Glen Brown, retired teacher in Illinois, suggests that Trump’s ignorance has had real consequences. In fact, it is dangerous and has contributed to the deaths of tens of thousands of people.
Brown has maintained a running roll of actions Trump has taken to avoid controlling the coronavirus, updated to mid-August 2020.
Check with Worldometer for the latest count of cases and deaths. Here are the world data. The U.S. has consistently accounted for about one-quarter of all the world’s infections. Maybe one day, as Trump claims, the disease will magically disappear, but it hasn’t happened yet.
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Great post, Diane.
trumpsy dumpsty is UNFIT to serve. He’s crazed. He needs to be put in JAIL for all his heinous crimes against humanity and nature. Karma will get that dump in the end, and it’s happening already. That dumpster does what he does best … “call people names and LIE.” This is all the dumpster has. He’s disgusting.
This is Diane’s living room and can’t write those “words” I want me to write down re: what I truly think of that “rear-end wipe” who I call the dumpster when I don’t want to offend someone.
Thank you, DIANE
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Ignorance is forgivable and fixable. Willful ignorance and the inability to even want to learn is not. The latter condition should disqualify anyone from any position of influence, from fast food assembly line shift boss to the presidency.
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Hit post early again, that is one hell of a list Glenn has compiled.
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Trump administration brands educators “critical infrastructure workers” to force schools to open
“White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany stated, ‘Look, we believe teachers are essential workers,”’adding that ‘meatpackers didn’t stop working during this pandemic… Nor should our teachers, because America’s children must come first.’
The comparison with meatpackers is apt. In April, Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to force resistant meatpackers back into the plants, where close quarters and poor air circulation rapidly spread the virus…”
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/21/pseu-a21.html
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Ignorance, malignant narcissism, lack of empathy (except for himself) and conspiracy theory spreader…..that’s Trump. It’s as if Rush Limbaugh were the president, oh wait.
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According to scientific experts, this virus will never magically vanish. It will be with us for as long as there is life on the planet. The only defense is to risk being infected hoping you will survive and develop immunity or wait for a vaccine.
Poliovirus is still with us and because of the Cult of Ignorance and Stupidity that refuses to vaccinate their children, Polio is making a comeback.
https://health.wusf.usf.edu/post/polio-making-comeback#stream/0
The same thing is happening with the Measles and Chickenpox.
Measles is caused by a virus in the paramyxovirus family and it is normally passed through direct contact and through the air. The virus infects the respiratory tract, then spreads throughout the body. Measles is a human disease and is not known to occur in animals
https://www.mdedge.com/chestphysician/article/214783/infectious-diseases/measles-comeback-2019
Chickenpox is an infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus. It causes an itchy rash with small, fluid-filled blisters
https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2018/12/07/chicken-pox
Polio, Measles, and Chickenpox had almost been eradicated due to vaccinations. Then along came the Cult of Ignorance with help from fake media outlets like Fox News, and the likes of Hannity, Alex Jones, Limbaugh, that all helped elect one of their own, Donald Trump.
Trump is just one of the members of the Cult of Ignorance and Stupidity. No one that belongs to this suicidal cult should be allowed to be in charge of anything or to have children.
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I have been listening to Trump who is speaking at Arlington Virginia right now. He is clearly rehearsing for his showdown with Biden, Obama, and people whom he judges incompetent for the last forty years.
He has gotten the most applause from Evangelicals, gun lovers, supporters of the police, and people who hope he will continue to pack the courts, including the Supreme Courts. He is taking credit for being omniscient in the face of radical leftists, commies, socialists, mayors of Democrat-run cities who allow violent demonstrations by radical lefties and anarchists, add John Kerry, Obama, Biden and others. He called Hillary Clinton “crazed and ….”
He is slamming the Democrats for requiring a photo-ID for their convention but not a photo-ID to vote.
I hope BIden and Harris and hundreds of down-ticket democrats are fully prepared for the onslaught of falsehoods, exaggerations, and so on. This guy Trump is worthy of ridicule but neither he nor the people around him are stupid about pleasing their crowds of supporters and using dirty tactics to get exactly what they want.
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Excellent LTE in today’s NYT, ignorance + incredibly inappropriate, historically inaccurate analogy + sheer stupidity + cravenness = DeSantis:
Re: “Reopening Schools in Florida Is Likened to Operation to Get Bin Laden” (news article, Aug. 20):
Comparing a Navy SEALs operation to reopening schools, as Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, did, is worth close examination.
Would we send SEALs to capture a dangerous foe and expect them to buy their own weapons? Their own protective equipment? No way. Would we send them without adequate organizational and logistical support? Without adequate funding? Hardly. Would we mobilize the operation just at the time when it was most dangerous for the SEALs? Absolutely not.
But that is what politicians Mr. DeSantis are doing when they insist that schools reopen, without providing schools with the resources they need to save the lives of students, educators and their families. As always, schools are expected to make do by holding a bake sale. A pandemic is an exceptional time for us to re-examine our priorities. Lives depend on it.
JANET BEATTY, BOULDER, COLO.
I would like to nominate Ms. Beatty for the Honor Roll. Even though she did plagiarize the last line from a letter I wrote earlier this year! 😂https://www.beaconjournal.com/opinion/20200616/voice-of-people-june-17-2020-wearing-mask-should-be-mandatory-in-ohio-apology-for-racist-text-shows-maturity-akron-needs-sojourner-truth-statue
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That’s DeINSANEtis, Greg.
Should be prosecuted for causing the illness & deaths of 1,000s of people it (another it–NOT a person) was sworn to protect & serve.
it could plead insanity.
Either way, should be locked up & key thrown away.
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Good morning class. Your quiz for today.
Belgium is a _____.
A. city.
B. country.
An excellent way to study the sun is to send _____.
A. astronauts to it.
B. a satellite to it to collect and analyze samples of the solar wind.
The great Abolitionist and Women’s Rights leader Frederick Douglass _____.
A. is alive today and doing a great job.
B. did many “great jobs” and died in 1895.
The pandemic disease currently sweeping this United States is called _____.
A. the China flu.
B. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19).
The disease is caused by_____.
A. nothing; it’s a hoax.
B. SARS-CoV-2.
Stealth planes _____.
A. are literally invisible.
B. use various technologies that reduce reflection and emission of radar, infrared, visible light, radio, and audio.
A reasonable way to respond to hurricanes is to ______.
A. nuke them.
B. board up windows, prepare emergency kits, create temporary sea walls, and follow evacuations instructions from public authorities.
Something never before done or known is _____.
A. unpresidented.
B. unprecedented.
Windmills can be used to _____.
A. induce cancer in humans.
B. generate electricity.
Global warming is _____.
A. just weather and somewhat a hoax.
B. caused by the greenhouse effect, which results from release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, primarily from the burning of fossil fuels.
A U.S. president has _____.
A. the authority to do anything he wants.
B. certain powers enumerated by the Constitution, subject to checks and balances provided by the Legislative and Judicial Branches of government.
When a president directs agencies or departments of the federal government to use hotels that he or she owns, this is ______.
A. business.
B. a violation of the emolument clauses of the Constitution.
The course of a hurricane can be changed by _____.
A. drawing on a map with a Sharpie.
B. the temperature of the water over which it passes.
When the U.S. imposes tariffs on goods imported from another country, those tariffs are paid by ______.
A. the other country.
B. U.S. purchasers of those goods.
When large tax cuts are given to the wealthiest individuals, ______.
A. everyone is better off.
B. less money is available for services provided to the people by the government.
Touching the sexual organs of another person without that person’s consent is ______.
A. what guys in locker rooms joke about doing and perfectly OK.
B. sexual assault or rape.
Among other accomplishments, the Continental Army, during the Revolutionary War, _____.
A. captured the British airports.
B. defeated the British, with assistance from French Army troops, in the Siege of Yorktown.
The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), which, among other tasks, asks subjects to identify a picture of an elephant as being of an elephant, _____.
A. is a test of general intelligence, and people who get most of the questions right are geniuses.
B. is used to detect cognitive impairment.
Complete the following sentence grammatically: “Futurists are concerned about our electrical grid being attacked via _____.”
A. the cyber.
B. cyberwarfare.
In the months follow March 6, 2020, identified cases of Coronavirus disease in the United States _____.
A. fell to close to zero and then magically disappeared.
B. rose to over five million.
If you answered “A” to all of the questions above, congratulations. You are President of the United States and a complete idiot.
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cx: evacuation instructions
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Belgium is C., the land of sprouts.
An excellent way to study the sun is C., stare directly into it.
The great Abolitionist and Women’s Rights leader Frederick Douglass is C. a linebacker for the Washington Football Team.
The pandemic disease currently sweeping this United States is called C., Pandora, a music streaming service.
The disease is caused by C., sitting on a dirty toilet seat.
Stealth planes C., a magic wood shavers.
A reasonable way to respond to hurricanes is to C., have a par-tay!
Something never before done or known is C., Yuuuge!
Windmills can be used to C., make birds extinct.
Global warming is C., I’m stumped, I have no idea.
A U.S. president has C., tiny little hands.
When a president directs agencies or departments of the federal government to use hotels that he or she owns, this is C., very cool.
The course of a hurricane can be changed by C., exploding a nuclear bomb in it.
When the U.S. imposes tariffs on goods imported from another country, those tariffs are paid by C., suckers.
When large tax cuts are given to the wealthiest individuals C., they are entitled to the trickle down of golden showers.
Touching the sexual organs of another person without that person’s consent is C., a corollary of the answer above.
Among other accomplishments, the Continental Army, during the Revolutionary War C., captured every British airport.
The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), which, among other tasks, asks subjects to identify a picture of an elephant as being of an elephant C., is fake news.
Complete the following sentence grammatically: “Futurists are concerned about our electrical grid being attacked via C., Godzilla.”
In the months follow March 6, 2020, identified cases of Coronavirus disease in the United States C., were stopped from entering by a big, beautiful wall.
Aced it.
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A reasonable way to respond to hurricanes is to C., have a par-tay!
Especially in Florida in the middle of a pandemic.
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Congratulations, Greg! Just send $200 for printing and framing, and I’ll send you your Trump University PhD certificate!
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Doggone it. I thought I was gonna get a free MAGA cap. But I bet that’s gonna cost me too!
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We have a wide selection of hats available, Greg. Here, a commercial for those from ex-Mexican President Vincente Fox.
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I saw that Vicente Fox video on Twitter but couldn’t find it on YouTube.
It demonstrates that Trump is a laughing stock among world leaders.
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Yikes. Vicente. I think I’m just about ready for the Trump team.
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Trump’s buddy and sometime fixer, the National Inquirer CEO, is literally named “Dick Pecker.” If you were a novelist and made up this name for one of your villains, readers would consider the choice unbelievable, over the top.
But it is so appropriate. Windmills cause cancer. Unborn baby sings like Elvis. Stories inside.
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National Enquirer
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Alas, I’m wrong. His first name is David.
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David, Dick…either way, he’s a prick.
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Richard. Inquirer. At this rate, if I keep it up, I’ll be eligible for a job in the Trump maladministration.
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Isn’t supposed to be molestation?
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Nailed it. Donald is the best. His administration has been an assault on the the environment, every agency and department, the poor, asylum seekers, our allies, the rule of law, the Constitution, and every norm of public behavior.
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