Heartstrings
Heartstrings's JournalFrom a friend in Minneapolis....
True evil walks this Earth in human form. A man made a decision to kill another man begging, pleading for his life. I personally don't want that man walking free. I don't want that man under house arrest. I want that man behind bars for the rest of his miserable, horrible, pathetic life. I want that man further than gone. That man "tried" to incarcerate a man for lesser crimes and killed him with no mercy. We see the true criminal. Don't let the real criminal walk free.
I personally won't be able to trust any criminal justice system around here if he even SORT OF walks free. I'm disgusted. I'm heartbroken for any victims of this type of unwarranted police brutality. I'm sick to my stomach of humanity.
Police officers are supposed to protect and defend not be the ones anyone of ANY COLOR SKIN should fear. I don't want to live in a world where someone has to fear if they're going to die for being pulled over because they were racially profiled or for walking down the street. Or fear being killed by police for writing a bad check!
The officer's job was to detain and bring him in. He and the rest of the MPD failed.
The MPD failed everyone in that moment. You stand as a department and hold each other accountable. Four officers and none of them did anything to stop it. You are supposed to stand for justice and instead you all stood for the very thing you're supposed to defend and protect the public from.
George Floyd, I'll never forget your name and what happened to you. I pray for you and your family. Rest in Peace.
We as a community should be furious. We as human beings should demand justice for this horrific crime. We as people of this great state of Minnesota and citizens of the United States have the power to create change and set a standard for what happens when the scales are not balanced.
Please remember that power is given. We as citizens give power to the police and all authorities by obeying them. This system will only work if the police and all other authorities follow the standards that are set for them by us, the people. We have the ability to stop recognizing that power if they continue to fail us.
We demand a higher standard or we will no longer recognize the power given to you by yours truly.
Your move.
#justiceforGeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter #higherstandards #citizenshippower #AllPowerToThePeople
We survived.....
We survived a Civil War; We survived 2 World Wars; We survived Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression; We survived Nixon and his draconion ambitions; we survived 9/11 - and a con artist, narcissistic game show host and failed business man has done more damage in 3 years than all of those previous events mentioned....combined! Can our Democracy survive tRUMP?
Colt Clarke and the Quarantine kids....check it out!
AGAIN, AGAIN, AND AGAIN!
I know this would never happen, we go high....but I would so like to see this!
"Imagine being Bill Gates right now....
You spend 30 years of your life and $50 billion of your own dollars supporting humanitarian causes. You directly save hundreds of thousands of lives in South East Asia by providing anti malaria netting to half of a continent, you drop infant mortality rates throughout the entire developing world by funding vaccine programs including vaccinating 40,000,000 children for polio, and, amongst a plethora of philanthropic endeavors, you fund free educational platforms like Khan Academy so people can have free access to high quality education.
Then after donating half of your wealth to charity and pledging 90% of the remainder to charity in your will..
Arguably doing more to better life on earth for humanity than any other human being to ever live.
You then hop on the internet only to find a million scientifically illiterate fucking imbeciles that are using the very computers you pretty much invented in the first place to call you a child murdering arch villian antichrist because they watched a YouTube video made by some other yokel with the comprehension of a fucking potato."
-Scott Brynan via Facebook (Occupy Democrats) 5-16-2020
https://www.facebook.com/346937065399354/posts/3788983847861308/
Free Covid tests in Wisconsin
Just got this email from my rep, Tammy Baldwin. Dane County still on lockdown until further notice. Testing site across the street from my daughter at Alliant Energy Center, John Nolen Drive, Madison....
Dear XXXX,
Senator Baldwin wanted to make sure you were aware that free COVID-19 diagnostic tests are currently available throughout the state for Wisconsin residents. The State Emergency Operations Center, Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), Wisconsin Emergency Management, and Wisconsin National Guard are working with local health departments to offer these community testing events.
Any Wisconsin resident over the age of 5 experiencing COVID-19 symptoms is welcome at these sites. Learn more about COVID-19 symptoms here. https://outreach.senate.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=SenBaldwin&crop=15701.14954898.8028874.8623362&report_id=&redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.dhs.wisconsin.gov%2fcovid-19%2fsymptoms.htm&redir_log=649968543299357
Each site may have different requirements. Some sites may ask you to stay in your car. Other sites will screen you before you come indoors. Many sites will require an appointment before you arrive.
Click here for a map displaying current testing sites in Wisconsin. This map will be updated daily. https://outreach.senate.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=SenBaldwin&crop=15701.14954898.8028874.8623362&report_id=&redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.dhs.wisconsin.gov%2fcovid-19%2ftesting.htm&redir_log=811011900093347
Additional information on this free testing:
Turnaround time for test results is typically 24-48 hours. During this time, it is important that you avoid contact with others
This is a nasal swab test
Testing is free of charge
Wisconsin has made great progress in slowing the spread of COVID-19. Let’s continue to put public health and safety first. We are all in this together.
Sincerely,
The Office of U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin
Thank you, Tammy!
"Stop pretending they're asking for a kidney...."
Ok, so, here’s some venting and some explaining and if you don’t like it, I honestly don’t care. Move on and good day to you.
This has easily been the longest 2 months of my career, and, for that matter, my life. COVID-19 has changed everything. The way we live, the way our kids learn, the way we work. It has trashed the economy, exploded unemployment, and harmed businesses, many of them, sadly, beyond repair. But here’s the deal: it’s real and it’s here and it’s still spreading.
As a healthcare worker, I’m exhausted. Physically, mentally, and emotionally. As a manager in the the healthcare industry, it’s been one of the longest, most stressful things I’ve tackled.
First off, the truthers and the conspiracy people and the protesters, you’re not helping. The people bitching CONSTANTLY about the governor’s or whatever level of government’s handling of things, it’s not constructive.
Do you want to know why medical people, real medical people, not some crackpot quacks and kooks with a YouTube account or Facebook page, are taking this seriously? Because it’s serious. And we’re serious people when it comes to people’s health and their lives. Yes, it mostly kills at-risk populations (the elderly and those with underlying medical conditions) but it also kills perfectly healthy people with no prior diagnoses and we don’t know why. I’m so tired of people acting like there’s information that’s being cooked up or withheld. You know why there’s lots of gaps in the information? Because we’re still learning about this virus every day. It’s new. It’s never been seen. How it acts, how it spreads, why it does the things it does is all new and we’re learning on the fly. Stop mistaking genuine lack of information for misinformation or withheld information.
The numbers: this one sticks in my craw like no other. “I heard they didn’t die from COVID-19, they died from a heart attack but they were positive so they called it COVID-19 to boost the numbers and scare people.” Stop. It. You know how many people died specifically from AIDS? Zero. AIDS patients die from pneumonia or some other illness normal, healthy people fight off because the AIDS virus destroyed their immune system and they couldn’t fight off the infection. But at the heart of it, they died because of AIDS. The coronavirus attacks the respiratory system. The respiratory system is, in case you didn’t know, pretty important to sustaining life. It also has a huge impact on how other organ systems, like the heart, work. Guess what, when your lungs don’t work because they’ve basically filled with brick mortar because the virus is attacking them, that puts a bit of a strain on your ticker and very well can cause it to fail. So unless you have a basic understanding of or want to understand how interconnected organ systems are and how the body fundamentally functions: stop.
I think I can speak for a lot of medical professionals when I say, we don’t mean to be arrogant, we don’t mean to be jerks, but damn it, this bullshit is frustrating and yes, we’re going to clap back to ignorance. Ignorance is not something to be flaunted and there is a difference between ignorance and stupidity. Ignorance is being uninformed. Stop being willfully ignorant and even reveling in it because it doesn’t fit your preconceived narrative or opinion. Even worse, stop pretending you’re not ignorant because you watched some damn YouTube video or read some op-ed piece. That’s someone’s opinion, normally based on nothing. NOTHING. No research. That’s not information. That’s not factual. That’s not based in science. It’s click-bait with the sole intention of riling you up and getting you to let your guard down. And instead of being pissed at the virus that’s causing all this, it’s to direct your anger at the government or doctors or anywhere else their agenda wants it directed.
Medical people are fired up for a couple reasons. 1 month ago, we were all heroes and putting our lives on the line because this was dangerous stuff. Well, I think I can speak for most of us when I say we aren’t heroic, we’re just doing our job. But guess what, we’re still doing the same damn thing we were doing a month ago and this crap still hasn’t gone away but now we’re “just trying to scare people” because “it’s really no big deal.” We aren’t looking for a pat on the back or even a thank you, we just want you to do what we all need to do to stop this thing and avoid the spread. Listen, if you think that my big fat ass enjoys sweating like a whore in church in an isolation gown, walking around like Mr Magoo because my glasses are fogged up because of my mask, and wearing goggles that dig into the backs of my ears because I’m “just a sheep,” you are mistaken. It’s because I don’t want this virus and I don’t want to take it home to my family and I don’t want to infect my co-workers and other patients. We’re fired up because we’ve seen and even performed intubations. We don’t intubate for funsies. Outside of the surgical setting, an intubation is basically throwing a Hail Mary to save someone’s life. And when the mortality rate once that plastic tube slides between your vocal cords with COVID-19 is 85-89%, yeah, that’s terrifying. This virus is dangerous.
Lastly, stop being spoiled children about public health advisories. Stop bitching about wearing a mask when you’re in public places. Stop pretending that that is somehow infringing on your rights. Get over yourself. I wish all businesses would grow a pair and refuse service to people who refuse to wear a mask “out of principle.” Police aren’t inclined to enforce it and that’s fine but, spoiler alert, private businesses have and reserve the right to refuse service to anyone. Don’t tell me it’s ok for a bakery to refuse service to a gay couple for a wedding cake on religious grounds but not ok for a convenience store to refuse service because they don’t want the outbreak monkey strolling through their place coughing all over other patrons and their staff. Stay outside the 6ft bubble, wear a damn mask, and wash your hands. It’s that easy. Stop pretending they’re asking for a kidney. It’s as much to protect yourself as it is everyone else. People wonder why we have things like stay-at-home orders and closing of non-essential businesses. It’s because of you, jackass, you’re the problem. It’s your lack of ability to exercise common sense and your refusal to follow simple, insanely simple advice that forces the government to exercise it for you. And even then, you still thumb your nose at it in all your ignorant glory. Sorry that you feel like they’re infringing on your right to be an irresponsible child.
Look, all I’m saying is I get that it’s frustrating and I get that it’s irritating, and inconvenient and all the other bad things that it is, but please, continue to take this seriously, continue to do the little things that make a big difference. Stop denying facts, science, and the advice from people who have spent a lifetime doing what they do in the medical and research fields to ultimately make everyone’s lives healthier, safer, and better.
I’m done with my soap box now. ✌🏻
#washyourhands #wearamask
(Taken from Facebook....5-15-20)
Edited to include Facebook link...
https://www.facebook.com/869715127/posts/10163548970305128/
Take it from George Takei, who actually WAS locked up in a Japanese internment camp...
There’s a special place in hell for all these republicans....
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