In 1720 Marseille allowed a ship from plague-ridden Cyprus into port, under pressure from merchants who wanted the goods and didn’t want to wait for the usual quarantine. More than half the population of Marseille died in the next two years. https://t.co/IDapJhFhzM
It’s simultaneously pathetic and endearing, how people are writing with surprise that the President of the United States, as he refers to himself now in the third person always, shows no empathy for those who have died. What about sociopathic narcissists do we still not get yet?
I will be making a virtual trip to New York for upfront week. I will eat pizza virtually at Sal & Carmine’s, have a virtual cheeseburger at Cozy Soup & Burger and virtually run around Central Park multiple times.
There’s no way to safely reopen without massive testing.
Yet we’re barely testing more people this week than last. And hospitals continue to report serious bottlenecks.
If Trump ignores the experts and forces a premature reopening,
Even more Americans will die.
Many idiots in Santa Monica running around exercising and jogging without masks. It’s a millennial thing. The same people who run by trailing fumes are the ones who leave their bird scooters where they drop them on the sidewalks. #okmillennial
None of these examples are virulently contagious. Yet this buffoon is adding to the pile of appallingly toxic and deceptive information that has been and is being spewed by Fox News. Its previous behavior is actionable, its current is depraved.
And as long as the Republican infrastructure in congress and elsewhere is in the drivers seat, he will succeed. And bye-bye to what wafer-thin democracy we have left.
History shows despots attain absolute authority when they assert it, and that assertion goes unchallenged by existing institutions. Putin is doing it right now with his “legislation” to put him in office for life. And as always his American toady is trying to follow suit.
History shows despots attain absolute authority when they assert it, and that assertion goes unchallenged by existing institutions. Putin is doing it right now with his “legislation” to put him in office for life. And as always his American toady is trying to follow suit.
Why do reputable news organizations carry these daily Trump press conferences live?
They are filled with misinformation and propaganda. From the President himself, no less.
The country would be far better served and informed if they used highlights later.
Enough is enough.