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News blues…
This, to formulate new regulations to replace the national state of disaster and to ensure continued management of Covid-19.
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Under its revised guidance on when Americans should consider wearing masks to protect themselves against Covid-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lays out a system that designates individual counties as being at either low, medium, or high risk from Covid-19. Roughly 62.6% of counties — home to 71.7% of Americans — fall into the low- and medium-risk categories.Under the new guidance, roughly 70% of the U.S. population can now contemplate removing their masks.
The CDC now focuses on minimizing severe disease and ensuring that hospitals are able to cope with Covid cases while still delivering standard care.
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The Lincoln Project:
[Conservative Political Action Conference] CPAC Day 1 in 105 Seconds (1:50 mins)
CPAC: Day 2 (1:50 mins)
Primetime propaganda [2] (0:55 mins)
[Conservative Political Action Conference] CPAC Day 1 in 105 Seconds (1:50 mins)
CPAC: Day 2 (1:50 mins)
Primetime propaganda [2] (0:55 mins)
Mother Russia (1:24 mins)
Naturally, the dog insisted on sleeping on its doggie bed in the middle of the room I was painting. Paint didn’t spill on her either. The other unexpected surprise? A handyman who has become a friend dropped by on the spur of the moment, so I put aside the painting for the duration of his visit. The paint didn’t dry out. Paint didn’t coagulate on brushes and roller. Afterwards, I returned to painting and finished the job.
A Sunday well spent.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch…
Painting, painting, painting. How come painting – walls, not arty pictures – is such hard work? I spent more than a day prepping the walls, then more time prepping the materials: step ladder, drop cloths, paint gear… then finally started painting. Miraculously I didn’t spill paint on anything other than my hands, feet, overalls, and the drop cloth.Naturally, the dog insisted on sleeping on its doggie bed in the middle of the room I was painting. Paint didn’t spill on her either. The other unexpected surprise? A handyman who has become a friend dropped by on the spur of the moment, so I put aside the painting for the duration of his visit. The paint didn’t dry out. Paint didn’t coagulate on brushes and roller. Afterwards, I returned to painting and finished the job.
A Sunday well spent.
