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* "Dubai ruler abducted escaped daughters - UK court:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51756984

* "Child migrants sleep in pens at Lesbos port:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-51738546/lesbos-child-migrants-sleep-in-pens-at-mytilene-port

* "French lawmaker hospitalised as Macron warns coronavirus epidemic ‘inevitable’:" https://www.france24.com/en/20200306-french-lawmaker-hospitalised-as-macron-warns-coronavirus-epidemic-inevitable

* "Italian Grandparents Are Out in Force as Schools Close Amid Coronavirus Outbreak. Is That Safe?:" https://time.com/5797637/italian-grandparents-coronavirus-babysitters/

"But the emergency school closures put families in a bind. A small sampling of Roman playgrounds indicated that the measures had the unintended boomerang effect of sending the elderly out on duty at the nation’s sandboxes, swings and jungle gyms. Not to mention the fact that they were fully engaged with young children, those infamous germ carriers."

* "State Department blames ‘swarms of online, false personas’ from Russia for wave of coronavirus misinformation online:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/03/05/state-department-face-fresh-questions-senate-about-coronavirus-misinformation-online/

* "House swiftly passes bipartisan $8.3B coronavirus package:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/04/house-coronavirus-funding-121065

* "Trump’s coronavirus musings put scientists on edge:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/05/trump-coronavirus-scientists-on-edge-122121

“You never hear about those people. So you can't put them down in the category of the overall population in terms of this corona flu and — or virus. So you just can't do that," he said. "So if, you know, we have thousands or hundreds of thousands of people that get better, just by, you know, sitting around and even going to work — some of them go to work but they get better.”

He is openly telling people to go to work to spread it further and likely harm or kill people who have less robust health. I have thoughts, but none of them are printable.

* "Coronavirus: Washington cases increase to 70; death toll increases to 11:" https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/coronavirus-washington-cases-increase-70-death-toll-remains-10/XIDPHMLVOJAAREQ5YCL75367PU/

* "Coronavirus Deaths Tied to Nursing Center Came Earlier Than Anyone Knew:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/03/us/coronavirus-washington-death.html

* "California announces first coronavirus death, bringing US fatalities to at least 11:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/04/california-confirms-first-coronavirus-death-bringing-us-fatalities-to-at-least-11.html

* "Criticized for Coronavirus Response, Trump Points to Obama Administration:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-obama.html

"It was not entirely clear what he was referring to. Health experts and veterans of the government during Mr. Obama’s presidency said they were unaware of any policy or rule changes during the last administration that would have affected the way the Food and Drug Administration approved tests during the current crisis. Moreover, if there were, Mr. Trump did not explain why his administration did not change the rules during its first three years in office."

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“They didn’t have to do it in the first place,” he said. “They’re reversing a decision that they themselves made.”

* "Coronavirus cases in New York state doubled overnight, as Gov. Cuomo confirms 11 new infections:" https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/05/coronavirus-cases-in-new-york-doubled-overnight-as-gov-cuomo-confirms-11-new-infections.html

* "Two patients in Nevada test presumptively positive for novel coronavirus:" https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/first-patient-in-nevada-tests-presumptively-positive-for-novel-coronavirus-through-va-health-system

* "Chris Hayes on Trump’s failing response to coronavirus:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-on-trump-s-failing-response-to-coronavirus-80031813741

* Well this is extremely alarming. "Quarantined nurse raises alarms over being denied coronavirus test:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/quarantined-nurse-raises-alarms-over-being-denied-coronavirus-test-80110149805

* "Ebola Czar to Trump: Put down the phone:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ebola-czar-to-trump-put-down-the-phone-80109637754

* I've been wanting war crimes investigations and trials since the early oughts. "Pompeo denounces probe of possible U.S. war crimes in Afghanistan:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/05/mike-pompeo-afghanistan-war-crimes-probe-122080

* "Defense contractor charged with giving up military secrets:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/04/defense-contractor-charged-military-secrets-121251

* So this is what the cease fire looks like. "US conducted airstrike on Taliban fighters following attack on Afghan checkpoint:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/04/politics/taliban-airstrikes-afghanistan-us/index.html

* "Judge cites Barr’s ‘misleading’ statements in ordering review of Mueller report redactions:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/mueller-report-attorney-general-william-barr/2020/03/05/3fa7afce-5f2c-11ea-b29b-9db42f7803a7_story.html

* Chris Hayes and Stephen Colbert discussing the election and Coronavirus under the cut:

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* "The Wuhan Shake Inspires Other Coronavirus-Safe Personal Greetings:"

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* "Bloomberg Suspends Campaign After Biden Wins Big On Super Tuesday:"

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* "Trump Tries To Project Leadership As Coronavirus Spreads Across U.S.:"

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* "Have Yourself A Merry Super Tuesday! | Full Frontal on TBS:"

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* "Health Care Sharing Ministries ARE NOT Health Insurance! | Full Frontal on TBS:"

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* "Holding Out for a Super Tuesday Hero | Full Frontal on TBS:"

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* "'Ex-Wives' - West End Live 2018:"

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* "Taylor Swift - The Man (Official Video):"

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* "Beethoven's 5th Symphony on One Guitar - Marcin Patrzalek:"

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* So Wednesday, we had inspection and the window was literally anytime before noon. My initial plan was to try to nap in my clothes, but city liaison guy wanted to come over and take pictures. The result was that i was fading fst by the time the inspector showed up just before noon. Because of course.

Sleep was no good as the people above us apparently are doing yet more renovations, this time including them ripping out all the old carpets (They were throwing them off the balcony and workmen were carrying them away between 11-noon) and replacing them with who knows, but the result was, exactly when Squirrel and I were trying to crash power tools, hammers, random thumps, drills, etc. right over our heads, terrifying my cats. The hammers were the worst, because I'd drift off during the quiet gaps and then flail awake to three loud bangs, which my sleeping self would take for someone at the door, since I'm the one for the last three decades who was a light enough sleeper to hear delivery persons pounding on various apartment doors i've lived in with assorted people. Three loud bangs is right up there with unexpected person in my room to wake me from a sound slumber and have me on my wobbly pins before my brain has caught up. (I'm fine with cats going in and out. I've had roommates and lovers go in and out over the years and no problem, but if someone my sleeping brain doesn't expect wanders in, no matter how quiet? Up I go. No, it's not trauma, it my sensory wiring). Some of the machinery was right over my head and unbearable loud and the imperial couple couldn't figure out where to hide since it was everywhere: both bedrooms, both bathrooms, kitchen, living room. Except for that one day towards the beginning of our renovation, there was always a quiet room for beasties to hide in from invading monsters making scary sounds. Not Wednesday. They have been understandably clinging since.

By the time I managed to drag myself out of bed to do shreds time and take a good bath it was very late. The bath is super helpful with the pain, but wears be the fuck out, so I needed a rest and the Imperial couple needed reassurance. Then we had a major outage of everything but the electricity. No TV, Internet, phone. Fun! I still needed to feed cats (kibbles), the fish, and myself; take meds; do lungs; set up meds try, take more meds.... I felt crappy from the infection and was still tired and there was no sign of Internet etc. coming back, so I gave up and went back to bed.

Today Tavy went to great lengths to keep me in bed, but I needed to do pharmacy run, and change books and make photocopies at the library, and drop my bureaucracy packet off at the courthouse, where it turned out they were getting a steady drip of elderly and disabled people doing their tax freeze reup. They were very sweet and patient, which is good, because I literally couldn't work out how do do sections of the paperwork. I threw myself on their mercy. Apparently everyone does because no one knows what the fuck three of the questions are asking. Like seriously one line was referring to a line that does not exist on a modern 1040 tax return and two had multiple clauses with double negatives where I could think of more than one thing they might be asking.

Tomorrow is the blood work appointment, which is good because none of the usually tricks are working on the infection. So remember the list of things that could be going on with my body? It turned out it was the sinus infection I've had since late December/early January ramping way the fuck up and helpfully colonizing neighboring bits of me. So my lungs are back in play (wet cough and definitely bacterial), and I'm gearing up for a couple of ear infections which is annoying af. The right one is further along. I am not having much luck heading it off, though I suspect I've slowed it down.

So not coronavirus or at least not yet, which is good, because Squirrel and I re both in the 15% death rate or higher categories. On the upside, I had a chat with squirrel and his work is taking solid preventative measures. Odds are it'll get there anyway, because people have to go home, shop, etc., but they are trying which is honestly all I ask. If 45 had let the CDC handle things instead of over riding them in hopes it'll kill people like me off, I wouldn't be angry. Pandemic roulette is pandemic roulette. There is no safe, but what I want me government to do in an outbreak, epidemic, or pandemic is to take rational steps based on science to halt or at least slow the spread as much as possible and to provide accurate information. I am angry because Republicans decided to do the opposite of that on purpose. I am angry because slower spread is way the fuck better because it cuts down on shortages of equipment and materials necessary to save lives and allows for more pathogen specific training and planning.

But for now I feel like crap and am a day behind on everything before I even started this evening, but I am not dangerously sick, just pain in the ass sick.

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

* Register to vote: https://vote.gov/

* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey

* The Indivisble guide exists to help you organize effective resistance: https://indivisible.org/

* Here’s a list of vulnerable republican senators up for election this year:

Martha McSally - Arizona
Susan Collins - Maine
Cory Gardner - Colorado
Thom Tillis - North Carolina
Pat Roberts - Kansas
David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler - Georgia
Joni Ernst - Iowa

Here’s a list of vulnerable democratic senators that NEED votes to keep their seats:

Doug Jones - Alabama
Gary Peters - Michigan

* Want to get rid of Mitch McConnell? Help Amy McGrath: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/am-website?refcode=website-nav

* Want to get rid of Lindsey Graham? Help Jaime Harrison: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_harrison_fr_q12019_jaime-a?refcode=MS_AD_D-DD_2019.03.08_X_GG_KW__X__eyJjcmVhdGl2ZSI6IkFkZCBEb25hdGlvbiBOb3ciLCJhdWRpZW5jZSI6IkphaW1lSGFycmlzb24ifQ&recurring=TRUE&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIn4a_583I5gIVC8RkCh0MowFeEAAYASAAEgIXZfD_BwE

* There's a decent chance of flipping this Senate seat blue. Want to help? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ads-mek-egsearch_dtd?refcode=ads-200108-gs-evergreensearch-dtd-natl-mix-8753679275-87807510469-410037583123-%2Bmark%20%2Bkelly%20%2Bdonate&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpKSR192K5wIVAsNkCh0EeAFSEAAYASAAEgLY7fD_BwE

* Want to support Christy Smith in the primary for Katie Hill's seat?: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dw_ca25

* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:

Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.

This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/

Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resistbot.io/

* Some RL friends of mine who were barely scraping by just lost one of the part time jobs they collectively hold and it's really fucking things up for them. These are good people, who do so much for others. Want to help? https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-gig-worker-get-through-the-winter/share

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

* If you are interested in helping, right now the Cat thing we need most is:
https://www.chewy.com/wellness-core-signature-selects/dp/147047

The dry food I was going to try is this one: https://www.chewy.com/blue-buffalo-wilderness-flatland/dp/176663

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html

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