We are in some Hard Times in America. Our Country is drowning in COVID-19 adverse consequences: Deaths, Disease, Disability, Heartbreak, Lost Jobs, Economic Failures. Much of the horrific was preventable, but not averted by Top Leaders. In polarized times everywhere, what difference can a Blue Governor in a Red State make for the People who… Continue reading Trump’s Plague: Red State/ Blue Governor (October 18, 2020)
Category: COVID-19 State Governors Step Up
Trump’s Corona: Southern Tier Crumbles (June 26, 2020)
This is the latest graphic from the COVID-19 Dashboard Mapdated June 25 which illustrates the state of play in recent COVID-19 control failures. As is obvious from inspection, the worst of the worst among all 50 US states runs along the southernmost US border. This second marked map makes the point a bit plainer. Among… Continue reading Trump’s Corona: Southern Tier Crumbles (June 26, 2020)
Trump’s Corona: Alabama’s Bum Offer (May 17, 2020)
It is a favorite sport among a certain set of Louisiana’s self-satisfied, Too Cool for Words Kids to make fun of archetypical Alabama residents in the Dumbass Redneck genre, with memes about marrying your cousin, retarded social skills, general lack of intelligence, and so forth. This banter amps up every fall especially around the annual… Continue reading Trump’s Corona: Alabama’s Bum Offer (May 17, 2020)
Trump’s Corona: Louisiana By the Numbers (April 6, 2020)
The Daily Toll in charts and graphs. Good News is Coming if We Stick To it. Thank you Governor John Bel Edwards. This is what Real Executive Leadership Looks Like. Here are the. Day’s Summaries (April 6, 2020): This is what everyone is praying for. The COVID-19 curve is being flattened here in our State.… Continue reading Trump’s Corona: Louisiana By the Numbers (April 6, 2020)
Trump’s Corona: LAFL Race to the Top (April 2, 2020)
Here in the Southeast we are used to a variety of hard fought intersectional contests, usually athletic in nature. Native and transplants alike are justly proud of our outstanding college and prep sports teams. We believe with some justification that the SEC (our athletic pride and joy) is the Best in the Nation. As for… Continue reading Trump’s Corona: LAFL Race to the Top (April 2, 2020)
Trump’s Corona: Confederacy of Dunces (April 1, 2020)
One of today’s quick little mashups to leaven the day’s drumroll of Stupid. One can’t help being aware that in happier times, such a display might be dismissed as a tasteless April Fool’s Prank. A trap set for the unwary. No screenwriter, no matter how gloriously twisted, could hope to compete with the real-life disturbances… Continue reading Trump’s Corona: Confederacy of Dunces (April 1, 2020)
Trump’s Corona: Louisiana Tapping the Brakes? (March 30, 2020)& Hardy 1930 Another Fine Mess
We live in hope, all of us. Some states took the risks more seriously than others, earlier than others. Trump.45 blew it off until the last minute. He squandered whatever time delay was gained from initial restriction of travel from China in late January. His voluntary 15-day guidelines were issued on March 16. He spent… Continue reading Trump’s Corona: Louisiana Tapping the Brakes? (March 30, 2020)& Hardy 1930 Another Fine Mess
Trump’s Corona: Dark Underbelly of Testing (March 29, 2020)
Sad to say, we no longer have to wait weeks or months to accumulate data intelligence on this ever swiftly moving pandemic. The data accumulates like a blizzard, hour upon hour. Daily updates are insufficient. The best data reporters have been forced, and have been able to make updated numbers available around the clock, most… Continue reading Trump’s Corona: Dark Underbelly of Testing (March 29, 2020)
Trump’s Corona: Louisiana By the Numbers (March 29, 2020)
It is tiring and disheartening to watch the COVID-19 numbers of illness and deaths spin ever higher and too often faster and faster. It is worse when the CIC is out to lunch and spinning ignorant fairy tales to no good public purpose. Yet here we are. We have already commented that Louisiana’s Governor, following… Continue reading Trump’s Corona: Louisiana By the Numbers (March 29, 2020)
Trump & Forgotten Extras (March 27, 2020)
Another painful exercise watching the Strutter in Chief wear out his back-patting schtick. Against all odds, he did formally invoke DPA. Outstanding. See what we can do? Too bad it is 60 days late, so the effect will be blunted terribly. You lives with what you got, Federal wise anyway, for now. Fortunately for all… Continue reading Trump & Forgotten Extras (March 27, 2020)