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July 26, 2020
The (first) ship has sailed.
A German vessel operated by travel giant TUI Cruises, is testing the cruise industry waters as it becomes the first large cruise ship to resume operations, following months of shutdowns amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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According to German public broadcaster DW, the Mein Schiff 2 (My Ship 2), set sail late Friday night from the northern city of Hamburg.
“Today it finally starts again,” the company wrote in an Instagram post ahead of the departure. “Mein Schiff 2 is ready and so are we.”
The ship sailed toward Norway for a three-night scenic cruise in the North Sea. Without stopping at any other ports, it’s scheduled to return to Germany on Monday morning.
The German news agency DPA reported that the massive ship, which usually has a capacity of 2,900 travelers, is carrying 1,200 guests.
The company said that 1,740 people (or 60% of capacity) would be allowed to travel, but the quota wasn’t met.
Cruise ship with 1,200 guests sets sail for the first time since industry shutdown
https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-cruise-ship-sets-sail-first-time-industry-shutdown-20200725-4quj22ijjjcejfoxbldjdvfrvy-story.htmlThe (first) ship has sailed.
A German vessel operated by travel giant TUI Cruises, is testing the cruise industry waters as it becomes the first large cruise ship to resume operations, following months of shutdowns amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Advertisement
According to German public broadcaster DW, the Mein Schiff 2 (My Ship 2), set sail late Friday night from the northern city of Hamburg.
“Today it finally starts again,” the company wrote in an Instagram post ahead of the departure. “Mein Schiff 2 is ready and so are we.”
The ship sailed toward Norway for a three-night scenic cruise in the North Sea. Without stopping at any other ports, it’s scheduled to return to Germany on Monday morning.
The German news agency DPA reported that the massive ship, which usually has a capacity of 2,900 travelers, is carrying 1,200 guests.
The company said that 1,740 people (or 60% of capacity) would be allowed to travel, but the quota wasn’t met.
July 26, 2020
tweet of the early morning
https://twitter.com/itsJeffTiedrich/status/1287221738573631489
July 25, 2020
"wall of vets" last night in Portland
https://twitter.com/ByMikeBaker/status/1286884473934503936
July 25, 2020
Big chains filed for bankruptcy and closed stores every week in July. Here are 9 of them
New York (CNN Business)Coronavirus, massive amounts of debt and a shift in shopping habits created a lethal cocktail of bankruptcies and store closures in July.
So far this year, 21 private and public retailers have filed for Chapter 11 according to BankruptcyData.com. That's more than double the number that filed for the same time period last year. In total, 20 retailers filed for bankruptcy protection in 2019.
"A retail sector already in upheaval in the face of changing consumer habits in 2019 is now additionally faced with a massive demand shock for which there is no cure," said James Hammond, the CEO of New Generation Research.
"Storied names in the industry, some operating for over 100 years, like Brooks Brothers, have fallen," he added. "Even the strong can't survive. This is far from over." (New Generation Research runs BankruptcyData.com.)
bankruptcies run rampant in July
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/25/business/july-bankruptcies-coronavirus/index.htmlBig chains filed for bankruptcy and closed stores every week in July. Here are 9 of them
New York (CNN Business)Coronavirus, massive amounts of debt and a shift in shopping habits created a lethal cocktail of bankruptcies and store closures in July.
So far this year, 21 private and public retailers have filed for Chapter 11 according to BankruptcyData.com. That's more than double the number that filed for the same time period last year. In total, 20 retailers filed for bankruptcy protection in 2019.
"A retail sector already in upheaval in the face of changing consumer habits in 2019 is now additionally faced with a massive demand shock for which there is no cure," said James Hammond, the CEO of New Generation Research.
"Storied names in the industry, some operating for over 100 years, like Brooks Brothers, have fallen," he added. "Even the strong can't survive. This is far from over." (New Generation Research runs BankruptcyData.com.)
July 25, 2020
The United States Navy just applied for permission to potentially kill up to 51 orcas in the Puget Sound. They applied for an exemption to the Marine Mammal Protection Act in the form of something called an ‘incidental take.’ To ‘incidentally take’ an animal essentially means an expected accident in which the animal is injured, hunted, harassed, or killed. This means that the Navy is asking permission to do activities, such as conducting training exercises, that they normally wouldn’t be allowed to do because it would adversely affect the orca population.
This year has been a devastating year for orca. The Salish Sea, which is legally considered the orca’s ‘core critical habitat,’ saw historically low numbers of orca returning in the spring. The prey that the orca feeds on is also in significant decline. The Washington Southern Resident Killer Whale Recovery Task Force has recommended that steps be put in place to reduce noise in the Salish Sea where the orca live because adding sound pollution to hunting and breeding grounds affects the animal’s ability to communicate, hunt, and evade danger.
The United States Navy just applied for permission to potentially kill up to 51 orcas in the Puget S
https://forcechange.com/565970/u-s-navy-dont-needlessly-murder-over-50-endangered-orcas/The United States Navy just applied for permission to potentially kill up to 51 orcas in the Puget Sound. They applied for an exemption to the Marine Mammal Protection Act in the form of something called an ‘incidental take.’ To ‘incidentally take’ an animal essentially means an expected accident in which the animal is injured, hunted, harassed, or killed. This means that the Navy is asking permission to do activities, such as conducting training exercises, that they normally wouldn’t be allowed to do because it would adversely affect the orca population.
This year has been a devastating year for orca. The Salish Sea, which is legally considered the orca’s ‘core critical habitat,’ saw historically low numbers of orca returning in the spring. The prey that the orca feeds on is also in significant decline. The Washington Southern Resident Killer Whale Recovery Task Force has recommended that steps be put in place to reduce noise in the Salish Sea where the orca live because adding sound pollution to hunting and breeding grounds affects the animal’s ability to communicate, hunt, and evade danger.
July 25, 2020
send good vibes to Ed McGinty (the anti-Trump Villagers guy)
https://twitter.com/WinterwayEd/status/1286563442330087426
July 24, 2020
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President Trump called Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler “pathetic” after the Oregon politician was gassed by federal troops while standing among protesters outside a courthouse.
“He made a fool out of himself. He wanted to be among the people, so he went into the crowd and they knocked the hell out of him,” Trump said during a prime-time performance with Sean Hannity on Fox News Thursday. “That was the end of him. So that was pretty pathetic.”
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-trump-mocks-portland-mayor-who-was-gassed-by-federal-troops-20200724-ksmfznjafnfyhnjxoomdj2ko6u-story.html
Trump about Portland Mayor: "they knocked the hell out of him""He made a fool out of himself"
3 months and week until the national nightmare ends-----------------------------------
President Trump called Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler “pathetic” after the Oregon politician was gassed by federal troops while standing among protesters outside a courthouse.
“He made a fool out of himself. He wanted to be among the people, so he went into the crowd and they knocked the hell out of him,” Trump said during a prime-time performance with Sean Hannity on Fox News Thursday. “That was the end of him. So that was pretty pathetic.”
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-trump-mocks-portland-mayor-who-was-gassed-by-federal-troops-20200724-ksmfznjafnfyhnjxoomdj2ko6u-story.html
July 24, 2020
Trump just announced a plan to dispatch more federal law enforcement into Democratic cities without the assent of local officials — while offering numerous lurid exaggerations about urban crime and the supposed “radical movement” to “dissolve” police departments.
Meanwhile, at Wednesday’s coronavirus task force briefing, he blamed the current explosion in cases on Mexico and those protesing police brutality, while continuing to urge a rapid reopening of schools and businesses, even though rapid reopenings are plainly a key cause of the ongoing surge.
You can see this in Trump’s campaign ads. He is running a new spot that depicts an elderly woman calling the police in terror as a marauder circles her house like a vulture, only to find that in “Joe Biden’s America,” the police are no longer there.
In recent weeks, Trump’s campaign has spent $20 million on the ad and others like it. But that ad is based on a lie: It falsely claims Biden would defund the police. Tellingly, if you listen closely, you’ll note that the person who voices this lie is Trump’s chief propagandist, Sean Hannity.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/23/trump-frantic-new-effort-win-back-seniors-is-already-failing/
The fear of death hovers over that ad. It’s no accident that this comes as Trump is bleeding support among seniors, very likely due to his catastrophic mishandling of the virus, because they have the most to fear from it. One threat to seniors is supposed to magically supplant the other.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/23/trump-frantic-new-effort-win-back-seniors-is-already-failing/
Trumps plan to win the senior vote: fear criminals in post-police dystopia over coronavirus
Here’s President Trump’s new reelection strategy, in a nutshell: Convince vulnerable seniors who rightly fear getting killed by the pandemic that Trump let rampage out of control that they should instead fear getting killed by criminals who would supposedly rampage out of control in a future post-police dystopia that is entirely invented.Trump just announced a plan to dispatch more federal law enforcement into Democratic cities without the assent of local officials — while offering numerous lurid exaggerations about urban crime and the supposed “radical movement” to “dissolve” police departments.
Meanwhile, at Wednesday’s coronavirus task force briefing, he blamed the current explosion in cases on Mexico and those protesing police brutality, while continuing to urge a rapid reopening of schools and businesses, even though rapid reopenings are plainly a key cause of the ongoing surge.
You can see this in Trump’s campaign ads. He is running a new spot that depicts an elderly woman calling the police in terror as a marauder circles her house like a vulture, only to find that in “Joe Biden’s America,” the police are no longer there.
In recent weeks, Trump’s campaign has spent $20 million on the ad and others like it. But that ad is based on a lie: It falsely claims Biden would defund the police. Tellingly, if you listen closely, you’ll note that the person who voices this lie is Trump’s chief propagandist, Sean Hannity.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/23/trump-frantic-new-effort-win-back-seniors-is-already-failing/
The fear of death hovers over that ad. It’s no accident that this comes as Trump is bleeding support among seniors, very likely due to his catastrophic mishandling of the virus, because they have the most to fear from it. One threat to seniors is supposed to magically supplant the other.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/23/trump-frantic-new-effort-win-back-seniors-is-already-failing/
July 24, 2020
Bloodied protesters, many who were helmeted and wearing face masks, were seen being treated by street medics during the clash
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8556899/Federal-agents-violently-clash-Portland-protesters-57th-night-unrest.html
Federal agents clash with 2,000 Portland protesters on 57th night of unrest
Bloodied protesters, many who were helmeted and wearing face masks, were seen being treated by street medics during the clash
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8556899/Federal-agents-violently-clash-Portland-protesters-57th-night-unrest.html
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