DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 12, 2020
An Historical Day:
Supreme Court Dismisses Trump’s Election Nullification Bid. Trump takes the setback in stride.
FDA Approves Use Of Pfizer Vaccine. Shipments Ready To Roll. But not w/ one last loud Trump fart in whatever passes for his church:
The FDA action came after White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Friday told FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn to be prepared to submit his resignation if the agency did not clear the vaccine by day’s end, according to people familiar with the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss what happened.
Meadows’s threat followed months of efforts by FDA scientists to try to ward off President Trump’s importuning on the vaccine and keep the review process apolitical and transparent in hopes of boosting public confidence in the shots. The FDA already had planned to clear the vaccine Saturday morning, and accelerating the authorization to Friday night was not expected to change the delivery timeline of the first shots.
That’ll fill the populace full of confidence.
How One Event Has Led To 300,000 Covid Cases Worldwide. This superspreader event was pre-pandemic, so nobody knew. Those who enabled subsequent superspreader events should be, what’s that Joseph DeGenova phrase, ‘drawn and quartered’.
No Sympathy For Deathbed Confessions From Rethug Covid Deniers. Like this guy. And this guy. More to follow. Hey, I didn’t feel sorry for Lee Atwater, either.
Anonymity Of Shell Corporations Coming To An End, Courtesy Of The Defense Appropriations Bill. Great news for America. Bad news for the state that has made so much money off of these criminal enterprises masquerading as legit companies. This is quality legislating.
Biden’s Worst Cabinet Pick…So Far. Exacerbated by his decision to exile the progressive choice to HUD. Being the Black HUD Secretary is like being the only Rethug on Wilmington City Council. Tokenism at its worst.
Indiana School District Sues Over 300 Parents For Overdue Textbook Fees During Pandemic. I can’t make this stuff up.
Mayor Mike To Veto Bill Requiring Annual Rental Inspections. Council is all over the map on this.
Delaware Covid Hospitalizations Break Record For Fourth Straight Day. Which reminds me, at the urging of my wife and kids, I’m gonna take a leave of absence from work. We now have friends who have recently been hospitalized, and, as my wife says, people are ‘just being stupid’ during the holidays. For better or worse, that probably means more blogging from me.
What do you want to talk about?
