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Botany's Journal
Botany's Journal
September 25, 2020

In a very republican, affluent, mostly white, educated, Columbus OH suburban neighborhood of ...

... Upper Arlington I have been seeing tons of signs that have just this one word:

ENOUGH

No guarantees but they are nice to see.


September 24, 2020

? What is the name of the reporter who asked Trump the question about a peaceful transition?

And Trump answered that he couldn't promise that and besides the ballots should not be counted.

September 24, 2020

I can't sleep. Good God in Butter I want Trump gone. There is no such thing as unsolicited ballots


https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1308769164190941187

President Obama's shirt is untucked but he is still looking CRISP …. look at the perfectly rolled up cuffs, not wrinkle on the shirt, some of the the vertical lines match his jeans, a hot wife/girlfriend next to him, and rocking the grey hair like he just don’t care.


Little wonder why Trump hates President Obama so much because he is everything that he will never be in as far as having class, style, cool, and smarts. He has a Paul Newman quality about him.

I bet you that Trump goes bat shit every time he hears the 2 words, President Obama.



https://twitter.com/_SuccessMinded_/status/1308769464905736192
September 23, 2020

Johnson & Johnson Begins Large Trial of Its One-Shot Vaccine

Source: NY Times

Although they are a couple of months behind the other so-called Phase 3 trials in the United States, Johnson & Johnson’s trials will be the largest, with plans to enroll 60,000 participants. And the experimental vaccine may have considerable advantages over some of its competitors, experts said. It does not need to be stored in subzero temperatures, and it may require just one dose instead of two.

“It would be fabulous if we had something at a single dose,” said Dr. Judith Feinberg, the vice chairwoman for research in medicine at West Virginia University, who was not involved in the study.

snip

Johnson & Johnson’s experimental vaccine uses an adenovirus to carry a gene from the coronavirus into human cells. The cell then produces coronavirus proteins, but not the coronavirus itself. These proteins can potentially prime the immune system to fight off a later infection by the virus.

snip

The company is planning to recruit up to 60,000 people over the age of 18 for its Phase 3 trial in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and South Africa.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/health/covid-19-vaccine-johnson-and-johnson.html



Important point: They will not be done with JUST THE TESTING of the vaccine until 2021 so once agin Trump is
lying about a vaccine be ready by October or November.

"The trial started on Monday. At a news conference on Tuesday, Dr. Paul Stoffels, chief scientific officer of Johnson & Johnson, said the company might be able to determine by the end of the year if the vaccine is safe and effective."


I hope it works.
September 22, 2020

Do you want to crush Trump? This needs to go viral. Cracks form in Trump's Cuban-American base.


I was born in Cuba under Castro, so I know what a dictator looks like. Donald Trump is on his way, and we have to stop him.

Nací en Cuba bajo Castro, así que sé cómo es un dictador. Donald Trump está en camino y tenemos que detenerlo

This should be playing on TV/internet/radio and printed in Spanish language newspapers all over Miami and in Texas and in South Carolina (12% hispanic) and in New York and in ….


'We're not gonna be manipulated.' Cracks form in Trump's Cuban-American base

"From the passenger seat of a Mercedes-Benz idling in the heart of America’s Cuban exile community, George Marrero explained Saturday why he would not vote again for President Donald Trump.

“This country has been abused for the last four years,” the retired Coral Gables police officer said while waiting for the start of a Cubanos con Biden caravan in the majority-Cuban city of Hialeah. “[Democratic presidential nominee] Joe Biden is going to bring back — like he’s said — the soul of America. It’s been lost.”

Amid evidence that Trump has significantly expanded his support among Miami-Dade’s traditionally conservative Cuban exile community, a counter-movement is afoot to show that there are thousands of Cuban-Americans in Florida who believe the president does not have their best interests at heart....

“I used to be middle class. Now I’m down at the bottom,” she said. “I was born in Cuba under Castro, so I know what a dictator looks like. Donald Trump is on his way, and we have to stop him.“

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article245830755.html

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Thanx to DUer mia for posting this yesterday
September 22, 2020

Ohio's Rob Portman is a no good shit. His hypocrisy knows no bounds.

https://twitter.com/senrobportman/status/1307499106445725696

Now he wants to fulfill his role as a U.S. Senator? He refused to even meet with Merrick Garland
let alone allow him to have a hearing or give him a vote as is the law under the Constitution.
September 21, 2020

USA Today: 4 senators Murkowski, Romney, Collins and Grassley do not support Court Nominations

As near as I can tell this is still just an internet story.

The claim: Four senators — Murkowski, Romney, Collins and Grassley — do not support a Supreme Court nomination vote before January

Following the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Donald Trump said he would move “without delay” to nominate a successor.

While four GOP senators would need to join Democrats to stop aconfirmation , a viral Facebook posts claims that has already happened.

“4 republican senators now on board..no vote until January on SC,” reads a Sept. 18 Facebook post that has been shared over 1,000 times. “Murkowski, Romney, Collins, Grassley.”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/09/19/fact-check-partly-false-claim-4-senators-supreme-court-intentions/5841261002/

September 21, 2020

Amid Battle For Hispanic Votes--And Florida--Trump Announces $13 Billion Aid Plan For Puerto Rico

Amid Battle For Hispanic Votes—And Florida—Trump Announces $13 Billion Aid Plan For Puerto Rico


Updated Sep 19, 2020, 02:09pm EDT
TOPLINE Amid a heated battle for Hispanic votes in Florida between President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the administration announced Friday it would grant $13 billion in aid to help rebuild Puerto Rico, a major reversal for Trump, who has shown literal interest in helping the U.S. territory.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielcassady/2020/09/18/amid-battle-for-hispanic-votes-and-florida-trump-announces-13-billion-aid-plan-for-puerto-rico/#7667a7a439cf

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142586045#post14

September 20, 2020

Trump about 20 minutes ago

"People from North Carolina helped to dig the Panama Canal."

That was not long after he said that he was nominated for 2 nobel prizes in the past 10 days.

I only watched a total of 10 minutes of Fox.

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