There is no way to sugarcoat this: The pandemic is out of control in the US. On Friday there were over 181 thousand new cases. Eight days before that, we had just passed 100 thousand new cases for the first time.
With the tremendous surge in new cases, an equal surge in deaths will follow in a week or two. We know how to solve this, as has already been done in Australia, South Korea, even in China, but we won’t.
What is wrong with us? Do we have no will to live? Do we really not care if hundreds of thousands of people die?
It has been a very long time since we have heard from Michele Bachmann. No surprises, as she is even crazier than ever. The first 45 seconds of this video is Bachmann praying loudly that God will intervene and make Trump the president. Somehow, given how things are going, I don’t think God is listening to her.
Besides, if God followed Bachman’s prayers to smash deceit and delusion, one would assume that the first thing He would smash might just be Trump.
Now that Alaska and Arizona have been called, and assuming that Georgia goes to Joe Biden, and North Carolina goes to Donald Trump, the electoral college result will be 306 to 232.
Back in the 2016 election, Trump received 304 electoral college votes, and Clinton received 227. However, there were seven “faithless electors” — two of whom refused to vote for Trump and five who refused to vote for Clinton (all voted for other people). Which means that if the faithless electors had voted for the person to whom they were pledged, the result would have been 306 to 232. In fact, that was where it stood immediately after the election, before the meeting of the Electoral College.
Except this time Trump was on the losing side. However, back in 2016, when he won, his campaign declared it “Landslide. Blowout. Historic.“
I’m sure most of my readers have heard about the Trump administration’s insanely stupid goof-up over scheduling an event at the “Four Seasons”. But this video will still put a smile on your face:
The landscaping company just started selling merchandise with the slogans “Make America Rake Again” and “Lawn and Order!”.
UPDATE: Did Corey and Rudy stumble across the Four Seasons landscaping business while shopping at the sex emporium or while disposing of a body at the crematorium? With an adult store on one side and a crematorium on the other, I bet Rudy doesn’t know if he’s coming or going.
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. — Oscar Wilde
America’s allies were also openly jubilant about the election:
“Welcome back America!” — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo
“Joe Biden has been a true friend of this nation throughout his life.” — Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin
“[It’s] time to get back to building bridges, not walls.” — London Mayor Sadiq Khan
“Congratulations Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Our two countries are close friends, partners and allies. We share a relationship that’s unique on the world stage. I’m really looking forward to working together and building on that with you both.” — Canadian PM Justin Trudeau
“Heartiest congratulations @KamalaHarris!” — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
“How proud that a woman, Afro, Indian, Jamaican, great professional and extraordinary leader, became the Vice Presidency of the United States for the first time! With every woman who wins, we all win!” — Claudia Lopez, mayor of Bogotá, Colombia
Donald Trump issued a statement, refusing to concede the election to Joe Biden. Here’s just the first sentence, so you don’t have to read the whole thing: “We all know why Joe Biden is rushing to falsely pose as the winner, and why his media allies are trying so hard to help him: they don’t want the truth to be exposed.”
But remember Barack Obama’s anger translator? Someone did the same thing for Donald Trump, and this is what came out (via Twitter, of course):
Joe Biden made (dubious) history today as the oldest person (77 years) to ever be elected president. But Kamala Harris made even more history. She is the first woman and first person of color to be elected vice president. Harris was born to a Jamaican father and an Indian mother, so her ancestry is not only Black, but also South Asian.
Harris is no stranger to records. She was the first Black woman to be elected Attorney General of California. She was only the second Black woman to serve in the US Senate. Even her husband (Douglas Emhoff, who is white and Jewish) is making history as the first “second gentleman”. And who knows, he may someday become the “first gentleman”.
These exploding active cases will cause health facilities to become even more overwhelmed, and has already led to the rationing of health care in the US. This affects all patients, not just people with Covid-19, so more people will die, not just the close-to-a-quarter-million people who have died from Covid-19 alone. Everyone. Get into a car accident, or have a heart attack, or get severe food poisoning? There might not be anyone available to treat you.
What I want to know, is why anyone would vote for a president who repeatedly denies that Covid-19 is a problem, and has completely mishandled the fight against it?
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