[EdwinSm]

Didn't some have the signature line something like "It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it"?

Looking at the USA from afar it seems the the current mood is producing some conflicting values for the Republican Party. There is both a call to Make America "Great" and a call for Isolation [scrap treaties, bring the troops and the jobs back, build walls]. Maybe people should consider North Korea as a model- it is Isolated and in the minds of the ruling few it is Great, and nobody is allowed to say otherwise.

[Tanada]

American media is just so odd sometimes. As of Tuesday former President Clinton has been hospitalized for a septic urinary tract infection. American media has been so busy tripping over themselves declaring he does not have COVID-19 that they don't get around to saying what he does have. I finally found out what he has from European news reports.

Appears to be painful but not life threatening and if not for his age he would probably have been released within 24 hours.

[Newfie]

Plant,

Check post dates.

[Tanada]

Former President Bill Clinton released from the hospital

Former President Bill Clinton has been released from a California hospital where he was receiving treatment for a "non-COVID-related infection." Clinton, 75, had been at the hospital since Tuesday.

A spokesman for Clinton, Angel Urena, tweeted a statement from Dr. Alpesh N. Amin, who had been overseeing the team of doctors treating the former president at the University of California Irvine Medical Center .

"President Clinton was discharged from UC Irvine Medical Center today. His fever and white blood cell count are normalized and he will return home to New York to finish his course of antibiotics," the statement said.

Amin said doctors will continue to monitor Clinton's progress.

On Friday, President Biden told reporters he had spoken with Clinton about his health over the phone.

"I wanted to see how he was doing. He's doing fine. He really is," Biden said. "He's not in any serious condition."

The president added that he hoped to have lunch with Clinton soon.

LINKY