Sunday, June 7, 2020

Self-isolation Day 82.



Facebook has removed almost 200 accounts connected to white supremacist groups that were trying to rally supporters to attend protests over police violence against black people,



Former Secretary of State and retired four-star Gen. Colin Powell said on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday that he will be voting for Joe Biden in November, rebuking President Trump as a liar and claiming he has "drifted away" from the Constitution.

“Colin Powell, a real stiff who was very responsible for getting us into the disastrous Middle East Wars, just announced he will be voting for another stiff, Sleepy Joe Biden,” Trump tweeted Sunday.  “Didn’t Powell say that Iraq had ‘weapons of mass destruction?’ They didn’t, but off we went to WAR!,” the president added. 

The top editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer has resigned after a "Buildings Matter, Too" headline spurred dozens of journalists of color inside the newsroom to skip work and demand the newspaper tackle diversity problems. 



A week ago, there were many reports out of Minneapolis that protesters, reporters, and even medics had found that the tires of their cars were slashed at some point during a night of protest.

An overwhelming majority of American voters say in a new poll that things are currently "out of control" as the nation grapples with the coronavirus pandemic and widespread protests in response to the police-involved death of George Floyd. 

The NBC News-Wall Street Journal survey, released on Sunday, found that 80 percent of registered voters generally feel that things in the U.S. are out of control, while just 15 percent say that things are "under control." 

Each day there is a new outrage from Donald Trump. From Tweeting a video that claimed “The only good Democrat is a dead Democrat,” to calling for “total domination” in major US cities, to desecrating the image of a Bible and using force against peaceful protesters in order to pose for a political photo. As George Will recently wrote, with Trump, there is no bottom.



Attorney General William Barr on Sunday insisted that federal forces did not technically use “tear gas” on protesters outside the White House because pepper spray is not a “chemical irritant.”



Ben Carson said Sunday that if National Football League players would make clear that their kneeling protests were in the name of police brutality and not meant as any disrespect to the nation's military or the flag, there would be greater understanding and less backlash against them.

the protective fencing put up by the Trump Administration to keep George Floyd protesters a healthy distance from the White House gates is being covered with signs promoting Black Lives Matter as well as memorials to African-Americans who have died at the hands of the police.

According to Washington Post journalist Hannah Natanson, “The fence outside the White House has been converted to a crowd-sourced memorial wall — almost like an art gallery — to black men and women who lost their lives at the hands of police. Hundreds are strolling, looking, adding names and paintings and posters.”

the Minneapolis City Council pledged to disband its police force of more than 800 officers. The council members are now looking to replace the department with a community-based public safety model.

Today, congressional Democrats are set to unveil legislation targeting police misconduct and racial bias. If passed, it would establish a standard for use of force, ban chokeholds, end the use of "no-knock" warrants in drug cases, work to combat racial bias, and reportedly track police misconduct through a public national registry. It could be one of the most aggressive interventions into policing by Congress.

Years after the Black Lives Matter movement started, we're now seeing a groundswell of support for policy change and action. It's happening not only by individuals and companies – but on the city, state, and international level. And it shows no signs of slowing down.



I finished season 5 of The 100 with a very interesting development at the end.



I had a 2-hour online chess lesson with Juan Castro using Zoom from 3-5pm.

While Teresa watched her telenovas I played 7 online games on Chess.com. I lost the first game when I lost my internet connection but then won the next 6. Of course, with my increase in rating will come stronger competition.

A Trump replay from March 9^th: Trump: “The Fake News Media and their partner, the Democrat Party, is doing everything within its semi-considerable power (it used to be greater!) to inflame the CoronaVirus situation, far beyond what the facts would warrant.  Surgeon General, ‘The risk is low to the average American.”

The US has 1,910,038 ð 1,933,121  ð 1,953,138 coronavirus cases with 109,285 ð 110,019  ð 110,422 deaths.

Per Medellin Guru, as of this afternoon Colombia has a total of 36,635 ð 38,027  ð 39,236 cases with 1,259 deaths.  Medellin has 607  ð 620 ð 649 cases, an increase of 29 from June 5^th to June 7^th.



Joke of the day

A man visits the local council for a job interview. During his interview, the interviewer asks him "Are you allergic to anything?" to which the man replies "Yes, caffeine. I can't drink coffee."

"Ok, have you ever been in the military service?"
"Yes," he says. "I was in Iraq for one tour."
The interviewer replies "That will give you 5 extra points towards employment."

After this, he asks "Are you disabled in any way?"
The applicant says "Yes, a bomb exploded near me and I lost both of my testicles."

Upon hearing this, the interviewer grimaces and says "Sorry to hear that... Okay then. You have enough points for me to hire you right now. Our normal hours are 8am to 4pm. You can start tomorrow at 10am, and plan on starting at 10am every day."

The man says: "If the work hours are from 8am to 4pm, I'll come at a normal hour, I want to do my part."
"You misunderstand." says the interviewer. "This is a government job, for the first two hours, we just stand around drinking coffee and scratching our balls. No point in you coming in for that."