Tax...

 

The "Make Billionaires Pay Act" would impose a one-time 60% tax on wealth gains made by billionaires between March 18, 2020, and Jan. 1, 2021. The funds would be used to pay for out-of-pocket health-care expenses for all Americans for a year. As of Aug. 5, the bill would tax $731 billion in wealth accumulated by 467 billionaires since March 18, according to a press release. If passed, the bill would tax billionaires on wealth accumulated through the end of the year, however.

Under the bill, tech and other business titans who have seen their wealth shoot up during the pandemic would take huge charges. Amazon and Walmart, for example, have both seen their stocks grow as Americans increasingly relied on their services during stay-at-home orders during the pandemic.

Hate for those who succeed. Just a thought.

Mortal Sin...

George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley blasted NBC News’ Chuck Todd for airing an out-of-context clip of White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, saying his decision was even more egregious than a similar move by CNN’s Jim Acosta.

“If an ill-considered tweet is a venial sin for Acosta at CNN, this is a mortal sin for Todd at NBC. This was no careless tweet, but an airing made long after the false account was flagged during the CNN controversy,” Turley wrote.

Acosta was scolded on Twitter and even CNN’s Jake Tapper appeared to criticize his misleading tweet. But then Turley noticed that NBC News’ “Meet The Press” took it a step further and played the misleading clip.

As bad as that incident was, it is not nearly as bad as Chuck Todd ignoring the controversy and the correction to repeatedly air the same misleading quote,” Turley wrote.

Ban...

 

More taxes are coming?

No Po-leece...

Inside CHOP’s borders, protesters hold Town Hall meetings, where one man redundantly said, “We ain’t need no PO-leece; we fulfillin’ dis here country’s needs wiff (sic) out no Po-Po. And, ‘dat be fo’ real.”  That activist, presumably, won’t be considered by CHOP’s first elected leader for the position of Presidential press Secretary.

 A speaker at a June 12 rally ordered all white people in the audience to each “give $10” to a person of color residing in CHOP. “If it’s hard for you to give ten dollars to people of color,” then reconsider, he insisted: “White people, I see you,” he said. “I see every single one of you, and I remember your faces.”

 This speaker, apparently, hadn’t read Dale Carnegie’s bestseller, ‘How to Win Friends & Influence People’. CHOP’s violence-prone leaders are like thugs from TV’s ‘The Wire’, increasingly governing with tactics inspired by Tony Soprano and Don Corleone.

Like all new nations, CHOP has some issues. Inhabitants beg for food to be imported, to replace what the homeless folks scarfed. But beggars can’t be choosy, and the handout seekers should stop insisting on only vegan and soy items. 

Maybe such shortages will end once there’s a department of Agriculture, to advise on food production. Citizens of CHOP uniformly oppose President Trump’s border wall, yet, they’ve erected a barrier around their country. 

Seattle’s Chief of Police, Carmen Best, says that law enforcement response times have more than tripled in the occupied precinct. “Rapes, robberies, and all sorts of violent acts” are “occurring in the area that we’re not able to get to.”

Ticket...

 

To Do...

 

Finally...

 

To Pee...

Many patients, practice the “just in case” pee. This strategy can be helpful for people with urinary incontinence issues because they will leak less. But for otherwise healthy adults, this practice can be potentially problematic. 

It can send a message to your brain that this is a correct volume for your bladder to have the sensation of needing to urinate, almost training your bladder to have to void at smaller volumes.              

There are a few things you can do to help recalibrate your bladder. It is very important to stay well hydrated and to avoid bladder irritants, including caffeine, carbonation, and spicy and acidic foods and drinks. 

When you avoid these irritants, it helps your bladder be less sensitive so it can hold more urine.   You can also ‘train’ your bladder by trying to avoid urination with the first urge by doing a Kegel exercise. This may cause the bladder to relax and be able to delay voiding.

Moment...

 Former Democratic Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton used their speeches to tout Joe Biden's legacy on health care and economic proposals.

Carter called Biden "the right person for this moment in our nation’s history. He understands that honesty and dignity are essential traits that determine not only our vision but our actions. More than ever, that’s what we need."

Meanwhile, Clinton said Biden is "committed to building America back again."

Unity...

 

Ocasio-Cortez, the freshman lawmaker from the Bronx who’s become the face of the progressive left, had just 60 seconds to make her remarks.

She delivered the ceremonial speech nominating Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), calling him a champion of “a mass people’s movement, working to establish 21st century social, economic and human rights.”