Archive for 2020

WUHAN CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Queen Elizabeth speaks. She’s seen some stuff.

SUPER GAFFE-O-MATIC ’76: Joe Biden is racking up Pinocchios briskly during the pandemic. Biden has “collected a total of eleven Pinocchios from the Washington Post in just the past few weeks. When it wasn’t Biden himself ‘misspeaking’ it was one of his aides. And these were all completely avoidable errors on the part of Biden’s team.”

EMBRACE THE HEALING POWER OF “AND:”

UPDATE (FROM GLENN): I honestly didn’t think the NeverTrumpers could get any more disconnected from reality. But they have. It’s truly pathetic.

NEW ORLEANS HAS HIGHEST CORONAVIRUS DEATH RATE OF ALL HARD-HIT AREAS IN US, DATA SHOWS.

Anita Lee of the New Orleans Sun Herald, the author of the above piece tweets, “This story is getting traction today, although I’ve had angry emails about poverty and #COVID19 severity in #NOLA being unrelated. It’s Mardi Gras, they say.”

Earlier: New Orleans is an epicenter of coronavirus. Mardi Gras could be to blame, doctors say.

UPDATE: Coronavirus death rate for New Orleans is double that of New York City.

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A SERIOUS PERSON WOULDN’T LIMIT HIMSELF TO A FRACTION OF THE PLAUSIBLE CANDIDATES: Evaluating the Biden Veepstakes: “Before the coronavirus threat, Biden’s biggest decision was between a moderate choice who would shore up the party’s weaknesses in the Midwest or excite the base, or a more historic, progressive pick. Now his only consideration should be finding someone who is prepared to be president and is capable of demonstrating competence at a time of crisis.” Biden should revoke his stupid promise to choose a woman. With Biden an obviously-declining 77 and a major public health crisis afoot, there is no good reason beyond insipid identity politics to limit oneself to the small pool of women who have the experience to competently take over the presidency on Day 1. Our complicit media has consistently praised Biden for doing so, instead of questioning why an elderly presidential candidate should be dismissing eighty percent or so of the plausible candidates out-of-hand. And if I were Biden, you know who would be looking intriguing to me right now? Bill Gates.