Tests for the virus retail at $500 so not everyone with mild symptoms is tested, and many cases are mild, or asymptomatic, but can still cause spread of the virus. Confirmed cases in Miami now up to 37. Florida Republicans have cut the mosquito control staff and budget by 50% the last 4-5 years, and Republicans in Congress have not allocated a dime for Zika research or control.
Fox news (where else?) - Former FEMA Director Michael Brown, who ran the federal response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, said President Barack Obama, who was on a two-week vacation should have put down his golf clubs last week during the height of the floods ravaging part of Louisiana.“The problem is the optics,” Brown said......The 'optics' on GWBush & Brown's FEMA with Katrina were the
Elusive radioactive poisons, mineral poisons, plant poisons, blows to head, disappearances. The lucky flee:Among those fleeing Russia recently is Grigory Rodchenkov, a whistle-blower in Russia’s sports doping scandal.This is not without reason.
The European Olympic Committee President, 71 year old Pat Hickey - also head of the Olympic Council of Ireland, has been with the EU Olympic organization since 1995, has been arrested and locked up in Rio's Bangu prison complex for a purported scheme to scalp over 800 high value Olympic event tickets through a front company called THG and another called Pro 10 Sports Management.
A member of the British Olympic team in Rio has been held up at gunpoint while enjoying a night on the town. From a letter obtained by the Guardian: Team officials warn athletes they must “avoid leaving the village after dark in anything other than British Olympic Association/Local Organising Committee/UK Athletics transport – taxis cannot be considered safe late at night.
BEIRUT — Donald Trump has found at least one person who agrees with his allegation that the US administration founded the Islamic State group. The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group quoted Trump at a rally in the country’s south Saturday, saying the presidential candidate’s statements were based on facts.
Washington (CNN)Donald Trump said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin won't make a military move into Ukraine -- even though Putin already has done just that, seizing the country's Crimean Peninsula.
"He's not going into Ukraine, OK, just so you understand. He's not going to go into Ukraine, all right? You can mark it down. You can put it down.
NYT: Four cases of Zika infection in Miami are highly likely to have been caused by infected mosquitoes, the state Department of Health said Friday — the first documented instance of local transmission in the continental United States......funding? NBC: New funding for Zika remained deadlocked in Congress as the long July 4 weekend starts, although President Barack Obama made
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney joined those critics in a post on Facebook, calling it “disqualifying” for a nominee to a major party not to release returns. “Tax returns provide the public with its sole confirmation of the veracity of a candidate’s representations regarding charities, priorities, wealth, tax conformance and conflicts of interest.”
As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?"
Alexis de Tocqueville
letter to Ernest de Chabrol. June 9, 1831
Bernie Sanders, 'coming together, Hillary understands our diversity is our strength, most progressive platform in history, I have known Hillary for 25 years, she fought for universal health care and children, listens to scientists.. Hillary Clinton will make an outstanding president and I am proud to stand with her here today. .': prepared speech today in New Hampshire:
And banned in California for a decade or more. California now also requires a background check for purchase of ammo. The American ritual after Dallas, the post massacre arsenal report. The right wing denial that any gun law whatsoever could have limited the recent massacre, in particular the 1994 Clinton Federal Assault Weapons Ban which Republicans let expire in 2004. Even today, right wing 'live in their own universe' websites, this one 'Controversial Times' (they thrive on controversy, abhor concensus/facts) are still trumpeting that the Dallas shooter did not use an AR-15, but instead used some antique WW2 rifle:
Older voters skip the media run polls by higher numbers, not wanting to spend time after voting by answering a bunch of questions.And "The news media uses exit polls to get a sense of “why” voters did what they did, not to validate the election results. They’re not going to spend millions more dollars to increase the accuracy of early exit polls."
Even with his path to the Democratic presidential nomination rapidly disappearing, Bernie Sanders couldn't bring himself to publicly accept defeat. Along the way, he overplayed his hand and squandered the political capital he'll need to force policy and procedural reforms on the Democratic Party, according to allies and party strategists.“We're already way past the maximum point of leverage that he and his movement built up. It's definitely dissipating every day,”....
"Is it in London's interest for me to hold grudges? Is it in London's interests for the mayor of London to be at permanent war with the Conservative prime minister?" Mr Khan told ITV..."what is important is that the mayor of London argues the case for London and for Londoners to remain in the European Union.
A bitter divide over the Middle East could threaten Democratic Party unity as representatives of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont vowed to upend what they see as the party’s lopsided support of Israel.
