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April 18th US Covid Data
Our benefactor writes: New format. Significant percentage increases in
cases in lots of states. In terms of new cases, one-third from NY.
Significant increase in deaths again, possibly a restating of deaths at
home in NY, not sure. Over half came from NY. The long tail persists. I’m
having a hard time not seeing us […]
5.2% mortality would scare anyone.
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Open Thread
Feel free to use the comments to this post to discuss topics unrelated to
recent posts.
1-718-755-4928 call first.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Paul O’Neill, Treasury Secretary Who Clashed With Bush, Dies at 84
He was “fearless,” a former colleague said, in pressing ideas based on
facts and evidence. His independence cost him his job.
Paul O'Neill was first an honest man.
Another younger version is needed.
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A Key G.O.P. Strategy: Blame China. But Trump Goes Off Message.
Republicans increasingly believe that elevating China’s culpability for
spreading the coronavirus may be the best way to improve their difficult
election chances. The president is muddying the message.
China did not do it to us.
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‘All of It Is Happening All at Once’: When Congress Works From Home.
With the Capitol shuttered for the foreseeable future, senators and
representatives are struggling, with the rest of the country, to adapt to
virtual working.
Life is complicated.
Congress does not make it simpler.
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Vote for Biden? Sanders Supporters Say It’s ‘Up in the Air’
In interviews, some of Bernie Sanders’s primary voters saw Joe Biden as a
weaker candidate than Hillary Clinton. Others didn’t think he could win.
Nearly all were unenthusiastic.
Sanders is out of the race voluntarily.
his supporters will vote for Biden when they should.
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Gretchen Whitmer Isn’t Backing Down
Right-wing protesters, Republican lawmakers and President Trump are
attacking the Michigan governor, a possible vice-presidential pick. “I’m
not thinking about politics,” she says.
Ford, GM, and Chrysler used to run Michigan.
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U.S. Military Cutting Medevac Flights for Troops in West Africa
As Army Green Berets move to confront new threats in the Sahel, the
Pentagon is reducing the number of helicopters available for casualty
evacuation flights.
The Trump administration is afraid of failure and death.
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Bridging Divides, Most Agree on Economic Outlook: It’s Bleak
Even if not directly hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, Americans largely
expect unemployment and depression to prevail over the next five years.
The Guardian:
"Spain’s PM to ask for extension of lockdown to 9 May
Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday he would ask
parliament for a third 15-day extension of the lockdown imposed to curb
one of the world’s worst outbreaks of the new coronavirus, taking the
restrictions up to 9 May."
"The coronavirus death toll in Spain, one of the world’s worst-hit countries by the pandemic, has topped 20,000 after 565 new fatalities were recorded in the last 24 hours.
"The coronavirus death toll in Spain, one of the world’s worst-hit countries by the pandemic, has topped 20,000 after 565 new fatalities were recorded in the last 24 hours.
Trump Encourages Protest Against Governors Who Have Imposed Virus Restrictions
The president’s stark departure from his message on Thursday night, when he
announced guidelines for governors to reopen their states and said they
would “call your own shots,” suggested he was ceding any semblance of
national leadership on the pandemic.
Trump is trying for a saving throw. It is a failure.
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House Republicans Take Aim at Thomas Massie After Stimulus Vote
Republicans are eager to be rid of Mr. Massie, but he is trying to turn the
donations into a political weapon of his own.
He is playing Trump.
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Republicans Fret as Mnuchin Bargains With Democrats to Break Funding Impasse
Unhappy with the Treasury secretary’s willingness to offer concessions to
Democrats in previous stimulus negotiations, Republicans are warily
watching the talks over replenishing a small-business loan program.
Mnuchin may surrender.
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The 9/11 Trial: Why Is It Taking So Long?
The trial of five men accused of plotting the attacks had been scheduled
for early next year — almost 20 years after the hijackings. Now even that
schedule won’t be met. Here are the reasons.
This trial is a war crime.
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Surprising Poll Results: People Are Now Happy to Pick Up the Phone
Pollsters are used to having their calls screened. But when everyone is
stuck at home, a stranger with some survey questions can be a lifeline.
People are social. They need to talk.
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Is America Going to Have a Covid-19 Apocalypse?
Covid is one of those disasters which tests whomever it happens to.
Countries like Vietnam and Taiwan and even Germany stayed on top of it, or
got ahead of it, and are doing fine. Those who mishandled it are taking
some hard hits. This isn’t primarily about deaths, though those are awful,
it is about […]
It seems likely to me.
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April 17th US Covid Data
Our benefactor notes that the long tail looks like it will take a long
time. (More on that in another post.) The results of the work I do, like
this article, are free, but food isn’t, so if you value my work, please
DONATE or SUBSCRIBE.
These numbers seem good.
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The Cable TV Quarantine Fight
Families who differ on key political questions — Fox News or MSNBC? — used
to change the channel or decide that politics was off-limits. But agreeing
to disagree now can seem dangerous.
I have two computers that work now.
Two others might work soon.
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Stanley Chera, Developer and Friend of Trump, Dies at 77
As his friend lay dying of the coronavirus, President Trump spoke of him
from the White House podium.
Words are cheap.
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Michael Cohen Is Among Prisoners to Be Released Because of Virus
President Trump’s former lawyer and other inmates at a minimum-security
camp in upstate New York were told they would serve their sentences at home.
He may die quickly.
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What’s Driving the Right-Wing Protesters Fighting the Quarantine?
Well-organized protests broke out this week against government restrictions
on economic activity because of the coronavirus. Polling and organizers’
statements hinted at the reasons for the backlash.
Money. These are AstroTurf.
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