Attacking the Medical Community in the Middle of the Most Killing Pandemic in a Century

This is where we are now, ladies and gentlemen. This is to where we have devolved, how low we now are.

This Republican Party President Donald "The John" Trump is deriding the doctor and medical professional that is Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Trump spreads anti-Fauci messages 

Trump retweets call to fire Fauci 

amid coronavirus criticism

Then, after attacking Dr. Fauci, that's not enough, he goes after the entire CDC.

Trump promotes tweet that accuses the CDC and doctors of ‘lying’ about COVID-19

Not only does he do that, attack a specialist in pandemics and virtually the entire medical community but he supports, instead, nonsense spread by another talk show host.

Trump retweets game show host Chuck Woolery’s baseless claim that ‘everyone is lying’ about coronavirus

I ask you, ladies and gentlemen, citizens of America:

What kind of a sick, twisted person gathers and then spreads information to go against a medical specialist, medical specialists, in the middle of the most killing national and international pandemic in more than a century?

And the answer, of course, is only this Republican Party President, Donald J Trump.

But then, this is the same man that takes us out of  the premier health organization, the WHO, during, again, the biggest, most killing, national and international pandemic in the past more than 100 years.

The following no way make all this okay but it explains a lot.

The GOP’s Murderous Anti-Intellectualism

Sociopaths Are All That's Left 

of the Republican Party

Thanks, Mr. President.

Thanks, Republians

Going Forward---Something to Think About

More and more, I keep seeing first this person and then another hinting at, suggesting about if a crash, an economic crash, should occur, what with this rather relentless killing, international pandemic and the effects it's having on us and our economies and institutions. Some examples. This first I got from my brother.

The decline of the U.S. dollar could happen at ‘warp speed’ in the era of coronavirus, warns prominent economist

Pandemic Upends World's 2 Largest Economies

The economic devastation wrought by the pandemic could ultimately kill more people than the virus itself

Coronavirus could spark another Great Depression

Coronavirus pandemic's effect on global economy in 7 charts

The medical community seems convinced we're still on the "first round" of this coronavirus pandemic, not the 2nd wave and it just keeps hitting bigger and bigger numbers of Americans who contract it and then the numbers that die, too. We have more cases of coronavirus and more deaths in the nation, both, THAN ANY OTHER NATION ON THE PLANET. And those numbers keep growing.

Put that into perspective, too, folks. We have a little over 4% of the nation's population--a fraction of China's or India's, for a best comparison--yet we have, by far, the most cases of the coronavirus and the most deaths in this pandemic.

If a crash does, in fact, come, an economic crash---God and heavens forbid--and this man, Donald J.  Trump is still at the helm?

Seriously, God and heavens help us all.

Link:

There is some hope out there. It's not all bleak.  Not completely.

Why COVID-19 Won’t Trigger Another 

Great Depression

Be safe out there, y'all. Be and stay safe.

And keep up that hope.

Meanwhile, this broke this morning, minutes ago.

Texas pauses reopening as hospitals inundated with 'explosion' of COVID-19 cases

Has Interweb Social Media Peaked?

Yesterday, it was Facebook.

Facebook stock drops more than 20% 

after warning that revenue growth will take a hit

Today, it's Twitter.

Twitter Reports Q2 Drop in Users, 

Stock Falls 12 Percent

I ask, has social media peaked?

Are we tired of this now?

Are we moving on, as a society?

Another Huge "Gift" From President Trump and the Republican Party

Have you seen this yet?

U.S. national debt exceeds $21 trillion 

for first time 

About a year ago, President Trump pledged to eliminate the national debt "over a period of eight years." But for the first time in history, the national debt surpassed $21 trillion this week, according to the U.S. Treasury.

When Mr. Trump took office on Jan. 20, 2017, the national debt was $19.9 trillion, according to U.S. Treasury data. Since then, the GOP-led Congress has passed a $1.5 trillion tax cut bill and a two-year spending deal which, together, are expected to drive the deficit and debt further upward. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates annual deficits could top $2.1 trillion per year in the next decade, which would send the national debt soaring even higher.

 
Is fiscal conservatism dead?

Republicans railed against the national debt level under the Obama administration, when it jumped from $10.6 trillion to $19.9 trillion, nearly doubling, but few have been as outspoken about the situation with Republicans controlling Capitol Hill and the White House.

Insane. Insanity. Fiscal insanity and irresponsibility.

They're spending their way to huge debt, after railing about over-spending and debt and deficits for the previous 8 years. 

And for what?

So they could hand over yet more of the nation's wealth to the already-wealthy and corporations with their big "trickle down economics" tax bill they just passed.

Nation and middle- and lower- and working-classes be damned.

Now they're coming after Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

We have GOT to vote these people out.

Link:

GOP tax cut plan would add $1.7 trillion 

to the deficit, CBO projects

Huge Changes Coming To Us All

Have you read about these mergers and purchases lately?

Amazon to Buy Whole Foods 

for $13.4 Billion

It seems Amazon is going to control a great deal of our otherwise retail purchases and purchasing. Up to now, it's been hard goods. Now they look to be getting extremely serious about the food markets, too.

It had a huge, nearly immediate effect on markets and companies, too.

Amazon-Whole Foods threat wipes out 

$40 billion in market value

Amazon Buying Whole Foods: 

Grocery Store Stocks Get Hammered

Amazon Deal for Whole Foods Starts 

a Supermarket War

With this one purchase, suddenly they're huge, nationally, in the food business.

Amazon 'will be a top 5 grocer in the US' 

with Whole Foods acquisition

Here's a good share of the reason for it all.

Wal-Mart in the Crosshairs of 

Amazon's Takeover of Whole Foods

Here's what it all boils down to.

The Amazon-Walmart Showdown 

That Explains the Modern Economy

Behemoths In a Battle To Sell You Everything

Meanwhile, retail and retail stores and retail buying all over the nation are getting also hammered, along with their stock prices.

The Great Retail Apocalypse of 2017

What this means is that no one really knows where we're headed Well, except that we're headed online, more and yet more all the time.

Department stores are failing -- 

here's where everyone is buying

And it's all kinds of stores right down to the dollar stores.

Taking the Dollar-Store Concept Online

How The Online Dollar Store Startup Hollar 

Found Success

Besides reshaping retail and how and why we buy, it also means what our communities and cities look like and how they're built.

Dying shopping malls are wreaking havoc 

on suburban America

10 new uses for abandoned malls

7 Dead Shopping Malls That Found 

Surprising Second Lives

Here's What's Becoming Of America's Dead 

Shopping Malls

Shopping centers look to entertainment, 

recreation to fill empty

anchors

Of course there's money--lots of big money--in health care so why wouldn't this happen, right?

America's Dying Malls Are Getting 

a Second Chance as Hospitals

The fact is, stores and business and retail and so, our cities and our lives are changing and the changes are coming and will be coming at us fast. Very, very fast. 

It's a lot like the current Presidential Administration.

Completely unpredictable.

Hold onto your hats, ladies and gentlemen. It's going to be a bumpy ride.

Links:

Jeff Bezos is the smartest guy in business

Amazon-Whole Foods deal could mean new phase of retail

Why Amazon is buying Whole Foods

Rooted in Counterculture, Whole Foods’ Founder Finds an Unlikely Refuge

Not done there, there was also this, just this week. Not as big but still significant.

Walmart to Buy Bonobos, Men's Wear Company, 

for $310 Million

And for a bit of fun:

Tweets react to Amazon buying Whole Foods, 

riff on overpriced groceries

What a Trump Presidency Begets

We warned about this guy, this Trump. We said he didn't have the temperament or experience for the job and he's already proven he wasn't up for it. He even said it was harder than he thought. So now, today? What's happening? What do we get?

Asian markets mostly down as dollar 

continues to fall

European markets move lower 

on political uncertainty

Asia markets: Focus on euro strength, Chinese tech stocks, Trump FBI news

Dollar Holds Weaker In Asia On Trump

That's all bad enough. Now for our own markets. This just broke.

U.S. stocks tumble as concerns over Trump grow

How long until our own markets are hit, and drop, given the uncertainty and unpredictability that is Donald Trump and now, his Presidency?

Again, even Republicans themselves warned about Donald Trump as President.

Republicans Attack Trump as 'Unfit' Candidate

Top Republican congressional leaders denounce Donald Trump

It's as I wrote earlier.

Republicans, The Next Four Years 

Are All On You

How long, America?

How long are we going to put up with this boob of a President? You deserve better than this, America. We all deserve better than this. Much better than this. We need better than this. We need logic and calm and thoughtfulness and deliberation and all the things that go with maturity and experience and familiarity with national and international politics and history and all the rest.

How long, America?

Links:

Donald Trump Is Lying Again, Now About James Comey

All of Trump's false and misleading claims: the first 100 days

Donald Trump's History of Lying Under Oath