work by Kiki Kogelnik
Friday, May 29, 2020
Weekend!
Have an excellent weekend and see you bright and early Monday morning. What a week.
work by Kiki Kogelnik
work by Kiki Kogelnik
Step One
It's come out that Klobucher let Chauvin slide while she was a prosecutor in Minnesota. She won't be the VP candidate, she's cooked.
Protests
This is the week that something seriously broke in the US. The biggest threat to the country is Trump.
NY Times: Protests in Minneapolis Spread Across U.S.: Live Updates - A police station was set on fire in the city as people protested the death of George Floyd. Twitter attached a warning to a tweet by President Trump. A CNN crew was arrested on live television while covering the protests Friday morning.
NY Times: Protests in Minneapolis Spread Across U.S.: Live Updates - A police station was set on fire in the city as people protested the death of George Floyd. Twitter attached a warning to a tweet by President Trump. A CNN crew was arrested on live television while covering the protests Friday morning.
The Market On Friday
Good morning. At 7:25 a.m. ET DOW futures are -90. The market is poised to open significantly lower.
CNN: Analysis: Trump's crackdown on Big Tech is misguided By Paul R. La Monica
CNN: Analysis: Trump's crackdown on Big Tech is misguided By Paul R. La Monica
Thursday, May 28, 2020
The 'I Can Lie To The Country Any Way I Want Because I'm President' Act
NY Times: Trump signs order aimed at social networks as Twitter doubles down on labeling tweets.
President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to curtail the legal protections that shield social media companies from liability for the content posted on their platforms.
The move came just hours after Twitter added new fact-checking labels to hundreds of tweets
Psychopath
This is a must read. If you're going to read anything on this blog today, read at least the first half of this article. It's important.
medium.com: The Psychopath in Chief by Tony Schwartz
medium.com: The Psychopath in Chief by Tony Schwartz
Social Media
We have a new euphemism for pointing out that someone is lying, it's "stifling conservative voices."
Guardian UK: Trump draft order could expose Twitter and Facebook to more lawsuits - Review planned of law that protects social media firms from responsibility for users’ content
Guardian UK: Trump draft order could expose Twitter and Facebook to more lawsuits - Review planned of law that protects social media firms from responsibility for users’ content
Trump has threatened to shut down websites he accuses of stifling conservative voices, after Twitter tagged two of Trump’s tweets with a fact-check warning.
100,000
Washington Post: The U.S. death toll has reached 100,000.
These 100,000 are not nameless numbers, nor are they mostly famous people. They are, overwhelmingly, elderly — in some states, nearly two-thirds of the dead were 80 or older. They are disproportionately poor and black and Latino. Among the younger victims, many did work that allowed others to stay at home, out of the virus’s reach.
Rasmussen Has Him At 42%!
Rasmussen is a partisan hack and he always inflates the numbers in favor of the Republican, always.
The Hill: Trump job approval falls to 2-year low in Rasmussen poll By Kaelan Deese
The Hill: Trump job approval falls to 2-year low in Rasmussen poll By Kaelan Deese
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Carolyn Gombell
This is a new one by me, and it is apparently trending across Twitter. I have absolutely no idea what this is all about but as Trump is fine with Tweeting conspiracy and allegations, turnabout is fair play.
Key Stats
Guardian UK: Almost 100,000 Americans have died from Covid-19. Here is that tragic story in figures - These are the key stats so far
Scores of grocery workers have died across the country. Fifty-nine members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union have died, Axios reports. There have been 81 employees testing positive at one Walmart in Massachusetts, according to reports.
China
Washington Post: Hell hath no fury like a president suckered By Dana Milbank
Therein lies the trouble with Trump’s, and Republicans’, plans to make attacks on China the focus of the election. Probably no U.S. leader has praised China’s government as effusively and as often as Trump. There’s no way to campaign against that same government without acknowledging Trump was played for a fool.
Renters
NY Times: Renters entered the pandemic at a disadvantage, and now laws safeguarding them are expiring.
The United States, already wrestling with an economic collapse not seen in a generation, is on the precipice of a compounding crisis of evictions, as protections and payments extended to millions of people out of work begin to run out.
The Bronx
NY Times: ‘It’s the Death Towers’: How the Bronx Became New York’s Virus Hot Spot - The borough has the city’s highest rates of virus cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Could more have been done? By Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura, Winnie Hu and Lindsey Rogers Cook, Photographs by Gabriela Bhaskar
Across the city, neighborhoods with large numbers of black, Latino or poor residents have the highest death rates. In the Bronx, about 90 percent of the borough’s 1.4 million residents are people of color, the highest concentration in the city, according to census data.
The Market On Wednesday
Good morning. At 7:40 a.m. ET DOW futures are +360. The market is poised to open significantly higher.
CNN: The economy is in shambles but Big Tech stocks are on fire By Matt Egan
CNN: The economy is in shambles but Big Tech stocks are on fire By Matt Egan
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
This Happened
Washington Post: Twitter labels Trump’s tweets with a fact check for the first time - The action comes after years of criticism that social media companies have allowed the president to push misinformation unchecked By Elizabeth Dwoskin
Twitter on Tuesday slapped a fact-check label on President Trump’s tweets for the first time, a response to long-standing criticism that the company is too hands-off when it comes to policing misinformation and falsehoods from world leaders.
Autoban
What exactly does this say. Twitter will not use AI to kick white nationalists and Nazis off Twitter because in so doing they will also kick out some Republican politicians.
Yahoo: Twitter won’t autoban neo-Nazis because the filters may ban GOP politicians by Nina Corcoran
Yahoo: Twitter won’t autoban neo-Nazis because the filters may ban GOP politicians by Nina Corcoran
Silver Lining
NY Times: A Pandemic Bright Spot: In Many Places, Less Crime - The absence of people outdoors has produced a rare positive payoff in most American cities, big and small. By Neil MacFarquhar and Serge F. Kovaleski
With tens of millions of Americans off the streets, would-be victims and opportunities for crimes have vanished, causing a drop in the number of perpetrators committing infractions.
The Market On Tuesday
Good morning. At 6:58 a..m. ET DOW futures are +519. The market is poised to open significantly higher.
CNN: Global stocks rise as 're-opening optimism' takes hold By Sherisse Pham and Charles Riley
CNN: Global stocks rise as 're-opening optimism' takes hold By Sherisse Pham and Charles Riley
Unmanly
The Atlantic: Donald Trump, the Most Unmanly President - Why don’t the president’s supporters hold him to their own standard of masculinity? by Tom Nichols
And yet, many of these same men expect none of those characteristics from Trump, who is a vain, cowardly, lying, vulgar, jabbering blowhard.
Friday, May 22, 2020
Holiday Weekend!
Have an excellent holiday weekend and see you bright and early on Tuesday morning. Stay safe, be well, always be kind.
work by René Gruau 1909 - 2004
work by René Gruau 1909 - 2004
Explain
The daily infection rates from top - Texas, middle - Virginia, and bottom Wisconsin. Explain to me again how this virus is going away.
Swing States
Washington Post: Shocking new economic data confirms it: The swing states are getting hammered By Greg Sargent
Michigan, Pennsylvania and Florida all lost over 1 million jobs each, and Ohio came very close to that. Michigan lost over one-fifth of its jobs — a massive blow, and Pennsylvania almost did, too.
North Carolina lost over half a million jobs; Georgia lost almost that many; and Wisconsin isn’t far behind.
India
I worried about India during the pandemic, looks like this is not going well at all.
Guardian UK: Coronavirus live news: India sees 6,000 new cases in biggest one-day rise since pandemic began - China abandons GDP target amid ‘great uncertainty’; Trump pictured in mask for first time; Italy death toll could be 60% higher than assumed
Guardian UK: Coronavirus live news: India sees 6,000 new cases in biggest one-day rise since pandemic began - China abandons GDP target amid ‘great uncertainty’; Trump pictured in mask for first time; Italy death toll could be 60% higher than assumed
Revised Understanding Of How The Virus Spreads
Washington Post: Virus ‘does not spread easily’ from contaminated surfaces or animals, revised CDC website states By Ben Guarino and Joel Achenbach
“The virus spreads easily between people.”
“The virus does not spread easily in other ways..."
Uncertainty
NY Times: Opinion - No One Knows What’s Going to Happen - Stop asking pundits to predict the future after the coronavirus. It doesn’t exist. By Mark Lilla - Dr. Lilla is a professor of humanities at Columbia University.
And let us stop asking health specialists and public officials for confident projections they are in no position to make — and stop being disappointed when the ones we force out of them turn out to be wrong.
Warm Weather And Covid-19
NY Times: Will Hot Weather Kill the Coronavirus Where You Live? By Nathaniel Lash and Stuart A. Thompson
Warm weather alone will not control the virus in America or abroad.
The Market On Friday
Good morning. At 6:40 a.m. ET DOW futures are -91. The market is poised to open significantly lower.
CNN: Hang Seng Index has worst day since 2015 as tensions flare up again between China and the West By Sherisse Pham
CNN: Hang Seng Index has worst day since 2015 as tensions flare up again between China and the West By Sherisse Pham
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Pelosi
Washington Post: Nancy Pelosi is on fire By Jennifer Rubin
She said to people who don’t wear masks: “The mask is not to protect you. The mask is to protect other people. So when you don’t wear the mask, [you say], ‘I don’t care about you, but I hope you’re wearing a mask and care about me.’
Updates
Axios: Coronavirus dashboard
U.S.: Total confirmed cases as of 3 p.m. ET: 1,562,714 — Total deaths: 93,863 — Total recoveries: 294,312 — Total tested: 12,647,791
Trump In Prison
How could anyone not be taken by the intent of this article.
Guardian UK: Will Donald Trump end up in prison? He could be a step closer … by Arwa Mahdawi - Joe Biden has pledged that, if elected, he won’t pardon Trump. Is the president’s attempt to whip up a scandal about Obama because he is scared of going to jail himself?
Guardian UK: Will Donald Trump end up in prison? He could be a step closer … by Arwa Mahdawi - Joe Biden has pledged that, if elected, he won’t pardon Trump. Is the president’s attempt to whip up a scandal about Obama because he is scared of going to jail himself?
Wrong
Washington Post: Trump’s medical judgment is wrong. The example he’s setting is worse. By Vinay Prasad and Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Trump’s insistent endorsement of an unproven and potential risky medication contrasts with his refusal to wear a face mask. There is reasonable evidence that masks can slow transmission of the coronavirus.
Delays
This is important. It shows how Trump's completely botched response to the pandemic cost tens of thousands of lives.
NY Times: Lockdown Delays Cost at Least 36,000 Lives, Data Show - Even small differences in timing would have prevented the worst exponential growth, which by April had subsumed New York City, New Orleans and other major cities, researchers found. By James Glanz and Campbell Robertson
NY Times: Lockdown Delays Cost at Least 36,000 Lives, Data Show - Even small differences in timing would have prevented the worst exponential growth, which by April had subsumed New York City, New Orleans and other major cities, researchers found. By James Glanz and Campbell Robertson
The Market On Thursday
Good morning. At 7:00 a.m. ET DOW futures are -146. The market is poised to open significantly lower.
CNN: They're famous for their investments. But Warren Buffett and Masa Son keep striking out Analysis by Paul R. La Monica
CNN: They're famous for their investments. But Warren Buffett and Masa Son keep striking out Analysis by Paul R. La Monica
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Time
The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. Albert Einstein
Snake Oil
Washington Post: The voters aren’t buying Trump’s snake oil By Jennifer Rubin
Remarkably, Republicans are feeling worse with each passing month. “Republicans’ satisfaction with the country’s direction has fallen each month since February, including a 12-percentage-point drop to 48% in May.” Their approval rating for Trump was 10 points higher on average in 2019.
Survive
NY Times: They Beat the Virus. Now They Feel Like Outcasts. Some people who have survived the coronavirus describe being shunned by relatives and friends, rather than being celebrated. By Sarah Maslin Nir
Federal health experts and epidemiologists agree that patients fully recovered from Covid-19 no longer pose risk of infection to others. Yet some people who have survived the illness are still confronting a fear-driven stigma from the outside world.
Updates
Axios: Coronavirus dashboard
U.S.: Total confirmed cases as of 2:30 p.m. ET: 1,537,584 — Total deaths: 92,387 — Total recoveries: 289,392 — Total tested: 12,233,987
Hydroxychloroquine Side Effects
With the White House confirming that Trump is taking hydroxychloroquine, read a very very lengthy list of mental and physical side effects caused by the drug.
Drugs.com: Hydroxychloroquine Side Effects - Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on May 20, 2020.
Drugs.com: Hydroxychloroquine Side Effects - Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on May 20, 2020.
Hydoxy
Even when they 'confirm' it, does anyone really believe it.
Guardian UK: Trump is taking hydroxychloroquine, White House confirms - ‘The president said himself he’s taking it. That’s a given fact’ - FDA has approved drug for malaria but not against Covid-19
Guardian UK: Trump is taking hydroxychloroquine, White House confirms - ‘The president said himself he’s taking it. That’s a given fact’ - FDA has approved drug for malaria but not against Covid-19
Indeed
Washington Post: If Trump likes hydroxychloroquine, he’ll love camel urine by Dana Milbank
The president has botched the pandemic response, and he is now botching the economic recovery. But he could put his talents to use by serving as a full-time lab animal, a national guinea pig, a cavy-in-chief.
Asian Americans
Washington Post: Asian American doctors and nurses are fighting racism and the coronavirus - Across the country, Asian Americans have reported a sharp increase in verbal abuse and physical attacks By Tracy Jan
“Why are you Chinese people killing everyone?” Li recalled the man shouting. “What is wrong with you? Why the f--- are you killing us?”
Response
NY Times: The Worst Is Yet to Come - The coronavirus and our disastrous national response to it has smashed optimists like me in the head. By Farhad Manjoo
Consider the emerging culture war about wearing masks or about whether to take certain unproven therapies. Look at the protests over whether it’s safe to reopen. Now play these divisions forward.
The Market On Wednesday
Good morning. At 7:00 a.m. ET DOW futures are +289. The market is poised to open significantly higher.
CNN: Is the bear market over? Wall Street isn't so sure By Matt Egan
CNN: Is the bear market over? Wall Street isn't so sure By Matt Egan
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Cuomo
Washington Post: Cuomo calls for potential vaccine to be available for all, takes veiled shots at Trump
"You’re not going to tweet your way through this. You have to be smart. You have to be competent in what you do.”
New Polls
Yahoo: New polls show trouble for Trump and Republicans in GOP strongholds by David Knowles
Biden leads Trump by 7 percentage points in Arizona.
It's Very Likely
I like the bluntness of this article's title
Vogue: Is Donald Trump Lying About Taking Hydroxychloroquine? By Stuart Emmrich
Vogue: Is Donald Trump Lying About Taking Hydroxychloroquine? By Stuart Emmrich
The Market On Tuesday
Good morning. At 7:10 a.m. ET DOW futures are -81. The market is poised to open significantly lower.
CNN: Gold nears an eight-year high By Paul R. La Monica
CNN: Gold nears an eight-year high By Paul R. La Monica
Monday, May 18, 2020
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