Sunday Reads

Somebody copied and posted a Salem Statesman-Journal article from nine years ago about the infamous thief "Rebekah Katherine" (aka Jorey) Brewis, the nearly seven-foot-tall "woman" who has pleaded guilty to stealing and running off with thousands of dollars from the Portland Women's March.  The original article link is dead, but we have the repost as reference.

This guy was from southern Oregon not too far from where I live.  He was from Grants Pass, about 45 minutes away from the Medford area.  He had a rough childhood, living in many foster homes and going through abuse and bullying.

It still doesn't excuse his rap sheet, which includes robbery.  Now he has added to it.
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Serves the libertarian jerk right.

Who knows how many other people Rand has infected since he is asymptomatic?

He says he feels just fine as he was spreading the virus all over the place.

His official tweet:




The U.S. total is now at 38,114, with 398 deaths.  The U.S. is now behind China and Italy in cases, though way behind both countries in deaths.
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Don't you just love Congress?

Having missed a self-imposed deadline at 5 p.m. on Saturday to strike a full agreement, Republicans began drafting and circulating their own text, which was obtained by The New York Times.

Democrats, for their part, continued to push for stronger protections for workers and raised alarms about the scope of some funding levels and programs. Among the concerns, according to Democratic aides, was the size of a Treasury Department fund and the discretion Mr. Mnuchin and his lieutenants would have to decide who would receive those funds, as well as how quickly the administration would have to disclose loans or loan guarantees made to companies and industries.

Democrats have also voiced concerns that the bill does not contain enough barriers to prevent industries from laying off their work forces after receiving federal funds, and are pushing for giving grants instead of loans to airlines.

Governors plead for masks an

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