Observed deaths, 2020 as of today.
3,420,543
.0103, or a positive variance of +17% (.0103/.0088)
They were expecting, before COVID:
2904000
A 516,543 difference.
nope. still no suggestions about injecting bleach.
What has been done, which is put in place distribution for millions of dosages of vaccines, which was not even attempted by Cheetolini.
Agreed. Once we pick them up, we have an obligation to house them somewhere.
If the conditions are humane, comfortable, and basic needs like healthcare and grooming are met, I have a lot less worry than some of what the monsters at ICE subjected detainees to.
Temporary housing is fine, but...
Not if he has to be in court 90% of the time defending against criminal and civil charges.
The investigations will produce shit, and he is now even on the hook for a DNA cheek swab for a rape accusation, it would seem.
I give that much less than 50% odds.
I shit on your last bit, and you were right about it. A lot more hesitant to really go after anything here.
Us Dems know exactly why we lost. We held off on the door to door stuff because of COVID and basically ceded the ground game to the fascist party, with very predictable results. There...
https://news.yahoo.com/texas-power-grid-failed-mostly-065217364.html
REPORT ON: OUTAGES AND CURTAILMENTS DURING THE SOUTHWEST COLD WEATHER EVENT OF FEBRUARY 1-5, 2011
(PDF)
https://www.ferc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-04/08-16-11-report.pdf
Except this isn't a one in 1/100 situation. Happens about once every ten years.
Last time it happened they did a study about how to prevent outages. It was ignored.
Profit motive, and resiliency were in conflict, and profit motive won.
The people involved are aware of the risks, and care...
Despite my abolitionist feeling about it of course I rationally understand that unaccompanied minors who come across the border have to held temporarily, somewhere. I will continue to point othat the way to release kids from cages is to start *releasing* them.