Headline in Sun Morn local newspaper, "Broader Testing Confirms, COVID - 19 Missed Southeast Idaho." Color me 'Right Again', I always knew it was a big scam.

Oops! Spoke too soon... correction follows: There are actually 7 out of 7 Public Health Districts in Idaho that are reporting COVID-19 cases and 33 counties out of 44. The county you live in has confirmed cases, and Idaho has reported ~70 deaths to date.

I posted a link for you to check and get yourself educated, but it appears it must have gotten itself caught in the filter.

I haven't yet seen anybody state the obvious -- unless, of course, I missed seeing it -- but Donald's "complexion from a tube" isn't exactly amenable to having a mask rubbing all up and down on its oily orangeness.

He later tried to claim that he was indeed wearing a mask "backstage," but that nobody saw him do so.

He's a pathological liar.

So to recap: Trump can't wear a mask, it'll remove the orange mask he wears, and he's a repetitive lying liar.

Well, there's bound to be some consequences for those dumb enough to live there. After all, isn't that where Trump came from?

It's often described as a rock sandwich with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra book-ending a rock tune. And, it's also known, affectionately, as the other Canadian national anthem. In any event, here's the meat of the sandwich … with rare 1979 video!

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=armageddon+prism+the+raes&view=detail&mid=1A27ECAE1E565DE988D31A27ECAE1E565DE988D3&FORM=VIRE0&ru=%2fsearch%3fq%3darmageddon%2520prism%2520the%2520raes%26qs%3dn%26form%3dQBRE%26sp%3d-1%26pq%3darmageddon%2520prism%2520the%2520rae%26sc%3d0-24%26sk%3d%26cvid%3d06437EC35343407FAC64443891AF1340

[Don is] trying to blame Democrats for Trump’s failures in responding to this epidemic. Democrats created an office that focused on preparing for and responding to possible pandemic outbreaks, but Trump fired everyone and tossed out their guidelines for responding to an epidemic!

I guess this is what can happen when someone becomes too obsessed with something that they develop a tunnel vision so strict as to ignore reality.

The main obstacle to that will be the hard-core citizens that will only hold one of the two big money parties responsible when both are clearly responsible.

“Clearly responsible” for this epidemic? Please clarify how that could be true!

Yeah, every person who donated more than $200 to a candidate’s campaign should be charged with crimes against humanity for causing this epidemic! It is so strange...we donated a good bit more than that to our Congresswomen’s campaigns, yet neither one has called us asking us to tell them how we want them to respond to this or any other emergency! How can they do anything without first checking with their owners? It makes no sense!

Your idiotic definition for what constitutes “Big Money” aside, you are trying to blame Democrats for Trump’s failures in responding to this epidemic. Democrats created an office that focused on preparing for and responding to possible pandemic outbreaks, but Trump fired everyone and tossed out their guidelines for responding to an epidemic! So how was that the Democrats fault? How was that MY fault — since I am part of what’s wrong with our system according to you???

Bloomberg just published an article on the number of deaths that have occurred during this outbreak.

From March 11 to May 2, there were a total of 32,107 deaths, 24,172 more that the city would have expected in that time based on past trends, according to a report from New York’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene that was published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While Covid-19 was explicitly tied to 18,879 of the excess deaths through confirmed or probable cases, there were 5,293 excess deaths that may have come from other causes.

There is your increase in deaths.

And, that tune is actually from their third studio album in 1979 entitled Armagedddon. They would break up within two years and attempt a reunion but for the untimely and tragic death of their opera-trained lead vocalist, Ron Tabak, in 1984.

And, speaking of Armageddon,

https://www.last.fm/music/Prism/_/Armageddon

I discovered yesterday that ID is not unique among the mountain states for having been skipped over by the virus. According to one of the Sun morn news shows, the same is true of MT and WY, where fewer than half of the counties have recorded even a single COVID case, and most of those counties that have reported a case are classifying it as "suspected"!

In this part of the world, it's not a Pandemic, it's a Dempanic!

But too many people have conveniently short memories, especially of others' suffering, and will be a ready audience for 'success' or 'a lot of fuss over nothing' messages if they don't see local cases come fall. Some of these are probably too hard-core to be shifted by any messages to the contrary, but others might be motivated by strong reminders to throw the people who mishandled the situation out of office.

"Headline in Sun Morn local newspaper, "Broader Testing Confirms, COVID - 19 Missed Southeast Idaho." Color me 'Right Again', I always knew it was a big scam."

How many tourists does Idaho get in the Fall and Winter who come there to ski??? How many of them bring the Flu with them? How many do you think are going to bring Covid-19 with them this time INSTEAD???

"Headline in Sun Morn local newspaper, "Broader Testing Confirms, COVID - 19 Missed Southeast Idaho." Color me 'Right Again', I always knew it was a big scam."

Once AGAIN, I have to ask you... WHAT??? As in WTF????

1) Just because it MAY have missed S.E. Idaho for NOW, how do you KNOW that it will REMAIN SO IN THE FUTURE???

This is a DYNAMIC, ONGOING PROCESS that is NOWHERE NEAR to being OVER. That doesn't make it a SCAM.

2) USE LOGIC MAN!!! JUST because it is COLD in your LITTLE CORNER OF THE WORLD Doesn't mean it is not HOT everywhere else in the world AT THE SAME TIME.

By the same TOKEN, just because a NUKE missed your little community, doesn't mean that the rest of the world wasn't wiped out. Or that YOU will never be affected EVER.

Think of Australia in "On The Beach" waiting for the nuclear fallout to finally reach them from the Northern Hemisphere.

Idaho is not located in some hermetically sealed off lunar dome from the rest of Humanity. This is NOT a Stephen King novel. NOTHING LASTS FOREVER.

"Anyone want to wager on the date when Republicans up for reelection in November either 'retire' or publicly begin to break with Trump's idiocy? I predict by the end of May the rats (R) will begin to abandon ship, one way or another."

[20] Mezzomamma wrote:

"I wouldn't want to bet on the pandemic being over or even very controlled by the autumn, but if it is or if people are simply used to the situation, there will need to be strong reminders..."

We don't have to wait until September or October. What happens by June or July to Republicans, if states that are opening too rapidly and too soon now, like Texas, South Dakota, and Georgia, start seeing their hospital emergency rooms on the verge of collapse from being overwhelmed with Covid-19 cases in a fate that New York only just so recently and narrowly avoided??? What kind of 4th of July present to the American people at large would that be???

Comey's take on crisis leadership:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/11/james-comey-people-crave-leadership-when-they-are-afraid-they-arent-getting-it/

And that was just in the first three weeks of April. If they look at his briefings since then, I can guarantee that two of those numbers have grown considerably ... but that last number is probably still ridiculously low!

Hell no! They are out spreading the virus to as many donors and supporters as they can! Team Trump! Corruption never looked so stupid!

Now, with COVID, 8000 people die every day in the U.S., but we choose to blame most of them on COVID, at least partly for political reasons.

WE do not get to choose which deaths get counted as being related to the COVID virus, the virus determines that. The epidemic has seen cities’ EMT Services doubling the number of DOA’s in residences calls compared to past years — and despite the unexplained increase in numbers, the majority of these deaths will never get tested to determine if they died from the virus...thus NONE of those get counted! Unless the person tests positive before they die, or they are found to have the anti-bodies on the rare occasions that an autopsy is conducted, they do not make the count!

You think that there has been no increase in deaths, so then why have hospitals had to bring in refrigerator trucks to serve as their temporary morgues?

Have you bothered to read any first person accounts from healthcare personnel working through this epidemic?

And the ONLY thing “political” about the COVID deaths in this country is Trump and the Republican’s attempts to keep people from knowing just how many are occurring.

That's the problem, there just AIN'T no legit stats available, so everybody's using numbers pulled out of thin air (or somebody's lower intestinal tract).

You know that the first time she saw Miller completely naked, her first thought HAD to be:

OMG!!! Conjoined identical twins!!!

The NYTimes has looked at "excess death" statistics from the CDC that compares this year's total reported deaths from all causes, as compared to previous years.

What Is the Real Coronavirus Death Toll in Each State?

Spolier: Although it varies by state, yes, there are more than an average of 8000 deaths per day this year.

JL

Are 8000 people dying every day in the us currently, say the last two weeks or is it much higher? Will this years numbers be greater once everything is counted? The general coronavirus numbers reported are people who tested positive for coronavirus, the actual deaths due to the virus are considered to be much higher. I'm sure there are a few that happened to contract the virus but died of a heart attack or other cause but I would guess that's a rounding error.

Don't like my stats? Instead of pontificating why don't you try and back your point up with some stats of your own. You know research, linking to them...

Prior to the arrival of COVID, 8000 people died every singled day in the U.S., but we didn't bother asking how they died.

Now, with COVID, 8000 people die every day in the U.S., but we choose to blame most of them on COVID, at least partly for political reasons.

Your stats stink!

Are you talking about the state of Idaho or a state of denial?

79,773 Americans dead from Coronavirus and counting...

State and local politicians should do something similar. Did the governor say or imply that people are less important than profits? Did the senator or representative suggest that people stayed home because they were lazy, not because they were rightly worried? Did they use the pandemic as an excuse to drop employment or sickness rights? Did they profit from it? Make sure people don't forget.

I noticed that one of your further reading list links up there is about Dr. Anthony Fauci and Director Mueller being falsely accused of sexual assault by alleged Trump supporters.

I can't remember what you had to say about those guys … maybe you don't know what to believe about them, either.

Trump's approval rating on the handling of the coronavirus was lower with seniors than with any other group other than young voters.'
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-05-10/Trump-losing-seniors-support-over-his-handling-of-pandemic-NYT-Qn6L5efOE0/index.html

You did an EXCELLENT job distilling the Trump disinformation machine this week. Thank you.

People who talk like this belong in a home, not the White House.

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/05/07/hit-trump-back-on-china/#comment-158918

Don't think I had anything about Biden in there anywhere. Was a pretty quiet week in the Biden camp, from what I saw at any rate...

Hey, every week that Trump keeps doing insane stuff is a good week for Biden, at this stage of the race at any rate. How's that?

:-)

-CW

It's an "update" from last week's MDDOTW (I think, coulda been two weeks ago...), where I gave the award to the NY board of elections...

Didn't really have a candidate for this week under "Most Disappointing," as at the time I was most disappointed in my domain name hosting service (grrr)...

:-)

-CW

I'm unclear about who won this award. The judge? Bernie (the not-Democrat)? Who is eligible for this thing anyway?

No problemo. I know you'll make up for it on Monday!

Trump's re-election chances now hinge on a lightning-fast economic recovery developing so he can campaign in October about how he brought the country back to life. If this goes south in any way, Trump likely doesn't stand a chance.

I hope that doesn't mean that the continued bashing of Biden's good name around here will have no effect on Trump's chances for re-election and that everything will be okay.

Why not stop doing it, to be on the safe side and, just try to assume that he didn't do it because, he didn't do it. If nothing else can be believed about me, then believe me that he didn't do it.

Another way to look at it is if you can't say anything good about America's premier statesman and all around decent and good guy, then, for God's sake, don't say anything at all!

I mean, even if YOU believe "the allegations" being made against him doesn't mean