Presidential commission on college sports still in the works despite Saban downplaying it: Sources

By Sam Khan Jr., Chris Vannini and Justin Williams
Plans for a presidential commission exploring issues in college sports are still moving forward, sources familiar with the project told The Athletic.
Comments by former Alabama head coach Nick Saban on Wednesday raised doubts when he seemed to downplay the need for a potential commission during an appearance on ESPN’s “The Paul Finebaum Show.”…

Presidential commission on college sports still in the works despite Saban downplaying it: Sources

no more neut please

I liked the satan character but I did spot a bad omen of what’s probably to come.

Now this could play out as cute, it’s early days but in a show were every other sin has turned giant and intimidating when their mood soured (it took Bee virtually nothing), we have the sin of WRATH being told to tone it down by an ‘angel to the right of him’ who he seems to have chosen to have there.

Again, cute and possibly amusing but since this show has a thing for neutering powerful characters by stripping them of responsibilities and wrong doing, all the ally with the main cast and be seen as 'nice’ by us watching, skepticism creeps in.

He’s ok as he is so far, just don’t give him the Stolas, Ozzie and Bee treatment, they all showed us who they were on introduction then it was quickly decided that they actually weren’t.

Downplaying drama and praising the ineffectual

Downplaying drama and praising the ineffectual

I didn’t see a single Sean Bean in Game of Thrones “Brace Yourselves” meme this time, but there’s a little for everybody in the interview Pope Francis granted to Spain’s Radio COPE, which published on Wednesday (full English translation of the transcript via Vatican Media). 
The interview revisits some well-trodden ground about Pope Francis’s love for nurses: he credits a nurse with saving his…

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Canadian priest banned after downplaying residential school abuse

Canadian priest banned after downplaying residential school abuse

Father Rheal Forest also blamed the media for spreading ‘fake news’ about the physical abuse of Indigenous children.

A Catholic priest in Canada has been banned from speaking publicly by the Archdiocese, after accusing Indigenous residential school survivors of physical and sexual abuse, of lying to get money in federal court settlements.
Father Rheal Forest made the comments on July 10 during a…

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Ripple XRP: Gene Simmons Is Buying XRP & Has The Media Been Downplaying This XRP Movement?

Ripple XRP: Gene Simmons Is Buying XRP & Has The Media Been Downplaying This XRP Movement?

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Biden blames Trump for ‘downplaying’ cyberattack on US government | Cybercrime News

Biden blames Trump for ‘downplaying’ cyberattack on US government | Cybercrime News

US President-elect Joe Biden says the ‘assault’ on government computers will not ‘go unanswered’.

United States President-elect Joe Biden warned the recently uncovered cyber-“assault” on government computers had compromised US national security and would not “go unanswered” once he becomes president.
“This attack constitutes a grave risk to our national security,” Biden said on Tuesday at a news…

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New Post has been published on https://techcrunchapp.com/twitter-blocks-tweet-from-trump-adviser-downplaying-masks-national-news/

Twitter blocks tweet from Trump adviser downplaying masks | National News

White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Scott Atlas speaks at the White House, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, in Washington.

White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Scott Atlas departs after a television interview at the White House, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, in Washington.

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ
AP Business Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter blocked a post Sunday from an adviser to President Donald Trump who suggested that masks do not work to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Scott Atlas, who joined the White House in August as a science adviser, had tweeted “Masks work? NO,” and said widespread use of masks is not supported.

The tweet violated a Twitter policy that prohibits sharing false or misleading misinformation about COVID-19 that could lead to harm, a company spokesperson said. The policy bans statements that have been confirmed to be false or misleading by experts such as public health authorities.

In such cases, Twitter disables the account until its owner deletes the post in question.

Trump has downplayed the importance of masks in reducing the spread of the virus, even after he contracted the disease, which has killed more than 215,000 Americans.

“I don’t understand why the tweets were deleted,” Atlas said in an email, calling Twitter’s actions censorship. He said his tweet was intended to show that “general population masks and mask mandates do not work,” and he clarified that the correct policy is to use masks when one cannot socially distance. Atlas added that infections exploded even with mandates in Los Angeles County, Miami-Dade County, Hawaii, Alabama, the Philippines, Japan and other places.

Trump reports ‘no symptoms,’ returns to downplaying coronavirus

Image Source : AP PHOTO/ALEX BRANDON President Donald Trump stands on the balcony outside of the Blue Room as returns to the White House Monday, Oct.

New Post has been published on https://techcrunchapp.com/trump-contagious-at-white-house-back-to-downplaying-virus-national-news/

Trump, contagious at White House, back to downplaying virus | National News

Donald Trump staged a dramatic return to the White House Monday night after leaving the military hospital where he has been receiving an unprecedented level of care for COVID-19. Trump entered the White House without wearing a protective mask.

President Donald Trump stands on the balcony outside of the Blue Room as returns to the White House Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. Trump announced he tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 2.

A member of the cleaning staff sprays The James Brady Briefing Room of the White House, Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington.

President Donald Trump, left, walks out of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to return to the White House after receiving treatments for covid-19, Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Bethesda, Md.

Dr. Sean Conley, physician to President Donald Trump, center, talks with reporters at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Bethesda, Md.

In this image from video, President Donald Trump drives past supporters gathered outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020. Trump was admitted to the hospital after contracting COVID-19.

Graphic shows some of those attending a White House event who have been tested for COVID-19;

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, talks to the media, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, outside the White House in Washington.)

President Trump’s blood oxygen level dropped suddenly twice in recent days but he “has continued to improve,” the White House physician said Sunday. Trump could be discharged as soon as Monday to continue treatment at the White House.

In this image released by the White House, President Donald Trump works in his conference room at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, after testing positive for COVID-19.

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, walks up to be interviewed by Fox News, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, at the White House in Washington.

An American flag flies over the White House, Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington.

Karen Simon from the District of Columbia, let, waves a banner together with other supporters of President Donald Trump, gathered outside the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Monday, Oct. 5, 2020. Trump said Monday he’s leaving the military hospital where he has been treated for COVID-19 and will continue his recovery at the White House.

With President Donald Trump hospitalized, Joe Biden is wishing him a speedy recovery, but urging him to “listen to scientists” and approve nationwide restrictions to stop the spread of the virus.

President Donald Trump is planning to return to the White House on Monday evening, but doctors couldn’t say when he’ll no longer be contagious for the coronavirus or when he’d be able to travel again.

President Donald Trump’s medical team says the president “may not entirely be out of the woods yet” as he heads back home to the White House. Dr. Sean Conley, the president’s physician, delivered an update on the president’s health Monday.

White House director of strategic communications Alyssa Farah does an interview outside the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Washington.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Still sickened by COVID-19, President Donald Trump plunged back on Tuesday into playing down the disease that hospitalized him for three days and has so far killed more than 210,000 Americans. He compared it anew to the seasonal flu and signaled he plans to return soon to the campaign trail.

Back at the White House after a dramatic helicopter return from the military hospital where he was receiving an unprecedented level of care for COVID-19, Trump’s attitude alarmed infectious disease experts. And it suggested his own illness had not caused him to rethink his often-cavalier attitude toward the disease, which has also infected the first lady and more than a dozen White House aides and associates.

Anxious to project strength just four weeks from Election Day, Trump, who is still contagious with the virus, tweeted Tuesday morning that he is planning to attend next week’s debate with Democrat Joe Biden in Miami. “It will be great!” he said.

In a letter, Trump’s doctor, Navy Cmdr. Sean Conley, said Trump had a “restful” night at the White House and that on Tuesday “he reports no symptoms.” On Monday afternoon, shortly before his departure from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Conley, offered that the president would not be fully “out of the woods” for another week.

Trump returned to the White House Monday night aboard Marine One, gingerly climbing the South Portico steps before removing his mask and giving a double thumbs-up from the terrace, where aides had arranged American flags for the sunset occasion. He entered the White House, where aides were visible milling about the Blue Room, without wearing a face covering.

Donald Trump accepts downplaying COVID 19 risk to reduce panic

Image Source : AP Trump downplayed COVID risk to reduce panic US President Donald Trump has acknowledged downplaying the dangers of the deadly novel coronavirus as he did not want to create panic, according to a new book by a renowned US investigative journalist.

Dan Gelber Slams Trump, DeSantis for Downplaying Covid Surge

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Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber not so subtly invoked one of the most well-known cinematic examples of political cravenness in calling out President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for their incessant downplaying of the threat from the surging Covid pandemic.

Speaking with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Gelber addressed the conflicting messages that local, state, and federal public…

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Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus after months of downplaying pandemic

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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for the coronavirus, after months of downplaying it as nothing more than a “little flu.”

Bolsonaro confirmed his diagnosis Tuesday to reporters, saying he felt “fine.” The president reportedly got tested Monday after exhibiting symptoms, including a fever and tiredness. He told supporters Monday that he went to the hospital, and that…

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It is important that Americans know that the Trump administration knew as a fact how dangerous the Coronavirus could be back in February when they were still downplaying it. This appears to have happened because the president was more interested in keeping markets stable and in China trade negotiations than in protecting American health and lives.

Here’s an excerpt from this excellent article:

“In a conference call with reporters on the final Tuesday of [February], Dr. Messonnier spoke frankly. ‘We want to make sure the American public is prepared,’ she said, then put it in personal terms by saying what she told her children that morning: ‘We as a family ought to be preparing for significant disruption to our lives.’

“At the time, senior officials knew the coronavirus was an extreme threat to Americans. Thanks to information streaming in from U.S. intelligence agencies for months, officials reportedly believed that a ‘cataclysmic’ disease could infect 100 million Americans and discussed lockdown plans. The warnings were given to Mr. Trump in his daily brief by the intelligence community; in calls from Alex Azar, the secretary of health; and in memos from his economic adviser Peter Navarro.

“The same day that Dr. Messonnier spoke, the military’s National Center for Medical Intelligence raised the warning level inside the government to WATCHCON1, concluding that the coronavirus was imminently likely to develop into a full-blown pandemic.

“But the White House did not want the American public to know. [emphasis added]

“The president’s stated concerns were specific. He didn’t want to upset the markets or China during trade talks, and it appears he may have also simply been in denial, counting on his personal hunches and luck.”

Check out the video at the link above. Trump has been lying about or downplaying the threat of COVID-19 since his famous January 22nd comment in Davos when he said the virus was “under control” at a CNBC interview.

The number of confirmed cases in the US as of Sunday morning is 312,237. The US currently has over 25% of all the COVID-19 cases since the virus was first discovered in December of 2019.

• President Donald Trump has radically changed his perception of the threat posed by the novel corona virus.
• Trump previously said he hoped to alleviate social distancing as early as March 30, later on Easter, which falls around mid-April.
• Instead, on Sunday, he extended the federal social distancing guidelines to April 30, saying he expected 100,000 deaths in the United States.
• Even that number,…

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• Former Vice President Joe Biden tweeted a new video Thursday, contrasting Trump’s words about the corona virus threat with the increasing number of US cases.
• It shows a possible line of attack that Democrats would use against Trump during the general election.
• In the video, Trump says, “We have it completely under control.” in an interview on January 22nd about CNBC,The overlaid text shows the…

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• North Carolina GOP Senator Richard Burr dumped hundreds of thousands of dollars in shares after publicly downplaying the enormous risk of the novel corona virus. ProPublica reported.
• The investigation found that Burr dumped between $ 628,000 and $ 1.72 million in inventories on February 13, shortly after assuring the public that the U.S. was well prepared to respond to the disease.
• The United…

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Me: talks about how important it is that I act now for my health

Friend: okay I’ll come support you act on this

Me: nonono its not that serious, really dont need to

“…and also in Frankenstein, by this lovely girl, the wife of the great writer”