https://twitter.com/HomelandKen/status/1232026318801338368
https://twitter.com/HomelandKen/status/1232027306732015618
Foreign Policy: Trump Has Sabotaged America’s Coronavirus Response
P.S.: The John Hopkins page was simply down because of heavy traffic.
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Acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli
@HomelandKen
Has the Johns Hopkins map of the coronavirus stopped working for other people, or just me? https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
8:35 p.m. · 24. Feb. 2020·Twitter Web Client
https://twitter.com/HomelandKen/status/1232027306732015618
Acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli
@HomelandKen
I just tried again, and it looks like Johns Hopkins put the information behind a membership wall of some kind. Seems like bad timing to stop helping the world with this (previously) useful resource. Here's hoping it goes back up soon.
8:39 p.m. · 24. Feb. 2020·Twitter Web Client
Foreign Policy: Trump Has Sabotaged America’s Coronavirus Response
For the United States, the answers are especially worrying because the government has intentionally rendered itself incapable. In 2018, the Trump administration fired the government’s entire pandemic response chain of command, including the White House management infrastructure. In numerous phone calls and emails with key agencies across the U.S. government, the only consistent response I encountered was distressed confusion. If the United States still has a clear chain of command for pandemic response, the White House urgently needs to clarify what it is—not just for the public but for the government itself, which largely finds itself in the dark.
P.S.: The John Hopkins page was simply down because of heavy traffic.
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The survey has only now come to my attention, while listening to an interview with Fintan O'Toole hosted by World Affairs: "Brexit: Ireland and the English Question"
Anyway, here is part of the press release to the October 2018 findings
This explains so much of the behaviour of Tories in the British House of Parliament.
As one of the lead researchers comments:
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Anyway, here is part of the press release to the October 2018 findings
Key findings include:
- Clear majorities of English Conservatives would support Scottish independence (79%) or the collapse of the NI Peace Process (75%) as the price of Brexit.
- 87% of (overwhelmingly Unionist) Leave voters in Northern Ireland see the collapse of the peace process as an acceptable price for Brexit and 86% say that of a Yes vote in IndyRef2
- Nearly half (49%) of English Conservative voters do not think Scottish MPs should sit in the UK Cabinet and, in worse news for David Mundell as the SNP gathers in Glasgow, 24% of Scottish Conservative voters agree with them
- Voters typically expect higher levels of policy alignment with Europe post-Brexit (roaming charges, food hygiene standards, etc.) than within the UK (tuition fees, prescription charges, free social care, etc.)
- In none of the UK’s nations is a majority of taxpayers happy to see their taxes spent in other parts when those parts are mentioned by name
This explains so much of the behaviour of Tories in the British House of Parliament.
As one of the lead researchers comments:
Prof Henderson said:
“The data suggest that, in the pursuit of Brexit, Leave supporters across the UK would be relaxed about a fundamental transformation of the Union but this attitude is not confined exclusively to Leave voters. There is also evidence that Brexit is dislodging long-held red lines about the Union. If even Unionists in Northern Ireland care less about the territorial integrity of the UK than pursuing Brexit, then it really raises questions about the type of union we’re in, and indeed what Unionism means.
“At the same time, voters, including Leave voters, want ongoing policy conformity between the EU and the UK on everything apart from immigration. To any outsider it must look as the Conservative and Unionist government is prepared to rip up the UK constitution because its supporters wish to stop migration from the EU. Some might consider that a curious interpretation of Unionism.”
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- Current Mood:
pessimistic
The Ambassodor to The Hague claimed in 2015 that islamists burn cars and politicians in The Netherlands and refuses to retract this false claim, instead claims he never said that despite video evidence. He gaslights the journalist for good measure:
https://youtu.be/SZ4RX5PsnFM
In a press conference as Ambassador he refuses to answer questions about the issue, a tactic the Dutch journalists are unwilling to tolerate:
https://youtu.be/thIRJLsnIxY
Meanwhile, after 15 months of the post being left vacant, there is a new Ambassador to Germany. His first tweet to the German people after handing over his accreditation:
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https://youtu.be/SZ4RX5PsnFM
In a press conference as Ambassador he refuses to answer questions about the issue, a tactic the Dutch journalists are unwilling to tolerate:
https://youtu.be/thIRJLsnIxY
Meanwhile, after 15 months of the post being left vacant, there is a new Ambassador to Germany. His first tweet to the German people after handing over his accreditation:
As @realDonaldTrump said, US sanctions will target critical sectors of Iran’s economy. German companies doing business in Iran should wind down operations immediately.
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There is open water north of #Greenland where the thickest sea ice of the #Arctic used to be. It is not refreezing quickly because air temperatures are above zero confirmed by @dmidk's weather station #KapMorrisJesup. Wacky weather continues with scary strength and persistence. pic.twitter.com/YMnvCD8XvL
— Lars Kaleschke (@seaice_de) 25. Februar 2018
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I signed up with photobucket more than 10 years ago for their free account, which allowed to link and embed images anywhere on the net. I have used their service extensively both on livejournal and the forums I frequent. They have now changed their TOS. The only option to continue linking and embedding images from their site comes with price tag of $400 per year, which I can not afford. In the future, expect to see a lot of broken image links when looking at past entries and comments of mine.
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At G20, Donald Trump underlined he has neither the desire nor the capacity to lead the world and you got the strong sense some leaders were trying to find the best way to work around him, says Chris Uhlmann.
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The RNC Files: Inside the Largest US Voter Data Leak
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In what is the largest known data exposure of its kind, UpGuard’s Cyber Risk Team can now confirm that a misconfigured database containing the sensitive personal details of over 198 million American voters was left exposed to the internet by a firm working on behalf of the Republican National Committee (RNC) in their efforts to elect Donald Trump. The data, which was stored in a publicly accessible cloud server owned by Republican data firm Deep Root Analytics, included 1.1 terabytes of entirely unsecured personal information compiled by DRA and at least two other Republican contractors, TargetPoint Consulting, Inc. and Data Trust. In total, the personal information of potentially near all of America’s 200 million registered voters was exposed, including names, dates of birth, home addresses, phone numbers, and voter registration details, as well as data described as “modeled” voter ethnicities and religions.
[Read more at link]
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Agent 327: Operation Barbershop from Blender Animation Studio on Vimeo.
This three-minute teaser for a full-length animated feature is based on Dutch artist Martin Lodewijk's classic comics series Agent 327. The Blender Animation Studio is currently developing the story and seeks for funding to bring this adventurous comedy animation film to an international audience.
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Since 1945, the supreme strategic goal in Europe of the USSR and then Russia was the severing of the US-German alliance. Trump delivered.
— David Frum (@davidfrum) May 28, 2017
#mylivejournal #lj18 #happybirthday
Looks like I'm one of the latecomers compared to my friend accounts. ;-)
Article 50 has been triggered. Both the UK and the EU will lose as a result, whatever the details of the outcome.
As the two pages of tax returns take up a lot of oxygen from discussions on Trumpcare and the revised travel ban is being temporarily stopped in court to great news fanfare, you may want to keep another eye on the new Executive Order Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch. Each and every agency is given 180 days to justify its existence and the existence of all of its branches and programs and to put that in writing. They also need to analyse, wether or not any part of their work is redundant within the agency or with the work of another agency. Furthermore a call for a 180 day period for comments by the public will be put out. The final reports incorporating those comments will have to be written with the following consideration in mind:
As we are on the subject of gutting and cutting:
- whether some or all of the functions of an agency, a component, or a program are appropriate for the Federal Government or would be better left to State or local governments or to the private sector through free enterprise;
- whether some or all of the functions of an agency, a component, or a program are redundant, including with those of another agency, component, or program;
- whether certain administrative capabilities necessary for operating an agency, a component, or a program are redundant with those of another agency, component, or program;
- whether the costs of continuing to operate an agency, a component, or a program are justified by the public benefits it provides; and
- the costs of shutting down or merging agencies, components, or programs, including the costs of addressing the equities of affected agency staff.
As we are on the subject of gutting and cutting:
A deep fear came to pass for many artists, museums, and cultural organizations nationwide early Thursday morning when President Trump, in his first federal budget plan, proposed eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
President Trump also proposed scrapping the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a key revenue source for PBS and National Public Radio stations, as well as the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
A final takeaway from #MunichSecurityConference: the European allies are really worried about us-- the Americans.
— Nicholas Burns (@RNicholasBurns) 19. Februar 2017
Nicolas Burns, amongst others ambassador to NATO under GWB, close advisor to Condoleezza Rice, spokesman for secretaries of state Madleine Albright and Warren M. Christopher.
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