Saturday, February 29, 2020

Light News Sat/Sun

Saying a candidate should automatically be declared the winner because they have a plurality of delegates (and not the majority required) is like saying you should stop the game at the 7th inning if your team is ahead.

The long-term care facility in Kirkland linked to COVID-19 has 108 residents and 180 staff members. So far, 27 residents have symptoms as do 25 staff members, according to Washington officials.
https://twitter.com/skarlamangla/status/1233851567444414464

The patient in Washington who died was not connected to the long-term care facility and officials don't know how the patient became ill. The investigation is ongoing, said Washington officials.
https://twitter.com/skarlamangla/status/1233851137046011905

The man who died of COVID-19 in Washington was in his 50s and had underlying health conditions.
https://twitter.com/skarlamangla/status/1233851802107305985

"Dr." Anthony Fauci says if this coronavirus turns out to be like others he's studied, he believes people who get it -- and recover -- are not likely to be reinfected BUT THEY ALREADY HAVE BEEN.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/02/28/national/coronavirus-reinfection/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-reinfection-explainer-idUSKCN20M124

Mitt Romney receives Standing ovation in Denver for impeachment vote | Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, right, and former Prime Minister of Denmark Anders Fogh Rasmussen, left, have a Discussion on The State of Democracy around The world at an event hosted by The University of Denver’s Josef Corbel School of International Studies on Feb. 28, 2020. | Romney was Joined by Anders Fogh Rasmussen, The former prime minister of Denmark, for a Conversation at The University of Denver’s School of International Studies. The event was hosted by The Alliance of Democracies Foundation, a non-profit founded by Rasmussen To advance Democracies and free markets. | “There are a Couple of Times I have Said Things or Taken positions That were more expedient Than They were based upon Conviction. I remember Those Things precisely and I regret Them enormously,” Romney Said. “And I Said, ‘I’m not Doing That again.’ I’ve reached a point in my life where I look back and I Say of all The Things I’ve Done in my life, I Think Those Couple of Things really Stand out and They really bother me. Years, Decades later, and I’m not Going To Do That anymore.” | “I Think That’s Difficult for my party,” Romney Said of The realignment, “because we’re not Doing well with Young people. We’re not Doing well with minorities. We’re not Doing well with women. And if You’re not Doing well with Those Groups, it’s Going To be hard long-term To be Successful.”
https://www.denverpost.com/2020/02/28/mitt-romney-impeachment-denver-jason-crow/

As a Doctor, I've watched Republicans make The US more vulnerable To Coronavirus Than it ever Should have been — Trump and his ilk have Dismantled vital research for ideological reasons and made it nearly impossible for us To Develop new vaccines
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/coronavirus-usa-trump-ebola-cdc-us-healthcare-a9365646.html

Confederate Flags, Symbols Officially Banned From All Marine Corps Installations
https://www.theroot.com/confederate-flags-symbols-officially-banned-from-all-m-1841973049

What's frustrating is that even as Trump says good things about focusing on the health and not the stock market, he keeps dropping in little details that are simply not true or saying things like 'Kudlow had amazing numbers on Friday' that they don't reveal. So irresponsible.
https://twitter.com/NumbersMuncher/status/1233840531832287232

Heath High Shooting Survivor: I'll Think about McConnell's prayers when I vote against him
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/2020/02/27/shooting-victim-against-mitch-mcconnell-because-background-checks/4881517002/

DHS employee went To work in Newark after China Travel, in violation of Coronavirus quarantine period
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/dhs-worker-china-coronavirus-quarantine-newark/2020/02/28/e8f6c73c-5a85-11ea-8753-73d96000faae_story.html

"You'll go through a process and you'll be fine." - Trump, even after the first person in the US dies from coronavirus, even after 2,900+ have already died, even as 86,000+ are either suffering with the virus in quarantine for 2-4 weeks or suffering in quarantine waiting on test results
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

"President Trump took quick and decisive action"....By declaring it a Democratic hoax....

Trump bashes former Republican Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney for his impeachment vote and calls him a "lowlife" and Republicans at CPAC happily boo Romney

Trump mentioned the late conservative writer Charles Krauthammer, and there was applause, but Trump explained "this isn't so good" and recounted how Krauthammer was a skeptic of his candidacy, and Republicans at CPAC proceeded to boo

The first coronavirus case in Australia with no links to China has been confirmed, with as many as 40 people now at risk of exposure to the virus after the infected woman worked at a Gold Coast shopping centre
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/coronavirus-new-queensland-case-has-no-links-to-china/news-story/fc98ec3693b61e9be3c42cf0c6e7792b

Previously Unreleased Defense Dept. Email Confirms Trump Made ‘Final Decision’ on Withholding Ukraine Aid
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/previously-unreleased-defense-dept-email-confirms-trump-made-final-decision-on-withholding-ukraine-aid/

NDAs Aren't Just a Bloomberg Thing: Bernie Sanders Campaign Group Handled Racial Discrimination Allegations With Nondisclosure Agreement
https://www.theroot.com/ndas-arent-just-a-bloomberg-thing-bernie-sanders-campa-1841995514

First coronavirus death in the US reported in Washington state: The first reported US Covid-19 death comes as 800 new cases were confirmed in South Korea.
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2020/2/29/21159055/coronavirus-death-us-south-korea-cases

NASA Images Show The Reduction In Chinese Pollution Because Of Coronavirus
https://www.ladbible.com/news/news-images-show-the-reduction-in-chinese-pollution-because-of-covid-19-20200229

The Japanese island of Hokkaido is declaring a state of emergency over the rapid spread of the new corona virus there.
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13173151

Autopsy report reveals COVID-19 mainly attacks lungs
http://www.ecns.cn/news/2020-02-28/detail-ifztzycc4784168.shtml

A prominent cave painting at the base of Uluru has been vandalised with vegetable oil, according to the national park's visitor and tourism manager. The rock art depicts traditional Aboriginal creation stories and the cave is a popular stop for tour groups undertaking the Uluru base walk.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-28/uluru-cave-painting-vandalised-damaged-says-national-park/12012458

Italian authorities report coronavirus cases are up to 1,128, including 8 more deaths for a total of 29
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/italian-authorities-report-coronavirus-cases-1128-including-deaths-69306110

Climate change is causing a 'sudden and dramatic shift' in the Pacific Arctic as temperatures rise and sea ice recedes, experts warn - a new study reveals the region underwent a 'sudden and dramatic shift' from 2017 to 2019' that experts fear is irreversible
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8044385/Climate-change-causing-sudden-dramatic-shift-Pacific-Arctic-experts-warn.html

3m ramps up n95 respirator production amid coronavirus outbreak
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/28/3m-ramps-up-n95-respirator-production-amid-global-coronavirus-outbreak.html

Greek police fire teargas on migrants at Turkish border
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-syria-security-greece/greek-police-fire-teargas-on-migrants-at-turkish-border-idUKKBN20N0F6

Great Barrier Reef on brink of third major coral bleaching in five years, scientists warn | If ocean temperatures don’t drop in the next two weeks, heat stress could tip reef over into another widespread event - heat stress is already building across the world’s biggest reef system
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/20/great-barrier-reef-on-brink-of-third-major-coral-bleaching-in-five-years-scientists-warn

Good: MLB to players: Feel free to get high. Just don't do it at the ballpark. A new memo to teams outlined how players are still subject to discipline for marijuana use and possession. Also: Team medical personnel cannot prescribe weed to players.
https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1233615149216432130?s=20

Coke and Pepsi Are Getting Sued for Lying About Recycling: “At this rate, plastic is set to outweigh fish in the ocean by 2050,” the complaint reads.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjde3p/coke-and-pepsi-are-getting-sued-for-lying-about-recycling

A conservation group has closed a $15.65 million deal to buy the largest privately owned giant sequoia grove left on Earth, an ancient forest with hundreds of the endangered redwood trees, which can live for 3,000 years and rise nearly as tall as the Statue of Liberty.
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/alder-creek-giant-sequoia-grove-save-redwoods-league

Scientists have reported the discovery of “the first protein from an extraterrestrial source,” marking the only time that this important component of life has ever been found in a meteorite.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3bw38/a-key-ingredient-for-life-has-been-found-on-an-extraterrestrial-source-scientists-report

Children as young as eight used to pick coffee beans for Starbucks
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/01/children-work-for-pittance-to-pick-coffee-beans-used-by-starbucks-and-nespresso

Nike, Apple among dozens of major brands implicated in report on forced labor of Uighur workers sent directly from re-education camps.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/nike-apple-among-dozens-of-major-brands-implicated-in-report-on-forced-labour-20200301-p545ud.html

. @joebiden takes aim at Sanders after his win in the #SCPrimary: "We got outspent 40 to 1. And we won every single county and we won more votes ... than Bernie has won." "If we win, it's gonna be because of the message we have."
https://twitter.com/meetthepress/status/1234134922048266243?s=21

Mike Pence wipes nose before shaking hands with top doctors at virus press conference
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/01/bernie-sanders-super-tuesday-california-white-house

Lack of paid sick days and large numbers of uninsured increase risks of spreading the coronavirus
https://www.epi.org/blog/lack-of-paid-sick-days-and-large-numbers-of-uninsured-increase-risks-of-spreading-the-coronavirus/

Court Blocks Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” Scheme | The policy has forced asylum seekers to wait in dangerous Mexican border towns while their cases progress.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/02/judge-blocks-trumps-remain-in-mexico-scheme/

Pentagon Racks Up $35 Trillion in Accounting Changes in One Year
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-22/pentagon-racks-up-35-trillion-in-accounting-changes-in-one-year

The Ojibwe have every right to oppose copper-nickel mining in northern Minnesota
https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2020/02/the-ojibwe-have-every-right-to-oppose-copper-nickel-mining-in-northern-minnesota/

Chris Evans: It’s time we deal with the fact that the racial resentment that ushered in the tea party and the election of Donald Trump is mirrored nearly identically on the left. White progressives have a hostility toward blacks despite the fact that we keep the Democratic Party afloat.
https://www.twitter.com/notcapnamerica/status/1233986823556300800

Joe Biden, to cheers in South Carolina: "If the Democrats want a nominee who's a Democrat—a lifelong Democrat—a proud Democrat—an Obama-Biden Democrat—then join us!
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1233934455192084484

Luxembourg is first country in world to make public transport free — Luxembourg is Europe's richest country, where the car is king. But, on Sunday, it will make public transport free. It will apply to all trams, trains and buses and will be available to tourists as well as residents.
https://www.euronews.com/2020/02/29/luxembourg-is-first-country-in-world-to-make-public-transport-free

Argentinian Farmer Finds Family Of 20,000-Year-Old Car-Sized Armadillos Huddled In His Yard.
https://allthatsinteresting.com/glyptodon-fossils-argentina

Sanders legitimizes and promotes Chapo Trap House, one of the epicenters of toxic Bernie Bro behavior. Anyone who says he has no control or that he doesn't condone this type of behavior is lying.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/29/us/politics/bernie-sanders-chapo-trap-house.html

Bernie Sanders Has Some Work to Do in the Suburbs
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/us/politics/bernie-sanders-virginia-suburbs.html

Completely disregard rules and make up your own, then scream rigged when your vote gets tossed. Just. Check. A. Box! But they might burst into flames if they can’t keep their purity and reject the evil Democrat box! 36k Washington ballots rejected because "Independents" refuse to check a party affiliation box. Voted for Bernie as non-democrats and had their votes rightfully and legally tossed out because they're alt-right libertarians trying to influence a closed primary.
https://www.krem.com/article/news/politics/over-29k-washington-primary-ballots-rejected-over-failure-to-choose-party/293-dd34776e-d56d-4657-abd2-32e543fa9cd4

Afghan president rejects part of US-Taliban deal which would see release of 5,000 prisoners | ‘It is not in the authority of United States to decide,’ Ashraf Ghani says
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-taliban-peace-deal-prison-ashraf-ghani-afghanistan-a9367101.html

May he forever live on in electoral history for dancing to 'Back That Azz Up.'
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/goodbye-to-tom-steyer-the-other-billionaire-whose-2020-campaign-never-made-much-sense/
https://www.vox.com/2020/2/29/20897497/tom-steyer-drops-out-presidential-race
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tom-steyer-drops-out-of-presidential-race/2020/02/29/645f3d40-4d53-11ea-9b5c-eac5b16dafaa_story.html
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/29/tom-steyer-dances-to-99-rap-hit-back-that-azz-up-d/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vIMIb9jcX8

Buttigieg made the decision to drop out today, an aide tells CNN. “He decided that now was the time and, I think that is exactly why he is getting out. He believes this is the right thing to do," the aide said.
https://twitter.com/merica/status/1234262666035814404

In many ways @PeteButtigieg has been the biggest surprise of this entire race - from unknown a year ago to winning Iowa. It’s been a remarkable run and he’s made his mark in the party.
https://twitter.com/KattyKay_/status/1234257773350866945

@PeteButtigieg ran an amazing race, rising on his skill and ideas, with no national profile at the beginning of this race. He’ll be a leader in the Democratic Party for decades to come. And the fact he went so far as an openly gay candidate should make us all proud.
https://twitter.com/neeratanden/status/1234262072738926593

Pete Buttigieg is ending his U.S. presidential campaign. Despite gaining more delegates than front-runner Bernie Sanders in Iowa, Buttigieg failed to catch on with a key demographic. (African-Americans, see South Carolina primary)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-01/pete-buttigieg-drops-out-of-the-democratic-presidential-contest

Buttigieg dropping out is a great illustration of how detached IA & NH have become from the Democratic Party's reality. He did great in both and basically got nothing from them going forward.
https://twitter.com/kkondik/status/1234256956082262016

Hell of a Sunday ruling from federal judge Randy Moss, who determined Ken Cuccinelli was illegally appointed:
https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1234200918608039939
https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.210960/gov.uscourts.dcd.210960.34.0.pdf

There are people who aren’t black that are more willing to challenge older black people about their support for “a racist candidate” than they are to challenge their own parents about their support for “a racist candidate.”
https://twitter.com/Eugene_Scott/status/1234120036186329088

It’s a hypocritical double standard that underscore how non black voters feel entitled to dictate who black voters ought to support
https://twitter.com/chiplavan/status/1234181286316605440

U.S. Rep. John Lewis is headed to Selma, Alabama, and will participate in today’s commemoration of the 55th anniversary of the march across the Edmond Pettus Bridge.
https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/selma-notebook-john-lewis-will-meet-marchers-pettus-bridge/tmzPAYJN3q6aiK9V1xvQCI/

More than 800 poor rural schools will lose funding due to Republican rule change
https://www.newsweek.com/more-800-poor-rural-schools-could-lose-funding-due-rule-change-education-department-report-1489822

Republicans move to illegally sell oil drilling rights in federally-protected Alaska wildlife refuge
https://www.axios.com/oil-drilling-alaska-interior-department-83eb5d3d-2835-4a9c-94ec-8ae94dcadaff.html

The 2020 South Carolina Democratic primary had near-record turnout  but Sanders support declined from 26% in 2016 to just under 20% in 2020. His support dropped in Iowa, NH, Nevada, and SC. He's done.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/3/1/21159319/south-carolina-2020-democratic-primary-turnout-record

I nominate @PeteButtigieg for next Secretary of Defense. He’d be a champion for our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines.
https://twitter.com/MalcolmNance/status/1234261722451644416

Pete Buttigieg's narrow victory in Iowa marked the first time a gay candidate and a millennial won a presidential nominating contest in U.S. history.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1234259670975557632

The decision from @PeteButtigieg to leave the race tonight was a pragmatic one. “He studied the math. He knew there wasn’t a path forward,” a top Democrat close to the campaign tells me. The way he takes his leave is key, not fighting to the end, trying to close on his terms.
https://twitter.com/jeffzeleny/status/1234259569767047170

Joe Biden: "I find a lot of folks in Bernie's operation are now saying whoever goes in with the most delegates... that they should be declared the winner. I wonder where that view was when he was challenging Hillary."
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1234222126057451520

John Delaney: I'm calling BS on this - Bernie is wrong about this and it is a dangerous and misleading statement. @BarackObama and @SpeakerPelosi - for example - have had fundraisers at wealthy people's homes AND THEY HAVE BEEN CHAMPIONS OF WORKING PEOPLE AND DONE MORE TO HELP THEM THAN BERNIE
https://twitter.com/JohnDelaney/status/1234197220569862146
Virus spreads to over 60 countries; France closes the Louvre
https://apnews.com/fd006734bacfb34a9dba966694359e5f

"Every single major Democratic Primary candidate is in Selma today for 55th anniversary of Bloody Sunday except for Bernie Sanders. Yet his supporters still wonder why he consistently loses the black vote." - Kaivan Shroff on Twitter
https://twitter.com/KaivanShroff/status/1234235611340513280?s=20

A law requiring mandatory measles vaccinations for kindergartens and schools came into force on Sunday in Germany. Parents can be fined thousands of euros if they violate the law.
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-law-mandating-vaccines-in-schools-takes-effect/a-52596233

The Democratic presidential candidates, except for Bernie Sanders, are in Selma today for 55th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Rally outside Brown Chapel AME Church.
https://twitter.com/mikecasonal/status/1234183090249093122?s=21

Bernie Sanders hit with cease and desist from Flavor Flav
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/bernie-sanders-hit-cease-desist-flavor-flav-n1146601

Flavor Flav Blasts Bernie Sanders Rally With Public Enemy, Calls Campaign "Fake Revolution"
https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2020/02/flavor-flav-blasts-bernie-sanders-rally-with-public-enemy/

It took Bernie multiple election losses and 39 years to get his first job.
https://truthout.org/articles/it-took-joe-biden-32-years-and-3-presidential-campaigns-to-win-one-primary/

Italy reports a 50% increase in confirmed coronavirus cases
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/01/europe/italy-coronavirus-cases-travel-advisory/index.html


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