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The cannabis market right now is so similar to the start of the green energy market.. its nowhere near done being bullish. Save for some small dips, there will very likely be a huge bullish trend for 2021. EVEN NASDAQ AGREES. I’ve posted my positions a few times, and I’ll continue to do so. But this is my reasoning for investing in cannabis stocks in general for 2021.

I've been a bull on cannabis since the democrats had a strong pro-cannabis platform. But what made me go balls deep into the market was that the UN changed its classification of cannabis. Countries follow the UN closely for guidance on their own classification of controlled substances. Congress has repeatedly cited the UN’s classification as one of the reasons for not changing it. Several countries immediately changed their stance on cannabis in response to this, including Israel, which In November 2020, announced that it was moving forward with a plan to legalize recreational cannabis nationally. “The country is aiming to implement recreational legalization within nine months, and even if there are delays, that means mid-to-late 2021.” (This is my reason for investing in Canadian cannabis companies, because they are already poised to expand internationally since its legal there nationwide)

THE SENATE IS NOW BLUE! The Georgia runoffs were won by Democrats, and they can now swing the vote left with VP Harris. She promised it as part of her platform, so we know it will be prioritized. CHUCK SHUMER SPONSORED THE MORE ACT. HE WILL BE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER. IT WILL 100% BE PRIORITIZED BETWEEN HIM AND VP HARRIS.

EVERYONE predicted beforehand that the republicans would win Georgia... everyone talked down decriminalization passing the house because of they believed it would NEVER pass the republican majority senate. But the left spent more than any senate race in history to encourage voters to go out and vote. Only once the race started did it become clear that the left had a chance. Then some gains from the surprise that they won. However the gains from 1/5 onwards definitely hasn’t been priced in for all the future legislation, because some of it will be completely new legislation that wasn’t possible to consider before without a blue senate. THIS HASN'T BEEN PRICED INTO THE MARKET YET.

The SAFE BANKING ACT has bipartisan support, and is likely to pass BEFORE decriminalization because it is tied into some stimulus bills.

The government is broke post-COVID. There is a terrible image of the police. They don’t want to waste more resources on cannabis related crimes that would be fixed under decriminalization. And the tax revenue from decriminalization would be significant. Decriminalization (THE MORE ACT) opens up the borders to interstate-commerce and international import/export. This would all trickle down into Uncle Sam’s empty pockets.

New York Governor Cuomo announced on Jan 6 his plan to legalize marijuana for adult use (right after New Jersey vote, as I anticipated in my last post) as part of his State of the State agenda. The next step is a ripple out on the North East. NY didn’t want to miss out on tax revenue, neither will any of the other states in the northeast within driving distance of NJ and NY. This is Cuomo’s third attempt in three years to legalize adult-use cannabis in the state; last year, Cuomo included a legalization proposal in his state budget, but the plan was ultimately cut in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Other ongoing state legislature:

Rhode Island: Regulators have received 45 applications for six new medical cannabis dispensary licenses in the state. If all applicants meet the requirements for a license, six will randomly be selected in a lottery to operate retail locations in different regions across the state. Read more
Missouri: Rep. Shamed Dogan has filed legislation that would place an adult-use cannabis legalization measure on the state’s 2022 ballot. Meanwhile, Missourians for a New Approach has announced plans for a separate 2022 ballot initiative after an unsuccessful signature campaign to get the issue before voters in 2020. Read more
Alabama: Sen. Tim Melson plans to reintroduce a medical cannabis legalization bill this year. Medical cannabis legislation passed the Alabama Senate during the 2020 session, but failed to clear the House. Read more
Illinois: Illinois lawmakers have proposed the creation of 75 new cannabis retail licenses to give disadvantaged and minority applicants a second chance at licensing following the controversial licensing lottery to issue an initial 75 dispensary licenses. A work group made up of lawmakers and members of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration met this week to finalize details of the bill, which will be introduced in a lame-duck session that starts Jan. 8, before new lawmakers are sworn in Jan. 13. Read more
Minnesota: House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler is again renewing his push to legalize adult-use cannabis in the state, announcing plans to reintroduce a legalization bill this year. Winkler told WCCO that he sees “Senate leadership as being the number one obstacle,” but said that if lawmakers agreed to place an adult-use legalization initiative on Minnesota’s 2022 ballot, “it would pass overwhelmingly.” Read more
Virginia: Del. Steve Heretick has reintroduced a bill to legalize adult-use cannabis. Heretick has proposed legislation related to decriminalization and legalization in the past, and this year’s bill would legalize the cultivation, sale and consumption of cannabis in the state. Read more
Connecticut: Gov. Ned Lamont renewed his push for adult-use legalization during his State of the State address Jan. 6, announcing that it is a priority for the new legislative session. Connecticut’s 2021 legislative session opened Jan. 6, and Lamont, a Democrat, kicks off the session with increased majorities in the House and Senate, which could increase his chances of passing an adult-use legalization bill. Read more

Now that you understand why I’m going green, here’s my reasoning for my positions.
TLRY (Tilray)

largest cannabis company in the world by revenue post merger. Will run out of Seattle and New York City. New York Legalization on top of senate turning blue is a big catalyst for TLRY.
Merger hasn’t completed yet, and the merger happened before the senate went blue.. that was the gamble APHA was making, and they won. The sky is the limit now. When they merge, they will reduce expenses and be much more likely to post profitable quarters. (This is why mergers have so much hype; the sum is > than their parts because they can reduce operating expenses while maintaining revenue from the two companies)
Tilray CEO Brendan Kennedy: “I think medical cannabis will be legal at the federal level, which means medical cannabis can cross state lines and be imported into the U.S., like we export cannabis from Canada and Portugal to about 15 countries now,” Kennedy said. “Anyone who thinks there’s a state-specific medical market is wrong.” As for the recreational market, Kennedy says the state-specific markets, with interstate trade banned, “are not going to last long.” Kennedy believes that cannabis will be distributed like alcohol and tobacco within two years’ time. That would require significant overhaul of US federal drug laws—and would significantly disrupt all US cannabis companies’ existing business models. Brendan Kennedy, the cannabis billionaire will step down as Tilray's chairman and CEO. Irwin D. Simon, Aphria's current chairman and CEO will take Kennedy's place.
[On December 18, 2020, just three days after the U.S. Senate adopted the Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act (CMREA or the Act) (more on this below), the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA or the Administration) published in the Federal Register a final rule, “Controls To Enhance the Cultivation of Marihuana for Research in the United States” (Rule), which finally paves the way for DEA to issue additional licenses to grow “marihuana” (i.e., cannabis) for research purposes.](https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/on-heels-of-senate-s-adoption-of-36129/)

GNLN (Greenlane Holdings)

One of the largest global sellers of premium cannabis accessories. Pax/JUUL/Volcano products. I’ve had Pax products, and although I prefer Arizer because of the affordability, I can’t deny Pax has quality products and is like the “iPhone” of vaporizers. I like their products, I like their branding. There’s lots of hype and loyalty, especially with their Volcano desktop vaporizer.
Strong US brands.
The main reason they did poorly was bad timing. They IPO’d during the year that JUULs started being banned. They’re actually at all those levels again. Theres a ton of upside potential.
Market cap is ridiculously low for some really renown brands all because of the JUUL flavor pod ban. Everyone knows Pax, Volcano, and JUUL. But no one knows Greenlane because of the bad timing of their IPO and the subsequent JUUL flavor ban. It’s crazy. They’ve already broke all time high for the year. But I’m holding until they break 1B market cap.
Recently became the exclusive distributor for the world's first gravity powered contactless water hookah.
Overall i think too many people count it out just because of their IPO and subsequent decline in JUUL sales from the JUUL flavored pods ban. They definitely have the potential because of their strong branding and quality products. I’m betting on them having more high quality products in the future with equally loyal customers.

SNDL (Sundial Growers)

SNDL must close above $1 per share for 10 consecutive sessions by June 26, 2021 or it will be delisted from NASDAQ. People see this as a fear factor, I see this as “they will do anything necessary to reach $1 for a week so they won’t be delisted”.. IMHO reverse splitter probably isn’t on the table since they could have done that in 2020, but instead applied for a 6 month extension after announcing “alternative strategic investments”. We can already see this by their predatory loan SPAC spinoff.
Rumors of a merger with CGC; SNDL also purchased a SPAC recently and entered an agreement with Zenabis, immediately claiming they defaulted. Turning that SPAC into predatory loan/debt repurchasing company. Imo if they want to complete a merger, it would be easy to sell ownership through that SPAC to the buyer.
THEY RECENTLY WENT DEBT FREE by selling off unprofitable assets in the business. This means we are much more likely to see earnings in future quarters, and they are much more attractive for mergers.
Because they are indoor growers, they are more likely to be bought up by a company in the consolidating Canadian cannabis market than fail all together. The amount of space licensed to grow cannabis in Canada is now heavily skewed toward outdoor cultivation instead of indoor for the first time, according to new data from Health Canada. A growing population of licenses for outdoor growers means that there aren’t as many indoor licenses being given out... If a company ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD wants to quickly expand into indoor growing OR into the west, they would have to purchase an existing company that has the license to quickly do so. This is WAY faster, and a guaranteed way to obtain a license rather than applying for one and waiting x amount of months and be rejected for some requirement that wasn’t met.
From my own experience, outdoor cannabis is subpar quality to indoor grown cannabis. So a growing market for outdoor cannabis doesn’t necessarily mean its better... it is likely just cheaper. I would imagine a high quality “craft cannabis” company would want to purchase SNDL, or an existing outdoor growing company that wants to quickly expand to indoor grown cannabis. With this being a Canadian company, there’s a chance a company in another country like Israel would be interested in purchasing it in the near future.

PLNHF (Planet 13 Holdings)

Biggest tourist trap in Las Vegas if you’re a stoner, casual smoker, or just wanting to try it. From my own experience, I think they will continue to be successful. If I went around the US trying other brands I’d probably be more confident in putting 5-10% of my portfolio into those picks or choosing to not include them lol. Like for example, I used to have Curaleaf. But there's tons of bad feedback on Curaleaf, a friend has tried it said the nug is really subpar quality and if I tried their nug I’d probably confirm that I wouldn’t want to invest in them. With PLNHF, i’ve seen the ambience and tried the product myself. It’s definitely a lot of hype price wise, but still quality. This is my own bias showing, but I still think they’ve got solid fundamentals and excellent location/strong US branding.

I’m well aware of other good stocks like GTBIF, CRLBF, SSPK, TCNNF, GRWG.. but these stocks haven’t been swinging as hard in response to pro-cannabis news. E.g. TLRY, SNDL, GNLN swung more than 20% some days from pro-cannabis news...I will likely reduce my current positions shortly after inauguration, after some news about the timeline for cannabis legislation, and diversify my positions more between these other good picks.

2021 is the year of cannabis boys

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Welcome to Lost in the Sauce, keeping you caught up on political and legal news that often gets buried in distractions and theater… or a global health crisis.
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Russia

A new report by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) found that Trump political appointees politicized intelligence around foreign election interference in 2020, resulting in significant errors. ODNI analytic ombudsman Barry Zulauf delivered the report to Congress on Thursday: “Analysis on foreign election interference was delayed, distorted or obstructed out of concern over policymaker reactions or for political reasons.” The biggest misrepresentation of intel involved diminishing the threat posed by Russia and overstating the risk of interference from China.

“Russia analysts assessed that there was clear and credible evidence of Russian election influence activities. They said IC management slowing down or not wanting to take their analysis to customers, claiming that it was not well received, frustrated them. Analysts saw this as suppression of intelligence, bordering on politicization of intelligence from above.”

WaPo: Zulauf, a career official, also found an “egregious” example of attempted politicization of the Russian interference issue in March talking points on foreign election threats, prepared “presumably by ODNI staff” and “shaped by” then-Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell.

The Justice Department and the federal judiciary revealed that the Russian Solar Winds hack also compromised their computer systems. 3% of the DOJ’s Microsoft Office 365 were potentially affected; it does not appear that classified material was accessed. The impact on the judiciary seems much more significant, jeopardizing “highly sensitive confidential documents filed with the courts.”

The sealed court files, if indeed breached, could hold information about national security, trade secrets and wiretap transcripts, along with financial data from bankruptcy cases and the names of confidential informants in criminal cases...

Appointees

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine has accused U.S. Agency for Global Media Director Michael Pack of funneling $4 million in nonprofit funds to his own for-profit company. In a civil lawsuit filed last week, Racine states that for over 12 years, Pack used a nonprofit company he owned to direct money to his private documentary company, enabling “Pack to line his company’s coffers with a stream of tax-exempt dollars without...a competitive bidding process, public scrutiny, or accounting requirements regarding its spending.”
Employees at Voice of America have filed a whistleblower complaint accusing Pack of using the agency “to disseminate political propaganda in the waning days of the Trump administration. The staffers take issue with a planned speech by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to be broadcast from VOA headquarters. The event, to be attended by a live audience, “is a specific danger to public health and safety” in the middle of a pandemic. Finally, the whistleblowers say the event is “ a gross misuse of government resources,” costing at least $4,000 in taxpayer funds to date and using 18 employees who would otherwise be producing VOA content.
Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller has announced his appointees to the panel set to rename confederate military bases and plan the removal of confederate symbols/monuments. Most controversially, Miller named White House liaison Joshua Whitehouse, who oversaw the purge of the Defense Policy Board and the Defense Business Board last month. The other three Miller-appointees are former acting Army general counsel Earl Matthews, acting assistant secretary of Defense Ann Johnston, and White House official Sean McLean. The remaining four members will be appointed by the Senate and House Armed Services Committees.

The 10 Army posts named in honor of Confederate generals are Camp Beauregard and Fort Polk in Louisiana, Fort Benning and Fort Gordon in Georgia, Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Fort A.P. Hill, Fort Lee and Fort Pickett in Virginia, Fort Rucker in Alabama, and Fort Hood in Texas.

Trump

The Trump Inaugural Committee, a nonprofit, improperly paid a $49,000 hotel bill that should have been picked up by Trump’s for-profit business. D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine revealed the allegation in an existing lawsuit against the committee, which already accuses Trump’s hotel of illegally pocketing about $1 million of donors’ money. “The Trump Organization was liable for the invoiced charges...The [Committee’s] payment of the invoice was unfair, unreasonable and unjustified and ultimately conferred improper private benefit to the Trump Organization.”
The Professional Golfer’s Association voted last night to move the 2022 PGA Championship from Trump’s Bedminster course. Jim Richerson, PGA of America president, said in a statement that “it has become clear that conducting” the championship at Trump’s property would “be detrimental to the PGA of America brand” and put the organization's ability to function "at risk."
Amid speculation that Trump may spend inauguration day at his Scottish golf course, Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon warned him that even presidents can’t break the country’s pandemic restrictions. “We are not allowing people to come into Scotland now without an essential purpose, which would apply to him, just as it applies to everybody else. Coming to play golf is not what I would consider an essential purpose,” she said.
Trump is on a Presidential Medal of Freedom spree, giving out the award to sports figures and Republican allies. Last Monday, Trump awarded the medal to Rep. Devin Nunes for his work undermining the FBI’s investigation of Russia’s election interference. “Devin Nunes’ courageous actions helped thwart a plot to take down a sitting United States president,” the White House press release states. Likewise, Trump gave the medal to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) for his “effort to confront the impeachment witch hunt” and “exposing the fraudulent origins of the Russia collusion lie.”

The day after Trump supporters rampaged through the Capitol, Trump awarded the medal to retired professional golfers Annika Sorenstam and Gary Player. The president planned on giving New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick the medal on Thursday, but he declined the offer, saying that “the tragic events of last week occurred and the decision has been made not to move forward with the award.”

Courts

Dominion Voting Systems filed suit against pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell for defamation. Powell falsely claimed that Dominion had rigged the election, that Dominion was created in Venezuela to rig elections for Hugo Chávez, and that Dominion bribed Georgia officials for a no-bid contract,” the lawsuit states. Citing millions spent on security for employees, damage control to its reputation, and future losses, Dominion requests damages of more than $1.3 billion.

Dominion's lawyer told reporters last week the lawsuit against Powell “is just the first in a series of legal steps.” Ari Cohn, a free speech and defamation lawyer, told WaPo: “If I had to guess I would say that [Poulos] wants a very public vindication with a ruling establishing that Sidney Powell defamed them and that her statements were baseless...That's not something you generally get in a settlement agreement.”
Just last week, Trump again said at a rally that Dominion machines allowed “fraudulent ballots” to be counted during the 2020 election (clip).

The Supreme Court declined to fast track eight Trump-related cases related to the 2020 election, ensuring they won’t be taken up before Biden’s inauguration. The cases include one brought by attorney Lin Wood against Georgia’s Secretary of State, the so-called “Kraken” cases, and three brought by Trump’s campaign. It is possible the lawsuits will be declared moot after Biden is sworn in.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases alleging that the Treasury Dept. incorrectly distributed Coronavirus aid meant for tribal governments. The Lower 48 Tribes argue that Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) are not eligible for CARES Act funding, while the Trump administration wants to divvy up the money between tribes and ANCs.

Immigration

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s final attempt to restrict U.S. asylum laws. District Judge James Donato (Obama appointee) ruled in favor of advocacy groups who argued that acting Homeland Security secretary Chad Wolf lacked authority to impose the new rules, which would have resulted in the denial of most asylum applications.

“The government has recycled exactly the same legal and factual claims made in the prior cases, as if they had not been soundly rejected in well-reasoned opinions by several courts,” Donato wrote. “This is a troubling litigation strategy. In effect, the government keeps crashing the same car into a gate, hoping that someday it might break through.”

On Monday, acting Homeland Security secretary Chad Wolf submitted his resignation, citing the recent court ruling that he is not a valid appointee to the position. His resignation letter does not cite the Capitol riots or Trump’s language inciting the insurrection. FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor will be the new acting secretary.

"Unfortunately, this action is warranted by recent events, including the ongoing and meritless court rulings regarding the validity of my authority as Acting Secretary. These events and concerns increasingly serve to divert attention and resources away from the important work of the Department in this critical time of a transition of power," Wolf added.

A new Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy will make it harder for immigrant minors to obtain asylum in the U.S. The change was made at the end of last month by then-acting agency leader Tony Pham, who served in the position for less than five months.

Beginning Dec. 29, ICE officers were told that they must review whether an immigrant child is still “unaccompanied” each time they encounter the minor… The memo indicates that the evaluation by ICE officers can come at any time, including when an officer is reviewing immigration court records of a child, and if it’s determined that an immigrant is no longer unaccompanied, they will move to change their status.
Such a change could lead to making some children ineligible to have their asylum claims initially heard and processed… “If implemented aggressively, this policy could significantly decrease the number of children who ultimately receive asylum in the United States,” said Sarah Pierce, an analyst at the Migration Policy Institute. “They are really putting the onus on ICE officers to do everything they can as frequently as they can to remove these designations.”

The Trump administration is still awarding border wall contracts, even in areas where private land has not yet been acquired. The move will make it more difficult for Biden to stop construction of the border wall.

Attempts to halt construction completely, as Biden promised, will prove difficult, particularly if contracts continue to be struck -- a challenge [acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark] Morgan acknowledged Tuesday. "They could terminate those contracts if they want to, but that's going to be a very lengthy, messy process," Morgan said.
"We're going to have to go into settlement agreements with each individual contractor," Morgan added, noting, that payments will have to be made for what they've already done, as well as for materials produced. He estimated the process could cost billions.

Trump is set to visit Alamo, Texas, today to celebrate the completion of more than 400 miles of the border wall. You can watch the event on YouTube at 3:00 pm eastern.

Miscellaneous

Stories that didn’t fit in the above categories...
The Trump administration auctioned off leases to drill oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge last week. Only two private companies bid, each winning large tracts of land. Knik Arm Services, from Alaska, paid $1.6 million for a 50,000-acre tract along the Arctic Ocean. A subsidiary of Australian company 88 Energy paid $800,000 to win the smallest tract.
One of the Health and Human Services Department’s final acts under Trump was finalizing the removal of Obama-era regulations barring discrimination among HHS grantees. The change will allow recipients of federal grant money - like adoption and foster agencies - to discriminate against LGBTQ people and those of a different religion.

Human Rights Campaign: “Statistics suggest that an estimated two million LGBTQ adults in the U.S. are interested in adoption… Further, research consistently shows that LGBTQ youth are overrepresented in the foster care system, as many have been rejected by their families of origin because of their LGBTQ status, and are especially vulnerable to discrimination and mistreatment while in foster care. This regulation would only exacerbate these challenges faced by LGBTQ young people.

MEGATHREAD & NEWS WRAP-UP --- Nov/18/2020: \\ War in Artsakh (Karabakh) \\ Artsakh's international recognition \\ roadmap for future \\ opposition & pro-govt demonstrations \\ suspects charged over hooliganism \\ Kievyan bridge incident \\ videos \\ humanitarian aid \\ COVID & healthcare \\ more...

Your 12-minute Wednesday report in 2971 words.

November 18 timeline

Nevada's Clarke County (Las Vegas) has officially recognized the Artsakh Republic.
https://twitter.com/ANCA_Wstatus/1328753472565493761
9:37: 1700 Artsakh refugees have returned home so far. The population was around 145,000 before the war. Some 10-20% never left.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035190.html
10:09 PM Pashinyan presented the roadmap: It is time to talk about methods to overcome the current situation. I have already stated that I consider myself the number-one responsible for the situation. I am also responsible for overcoming the situation and establishing stability and security in the country.
1) Negotiations must resume in OSCE format, with the emphasis on Artsakh status and the return of Artsakh residents to their homeland.
2) Secure Artsakh residents' rights to return home. Fully restore daily life. Repair infrastructure.
3) Social aid for families of fallen soldiers.
4) Repairing infrastructure damaged in the Republic of Armenia.
5) Aid for wounded soldiers, obtaining prosthetics, educational training courses for changing professions if necessary.
6) Returning POWs and aid for their families. Clarification of the status of those who are missing, and aid for their families.
7) Rehabilitation system for those who participated in the war, and for the general public, too.
8) The beginning of reforms in the army.
9) Defeating COVID and overcoming its consequences.
10) Restoration of the environment for economic activity.
11) Activation of demographic programs.
12) Reforming electoral laws [opposition and the govt had agreed to lower the passing threshold to allow more opposition parties to enter Parliament, etc.]
13) Introduction of the Institute of Specialized Judges as the first step in establishing an anti-corruption courts. Launching the process to confiscate illegally embezzled property.
14) Conducting regular consultations with representatives of the Armenian political and civil community.
15) Consultations with diasporan institutes and individuals.
The goal is to ensure the democratic stability of Armenia and to create guarantees that nothing threatens the formation of power in Armenia through the free will of the people. For this, I'll make changes to the government team.
We will need 6 months to launch the aforementioned tasks. In June 2021, I will report to you the progress, and based on the public response, we will decide on what to do next.
Full: https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035193.html
11:11: US Senator Bob Menendez called on the US government to impose sanctions on Turkey and Azerbaijan for the military aggression, and to end weapon supplies to them.
He called for a $100 million aid to Artsakh refugees.
https://youtu.be/JCh49hna7hA
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035203.html
11:42 COVID stats: +4,109 tested. +1,589 infected (down). +1,726 healed. +28 deaths. 38,082 active (down).
HealthMin Torosyan: the percentage of positive tests and the absolute numbers are declining, but the healthcare system is still under stress.
We still have 375 patients waiting for beds, 25 of whom are in serious condition. We will likely hospitalize them sometime today. A few days ago the waiting list was 800. The trend can change again with the resumption of schools.
Our main issue right now is oxygen supplies. Without it, the medication is ineffective. We'll soon receive more oxygen stations, followed by four large stations in December. We had purchased many oxygen stations during the first wave but today's large numbers, partly a result of the war, were outside of our predications.
We're negotiating over vaccines. There are agreements. They will likely arrive in mid-Spring.
We have no shortage of COVID test kits. New test labs are opening; two in the past week alone.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035206.html , https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035232.html
11:43: earlier this year, a part of a residential apartment complex collapsed in Yerevan. The govt has issued free housing certificates to the affected residents.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035207.html
12:05: several soldiers returned from Artsakh and decided to organize a demonstration in support of PM Pashinyan. PM's office and QP party urged them to stay home and not to gather, citing the Martial Law that currently prohibits large gatherings and demonstrations.
A dozen prominent opposition figures were charged with ignoring the Martial Law and organizing demonstrations earlier. If found guilty, they are facing anywhere between a $415 fine to 2 months of jail.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035208.html , https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035240.html , https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035245.html , https://www.arlis.am/documentView.aspx?docid=69646 , https://news.am/arm/news/614215.html
12:27: Aznavour Foundation and the Armenian Foundation of France have launched a committee to coordinate the aid process from France. Earlier they met President Macron about humanitarian aid and Artsakh's recognition.
Links in the article: https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035213.html
12:38: Parliament Speaker QP MP Ararat Mirzoyan was severely beaten by rioters on November 10th. Healthcare Minister says he will soon recover after one more surgery [which was done today].
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035215.html , https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035236.html
12:45: German-Armenian pianist Margarit Hovhannisyan gave a solo performance to collect aid for Armenia Fund (www.HimnaDram.org). She donated $5,000 in proceeds. The German colleagues expressed support for Artsakh and Armenians.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035216.html
12:49: diasporan-Armenian singer Iveta Mukuchyan went to Artsakh's Dadivank church and performed "Sirt im sasani" (Սիրտ իմ սասանի) religious music.
Video: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=845836856202879
Mukushyan released a German-language video: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=782524012332940
13:50: The US will donate $5 million to Red Cross and other orgs to help those who suffered from the war.
https://factor.am/311291.html
14:02: the identification of soldiers who died in battles continues. 81 more names were published, bringing the total identified to 1586. Around 800 remain unidentified. Several hundred bodies were exchanged recently. The process continues.
MoD Tonoyan: The list of missing soldiers is shrinking; many soldiers end up being discovered alive and well. We drafted a bill to aid the families of soldiers who're missing.
Update: HealthMin Torosyan: we've examined 2425 bodies. 250 of them remain unidentified.
https://youtu.be/zrXQBUJLdK0
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035225.html , https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035249.html , https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035288.html
14:05 Armenia Fund (Himnadram) report: hundreds of thousands have donated. The aid was provided to Artsakh and Armenia from the first day of the war.
Diesel generators, emergency vehicles, medical products, basic consumer products, heating devices, portable gas stoves, mobile fuel stations, beds, etc. were purchased during the war. Simultaneously, 100 tons of aid was coordinated.
Himnadram will help Armenia's budget to pay for social welfare, healthcare, infrastructure repair, etc. The documents are ready. Tens of thousands of Artsakh refugees were aided.
International independent auditors will examine the finances.

During a Parliamentary session, the Deputy PM Mher Grigoryan confirmed that Himnadram has transferred some of the funds for humanitarian work.
In response, former regime's HHK MP Armen Ashotyan, without evidence, claimed the money is being stolen.
[Context: The former regime is mad because they were caught stealing Himnadram's donations in 2018. After the 2018 revolution, the Pashinyan administration busted HHK's Himnadram director with stealing the funds and using them on gambling. The director confessed and returned part of the stolen money. Himnadram then underwent a complete change in administration which raised the trust towards the fund. Now the former regime is sabotaging the diaspora's donation efforts for political gain.]
More: https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035224.html , https://news.am/arm/news/614194.html
14:14: there are over 40 suspects charged with mass riots, attempts to forcefully seize power, and overthrowing the constitutional order, after the November 10 attack on the government buildings.
5 are arrested, 5 are told not to leave the country. 70 suspects, some of whom severely beat Parliament Speaker Mirzoyan and vandalized PM's residence, were also identified. They are on the wanted list.
Rioters who physically abused Pashinyan's spokeswoman Mane Gevorgyan, and broke into Azatutyun media outlet's office, are also wanted by police. Some were arrested.
https://youtu.be/1qA8iJ1JXmM?t=197
https://youtu.be/kSQ389vQA8U?t=3
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035226.html
14:18: Opposition LHK has its roadmap: no elections necessary, PM resigns, the ruling QP party appoints new PM, the new PM appoints ministers from various political parties. [similar to what Pashinyan did in 2018 when he appointed opposition Ministers for a brief period].
https://factor.am/311328.html
14:19: Azerbaijan earlier shot a Russian helicopter in Armenia. Two Russian pilots died and one was wounded. Armenia issued them military service medals.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035227.html
14:49: video showing more Russian peacekeepers moving to Artsakh:
https://youtu.be/o7nwWmN59d8
15:18: Italian community of Viareggio has officially recognized the Artsakh Republic.
https://factor.am/311370.html
15:55: Aurora humanitarian organization will help Artsakh residents. IDeA's first aid program will begin today. They're open to humanitarian program suggestions. Link in the article:
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035237.html
16:27: Aghdam is one of the adjacent regions that's being given/returned to Azerbaijan. Seven villages with a combined 2,000 population will be resettled elsewhere.
https://news.am/arm/news/614171.html
16:42: food prices in October YoY rose +0.6%. Consumer price index +1.3%.
https://factor.am/311385.html
16:44: the head of Military Control Service Movses Hakobyan had resigned on November 10th. It was announced today.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035242.html , https://news.am/arm/news/614169.html
17:04: will Germany follow France and ban the Turkish extremist-terrorist "Grey Wolves" organization? German Parliament will hold a discussion tomorrow. Two bills were proposed. One of them appears to be bipartisan.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035248.html
17:05 Healthcare Minister Torosyan: we need to build a new 250-bed center for wounded soldiers and their rehabilitation. We need to maximally use the existing resources; some of them require upgrades. This will cost approximately $5.2 million.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035247.html
17:09: Legatium Prosperity Index 2020 has ranked Armenia 55th in the world. That's a 23-step improvement over 2010. The strongest point was the business & investment atmosphere, with the environment being the weakest point.
Georgia 53, Armenia 55, Azerbaijan 78, Iran 120.
https://news.am/arm/news/614184.html
17:58: My Step charity foundation will double the number of wounded soldiers they help. The center will provide therapy, dental, and other services for 600 former soldiers.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035262.html
14:57: it's SNOWING in Gavar and Jermuk cities, and roads near Sevan and Aparan! Georgian roads are also snowy; the Lars transport hub with Russia is open only for large cargo trucks.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035233.html , https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035253.html
17:38: Pashinyan was in Parliament to discuss various topics and answer questions. The opposition BHK and LHK parties boycotted and left.
Ind. MP: do you support forming a government of national accord, which could be one of the ways to find a solution out of the current situation?
Pashinyan: our task is to create an atmosphere of agreement in the country. No government can stay in power without the permission of the people. At atmosphere of agreement is not always achieved by forming [aforementioned type of govt consisted of various parties]. There is a need for agreement around two points: security and stability, and to guarantee democracy.
Ind. MP: will there be changes in the government?
Pashinyan: we are discussing it. Structural changes aren't being discussed right now.
Full: https://youtu.be/64iJuNWbk_Q
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035259.html , https://news.am/arm/news/614076.html
17:58: another video from November 4th showing battles on the outskirts of Shushi. [still believe it was "given away" without a fight? 🤔]
Hovhannes Avagyan, one of the deputy Artsakh army commanders, was killed during Shushi battles on November 7th. He received the Combat Cross medal posthumously.
https://youtu.be/yrzBbKvXFO4
https://www.panarmenian.net/arm/news/287858/
18:18: the 16 opposition parties resumed their demonstrations. They demand the government's and Pashinyan's resignation. The police urged them to respect the Martial Law and not to gather.
They will also hold a demonstration on Saturday and present a document, presumably their own roadmap.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035264.html , https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035280.html
18:21 Police: body of the 27-year-old Garnik Petrosyan was found under Kievyan Bridge on November 13th. A medical examination was carried out and an investigation was launched.
The examination revealed that Petrosyan was among the rioters who broke into the govt building and caused destruction on November 10th. A felony case was launched against him and he was arrested shortly afterward.
On November 13th he was charged with multiple felony counts. The same day, at 8 pm, his 3-day detention period had expired so he was released from the police station. The same day, prosecutors asked the court to arrest him for 2 months before his trial.
Petrosyan was questioned until 9 pm. The tragic incident happened at 10:04 pm. Social media spread rumors that he was allegedly murdered and it wasn't a suicide by jumping from the bridge.
Investigation revealed a witness who was walking nearby and saw how a man grabbed a flag pole and climbed at the center of the bridge at around 10 pm. By the time the witness picked up the phone to call 911 it was too late. Immediately afterward, two other people and the witness looked down the bridge and saw the body laying on the road below the bridge.
The police arrived. The witnesses were questioned. The victim was there alone.
CCTV footages were examined. It showed how the victim went there by himself, climbed on the edge, and jumped.
It was revealed that the victim had attempted suicide in 2010 by overdosing on medications. He was registered at a special center up until 2019, where he was taking special medication. He stopped taking them in January 2019 at his own will.
[Media outlets run by the former regime, and a Telegram channel called Mediaport, had earlier circulated rumors, without evidence, that the rioter was murdered by a ruling party member Hayk Sargsyan. The latter often finds himself the target of rumors]:
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035265.html
18:22: Ara Ayvazyan is the new Foreign Minister. He is a graduate of YSU eastern studies Arabic faculty. Served in the Soviet army. Graduated from Beirut's Haykazyan college. Worked in MFA since 1995. Served as ambassador to several states in 1996-2018.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035266.html
18:56: despite being told to stay home, Pashinyan supporters gathered in front of the govt building, urging him not to resign.
"I came from Martakert outposts. I have participated in war since 1992, and so did my family members. They [former regime] should have purchased weapons instead of private islands and mansions," said one demonstrator. "By hitting the Parliament Speaker Mirzoyan you're hitting me."
PM's aide met the demonstrators and said his resignation isn't being discussed.
Pashinyan went outside to meet them and asked them to go home, "I know that there are tens of thousands of you who are ready to gather in Public Square if necessary. Thank you. I bow to all the volunteers, fallen soldiers, and their families. Go home now. If necessary, I will invite you."
The police began telling the gathered crowd to leave, citing the Martial Law.
Pashinyan goes outside: https://youtu.be/ueXhEKJhcwA
Soldiers: https://youtu.be/vgoGD89vNeA
Soldiers: https://youtu.be/KhXFjOiERY4
Soldiers: https://youtu.be/G00E049LsdY
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035268.html , https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035271.html , https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035279.html
18:56: Russian humanitarian envoy will help Artsakh authorities to travel around and document the damage to civilian infrastructure.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035269.html
19:01: the army published names of soldiers who committed acts of bravery during the war.
Lt. Colonel Ryurik Semyonov blew up 2 Kamaz trucks full of ammo, 2 anti-tank equipment, 3 tanks, 8 cars, 1 TR artillery unit.
Lt. Colonel Arthur Qaramyan destroyed 3 and captured another 3 tanks. He helped to save 600 soldiers from encirclement.
Private Suren Gabrielyan shot 6 armored vehicles and 2 tanks.
Lieutenant Tigran Petrosyan shot 6 tanks.
More: https://factor.am/311564.html
19:04: a soldier uploaded a video from trenches saying the army wasn't properly prepared and that the trenches have been in poor shape for 30 years. "Not deep enough to defend against explosions."
He says this Martakert position was defended during the war despite the poor condtions.
https://youtu.be/aWPzBZwk2j4
20:54: the opposition ended today's demonstration and promised to return at 2 pm on Saturday. They called for PM's resignation again. HHK Shawarmazanov said, "we won't engage in active politics if he resigns".
Opposition Arthur Vanetsyan announced plans to participate in elections if they take place now.
https://youtu.be/ZAuGcDRJ3uk
https://news.am/arm/news/614243.html , https://news.am/arm/news/614239.html , https://factor.am/311610.html
21:05: the City Council of Paris has a resolution that urges the Paris mayor to ask the French MFA to officially recognize the independence of the Artsakh Republic.
It takes into account a recent push by 15 French mayors to recognize Artsakh, Azeri-Turkish aggression and the use of hired jihadists, war crimes against Armenian civilians, destruction of 80% of infrastructure objects in Stepanakert (including schools and clinics).
Full: https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035284.html
21:11: Azerbaijan's opposition National Front criticized the govt for placing Russian peacekeepers on the borders with Artsakh. They held a demonstration and chanted "Putin, leave. Turkey, come."
https://factor.am/311609.html
21:57 photos: these boys defended the borders:
https://hetq.am/hy/article/124436
Here are the tankists: https://hetq.am/hy/article/124452
22:02: the government of Armenia and Artsakh formed a joint committee to coordinate humanitarian work. 1) Social issues 2) Education 3) Healthcare 4) Business environment 5) Infrastructure repair.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035291.html
22:50: Nations League Soccer Spoiler Alert! The Armenian team defeated Northern Macedonia 1-0, after winning the match against Georgia a few days ago.
For the first time ever, the team, led by Spanish expert Joaquin Caparros, is the leader in its group.
What does this victory mean?
This tournament has four tiered Leagues: A, B, C, D. League A contains the "best" countries who compete for the champion's cup. The teams in lower leagues compete to climb up to higher leagues, with the ultimate goal of making into League A and winning the cup.
Armenia has just advanced from League C to League B.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1035292.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_UEFA_Nations_League
23:40: A1+ outlet wants to restore its TV broadcasting rights. They were suspended by the Kocharyan regime. They insisted it was politically motivated for their opposition views. The media outlet was targeted for covering the March 1st, 2008 events.
Several outlets are currently competing for public airway licenses. The winners will be known in January. The TV regulator said those with the best programming will receive the license.
https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/201204
23:47: The French Senate will discuss the need to recognize the Artsakh Republic. Presidents of the five largest parties supported the idea to hold a discussion.
http://www.civilnet.am/news/2020/11/18/Ֆրանսիայի-Սենատը-որոշում-է-կայացրել-քվերակության-ներկայացնել-«ԼՂՀ-ճանաչման-անհրաժեշտության-մասին»-բանաձևի-նախագիծը/408863

You can help Artsakh & Armenia

www.1000plus.am (soldiers' medical help)
www.HimnaDram.org (for Artsakh & Armenia)
www.ArmeniaFund.org (U.S. tax-deductible)

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[Let's Build] 100 Quests, Side-Quests and Encounters based on or inspired by Folk Songs

Thought this might be a good way of bringing up some new story ideas, and fun for any folkies in your party.

The party must intervene when a pair of nobles' dispute over hunting rights threatens bloodshed (Bella Hardy - The Driving of the Deer)
A mysterious innkeeper gives a low-level party advice on how to bluff that they are far more experienced adventurers than they in fact are (Paddy West - trad.)
The party follows in the footsteps of the journey that claimed the life of a famous explorer (Stan Rogers - Northwest Passage)
A famous warrior's corpse has been preserved in rum, and the party must defend the barrel from alcoholic bandits (A Drop of Nelson's Blood - trad.)
The party encounters a dying adventurer upon the road. Recognising fellow adventurers, the dying man asks them to see to his funeral rites (Streets of Laredo - trad.)
A paladin accuses a group of women of witchcraft, for their practice of feeding magpies. (The Unthanks - Magpie)
The party's bard has their professional and personal life threatened by a doppelganger come alive from their song lyrics (Show of Hands - Ink Devil)
One for the horny bard players, the bard has seduced the daughter of a noble house, and their only hope to escape exectuion is to seduce the family's patriarch as well (Willie o' Winsbury - trad.)
Three brothers in an inn argue which of them ought to go to sea as a pirate to earn a fortune for the family. (Henry Martin - trad.)
The party meets an adventurer who claims to have been reincarnated multiple times, and to have been killed doing many dangerous jobs. (The Highwaymen - Highwayman)
A member of the party is robbed while sleeping, and must spend some time with their modesty protected only by an empty barrel. (New York Girls - trad.)
The party must track down a stolen sheep. (Waltzing Matilda - trad.)
The bard encounters a demon at a crossroads, who offers great musical talent but at a price (Robert Johnson - Crossroad Blues)
The party must compete against a Construct which is claimed to be a better and more efficient adventurer than they could ever be. (The Ballad of John Henry - trad.)
The party robs a high-ranking military officer but are betrayed by an accomplice. (Whiskey in the Jar - trad.)
The players are tasked to deliver a magic fiddle, white as bone and strung with golden strings, to the wedding of the Lords son. When they arrive the fiddle begins to play itself and sings a song telling how the bride drowned her own sister -the original paramour of the lords son- and blamed the miller who was hung. The fiddle is made from the dead sistets bones and golden hair. (Two Sisters - trad.) ajchafe
There is a desert which is deemed impassable, lengthening trade routes significantly. Occasionally people try to cross it, and even more rarely, some come back. Those that return have no memory of who they were. Turns out the only way to cross this enchanted desert is to cross with a horse that has never been named. (A Horse with No Name- America) Falconacious
A family is haunted by two ghosts, who are slowly terrorizing more and more of the town. Unknown to anyone but the family, the ghosts are of their daughter and her lover who the parents refused to let marry. The fathers silver dagger holds the key to their rest. (The Silver Dagger - Hey! Rosetta and many others). ajchafe
A scoundrel, Black Jack Davy, has abducted a nobles young wife and the party are tasked to help him find her. However, the wife was never abducted at all but ran off with Davy of her own accord. (Black Jack Davy - The White Stripes, or a million other versions under different names like The Raggle Taggle Gypsy). ajchafe
The party must find out who or what is stealing children. (Stolen child. Poem /song)
The party gets caught up in a young man's plan for revenge on a sailor who caused his mother to lose everything due to unpaid gambling debts. (The mariner's revenge)
The party gets caught up in a plot for revenge against the murder of a friend after a deal gone wrong. (Magnum bullet night runner)
The party join a group to hunt for the cause of a local death, finding a sleeping dragon (not responsible and probably of good alignment). (Scarborough fair)
Party tries to capture pirates, ends up capturing the the leaders, but the woman gets off because she is pregnant (Anne Bonny)
The party gets invited to the wedding of a local lord who went back on a promise to an arranged marriage. The other kingdom did not think that he or his people deserved life after this (Red wedding) 20-25 suggested by seriousd6
Traveling with a cargo ship as part of the security detail, the team must keep themselves alive when unseasonable weather threatens death to the entire ship's compliment. (The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot) Vote_For_Knife_Party
The party meets the only living son of a family from a far off island, working as a sailor to send money home to support his parents. He longs to return to his homeland; will our heroes help him? (Farewell to Nova Scotia, trad)
After seeking passage on a tall ship to a far-off city, the party discovers a group of sailors plotting mutiny against the vicious second mate, known far and wide for his abuses of the working seamen. Will the party alert the officers to ensure order doesn't break down during their journey, or aid the crew in their righteous resistance? (Strike the Bell, trad)
Our adventurers encounter a brave and well-known knight drowning his sorrows in the local tavern. He has been called upon by the elderly king to make a sailing voyage on his behalf; the knight has seen grave portents that a mighty cursèd storm will sink his vessel, but is bound by duty to obey the king nevertheless, even to his own doom. (Sir Patrick Spens, trad, e.g. Jon Boden's version)
The party comes across a crew of cocky merchant travelers who have made a great business of voyaging through dangerous territory and defeating any roving bandits they come across along their way. Will the merchants' luck hold through their next encounter, or have they overestimated their own strength? (Black Ball Line, trad)
Members of a brutal gang surreptitiously sign on to work as sailors on a ship laden with precious cargo, planning to revolt and capture the vessel and abscond with the goods. Unbeknownst to them, the captain is aware of their plan, and has hired the party of adventurers to work undercover as crewmen and foil the mutiny. (The Dreadnaught Mutiny, Jerry Bryant) These last few by j-hermann
A demon is terrorizing a village trying to steal the people’s souls. The demon challenges the party saying that he challenges them to play an instrument (preferably a fiddle) against him. They lose, their souls are taken. They win, they get a golden version of the instrument used. (The Devil Went Down To Georgia - The Charlie Daniels Band) ShutUpPeyton
A cleric needs your help crossing the lands and a large river so he can create food for people in the village on the other side. But a devil is waiting for him somewhere in disguise to stop him on the highly trafficked path. He needs protection saying that you can work out who the devil is eventually as it won't tell you what it knows you don't know so can only tell you things you know. - Get Thee Behind Me - Jason Charles Miller Tetcher
The party is distracted by a commotion at a farm by the roadside. While cleaning out the sty, a farmer’s pigs have escaped and are wreaking havoc; some of them seem rather intelligent. (The Mucking of Georide’s Byre and/or McGinty’s Pigs, both traditional Scottish. The former will need a translation if one wishes to pull more details, and might be spelled wrong, as I’ve never actually seen the title written down) Teh_Doctah
The party encounters a man who is waxing poetic about his lover; the guards seem to be looking for him. Turns out his lover is a succubus that’s been convincing him to commit various crimes. (The Black Velvet Band, traditional Irish; The Irish Rovers have a good version) Teh_Doctah
Can I just say at this point that I love how many folkies turn out to be on this sub? Maybe not such a surprise but still nice to see :)
The party shows up to a town at the foot of a mountain where a caravan of 30,000lbs of bananas crashed into it. They are hired by the town, alongside a local bard, to investigate what happened. As the party come to know the bard, they learn he was having a lot of writer's block as of late. This wreck, as terrible as it is, apparently has the muse inspiring him again. He decided to pick up this job to investigate further so he could come up with a really good ending to his new song. Every ending he writes ends up with him saying it sucks. As they investigate what went down, they find out that the wagon was sabotaged by a malicious Fey seeking to inspire the Bard into writing again. The party and the Bard defeat the Fey or do whatever they decide to do. As they return to town victorious, the Bard finally is hit with the inspiration to write a proper ending to the song. (Harry Chapin - 30,000 Pounds of Bananas) SurrealSage
This one is the exact situation of the source material. A NPC friend of the party gets the party to help him with the heart of the girl of his dreams, but she is from a higher social class than him. His beloved's father keeps them apart, and the NPC gets blackmail on the beloved's father: He's been cheating on his wife with the NPC's mother. He blackmails his beloved's father, only for his beloved's father to still send her away. At the final confrontation, it is revealed the NPC is the secret son of his beloved's father and his mother's extramarital affair, and they were kept apart because they are half-siblings. (Harry Chapin - The Mayor of Candor Lied) SurrealSage
Two brothers, one gone bad, one on the side of law and order, an epic chase towards a frontier. Party could see the fight and murder that leads to the chase, get involved with the chase, helps the families involved, whatever. (Bruce Springsteen - Highway Patrolman) Clovis69
A group of friends have all gone to new Mexico, and the npc wants to know where exactly they are (New Mexico song) Muad_Dib_Of_Arrakis
The party is on a merchant ship (security detail or crew) and are attacked by an allied ship. The captain of the attacking ship turns out to be a folk hero of an enemy kingdom, who used to be on "Their" side. The ship is quickly sunk, and the survivors must enact revenge for their losses. (John Paul Jones is a Pirate-- The Longest Johns)
The party is tasked with finding a mythical cidery that sells the extraordinary Dreadnought Cider, that is said to give magical properties to whoever drinks it. (Joli Rouge-- Dreadnoughts)
The party needs to help an old sailor, who is the only survivor of a terrible storm that killed his crew, come to terms with his survivor's guilt by letting him meet the ghostly remains of his crew one more time. (Bones in the Ocean-- The Longest Johns)
A party membenpc is stranded alone on a foreign island, and years later, the party finds him again. This time, however, he has made a pact with a patron, and become a warlock. (Voodoo Man-- The Jolly Rodgers) Daniel_Harbinger
A small town is beset by an unusual number of tragic accidents that grow in severity that lead to gruesome deaths. Upon investigation, it turns out one of the children is actually a demon in disguise who has been causing all these "accidents" (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Curse of Millhaven) accidentalparadise
At the behest of a village girl, the party must investigate the disappearance of her lover. The trail leads them to the next village over, where the only apparent witness to the young man's fate is a parrot (Love Henry)
People in a town are dying for no apparent reason. Come to find a warlock has been putting off his own death by offering up other souls for plucking, to his patron (Oh Death)
A young merchant has been forced out onto the streets, penniless and haunted. His wife, strikingly beautiful and stunningly clever, has taken his livelihood out from under him. (Rain and Snow)
As revenge against a town for their greedy ways, an archdruid has concocted an Awakening spell that spreads when an Awakened creature speaks and Unawakened creatures are able to hear. A cow awaiting slaughter is the Patient Zero of this spell, and rallies his fellow bovines into rebellion. (Cows With Guns) spookythylacine
A scoundrel is drinking with a friendly rival who takes his hat as a joke. The scoundrel kills his rival and takes his hat back before fleeing. The players may catch him for a bounty (Stagger Lee - Waring's Pennsylvanians)
The townsfolk say that a ghostly woman in a long black veil can be seen in the graveyard at night. If they investigate the ghost is actually a local woman -she visits the grave of her lover and husbands best friend who was found guilty of murder and hung. He chose to die rather than tell the truth about his affair and to protect the woman (Long Black Veil - Lefty Frizzell /Johnny Cash)
The players meet a traveler dying on the side of the road. With their last breath they ask them to deliver a parcel and letter to their true love. The true love believed that the traveler had left, never to return and is happy to know the truth (though sad). The players will be rewarded with the parcels contents -a fine pair of leather boots (Boots of Spanish Leather - Bob Dylan) More from ajchafe , who is killing it!
The party must aid the White Rose militia from a small mountain town liberate those stolen by the larger Empire to the north. (Guantanamera; originally done by Cueto Carny but popularized by Pete Seeger)
The party must inform several key militia members about a gathering/military movement that is to take place that night. (The Rising of the Moon; Traditional)
A young woman approaches the party and asks them to break her husband out of jail, his only crime being stealing from the rich landlord to feed their children. (Fields of Athenry; Traditional)
The party must aid an unusually clever white rabbit in their attempts to evade huntsmen who all wish to claim the rabbit's ears as a trophy. (Creggan White Hare; Traditional)
An old woman approaches the party and wishes to hire them to kill her son in law who has drank and gambled away most of the family fortune. (Mick Maguire; Traditional)
While walking through a graveyard, a ghost appears and tasks the party with finding out what happened to his family and his betrothed. (Green fields of France; Eric Bogle) LeonartSeeD
The party must climb to the top of a mountain while having multiple encounters with a female lich who keeps regenerating each time they defeat her. First she gets a surprise round by getting a drop on them coming down the mountain. Next she'll have six white horses with her. Then she'll have on magic red pajamas that cast sleeping spells. Finally she'll do sound based singing attacks. At the very top, you are rewarded with chicken and dumplings. (She'll be Comin' Round the Mountain) sanorace
While in a cold region, the party discovers a corpse on a dogsled. A note on the corpse laments the cold and asks the reader to cremate the body - no small task given the environment. If the party does so, a ghost appears, thanks them, and gives them an appropriate reward - perhaps directions to a cache of supplies - before passing to the afterlife. (The Cremation of Sam McGee - Robert W. Service)
While the party is on a ship, a young deckhand passes away. He asks the party to deliver a last letter to his beloved wife in a port town. (Faithful Sailor Boy - sea shanty) KarlingsDid4-8
A devil encounters the party on a road and demands the party “play the best song in the world” or he’ll eat their souls. If the party wins they get the favor of the devil. If they fail the devil tries to eat their souls (Tribute-Tenacious D) not a folk song but I think its good. (It is.) QuartermasterShekel
The party the party is tasked by the elders of a local town to meet with a reclusive dryad living in a yew tree and ask her to sing a song a thousand years long (My bonnie yew tree.)
As the party passes a graveyard they hear a ghost playing playing the most beautiful fiddle song they've ever heard and are whisked away to a memory of a party in the distant past (Peter's Song. This song is pretty obscure so its difficult to find more information on it.)
A group of well dressed drunks leave the tavern the party is staying at. Upon leaving themselves they find a hearse abandoned out front with the corpse still inside. (Patty Murphy.)
The party finds themselves on a ship where the captain has clearly never sailed before and must prevent the crew from mutinying before they can make it back to shore.(Hoist up that thing.)
The party is tasked with finding an enchanted blue bird for a dying river boat captain and deliver it to his castle. (River Driver.)
The party must procure the following items for the funeral of a general as well as locate a man by the name of old stormy. The items are as follows: A shroud of the finest silk, a silver spade, a golden chain each link of which has the generals name carved into it. (General Taylor.)
A party member is invited to pick wild mountain thyme by an over enthusiastic young man. (Wild mountain thyme)
The party encounter a young woman in a wedding dress and a soldier drowning in a river while a party goes on nearby. The couple will struggle against the party and upon rescue they will reveal it was a suicide pack as the young woman Mary was being forced to marry the local duke against her will. (Show your legs to the country man.)
The party meets a depressed dragon hiding in lakeshore cave who asks them to fine it a friend. Its hoard is made up of discarded children's toys.(Puff the magic dragon) GilgarWebb
The party encounters a truly wild party in a larger village. People are going wild, swinging from light fixtures, wearing costumes, having orgies, and even using magic to entertain their fellows. (Jim Croce - The Ball at Kerry Muir)
The party falls into a trap laid by brigands in an attempt to rob a trio of butchers. They have taken one of the butchers' wives 'hostage,' but she is actually in league with the robbers. (The Three Butchers) ElminstersBedpan

Discussion/ Salient point: Society cannot get back to normal unless random arbirtrary mass lockdowns and restrictions are ruled unconsitutional

[THANK YOU] Part 2

First, no matter how much I apologize, it can and never will be enough. I have so many wonderful people to Thank... this has been a horrific year for us all, and the connectivity brought by a card, a postcard, a note has been vital to my sanity. I finally came home on Friday, with my 4 legged fur baby after a long spring, and summer. In March, my state was in the grips of the pandemic, at a time when we barely understood everything about this novel virus. I don’t consider myself an essential worker, but a higher being decided I was essential to the essential workers, those incredible people on the front lines of caring for those who had the virus. No amount of Thank You would ever be enough to the people who directly cares for patients with COVID-19, who holds their hands as they say goodbye to loved ones over a video call. I love my work, I really, really do, and many of you may find it incredibly odd when I say, my job isn’t a job, it’s a privilege, and everyday is like inhaling happy gas, but for the first time ever, it wasn’t happy gas... not in the least. I had been asked to come to a couple of cities to provide “relief”, and that’s not unusual in what I do, but it was just longer this time, and it was lonelier because there’s really nowhere to go. I desperately missed home, in the worst possible way, and combined with erratic work hours, I was on the verge of insanity. I finally came home on Friday, and will be in self isolation for 14 days... my furry friend couldn’t be happier, because there were many days he hated me for dragging him along, but I came home to so much happy mail !!!! It literally moved me to tears !! My mom had organized it all by date, so I have been opening one after another, and I can’t even begin to express the amount of gratitude I have for each and every one of you... beautiful cards, with beautiful messages...I hope I haven’t forgotten anyone.
I have a list of wonderful people to send happy mail back, and will be doing that during this time. I got 2 pieces of mail sent out back, so I’m going to be reaching out to them to confirm the address I have is correct. They came back in a ziplock bag with half the card missing, and it never ceases to amaze me that the USPS with all it has to do right now, somehow managed to get it back to the sender. I hope the cards I send, will be enjoyed. I have tried to make them as special as I possibly can. Some of them will reflect what can only be described as a unique sense of humor.
I humbly ask all of you to please, please forgive the late Thank You, but please know every card, every message has been healing for my soul. The kindness of strangers is amazing, and it is through that kindness strangers become friends.
I love adding pictures for you all to see, and I will do that ASAP... I love you all ❤️
u/suzette393 : Thank You !! I LOVED your card !! Who doesn’t know “Sweet Caroline” ? I didn’t know he has Parkinson’s Disease... very sad to hear. But thank you for taking me back !!
u/loko_lo : Thank you so much for the beautiful card !! I loved reading about your hobbies... I feel like this summer has somehow slipped away too fast, and definitely not a normal summer. You seem to very outdoorsy, but I’m the total opposite !!
u/postcardsfromjenna : Thank you for the beautiful Vancouver artwork card !! I love Vancouver !! I always have a wonderful time when I’m there...
u/kecr101 : Thank You for the Disney Pinocchio postcard !! The running joke in our house, is my mom refuses to acknowledge that our fur baby is not a real boy, so we tease her that’s she’s waiting for him to turn into a real boy. This summer has been a crazy summer... I have done some cooking, not as much art as I would have loved to do, but most of all I miss our family getting together for our family holiday.
u/travellincat : Thank you so much for the World Postcard Day postcard !! I didn’t even know it was a thing, but I’m happy to celebrate the day ! Your wish that my card brings joy to my mailbox is exactly what it did, and I can’t thank you enough !!
u/lavender_icedtea : Thank you for the Mae Jemison card !! I really love these women in science card !! I have made your Chocolate Chip cookies, and they didn’t even make it off the baking sheet !! I added a ridiculous amount of chocolate chips and chocolate chunks... but thank you so much !!
u/KingnBanter : Thank you so much for the Horse card drawn from a child’s perspective !! It’s adorable and I love that the horse has only 3 legs and highlights in its mane !! Thank you for the Michigan sticker !! I love the message of things to be happy about, but here are my top favorites 1. Platters of good things to eat- no way will I ever turn down a good food platter... a charcuterie for one. 2. Reading outside on a blanket wearing a big sweater... Indian summers are my favorite 3. Traveling by bicycle... you didn’t mean long distance right ? Cause that’s never gonna happen, but I do enjoy riding my bike a lot. 4. Dozing... I’m a Gold Medalist at dozing u/shepanda : Thank you so much for the cutest amount Rainier card !! I love that it’s vintage !! Chemistry was my favorite class too... I took General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry but for some reason I loved General Chem (it might have to do with the fact I nearly blew up the organic chem lab, almost burnt my lab partner (who happened to be my sister)
u/msmomona : Thank you for the awesome Pantone card... I go through phases of favorite colors and this months favorite happens to be Teal... I know the card said Bottle Green but I really looks more real to me. Thank you for the happy mail.
u/Mareepharos : OMG so cute !! Thank you for the Wine Dogs postcard !! I loved reading about Boe !! Naughtiest Deed : Eating the contents of a burst piñata... Epic ❤️
u/ganzhimaself : Thank you for the Wisconsin Card !! I’m a huge cheese fan !! I love cheese !! I’ve been to the Wisconsin Dells and it was beautiful !! I think after reading your facts about Wisconsin being biggest cheese producer and having over 40 Breweries... it might be time to visit again ☺️
u/mf1ish : Thank you so much for the postcard from the Louvre !! I loved visiting the Louvre as well, but you really do need more than one day to appreciate all the art. True Story : when we visited the Louvre someone stole a painting, so huge barriers came down and we all had to go into the center of the museum and they were checking everyone as they let them out... so, yours truly here decides that would be the best time to pass out... yep. I don’t remember if they ever found the painting.
u/HufflepuffPuff_ Pass : Thank you for the card with the yummy tarts... I love it !! I have accepted and now take pride in being a Hufflepuff !! What you say is true... loyal and hardworking with the added perk of being next to the kitchen.
u/ImOkReally : Thank you for the kitten card !! It’s so adorable !! I also love yarn !! Thank you for the stickers and lovely note... I hope it’s cooled down for you and Knuckles ☺️
u/aneemo : Thank you for the adorable card and stickers !! Sourdough sounds like a cute book... my sister was obsessed with making sourdough and after a million tries has finally done it !!
u/Qknowsbest : ok I have never seen such incredible handwriting !! Thank you so much for the Never Stop Looking Up... it’s been tough but we are all trying to figure out how to navigate this new normal. I love the quote “Difficult roads often lead to Beautiful Destinations”... nothing could be more true
u/lovescraftswidow : OMG I loved your card so so much !! It was so unique and fun !! I adored it !! Thank you for the book recommendation... I will have to look up The amulets of Samarkand... fantasy is normally not my genre, but you know what ? I’ve read and loved books I never would have read if it weren’t for recommendations ☺️
u/indleaf : How do I begin to say Thank You for the gorgeous photographs ? I loved them all !! I loved seeing things through your lens and I truly appreciate the extra monkey card !! I love to take photographs, but am not nearly as talented as you... I love taking pictures of people, especially children... they’re fascinating subjects and are always full of emotions... I realized I sound like a weirdo. I will definitely be looking forward to seeing more of your work on Instagram, and thank you for answering all my prompts...☺️
u/xlez : Thank you so much for the astronaut postcard !! I absolutely loved the quote !! You have been so kind, with the 2 cards you have sent... I can’t thank you enough for brightening my day !!
u/msmomona : Thank you so much for my very first Lou Paper postcard !! I love it !! I love Las Vegas, not for the gambling but I just love staying on the strip and looking at all the lights and people watch, and to catch a show or two.
u/twerpto : Thank you so much for the handmade card, it really is so special. I lost my uncle a month ago to Covid-19, and never got a chance to say goodbye as he lives in another country, and his passing was so sudden, but I kid you not... I was just thinking about him like literally 15 minutes before your card arrived, and then there was this gorgeous cardinal inside. They always say a Cardinal represents a loved one.
u/earthfireairwater : Thank you for the Georgia O’Keefe card !! It is one of my favorites !! I loved the red wine sticker !! This quarantine has reduced my life to coffee time and wine time !! I just finished the book “Ask again Yes” by Mary Beth Keane... and wow !! I have a book hangover.
u/komalya13 : Thank you for the Elizabeth Blackwell card !! I love it !! It’s funny because another awesome Redditor sent me a Marjorie Stone Douglas card !! It’s nice to meet a fellow Desi... I’m from Idli-Vada-Sambar Land, Andhra ☺️
u/Alfie-Solomon : Thank you for the awesome card and stickers !! I have always wanted to study law, and I can see how Torts would be your favorite... we definitely do need more Federal Judges, and we need more people to understand Constitutional Law... it seems the Constitution has been chucked out the window.
u/StephenfromReno88 : Thank you so much for Mt. Whitney card !! It really did make my day much better !!
u/wyrmfang : Thank You so much for the beautiful Emma Golden Retriever card !! Emma is my favorite Jane Austen book and I adore dogs !! I think we have the same wish list of travel destinations !! I loved Italy... my favorite city being Venice !! I hope we will all be able to travel again soon, I think we all just have to find a new normal .
I’m sorry I don’t have the username but I received a card with a beautiful wax seal on the back... I just want to Thank you for the wonderful note !! I love the wax stamp on the back... it made me feel fancy ! I loved your fun facts, I never would think Dolphins gave names for each other. The vintage ticket stickers are so cute !! I saved all my tickets from when I was younger, but now I forgot where they are !!
I have another lovely person whose username I don’t have... Thank you so much for the recipe cards !! I loved them so much... thank you for sending 3 !! I can’t wait to try them...I’m going to start with the cobbler, cause who doesn’t love cobbler !! You were so kind to share these recipes, and I’m so happy to have met someone who shares my passion for baking !! I’m trying to teach myself to embroider and I got a sewing machine which I’m hoping to get the hang of soon... I used to sew so much many moons ago !! The machines are awesome now, with so many stitch options... they have machines for embroidery but I’m nowhere ready for that yet 😜

Notes and Highlights of Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s Live Update August 12, 2020

Notes and Highlights of Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s Live Update August 12, 2020
Notes by mr_tyler_durden and Daily Update Team
Note: We may need to paraphrase, but the notes are accurate
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36,945 Cases (+1,163), 790 Deaths (+7)
New Cases by County: 526x Jefferson, 57x Fayette, 34x Warren, 31x Madison, 29x Hardin, 24x Daviess, 19x Kenton, 19x Pulaski, 19x Scott, 18x Bullitt, 15x Perry, 14x Graves, 12x Christian, 11x Boone, 11x Greenup, 11x Knox, 11x Lewis, 10x Campbell, 10x Floyd, 10x Nelson, 9x Henderson, 9x Rowan, 8x Barren, 8x Casey, 8x Logan, 8x Russell, 8x Woodford, 7x Franklin, 7x Grayson, 7x Harlan, 7x Jessamine, 7x Shelby, 6x Bell, 6x Cumberland, 6x McCracken, 6x Oldham, 6x Washington, 5x Adair, 5x Carroll, 5x Fulton, 5x Hart, 5x Spencer, 4x Bath, 4x Boyle, 4x Knott, 4x Larue, 4x Meade, 4x Montgomery, 4x Wayne, 3x Allen, 3x Anderson, 3x Calloway, 3x Carter, 3x Edmonson, 3x Elliott, 3x Garrard, 3x Laurel, 3x Marion, 3x Muhlenberg, 3x Ohio, 3x Owen, 3x Taylor, 3x Union, 2x Bourbon, 2x Boyd, 2x Clark, 2x Clay, 2x Fleming, 2x Grant, 2x Green, 2x Harrison, 2x Hopkins, 2x Letcher, 2x Magoffin, 2x Mercer, 2x Monroe, 2x Pendleton, 2x Powell, 2x Rockcastle, 2x Trigg, 2x Whitley, 2x Wolfe, 1x Breathitt, 1x Breckinridge, 1x Clinton, 1x Hickman, 1x Jackson, 1x Johnson, 1x Lawrence, 1x Leslie, 1x Lincoln, 1x Marshall, 1x McLean, 1x Metcalfe, 1x Owsley, 1x Pike, 1x Trimble, 1x Webster
New deaths by county: 87 F Jefferson, 80 M Oldham, 71 M Barren, 73 F Christian, 85 F Jefferson, 71 M Meade, 75 F Fayette
Second, we want to give an update on our travel advisory. This is when we ask Kentuckians not to travel to certain states because they have a really, really high percentage of positives throughout their state, more than 15% (percent). Here are the new states that currently fall within it. Again, cancel your vacation. With everything we’re trying to do and everything we’re trying to get back to, with us making a push to decrease and get a hold of our cases, every time you travel to Florida, risk exposing yourself, but also your community when you return.
Do you know how much of today’s count is a result of the undercount and with those numbers, how can you say masking is working? -- We believe of today’s- you know it’s really hard to, today either we would have the 1,163 today or doing our best we would have it roughly 1,092 two days ago- and so the difference in the 7 day average is gonna be relatively unchanged.
Going back to schools, What are your thoughts on public schools that think they might move on ahead? Or even give students an option to opt-out of those classes? -- I hope they will reconsider and follow what I think is a well-thought out plan that provides the best safety not just for their kids but also for their teachers. These opt-out plans, where a family can choose not to or a family takes the risk on, doesn't opt out the employees of that school, doesn’t opt out the grandparents who might have that reaction, doesn’t opt out everybody else that’s going to be touched and impacted by it. It doesn’t opt out businesses that could lose a quarter of their workforce if a large group of their students and their families have to quarantine.
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Today we are showing our spirit by sharing the Ludlow Panther mask. This is from the Ludlow Panther school district, sent to us, we want to show our support for our public schools, the fact that we are going to work with them to safely get our kids back to in-person classes. We will talk a little bit about that as we proceed.
Let me start by thanking everyone who was sending me thoughts yesterday during what was a nerve racking time for both myself and mainly my family, especially waiting to see about my kids. I’m happy to report that both the first lady and I, our kids, and everyone that is working around us tested negative for COVID yesterday but we tried to take every precaution that we would want anyone else to do. That is, immediately upon starting to feel a little different, a little bad, and my wife did the same, of immediately making sure that we weren't in a position to spread the virus. I’m back at about 80%, but 80% some days is what I'm going to have to make sure we can continue our fight against COVID.
I want to start out today with positive news- we all like and want to hear positive news. And today it’s about AD Districts, our Area Development Districts, that carry out such an important purpose in KY. The Dept of local government was just awarded $6M from the Economic Development to reimburse our 15 area development districts for expenses related to COVID-19. Funding will be apportioned evenly totally roughly $390M per AD. The AD’s are invaluable partners, they foster important relationships, create strategies, and economic development opportunities across the Commonwealth. The EDA recognizes the urgency to address the economic hardship caused by COVID-19 and this is going to help some of our most important entities out there.
So they made this funding non competitive, and available to former recipients with the ability to respond quickly to the pandemic. Our AD Districts are the perfect candidates to do just that. They’ve worked hard to develop and help our families through the pandemic by delivering meals to senior citizens- over a million meals, much more now, have now been delivered. Providing support for local businesses and so much more. With this funding I’m confident that this group will continue to help our communities, both to get through COVID-19 and to plan for a very bright future afterwards. So the AD Districts are going to use this money to fund regional disaster economic, recovery coordinators for a 2 year period, develop a disaster resiliency economic plan focused on pandemic recovery, improves short term and long term economic development plans, provide technical assistance and capacity for building up local governments and businesses impacted, and offer organizational support for COVID-19 responses. Again, I want to thank everyone who helped make this happen all across KY. We see various entities, stepping up, filling the gaps, helping out Kentuckians, and we see the federal government recognizing them whether it’s in CHFS and some announcements we had the other day, or whether it’s the great work of our AD Districts. I like to say, this isn’t money given, this is money earned. And our AD Districts have earned it.
Second, we want to give an update on our travel advisory. This is when we ask Kentuckians not to travel to certain states because they have a really, really high percentage of positives throughout their state, more than 15% (percent). Here are the new states that currently fall within it. Again, cancel your vacation. With everything we’re trying to do and everything we’re trying to get back to, with us making a push to decrease and get a hold of our cases, every time you travel to Florida, risk exposing yourself, but also your community when you return.
So today’s update is both good news and bad news and the bad news is pretty tough. I believe today will be our single highest number of cases that we have had.
Positive cases today: 1,163 - This includes numbers we would have expected today as well as those that we had not gotten through because of the glitch that we talked about a couple of days before. Our original plan was to try to allocate those over the last couple of days where we thought they would have come in and what we learned was it wouldn’t make a difference. Either we would have this number today or, I think, yesterday was going to be over 1,000 as well. The most accurate thing we can do in the way that we’ve reported as to when they are processed by us, they go on to our site. Today we set a record we never wanted to set and we never wanted to get over 1,000 cases.
Probable cases: 2,530
Total confirmed cases: 36,945
Children Under 5: 39 Kids. The youngest is about 3 months- but we are continuing seeing a surge in our young people testing positive.
New Cases by County: 526x Jefferson, 57x Fayette, 34x Warren, 31x Madison, 29x Hardin, 24x Daviess, 19x Kenton, 19x Pulaski, 19x Scott, 18x Bullitt, 15x Perry, 14x Graves, 12x Christian, 11x Boone, 11x Greenup, 11x Knox, 11x Lewis, 10x Campbell, 10x Floyd, 10x Nelson, 9x Henderson, 9x Rowan, 8x Barren, 8x Casey, 8x Logan, 8x Russell, 8x Woodford, 7x Franklin, 7x Grayson, 7x Harlan, 7x Jessamine, 7x Shelby, 6x Bell, 6x Cumberland, 6x McCracken, 6x Oldham, 6x Washington, 5x Adair, 5x Carroll, 5x Fulton, 5x Hart, 5x Spencer, 4x Bath, 4x Boyle, 4x Knott, 4x Larue, 4x Meade, 4x Montgomery, 4x Wayne, 3x Allen, 3x Anderson, 3x Calloway, 3x Carter, 3x Edmonson, 3x Elliott, 3x Garrard, 3x Laurel, 3x Marion, 3x Muhlenberg, 3x Ohio, 3x Owen, 3x Taylor, 3x Union, 2x Bourbon, 2x Boyd, 2x Clark, 2x Clay, 2x Fleming, 2x Grant, 2x Green, 2x Harrison, 2x Hopkins, 2x Letcher, 2x Magoffin, 2x Mercer, 2x Monroe, 2x Pendleton, 2x Powell, 2x Rockcastle, 2x Trigg, 2x Whitley, 2x Wolfe, 1x Breathitt, 1x Breckinridge, 1x Clinton, 1x Hickman, 1x Jackson, 1x Johnson, 1x Lawrence, 1x Leslie, 1x Lincoln, 1x Marshall, 1x McLean, 1x Metcalfe, 1x Owsley, 1x Pike, 1x Trimble, 1x Webster
Total tests conducted: 717,370 (PCR: 672,245, Serology: 44,569)
Positivity Rate: 5.62% This is positive news, we need to get it lower though. It is still much higher than we would like and it makes it unsafe, in the current environment, to engage in some activities.
Total hospitalized: 4,091
Currently hospitalized: 683
Total in ICU: 1,279
Currently in ICU: 143
Currently on a Ventilator: 95 - That’s a tough number. We want to think about all of those individuals.
Total recovered: 8,893
New deaths today: 7
Total Deaths: 790
New deaths by county: 87 F Jefferson, 80 M Oldham, 71 M Barren, 73 F Christian, 85 F Jefferson, 71 M Meade, 75 F Fayette
All losses are a loss for Kentucky. Let’s light those houses up green and let’s ring those bells at 10am. This is a reminder that we are thinking of the Kentuckians we’ve lost, their families, and their communities. It’s the color of compassion and renewal as their souls move from their bodies to a better place.
Racial breakdown of all cases: 78.79% Caucasian, 12.38% Black or African-American, 2.24% Asian, 6.00% Multiracial
Ethnicity breakdown of all cases: 86.63% non-Hispanic and 13.37% Hispanic
Racial breakdown of all deaths: 81.46% Caucasian, 14.42% Black or African-American, 1.51% Asian, 2.61% Multiracial
Ethnicity breakdown of all deaths: 96.12% non-Hispanic and 3.88% Hispanic
Long Term Care Facilities: 21 new residents and 7 new staff positive from yesterday, 1 more death, and 3 fewer facilities.
- Total facilities: 281
- Total deaths: 495
- Total recovered: 3,322
- Active cases: 389 residents, 246 staff
- Total cases: 2,823 residents, 1,629 staff
Now when we talk about 1,100 new cases and 7 new deaths again we get caught up in the numbers. Are the numbers going down? What’s the positivity rate? I really want us to remember these are people. And by now, they’re people that you know, that I know. I have a friend that is on a ventilator right now that I’ve known for about 10 years and she’s fighting for her life, and I'm praying for her everyday. Across the Commonwealth, these are people that we know, and that we care about. And their battle is real, and I'll tell you based on yesterday with just a scare, what people go through mentally and physically when they contract this virus is something that we have got to make sure that we consider when we make all of these decisions. When I think about 900 kids, teachers, and families quarantining in one Georgia school district, there's a lot of trauma that’s going along with each of these families. There are a lot of businesses in that district that are not going to have workers show up because that whole family is at home. And we need to make sure as we make these complicated decisions, we also think about all the emotional and mental trauma widespread quarantining does, and to make sure that we are doing things at a time where we can minimize the risk of spread and for people having to go through that.
But today we are honoring William “Curtiss” Ice who died at 72 in Bardstown. After fighting a hard-fought battle with COVID-19, William Ice, or Curtis or PawPaw, passed away at 72. Born in Nelson County, Curtiss served as a guardsmen in the KY Battalion 138 field artillery before a career as a manufacturing engineer for GE. After retiring Curtiss returned to his passion of farming where he remained active in agriculture and beef cattle until he passed. Above all else, Curtiss was proud of his family and loved helping people in need. People who knew him would describe him as intelligent and down right jolly. You would often see him supporting his grandchildren through sports or academics or using his leadership qualities in organizations throughout the area. Curtiss is survived by his loving wife of 49 years- Wanda, his 3 children, 7 grandchildren, and 10 siblings.
I know family friends of Curtiss and of that family. They talk about him glowingly. And originally, I think this is a family, that because of the stigma that may come with COVID was wondering about sharing this, but I know in the end they chose to honor their grandad, their PawPaw, their dad, their husband, and I hope that serves as an example the fact that we cannot, allow those that are suffering from this, or have lost from this to suffer any for of stigma. I mean this family has lost enough. So make sure we take all of our energy and put it into lighting those green lights, that we ring those bells at 10am, that we send nothing but positive thoughts to this family to all of his relatives, let’s make sure we remember him, and everyone else for the people they were and how they lived. And not simply that COVID contributed to their passing. Today we remember Curtiss.
Now given that we’ve had 1,163 new cases today, I wanna make sure that I still emphasize that I believe masks are working. Where we were headed, and at the end of this week, I think we will still be able to show you that we are not on that exponential trajectory that we were on but that doesn’t mean that just because we found something that works and works well that it’s gonna work overnight, or even work within one week. One of the reasons I made the recommendation I made on Monday, and I’ll talk about it in a little but, is we simply need more time. To make sure we can get this virus under control, so that we can safely welcome children back in their classroom. It’s something we're seeing in the data. And while I believe that facial coverings and other steps are working, it doesn’t mean it makes things safe overnight. It doesn’t. Right now we have so much of this virus out there and spreading. We need that couple of weeks, we need that time to make sure there’s less of it in our community. Because even if we wear masks, if there’s a ton around us, there is still a higher probability that we will get it than if we allow this work for a little bit longer and we tamp it down it will significantly help stop the spread.
But given today there is tough news, I want to give some of our positive news. Remember to post to Social Media! Let’s show our fellow Kentuckians positive vibes
Hashtags: #TeamKentucky #TogetherKY #Patriot #HealthyAtHome #HealthyAtWork #HealthyAtSchool
This is the first day back for JCPS teachers, this is actually from a couple of days ago. But showing that they can do it in a safe way. Making sure they can create a safe environment for their kids, which I know they hope to welcome back as soon as they can.
You know we have asked our journalists to help us out. They are always in here, wearing their masks, doing their parts, so this is Mario Anderson tweeting out a number of these pictures and has been promoting wearing masks like I know all of our journalists are. Please keep it up, it’s a PSA just having people see you in them.
This next is the Stuff the Bus Foundation where board members are dropping off 4,000 face masks for kids and a grant check to help make sure that we can keep everybody safe.
The next one is our kids spending their time, not only making masks, but showing even in their play how they can adapt to this new normal. With that picture, how could we not show that one?
The next photo is from Johnson County Public Library showing chalk art showing Hands, Face & Space. They get it. Wash your hands, use hand sanitizer, don’t touch your face, wear a mask, stay six feet apart, and we can get better control of this virus.
I’m going to talk a little about schools, and I know there will be a lot of questions about that. Then I will go deep in the weeds to talk about what the Department of Fish and Wildlife is doing. I know for most of you, all that is going to be further in the weeds of government than many of you want to go so this is the only time I’ll say this: After we get done with the school part if you turn it off I won’t be upset at all.
On schools, listen, Monday was tough. I know Tuesday was tough for a lot of reasons. And I know today was tough too. It’s tough because as a parent, I desperately want to get my kids back in class. Distance learning is not the same. My kids are of the age where they are losing out on important developmental opportunities, where not going to school impacts their emotional health. I’m sure they’ve fallen behind in a lot of their classes. I’m not just somebody sitting over in the governor’s office or in an ivory tower making decisions without knowing the personal toll that it takes, and going through the worry I go through every day of them not being there. Growing up, school was one of the most important things taught to me about its importance, by my parents, we are an education-first family and we always will be. I believe our school system is the most important system in place in KY. But I had to make my recommendation on Monday because I have a responsibility. I have the responsibility as the Governor of KY to make the toughest calls and to take whatever comes with it. Being a parent that desperately wants them to get back in school but I also know that right now COVID is as hot as a firecracker in KY. That we are, what I hope is the peak, heck we just had the largest number of cases today, and if we allocated them over the last 3 days then we would have had the largest number of cases 2 days ago. Regardless, this is where we are. And the idea that we would take this step while we are at our peak? Simply not a smart move to make. Here’s the other thing, when we moved to reopen the economy, we decided we weren’t going to be the fastest. We were going to be the smartest. And we were going to learn from other state’s mistakes, so that we could do it better. School districts that will be opening Monday the 17th or next week are gonna be some of the earliest in the country. Which means we are not going to see the mistakes that other groups will make and learn from it. That means these districts will make mistakes with the health, and hopefully not, the lives of the students and teachers and how about the highest number of grandparents per capita raising their grandkids that we have in KY verses anywhere else. All the recommendation is, is a chance to make sure it’s moving it a month for most schools. One month. And that’s just with in-person learning, start with distance learning, but move it one month so we can see mistakes that other schools make, so we can avoid mass quarantines where, 800-900 in one school district are home, we don’t know how many have the virus but they aren’t leaving their house for 10 days. I don’t believe we gamble or experiment with our kids. And while we are all desperate to get it back, I also want it to work. I’ve heard from a lot of school districts, and they are right, they have put a lot of time into their plans and we appreciate it. They are going to need it because even September 28th we are still going to be dealing with COVID. But even the very best plans aren’t going to work if the virus is at such a level that it’s gonna overwhelm even the best of plans. I want our schools, when they return to in-person classes, to be successful. I want them to be able to create the type of environment that they do, I want our teachers to be able to do the amazing work that they do, for our principles to run, what I think are some of the best schools in the country. I love our educators and what they do. But I want to make sure they’re safe, and that we have a real chance of success. So I'd like to think that while it stirs a lot of passions, that we all agree, we don’t want to be the canary in the coal mine with our kids. That the states that we would be starting at the same time with are states like GA, FL, TX, and we saw what them trying to be first in other areas did. And that we just be smart about this. That’s all we’re asking right now- is one month. One month to not make mistakes with the health of our children, their parents, or our teachers. And this is not just some parent choice issue, to accept the risk for your kids, and by the way, this isn’t like letting your kids play in the rain, where there is a risk they can get a cold but you choose to take it, but this is sending your children out at the height of a lightning storm. That’s where we are with COVID. But that decision isn’t just that family’s decision, it’s a decision that impacts teachers, that impacts janitors, that impacts bus drivers, and it can impact the entire community around them. And, can have a massive impact if we see the levels of quarantine we are seeing in other places. And for those counties, that think there’s not an issue there? There’s at least one county that’s talking about going forward that is in the “red”, (corrects himself: 2) over 10% positivity rate according to the WH, and there’s a number of others in the “yellow”, which is between 5-10%, what’s the testing plan? I mean if you’re going to go ahead when it’s hot, I would hope you have testing plans for your teachers. So, listen, I want to get my kids back as much as you do. And this isn’t about- I mean suddenly this is a political thing too. I’m trying to make the best recommendation, that’s what it is, I’m not shutting a school down that doesn’t agree with it. Unless, of course, they have a massive outbreak and they’re not doing the right things and the health department doesn’t do it. If somebody opens and has a huge outbreak, and it’s threatening the lives of people, we’ll take the steps we have to to protect our kids and teachers. I mean my goodness. Let’s step back, let’s step back and let’s do the right thing to make sure we are truly putting our children first and we will get them back to in-person classes. I want to get them back to in-person classes but let’s be wise about how we do it.
(Governor Beshear speaks in depth on the Department of Fish and Wildlife. We decided to skip this segment and rest our fingers for the questions section since it’s not COVID-19 specific. You can watch this here)

QUESTIONS

Apparently Senator McConnell called another round of aid to states “A slush fund” on the floor today? -- I think those are very unfortunate comments. Certainly that hasn’t been a part of any of our discussion or our staff. State stabilization is needed so we can fully fund education. So we can ensure people have healthcare during this crisis. So that we can afford our economic development tax incentives, So that we can move our state forward. It’s similar to what happened in 2009, and you didn’t see any “slush fund”. You found us making sure that the economy didn’t collapse further. This is absolutely necessary aid and it’s not just blue states or red states, it’s in every state. And to claim that they aren’t going to give it because of “years of fiscal mismanagement” in different places, fine, say that we have to use it all in certain areas that makeup the vast majority of our budget. Say that we need to use it in education, in Medicaid, in law enforcement, in others, but no, if we don’t get this, Kentuckians will suffer. I don’t know if it will be like bankrupting the Commonwealth but it won’t be helpful. I hope this is a negotiating tactic and that’s it.
On schools: The Diocese of Lexington announced that their catholic schools would begin in person classes. What’s your take on that? And also, are there any more recommendations that they need to consider? -- Let me say I disagree with their decision, I don't believe it’s safe. We just had 1,100 cases. I hope this is the hottest time we have on the spread of COVID but opening when number 1, we haven’t seen the mistakes made by other school districts and number 2 the peak (not having seen it), I don’t believe it’s a responsible decision. I don’t believe they think they are intentionally making a decision that- and I sure they don’t believe it is unsafe. I think there are good plans out there but if the rate of how things are spreading and just the amount of COVID, especially right now in Fayette County with as large as it is, it can overwhelm the best plan and I want their plan to work when they open. So I certainly hope that if they decide to open at this time that they regularly test teachers and students. I know some private schools and I think some catholic schools have had trouble with COVID in sports teams. I think that says something, but not doing this right right now, can have a major impact on their community. I hope that given today that they will reconsider. Again, we’re asking for one month that will help us better protect the lives of our kids and of their teachers. And finally I’d say to them, I want my children back in school as much as any other parent. But I am making what I truly believe, based on all the advice I have been given, is the right recommendation even though it’s gonna be an unpopular one, my job during this crisis is to do the best I can and not worry about the popularity piece.
Have you talked to any of the schools that have decided to go back early? One is going to use the “pod” system, and another is cutting off the number of students in the classrooms, does that make anybody feel better, that they kinda went with a daycare type plan?-- So any school that decides to go back, I want to use the best practices. I don’t want them to fail. I worry that at this point, I’m convinced that it’s going to be very hard in this week and in the next week to do it successfully, but any extra step they’re going to take- I want them to take, because I want the students there to be safe and their teachers. The more “pod” you can do, the smaller the number of kids, the better. I’m not going to argue with the steps being made, because again, I’m not worrying about being right, I’m worried about our kids being safe. If folks are going to make a decision that I think is the wrong decision, I at least hope they do everything they can to protect the kids.
I’m hearing from people, people who signed up for the test and ended up not going and received letters saying they were positive. It has happened at least 3 times that I’ve heard of Jefferson, Christian, Hopkins -- If you can, Tom, get that letter. These things have popped up before, when we have learned about these specific examples, and we request to see those- and when you read through the entire letter there is a lot more language in there that talks about why the statement was made at the top and the fact that they missed an appointment and what else it can mean. So if you can, get those, because if that issue is out there we wanna stop it and we want to address it. But the ones where we have seen an actual letter in, thus far, have a lot more information when you go further down it.
How did today’s meeting with the Sec of State go? How close are we to reaching an agreement on the general election? -- This is about the Sec. of State and I meeting, or you could say negotiating, I like to think we are working together, on creating a safe environment for our elections, and hopefully continuing what we’ve seen which is a lot of success, in having more people than just about ever, vote. We had a very productive meeting. I believe we are very close to coming to an agreement, I think he said 48 hours to someone earlier, and I think that’s fair and reasonable. And it was more of a discussion than a negotiation. I think we have a lot of the same ultimate goals, and right now I am confident we can reach a good agreement. I don’t want to get into the particulars we are talking on now, I want to hash those out. I believe that we can come to a good resolution. He is acting in good faith in all of our negotiations and I think I am too.
Why is it safe to allow 23,000 fans at Derby and not have schools have in-person classes on the same day? -- This is one of those false equivalencies that we talk about where people say, if I can go to Walmart, my kid can be in school for 6 hours amongst the same group and have that extra exposure. So, right now, it looks like Churchill Downs will be down to less than 15 percent occupancy in their facilities. I don’t know of a school plan that is going down to 15% capacity. Most of those people are being moved outside and are being spread out significantly in my understanding of the plan. Again I think it’s a really false equivalency over 200+ acres at 15% capacity to say that is somehow the equivalent of kids being in schools and listen, those that are upset about starting hopefully with in-person learning, and then pushing it back one month, they can point to Derby or Walmart, what I’d ask them, “is one month worth it? To learn the mistakes that others are making and make sure they’re not making those mistakes on your kids or mine?” it certainly is to me. And I think it's the right decision from a public health standpoint and we can change our calendar as needed to make sure we get as many instruction days back in. We are also going to learn some from other schools that open. I hope those schools that open are really honest when they have the positives that they're going to take this step and when that happens that they put people’s health first.
Do you know how much of today’s count is a result of the undercount and with those numbers, how can you say masking is working? -- We believe of today’s- you know it’s really hard to, today either we would have the 1,163 today or doing our best we would have it roughly 1,092 two days ago- and so the difference in the 7 day average is gonna be relatively unchanged. And remember we look at these through the week. We have lower numbers on Sunday and Monday, we have a lot more that come in in the middle of the week. I think we need to look at where we are at the end of the week. Can you put the stair-stepper graph up? The one with purple steps?. . So the reason we think that masks are working, isn’t because we immediately have fewer cases. It’s that we are stopping the escalation. So we were going increase over increase, over increase. 40%, 50%, truly headed towards the type of spike we saw in other states. This isn’t the one, this is missing this week. I’d say come on Kenneth, but it’s James... The reason is we have stopped the type of exponential growth that we were seeing. And the reason is definitely wearing a mask. Now where are we gonna plateau? Are we going to plateau or are we going to continue to go up by 4%, 5%? Listen, that’s a heck of a lot better than 52% and so that’s how we can show that masks are working but you don’t immediately start heading back down.
Do you believe the Supreme Court’s Eviction Diversion Pilot Project in Jefferson County is a sufficient substitute for the Indefinite Evictions Moratorium? -- I believe that this is a very good program. It’s got some dollars that have been put up by Jefferson County and their CARES Act. I think it will resolve a lot of the claims, to where, instead of just a moratorium, people will come out of this epidemic not way behind and not immediately needing to catch up. We have in fact, are in talks in the supreme court, about being able to do more of this statewide, what it would do, is create a third party that could truly get people to the right place. We hope to have more news in the near future about coming to a resolution on where evictions are, that will protect people, that will make sure people aren’t gaming the system, and also help make up for the lost revenue for those that have been patient and reasonable- but their businesses have been hurting too.

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John Glenn: A Presidential Retrospective

I finished a successful Glenn playthrough last night and afterwards I was thinking about just how bonkers his achievements were and how he would be regarded by history. So, I wrote this, exploring just that kind of thing! Spoilers for the President Glenn path obviously, and I fudged the fact that content ends and leaves things dangling as him winning a third term in office.
Coming into office off the back of the most disruptive decade in American politics since the Civil War, inheriting the legacy of the astonishingly unpopular and constitutionally questionable policies of Strom Thurmond, the expectation was that the incumbent President would be one who would have to devote all their efforts to simply stabilizing the situation and beginning to restore some measure of trust and confidence in US politics. A competent, cautious man might have attempted just that. John Herschel Glenn Jr. was not that man - Glenn was rather a man of vaulting ambitions and boundless optimism, who believed that the only way for trust and confidence to be restored was with the boldest vision he could imagine.
Glenn’s rise to the Presidency was almost as meteoric as the event which made him a household name; the veteran of the Second World War who went on to become a test pilot and thereafter the first man in space recalls he had no political ambitions before President Nixon’s decision to defund NASA in the wake of the Reich’s arrival on the moon in 1962. Glenn was, to be sure, distraught by losing this milestone achievement to the Germans, but he was far more upset by what he regarded as Nixon’s total capitulation on all matters of space which stemmed from Kollner’s historic steps on our lunar neighbor. Even after this his political ambitions were not about election but in his attempt to make enough of a fuss to see NASA’s budget and remit protected, but it was soon clear to him that he could not achieve that in his existing capacities no matter how hard he tried. Here we see the twin, seemingly opposed character traits that would define Glenn’s presidency; he came to the conclusion that he could only make the changes he thought necessary in elected office, preferably at a very high level, in the course of an afternoon, but once the decision was made he drew plans that spanned decades and exhibited the utmost patience in pursuing them.
Glenn knew he would struggle to reach the Presidency from a standing start, and he further believed that even if he made it his lack of political experience would mean he would use the office inefficiently and be vulnerable to political manipulation by more experienced actors. So, he set his sights at a lower level, and announced his campaign for the governorship of Ohio in mid-1962. Ohio’s favorite son would immediately attract criticism for what was regarded by many as a vanity project, but Glenn had prepared for this possibility - he had spent weeks working with friends, his wife Annie, and a small cadre of political advisors to draw up a suite of plans that he could pursue as governor, plans which were the kind of effective low-level policies that would help the average Ohioan in their day to day life. Storming out of the gates with a primary campaign to highlight these ideas, he rapidly quelled enough of the criticism to be seen as a legitimate and credible candidate, and that was all he needed. Though joining the Republican Party he was able to win over enough of the Democrat wing of the RDs to become the candidate for Governor, usurping presumptive candidate Jim Rhodes, and took up the race against the NPP. It was a close race - by the time November rolled around, the Nixon government had got its first taste of scandal and controversy, and it dented RD prospects nationwide. By less than a single percentage point, John Glenn won the race and had taken his first small step on his long plan.
As it happened, the events of the 60s would prove so disruptive that Glenn’s timetable could be rapidly accelerated. Conversations with his early allies have told us he originally intended on pursuing the Presidency in 1972 or 76, depending on the political landscape at the time — he intended to secure his base of support, make the political contacts needed, and gain extensive experience. That America would enter the costly war in South Africa and the less costly, but still unpopular, war in Indonesia was unknown at this point, but it was only the tip of the iceberg of what would occur in that tumultuous decade. Barely a year and three months into his Governorship, the Presidency would be rocked as Nixon resigned before he could be impeached, and worse, his Vice President John Fitzgerald Kennedy would be assassinated just weeks later by a disgruntled Guyenese nationalist. JFK’s death would put the Presidency in the hands of John McCormack, who had never had ambitions on the office and saw his role purely as one of salving the country’s hurt and trying to bind the Republican-Democrats back together going into the November elections of 1964. He failed dreadfully on both counts; his pardon of Nixon was widely derided, and JFK’s brother Robert Francis Kennedy would defect to the NPP over Nixon’s vetoing of the Civil Rights Act — RFK had been JFK’s Chief of Staff and closest friend, and he was strongly motivated to see through his beloved brother’s vision. The NPP had struggled to find the kind of charismatic leader they would need, and Bobby Kennedy was the perfect choice. The race was hard fought but RFK became President with over 360 EC votes, a healthy margin, and the political landscape was drastically shaken up.
Though not nearly as shaken up as it would be a few years later. Bobby Kennedy’s policies were inherited in part from his brother, and he had a core of rage that held the Nixon Administration responsible for Jack’s death. This anger drove him to being a devoted progressive, spurred by the NPP-C wing of the party, and he enacted policy after policy to drive through a comprehensive Civil Rights Act in 1967, an act Glenn voiced support for and said “If I were in the Senate, I’d be voting for this. Bobby Kennedy might be from a different party from me but he’s a good man with some good ideas.” And a few weeks later, RFK would meet the same fate as his brother, gunned down by a fanatic segregationist as he exited a hotel with his own Vice President, Hubert Humphrey.
The country was stunned. Just as sunlight had seemed to break through the clouds, and the Kennedy administration was working to fully implement his Civil Rights policies while also continuing some economic reforms, another President, another Kennedy, had been killed in America’s streets. Not only that but the VP was dead too, leaving the succession to someone who was never on a Presidential ticket for the second time in four years. Strangely, the next in line declined the role, refusing to elaborate on his reasons, meaning it fell another rank to the South Georgia Senator Strom Thurmond. (It would not be until 1987 that the explanation for this and Thurmond’s blackmail efforts would come to light — his already disgraced name falling even further, especially in an era of rapidly increasing acceptance of gay rights. It would also spark countless conspiracy theories that Thurmond had arranged the assassinations himself, though there has never been any corroborating evidence to that effect.)
President Thurmond had one mission and one mission only - to roll back the Civil Rights Act and all associated policies. He would ensure that he restored and reinforced segregation, Jim Crow, and all the other racist policies that RFK had almost killed, and he had no care for what the cost to the law or Constitution might be. Though initially popular and viewed with cautious optimism for his tender eulogy of Bobby Kennedy and hints that he considered himself a caretaker president akin to McCormack, he moved rapidly behind the scenes to secure his power and enact every policy and pass every bill he could in pursuit of his goals. The Congress, shellshocked by the last few years, seemed to have given him a more-or-less free hand as he appealed to the need for leadership and to show a united American government to the people in order to restore faith. He was also completely unafraid to use Executive Orders in whatever capacity he thought he might benefit from. By the end of Thurmond’s presidency barely a year after he took the office, the Constitutional order had been upturned. Maps were redistricted with offensive transparency. Those Thurmond considered politically opposed to him - minorities of all kinds as well as Republican and NPP-C voters - were disenfranchised to the best of his ability. Most infamously of all, and the policy which pushed America from protests to riots in all 49 states, he used an Executive Order to stack the Supreme Court with four additional Judges, all of them arch-conservatives who would reliably rule in favor of the segregationist, anti-black cause.
Amidst all this, Glenn’s opportunity had come early and he seized it with both hands. Painting himself as a moderate who disdained most political labels in favor of effective policies regardless of their origins, he was quickly adopted as the exact kind of all-American guy needed by the Republican-Democrats. He had been a competent and well-liked Governor that had pushed Ohio’s quality of life up, poverty rates down, and enticed lucrative aerospace and other high-tech industries to the state. He was an American war hero, and an American hero generally, his name still carrying plenty of currency from the old feats in NASA. In short he ticked all the boxes — Existing fame, proven record (if shorter than some would like), mass appeal, visionary even as he was a level-headed straight talker. Exactly what the country needed, or so the RDs gambled.
Meanwhile the NPP was riven between the Centrists and Far Right, the latter eventually claiming ascendancy as their ranks were filled by defecting Democrats who were now looking to the best place to secure what Thurmond had set in motion. Glenn would thus go up against the Far Right’s Margaret Chase Smith. Much has been made about to what extent Smith’s sex factored into her defeat, and certainly scholarship has demonstrated it played a role, but the scope of Glenn’s victory on Election Day was tremendous and far more than could be accounted for by sexism alone. Winning over 400 EC votes, Glenn came into office with one of the strongest mandates in American history, and he wasted no time.
Though restoring NASA had always been John Glenn’s dearest purpose, and his earliest moves were centered around setting that institution back into motion, he had no shortage of other challenges and ideas to meet them. Indeed, while NASA busied itself with actually using its new influx of cash to rebuild, rehire or hire new staff, and overhaul its facilities, Glenn pursued something that made a far greater difference to the man and woman in the street, a project Glenn termed “Closing the empathy deficit”. Long argued about by American administrations and their Congresses, Glenn had seen how harmful the absence of a solid safety net was to Ohioans, and Ohio was one of the union’s richer states at the time.
Though in regular contact with NASA’s director and personal friend James Webb, Glenn had no distractions on the legislative front. He pursued reform with a zeal, and within mere months had secured the passage of the most comprehensive reform to American benefits in history. Pensions were increased and protected, and poor Americans would still be able to claim pension sufficient for a dignified retirement even if they had not been able to pay in whilst younger. Medicare was a transformative healthcare coverage policy that provided coverage to all Americans over the age of 65 and all Americans with disabilities, and implemented controls on insurance companies outside of that to help insulate people from predation or excessive prices. The Americans with Disabilities Act (1969) was also implemented as part of this legislative fusillade, which Glenn insisted must include those who acquired disabilities during their lives as well as those who were disabled from birth, as some in Congress had argued against. Glenn’s wife, Annie, had grown up with an extreme stutter that left her preferring to communicate without speaking, and the President’s disability policy is widely acknowledged to have been at the least inspired by her, and perhaps to some extent guided by her advice and experiences.
By the summer of 1969, then, Glenn had already implemented large changes to America, and his popularity steadily rose. In Congress, he was usually disliked by the NPP-FR and struggled to attract votes from Democrats even though they were notionally a part of his party, but he had massive support from the Republicans and found a common cause with the NPP-C. The rising Social Democratic movement of America was represented by this wing of the NPP and were more than happy to support Glenn’s reforms, even as many of them wished he’d go further. Joyfully, the President was able to return his attentions to the institution he most loved, NASA. After months of work the institution was ready to go, and Glenn authorized the commencement of America’s return to space with the Minerva Program. The unmanned Miverva I was prepared, launched, and America once again broke the bonds of Earth and had a presence in space. It was well understood that even going so far as to get a man back in orbit would be a serious undertaking and NASA would need, in essence, practice before it could attempt that. Minerva was only the first step in this long road, but it was one that boosted NASA’s profile and popularity. Soon new missions were planned, and before long there seemed to be a launch almost daily. His duties precluded Glenn from viewing them all personally, but there was almost always a TV showing the latest launch in the White House.
Satisfied with the ongoing progress Glenn turned back to Earthly concerns, this time looking at matters relating to nuclear power and weaponry. The destruction of Oahu had made Americans deeply leery of anything with the word “nuclear” in its name, but President Glenn had been convinced of the merits of nuclear power and worked hard to bring that word to the public. Here, he struggled, even after recruiting the Disney Corporation to produce educational propaganda — tedious in the extreme in the eyes of kids, but lauded by parents for being a balanced, unsensational, and honest look at the topic. He faced significant opposition from mining and power concerns, however, and though successful in the abstract, nuclear power never really took off under the Glenn presidency the way he had hoped. Militarily, he authorized a significant increase to America’s stockpiles, expensive but hardly something that most would argue against, given the ongoing threats of the Nazi Reich and the Empire of Japan. That he had a greater plan in mind was known only to himself and a couple of closest aides.
It was at this point that almost everything was derailed. In the Middle East, decades of Italian rule and control came to a violent and sudden end as revolutions and civil wars ripped through the entire Arab world, and then beyond. Violence occurred in Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, the Gulf States, Iraq, and Iran, all of it amid and exacerbating a tremendous spike in the prices of crude oil. The Oil Crisis had numerous causes and many dimensions, but the effect for John Glenn was that it put everything else on the back burner. None of his ambitions or plans mattered a whit if the country ground to a halt, and that’s exactly what it was doing, as people couldn’t fill their cars and industries couldn’t keep the lights on. Emergency measures were implemented, including price controls, then rationing, massive investment in the Texan oil fields, and similarly massive investments into synthetic oil production. It was a chaotic period lasting months, but in time the situation stabilized and the domestic oil situation became a tolerable one. Belts were tightened countrywide, and smaller cars rapidly became the vogue for new buyers while existing plans for gas-guzzlers were scrapped by companies like Ford, but the worst of the crisis had been kept from America’s shores.
And then, Americans were back in space. Only in orbit at first under the Daedalus Program, but then the Diana Program aimed for the moon, taking up where the Apollo Project had been looking just before Nixon aborted it. Americans could not be first to the moon, but they could reach it, and that was almost as important. Regrettably, the first great tragedy struck the space program during this period - Diana II, intended to perform a lunar flyby and return to Earth, exploded in flight 194 seconds after liftoff. The three astronauts aboard died, and immediately the political and media classes pounced on Glenn. Support for NASA drained precipitously, and questions about why money and lives were being spent in this way were widespread. The President managed to divert the issue somewhat by lionizing the deceased, and when one of the widows spoke up in favor of continuing the project and how her husband would have wanted to carry on, the furor abated somewhat. NASA was now on notice, but it was not doomed.
If there were fears Diana II would hurt Glenn’s re-election chances, they were swept away in a tidal wave of support for the man himself. A growing number of people supported the President primarily for his space program, referred to as the ‘geeks’, but the great majority regarded it more ambivalently. To some it was a positive thing but not the priority, whilst to others it was the President’s pet project that could be tolerated as long as he didn’t get lost in the clouds. But the first Glenn term had shown he had no such shortcomings. SSA, Medicare, and the ADA had transformed the lives of millions of Americans. He had not yet fully reckoned with the legacy of Thurmond, but things were certainly better for black Americans than they had been four years earlier, and Glenn was clearly no committed segregationist or racist - thus he carried the vote across the entire country, with the sole exception of California, who were strong supporters of the NPP and their hardline goal of reclaiming the Treaty Ports and revenging America against Japan. That was the sole state that went for Jeane Kirkpatrick, resulting in an EC vote of 494 for Glenn and 40 for Kirkpatrick.
Just months later Diana IV would vindicate the President, the space program, and NASA. Buzz Aldrin was not the first man on the moon, but he and Michael Collins were the first Americans, and when they planted the flag on February 13th 1973 it established that the United States was not only back in action, but a serious contender for space. It was smiles all round as the men returned to parades and dinners and events the likes of which Americans hadn’t seen in decades, and John Glenn’s boyish glee was visible to all. But it was a real achievement, one that seemed to restore a sense of confidence to the American people, and more people moved from simply letting the President have his toys to support, and more moved from casual support to strong support, and more and more young people proudly proclaimed themselves geeks while speaking of internships at NASA, JPL, and the other centers of American aerospace.
Glenn’s second term saw a new wave of domestic legislation, for despite the continuing claims of opponents he had no desire to see things on the ground slide backwards. First he looked to ongoing problems in healthcare; whilst Medicare was largely working well and its initial problems had been ironed out, there were lingering difficulties. Foremost among these was in drug pricing. Seeking to gain ever more profits, Big Pharma had begun jacking up prices at an unsustainable rate, leaving more and more Americans unable to pay for their medication and taking bigger chunks out of Medicare into the bargain. John Glenn was incensed by this and it has been argued since that this was the real moment of his ‘radicalization’, which drove him from a reformist to someone more aligned with the NPP-C than his own party. As the pharma companies began funding anyone opposed to Glenn and the RDs, speaking out on the disastrous consequences they foresaw, and accused him of fascistic overreach, he deployed everything he had to crush Big Pharma’s opposition, and when they began to fear he was winning and offered a compromise that would cover price controls on prescription medication but not others, he rejected it out of hand where once, it is believed, he would have taken the deal readily. Major price controls were introduced despite the howls of protest from big business. But Glenn was not done.
Now that he had experienced first-hand the full fury of American business he had lost any love for them, and grown significantly more aligned with criticisms of business practice stemming from the left. In characteristic John Glenn fashion he did not rest after his victory, nor did he even take aim at a small target, but rather he went right for the jugular. He would destroy Right to Work. Right to Work was so named because it was claimed to give Americans the right to work without being forced to join a union to do so, as had been the case in several industries before such legislation was entered. In practice, it was a lynchpin of American business’s strategy of crushing unions altogether, and keeping them weak and ineffective where they could not be eradicated. Glenn was no hardline Bukharinist, but the experiences with the drug price fight had convinced him that big business had too much power and the American worker had too little, and he sought to redress this.
Surprisingly this passed with little trouble. Reeling from the previous fight with the President, big business seemed caught on the back foot, and he had huge popular support. In Congress he was able to count on the full support of the 18 NPP-Cs, one of the two NPP-FRs who was in the body at the time, and 43 of the 45 Republicans. Altogether, with some Democrats also convinced to come over, the vote passed by 68-30, and Right to Work was dead. His subsequent efforts on Social Security were even more intense and more dramatically successful, and there was a massive “Glennite” or “Glennist” tide across the country where, quite aside from questions of nuclear power or space exploration, the President’s domestic proposals found huge support and popularity. Social Security was a tremendous undertaking that far outmatched the scope of his first term reforms, though it was informed by them and incorporated them into a larger structure. Unemployment benefits would rise, healthcare coverage would continue to expand (The first ‘public option’ arose here, with a special insurance provider available to any employee of the Federal Government), and most dramatically, it featured the introduction of a six-hour workday. This last reinvigorated the strength of big business, who threatened opposition and promised doom, but Glenn was never a man to do things by halves and his will was unbreakable, and he had experienced those howls before only to find them impotent in the face of public support. Though initially a step too far for some in his own party, the President appealed directly to the public to write to their Congresspersons and Senators in support of the policy, and the Glennite tide became one of mail that inundated the country’s leadership, convincing them that it was not going to be electoral suicide to support it.
Less noticed, and more of interest to the accountants and lawyers of the country, were efforts to rationalize and better codify the tax system. Though few actual tax rises took place (hence the lack of public interest), the closing of loopholes, simplification of the code, and increasing the ability of Americans to either easily do their own taxes or to allow the government to do it for them helped bring in greater revenues. More importantly was the general state of the economy - after years of work and investment, and a whole host of new measures to help the poorest Americans, the introduction of Social Security was followed just months later by a glowing report on the state of American poverty. Where the poverty rate had peaked as high as 45%, and was in the high 30s when Glenn first took office, it had now dropped to below 25%, a milestone that widely reassured the public of Glenn’s projects and plans while taking the legs out from criticisms of how much was being spent. After all, a richer society means a higher tax take, but you have to invest to get to that society - so the argument went, and so America in the 1970s seemed to prove. Even those who remained in poverty were seeing increases in their quality of life, and abject penury had been cut significantly even where it had not been replaced by affluence.
Meanwhile, the frontier of space was looking to its greatest challenge yet, and NASA had spent its time marshalling resources, conducting the needed research, and experimenting with any number of plans and components and mission profiles. Dianas V and VI had taken Americans to the moon and conducted vital experiments, but Glenn, James Webb, NASA as a whole, and now most of the country, wanted to see America not just take second place or catch up with the Nazis, but to fling themselves into first place. The German Reich had emerged from their bloody Civil War almost a decade ago but the orthodox Fuhrer Bormann had no seeming interest in returning to space, and the collapse of the Reich into the German Civil War of 1963-65 had done major harm to their economic and industrial base, meaning it would have been domestically unpopular to spend money on a race deemed long since won rather than on the ongoing project of rebuilding cities from Hamburg to Munich. Thus, without any real rivals at the time, NASA turned their eyes to the great prize, Mars. The Ares Project began.
Still proceeding at a breakneck pace, Ares was intended to get a human to Mars in just four missions. This has since come in for much criticism, and labeled as a desire to get it done while Glenn was still in office rather than to do it with maximum safety. In the event, however, NASA was either competent enough, lucky enough, or both, to avoid any major disasters like Diana II in the Ares Project. The four missions were to proceed as follows;
Ares I - An unmanned probe designed to both test mission parameters and part performance, whilst also taking the best possible orbital pictures of Mars to examine potential landing sites. Ares II - An unmanned probe which would attempt a landing near a selected landing site, equipped with a rover for scientific work. Ares III - An unmanned package which contained the bulk of materials and supplies needed to establish Hellas I, the prospective Mars base where the astronauts would dwell and work during their time there (The realities of orbital mechanics meant it was far less efficient to try and return immediately than to remain on Mars for a time and return at a later point where planetary alignments were better) Ares IV - The lander unit, return rocket, and the three astronauts would be aboard.
Every mission went perfectly. Every step seemed to fall into place. NASA had attracted the best and brightest by this point, and it paid them well, but they were motivated by more than financial reward now and devoted themselves utterly to the task. Even so, James Webb later said “I don’t want to downplay the extraordinary efforts that everyone at NASA made to achieve this incomparable milestone, but it did feel at times that we were proceeding with the blessing of our great almighty God.” Whether by grace or effort or pure luck, the Ares missions succeeded and even as Glenn was embroiled in scandal back home, the stars continued to inch closer.
That scandal was Glenn’s major defeat that stemmed from his efforts to nationalize the entire country’s uranium mines. His longtime nuclear weapons plan had been proceeding somewhat in the background, seen as simply an unpleasant reality that had to be done by most of the public, who would rather not think about such things when life elsewhere was continuing to improve. The project, even after purchasing Canadian, Australian, and South African uranium in bulk, was facing ongoing shortages of the material. Glenn was pushing for increased production from domestic mines, and seemed to be succeeding, until he got the bill. Rates were double the existing costs, and the mining concerns were quite happy to demand this price from the government under the guise of needing to undertake expansions in pursuit of Glenn’s production demands. Had the price hike been more reasonable, or had the mining concerns come to Glenn to explain and negotiate on such lines, it seems certain the President would have acquiesced. To be slapped with something so extortionate without warning, however, provoked his ire. Normally a man with a strong handle on his emotions, aides would later describe Glenn as “stormy” and “voluminous” over the matter.
By now used to bold moves and cutting Gordian knots, Glenn believed he saw an obvious, if drastic solution. The nation’s defense hinged on the nuclear stockpile. The nuclear stockpile hinged on the production of uranium. Ergo, the production of uranium was a matter of national defense, and the President had the authority to nationalize the industry if it was required for that end. The uproar was immediate and massive, but Glenn persisted, and when no offer at compromise was forthcoming he pushed through with the policy. The mining bosses had a powerful route that other big businesses who had faced Glenn’s policies lacked, however, in the form of legal argument. Given the seriousness of the matter and the importance of national defense it rushed through the courts with incredible speed, before finding itself before the Supreme Court, a place still filled with the packed Judges of Strom Thurmond.
It was not known beforehand which way they would break. On the one hand they were seen as steadfast allies of the NPP, meaning overwhelmingly concerned with matters of defense - but on the other, they were seen as friends of big business as well as leery of the President’s progressive bent. In the end, the 8-5 ruling went for the mining companies thanks to arguments that, as there was no ongoing conflict that directly involved the USA, the President’s attempts to invoke the country’s security could not apply.
Before the day was out, a new offer had landed on the President’s desk, not double but triple the original prices.
It was a massive defeat for the President and one which shook him deeply. He had been America’s golden boy until that moment, a unifier, a man of vision and drive, a man who was trying his best to make life better for ordinary people. He now learned that his ambitions could be checked, and that said roadblocks could be insurmountable. But John Glenn was no Strom Thurmond. Despite his anger, he accepted the ruling and paid the mining companies, and if he was to exact a revenge it would be both done legally and done for the good of the country, not to settle a personal grudge.
This drama was not the best base from which to break with centuries of American tradition and announce his bid for a third term as President, but that is just what President Glenn did to party leaders in early 1976 as they were discussing who would attempt to succeed him to the White House. This caused more hubbub and dissent, but there was never any law against it, and Glenn argued that in the absence of any obvious candidate who could succeed him they may as well stick with the man who was still polling pretty well. The Democrats were incensed by this and driven still further from the Republicans, but the Republican segment of the RDs agreed with his suggestion, on condition that he renounce any possibility of pursuing a fourth term.
The political and media elites had a similar reaction, ranging from outrage to mere grumbling that Glenn would dare attempt something George Washington had made verboten at the country’s founding. But there was still no law against it, and the administration argued that John Glenn came into office with a number of promises, promises he was keeping, but which required one more term to see through to fruition. The NPP opposition decried this as a dangerous overreach, whilst those less opposed to Glenn himself voiced worries that it set an ill precedent and questioned the man’s humility. The NPP would this time abandon the Far Right after two consecutive losses to Glenn, and instead put forward Michael Harrington, who had unsuccessfully pursued their nomination in 1968. This made for an unusually civil and friendly Presidential campaign — Glenn did not go so far as Harrington wanted on most issues, but by this point there was no great gulf ideologically between Glennite Republicanism and the Social Democrats of the NPP-C. After their first debate the viewing figures tanked as the men got dragged into details on broader topics they more or less agreed on, and neither seemed inclined to attempt any serious attacks on the others, though Harrington did try to needle the President over his pursuit of a third term somewhat. Only in foreign affairs did they different significantly, with Harrington making some gains by proposing a nuclear drawdown while pressing Japan conventionally over the Treaty Ports while Glenn maintained his hardline pro-nuclear stance.
The consequence of this was not just a calm election, but one with much lower turnout than any election for decades by percentage. The more radical right stayed home as they saw no candidate for them, as did the harder edge of the Democrats, while the apparently lower stakes than usual meant an awful lot of people decided to enjoy election day with other matters. For the first time Glenn did not achieve a total blowout victory, winning 345 EC votes, but this still gave him a strong mandate to finish his work.
Glenn’s third term would be his most dramatic, and most tense, and would culminate in what has since been argued to be the greatest diplomatic achievement of any American President even as he oversaw America’s greatest scientific achievement. His first task, he decided, was to finish the work of building up American nuclear stocks. He now had an endgame in sight, and was gradually bringing more people into the high-stakes game he intended to play as he moved the pieces into place. A secretive incursion into the remnants of Nazi Africa secured a major uranium mine that helped bolster American production, and it soon became obvious that the US nuclear triad was no longer merely overwhelming, but had become outright apocalyptic. Even if no other powers fired back, the American stockpile alone would be sufficient to end human life on Earth, and most other forms as well. So armed, Glenn began to put out feelers and turned his attention to domestic matters while the diplomats began their work.
Domestically, the legacy of Thurmond had faded over the eight years of Glenn’s presidency. Tactics such as redistricting must be updated as populations move around, and a great many legal challenges had succeeded in weakening all of Thurmond’s projects at local and state levels. His tangle with the Supreme Court had brought the whole affair directly into Glenn’s sights, and he resolved that when he left Washington four years hence, he would leave behind a transparent, honest, and scrupulously clean capital. He had never been a corrupt man himself, and having brought in a fresh staff for almost every role in the White House in 1969 had helped sweep some of the corruption out by itself, but there was still work to do. Investigations were begun, houses were cleaned, and the Senate Ethics Committee was refreshed and newly empowered. A long-term project to review constitutional matters with a goal to preventing excesses like President Thurmond’s or corruption like Nixon’s was established. And in his last major effort against corruption, Glenn banned outright the practice of lobbying, a move which massively diminished the power of corporations or similar actors to unduly influence elected officials where the common American could not. America, finally, emerged from most of the shadows cast by the 1960s and entered a new era of clean and honest politics, one where districts would be drawn to maximize democratic representation rather than suppress it and where the size of the purse had much less influence on the size of the voice.
The Supreme Court provided a major stumbling block, however, and Glenn and his administration were never able to navigate a satisfactory course through that particular issue. If it was allowed to stand, what was to prevent a future President from stacking the court further, even to farcical levels? But there was no apparent way to reduce the size of the Court as it stood, not when doing so would involve the removal of sitting Justices. This was a matter left to a future administration, in the end.
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This will be our very goal for this post – to shed light on the gambling laws by country and lay out some guidelines that can serve as advice for the international casino player. Federal Gambling Laws 2 Feb 2021. Alabama Gambling Laws 28 Jan 2021. Missouri Gambling Laws 21 Jan 2021. Arizona Gambling Laws 7 Jan 2021. Virginia Gambling Laws 31 Dec 2020. NC Gambling Laws 15 Dec 2020. New York ... Georgia is one of a handful of US states with strict gambling laws that create genuine fear in the populace, because they’re so strict and carry such swift and harsh penalties. We’ve actually had to explain how nursing home bingo games are legal to Georgia citizens, concerned that the government would crack down on Nana’s afternoon recreation the way the state’s lawmakers have come down on video poker and other small-scale gaming operations and machines. Current gaming laws in Georgia provide an outright ban on all forms of gambling, including sports betting. However, recent developments indicate an appetite for legalizing sports betting in Georgia. Lawmakers introduced legislation in 2020 that would have authorized sports betting, but it failed to progress before the session came to a close. Gambling Laws for the state of Georgia do not permit legalized casino gambling. However, the law does allow offshore gambling by means of casino boats. There are currently two of these casino boats in operation in Georgia. Georgia’s overall position concerning gambling is luke warm at best. Engaging in illegal gambling constitutes a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 and up to 12 months in jail. The minimum gambling age in Georgia is 18. Most gambling-related matters are covered by the Georgia Code, section 16-12-20 et seq. Online gambling is nowadays one of the favorite hot topics available on the internet. There are some laws, rules, and regulations for these online casinos and gambling. This online casino and gambling are not legal in all countries. So, you should know if your country allows online casinos and gambling or not. If it provides, you can start gambling. Georgia gambling laws make most betting and gambling illegal. Residents may not possess slots or video poker machines. Home poker games are legal but only if a rake is not taken from the pot or an entry fee demanded. Poker tournaments that offer prizes may not have a buy-in. Bingo is only permitted for charities that register with the state. All revenue must be declared. Bingo may not have prize pools higher than $1,500 in a day or $3,000 in a week. Laws for Online Gambling and Factors that Present an Influence. The online gambling laws by country are shaped by various religious, political, and economic factors. As it was pointed out in the previous paragraph, some countries base their belief and perception of what online gambling is on their deeply rooted religious beliefs. If convicted of gambling in Georgia, a resident may be found guilty of a misdemeanor which can lead to up to twelve months in jail. This is the lowest tier of punishment in the state system. If there is good news to gleam from the Georgia gambling laws, it’s that they no longer seem to be heavily enforced. While gambling is technically against the law within the state, there have been no cases of arrests made of otherwise honest residents who happened to place a bet or a wager. The simple truth is that Georgia has some of the strictest and most absolute laws against gambling in the United States. Obviously, these laws extend to casinos, poker, and sports betting in Georgia. There’s even a prohibition on horse racing and dog racing – which is something of a rarity, even in prohibitive states.

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