Personally, I’d wave my cane … but otherwise we’re on the same page.
US Charges Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro With Drug Trafficking
Along side of this story
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Said Two Americans Arrested Over An Alleged Coup Attempt
The truth? Who knows? We do know of many documented lies told by tRump and his posse.
🎶 Florian Schneider, Kraftwerk co-founder, dies aged 73.
“Wir fahren fahren fahren auf der Autobahn”
Irish government confirms it will use de-centralized contact tracing model.
… are you listening U.K. U.S.A. ….
Restoring the Economy Is The Last Thing We Want.
”The sooner and more completely we restore the old economy, the faster we recreate the conditions that got us sick in the first place and rendered us incapable of mounting an effective response."
Douglas Rushkoff
He’s Not Wrong!
The GOP’s Anti-American Animus
“Anti-American” might sound strange. This is, after all, the same president who vowed in 2016 to “Make America Great Again.” But if the incumbent has taught the majority nothing else, it’s the “America” of his famed campaign slogan is not the United States."
Matt Stoehr
Australian PM Scott Morrison: coronavirus most likely originated in Wuhan market
That was a very quick inquiry. He only called for it 5 days ago. Less than a week - done and dusted.
Wall Street. Main Street.
It used to be Wall Street and Main Street.
Now it's Wall Street versus Main Street.
When you read all the analysis, what can I add, other than connecting the articles to a story that highlights the challenges society faces through this pandemic. The stories are new, the underlying themes are not. I have been talking about them for a couple of years. What is new is that they are getting broader attention. Amplification.
Now we need to do something about it. Before we fall back into the ‘normal’. Or worse - accept a ‘new’ normal, because that is ‘just the way it is’.
“You can’t hold a public rally in support of stay-at-home orders.”
John Gruber
Jesse Ventura Could Pose a Greater Threat Than Biden or the Democrats Believe.
Jesse Ventura? They never ever leave, do they?
Dave Winer
The man has a point!
White House coronavirus task force to be wound down around Memorial Day.
Goodness America is so efficient. No other country in the world has achieved that level of certainty.
Normal
There is a lot of noise about getting ‘back to normal’. But that ain’t going to happen. Anyway, do you want to go back to the ‘normal’ we had?
It’s been a thread through my last two newsletters.
What’s Next? - Either ‘The Same’, Or ‘Different’.
Fifty - What If We Live?
‘Word’
David Axelrod and David Plouffe: What Biden Needs to Do to Beat Trump.
Fifty years since his first campaign for electoral office. This dog gonna need to learn new tricks. So far it’s not looking too good.
I see RR Live has introduced comp tags for states that have never sheltered and reopened … time to revisit around the third week of May.
California is seen as a leading light in the fight against COVID - but do some underlying figures suggest a deeper truth?
As always the numbers won’t be exactly right.
Total cases in CA : 53,611
Fully 46% of those are in LA County.
In fact 66% of all CA cases are in the top 4 counties in CA - SOCAL specifically and have 72% of all CA deaths.
In NORCAL; San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Marin, Alameda, Contra Costa and Santa Cruz account for just 14% of all CA cases.
Those are the six counties in the Bay Area that were the first counties in AMERICA to go into lock down. Everyone laughed at the time.
Meet the Bay Area doctor who ordered America’s first coronavirus lockdown