The volume of stuff happening is pretty near too much to handle intelligently or responsibly, so I'm whittling down my clipping pile using the Twitter convention of 280 (nee 140) characters per "bleet."
‣ Someone at Washington Post noted recently that the Biden pandemic team did not include an economist, not even a health economist. They do need someone who's training includes considering cost, not just doing whatever it takes to eradicate the virus.
‣ Beside lacking a clear specialist in working out the finances of businesses under stress, the Biden economic team doesn't have a public health expert. That task force will need to be told when Plan X may cost Y thousand more deaths.
‣ 12 million could lose UI at the end of the year. How much more has to be said to coax a basic coronavirus relief package out of Washington. Ignore the Gong Show going on down west on Pennsylvania and do something, Majority Leader McConnell and Speaker Pelosi.
‣ One of the explanations of the increasing capitalization of "white" in description of people is that some European immigrants were victimized when they got off the boat. While I struggle to maintain a straight face, please see the last five words in the preceding bleet.
‣ Another explanation has been that "White [sic] people must be made to understand that race is a thing and they are complicit in it," or words to that effect. Again, think very hard about whether you want whites to get hard core about racial identity; so far it hasn't looked all that good for anybody.
‣ The
Biden teams have, so far, been rational about lockdown: not what they want to
do. What should always
have been the message is “Stay home as much as you can. Mask up and keep a
polite distance when you can’t. Wash hands a lot and don’t hang out in
bars." Is that so hard?
No comments:
Post a Comment