Ron Ecker

I assume that means he's voting by mail.

The good news is that Trump will just disappear on January 20. That is, he'll disappear from the White House. He will still be highly visible and should eventually appear in a New York jail.

Reminds me of Woody Allen's "Love and Death," when this old man tells his son, "I've got this little piece of land." And he takes a piece of sod out of his pocket. Best scene in the movie.

No, Bob, the folks in that COVID ward are just "crisis actors" (your wife doesn't know?), like the ones used in that hoax at Sandy Hook.

Over 150,000 American lives were cancelled. "What's the big deal? Support Patio Pizza!" - Donald Trump

What people seem to be "missing" is that the postal service may not exist in November for voting by mail. I don't see any concern among the politicians, but the last I saw the postal service will run out of money in September or October, and of course Trump is against bailing it out so forget about passing a bill. Or what am I missing?

When does he think people in this country will be able to "safely" vote in person? Oh, I forgot, when the virus just disappears.

Wow. I just woke up and my eyes are still a little blurry. At first glance I thought you said, "Did you guys all get your watches wet?" I wondered what that could be about. (The slow flow or drip, drip of time during self-isolation?)

My favorite stupid song from that era is "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini."

Ditto. Donald Trump and COVID-19 will go down in history as the classic American definition of a perfect storm.

Thanks. I don't remember hearing the song back then. But then I wasn't a big Chipmunks fan. I preferred more sophisticated music like "You Ain't Nothin' but a Hound Dog."

It sounds vaguely familiar. What song? I was fairly impressed with Trump being able to repeat "Person, woman, man, camera, TV" without any trouble. If he can also say "Hydroxychloriquine," that seals the deal. The man is as sharp as a tack. That may be why he insists on promoting this drug, just to impress us by pronouncing it.

There were reportedly eyewitnesses (as of course there would be if he was there). I recall one identified by name, though I don't recall an actual account from him. That's the first time I've seen an enlargement of the guy in front of the TSBD, and it does bring out the resemblance that I didn't see in the smaller version. Do you know what photograph the one is from showing "Bush" and "Lansdale"? It looks like it could be the same one that shows "E. Howard Hunt" crossing Elm Street in his trenchcoat, but the Hunt image is much clearer than this.

Not surprising at all. Last week my sister, who says masks provide no protection at all against a virus, told me that infection is higher in places where people wear masks than in places where they don't. I don't know where she gets her information, but I know she spends a lot of time on Facebook, that "social media" gold mine of info.

At the time of the assassination Bush was giving a speech at a Kiwanis Club luncheon in Tyler. In what photo is he seen with Lansdale in DP? I don't think I've ever seen it. (I hope you don't think Bush was one of the tramps!) As for the guy in front of the TSBD, the main problem I see is that he doesn't look like Bush. Or vice versa. (Not to mention a mighty fast trip from the Kiwanis Club.)

The Cult of Selfishness is Killing America From the article: “You see, the modern U.S. right is committed to the proposition that greed is good, that we’re all better off when individuals engage in the untrammeled pursuit of self-interest. In their vision, unrestricted profit maximization by businesses and unregulated consumer choice is the recipe for a good society. “Support for this proposition is, if anything, more emotional than intellectual. I’ve long been struck by the intensity of right-wing anger against relatively trivial regulations, like bans on phosphates in detergent and efficiency standards for light bulbs. It’s the principle of the thing: Many on the right are enraged at any suggestion that their actions should take other people’s welfare into account. “This rage is sometimes portrayed as love of freedom. But people who insist on the right to pollute are notably unbothered by, say, federal agents tear-gassing peaceful protesters. What they call “freedom” is actually absence of responsibility. “Rational policy in a pandemic, however, is all about taking responsibility. The main reason you shouldn’t go to a bar and should wear a mask isn’t self-protection, although that’s part of it; the point is that congregating in noisy, crowded spaces or exhaling droplets into shared air puts others at risk. And that’s the kind of thing America’s right just hates, hates to hear.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/27/opinion/us-republicans-coronavirus.html

I can't wait to hear them debate. Trump to Biden: Let me hear you say Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV.Biden to Trump: Let me hear you say Person, Man, Trump, Narcissist, Moron.

This is standard procedure in the government's conspiracy playbook. For example, the Park Police frisked Vince Foster's body and found no car keys. Then voila, the keys were found in his pocket at the morgue. They have things like this down to a science.

Major League Baseball has announced that Trump's self-invitation to throw out a first pitch is the last straw, the season is being cancelled. The league's statement says, "We have to protect our players from whatever it is that Trump has."

In addition to having my groceries delivered through Instacart from Publix, I've recently placed several canned food orders from Amazon. All those Amazon orders were delivered by USPS.

"Person, woman, man, camera, TV."

USPS Being Sabotaged from Within? “A formal complaint filed last week with the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General by a Portland, Maine letter carrier alleges that city Postmaster James Thornton is unlawfully mandating the delay of first-class mail in order to prioritize the delivery of Amazon packages. “The complaint, first reported Tuesday by the Portland Press Herald, comes weeks after Louis DeJoy took over as U.S. Postmaster General and wasted little time implementing "major operational changes" and cost-cutting measures at the agency that critics warned would slow mail delivery and leave USPS unable to compete with private-sector competitors. "Before he was unanimously appointed by the USPS Board of Governors in May, DeJoy was a major donor to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. The Board of Governors is controlled by Trump appointees.” "Without consultation or input from any of the postal unions, postal customers, or mailing community, [DeJoy] has launched a series of actions that will undermine the Postal Service and are an insult to every postal worker." —American Postal Workers Union https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/07/22/maine-letter-carriers-allege-usps-leadership-willfully-delaying-mail-sabotage-postal Well, one thing we don’t want is smooth-running, problem-free mail-in voting for the 2020 election. That would make it harder for Trump to claim voter fraud. What we want is chaos at the USPS.

Trump is in a seemingly endless war right now (over 142,000 Americans dead and counting) and has appeared from the beginning to be on the enemy's side. Isn't that treason?

The Trump campaign now has a new slogan: "Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV." Ads will proclaim "Our Amazingly Cognitive President!"

History repeats itself. (What did Santayana say?) Refusal to wear masks, reopening the economy too soon, etc., during a pandemic. The year: 1918. They even had something called the Anti-Mask League. IOW I guess there's nothing necessarily wrong with a lot of Americans today. A percentage of them have always been this way. Selfish and/or moronic. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmith/2020/04/29/protesting-during-a-pandemic-isnt-new-meet-the-anti-mask-league/#7983ff9312f9