An Obama Holdover in an Obscure Government Arm Helped Cause the Country’s Coronavirus Crisis |
- Who really decided to bring infected people to the United States?
Two months after the outbreak of the coronavirus,
#TrumpVirus began trending on Twitter.
Why?
Because it’s the only chance that the Democrats have of winning back the White House in 2020.
Saddled with broken primaries whose nominee, after a possible brokered convention, will either be a Socialist who admires Communists, a senile lecher who admires young girls, or a billionaire who admires power, the coronavirus is a much more effective candidate than Sanders, Biden, or Bloomberg.
#TrumpVirus follows in the footsteps of #TrumpHurricane which attempted to blame a natural disaster and local corruption in Puerto Rico on President Trump.
And that just dusted off the smears and slanders of Hurricane Katrina and substituted Puerto Ricans for black people and Trump for Bush.
...The truth about disaster relief and pandemic management is that it hasn’t changed much between administrations.
The Bush administration dealt with SARS in much the same way that the Obama administration addressed swine flu.
And the Trump administration is doing most of the same things.
That’s because
the actual decisions are being made by bureaucrats based on existing protocols..."
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Why Aren't More Schools Teaching Students How to Balance a Checkbook?
Rebecca Ridgeway My high school offered a choice of either bookkeeping or record keeping (along with several other courses). I don't understand why they say there isn't enough time. A school day and year is pretty much the same. Is it because they are still teaching reading and basic arithmetic in high school because they won't hold anyone back?
Norbert Smith A more important set of skills that schools don't teach any more is how to safely handle a firearm.
John McDermott I have not written a check in 5 years. Maybe the skill is obsolete, or nearly so.
Jacob Laughbon Not necessary anymore. I used checks most of my life, but now checks are merely a debit transaction. There are no wait times now that would require a balance sheet. You can just look-up youf balance as you go. Financial planning is different. And in today's crazy economic world of non-math, it's almost literally impossible to keep it accurate.
Fred Bates Why not? Too busy teaching gender diversity and revised history... Heaven forbid they learn something useful.
Tanner Terry-Pruvost They do teach that. Usually an optional course.
Rachael M. Tillman Do schools not have Consumer Math anymore? I took that as a useful elective senior year and along with chequebook balancing, learned about interest rates, the stock market, budgeting, and taxes. I liked it actually, had good teachers. Anyway, a lot of kids took CM and as I worked all through college and opened my own bank account at 18, my Mum made sure I knew the basics of check writing and such.
