My plague year, a85

The once-temperate relationship between the president and the D.C. mayor erupted in an ugly schism. In my plague year.

The corona virus saga - chapter 30

When Chinese officials in the city of Wuhan discovered a cluster of just six non- infected COVID-19 cases around two weeks ago—the first cases there in more than a month—they quickly set an ambitious plan to test the entire city of roughly 11 million and crush a potential second wave of people not infected. And they initially planned to try to do it in just 10 days.

My plague year, a84

Few sights from the nation’s protests in recent days have seemed more dystopian than the appearance of rows of heavily-armed riot police around Washington in drab military-style uniforms with no insignia, identifying emblems or name badges. Many of the apparently federal agents have refused to identify which agency they work for.

The images of such military-style men in America’s capital are disconcerting, in part, because absent identifying signs of actual authority the rows of federal officers appear all-but indistinguishable from the open-carrying, white militia members cosplaying as survivalists who have gathered in other recent protests against pandemic stay-at-home orders. Some protesters have compared the anonymous armed officers to Russia’s “Little Green Men,” the soldiers-dressed-up-as-civilians who invaded and occupied eastern Ukraine.

In my plague year.

The corona virus saga -chapter 29

Texas radio jackass, the man with the megaphone, declares that he is Jon Frum. "I was a part of the first wave. Of infiltrators. Sent in. To gather information. And access the situation."

My plague year, a83

The US has been downgraded from a “medium risk” to a “high risk” country in a civil unrest index by the global risk analysis company Verik Maplecroft. The report said the US government has “failed to eradicate the impunity with which the police act or address the lack of accountability for its actions.”

Military deployments will worsen the public perception that the government is seeking to restrict freedom of expression. Covid cases are already expected to continue to rise in central and southern states in the coming weeks, where some of the most intense protests are happening, according to Verisk Maplecroft’s sister company AIR.

In my plague year.

The corona virus saga - chapter 28

Be careful. Be very careful son. Be very very careful son, when you are around FutureBook.

My plague year, a82

Are we at the crossroads of american democracy?  Or just the beginning of a long hot summer.  In my plague year.