This ain't whooo, something very screwy going on here.

[magicarpet]

The federal stockpiles of medical PPE gear, which is desperately needed by American hospitals and ambulance first responders is being packed up on pallets and shipped to Taiwan, South Korea, China, and Italy. What goes here, what about the calls and crusades of AMERIKKKA FIRST by Team trDumpie ?

Beyond all that.

What the fuck is this info spreading on the media and nooks and crannies of the Internet...

The federal government is reducing their stockpiled medical PPE inventories with this privatized or some call it public/private scheme.

Get this,

They are depleting the stockpiles by transferring the medical PPE back to private medical supply vendors. Then these vendors sell the government owned PPE at an astounding and obscene markup.

What the fucking fuck,... ?

************

Here is the US Army General who commanded the troops during Hurricane Katrina. He is addressing the issue of the federal stockpiled PPE as pertains the Covid Crisis.

Link to tweet

[The Magistrate]

1. That, Sir, Seems About Par For The Course With This Cheap Thug Trump

And the little lap-dog who seems to be sleeping with its wretched daughter.

[magicarpet]

2. Trillionaire,... WHITE TRASH

[The Magistrate]

3. 'Blue-Collar Billionaire' Is The Recollected Slogan, Sir

"How weak must you be to look at Trump and see a strong man?"

[KSNY]

54. Nothing wrong with being blue collar or poor white...

Most blue collar workers have more of an ethical core than to stoop to this level.
Trump is simply a fake Billionaire (he is not and never was blue collar and never was a billionaire).
White trash should be applied to those who are profiting from this crisis -- Senator Burr, those holed up in their faraway bunkers, and the guy who bought up hand sanitizer in early February all fit the bill.

[The Magistrate]

58. I Quite Agree, Sir

But the slogan is risible on its face, and anyone taken in by it needs a session with a clue by four....

[BlueJac]

4. Disaster Capitalism

What could go wrong? Everything!

[BootinUp]

52. .

I laughed, but this shit ain’t funny.

[panader0]

5. You can be sure that spanky will try to make money however he can on this.

No soul.

[lunatica]

31. It's his very first thought during a crisis

“What’s in it for me?”

Not what can I do to help.

It’s also the default thought for him and his children and his administration. And another thing, they don’t even have to come up with ideas on how to reverse every possible thing that benefits people because they’ve had that list ready for decades. All they have to do is check off each benefit as they take it away from us.

[Phoenix61]

6. We knew they were going to turn this

into something to get rich off of. We have got to win this November and put their asses in jail where they belong.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Black Market

Private equity profits before public need?

These guys know tangibles. When private equity invests in precious metals, they always tell you, get possession of the physical metal. "Depository receipts" are never good enough. In warehousing plenty of scarce products come up with empty warehouses. It was the basis of Crazy Eddie's.

IOW they've been repossessed!

[calimary]

66. I texted this to a friend yesterday - the red flag in the back of my head keeps popping up.

It's like that red flag is spring-loaded. I push it down, BING! It pops back up again. It will not stay down.

- White House announces that the national stockpile is now depleted.

- Governors have been begging for supplies and equipment for weeks.

- trump insinuates that supplies might be "going out the back door."

Okay, what does that look like, to YOU?



Just asking...

[bucolic_frolic]

67. Not sure if the question is rhetorical

privatizing government assets and distributing them through cronies

theft and monetization

a black market hiding in plain sight

[Grasswire2]

69. and he kept referencing the warehouses in Jersey.

I think there's a mob racket involved in his mind.

Maybe he's running it.

[Frustratedlady]

8. This SURELY can't be true...I realize "he" is corrupt, but even for criminals, there are limits.

What I thought was happening was that Trump was promising states with Democratic governors, then diverting the shipments to states with Repuke governors, which is bad enough. From the sound of this, he is treasonous. Good lord, he is beyond the bottom of my list as to horrible human beings, but even this is more than my brain can handle. Surely...is money involved? Revenge? I don't get what all this entails.

If this is true, heads have got to roll right out the door and to prison...NOW!

[SergeStorms]

20. There is no bottom.....

to the pit that is TrumpCo.'s greed and lawlessness. They believe, and rightly so with the blessing of the republican Senate's majority, that they are above the law, and completely free to profit as much as possible from Trump's presidency. Every attempt to investigate Trump's avarice and lawlessness has fallen by the wayside. After we remove him from office we might be able to get to the bottom of his criminality. Hopefully so.

[not fooled]

57. Radical RWNJ ideology let loose

the so-called "free market" elevated above all else. In red don the crackpots finally have someone who, lacking a conscience, will let ruthless profiteering take precedence above all else. These kooks also want the Federal government to be weak, hence no good response.

Frosts me that the corporate media reports this story as a "what" but not a "why"--there is a reason they keep doing things that look so counterproductive--it's not bumbling, it's because there are radical far-right "free market" ideologues dictating what the Federal government is doing.

[Eyeball_Kid]

60. FWIW, I screamed this over and over:

If Trump is acquitted, the Constitution dies.

That was before the CV-19 outbreak. Now we'll see what Trump wanted to do all along, but couldn't. Now he can.

[sop]

59. Trump withheld $400M from Ukraine while their soldiers were fighting Russia to get dirt on Biden.

He was impeached, but he still got away with it. Republicans gave him the green light to do worse. Now who's going to stop him?

[PatSeg]

9. This is insane

and it is all being done in plain sight. They are shameless.

[DanieRains]

10. Kickback City

Like no one has ever done it before....

[Lars39]

11. It's called graft, on a massive scale.

[backtoblue]

12. America, LLC

We are witnessing in real time the corporate greed and capitalist global takeover of our country.

We are getting "aid" from Russia...

Our government is giving life saving protective gear to foreign nations and companies.
To sell back to the US... This is evil. We might as well be slaves to robots...they don't have emotions either.

[MontanaMama]

13. We are all Puerto Rico now. n.t.

[2naSalit]

16. We should have known that was the plan all along. ...nt

[MontanaMama]

17. Right?

This isn’t an accident.

[2naSalit]

22. I've been sayig that for over a month now...

This is deliberate. If we are dealing with a pandemic it opens the floodgates for rampant looting of the treasury, emergency stockpiles, and recinding of all laws. Then Dady P shows up and the erik prince mercenary army come into play and we have total breakdown. That is the plan, has been for a while, like since Wcheney. They set the stage for this move, they hadn't counted on Obama getting anywhere and so they did everything to hamstring him from day one.

WE have to overturn this regime using all means from this point out because they truly do mean to kill as many of us as they can before we oust them.

Seen any militia types moving in yet? I saw some heading toward the AB Wilderness yesterday when I was out. They have their own armored vehicles with tracks. They'll be fucking up the wilderness during this, not a good time for a hike in the woods anymore.

[MontanaMama]

24. Yep.

Meanwhile Ammon Bundy is piping off again.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/ammon-bundy-pledges-physical-defense-for-those-who-defy-idahos-covid-19-order

[2naSalit]

32. It figures.

They've all got an erection now. My hope is that some of them are carriers and spread it among them and they end up losing 80% of their ranks.

If I end up running across some corpses out in the woods with cammo and arsenal, I don't know if I'd report it or care. But by then, the bears and scavengers will have done away with all the stinky parts.

[MontanaMama]

33. I hear bears are awake, hungry

and on the prowl. You keep your head up out there.

[2naSalit]

41. Indeed, I am glad I have a rather

secure location, can see 'em comin' for about a mile, gives me time to get the "tools" out. Stay safe up there, I think we're all under siege out here now.

[jmowreader]

49. Unfortunately for us...

The kinds of bears we have in Idaho don't generally eat human flesh. I mean, they probably would if its coronavirus-inflicted dumb ass were just lying there in the woods, but they'd rather have mice.

[dajoki]

14. privatized...

It was their scheme all along. Ever since raygun we have been hearing the same thing.

[magicarpet]

38. You make it sound so dirty and filthy,...

Try this ...

Public/Private Initiatives,... government and corporate enterprises working together to rape and plunder the commonwealth treasuries for obscene profits for the top 1%.

Right,... it is known by another name,...

FUCKING - CAPITALISTIC FASCISM,
unleashed.

[2naSalit]

15. Exactly what I suspected. ...nt

[tblue37]

18. Could you summarize his comments for us deafies, please? Thanks. nt

[Baitball Blogger]

19. Yup. This businessman president thought it was a good idea to send

our stockpiles to foreign companies, where the States now have to bid at auctions for the supplies.

Say it often, and say it loud.

He is so not making America Great again

[2naSalit]

23. He was betting on

fomenting fighting between the states to further degrade our unity. I think he bet on a lame horse there.

[MontanaMama]

27. So when I was up at 3 am a couple nights ago

because that’s my schedule now....I was thinking about the possibility of state governors forming regional coalitions to consolidate buying power for supplies and other resources for the hardest hit areas of the country. Certainly it could alleviate the competition between states? I don’t know...just my crazy mind whirling in the middle of the night.

[2naSalit]

36. I think I heard that they established that

about ten days ago. I've heard the R Gov of Maryland - chair of the Governors' Asso., Cuomo is Vice Chair - both mention that they have been working to create such alliances. The one from MD is not on -45s side... and I gather any R with any human decency, I know there aren't many or enough, will be drifting from the party line as they see their friends dying. I can only hope that many of them will drop dead.

[underpants]

43. Milo would be proud. What's good for M&M Enterprises....

[Walleye]

53. Good one!

[matt819]

21. Others have suggested this. It's bonkers. But you really have to consider it.

Okay, okay, this administration really is incompetent. That's something we can all agree on.

But what if - and I really can't believe I'm saying this - what if the actions to date hav been deliberate? What if the slow walking was deliberate? What if the deaths caused by the incompetence were deliberate? What if sending PPE to China and Thailand so that the US would be low on these supplies was deliberate? What if this was trump's objective? What if the enablers - fox news and the rw hate network - were witting (or unwitting) enablers?

Trump is a malignant narcissist. He's a sociopath. He doesn't care about anyone or anything other than himself. Is he any different from people like Ted Bundy or Gary Ridgway or Dennis Rader, just performing on a larger stage? We all know it's a high for him to be number one. What a number one this would be - killing thousands or at least laying the groundwork so those thousands are dead because of him. What power.

Tinfoil hat now securely put away. Back to work.

[2naSalit]

25. Can't argue against

the possibility/probability that this is deliberate. I have been thinking this would come about in this way since the first news of the spread came out. It's an opportunity not to be missed for a wannabe dictator.

He does get off on the suffering of others, as do his spawn... some disorders are hereditary.

This is deliberate and that's all there is to it. If it wasn't deliberate, the Rs in Congress would have fought against it and would have stepped up to stop him rather than facilitate the pandemic.

[magicarpet]

29. AVARICE,.... is the only game they know, it is the only game they play.

And they are damn good at it, if your mind bends to the demonic.

[2naSalit]

37. Agreed. ...nt

[lunatica]

46. Don't forget that he loves to have revenge on his enemies

He’s been waiting for years to get back at NYC. And since being sworn in he’s been treated ‘very unfairly’ by the media and by the Democrats.

He’s wallowing in his vengeful opportunity. And so is Jared, the slumlord who brags that he has respirators, but that he isn’t sharing them.

[chowder66]

68. I wouldn't put it past him to deliberately infect his wife or children for a sympathy vote. nt

[spanone]

26. K&R

[defacto7]

28. Old mob tactics. Mob rule. No more no less.

Someone should write a book, "When Psychopaths Rule"

[MFGsunny]

30. This video needs to be seen, shared, posted, re-posted EVERYWHERE.

Finally, we can put our collective fingers on MF45 and his Grifters Inc.

Give NO QUARTER to this maladministration & Take no prisoners. Full stop.

[gademocrat7]

34. There is no bottom for the thug in chief.

[Ad Infinitum]

35. His Royal Pestilence

Empty meat sack.

Greed, Anger and Willful Blindness will

destroy This country

[magicarpet]

40. .

[iluvtennis]

39. The GREED of the trump crime family. Karma won't be kind to them. nt

[lonely bird]

42. Smedley Butler was right

War, even this kind of war, is a racket.

Someone, somewhere always, ALWAYS, profits.

And uncounted numbers of people get screwed.

[Hotler]

44. They are using our tax dollars to buy items for the National stock pile then,..........

turning around and GIVING the items to the corporations to turn around and sell to the states for a profit. There isn't enough lamp post or rope for these fuckers. A la lanterne

[littlemissmartypants]

45. President Psychopath. What ever can go wrong will.

Especially if that means breaking the law.

[rickyhall]

47. The goddamned repugs are trading the taxpayers stuff for campaign contributions.

Let's see, what do they call that? Oh yeah, embezzlement?

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

48. Jared Kushner refers to the national stockpile of medical supplies as "our stockpile"

and not one belonging to states.

When asked about data showing states' need for equipment, Kushner said, "The notion of the federal stockpile is that it's supposed to be our stockpile. It's not supposed to be states' stockpiles that they then use."

He then referred to criticism from governors who say the government has not provided needed medical supplies.

"When you have governors saying that the federal government hasn't given them what they need, I would encourage you to ask them, have you looked within your state to make sure you haven't been able to find the resources?" he continued. USA Today

According to HHS, however, "The Strategic National Stockpile's role is to supplement state and local supplies during public health emergencies. Many states have products stockpiled, as well. The supplies, medicines, and devices for life-saving care contained in the stockpile can be used as a short-term stopgap buffer when the immediate supply of adequate amounts of these materials may not be immediately available."

So, like everyone in the Trump Crime Family, Kushner is a f*cking liar.

[erronis]

61. It appears that the page for the Strategic National Stockpile has been taken down.

I guess they forgot to cleanse it of words that angered the trumpet-in-thief. Easier just to disable the internet server.

[flibbitygiblets]

50. Earlier this week, Chump projected that hospital supplies were "going out the back door"

I say "projected" because as we know, whenever he accuses others of wrongdoing...well, we all know how that sentence ends.

[cilla4progress]

51. With tinfoil hat firmly

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in place, I‘ve been hearing cargo planes (?) flying low overhead in the middle of the night.

[magicarpet]

63. Let me ask this,...

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When you shine a flashlight into your right ear, and a beam of light emits from the left,... does that mean your head is empty or hollow ?

Because if the above applies to you,..
It is not cargo jets you hear at night ..
It is likely the wind just whistling thru the wind tunnels and hollows of an empty head.

[magicarpet]

64. Oh look what I just found on Google,...

Coronavirus
Live updates

Gouged prices, middlemen and medical supply chaos: Why governors are so upset with Trump
Masks that used to cost pennies now cost several dollars. Companies outside the traditional supply chain offer wildly varying levels of price and quality. Health authorities say they have few other choices to meet their needs in a ‘dog-eat-dog’ battle.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/26/gouged-prices-middlemen-medical-supply-chaos-why-governors-are-so-upset-with-trump/

[getagrip_already]

55. Source?

Where did you get this info?

[magicarpet]

62. Ain't youugot Google ?

I just finished doing poo-poo, can you wipe my bum-bum ?

Oh jeez,.. can't you get that yourself ?

************

This (former)Army General said this on the video.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Honore_300.jpg

Detailed link to his bonafides,...


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russel_L._Honor%C3%A9

[William769]

56. Kick & recommended.

[crickets]

65. K&R for the post and the discussion.

[Skittles]

70. running government like a business

a GRIFTING BUSINESS