It is also responsible for many of the chronic pneumonias "chronic lungers" in cattle. The other thing that makes it different is that it is pretty opportunistic and requires longer treatment that most common bacteria to kill it. What makes it different that most bacterial infections is that it is a really weird bacteria - it doesn't have a cell wall like most bacteria - so you can't use antibiotics that work by disrupting the cell wall - ie penicillin, the cephalosporins (Naxcel etc) Although it has been around for decades and there are different kinds of Mycoplasma that infect different species including humans it has become more common id cattle - both beef and dairy over the last couple of decades. I first ran into it in the 90s - dairy calves in hutches with droopy ears and head tilt - turns out it was Mycoplasma from discarded milk fed to calves. the future.Fluffer - this is how I think of Mycoplasma And as Bill Clinton said when he won the presidency, every election is about the past vs. ¦ She's considered a creature of the establishment in an anti-establishment time. Six of 10 Americans have issues with her trustworthiness. Why did Hillary Clinton have so much trouble in the Democratic nomination for president? She should have put away a Vermont democratic socialist long ago.īut as Jeff Greenfield wrote in Politico, Clinton has three political problems: Bush in 2004 had higher unfavorable ratings than their opponents but still won. No other presidential candidate since 1992 passed 50 percent on the unpopularity scale.īeing unpopular isn't a death knell, though.īoth President Barack Obama in 2012 and president George W. Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are more unpopular than any of the candidates in the last 10 presidential races, reported The New York Times. This presidential race is likely to turn more than usual on character and temperament. Jack Kemp did a good job of showing that both his heart and mind were on the side of opportunity for all. There are strong reasons for Republicans to persuade African-Americans that their votes should not be taken for granted. Goldwater swept deep South states, a first for a Republican. Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater voted against the Civil Rights Act. One turning point came with the Civil Rights Act of the mid-1960s.Ī total of 80 percent of Republicans in Congress voted for the bill, less than 70 percent of Democrats did.īut as the Guardian noted, a better comparison is not political party but region.Ī total of 90 percent of members of Congress from states in the Union voted for the Civil Rights Act, just 10 percent of members of Congress from states of the former Confederacy voted for it. After all, it's the party of President Abraham Lincoln. Some readers wonder why the Republican Party lost so many African-American voters.
President Barack Obama's executive actions are being challenged in court regarding the Affordable Care Act, immigration and climate change.īut when it comes to the sheer numbers of his executive orders, Obama has produced the least of recent two-term presidents. It reminded some journalistic veterans of the Nixon administration.Ī survey of White House reporters by Politico showed that Obama was rated the "least press friendly" president since Ronald Reagan by a landslide. His administration used the Espionage Act to prosecute whistleblowers. His "Insider Threat Program" turned government employees into snitches.
The last person who should be lecturing journalists is the president.īarack Obama gave the keynote speech in March at Syracuse University for the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting.Īs Jack Shafer wrote in Politico, Obama's administration has set a new record for stonewalling on Freedom of Information requests. Our political leaders need to be listening and taking action. In short, people have legitimate reason to be angry. These changes have been "stunning," Murray writes. Millions of manufacturing jobs went overseas while immigrants took many construction trades jobs. ¦ Real family income of people in the bottom half of the income scale haven't increased since the late 1960s. ¦ The share of these men who are married dropped from 86 percent in 1968 to 52 percent in 2015.
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