In our part of the state people can buy alcohol online through Walmart. You have to show identification when you pick it up at the store or have it delivered to your home. Not all stores in every state offer the service though.

Gov. Jay Inslee today, recognizing the dire situation in other states, announced the state of Washington will return more than 400 ventilators received from the Strategic National Stockpile to the SNS inventory to help states facing higher numbers of COVID-19 cases.

I'm happy to hear this BUT judging from what I witnessed today, people who have heard this must mistakenly think it's OK now to stop practicing social distancing and leave the house! I saw people out in groups today, some practically standing shoulder to shoulder!

I was ONLY out today because of an medical appointment I could not avoid. After the appointment I headed straight home but things I saw on my way there made my head spin!

I don't care who he brings in, I doubt anyone could hold a candle to that lying, spin doctor Sarah Huckabee!

Bernie Sanders
 

Sanders is dropping out of the Presidential race! He ran a really good campaign, especially in making more people aware of the need for universal health care.

News
 

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify that 3M has been asked to stop supplying N95 respirators to Canada.

U.S.-based company 3M said Friday that it has been asked by the Trump administration not to supply N95 respirators to Canada amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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3M refused to obey the order and shipments have been sent to Canada as agreed on. We just love that guy, what a self centered...... whatever. Not a nice thing to demand in this world-wide situation. That ass should remember what Canada did during 911, how soon we forget eh.

What what what?!?!?!

I can't wait to see who he chooses as his running mate. I wonder if he will wait awhile, or if he's already chosen somebody.

i wonder if he was leaned upon...with him out, they don't have to have a convention

Field hospital at CenturyLink Event Center to be redeployed to a state in more need
 

This is good new obviously, but again I fear publicizing this is giving those less intelligent folks the impression they can run wild! To his credit the Governor has stated emphatically he isn't sounding the all clear and for folks to stay home and continue following the guidelines for protecting oneself from Coronvirus.

Sanders' Strategy
 

Yeah, he's out, but is he?! Dear god! The man refuses to be someone known as being gracious in defeat. He is still keeping his "name" on the ballet for the Democratic Convention; and similar to his fight against Hillary (and everything he thought and believed she stood for), he continues to endorse no one - which, of course, had the drastic effect of quite a few of his supporters voting for the other "guy" (Trump). He remains utterly intransigent and bull-headed. I think that his greatest moral character defect/flaw would have to be his complete lack of humility. What a difference it would make if his ego energy would be more directed towards supporting the Dems in their bid to win the next election...

Seattle closing major parks for the weekend....
 

Because of continued gatherings in major parks and crowded public places, the City of Seattle announced today (Thursday) the full closure of major regional parks this weekend where social distancing guidelines have not been followed by patrons. Effective Friday, April 10th at 11pm with parksm reopening on Monday, April 12 at 4:30 am.

No common sense even during a pandemic!? Officials knew warmer weather was expected since before the beginning of this week and yet did nothing until yesterday, after scads of people started showing up at area parks! The local news showed various parks and of course Alki beach loaded with people out enjoying the 60+ temps and sunshine.

I'm still trying to figure out why the closure didn't take effect immediately...:seeingstars:!

When the parks close, where do the homeless people go? Or do homeless people not live in the parks in Seattle?

The homeless are everywhere there in Seattle sad to say......

Why would we believe anything this idiot said.......
 

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) faced backlash on Thursday after he falsely claimed that no one in the U.S. under the age of 25 had died from COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus. “This particular pandemic is one where, I don’t think, nationwide there’s been one single fatality under 25, for whatever reason, it just doesn’t seem to threaten, you know, kids,” DeSantis told educators during a meeting about distance learning during the pandemic.

However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports on its website that one infant and four people aged 15 to 24 are confirmed to have died from the disease in the U.S. The deaths of infants in Illinois and Connecticut have also reportedly been linked to COVID-19.

This is the Einstein who let spring breakers run a muck!

Joe Scarborough to Rush Limbaugh: Go ‘Bag Groceries’ if You Want to Restart the Economy
 

On Friday’s “Morning Joe,” host Joe Scarborough offered some on-air advice to conservative radio scion Rush Limbaugh, who’s been vocal about his doubts regarding the seriousness of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic: Bag groceries if you want to restart the economy.

On multiple occasions, Limbaugh has cast doubt on the number of coronavirus deaths, saying on Tuesday “there may be some politics involved” in what he thought were over inflated numbers. Public health experts, of course, believe the opposite. On Thursday, Limbaugh suggested that public health experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci, who sits on the White House’s coronavirus task force, are “Hillary Clinton sympathizers” who want to “get rid” of President Donald Trump.

“All of these Trump talking heads that are saying we should reopen the economy now, that Fauci — that it’s all a hoax? Hey, Rush Limbaugh? Why don’t you go to your local Publix and bag groceries?” Scarborough responded. The MSNBC host went on, with encouragement from co-host Mika Brzezinski, “If you think it’s such a great idea that we open the economy, you can lead by example by going to a grocery store and bagging groceries. You can do it today.”

It's not this way anymore, but I am old enough to remember when the party's nominated candidate waited until the convention to announce his running mate.

It was always a great source of intrigue and speculation by the news reporters of that time!

Trump lashes out at New York Times over report on coronavirus response..
 

President Trump lashed out at The New York Times over a story it published on Saturday that reported Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar repeatedly warned the president of the possibility of a coronavirus outbreak weeks before his administration began to crack down in its response to the threat.Trump denied the story in a Sunday night tweet, claiming it was “fake news” and that Azar told him “nothing” until after his office rolled out travel restrictions from China.

I think it's more than clear that Trump waited MUCH to long before taking action, so why Morning Joe had to spend their whole 3 hours today re-hashing this is beyond me..:seeingstars:

Fauci says 'rolling reentry' possible as soon as next month..
 

But the nation’s top infectious disease expert also repeatedly cautioned against a blanket reopening of the economy. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, on Sunday expressed measured optimism that parts of the country could begin relaxing stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus pandemic as early as next month.

“I think it could probably start at least in some ways maybe next month,” Fauci said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “We are hoping by the end of the month we can look around and say, ‘OK, is there any element here that we can safely and cautiously start pulling back on.’ If so, do it. If not, then just continue to hunker down.”

Joe PLEASE stop beating a dead horse and move on!

The bickering continues......
 

Earlier Sunday, Trump tweeted, “Just watched Mike Wallace wannabe, Chris Wallace, on @FoxNews. I am now convinced that he is even worse than Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd of Meet the Press(please!), or the people over at Deface the Nation. What the hell is happening to @FoxNews. It’s a whole new ballgame over there!” Trump and Wallace have not seen eye-to-eye on what the relationship between journalists and people in positions of power should be. Trump has repeatedly attacked the anchor, while Wallace has said the president “is engaged in the most direct, sustained assault on freedom of the press in our history.”

Morning Joe
 

I watch "Morning Joe" from time to time, but lately because of Covid-19, have been watching more of CBC, local news, etc. They usually repeat one of the segments later in the 3 hour show. They do this to catch viewers who wake up later.

On the other hand - and to me, quite self-evidently - they repeat, repeat, repeat so as to catch people who are looking for an alternate news broadcast and who happen to turn on to their show - which, as the Covid-19 crisis worsens, viewers may very well do. Their purpose is not only as a journalism show, but most importantly to educate; and, as so many people (globally) are ignorant, their purpose is always to ensure that people are getting real news and a different viewpoint instead of the horrid stuff that comes up on stations like Fox. Obviously, to educate, they (seeing their role as teachers), they have to explain!!! And, until everyone in the States is made aware of how bad their present govt is (and the Dems get elected), I am sure they will continue to have the same format, which I both applaud and understand the why-fore of their way of doing journalism. The only way to counter and balance the propaganda coming from the WH and stations like Fox is to do exactly what "Morning Joe" is doing. And so, they don't do journalism for the "converted" - and this is all because of Trump. (lol)

Pundits at MSNBC obliviously still think what they have to say is more...
 

important than the medical crew on the COVID-19 task force!

For the past week or more I have watched the briefings on C-Span but today not only did I tape C-Span's coverage but I decided to watch the coverage live on MSNBC just to see if anything has changed! Sadly to say it has NOT!

It must of drove Ari Melber crazy having to wait almost an hour and a half before he could terminate the coverage and start his rant against the briefing! In fact he insisted it wasn't a briefing at all at one point because no new information was put forth!

HOWEVER if he could of just contained himself, kept his mouth shut, and continued to watch, he would of picked up a few tidbits of info that was new from the medical team!

Judge Jill Karofsky beat conservative Judge Daniel Kelly for the Wisconsin State Supreme Court!!! All my respect to the voters of Wisconsin who overcame all odds and the shameful way the election was handled by the Wisconsin and US Supreme Courts to put voters at risk. Democracy won.

Sanders endorses Biden!
 

Finally, Sanders endorses Biden in a joint livestream. Excellent! A clear path now for a Dems victory. :)

Furious Michiganders are planning to protest their governor's travel crackdowns in the state capital Wednesday.



She's damned if she does and damned if she doesn't!

I can hardly wait to see what Morning Joe says in the morning!

BIG YAWN.........


Same ole same ole............

how-one-city-mayor-forced-a-pork-giant-to-close-its-virus-stricken-plant
 

Paul TenHaken, the 42-year-old mayor of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, said it wasn't easy getting the world's top pork producer to shut down one of its biggest plants."It was tense," TenHaken said. "You know, you shut down a plant like that, it has a pretty big impact on the food supply. So we weren't taking this lightly, making this request." TenHaken,realized in early April that his city was turning into a hot spot of the novel coronavirus pandemic. And the infection was spreading most rapidly among the 3,700 workers at a pork processing plant owned by Smithfield Foods. Most of the workers at the plant are immigrants; they speak 26 different languages.

This thing jumped out of a light socket," TenHaken said. Dozens of workers were testing positive for the virus each day. TenHaken worried that Smithfield wasn't doing enough to stop the virus from spreading. He called the company's executives, he said, and told them, "We need to see a temporary closure, not only to calm the community, but to ensure that the safety of your employees is priority No. 1."

On Thursday, Smithfield agreed to close the plant in order to clean it, but just for three days. Meanwhile, the number of sick employees kept climbing, and TenHaken wasn't satisfied with the information he was getting from the company. The breaking point came Saturday morning, when the mayor heard that the number of infected employees had climbed past 100.


https://www.npr.org/2020/04/14/83447...stricken-plant

South Dakota governor faces criticism over refusal to issue stay-at-home order after pork plant outbreak!



If you caught Rachel Maddow last night, she went into great detail on this..:hangloose:

The truth for once....
 

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said at a White House briefing on April 2, that those Americans who have signed up for direct deposit will receive their payment within two weeks.

Today is the 15th and Mary's arrived in her account! That's a day ahead of schedule.........

“Social Security, you’ll get it very quickly after that,” Mnuchin said.

Very quickly have differing degrees.........:giggle:

Worth the read
 

This could really be cool. https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/04/...TLSsOuT52cWLxw

GOP congressman says letting more Americans die of coronavirus is lesser of two evils compared to economy tanking.

Washington (CNN)An Indiana congressman said Tuesday that letting more Americans die from the novel coronavirus is the "lesser of two evils" compared with the economy cratering due to social distancing measures.
Speaking with radio station WIBC in Indiana, Republican Rep. Trey Hollingsworth asserted that, while he appreciated the science behind the virus' spread, "it is always the American government's position to say, in the choice between the loss of our way of life as Americans and the loss of life, of American lives, we have to always choose the latter."

"The social scientists are telling us about the economic disaster that is going on. Our (Gross Domestic Product) is supposed to be down 20% alone this quarter," Hollingsworth said. "It is policymakers' decision to put on our big boy and big girl pants and say it is the lesser of these two evils. It is not zero evil, but it is the lesser of these two evils and we intend to move forward that direction. That is our responsibility and to abdicate that is to insult the Americans that voted us into office."

On Thanksgiving this year, I'll count my blessings I don't/didn't live in Indiana!

Yesterday's new showed a bit of the protest.

For sure this whole travel ban, to other homes they may own ESPECIALLY if they happen to be in the UP of Michigan, is a sticky wicket! Unless things have changed, the UP of Michigan is not known for their stellar health care facilities! No doutbt the governor is aware of this and perhaps one of her reasons for the travel ban..... or not

Wisconsin extends stay-at-home order through May 26.....
 

Wisconsin on Thursday extended its coronavirus stay-at-home order to be in effect until May 26 and closed its schools for the rest of the academic year.
Gov. Tony Evers (D) had previously indicated an extension to the order, originally effective through April 24, may be necessary as states and local governments across the country have dug in on their efforts to fight the coronavirus.

Evers is allowing some adjustments to the original order, including opening golf courses. But conservatives have been pressuring Evers and other governors to reopen the government and end the stay-at-home order to allow the economy to function. Some have planned protests at the state Capitol on the original end date, a week from Friday.

Golfing? How in the hell is that essential?

Dr. Phil Claims Shutdowns Deadlier Than Coronavirus In Wild Fox News Appearance
 

TV personality Dr. Phil McGraw appeared on Fox News on Thursday evening to slam the shutdowns intended to stop the spread of coronavirus. McGraw, a psychologist, talked about the mental health toll on people living in isolation and said the lockdowns would “create more destruction and actually more death across time than the actual virus will itself.” Then, he compared the toll of the virus to other causes of death. “Forty-five thousand people a year die from automobile accidents, 480,000 from cigarettes, 360,000 a year from swimming pools,” McGraw said, “but we don’t shut the country down for that. But yet we’re doing it for this?”

Some of McGraw’s numbers were off. According to the CDC, there are about 3,500 fatal unintentional drownings per year in the United States; another 32,000 are killed in motor vehicle accidents. Swimming deaths and traffic fatalities are also not contagious.

Another idiot heard from!!!! What anyone ever saw in this loud-mouth know-it-all numb·skull, to promote him like she, did is beyond me!

Dr. Oz apologizes for saying schools should reopen because ‘only 2 to 3 percent’ more people could die...
 

Dr. Oz is backtracking on comments he made on Fox News amid the coronavirus pandemic. The TV doc (real name: Mehmet Oz) faced backlash for saying on Hannity that schools should reopen to get the country going again — as that “may only cost us 2 to 3 percent in terms of total mortality.” He said those deaths “might be a trade-off some folks would consider.”

The Dr. Oz Show host has since apologized, saying he he “misspoke” when he minimized the risk and potential loss of life. “I’ve realized my comments about risks around opening schools have confused and upset people, which was never my intention,” he said in a recorded video. “I misspoke. As a heart surgeon, I spent my career fighting to save lives in the operating room by minimizing risks.” He continued, “At the same time, I’m being asked constantly: How will we be able to get people back to their normal lives. To do that, one of the important steps will be figuring out how do we get our children safely back to school. We know for many kids, school is a place of security, nutrition and learning that is missing right now. These are issues we are all wrestling with and I will continue looking for solutions to beat this virus.”

Seattle’s major parks will be open this weekend despite coronavirus concerns, but with some new guidelines, mayor announces..
 

Last weekend, Seattle closed its largest, most popular parks and beaches due to concerns that crowds enticed by warmer weather would spread the coronavirus.

This weekend, the city is keeping all its parks open, Mayor Jenny Durkan announced, but with restrictions. “The city will allow major parks to remain open throughout the weekend but will be requiring residents to keep moving and not play sports, picnic or barbecue, with additional new guidelines at Green Lake and Seward Park,” This weekend, the loop trails at Green Lake and Seward Park will be open only to pedestrians, and the Green Lake trail will be one-way only; “beach activities” will be banned at Golden Gardens and Alki Beach, with fire pits closed.

Parks and Recreation will be monitoring conditions over the weekend and will close parks if there are too many gatherings or too many people, the release said. Parks “ambassadors” will be stationed at major parks to remind people to keep their distance from one another, and signs are being installed, as well.

I hate to be a doubting Thomas, but lets see how this all works out!