Trump administration paid millions for test tubes, got unusable mini soda bottles
Since May, the Trump administration has paid a fledgling Texas company $7.3 million for test tubes needed in tracking the spread of the coronavirus nationwide.
But, instead of the standard vials, Fillakit LLC has supplied plastic tubes made for bottling soda, which state health officials say are unusable.
The state officials say that these “preforms,” which are designed to be expanded with heat and pressure into 2-liter soda bottles, don’t fit the racks used in laboratory analysis of test samples.
Even if the bottles were the right size, experts say, the company’s process likely contaminated the tubes and could yield false test results.
Fillakit employees, some not wearing masks, gathered the miniature soda bottles with snow shovels and dumped them into plastic bins before squirting saline into them, all in the open air, according to former employees and ProPublica’s observation of the company’s operations.
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The Fillakit deal shows the perils of the Trump administration’s frantic hiring of first-time federal contractors with little scrutiny during the pandemic.
The federal government has awarded more than $2 billion tofirst-time contractors for work related to the coronavirus, a ProPublica analysis of purchasing data shows.
Many of those companies, like Fillakit, had no experience with medical supplies.
“…Lies, fully-spun half-truths, and outright falsehoods,”’
While the Trump ‘administration’ is also attempting to block the book because the information in the book is “Classified.”
So the Trump ‘administration’ considers Lies, fully-spun half-truths, and outright falsehoods" as Classified"
Which, pretty much by definition, isn’t classified information.
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Also, I expect to see our friends on the RW coming to the defense of John Bolton as not a ‘Traitor’…
…since the U.S. itself, isn’t engaged in a war with… John Bolton.
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has hit out at former National Security Advisor John Bolton, condemning the startling revelations in the latter’s book as “falsehoods” in a stubborn defense of President Donald Trump.
In a statement issued Thursday night, Pompeo dismissed Bolton’s book "The Room Where it Happened released on June 23.
The book accuses the secretary of state and one of Trump’s most vocal allies of undermining the president on foreign policy.
“I’ve not read the book, but from the excerpts I’ve seen published, John Bolton is spreading a number of lies, fully-spun half-truths, and outright falsehoods,” Pompeo said in his statement, titled: “I Was In The Room Too.”
“It is both sad and dangerous that John Bolton’s final public role is that of a traitor who damaged America by violating his sacred trust with its people,” Pompeo said. ✄
President Donald Trump defended Kim Jong Un’s 2018 response to former White House national security leader John Bolton’s strategy after comments he made about it angered the North Korean supreme leader.
“When Wacko John Bolton went on Deface the Nation and so stupidly said that he looked at the ‘Libyan Model’ for North Korea, all hell broke out.
Kim Jong Un, who we were getting along with very well, went “ballistic”, just like his missiles – and rightfully so," Trump tweeted Thursday.
“He didn’t want Bolton anywhere near him. Bolton’s dumbest of all statements set us back very badly with North Korea, even now.
I asked him, ‘what the hell were you thinking?’ He had no answer and just apologized. That was early on, I should have fired him right then & there!" the president added.
Day 57 of the Georgia Economic Recovery. The three great dystopic novels of the mid-20th century were 1984, Brave New World, and Atlas Shrugged. 1984 and Atlas described a world dominated by cult figures, Brave New World had a different take. Read a good analysis:
“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one…
Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance.
Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture…
In 1984 people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure.
In short, Orwell feared that what we fear will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we desire will ruin us.” (Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business)
braindead Premium Member over 4 years ago
More new ’normal:
“I did something good: I made Juneteenth very famous. It’s actually an important event, an important time. But nobody had ever heard of it.”
“Abraham Lincoln was a Republican. Did you know that? Not many people know that.”
“I told Stormy not to take a pregnancy test, so she wouldn’t be pregnant.”
RobinHood over 4 years ago
Garrett Morgan
Robert Flemming Jr
John A Burr
James A Adams
Joseph N Jackson
William Edward White
Dr Charles Drew
Granville T Woods
Henry Sampson
Augustus Jackson
Silly Season over 4 years ago
More “New Normal”
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Trump administration paid millions for test tubes, got unusable mini soda bottles
Since May, the Trump administration has paid a fledgling Texas company $7.3 million for test tubes needed in tracking the spread of the coronavirus nationwide.
But, instead of the standard vials, Fillakit LLC has supplied plastic tubes made for bottling soda, which state health officials say are unusable.
The state officials say that these “preforms,” which are designed to be expanded with heat and pressure into 2-liter soda bottles, don’t fit the racks used in laboratory analysis of test samples.
Even if the bottles were the right size, experts say, the company’s process likely contaminated the tubes and could yield false test results.
Fillakit employees, some not wearing masks, gathered the miniature soda bottles with snow shovels and dumped them into plastic bins before squirting saline into them, all in the open air, according to former employees and ProPublica’s observation of the company’s operations.
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The Fillakit deal shows the perils of the Trump administration’s frantic hiring of first-time federal contractors with little scrutiny during the pandemic.
The federal government has awarded more than $2 billion to first-time contractors for work related to the coronavirus, a ProPublica analysis of purchasing data shows.
Many of those companies, like Fillakit, had no experience with medical supplies.
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https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/trump-administration-paid-millions-for-test-tubes-got-unusable-mini-soda-bottles/
Silly Season over 4 years ago
More new normal….
The Defenestration of Trump hire, John Bolton.
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“…Lies, fully-spun half-truths, and outright falsehoods,”’
While the Trump ‘administration’ is also attempting to block the book because the information in the book is “Classified.”
So the Trump ‘administration’ considers Lies, fully-spun half-truths, and outright falsehoods" as Classified"
Which, pretty much by definition, isn’t classified information.
~
Also, I expect to see our friends on the RW coming to the defense of John Bolton as not a ‘Traitor’…
…since the U.S. itself, isn’t engaged in a war with… John Bolton.
~
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has hit out at former National Security Advisor John Bolton, condemning the startling revelations in the latter’s book as “falsehoods” in a stubborn defense of President Donald Trump.
In a statement issued Thursday night, Pompeo dismissed Bolton’s book "The Room Where it Happened released on June 23.
The book accuses the secretary of state and one of Trump’s most vocal allies of undermining the president on foreign policy.
“I’ve not read the book, but from the excerpts I’ve seen published, John Bolton is spreading a number of lies, fully-spun half-truths, and outright falsehoods,” Pompeo said in his statement, titled: “I Was In The Room Too.”
“It is both sad and dangerous that John Bolton’s final public role is that of a traitor who damaged America by violating his sacred trust with its people,” Pompeo said. ✄
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https://www.newsweek.com/mike-pompeo-blasts-traitor-john-bolton-north-korea-book-claim-1512078
Silly Season over 4 years ago
Oh my…..
Yet another example of “New Normal”
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Trump is agreeing with Kim Jong Un…
In regard to Trump hire, John Bolton….
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President Donald Trump defended Kim Jong Un’s 2018 response to former White House national security leader John Bolton’s strategy after comments he made about it angered the North Korean supreme leader.
“When Wacko John Bolton went on Deface the Nation and so stupidly said that he looked at the ‘Libyan Model’ for North Korea, all hell broke out.
Kim Jong Un, who we were getting along with very well, went “ballistic”, just like his missiles – and rightfully so," Trump tweeted Thursday.
“He didn’t want Bolton anywhere near him. Bolton’s dumbest of all statements set us back very badly with North Korea, even now.
I asked him, ‘what the hell were you thinking?’ He had no answer and just apologized. That was early on, I should have fired him right then & there!" the president added.
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https://www.newsweek.com/trump-defend-kim-bolton-strategy-1511877
jbmlaw01 over 4 years ago
Day 57 of the Georgia Economic Recovery. The three great dystopic novels of the mid-20th century were 1984, Brave New World, and Atlas Shrugged. 1984 and Atlas described a world dominated by cult figures, Brave New World had a different take. Read a good analysis:
“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one…
Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance.
Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture…
In 1984 people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure.
In short, Orwell feared that what we fear will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we desire will ruin us.” (Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business)
Silly Season over 4 years ago
Day 1246 of the Right Wing control of the Presidency, Supreme Court, and both Houses of Congress.
With a somewhat Left tilt for the House only, 535 Days ago.
Are you better off than you were on Jan 19, 2017?
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Jbm posts works of “Fiction”…
I’ve already posted just three examples of Trump Administration incompetence…
Which is the greater threat to the U.S.?
William Robbins Premium Member over 4 years ago
136 days til our next chance to grab the brass ring of normal.