The New England Journal of Medicine prints their first ever social commentary: the apology they want to hear from Trump.

It’s worth your time this morning.

Thanks to John for the heads up.

Trump has been pushing (against all of his medical expert’s advice) that everyone try malaria drug hydroxychloroquine sulfate, falsely claiming twice that the FDA had cleared it for use against COVID-19.  We now know why – the largest manufacturer of the drug is Novartis.  In 2018, Novartis agreed to pay Michael Cohen (you know, Trump’s personal attorney who is now in jail) $1.2 million dollars for access to Trump.  What a coinquidink that Trump is now hawking their drug from the WH briefing room.

This presidency can’t end too soon.

Remember this morning when I said that Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modley should be fired?

Well, I listened to his speech, and I’ve changed my mind.

He should either be sent to a psychiatric hospital or be jailed. Firing ain’t enough for the horrid messages he tried to send to our men and women defending this country.

See what you think.  And see if you can hear any of the background from the crew onboard the ship. They were not pleased. The guilt he tried to lay on soldiers, some of them dying, is shameful and unpatriotic.  It was manipulative and disgusting.

Shame on him. This man wouldn’t know courage if it bit him on the butt and God knows it should.

Thanks to Deb T for the heads up.

Picture from my local newspaper.

Dude, it does not help to hold church outside if you’re sitting on each other’s laps.  It’s not the indoor carpet or the walls causing the contagion.

“He encouraged the faithful to cast away thoughts of casting away sinners and non-believers who contract COVID-19, and pray for them instead.”

That’s what it says, I swear to God.

(Guys, I apologize.  I finished this a couple of hours ago and forgot to upload it.  What day is it?)

Trump’s Acting Secretary of the Navy (Everybody is “acting” in the Trump administration – no vetting, no vote) shot off his mouth while screaming with tone deafness.

He called Capt. Brett Crozier “stupid,”  in front of the sailors onboard.

The image of Capt. Crozier walking off the USS Theodore Roosevelt for the last time with sailors chanting his name will go down in history was one of the most moving minutes in this whole damn nightmare.  Crozier has now tested positive for coronavirus.

Along comes Acting Secretary Thomas Modly and spoke to the sailors still onboard through a loudspeaker throughout the ship

Modly told the crew that their former commander, Capt. Brett Crozier, was either “too naive or too stupid” to be in command or that he intentionally leaked to the media a memo in which he warned about coronavirus spreading aboard the aircraft carrier and urged action to save his sailors.

“It was a betrayal. And I can tell you one other thing: because he did that he put it in the public’s forum and it is now a big controversy in Washington, DC,” Modly said, according to a transcript of remarks Modly made to the crew, copies of which have been provided to CNN by multiple Navy officials.

So, a controversy in Washington, D.C. is far, far worse than soldiers losing their lives.

And then get this piece of patronizing garbage.

Acting Secretary Modly.

Modly acknowledged Crozier’s popularity with the crew in his remarks to the sailors. “I cannot control or attempt to change whatever anger you have with me for relieving your beloved CO,” Modly said, using the slang for commanding officer. “I understand you may be angry with me for the rest of your lives.”

Okay, first of all: why the hell should Modly make how people feel about him an issue here.  This isn’t about him. What kind of idiot makes saving the lives of sailor about him? Oh wait, yeah, I forgot who appointed him.

“Your beloved CO.”  What the hell?  The men and women on that ship have put their lives on the line. Nobody has the right to patronize them.

On any other day in any other administration, this raging twit would get fired. Today, he’s just a mouthpiece for the boss.

Karen Sehlke died this weekend.  The cause of death – Karen Sehlke.

Karen lived in Tomball, supported Donald Trump, and held a firm belief that the Coronavirus is a hoax.  Here’s some excerpts from her last Facebook rant.

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You know, Trump has some brand of courage.  I mean, it takes something to get all your supporters killed when you suggest they take a pill for malaria because “it couldn’t hurt.”  It’s hurting, you sumbitch.

Thanks to Kary for the heads up.