Last night I went to bed at 10:30, got up twice during
the night, was awakened by a calf cramp at 2:30, woke up at 7am and got up at 7:15.
I left the apt at 9am in 66-degree weather for my
walk. I completed the first half of my backstreet route then at Otra Parte I headed
south and completed my Aymara/green park/Avenida Las Vegas route returning at
10am.
1:30 in the afternoon and its another boring 80-degree
day! Lol.
I’m working on some chess lessons on Chess.com.
We took a 1-hour nap in the afternoon.
According to
interviews recorded by Bob Woodward for his book, Rage, Donald Trump was briefed by national security adviser
Robert O’Brien on Jan. 28 of this year that the coronavirus “will be the
biggest national security threat you face in your presidency,” that the virus
was five times more deadly than ordinary flu, that it was spread when “you just
breathe the air,” and that it would soon become a worldwide pandemic. At the
moment Trump told Woodward these things, on Feb. 7, the president had one job: Persuade
the American people to work together to deal effectively with this threat to
their health and well-being.
That would mean, in the coming
months, that Trump would have to convince people it was not just in their
interest, but necessary for their very survival, to do a whole bunch of stuff
they would not want to do. They would have to endure lengthy “lockdowns,” when
they would essentially be confined to their homes. They would have to take
their kids out of school and learn to cope with “remote learning” from home.
Many of them would have to close down their businesses or be laid off from
their jobs. Sports competitions, from junior high and high school level right
on through college and professional sports like baseball and basketball, would
be canceled. Concerts would be canceled. Museums and zoos and national parks
and public attractions like Disneyland and other amusement parks would close.
Restaurants and bars would close. People wouldn’t be able to gather in large
groups to attend conventions or watch movies or plays or attend their
children’s graduations, or even in smaller groups for birthdays and dinner
parties and weddings. People would be forbidden to visit their elderly relatives
in nursing homes. If their family members got sick, they would not be able to
visit them in hospitals. If loved ones died, it would not be possible to
celebrate their lives in person at funerals. It would become necessary for
people to learn how to “socially distance” themselves and even to wear
protective masks when they were around others.
But Donald Trump didn’t know how
to convince others to do things they didn’t want to do. All he understood was
fear and money. Trump had spent his entire life dealing with people in two
ways: He would try to intimidate and frighten them, and if that didn’t work, he
would buy them off. Two things which you and I probably look at as to be
avoided, yes, like a plague — meeting with lawyers and accountants — Donald
Trump did on practically a daily basis. This was the way Trump moved through
the world. When he encountered a problem, he would get one of his lawyers to
threaten lawsuits or file them, and when the lawsuits failed, he’d ask his
accountants to figure out a way to move money that wasn’t his — for example,
money from his supposed charitable foundation — so he could buy his way out of
trouble with a settlement. (Raw Story).
As
you’ve probably noticed by now, Donald Trump has spent the entirety of
his presidency saying certifiably insane, 100% made-up stuff, including but not
limited to suggesting he invented the word “caravan”; claiming you need an I.D. to buy cereal; insisting a hurricane was going to hit Alabama when it definitely
wasn’t; telling people that wind turbines give you cancer; dubbing himself the greatest environmentalist president in more than 100
years; and repeatedly talking about a nonexistent commercial flight filled
with “thugs” who apparently used their frequent-flier miles to get a deal on a
red-eye to Washington. With fewer than two months until the election, these
statements have only gotten more absurd and have focused nearly completely on
his opponent, Joe Biden. In the last few weeks, the president has claimed his opponent is controlled by “people that are in the dark
shadows,” that he’s fine with children being “slaughtered,” and that if he’s elected,
you’ll have to flee your home in the middle of the night. On Thursday it was shown
that Trump took his Biden commentary to its next “logical” conclusion, claiming
in an interview that the Democratic nominee has gained an edge in the polls by
using...performance-enhancing drugs.
“I think
there’s probably—possibly—drugs involved,” Trump told Fox News host Jeanine Pirro in
an interview that will air on Saturday night. “That’s what I hear. I mean, there’s
possibly drugs. I don’t know how you can go from being so bad where you can’t
even get out a sentence.”
Just before dark I went next door to buy 3 bags of 3% milk
but all they had left was 1 bag of whole milk. On the way someone had loud
speakers set up outside the porteria and a woman was singing. It was all
blasting to the apartment towers. Having tinnitus and a slight hearing loss anyway
so I had to put my fingers in my ears it was so loud.
When I returned I didn’t change clothes because I understood
Teresa wanted to go to Antica Pizza. When she finally got off the phone at
7:30 she said the only thing she didn’t like about going there was that we would
most likely have to sit on the curb. And if we have it delivered it would
probably be cold. Finally, we ordered it and it was delivered pretty quickly
just after 8pm. I went down to the porteria when we were called that it had
arrived. I was getting low on small bills so I asked the muchacho if he had
change for 50mil. (Our bill was 31mil so I figured I would be tipping him an
extra 4 mil if he had 15mil.) He found a 10mil bill right away then pulled out
a piece of paper and handed me a folded bill. I thanked him and turned away and
I looked at the bill and it was a 20 not a 5. I stopped him and handed him the
20 and asked if he had a 5, which he did. He thanked me very much as that was
probably a significant part of his profit for the night.
The pizza was still warm and we enjoyed each of our
slices.
The
US has 6,411,551 ð 6,462,503 ð 6,502,467 coronavirus cases
with 191,500+ ð 192,700+ ð 193,500+ deaths.
Per
Medellin Guru, as of this afternoon Colombia has a total of 694,664 ð 702,088 ð 708,964 cases with 22,734 deaths. Medellin has 53,595 54,245 ð 54,653 cases, an increase of 408 from September 11th
to 12th. Envigado has a total of 2,945 cases, an increase of 37 from
September 11th to 12th.
Joke of
the day
If you
attempt to rob a bank, you won’t have any trouble with rent/food bills for the
next ten years, whether you are successful or not.
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