I recently had an event in central Pennsylvania near Gettysburg, and there were a lot of hateful flags hanging from houses and bumper stickers on cars that had vulgarities against President Biden. Well, those people need to take a look at things he's done to help them and change their Fox-news influenced attitude based on falsehoods.
The Biden Administration last week invoked the "Defense Production Act" to increase Baby Formula supplies. That affects anyone of any political party.Further- there are millions of Cuban-Americans in Florida who did Not vote for Biden, yet, he has opened the doors for them to NOW resume family visits with their relatives in Cuba (Reversing the Trump policy - which blocked them from seeing loved ones. Seriously- they voted Trump and against themselves).
So, if you're a Republican, or you didn't vote for President Biden, know that he is helping you. STORY>>>
2) Ironically, Cuban Americans in FLORIDA did NOT vote for Joe Biden yet HE is the President that allows for family reunions (Trump didn’t)
Reversing Trump measures, U.S. will expand flights to Cuba and resume family reunifications
MICHAEL WILNER AND NORA GÁMEZ TORRES MAY 17, 2022 4:24 PM\Miami Herald Newspaper -
The Biden administration is restoring flights to Cuban cities other than Havana and reestablishing a family reunification program suspended for years, following recommendations of a long-anticipated review of U.S. policy toward Cuba, senior administration officials told McClatchy and the Miami Herald on Monday. The administration will also allow group travel for educational or professional exchanges and lift caps on money sent to families on the island.
I've encountered several people on social media who continue to buy into the FOX NEWS and right-wing garbage that COVID19 is a hoax. Fox continues to tell people that disease expert Dr. Fauci is "the devil," and sadly people believe them at the cost of their lives and other's lives.
Sadly, this Veteran believed Fox News and it led to his death.
Now, his family and friends will never know his smile again. His cats are without a dad. The military lost a former soldier.
Please, please don't listen to right wing media and listen to scientists and doctors to Save YOUR life and the Lives of many Others.
Here's what the newspaper in Ohio ran about this man: Richard Donald Rose, III, 37, of Port Clinton passed away Saturday, July 4, due to complications of Covid-19 at his home. He was born July 25, 1982 in Port Clinton. He graduated from Port Clinton High School. He served his country in the United States Army for nine years serving two tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He enjoyed social media, online streaming, paranormal and his two cats Dale and Tucker. He was a fan of NASCAR, Dirt Track Racing and Georgia Bulldogs Football. Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 8, at Neidecker, Crosser & Priesman Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Port Clinton, Ohio where visitation was held Tuesday. Interment will be at Riverview Cemetery, Port Clinton. Memorial contributions may be given to the family. Story: https://www.thebeacon.net/richard-donald-rose-iii-july-25-1982-july-4-2020/
On July 17, 2020 Fox News “Anchor” Laura Ingraham tweeted that Joe Biden
should protect religion in Toronto. She doesn’t know Toronto is in
Canada. Therefore, she returns as IDIOT of the week.
If you're supposed to be a journalist, knowing geography is critical- you should know what is and isn't part of your country. If you want to bash someone in politics, you need to know that he/she doesn't have jurisdiction over a foreign country.
Here’s what the idiot Tweeted: “Will Joe Biden do more to
protect religious liberty than Donald Trump? Not a prayer. “City of Toronto
Bans Catholic Churches From Administering Holy Communion”
HERE ARE THE HILARIOUS RESPONSES ON TWITTER
my name is literally stephen king @alsostephenking
“toronto is in canada” is trending because a fox news anchor blamed biden for something related to toronto churches. it’s too early for this shit i’m going back to sleep
Tom Tilley @ttilley64 · @IngrahamAngle
1) If Trump wanted churches to be able to safely function
he should have taken the virus seriously. He didn't, what does that tell you?
2) Toronto is in Canada, which is a different country.
3) Were you dropped on your head as a child?
José@yoruguaenusa
Omg Laura could
you be any stupider?TORONTO IS IN
CANADA
TheEndOfTheErrorIsNear@NearEndOfError
Toronto is in Canada and #BrownAcidAndOrangeKoolAid
apparently do not mix so good. At this point, seriously,to still support trump shows a sign of mental
illness.Not that supporting him ever
showed good signs
Tg @terezglenn
Toronto is in Canada look at a fucking map.
Stupid Should Hurt
@StupidShdHurt
The City of Toronto is in Canada. Canada is a sovereign
nation, a member of the British Commonwealth. Canada is not the 51st state of
the USA. Either get an education or shut up.
@IngrahamAngle is an embarrassment to the US education
system.
Before you share a story attacking someone (either party), Investigate. Right wing "news" (The Washington Examiner newspaper and Fox News) created a FAKE story that stated "Capitol Flags are exclusively to honor Veterans." FALSE. That's a BOLD LIE that was used to generate hatred toward the Speaker. At the bottom of this blog is a report from WUSA TV-9, Washington, DC explaining the process and dispelling the fake news from the right wing. On June 10, 2020 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave a Capitol flag to the family of George Floyd, the black man murdered by a rogue police officer. ANYONE can get a flag, and they only have to ask their Congressman or Congresswoman. Period. Below is the text from the Architect of the Capitol website that explains that.
From the Architect of the Capitol Website: https://www.aoc.gov/flags The Capitol Flag Program began in 1937 when a Member of Congress requested a flag that had flown over the Capitol.
WHAT IS IS: Over the years the focus of the program gradually expanded to encompass the commemoration of national holidays and various special events, as well as to honor the work of groups such as schools and civic organizations. Requests for Capitol flags rapidly outgrew the supply; hence, the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) instituted a program of flying smaller flags that may be purchased through Members' offices.
HOW TO GET A FLAG (ANYONE CAN): Members of the general public must contact their representative or senator to obtain a flag flown over the Capitol. The AOC fulfills all flag requests from Members of the United States Senate and the House of Representatives. Flags are flown daily year-round, weather permitting, excluding Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
MORE THAN 100,000 REQUESTS: Currently, the AOC fulfills on average more than 100,000 flag requests from Members of Congress annually, with the number of requests and the popularity of the Capitol Flag Program growing steadily each year. There are special flag poles where all flags are flown. After it is flown over the U.S. Capitol, each flag is issued a keepsake Certificate of Authenticity by the AOC.
For federal law relating to display and associated questions for flying the United States Flag, please read the CRS Report.
Here's the WUSA TV 9 report dispelling the fake right wing news:
https://wusa9.com/embeds/video/507-6f3ee44b-ab1d-4f87-8f6c-70744625bc5b/iframe?jwsource=cl
This is a story of a deadly Karma. When you act stupidly (like denying science and spreading propaganda), karma kicks in. In this case, it was a deadly mistake that others need to learn from. BBC News reported on Monday, April 5, that a Louisiana Pastor who claimed that Coronavirus was a "Hoax perpetrated by the Democratic party to hurt President Trump" (quoted from the President himself and Fox News), died of the virus. THIS should be a lesson to those Fox News Watchers. Here's the story
Coronavirus: Pastor who decried 'hysteria' dies after attending Mardi Gras
Image copyrightCOURTESY OF FAMILYImage captionLandon with his wife and four daughters
Pastor Landon Spradlin wasn't worried about coronavirus when he went to New Orleans to preach during Mardi Gras. A month later he was dead.
"He loved to laugh. He loved to play guitar. He played guitar even when he wasn't supposed to," says Jesse Spradlin of her father, Landon.
"He was just the best man in the world."
One day when this is all over, the wife and five children of Pastor Landon Spradlin hope to hold a large celebratory memorial for him.
For now they have had to make do with a funeral at which there were just a handful in attendance, including the blues guitarist who played at the graveside.
A little over a month ago, Pastor Spradlin, who was 66, drove with his wife Jean the 900 miles (1500 km) from their home in Virginia to Louisiana for Mardi Gras.
He viewed the festivities as an opportunity, through music, to save the souls of some of the hundreds of thousands of people that would attend.
He was joined by two of his daughters who came over from Texas.
"His mission was to go into pubs, clubs and bars, play the blues and connect with musicians and just tell them that Jesus loved them," says Jesse Spradlin, 28.
Image copyrightCOURTESY OF FAMILYImage captionPastor Spradlin (middle) and Jean on the keyboard during Mardi Gras
"Mardi Gras is like Times Square in New York during New Year's Eve. It's a sea of people just drinking and partying," she says. "He was loud and laughing and in his element."
Over recent years Pastor Spradlin had realised a dream of using the preaching he had honed in churches across three states and taking it to the streets through the medium he loved.
He had been playing instruments since the age of four and in 2016 was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, but it was religion that he felt had saved him from alcoholism and drug addiction in his twenties.
Those dark years are why he now had a particular affinity for those who felt down and out, something he could relate to.
At Mardi Gras, the family band played in New Orleans' busy Jackson Square, unaware of the threat they faced.
"I don't even remember us talking about the virus," says Naomi Spradlin, 26. "With what's happened we keep looking back, and we didn't talk about it once."
They were not the only ones. Even though it had been more than a month since the first coronavirus case in the US, Mardi Gras went on as planned.
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Officials in the city now blame government inaction for what appears to have been a large spike in cases that followed.
Pastor Spradlin was one of those who became ill, but tested negative for Covid-19. Even as he was sick, he posted on social media about "hysteria" surrounding the virus.
On the 13th of March Pastor Spradlin shared on Facebook a misleading post comparing swine flu and coronavirus deaths.
It suggested that Barack Obama and Donald Trump respectively had been treated very differently by the media and that it was a politically motivated ploy to harm President Trump.
Earlier the very same day, the president himself had insinuated something very similar at a news conference.
Media captionHow Trump's attitude toward coronavirus has shifted
Pastor Spradlin's son, Landon Isaac, 32, told me that he and his father had talked and agreed about what they felt was an irrational frenzy and fear mongering about the virus, perhaps because it was an election year.
"I want to say outright though, dad didn't think it was a hoax, he knew it was a real virus," says Landon Isaac.
"But he did put up that post because he was frustrated that the media was propagating fear as the main mode of communication," he told me.
By mid-March though, Pastor Spradlin's health suddenly took a turn for the worse. He and his wife decided to make the long drive back from New Orleans to their home in Virginia.
"I spoke to him five minutes before he collapsed in North Carolina," says Landon Isaac.
"I could tell his breathing was getting bad. And I just said that you've got to get home. But he didn't make it."
Image copyrightCOURTESY OF FAMILYImage captionPastor Spradlin's funeral had only a handful of guests and no immediate family
Pastor Spradlin was taken to hospital in North Carolina where they discovered he had developed pneumonia in both lungs and he now also tested positive for the coronavirus.
After eight days in intensive care, Pastor Spradlin died.
"It's a lot like Dad was our support column and somebody kicked out that support column. It feels like the roof is falling down on all of our heads right now," says Landon Isaac.
For days, he and his four siblings had to communicate with their mother through the glass door of her home. The funeral that has just taken place happened the day after Jean Spradlin's quarantine finally ended.
"We just never thought our father would pass away because of this. But he wasn't the type of person to just live in fear and let it rob him of the joy of the life that he had," says Jesse Spradlin.
This week's Idiots of the Week are people who are so DELUDED that being in a church is
going to spare them from the DEADLY COVID19 Virus and a return winner:Fox News' Tucker Carlson who Blames ‘Diversity’ And ‘Wokeness’ For Coronavirus.
BUNCH OF IDIOTS #1: People who attend Chuches During a Pandemic
People in several states have been shown in news broadcasts as attending church services, and being in packed churches. One CNN reporter interviewed people in Ohio, and several congregants said "The blood of Jesus covers me and protects me from all disease." THAT IS JUST MENTAL ILLNESS TALKING. WTH is wrong with people?
The reporter said "Don't you fear spreading the deadly virus to others?" They all answered, "No." BOTTOM LINE: These Churches and their attendees will prevent the U.S.A. from ever getting COVID19 under control because they are INSANE. It's going to be a long haul with this virus because of religious wackos.
ARTICLE: https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/04/04/ohio-church-service-covid-19-pandemic-tuchman-pkg-ac360-vpx.cnn
***************************************************************** MAJOR IDIOT #2: Fox News' Tucker Carlson
The Fox News host turned to racism as the outbreak continued to spread.
The Fox News host on Monday appeared to blame the spread of coronavirus on diversity and the “cult” of wokeness.
In a “Tucker Carlson Tonight” segment about the expanding outbreak of the virus called COVID-19, the right-wing personality joined growing racism against Asians since the virus emerged in China.
Carlson claimed the media has underplayed the danger of the virus out of political correctness. “If you think maybe we ought to take some steps to protect ourselves from it, then you’re a bigot,” he said.
After citing news articles about racial profiling against Asians (the virus originated in Wuhan, China), Carlson made a head-scratching pivot:
“Identity politics trumped public health and not for the first time,” he said. “Wokeness is a cult. They would let you die before they admitted that diversity is not our strength.”
BONUS IDIOT: Meanwhile, ultraconservative radio host Rush Limbaugh claimed the media was exaggerating the illness to take down President Donald Trump, and that coronavirus was nothing more than the “common cold.”
It's no surprise that Fox News would make "Idiot of the Week." In fact, they've earned that title many, many, many times for the lack of geographical knowledge, false news, prejudice, bigotry, misogyny, and support white supremacists, etc..
Remember this BLUNDER? when Aretha Franklin died, they showed a photo of Patty LaBelle. You can google it.
This week, though, they earned it once again because they think Mexico has "countries." SIGH.
Here's the story: Fox News host apologizes for ‘3 Mexican Countries’ chyron: ‘It never should have happened’
“We want to clarify and correct something that happened earlier in the show,” Ed Henry, host of “Fox & Friends,” said Sunday. “We had an inaccurate graphic on screen while talking about this very story. We just want to be clear, the funding is being cut off to the three Central American countries. We apologize for the error.”
But before the apology came the tweet, the disbelief, the jokes and the reflection. And before all that, there was the chyron.
On Sunday, “Fox & Friends” quickly jumped to news of the president’s plans to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to three Central American countries over the flow of migrants to the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump has already warned of closing the border.
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