April 24 2020, Friday. Dispatches from the Pandemic - Drinking Bleach (don't do it!) and the USPS (save it !!)

SARCASM! DO NOT INGEST BLEACH

Looks like Drumpf has slipped the bit and is out there running off his mouth, sounding like the ignoramus he is. Are his handlers just done with him? Have they thrown up their hands, saying: hell, he can grease his own chute sliding out of office. I mean, really, his suggestion in Thursday's (April 23) press conference to kill the COVID-19 virus by injecting (or ingesting) disinfectant into a living body is beyond belief.

 Is he mentally competent? Has he ever taken one science class? I think not. What a freakin' moron. He needs to be held accountable for making insane, dangerous suggestions to a country looking for leadership. Which we won't ever get from him.

 You know, a true leader would offer to be the first to try a new cure. Wonder if he will take that challenge?

It is seriously time to question whether Drumpf is mentally competent to stay in office, to be offering advice to the country. I know, I know, it's been obvious for a long time to many of us that his elevator doesn't go to the top floor, doesn't even get to the hem of his bad toupee. But what is going to happen when someone attempts this cure and dies a wretched, mouth-burning, lung-destroying, stomach-churning death? I would hope Trump is brought up on charges for it (murder in my book), for his reckless, irresponsible suggestions.  It looks like the disinfectant companies are worried enough about the issue that they are posting disclaimers on store shelves, pushing notices out on Twitter and making their own statements to the press. This is beyond irresponsible behavior by Trump - it is reprehensible. It's not even the sick-joke sarcasm he pretended it to be in today's  (Friday's) press conference.

And we're not done yet. Today, Drumpf also called the US Post Office "a joke." I just about drove off the road on my way to mail home-made masks to my friend who works in a hospital in Utah.  The US Post Office is a service for all Americans, it was never intended to be a business or make a profit; its a benefit for citizens and businesses. And we need it now more than ever, with all the stuff we have to have mailed to us in the Age of the Coronavirus. Not to mention our need to Vote By Mail later this fall. 

 Our MOCs need to stand up the Republicans and that bullying Trump and tell them hands off the USPS.

Give me a freakin' freakin' break.

We can't vote this doofus out of office fast enough. Give me Joe Biden any day of the week and twice on Sundays.

Here are some good articles from The Atlantic that talk about the value ( The Quiet Heroism of the USPS  ) and  history of the USPS  ( Why The Postal Service Is Worth Saving). They offer some background to Drumpity's comments and moves today.

Now I'm gonna go order a whole bunch of stamps and start mailing cards to my friends every day.  Let's see if we can give some love to the USPS.

•  https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/02/what-happens-mail-during-natural-disaster/581794/
•  https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/why-postal-service-worth-saving/610672/