The Johns Hopkins CSSE dashboard is reporting 432,579 US cases and 14,830 deaths as of 10:45 am on April 9.
The Johns Hopkins CSSE dashboard is reporting 467,184 US cases and 16,736 deaths as of 10:30 am on April 10. Do the math.
There is more to fear than fear itself
I spent two hours doing what I swore I would never do. I watched Facebook videos of cute babies and children doing breathtaking things, cute animals doing wonderful things, spectacular soloists, duets and choirs singing awe–inspiring songs, and I cried and cried and cried.
And when my national binge watch preoccupation was over, I realized. Orange Julius was not a hellacious dream. I was furious. I was more than furious. I was wildly That forgetfulness and head-in-the-sand and drugs and alcohol, and gambling, and binge-watching-what-ever, and denial, frozen in a deer–in–the–headlights–stance, poor–me–helplessness, and impotent rage will not save me, will not save any of us.
More than three years of failed presidential leadership, and now Covid-19, reveals we are a fourth world failed state led by an incompetent … you fill in the blanks.
I am committed to staying informed, praying, meditating, moving, staying connected, loving, and engaging in positive–caring action, remembering, not forgetting. I am also asking the same of you.
Stay informed, pray, meditate, create, move, connect, connect, connect, love, engage in positive action, remember, don’t forget.
America Is Acting Like a Failed State – The Atlantic
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COVID-19 TRANSCRIPT: 4/6/20, The Rachel Maddow Show …
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Donald Trump stokes fresh coronavirus row as Wuhan reopens
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Trump’s failed presidency – Brookings Institution
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Jay Inslee sounds an ominous warning as Trump’s failures …
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FY2020 Budget Cuts – Environmental Protection Network
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DOJ asks Congress for broad new powers amid Covid … – Vox
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Trump’s IG Purges Add Fuel to Oversight Controversies …
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Trump administration ignored pandemic warning from White …
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Advocates Say Trump Budget Cuts Will Hurt Country’s Most …
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The Republican Plot Against Voting Turns Deadly | The New …
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Medical personnel being targeted
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Black men kicked out of store for wearing masks – AJC.com
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And yet
On a bike ride today jacaranda, wisteria and azaleas bloomed. Humming birds and butterflies flitted about in the air. Mourning doves sang from porch. Fat wild rabbits rested along the edges of wide spring grasses. Red robin, forsythia and quince greeted me along the path and as I passed my neighbors’ gardens. While peddling, I looked up into a sky filled with shifting–drifting clouds filled with floating dragons and fairies and castles and giant–gray–white bunnies with lizard heads. The air was sparkled clear. The air streamed across my face. The sun warmed my skin. All, despite tens of thousands of our beloved’s souls having left us, are now in flight.
I go down my to-do list of self-care: meditate, eat well, rest well, get exercise, connect, connect, connect, stay home, except for the pharmacy & the grocery (and emergency treks to rescue errant packages) & then only with mask and gloves & when there are very few people about. Watch less TV, but stay informed. Laugh a lot. Channel fear and rage into expression, action and art.
I put on Aretha Franklin, I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You. I repeat, “Save Me.”
I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You | Discogs
Aretha Franklin – Save me – YouTube
Later I put on. Aretha Now. I repeat, “Save Me.”
Aretha Franklin – Aretha Now | Releases | Discogs
Aretha Franklin – Think [1968] (Original Version) – YouTube
I continue to chronicle these times.
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