Category: Government (Page 37 of 38)

Questions for the Covid Commission

March 2, 2023 / Richard Nestoff

The way the Covid-19 pandemic was handled was a shit show. It’s over, but we have to do better than just never speak of it again. Questions should be openly discussed so we learn. The Norfold Group put together a reasonable set of questions. I don’t care who funded them or the background of the doctors. The report is so reasonable, it may become hard to find, so I’m backing the Questions for Covid Commission by Norfolk Group Full Report .

The executive summary provides ten concise questions, and they are:

Covid remote learning corrupted good people.

March 2, 2023 / Richard Nestoff

When cheating becomes the norm, normal kids cheat. During the summer of 2020, the administrative team for my school had time to plan for fully remote classes. They made no provision for valid testing. Teachers asked questions and suggested solutions, but no answers ever came. Even worse, the administration kept insisting that students be shown grace. In education-speak, grace means dialing down the accountability.

February 26, 2023 / Richard Nestoff

It only took a month for the federal government to propose rules to ban gas stoves. Do you suppose the gas stoves that can still be sold will be the expensive ones?

NPR doesn’t want a race-neutral tax code.

February 25, 2023 / Richard Nestoff

NPR finds racism in race-blind tax code

Nobody appreciates how much Buttigieg cares.

February 24, 2023 / Richard Nestoff

Pete Buttigieg is frustrated and everyone is picking on him.

Trump was right about the borders, and everyone knows it.

February 23, 2023 / Richard Nestoff

Biden proposes tougher restrictions on asylum.

Clinton advisor kills himself, then hides the gun.

February 23, 2023 / Richard Nestoff

Bill Clinton advisor dead gunshot wound no gun.

People associated with the Clintons seem to kill themselves in the most unusual circumstances.

Republicans Shouldn’t be Allowed to Talk

February 21, 2023 / Richard Nestoff

Republicans Use Wokeism

Republicans have alighted on a strategy of decrying the dangers of “wokeism” and all things “woke” — catchall terms they have weaponized to include a host of liberal policies and positions they don’t like.

If East Palestine was in Kyiv, rather than Ohio, it might get some attention.

February 20, 2023 / Richard Nestoff

Biden goes to Ukraine, seems like a normal politician thing to do, but one wonders if this is how the Vietnam War got started. Biden should be talking about a resolution, but that never comes up.

This part seems odd.

“We did notify the Russians that President Biden would be traveling to Kyiv,” Sullivan told reporters Monday. “We did so some hours before his departure for de-confliction purposes.”

At some point, the East Palestine, Ohio train wreck catastrophe warrants some attention by national leaders. Pete Buttigieg treats his appointment as the Secretary of Transportation as more of an honorary title.

Balloons Aren’t Funny

February 19, 2023 / Richard Nestoff

Chinese Home-made Airship AS700 Conducts Test Flightmen,

Some media and politicians are taking a whimsical view of these high flying balloons.

The White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, confirmed that the administration does not believe aliens are involved. “There is no indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity with these recent takedowns,” she said.