Is This The [New] Greatest Generation?

Mon, 04/13/2020 - 04:30

"After years of being maligned, millennials and Gen Z members are stepping forward in a way that creates their own “greatest” generational story.

This is not an easy Passover and Easter for the people celebrating those holidays in the midst of a pandemic. My family celebrates both given our mixed Jewish Catholic marriage. At both dinners, one chair will be empty. Our eldest son Benjamin is a premedicine student at George Washington University and working at the only psychiatric hospital in the district as a psychiatric counselor. With the coronavirus raging in the area, and many patients coming from the homeless population, Benjamin does not want to risk transmission to the family, so we have not seen him for weeks.

It is a scene being played out across the country. But it also serves as a reminder of a generation shift worthy of note. Those people on the front lines of this pandemic are members of the much maligned generations of millennials and Gen Z. They have been stepping forward by the thousands to answer a call in what may be their finest moment. However, when Bruce Aylward, a senior adviser at the World Health Organization, was asked of his greatest concerns, two groups were highlighted for two very different reasons. First were older individuals who remain the primary vulnerable victims of the coronavirus. Second were “millennials” often blamed for spreading the disease or failing to take the threat more seriously."

more:

https://www.zerohedge.com/health/new-greatest-generation

are we not the greatest generation anons?

WATCH: President Trump castigates Jim Acosta for calling

coronavirus media briefings ‘happy talk’

4 13 2020

"President Donald Trump berated CNN reporter Jim Acosta again at his coronavirus task force media briefing for calling the daily updates ‘happy talk’ about the pandemic.

The president denied Acosta’s statements that there were shortages of medical equipment to address the coronavirus pandemic.

“Mr. President, we hear from a lot of people who see these briefings as sort of ‘happy talk’ briefings,” said Acosta.

“No happy talk today!” Trump replied.

“You, and some of the officials paint a rosy picture of what is happening around the country. If you look at some of these questions. Do we have enough masks, no. Do we have enough tests, no. Do we have enough PPE, no. Do we have enough medical equipment,” continued Acosta"

more:

https://truepundit.com/watch-president-trump-castigates-jim-acosta-for-calling-coronavirus-media-briefings-happy-talk/

Rihanna jabs Trump, says she's too busy 'trying to save the

world' from coronavirus to release music

By Nate Day | Fox News

4 12 2020

"Rihanna is speaking her mind.

During an Instagram Live session this past Friday, a fan asked the 32-year-old singer when her upcoming album will be released, when she implied that she's working harder to flatten the coronavirus curve than President Trump

"If one of y'all motherf–ers ask me about the album one more time when I'm trying to save the world, unlike y'all president," said Rihanna, per E! News. "[We will fight] on sight.""

more kek:

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/rihanna-trump-coronavirus-trying-to-save-the-world-music

As Saudi Royals Fall Ill, the Crown Prince Takes on

COVID-19—and His Rivals—All at Once

LOCKED DOWN AND LOCKED UP

Updated Apr. 13, 2020 5:00AM ET / Published Apr. 12, 2020 5:32AM ET

"MBS has shown that he can adapt to the changing circumstances imposed by a global pandemic—while exploiting them for his own ends.

PARIS—What Donald Trump refused to do—rein in the ruthless crown prince of Saudi Arabia—the coronavirus pandemic seems to be accomplishing, at least in the short term. But the prince also exploits it for his own ends.

“Over the last few days MBS has moved to try resolve some of his self-inflicted messes.”

Since 34-year-old Mohammed bin Salman started appropriating power from his enfeebled father, King Salman, five years ago, he has sought fame as a visionary reformer but gained infamy as a tyrant waging a fruitless war, jailing and torturing potential rivals, and employing the sycophant who butchered (not too strong a word) Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Still, MBS, as he’s known, got a pass from Trump in exchange for promised billions in arms deals.

But the pandemic is not so kind. It has afflicted at least 20 senior members of the Saudi royal family, including the governor of Riyadh, according to a senior prince and another well-connected Saudi contacted by The Daily Beast. There are widespread concerns among health workers and epidemiologists that it will spread through the much less privileged parts of Saudi society, including a large population of laborers and servants brought in from other countries."

more:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/as-saudi-royals-fall-ill-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-takes-on-covid-19and-his-rivalsall-at-once?ref=wrap