Month: July 2020

We know COVID-19 causes some brain damage…..

SUN SENTINEL: Nearly one-in-three children tested for the new coronavirus in Florida has been positive, and a South Florida health official is concerned the disease could cause lifelong damage even for children with mild illness.

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl-ne-pbc-health-director-covid-children-20200714-xcdall2tsrd4riim2nwokvmsxm-story.html

ALSO:

BLOOMBERG: Covid-19 Infections on the Rise in Kids and Teens With School Approaching

…As the school year draws near, children and teens represent a ballooning percentage of Covid-19 cases in the U.S. as the youngest Americans increasingly venture outside their homes and are able to get tested.

While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has long maintained on its website that those younger than 18 make up only 2% of cases, state data paints a much less rosy picture.

California and Mississippi, for instance, are recording rates nearing 10% of overall cases. Florida has found that about a third of all children tested there are infected.

In response to questions from Bloomberg, the CDC cited a chart, updated today, with data from the states showing children make up 6.4% of those infected, though information isn’t included on almost 1 million cases.

The numbers are rising, epidemiologists say, as testing has become more available to those with mild or no symptoms, encompassing many of the pediatric cases, and as those under 18 are increasingly involved in social activities….

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-16/childhood-covid-19-infections-mount-with-schools-eyeing-openings

Former Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke: Trump suggested that maybe the United States could consider selling Puerto Rico. That happened shortly after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in the late summer of 2017.

It makes one wonder: If Puerto Rico were for sale would Putin be the buyer?

Sadly, It’s not about the people, it’s about the money.

Such a perfect summation of Trump.

Will it benefit my bank account?

Will it benefit my brand?

Will it reduce the effort I have to exert?

Trump liked to kick Puerto Ricans out of his projects.

Now he’ll kick them out of the country.

Puerto Rico is a loser property in Trump’s mentality.

Just cut the losses and get out of there.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/07/trump-selling-puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-elaine-duke.html

The mother of a Marine killed last year in Afghanistan wants an investigation of reports that her son and two other Marines may have been the targets of Taliban-linked fighters who collected a bounty on U.S. soldiers offered by a Russian military intelligence unit.

Also upset by the news reports was Shawn Gregoire, a Chicago woman whose son, Army Spc. Michael Isaiah Nance, was fatally shot July 29, 2019.

Not just mothers are speaking out.

Father of Slain Marine Finds Heartbreak Anew in Possible Russian Bounty

Erik Hendriks has largely avoided news reports since his son, Cpl. Robert A. Hendriks, was killed by a car bomb in Afghanistan in April 2019.

But the news that several American officials believe that a Russian military intelligence unit paid bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill American and coalition troops in Afghanistan has been impossible to ignore, especially as he has learned that the attack in which his son and two other Marines died may have been related to that effort.

“If it does come out as true, obviously the heartache would be terrible,” Mr. Hendriks said.

“I am a Republican and I am a Trump supporter,” he said. “But there would be no way he didn’t know about it if Russians were paying off these cowards like mafia pay off hit men. I would expect the government to have 1,000 percent support behind these warriors.”

ANALYSIS:

Trump’s presidency is hemorrhaging from the proverbial “thousand cuts” that even many in his core constituencies can no longer countenance.

It’s bad enough that Trump insists on remaining supine whenever confronted with anything regarding Putin, but ignoring the safety and security of volunteer American troops in a war zone certainly is a bridge too far.

Even days later Trump has not personally said a single word or given any indication of concern over the leaked information nor has he even reassured the US Armed Forces that as Commander-In-Chief he always prioritizes their safety and well-being.

He just trots out Lie Candy to claim vindication that no one verbally TOLD him the details, and why should anyone be upset that he didn’t bother to READ about it when the intelligence was placed right before his lazy eyes?

OPINION:

Trump has been a traitor even before the election.

His son explained to us that the Russians supply all the money the Trump family needs.

They bought him long before he cheated his way into the Presidency.

They own him.

They own the entire family.

Expecting different results now is just foolishness.