Thursday, May 14, 2020
How And Why America's Food System Is Cracking
- Before government shut the nation down, Americans ate half their meals outside home.
- The farmers who served restaurants and cafeterias are dumping meat, veggies, and milk.
- And it's going to get worse.
People are still eating, farmers are still farming, and grocery stores are still open, but in areas around the country, shoppers looking for meat, milk, and other products find empty shelves and limits on what they can purchase — all while farmers from coast to coast are forced to dump milk, plow up vegetables, and euthanize livestock.
So what’s happening, and why?...
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A Tale of Two Sets of Rules
A Tale of Two Sets of Rules
"With each passing day, it becomes clearer that the United States has two sets of rules:
Take the COVID-19 lockdown.
While our economy goes into free fall, we're told by politicians that businesses must stay closed, and everyone must stay home and engage in social distancing.
Illinois, for example, is on lockdown until the end of this month, per Democratic Gov. Jay Pritzger's orders.
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"With each passing day, it becomes clearer that the United States has two sets of rules:
- one for the elites in the Democratic Party, the media and the entertainment industry,
- and a different one for Republicans and us poor slobs in flyover country.
Take the COVID-19 lockdown.
While our economy goes into free fall, we're told by politicians that businesses must stay closed, and everyone must stay home and engage in social distancing.
Illinois, for example, is on lockdown until the end of this month, per Democratic Gov. Jay Pritzger's orders.
- Meanwhile, Pritzger's wife jets off to Florida.
- And Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (also a Democrat) gets to go to the salon to have her hair done.
- The press exaggerates and misstates President Donald Trump's every utterance but ignores House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's absurd invitation to go visit Chinatown in San Francisco at the outset of the global pandemic,
- and forgives New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's earlier order requiring nursing homes -- which have suffered the highest death rates from the virus -- to take in coronavirus patients.
- The double standard is even more egregious when it comes to the media's treatment of Tara Reade's accusations of sexual assault against Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden..."
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‘My Mistake Was Relying On The Word Of The FBI’: Trey Gowdy Explains What He Did Wrong In Russia Probe | The Daily Caller
Former Republican South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy admitted Monday that he made one big mistake at the outset of the Russia probe.
Gowdy told Fox News host and Daily Caller cofounder Tucker Carlson that his mistake was in taking the word of the FBI leadership rather than demanding to see the documents — a mistake he said he corrected within the first three weeks.
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Seattle Cop Placed On Administrative Leave After Bill Of Rights Video Goes Viral | The Daily Caller
Anderson posted the video May 5, addressing his concerns with police officers across the country enforcing quarantine orders administered by state and local governments.
“I’ve seen officers nationwide enforcing tyrannical orders against the people and I’m hoping it’s the minority of officers, but I’m not sure anymore,” said Anderson in the video that now has over 600,000 views on his Instagram account.
Nationwide, Feds find cozy connections between China & university professors
Nationwide, Feds find cozy connections between China & university professors- In the last year, multiple university professors and researchers have been charged over their connections to China.
- Now, U.S. college campuses are under increased scrutiny for any connections they may have to the communist regime as the country deals with the fallout from the pandemic.
- Specifically, colleges are being pressured by all sides to shut down their Chinese-funded Confucius Institutes.
- The Chinese Virus began infiltrating the United States in early 2020, but the communist country already had a foot in the door well before then.
House Bill Is a $3 Trillion Left-Wing Bonanza | Power Line
House Bill Is a $3 Trillion Left-Wing Bonanza | Power Line
"Nancy Pelosi has unveiled an 1,800 page bill that provides for more than $3 trillion in new spending, ostensibly linked to the coronavirus.
In fact, it is mostly a liberal shopping list.
This is, in summary form, some of what the bill contains:
"Nancy Pelosi has unveiled an 1,800 page bill that provides for more than $3 trillion in new spending, ostensibly linked to the coronavirus.
In fact, it is mostly a liberal shopping list.
This is, in summary form, some of what the bill contains:
* Nearly $1 trillion for state and local governments, ostensibly to make up for anticipated budget shortfalls due to the virus...
* $100 billion for “stimulus funding” for education. This has no apparent relationship to the coronavirus.
* Forgiveness of federal and state student loans, up to $10,000 per person. Again, no relationship to the disease.
* $75 billion in “assistance for homeowners.” I take it this is to make up for missed mortgage payments. Also, $100 billion “to help low-income renters avoid evictions.” So taxpayers will be paying other people’s rent as well as mortgages.
* State transit authorities would get $15 billion. I am not sure why. So more mass transit can help the next disease to spread faster?
* $75 billion for the U.S. Postal Service. Just because.
The House will pass Pelosi’s monstrosity on Friday–without having read it, of course.
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Gonna happen here too?----- Britons face pay freezes and tax rises to cover 300bn bill for coronavirus | Daily Mail Online
Britons face pay freezes and tax rises to cover 300bn bill for coronavirus | Daily Mail Online
Who's going to pay for all this?
Rishi Sunak refuses to rule out pay freezes and tax hikes to cover £300bn coronavirus bill - amid fears a third of firms will NEVER reopen and a tsunami of job losses after furloughs end
Who's going to pay for all this?
- Document for the Chancellor sets out proposed wide-ranging tax increases and spending cuts
- GDP plunged 5.8 per cent in March alone - the largest monthly fall since records began in 1997
- Would mean that much of attempts to recoup cash would have to come through tax increases
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Eric Eggers: ‘Fair to Assume’ Illegals Will Get Mail-in Ballots in California
Eric Eggers: ‘Fair to Assume’ Illegals Will Get Mail-in Ballots in California:
Government Accountability Institute Research Director Eric Eggers, author of Fraud: How the Left Plans to Steal the Next Election, says it is “fair to assume” that many illegal aliens will receive mail-in ballots in California for the 2020 election thanks to a plan by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).
In an exclusive interview with SiriusXM Patriot’s Breitbart News Tonight, Eggers said California’s automatic voter registration coupled with providing driver’s licenses to illegal aliens opens its elections to a host of fraud.
Government Accountability Institute Research Director Eric Eggers, author of Fraud: How the Left Plans to Steal the Next Election, says it is “fair to assume” that many illegal aliens will receive mail-in ballots in California for the 2020 election thanks to a plan by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).
In an exclusive interview with SiriusXM Patriot’s Breitbart News Tonight, Eggers said California’s automatic voter registration coupled with providing driver’s licenses to illegal aliens opens its elections to a host of fraud.
Free Booze, Pot, and Smokes for San Francisco’s Homeless
Free Booze, Pot, and Smokes for San Francisco’s Homeless"San Francisco officials deny direct involvement in a controversial program, funded by private sources, that provides free alcohol, cannabis, and cigarettes to homeless people living in the city’s hotels during the Covid-19 outbreak.
After news about the special deliveries was leaked and caused embarrassment on social media, the city’s Department of Public Health issued a statement claiming that “rumors that guests of San Francisco’s alternative housing program are receiving taxpayer-funded deliveries of alcohol, cannabis and tobacco are false.”
Except they’re not false.
DPH, which
- administers and oversees the program,
- is staffed by city workers,
- including doctors, nurse practitioners,
- nurses, social workers,
- and security personnel.
- The department manages, stores, and distributes the substances.
- Employee time is involved.
Thus, the program is financed by taxpayers, even if an outside group provides some of the funding. According to DPH spokesperson Jenna Lane, the philanthropists who helped purchase the substances wish to remain anonymous...
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History for May 14
History for May 14 - On-This-Day.com
Bobby Darin 1936 - Singer, actor, George Lucas 1944 - Film producer, screenwriter, director ("Star Wars" movie series), Meg Foster (Megan Foster) 1948 - Actress
Robert Zemeckis 1952 - Film director, producer, screenwriter, Cate Blanchett (Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchett) 1969 - Actress, theatre director, Mark Zuckerberg 1984 - Founder of Facebook
1796 - The first smallpox vaccination was given by Edward Jenner.
1897 - Guglielmo Marconi made the first communication by wireless telegraph.
1948 - Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the independent State of Israel as British rule in Palestine came to an end.
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Elizabeth Warren caught using inflated infection and death toll numbers during coronavirus hearing - TheBlaze
Elizabeth Warren caught using inflated infection and death toll numbers during coronavirus hearing - TheBlaze:White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany called out Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) for using inflated infection and death toll figures during the congressional hearing on the COVID-19 pandemic Tuesday.
The new press secretary allegedly ran the "funny numbers" by White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx before setting the record straight during Tuesday's press briefing.
‘False Dichotomy’: Tim Scott Says ‘Goalposts’ For Flattening The Curve Keep Moving | The Daily Caller
‘False Dichotomy’: Tim Scott Says ‘Goalposts’ For Flattening The Curve Keep Moving | The Daily Caller:
The “whole point” of flattening the curve “was to make sure that we did not exceed hospital capacity. So, while I respect the need for caution, we are too often presented with a false dichotomy — either saving our economy or saving lives,” Scott continued.
“We’ve seen the goalposts around flattening the curve move, and I think that’s unfortunate, because at the same time we’re doing that, businesses have collapsed, mental and physical health have declined, depths of despair escalate, educational outcomes nosedive, as we wait in our living rooms praying for some good news around therapies and around vaccines,” Scott added
The “whole point” of flattening the curve “was to make sure that we did not exceed hospital capacity. So, while I respect the need for caution, we are too often presented with a false dichotomy — either saving our economy or saving lives,” Scott continued.
“We’ve seen the goalposts around flattening the curve move, and I think that’s unfortunate, because at the same time we’re doing that, businesses have collapsed, mental and physical health have declined, depths of despair escalate, educational outcomes nosedive, as we wait in our living rooms praying for some good news around therapies and around vaccines,” Scott added
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