A certain extent and to a large extent as warriors. Their warriors we cant keep our country close we have to put our country. Warriors yes we are all of us we are soldiers and love fights in the great war against. Wages who exactly are we fighting or more importantly what exactly are we fighting for are we fighting the virus that threatens us are we fighting for the health and safety of our friends and loved ones well my friends the president and sort of those questions as well take it away donald i created with a lot of other very talented people and the people of our country the greatest economy in the history of of the world the best numbers weve ever had the best stuff markets i think we had 144 days of wreckage stock markets and then one day they said we have to close our country but now its time to open it up. Yes my Friends America will be opening up soon not for the ideals of liberty and freedom definitely not for safety your health or its own but the greater good of wall street and the one percent and of course mr trumps impending reelection we cant forget that we are fighting for that too thats why we are warriors well if you look at how america treats its soldiers and veterans i think the more apt word to use in this new war would be cannon fodder because as g 8 here writes in the nation the botched Pandemic Response resembles americas failed wars in vietnam and iraq not just an inept attitude but in terms of injustice as those as with those wars there is no real shared sacrifice that is so very very true you see like always the poor and working class americans the nurses the m. T. A. Workers the meat packers theyll face the real wrath of this pandemic while the elite president bone spurs and nancy pelosi are super expensive ice cream they get to sit this one out and their yachts and mansions as they make their donors money off of your heart and sacrifices and putting your own butt on the line and i think that is why we are here today watching the hawks. And they see. Letters like. This you always see a. Great city this least systemic dissent says so. So youll. Welcome ramona watching the entire robot and im obese across you know maze of theyre using a lot of war language to describe americas response to this virus hear the president call us all warriors were warriors you know fighting to reopen america so wall street can make money then i think it i think there are a few people put forward a very interesting. Scenario on this of well if or if were going to use war language then we should start looking at people who failed the United States as war criminals people like people like you know the politicians who stand up and have allowed 70000 of us to die i like it its a way of turning at the its a way of turning this whole thing on its head because what President Trump is trying to do is create this sense of patriotism among americans if youre fighting against an invader if youre fighting against someone some someone or something that is trying to destroy the United States theres a rally around the flag that comes with that and have Congress People having Congress People to stand up to showcase that this theres another side of that and to paint that picture as well i think is going to help many people to be able to wade through this dichotomy that the president himself set up yeah because look no one is saying that we shouldnt be you know fighting for our rights and liberties and no ones saying that we shouldnt be fighting and doing everything we can to stay healthy and safe as a country but theres slight couching of life in order to maintain order within this fight youve got to be good soldiers and sacrifice a few to because well whats the cause of all wall street wall street only you know only 30 percent or so of americans actually have money in wall street that doesnt represent the whole the economy is not america i know its a popular thing to say but capitalism isnt what made this country great absolutely and wall street doesnt care about the death toll and you know and weve seen that there is no theres no you know remorse from them as it relates to the thousands of americans who potentially lives are at stake right now and will be if we open up without having the precautions necessary we know that we dont have a vaccine thats probably years out actually we know that we are able to Contact Trace were not able to do it effectively and there are many states that are trying to create their own Contact Tracing teams but even thats going to take a while and its a long time before were out of the dark on this but you know you know who is also i would include in the you know. Pontificating on who are considered a war criminal you know people who profit off of the. And sorrow of others United Airlines announced that they would be cutting 15000. 00 airport staff and baggage handlers hours from 40 to 30 hours a week this comes after the u. S. Treasury gave United Airlines part of the corona a coronavirus aid relief and Economic Security or carriers always love those names. They gave the airline 5000000000. 00 of us tax dollars but now suddenly theyre cutting down hours of their staff. And they can get away with it because the conditions for accepting federal support stated that airlines have to retain their staff at the same pay rates but didnt mention how many hours they could work being go and you know the private sector is very shrill when it comes to things like this and they know that they cant let those individuals go because they will be a violation of the terms of the money that they agreed to get however they can reduce these hours and everything is extremely fine there is no Penalty Associated with that at all does it hurt the employees absolutely but this is something that we should have seen coming it should have actually been a part of aig there shouldve been a clause in there that eliminated that being a practice as well because weve seen this time and time again if you tell someone that they cant fire people they wont do it however they will put them in a very studious position but we will never see those clauses why because of lobbyists and guess who is next on the docket to steal taxpayer money during the covert pandemic leaf airing of the intercept is now reporting that here on k. Street in washington d. C. Or lobbyists have stepped up a campaign to make sure professional influence peddlers are eligible for taxpayer funds the push also includes a demand for an additional 25000000000. 00 for canceled events and other laws revenue from the coronavirus pandemic yes my friends now lobbyists want our tax dollars the same ones that they steal from us for whoever is paying them i mean its just getting a degree we have to bail out lobbyists no i love the term professional influence peddler and is that the what they are doing a lobbyist will always find. Way to crawl from under some rock and take money it doesnt matter what situation it is they will find that way they have been part and parcel of creating a lot of the legislation that has hurt people just simply those in times of trouble specifically those when it came to trying to get money to you know get Affordable Housing and things like that lobbyist have not been the friends of the American Public who are an extremely long time and right now they found just another way where they end up with money in their pockets while everyone else is struggling and so the great great great lets bail them out today theyre not able to you know influence washington to have those big luxurious parties where they can whine and died and see a vote for this bill because it helps all of this small little sector of the population ill leave it with this just to get your reaction to this according to the Washington Post caterpillar Stanley Black and decker pretty household names levi strauss the jeans maker Office FurnitureCompany Steelcase and yes the World Wrestling entertainment have paid out a combined 700000000 in cash dividends to shareholders while at the same time shattering operations and laying off employees during this covert 19 pandemic that says a lot that theyre paying off shareholders weve been laying people off. Follow the money. People are eager to go back to normal whatever that is code 19 drastically change the way we do business and manage our daily lives everything from church and shopping to school and the way we work has been up ended and not everyone is happy for weeks now parents have been pseudo homeschooling their kids as primary secondary and collegiate schools are shut down though they are doing their level best the stress of being a working parent and a 1000000000 teacher is taking its course Remote Learning was supposed to be the answer but its wrought with problems like it in a classroom engagement can be monitored teachers can adjust and bring flair and excitement to the coursework Student Learning styles can be adapted to. But those far remote learners havent seen these types of opportunities through learning the other big issue is one of access low income and minority students tend to fare worse in Remote Learning environments these students dont have a hard time because of education with bench deficiencies but because of barriers like a lack of personal computer well why yes in 2020 the Digital Divide is widening the push to get kids back in the classroom is being led by districts across america with educators fearful that more time out who was in a brain drain and students falling behind but not everyone is suffering from the pandemic changes in fact more employers are considering making permanent work from home positions yeah it took over 19 for c. E. O. s to learn that folks can be productive without sitting in a Traditional Office space or being micromanaged shocker. Nationwide the insurance giant recently announced a work model allowing the majority of their locations to continue working from home this move also saves businesses and corporations big bucks as they pull out of rural contracts and say goodbye to high rise buildings the move will spell trouble for commercial real estate but flexibility savings and transportation costs and more peace of mind for workers this is one of the most interesting kind of contrasts to come out of what weve been dealing with over the last few months is that you have you know big businesses are realizing that like you said a brilliantly the people can work from home and they can be productive in their work just as hard as whether theyre in a cubicle or sitting at the kitchen counter. But then also see the contrast of them education falling off you know that the Remote Learning is just failing miserably where you know what you know what what is it about the current design of Remote Learning groups thats not working with Jim Spigelman swimmers with a few things the current design of Remote Learning didnt take into consideration 2 of the largest groups of students one being those students who have special needs and special education coursework those students are going to require a lot more on the on the front end when it comes to different adaptations for their learning be it whether they are whether they have 2 or more teachers more Information Available to them how many times a day are they possibly logging in are they getting the are they getting the appropriate types of instructional materials things like that in addition to education as a 2nd language learners those learners for the most part many districts were already having some issues in the classroom themselves because you didnt have enough teachers to facilitate what was facilitate things that would meet their needs thats also not happening online in addition to that there is no way of monitoring how long these students are spending on any given assignment or online and the parents themselves arent necessarily trained in monitoring or being able to answer several of the questions you and i talked about this earlier specifically when it comes to math and common core neither one of us were doing common cause. Math. And recent studies show that even harvard graduates cannot do common core math these are some of the most brilliant students and Brilliant Minds in the country they cant figure it out either so the expectation that a parent who is a working parent is also able to sit down and do this with their children when it wasnt something they punctually did at all or had to do is also causing it i can imagine plus im glad that you brought to the element of the Digital Divide the you know we are a lot of people take for granted that everyone has access to the internet these days but the Digital Divide is a major important piece of why whats the trouble with Remote Learning and why its not quite working right now exactly and kurz across rule and urban areas so we take into consideration those who are from low income households but in addition to that a lot of students who are minority students and students who live in areas that just did not have access to internet or dont have a laptop at home i think that because were in the era of 2020 and because so many people have social media or have social media at the moment there is a notion that there isnt a Digital Divide right now we have over 800000 households in metropolitan new york alone that dont have access while were talking about new york city if were move down to places like kansas nebraska go to mississippi you have whole swaths of the state where there is no Internet Access there are schools that dont have Internet Access themselves the kind of. Makes that argument you know the we need that should be a public utility like somehow you know make it safe to the government just cant Read Everything that we do want to i dont want that but at the end of the bay the internet the internet should be treated like electricity at this point no no i absolutely agree and its something that i know that there are different corporations that are working towards trying to make that happen this should have speeded it up a bit but we havent seen it all right everybody as we go to break remember that you can also store watching the hawks on demand to bring your portable t. V. Up available on smartphones through google play on the you have a web store by searching portable t v. You can stream us at portable t. V. Up on apple t. V. On a lot of portable t. V. Coming up we delve into 2 stories the mainstream Corporate News media has been afraid to begin to be cohosts of by any means necessary jacki look when and sean black will stay true to what you will. Join me every thursday on the alec simon sure and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im show business ill see that. Time after time corporations repeat the same mantra sustainability its very important to accelerate the transition to sustainable transport sustainability stay number man a more equitable and sustainable well. They claim their production is completely hamas. It. Companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away and this is Something Else just as he wants any minute i mean look. This is the moon and you listen to me do me man im stunned then we understood superman in. Imax keyser one more of my guide to financial survival this is fun its a device used by professional scallywags to earn money. Thats right these hedge funds are simply not accountable and were just adding more and more to them. Totally destabilize the Global Economy you need to protect yourself. And in florida guys are. All right welcome back as we cross over the middle of the week and had towards the weekend with news stories breaking left right and center we thought it was important to bring you some added perspective on 2 of the biggest news stories of the spring the mainstream Corporate Media has barely given any kind of indepth coverage to at least until recently. Sordo. The 1st of course has been the accusations of Sexual Assault misconduct made by former Us Senate Aide tara reid against the current democratic nominee for president former Vice President joe biden for months not only of the Mainstream Media of Major Political figures conveniently ignored reids claims but in many cases outright get to outright attacked her or marginalized her for making them in the 1st place but on monday of this week i on a presley the massachusetts democrat are currently elected to the u. S. House of representatives penned a blog post on medium declaring quote we are in the throes of an election of the greatest consequence i reject the false choice that my party and our nominee cant address the allegations at hand and defeat the occupant of the white house the 2nd story that has not seen its fair share of proper coverage an indepth analysis has clearly been the rise of nationwide protests calling for rent strikes and mortgage relief started just before april and they are now again considerable stream as we head into the middle of may and into june both these stories deserve time in the news media spotlight because both will have an effect on your foreseeable future one concerns your home t