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intrepidity's JournalCalifornia wildfires: this photo says it all
https://twitter.com/jcfphotog/status/1310843036688023552Hey Joe, bring your own water bottles, OK?
I have no doubt that Navalny's recent 'episode' was the result of Putin trying to school Trump on how to deal with the opposition.
Can't be too careful these days.
Can someone elaborate on the Ivanka aspect of NYT?
I understand that one item relates to a 700k consulting fee, paid for by Trump Org (TO), to Ivanka through a consulting company. As she's employed by the TO, the idea is that she's getting paid twice (I guess?)
It must be more nuanced though. I can imagine someone working for a company and also doing consulting on the side for them too, so that can't be the problem (right?).
So in terms of reducing tax liability on income to TO, the 700k+ consulting expense is a business expense write-off.
Aren't employee salaries also tax writeoffs? Like, TO could have just given her a 700k bonus instead, right?
What am I missing?
Donald Trump is NOW, has BEEN, and will FOREVER be a National security threat to the U.S.
What does a country do with that?
Watch the Nicolle Wallace segment with Peter Strzok describing why Trump is a threat not only now, but in the future, whether he wins or loses the election.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=14153161
Sobering and terrifying.
Big fire (Shady Fire) approaching Santa Rosa, CA (yes, again)
Lots of homes and wineries being destroyed (Glass Fire in Napa, Shady Fire just entering SR from the east)
Shady was likely a spot fire from Glass.
Deflection: SCOTUS is about his TAXES, not the election
I suspect the real motivation for rushing through his appointment, has to do with his taxes more than a potential contested election.
Open letter to Q
Hey, whoever you are (Jim), can you just use your power for good, actual good, not superhero fantasy LARP good vs evil, but like real-world good? I don't know, maybe something small to start, like telling your followers to recycle, you know, something non-controversial? Or, turn off the lights when they leave a room? Still too controversial? OK, hmmm, vaccinate their pets? Don't litter? I don't know, but try it please, just one little thing to start, and see how it goes. Maybe you'll find pleasure in helping the world, rather than trying to destroy it. Just a thought.
That fire (Bobcat?) seems to be getting awfully close to Mt. Wilson
http://www.alertwildfire.org/orangecoca/index.html?v=81e004f#The N95 shortage America can't seem to fix (WaPo)
(Sorry, yes, paywalled WaPo, but long, detailed story worth the read.)
This subject, imho, forms the crux of the biggest failure of this administration's handling of this pandemic. And it persists even now, seven months in. Remarkable.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/local/news/n-95-shortage-covid/?itid=hp-top-table-main
Oh, but that was 2018! Who knew? OK, but then:
“I’ve got production up to what we think is the limits of what we need,” Polowczyk said. “I believe now that hospital systems are making management decisions that might lead to an appearance that we still don’t have masks, which is the farthest from the truth.”
But ask the people inside hospitals, and the shortage is far from over. An August survey of 21,500 nurses showed 68 percent of them are required to reuse respirators, many for more than the five times recommended by the CDC, and some even more than Kelly Williams. One Texas nurse reported she’s still wearing the same five N95s she was given in March.
In August, Trump stood before a group of socially distanced reporters, praising himself for using the DPA “more comprehensively than any president in history.”
Along with ordering 3M to import 166.5 million masks from China, the administration has used the DPA to invest $296.9 million in bolstering the N95 and filter-making supply chains. The Department of Defense, which oversees that funding, spends more per year on instruments, uniforms and travel for military bands.
“By not having a national strategy,” Hall said, “we have fewer masks.”
When's the last time YOU were able to purchase a 3M N95 mask? Wouldn't it be nice if they were available to the public again (of course, after health care workers needs are met)?
More at link, if you can get there:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/local/news/n-95-shortage-covid/?itid=hp-top-table-main
Noel Casler must interview Michael Cohen on his podcast
Or, Cohen could interview Casler.
Either way, these two must get together to settle the Trump drug use issue.
Casler claims first-hand knowledge that he does.
Cohen says he doesn't.
Which is it, fellas?
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