STOPPED CLOCK: Islamic Scholar Who Called Wuhan Virus “God’s Punishment” Gets Infected.

AT AMAZON, Katadyn Hiker Pro Transparent Water Filter, Lightweight, Compact Design for Personal or Small Group Camping, Backpacking or Emergency Preparedness.

LOSIN’ IT: Joe Biden Appears to Forget What Office He’s Running for (Again) During Victory Speech.

IF YOU WANT PEOPLE TO STAY HOME WHEN THEY’RE SICK, THIS IS PROBABLY NECESSARY: Kentucky bill requiring paid sick days filed in response to coronavirus outbreak. I was talking to one of the employees at the UT Law School’s “Sidebar Cafe” who was worried that if we went online-only after Spring Break she’d be out of work, which would be disastrous. For hourly people, things are often pretty close to the bone, and expecting them to take two weeks off without pay is expecting a lot.

QUESTION ASKED AND ANSWERED:

● Shot: ‘Can Greeks Become Germans?’

—Headline, Thomas Friedman, the New York Times, July 19, 2011.

● Chaser: Vowing to keep border open, Turkey’s Erdogan compares Greeks to Nazis.

— Headline, France 24, today.

HEADLINES FROM 1986: Amnesty for illegal immigrants won’t win Trump the Latino vote.

A LITTLE LATE, BUT WHATEVER: WHO Declares Coronavirus A Pandemic.

STEPHEN MOORE & JOHN TAMNY: Trump Is Right: Michael Milken Is a Hero, Not a Criminal.

DEVELOPING: Bernie Sanders to Address Nation After Losing Big to Joe Biden.

Updates to follow shortly.

NEW SOCIALIST “IT GIRL” LAMENTS SOCIALISM NOT SPREADING FAST ENOUGH: AOC Laments Biden Wins on Super Tuesday II: ‘Tonight Is a Tough Night.’

Related: New Socialist “It Girl” Sees Racism Everywhere: ‘Straight-up racism’: AOC rips lack of business at Chinese restaurants over coronavirus concerns.

BECAUSE OF COURSE THEY ARE: Feminist Groups Silent on Arnold’s Sexist Slam on Melania Trump.

WOMAN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY CARVING ‘WHITE PRIDE’ INTO SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF TENNESSEE BUSINESS:

Law enforcement in Johnson City, Tennessee, responded this week to a possible hate crime. Someone carved the words ‘white pride’ into the sidewalk in front of a black-owned gym. Ultimately, a suspect was arrested.

Oddly enough, the person who was arrested is a woman of color.

Related: Mississippi man who reported racist graffiti on vehicles charged with insurance fraud.

HARSH, BUT FAIR:

But sucking up to powerful men is what Kamala does. And it generally pays off for her.

I DUNNO, I EXPECTED A LOT: Coronavirus Impact On Imports Bigger Than Expected.

JUST THINK OF THE MEDIA AS DEMOCRATIC PARTY OPERATIVES WITH LAVALIERES, AND IT ALL MAKES SENSE: Major Networks Caught Blatantly Editing Out Biden Threatening Autoworker.

Evergreen:

Related: Autoworker who confronted Joe Biden about gun control: He ‘went off the deep end.’

DISPATCHES FROM THE MOST SCANDAL-FREE ADMINISTRATION IN HISTORY: Former Obama Official Indicted on Alleged Theft and Fraud Charges.

TOP. MEN. Alleged Vault 7 leaker trial finale: Want to know the CIA’s password for its top-secret hacking tools? 123ABCdef. Tales of terrible security, poor compartmentalization, and more, emerge from the Schulte hearings.

We’ve built these multibillion dollar agencies, but they’re composed of the same loser drones as the rest of the government, only with bigger egos and less supervision.

#WEINSTEINDIDNTKILLHIMSELF: Harvey Weinstein Is Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison.

Flashbacks:

● Harvey Weinstein recorded robocall for Mike Bloomberg’s 2005 mayoral bid.

● Michelle Obama: “Harvey Weinstein Is A Wonderful Human Being And A Good Friend.”

● Epstein posed with Weinstein and dressed as Navy SEAL for Prince Andrew’s daughter’s birthday bash.

● “Hollywood Is a Sex-Grooming Gang.”

● “Hollywood has the best moral compass,” said Harvey Weinstein.

● Hillary Clinton: Harvey Weinstein ‘contributed to every Democrat’s campaign.’

My local vet really needs to get a jump on updating his signage.

GEORGE KORDA: Randy Boyd says transparency is key to Tennesseans seeing UT.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Elon Musk: Graduating from a college ‘not needed,’ ‘they’re not for learning.’

CUE THE WORLD’S SMALLEST VIOLIN: AOC Laments Biden Wins on Super Tuesday II: ‘Tonight Is a Tough Night.’

HOW BAD ARE THINGS IN IRAN? Coronavirus: 77 of 165 Bahrain citizens evacuated from Iran test positive.

MY WIFE THANKS YOU IN ADVANCE, JOE, FOR THAT KIMBER SHE’S GETTING FOR HER BIRTHDAY: Nobody Sells Guns Better Than Democrats Running For President.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. Coronavirus shows Donald Trump was right all this time about China.

Donald Trump has been insisting for years that our country has been too economically dependent on China, so it is sad that it took a global public health crisis to prove he was right all this time. When he began imposing strategic tariffs on China in response to its long history of abusive trade practices, the liberals all of a sudden became free trade fundamentalists, predicting that this new “trade war” would harm the American economy because we have relied so heavily on cheap Chinese imports for so many years. Instead, it was the Chinese economy that took a hard hit, while our economy at home surged to its strongest performance in half a century.

What happened? The answer is simple. Just as manufacturers had once moved their factories to China to take advantage of cheap labor, weak regulations, and lower tariffs on exports to developed economies, these companies are now fleeing China for other countries that offer similar business advantages without all of the political baggage from Beijing.

The coronavirus outbreak around the world could dramatically accelerate the manufacturing exodus from China, as companies begin to recognize the perils of giving the authoritarian country so much power over their supply chains.

Not “merely” authoritarian, but also with some worrisomely Third World health practices.