Category: Politics, Religion & Money
Medidebt
There is a big push for virtual doctor visits via video conferencing. Hospitals are losing money, and they’re sending incredibly huge bills to survivors. So the pandemic has proven the need for these items on the “liberal agenda”:
- Regulate Internet access as a utility
- Medicare for all
For the Public Good
Be like tough guy Robert Ryan and wear a mask!
Whatever Happened to Freedom Fries?
And we thought things were bad with 9/11, the Iraq invasion, and the Great Recession.
All the News That’s Fake to Print
Trump hasn’t been saying “the failing New York Times” lately. Even his most devoted fans must realize the Times is still in business. He’s been relying on his catchall expression “fake news,” but even that seems to be falling flat, with the sudden resurgence in coronavirus cases.
The New York Times explains how epidemiologists estimate the number of unconfirmed Covid-19 cases, to determine a death rate that is perhaps less than 0.5%. At this link. That doesn’t mean, as Trump claims, the virus is “99% harmless,” but at least it’s based on something valid.
Political Pork
On this 4th of July, let’s recite one of the earlier versions of the Pledge of Allegiance, when America was 48 contiguous states.