L.A. Mayor Garcetti: Everyone Should Wear Masks When Out! (Hake News, Thur. 4/2/20)
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4/2/20 Thur. Hour 1
Gov. Gregg Abbott says Church is an essential service!
One pastor wants a Woodstock-style Easter service!
Chris, Jesse’s expert and social media guy, reacts to arrest of the pastor.
End of Hour 1, Thur, Apr 2, 2020
Stay tuned for Hour 2
NO Men’s Forum tonight —
(CNN) The Democratic convention is a little more than 100 days away. Joe Biden says it's difficult to imagine it will go on as planned, given coronavirus measures.
I saw a headline that Biden offered to talk to Trump or work with him on the coronavirus response. (USA Today) The President said he would “absolutely” take a call from former the Obama VP. “Oh sure, absolutely. I'd love to speak with him," Trump said at the White House coronavirus press briefing when asked if he would take the call. He added: "I always found him to be a nice guy." So their teams are supposedly arranging a phone call.
The Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti urged everyone to have their face covered when they’re out. I FORGOT MY BANDANA! (TIME Magazine) There are 4 million residents here in L.A. (It’s a weird looking city if you look at the map.) State health officials shied away from requiring a coverup. But not Eric! Homemade cloth masks, or even a “tucked-in bandanna,” will help reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus in the nation’s second-largest city and remind people to practice safe social distancing, Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday as he donned a black cloth mask to make his point. “I know this looks surreal,” Garcetti said. “We’re going to have to get used to seeing each other like this … This will be the look.”
But he urged people against using medical-grade masks, such as N95 or surgical masks, which are in short supply and needed for health care workers and first responders. Garcetti also said people should only use masks when they are going out to shop for food or perform other essential tasks.
Otherwise, stay home, the mayor said. “This isn’t an excuse to suddenly all go out,” Garcetti said. OK MOM!
(Drudge) The virus SPREADS 'JUST BY BREATHING'... (CNN) A prestigious scientific panel (PLEASE!) said coronavirus can be spread not just by sneezes or coughs, but also just by talking, or possibly even just breathing. Dr. Harvey Fineberg, chairman of a committee with the National Academy of Sciences, wrote a letter with these claims. So he said he’s gonna start wearing a mask or bandana or balaclava when he goes to the grocery store.
(Drudge) Residents snitch on businesses and neighbors amid shutdowns… REMINDS ME OF NORTH KOREA! (AP) — One Tulsa, Oklahoma, bar owner said more than a dozen motorcyclists showed up unannounced, but he served them a round of shots anyway to celebrate a birthday. Another live-streamed a drag queen show on Facebook while up to 20 people drank inside the locked bar, ignoring police when they knocked on the door. Both were busted — and received misdemeanor citations and court dates — after police responded to tips that the bars were violating the mayor’s order shuttering all nonessential businesses to help slow the spread of the coronavirus.
In hard-hit New York City, police arrested the owner of an illegal Brooklyn speakeasy where a dozen people were found drinking and gambling after someone called 311 with a tip.
They’re offering Rewards for reporting violators… WOW. EVIL! What are we, Nazi Germany? (CBS Los Angeles quotes the mayor) “You know the old expression about snitches, well in this case snitches get rewards,” Garcetti said. “We want to thank you for turning folks in and making sure we are all safe.” I DON’T KNOW IF HE ELABORATED ON WHAT TYPE OF REWARD OTHER THAN THANK YOU.
Four businesses have been referred to the city attorney’s office for misdemeanor filings.
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(Drudge) JOBLESS CLAIMS are at 6.6 MILLION — that’s double what it was before! (CNBC) This is according to the Labor Dept on Thursday (today). That brings the two-week total to about 10 million due to the coronavirus-induced economic shutdown. THANKS, DEMOCRATS!
Drudge asks: Why is New Orleans' coronavirus death rate 7 times New York's? Obesity is a factor… WHOA. You calling them FAT? (Reuters) - The coronavirus has been a far deadlier threat in New Orleans than the rest of the United States, with a per-capita death rate much higher than in New York City. Doctors, public health officials and available data say the Big Easy's high levels of obesity and related ailments may be part of the problem.
"We're just sicker," said Rebekah Gee, who until January was the Health Secretary for Louisiana and now heads up Louisiana State University's healthcare services division. "We already had tremendous healthcare disparities before this pandemic – one can only imagine they are being amplified now."
Along with New York and Seattle, New Orleans has emerged as one of the early U.S. hotspots for the coronavirus. The Louisiana city has a death rate seven times that of New York and ten times that of Seattle! Amazing. New Orleans residents suffer from obesity, diabetes and hypertension at rates higher than the national average, making them more VULNERABLE! Some 97% of those killed by COVID-19 in Louisiana had a preexisting condition, according to the state health department. Diabetes was seen in 40% of the deaths, obesity in 25%, chronic kidney disease in 23% and cardiac problems in 21%. Other parts of the South and Midwest also have high rates of obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. But New Orleans has lower quality hospitals.
(Drudge) DEFIANT: Louisiana Church Packed For Services Again Despite Charges Against Pastor… (CBS News) Buses and cars filled a Louisiana church parking lot for another service Tuesday evening as worshippers flocked to hear a Louisiana pastor who is facing misdemeanor charges for holding services despite a ban on gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic. HA! A few protesters turned out, too, including a man shouting through a bullhorn against those gathering at the Life Tabernacle Church in the city of Central, where pastor Tony Spell has been holding services. Another demonstrator held up a sign reading: "God don't like stupid." WOW.
NOTE This is a different story from the Florida pastor arrested after holding Sunday service during the pandemic.
CBS Baton Rouge affiliate WAFB-TV reported the service was jammed with hundreds of parishioners. WOW, TATTLE TALES! The station said there were also dozens of cars on hand to see if anyone stopped Spell from holding the service. HUH?
Afterward, people began leaving the church, some chatting outside the front doors, and many appearing to not be adhering to social distancing recommendations to remain at least six feet apart. Hugs and handshakes were shared freely as people said their goodbyes and departed. HA!
Hours earlier on Tuesday, Spell was issued a summons for holding services previously at the church in violation of the governor's order banning gatherings. "Come out, Tony. Come tell us why you're endangering people's lives," the man with the bullhorn shouted Tuesday evening, directing his words at the pastor. PSH!
"We are needy people. Our souls are lost," he said. "We need help, and the church is the salvation center of the soul, the sanctuary where we come together and meet."
Spell told CBS News that 1,265 people went to his church on Sunday, and he defended their assembly. "We have a constitutional right to congregate," Spell said in an email on Monday. "We will continue."
He said they disinfect the venue daily and even boasted that it's "cleaner" than open gas stations, Walmart and Sam's Club. Spell offered a "no comment" when asked whether his church was still collecting donations. He told CBS affiliate WAFB-TV that the coronavirus was "not a concern."
"The virus, we believe, is politically motivated," Spell told WAFB. "We hold our religious rights dear and we are going to assemble no matter what someone says."
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