Pete took that. After Super Tuesday we’ll know who’s really left in the race.

Then the question will be who’s the VP pick?

Biden won’t take VP again. Would Bernie? Biden/Bernie? I don’t know.

What about Biden/Warren?

Biden/Pete?

Biden/Amy?

Biden/Bloomberg?

Biden/Steyer? 

And we could do this with Bernie:

Bernie/Warren,Pete,Amy,Bloomberg,Steyer.

I don’t know. I’d love for Warren to be on the ticket. I went canvassing for her yesterday. Sixty-one houses. Most not home or undecided. One was for Warren. One said she’d vote for Warren because “we were the only ones that made the effort.” One asked if Warren was a Democrat. One guy came out on his porch to yell that he didn’t want any, which was nice of him because it saved me the walk up the hill and besides he’s an Alabama fan so there was no hope anyway. (Not that I’m judgmental or anything.)

I’m hoping Warren does really well on Super Tuesday, but for whatever reason she hasn’t caught on. She did a great bit with Stephen Colbert this past Wednesday. (I think it was Wednesday. She’s not listed in the info. Better to google it.)

In other news the U.S. has recorded it’s first death from coronavirus. If he president is right we should see the virus influence go down. Of course the president is never right so we’ll see the rate of infection and the number of deaths in the U.S. go up. Don’t you feel comforted that rather than prepare for the virus and its spread the president wasted that precious time denying that it was coming here? Or do you feel better that he started his presidency off by getting rid of the very team you need for such things?

Let’s not forget that the president is a con-man, a liar, and is totally incompetent. The corona virus doesn’t know or care. Tweet away big boy. Tweet away.

Mike? Have you called for a prayer circle? Are you morally opposed to viruses? 

Do we have the best people on this thing?

Oh we got no one on it because it’s going away by miracle? Oh. Okay.

245 Days until the election on November 3rd

325 Days until the Inauguration on January 20, 2021

PS The Corey Lama – Hard Choices. Munchie 1999. 

We need the Core more than ever. Alas, he has shuffled off this mortal coil.