Just a thought.

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

A little Late...

A sixth woman accused Gov. Cuomo of sexual harassment on Tuesday while the embattled governor again denied any wrongdoing.

Cuomo said he was unaware of the latest allegation made by an aide who claims he touched her inappropriately late last year while the pair were working together at the Executive Mansion.

“As I said last week, I never made any inappropriate advances. As I said last week, no one ever told me at the time I made them feel uncomfortable.

Cuomo’s comments came moments after the Albany Times Union reported that the governor’s office was made aware of the latest claim over the weekend and already passed the information on to the attorney general’s office, which is overseeing a probe into the governor’s behavior.

The unnamed accuser, a member of the Executive Chamber staff, claims Cuomo inappropriately touched her during an encounter last year at the Executive Mansion, the official residence of the governor.

Five other women, including four who worked for the governor throughout his career, have publicly accused Cuomo of misconduct or inappropriate behavior. The scandal has engulfed the governor, already under fire and facing a federal probe over his administration’s handling of COVID deaths in nursing homes, in recent weeks and led to increasing calls for his resignation.

Veep...

Joe Biden’s dogs have reportedly been returned to the family home in Delaware after showing aggressive behavior towards White House staff.

Champ and Major, both German shepherds, were sent home last week after Major had a “biting incident” with a member of the White House security team.

Major, who is three years old, was adopted by the Bidens in 2018 and is the first White House dog to have been adopted from a shelter. Since moving in a week after the president’s inauguration in January, he “has been known to display agitated behavior on multiple occasions, including jumping, barking, and ‘charging’ at staff and security”, CNN reported, citing two White House sources.

Champ, who is about 12, has “slowed down physically due to his advanced age”. He was adopted as a puppy in 2008 shortly after Biden was elected vice-president.

What are we talking about here?

Duty

A deputy lord lieutenant,

I am a personal representative of Her Majesty the Queen in the English county of Nottinghamshire. I am also an Islamic scholar and translator of the Quran. I am intensely proud of my Britishness, my faith, and my South Asian heritage.

In the 10 years I have spent representing the royal family, they have been nothing but respectful of my background. The notion that they are racist is simply out of touch with reality.

This is not to delegitimize Meghan Markle’s experience, or to belittle the inevitable difficulties of someone adapting to royal life — to an existence based on duty, not stardom.

But on many occasions, I, and other members of minority communities, have spent extended periods of time with the royals. If racism was in their DNA, I would have certainly smelt it. Just a thought.

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Friday, March 5, 2021

Rescind...

A recent call on NY legislature to cancel its mid-winter break and hold a special session to rescind Cuomo's enhanced authority to oversee and respond to the crisis.

"There is vocal, bipartisan support in both houses to finally end Gov. Cuomo’s emergency powers and restore the Legislature to a co-equal branch of government," Will Barclay the Minority Leader in the New York State Assembly said in a statement.

*Then comes the sexual harassments against women, some started talking about it.

* Then comes the Nursing Homes' Covid-19 Death and the cover up that followed. !5000 seniors died and the investigation begins.

* The Governor really cared so much for how much money can be collected from the people of New York rather than the quality of their lives. Congestion pricing, Over building, rezoning, etc and then when the virus hit, we got the largest death in the United States. 50,000 Death.

During all this the Media was complacent by ignoring the problems in New York and running their own agenda.

The Media created a character out of the fifties when the leader does whatever he wants to do. Just a thought.

Opening...

Governor Kim Reynolds lifts COVID-19 restrictions in Iowa

Texas and Mississippi both announced they would lift their mask mandates (following Iowa and Montana, which did so last month) and allow businesses to operate at full capacity.

Massachusetts removed capacity limits on restaurants.

South Carolina will allow gatherings of more than 250 people.
But many of the changes that went into effect yesterday are different, these same experts say: They represent a rushed return to normalcy, rather than a careful weighing of costs and benefits.

Connecticut will lift all capacity limits on certain businesses including restaurants, gyms, offices and houses of worship starting March 19, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Thursday, going further than most other Democratic-led states to roll back Covid-19 restrictions

Hold...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo broke days of silence amid allegations of sexual harassment by three women, apologizing for any offence taken but saying he won’t resign and denying ever “touching anyone inappropriately.”

“I certainly never meant to offend anyone or cause anyone any pain. This is the last thing I would ever want to do. I ask the people of the state to wait for the facts from the Attorney General’s report before forming an opinion. Get the facts please,” Cuomo said Wednesday of AG Leticia James’ probe.

I am not going to resign — I work for the people of the state of New York. They elected me and I’m going to serve the people of the state of New York, and by the way we have a full plate. We have Covid, we have recovery, we have rebuilding. We have a teetering New York City.”