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Trump’s other coronavirus complication: His credibility gap

Third Republican Senator tests positive for coronavirus in two days

Ron Johnson the third senator to test positive for coronavirus

Wallace: ‘Lesson’ of Trump getting the coronavirus ‘is wear the damn mask’

Trump sets off multi-state Covid tracing crisis

Trump donors from around the country attended fundraiser before positive test

Court strikes down Michigan governor’s emergency powers

NBA ratings crash by 45%, lowest viewership since 1994

Trump plans to appoint conservative activist Tom Fenton to Court Oversight Agency

Trump isn’t the first president to contract a virus during a pandemic, so did Woodrow Wilson in 1918

ISIS affiliate working to establish presence in India

John Hickenlooper praises China as ‘great nation’

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Why Trump is focused on making Marco Rubio happy

Coronavirus updates: Eli Lily begins late-stage trials for antibody drug, Russia plans mass vaccinations

Obama endorses 100+ Dem candidates — skips AOC

TV ratings crash for return of woke NBA and MBL

House committee subpoenas 4 top Pompeo aides

Trump returns to the Hamptons for fundraising swing as Biden closes the cash gap

July shootings in Portland double amidst chaos

34 shot, 9 fatally in Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago

Trump blasts Birx after she warns coronavirus pandemic is ‘extraordinarily widespread’

Coronavirus cases ease in the Sun Belt states as nationwide deaths climb

Pompeo says Chinese software companies are feeding data directly to CCP

New York Times Op-ed: ‘Lets scrap the presidential debates’


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An NBA spectacle designed to give China’s President Xi goosebumps ...



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How testing failures allowed coronavirus to sweep the U.S.

Trump names Mark Meadows White House chief of staff, replacing Mick Mulvaney

Cuomo declares state of emergency in NY ...

Biden rakes in $22 million, warns of Bernie Bro’s ‘increasingly negative’ campaign tactics

Cash-flush Biden closes ad gap with Bernie

NBA advises teams to prep contingency plans for games without fans due to coronavirus

China quarantine hotel collapses ...

Greek border in flames as migrants keep trying to break through

Hillary Clinton makes a wisecrack about Melania Trump’s ‘Be Best’ program

Elon Musk says ‘the coronavirus panic is dumb’ as tech peers shift to remote work

As outbreaks multiply, UN declines to declare pandemic ...

Torres rebel over Huawei: as ‘ridiculous’ as Germany working on U.K. radar in 1939

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Kamala Harris drops out of presidential race

Trump says Tuesday’s market drop is ‘peanuts’ and won’t force him to make a bad China deal

NYC loses ‘top destinations’ status as tourists pick Asia over USA ...

North Korea: U.S. must chose what kind of Christmas gift it wants

Trump reveals that next G-7 summit will be at Camp David

Why job growth could be ‘significantly weaker’ than it has appeared

150 Los Zetas cartel gunmen cross into Texas ...

White House rejects Jerry Nadler’s Impeachment Inquiry

Buttigieg blows up his strategy to win black voters

Wilbur Ross: France’s digital tax rooted in ‘tremendous’ jealousy over US tech dominance

Silicon Valley giants accused of avoiding over $100 billion of taxes ...

NBA TV ratings collapse after bowing to China

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DeFazio threatens to subpoena GSA for Trump Hotel documents

NBA salary caps could feel pressure from China rift

Trump campaign threatens to sue CNN ... Demands substantial damages from bias ...

Democrat-controlled House passes bill with Russia ‘quid pro quo’

Syria Kurds accuse Turkey of violating cease-fire terms

Grocery sales are rising but so is the pressure on profits, analyst says

Pew: 54% approve Trump impeachment ...

Mick  Mulvaney: ‘We held up the money’ for Ukraine investigation

‘I guess I’m the Meryl Streep of generals’: Mattis jokes about Trump calling him overrated

Turkish President Erdogan says he ‘cannot forget’ Trump’s letter

Chris Wallace new face I’d resistance ...

Pew: US Christian population in free fall, down 12% in ten years

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Two Giuliani Ukrainian associates indicted on campaign finance charges

Apple deferred to Chinese government long before Hong Kong protest

Fox shock: 51% want Trump removed ...

NBA shuts down reporter asking hoops stars about China

Liberals, conservatives hammer Apple for removing Hong Kong app

Trump to meet with Chinese Vice premier at White House: ‘Big day for negotiations with China’

Lindsey Graham dishes on Trump in hoax calls with Russians ...

Hillary: Maybe we need ‘rematch’ of 2016, ‘I can beat him him again’

British and Irish PMs ‘see a pathway to a possible deal’ after ‘constructive’ Brexit discussion

PG&E power outage could cost California economy more than $2 billion

Bet: Trump’s odds of winning reelection worsen, Warren surges ...

Sad loser Mitt Romney rules out 2020 run, says Trump re-election likely

A Few Observations

From the daily timewaster blog:

- If global warming is “settled science,” then all those climate alarmists should not need any more research grants

- All those blackouts now occurring in California are nothing but beta testing for the “Green New Deal.”

-The next time that the NBA plays a game in Red China ... are any players going to “take a knee” when the Chinese national anthem is being played?

The Dilemma

The war is on! Many American companies are now faced with a fundamental dilemma ... cave to China’s censorship and restrictions on fundamental human freedoms or ... lose commercial access to China’s 1.4 billion customer. Unfortunately, many of these companies have chosen to kowtow to Xi and abandon these freedoms for pelf. I suppose that profit is so fundamental to corporate success that such decisions are understandable but not admirable.

As an example, the NBA has 25 million fan in the US, but 40 million viewers in China. What does the NBA do when the Houston Rockets GM tweets support for the Hong Kong protesters? They cave and grovel to the Chinese. Understandable but unfortunate. This defines the dilemma.

May I make a suggestion? The NBA has obviously chosen where it’s future lies ... and so its answer should be the same as any corporation so dependent on China ... which is not involved in our national security.

Move operations to China! And kiss your US customers goodbye!

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Lindsey Graham invites Giuliani to testify in front of Senate Judiciary panel

Powell says the Fed will start expanding its balance sheet ‘soon’ in response to funding issues

Turkey rejects Trump’s threats amid conflicting signals over Syrian offensive ... Erdogan coming to Washington?

More clues Elizabeth Warren lied about being fired for pregnancy

Border apprehensions drop for fourth straight month, CBP chief says

China ‘strongly urges’ US to remove sanctions and stop accusing it of human rights violations

Shock poll: 3 in 10 Republicans support impeachment push ...

Donal Trump announces deal with Turkey to withdraw troops

China rejects Trump’s call to investigate Biden and son

The father of the yield-curve indicator says now is the time to prepare for a recession

China punishes NBA ... Suspends broadcasts ... Will LeBron speak up, or end up sellout?

Democrats in Red States struggling to defend impeachment back home

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Republicans unload on Trump for Syrian shift when he needs em most

Senators pile on the NBA for yielding to China over Rockets GM pro-Hong Kong tweet

Supreme Court begins without ill Clarence Thomas ...

Republicans, Independents supporting POTUS ‘in ways that they were not doing before’

Harris proposes six months of government-paid family leave

Oil slips as US-China trade talks loom

Two earthquakes rattle Charlotte area ...

Mitt Romney: Trump’s Syria withdrawal a ‘betrayal’ of Kurds

‘POTUS went rogue’: Trump’s Syria move blindsides national security leaders

The 50-year low in unemployment isn’t helping workers paychecks

Minneapolis police union selling ‘Cops for Trump’ shirts ahead of rally

Elizabeth Warren calls to ‘reclaim the court’ and impeach Kavanaugh

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Booker proposes “Office of Reproductive Freedom”

China would see blue skies ahead if it accepted US demands: Fed’s Bullard says

Wall stall: Less than two miles built!

Joe Biden: China is going to win 5G and A.I. if Trump is still president

Republican Keller wins Pennsylvania special election

America businesses in China: Tariffs are hurting us

Nevada passes National Popular vote bill in bid to upend Electoral College ...

Obama admin cut Situation Room’s feed during Russia probe meetings

Small-dollar Bernie sidles up to big money

US trade chief is expected to discuss China with officials from Japan and EU this week

NBA ratings plunge 48% ...

Ilhan Omar: ‘Ignorance is really pervasive in many parts of this country’

Obvious Truth #9

It is not clear that true racial equality can ever be achieved ... nor should it. Imagine NBA teams with only 13% (2) black players? -- Anon.

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Former First Lady Barbara Bush fondly remembered at a service marking her life

Why tech companies are racing each other to develop their own custom A.I. chips

Tijuana: 11 killed in 24 hours ... [650 in 2018]

7th Circuit sides with sanctuary cities, keeps money flowing nationwide

Pro-Trump groups spending big at Trump properties

The British are coming -- tor the rocket-launching business

Londonstan: Leading surgeon predicts summer of carnage ...

Unpublished CDC report confirms over 2 million annual defensive gun uses

GOP fears rise over West Virginia Senate fiasco

North Korea spent last year protecting its nuclear arsenal and it's not clear Kim will give that up

85% of NBA, 89% of NFL smoke [pot]

Maher: Trump 'obviously being blackmailed by Putin'

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Sessions orders review of abandoned Hezbollah-linked drug prosecutions

9th Circuit deals another blow to Trump's travel ban

Mattis: 'Storm clouds gathering' over Korean peninsula ...

FBI arrests man for planning [Frisco] Christmas jihadi attack with truck, guns, bomb

Democrats block dozens of Trump nominees

Trump approves weapons sales to Ukraine, Russian collusion theorists hardest hit

NBA enjoys ratings renaissance as NFL flounders ...

Winning: Consumer sentiment highest since 2000

Cochran's future in the Senate in doubt

Bitcoin plunges as low as $10,400 in volatile trading on Coinbase: now sown 27 percent from record

Rasmussen: [Trump] Approval 44% ...

Trump: $7 trillion 'foolishly' spent in the Middle East

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All from Internet news sites. Guess which from Politico?

Tillerson: U.S. in direst communication with North Korea

'She's not participating' Exclusive: Fellow Puerto Rico mayor rips San Juan mayor

[ISIS] Carnage in Canada ... U-Haul truck slams pedestrians in horror attack ...

State Department does not recognize Kurdistan independence vote

Trump's upbeat Puerto Rico rhetoric clashes with reality on the ground

San Juan mayor [had] praised convicted FALN terrorist

[Muslim] Knifeman shot dead in Marseilles station after attacking passengers ...

Schumer: During our negotiations Trump said, 'OK, we won't do the wall'

Price was not a player in the Obamacare repeal

Spanish police fire rubber bullets at Catalans pushing for independence

NBA tells players to stand ...

Trump playing catch-up: White House orders comprehensive review of China policy

Circus Circus

In order to keep the populus appeased, the Romans offered bread and circus ... food and entertainment. This formula has been applied over and over through the ages ... including here in the United States where food stamps, free school lunchs and a myriad of other government programs are meant to combat hunger. On the entertainment front ... local, state and national governments give all types of incentives to sports teams to soothe their restless rabble ... tax breaks, stadium financial grants, promotional efforts, etc. within limits this is all very understandable.

However, now the circus part of this equation has become a real circus with these Black Lives Matter protests that have morphed into anti-government and anti-Trump silliness. In particular, the NFL and the NBA have become money machines for their respective owners ... yet they are still  dining at the government trough. Moreover, these leagues, with their protests and outspoken players, are haughty enough to now bite the hands that feed them. Perhaps ... no, not perhaps ... it is now time to eliminate all favorable local, state and federal fundings and tax breaks to these two plutocratic sports leagues ... at the very least.

Then perhaps the generous financial rewards proffered to their players might be "adjusted" downward to teach them a little humility and patriotism.

Hadlines

These headlines are real ... they have all been discovered on Internet news sites.

Putin: Trump didn't meet Russian prostitutes ... but they are the best!

What will Obama do next: Teaching golf, running an NBA team, memoir writing ...

Trump: NATO 'obsolete' members 'aren't paying what they should'

Trump slams 'rigged' polls of his public approval ...

California shows low expectations for Trump, but support for some immigration plans

Trump promises 'insurance for everybody'

NASA to explore asteroid worth $10,00o quadrillion!

Netanyahu: I intend to lead Israel for many more years ...

Jim Brown: Trump won fair and square -- 'I'm going to support him as president'

Amazon to start accepting food stamps

Obama places White House staffers in gov't positions on way out of office

Maserati salesman killed after demonstrating zero to 111 MPH ...

Abortions in US drop to lowest level since 1974 ...

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Twitter purges 'alt-right' accounts ...

Republicans now control record number of state chambers ...

Elon Musk in crosshairs over billions in government subsidies ...

TX oil discovery BIGGEST EVER: $900 billion

CITI to stop accepting cash in branches ...

Team Trump announces five year lobbying ban for administration officials

Hezbollah parade features U.S. armored vehicles ...

Springsteen, De Niro to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom ...

HAWKING: Mankind will be extinct in 1,000 years ...

Three NBA teams boycott Trump hotels

Study: People crave Wi-Fi more than chocolate, sex, alcohol

Jesse Jackson: Obama should pardon Hillary ...

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Stocks best week since 2011 ...

Some illegals already leaving the country ...

The sequel: Chelsea Clinton being groomed to run for Congress

Sidney Blumenthal: 'Right wing' FBI agents took down Hillary in a 'coup d'etat'

David Brooks: Trump will resign or be impeached within a year

Huma weeps in street ...

Trump calls slain cop's widow to offer condolences ...

[Lena Dunham] ... cops out on pledge to move to Canada

ESPN's viewership is tanking

Charles Barkley to angry NBA crowd: 'Give Trump 'a chance'

People burning New Balance sneakers  to protest company's Trump support

Yet another journalist calls for Trump's death