By Martha C. White NBC News As jobs vanish, incomes drop and food prices rise, more Americans are going to bed hungry — and advocates warn that without intervention from Congress, those numbers could rise to a level unseen in modern times. “People who never thought they’d experience […]
Will Trump’s legacy be that of the president who was such a dumbass he couldn’t win reelection against a dementia patient?
Thrills.
By Jebediah Reed New York Intelligencer Even before he became the point person in a global effort to find a coronavirus vaccine, Dr. Francis Collins occupied an interesting perch in government. One of the few Obama appointees still serving in a major role in the Trump administration, Collins, […]
By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) The United States has long prided itself as the world’s shining beacon. But its current status is a much darker one: the globe’s leader in coronavirus cases. More than 125,000 people have died from Covid-19 in the US, and more than 2.5 million […]
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The white coat priesthood apparently has as many fraudsters as the white collar priesthood. I was saying not to trust this guy from the time the pandemic crisis started. Saagar and Ryan Grim respond to concerns about Dr.Fauci’s coronavirus advice from Megan McCain and Texas Lt. Gov. Dan […]
A summary and review of Cuban Health Care; The Ongoing Revolution, by Don Fitz, Monthly Review Press, 2020. Ted Trainer 26.6.2020 This book gives an excellent account of the nature, history and achievements of the Cuban health system. It is fairly lengthy, quite detailed, heavily documented, and easy […]
From May 2014. I’ve been thinking this thing was probably going to drag on for years to come. That’s how it was with the Spanish Flu, which lasted for two years, and COVID-19 may last longer because there are more people now and the population is more mobile. […]
By TR Yeah this virus isn’t going anywhere and its because we are a bunch of selfish deluded assholes. It is so shitty that those of you who are scientifically illiterate have decided to turn this into a political issue. THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A FUCKING […]
By Tamara Thiessen Forbes After four months of travel bans, Europe will soon officially be open to visitors from at least 14 countries. Not the U.S. Nor Brazil and Russia. But Australia, Canada, Japan and South Korea yes. After much debate, particularly over criteria for inclusion, the final […]
By German Lopez Vox The past week gave America an ugly reminder that the threat of the coronavirus pandemic is far from over. Cases are rapidly rising again. The nation on Wednesday hit a new record for daily new infections, and then hit another record the next day. […]
Axios The coronavirus pandemic is getting dramatically worse in almost every corner of the U.S. The big picture: The U.S. today is getting closer to the worst-case scenario envisioned in the spring — a nationwide crisis, made worse by a vacuum of political leadership, threatening to overwhelm hospitals […]
By Nick Statt The Verge The European Union plans to ban travel from the US when it reopens its borders on July 1st because of the Trump administration’s poor handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from The New York Times. Under current plans, the US […]
By Cheri Mossburg, Theresa Waldrop and Naomi Thomas CNN During a live public briefing on Facebook last month, “someone very casually suggested” the Los Angeles County’s public health director should be shot, the director said. “I didn’t immediately see the message, but my husband did, my children did, […]
By Brittany Shammas, Chelsea Janes, Lateshia Beachum, Lenny Bernstein Washington Post South Carolina racial justice activists said they would postpone future demonstrations or move them online after at least 13 people who took part in previous protests tested positive for the coronavirus. As the number of cases across […]
By Sarah Mervosh, Mitch Smith and Lucy Tompkins New York PITTSBURGH — After months of lockdown in which outbreaks of the coronavirus often centered in nursing homes, prisons and meatpacking plants, the nation is entering a new and uncertain phase of the pandemic. New Covid-19 clusters have been […]
The white coat priesthood actually tells lies. Imagine that. Kyle Kulinski and Jimmy Dore weigh in on Dr. Fraudci. I warned folks about this guy.
Just like the traditional white collar priesthood, the newer white coat priesthood doesn’t mind “bearing false witness” when it’s convenient. Krystal and Saagar react to Dr. Fauci’s interview where he admits health officials downplayed the importance of masks to save PPE for healthcare workers.
Saagar Enjeti blasts the media for their coronavirus coverage on Covid-19 spikes related to George Floyd protests and Trump rallies.
By Madeline Holcombe CNN The United States could see more than 200,000 deaths from Covid-19 by October 1, a closely watched model predicted Monday as states continue to reopen. More than 2 million have been infected by the virus and 116,125 have died, according to data from Johns […]
By Joshua Cheetham BBC When Valentina Blackhorse tested positive for coronavirus, she texted her sister and told her not to worry. A former pageant queen, Valentina was known for her love of her Native American Navajo heritage, her passion for helping others and her playful sense of humour. […]
Coronavirus cases absolutely explode, mostly in Trump-voting or Republican-led states, and we pick apart the false propaganda narratives being used to explain this
The white coat priesthood is just as politicized as any other sector of the managerial class. Krystal and Saagar give an update on coronavirus case numbers and discuss the risks of protests, reopenings as Fauci says a second wave may not occur.
By Amita Sudhir Slate As states continue to open up, but COVID shows no signs of magically disappearing, many of us are asking ourselves: What is the safe and responsible thing for me to do? Even if my state says it’s legal for me and a hundred of […]
If Native American tribes were states they would be the top 5 states in terms of COVID-19 infection rate.
By Stratton J. Davis Looking at the daily news these past couples of weeks one may have the pessimistic opinion that what was left of liberty will soon be gone. Even before the recent riots, which has President Trump and his GOP goons threatening the US people with […]
Duh? Wait until another month has passed since the protests/uprising and check the COVID-19 statistics. We might not have to wait until the October flu season for the second wave of the epidemic. Krystal and Saagar give an update on coronavirus case numbers and discuss a spike […]
“Public health officials” are merely the white coast priesthood in service of the ideological superstructure of the state and the ruling class (scientism, therapeutism, wokeness, etc., etc., etc). Saagar Enjeti blasts establishment figures for their back and forth messaging on coronavirus outbreaks after George Floyd protests sweeped the […]
I strongly suspect that this 1918/1929 reboot will continue for quite some time. Particularly since a lot of folks haven’t exactly been social distancing lately. And while insurrections can certainly achieve positive things, immediate economic growth and restoration of consumer confidence aren’t really among. By Chris Arnold NPR […]
WHO announces asymptomatic people who have COVID-19 are at very low risk of spreading the disease.
by Don Fitz Beginning in December 1951, Ernesto “Che” Guevara took a nine-month break from medical school to travel by motorcycle through Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela. One of his goals was gaining practical experience with leprosy. On the night of his twenty-fourth birthday, Che was at […]
By Michael Safi The Guardian Restaurants are opening, parks are full and people are getting back to work: parts of Europe, Asia and much of the Middle East are enjoying the benefits of flattened coronavirus curves. Meanwhile, parts of the US, India and Latin America are still recording […]
By Nicole Fisher Forbes What’s happening around the globe is both new and old. While SARS-CoV-2 is new, pandemics and the effects of infectious disease are as old as mankind. And when we think about how to grapple with the situation in front of us, we should be looking to […]
In the US, this would put the Left is the difficult position of having to either side with the cops or with the anti-lockdowners. By Adry Torres Daily Mail Video posted on social media this week showed Giovanni López being beaten by police officers in Jalisco, Mexico, on […]
It’s rather ironic that the supposed social democratic utopia of Sweden has adopted the anti-lockdowners’ preferred laissez-faire approach to COVID-19.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. By Kathryn McKinley The Conversation The coronavirus can infect anyone, but recent reporting has shown your socioeconomic status can play a big role, with a combination of job security, access to health care and mobility widening the gap […]
Tonight the Minneapolis Police Department Opened fire on our first aid station with no regard for the wounded people we had inside.
The Animal Liberation Front folks would be proud. This is like the scened from “The Wizard of Oz” where Margaret Hamilton’s “Wicked Witch” character unleashes her monkey army. By Richard Williams Sky News A gang of monkeys attacked a laboratory assistant and escaped with a batch of coronavirus […]
Decentralization and direct action win again. They knew what they needed and they did it, telling the feds and the dumb bitch governor of South Dakota to go fuck themselves in the process. The money quote: “Having no faith in the American system has saved us,” Bald Eagle […]
It seems like the sensible thing to do would have been to simply quarantine vulnerable populations, and providing them with massive amounts of assistance, rather than shutting the entire world down.
The left-wing of the new clerisy cover-up for one of its favorite royal/aristocratic princes.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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