LOUISIANA ISSUES STATEWIDE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER TO COMBAT CORONAVIRUS SPREAD: “Louisiana ranks third in per capita cases behind New York and Washington State. As of the time of [Gov. Edwards’ Sunday afternoon] press conference, state labs had tested 1,385 people and commercial labs had made 2,113 tests. Louisiana has 837 confirmed cases, 20 confirmed deaths in 36 of Louisiana’s 64 parishes, though most are in the New Orleans metro area.”
Archive for 2020
March 22, 2020
YOU’RE DEFINITELY GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: The Top 10 Lies About President Trump’s Response to the Coronavirus.
WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Dan Parker Aims to Be World’s Fastest Blind Man in Corvette at 201 MPH.
HE’S HAD A ROUGH YEAR OR TWO: Rand Paul becomes first known senator to test positive for coronavirus. Paul tweeted that he “is feeling fine and is in quarantine.” Get well soon, Senator.
NEVER LET A CRISIS GO TO WASTE: Democrats Refusing to Support $2 Trillion Stimulus Bill Unless it Includes a Bailout for Planned Parenthood.
THIS WILL SLOW THE RATE AT WHICH THEY FALL BEHIND SCHEDULE AND GO OVER BUDGET: NASA suspends work on Moon rocket due to virus.
CORONAVIRUS: Globalization is the first casualty. “The suddenness with which this has happened is also stunning. The globalists who excoriated Trump as a racist xenophobe might have to face the fact that events have been proving him right: we do need to make America great again. It’s not academic, it’s not just a campaign slogan. It’s a reality staring us in the face.”
THIS IS TRUE AND HAS BEEN KNOWN FOREVER — CHECK OUT SQUARE FOOT GARDENING — BUT WE’RE AWASH IN FOOD ALREADY: Even Tiny City Gardens Could Provide Us With Tons of Fresh Produce, UK Study Shows. Then again, the UK may want to be more food-self-sufficient in the future.
TENNESSEE’S GOV. BILL LEE SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER MANDATING ALTERNATIVE BUSINESS MODELS FOR RESTAURANTS AND GYMS, LIFTS ALCOHOL REGULATIONS. “Our goal is to keep the public, especially vulnerable populations, safe while doing everything possible to keep Tennesseans in a financially stable position.”
WHAT DO WE WANT? CHEMTRAILS! WHEN DO WE WANT THEM? NOW! Study: Seeding atmosphere with sulfur dioxide may reduce global warming.
STANDING UP: Columbia University President Lee Bollinger deserves great credit for taking a stand in a time where inmates are running the asylum. Most universities — as we all know — have gone off the deep end in cowering and catering to the puerile whims of youngsters. (Oberlin College ring a bell?)
One of the most awful examples has been the BDS movement on campuses. You want more Ilhan Omars? This is how you get more Ilhan Omars. From Bollinger’s earlier statement:
“I plead with everyone on our campus to be careful and vigilant against legitimate debate turning into anger, then to hatred and demonization, and invidious discrimination,” he said.
Disclosure: He also penned of the foreword for the upcoming fifth edition of my book, so I’m both biased and proud.
LUXURY BELIEFS: The hidden bigotry of crossword puzzles.
(Classical reference in headline.)
WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT: Islamic ‘Hygiene’ Prevents COVID-19? That’s the Claim Muslims Around the World Are Making.
OUT: TRUMP’S A DICTATOR WHO’S GOING TO DECLARE MARTIAL LAW!!!! IN: WHY HASN’T TRUMP DECLARED MARTIAL LAW YET????
KATHY SHAIDLE ON THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW:
The mastermind behind Rocky Horror, and the original Riff-Raff, Richard O’Brien, has long labeled himself “third sex.” If anyone can claim original gangsta trans cred, it’s him.
And yet, here he is:
“I agree with Germaine Greer and Barry Humphries,” he said recently. “You can’t be a woman [just because you’ve had a sex change].
“You’re in the middle and there’s nothing wrong with that. I certainly wouldn’t have the wedding tackle taken off.
“That is a huge jump and I have all the sympathy in the world for anyone who does it,” O’Brien added.
“But you aren’t a woman.”
Read the whole thing.
GOOD MOVE, AND I HOPE IT SETS A PRECEDENT: Kroger offering full sick pay, cash bonus to employees working during COVID-19 crisis. Grocery workers are frontline soldiers in this.