5.02.2020
It was all about…fertilizer?
Video of North Korea's Kim opening fertilizer factory quashes rumors - The Washington Post
There was certainly no sign of any health issues in the footage aired Saturday, barring the fact that the 36-year-old Kim is obviously overweight.
5.01.2020
On frisking together
Book Club from The Washington Post
[This story] revolves around a conflict between the Pilgrims at Plymouth and Thomas Morton, who had founded a scandalous community he called Merrymount about 30 miles away.
Everything new was old once
A Brief History of Surveillance in America | History | Smithsonian Magazine
The earliest statute prohibiting wiretapping was written in California in 1862, just after the Pacific Telegraph Company reached the West Coast, and the first person convicted was a stock broker named D.C. Williams in 1864. His scheme was ingenious: He listened in on corporate telegraph lines and sold the information he overheard to stock traders.
Editorial note:
I'm noticing I posted the same story twice below; it had to do with the absence of extra pay for health care workers in the recent federal financial assistance laws.
I thought about deleting one post but decided to leave them both, because it's something that should be repeated anyway.
I thought about deleting one post but decided to leave them both, because it's something that should be repeated anyway.
Am I reading this right?
Proposal: You Get $700 To Self-Isolate For Coronavirus
Under this proposal a person could earn $350/wk by coming down with the coronavirus?
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Can you spell "screwed"?
In quest for vaccine, US makes 'big bet' on company with unproven technology - CNN
Established in 2010, Moderna has never brought a product to market, or gotten any of its nine or so vaccine candidates approved for use by the FDA. It has also never brought a product to the third and final phase of a clinical trial.
4.30.2020
White House, Congress have not given any hazard pay to medical workers, despite calling them heroes - The Washington Post
I guess we don't have to wonder whose side these guys are on.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/30/white-house-congress-have-not-given-any-hazard-pay-medical-workers-despite-calling-them-heroes/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/30/white-house-congress-have-not-given-any-hazard-pay-medical-workers-despite-calling-them-heroes/
No need to wonder whose side these guys are on
White House, Congress have not given any hazard pay to medical workers, despite calling them heroes - The Washington Post
White House spokesman Judd Deere said negotiations with Congress continue. A White House statement noted that billions of dollars have been approved for hospitals, which could help pay worker bonuses, among a variety of other expenses. There's no evidence yet hospitals are doing that.
I lived in Georgia for a while, back in the 60's…
Georgia changes drivers license test in coronavirus lockdown - New York Daily News
…this does not surpise me one bit. In fact, I've always thought taking a driver's license test in Georgia was optiona, more or lessl. Who knew?
Feeling better now, Bunky?
Jared Kushner Is the "De Facto President of the United States" Says Former White House Official | GQ
Volunteer
Coronavirus & Potatoes -- Industry Is Struggling to Get Food to Consumers | National Review
Assuming you can find the potatoes on the shelves in your stores, America . . . keep eating those french fries, baked potatoes, potato chips, tater tots and hash browns. For some of us, this is the call to service we've always been ready to answer.
Sellers market
Preparing for worse, New York spent $686M amid supply shortage
ALBANY — In the wake of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo declaring a state of emergency on March 7, the Department of Heath spent $686 million for medical supplies amid a fierce global competition to obtain them, according to a Times Union review of available state records.
Read in timesunion.com: https://apple.news/A3WJWarW3Q1aCVewCVAXWsg
Shared from Apple News
Our national pest-in-law gets a pat on the back
Jared Kushner calls coronavirus 'great success story' as toll nears 60,000 - New York Daily News
When asked about Kushner's remarks, the president returned the favor: "He may be my son-in-law, but he is a brilliant person."
4.29.2020
Bet on it, but not too much
Push to reopen economy runs up against workers and consumers worried about risk - The Washington Post
Plans for a swift reopening of malls, factories and other businesses accelerated Tuesday, but they quickly collided with the reality that persuading workers and consumers to overlook their coronavirus fears and resume their roles in powering the U.S. economy may prove difficult.
The bet is that once this period of self-isolation is over there will remain some number, hopefully small, of people who will have been so afraid they will never leave the confines of their home again. Ever.
You may also bet on the Trump's assertion the economic recovery will be rapid and emphatically huge, as measured by stock market gains and other indicators favored in Washington. But it's likely to be much different for the mope on Main Street who just needs a buck to stuff in the coffee machine.
Can you spell "income disparity"?
Yes, I thought you could.
It's true we probably don't need a wall between us and Norway
Defense Secretary Esper taps funds from counter-Russia programs for border wall - U.S. - Stripes
In a memo sent Monday to the Pentagon's comptroller and other officials, Esper lists several projects in Norway, Germany, Spain and elsewhere totaling more than $200 million from which he says funds can be redirected.
4.28.2020
Maybe if they bought a computer from a recent century…
The Finance 202: Trump administration's small business rescue has a rocky rollout. Again. - The Washington Post
This week's headaches started as soon as the Small Business Administration reopened the online portal on Monday for banks to submit loan applications. The portal, called E-Tran, crashed within the hour.
4.27.2020
Take a deep breath, boys and girls
Key dates for the next set of stimulus payments - The Washington Post
While millions wonder whether they will be paid, the IRS has sent direct deposit payments to deceased taxpayers.
Given the large number of people involved here and the substantial lag time in issuing checks we've witnessed there is no way they can avoid sending some checks to deceased people. Because some people will have died between the time they froze the mailing list and the time the checks get issued. And also there will have been babies born, so there's that.
Waving magic wands in DC does not always produce desired effects.
1984 was just the prequel
The Cybersecurity 202: Companies join governments in rush to launch coronavirus tracking apps - The Washington Post
Shame
Nursing homes during coronavirus deserve our prayers — and serious reforms - The Washington Post
Nursing home deaths account for more than 50 percent of all covid-19 deaths in six states: Colorado, Delaware, Massachusetts, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Utah. They represent one-fifth of deaths from the virus nationwide.
Shame on the people who let this happen (and they're not all named Donald Trump).
And a side note: Prayers, energetically panned as a response to cases of gun violence, seem to have made a comeback in some provinces.
An idea whose time has gone…and come back again
Air Force revives drive-in movies for service members isolating amid pandemic in Tokyo - Pacific - Stripes
Reading the marquees on drive-in theaters during long road trips through Indiana and Ohio used to be one of my best ways to pass traveling time. My all-time favorite:
Pardon My Sarong
And
Selected Shorts
4.26.2020
Thanks for the update, Nypost
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un rumored to be dead, brain dead, or just fine
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