Dear Sec. Pompeo:
Party on, and then rest in peace.
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On a serious note, 2,700+ deaths recorded today (Worldometers). We may exceed 3,000/d within a week.
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The Nazis partied at the Berghof and FuhrerBunker too until they committed suicide or tried to escape to South America.
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Oh yeah, parties.
Next year is gonna be lit.
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Okay. That settles it, then.
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From a recent filing in this case:
Legally, that’s pretty straightforward, and then you get to this:
Incidentally, the judge is a G. H. W. Bush appointee.
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Ms. Wolkoff is generous to a fault
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Not in her book, she isn’t!
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This is the Kill-Our-Friends policy.
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Pompeo is an ass but no one is required to attend. Shame on them if they do.
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Hey! He had covid. You’re just a (checks notes) biologist. What do you know about it? Hmm? Well?
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife reportedly plan on hosting large indoor holiday parties, despite a notice issued by State Department leadership to employees last week advising that “any non-mission critical events” should be held virtually, according to the Washington Post on Wednesday.
So since Mr and Mrs Petty PompousAss are going against State Dept’s policy then I will insist that the bill for these events be sent directly to Mr and Mrs Petty PompousAss’ residence.
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The new manifest destiny?
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These morons insist on killing themselves. I say Have At It.
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Besides, i hear it’s generally much worse when you get hit a second time.
One can only hope.
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I’m a plant biologist. I listen to and respect the experts in epidemiology. But if you want to know about the plants of the Mojave Desert, I’m your guy.
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He was solidly built. Older. His methamphetamine use over the years had taken its usual toll and his teeth were all but gone. The swastika stood out boldly on his chest. SS tattoos and other insignia that had previously been covered by his shirt were now obvious to the room. 2/
“Don’t let me die, doc.” He said breathlessly as the RT switched him over from CPAP by EMS to our mask and machine. I reassured him that we were all going to work hard to take care of him and keep him alive as best as we could. 3/
All of us being a team that included a Jewish physician, a Black nurse, and an Asian respiratory therapist. We all saw. The symbols of hate on his body outwardly and proudly announced his views. We all knew what he thought of us. How he valued our lives. 4/
Yet here we were, working seamlessly as a team to make sure we gave him the best chance to survive that we could. All while wearing masks, gowns, face shields, gloves. The moment perfectly captured what we are going though as healthcare workers as this pandemic accelerates. 5/
We exist in cycle of fear and isolation. Fear of getting sick on the front lines. Fear of bringing a virus home and exposing our families. Fear of the developing surge of patients. Fear of losing our colleagues. Fear of not having what we need to take care of patients. 6/
And isolation because we don’t want to be responsible for spreading the virus, knowing that we are surrounded by it on a daily basis. Isolation because no one else can truly understand this feeling, these fears, the toll of this work. But we soldier on. 7/
Unfortunately, society has proven unwilling to listen to the science or to our pleas. Begging for people to take this seriously, to stay home, wear a mask, to be the break in the chain of transmission. 8/
Instead, they’ve called the pandemic a hoax, called us liars and corrupt, told us we are being too political by worrying about patients dying and trying to save lives. They’ve stopped caring about our lives, our families, our fears, worried only about their own. 9/
He was already on high respiratory support and still working hard to breathe so I asked him about his code status and if he would want to be intubated, knowing that was all but inevitable and before the hypoxia made him more confused and unable to answer. 10/
He said that if a breathing tube was the only way he could survive, he wanted us to do everything we could. So we would. We were out of other options by this point, so we prepared. 11/
I’ve faced these situations countless times since medical school. Not the intubation - which is routine at this point for me and my team. The swastikas. The racist patients. Every single time I feel a bit shaken, but I went into this job wanting to save lives... 12/
... and every single time I’ve been able to smoothly and quickly move though those emotions to do so. “They came here needing a doctor, and dammit Taylor, you’re a doctor” is a mantra I’ve repeated to myself when I feel like my empathic core wanes. 13/
As I stepped out of the room to gear up for a high risk procedure and grab equipment, I checked my PPE. I had my N95, face shield, gown, gloves. Was I safe? Was my team safe? I pause to check and make sure I had all my equipment and backups if needed. 14/
I run through the meds and plan with the nurse and RT. I pause. I see the SS tattoo and think about what he might think about having Jewish physician taking care of him now, or how much he would have cared about my life if the roles were reversed. 16/
For the first time, I recognize that I hesitated, ambivalent. The pandemic has worn on me, and my mantra isn’t having the same impact in the moment. All this time soldiering on against the headwinds, gladiators in the pit. And I realize that maybe I’m not ok. End/
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The holiday events involve hundreds of invited guests, food and drinks…
Paid for by the American taxpayer, of course. A big send-off for the worst administration in history.
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Pfft. Plants are just like people but leafier and stuff. A person who wants free medical advice isn’t going to be too demanding about credentials, don’t worry.
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I, on the other hand, freely admit to having a preferred outcome for some of the party goers.
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