Election Asteroid

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Asteroid 2018VP1 is approximately 6.5 feet in diameter and it is headed towards Earth. It is slated to be withing 300 miles of earth the day before the presidential election in November. NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory first identified  the asteroid at Palomar Observatory in California in 2018. That explains the 2018 in the name. Perhaps VP stands for Vice President?

The asteroid poses no imminent threat to the earth. Should it enter the atmosphere it would burn up in the atmosphere. The chances of the asteroid actually striking the earth are just 0.41%. But hey this is 2020 them seem like pretty good odds. The orbital graph does not show it hitting the earth. This year’s flyby will be the asteroid’s first close approach to Earth since it was discovered.

Another asteroid will make a close approach on Election Day itself, November 3, 2020. That space rock, dubbed 2020 HF4, is somewhat larger at 26 to 60 feet (8 to 18 m) across, but will remain much, much farther away, about 16 times the distance of the moon. Far more dangerous is asteroid Trump whose orbit if far more unpredictable.

When Donald Trump was asked if he would call on his supporters to stay calm and desist from civil unrest in the immediate aftermath of next month’s election., Trump responded, “I’m urging my supporters to go into the polls and watch very carefully, because that’s what has to happen. I’m urging them to do it.” Since that remake by the president was made, the FBI launched a series of arrests of militia members and others plotting to kidnap the Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer, and attack law enforcement.

Don’t let Donald Trump and his minions scare you away from the poles on election day. You will have already survived a near miss from a refrigerator sized piece of cosmic dust.

Typhoid Trump

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On October 10, 2020, just 10 days after announcing that he was infected by COVID-19, Donald Trump was on the balcony of the White House spewing his divisive rhetoric to a crowd of several hundred gathered n the south lawn who were not socially distanced. They were shoulder to shoulder but thankfully many wore masks. They should have each been given umbrellas as well.

White house officials and doctors have not yet said when the president last tested negative for the virus or if he has been tested two days in a row to clear him as non-contagious. Doctors seem to be making announcements with little supporting information that will get Trump back into crowds.

Trump may have been spreading  the virus all across the country. 11 Staff tested positive after the Amy Barret south lawn super spreader event on September 26, 2020.  Seven of his staff were infected at the Presidential Debate Prep on September 27, 2020. Five of his staff that attended the presidential Debate on September 29, 202 tested positive. Four of his staff that attended a Minnesota rally on September 30, 2020 tested positive. Hundreds of people at those events have not tested for the virus, so, the collateral damage may never be known.

The divisive law and order themed balcony speech made it clear that the president is using the White House a a backdrop for a political rally. Trump did not mention of the growing power of right-wing hate and anti-government extremist groups, including those who were charged this week in an alleged plot to kidnap Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

The largely black and Latino crowd with MAGA Caps and blue tee shirts was known as BLEXIT which was founded by conservative Candace Owens to encourage African Americans to leave the Democratic Party. The irony is that Black and Latino Americans have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 virus. Blacks and Hispanics have up to 2.8 times more COVID-19 cases  compared to whites, and they die at a rate of up to 2.1 times more often that whites.

Some of the attendees had their travel and lodging paid for by controversial conservative activist Candace Owens’ group BLEXIT, according to emails obtained by ABC News. Attendees were told they must bring a mask but wearing the mask was not be required. Attendees had to submit to a COVID-19 screening the morning of the event, which consisted of a temperature check and a brief questionnaire. All attendees were also told they must wear the bright blue BREXIT tee shirt and there were no exceptions, though some guys and gals in suits couldn’t bring themselves to stretch the tees over their attire.

Give Me Drink or Give Me Death

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For weeks in multiple states, armed protestors, encouraged by Donald Trump have been demanding the freedom to get back to work. Governor Tony Evers of Wisconsin wanted to move slower than the president in re-opening his state during the pandemic. Conservative justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court overruled the governors stay at home order leaving the state with no public health restrictions or any plan on a re-opening safely. Wisconsin is now the only state in the nation without a single protective measure in place to combat Codid-19. The judges made this ruling from the safety of a video conference.

Across the lake in Michigan, armed protestors entered the state capitol and stood in the upper gallery above law makers prompting at least one lawmaker to put on a bullet proof vest. Protestors chanted: “Our House” and “Let Us In”. Despite this, Governor Gretchen Whitmer extended the stay at home order to May 28, 2020. She has issued over 75 executive orders in an attempt to keep her constituents safe. Law makers have been arguing about weather to ban guns in the capitol. One argument is that State Police should arrest anyone entering the building with a weapon. A 32 years old man was arrested on counts of terrorism for making death threats against Governor Whitmer. Joe Biden is considering Whitmer as a possible running mate.

After the Wisconsin “Safer at Home” order was overruled, nurse Katie Koutsky, decided to help her sister re-open her bar. She was filmed by a local news station in the crowded bar not wearing a mask. She said, “I don’t think the risk presents any higher than me going to a grocery store.” She later walked back that statement saying, “I’d like to express my regret for not wearing a mask or practicing social distancing while there,” she said in a statement released by Advocate Aurora Health. She is quarantining herself for the next seven days.

Health care workers are usually seen as the heroes fighting against the virus putting themselves in harms way. They sacrifice for the greater good. Her flippant disregard for public safety put her in the camp of the protestors, who demand and threaten without concern for others. Protestors wanted the liberty to rush and crowd back into bars. Drunks are not great at social distancing.

The Orlando Weekly reported that several downtown bars have not been following Phase 1 rules about re-opening. If a business earns more than half its income from the sale of alcohol it is supposed to remain closed. On May 4, the OPD found four Orlando bars operating despite the Ron DeSantis Phase 1 executive order which states that a bar should not be open for on-premise consumption of alcohol. Officers advised the owners on the guidelines. Despite this, two bars continues serving drinks for consumption. The Dapper Duck and Downtown Pourhouse continued serving drinks. Since they saw no penalty to not do so. No one has been reprimanded or fined. Three days later the bars still were not complying. Bars being closed are a flashpoint for many. Some would kill for a drink.

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