The Saga Of Hercules — In Saner Thought

No Irene this is not some silly post about some half Greek god hero and his story….. There has been a wealth of interests about the musical “Hamilton”…..I am not a fan of musicals but I will give the play credit for introducing the American people to an unsung hero of the Revolution……Hercules Mulligan. Born […]

The Saga Of Hercules — In Saner Thought

Sierra Club calls out the racism of John Muir – Los Angeles Times – (Co-founder of Sierra Club)

“He made derogatory comments about Black people and Indigenous peoples that drew on deeply harmful racist stereotypes, though his views evolved later in his life,” the environmental group said in an article posted on its website. “As the most iconic figure in Sierra Club history, Muir’s words and actions carry an especially heavy weight. They continue to hurt and alienate Indigenous people and people of color who come into contact with the Sierra Club.”

Source: Sierra Club calls out the racism of John Muir – Los Angeles Times

Tokyo residents told to stay home over holiday as coronavirus surges

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TOKYO (AFP) – Tokyo’s governor on Wednesday (July 22) urged residents of the Japanese capital to stay at home during an upcoming four-day holiday weekend, as the number of new local coronavirus cases surged.

The city is on its highest coronavirus alert level, with experts warning infections appear to be spreading rapidly and widely.

“The infections are spreading not only among young people but also among middle-aged and older people,” Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said during a meeting with infectious disease experts.

“I’d like to ask (Tokyo residents) to refrain from going out as much as possible, especially elderly people and those with pre-existing conditions,” she said ahead of the holiday weekend.

Tokyo hit a new daily record of 293 cases last week, and the figure has stayed above 200 in recent days.

Ms Koike said the city was seeing infections at restaurants and theatres, not just nightlife areas as in previous weeks. Clusters have also been reported at workplaces and schools.

Japan has had just over 26,300 cases and close to 1,000 deaths since the disease was first detected in the country.

The figure is low compared with countries worst hit by the pandemic, but Japanese experts said the number of patients in serious condition was gradually increasing and warned medical workers were exhausted by growing workloads and demoralised by low pay.

Japan will begin a four-day holiday from Thursday, with Friday the day that the now-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics would have opened.

The Games are now set to begin on July 23, 2021, and organisers will hold a small-scale year-to-go celebration on Thursday, but without any spectators, in light of the rising number of cases.

The increasing number of daily cases in the capital has also prompted the government to exclude Tokyo residents from a nationwide programme to subsidise domestic tourism.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lifted a nationwide state of emergency in late May and appears to have little appetite to reintroduce it, with the economy suffering its first recession since 2015.

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Texas battling influx of COVID-19 cases: “Our hospitals look like war zones” – CBS News

“Unfortunately, our hospital rooms look like war zones because there are just so many from so many sick people there,” Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez told CBS News. Cortez issued a shelter-at-home order late Monday. Although, Texas Governor Greg Abbott argues that it’s unenforceable. “My job is is to take care of the public health,” Cortez explained. “We brought in a lot of refrigerated trailers to access more morgues, and their capacity is 50. Well in the last eight days, we have an average of 22 people die per day.”

Source: Texas battling influx of COVID-19 cases: “Our hospitals look like war zones” – CBS News

Fact check: Trump revisits familiar falsehoods in first coronavirus briefing in months

Claim: The U.S. has ‘done much better than most’

This is false. The U.S. has an uncontrolled outbreak, reporting more than 50,000 news cases a day. For comparison, far smaller countries, like Germany and Japan, are reporting hundreds of new cases a day.

Claim: ‘We again have tremendous amounts of supplies, we’re in very good shape, and we can move them quickly’

Not according to internal administration documents obtained by NBC News, which showed that the federal government may not have the capacity to supply medical professionals with personal protective equipment.

Claim: The Trump administration inherited ‘very, very empty cupboards’

This is a false claim we’ve fact-checked previously. Both former Obama administration officials and previous news reports dispute it.

While Trump didn’t inherit empty shelves, congressional budget cuts might have depleted parts of the Strategic National Stockpile during the Obama administration. However, Trump didn’t do anything to change that during the first three years of his administration.

Source: Fact check: Trump revisits familiar falsehoods in first coronavirus briefing in months

After Goya CEO Praises Trump, Artists Respond in Hilarious and Dark Ways — Repeating Islands

Artists have created illustrated recipes for homemade sazón, mashups of the Trump family with Francisco Goya artworks, and more. A report by Valentine Di Liscia for Hyperallergic. Earlier this month, the CEO of Goya Foods — which bills itself as “the premier source for authentic Latino cuisine” — publicly praisedPresident Trump during a White House event, saying that he […]

After Goya CEO Praises Trump, Artists Respond in Hilarious and Dark Ways — Repeating Islands