Brownie Is Back
There’s something about animal breeders, maybe?
Remember back to Katrina and “Heck of a job, Brownie” pretty much became the password to unlock all the Bush failures. Michael Brown was put in charge of something he knew nothing about. He came to government work after being a horse breeder and supervisor of judges at the International Arabian Horse Association. He displaced a great city and was responsible for killing hundreds of people.
By the way, he’s now a rightwing talk show radio host.
Anyway, up pops another one.
Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, told the country in late January that we had a test for the virus. We didn’t.
Shortly after his televised comments, Azar tapped a trusted aide with minimal public health experience to lead the agency’s day-to-day response to COVID-19. The aide, Brian Harrison, had joined the department after running a dog-breeding business for six years. Five sources say some officials in the White House derisively called him “the dog breeder.”
I’m just saying this. Garbage in, garbage out.
And here’s Azar, still to this day claiming that he and Trump have done an excellent job. They are still waiting for the virus to disappear like magic.
This virus is something we need to science the crap out of, and they put dog breeders in charge.
The one little ray of optimism was just shot to hell and back. The picture of the adorable dog gave hope that there was finally one member of this maladministration who was not a covidiot. But no as the narrative reveals the dog will not be joining this maladministration. It is yet another failed ‘business’ person who will join Alex Azar in one huge cluster soap of covidiots.
Covidiot* 45 keeps threatening or maybe promising to leave governors to their own devices, difficult to distinguish threats from promises during his* campaign rallies for the Flu Klux Klan. Yes please, Donnie* threat or promise, please deliver. Let the adults handle this without interference from you* and your misfit collection of covidiots.
1Stop, PKM, you’re killin’ me!
2The guy was breeding “labradoodles,” the kind of cross-bred dog that those who breed purebred Labrador retrievers and Poodles are really upset about. Cross breeds are, actually, considered mutts because they do not breed true. Folks who breed that way are only interested in making money from people who think crossbreeds are something special. Breeders who try to improve their breed by careful selection despair at this sort of thing.
3video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3QNtMOW0g0&feature=emb_logo
The challenges of the covid-19 epidemic have stirred ingenuity in many aspects of daily life, and keeping your lenses clear is on the list.
Here are 10 helpful tips:
• Tighten the fit — Little breath should escape from an N95 mask; if it does, tighten the fit on the bridge of your nose. Air is bound to escape from a cloth mask, so some fogging is inevitable, but it can be lessened with tightening too. Tuck a a small strip of rolled aluminum foil or pipe cleaner under the top fold of your cloth mask and bend to fit more snugly on your nose.
• Make adjustments — Push your glasses up and lower your mask a little, just making sure that all of your mouth and most of your nose are covered. Alternately, push your glasses farther down your nose, although this can make it harder to see.
• Find the right fabric — If your mask is homemade, try removing one layer of fabric. Otherwise, experiment with other, more breathable fabrics. Thick cotton appears to be the most effective mask fabric, with nylon a good runner-up. Pick woven fabrics over knits.
• Find the right filter — Some research shows that HEPA filters provide the best air flow. Paper towel and coffee filters are shown to work well, too.
• Tissue topper — Place a folded tissue on your nose under the top of your mask and against your nose. Secure with a piece of tape. The tissue should absorb moislture from the exhaled air.
• Keep it clean — Dirt on lenses can trap moisture. Clean regularly.
• Anti-fogging sprays — These are available where eye care products are sold.
• Soap and water — Wash lenses with good old dish soap and water, then air dry. When dry, polish with a microfiber cloth and, voila, you have a protective coating.
• Other coatings — Shaving cream and toothpaste are among other substances said to leave that protective residue, but what a mess to apply.
Whatever you do to keep your lenses clear, remember:
• Don’t spit — The traditional spit-and-polish method of lens cleaning is not recommended now, if it ever was a good idea. The coronavirus can be carried in saliva.
video:
4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3QNtMOW0g0&feature=emb_logo
I keep telling myself we’ll be rid of his majesty in January – but my next thought is, can we make it to January? And then we will have to deal with the court packing of the GOPers. It makes me glad I’m old.
5Hmmmm – “Brownie” was appointed by a Republican who was placed by the EC, destroyed the economy and was considered ignorant (although the current squatter in the WH is making that judgment look incorrect} and we are seeing the same thing from another “Republican” placed by the EC, destroying the economy and is IGNORANT. What a pattern we are seeing
6Thank you, Jan#3 for pointing that out. Breeding cute mutts does not make one a dog breeder. It makes one a backyard breeder – as in, someone who breeds dogs irresponsibly for profit and then allows those dogs to ultimately be dumped on the non-profit human society sector. i.e. just another jackass in this maladministration.
Karen#6 – yes….it’s long past time to get rid of the EC, which was only instituted to get states with low populations to ratify the Constitution 230 years ago. Either we have a democracy or we don’t; and I, for one, would prefer an actual democracy to the debacle we have at the moment.
7megasoid @4– Cleaning lenses– “• Other coatings — Shaving cream and toothpaste”.
Very bad idea to use –toothpaste– on any lenses; don’t know about shaving cream, don’t use it. Toothpaste is abrasive, some mildly, some aggressive.
Almost all lenses have very thin special optical coatings for various purposes, even plain eyeglasses. Any abrasive substance will cumulatively damage and abrade the coating[s] to some degree.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_coating
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8On topic: Woof… that’s all I gots. WASF
ANYTHING a rePUKEian or an associate says or twitts I automatically consider to be a big fat lie made by know big fat LIARs!!! They have to present evidence that what they say is even near to true!!!
9Jane & PKM @ #1… collection of covidiots = covfefe! 🙂
10Lord have mercy if they ever hired anyone smarter than they are! That would reveal the truth!
11A “dog breeding business” is a cleaned up term for puppy mill sellers
12who are the bottom feeders of dog grifters. The cruelities they inflict on puppies are stomach turning including yanking them away from their mothers at 5 weeks.
Let’s not forget Heck-of-a-job Brownie’s major concerns during Hurricane Katrina:
On August 26, just days before Katrina made landfall, Brown e-mailed his press secretary, Sharon Worthy, about his attire, asking: “Tie or not for tonight? Button-down blue shirt?”
A few days later, Worthy advised Brown: “Please roll up the sleeves of your shirt, all shirts. Even the president rolled his sleeves to just below the elbow. In this [crisis] and on TV you just need to look more hard-working.”
Brown added: “If you’ll look at my lovely FEMA attire, you’ll really vomit. I am a fashion god”.
For those who want to re-live the glorious days of the last Republican president, read the full article at
https://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/03/brown.fema.emails/
I’m sure we’ll find equally illuminating exchanges from this dog-breeder.
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