This is a serious problem:
One-third of N.C. childcare programs still closed as parents need to return to work | The Progressive Pulse https://t.co/2v7qc166XQ #ncpol #ncga #ncgov #covid19 #childcare
— NC Policy Watch (@NCPolicyWatch) June 16, 2020
Not sure how many of these operations were able to secure government loans to stay afloat, but just from anecdotal evidence I've seen on social media, probably not many.
LAW & ORDER!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 15, 2020
STFU Donnie, you're out of your element.
Here is the link to Cabarrus Health Alliance COVID-19 data:https://t.co/LTSb0KkLR2
As you can see it's worthless. The county only has 26 deaths. The "average" age is totally irrelevant. What's the median age of death? No clue. "science and data" what a joke. #ncpol https://t.co/sSIxQdWoWb— 6 Feet and Cloth Masks are Pseudoscience (@LaffersNapkin) June 15, 2020
Keep it up, dingbat. You're going to push us into another lockdown, which you will then cry about your lost Freedumbs. *sigh*
.@ThomTillis & Secretary Perdue are back in NC. Last time they were in town, it... didn't go so well for Tillis #ncsen #ncpolhttps://t.co/SUABJdLNzb pic.twitter.com/YY1ra0uWJR
— Robert Howard (@RobertWHoward) June 15, 2020
That's what he gets for defending the decisions of an idiot. Hopefully NC voters will fix this problem.
#BOOM #ncpol #ncjournos https://t.co/pHOx35Np7a
— Raleigh Republican Club (@RaleighGOP) June 15, 2020
Lol! Yeah, all those rich journalists, with their inflatable pools in the back yard and wheezing 1994 Volvos. It's a travesty.
In case you missed in Real Clear Policy, my article on why voting should only be done with hand-marked paper ballots is reposted at Civitas. #ncpol https://t.co/AwhT1x2ebz
— Andy Jackson (@andyinrok) June 15, 2020
If anybody can turn me against hand-marked paper ballots, it's Art Pope's propaganda machine. Suppressing the vote is bound to be tied up in this position, somehow.
Still waiting for @NC_Governor Cooper to outline examples of systemic racism in NC after 35+ years in gov (including 16 as AG.) #ncpol. Broad generalities are meaningless sans specifics.
— The Chad Adams Show (@Chad_Adams) June 15, 2020
Go sit in a courtroom for half a day, Chad. That's all it takes.
Welcome.#Walkaway #ncpol #avlnews https://t.co/8F1ldOqpjq
— Tim Peck (@timothypeck) June 15, 2020
Now that is some silly shit, right there. If it was up to Trump, medical professionals (including pharmacists) could deny you service, or not allow you to visit each other in the hospital. And of course allow you to be fired for making this idiotic video and posting it on social media. I won't even mention grabbing your pu$$y. Oops...
.@NC_Governor on potential rule requiring masks: "We want people voluntarily to do this but we are looking at additional rules to potentially make these mandatory." @CardinalAndPine #ncpol #ncga #coronavirusNC #covid19NC
— Billy Ball (@Billy_K_Ball) June 15, 2020
The only way to get everybody to wear masks is to make it mandatory. But that might also be the only way Dan Forest could get elected. I'm glad I don't have to make that decision.
Umm. With all due respect, you probably should sit this one out. Your lawyers argued on your behalf in court that transgender people are mentally ill and cited evidence to support their case from a group that believes gay people can be cured. #ncpol https://t.co/8H1zuO1ObC
— Fitzsimon (@Fitzsimon) June 15, 2020
Dude still has a radio show, which says something about the audience. I can't say what that is, because I've used up my daily allotment of F-bombs, and the term "idiots" in this context needs that help.
I’m just going to leave this here. #EndGunViolence #ncpol https://t.co/ycm9ZSBWJ4
— Christy Clark (@ChristyClarkNC) June 15, 2020
Okay, now I'm starting to feel like we're being set up for a massive disappointment...
@NC_Governor #ncpol #ReopenNC pic.twitter.com/8u77eu8Yiv
— #KAG2Q2Q #NoVoteByMail (@Wingzblessed) June 16, 2020
Aw, Karen can't get her hair done, so she's comparing herself to the Jews enslaved in Egypt. How special.
In North Carolina's Butner prison complex, 657 inmates and staff have active COVID - 19 cases.
When will the Cooper Administration step up and protect the people it’s responsible for?#ncpol #ncgovhttps://t.co/sJD2WOKRPt— Dan Forest (@DanForestNC) June 15, 2020
Butner is a Federal prison, you moron. If you want to point the finger at somebody, that would be Donald Trump.
On that exasperating note, here's your Onion:
Nervous New Driver Going To Stick To Sidewalks Until He’s More Confident https://t.co/OL3p5qd50g pic.twitter.com/leoD7BQval
— The Onion (@TheOnion) June 14, 2020
You know, I was sitting on the fence about not requiring new drivers take a road test, but now...
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Bonus Onion:
Lol! It could totally happen...
I know we're all suspicious when Civitas does something right.
But really, I think this falls under the "stopped clock" rule. Since Dems control the elections boards right now, there's really not much they can do to mess up actual paper ballots, and they sure make conducting recounts much more certain so they also keep the GOP from finding ways to screw around with the results. Despite this endorsement by Civitas, I'm still in favor of hand-marked paper ballots as the right thing to do in elections.
Great Twitter round up today
Re: childcare ...
Jane and I have long supported a center here in Chapel Hill called Blossoms. This month the center did its first-ever fundraiser to try to raise money for play equipment and teacher raises. These folks are doing god's work ... but god doesn't seem to be helping much.
I can safely say
that it's way too expensive for the average single mom to afford, at least at for-profit day care centers. Like $1,000+ per month. Add that to rent, utilities, groceries, maintaining a car, and you've got an impossible situation.
It is long past time that the US...
joined the rest of the 1st world in providing proper public child care in the same way that we provide public education. Plenty of countries around the world manage to do this and we can certainly afford it as a nation if we choose to. It would be a boon to working people in a wide variety of ways.