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| 05-25-20 12:16pm - 1674 days | #2 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
I read years ago that you should never hit the "unsubscribe link" at the bottom of a spam page. There were a lot of reasons for not hitting the link. I don't remember all of them. But: 1. Hitting the unsubscribe link tells the spammer that your email address is active, that someone is using it. 2. Hitting the unsubscribe link doesn't usually work the way it's supposed to. It does not reduce your spam, but increases it. You can still get spam from the spammer, plus he/she can sell your email address to other spammers, as a live email address. 3. Hitting the link can also send a lot of information about your computer to the spammer. Your geographical location, computer operating system, maybe your ISP, whatever. So the best thing to do about spam, is to ignore it. If there is too much spam, you always get new email addresses, although if you have a lot of contacts, that can be a hassle notifying them about your new email address. Since I'm not very computer literate, there are probably methods to forward your email from an old email address to a new email address, but then you will also be forwarding the spam as well. I've noticed that my spam has increased in the virus time. I guess spammers need to keep busy. One of the benefits of living in the stay-at-home period is we get more spam to read. LOL. | |
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| 05-22-20 11:20am - 1677 days | #23 | |
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Any update on getting Zemani listed at PU? It used to be listed at PU for many years. It is a good glamour photo site, with some videos. A lot of fine-looking models. Mainly late teens, early twenties. I would guess the models are mainly Eastern European. | |
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| 05-21-20 06:04pm - 1678 days | #7 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
This coming Monday, May 25, 2020, is Memorial Day. So there are probably plenty of special discounted memberships to porn sites. (Porn site discounts are offered throughout the year, especially for holidays.) If you can find a low price to one of the Adult Time sites that include free access to Adult Time (and there are plenty of those), that would include Girlsway and a bunch of other sites/channels that are lesbian orientated. Most memberships include unlimited streaming and downloads. But the streaming only memberships are usually less expensive. Pure Taboo (part of Adult Time) is offering a monthly membership for $9.95/month, unlimited streaming and downloading. Or a yearly membership for $90. Unlimited streaming and downloading. But I've read that some sites are now starting to impose limits on downloads, that were formerly unlimited downloads. Edited on May 21, 2020, 06:12pm | |
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| 05-21-20 12:11pm - 1678 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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There is a new photo set of her at Playboy Plus, dated 2020-05-19. Is this an old photo set, just now being released? Or is she still active? Actually, she retired from doing professional porn shoots in 2018, but became very active in social media and other business opportunities related to the adult industry. Maybe the current photo set is new, or it could be an old photo set just now being released. Even though she says she retired from pornography in 1918, she is still active in the adult industry. So it depends on how you define it: did she retire from the adult industry? Yes, according to her. No, if you read articles about her activity on social media and other adult industry activities. She's even started her own company selling male enhancements. As far as I can tell, she is still active, and appears to be doing quite well, even though she stopped doing porn videos for studios. But she also says she is still doing some boy/girl videos with her husband for social media. So did she retire from the adult industry? No. She is more involved in the adult industry than ever before. She's taking a much more active role, instead of just performing in adult videos. | |
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| 05-21-20 06:02am - 1679 days | #3 | |
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I'm not PU staff, so my reply is un-official. But I believe any thread is automatically approved. Unless someone decides the thread is spam, and it is then deleted. So this thread is approved. And anyone can post to this thread, with opinions, suggestions, whatever. There are so many lesbian sites out there, I'm sure PU members have lots of opinions. But since most PU members are male, that might have an influence on the value of their suggestions. Or not. Most PU members try to give an honest opinion, but like I say, if you are male, that might factor into how they value a lesbian site. But you could go a step farther, and say if you are not a lesbian, then your opinion is not as pure as a straight woman. And what about bi? Reviews are personal opinions. In spite of the idea that "professional reviewers" bring increased experience to their reviews. | |
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| 05-16-20 06:59am - 1684 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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A few US theaters are opening. To test the waters. But I'd rather be safe than sorry. I doubt I will go to a theater until 2021 at the earliest. Maybe there will be a vaccine by then, or the virus will slowly disappear. -------- -------- Variety May 15, 2020 6:57pm PT U.S. Theatrical Releasing Slowly Returning With 200 Locations Open Chang Tseng Movie theaters in the North America are slowly coming back to life with about 200 locations open as of Friday — nearly double last weekend’s total, Comscore is reporting. Drive-in movie locations are dominating the landscape with about 150 of the nation’s 306 drive-in locations now open, acccoding to Comscore. About 50 brick-and-mortar locations are now open. Texas has by far the biggest number of open locations with 29 including several brick-and-mortar locations. Arkansas, Georgia, Oklahoma and South Dakota — where the state governments have begun easing social distancing requirements stemming from the coronavirus pandemic — have also opened brick-and-mortar locations. The nation’s three largest chains — AMC, Regal and Cinemark — closed in mid-March as concerns grew about the pandemic. Most theaters are not expected to open until mid-summer with no major releases set to launch until July 17 when Warner Bros. is currently scheduled to open Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet.” Disney plans to open its live-action “Mulan” on July 24. Reporting of grosses has been sporadic. IFC reported that horror film “The Wretched” had the top gross in May with $211,957. That’s followed by $19,802 for IFC’s “How to Build a Girl,” a comedy starring Beanie Feldstein in a film adaptation of Caitlin Moran’s 2014 semi-autobiographical novel about an awkward teen turned music critic. Comscore also reported that the top-grossing drive-in during the April 24-May 13 period was the Mission Tiki in Montclair, Calif., which saw a 193% jump in year-to-year business. The site, located about 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, held an informal premiere on May 1 for “The Wretched.” The Starlight 4 in Atlanta was second on the list, followed by the Redwood 4 in West Valley, Utah, the Twilight in Aldergrove, B.C., the Galaxy in Ennis, Tx., the Holiday Twin in Fort Collins, Co., the Auto in Greenwood, S.C., and the Hounds in Kings Mountain, N.C. | |
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| 05-12-20 08:29am - 1687 days | #21 | |
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doegirls.com A new site/network? from LetsDoeIt network. A small site, but they are charging full price. I'd wait a while, let the site grow, before joining. The Lets Doe It network is a much better value. | |
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| 05-12-20 08:08am - 1687 days | #1629 | |
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Mitch McConnell says ex-president Obama is a black man who should know his place and keep his mouth shut. The only good black man is a dead black man. Ooopppss. The only good black man is either a Republican who follows Trump to heaven, or a bad black man who is better off dead. Trump has the right to criticize Obama, because Trump is the president. Obama is not the president any more, and needs to keep his mouth shut. Go, Trump. Go, McConnell. ----- ----- Mitch McConnell: ‘Classless’ Obama ‘should’ve kept his mouth shut’ about Trump HuffPost US Ed Mazza May 12th 2020 5:36AM Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) thinks former President Barack Obama should’ve “kept his mouth shut” about President Donald Trump since leaving office. And he called Obama “classless” for criticizing Trump’s response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, which has so far claimed more than 80,000 lives in the U.S. In a private call last week with former members of his administration, Obama called Trump’s handling of the matter “an absolute chaotic disaster.” He also warned that “the rule of law is at risk” after Trump’s Justice Department dropped charges against former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn. McConnell believes Obama shouldn’t have said anything. “I think President Obama should’ve kept his mouth shut,” he said in an interview with Lara Trump, who is the president’s daughter-in-law and an adviser to his reelection campaign. “I think it’s a little bit classless, frankly, to critique an administration that comes after you,” he said. “You had your shot. You were there for eight years.” Obama was initially largely silent on Trump. However, in recent weeks they’ve each taken a few public swipes at the other. Without mentioning Trump, Obama last month called out the lack of “a coherent national plan to navigate this pandemic.” And in March ― again without mentioning Trump ― Obama warned of “the consequences of those who denied warnings of a pandemic.” Trump has been more direct, accusing Obama of the “biggest political crime in American history.” However, he could not provide any details of the alleged crime, saying only that it’s “very obvious to everybody.” Trump has also repeatedly blamed his administration’s failure to respond quickly to the crisis on Obama, claiming his predecessor left behind “bad, broken tests.” COVID-19 didn’t exist until nearly three years after Obama left office. McConnell has his own history with Obama. In 2010, he declared the “single most important thing” for Republicans was to make Obama a one-term president. And last year, he bragged about blocking Obama’s judicial nominees, then laughed about it. Users on Twitter called McConnell out for telling a former president of the United States ― and the nation’s first Black president ― to keep his mouth shut: This article originally appeared on HuffPost. | |
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| 05-12-20 07:51am - 1688 days | #1628 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
President Trump needs to have Dr. Fauci arrested for treason, and executed immediately. Fauci is speaking against the party line. Trump wants the US taken off the coronavirus stay-at-home order, and people to be allowed to go to work, to attend church, to have parties praising our glorious Commander-in-Chief, to hug and kiss one another. But Fauci is preaching caution. His mouth must be stopped. Execute the traitor. If people make the decision on their own to mingle, to dis-obey any stay-at-home orders, Trump is fine with that: some people might die, but death is part of life anyway. So celebrate, along with Trump, who has battled the virus and won an admirable victory: America is safe, the virus will go away, and we don't even need a vaccine for the virus. ------- ------- Associated Press Fauci warns of 'suffering and death' if US reopens too soon By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, ELENA BECATOROS and ARITZ PARRA Associated Press 9 mins ago Expert: Coronavirus to infect up to 70% of U.S. How popular US resort towns are welcoming back visitors WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, is warning Congress that if the country reopens too soon during the coronavirus pandemic, it will result in “needless suffering and death.” Fauci is among the health experts testifying to a Senate panel. His testimony comes as President Donald Trump is praising states that are reopening after the prolonged lock-down aimed at controlling the virus' spread. Fauci, a member of the coronavirus task force charged with shaping the response to COVID-19, which has killed tens of thousands of people in the U.S., is testifying via video conference after self-quarantining as a White House staffer tested positive for the virus. With the U.S. economy in free-fall and more than 30 million people unemployed, Trump has been pressuring states to reopen. Fauci, in a statement to The New York Times, warned that officials should adhere to federal guidelines for a phased reopening, including a “downward trajectory” of positive tests or documented cases of coronavirus over two weeks, robust contact tracing and “sentinel surveillance” testing of asymptomatic people in vulnerable populations, such as nursing homes. “If we skip over the checkpoints in the guidelines...then we risk the danger of multiple outbreaks throughout the country," Fauci wrote. "This will not only result in needless suffering and death, but would actually set us back on our quest to return to normal." A recent Associated Press review determined that 17 states did not meet a key White House benchmark for loosening up — a 14-day downward trajectory in new cases or positive test rates. Yet many of those have begun to reopen or are about to do so, including Alabama, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Utah. Of the 33 states that have had a 14-day downward trajectory of either cases or positive test rates, 25 are partially opened or moving to reopen within days, the AP analysis found. Other states that have not seen a 14-day decline, remain closed despite meeting some benchmarks. Fauci is testifying to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee via video conference after putting himself in quarantine when a White House staffer tested positive for the virus. The chairman of the committee, Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, also put himself in quarantine after an aide tested positive and will participate by video, too. Besides Fauci, of the National Institutes of Health, the other experts include FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn and Dr. Robert Redfield, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with Adm. Brett Giroir, the coronavirus “testing czar” at the Department of Health and Human Services. The health committee hearing offers a very different setting from the White House coronavirus task force briefings the administration witnesses have all participated in. Most significantly, Trump will not be controlling the agenda. Eyeing the November elections, Trump has been eager to restart the economy, urging on protesters who oppose their state governors' stay-at-home orders and expressing his own confidence that the coronavirus will fade away as summer advances and Americans return to work and other pursuits. The U.S. has seen at least 1.3 million infections and nearly 81,000 confirmed deaths from the virus, the highest toll in the world by far, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. Separately, one expert from the World Health Organization has already warned that some countries are “driving blind” into reopening their economies without having strong systems to track new outbreaks. And three countries that do have robust tracing systems — South Korea, Germany and China — have already seen new outbreaks after lockdown rules were relaxed. WHO’s emergencies chief, Dr. Michael Ryan, said Germany and South Korea have good contact tracing that hopefully can detect and stop virus clusters before they get out of control. But he said other nations — which he did not name — have not effectively employed investigators to contact people who test positive, track down their contacts and get them into quarantine before they can spread the virus. “Shutting your eyes and trying to drive through this blind is about as silly an equation as I’ve seen,” Ryan said. “Certain countries are setting themselves up for some seriously blind driving over the next few months.” Apple, Google, some U.S. states and European countries are developing contact-tracing apps that show whether someone has crossed paths with an infected person. But experts say the technology only supplements and does not replace labor-intensive human work. U.S. contact tracing remains a patchwork of approaches and readiness levels. States are hiring contact tracers but experts say tens of thousands will be needed across the country. Worldwide, the virus has infected nearly 4.2 million people and killed over 286,00 0, including more than 150,000 in Europe, according to the Johns Hopkins tally. Experts believe those numbers are too low for a variety of reasons. Becatoros reported from Athens, Greece and Parra from Madrid. Associated Press journalists around the world contributed. | |
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| 05-12-20 02:52am - 1688 days | #1627 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,583 Registered: Jun 26, '19 Location: CA |
President Trump is getting no respect from reporters. The reporters are wearing masks to the White House briefing, to hide their shame while they ask nasty questions. Trump, a man of courage and honor, will not allow these scummy reporters to be un-civil. To ask him questions on the coronavirus, after he has explained the virus to the satisfaction of everyone with any intelligence. Trump, the man who triumphed over the deadly disease that was a fake hoax made up by the Chinese, the scummy Democrats, and the equally scummy Fake News. Trump, the man who was president while over 80,000 US deaths were reported so far: Trump, the man who criticized Obama for his response to the swine flu in 2009, where over 12,000 Americans died. Conservative sources are reporting that not only was Obama slow to respond to the swine flu, but that Obama funded the biological lab in Wuhan where the COVID-19 virus was created. So Obama is responsible for all the American deaths from this invisible enemy. That President Trump has fought so long and hard against. Hail, President Trump, the most stable, warm-hearted President the US has ever had. ------- ------- President Trump abruptly ends briefing after contentious exchanges The Associated Press DAVID BAUDER May 12th 2020 4:37AM NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump abruptly ended his White House news conference Monday following combative exchanges with reporters Weijia Jiang of CBS News and Kaitlan Collins of CNN. Jiang asked Trump why he was putting so much emphasis on the amount of coronavirus tests that have been conducted in the United States. “Why does that matter?” Jiang asked. “Why is this a global competition to you if everyday Americans are still losing their lives and we're still seeing more cases every day?” Trump replied that “they're losing their lives everywhere in the world. And maybe that's a question you should ask China. Don't ask me. Ask China that question.” He called for another question, and there was no immediate response. “Sir, why are you saying that to me, specifically?” Jiang asked. Jiang, who has worked for CBS News since 2015, was born in Xiamen, China, and emigrated to the United States with her family at age 2. Trump said he would say that to “anyone who asks a nasty question.” “It's not a nasty question,” Jiang said. “Why does that matter?” Trump again asked for another question, then said, “Nah, that's OK” and waved off CNN's Collins when she approached the microphone. “You pointed to me,” Collins said. The president said, “I pointed to you and you didn't respond.” Collins said she was giving Jiang the time to finish her questioning. “Can I ask a question?” Collins said. With that, Trump called an end to the news conference, held in the White House Rose Garden, and walked away. Jiang and Collins wore masks to the news conference, as did most reporters, following the recent reports that two White House employees — an aide to Vice President Mike Pence and a valet to the president — had tested positive for the coronavirus. | |
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| 05-12-20 02:15am - 1688 days | #1626 | |
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Trump, the most stable genius the US has ever seen, is also a fluid person. He says the killing of Ahmaud Arbery killing was heartbreaking, but cautions about empty spot on the tape. So even though the death is heartbreaking, maybe there was a reason for the death. There was an empty spot on the tape. So, is anyone guilty? Of what? Killing a black man? Killing a black man, in self-defense? Enquiring minds want to know: what is Donald Trump thinking? We must be cautious about thinking 2 white men murdered a black man. Because there is an empty spot on the tape. ========== ========== Trump calls Ahmaud Arbery killing 'heartbreaking' but cautions about 'empty spot on the tape' Yahoo News David Knowles May 11th 2020 6:52PM President Trump said Monday that a video showing two white men in Georgia gunning down and killing an African-American jogger is “heartbreaking,” though he left open the possibility that “an empty spot on the tape” might reveal more information in the case. Trump was asked about the video that shows the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery as he jogged along a tree-lined street in Brunswick, Ga. The question came near the end of a Rose Garden briefing on the coronavirus pandemic. “I think it’s horrible and it’s certainly being looked at by many people. I’m speaking to many people about it,” Trump said of the video that surfaced on social media two months after the Feb. 23 shooting. A swift public outcry erupted and was followed by the arrest of Travis McMichael, 34 on a charge of felony murder and aggravated assault, and his father, Gregory, 64, who is charged as a party to felony murder and aggravated assault. Trump praised Arbery’s appearance in a photograph released by his family that showed him wearing a tuxedo. “He looked, I saw the picture of him in his tuxedo and it was so beautiful and he looks like a wonderful young guy. Would have been a wonderful ... just a wonderful guy,” Trump said. “I think it’s a horrible thing. I think it’s a horrible thing. Now, with that being said, as you know they’re studying the case carefully, they’re interviewing everybody involved and we’ll see what happens. To me it’s a very sad thing.” The video was believed to be in the possession of authorities before it was released anonymously online, but neither McMichael had been charged. In questioning at the time, they told investigators they were attempting a citizens arrest of Arbery, who was 25, suspecting him of a burglary. In the account by the McMichaels, according to The Brunswick News, Arbery, who was unarmed, was struggling with Travis McMichael, who had a shotgun. Protests have erupted over the killing as well as the investigation. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said Sunday that “this was a lynching of an African-American man.” Trump said Tuesday that he hoped for a speedy resolution in the case. “You have a lot of people looking at it and hopefully an answer is going to be arrived at very quickly. But it’s something that it heartbreaking,” Trump said. AdChoices The president also repeated his earlier assertion that the video, which was shot by a motorist, might contain “an empty spot on the tape” that could impact the case. “Well, I saw the tape and when they moved left, I don’t believe that when they moved left outside of the tape nobody saw what was going on. Nobody saw — it’s an empty spot on the tape, I guess,” Trump said. “Now, do they have additional tapes, I hope, but I will say that it’s something that based on what I saw, doesn’t look good.” Trump added that he he had spoken over the weekend to Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., an African American who he had “a lot of respect for” to ask him his opinion of the video. “Tim, what do you think, tell me,” the president said, reprising his conversation with Scott. Trump said Scott was “very disturbed by it.” | |
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| 05-11-20 03:28pm - 1688 days | #1625 | |
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President Trump has revealed that some people are putting politics ahead of national security. People in Pennsylvannia want their freedom, but the governor, a Democrat, is trying to force people to stay-at-home. Trump urges people to be safe, but to move quickly. And health experts have warned that reopening too soon could lead to more death and economic damage. Democrats want US citizens to die. In the hope that will hurt Trump's chances of re-election. How evil. How cruel. Democrats are scum who want their fellow citizens to die. That's why Trump is saying "Let my people go." Just like Moses said to the Egyptian Pharoah. Trump wants people to be free to shop, to hug each other, to kiss each other, maybe even to make more babies to replace the people who have died. Trump, the candidate with the heart of gold. -------- -------- Trump: People in Pennsylvania 'want their freedom now,' but Democrats delay reopening to hurt him Yahoo News Dylan Stableford May 11th 2020 12:38PM President Trump on Monday accused Democratic governors without evidence of moving to reopen their states too slowly amid the coronavirus pandemic to hurt his chances of reelection. In a tweet, Trump singled out the battleground state of Pennsylvania, where officials in four counties are threatening to defy Gov. Tom Wolf’s stay-at-home order, which was extended for most of the state through June 4. “The great people of Pennsylvania want their freedom now, and they are fully aware of what that entails,” the president tweeted. “The Democrats are moving slowly, all over the USA, for political purposes. They would wait until November 3rd if it were up to them. Don’t play politics. Be safe, move quickly!” There have been more than 1.3 million confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States and over 79,000 deaths — far more than any other country in the world. Pennsylvania has reported nearly 60,000 coronavirus cases and more than 3,700 deaths. In a radio interview Monday, Wolf threatened to sanction county officials who defy his orders. “These folks are choosing to desert in the face of the enemy, in the middle of a war we Pennsylvanians are winning,” Wolf said. “They need to understand the consequences of their cowardly act.” While Trump says states with Democratic governors are moving “too slowly” to lift lockdowns and other measures to slow the spread of the virus, most Americans disagree. A recent Yahoo News/YouGov poll found 59 percent Americans believe states such as Georgia, Florida, Minnesota and Texas are “moving too fast” to reopen, while only 33 percent say the pace is “about right.” Just 8 percent say it’s “too slow.” Public health experts, including members of the White House coronavirus task force, have warned that reopening too soon could lead to more death and economic damage. Trump has acknowledged that “there will be more death” as states move to relax their stay-at-home mandates in the coming months. “It’s possible there will be some because you won’t be locked into an apartment or a house or whatever it is,” Trump told ABC News while visiting a mask-making factory in Phoenix last week. “But at the same time, we’re going to practice social distancing, we’re going to be washing hands, we’re going to be doing a lot of the things that we’ve learned to do over the last period of time.” While blaming Democrats for wanting to prolong the recession to make him look bad, he has also accused Democrats of wanting more Americans to die, also to make him look bad, a charge that was originally made by his son, Donald Trump Jr. “The House is a bunch of Trump haters,” the president told reporters before departing for Arizona. “They, frankly, want our situation to be unsuccessful, which means death. Which means death.” _____ | |
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| 05-11-20 03:01am - 1689 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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US citizens fighting for the right to be free. A 5-year old boy, whose evil mother told the boy he couldn't have a Lamborghini, decided that freedom is the right to express yourself (just like in the classic Madonna song). So he got into the family car and started to drive to California. But a Utah Highway Patroll trooper stopped the boy on the freeway. The boy should start a Go-Fund-Me campaign to buy his dream Lamborghini. Also, to sue his parents (or maybe only his evil mother) for refusing to buy a Lamborghini. In this welfare state, all 5-year-old kids should have the right to own their own exotic sports cars. ----------- ----------- 5-year-old boy pulled over in Utah while driving to California to buy a Lamborghini NBC News Minyvonne Burke May 5th 2020 2:05PM A 5-year-old boy from Utah wanted his mother to buy him a Lamborghini, and since she refused, he got in her car and attempted to drive to California himself to purchase one. The child's planned multistate journey, however, ended roughly five minutes after he took the car when a Utah Highway Patrol trooper pulled him over on the freeway Monday around noon. In a dash-cam video released by the department, the SUV the boy is driving is seen weaving across the freeway as cars and semi-trucks whizz past. The child pulls over to the shoulder of the road after the trooper activates his sirens. "How old are you? You're 5 years old?" the trooper is heard saying. "Wow ... Where did you learn to drive a car?" Image: Utah Highway Patrol Utah Highway Patrol The boy said he had left his home in Ogden after he got into an argument with his mother because he wanted a Lamborghini and she told him no, according to a tweet by the highway patrol. "He decided he'd take the car and go to California to buy one himself. He might have been short on the purchase amount, as he only had $3 dollars in his wallet," the tweet read. The luxurious sports cars can start as low as $200,000, depending on the model. Highway Patrol Lt. Nick Street told NBC affiliate KSL in Salt Lake City that when trooper Rick Morgan stopped the vehicle he thought it was going to be an impaired driver, not a child. Morgan said when he approached the SUV, the little boy was sitting on the edge of the seat so he could reach the pedals. His head barely reached the headrest behind the steering wheel. The child only drove for about five minutes from his home to the freeway when he was stopped, KSL reported. "I helped him get the car into park, shut the vehicle down and then we started to look for means to contact his parents," the trooper said. The Highway Patrol was able to reach the boy's family, who said his parents were at work and had left him in the care of a sibling. Street said no one was hurt and it's not believed that any property was damaged, but the boy's parents could still face charges. "We're counting our blessings (nobody was hurt) but that doesn't mean a high-risk situation that put a lot of people's lives in jeopardy (didn't occur)," he said. "Based on that, we'll talk with the county attorney and see what charges they would like filed or screened with them and we'll do that." | |
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| 05-11-20 02:44am - 1689 days | #1624 | |
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Girl Licks Tongue Depressor in Doctor's Office, Mom Arrested This is wrong. The girl was only being cute. And the mother was so proud of her daughter. Also, freedom of expression: Doesn't the US Constitution tell us we have the right to express ourselves? Also, Trump has explained the coronavirus is a hoax made up by the Chinese, the Fake News, and Barack Obama to bring down the Trump administration. Facebook posts have revealed that the Fake News is fake, that that there were no deaths from the virus. And people are starting to react to being shut in, and the Attorney General of the United States, fighting to keep America free, has studied whether he should start bringing suit against the states for issuing stay-at-home orders which limit the freedom of US citizens. Trump, fighting for the right of US citizens to go out and mingle freely (while also fighting for the right of people to think about the CDC and whether the CDC should still get millions of dollars in funding while honest citizens live in fear of the fake virus). Vote for Trump, the most stable financial genius the world has ever known. Note: not only is there fake news, but there is also fake delayed news. This article is dated July 24, 2019, and it's now May 11, 2020. Why are we being bombarded with fake delayed news articles long after the fake news was supposed to have happened. This article came up on my computer today, months after the incidents happened. Why aren't we getting fresh, real news? Trump, we are depending on you and Fox News to tell us the Truth!!! ------ ------ Girl Licks Tongue Depressor in Doctor's Office, Mom Arrested Mom Arrested After Daughter Licks Tongue Depressor in Doctor’s Office July 24, 2019 / Wellness, Family Health / By Sara Gramling There seems to be a new, disturbing trend of licking things in public places. The most notable, perhaps, is the girl in Texas who opened up a container of ice cream in a grocery store and licked the top. Then there was another licking incident that occurred earlier this month in Jacksonville, Florida, when a mom recorded her daughter licking a tongue depressor in a doctor’s office and shared it via Snapchat. Cori E. Ward, a local mom, was at the All About Kids & Families Medical Center and filmed a video of her daughter licking the tongue depressors. In the video, which shows someone reaching in and taking the wood depressors, there a sign that’s visible that says, “Please do not touch medical supplies. Thank you.” Unfortunately, the warning was not heeded and in the video you can see the young girl take out one of the tongue depressors, lick it, and put it right back into the container. The mom, who posted the video to Snapchat, added, “Don’t tell me how to live my life.” There are laws, though, that dictate how you’re going to live your life, at least in certain ways. On July 12, Ward was arrested on a felony charge for “tampering with a consumer product without regard for possible death or bodily injury.” Ward told the local news station, WJAX, “I mean honestly I wasn’t thinking. I know what it’s like to have to worry about your kids’ health and stuff. I would never put somebody else’s kid at risk.” All About Kids & Families Medical Center also spoke to WJAX, “Upon notification of this isolated incident, we contacted law enforcement to request a full and thorough investigation,” the doctor’s office said. “We immediately removed all materials and containers from the specific exam room and re-sanitized our entire facility.” The moral of the story? Stop licking things that don’t belong to you in public! Stay tuned for updates about Cori E. Ward and this developing story. Sara Gramling | |
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| 05-10-20 07:13pm - 1689 days | #1623 | |
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President Donald Trump, the most stable financial genius the world has ever known, will save the United States billions of dollars. Trump has volunteered to be the first test patient to take the vaccine, if the nation needs him to step forward. However, the coronavirus will go away, without a vaccine. So Trump is saving the US billions of dollars that might have been wasted in trying to create a vaccine, because the virus will simply disappear in time, without even needing a vaccine. Trump, the most stable financial genius the world has ever known. ---------- ---------- Trump claims virus will 'go away without a vaccine' Yahoo News David Knowles May 8th 2020 4:34PM President Trump on Friday broke with health experts, telling reporters that the coronavirus will “go away without a vaccine.” “This is going to go away without a vaccine, it's gonna go away, and we're not going to see it again, hopefully, after a period of time,” Trump said at the White House. “You may have some flare-ups and I guess I would expect that.” Just days ago, the Trump administration launched “Operation Warp Speed,” a project to accelerate the production of a vaccine for the coronavirus, which, as of Friday had infected at least 1.2 million Americans and killed more than 76,000 here. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the leading expert on infectious diseases on the coronavirus task force, has repeatedly cautioned that a vaccine was still at least a year to 18 months from being made available to the public. Asked what led him to believe that the virus would disappear without a vaccine, Trump claimed that he had received that information from medical professionals. “I just rely on what doctors say. They say it’s going to go. That doesn’t mean this year. It doesn’t mean, frankly, it’s going to be gone before the fall or after the fall, but eventually it’s going to go away. The question is whether we will need a vaccine. At some point it will probably go away by itself.” Asked how often he met with Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx, who also serves on the coronavirus task force, Trump replied, “A lot. A lot.” Birx said last week that it was possible that the intensified government focus on developing a vaccine could help produce one as early as January. “The way that it’s possible is if you bring forward five or six different classes of candidates, which Operation Warp Speed has done,” Birx said in an interview with Fox News. “And so it’s not relying on a single vaccine platform. it’s relying on several different candidates that are made differently and act differently.” A Yahoo News/YouGov poll released Friday showed that just 55 percent of Americans planned to get vaccinated against COVID-19 when it became available. Nineteen percent surveyed said they would not take a vaccine for the virus while 26 percent said they were not sure. On Tuesday, Trump was asked whether he would personally receive a vaccine shot for the coronavirus if one was developed. “If they would like me to, I’d go the first one or I’d go the last one. I don’t want to waste it,” Trump responded. Reminded of that answer, in which he added that he would “absolutely” take a vaccine depending on his doctor’s advice, Trump seemed more hesitant Friday. “I didn’t say I wanted to, that’s not a correct statement,” Trump said Friday. “You said, ‘Would you be,’ and I said if it was good for the country, I’d be, and if it was bad for the country, I’ll wait to be the last one or I wouldn’t do it at all.” | |
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| 05-10-20 10:33am - 1689 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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The new version will not be available in the US, if at all, until a later date. The new version should be watched for Ornella Muti, the gorgeous babe who should have inherited her father's empire of the known universe. And if Muti can overcome her wimpy tendencies, and assume the title of Merciless Empress of the Universe, she can have Flash Gordon, Prince Barin and all her enemies put into the afterburner, where their vaporized flesh can power her drive to divine levels of sex. A beauty like hers deserves a harem of male lovers to support her every desire. --------- --------- ‘Flash Gordon’ Getting a 4K Restored Blu-ray Collector’s Edition This Summer Posted on Sunday, May 10th, 2020 by Ethan Anderton Flash Gordon 4K The campy sci-fi classic Flash Gordon is finally getting the proper home video release it deserves. Based on the comic strip of the same name by Alex Raymond, the movie directed by Mike Hodges, starring Sam J. Jones, and featuring an epic soundtrack from the rock band Queen was a bit of a box office flop back in 1980 that attempted to capitalize on the popularity of sci-fi in the wake of the success of Star Wars. But now the movie is a cult classic, and it’s getting a 4K restoration that will be released on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD this summer. Flash Gordon 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD The footage of Flash Gordon in 4K is incredible in this trailer. Melody Anderson, Ornella Muti, Max Von Sydow, Topol, Timothy Dalton, Mariangela Melato and Brian Blessed never looked so good in this gloriously cheesy flick. On top of the 4K restoration of the movie, there will be a slew of special features available, as well as some cool collectible items if you buy the five-disc collector’s edition. Every edition also features the below artwork created by artist Matt Ferguson. Flash Gordon 4K Collector's Edition Here are all the special features you’ll find in the various editions of the Flash Gordon 4K re-release: Flash Gordon Single-Disc Release (4K UHD, Blu-ray or DVD) New Lost in Space: Nic Roeg’s Flash Gordon (also iTunes extra) Audio commentary with Mike Hodges Audio commentary with Brian Blessed Behind the scenes of Flash Gordon Stills gallery (also iTunes extra) Storyboards gallery (also iTunes extra) Original theatrical trailer Flash Gordon 2-Disc Special Edition Everything in the single-disc release, as well as the following special features: Interview with Mike Hodges Interview with comic book artist Alex Ross TBC Interview with screenwriter Lorenzo Semple, Jr. TBC Episode 24 of Flash Gordon (1979-1982): The Survival Game / Gremlin’s Finest Hour Sam Jones’s acting start Entertainment Earth on Flash Gordon merchandise Bob Lindenmayer discusses deleted scenes and original endings 35th Anniversary Greenroom 35th Anniversary reunion featurette Renato Casaro extended interview Brian Blessed anecdotes Melody’s musings On the soundtrack (Brian May & Howard Blake) Easter Eggs Flash Gordon 4K Flash Gordon 5-Disc Collector’s Edition Everything included on the 2-disc special edition, as well as the following bonus discs and items: Bonus Blu-Ray Disc of LIFE AFTER FLASH, the 2017 feature documentary celebrating the film and it’s star Original soundtrack by Queen & Howard Blake 32 page booklet 16 page Titan mini book (The Story of Flash Gordon) Reproduced booklet of the first strip of original comic books Poster of original artwork 4 artcards of various incarnations of Flash film posters across the years 1 sew on ‘Flash patch’ Unfortunately, this is a Studio Canal UK release, which means it isn’t currently available in the United States. And as of now, it’s not available to be shipped to the United States. However, there’s a chance it could end up being released in the US through a different distributor, or at the very least, maybe other online retailers will snatch some copies to sell across the pond. All versions of the Flash Gordon 40th anniversary re-release will be available on August 3 in the UK. | |
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| 05-09-20 07:09am - 1691 days | #1622 | |
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President Trump on high alert. He has received secret briefings about the traitor Barack Obama, the fake president of the United States who was born in Africa and secretly smuggled into the United States to gain a foothold for ISIS and the Islam revolutionaries. Can Trump save America from the hateful enemies of the United States that are trying to destroy Trump? Can Trump triumph over the Evil Cabal that Obama has fostered since he came to America? I've read on facebook that the coronavirus is a hoax, that the Fake News is spreading lies about the fake disease, that no one has died from the disease. Can Trump take down the Fake News? Can he call on the Armed Forces to arrest and execute these traitors? Vote to imprison Obama and his ally, Joe Biden. We must cleanse America to make it Strong and Free and White. -------- -------- WH on high alert as COVID-19 hits Secret Service Yahoo News Jana Winter and Hunter Walker May 8th 2020 7:00PM WASHINGTON — Multiple members of the U.S. Secret Service have tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, according to Department of Homeland Security documents reviewed by Yahoo News. In March, the Secret Service, which is responsible for the protection of President Trump and other leaders, acknowledged that a single employee tested positive in March. However the problem is currently far more widespread, with 11 active cases at the agency as of Thursday evening, according to a daily report compiled by the DHS. This report comes as a pair of cases among White House staffers close to Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have put the West Wing’s coronavirus security procedures in the spotlight. According to the DHS document, along with the 11 active cases there are 23 members of the Secret Service who have recovered from COVID-19 and an additional 60 employees who are self-quarantining. No details have been provided about which members of the Secret Service are infected or if any have recently been on detail with the president or vice president. The DHS, which oversees the agency, referred all requests for comment to the Secret Service, which declined to comment on the number of coronavirus cases among its employees. “To protect the privacy of our employee’s health information and for operational security, the Secret Service is not releasing how many of its employees have tested positive for COVID-19, nor how many of its employees were, or currently are, quarantined,” Justine Whelan, a Secret Service spokesperson, said. While the Secret Service is best known for providing security to the president and vice president, it also protects other leaders, including presidential candidates, former presidents, and visiting dignitaries. The Secret Service also conducts investigations, including most recently, scams involving the coronavirus. Whelan said the Secret Service is following guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control, but she declined to comment on how many of the Secret Service employees who have tested positive for the coronavirus worked at the White House complex. “Since the beginning of this pandemic, the Secret Service has been working with all of our public safety partners and the White House Medical Unit to ensure the safety and security of both our protected persons and our employees,” Whelan said. “The Secret Service continues to follow guidance issued by the CDC to ensure the health and welfare of our employees and those they come in contact with.” Members of the Secret Service However, the coronavirus measures at the White House complex, which includes both Trump and Pence’s offices, have not necessarily followed the guidelines from the CDC or the president’s own coronavirus task force. Those guidelines include staying 6 feet away from other people, avoiding large gatherings and wearing masks or other face coverings. On Monday, Yahoo News reported that there are regularly held large events with unmasked attendees in close quarters at the White House — including inside the Oval Office, which is the president’s inner sanctum. Many Secret Service employees on the White House grounds are among those who are not wearing masks. The agency did not respond to questions about why its employees are not wearing masks or whether personal protective equipment is being provided to members of the Secret Service who request it. Pence and Trump have also regularly opted not to wear masks. White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere responded to questions about coronavirus protocols in the West Wing last week by saying, “Those in close proximity to the president and vice president are being tested for COVID-19.” “Temperature checks are occurring for all those entering the complex as well as an additional temperature check for those in close proximity to the president and vice president,” Deere said. While temperature checks were being administered to everyone entering the White House complex, not everyone who entered the Oval Office with the president was given a test. On multiple occasions last week, reporters were brought into the Oval Office without being given tests or being required to wear masks. Dr. Kavita Patel, a primary care physician who worked in the Obama administration as director of policy for the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement, said she believes the partial testing for those in the White House complex is not sufficient. “Having worked in the White House, there’s a ton of people that come in and out of there, and they touch things,” said Patel, a Yahoo News health contributor. “So, unless you are literally testing every individual and then following up … even with wiping down those surfaces every night, it’s not foolproof.” In the days since that report, multiple COVID-19 cases have been confirmed within Trump’s inner circle. On Thursday, news broke that one of Trump’s military valets tested positive. According to CNBC, the valet “had very close contact with the president, including serving meals and helping him with his clothes and other personal needs.” After the news emerged about his valet, Trump told reporters that the White House had only been testing on a weekly basis and would increase the number of tests given to key staffers. “So we test once a week. Now we’re going to go testing once a day, but even when you test once a day, somebody could — something happens where they catch something,” Trump said. On Friday, another top staffer tested positive for the coronavirus. Speaking at a meeting with Republican lawmakers in the White House State Dining Room, Trump indicated the staffer was Pence’s press secretary, Katie Miller. “She’s a wonderful young woman, Katie,” Trump said. “She tested very good for a long period of time and, all of a sudden today, she tested positive. She hasn’t come into contact with me.” Miller is the wife of Stephen Miller, who is one of the president’s closest and most influential advisers. The Millers did not respond to requests for comment. The White House declined to comment on whether Stephen Miller had tested negative or was being quarantined. Deere, the deputy press secretary, provided a new statement saying, “the President’s physician and White House Operations continue to work closely to ensure every precaution is taken to keep the President, First Family and the entire White House Complex safe and healthy at all times.” “In addition to social distancing, daily temperature checks and symptom histories, hand sanitizer, and regular deep cleaning of all work spaces, every staff member in close proximity to the president and vice president is being tested daily for COVID-19 as well as any guests,” Deere said. Yet even after the pair of coronavirus cases among the Trump administration staff, not everyone who gets in a room with the president is being tested. The press that covered the event where Trump discussed Miller’s diagnosis was brought into the State Dining Room without being given tests. One of the untested reporters asked Trump for a reaction to the fact the virus is apparently spreading inside the White House, which is ostensibly one of the safest places in the country. “It could happen anywhere,” Trump said. “You see where it happens.” _____ | |
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| 05-07-20 11:15pm - 1692 days | #1621 | |
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Trump calls Obama administration 'human scum' President Trump, one of the kindest, most gentle people to ever hold the office of president of the United States, has finally revealed the truth: the Obama administration was "human scum". ----------- ----------- Trump calls Obama administration 'human scum' Yahoo News Hunter Walker May 7th 2020 7:06PM WASHINGTON — During an appearance in the Oval Office on Thursday afternoon President Trump excoriated the administration of President Barack Obama as “human scum” who attempted to undermine him by “targeting” former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Trump made his comments after a reporter asked about the Justice Department’s announcement earlier today that it is dropping its criminal case against Flynn. The president also railed against the media and argued “the Pulitzer Prizes should all be returned.” “He was an innocent man. He is a great gentleman. He was targeted by the Obama administration and he was targeted in order to try and take down a president,” Trump said of Flynn, who was facing prison time after pleading guilty more than two years ago on charges related to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Trump went on to allude to the charges against members of his former campaign team and other allies that emerged from Mueller’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election. He called the situation a “disgrace” and suggested it was a partisan effort. “It’s treason,” Trump said. “So I’m very happy for General Flynn.” The initial investigations began in 2016 while Obama was still in office. Mueller ultimately concluded the Kremlin mounted an extended effort to boost Trump’s campaign and identified multiple instances where Trump could have been seen as obstructing the investigation and documented multiple contacts between Trump’s team and associates of the Russian government. However, Mueller did not uncover evidence that Trump’s campaign worked with the Kremlin. In the Oval Office, Trump suggested officials involved in investigating his administration and campaign wanted to pressure his allies to lie. “It’s a disgrace. The Obama administration Justice Department was a disgrace and they got caught. They got caught, very dishonest people but much more. ... It’s treason. It’s treason,” Trump said. “So I’m very happy for General Flynn.” Trump made his comments when he took questions from reporters while meeting with Texas Gov. Greg Abboott about the coronavirus pandemic. A spokesperson for Obama did not respond to a request for comment. Flynn, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, had the shortest tenure as White House national security adviser in history. He resigned in February 2017, less than a month after Trump took office, when information surfaced indicating that he had lied to the FBI and Vice President Mike Pence about his contacts with former Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak. In December 2017, Flynn pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements to the FBI and made a deal to cooperate with former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential race. In December 2018, as federal prosecutors prepared to sentence Flynn, Mueller filed a memo that indicated the former national security adviser had provided “substantial assistance” to the Russia probe and a separate criminal investigation. Mueller recommended Flynn receive a sentence that potentially didn’t include any jail time. However, in more than a year since then, Flynn has not been sentenced amid legal wrangling that included him firing his initial attorneys and hiring Sidney Powell, a veteran attorney and conservative activist. In January of this year, Powell filed motions to have Flynn’s case dismissed due to alleged government misconduct. Federal prosecutors were fighting back against those motions. That same month Attorney General William Barr appointed Jeffrey Jensen, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, to review Flynn’s case. Jensen subsequently shared documents with Powell including notes and emails from FBI officials. Those documents included notes suggesting the FBI conducted the interview with Flynn to “get him to lie.” Powell, Flynn’s attorney, argued the documents showed “appalling” behavior by the FBI agents and an “abuse of authority.” She did not immediately respond to a request for comment on this story. U.S. Attorney Timothy Shea filed a motion to dismiss the case against Flynn in D.C. District Court on Thursday. The motion cited the recently revealed documents and argued they show the FBI’s 2017 interview of Flynn “was untethered to, and unjustified by, the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into Mr. Flynn.” “The Government is not persuaded that the January 24, 2017 interview was conducted with a legitimate investigative basis and therefore does not believe Mr. Flynn’s statements were material even if untrue. Moreover, we [do] not believe that the Government can prove either the relevant false statements or their materiality beyond a reasonable doubt,” She wrote. The D.C. District Court still must formally approve the government’s request to dismiss the case. | |
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| 05-07-20 10:14am - 1692 days | #1620 | |
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I'm proud to be a Texan, even though I live in Los Angeles County. Texans died at the Alamo. Texans are dying from the coronavirus. But the spirits of Texans can never be overcome. ----- ----- Governor softens order over jailed Texas hair salon owner The Associated Press PAUL J. WEBER May 7th 2020 12:40PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday removed jail as a punishment for violating his coronavirus restrictions following outcry by conservatives over a Dallas salon owner who was locked up for refusing to keep her business closed. In a swift relaxing of his own rules, Abbott said his new order should free Shelley Luther, who was booked in the Dallas County jail this week for keeping her salon open in defiance of the governor's restrictions meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Luther refused to apologize for repeatedly flouting the order, leading a judge to find her in contempt of court and sentence her to a week behind bars. Her punishment quickly became a rallying cry for Republican lawmakers and conservative activists, and one online fundraising campaign had raised more the $500,000 for Luther as of Thursday morning. “Throwing Texans in jail who have had their businesses shut down through no fault of their own is nonsensical, and I will not allow it to happen,” Abbott said in a statement. He also mentioned two women along the Texas border who were similarly jailed for violating his executive orders, but whose arrests have not drawn as much attention or inspired protests. The reversal reflects the increasing pressure Abbott is under to reboot the state's economy at a much faster pace. It also comes just as Abbott was scheduled to meet Thursday with President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic. Shortly after Abbott softened the enforcement of his previous virus safeguards, the Texas Supreme Court ordered that Luther be released from jail. Texas began letting restaurants and retailers reopen last week under limited capacity. At the time, Abbott suggested it would not be until mid-May that barbershops and hair salons could resume serving customers. But some have balked and openly defied his timeline, including two GOP state lawmakers who let reporters film them getting haircuts outside of Houston earlier this week. AdChoices Texas has had more than 34,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and more than 940 deaths related to the virus. On Wednesday, Texas reported 42 new deaths, one of its highest single-day totals since the outbreak began, but Abbott has said he is focused on hospitalization rates that remain steady and infection rates that have dropped since mid-April. Luther was cited last month for keeping her salon open despite state and local directives that kept nonessential businesses closed, but she continued to defy the order and tore up a cease and desist letter in front of TV cameras. “I couldn’t feed my family, and my stylists couldn’t feed their families,” Luther testified Tuesday, saying she had applied for a federal loan but didn’t receive it until Sunday. Dallas County Judge Eric Moye said during the hearing that he would consider levying a fine instead of jail time if Luther would apologize and not reopen until she was allowed to do so, but Luther refused. “Feeding my kids is not selfish,” she told Moye. “If you think the law is more important than kids getting fed, then please go ahead with your decision, but I am not going to shut the salon.” Moye wrote in his judgment of contempt: “The defiance of the court’s order was open, flagrant and intentional.” He noted that despite being given the opportunity to apologize, Luther “expressed no contrition, remorse or regret” for her actions. | |
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| 05-07-20 10:06am - 1692 days | #1619 | |
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President Trump, the most genius president the US has ever had, knows in his heart and gut that he is smarter than all the Fake News and Fake Scientists. That's why he is not allowing medical doctors and experts on disease to speak to the public freely. US citizens need to be told the truth, and only President Trump knows the truth. You will hear Fake News and Fake Truths from Fake Scientists that will confuse the un-initiated. Listen to Trump, who speaks with the Voice of God. And disregard any Fake Experts like scientists and health care experts who have not been blessed by Our Heavenly Father. Also, Trump is not responsible for the coronavirus. That is the Chinese and Democratic Party Virus Hoax. Trump has done all he can to protect our country. It's now up to the states to protect us from the virus. And if anyone gets sick or dies, blame the states. They should have been prepared. Trump was prepared. He did the impossible, in protecting us. Not everyone is grateful to President Trump. Shame on the liars and hoaxers and criminals who are spreading the disease. -------- -------- AP Exclusive: US shelves detailed guide to reopening country The Associated Press JASON DEAREN and MIKE STOBBE May 7th 2020 10:32AM GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Trump administration has shelved a document created by the nation's top disease investigators with step-by-step advice to local authorities on how and when to reopen restaurants and other public places during the still-raging coronavirus outbreak. The 17-page report by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention team, titled “Guidance for Implementing the Opening Up America Again Framework,” was researched and written to help faith leaders, business owners, educators and state and local officials as they begin to reopen. It was supposed to be published last Friday, but agency scientists were told the guidance “would never see the light of day,” according to a CDC official. The official was not authorized to talk to reporters and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity. The AP obtained a copy from a second federal official who was not authorized to release it. The guidance was described in AP stories last week, prior to the White House decision to shelve it. The Trump administration has been closely controlling the release of guidance and information during the pandemic spurred by a new coronavirus that scientists are still trying to understand, with the president himself leading freewheeling daily briefings until last week. Traditionally, it's been the CDC's role to give the public and local officials guidance and science-based information during public health crises. During this one, however, the CDC has not had a regular, pandemic-related news briefing in nearly two months. CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield has been a member of the White House coronavirus task force, but largely absent from public appearances. The dearth of real-time, public information from the nation’s experts has struck many current and former government health officials as dangerous. “CDC has always been the public health agency Americans turn to in a time of crisis,” said Dr. Howard Koh, a Harvard professor and former health official in the Obama administration during the H1N1 swine flu pandemic in 2009. “The standard in a crisis is to turn to them for the latest data and latest guidance and the latest press briefing. That has not occurred, and everyone sees that.” The Trump administration has instead sought to put the onus on states to handle COVID-19 response. This approach to managing the pandemic has been reflected in President Donald Trump’s public statements, from the assertion that he isn't responsible for the country’s lackluster early testing efforts, to his description last week of the federal government’s role as a “supplier of last resort” for states in need of testing aid. A person close to the White House’s coronavirus task force said the CDC documents were never cleared by CDC leadership for public release. The person said that White House officials have refrained from offering detailed guidance for how specific sectors should reopen because the virus is affecting various parts of the country differently. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. The rejected reopening guidance was described by one of the federal officials as a touchstone document that was to be used as a blueprint for other groups inside the CDC who are creating the same type of instructional materials for other facilities. The guidance contained detailed advice for making site-specific decisions related to reopening schools, restaurants, summer camps, churches, day care centers and other institutions. It had been widely shared within the CDC and included detailed “decision trees,” flow charts to be used by local officials to think through different scenarios. One page of the document can be found on the CDC website via search engines, but it did not appear to be linked to any other CDC pages. Some of the report’s suggestions already appear on federal websites. But the guidance offered specific, tailored recommendations for reopening in one place. For example, the report suggested restaurants and bars should install sneeze guards at cash registers and avoid having buffets, salad bars and drink stations. Similar tips appear on the CDC’s site and a Food and Drug Administration page. But the shelved report also said that as restaurants start seating diners again, they should space tables at least 6 feet (1.8 meters) apart and try to use phone app technology to alert a patron when their table is ready to avoid touching and use of buzzers. That's not on the CDC's site now. “You can say that restaurants can open and you need to follow social distancing guidelines. But restaurants want to know, ‘What does that look like?’ States would like more guidance,” said Dr. Marcus Plescia, chief medical officer of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. The White House’s own “Opening Up America Again” guidelines released last month were more vague than the CDC’s unpublished report. They instructed state and local governments to reopen in accordance with federal and local “regulations and guidance" and to monitor employees for symptoms of COVID-19. The White House guidance also included advice developed earlier in the pandemic that remains important like social distancing and encouraging working from home. At a briefing Wednesday, White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany echoed the administration's stance that state's are most responsible for their own COVID-19 response: “We’ve consulted individually with states, but as I said, it’s (a) governor-led effort. It’s a state-led effort on ... which the federal government will consult. And we do so each and every day.” The CDC is hearing daily from state and county health departments looking for scientifically valid information with which to make informed decisions. Still, behind the scenes, CDC scientists like those who produced the guidance for “Opening Up America Again″ are working to get information to local governments. The agency still employs hundreds of the world’s most respected epidemiologists and doctors, who in times of crisis are looked to for their expertise, said former CDC director Tom Frieden. People have clicked on the CDC's coronavirus website more than 1.2 billion times. States that directly reach out to the CDC can tap guidance that’s been prepared but that the White House has not released. “I don’t think that any state feels that the CDC is deficient. It’s just the process of getting stuff out,” Plescia said. ___ Stobbe reported from New York. Associated Press writers Darlene Superville and Zeke Miller in Washington contributed to this report. ___ The Associated Press receives support for health and science coverage from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content. | |
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| 05-07-20 03:29am - 1693 days | #20 | |
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| 05-06-20 11:38am - 1693 days | #1618 | |
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Utah is a state that should be ashamed of itself. President Trump has stated that health guidelines are voluntary. And it's up to an individual's own beliefs whether he wants to follow them, or risk giving up his personal freedom. Our president believes in personal freedom. And the 2 Utah businesses also believed in personal freedom and the right to work. So what if some of their employees got sick because the 2 businesses told the employees to ignore the coronavirus scare, which was a giant hoax cooked up by the Chinese and the Democratic party? Believe in Trump. He has said the coronavirus cases will go to zero. That day is near. ---------- ---------- 2 Utah businesses told staff to ignore COVID-19 guidelines, resulting in 68 infections New York Daily News Nancy Dillon May 6th 2020 1:12PM Nearly half the staff of a Utah business contracted COVID-19 after the company told employees to ignore pandemic guidelines and report to work even if infected, local officials said. Between this business and another in the county that also “did not follow COVID-19 best practices,” a total of 68 employees tested positive for coronavirus, Utah County executives revealed this week, according to the Daily Herald. “We found these businesses instructed employees to not follow quarantine guidelines after exposure to a confirmed case at work and required employees with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis to still report to work,” the officials said in a statement. “This is completely unacceptable and resulted in a temporary full closure for one business along with heightened requirements for future cleaning and inspections,” it said. The Utah County Health Department declined to release the names of the businesses Tuesday, citing privacy concerns. It was through contact tracing that the Utah County Health Department was able to identify the two businesses, officials said. County executives blasted the businesses for “putting employees, their families and ultimately the health of the community at risk,” the Herald reported. Employers that don’t follow guidelines “jeopardize Utah County efforts to reopen businesses affected by the pandemic,” they reportedly said. | |
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| 05-05-20 03:52pm - 1694 days | #1617 | |
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Trump claims victory over the coronavirus. Discussing with his advisors about disbanding the coronavirus task force, even though the number of US cases in increasing. Only 70,000 people in the US have died from the disease. So Trump is more than satisfied people everywhere owe him a debt of gratitude. Even if more people get sick and die, Trump has done his job of protecting America. Vote for Trump, the most stable genius the US has ever produced. The humble, warm-hearted man who deserves our gratitude and thanks. -------- -------- Trump weighs disbanding coronavirus task force despite growing number of U.S. cases Yahoo News David Knowles May 5th 2020 4:46PM President Trump is looking to wind down the White House coronavirus task force in the coming weeks even asthe number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. continues to rise, the New York Times reported. Vice President Mike Pence, who Trump appointed to lead the task force, confirmed that such a plan was in the works on Tuesday. “I think we’re having conversations about that and about what the proper time is for the task force to complete its work and for the ongoing efforts to take place on an agency-by-agency level. And we’ve already begun to talk about a transition plan with FEMA,” Pence told reporters. “But it’s — it really is all a reflection of the tremendous progress we’ve made as a country.” As reported Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has projected a rise in daily deaths from COVID-19 to around 3,000 by the end of this month, and a near-doubling of total deaths, to 134,000, by the beginning of August. Following a much-criticized task force briefing on April 24, during which Trump suggested that coronavirus might be treated with injections of disinfectant, the president has retreated from the daily meetings with reporters. Instead, Trump has focused his attention on jump-starting the nation’s shuttered economy, encouraging states to relax restrictions on businesses and gatherings meant to slow the spread of coronavirus. Yet while the number of new cases has continued to fall in the New York metropolitan area and a few other big cities, it has been rising steadily in much of the rest of the country. Guidelines set forth by the coronavirus task force — which call for a phased lifting of restrictions when the number of new cases of the virus is shown to decline over two weeks — have all but been ignored in many states pushing to reopen economic activity. During task force briefings, Trump’s remarks were often at odds with the advice of his medical experts, notably on the drug hydroxychloroquine, which Trump repeatedly touted despite warnings from Dr. Anthony Fauci, the leading expert on infectious diseases on the task force. After the White House barred Fauci and other members of the task force from testifying before Congress, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., took aim at the briefings. “I was hoping they would spend more time on the crisis instead of those daily shows that the president put on,” Pelosi said. In explaining his decision to keep a member of the task force from testifying, Trump said Tuesday that “the House is a bunch of Trump haters.” On April 15, with the U.S. death toll from the virus having climbed into the thousands, Trump used his coronavirus task force briefing to announce the formation of the “Opening Our Country Task Force,” which the president said consisted of more than 200 CEOs who were supposed to advise the administration on a return to economic activity. Another group for the same purpose, this one consisting of a select number of members of Congress, was announced the following day. It is unclear whether either of the panels has actually convened, or what they have done. Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, has played a central role in the administration’s effort to address the economic wreckage that has resulted from the pandemic. In an interview last Wednesday, one day after the number of confirmed U.S. coronavirus cases topped 1 million and deaths from the virus hit 60,000, Kushner declared that “the federal government rose to the challenge and this is a great success story, and I think that that's really what needs to be told.” As of Tuesday, more than 1,194,000 Americans had tested positive for COVID-19, and more than 70,000 had died of it. | |
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| 05-04-20 12:36am - 1696 days | #1616 | |
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The number of American deaths from the virus is Fake News pushed by the Democratic party. The actual number is far, far less. Trump revealed in February that the Americans infected were less than 20. And that the virus would disappear in April. And just like Trump predicted, the number of the virus cases has gone to 0. Don't be fooled by the Fake News. The Fake Press. Trust in God and our wonderful president. And remember to gargle with disinfectants in the morning, and swallow a bottle of bleach to cleanse your body, and you too, will be safe from the virus. Warning: only swallow the bleach if under the care and supervision of a trusted medical doctor. Results may vary. Also, read all warning labels on the bleach bottle, to make sure you follow instructions carefully. Do not swallow bleach unless you have been certified with a strontium 90+ grade stomach. | |
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| 05-03-20 10:38pm - 1696 days | #1615 | |
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Donald Trump, our beloved president, is forced to reveal the truth: The coronavirus, the evil disease that has killed thousand and thousands of heroic Americans, is the result of the Yellow Men (China), the Black Men (Obama), and the White Men (George W. Bush). Trump, as Commander-in-Chief the US Armed Forces, has fought to keep America safe. But these enemies of freedom and democracy are trying to bring us down. Vote for Trump, the only man with the power, the strength, the vision to protect us from enemies internal and external. Trump has said that he is being treated worse than Abraham Lincoln. Down with Chinese, Obama, and Bush. Trump will survive and prosper. In spite of attacks from the Democratic party, which has forgotten loyalty and reverence to the US President. President Trump has done a really great job protecting the American people from its enemies. In spite of attacks from the Fake News. ========= ========= Trump rips George W. Bush after he calls for unity amid coronavirus outbreak By Justin Wise - 05/03/20 08:28 AM EDT President Trump on Sunday took aim at George W. Bush after the former Republican president issued a call to push partisanship aside amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. In a three-minute video shared on Twitter on Saturday, Bush urged Americans to remember "how small our differences are in the face of this shared threat." "In the final analysis, we are not partisan combatants. We are human beings, equally vulnerable and equally wonderful in the sight of God," Bush said. "We rise or fall together, and we are determined to rise." In an early morning tweet on Sunday, Trump called out Bush for his failure to support him as he faced an impeachment trial earlier this year over his alleged dealings with Ukraine. He cited apparent comments from Fox News anchor Pete Hegseth, who asked why Bush didn't push for "putting partisanship aside" amid the trial. "He was nowhere to be found in speaking up against the greatest Hoax in American history," Trump said. .@PeteHegseth “Oh bye the way, I appreciate the message from former President Bush, but where was he during Impeachment calling for putting partisanship aside.” @foxandfriends He was nowhere to be found in speaking up against the greatest Hoax in American history! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2020 The House impeached Trump last December for allegedly pressuring Ukraine to open an investigation into his Democratic political rivals. The president was acquitted by the Senate in February. While Bush never commented publicly on the allegations and the trial, he and other members of his family have voiced criticism of the president and his policies. The former president released the video as confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, continued to rise in parts of the U.S. The country has confirmed more than 1.1 million COVID-19 cases and more than 66,000 deaths from it. Bush invoked the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in his message, noting that the U.S. has faced "times of testing before." "Let's remember that the suffering we experience as a nation does not fall evenly. In the days to come, it will be especially important to care in practical ways for the elderly, the ill and the unemployed," he said. Trump has faced continued scrutiny for his early response to the outbreak. The president in February suggested the virus would suddenly "disappear" and later predicted that everyone who needed a test would have access to one. He's repeatedly pushed back against concerns from governors about testing and medical equipment shortages. --This report was updated at 10:19 a.m. | |
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| 05-03-20 08:05am - 1697 days | #3 | |
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I think Richard Gere had a son with Carey Lowell. She already had a daughter with Griffin Dunne named Hanna Dunne. Hanna is really pretty, first time I saw her (or remembered her) was in Mozart in the Jungle, an Amazon prime series. I didn't know whether Hanna Dunne or Lola Kirke was more attractive. Both are attractive women. LOL. | |
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| 04-26-20 03:49am - 1704 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Michigan state senator denies his face mask is a Confederate flag. Says it's more like a Kentucky or Tennessee flag, even though he is a Michigan state senator. But the mask does not look like the Kentucky state flag. Or much like the Tennessee state flag. Then he said we need to know US history, and that's part of US history. Then he said we need to know what that flag stands for. And we must never do those atrocities again. Then he changed his story again, and said it was an error to wear the mask, and there were no excuses. But he's learned from this episode. Only wear the mask in private. With no selfies. And no white hoods like I might have inherited from my Klu Klux Klan forbears. --------- --------- Lawmaker apologizes for face mask that looks like Confederate flag NBC News Nicole Acevedo Apr 25th 2020 11:09PM A Michigan state senator has apologized for showing up to the state Capitol wearing a face mask that appeared to depict the Confederate flag. "I’m sorry for my choice of pattern on the face mask I wore yesterday on the Senate floor. I did not intend to offend anyone; however, I realize that I did, and for that I am sorry," Republican Senator Dale Zorn tweeted Saturday morning, adding that he doesn't support "the things this pattern represents." WLNS-TV in Lansing, Michigan first reported that Zorn wore a red mask with blue stripes and white stars on the state Senate floor on Friday. He initially told the local news station that the face covering, made by his wife, didn't depict the Confederate flag, and was more similar to the Kentucky or Tennessee flag. “I told my wife it probably will raise some eyebrows, but it was not a Confederate flag,” Zorn said. AdChoices He also said that "even if it was a Confederate flag, you know, we should be talking about teaching our national history in schools, and that’s part of our national history." "It’s something we can’t just throw away because it is part of our history. And if we want to make sure that the atrocities that happened during that time doesn’t happen again, we should be teaching it. Our kids should know what that flag stands for,”Zorn told WLNS-TV on Friday. On Saturday, Zorn deemed his actions "an error in judgment for which there are no excuses." "I will learn from this episode,” he tweeted. | |
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| 04-25-20 02:20am - 1705 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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I'm starting to see photos of porn stars with health masks and bandana masks. The next fashion could be models in full surgical gowns, or in hazmat suits. Maybe there will be porno zombie videos coming our way. But I prefer the natural look, so it's not really my niche to see lovely young models with lots of blood and scary make-up. Vampire videos would be OK, if done well. I'm wondering how many porn sites will be shutting down, because of lack of new content, or lack of members? | |
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| 04-24-20 08:02pm - 1705 days | #5 | |
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Trump claims he was 'sarcastically' pitching disinfectant as COVID-19 cure HuffPost US Lydia O'Connor Apr 24th 2020 3:22PM President Donald Trump told reporters Friday that he was only testing the media when he suggested injecting people with disinfectant to fight off the coronavirus. “I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you just to see what would happen,” he said early Friday afternoon, just as the coronavirus death toll in the U.S. surpassed 50,000. Trump did not appear to be joking when he pondered the idea at Thursday’s press briefing. “I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in one minute,” Trump said at the time, once again pushing unproven treatments for COVID-19. “Is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside, or almost a cleaning? … It would be interesting to check that.” Trump made those remarks after senior Department of Homeland Security official Bill Bryan said experiments showed the coronavirus didn’t fare well in sunlight, heat or humidity. “Suppose you can bring the light inside the body,” Trump pondered aloud on Thursday. But Trump insisted Friday that he was talking about using disinfectant on hands, not inside the body. “I do think disinfectant on the hands could have a very good effect,” he said when asked about his injection comments. Though Trump now claims he was joking on Thursday, his remarks were concerning enough for the manufacturer of Lysol and other cleaning products to issue a statement urging people not to consume the products in any form. “We must be clear that under no circumstance should our disinfectant products be administered into the human body through injection, ingestion or any other route,” the company, RB, said. Americans took Trump’s remarks seriously, too, according to some state-level officials. The Maryland Emergency Management Agency sent out a tweet Friday morning, saying it had “received several calls regarding questions about disinfectant use and #COVID19.” “This is a reminder that under no circumstances should any disinfectant product be administered into the body through injection, ingestion or any other route,” the agency said. | |
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| 04-24-20 08:46am - 1705 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Richard Gere has second baby with his new wife. He's 70, she's 37. So sex continues after 50. Even after 60. ------ ------ Richard Gere, 70, and wife Alejandra Silva, 37, welcome baby No. 2 Us Magazine Nicholas Hautman Apr 23rd 2020 10:28AM It’s a boy! Richard Gere and his wife, Alejandra Silva, welcomed their second child together, ¡Hola! magazine reports. The activist, 37, recently gave birth at the couple’s ranch in Pound Ridge, New York, according to the magazine. The news comes just 14 months after the actor, 70, and Silva welcomed their first child together, a son named Alexander. Gere is also the father of son Homer, 20, with his second wife, actress Carey Lowell, to whom he was married from 2002 to 2016. He was previously wed to supermodel Cindy Crawford from 1991 to 1995. Silva, for her part, shares son Albert, 7, with her ex-husband, mining magnate Govind Friedland. The Pretty Woman star and the publicist were family friends for years, but they did not start dating until 2014 when they ran into each other at a hotel in Italy that she was managing at the time. The pair quietly married in April 2018 and held a celebration with family and friends the following month at their New York home. “The ceremony was beautiful,” the bride later told Hola! “We exchanged rings carried by our children. It was so exciting! I have to confess that I shed big tears.” Gere and Silva announced in September 2018 that they were expecting their first child together. She gave birth to Alexander in February 2019. Us Weekly confirmed that they had another little bundle of joy on the way that November. The Spain native has said that she is not bothered by the 33-year age difference between her and her husband. She told Hola! in 2018, “It had to be that way in this lifetime. He has promised me at least 20 good years! But I have to confess that he has much more energy than me, is much more active. It’s hard to keep up with him. … He’s not human!” Us Weekly has reached out to Gere’s rep for comment. | |
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| 04-24-20 07:30am - 1706 days | #4 | |
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They laughed at Isaac Newton when he said gravity would make an apple fall. They laughed at Copernicus when he said the earth revolved around the sun. They laughed at Trump when he said to protect yourself against the coronavirus by swallowing poison. But even the experts admit, when you press them, that if you swallow poison, and die, you may not die from the coronavirus. So, once Trump's suggestions have been tested and proven, I believe Trump will be announced as the next winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for medicine. Trump, the most stable genius the US has ever produced. Side note: Has anyone tested Trump lately to see if he's crazy or just ignorant? I've seen some of his news conferences, and I'm worried that people take him seriously. --------- --------- Trump's coronavirus disinfectant comments "dangerous," doctors say Thomson Reuters By Kate Kelland Apr 24th 2020 8:23AM LONDON, April 24 (Reuters) - Doctors and health experts urged people not to drink or inject disinfectant on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested scientists should investigate inserting the cleaning agent into the body as a way to cure COVID-19. "(This is an) absolutely dangerous crazy suggestion," said Paul Hunter, a professor of medicine at Britain's University of East Anglia. "You may not die of COVID-19 after injecting disinfectant, but only because you may already be dead from the injection." Trump said at his daily media briefing on Thursday that scientists should explore whether inserting light or disinfectant into the bodies of people infected with the new coronavirus might help them clear the disease. "Is there a way we can do something like that by injection, inside, or almost a cleaning?," he said. "It would be interesting to check that." Parastou Donyai, director of pharmacy practice and a professor of social and cognitive pharmacy at the University of Reading, said Trump's comments were shocking and unscientific. He said people worried about the new coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease it causes should seek help from a qualified doctor or pharmacist, and "not take unfounded and off-the-cuff comments as actual advice." Robert Reich, a professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley and a former U.S. labor secretary, added on Twitter: "Trump's briefings are actively endangering the public's health. Please don't drink disinfectant." Reading's Donyai said previous comments by Trump had already been linked to people self-administering medicines or other products in ways that make them poisonous. "We have already seen people mistakenly poisoning themselves by taking chloroquine when their hopes were raised by unscientific comments," he said. Reckitt Benckiser, which manufacturers household disinfectants Dettol and Lysol, issued a statement on Friday warning people not to ingest or inject its products. (Reporting by Kate Kelland, Editing by William Maclean) | |
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| 04-23-20 09:47pm - 1706 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Although Trump is not a medical doctor, people everywhere are aware that he is a stable genius, one of the brightest minds in the known universe. As such, Trump has indicated a cure for virus. And should be the next winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for Humanitarian and Medical Advances. In gratitude for his selfless acts, I am nominating Trump as the first king of the United States of America. And his daughter Ivanka as first princess of our great country. Warning: Do not try this at home unless under strict medical supervision. Injecting bleach into your body can be dangerous (bleach is a poison if ingested). And powerful ultraviolet rays can damage your skin. But maybe X-Rays would be a better alternative? Enquiring minds want to know. Can we steal into hospitals and dental labs, and self-medicate with an unused X-Ray machine? ------- ------- Trump floats treating coronavirus patients with light and disinfectants Yahoo News David Knowles Apr 23rd 2020 8:18PM At an unusually contentious briefing Thursday of the coronavirus task force, President Trump floated the idea that people infected with COVID-19 might be treated using injections of disinfectant and applications of ultraviolet light. Trump brought up those theories in the context of a presentation by William Bryan, a scientist at the Department of Homeland Security, about research indicating that the virus can be killed on surfaces and in aerosols by heat, humidity, sunlight and disinfectants, specifically bleach and isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol. None of the medical experts at the briefing suggested that these were plausible treatments for people already infected. "Supposing we hit the body with a tremendous — whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful light. And I think you said that hasn't been checked, but we're going to test it,” Trump said. “And then I said supposing you brought the light inside the body, either through the skin or some other way." As Bryan looked on uncomfortably, the president went on to speculate about the possibility of using disinfectants as a treatment. “And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute, one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning? Because you see it gets in the lungs and does a tremendous number on the lungs,” Trump continued. “It would be interesting to check that. That you're gonna have to use medical doctors with, but it sounds interesting to me, so we’ll see." Asked directly whether Trump’s suggestion that injecting bleach or using light to treat COVID-19 made sense, Bryan said his laboratory was not pursuing those ideas. The temperatures Bryan’s laboratory had been researching in terms of their effect on coronavirus were in the range of 70 to 95 degrees. Normal body temperature is 98.6. Trump, who has long held out hope that the virus would “disappear” as springtime temperatures began to rise in the U.S., touted Bryan’s findings as proof that he had been right all along. At the same time, the president said he had not read new studies that seemed to show that the drugs hydroxychloroquine and remdesivir, which he has championed despite a lack of clinical trials, were not effective in treating COVID-19. Pressed by reporters on whether Bryan’s findings were enough to guarantee that it was safe to re-open the country in the coming weeks, Trump then dialed back expectations. “I hope people enjoy the sun and if it has an impact that’s great,” Trump said. “I’m just hearing this, not really for the first time, there’s been a rumor that, a very nice rumor that you go outside in the sun or you have heat and that does have an affect on other viruses. But now we get it from one of the great laboratories in the world, I have to say.” The president then returned to his theory that light and heat might be harnessed to treat patients sickened by the coronavirus. “I would like you to speak to the medical doctors to see if there’s any way that you can apply light and heat to cure, you know? If you could, and maybe you can, maybe you can’t,” Trump said. “Again, I say, maybe you can, maybe you can’t. I’m not a doctor, but I’m like a person who has a good — you know what.” Trump then turned to Dr. Deborah Birx, one of the leading scientific experts on the task force, and asked, “Have you ever heard of that?” “Not as a treatment,” Birx responded. “I mean, certainly fever is a good thing. When you have a fever it helps your body respond.” “I think it’s a great thing to look at,” Trump added. When the Washington Post’s Phil Rucker then told Trump that people tuned into the briefings not to hear rumors, but to learn useful information, Trump responded, “I’m the president and you’re fake news.” Dismayed physicians, however, took to Twitter during the briefing to warn patients off of using common cleaning products to ward off the coronavirus. Hi, ER Doc here. Do NOT inject or consume ANY disinfectants in an attempt to kill COVID19. — Sam Ghali, M.D. (@EM_RESUS) April 23, 2020 | |
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| 04-23-20 09:06am - 1706 days | #19 | |
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Solo Teen Girls. Part of the Teen Mega World network. NastyStepFamily Part of the AdultTime network. Might also be a separate paysite, as well. It's hard to tell whether some of the AdultTime channels still exist as separate web sites in addition to being a channel at AdultTime. Some websites are both separate pay sites, and a channel at Adult Time. Other channels seem to have disappeared as a separate pay site, and only exist as a channel at Adult Time. Edited on Apr 24, 2020, 08:55pm | |
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| 04-22-20 08:45am - 1707 days | #8 | |
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Sturgeon's law (proposed by science fiction writer Theodore Sturgeon) said ninety percent of everything is crap. He was defending the fact science fiction was criticized as being of low quality, and said science fiction was no different from other art, that 90% of everything is crap. So why apologies to Fred Pohl, another fine science fiction writer? | |
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| 04-21-20 08:49am - 1708 days | #2 | |
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President Trump is pushing the states to open up faster for regular, or more open, business, and to relax the stay-at-home rules faster. That's good and bad. Good, if it increases the freedom of people to go out. Bad, or horrible, because even if the virus problem seems to be leveling off currently, it could easily come back up again. The virus vaccine is supposed to be around a year or more away from development, testing, and then being distributed. If you read the thread I posted on the movie industry "The coronavirus end is not a simple thing", you will see that the end of the coronavirus probably won't be months away, but the effects could be a year or more. So even if porn production restarts within a few months, it could take a year or more for the porn industry to recover. And many sites, because of reduced revenue, could go under. That's just my thinking. But I think Trump and his administration are not considering the harmful effects of relaxing the restrictions of stay-at-home. And some state governors are going along with his thinking. So if more people die, than necessary, they will shed a tear and tell people to be brave. But as pat pointed out, if you pay for a long-term membership in today's market, you are taking a risk. Not just on updates, but whether the site will still be alive. The financial meltdown in 2008 (because of the housing bubble) destroyed many porn sites. This virus crisis is just as bad. Except that the US is paying out trillions of dollars (a trillion is a 1,000 billion) in aid, much of which has no real financial oversight, and a lot of it could be wasted. In the 2008 financial crisis, over 175 billion dollars (in taxpayer funds) went to support the failing financial firms in the US, and a lot of that money went to pay bonuses to the idiots who caused the crisis. Banks paid $32.6 billion in bonuses during the U.S. bailout. That was a large chunk of the money given to them to support them; otherwise, the banks would have been wiped out. So instead of punishing the idiots for causing the crisis, they were rewarded with billions of dollars in bonuses. Our government at work. Edited on Apr 21, 2020, 08:54am | |
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| 04-20-20 03:20pm - 1709 days | #2 | |
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ARTICLE CONTINUED: Studios also are examining the role of each crew member to limit the number of people on set to only essential personnel and to also separate them into smaller clusters in different parts of the set when possible to avoid large gatherings. Everything in producing a TV series will need to be rethought because of COVID-19, from actual shooting, makeup/wardrobe and craft services to creative changes in the content. In addition to adjusting scripts to avoid location shoots, large crowds and action scenes, there are questions whether it will be appropriate for shows to reflect the life we had before the pandemic hit. With social distancing expected to be a part of our lives for months and even years, studio executives and creators are wondering whether it would it be jarring to depict characters having a family dinner, for example, which is a staple in each Blue Bloods episode, or go to a crowded restaurant. After a similar production shutdown during the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918, Hollywood reopened and, eventually, it got back to normal a year or so later. At the time, there was only a film industry, which was still in its early days. The coronavirus pandemic struck amid a TV boom that yielded more than 500 original scripted series in 2019. The sheer magnitude of production and the high stakes for studios and platforms in the era of streaming will likely be an impetus for the companies to join forces and hammer out strict guidelines how to make content as safely as possible during the months between the time quarantines are lifted and life truly goes back to normal. “Getting the industry back on its feet is the most important thing we have do for all of us,” a prominent Hollywood insider said. | |
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| 04-20-20 03:18pm - 1709 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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This is a simple primer on how the coronavirus will be treated in the movie industry once filming is allowed again. But it just goes to show you that the coronavirus is not going to disappear into the sunset in a short while. ---------- ---------- https://deadline.com/2020/04/how-hollywo...rs-crews-1202908471/ Reopening Hollywood: From Insurance To Testing, Crowd Scenes & Craft Services, Here Are The Pandemic Problems Studios Are Trying To Solve Before The Restart By Nellie Andreeva, Mike Fleming Jr April 15, 2020 2:36pm Editor’s Note: As Deadline continues its Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series on the struggles of people in the entertainment industry impacted by the coronavirus-related shutdowns and layoffs, today we launch a new series, Reopening Hollywood, focused on the incredibly complicated effort to get the industry back on its feet while ensuring the safety of everyone involved. We intend to examine numerous sides of the business; if you have suggestions about things to consider, please leave a comment. On Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a six-point guide to how California will reopen its economy as officials weigh lifting restrictive orders designed to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Entertainment is a major portion of the California economy and, with the production shutdown just crossing the one-month mark and layoffs, furloughs and paycuts implemented by reeling studios, there has been a growing discussion among executives and producers about how to ease back into production, along with the big challenges a return poses — from keeping everyone safe to securing an insurance policy, filming crowds and exteriors, and determining what content is appropriate to show in a society changed by the coronavirus. We are still months away from cameras rolling — studios’ most optimistic projections are for July-August production restarts, and the more realistic ones are aiming to be up and running by September. California is still under a stay-at-home order, which currently expires on May 15. There are many different issues we will cover, starting today with the resumption of location and soundstage shoots. Getting up and running again in this brave new world is going to be very difficult to navigate. For one thing, insurers are unlikely to cover productions for COVID-19 cases when business resumes, according to multiple sources in the know. Producers all over filed multimillion-dollar claims triggered when civil authorities — governments — prevented filming from continuing and forcing production shutdowns. When the business starts up, that will now be considered an identified risk, and insurers will not cover it, sources said, just as CDC is warning of a second coronavirus wave. What does that mean? Most likely, everyone on a film or TV production will be required to sign a rider, similar to ones they sign covering behavior codes in areas like sexual harassment, to indemnify the productions. “You acknowledge you are going into a high-density area, and while we will do our best effort to protect you, nothing is failsafe and if you contract COVID-19, we are not liable,” said a source involved drawing up these guidelines. “There is no other way we can think of to address this. If you don’t want to sign, don’t take the job.” Conversations about how to return to production began ramping up late last week amid stabilizing levels of new COVID-19 cases and deaths in Los Angeles County, boosted by an encouraging drop in new infections over the weekend. Unfortunately, the optimism was short lived — Tuesday and Wednesday brought record spikes in deaths– but discussions continue because the business cannot begin to recover until an industry goes back to work. So far, there are no protocols on which studios have settled, but active discussions continue, including with the film commissions in New York and Los Angeles, we hear. AMPTP and IATSE are leaning in hardest here to map lists of safety concerns and solutions, and every major studio in Hollywood has top people trying to figure out every scenario that needs to be addressed before shows can get up and running. The same conversations are taking place in other areas that touch the business, from the offices where people work and congregate, to hotspot eateries and movie theaters. Nothing will happen until jurisdictions relax regulations that currently don’t allow gatherings of 20 or more people. Anticipating that will happen in a month or two, here are some of the key issues that are being figured out right now in film and TV production: There will be no ideal way to ensure a completely safe set, but this is what might happen right away. Everyone will be tested before they are allowed onto a set. While not as accurate as traditional swab tests that take days to process, rapid antigen tests are the best possible option as they provide results within 15-20 minutes. Their daily use on sets is predicated on the availability of testing kits without taking them away from first responders and hospitals. Additionally, productions are expected to employ, when possible, antibody tests that detect immunity if a person had already had the virus. There will be a health questionnaire, a temperature check and hygiene training (sneeze into the crook of your elbow), and health professionals will be hovering to check for fever or symptoms, with those who exhibit them subject to quarantine. This process is expected to add up to an hour and a half to each person’s arrival time, though those whose antibody tests show they have some immunity, it is possible they won’t have to be tested every day. Now, there are legal hurdles and privacy issues that come into play in all of this, but it’s envisioned that whether you are above or below the line, you are going to have to submit to this scrutiny before you are handed masks and gloves to put on while you are on the set. “No one will want to, or should, report back to any environment they don’t feel safe in,” a top TV producer said. The set you enter will be different from the pre-pandemic sets. You will not be allowed to share hand tools of any kind, so if you are building a set, there won’t be communal saws, screwdrivers or hammers. You’ll need your own. Craft services used to consist of a cafeteria-style meal, and snacks like communal bowls of peanuts and M&Ms. That will be history. Meals will only be doled out in single-serving pre-wrapped fashion, and there will be no shared utensils. Lunch breaks will have to be staggered, to cut down on density. There will be an extra level of protection built around actors whose health is crucial to keeping a production going and a crew employed. They are irreplaceable and, because of the nature of their work, actors cannot be in front of the camera wearing protective equipment. To keep them safe, below the line personnel coming into contact with actors or directors will have to wear masks and gloves at all times. Offices and bathrooms will no longer have doorknobs or handles that need to be touched to open them; it will be swinging doors, from now on. The sparkling water cooler? It requires the push of a button so that won’t work. And since no one wants to be responsible for an accumulation of plastic bottles, boxed water is the most likely option. You will not be allowed to share cell phones, and a crew will be hired to disinfect the set each day. There is talk of productions commandeering entire hotels to create safe zones where those working on a movie or TV production can stay and congregate. Even then, the rigorous testing process will have to be done at the start of every week, since those working on series and films will go home to families, and maybe to bars and restaurants. The hope is that the testing will allow actors to engage in intimate scenes, but crowd scenes that call for a multitude of extras to be sandwiched into a frame — around the movie or TV show’s star — will be a major issue. One possibility is the more liberal use of LiDAR for visual effects. A city can be digitally re-created, down to the last cobblestone, and actors can be green-screened into a frame, into that crowd of extras. The priority will always be to keep the stars of TV shows and movies from getting sick. While the expectation would be that production in far-flung locations would dissipate once the production business reopens, sources said that’s likely not going to be the case. “The economics right now are worse than they have ever been, and the box office muted, so it is a double whammy and without the incentives and rebates that come with shooting outside the U.S., you could not absorb the extra costs,” said a source. “The hard part is, you go around the world looking for the best tax incentives and put movies in Budapest, Serbia and Australia, and now you have to tell an A-list actor they have to get on a plane for eight hours to spend 16 weeks away. What if they get sick there? How do you get them to feel safe?” For TV shows, we hear there is talk to potentially limit shoots to studio lots, including the CBS Radford Studios, which offer some exteriors in addition to sound stages. They don’t have the same level of authenticity as filming on actual streets, but compromises will have to be made to increase safety if productions are to get back up before a coronavirus vaccine is widely available. Even filming on lots won’t be as straightforward as flipping a switch once the stay-at-home orders are lifted. We hear some studio facilities are considering not allowing filming for two months after the state quarantine is over because of insurance concerns. CONTINUED IN NEXT REPLY: | |
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| 04-20-20 01:09pm - 1709 days | #3 | |
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Tom, Could you re-write the FAQ page for the raffle rules? The hot link to the raffle rules (the large reddish square at the top right corner of the PU home page) leads to the old raffle rules FAQ, which is now outdated and no longer followed. For example, the old FAQ says the prizes are awarded weekly, and first place is $100. The current system is the prize is awarded monthly, and first place is $500. Thanks in advance for the updated FAQ/rules. Also, could you include an explanation of how tickets are awarded? The old system was simple. The new one is a mystery to me. | |
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| 04-19-20 12:27pm - 1710 days | #8 | |
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Real news: He said, she said. Federal government says the states have the needed supplies for testing and treatment and need to do a better job using what they have. State governments say they need far more supplies for testing and treatment, and are trying as much as possible with what they have. ------------ ------------ 'Delusional,' 'Absolutely false': Governors cry foul on Trump testing claims NBC News Allan Smith Apr 19th 2020 1:50PM Governors across the country on Sunday pushed back on the Trump administration's claims that states are conducting a "sufficient" level of coronavirus testing. Speaking with CNN's "State of the Union," Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, said it was "delusional" to suggest the states have enough tests to soon begin reopening their economies. "That's just delusional to be making statements like that," Northam said. "We have been fighting every day for PPE. And we have got some supplies now coming in. We have been fighting for testing. It's not a — it's not a straightforward test. We don't even have enough swabs, believe it or not. And we're ramping that up. But for the national level say that we have what we need, and really to have no guidance to the state levels, is just irresponsible, because we're not there yet." Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, told CNN that the "lack of testing" is "probably the number one problem in America, and has been from the beginning of this crisis." "And I have repeatedly made this argument to the leaders in Washington on behalf of the rest of the governors in America," Hogan said. "And I can tell you, I talk to governors on both sides of the aisle nearly every single day. The administration, I think, is trying to ramp up testing, and trying — they are doing some things with respect to private labs. But to try to push this off to say that the governors have plenty of testing, and they should just get to work on testing, somehow we aren't doing our job, is just absolutely false." He added that governors have been "fighting and clawing to get more tests" from both the federal government and private labs, and are continuing to do so. He echoed Northam in saying there are shortages of swabs needed to conduct the tests, among other necessities. "So, look, I think they have made some strides at the federal level," Hogan said. "I think states are all working hard on their own to find their own testing. Lab capacity has been increasing. But it's not accurate to say there's plenty of testing out there, and the governors should just get it done. That's just not being straightforward." Public health experts have said testing would need to be at least doubled, or even tripled from current levels in order to allow for even a partial reopening of America's economy. Without such a massive increase, officials will lack a clear picture of who is infected, who can safely return to work, how and where the virus is spreading, and whether stay-at-home orders can begin to be eased, those experts said. The White House's own recommendations, revised last week, note that robust testing is needed for states to begin easing coronavirus restrictions. The White House has said testing will be state-led, and that it believes enough tests are available for any state to move into the first phase of reopening. Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday that the U.S. has completed 4 million tests as of Saturday (a number that represents slightly more than 1 percent of the country.) Pence said the U.S. can test 150,000 people per day, though daily capacity would double "overnight" if states would reactivate all labs within their state that can handle tests. “There is a sufficient capacity of testing across the country today for any state in America to go to a Phase 1 level, which contemplates testing people that have symptoms of coronavirus, and also doing the kind of monitoring of vulnerable populations in our cities, in our nursing homes, that we ought to be watching very carefully for outbreaks," Pence told NBC's "Meet the Press." AdChoices "The numbers originally said that we only needed 750,000 tests a week," White House coronavirus response coordinator Deborah Birx told CBS's "Face the Nation. "We've long since passed that the new number coming from Harvard is the half a million a day." "What we're trying to do is look at this in a very data-driven, granular scientific methodologies to protect community by community the testing that is needed," she continued. "At the same time, working with every laboratory director across the country that have these multiple platforms to really understand and find solutions for them on their issues related to supplies." But governors have said are short the necessary equipment to conduct widespread testing. Speaking with "Meet the Press," Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, said he "could probably double, maybe even triple testing in Ohio virtually overnight if the FDA would prioritize companies that are putting a slightly different formula together for the extraction reagent kit. 'If anyone at the FDA is watching, this would really take our capacity up literally overnight, and that's what we need to get moving in Ohio," he added. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, said her state also has the capacity to "double or triple the number of tests we are doing but we need some of the supplies." "The reagents and the swabs are absolutely essential," she said. "You can't process all these tests if you can't take the sample and protect it. And move forward through testing. So while our capabilities are there, these important supplies are not." She said that if the federal government could use the Defense Production Act to have companies make swabs and hasten the creation of the reagents, "we would be able to know how prevalent COVID-19 is." "It would take down the risk associated with taking actions to reengage parts of our economy because we would have a lot more data about how prevalent COVID-19 still is in our states," she added. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told "Fox News Sunday," that testing is "part of something bigger" that has to "be done properly." She said testing must be joined by a program for contact tracing, treatment and individual quarantines in order to be effective. "We’re way late on it," Pelosi said of widespread testing. "And that is the failure. President gets an “F,” a failure on the testing." | |
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| 04-18-20 09:18am - 1711 days | #5 | |
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Trump has had major failures. But one of the most important is that as President of the US, he is supposed to guard the lives of Americans. That should be his first priority. But he places the importance of American lives below the importance of profits of companies. And the rise of the stock market, which has been hurt by the coronavirus. That's why he refuses to pay much attention to his health advisors, and says we don't need to wait excessively before we lift the quarntine and start our normal lives--even though the virus is still here, and could come back even stronger if we disregard the stay-at-home policy before the danger has mostly passed. They are still working to get medical supplies to civilians and workers: to test for the disease, to protect against the disease, to develop medicines to treat the disease. The vaccine to treat the virus could easily take a year or more to be developed. The stable genius is really a moron, who doesn't care about the lives of most Americans. He does care about the lives of his wealthy donors and friends. But Trump is a con man, willing to spread lies and false truths and blame others for any mistakes that he makes. And so far, he is able to get away from paying for his mistakes. And the Republican party is backing him almost 100%, calling him a hero. Trump is the most corrupt president the US has ever had. | |
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| 04-18-20 06:13am - 1712 days | #3 | |
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Your government at work. Trump encourages protesters to fight local rulings of strict stay-at-home orders. This is Trump being Trump. He has no legal authority to encourage people to refuse to obeys local laws. But since he personally doesn't like the laws, he is now encouraging people to break the laws. However, Twitter says the meaning of Trump's tweets are unclear, therefore Twitter will allow Trump's tweets. ------- ------- Twitter ruled President Trump's tweet appearing to encourage residents to protest their state's stay-at-home orders did not violate the platform's coronavirus-specific guidelines. A number of communities placed under strict stay-at-home orders have taken to the streets to protest in states like Michigan and New Jersey. The president weighed in on the protests on social media Friday morning, appearing to be on the side of the protesters to demand people in Michigan, Minnesota, and Virginia "liberate" themselves and reopen their economies. Twitter ruled the tweets don't specifically violate the platform's rules about the coronavirus pandemic, a spokeswoman for the platform told the Washington Examiner on Friday. "The use of ‘liberate’ in the Tweets you referenced is vague and unclear, and not something that allows us to reliably infer harmful physical intent," the representative explained. The platform's guidelines, which were introduced on March 18, say the site "prioritize[s] removing content" that demonstrate a "clear call to action that could directly pose a risk to people’s health or well-being." Trump later acknowledged some of the states had stay-at-home orders that were "too tough," during Friday's White House press briefing, but also said he wanted those governors to keep their stay-at-home orders in place. | |
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| 04-18-20 12:41am - 1712 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Trump is a man with a heart of gold. The Treasury department is sending stimulus checks to dead people. Are Treasury officials watching zombie movies, thinking that zombies will rise to cash their checks? Stay tuned for further updates. ------ ------ Stimulus cash is being sent to dead people. Their loved ones can probably keep it. NBC News Sahil Kapur and Josh Lederman Apr 17th 2020 5:52PM WASHINGTON — Jeanne Siracuse didn't know what to do when she got a notification this week that $1,200 had been deposited into her mother's account. Her mother died last August. "Obviously, she does not need stimulus right now," Siracuse said by phone from her home in Northern Virginia. "It's not something she would have wanted to happen. She was very conservative and would not want to see that kind of waste." Relatives of dead Americans all over the country are receiving coronavirus relief payments from the U.S. Treasury Department on behalf of the loved ones this week. Many are confused. Was it a mistake? Are they required to send it back? Some of them have already tried to. Either way, they can rest easy. The U.S. government plans to allow heirs or spouses of dead people to keep the money, a source familiar with the matter said. A Treasury spokesperson declined to comment but said guidance on the matter is forthcoming. "We don't want it," Siracuse said of the money, adding that she plans to return it herself with a $1,200 donation from her mother's estate to Treasury. "It's not who this stimulus was supposed to benefit." Peter Moreau of The Woodlands, Texas, said his mother also got a direct deposit, even though she died in January and her death was reported to the Social Security Administration. "This is messing up my efforts to close mom's estate since I don't have any idea what to do with it,” he said in an email. Anecdotes from relatives of the deceased have spread online this week, rankling some Americans who are desperately waiting on their cash transfer so they can pay bills as joblessness rises amid the economic toll of the coronavirus. Ryan Ellis, a tax lobbyist and preparer, said he has heard from two clients whose dead relatives have been given payments. "There is an inverse correlation between speed and accuracy. We wanted these fast. Accuracy is necessarily de-emphasized," he said. "We could have had it accurate and slow, or less accurate and fast. In a crisis, it's a no-brainer to pick the latter." A Trump administration official said the government is looking into the possibility that the CARES Act, as written, may actually authorize payments for people who died this year or last year, if they would have otherwise been eligible in 2019 for the payment. The $2 trillion CARES Act passed by Congress last month doesn't explicitly address the question, although it specifies that "an estate or trust" is not eligible for a payment. But the law bases eligibility on people's tax returns in 2019 or 2018. It's unclear how that applies to people who, based on their 2019 taxes, were otherwise eligible but died at some point during that year. One congressional aide said there's no provision in the law to claw back the money and that doing so would mean taking money away from widows and widowers. And even if the government wanted to collect the funds, it may be more effort than it's worth, said Ellis: "Are we going to audit the closed estates and heirs for $1,200? I don’t think so." Chye-Ching Huang, a fiscal policy expert at the progressive Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, said a similar situation occurred with stimulus payments in 2008 and that the heirs of the deceased were able to keep the money. "This is exactly what we would have expected as the IRS is following their consistent procedures in the case of a taxpayer death," she said. Erin Kurinsky’s mother in Sanford, Fla., was expecting a $1,200 stimulus payment, but she didn't expect an extra $1,200 for her husband, Brendan O’Halloran, who died in May 2019. Kurinsky's mother had already filed her taxes for 2019 and changed her status from joint to individual following her husband’s death. "She doesn't know what to do with it. I said, 'Mom, just leave it there, they'll take it back some day," Kurinsky said. "She doesn't even need the $1,200. She said, 'Someone else could use it more than I could.'" The Social Security Administration maintains a Death Master File with records of deaths that have been reported to the federal government. The file includes the deceased person's name, dates of birth and death, and Social Security number. Last year, a report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that the Social Security Administration "provides the entire death file" to the IRS. The Treasury Department also maintains a "Do Not Pay" tool intended to help federal agencies avoid making payments to people and entities that are ineligible. Kurisnky said all the paperwork documenting her dad's death and settling his accounts had been filed more than half a year ago. "The Social Security Administration knows that my father is deceased," she said. | |
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| 04-17-20 01:39pm - 1712 days | #1614 | |
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Donald J. Trump, the most stable genius the world has ever known, has taken off his gloves in his dispute with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Trump says he's given Cuomo too much money and help that New York has not appreciated. Cuomo says that instead of staying home watching TV, Trump should be out working to stop the virus. Who is right? Trump, the overweight bully who loves to criticize people who don't bow down before him? Or Cuomo, trying to fight the virus, with very little aid from the Federal government? --------- --------- In Trump-Cuomo spat on coronavirus, the gloves come off Yahoo News Dylan Stableford Apr 17th 2020 2:14PM As New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was giving his daily press briefing on the state's coronavirus response Friday, President Trump was apparently listening and didn’t like what he heard. ”Governor Cuomo should spend more time ‘doing’ and less time ‘complaining,’” Trump tweeted midway through the press conference, which was being carried live on cable news networks. “Get out there and get the job done. Stop talking! We built you thousands of hospital beds that you didn’t need or use, gave large numbers of Ventilators that you should have had, and helped you with testing that you should be doing. We have given New York far more money, help and equipment than any other state, by far, & these great men & women who did the job never hear you say thanks. Your numbers are not good. Less talk and more action!” As he took questions, Cuomo was asked to respond to Trump’s comments. And the governor, who has been reluctant to engage with Trump during the crisis, turned the president’s criticisms back on him. “First of all, if he’s sitting home watching TV, maybe he should go to work,” Cuomo said. He said Trump’s announcement of new guidelines for reopening the U.S. economy was meaningless. “He didn’t announce anything,” Cuomo said. “He’s doing nothing. ... All he’s doing is walking in front of the parade.” Cuomo said he had repeatedly thanked the president for sending the USNS Comfort hospital ship to New York Harbor and using the military to set up a temporary hospital in the Javits Center in Manhattan. “What do I need to send, bouquet of flowers?” Cuomo said. “How many times do you want me to say thank you?” “Thank you for having the federal government participate in a federal emergency,” the governor quipped. Cuomo pointed out that New York relied on projections from the White House coronavirus task force for the number of hospital beds the state required. “Mr. President, if you want to point fingers ... we built more beds than we needed,” Cuomo added. “Our only mistake was believing your numbers.” | |
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| 04-17-20 10:10am - 1712 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Dr. Oz thinks people didn't understand what he was saying when he said that schools should re-open to get the country going again. He said that only 2 to 3 percent more people could die from the virus. What's the problem with an extra 2 to 3 percent more people dying? Death is part of life. Get over it. Face the facts, people. As a medical doctor, Dr. Oz is used to people dying all the time. What a wuss. He is now apologizing to people who did not understand his message. He is an expert in minimizing risks. So if 2-3 % more people die because the school open early, that's fine. It's good. Because the country needs to return to normal. A better approach would be to ban swimming pools in this country. Did you know that 360,000 people a year die from swimming pool deaths. Ooops. That the figure that Dr. Phil McGraw quoted. The real figure is 3,500 a year from swimming pool deaths. But think of the lives we could save by banning swimming pools. And then we could open the schools, because we've save so many people from drowning in swimming pools. -------------- -------------- Dr. Oz apologizes for saying schools should reopen because ‘only 2 to 3 percent’ more people could die Yahoo Celebrity Suzy Byrne Apr 17th 2020 10:57AM Dr. Oz is backtracking on comments he made on Fox News amid the coronavirus pandemic. The TV doc (real name: Mehmet Oz) faced backlash for saying on Hannity that schools should reopen to get the country going again — as that “may only cost us 2 to 3 percent in terms of total mortality.” He said those deaths “might be a trade-off some folks would consider.” The Dr. Oz Show host has since apologized, saying he he “misspoke” when he minimized the risk and potential loss of life. “I’ve realized my comments about risks around opening schools have confused and upset people, which was never my intention,” he said in a recorded video. “I misspoke. As a heart surgeon, I spent my career fighting to save lives in the operating room by minimizing risks.” He continued, “At the same time, I’m being asked constantly: How will we be able to get people back to their normal lives. To do that, one of the important steps will be figuring out how do we get our children safely back to school. We know for many kids, school is a place of security, nutrition and learning that is missing right now. These are issues we are all wrestling with and I will continue looking for solutions to beat this virus.” On Tuesday’s Hannity, Oz said that the first step in reopening the country would be to “get our mojo back.” He continued, “Let’s start with things that are really critical to the nation where we think we might be able to open without getting in a lot of trouble. I tell you — schools are a very appetizing opportunity. I just saw a nice piece in The Lancet arguing the opening of schools may only cost us 2 to 3 percent, in terms of total mortality. Any life is a life lost, but to get every child back into a school where they’re safely being educated, being fed and making the most out of their lives with a theoretical risk on the backside, that might be a tradeoff some folks would consider.” Oz has been offering ongoing commentary to Fox News during the pandemic, with the Washington Post pointing out the school death comments were “only one of dozens of pronouncements that Oz has offered on Fox since the advent of the coronavirus pandemic, during which the network has turned to him on a range of topics far outside his background as cardiothoracic surgeon.” Earlier this month, Anthony S. Fauci, President Trump’s infectious disease expert, questioned another of Oz’s claims on Fox & Friends when he supported the use of hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malarial drug, in treating COVID-19. He said, “Although there is some suggestion [of effectiveness] with the study that was just mentioned by Dr. Oz .... I think we’ve got to be careful that we don’t make that majestic leap to assume that this is a knockout drug. We still need to do the kinds of studies that definitively prove whether any intervention, not just this one ... is truly safe and effective.” Oz and other celebrity health experts have been busy as talking heads amid the pandemic — but there has been one misstep after another. Dr. Drew Pinsky — an internist who found fame hosting shows like Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew — was criticized for calling COVID-19 “way less serious than influenza” and “a press-induced panic.” He compared the probability of dying from the disease to being “hit by an asteroid” — though the U.S. death rate is now over 33,000. Meanwhile, Dr. Phil McGraw, who is not a medical doctor (he’s a former psychologist) was trending on Twitter Friday after citing incorrect statistics to Fox News’s Laura Ingraham. McGraw, who like Oz rose to fame as an expert on Oprah Winfrey’s talk show, questioned why the economy would shut down over the pandemic when it was never shuttered when people die from lung cancer, car crashes and pool drownings. None of those causes of death are contagious, it was pointed out. He also cited incorrect data — for instance saying 360,000 people a year die from swimming pool deaths when the number is around 3,500, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. | |
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| 04-16-20 04:49pm - 1713 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Apr 16, 2020 3:33pm PT Sylvester Stallone, Lin-Manuel Miranda and More Remember Brian Dennehy: ‘Simply a Brilliant Performer’ Brian Dennehy Dead Carolyn Contino/BEI/Shutterstock After news broke on Thursday that Tony-winning actor Brian Dennehy had died, tributes from those who had worked with and admired him began to pour in on social media. Dennehy, who was 81, starred in “Death of a Salesman” on both Broadway and television, as well as films such as “Tommy Boy,” “First Blood” and “Cocoon.” Sylvester Stallone, who performed alongside Dennehy in “First Blood,” shared a photo from the film on Instagram with the caption, “He simply was a brilliant performer… He also was a Vietnam vet that helped me very much building the character of Rambo.” The great actor Brian Dennehy has passed away. He simply was A brilliant performer … He also was a Vietnam vet that helped me very much building the character of RAMBO The world has lost a great artist. #First Blood A post shared by Sly Stallone (@officialslystallone) on Apr 16, 2020 at 12:59pm PDT Mia Farrow, who worked with Dennehy on the play “Love Letters” in 2014, shared a photo of the actor with her dog, Bowie. Just devastated to learn that the magnificent Brian Dennehy has died. They is no one i enjoyed working with more. And there are few friends as valued in my life. I took this photo backstage when we were in Love Letters. He loved my pup Bowie. pic.twitter.com/s55Cc37lFy — Mia Farrow (@MiaFarrow) April 16, 2020 “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda reminisced about seeing Dennehy on stage, calling him “masterful” and “a colossus.” Was lucky enough to see Brian Dennehy twice on stage, masterful in Love Letters, and monumentally heartbreaking in Death Of A Salesman. A colossus. What a loss. — Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) April 16, 2020 Josh Gad also mentioned Dennehy’s performance in “Death of a Salesman,” tweeting that “it will go down as one of the crowning performances ever delivered.” Another day. Another piece of devastating news. For those who never got to see Brian's towering performance in "Death of A Salesman," it will go down as one of the crowing performances ever delivered in a stage. #RIPbriandennehy https://t.co/23QgabbeZY — Josh Gad (@joshgad) April 16, 2020 Patton Oswalt referenced his comedic bit about first meeting Dennehy at a buffet table in his tribute, also sharing a photo of their animated characters in “Ratatouille.” #RIPBrianDennehy “Character actors! Who gives a fuck if we’re fat?” You were the best rat-dad a little chef could ask for. Miss you, man. pic.twitter.com/wTJpc3IHGB — Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 16, 2020 Lili Reinhart, who worked with Dennehy on a pilot, tweeted a photo of herself with the actor to commemorate him. “He was so kind and incredible at his craft,” Reinhart wrote. I had the privilege of working with Brian Dennehy on a pilot years ago. He was so kind and incredible at his craft. My thoughts are with his family  pic.twitter.com/JY17whIAdN— Lili Reinhart (@lilireinhart) April 16, 2020 Academy Award-winning actor Marlee Matlin paid tribute to Dennehy on Twitter, calling him a “tremendous actor.” https://twitter.com/MarleeMatlin/status/1250842894178693121 “Desperate Housewives” actor Dana Delany, who worked with Dennehy on the 1999 film “Sirens,” wrote on Twitter that “they don’t make his kind anymore.” I met Brian in a bar, acted in a movie with him but the stage was what he loved. In rehearsal he said, “This is it, kid.” He was a fellow nutmegger, mick and a Marine. They don’t make his kind anymore. to his family. https://t.co/0TLeo2MAyt— Dana Delany (@DanaDelany) April 16, 2020 William Shatner tweeted that Dennehy was a “wonderfully talented actor.” Condolences to the family of Brian Dennehy.  A wonderfully talented actor.— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) April 16, 2020 Actor John Lithgow also paid tribute, referring to Dennehy as one of the greatest. We’ve lost one of our great actors. Rest #BrianDennehy — John Lithgow (@JohnLithgow) April 16, 2020 Read more Twitter tributes to Dennehy below. Sending sympathy to Elizabeth Dennehy and her family on the loss of her father, the great Brian Dennehy. — Brent Spiner (@BrentSpiner) April 16, 2020 RIP Brian Dennehy. You left a beautiful cinematic mark. #BePeace https://t.co/nhwqUIARke — Carl Weathers (@TheCarlWeathers) April 16, 2020 RIP Brian Dennehy. Brilliant and versatile, a powerhouse actor and a very nice man as well. — Michael McKean (@MJMcKean) April 16, 2020 I’m just devastated to hear we lost my beloved friend and colleague, #BrianDennehy. We were partners on two of my favorite films, Split Image and Best Seller. I’ve never laughed so hard as we did every day on the set or off. For a big “tough guy,” he was a sweetheart. #RIPBrian pic.twitter.com/EjsxMvqlxw — James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) April 16, 2020 Very sad to hear about the passing of Brian Dennehy. He was a fantastic actor on the big and small screens, as well as theatre. Another great loss!!! RIP MM pic.twitter.com/tv8ZwdRbO9 — Malcolm McDowell (@McDowellMalc) April 16, 2020 Rest In Peace Brian Dennehy! If y’all didn’t know who this man was, you should. He was one hell of an actor! I learned a lot from watching his performances. You will be missed!#BrianDennehy  🏼 https://t.co/B7YdWkjcxX pic.twitter.com/lL7tCbrLkY— kirk acevedo (@kirkacevedo) April 16, 2020 The great Brian Dennehy has died. I loved co starring with him in Deadly Matrimony. One day he completely rewrote a scene and handed it to me. It was great. I said give me 30 minutes. We shot it. A great great actor has passed RIP https://t.co/HBatWSfNdO — Treat Williams (@Rtreatwilliams) April 16, 2020 Brian Dennehy gave the address at my college graduation. About halfway through he took a long pause, removed his sunglasses, robbed his eyes, looked out at a sea of students and growled, “Hell of a way to get over a hangover.” Still laughing. RIP pic.twitter.com/Ga34YU6alS — Tom King (@TomKingTK) April 16, 2020 Brian Dennehy, Burly Actor in 'First Blood,' 'Cocoon' and 'Death of a Salesman,' Dies at 81 https://t.co/iqRXLPWfEO Gutted. RIP Bear — TitusWelliver (@welliver_titus) April 16, 2020 He gave beautiful commencement at my college graduation @Columbia -then saw his brilliant work on broadway #DeathOfASalesman, &17 years later I worked w/ him @NBCBlacklist where he continues to be a key character. RIP. One of the greats. https://t.co/4gCiOyqxSc — Amir Arison (@AmirArison) April 16, 2020 In memory of Brian Dennehy… pic.twitter.com/WU62h7DyTp — Dave Vescio (@DaveVescio) April 16, 2020 | |
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| 04-16-20 08:26am - 1713 days | #18 | |
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Girls Who Fuck Girls A channel of the Adult Time network. I'm still a little confused about site listings. Would you rather that sites(channels) that are part of a network like Adult Time not be listed at PU? Or is this a case by case determination. Separately, could you put a sticky link to this thread, so that it appears on the listing of "Latest Threads", since I think this thread should be prominently displayed. And, hopefully, the PU staff will follow the thread, and post updates on the status of requests of sites that have been requested to be listed. Signs of active participation of the PU staff would encourage PU members and visitors to follow the site more closely. | |
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| 04-16-20 01:00am - 1714 days | #1613 | |
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News flash: Trump has been giving new updates on the War Against The Coronavirus. Although he admits he was suprised by the Chinese and Democratic Coronavirus Hoax, he was quick to respond to this threat against not only the United States, but also against his Administration as well. Trump is a stable genius, quick to respond to threats. He mobilized the entire country (except for Democrats and other scum-bag haters of Truth, Justice and the American Way of Life) to fight this disease. He is finding the disease has been halted in many areas of the United States. And it's now time to start opening up the country in selected areas to allow people to leave the prison of their homes and start to attend church and to mingle freely. Stay tuned, as the President gives further help in the War Against The Invisible Enemy. With Trump as our leader and Commander-In-Chief, we are winning the war on disease. Edit: Before the coronavirus struck America, we had the greatest economy in the history of the world. With Trump as our leader, we will once again scale the heights of peace and prosperity, and the future is looking brighter than ever before. God bless America. God bless Trump and his daughter Ivanka. | |
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| 04-15-20 11:19pm - 1714 days | #1612 | |
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Real news: Is the coronavirus more dangerous than we thought it was? Doctors think it can lead to strokes or other damage to brain. ----------- ----------- Her father's delirium was a first sign of coronavirus. He's not the only one. NBC News Erika Edwards Apr 15th 2020 6:03PM Nicole Hutcherson first noticed something was wrong with her father — normally a spry early-riser who enjoyed yard work and home renovation projects — earlier this month, when he wasn't getting out of bed until nearly midday. Her dad, Frank M. Carter, 82, of Goodlettsville, Tennessee, insisted he felt fine, despite some nausea and vomiting. Hutcherson suspected he was dehydrated, so she went to his house to give him intravenous fluids. Hutcherson is a nurse, and had supplies on hand. That was when she noticed her father, who had shown no previous signs of dementia, was largely unaware of what was happening around him. "He looked distant," Hutcherson recalled. "He just had this weird look in his eye, like his mental status had changed." Carter didn't react at all when his daughter put the IV needle in his arm. "It was like he was sedated," she said. Hutcherson believes that the delirium she noted in her father was one of the first signs that he had been infected with the coronavirus. Carter died within a week. There is growing evidence to suggest that COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, can affect not only the lungs, but the brain, too. A recent study of 214 patients in Wuhan, China, where the pandemic started, found more than a third had neurologic manifestations of the disease, including loss of consciousness and stroke. Physicians in the U.S. have noted the same. "We're seeing a significant increase in the number of patients with large strokes," Dr. Johanna Fifi, associate director of the cerebrovascular center at the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, said. Many are patients in their 30s and 40s. Over a recent two-week period, Fifi told NBC News she had five COVID-19 patients under age 49, all with strokes resulting from a blockage in one of the major blood vessels leading to the brain. Two of those patients had what Fifi described as mild coronavirus conditions before the stroke. The other three had no symptoms at all. How the virus might lead to a stroke or other neurological impairment remains unclear. Fifi said it's possible that inflammation in the body could damage blood vessels in the brain, or that the viral infection leads to increased clotting. "I don't think we know right now which one it is," she said. Dr. E. Wesley Ely, a professor of medicine and critical care at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has another theory: that the virus is "probably invading the brain." Ely explained that symptoms such as loss of smell and taste reported among some coronavirus patients are neurologic in nature. "This virus goes into your nose, and says, 'I'm just going to attack the first thing I see.' That's the respiratory tract," Ely said. But because humans have no immunity to this new virus, it's possible that it can attack any part of the body, including the brain. "That's something that still needs to be teased apart and figured out," Dr. Felicia Chow, an assistant professor of neurology at the University of California, San Francisco, said. But the issues surrounding loss of taste and smell "make us highly suspicious that ... the cranial nerves may be affected by the virus," she said. "We just don't have any direct proof at this point." To fill that void, Ely and colleagues with the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction and Survivorship Center, in partnership with Vanderbilt and the Nashville VA, have launched a study of post-mortem brain tissue to look for signs of COVID-19 in the brain. The National Institutes of Health is funding the research. The team will examine the brains' neurons for damage, measure various brain regions to see if parts have become unusually small, and analyze the hippocampus, which plays a large role in memory. They'll also look for evidence of amyloid and tau, two proteins linked to dementia and Alzheimer's disease. "Anything we find is important because we're trying to understand the pathophysiology of this disease," Ely said. The first brain donated to the project was Frank M. Carter's. "My father would have wanted to do this because he was selfless," Hutcherson said. "He would have wanted to help others." Hutcherson urged others to watch for unusual cognitive changes in family members, including lapses in consciousness and unexplained confusion. It is unknown whether Carter had suffered a COVID-19-related stroke. Chow added that awareness of other stroke symptoms is also critical, including "drooping of the face, weakness of the arm or leg, especially on one side, and difficulties either understanding or producing speech." "Those are definitely symptoms of a potential stroke and a reason to immediately call 911," whether they're related to COVID-19 or not, Chow said. Delaying care can have devastating consequences. "One of our patients waited over a day at home, getting progressively weaker," Fifi, of Mount Sinai Health System, said. The patient told physicians she'd been afraid to go to the hospital because of the coronavirus outbreak. "If you're having symptoms, it's safer to be in the hospital," Fifi said. "If you don't re-establish blood flow quickly, the brain becomes irreversibly damaged. The sooner you do it, the better." | |
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| 04-15-20 11:07pm - 1714 days | #1611 | |
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Real news: President Trump needs to create a task force to investigate whether Fox News is filled with traitors who need to be put into prison before being executed for treason. The President has total authority to save America. The US Constitution gave the President the powers back in the 1700s, when it was needed to fight the tyranny of Great Britain. Now, President Trump is using those powers to save us from the coronavirus hoax, that the Chinese and Democrats cooked up to steal money and power from the rightful rulers of America. God save the President and First Daughter Ivanka: Ivanka is a beautiful Princess who deserves to follow her father in power. ------ ------ Fox host: Conservative heads would've exploded if Obama claimed Trump's total authority HuffPost US Lee Moran Apr 15th 2020 10:02AM Fox News host Bret Baier imagined how conservatives would have responded had former POTUS Barack Obama declared that the president’s “authority is total,” as President Donald Trump did earlier this week. Speaking on Tuesday’s broadcast of “The Daily Briefing,” Baier noted the hypocrisy of “if President Obama had said those words that you heard from President Trump, that the authority is total with the presidency, you know, conservatives’ heads would’ve exploded across the board.” Trump’s outlandish, and false, claim came during Monday’s daily White House coronavirus task force briefing after reporters asked how he would make governors kickstart their economies that have effectively been shuttered during the public health crisis. Baier noted how there’d been “a lot of coverage” and criticism of why Trump hadn’t called for or implemented a nationwide stay-at-home order but said the coverage had now changed to ”‘No, he can’t open up.’” “The bottom line is that the president can really influence these governors and work with them,” he added. “As far as the top-down order, by the Constitution, you can’t do that. So it’s working with these governors to open it up in a rolling kind of open is what I imagine would happen.” Trump’s claim about authority attracted its fair share of criticism, but Baier’s Fox colleague Brit Hume described it as just “another of his serial exaggerations.” | |
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| 04-15-20 10:49pm - 1714 days | #1610 | |
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Trump, the most stable genius the United States has ever known, is maybe the most stable genius the world has ever known. He is re-shaping the way America works. Exposing the corruption and lies and shameful behavior of people in the United States government. The House and Senate are lying to the American people. They are not doing their duty. Trump says he can adjourn Congress, and make appointments during the coronavirus emergency. What a thinker. What a man to bring down his enemies. To battle the evils in Washington to do the right thing. Vote Trump to become the first King of America. And to make Ivanka the first Princess of America. ----------- ----------- Trump threatens to adjourn Congress to make recess appointments Yahoo News David Knowles Apr 15th 2020 7:51PM President Trump said Wednesday that he was considering taking the unprecedented step of adjourning both houses of Congress in order to make recess appointments to fill government posts, citing the emergency created by the coronavirus outbreak. “If the House will not agree to that adjournment, I will exercise my constitutional authority to adjourn both chambers of Congress,” Trump said at a Rose Garden briefing of the coronavirus task force. “The current practice of leaving town while conducting phony pro-forma sessions is a dereliction of duty that the American people cannot afford during this crisis. It is a scam what they do.” Noting that the Senate, which has the responsibility for confirming executive-branch appointments, had “left Washington until at least May 4,” Trump said that “the Constitution provides a mechanism for the president to fill positions in such circumstances, the recess appointment, it’s called.” Officials appointed in this manner can serve until the end of the following Senate session, although if Trump is not reelected in November the next president may choose to replace them with his or her own appointees. Trump cited Michael Pack, who he nominated to head the U.S. Agency for Global Media in June of 2018. “He’s been stuck in committee for two years, preventing us from managing the Voice of America, very important. And if you heard what is coming out of the Voice of America, it’s disgusting. The things they say are disgusting toward our country.” Democrats have blocked Pack’s confirmation because they see him as a threat to the independence of the agency he would run. While Trump said, “We especially need [these people] now because of the pandemic,” he did not specify how Pack’s appointment would help with the effort to curb the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. While past presidents have made recess appointments when Congress was adjourned, and used their Constitutional powers to call Congress back into session, Trump would be the first in U.S. history to try to adjourn both chambers in order to fill vacant government positions. “Perhaps it’s never been done before, nobody’s even sure if it has, but we’re going to do it. We need these people here. We need people for this crisis and we don’t want to play any more political games,” Trump said. The president appears to be referring to Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. constitution, which grants presidents the right to adjourn Congress "in case of disagreement between them, with respect to the time of adjournment.” Such a move would be immediately challenged in court, however, and the logistics of carrying out such a plan immediately drew scrutiny. While Trump appealed to Congress to put politics aside and approve his nominees, he pinned the blame for what he said were “many, many positions that are unstaffed” on Democrats, who he said “are holding them up.” At the same time Trump boasted of the number of judges he has been able to have confirmed in the Senate. “We’ve gotten judges because we’ve gone through the process. I guess we’re up to 448 federal judges and that we’ve gotten because we’ve focused on it,” Trump said. | |
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