As I write this, social media is buzzing because the ever disgusting Nancy Pelosi called the President morbidly obese. Who cares? Trump is heavy; there's no doubt about that. But imagine Pelosi's response if President Trump were asked about Stacey Abrams and he said she's probably too fat to be Biden's VP pick. We would have a week of cries of "racism" and "fat shaming".
Another big story today is that the Georgia Department of Public Health published an erroneous graph on its website that showed corona virus cases in the state declining. Since the media had been in total hysteria mode when Georgia opened up three weeks ago with screams about how there would be a huge new wave of infections in Georgia as a result, they are now going to town about this "cover up". Of course, they ignore the fact that the same Georgia Department of Public Health publishes the day by day figures for new cases on its website. Anyone actually looking at the numbers can see the correct data. And guess what? There is no increase in new cases since the state reopened; there is actually a decline in new cases. The graph was wrong, but the actual data still shows a decline.
But here's an important story that is getting essentially NO coverage.
With the installation of a new government in Israel, the outgoing minister of defense gave his last speech in office yesterday. In the speech he said that Iranian forces are leaving Syria. Not all Iranian forces have gone, but there has been a significant draw down in troop levels. This is big news. For years, one of the biggest potential flash points in the Middle East has been the confrontation between Iran and Israel through Syria. The Iranians have tried to build military infrastructure in Syria and the Israelis have been destroying it. Now, with Iran under siege by both the virus and US sanctions, and with the collapse of oil prices that fund Iranian adventurism, the Iranians are reducing their presence in Syria. It may be a move towards a more stable region.
Another big story today is that the Georgia Department of Public Health published an erroneous graph on its website that showed corona virus cases in the state declining. Since the media had been in total hysteria mode when Georgia opened up three weeks ago with screams about how there would be a huge new wave of infections in Georgia as a result, they are now going to town about this "cover up". Of course, they ignore the fact that the same Georgia Department of Public Health publishes the day by day figures for new cases on its website. Anyone actually looking at the numbers can see the correct data. And guess what? There is no increase in new cases since the state reopened; there is actually a decline in new cases. The graph was wrong, but the actual data still shows a decline.
But here's an important story that is getting essentially NO coverage.
With the installation of a new government in Israel, the outgoing minister of defense gave his last speech in office yesterday. In the speech he said that Iranian forces are leaving Syria. Not all Iranian forces have gone, but there has been a significant draw down in troop levels. This is big news. For years, one of the biggest potential flash points in the Middle East has been the confrontation between Iran and Israel through Syria. The Iranians have tried to build military infrastructure in Syria and the Israelis have been destroying it. Now, with Iran under siege by both the virus and US sanctions, and with the collapse of oil prices that fund Iranian adventurism, the Iranians are reducing their presence in Syria. It may be a move towards a more stable region.
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