DC Gets Few Needed Medical Supplies from Federal Stockpile

The District of Columbia recieved few of the medical supplies requested from the federal government’s Strategic National Stockpile:

“The District got none of the hospital ventilators, safety goggles and hand sanitizer it asked for and received less than one percent of a requested 663,760 gloves and 1,132,478 respirator masks that officials requested.”

“D.C. City Administrator Rashad M. Young told D.C. Council members and the mayor’s office during a telephone call that he did a ‘readout’ Tuesday ‘of what we asked for and what we got, and it was pretty much nothing from them.’”

— “Federal government gave D.C. a fraction of what it sought to fight coronavirus,” Antonio Olivo, Jenna Portnoy and Fenit Nirappil, Washington Post

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Florida Spring Breakers May Have Spread COVID-19 Nationwide

Despite Coronavirus concerns and social distancing advice, thousands of kids packed Florida beaches during Spring Break in early March. See where they went after that in this video by Tectonix GEO.

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Prevent COVID-19. It’s in your hands.

Wash your hands, often. Stay home. When you must go out, maintain social distance.

That’s it. There is no vaccine, no magic cure.

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Tech Breakthrough: The Prescription Car Windshield

This UK tech breakthrough means you’ll never drive with eyeglasses again. Announced April 1, 2010.

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Petco Beautiful Bonds

You and your pet…Beautiful Bonds.

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The Smart Storage Smart Bot

Got self-storage? You need this.

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Burger King Whopper Toothpaste

Burger King Whopper Toothpaste. Mmmmm …fresh!

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Hand Washing: WHO Shows You How.

You’re doing it wrong. This is the World Health Organization (WHO) technique for hand-washing. Courtesy of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control.

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Congress Screws DC in the Conronavirus Relief Package

Despite the best efforts of a holdout Tea Party loon, Congress finally passed a $2 Trillion stimulus package last week, the first step in shoring up the U.S. in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of this federal response, each state government will receive at least $1.25 billion. The District of Columbia will receive $500,000.

Since DC is regarded as a state when it comes to federal grants, highway funding, education dollars and food assistance, many here feel that someone in the Administration or GOP leadership actively and intentionally shafted the District when the bill was crafted in the Senate.

The District’s population — 702,455 people — is greater than that of two states, Wyoming and Vermont. Unlike U.S. territories, DC residents pay federal taxes, the most in federal taxes per capita than any other state. The coronavirus relief bill originated in the GOP-controlled Senate, and DC has no senators, so here we are. There’s a reason DC license plates read “Taxation Without Representation.”

Hearts On Fire

“Hearts On Fire,” written by Walter Egan and Tom Guidera, recorded by Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris, 1973 (alternate take).

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