After denying we’re in a recession, President Biden tests positive for Covid again
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🗓️ 1 August 2022
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President Biden declared last week that the US is not in a recession despite the Commerce Department reporting that the US economy shrank for two consecutive quarters—the technical definition of a recession. Biden also tested positive for Covid again. In The Daily Article for August 1, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers these news stories, including the recent deaths of NBA legend Bill Russell and the groundbreaking Black actress Nichelle Nichols, as a way to discuss how we tend to deal with death—by reframing it instead of facing it with the hope Jesus gives.
Author: Dr. Jim Denison
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Article podcast for Monday, August 1st, 2022. |
| 0:08.1 | I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:13.4 | President Biden declared last week that the U.S. economy is not in a recession. |
| 0:18.3 | However, the Commerce Department reported on Thursday that the U.S. economy |
| 0:22.3 | shrank for the second consecutive quarter, meeting the definition for a so-called |
| 0:27.0 | technical recession. Unsurprisingly, the president's critics took to the media on Friday to |
| 0:32.7 | lambast his unwillingness to admit the facts, while his supporters did the same to defend the positives |
| 0:38.4 | of the present economy, that's because the perceived health of the economy heading into |
| 0:43.2 | midterm elections is obviously a vital interest of both parties. In a postmodern culture |
| 0:48.7 | where truth is subjective and perception is reality, the battle to name and thus frame our financial health will continue. |
| 0:57.4 | In the midst of this debate, President Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again on Saturday in what his physician called a rebound case. |
| 1:07.7 | Dr. Kevin O'Connor added that the president has experienced no reemergence of symptoms |
| 1:13.1 | and continues to feel quite well. He continued to test positive again yesterday. The fact of presidential |
| 1:19.4 | mortality is not a partisan observation. President Trump contracted COVID-19. President George |
| 1:25.6 | W. Bush had pre-cancerous skin lesions removed from his face. |
| 1:29.9 | President Reagan narrowly survived an assassination attempt. A few years ago, I stood in the spot in |
| 1:35.5 | Washington, D.C., where he was shot and reflected on the fact that if a U.S. President can be |
| 1:40.8 | attacked, no one is truly safe. Basketball legend Bill Russell died yesterday, |
| 1:46.2 | as did groundbreaking black actress Nichols of the original Star Trek franchise. Pope Francis |
| 1:52.7 | acknowledged on Saturday that he can no longer travel as he used to and may one day retire. |
| 1:58.5 | At least 28 people have died in devastating floods in Kentucky as of this morning, with the total expected to rise. |
| 2:05.9 | The news reminds us daily that Shakespeare was right. |
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