Moon Rising From Downtown (Samsung S9 Taken 9.20.21) |
I sometimes start posts and never finish them. I have a drafts folder that I've tried to clean but sometimes I hold on to old things. Like this one time, I was ranting about "before times" stuff that I was hoping would never come back. It was an attempt to look on the bright side of the pandemic and isolation and the big shutdowns. But I never posted it because I thought it was too mean. It had to do with how I didn't miss hearing from acquaintances about their bullshit MLM "businesses" whether it be oils or keto powders or face creams or life coaching or whatever, and then last night I binged LuLaRich on Amazon Prime and I realized it wasn't mean at all...maybe I was just looking out for them. Seriously, staaaahhhhppp with this MLM nonsense. You aren't hashtag blessed, you're not a mom boss, and if you're actually making money, it's at the expense of poor and desperate people below you and you might be an awful person. Anyway, watch the limited series.
Maybe I just binge garbage TV to avoid the dreadful news of the day. Those images of the Border Patrol agents wielding around their horse reins is horrifying. I know the other side loves to have a field day with immigration and the "border crises," but this is a decades long problem and each administration just punts to the next, particularly as long as the obstructionist Senate represents the racist minority of this country. And of course more people are going to try to come to the United States if they believe that the president is more compassionate and not a fucking psychopath. Nobody wants to really deal with the hard issues and the particular centrist democrats in the Senate can't even stand up to be democrats and nothing gets done. Get the fuck on board already. Meanwhile, this isn't going to be the only "crisis" this administration is challenged with, because they're actually trying to deal with shit as it arises, in plain view, where we're all open to judge and criticize from the comfort of our homes as our faucets deliver us (mostly) clean water, the power switches turn on (mostly) reliable light, the air conditioner keeps us reliably cool, and we have a roof over our heads. We don't know desperation and the destabilization around the world, particularly from countries run by nationalist dictators coupled with climate crises and the ongoing pandemic and things are looking pretty bleak. Still I trust there are good people out there trying to keep it all from falling completely apart instead of being the deliberate destroyers as was the last administration. I need a drink.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- Pfizer and BioNTech Announce Positive Topline Results From Pivotal Trial of COVID-19 Vaccine in Children 5 to 11 Years - Pfizer Press Release (9.20.21)
- Daily COVID-19 deaths surpass 2,000 — 5 details - Becker's Hospital Review (9.20.21)
- Ask KHN-PolitiFact: Is My Cloth Mask Good Enough to Face the Delta Variant? - KHN (9.20.21)
- Joint Statement from California Health and Human Services Agency Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly and California Department of Public Health Director and State Public Health Officer Dr. Tomás Aragón - CDPH (9.17.21)
- COVID has killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 flu - AP News (9.20.21)
- Politics:
- White House condemns border guard use of whip-like cord against Haitian migrants - Reuters (9.20.21)
- News:
- COVID has killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 flu - AP News (9.20.21)
- Other Reading:
- The Guttmacher Institute and Many of its Experts Join Two Robust Amicus Briefs That Invoke Extensive Public Health and Social Science Evidence Urging the U.S. Supreme Court to Reject Mississippi Abortion Ban - Guttmacher Institute (9.20.21)
- Landlords Use Secret Algorithms to Screen Potential Tenants. Find Out What They’ve Said About You. - ProPublica (9.20.21)
- Government:
- White House
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, September 20, 2021
- Background Press Call by a Senior Administration Official Previewing the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
- Readout of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s Meeting with Secretary-General António Guterres of the United Nations
- Remarks by President Biden and United Nations Secretary-General Guterres Before Bilateral Meeting
- Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate
- Readout of National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s Meeting with Angolan President João Lourenço
- Statement by President Joe Biden on Mobilizing the Administration to Address Extreme Heat
- FACT SHEET: Biden Administration Mobilizes to Protect Workers and Communities from Extreme Heat
- Statement by President Joe Biden on the Tenth Anniversary of the Repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
- Dept of Defense
- CDP
- State Dept
- Briefing with Bureau of International Organization Affairs Senior Official Erica Barks-Ruggles On U.S. Participation at the 76th UN General Assembly
- Paul Rusesabagina Case Outcome
- United States Announces Actions Against Seven Central American Officials for Undermining Democracy and Obstructing Investigations into Acts of Corruption
- Departure of Qatar Airways Flight from Kabul
- Transmission of the President’s Report to Congress on the Proposed Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2022
- The Russian Federation’s Duma Elections
- Call for Somalia’s President and Prime Minister to Resolve Dispute and Complete Elections
- Secretary Blinken’s Call with Mexican Foreign Secretary Ebrard
- Secretary Blinken’s Call with Haitian Prime Minister Henry
- Dept of Justice
- Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges for Fraudulently Obtaining Over $1.6 Million in Paycheck Protection Program Loans. Defendant Spent Loaned Funds on Personal Expenses, Including a Lamborghini, a Truck, and a Rolex Watch.
- DHS
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 9.20.21 5:21pm):
- 229,011,361 Known Cases/16,613,335 28-Day New Cases
- 4,699,037 Known Deaths/259,916 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard
- JHU
- 42,286,531 Cases/4,291,156 28 Day New Cases
- 676,059 Deaths/44,898 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +28,741 New Cases/42,031,103 Known Cases
- +225 New Deaths/672,738 Known Deaths
- 466,535,855 Doses Delivered
- 386,237,881 Doses Administered
- 212,035,328 Partially Vaccinated
- 181,728,072 Fully Vaccinated
- 54.7% of Total Population
- 64% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 65.9% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Coronavirus: Resources for Californians
- R-effective: 0.77
- 56,402,345 Doses Delivered/48,448,279 Doses Administered
- 2,827,536 Partially Vaccinated/23,461,596 Fully Vaccinated
- 8,118 New Cases/4,422,085 Total Cases (19.9 new cases/100k)
- 99 New Deaths/67,612 Total Deaths (0.2 new deaths/100k)
- 3.0% 7-day test positivity rate
- 6,398 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (0 patients, 0% from prior day)
- 1,762 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-33 patients, -1.8% from prior day)
- 1,764 ICU beds available (+100 from prior day)
- San Diego County
- Free Testing Sites and Schedule in San Diego
- Vaccination Locations San Diego
- Vaccination Dashboard
- COVID ActNow Daily Updates for San Diego Metro
- San Diego Unified School District COVID Dashboard
- CDC Data:
- 1,631,410 Fully Vaccinated
- 48.9% of Total Population
- 57.0% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 57.4% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
- State Data:
- R-effective: 0.72
- 377 New Cases/349,225 Total Cases
- 3.5% Daily Positivity
- 0 Deaths/4,006 Total Deaths
- 473 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-10 patients, -2.1% from prior day)
- 155 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (+5 patients, +3.3% from prior day)
- 216 ICU beds available (+12 from prior day)
- County Data:
- San Diego County COVID-19 Watch
- High Number of COVID-19 Deaths Continues to Be Reported
- 365 New Cases/349,581 Total Cases
- 3 New Daily Deaths/4,009 Total Deaths
- 4.7% Daily Test Positivity/3.8% 7-day average
- +4 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- +1 Day Over Day COVID-19 ICU Patients
- Universities:
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