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We are the shithole nation

By Mark | June 24, 2020

In the words of the Atlantic’s Annie Lowrey, “Ending the pandemic would have been the single best thing the federal government could have done to preserve the country’s wealth, health, and economic functioning. The Trump administration, in its hubris, obstinacy, and incompetence, failed to do it.” Donald Trump not only failed to end the pandemic, […]

Posted in Health, Politics, Rants, Uncategorized | Also tagged Annie Lowrey, anti-science, caravans, CDC, COVID-19, Donald Trump, European Union, fear mongering, Idiocracy, Ivanka Trump, Liberate Michigan, pandemic, pariah, public health, Qanon, racism, shithole countries, testing, travel ban | 113 Comments

Today in our upside-down hell world: an accusation of treason, claims of a plot to steal the election, more lies about the pandemic, and a warning about Christians being forced to “recant” their faith

By Mark | June 22, 2020

[above: Donald Trump repeats the absurd, dangerous and scientifically laughable lie that our COVID-19 infection rates are only rising because we’re testing more. In reality, cases are rising because Donald Trump has purposely slowed testing, pushed states to reopen prematurely, and politicized the wearing of masks. Full stop. And, as a result, the United States […]

Posted in Health, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, Arizona, Barack Obama, Christians under attack, Civil War, conspiracy theories, COVID-19, death cult, Donald Trump, Florida, FOX News, Martha McSally, Michael Osterholm, Oklahoma, Oregon, pandemic, public health, racism, Sean Hannity, testing, treason, Tulsa, vacations, vote by mail | 55 Comments

Trump, apparently unaware that 10x as many people have already died on his watch, calls Biden’s response to H1N1, a “total disaster”

By Mark | June 18, 2020

Today, for some inexplicable reason, Donald Trump decided to lash out at Joe Biden for his handling of the H1N1 virus. “Biden got failing grades and polls on his clueless handling of the Swine Flu H1N1,” our comically cocksure President tweeted. “It was a total disaster, they had no idea what they were doing.” If […]

Posted in Health, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, Bruce Dart, COVID-19, Donald Trump, H1N1, hypocrisy, MAGA, pandemic, public health, rallies, social distancing, Texas, Tulsa | 59 Comments

Mark’s Covid Diary… June 16, 2020

By Mark | June 16, 2020

Since we last spoke,

Posted in Civil Liberties, Mark's Life, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged agent provocateurs, ANTIFA, Arizona, bleach, Boogaloo, Costco, COVID-19, crisis gardens, Donald Trump, Enrique Neblett, Florida, food delivery, George Floyd, gun reform, gun violence, health disparities, inequality, Jaws, kale, Katrease Stafford, Kroger, lungs, lynching, milkshakes, Monica, political violence, privilege, public health, race inequality, racism, school shooting, Shake Shack, structural racism, Texas, violence on the extreme right | 42 Comments

Mark’s Covid Diary… May 25, 2020

By Mark | May 25, 2020

Last year on Memorial Day, my son and I discovered a giant vernal pool teaming with tadpoles at Riverside Park, so we thought we’d go back today in hopes of finding more. While we didn’t find any frogs or tadpoles, there was plenty for us to talk about. Among other things, we saw a family […]

Posted in Health, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Alro, asian carp, Barack Obama, carp, Charles `The Butcher' Benton, Chuck Scarborough, conspiracy theories, coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, double feature, exercise, frogs, golf, golfing, H1N1, Harold Hill, Huron River, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, Idaho, Indestructible Man, Joe Biden, Memorial Day, pandemic, playgrounds, public health, Riverside Park, Russian roulette, swine flu, tadpoles, The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Music Man, The Omega Man, vernal pool | 58 Comments

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We are the shithole nation

Today in our upside-down hell world: an accusation of treason, claims of a plot to steal the election, more lies about the pandemic, and a warning about Christians being forced to “recant” their faith

Mark’s Covid Diary… June 16, 2020

Mark’s Covid Diary… May 25, 2020

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