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Pfizer study suggests vaccine works against virus variant
Are you ready to give up on 2021 and go straight to 2020? The Yelp reviews for 2021 aren’t looking good. In a preliminary study, Pfizer has indicated that the vaccine they produced might actually work against the new strain of virus invariant that came out of the United Kingdom and South Africa. Source: Today’s coronavirus…
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Los Angeles seeks $3.9B coronavirus bailout despite increased spending and debt: Report
This is why we can’t have nice things. For many years Los Angeles has mismanaged taxpayer funds with some of the most extravagant salaries in the nation. And, for years California has been in a fiscal crisis. Now, LA is using Covid to ask Congress for billions more in taxpayer money to bail them out. …
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China lowers age of criminal responsibility to 12 from 14 | South China Morning Post
Here’s an interesting article. The median age worldwide for criminal responsibility is 14. The United States varies by state and about one third use criminal capacity tests to determine a child’s culpability. Like most things: it’s complicated. The article points to a 12 year old male child who killed a 10 year old girl and…
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It took me about 20 hours to read and understand the stimulus bill. Here are some interesting items not talked about.
It took awhile, that’s for sure. $20 billion for the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority — the office within the Department of Health and Human Services — for vaccine procurement and distribution. $15 billion for airline payroll support. $1 billion for Amtrak. $25 billion in rental assistance. $13 billion from the second stimulus will…
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Trump Threatens to Reject $900 Billion Stimulus and He Should
A couple of days clarity can sometimes make all the difference in the world. The latest congressional stimulus package is basically the same package that was argued and worked out in July. But the New York Times will not tell you in this article or any other is that Nancy Pelosi systematically sabotaged a July…