Bo Diddley, born 12/30/28 is the most under-recognized rock and roll pioneer. He had great songs and was way ahead of his time as a guitar player.
1990’s The Chess Box has the classic records but it appears to be out of print.
Month: December 2020
QAnon update 12/30/20- it just gets worse
Trump’s former national security adviser is going all in on QAnon, selling QAnon T-shirts and launching a QAnon news site https://t.co/oaifKP8ffV
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 30, 2020
When Flynn posted a video taking the QAnon oath, Sidney Powell insisted it was just just a non-Q-specific patriotic oath.
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) December 29, 2020
When Flynn signed a book with QAnon's WWG1WGA slogan, his son insisted said his dad had "ZERO to do with ‘Q.'" and "was asked to write that."
About that … https://t.co/Vj4Ytn3WrE
New for me for @NYMag.
— Travis View (@travis_view) December 29, 2020
Trump’s most powerful loyalists are abandoning him in his doomed fight to overturn the election. So the president is turning to his true ride or dies: the Qanon community. And they're thrilled. https://t.co/D3PiFGTelT
With President Trump's days in office dwindling, QAnon influencers have become increasingly restless and militant, urging the president to “#crosstherubicon.” https://t.co/typKYkqKQQ
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 28, 2020
With his presidency dwindling, Donald Trump is turning to QAnon heroes, contemplating QAnon ideas and boosting QAnon accountshttps://t.co/rTBd5U6fL5
— POLITICO (@politico) December 24, 2020
Jeff Bezos’s QAnon Christmas: Despite the fact that Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and even Etsy have made efforts to ban it, Amazon continues to sell products that advance the dangerous conspiracy- and enthusiasm thrives in its reviews. https://t.co/7rMa5JUlz9 pic.twitter.com/oO21JJUeM7
— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) December 21, 2020
This is who Trump is considering naming as special counsel to investigate "election fraud" https://t.co/XNWgo5TkxD
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) December 19, 2020
A Houston hormone magnate convinced the country is on the verge of communist revolution financed a private surveillance network across the city. More details on how an ex-cop chasing his boss's voter fraud claims allegedly pulled a gun on an innocent man: https://t.co/CvEC8EioOI
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) December 18, 2020
How Qanon's lies are hijacking the national conversation, and why a republican congressman calls it “bat shit crazy” https://t.co/7CTLqaMOLf @RobKuznia @CurtDevine and team
— Drew Griffin (@DrewGriffinCNN) December 16, 2020
QAnon followers are now distributing paper tracts that promote QAnon conspiracy theories. Straight from the evangelical Christian playbook. https://t.co/6dOvkyn2Oo
— Travis View (@travis_view) December 15, 2020
This Q-anon lawyer is taken seriously by millions of Trump fans.
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) December 30, 2020
For your situational awareness. pic.twitter.com/rdDe1pbDTh
This legal? Self-funding QAnon candidate gave own campaign $450,000 after getting PPP loan https://t.co/rN6LJ91C67
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) December 30, 2020
Inequality update 12/30/20
56 new billionaires.
— John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) December 30, 2020
Same old shitty minimum wage.
Our great nation needs a wage we can ALL live with- in dignity. #FightFor15 https://t.co/BOmD9grQt5
As the pandemic has dragged on, and as the gap has widened in how Americans experience it, some experts have grown less sure that lessons of empathy and unity from the Great Depression can apply today. https://t.co/MMZfFJt6Se
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 28, 2020
Billionaire wealth
— Dan Price (@DanPriceSeattle) December 19, 2020
2009: $1.3 trillion
Now: $4 trillion
Top 10% wealth
2009: $40 trillion
Now: $81 trillion
Upper-middle class wealth
2009: $18T
Now: $33T
Corporate profit
2009: $5T
Now: $7.8T
Stock market
2009: 9,000 points
Now: 30,000
Minimum wage
2009: $7.25
Now: $7.25
Over the last 40 years:
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) December 15, 2020
—Wages for the top 0.1% grew 345%
—Wages for the top 1% grew by 160%
—The share of wages for the bottom 90% shrunk
Unfettered capitalism has pulverized the working class.
In 2018, the average CEO of America’s 350 largest firms made $17.2 million, 278x more than the average employee
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) December 15, 2020
In 1965, those CEOs made 20x more than the average employee
The richest 1% own 15x more wealth than the bottom 50% combined. Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) December 14, 2020
The story of America today is a tale of two lines: a surging stock market, and the line-ups at food banks. I’m the richest country on the world, tens of millions of Americans are going hungry in the midst of Covid https://t.co/85nG6CbTZC
— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) November 26, 2020
$1,200. One time. In the wealthiest nation. During a global pandemic. https://t.co/CBrW1c3ZHy
— Alencia Johnson (@AlenciaJohnson) November 22, 2020
Wealth inequality facts and figures
Covid isn’t just disproportionately killing people of color; it’s sticking them in a feedback loop that exacerbates economic and racial inequity, says Chicago economist Damon Jones.https://t.co/hGuqRNLZqZ
— POLITICO (@politico) October 16, 2020
Stocks are soaring, and most Black people are missing out
On Cleveland’s east side, in mostly Black neighborhoods, tenants struggling with their rent are facing the prospect of eviction.
— Businessweek (@BW) October 6, 2020
On the west side, in wealthier and whiter neighborhoods filled with homeowners, housing prices are soaring https://t.co/PaWU6yZNaQ
No Mask protesters are wrong
GOP Gov Cancels Inaugural Ceremony Over Armed Protesters Outside His Home https://t.co/Ijaj65Hb1C pic.twitter.com/8rTa8XAh1G
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) December 30, 2020
Minnesota bar sued by state over indoor dining ban refuses to close: "We want to let freedom ring" https://t.co/HNK9KYcEXv
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 18, 2020
This is America. https://t.co/aspFje54D7
— Midwin Charles, Esq. (@MidwinCharles) December 16, 2020
More on the slow vaccine rollout
"On the current pace, by that point [Inauguration Day] about 6 million Americans — perhaps 10 million — would have been vaccinated. And, depending on local bureaucracy and storage capacity, perhaps many million doses will be set to expire."https://t.co/ldT33ZNJ4x
— Matthew Yglesias 🍦 (@mattyglesias) December 30, 2020
At the current rate of #covid19 vaccinations, it will take the U.S. 10 years to inoculate 80% of Americans.
— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) December 29, 2020
Instead of obfuscating & deflecting responsibility, the federal government needs to take 3 urgent steps.
My @washingtonpost op-ed (1/6): https://t.co/81ex7IluL3
Here's HHS Sec Azar being very specific about the 20 million promise, as recently as December 3. https://t.co/yKhqwwaquU pic.twitter.com/4T6CKG83ET
— David Frum (@davidfrum) December 30, 2020
“What this reveals is…a failure to have a national strategy to vaccinate individuals across the country…and a failure to be honest and transparent with Americans,” Rick Bright, a member of Biden’s coronavirus advisory board, says about slower-than-promised US vaccinations. pic.twitter.com/K2H2AEzazz
— New Day (@NewDay) December 30, 2020
Here's video of Trump vaccine program head Dr Moncef Slaoui predicting: "Overall in the month of December, we expect to have immunized 20 million of our American people and to have 20 million doses in reserve for their second dose a few weeks later"
— David Frum (@davidfrum) December 30, 2020
https://t.co/6I5cSFGtq2
Dr. @ashishkjha says there could be "many weeks of unnecessary delays essentially because the federal government has made no real effort to get the vaccination infrastructure.”
— New Day (@NewDay) December 30, 2020
“It strikes me as a level of incompetence I have to say I am stunned by.” pic.twitter.com/avqwWUdSf6
Honestly people should vote governors in/out of office based on how fast their states are at administering vaccines. https://t.co/CPPsyHDpyc
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) December 30, 2020
In virtually every campaign rally Trump promised 100 million PEOPLE would be vaccinated by the end of December. https://t.co/t6mmrAFfCG
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) December 30, 2020
The U.S. is vaccinating only 200,000 people a day, and will end the year millions short of its goal of 20 million shots administered.https://t.co/t9CvTkfSQV
— Drew Armstrong (@ArmstrongDrew) December 29, 2020
Gov Larry Hogan repeatedly said 155K people in Maryland would be vaccinated against Covid by end of December…perhaps even 300k.
— Jayne Miller (@jemillerwbal) December 30, 2020
To date # vaccinated in Maryland–
About 28k pic.twitter.com/L5DkED5JfH
The president washes his hands of the flawed vaccine distribution effort https://t.co/RfZi9Lm8l5
— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) December 30, 2020
Some states buck federal vaccine recommendations and prioritize the elderly over essential workers https://t.co/qFa1TKgfqs
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 29, 2020
At the current rate, it would take almost 10 years to vaccinate enough Americans to get the pandemic under control, @NBCNews analysis shows. https://t.co/dcOBXqKAxK
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 29, 2020
Remember when president @realdonaldtrump said that we would have 100 million vaccinations by the end of 2020? Or Secretary Azar saying that we'd vaccinate 20 million people by then? Here is where we are. (By the way, allocated just means that states can put in their orders.) pic.twitter.com/KAvd0s4ksn
— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) December 30, 2020
A CNN analysis of the most recent government data shows that the U.S. is falling behind some countries in its Covid-19 vaccination efforts @elizcohencnn reports pic.twitter.com/wDtRQ91UAs
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) December 30, 2020
GWU doctor blasts Trump administration’s vaccine distribution so far @JReinerMD discusses pic.twitter.com/COXdthCeP7
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) December 30, 2020
White House coronavirus testing czar: "We need to be doing a better job" with Covid-19 vaccine rollout https://t.co/QvigOZoKPj pic.twitter.com/unD4pJ1WWD
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) December 30, 2020
Shots are slow to reach arms as Trump administration leaves final steps of mass vaccination to beleaguered states https://t.co/2ve9jAFKy7
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 30, 2020
This pig is great
I found my spirit animal pic.twitter.com/LiqFeGfHvG
— mariana Z (@mariana057) December 29, 2020
Vaccination pace is too slow
Biden says Trump admin not administering doses of covid vaccine quickly enough, saying current pace won't get life back to normal in '21: "It's going to take years not months to vaccinate the American people."
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) December 29, 2020
So a lot of chatter happening on the slow vaccine roll out
— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) December 29, 2020
Personally, I'm incredibly frustrated.
Did we not know that vaccines were coming? Is vaccine administration a surprise?
Several complex issues so lets break things down a bit
Warning, this is a bit of a rant
Thread
Coronavirus vaccinations lag as hospitalizations hover near record high https://t.co/e0jHz4a5sP
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) December 29, 2020
What happens when a vaccination program is run as a logistics program by White House appointees with zero experience with vaccination? Doesn’t start well. Less than one fifth of vaccines shipped have been given. This should be the beginning of the end of the pandemic in the US.
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) December 29, 2020
“The Trump administration seems to be changing its Covid vaccination targets on its way out the door,” @AliVelshi says as the Trump admin. hasn’t even come close to the 20M vaccinations promised by the end of the year. https://t.co/1McB0UPbXG
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 29, 2020
Part 1 of this piece is about the challenges of rolling out the most complicated vaccination campaign in US history.
— Ed Yong (@edyong209) December 29, 2020
Part 2 looks at the new patchwork that will arise, when some parts of the US are heavily immunized & others aren’t. 3/ https://t.co/3MwScFM7tb
Experts Say It's A Herculean Effort For Rural Hospitals To Roll Out Mass Vaccination https://t.co/UrzpGTXt5N
— NPR Health News (@NPRHealth) December 29, 2020
Some not so radical ideas for improving the vaccination process as well as offering why predicting when its your turn to get your shot is not as easy as you think https://t.co/y0z4Qx2XKb
— Kavita Patel M.D. (@kavitapmd) December 29, 2020
Read @DeanBaker13 on vaccines.
— David Dayen (@ddayen) December 22, 2020
The magnitude of this missed opportunity cannot be overstated.https://t.co/0puoWuWQUG
When I started researching this piece I was going to write why to vaccinate the elderly next (after frontline healthcare & nursing homes). But now everyone agrees on that, so the piece is more about how we got there, and our weird ideas about experts: https://t.co/HDsIJbolhe
— Kelsey Piper (@KelseyTuoc) December 22, 2020
Yikes. Why R endorsements are so important. https://t.co/3FVWNEhoWs
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) December 22, 2020
Trump implies he won the Nobel Prize
It really bothers him that Obama won one.
North Korean-style state media watch https://t.co/ystItDmZDr
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) December 28, 2020
Professional medal guy here. I’ve actually catalogued/authenticated a Nobel Peace Prize before (it brought over a million bucks at auction).
— John Kraljevich (@JohnSpiroSpero) December 29, 2020
That’s not even a Nobel Peace Prize. The medal depicted is awarded for physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, and literature.
Idiot. https://t.co/hcQMbkypGG
Trump has golfed for over 300 days
Remember, he attacked Obama for playing golf.
President Trump has spent more than 300 days golfing — including 54 this year https://t.co/05jiqDBcgM pic.twitter.com/wTQ1FIkOMC
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) December 29, 2020
“Trump’s insistence on playing at his own properties ― rather than courses on military bases close to the White House, as former President Barack Obama mainly did — has made his outings enormously expensive for American taxpayers.” https://t.co/gNJDb2mkyF
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) December 29, 2020
For anyone like me who was wondering how much Obama played golf in 8 years: 333 pic.twitter.com/9HdrCSmVXe
— Christina (@bumbditch) December 29, 2020
To be clear — many presidents golf but Trump spent this money largely at companies that he owns, profiting personally in a totally unique way. https://t.co/VyTilW2faf
— Matthew Yglesias 🍦 (@mattyglesias) December 28, 2020
President Trump arrived at Trump National Golf Club in West Palm Beach at 9:32am.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) December 28, 2020
This is Trump's 424th day at one of his properties and 311th day at one of his golf clubs during his presidency.
(Earlier tweet undercounted by 1)
President Trump has spent more than 300 days golfing — including 54 this year https://t.co/xDN2eKaoad pic.twitter.com/VQVcSIH70C
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) December 27, 2020
NEW: Trump has now spent over 20% of his presidency at the golf course.
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) November 28, 2020
Over 265,000 Americans have died from Coronavirus so far.
Day 306 of Trump’s presidency at one of his golf clubs. He promised in 2016 he would never golf as president https://t.co/rpcvxihK6U
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) November 27, 2020
The next time Trump brags about donating his $400,000 presidential salary, remember that his golf trips have cost taxpayers $141,000,000.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) September 28, 2020
GOLF UPDATE — 5 SEPT 2020:
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) September 5, 2020
Trump is back at his golf course in Virginia.
He has now spent 274 days on a golf course he owns in his 1,325 days in office.
It is his 94th day on the course at Sterling.
Taxpayer-paid golf tab remains at $142 million.https://t.co/2nZJqTDg1h
Donald Trump, who regularly promised as president he would not golf, has arrived at one of his golf clubs for the 295th time in his presidency.
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) September 5, 2020
Virus research 12/28/20
Where COVID-19 spreads most easily, according to experts: https://t.co/UgXxsNqsFF
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) December 28, 2020
A small number of Covid patients who had never experienced mental health problems are developing severe psychotic symptoms weeks after contracting the coronavirus. Cases are expected to remain rare but are being reported worldwide. https://t.co/t2MczoODgs
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 28, 2020
A new study found that the pulse oximeter, a device routinely used to detect oxygen levels in the blood, may give misleading results for some Black patients and other people of color with dark skin pigment. https://t.co/UzVx19nI1O
— NYT Science (@NYTScience) December 22, 2020
The newly identified coronavirus variant may make kids “as equally susceptible as adults,” said Wendy Barclay, a government adviser and virologist. But scientists are still studying it, and there’s not yet strong evidence that it causes more severe disease.https://t.co/IZtt69dYRG
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 22, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine: Answering the most common questions https://t.co/IcCJIqhOQK pic.twitter.com/O9XFTQMGkc
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) December 14, 2020
Sad! 