Category: Politics

Our Long National Nightmare

In Debate, Pence and Harris Offer Conflicting Views of Nation’s Reality

From the staffs of KHN and PolitiFact October 8, 2020 The Trump administration’s pandemic response: decisive action that saved lives, or the greatest failure of any presidential administration? During Wednesday’s vice presidential debate, Vice President Mike Pence and the Democratic challenger, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, offered drastically different takes — from behind  plexiglass screens — on how the president has handled the COVID-19 crisis. … Continue reading In Debate, Pence and Harris Offer Conflicting Views of Nation’s Reality

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Our Long National Nightmare

Pence, Harris, and the night we’ll never get back

Hello, dear readers of Pyramid.  My post summarizing/reacting to/snarking about the first presidential debate was not originally written for this site — as you might have guessed from that introductory sentence that assumes you know where I stand and what I’ve written in the past.  Since you may well be thinking “who the fuck is this fuck?”, I thought it might be nice to introduce … Continue reading Pence, Harris, and the night we’ll never get back

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Politics

What’s with Americans who think Trump is doing a good job but don’t like Trump?

President Trump’s job approval rating hasn’t been particularly consistent since he took office except in one respect: he has never crossed 50%, never had a majority of Americans who approved of his presidency – in full. Voters have consistently voiced that the economic performance of the country is good, and it’s this that causes some voters to say that they think Trump is doing a … Continue reading What’s with Americans who think Trump is doing a good job but don’t like Trump?

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Health in America

Corralling the Facts on Herd Immunity

Aneri Pattani September 29, 2020 For a term that’s at least 100 years old, “herd immunity” has gained new life in 2020. It starred in many headlines last month, when reports surfaced that a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force and adviser to the president, Dr. Scott Atlas, recommended it as a strategy to combat COVID-19. The Washington Post reported that Atlas, a … Continue reading Corralling the Facts on Herd Immunity

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Our Long National Nightmare

The first debate could have gone worse. Possibly. Somehow.

By Paul Wiele for Pyramid Welcome to my self-inflicted purgatory: the first 2020 general election debate! First off: as you know, I am not much of a Biden fan and absolutely despise Trump, so I will be replacing my primary “worst point by someone I like” and “best point by someone I dislike” with: Worst Expression of a Good Point: Trump is actually right that his … Continue reading The first debate could have gone worse. Possibly. Somehow.

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Our Long National Nightmare

Today in History: the Beginning of the 2008 Recession

Whether you want to call September 29, 2008, the “beginning” of the recession probably depends on the kind of economist you are (or aren’t). By today, both Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual had filed for bankruptcy, and Bear Stearns was long gone, having been sold through a government-arranged deal to JP Morgan Chase in March. It was clear that there was a financial crisis going … Continue reading Today in History: the Beginning of the 2008 Recession

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Health in America

Heartbreaking Bills, Lawsuit and Bankruptcy — Even With Insurance

Laura UngarSeptember 25, 2020 Matthew Fentress was just 25 when he passed out while stuffing cannolis as a cook for a senior living community six years ago. Doctors diagnosed him with viral cardiomyopathy, heart disease that developed after a bout of the flu. Three years later, the Kentucky man’s condition had worsened, and doctors placed him in a medically induced coma and inserted a pacemaker … Continue reading Heartbreaking Bills, Lawsuit and Bankruptcy — Even With Insurance

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Our Long National Nightmare

The safest election is one with no voters

Elections in the Soviet Union were and are often decried as undemocratic. The way the Soviet election system worked was simple: you were handed a ballot with one candidate, nominated by the local branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. If you wished to vote for that candidate, you simply handed the ballot back to the poll worker. If you wanted to vote … Continue reading The safest election is one with no voters

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Our Long National Nightmare

Native Americans Feel Double Pain of COVID and Fires ‘Gobbling Up the Ground’

by Miranda Green When the first fire of the season broke out on the Hoopa Valley Reservation in Northern California in July, Greg Moon faced a dilemma. As Hoopa’s fire chief and its pandemic team leader, Moon feared the impact of the blaze on the dense coniferous forests of the reservation, near Redwood National and State Parks, where 3,000 tribal members depend on steelhead trout … Continue reading Native Americans Feel Double Pain of COVID and Fires ‘Gobbling Up the Ground’

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