All Purpose Politics and News Thread

[walkonby]

great article but it doesn't mean he won't be re-elected in november. how depressing!

@heartgirl99
Yes, and with that stacked GOP Supreme Court over turning the Wisconsin's Democratic Governors' order to postpone yesterday's election, residents were forced to go out during a stay-at-home order!
SCOTUS also voted against extending mail in-ballot dates, so anyone wanting their vote counted had one day left to do it!

It's the GOP's ONLY playbook, suppress the majority of black voters any way they can. Whether it is gerrymandering or reducing/eliminating the physical voting/polling sites in poorer areas, or demanding every voter have a photo I.D. ( well aware that most elderly black voters have no drivers license. ) ...it always comes down to cheating because they KNOW they are outnumbered!!!!
Every vote should count but it does not because they do every work around they can to rig it their way!

The reporters photos of masked and gloved residents standing way to close to each other in those long lines at the Polling stations was disgraceful. Every other State had postponed their election.

[Ciel]

Ecuador lost a famous waterfall.
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca...uddenly-vanish

[walkonby]

go ahead! I dare ya to read JUST the headline of this article and not blow your top!

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...mt4-story.html

[Ciel]

I have to ask if the winery benefits from foreign labour as the Trump golf course in Florida does? Not great optics but if there are US employees impacted, the any financial help might go to them.

Found this opinion piece by a writer who as an older adult now understood what her grandparents knew to do in tough times-to live in the moments.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/28/opini..._blogfooterold

[Ciel]

Beijing government is still sensitive about any blame or origin of novel coronavirus. Kind of a throwback to last December when late Dr. Li and other medical colleagues, who informed authorities of health situation they were noticing amongst patients, were silenced.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/12/asia/...hnk/index.html

Guam residents concerned over US sailors occupying hotels for quarantines.
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/...e-over-hotels/

[Ciel]

How "ghosts" are keeping villagers in one Indonesian community indoors.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se...om-coronavirus

Horses in Thailand are exposed to African Horse Sickness.
https://asiatimes.com/2020/04/the-ot...king-thailand/

[Natalka]

Colby Cave, a forward for the NHL's Edmonton Oilers, is dead at age 25 after suffering a brain bleed, NBC Sports reports. Cave was placed into a medically induced coma after being airlifted Tuesday to Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery to remove a colloid cyst.
He passed away Saturday.

He was from my hometown, the Battlefords, and today people came out to share their support - in a huge convoy of vehicles just outside the city.



https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/...brain-n1181911

[walkonby]

[Ciel]

Ontario's state of emergency has been extended to May 12:
https://www.mississauga.com/news-sto...ncy-to-may-12/

[Ciel]

Would you be willing to sit in your cars to wait two to three hours for your boxes of fresh Krispy Kreme doughnuts? Where's the bathroom?
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/krispy-kre...163814320.html

[heartgirl99]

“This is COVID-19 ― not COVID-1, folks,” Conway said during an appearance on “Fox & Friends.” “And so you would think the people charged with the World Health Organization would be on top of that.”

[walkonby]

“This is COVID-19 ― not COVID-1, folks,” Conway said during an appearance on “Fox & Friends.” “And so you would think the people charged with the World Health Organization would be on top of that.”

@heartgirl99
I watched that clip and my jaw dropped down so fast......hmmmm, what is that phrase?? " Ya can't fix stupid! "
Yeah, that's a perfect fit.

[walkonby]

I just saw this news article about RCSS at 396 St Clair in T.O. that was straight jacked on Easter Sunday...lol.
Apparently all the lights were on, music playing inside, doors unlocked BUT there was no staff at all there, so people walked in and " shopped " then left without paying.
Every shoppers dream!!

https://torontosun.com/news/local-ne...-left-unlocked

[Ciel]

Flying Emirates Airlines means passengers will have to take blood testing for COVID-19 antibodies before departure. Dubai Health Authority conducts the tests-saw the headline on the morning show:

"We are working on plans to scale up testing capabilities in the future and extend it to other flights," said Adel Al Redha, Emirates Chief Operating Officer, in the statement.
"This will enable us to conduct on-site tests and provide immediate confirmation for Emirates passengers traveling to countries that require COVID-19 test certificates."

The airline has not stated whether any passengers would be refused boarding based on the results of the test. CNN Travel has reached out to Emirates for more info.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/e...-19/index.html

[walkonby]

what a difference, in case anyone has forgotten what a class act was instead of just an a*s.