Green Eagle

I just want to note that the current US Coronavirus toll seems to be about 1750 reported deaths a day.  It is undoubtedly more than that, but if the present rate continues unabated, we are in line for 275,000 deaths by September 1.  And if that keeps up, we are on a pace to equal the number of Americans killed in World War II by November 19th. Sad to hear that Little Richard died today at 87, but the way he lived, I am sort of stunned that he made it past the age of 35.  Here he is: Sorry that it is preceded by an ad from the idiotic right wing Epoch Times, a product of Falun Gong, one of the world's most loathsome cults.  You can't escape from assholes like this even to try to pay a little tribute to Little Richard.

I now hear Republicans openly saying that it would be okay if two percent of the US population dies, in order to "open up America again." With a population of 330 million that would come to...oh, let's see now...just about the number of Jews that were killed by the Nazis. Well, okay then, as long as it's not anybody we know.

"the crazily laughable idea of a civil war has become a carefully plotted reality in the making for the people who believe it...These people are ready for widespread violence and mayhem and are only waiting for the spark."   - Dave Niewert, today in an excellent article  from this expert on the subject, at Daily Kos. This is a bit of a random collection today, because the right is being led by Trump further and further into a mental fog in which anything that attacks liberals, or black people or Jews, has to be true.  One thing you will not find here: the literally hundreds of attacks on Joe Biden about what I think we can safely say at this point are manufactured rape charges, with no more reality than Benghazi or Hillary's e-mails.  I actually think the nation dodged a bullet on that one; I suspect the Republicans were preparing this smear to be a centerpiece of their 2020 election campaign, but Trump shot it out there early because he panicked about his rat...

Remember all of this from Donald Trump? “Now, the virus that we’re talking about having to do ― you know, a lot of people think that goes away in April with the heat ― as the heat comes in. Typically, that will go away in April. We’re in great shape though. We have 12 cases ― 11 cases, and many of them are in good shape now.” [Feb. 10] “Looks like by April, you know, in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away.” [Feb. 10] “I really believe they are going to have it under control fairly soon. You know in April, supposedly, it dies with the hotter weather. And that’s a beautiful date to look forward to.” [Feb. 10] “We think and we hope, based on all signs that the problem goes away in April.” [Feb. 13] “There’s a theory that, in April, when it gets warm ― historically, that has been able to kill the virus. So we don’t know yet; we’re not sure yet.” [Feb. 14] Well, Donald, April is over.  Is the corona virus gone?  Asking for a friend.

An account of Joe Biden's "sexual assault" on Tara Reade?  No, a quote from a novel written by (get ready for it) Tara Reade's father. Just a coincidence, like I said.  Because the Republicans would never stoop to fabricating accusations against their opponents which mirror their own disgusting behavior. While you are thinking about it, you might like to read this article on the subject, from USA Today.

So we all know there are troubles with the story of Joe Biden's alleged abuse of a woman in the early nineties.  She is a rabid partisan Putin supporter, and let's face it, this is just the kind of dirty lie the Republicans are going to tell from now to November, like Hillary's e-mails, Benghazi, the Swift Boat smear and on and on.  We all have good historical reasons to doubt whatever smear the Republicans (and possibly the Berniebots) cook up.  For a good treatment of the problems with the accusations, I suggest you look to Daily Kos. But that is not enough of an answer.  As people desperate to be done with a massively criminal President, we have to know the truth, before we are unalterably committed to his candidacy. It is absolutely critical that Biden find a way to resolve this issue before he becomes the official candidate.  If Republicans were allowed by the press to savage Hillary over the totally phony e-mail scandal, they will tear Biden apart over...

“One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic" -Joseph Stalin "Sixty thousand deaths is a tremendous victory for me" -Donald Trump I always like it when I get a chance to say something that I haven't seen anyone else say, at least straight out.  Usually, this is just something I've managed to dig up that nobody else has noticed.  But once in a while, there is something that is so shocking to our sensibility that no one seems to be able to just say it, even though I suspect a lot of people have thought about it.  This is one of those things. We have heard endless stories in the news the last two months about the inadequacy of testing for the Coronavirus in the United States.  So far, it has been written off as just a typical example of incompetence or of Republican disinterest in actually using the power they fought so hard to get into their hands to benefit anyone but themselves.  That is not what I think is really going on here. In my opinion,...