STEPHEN GREEN IS Drunkblogging Super Tuesday the Lesser. “I keep hoping for Thunderdome, but I keep getting crabby old guys who think they have a shot at becoming the next President of the United States. Still, it’s a big night.”
Archive for 2020
March 10, 2020
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: UK Health minister Nadine Dorries tests positive.
China’s leader tours center of coronavirus epidemic, signaling confidence.
Pence: Major health insurers have agreed to waive copays for coronavirus tests.
Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden cancel Cleveland rallies over coronavirus concerns.
Stop Comparing the New Coronavirus to the Flu. Weird, it was fine until Trump did it.
Coronavirus Concerns Prompt Mass. Schools To Have Attendance, Closure Relief.
Pence outlines new coronavirus measures.
2 RSA Conference Attendees Test Positive For Coronavirus.
IU to suspend in-person classes, teach remotely following spring break amid coronavirus outbreak.
Texas A&M pushing back classes until March 18th amid Coronavirus concerns.
Ohio University suspends in-person instruction while school officials monitor coronavirus outbreak.
UT students petition to cancel classes amid coronavirus outbreak.
Berea College suspends instruction in response to coronavirus.
Coronavirus: Rutgers University will switch to remote classes after spring break.
Educators scramble to bring classes to the cloud as coronavirus shuts schools.
MGM Resorts to close buffets at multiple Las Vegas Strip locations amid coronavirus outbreak. Shit just got real.
Walmart Enacts Emergency Leave Policy Due to Coronavirus.
NOTE: For some reason there’s been a lot of nastiness in the comments to these updates. Disagree all you want, but if you can’t do it without being nasty, either go away or I’ll ban you. I’ve never had to post a notice like this before, and I notice that most of the nastiness seems to come from commenters I don’t recognize, which will just make it easier to ban people.
MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: Drunkblogging Super Tuesday the Lesser.
Plus live results from our partners at DecisionDesk HQ.
WELL, OKAY THEN: Snctm’s LA & NYC orgies thrusting onwards in face of coronavirus.
MY USA TODAY COLUMN: Coronavirus closings: There are substantial benefits to not dilly-dallying around. “In short, we face a variant of the old medical adage that in the early stage, diseases are easy to treat but hard to diagnose, while in the later stages they are easy to diagnose but hard to treat. Right now, things aren’t bad enough to make closing the obvious action. The trouble is, by the time things get that bad, it’ll be too late for closing to do as much good.”
WHO PROFITS? Who Benefits from COVID-19 Panic.
The Dow closed up 1167 points today, after the “OMG crash permanent recession” drop yesterday.
Who made money on that?
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CORONAVIRUS CASES JUMP IN MASSACHUSETTS, GOV. CHARLIE BAKER DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY. Fifty-one new cases were reported on Tuesday.
BLESSED ARE THE CHEESEMAKERS: Forget Kraft Singles: North American cheesemaking is thriving.
WELL SURE, THAT’S WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO THINK: Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones arrested for DWI in Travis County, TX.
MY NEAREST GUNSHOP/RANGE IS NEARLY 15 MINUTES AWAY. I FEEL LIKE I LIVE IN ONE OF THOSE DREADED AMMO DESERTS: Does the Second Amendment Mean You Have a Right to a Gun Shop Near You?
MY USA TODAY COLUMN: Coronavirus closings: There are substantial benefits to not dilly-dallying around. “In short, we face a variant of the old medical adage that in the early stage, diseases are easy to treat but hard to diagnose, while in the later stages they are easy to diagnose but hard to treat. Right now, things aren’t bad enough to make closing the obvious action. The trouble is, by the time things get that bad, it’ll be too late for closing to do as much good.”
SHE KNOWS WHO HER FRIENDS ARE: Rep. Tlaib Pictured Wearing T-Shirt that Wipes Israel Off the Map.
WEIRD, THAT’S NOT THE NARRATIVE: Gallup: Approval of U.S. Congressional Republicans Tops Democrats. “More Americans approve of the job congressional Republicans are doing than of congressional Democrats’ performance — 40% vs. 35%. The rating for Republicans in Congress has risen six percentage points since late October, before the impeachment of President Donald Trump in the U.S. House of Representatives. Over the same period, congressional Democrats’ approval rating has edged down three points and disapproval has climbed five points, from 57% to 62%.”
LED ZEPPELIN WINS ‘STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN’ COPYRIGHT CASE:
In a 9-2 decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said lead singer Robert Plant’s and guitarist Jimmy Page’s 1971 rock anthem did not infringe “Taurus,” written by guitarist Randy Wolfe of the band Spirit.
“The trial and appeal process has been a long climb up the ‘Stairway to Heaven,’” Circuit Judge Margaret McKeown wrote for the majority.
Wolfe, who performed as Randy California, drowned in 1997, but a trustee for his estate sought damages potentially reaching millions of dollars.
“Obviously, the court got it wrong,” the trustee’s lawyer, Francis Malofiy, said in an interview. “This is a big loss for creators, those who copyright laws are meant to protect.” Malofiy said he may appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Or, perhaps the court got it right:
CHANGE: New York Gov. Cuomo deploys National Guard to New Rochelle, establishes containment center to stem coronavirus. This sounds like a quarantine camp from the headline, but it sounds more like a command post and testing center.
AMERICA’S LONGEST WAR: U.S. starts partial pullout of troops from Afghanistan.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: What to Know About ‘Social Distancing.’
SUPER GAFFE-O-MATIC ’76: Sky News Host Marvels At Biden Gaffe Montage: “Not Enough Popcorn In The World” For Biden-Trump Debate.
