Blip

[Schlank]

Everyone wants to reopen the economy, but the main reason we can't
is because Trump, in his incompetence and malice, has persistently
refused to take steps to institute the widespread testing that's necessary
before lockdowns can be eased.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/15/metro/newtontogether-event-planned-patriots-day/

In a series of tweets on Saturday morning, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman lambasted Donald Trump for his inability to make and stick to any plans to stem the coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing economic collapse of the country, calling the president and Republicans “quitters.”

Responding to a post from Andy Slavitt, who ran the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for former President Barack Obama, Krugman went on a tweetstorm questioning the president’s “insecurity” issues.


“We are ruled by quitters. As Andy Slavitt pointed out a few days ago, the US finally started to implement a real strategy to cope with Covid-19 — then Republicans just gave up,” he tweeted before adding, “To the extent that there’s a coherent strategy here, it is to rely on a spontaneous economic rebound that will take place even though the coronavirus isn’t remotely contained.”

The economist added, “This is partly about ideology, but I also think it reflects Trump’s deep psychological insecurity (which is reflected more broadly in his presidency). All the evidence suggests that he has no faith in his own ability to make actual policy.’

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/pa...real-president/?utm_source=push_notifications

 

[bodysong]

Friday 11 March 2011

Ukraine has their Chernobyl

Japan has their Fukushima Daiichi (No 1) plant and Fukushima Daini (No 2) plant

America has Three Mile Island, and many dumps, hiding waste

Where is the American coronavirus waste going to be stored ?

 

[bodysong]

The Pentagon historically dislikes overseeing troops under federal control to handle unrest,
preferring to leave them to the National Guard under state orders.

Under federal orders, Cohn noted, the Defense Department picks up the majority of the cost,
rather than the state.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...88c794-a1d1-11ea-9d96-c3f7c755fd6e_story.html

 

[bodysong]

Stoney Apologizes for Tear Gas, Agrees to March Today

June 2, 2020

After Richmond police fired tear gas into a group of peaceful protesters on Monday night
Mayor Levar Stoney asked for the community to come to City Hall on Tuesday so he could
apologize. A large crowd took him up on it.

https://www.styleweekly.com/richmon...as-agrees-to-march-today/Content?oid=16113201

Richmond mayor joins protesters, apologizes after city police gassed a peaceful demonstration

June 2, 2020

At the Lee statue Tuesday night, Stoney was lost in the crowd of thousands.
“Where is Stoney?” some chanted in a singsong taunt, thinking the mayor was
a no-show. Then a man with a bullhorn announced that Stoney was there and
asked whether they wanted to hear from him. The response was a mix of shouting
that the mayor took as a yes, or a maybe. He stepped up to the foot of the monument
and took the bullhorn.

He told the crowd that he would support a citizens review board for police.
He said he had called the city prosecutor to urge her to drop charges filed
against hundreds of protesters but cautioned that prosecution is not his call.

As Stoney started to leave a little after 7 p.m., some booed him.

“I can’t stay past 8 o’clock,” he said. “You know that, right?

But some in the crowd of thousands seemed unaware of his presence.
“Where is Stoney?” they continued to chant. Some of those up close
shouted at him.

Stoney had linked arms along the way with Del. Lamont Bagby (D-Henrico),
head of the Legislative Black Caucus. Other elected officials in the crowd included
state Sens. Jennifer L. McClellan and Ghazala F. Hashmi, both Richmond Democrats.

Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) also appeared with marchers, saying he wanted to
show solidarity after the “abhorrent” use of tear gas on peaceful protesters.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...38b2d6-a4cd-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.html

 

[bodysong]

Daniel Dale ✓
Twitter › ddale8

The president posts a letter that smears peaceful protesters as terrorists:
“The phony protesters near Lafayette park were not peaceful and are not real.
They are terrorists...”

Here's the transcript of his response.

1 hour ago

Esper, on thin ice with the White House, reverses decision on troop deployments

June3, 2020

Defense Secretary Mark Esper abruptly reversed a decision to order active-duty troops
home from the national capital region on Wednesday

Earlier in the day, Esper ordered 200 active-duty soldiers from the 82nd Airborne's
immediate response force — brought to the national capital region to deal with unrest
if needed — to return to their home base after two days of more peaceful demonstrations
in D.C.

But Esper abruptly overturned the decision just hours later, after a meeting at the
White House and other internal Pentagon discussions- according to The Associated Press.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/03/mark-esper-military-deployment-protests-298314

 

[bodysong]

Active-Duty Troops Deployed to DC Region Start to Leave -

June 4, 2020

The soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division have been kept at military bases outside the
city, and will now return to Fort Bragg, N.C., according to a defense official, who spoke
on condition of anonymity to discuss impending troop movements. The official said
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has approved the move.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article243277216.html

https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/06/04/us/politics/ap-us-america-protests-troops-depart.html

 

[bodysong]

New York Times under fire over op-ed urging Trump to 'send in the troops'

Decision to run opinion piece from Republican senator Tom Cotton sparks criticism
from staff who say it puts people in danger

3 June 2020

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/03/new-york-times-op-ed-tom-cotton-backlash-staff

 

[bodysong]

The Millions ✓
Twitter › The_Millions

"Humanity as a whole can't resist telling stories in a sometimes futile,
sometimes noble attempt to frame life, to somehow contain it."

(link to themillions)

2 hours ago

 

[bodysong]

People call for Starbucks boycott after staff told not to wear Black Lives Matter pins, T-shirts

June 11, 2020

BuzzFeed reports that Starbucks told employees not to wear items of clothing,
like pins or T-shirts, that endorse the Black Lives Matter movement.

According to the report, in a memo to employees, Starbucks management said
Black Lives Matter attire would be prohibited though buttons and attire in support
of marriage equality and LGBTQ rights are permitted. The company pointed to
a dress code policy that prohibits the wearing of buttons or pins that
“advocate a political, religious or personal issue.”

On social media, some compared the guidance issued to employees with the company’s
June 4 statement in support of Black Lives Matter.

“Black lives matter,” Starbucks tweeted at the time.
“We are committed to being a part of change.”

this you?

#BoycottStarbucks

— Yolian Ogbu (@yolian_ogbu) June 11, 2020

If Starbucks is saying #BlackLivesMatter attire is prohibited, and you end up there,
Make "Black Lives Matter" your name so they have to write it on the cup and shout it
out loud.

"Black Lives Matter! Your frappacino is ready!
"BLACK LIVES MATTER! Order up!"

#BoycottStarbucks

— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) June 11, 2020

https://www.nj.com/news/2020/06/peo...to-wear-black-lives-matter-pins-t-shirts.html

June 10, 2020

Starbucks Will Close 400 U.S. Stores, Focus on Mobile Order and Pickup-Only Locations

USA Today reports the Seattle-based coffee empire -
plans to shutter up to 400 company-owned locations over the next 18 months,
but expand “convenience-led formats” such as curbside pickup, Drive-Thru
and mobile-only pickup locations. Starbucks said the changes are due to an
emphasis on “to go” business since the coronavirus pandemic forced restaurants,

The company did not provide a list of locations for stores closing. The chain has
24,000 locations worldwide, including more than a dozen in Central New York.

https://www.oregonlive.com/business...us-and-canada-will-expand-pickup-options.html
bars and coffee shops to close indoor service in March.

 

[bodysong]

Atlanta Black Star
Twitter › ATLBlackStar

“The killing of #RayshardBrooks in Atlanta last night demands we severely restrict
the use of deadly force. Yes, investigations must be called for - but so too should
accountability. Sleeping in a drive-thru must not end in death.” @staceyabrams
#AtlantaShooting

2 hours ago

June 12, 2020

Police had been called after Brooks was found asleep in a car at a Wendy's drive-through.

"The killing of #RayshardBrooks in Atlanta last night demands we severely restrict
the use of deadly force," Stacey Abrams tweeted. "Sleeping in a drive-thru must not
end in death."

Atlanta Chief of Police Erika Shields has resigned, less than a day after police fatally
shot a 27-year-old black man outside of a fast food restaurant.

https://www.npr.org/sections/live-u...resigns-after-police-shoot-and-kill-black-man

Stacey Abrams ✓
Twitter › staceyabrams

A taser is not a deadly weapon. A gun is. Adrenaline and irritation are not the same as
mortal fear. Running away should not be punishable by death. Public safety must mean
the public is safe. All of us. #BlackLivesMatter #AtlantaShooting #RayshardBrooks

5 hours ago

Attorneys L. Chris Stewart and Justin Miller are representing Rayshard Brooks' family

"Police have argued in the past that a stun gun is not a deadly weapon,
so there was no reason to use deadly force against Brooks, who was
running away, Stewart said.

"I have cases where officers used tasers on victims and they argue with us in court
that tasers aren't deadly," Stewart said. "You cannot have it both ways."

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/13/us/atlanta-police-shooting-wendys/index.html

 

[bodysong]

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) sets June 26 date for historic House vote
on D.C. statehood bill

June 16, 2020

Officials expect legislation making the District the 51st state to pass the House of
Representatives with an overwhelming majority of Democrats, which would be a
watershed moment for pro-statehood activists and the first time in U.S. history
that either chamber of Congress has advanced a statehood bill.

The statehood bill, introduced by Norton, would shrink the seat of the federal government
to a two-square-mile enclave, encompassing the White House, Capitol Hill, the Supreme
Court and other federal buildings. The rest of the District would become known as the
State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...f29e00-af22-11ea-8758-bfd1d045525a_story.html

 

[bodysong]

A Shrine's Touchstone Is Gone Into Storage

Christopher McCandless died in 1992 The bus he sheltered in, has been moved.

The 1940s-era bus — Fairbanks city bus 142 — was hauled to the spot by Yutan Construction
Co. as a shelter for employees during a pioneer road construction project. It was abandoned
when the project was completed in 1961, according to the state.

It soon became a destination for hikers, Walker said. But “its usefulness as a shelter
had pretty much gone by as it was really dilapidated and in bad shape,” he said.

The bus, where McCandless stayed alone for more than 100 days until his death,
was a magnet for travelers from around the world with differing levels of outdoor
skill. The “Into the Wild” book has been translated into 30 languages.

The bus will remain in storage at a secure location, and the state is considering options
for its permanent placement, Natural Resources Commissioner Corri Feige said.

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/202...-bus-after-years-of-hiker-rescues-and-deaths/

 

[bodysong]

Rayshard Brooks died on June 12, 2020

His murder did not get covered up, and was not ignored for months, because someone
had recorded proof.

In Atlanta, hundreds pay respect to Rayshard Brooks

June 22, 2020

A private funeral for Brooks is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...01084c-b4c8-11ea-a510-55bf26485c93_story.html

 

[bodysong]

Charles P. Pierce ✓
Twitter › CharlesPPierce

I tell the Twitterverse this honestly -- until a month ago, I always thought
the statue in Lafayette Park was of, you know, Lafayette.

7 hours ago

Mike Pence Proves He's As Just As Dangerous To America's Health As Trump

https://crooksandliars.com/2020/06/mike-pence-proves-hes-just-dangerous

The White House coronavirus task force held its first briefing in two months, yesterday,
and the whole tired affair was summed up nicely by Esquire’s Charlie Pierce here:

The White House Task Force on the coronavirus pandemic re-emerged from its
hyperbaric chamber and met the press again on Friday morning. If you watched
the whole thing, you might have noticed that none of them were adhering to CDC
guidelines, including wearing masks, and that HHS Secretary Alex Azar tried a little
of the old okey-doke involving the Ebola outbreak in the Congo, and that Dr. Anthony
Fauci now sounds like a man who has been hauling a barge through the Erie Canal.
But all you really needed to see was the last question and the last answer.

Paula Reid of CBS asked this question of the Poser-in-Chief regarding the superspreader
events in which his re-election campaign is now engaged. […]

You could see Pence visibly reach the absolute frontier limits of his intellect
in trying to craft an answer that was not admitting that Reid was absolutely right,
and that also would keep Pence from offending the angry toddler for whom he works.

You Can See Mike Pence Reach the Absolute Frontier Limits of His Intellect in This Exchange

June 26, 2020
- Charles P. Pierce

The White House Task Force on the coronavirus pandemic re-emerged from its
hyperbaric chamber and met the press again on Friday morning.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politi...-pence-masks-social-distancing-trump-rallies/

 

[bodysong]

Rolling Stones threaten to sue Donald Trump over use of songs

US president played 1969 classic at Tulsa rally despite cease-and-desist directives

28 June 2020

The 1969 classic You Can’t Always Get What You Want was a popular song for his events.
It was played again at the close of Trump’s recent rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, an indoor event
criticised for its potential to spread the coronavirus.

Other musicians and their representatives have also complained about having their music
associated with Trump’s events. The family of the late Tom Petty said it had issued a cease-
and-desist order after his song I Won’t Back Down was used in Tulsa.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...hreaten-to-sue-donald-trump-over-use-of-songs

What if the police were sent to collect the canned music for Trump's Tulsa rally,
before it began ?

 

[bodysong]

Philippines in Hot Seat at UN Rights Council

Government’s Announced Review Panel for ‘Drug War’ Killings a Ruse

June 30, 2020

The Philippines came under scrutiny when the United Nations Human Rights Council
convened in Geneva on Tuesday. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michele
Bachelet gave the stark findings of her office’s report on the Philippines, which the
council requested last year. She described widespread abuses against drug suspects,
political activists, indigenous peoples, and journalists, among others.

During the session, several countries echoed the report’s findings and called for accountability.

Predictably, China and other countries close to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte rejected
he report, saying only “constructive dialogue” can address human rights issues in the country.

At a time when the Philippines needs a serious impartial investigation into “drug war”
killings, the panel is nothing more than a ruse to shield the country from international
scrutiny. The International Criminal Court could open an investigation into crimes
against humanity committed up to March 17, 2019, the date when the Philippines’
withdrawal from the court took effect. It’s also a naked attempt to discourage the
Human Rights Council from starting an independent, international investigation
into the “drug war” killings and related violations as recommended by the UN
high commissioner and 23 UN human rights experts.

Countries at the Human Rights Council should not be fooled.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/06/30/philippines-hot-seat-un-rights-council

 

[bodysong]

Thank you, Richard Davis, Director of the clinical microbiology laboratory
at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Washington

Seeing a film about how far dropets travel from a sneeze, convinced me that
wearing a mask was important. (Far, fast, wide, and so many droplets. eek)

(If that many bacteria were given a chance to make their presence known in the agar
gel, it does give the brain an alert to start imagining how many coronavirus are contained
in each cough, each sneeze, each shout.)

Dr Richard Davis took to Twitter on June 27 to post a photo of two rows of agar culture
plates, explaining that he’d ‘sneezed, sang, talked and coughed’ on one row of plates while
wearing a surgical face mask. He did the same to the other row without wearing a mask.

“Two simple demos: First, I sneezed, sang, talked & coughed toward an agar culture plate
with or without a mask. Bacteria colonies show where droplets landed. A mask blocks
virtually all of them,” he added.

Dr Davis’s graphic depiction of the effectiveness of face coverings has clearly struck
a chord with social media users and his tweet has gone viral — if you’ll pardon the pun —
with almost 200k retweets and over 320k likes.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/covid-19-...-face-masks-work-in-cough-test-032831752.html

Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS✓
Twitter › richdavisphd

The mask thread doing such absurd numbers
(with more comments & questions than I can read let alone answer)
feels like finding a beehive in a room in your house. And also additional beehives
keep appearing. So you close the door (but you never stop thinking about the beehives)…

6 days ago

Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS ✓
Twitter › richdavisphd

What does a mask do? Blocks respiratory droplets coming from your mouth and throat.
Two simple demos: First, I sneezed, sang, talked & coughed toward an agar culture plate
with or without a mask. Bacteria colonies show where droplets landed. A mask blocks
virtually all of them.

8 days ago

 

[bodysong]

July 3, 2020 6:52 PM

Don’t know if anyone noticed this.

Lee Fierro, famous for lifting her black veil and slapping Chief Brody across the face
in “Jaws,” has died, according to her friends on Martha’s Vineyard who remember her
as the dedicated, vibrant matriarch of the Island’s robust theater scene.

Fierro, 91, was living off-Island in Ohio at an assisted living facility where she died
from complications of COVID-19, according to Kevin Ryan, artistic director and
board president for Island Theatre Workshop, a program Fierro championed during
her 40-plus years on Martha’s Vineyard. During those years, Ryan estimates Fierro
taught and mentored more than 1,000 children in theater.

Daily Kos - Dartagnan - July 3, 2020

(Does this scene remind you of any current issue ?)

#

Mrs. Kintner : Chief Brody?

Brody : Yes?

[Mrs. Kintner slaps Brody and sobs]

Mrs. Kintner : I just found out, that a girl got killed here last week, and you knew it!
You knew there was a shark out there! You knew it was dangerous! But you let people
go swimming anyway? You knew all those things! But still my boy is dead now.
And there's nothing you can do about it. My boy is dead. I wanted you to know that.

[Mrs. Kintner walks away]

Mayor Vaughn : I'm sorry, Martin. She's wrong.

Brody : No, she's not.

Jaws (1975)

 

[bodysong]

July 6, 2020 Two-weeks of congressional recess begins.
Congress on recess until July 20th.

How nice for them.

(That does not mean that their staff is on vacation.)

The Coronavirus Crisis

'We Need Help': People At Higher Coronavirus Risk Fear Losing Federal Unemployment

An extra $600 a week in federal unemployment runs out at the end of July —
even for people with underlying health conditions who are at much greater risk
if they contract COVID-19.

NPR National Public Radio

Republicans have other ideas, about the billions that Congress provided for The People

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-p...dressing-coronavirus-spikes-economic-strains/

 

[bodysong]

From the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that managed to drive America's
real wild horses out of land set aside for them, to give ranchers more land for cattle,
and more area open for tar sands oil pipelines, and frakked gas pipelines. (Not energy
for the U.S., this stuff is for export, for profit.)

Trump's buddy at BLM is ready to give industry the rights to strip every money making resource
from public land. As it is some national parks and monuments have bites taken out
of them. Mining leases, logging, developement opportunities, are gifts to Trump
campaign supporters. Say good-bye to natural beauty, natural wonders, and natural
resources, and good health, and say hello to hydroxychloroquine.

Making a buck is more important- Trump remains the debt king, and billions are owed.


6 Jul 2020

Donald Trump announced that he plans to nominate William Perry Pendley
to lead the Bureau of Land Management. That may not sound like big news,
but it is.

Pendley is linked to two little-known but very dangerous political movements:
the so-called Wise Use movement and the anti-government extremists sometimes
called constitutionalists or sovereign citizens.

Wise Use advocates, who are fiercely opposed to almost any environmental
protection laws, have long had exceptional access to the Trump administration.

The movement wants to privatize basically all public land, so that it can be used
“wisely” by big business – especially the agricultural, fossil fuel and logging
industries, which are also the movement’s biggest donors

Although Pendley has been acting director of the Bureau of Land Management
since last July, his official nomination will give him troubling new authority and
political clout.

Just last week, the Bureau of Land Management proposed opening millions of acres
in rural Alaska for oil and gas leasing.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/06/trump-public-land-pick-william-perry-pendley

 

[bodysong]

2009 Republicans invent the fear "death panels" that will kill grandfathers and grandmothers
2019 Trump refuses to do his job, and do the work, that protects Americans
2020 Trump loyalists side with Trump, and against Dr. Fauci

The American hospital system limped along, because the investors and stock holders
demanded their share of the profits. Nurses protested every year, warning that the
health of patients was at stake. This was before coronavirus. Trump poured money
into corporations, but the executives chose to cut losses, and the hospitals dumped
the nurses on the sidewalks.

Trump insured that hospitals would cease to be predictable money-making machines,
because he needed to add to his stable of Trump loyalists. He created a situation that
forced hospitals to overspend on PPE and ventilators. Trump fed his fledgelings on
corrupt profits. Trump's loyal minions, operating in the middle of one-horse counties,
wore the finest of surgical grade coronavirus masks.

Intelligencer ✓
Twitter › intelligencer

132,000 Americans have lost their lives to the coronavirus. Almost 40 percent
of them lived in nursing homes or assisted-living communities.
@onesarahjones writes that America has abandoned the elderly to die

(link to New York magazine)

5 hours ago

Sarah Jones ✓
Twitter › onesarahjones

My grandfather’s supplemental insurance won’t continue to pay for his case,
so he’s getting kicked out of his rehabilitation facility on Monday despite
the fact he has a UTI and a non-COVID respiratory infection and can barely
sit up. God bless America

1 day ago

No One Should Be Surprised That America Abandoned the Elderly to Die

America is Sacrificing the Elderly to Coronavirus

July 9, 2020

Trump is trying to move on. So are state governments. But the novel coronavirus isn’
finished with us yet. In Florida and Texas, hospitals are nearing capacity;
to the west Arizona sets case records. Behind the case counts and hospitalizations,
deaths follow, and once again the toll will fall heaviest on the elderly.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/america-is-sacrificing-the-elderly-to-coronavirus.html

 

[bodysong]

It’s so hot at Death Valley National Park that cars are breaking down

July 13, 2020

Some unlucky visitors at Death Valley National Park ran into car trouble Sunday
when the extreme heat caused their engines to give out, the park said Monday.

“Yesterday’s excessive heat caused at least three vehicles in the park to break down
from overheated engines, which can quickly turn fatal if passengers are stranded
in this climate without air conditioning,” Death Valley National Park officials said
on Facebook. “Fortunately, rangers were available to respond and no major medical
incidents were reported.”


https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article244196292.html


Death Valley National Park

9 hours ago

Near record heat! This weekend Death Valley National Park experienced another
extreme heat wave, with official temperatures reaching a high of 128°F!
The last time the park reached a temperature this high was in 2013.

Yesterday's excessive heat caused at least three vehicles in the park to breakdown
from overheated engines, which can quickly turn fatal if passengers are stranded
in this climate without air conditioning. Fortunately, rangers were available to
respond and no ma...jor medical incidents were reported.

The famous thermometer at Furnace Creek Visitor Center (pictured here)
usually shows temperatures a degree or two hotter than the official
temperatures (with the Celsius readings unfortunately currently glitching,
as electronics all too often have issues in this climate).

 

[bodysong]

Nevada lab: 7 rabies cases in bats from Las Vegas, Reno areas

July 13, 2020

This year, lab officials have tested 179 bats, finding the seven positive rabies cases
in animals from Clark and Washoe counties.

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2020/jul/13/nevada-lab-7-rabies-cases-in-bats-from-las-vegas-r/

 

[bodysong]

Squirrel tests positive for bubonic plague in Colorado

The squirrel is the first reported case of the plague in the metro Denver county.

Jefferson County Public Health ✓
Twitter › JeffcoPH

NOTICE: On Saturday, July 11, a squirrel found in the Town of Morrison
tested positive for bubonic plague. The squirrel is the first case of plague
in the county.

Read more: CivicAlerts

2 days ago

 

[bodysong]

*tip of the hat, to Bacigalupo, on the GB

Twitter user started an account, @SuspendThePres, where he tweeted
word for word, what President Donald Trump had posted.

5/29/2020
Bizarre Lazar used his @SuspendThePres account to re-post
Trump's infamous "when the looting starts, the shooting starts"
tweet


Jun 1, 2020 · Experiment Update -
Well it finally happened. Took longer than expected. 12 hour suspension
and had to delete the offending tweet.

Jun 3, 2020 ·
68 hours after posting the same tweet as the President, Twitter temporarily deactivated
the @SuspendThePres account for 12 hours

Jun 3, 2020
Repeating a call to shoot looters got @SuspendThePres a visit from the banhammer.

Someone tweeted the exact same things as Donald Trump and was suspended after 2 days

A man with the Twitter name Bizarre Lazar has been conducting an interesting social experiment.

Since the end of May, on a second account he has called @SuspendThePres, he has been
tweeting what Donald Trump tweets to see how Twitter would react.

https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2020/06/0...ald-trumps-tweets-was-suspended-after-2-days/

@BizarreLazar has continued to post tweets under his original account

Is he trying to provoke Twitter into suspending his account ?

Half his tweets are clear eyed, observing and reporting.

There are other tweets that seem to root from the bowels of Extremist Right Wing
conspiracy theorists sites. Pizzagate was a flake of skin that was shed by an un-dead
beast, similar to the science fiction monster ", The Thing."

This tweet, from @BizarreLazar, of a print graphic, is truth.

"The Houston Chronicle's obituary section was 43 pages long yesterday"

"Let that sink in."

fact- The Houston Chronicle on Sunday printed a 43-page obituary section of 900 deaths
in the state over the past six months