Peter Beard's portrait of his friend Francis Bacon & a sampling of Bacon's work.
Pres P Narrative Re-Visited â the Invocation the 25th Amendment -
Brought to you by clown-run-prop-front extraordinaire âThe Intercept. (article not in qresear.ch).Â
It begs the Q â is the purpose of this OpEd an attempt to resurrect the Pres. PENCE theme in order to attempt such a maneuver during this current state of nat'l emergency? Is it an attempt to provide political cover for such a desperate operation?
From The Intercept:
"Itâs time. We canât wait any longer. You need to invoke Section 4 of the 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.You know what it says: âWhenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.âThe truth of the matter is that President Donald Trump does not have the mental capability to âdischarge the powers and duties of his office.â Amid an unprecedented political, economic, and public health crisis, the commander-in-chief is unwell â and unfit.You know this. On Friday, you were standing next to the president in the White House briefing room when NBC correspondent Peter Alexander asked him what he had to say to Americans who âare scared right nowâ because of the coronavirus pandemic. Trump responded with inexplicable rage, denouncing Alexander as a âterrible reporterâ for asking a ânastyâ question, and then mocking the owners of NBC â telecom giant Comcast â as âCon-cast.âIt was an insane response to the simplest of simple questions, but donât take my word for it. âThese are psychiatric symptoms, not simply boorish behaviors,â tweeted John Talmadge, clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. âTrump is mentally ill, cognitively compromised, brain impaired. He canât even recognize a softball tossed his way.âBut you can, Mr. Vice President. You later went up to the podium and answered Alexanderâs question: âI would say, âDo not be afraid to be vigilant.ââ You seem to be able to do the job of president that Trump is manifestly unable to do. You have won praise for your handling of the crisis from senior Democrats like Washington Gov. Jay Inslee â in stark contrast to your boss, who lashed out at Inslee and called him a âsnake.â As the New York Times has also reported, some of your former critics at the state level âhave changed their mind about Mr. Pence, who has given near-daily briefings and, they said, has become a reassuring presence even as Mr. Trump has intermittently tried to retake the stage.ââŚ
DONâT GET ME wrong: Iâm no fan of you or your far-right politics. I am well aware of your long history of challenging the science on everything from climate change to evolution to cancer. But, this time round, you recognize the scale of the problem, the scope of the crisis, the severity of the threat posed by Covid-19âŚ
Nothing is predictable anymore. And, as Adam Gustafson pointed out in the Yale Law & Policy Review in 2008, under the Section 4 process, âthe Acting President can enjoy at least four days of presidential power â four days to advance his own policy goals, to prove himself a capable executive, and to acclimate Congress and the public to his presence in the Oval Office. By the time Congress is allowed to vote, the deck may already be stacked against the President.â Â
https://theintercept.com/2020/03/23/25th-amendment-pence-remove-trump/
Bill Gates, the W.H.O. & the Practice of Monopolistic Philanthropy â
World Health Organization: Gates Foundation Now Second Largest Funder After U.S. Government
Politico writes â (article not in qresear.ch):
"The software mogulâs sway over the World Health Organization spurs criticism about misplaced priorities and undue influence.
Some billionaires are satisfied with buying themselves an island. Bill Gates got a United Nations health agency in Geneva.
Over the past decade, the worldâs richest man has become the World Health Organizationâs second biggest donor, second only to the United States and just above the United Kingdom. This largesse gives him outsized influence over its agenda, one that could grow as the U.S. and the U.K. threaten to cut funding if the agency doesnât make a better investment case.
The result, say his critics, is that Gatesâ priorities have become the WHOâs. "
âHe is treated liked a head of state, not only at the WHO, but also at the G20â â Geneva-based NGO representativeâŚ
Already a decade ago, when Gates started throwing money into malaria eradication, top officials â including the chief of the WHOâs malaria program â raised concerns that the foundation was distorting research priorities. âThe term often used was âmonopolistic philanthropyâ, the idea that Gates was taking his approach to computers and applying it to the Gates Foundation,â said a source close to the WHO board."
https://www.politico.eu/article/bill-gates-who-most-powerful-doctor/
https://www.dr-rath-foundation.org/2019/01/world-health-organization-gates-foundation-now-second-largest-funder-after-u-s-government/
Indeed!! He's mad!
Love it!!