S.G. CHEAH: Why Modern Feminism Wants to Get Rid of the Family.

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Iran Has Far More Coronavirus Cases Than It Is Letting On: The surprising number of Iranian government officials succumbing to COVID-19 offers a hint that the disease is far more widespread than the official statistics indicate.

That’s probably true, though it’s also true that infectious diseases don’t spread geographically, but through networks, and the network of government officials may be unusually incestuous.

21st CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Should I Pause My Open Marriage Because of the Coronavirus?

YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update for March 9, 2020. “EVERYBODY DROPPED OUT, except Grandpa Simpson, Grandpa Commie, and…Hot Surfer Girl? It’s Clinton-Sanders II, except Biden isn’t as widely loathed and Hillary was only physically decrepit. It’s no longer a clown car, but I’m going to keep the name because, you know, tradition.”

HUH. MY MASERATI ONLY DOES 185. The Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut Can Do 330 MPH in Theory, But it Needs Space. ‘We asked if the Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds—a repurposed three-mile space-shuttle runway in Florida—would be suitable. ‘It’s perfect, apart that it’s not long enough. We can go maybe 85 percent of the car’s top speed there.’ Koenigsegg said. ‘The problem is when you start reaching your top speed, and you want to get your last 5-10 mph, they come very, very slowly while the car is flying forward and just consuming miles so quickly.'” Yes, when you’re going over 300 mph, you eat up pavement fast.

MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: MSNBC Scaremonger Claims Millions of Americans Could Die of COVID-19.

Spoiler Alert: I ran the numbers, and he’s wrong.

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WITH SURGING INFECTIONS, Italy Locks Down The Entire Country, Putting 60 Million Under Quarantine.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST: Social Distancing During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic and Lessons for Coronavirus Disease 2019. The Philadelphia vs. St. Louis graph is striking.

LESLIE EASTMAN: Infectious Disease Expert Warns of the Consequences of Needless Coronavirus Panic.

Plus, this narrative-buster: Gavin Newsom Praises Trump/Pence Response To Virus In California, ‘Every Single Thing They Said They Followed Thru On.’

UPDATE: But wait, there’s more narrative busting: WHO Chief Praises Trump for Leading Coronavirus Response From the Top.

“THE DEADLIEST WORDS FOR WORLD MARKETS ARE NOT ‘CORONAVIRUS’ AND ‘COVID-19’ BUT ‘DECADE-LONG BULL MARKET:” Market hysteria is not all down to coronavirus.

YOU GET ONE GUESS: Biden Shares Manipulated Video of Trump, but Guess Who Twitter Flags for Sharing ‘Manipulated Media’?

MORE EVIDENCE CHRISTIANITY ISN’T DECLINING IN U.S. AFTER ALL: Lots of dying mainline denominational churches are not necessarily evidence of a more general decline of Christianity among Americans, according to this interesting analysis in the Wall Street Journal. They’re being replaced with more vital congregations based on new models of church growth. Reminds me of how free markets reward innovation and punish obsolescence.

UPSIDES: As Coronavirus Hits Seattle, Drivers Find Silver Lining In Reduced Traffic.

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COME SEE THE VIOLENCE INHERENT IN THE LEFTISM: Coed Threatened with Violence by Peace-Loving Socialists.

Duffy says one commenter warned she should have to face “a brick wall,” which is clearly a euphemism for summary execution, something at which socialists excel. They also told her the she must “support a movement [socialism] that eliminates violence on a systemic level or face the consequences.”

I’ll let you try and wrap your head around that sentence while I pour myself a shot of something strong. Needless to say, claiming that you’re eliminating violence on a systemic level by threatening with violence everyone who doesn’t go along…

…you need a drink, too?

Much more at the link.

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Colorado gun owners who don’t safely store their weapons could face jail time under new bill.

It would certainly make law-abiding households safer for burglars, thieves, and intruders.

GETTING THE BIG PICTURE: NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Captures 1.8 Billion-Pixel Panorama.

THE RETURN OF SCRAPPLEFACE: Face-Touch Ban Drains U.S. Disposable-Hand Reserves.

SHADOW CABINET: Joe Biden’s secret governing plan. “Biden advisers describe a Return to Normal plan — a reversal of President Trump’s unorthodox, improvisational style. Biden wants known, trusted people around him — many from the Obama years.”

SO I JUST CAME FROM BEING TRAINED IN HOW TO TEACH ONLINE VIA ZOOM, in case the University has to close for coronavirus. I’d played around with the platform some, but it was still useful. There’s also a UTK coronavirus website with the latest news. I don’t think we’ll close this week, as Princeton, Stanford, Hoftstra, U. Wash., Puget Sound, and several other schools have done, but spring break is next week and I think they want to be ready. My goal: Figure out which external camera I can hook up to my laptop for a better picture than the built-in camera offers. My big problem is, I walk all around the room while teaching, and now I’ll have to stand fairly still. Short of having Helen operate a camera and follow me around the room for an hour, I won’t be able to do that.

THIS IS AN ARGUMENT FOR TRAVEL BANS, MORE THAN AN ARGUMENT AGAINST AIRPORT SCREENING, RIGHT? Why airport screening won’t stop the spread of coronavirus.

#WEINSTEINDIDNTKILLHIMSELF: Harvey Weinstein injured in Rikers Island jail, his publicist says.

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HMM: Your Fitbit Could Be Used to Monitor the Spread of Coronavirus. Is That Really What We Want?