GOJIRA, GODZILLA, WHO CARES? COMING SOON TO WWF!  Giant Komodo dragons battle for dominance in wild video.

AND THE SECRET OF THEIR SUCCESS IS NOT BEING AS EXTREME LEFT AS THE REST OF THE MSM! WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS WILL SAY TO THE REST OF THE MEDIA? IS IT POSSIBLE THEY’RE LIVING IN AN ALTERNATE REALITY?  Fox News hits all-time prime-time ratings high.

Look, it’s not that they are particularly good. It’s that the rest of the field is so very, very bad.

OKAY, SURE, WE’VE ALL READ ABOUT FLORIDA MAN, BUT THIS SEEMS EXCESSIVE:  Florida woman arrested after leaving boyfriend to die in suitcase.

If you must date Florida Woman, remember to carry a small auger on your person. To punch holes in a suitcase, of course.

AND SPEAKING OF SANDERS: DO NOT WANT. ONE STAR. CONTAINS LIVE BOBCAT. WOULD NOT ORDER AGAIN:  Bernie the Red Part III: Democratic Socialism In Bernie’s Own Words.

SENSIBLE:  Let’s talk about coronavirus.

Look, guys, as with Ebola this coronavirus is almost certainly being spread by certain cultural practices.  What Bookworm calls “toilet hygiene” is completely different in much of the world. And we DO know some of the transmission is through fecal matter.

I will be honest, I and most of the people I talk to online have been sick (up and down) with never-get-well since early January. We were joking that we’re not sure this is not coronavirus, because it keeps returning.

It probably isn’t. But it could be. Not enough people have been tested to know where and if there’s community transmission.

What we do know, though, is that so far the deaths in the US are of people who contracted the virus abroad. If people are sick in the US, it’s manifesting as a series of very bad colds or a returning virus. We’ve had these before, at least in military towns. Remember early 2000s when they were sending contractors back from Iraq when they couldn’t treat them? Fun times. I don’t remember what year it was everything in Colorado Springs closed, including the churches and the schools. I don’t remember, because I was sick over and over again, each time a weaker attack, till it passed. But none of us died. It was just truly annoying.

There are other factors than cultural practices. For instance, the population of Wuhan was under stresses we can’t even imagine.

Our particular issue is how enmeshed we allowed our economy to become with theirs. It’s time to split the sheets. The sooner, the better.

Meanwhile take sensible precautions, work from home if you can, and wash your hands. Oh, and don’t panic over the stock market. Killing the economy will only elect Bernie who’ll turn us into what China is.

WE CANNOT PUT OUR TRUST OR DEPEND FOR SUPPLIES ON TOTALITARIAN REGIMES THAT MAKE UP NUMBERS OUT OF CLEAR AIR, CREATE GHOST CITIES AS SINKHOLES FOR “INVESTMENTS” AND ARE CREDIBLE ONLY TO THE LIKES OF BLOOMBERG. WE CANNOT. FREE TRADE IS A LOVELY CONCEPT, JUST LIKE MARRIAGE IS A LOVELY CONCEPT. BUT A MINIMUM OF TRUST MUST EXIST BETWEEN PARTNERS:  A Time For Black Swans.

BIDEN D-(MENTIA) IS AT IT AGAIN:  Biden Kills Half US Population With Gun Remark.

WOMAN TOO INCOMPETENT TO KEEP A DO-NOTHING JOB WITH A TV STATION DOES HER BEST TO HELP MOM AND DAD GIN UP PANIC OF A BUG THAT WILL BE A NOTHING BURGER IN THIS COUNTRY. BECAUSE AS THE DAUGHTER OF ONE OF THE PRESIDENTS WHO DID HIS BEST TO WRAP US AROUND THE NECK OF TOTALITARIAN REGIMES AND FLOOD OUR INDUSTRY WITH CHEAP FOREIGN WORKERS, SHE REALLY NEEDS YOU TO BELIEVE THIS IS ALL TRUMP’S FAULT:  Chelsea Clinton Rips Trump On Coronavirus.

Mark my words, in the US the mortality will be negligible, except perhaps in those cities which have become highly fecalized environments.  The impact will be economic. And let’s just say that the impact to the economy is not — repeat not — the fault of the president who tried to bring our industry back to America and minimize our exposure to the vagaries of corrupt and secretive regimes. That the open borders, let every undocumented person in who can crawl across the border, health care for illegals, send all our jobs abroad crowd is pointing fingers at Trump as the chickens come home to roost is….  Well, as good as convincing our children that the party of slavery and segregation was always on the side of victims.

Guys, we either fight the propaganda or we die from it. Your choice.

BEHOLD MY SHOCKED FACE:  ABC News Gets Caught Again By Project Veritas.

TURNS OUT LITTLE JOHNNY CAN’T WRITE HIS WAY OUT OF A PAPER BAG, BECAUSE HE’S BEING TAUGHT BY SEMI-LITERATE IDIOTS WHO — TO MAKE IT ALL BETTER — ARE WORKING TO GOVERNMENT SPECS. OF COURSE, TO THE NEW YORK TIMES WHY THINGS LIKE REFUSING TO TEACH GRAMMAR PRODUCES BAD WRITERS IS A COMPLETE MYSTERY:  The New York Times States The Obvious: A Literacy Fisk.

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HOW IT’S DONE: ‘Village People’ Shut Down Demands From Outrage Mob to Stop Trump Campaign’s Use of Their Music.

#JOURNALISM:

OPEN THREAD: Unburden yourself of all those unexpressed thoughts.

FEAR AND LOATHING AT THE KOROVA MILK BAR:

CORONAVIRUS: Trump outlines US response to coronavirus, puts Pence in charge of effort.

BECAUSE IT WORKS, AND BECAUSE THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES: Why the Left Calls Good People Racist. It doesn’t work as well as it used to, but there are still no significant consequences.

FLASHBACK: CDC multitasking hurts Ebola fight: Disease control shouldn’t extend to playground safety and occupational hazards.

A SMALL VICTORY FOR FREEDOM: Illinois House passes bill to tear down nearly 100 red-light cameras.

BUT NOT THE LAST: CDC confirms first possible ‘community spread’ coronavirus case in US. So a confirmed possible? Here’s what they mean by that:

The CDC doesn’t know exactly how the patient contracted the virus. The individual is a resident of Solano County and is receiving medical care in Sacramento County.

“At this time, the patient’s exposure is unknown,” the CDC said in a statement. “It’s possible this could be an instance of community spread of COVID-19, which would be the first time this has happened in the United States.”

Well, if this isn’t the first, the first is coming.

TRUMP’S PRESS CONFERENCE: “Most of this press conference is above politics, and his answer to this question is, ultimately, that we need to work together and be above politics, but Trump dives straight into politics at this point, and he’s blunt and, I think, very effective. He says Pelosi is ‘incompetent’ and ‘not thinking about the country.’ He points to the doctors on stage with him and says they are ‘the most talented people in the world’ and ‘they shouldn’t be demeaned.’ He says, Nancy Pelosi knows what she is saying is not true, ‘she’s trying to create a panic,’ and she’s ‘trying to get a political advantage’ when what is needed is for everyone to work together.”

Related: Trump Appoints Pence To Lead Government’s Coronavirus Response. Pence has been pretty effective in getting bureaucrats to do their jobs in the past.

UPDATE: A good review from Andy McCarthy:

Oh, he can. And he will if he thinks it’s the way to go. And he won’t if he doesn’t.

K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: Lesbian Feminist: It’s Time to Stop Trans Indoctrination in Public Schools.

WE KNOW, JOE, WE KNOW: “Biden: Sometimes I Wake Up and I Think It’s 1920 and Not 2020.”

Joe’s memories of 1929 are particularly strong:

WHISTLEBLOWER: Ex-FBI unit chief blows whistle on Comey, McCabe over warrantless spying: Retired agent says bureau’s Obama-era leaders ignored privacy, cost warnings, may have retained program for ‘political espionage.’

BUT OF COURSE: Harvey Weinstein recorded robocall for Mike Bloomberg’s 2005 mayoral bid.