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US Government Programs That Went Horribly Wrong
The government is necessary and most of the
time they should be trusted — at least (and especially) your local government. You need police, firefighters, and even bureaucrats
and tax collectors. However, sometimes the government makes it
hard for people to trust them. Whether through malice, or just plain incompetence,
sometimes the United States government's best laid plans and programs went horribly
wrong, and caused massive damage… or even deaths. In today's article, we will go over 10 programs
or agencies that have caused serious and lasting harm. 10. Smokey The Bear Helped Create More Massive
Wildfires Smokey the Bear is one of the most well known
mascots of all time, except instead of being the mascot for a major sports team, Smokey
is the mascot for United States natural parks, and all of US wildlife and forests in general. Smokey was conceived by the United States
government decades ago in order to spread awareness about the importance of putting
out your fires, especially old campfires and the sparks from your cigarettes. His famous line "Only YOU can prevent forest
fires" is catchy and known by many outside of States. However, despite the best intentions of the
government, Smokey the Bear has actually done a lot more harm than good at this point, and
with how much death and destruction recent wildfires have caused, the entire thing is
no laughing matter. Because the campaign worked a bit too well,
people became so obsessed with putting out tiny brush fires — even natural ones — that
not enough natural clearing was occurring. This meant that when a wildfire does start
now, it usually has way too much fuel to help it keep moving, whereas otherwise it might
have choked itself off because dry brush was regularly burned out naturally. 9. The Fast And Furious Scandal Ended Up Giving
More Guns To The Cartels Fast and the Furious was a scandal that caused
a lot of damage to the Obama administration's reputation, and especially to his attorney
general Eric Holder. The federal government knows the cartels often
come across the border, buy lots of guns, and then sneak them across the border again
to use in wars with other drug dealers and even their own government. Now, the United States government has long
tried to prevent this, but the Obama administration got another idea. They figured that if they knew this reliably
happened so much, instead of putting all efforts to stop it and get gun stores to be a bit
more vigilant, they actually decided to pull a trick on the cartels. They allowed a whole bunch of gun sales, with
the plan to track the guns so they could figure out where in Mexico (or elsewhere) they were
ending up, and who ultimately was using them. Now, this could have led to valuable intelligence,
and if they had managed to track the people down and get the guns back, it would have
been a successful operation. Unfortunately, it became a scandal after it
became public that the government had completely lost track of the guns, making the entire
operation a complete waste that just made the cartels more powerful. 8. The War On Drugs Is A Colossal Failure And
An Enormous Boondoggle The war on drugs was started back in the Nixon
era, and ramped up to even more of a fevered pitch during the Reagan years. In fact, Nancy Reagan, the First Lady at the
time, even made it her mission in life to go on a campaign against drugs, with her famous
slogan, "Just say no." (Something that basically never worked for
any teenager under peer pressure… ever). The idea was that if we put enough government
dollars into restrictive laws and prison sentences, cracked down hard on the gangs and on individual
dealers, and went all out against the drugs as if we are actually at war, we would make
a huge dent and get lots of people off drugs. However, the truth is that all the facts suggest
that the "War on Drugs" was a colossal waste of time and money. Despite all the arguably unfair prison sentences
for small drug offenses, the bigger issue is simply that the program has not been effective. Even though an incredible amount of time and
money has been spent, evidence shows that over the years, access to drugs has become
cheaper, the cartels and drug dealers are making more money, more people are doing drugs,
and the problem is actually getting worse. It doesn't help that legal drugs like opioids
helped create an entirely new black market for getting high and ruining your life. 7. The Housing Projects Cemented Segregation All the way back in the FDR years, the United
States of America saw a need for more low income housing for poor urban citizens — which
is often code for black people. Now, there were a lot of ways this could be
done, but the government did it really the wrong way entirely. Obviously, we don't know for sure what their
intentions were, but the effect was devastating for the black community, and helped codify
segregation permanently into the very infrastructure of the United States. The housing projects were all put in the same
city blocks, and were closely packed together. They were not spread out within different
zip codes throughout the big cities, as would make more sense, and none of them were built
in slightly wealthier zones, to help uplift the poor people coming to live in the projects. Instead, they chose more run-down parts of
the city, and closely packed the housing projects together. Because cities' tax revenues are based on
the riches of its citizens, small cities that have a lot of housing projects tend to have
very little money to fix anything, have nice schools, or even keep the city up. And because moving is so expensive, most people
born in the projects will simply never get out. 6. Poisoning People During Prohibition The prohibition era is a well known time from
America's history, and perhaps one of the biggest mistakes in modern history. It is well known that a huge new class of
drug cartels spawned due to prohibition, and it didn't even work. The federal government was annoyed that people
kept finding ways to flout their decree, and wanted to force people to behave — or else. They devised a plan to teach people that alcohol
WAS bad for them, even if they didn't think so, and even if they had to put bad stuff
in alcohol that wasn't usually in it. So, they figured if they poisoned a bunch
of bootleg alcohol, people would get sick stop drinking due to the dangers. They poisoned a bunch of alcohol from industrial
sources and denatured it, making it unsafe to drink; then, they just waited, knowing
the bootleggers usually used those sources. Tens of thousands got sick and thousands died,
at least according to most estimates. The government did not admit until later what
they did, and it is hard to know for sure just how many hospital stays and deaths were
caused by this irresponsible and deadly action by the United States government. 5. FEMA Keeps Failing At Basic Disaster Management
Over And Over Again FEMA is the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
but mismanaging things seems to be their real purview. Back in the Bush years, FEMA was called out
for their terrible response to Hurricane Katrina, and many people still believe that with more
competent leadership at the top of the agency, more people and property could have been saved. More recently, FEMA made it into the news
because of its poor response to the crisis in Puerto Rico. FEMA brought a whole bunch of bottled water
(about a football field's worth all stacked up) and meant to distribute it to people in
need. Unfortunately, this huge supply of water,
instead of going to the people who needed it, rotted outside in the crazy heat, and
became completely unusable. Desperate locals were forced to carefully
ration their drinking water from springs and other sources instead, as the bottled water
could no longer be trusted as safe. Unfortunately, while the agency is necessary
and important, it needs leadership that is better at managing emergencies — with competent
leadership, so many more lives would be saved when disasters happen. 4. No Child Left Behind Left Our Children Worse
Off Than Ever Before Back in the Bush years, we had an update to
our current education plan that was dubbed "No Child Left Behind." For the most part, it was a continuation of
a previous policy with a few changes, but that didn't make it a good idea. The point of No Child Left Behind was to force
more standardized testing, and punish underperforming schools. The system was meant to encourage underperforming
schools to get their act together, and not fail to properly teach their students. However, an emphasis on a one size fits all
approach like standardized testing doesn't play to people's specific needs or the needs
of that community, and forces the teachers to mostly "teach for the test," which
can mean not emphasizing a lot of important knowledge. To make matters worse, No Child Left Behind
doesn't give any funding to help underperforming schools, which is what they really need. If a school isn't doing well, the vast majority
of the time the reason has to do with not having enough funds. If a school is punished for not doing well
enough, if anything they will only do even worse, and the system will continue to fail
our children and leave lots of them behind. 3. The Forced Busing Programs Were Done Clumsily
And Didn't Have Much Impact Recently in the Democratic presidential debates,
the candidates were talking about the busing programs meant to help integrate black children
into white public schools and vice versa. While the issue brought up a contentious debate
between the candidates and a couple of interesting soundbites, there is reason to believe the
program was not at all helpful (which may be why it was ultimately shut down). While some black students did get to benefit
from going to some nicer schools, it also caused some resentment for people sent to
schools far away from them that weren't as nice. The truth is that to fix our issues involving
schools, we need to make sure schools in poorer areas are properly funded, and aren't relying
on the tax revenue of their local city. Shifting a few students around doesn't change
the fact that a school underperforms because it has no funding, and only helps a few students,
and hurts others who are moved to the low income school. In the end, we have to fix the infrastructure
problems inherent in the system, or we are only assisting a few people here and there
— which does nothing to ameliorate the overall problem. 2. The Laws Regarding Service Animals Have Created
Massive Confusion Recently you may have seen debates on the
news about bringing service animals onboard flights, as well as the more dubious "emotional
support animals." Technically, all animals are "emotional
support" as that is the whole point of having a pet, and animals with that designation don't
usually go through any special training. However, the whole thing has become a nightmare
for hotel owners, airliners and many other businesses. The problem is how the law is worded. The ADA protects disabled people and ensures
that service animals are allowed to go with them because they need the animal — it is
essential. It's not a pet; it performs actual, hugely
importance services. However, emotional support animals are not
protected by the ADA at all. This has created a huge problem, and has been
a boon for scammers, due to the other part of the law. In order to ensure a blind person or someone
similar isn't turned away because they forgot some paperwork, you are not allowed to demand
proof of paperwork that an animal is a service animal. Now, you could probably get away with arguing
for exotic animals, as the bar for proof is sensibly higher, since they aren't really
trained. Several airlines seem to have legally gotten
away with turning away that kind of nonsense, so there is precedent for it. However, if you just own a cat or a dog, you
can claim it is a service animal (and not emotional support), maybe even put a harness
on it to make it seem more legit, and while they can ask you what kind of service it helps
you with, they are not allowed to ask for proof. The truth is that the law could use an update. It was made long before people had smartphones
or the internet, so if you forgot a document and someone demanded proof you could be in
real trouble. However, now, with a smartphone on hand, you
could easily present evidence in seconds. 1. MKUltra Failed To Produce Results, Apart From
Alleged Deaths MKUltra was an infamous government program
that started back in the 1950s, and was the government's attempt to find some kind of
useful mind control or other applications for war, and intelligence gathering. The program lasted for decades, and experimented
with everything from mind altering drugs like LSD, to various technological applications
for brainwashing or mind control. Many conspiracy theories have sprung from
the program about what they did learn, and some people think the government is regularly
using techniques from the project to control specific people or even the masses. However, the government claims that the project
was shuttered after decades of work because it simply didn't provide useful results. The experiments allegedly caused a handful
of deaths, as well as one by alleged suicide due to delusions from LSD exposure, and the
government subjected some inmates to experimentation — without their knowledge — to hallucinogens
like LSD. While these tests may have harmed some people,
it wasn't even worth it if what the government claims was true. They were unable to find a way to control
people's minds, and if anything just got a lot of people a lot more interested in checking
out that LSD stuff. And even if the conspiracy theorists are right
and they did learn something useful, drugging inmates against their will, and allegedly
causing the deaths of multiple people, makes the whole thing something less than a victory
for the federal government.
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Evan Czarovich
You can ask for proof, you cannot require proof as far as the service animalthing is concerned.
The Brocialist
Smokey the Bear: Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires!
Charmin Bears: We Love Shittin'!
WildBill22360
Environmentalist and PETA stopped the intentional burning and clearing of bush and brush to stop an animal from being hurt. Not the Smokey aid campaign. What a liberal crock. That is one huge factor in California especially near neighborhoods. So in the end, many mant more animals are killed because of the backfire. No pun intended.
Pat G
I feel like the mk ultra story is just the official story being repeated.
Irene Zimmerman
You can just print something off the internet? I have an emotional support animal for my mental health and I had to get something written up from my psychologist and other hoops to jump through and that was just to have it at my apartment. Here I could have just printed something off the internet? Wish I new that
mjncad
The scariest words spoken in the USA are, "Hi, I'm from the government and I'm here to help you."
rudiger891
Smokey The Bear came to Australia and became head of the Greens party
William Hutchinson
we need these agencies to protect, foster
& preserve the leadership during disasters, emergencies, shortages etc.
OlogE - Topic
That's crazy with The no child left behind act usually as little kids u don't understand these policies. I was a second grader back when it was implemented & I even knew it was a horrible educational economic financial tragedy
Kenneth Besig
The War on Drugs was lost the day the stupid and idiotic War was declared, better it would be to legalize and have the government license and sell the stuff, then use the revenue for rehab.
New Eden
2:35 …… you know the cia sells coke right
MadakiNomaroishi
Democrats have been wrong since they invented slavery 👌
PotChocolate
I lived in Louisiana during Katrina. I live in Oregon now, and people up here don't understand why I hate FEMA so much.
Paddy O'Furniture
Ask Ted Kaczynski how #1 worked out…
Mark12 Strang
1 "MK Ultra was useless"
This is what the government would say, if they managed to get useful results.
INSANE BARD
Do you have any idea how long it would take bottle water to rot? I love your videos your one of my favorites but you need to check your facts.
loxxxton poxxxton
USA! USA! USA! er no?
wooddog furniture
Think of the things they did/do that we don't even know about.
Spam Face
"the government is necessary"
First incorrect thing said in this video
It's taken 12 years for problems with statins to be even considered in the UK. "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." (Spock – Star Trek). Which is fine if you are not one of the few. I was and there are many, many more like me. There was no monitoring of side effects and even now the National Health Service seems to ignore them. You never spoke a truer word Mr Spock.
Juggalicious Memes
US Govt: we love freedom!
Also US Govt: lets round up all asian people because we're in war against japan
Cicely Smith
Is this a reupload? I could've sworn I seen this before. 🤔
Nostripe361
This was interesting. Hope you could do others. Like Britain.
This video was GREAT. You hit the nail on the head 10 times in a row! (I know that was cheesy but oh well lol)
Dr. Death Steve Williams ou#76
All government programs fail !
General Durandal
It's not that the Programs failed,
it's that the people working for the program, failed.
Stupid people are stupid, the job they work won't change that.
Saying no does work, as a teen I turned them down all the time till I graduated then I started smoked pot
Michael Hartwell
Always Chillin
Do the UK next
Susan Gruhlke
What about the Philadelphia program?!
Brian Test
In the works: Social Security. Aka, the largest pyramid scheme in history.
Manintheboxjunkie
6:00 yeah FEMA is the absolute worst.
patriot328
And to think some people want this government to run healthcare…..
Actually the large part of not requiring proof of service dogs has to do with the privacy of the disabled person.
Hugo Downs
What about the Tuskegee Experiment or any of the gov-collabs on eugenics with the Birch Society and others?
And it's fantastic that the government is – making Murica great again – they just forgot to flush the toilet after they drained the swamp into Washington.
Bryan McGucken
I was subbing in the early 2000s. Pretty much every teacher, especially the special education ones, detested NCLB.
Mike Hartley
Somebody used my tidbit about us (humans and firefighters) being the worst thing to happen to wildfires and forestry I mentioned in the comments the other day. Awesome!
Brock Still
MK Ultra did produce results. This channel sucks more than a 10 year old boy trapped in the vatican.
Zack Cobb
Most suck due to one thing, PERCEPTION. They need to hire an intelligent less fortunate person who currently lives the life of the people the program is supposed to aid. If the wealthy people running government could help the less fortunate, it wouldn't still be a losing battle in 2020.
SorasShadow1
"failed" doesn't even scratch the damn surface when it comes to aid for Puerto Rico
joe Duca
WRONG !!!!
I have always been saying no for all my life and it works
WRONG the big problem in schools is the teacher Union not money
It costs much less in private school and students learn MUCH more
Sondra Brasile
Flu shots are the new MK Ultra. (Not 100% serious but think about it!) plus, I homeschooled my kids through the No Child Left Behind era, that's why they're all successful 😏
Victoria Flewallen
ADA laws about service animals are a huge disaster for people with actual service animals too. I have a service dog that helps me with serious health problems and I wish the laws were more restrictive because fake service animals are everywhere. They are poorly behaved for being in public and they give business owners a bad taste for service animals overall. I'd gladly go through the extra steps that better laws would require if it meant fewer fakes out there.
Just say no may have failed.
Shoot talking to your kids about drugs doesn't always stop them from using either.
They will or they won't.
I have 5 kids and the first two used. When I was younger I told them don't do drugs they're bad for you (even though I had in my youth).
With my next three, I said, "you know what? They're fun. Super fun. Not gonna lie. Here's the problem as I see it…" and broke down my take.
THAT seems to have done the trick. They know they're missing something but they also know the possible consequences. I say possible because not everyone gets f'd up. However, I've never known anyone ~ and I know billionaires ~ many millionaires and a whole host of successful influential people, but I've never know anyone that reached their fullest potential while using. They may have done well smoking or snorting but always catapulted forward and increased whatever they were doing when they stopped ~ 100%.
So, you can use. Might be okay and even do pretty well but I don't want to know I could have been or done better but threw it away for a couple of weekends of partying.
Hector Orosco
Genius! Get a blind person to take out their smartphone and show people their documents for their service animal. I can't see anything wrong with this idea! Pun intended.
Jack H
America isn't ready to talk about the projects or the damage it's done to future generations, they put people of color down and then ask why can't they get up like they can
Donnie Darkly
My country's government can not even keep track of nuclear weapons in they're own country so how they thought up they're "plan" to track thousands of guns going across the border I'll never understand 🤔🤣
joey86bu1
Wait till they run healthcare.
Ganieda Morgan
Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment – and yes, I know you did a "today I found out" on this
Todd Dougherty
Now I have to look up "boondoggle" and put it in my daily life. Just to F with people.
Just say no was a joke. I remember going to assemblies at school for the DARE program and then smoking pot with my friends after school. Few took it seriously and it really only heightened the curiosity surrounding drugs and alcohol. We were told to just say no, but we asked why?
0dirty
This list is way too short
Are all of these Republican run programs? Legit asking for a friend
Ren Kiki
Because of 'no child left behind' instead of getting needed help for math, I was taken from Algebra 2 and put into 'computer math'. Which literally all we did was a crossword and turn that in. I needed one math credit to graduate and instead of helping me understand, the gave up on me. I work in a kitchen now. And I still have some issue with higher math. I did graduate college with an associate's in culinary. The professors were able to explain how to do the different sections of math in a way I understood. Still have trouble with anything above Algebra 2 though.
Chelsea Older
On June 5th-6th, 2010, in Lake Township outside of Toledo, Ohio, 4 Ef4 tornadoes touched down overnight. Two of them demolished homes, a church, the high school and damage to the elementary and middle schools, and crushed the main building that housed the police/fire/ambulance and 911 center. Not a single vehicle was spared. Police cars, SUVs, fire and rescue trucks, and every single school bus in the entire fleet. The other two touched down in the town of Millbury, Ohio, and went straight down Main St., demolishing homes and killing 7 people.
That same night, one tornado, an EF3, touched down in Dundee, Michigan. They had relatively minimal damage and no casualties.
FEMA granted Dundee with assistance and money. We in Lake Township received absolutely nothing. Because of that decision, homes half-standing, the shell of what used to be the high school, and other debris remained where it was throughout the summer, even into the next school year. It wad psychologically and emotionally devasting to see this day after day just driving down the road. You couldn't get around it, the tornado path followed alongside our State Route 795 that connected three suburbs to the interstate to drive into Toledo. For the first time in my life, I saw our divided political parties that represent Ohio agree about one fact and work together to try to get an appeal on the government's decision. No go. The school stood as was, through all of summer (and all the rain and storms), into the fall, and into the winter (where the snowpack began collapsing sunken rooftops left behind and floors that were exposed). I had to go into that building in the late summer to get photos for the insurance company. The insurance company finally caved and paid out 100% and the school debris was finally removed in May 2011.
EDIT: To anyone who isn't sure, NW Ohio is not and has never been included in "Tornado Alley", which consists of states in the Midwest which see multiple tornadoes yearly. These tornados, including the one in Dundee, were complete surpises, even throwing our meteorologists on air that evening off their balance. On WTOL 11, the head of meteorology was literally screaming on live television for people to take cover NOW, this was not a false alarm and this is not a small storm. The last time, before 2010, that an EF4 touched down anywhere in NW Ohio was 1919, and according to records, it was only on the ground for a maximum of two minutes.
jmurphy
We spend more money per student than almost all other countries. Throwing money around to solve our declining education system isn't working. There is plenty of reasons for failing schools, but generally, money isn't one of them.
Matthew Moser
Regarding the Puerto Rico crisis: I was working as a truck driver when a call was put out for drivers to volunteer to be sent to Puerto Rico to transport the necessary supplies. Like the video points out, there were actually far more supplies than actually needed, but they weren't being distributed. While there's all kind of theories as to why, the bottom line is that so many American truck drivers volunteered that some had to be turned away. The problem is that when they showed up, they basically weren't used. I know several drivers who were basically told "We'll call you when we need you."
Santino Alvarado
Does anyone know where Simon gets his shirts? I seriously want that one lol
Jim T. Pirate
How about Gaspode, the thinking brain dog?
He can talk his own way into venues. 😀
rickie campbell
First off.. Please explain to me why government is necessary.. Average people with titles by they're names telling other average people what to do?!.. Makes sense I guess lmfao.. Also the war on drugs lol.. Its laughable at best.. How were tax payers dollars and government programs supposed to stop drugs when the government were the ones originally pumping drugs into the country lol.. The war on drugs has always been a war on people period….
The Weird Kids
As far as I've heard, a lot of real service animals don't actually have documentation because it's just not a thing they come with. Don't hold me to that though.
Jacob Graham
Well where else are they going to put low income housing ?
Al Knight
Ok, so how about a video called Top Ten UK programs that failed miserably?
Easy for us the audience to criticize programs, perhaps we put all this creative energy that point out failure into suggesting real ideas that could help.
steve owensby
The Tuskegee experiments should definitely have been on this list
Scarlet Holly
Government agency that caused massive damage or death? Why isn't the presidency on this list?
No one should trust American politicians especially democrats or commies whatever you want to call them
Val D
>the government is necessary
jonny5777
I'm confused by your accent, seems put on.
TheDizzleHawke
Don't always just say no. Sometimes no means maybe or perhaps.
I see so many support animals in airports….it's a huge loophole.
Princess Linda M Williams Morris
The GOVERMENT is not any of those people they work for the people of the u.s. The u.s. Government Is aid family's with dependent children, child suport, the division of youth and family services, this is what they have done, sent infected blankets to native tribes that had smallpox in it, they built projects for African Americans, infected the air the food and the water with pesticides, brought guns, alcohol and marijuana into the United States in the early 1700s, made most of the Levies in New Orleans that fell apart, bought to planes to destroy the world trade centers, built infected trailers that were used in New Orleans that were infected with asbestos, gave cocaine to the fbi, and drugs and alcohol to the actors, and child actors, Record producers singers and even have been known to do experiments with LSD on the FBI, and apparently they have no regards for humanity, they have wanted you and all people to die, they hire people to kidnap children take them and put them countries and used as sex slaves, if you are reserving AFDC and they know your pregnant they well notify the Dyfs and after your child is born and take the infant away and you never see them agin, they select and choose what children to take and they have been doing this sense 1964, and really it's not up to fema in water conditions that happened in New Orleans it was the US Coast Guard's jurisdiction, they safe Guard the waters around land by the water, this should tell you a lot about the so called United states government contractors claiming to work for United States military. G
And to date there all over the planet.
David Anttila
The source of all these problems can summed up in a nutshell as follows…
Political favors for large donors…
Presidential elect gets X amount of money from a person for a position…
Resulting in people with no idea about something in a position they shouldn't be in…
TotalRookie_LV
Force more spending, punish for not complying, yet do not provide any funding. Sounds exactly like Putin's Russia (specifically his "May decrees"), but turns out, Bush junior was just as dumb.
Obi Wan Cannabi
all MK ultra achieved was giving us Fox news..
Mike Ruff
Starts out with a lie right off the bat.
But the list is right, at least.
Randy Lunn
You left off Lyndon Johnson's " Great Society" and the other welfare programs that have locked millions of individuals, families and generations into systemic poverty. Individual motivation and self-worth are crushed over time. There is no requirement for education, job training, job searching or counseling. Those who check in rarely check out.
inzelique
Please do a series like this for other countries too.
PanzerDave
When schools fail, it is rarely due to a lack of funds. Lack of standards, parents who don't care or are absent and other similar issues are almost always the issue.
Annie Branwen
Fema has been collecting body bags , that is best at, they would be the last place you would want to go to in an emergency
reggiep75
If there's a 'War on _______' you know the US government will utilise it to cause more war!
alfr1
As Obama kept saying, the FAST and FURIOUS GUNS for the CARTELS was originally a BUSH program, like the giving of billions to huge massively rich corporations, so they wouldn't have to re-organize themselves, that he simply "Continued". The only difference was that Bush's people worked WITH the Mexican government, and put electronic trackers into the few guns they did release. No, Obama and Holder refused to do those , and many did figure it was just a way to try to get Federal Troops into the (NOW Much more armed) violent border states so the "Government" could take over control of everything in those states that had voted against Obama so loudly.
Daniel Lehr
Screw emotional support animals. Screw anyone who tries to bring a peacock on a plane. Or someone who tries to bring a pig into a restaurant. It's gotten so far out of hand.
Christian leontsinis
Trust the gobermant
Black Dog Bones
Ahhh yes, the true buffoonery of too much Government. Need I say more?
Austin Seibly
All of them
dgr8zod
Simon, I hate to break it to you, but throwing money at education does NOTHING to improve it. What would improve it, would be the ability to fire "educators" that don't. The problem there is the unions. You can't fire them, as they have tenure, and the more they have, the more the unions are in your face.
Michael Rohrbacker
Fema also can't just go into an area. One of the problems was that the Gov and Mayor were not asking for aid until later
Agnieszka Gill
War on Drugs is still ongoing.
Galen Baker
in conclusion, taxation is theft and the private sector does it better
Markle2k
1.) All the talking points used to blame liberals in Kalifornia/Kommiefornia for the recent wildfires. Telling people to be careful of where they throw their cigarette butts and to put out their campfires responsibly is not to blame for the policy of suppressing all fires. In reality, the policy developed over a century following some horrific wildfires that killed many. It came under question when Yellowstone caught fire in the late 1980s. Now, controlled burns and other fuel management strategies are used to prevent fires from reaching the canopy. When you hear somebody say that a fire is because environmentalist won't allow controlled burns, you know that person is lying or is ignorant of reality because they are just repeating some nonsense they were told.
2.) Fast and Furious was an operation specific to the Arizona office of the ATF and was part of an ongoing practice that had started in 2005. It was not "an Obama administration idea." Here, the agents and the Arizona US Attorney stuffed it up. Especially the US Attorney who had not sought indictments requested. The right has been using this as a cudgel to beat up two black guys allowed to have power (Holder and Obama) into 2017.
5.) You may notice a pattern here. Republicans tend to treat the FEMA directorship like an ambassadorship to a glamorous post and hand them to political friends. It wasn't just Bush 43. His dad and Ronald Reagan did the same at the beginning of their terms as well. They just didn't get handed a city with breached seawalls and dikes. Democrats have hired disaster management experts. Clinton even made it a Cabinet-level post. Notice how much better Hurricane Sandy was handled in 2012.
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Salmon teriyaki with seasonal mixed vegetables over rice. Jambalaya with cornbread and sautéed greens. Chicken vindaloo with mint yogurt sauce and papadums. Japanese dry curry with rice and boiled eggs.
More and more people have meals like this for lunch. They're fresh, healthy and balanced. They satisfy the belly and the heart. They make us pause, enjoy lunch (even if it's just for 10 minutes!) and feel refreshed. A meal like this feels like it was made with care, with attention to flavor, comfort and nourishment.
A meal like this deserves to look as good as it tastes, to be crisp and clean, not mushy or soggy or mashed together. The best way to bring these homemade lunches to work or school are to take them in a lunch jar, like the Classic Stainless Lunch Jar (SL-XD20) by Zojirushi. The Classic Stainless Lunch Jar is perfect for transporting gourmet lunches, and has some remarkable features. The outer container is made of durable 18/8 grade stainless steel with superior vacuum insulation, which keeps food hot or cold for up to six hours. The jar also has three generously sized inner containers – one for a side dish, one for a main dish, and one for soup. The main dish container has an insulated lid that prevents room temperature items placed above it from becoming heated or chilled, while the soup and main dish containers are kept hot or cold by the insulated jar! Each inner container is microwaveable and BPA-free. The jar also comes with chopsticks, chopsticks case, and a detachable carrying strap. You can find out more on our product page.
We've got great ideas about what to have for lunch. What are yours?
Have you ever been to a Japanese supermarket and gone to the kitchenware section? Maybe you were looking for chopsticks or a good knife or a bamboo mat to roll your own sushi? I'll bet you came across some strange looking paraphernalia that caught your eye, and you wondered, "what the heck is that for?" If you think some American kitchen gadgets are pretty strange, take a look at some of these inventions that were made specifically to do a task needed for Japanese cuisine. If you get serious about going Japanese, you gotta get one of these!
Rice Washer There's no way you would know that the device above is for washing rice if you saw this tool all by itself. The plastic helix-shaped whisk even unfolds so it can be washed thoroughly from the inside-out. Not only does it save chapped hands, it'll save your nails too, when faced with this almost daily chore in a typical Japanese household.
The Gyoza Press Homemade potstickers anyone? This clamp crimps the dough to make perfect little potstickers. Just lay the wafer-like dough on the press, fill with filling, and fold over. Beats making a lopsided one by hand, right?
Egg Molds Create animal shaped eggs for your kids' bento lunches! Boil an egg, place in mold when still hot, then close. Leave in cold water for a few minutes while your egg cools, and out pops a hard boiled egg bunny!
Fish Roaster This handheld grill is made to roast fish on your stove top, which many Japanese families do, instead of over a charcoal grill. It does a remarkably nice job–just keep your vent fan on high!
Donabe This earthenware pot is usually used to cook hot pot dinners on a hot plate at the dining table. These pots can be fairly expensive and very exquisite, especially the authentic Japanese ones handcrafted by artisans. They're as much a tabletop centerpiece as they are a cooking vessel. Here's a Chanko-nabe recipe from the Zojirushi site.
Omelet Pan This rectangular pan is used specifically to cook omelets in this shape. They are then rolled and sliced into the egg toppings for sushi.
Takoyaki Maker No, this does not cook eggs, even though it looks like it. Each cavity in this unique pan makes a ball of batter flavored with chunks of octopus, known as takoyaki, or octopus balls. The doughy snack is a favorite of Osaka.
Onigiri Mold In the old days, homemakers used to be adept at shaping rice balls into triangular shapes without the aid of a mold. My Mom used to make them this way, and the one advantage was that she would dust her hands with salt so she could flavor our onigiri. But you can't beat modern conveniences, can you?
Fish Scaler You may never find one of these in an American kitchen, but many home cooks scale and clean their own fish in Japan, where it is often bought whole and fresh at the market.
Okonomiyaki Spatulas These odd looking spatulas were created specifically for flipping okonomiyaki, sometimes known as Japanese style pancakes. Usually used in pairs so you can get underneath both sides of the pancake, you deftly flip the whole thing when one side is done cooking. Also used to slice it up into smaller pieces. You can find a Zojirushi recipe for okonomiyaki here.
Pickling Press Japanese pickles, known as tsukemono, used to be made in large ceramic pots. The vegetables, whether cucumbers or cabbage or eggplant or other, was placed in a pot with fermenting ingredients and pressed down by the weight of a heavy stone to get the excess liquid out. These modern presses are much easier and don't require heavy lifting.
Sukiyaki Pot Another tabletop favorite at Japanese households, especially when celebrating special occasions, is sukiyaki. This cast iron pot keeps the broth bubbling as it continuously cooks over the hot plate at the dining table. Try Zojirushi's sukiyaki recipe.
Bento Accessories You may think, "why do I need plastic grass?" but if you want to make authentic Japanese bento, you need plastic grass to separate the food inside your bento box. It's used to keep the flavors from mingling and as a decoration. The tiny disposable vials are for soy sauce. Look, little fishies!
Katsuobushi Shaver A carpentry tool in the kitchen? No, but close to it. Cooks who take their umami seriously might insist on shaving their own dried bonito, otherwise known as katsuobushi, a prime ingredient of soup stock and source of the savory 5th taste known as umami. Smoked and dried bonito can be bought in chunks, which is then shaved into flakes with this wooden planing tool; or you can simply buy it by the bag at a grocery store. Katsuobushi is an important ingredient in Japanese cooking; see how to make your own soup stock here.
Guess what? Almost all of these tools can be found at your local Asian supermarkets if you have one, and if you don't, I've seen them online too. Part of what makes cooking fun is getting to use all these gadgets, right?
Ah, summer! What a glorious time to be in and out of the kitchen! Seasonal ingredients are abundant and warm weather has us eating light all season long. We have as much fun hanging out on lazy weekends as we do eating, so why not make it that much better?
We have developed a product that takes all the fun and flavor of a summer roast, and condenses it down to the size of your countertop; saving you on space, smells and clean up! Our Fish Roaster (EF-VPC40) is the perfect tabletop appliance for creating quick and delicious roasted foods. From omega-3 packed fish to protein-rich chicken, pork, and beef—just throw them in the roaster and you're ready to go. Don't forget to add vegetables, too! Delicious roasted vegetables make the perfect summer side dish.
This product comes equipped with a platinum catalytic filter that will eliminate up to 90% of smoke and odor components by chemically decomposing them. There's no need to flip food thanks to a powerful 1,300-watt heating element on top and bottom, and the heat reflectors ensure a crisp finish. An extra wide roasting rack can accommodate large fish, meats, and vegetables up to 13-3/4" in width, and a stainless steel roasting rack will direct excess oils and fats away from foods. Simple disassembly means clean-up is a breeze as well!
Come check out our recipe page and discover what you can cook in this wonderful fish roaster. Make it your own and keep those summer vibes cookin' all year long!
Goya, or the bitter melon, is a favorite in Japan this time of year. With its pebbly surface and long green shape, it resembles a prickly cucumber or summer squash more than it does a cantaloupe or honeydew melon. Don't be fooled by its cute name, either. "Bitter melon" is not a playful title for the latest Jolly Rancher. This unusual fruit really is bitter.
So why is Goya so popular despite of its bitter flavor? Well, it's because these funny little fruits are packed with vitamins, minerals and healing properties that might just help you fight through the hot and humid summer in Japan. It's also believed that they may help improve your skin texture and digestion since they are high in Vitamin C and fiber. With that bitter taste, they are almost like a medicine!
Although you can find them pretty much in any supermarkets in Japan during this time of year, you can also grow them in your own back yard! With seeds purchased online, mulched soil and plenty of sunshine, these funny fruits will be abundant in no time.
Scared to try? Don't be! You can pair this ingredient with savory bold flavors like soy sauce, bonito flakes, and onion. You can also add it to a noodle or fried rice dish for an unusual treat. Be adventurous and let us know how you like this funky ingredient!
Katsuobushi or bonito flakes are a staple of the Japanese cuisine. These salty-smoky, light as a feather, umami packed flakes are often sliced so thin, they dance or wiggle on the surface of the dish. It is also the main ingredient in umami rich dashi stocks, a key ingredient in many Japanese dishes. The inimitable bold and slightly fishy notes of katsuobushi will add depth and complexity to any ingredient.
These days you can find a bag of bonito flakes in just about any Japanese/Asian supermarket for a few bucks. So why shave your own you ask? Well, you know the difference between freshly shaved Parmesan cheese and the kind that comes pre-shaved and lives on the shelf for eons? That's why!
Shaving your own katsuobushi requires a little bit of finesse, but will yield you a finished product that is so far superior to the pre-shaved ones in the bag that you will never want anything else. All you need is a block of dried katsuo (bonito) and a katsuobushi kezuri, or shaver.
product will be well worth your time! We found this beautiful video of a master at work here to help inspire you. Enjoy!
In Japan, our wind chimes are quiet, small and made of glass. First introduced to Japan by Chinese monks in ancient times, these chimes were originally used to watch the strength and direction of the wind. Their soft and peaceful sound was quickly given new meanings in Japan. Adopted by Japanese temples to ward off evil and keep people safe, they were hung on all four corners of the temples. It was said that if you hear the furin, no disgrace will occur.
These chimes were originally made of copper, later glass and today, even pottery. Over the centuries we have become more creative with the design of furin, making them in unusual shapes and sizes. You can even find branded furin with popular Japanese characters like Hello Kitty. Their peaceful sound and small size make them a favorite in Japanese homes and apartments, and help people relax during the hot summer months.


A Year of Indoor Air Quality!
As 2018 draws to a close, EPA's Indoor Environments Division reminds you to care for the quality of your indoor air. Use the images below to explore the topics and observances emphasized during the year.


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A browser based graphical user interface for the BiBiGrid project. (First working version)

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**Requirements:**

- Java
- Maven
- Node Package Manager (npm)

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**Quick installation guide:**

1. clone this repository
2. go to the ```/bibigrid-gui/src/main/resources/public``` subfolder
3. get all necessary packages & typings by running: ```npm install```
 - development features can be added with: ```npm install --only=dev``` after having run ```npm install```
4. go back to your root-clone folder
5. build your java-package using: ```mvn clean package ```

If all went well, you should now have a ```BiBiGrid-gui-0.1.0.jar``` file in your ```/bibigrid-gui/target``` folder.
Execute this file using: ```java -jar BiBiGrid-gui-0.1.0.jar```. A spring-boot server starts using port :8080 for communication.
Just type ```http://localhost:8080/``` into the address bar of your favorite browser and you are good to go!

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- Zenith Optimedia sees a 29 percent growth to $33.5 billion in online ad budgets for 2007 and 23 percent to $41.2 billion in 2008. Over the four year period 2006-2009, the organization predict an overall 82 percent increase for online advertising to 47.4 billion while all media growth for the period nets out to 13 percent growth.
- Sony and Nielsen hammering out a metrics method for online console gaming.
- Nokia has given Wieden + Kennedy the thankless job of handling it $300 million account just at Apple's iPhone is set to take over the world.
- Following the July 12 One Show Design Awards, the winners will be on display at the Chelsea Art Museum from July 13 to July 21. Viewing is open to the public or a fee.
While Candystand never built the carwash game we so generously recommended, we have to say they've been on top of things since the day they decided to push brands via advergames (it's a tough commitment to make).
In time for Wimbledon they serve us up some Match Point, a tennis game that, for its simplicity, is good fun to play.
Users can choose between a male and female character. Two clicks make a serve, and the ball is automatically hustled across the net when the player hovers close to it.
Gameplay is characteristically lag-free and we're working our way up from our first embarrassing love set. Booooo.
Interestingly, we couldn't quite remember what candy Match Point was pushing afterward, so we had to go back and check. Ohhh. Orbit White. The brand with the tennis-player-looking chick.
Fresh off the heat of that spiffy Vector game they recently put together, Candystand hits us with this Free Kick game that challenges you to bend it like a certain Posh-loving soccer player we know.
It's simple and okay to play but just not as WoW as the previous offering. Plus we had to download a plug-in which is always annoying.


The Seattle Seahawks are one of three teams that haven't used the franchise tag in the past eight years.
The streak may come to an end with defensive end Frank Clark reaching the end of his rookie contract after the best season of his career.
The window for applying the franchise tag opened on Tuesday, so here's a look at why that's the likely outcome for Clark, barring a last-minute extension, and what a tag would mean for the Seahawks and their top pass-rusher.
It isn't for a lack of trying that Clark remains without an extension. His agent, Erik Burkhardt, told ESPN.com in October he's had "several very productive and positive talks with the Seahawks." He said Clark loves Seattle and the team wants to keep him around. They've just differed on the price.
Burkhardt made it clear he considers Clark to be in the same class as Khalil Mack, DeMarcus Lawrence, Ezekiel Ansah and Jadeveon Clowney. Mack set the bar for pass-rushers with an extension that averages $23.5 million. Lawrence and Ansah are set for big paydays after playing on the $17.14 million franchise tag in 2018. So is Clowney, the first overall pick in 2014, who played last season on a fifth-year option.
While Burkhardt declined to discuss specifics of his talks with the Seahawks, one could read between the lines and assume the team looked to extend Clark last year while his value was more in the $14 million to $16 million range. Clark's side, which took out a loss-of-value insurance policy, hasn't been in any hurry to do a deal knowing that more money awaits.
"I don't care if those guys were high first-round picks," Burkhardt said of the aforementioned pass-rushers. "I don't mind being quoted saying I absolutely put Frank in that echelon with those guys, so I'm not going to sit here and do a deal early and then watch in March when those guys get $X million a year and Frank not be in that range. Why would we do that? I feel like I have just as good of a player, and I want to be very clear, that is not a knock on anybody. Frank is on that level, and I believe everybody around the league will tell you that as well."
Burkhardt pointed to Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins as an example of a player who bet on himself and won after playing on the tag.
"Frank and I are not scared of the franchise tag," he said. "That's going to come in at about $18 million next year for a D-end on a one-year, fully guaranteed deal. It's what Ansah and Lawrence have done. They get that top-of-the-market value for one year, and 12 months later will get their long-term deal as well. That's winning."
Kicker Olindo Mare remains the answer to an obscure Seahawks trivia question as the last player on whom they used the franchise tag. That was in 2010, the year coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider arrived.
According to ESPN Stats & Information, the Packers and Texans are the only other teams that have not used the tag since. But there's a simple explanation: The Seahawks haven't had a reason to.
The Seahawks who were good enough to command the franchise tag, and the top-of-the-market salary, all got early extensions. Richard Sherman, Earl Thomas, Russell Wilson, Bobby Wagner and Kam Chancellor were extended with a year remaining on each of their contracts, meaning it never got to the point of the Seahawks having to use the tag.
Golden Tate, Byron Maxwell, Bruce Irvin, Russell Okung, Sheldon Richardson and Jimmy Graham are some of the best players to leave the Seahawks as free agents under Carroll and Schneider. But among that group, only Graham signed a deal elsewhere that averaged anywhere close to what it would have cost the Seahawks to franchise him (and in Graham's case, it seems that both parties were ready to move on). Tagging any of the others would have meant overpaying to keep them.
Seahawks defensive end Frank Clark describes growing up in the violent neighborhood of Baldwin Villages of Los Angeles and the struggles his mom faced with drug addiction.
It's effectively a guaranteed one-year deal that would keep Clark from reaching free agency this offseason, making him one of the highest-paid pass-rushers for 2019 and buying time for the two sides to work out a long-term deal.
The tag for defensive ends is projected to be around $18 million; the exact figures are typically released during the scouting combine later this month. That would be a significant raise from the $944,000 Clark made in 2018.
Of the two types of tags, the non-exclusive tag is more common than its exclusive counterpart. The non-exclusive tag allows another team to sign a franchised player to an offer sheet. If the original team declines to match the offer sheet, it receives two first-round picks as compensation from the other team. That scenario almost certainly wouldn't come into play here, as no other team is going to part with two first-rounders to give Clark a top-of-the-market extension, especially with this year's draft considered to be rich with pass-rushers.
The Seahawks could still negotiate a long-term deal with Clark if they tag him with a deadline of July 15. Otherwise, they'd have to wait until next offseason. If Clark plays the 2019 season on the tag, the two sides would be in the same position this time next year. One difference: By rule, a second tag would cost 120 percent of the first.
The simple answer: A top-tier pass-rusher is one of the most valuable assets in the NFL.
Clark, who turns 26 in June, had a career-best 13 last season. (Clark was initially credited with 14 sacks before the league's official stats took one from Week 17, although he added another sack in Seattle's playoff game.) His 33 sacks since 2016 rank ninth in the league, and his 2,045 defensive snaps in that span are fewer than the eight players ahead of him, according to ESPN Stats & Information. Of the 21 players with at least 25 sacks since 2016, Clark's average of a sack every 63.9 snaps ranks seventh.
Interestingly, Clark's past two seasons weren't as spectacular in terms of ESPN's pass-rush win rate (PRWR), a metric that measures how often a pass-rusher beat his block within 2.5 seconds. His PRWR was 31 percent in 2016 and 22 percent in both 2017 and '18. That put Clark 36th among defensive ends and outside linebackers with at least 240 pass rushes last season.
One plausible explanation for the discrepancy, as posited by ESPN's Seth Walder, is Clark is simply very good at converting pressure into sacks. He also played through injuries to each of his elbows, among other ailments, last season and for the first time in his career didn't have Michael Bennett or Cliff Avril rushing off the other edge and taking some of the opponent's focus away.
At any rate, Clark is one of the NFL's most productive pass-rushers, and given that he's still in his mid-20s, his best football could be ahead of him.
Carroll is of the mind a team can never have enough pass-rushers. It's why the Seahawks drafted Clark in the second round in 2015 even though Bennett and Avril were still productive players who had recently been extended. It's impossible to imagine the Seahawks letting Clark get away now that they have less in the pass-rushing cupboard.
Carroll has made more than one mention of Seahawks' plan regarding Clark, indicating they would use the franchise tag if necessary.
"He had a great year," Carroll said after the season. "I've said to you tons of times, not only did he have a great year on the field, he had a terrific year developing off the field and has become really a complete factor on this team and a leader and all that. So we're hoping -- we plan on Frank being with us. We don't want to lose him, and so we've got to figure out how to do it."
Is a long-term deal still in play?
Yes. Teams can extend their own free agents before the start of free agency in March. The Seahawks could, in theory, skip the franchise tag, let Clark hit the open market and then re-sign him, although it likely would get a lot more expensive with other teams bidding. And as mentioned, the Seahawks could still extend Clark after tagging him, provided they do so before the July 15 deadline.
This is where the 120 percent rule comes into play. If the tag for defensive ends winds up at $18 million for 2019, a second tag would cost $21.6 million in 2020.
An agent in Burkhardt's situation would typically approach the possibility of an extension like this: If the alternative is playing out consecutive franchise tags worth a total of $39.6 million over two years, what sense would it make to accept an offer right now unless it has at least that much money guaranteed and an annual average of $19.8 million?
From the agent/player perspective, those figures become the benchmarks for a deal.


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Memory, Historic Injustice, and Responsibility
W. James Booth
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What is it to do justice to the absent victims of past injustice, given the distance that separates us from them? Grounded in political theory and guided by the literature on historical justice, W. James Booth restores the dead to their central place at the heart of our understanding of why and how to deal with past injustice. Testimonies and accounts from the race war in the United States, the Holocaust, post-apartheid South Africa, Argentina's Dirty War and the conflict in Northern Ireland help advance and defend Booth's claim that caring for the dead is a central part of addressing past injustice.
Memory, Historic Injustice, and Responsibility is an insightful and original book on the relationship of past and present in thinking about what it means to do justice. A valuable addition to the currently available literature on historical justice, the volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of political science, philosophy, history, and law.
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Home/Dog Kennel/Newbury COA Announces Retirement | North of Boston
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NEWBURY — Carol Larocque, the city's beleaguered animal control officer, announced earlier this week that she will step down in mid-October, according to City Manager Tracy Blais.
Her decision, conveyed to the select committee by Blais on Tuesday, comes less than two weeks after it was revealed that she and Rowley's animal control officer, Reed Wilson, were under investigation by the Essex County District Attorney's Office.
Blais, who added that Larocque's last day will be Oct. 16, said all animal control issues should be directed to the police department until further notice.
A spokesperson for the district attorney's office confirmed on September 19 that the couple were being investigated for the murder of a stray husky at a now-closed Rowley kennel.
Larocque is also Rowley's assistant animal control officer.
Rowley City Administrator Deborah Eagan said Thursday that Wilson and Larocque are still employed by the city.
The investigation into Wilson and Larocque began following statements made by Hydrant Regency owner April Bernhardt to police after he charged her with 40 counts of animal cruelty.
Court records show Rowley Police Sgt. Matthew Ziev learned Sept. 7 that a stray dog may have been euthanized with a gun at the now-closed Route 1 kennel. He asked Bernhardt if she knew anything about the claim and she said she did.
Around this time, and unbeknownst to Bernhardt, the two officers arrived at the kennel armed with what appeared to be rifles. Their arrival was filmed and Ziev was able to watch it.
"A few minutes later, April Bernhardt heard a gunshot, a dog barking and then a second shot. A Bernhardt indicated that it made her feel horrible and it was inhumane," Ziev wrote in his report.
When asked why she didn't call the police after the shooting, Bernhardt said it was because "it's the animal police."
Board chair Alicia Greco declined to comment on the matter on Thursday, saying it had nothing to do with Newbury.
Larocque is from Nashua, New Hampshire, and has been an animal control officer for over 40 years. She has worked in Wenham, Hamilton, Rowley and Newburyport, where she served for 14 years until the mid 2000s. She also helps cover Topsfield's animal control needs.
Dave Rogers is the editor of the Daily News in Newburyport. Email him at: [email protected] Follow him on Twitter @drogers41008.
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Top U.S. Airline CEOs Call to End Mask Mandates, International Testing Rules
Kyle Potter - March 24, 2022 March 24, 2022
The leaders of all the largest U.S. airlines united this week to call on President Joe Biden administration's to immediately end the federal mask mandate for air travel and repeal the longstanding rule requiring all travelers to get a negative COVID-19 test to fly to the U.S. from abroad.
Under the banner of industry trade group Airlines for America, chief executives from the nation's largest airlines – including Alaska, American, Delta, Hawaiian, JetBlue, Southwest, United, and several major cargo carriers – signed onto a Wednesday letter to Biden pleading their case to end what they called "a patchwork of now-outdated regulations." After applauding the Biden administration's handling of the pandemic, the executives argued that declining COVID-19 cases and the widespread availability of vaccines have made masking and international testing requirements unnecessary. And the CEOs stressed that its frontline airline employees like flight attendants are the ones tasked with enforcing those restrictions.
"Now is the time for the Administration to sunset federal transportation travel restrictions – including the international pre-departure testing requirement and the federal mask mandate – that are no longer aligned with the realities of the current epidemiological environment," the CEOs wrote in the letter on Wednesday. "We are requesting this action not only for the benefit the of the traveling public, but also for the thousands of airline employees charged with enforcing a patchwork of now-outdated regulations implemented in response to COVID-19."
You can read their full letter on Airlines for America's website.
There was no quick response from the Biden administration to Wednesday's letter, nor any signs that immediate action to lift or change travel restrictions was coming.
Earlier this month, the Biden administration extended the federal mask mandate in airplanes and airports by another month, out to at least April 18. In making that extension, federal agencies signaled the days of mandatory masking on planes may be coming to an end. But even as other countries from Canada to the United Kingdom drop pre-travel testing requirements for fully vaccinated travelers, the U.S. hasn't budged: Even fully vaccinated American citizens still must have a negative COVID-19 test taken no more than one calendar day before flying back to the U.S.
Wednesday's letter marks the shifting ground for airlines, which until now have stayed publicly quiet about pandemic travel policies surrounding. In a first for a major U.S. airline, Delta echoed the call to end travel restrictions with its own statement.
"Considering the improved public health metrics in the U.S. and medical advancements to prevent the worst outcomes of COVID-19, the federal mask mandate and pre-departure testing no longer fits with the current environment," CEO Ed Bastian said in a statement. "Current data and science show it's time to move from mandates to guidance and personal health choices."
As similar travel restrictions fade away across the globe, airlines are cranking up the pressure to follow suit at a tricky time. Public health officials have been warning about another possible increase in COVID-19 cases due to a subvariant of Omicron. The emergence of the Omicron variant last fall was what led Biden's administration to tighten international testing requirements, giving travelers just one calendar day to secure a negative test instead of the previous three-day window.
First implemented in January 2021 soon after Biden took office, that policy has kept international travel at bay throughout the pandemic even as countries reopened their borders to Americans. The stress of finding a test abroad – and, most importantly, the prospect of being forced to quarantine for a week or more in a foreign country – has scared many travelers off from a big international trip.
Data from Airlines for America shows that while domestic and travel is close to pre-pandemic levels, most international travel remains far off.
Fortunately, the U.S. has given travelers plenty of options to get a test by also allowing rapid antigen tests, including select at-home COVID test kits with a supervised telehealth appointment. But as other countries drop their own testing measures, the U.S. rules increasingly look out-of-step.
And airline CEOs stress out that even stricter testing measures failed to curb the spread of COVID-19 this winter, when the new Omicron variant caused the biggest spike in COVID-19 cases recorded throughout the pandemic.
"The U.S. inconsistency with these practices creates a competitive disadvantage for U.S. travel and tourism by placing an additional cost and burden on travel to the U.S. Further, many outbound travelers are not willing to risk being stranded overseas," the executives wrote.
Read more: When Will International Travel Testing Requirements End?
After a monthlong extension out to mid-April, the airlines argued that travelers should be allowed to choose whether to wear a mask – especially with higher quality masks more readily available than when the mask mandate was first implemented back in early 2021.
The airline executives pointed to the toll enforcing these measures has taken on frontline employees, who are typically charged with double-checking valid test results for international travelers and policing mask usage onboard flights – sometimes with poor results.
"It is critical to recognize that the burden of enforcing both the mask and pre-departure testing requirements has fallen on our employees for two years now," the airlines wrote. "This is not a function they are trained to perform and subjects them to daily challenges by frustrated customers."
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The logical thing to do is to end the mask mandate on planes and get rid of the testing requirement. The problem is that policies implemented by politicians are not always based on logic, but instead on what the politician believes will earn him or her the most votes in the next election. Here, the Biden administration apparently believes that its voters (perhaps the democratic base?) prefer more cautious COVID-theater type of policies that even if they don't work at least make people feel safe and make the politicians look like they are doing SOMETHING to combat COVID. I would wager that if we do not see a decent surge by April 18th, they will finally let it expire.
Brody says:
Here is the thing that really doesn't make any sense at all…beyond what is already happening. I have to go work in Canada for a week…if I fly in I have to have a negative Covid test (both to Canada and then to the US). But, if I drive across the border, I do not have to have one. So I can just drive back into the US and hop on a plane. This masking and testing needs to end. Covid is NEVER going away.


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