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Study Suggests Pregnant Women Can Pass The Coronavirus To Their Fetus A small study of 31 women with COVID-19 in Italy found signs of the virus in samples of umbilical cord blood, the placenta and, in one case, breast milk. Researchers from Italy said Thursday that they studied 31 women with COVID-19 who delivered babies in March and April. They found signs of the virus in several samples of umbilical cord blood, the placenta and, in one case, breast milk. Women shouldn’t panic. This doesn’t mean there’s a viable virus in those places and “it’s too early to make guidelines” or to change care, said the study leader, Dr. Claudio Fenizia, an immunology specialist at the University of Milan. But it does merit more study, especially of women who are infected earlier in their pregnancies than these women, said Fenizia, who discussed the results at a medical conference being held online because of the pandemic.

AG Barr Announces ‘Operation Legend’ to Send Federal Troops to Kansas City, Surprises Mayor Attorney General William Barr announced Wednesday that the Department of Justice is sending federal law enforcement to Kansas City, Missouri to fight a recent surge in violent crime as part of a program dubbed “Operation Legend.” The program is named after 4-year-old LeGend Tallifero, who was killed on June 29 by gunfire in the city, which has seen a 40 percent surge in homicides compared to 2019. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany read aloud a letter from Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas to Missouri’s governor concerning the crime wave during her announcement of the initiative, but the news came as a surprise to the local leader. He said in a statement, “I learned on Twitter this afternoon that the Department of Justice plans to send federal investigators to Kansas City as support for unsolved homicide and non-fatal shooting investigations.” But Lucas said he would not oppose the initiative: “I plan and hope to learn more about this effort over the days ahead. The investigative support effort announced this afternoon can be only one tool out of many.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/ag-william-barr-announces-operation-legend-to-send-federal-troops-to-kansas-city-surprises-mayor?ref=home

Yeah. 'Cause you have cooties by now.

Good News!! Well, mostly. The SCOTUS has ruled that the president is not above the law, with two of Trumps appointees voting against him. That otta boil his pasta reall good. The court also ruled that he must disclose his financial records but proscribed that there is a lengthy process that must be followed, and that will take months. Beyond that, Trump's lawyers have said that they intend to delay any further investigations with endless appeals.

Still hard to chant.

Well, diluting the bleach work involve, you know, work. And selling plain water as a cure would be, um, dishonest.

It would appear that there are no lack of gullible people in the US, so you gotta maximize the return on your investments.

The NHL may have to settle- there are probably few perfect cities.

Wasn't much of a player in BC, either. He will go down in CFL history as one if not the biggest waste of talent.

A poll among Americans revealed that a third expect another civil war within 5 years. That would be their fourth.

According to CBC News, the largest hospital in Edmonton has been closed to admissions due to an outbreak of COVID virus there among staff. I wonder what this will mean to the NHL's tentative plans to use Edmonton as a hub city. Winnipeg might look real attractive now. Apparently Las Vegas was on the short list but has been deleted due an outbreak in that city.

56 Florida hospitals hit 100% ICU capacity as DeSantis defends refusal to release coronavirus data DeSantis broke his vow to release coronavirus hospitalization data as state numbers show hospitals at full capacity. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday defended the state's refusal to release coronavirus hospitalization data as dozens of hospitals in the state reported they had run out of space in their intensive care units amid a dramatic surge in infections. At least 56 Florida hospitals in 25 different counties have hit 100% ICU capacity, according to overall hospital data released by the state. Another 35 only have 10% or less capacity remaining. In all, the state has just 962 out of a total of 5,023 ICU beds available as infections continue to rise. One expert said contact tracing has become impossible, because here are so many infections now in South Florida. https://www.salon.com/2020/07/08/56-florida-hospitals-hit-100-icu-capacity-as-desantis-defends-refusal-to-release-coronavirus-data/

CDC Will Relax School Reopening Guidelines, Mike Pence Says President Donald Trump is waging a pressure campaign against state and local governments. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will weaken guidelines for reopening schools that President Donald Trump said were too stringent, Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday. “The president said today, we just don’t want the guidance to be too tough,” Pence said during a press briefing at the Department of Education. “That’s the reason why next week, the CDC is going to be issuing a new set of tools, five different documents that will be giving even more clarity on the guidance going forward.” The CDC is under clear pressure from the White House to amend its current nonbinding guidelines for schools, which say, among other things, that teachers and students should wear cloth masks and that desks should be “at least 6 feet apart when feasible.” Trump tweeted earlier Wednesday that he disagreed with the CDC “on their very tough & expensive guidelines for opening schools” and “will be meeting with them!!!” He also threatened to cut off funding to schools if they did not reopen quickly enough, although only Congress has the authority to do so. https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/pence-cdc-school-guidelines-coronavirus_n_5f06124bc5b67a80bc01eb88?ri18n=true

Florida Church Raided After Selling Bleach as COVID-19 Cure Authorities conducted a raid Wednesday afternoon at the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing in Florida after the Food and Drug Administration issued an injunction ordering a pastor and his sons to stop distributing of phony COVID-19 cure called “Miracle Mineral Solution.” The solution contains the same amount of chlorine dioxide content as industrial bleach. The pastor, Mark Grenon, was named in the injunction, along with his sons Jonathan Grenon, Jordan Grenon, and Joseph Grenon. The founder of the church, Jim Humble, was formerly a member of the Church of Scientology and believes himself to be a billion-year-old god from Andromeda. Humble has claimed that the Miracle Mineral Solution is the cure to numerous diseases https://www.thedailybeast.com/genesis-ii-church-of-health-and-healing-in-florida-raided-after-selling-bleach-as-covid-19-cure?ref=home

You may wish to consider the Jewish adage, "Be careful what you wish for- you might get it.". If the GOP voters drop out of the voting, it could well give Trump another reason to declare the election invalid and refuse to leave power. He has already declared that the coing election is "rigged" and seems to be setting the scene for violence to come.

Kanye West swirls conspiracies about coronavirus vaccine: “They want to put chips inside of us" West cast dark aspersions against a potential vaccine after purportedly launching his presidential campaign. Kanye West cast dark aspersions against a potential coronavirus vaccine as he launches a supposed presidential campaign. The rapper and producer claims he had the potentially deadly virus in February, but West told Forbes he's in no hurry to get his children vaccinated — against coronavirus or other ailments. "It's so many of our children that are being vaccinated and paralyzed," West claimed. "So when they say the way we're going to fix COVID is with a vaccine, I'm extremely cautious. That's the mark of the beast." After comparing a potential vaccine, which multiple governments and companies are rushing to produce, to an apocalyptic symbol, West spouted off some widely held conspiracy theories about coronavirus prevention. "They want to put chips inside of us, they want to do all kinds of things, to make it where we can't cross the gates of heaven," West said. "I'm sorry when I say they, the humans that have the Devil inside them. And the sad thing is that, the saddest thing is that we all won't make it to heaven, that there'll be some of us that do not make it. Next question." https://www.salon.com/2020/07/08/kanye-west-swirls-conspiracies-about-coronavirus-vaccine-they-want-to-put-chips-inside-of-us_partner/

Impeachment Witness Lt. Col. Vindman Retires From Army, Citing Retaliation Campaign From Trump Key impeachment inquiry witness Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman is retiring from the U.S. Army after 21 years of military service. Vindman reportedly made the decision after determining that his career would be stunted due to political retaliation from President Donald Trump and his allies. Vindman’s lawyer said he’d already experienced a “campaign of bullying, intimidation, and retaliation” from the president following his testimony in the impeachment inquiry last year. Trump fired Vindman as the National Security Council’s top Ukraine expert and shortly thereafter fired his twin brother, who had been an NSC lawyer. “The President of the United States attempted to force LTC Vindman to choose: Between adhering to the law or pleasing a President. Between honoring his oath or protecting his career. Between protecting his promotion or the promotion of his fellow soldiers,” said Vindman’s lawyer, Amb. David Pressman. https://www.thedailybeast.com/lt-col-alexander-vindman-retires-from-army-citing-retaliation-campaign-from-president-donald-trump

Trump Threatens States: Send Kids Back to School During Raging Pandemic or Lose Funding President Donald Trump has attempted to strong-arm state leaders into reopening schools during the raging coronavirus pandemic by threatening to revoke their funding. In a Wednesday morning tweet, Trump wrote: “In Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and many other countries, SCHOOLS ARE OPEN WITH NO PROBLEMS. The Dems think it would be bad for them politically if U.S. schools open before the November Election, but is important for the children & families. May cut off funding if not open!” Trump followed up on his statement Wednesday morning, stating that he disagrees with the CDC guidelines for reopening schools. “I disagree with @CDCgov on their very tough & expensive guidelines for opening schools. While they want them open, they are asking schools to do very impractical things. I will be meeting with them!!!” the president tweeted. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-threatens-states-to-send-kids-back-to-school-during-raging-pandemic-or-lose-funding?ref=home

Ron McLean had to put up with Cherry's off-screen objectionable comments for years and said nothing, so he was desperate to not get tarred with the same brush as Cherry. I do not blame him to get away from that.

Scary to say, Carlson is being touted by some GOP as the replacement for Trump once the American voters get around to pulling the lever and flushing Trump away.

You people ought to be grateful to be allowed to come in there.

Tucker Carlson Accused Of Echoing White Supremacist Talking Points On Fox News Fox News host's on-screen graphic is being compared to the infamous "14 words." Fox News host Tucker Carlson is getting slammed on social media for an on-screen graphic that echoes a key white supremacist talking point. With an image on the screen of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) ― both women of color born overseas ― Carlson’s text warned that “we have to fight to preserve our nation & heritage.” Critics said the phrase looked like an homage to the infamous “14 words,” or the white supremacist slogan “we must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.” (The neo-fascists in the US becoing more and more overt as they sink in the polls)

That only applies to peons.

According to a CNN contributor, the tell-all book by Trump's neice is even more scathing than anyone had thought. Trump paid someone to take his SAT test for him, and after that it gets worse. Excerpts from psychologist Mary Trump’s upcoming tell-all about her uncle, President Donald Trump, allege sociopathy and narcissism in the Trump family and claim the president had his worldview “perverted” by his father Fred Trump, among other explosive claims. Here are five stunning revelations from the book: In her book, Mary Trump claims Fred “destroyed” a young Donald Trump by targeting his “ability to develop and experience the entire spectrum of human emotion,” according to the Washington Post, which acquired a copy ahead of its release next week. Donald Trump had a good relationship with his father because “his personality served his father’s purpose,” Mary Trump wrote, adding, “That’s what sociopaths do: they co-opt others and use them toward their own ends — ruthlessly and efficiently, with no tolerance for dissent or resistance. By limiting Donald’s access to his own feelings and rendering many of them unacceptable, Fred perverted his son’s perception of the world and damaged his ability to live in it,” she went on, claiming Fred Trump “hated it” when Donald Trump’s older brother Fred Trump Jr. — who died in 1981 at the age of 42 after a battle with alcoholism — “screwed up or failed to intuit what was required of him.” “But he hated it even more then, after being taken to task, Freddy apologized,” Mary Trump wrote, alleging that Fred senior “would mock him” and “wanted his oldest son to be a ‘killer.’” Mary Trump goes on to claim Donald Trump “had plenty of time to learn from watching Fred humiliate” Fred Trump Jr. and learned “that it was wrong to be like Freddy.” Trump allegedly paid someone to take his SATs and went to see a movie instead of visiting his brother in the hospital. According to the New York Times, which also acquired an advanced copy of the book, Mary Trump alleges that her uncle “paid someone to take” his SAT exam which then helped the president “gain admittance as an undergraduate to the University of Pennsylvania’s prestigious Wharton business school.” The New York Times also revealed that Mary Trump “tells the story in her book” about how the Trump family allegedly sent Fred Trump Jr. “to the hospital alone on the night of his death,” and that “No one went with him,” including Donald Trump, who allegedly “went to see a movie.” Trump’s sister allegedly called him a clown, mocked his presidential run, and said he only goes to church for PR purposes. Mary Trump writes in her book that Donald Trump’s sister Maryanne Trump Barry mocked his presidential run, saying, “He’s a clown,” and “This will never happen,” before the two spoke about Trump’s “reputation as a faded reality star.” She also writes that her aunt said, “The only time Donald went to church was when the cameras were there… It’s mind boggling. But that’s all about his base. He has no principles. None!” Mary Trump assesses Trump’s psychological “pathologies,” alleges narcissism. According to the New York Times, Mary Trump also “asserts that her uncle has all nine clinical criteria for being a narcissist. And yet, she notes, even that label does not capture the full array of the president’s psychological troubles.” “Donald’s pathologies are so complex and his behaviors so often inexplicable that coming up with an accurate and comprehensive diagnosis would require a full battery of psychological and neurophysical tests that he’ll never sit for,” she reportedly observes, adding, “Donald has been institutionalized for most of his adult life, so there is no way to know how he would thrive, or even survive, on his own in the real world.”