PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS: CNN: “The Use of American companies to push Russian propaganda goes beyond social media sites like Facebook.” Also CNN:
Much more at Twitchy: ‘So we believe Russia now?’ CNN passes along Kremlin info saying ‘Putin’s strategy seems to have worked’ against coronavirus (and people have thoughts).
Related: Is Russia running a coronavirus disinformation campaign?
THOSE CARPETBAGGING CHARGES WERE OBVIOUSLY BULLSHI — WAIT, WHAT? Georgia Dem Sets Up Coronavirus Townhall Using Her Tennessee Phone Number: Lucy McBath previously accused of carpetbagging during 2018 campaign.
FROM DENMARK, A CLEVER WAY TO STOP PANIC-BUYING AND HOARDING:
A supermarket in Denmark got tired of people hoarding hand sanitizer, so came up with their own way of stopping it.
1 bottle kr40 (€5.50)
2 bottles kr1000 (€134.00) each bottle.Hoarding stopped!
It’s crazy, but it just might work here.
COULDN’T GET IT DONE: Michael Bloomberg Spent $900 Million On Failed Campaign, Then Fired Staff In Middle Of Pandemic. “As I mentioned in another post this week, this is the same guy who let his staff go, despite their claims they were told they would be employed through November, no matter what.”
HEH: Court: Your Unicorn Case Is Not an “Emergency.” “The world is facing a real emergency. The plaintiff is not.”
YOU KNOW WHAT? GOOD. BECAUSE UNTIL AND UNLESS THE WEST DEVELOPS THE CULTURAL CONFIDENCE TO HOLD OTHER COUNTRIES TO OUR STANDARDS, GLOBALIZATION IS A LOSING GAME. ONE BRINGING US DESTRUCTION AND MISERY: Globalization is the first casualty.
YOU KNOW WHAT? HE IS A TERRIBLE REPORTER: You’re A Terrible Reporter – Trump.
IF YOU MISSED THE EARLIER POST, I PUT A BUNCH OF MY BOOKS ON SALE FOR 99C. FOR INSTANCE: Deep Pink (Magis Book 1).
Yes, I could give you the description of this book. But instead I’m going to ask you to imagine that Jim Butcher of Dresden files fame started doing heavy drugs, and while under the influence read a copy of Operation Chaos by Poul Anderson, and then went “Hey, I could write this thing that….” So, it’s like that.
ARE YOU GUYS SURE WE CAN’T EXPEL JOURNALISTS TO CHINA? I MEAN OSTENSIBLY AMERICAN JOURNALISTS: Rachel Maddow and others call on networks not to broadcast Trump coronavirus press conferences.
Missy, we remember your performance on election night 2016. Not only are you not non-partisan or reliable, you’re by no means an adult. So please keep quiet while the adults are talking.
ABSOLUTELY THIS: Support your local businesses, while they still exist.
SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED! LOOK HOW SHOCKED THIS FACE OF MINE IS! “Abuses, torture, and killing”: U.S. Human Rights Report Denounces the CCP Regime.
CHINESE VIRUS IS CHINESE: Yes, the Virus Came from Wuhan.
Of course, I’m okay with calling it the CCP Virus. If they keep pushing I’ll start calling it the Yellow Peril. What are the chances that this will cause a bunch of leftists to lose their ability to speak or drop dead of a heart attack? And in that case, do we count their deaths as attributable to the Chinese virus? Asking for a friend.
OKAY, BUT IS ANY DEATH TRACEABLE TO THIS OUTBREAK. I REALIZE SAYING THEY HAVE MUCUS ON THEIR HANDS IS NOT AS DRAMATIC, BUT IT MIGHT BE MORE ACCURATE: ‘Blood on their hands:’ Teachers say de Blasio and Carranza helped spread coronavirus.
IT’S NOTHING TOO BAD: BC man describes having virus as ‘odd’.
BUT ITALY! IS CONSIDERED THE CLINCHING ARGUMENT ON ANY ARGUMENT ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FATALITIES OF THE CHINESE FLU. WELL, IT TURNS OUT THE ANSWER IS “BUT ITALY IS COOKING THE BOOKS”: Why have so many coronavirus patients died in Italy?
In addition to counting all facilities as due to Xi-disease if the patient tests positive for it, even if they die by being hit by a car, I understand they’re also testing people who have died before they started testing, and if they test positive, that’s suddenly the cause of death.
Why would a sane country do that? Well, it turns out that Italy’s medical system is lousy, and … well, it has issues, let’s say.
For completely different reasons, and possibly in a different direction, numbers from Italy are about as reliable as numbers out of China. (Now, can someone please tell the governor of my state he’s embarrassing himself, the state, and possibly America (not to mention humanity.) As for other governors like Newsom…. It’s possible you can’t tell them anything. It would require means of communication beyond what sane humans can command. Look, it was a good effort to get Orangemanbad. But if they keep this up, it’s going to backfire like they wouldn’t believe. Also, it will hurt people, particularly young working people. (Not that they care.)
I’M ONE OF THOSE WEIRD INTROVERTS WHO NEEDS TO SEE PEOPLE. NORMALLY THIS IS SOLVED BY A TRIP TO THE ZOO, A MUSEUM OR THE BOTANIC GARDENS, OR DINNER WITH FRIENDS ONCE A WEEK. HOWEVER, SINCE COLORADO’S GOVERNOR HAS LOCKED US DOWN FOR FEAR OF THE XI-FLU, I LACK THAT OUTLET AND HAVE BEEN GOING A LITTLE CRAZY. THEREFORE I PUT A LOT OF MY BOOKS ON SALE FOR 99C: A Sale For While You’re Housebound.
Okay, I didn’t put them on sale because I’m crazy (we’re going craaaaaazy a the Hoyt book lot! Just wait till the boss finds out what we did!) but because it might avoid your going crazy. Maybe.
THE PURPOSE OF STATISTICS IS INSIGHT, NOT NUMBERS: Evidence over hysteria — COVID-19.
I haven’t checked every number but they look plausible in the main, and match what people like Anthony Fauci are saying about things like case-fatality ratio.
Update (From Ed): After numerous flame wars on Twitter, Medium is now showing at the above URL an otherwise white page that reads “ERROR 410 This post is under investigation or was found in violation of the Medium Rules.”
However, the article can now be found at the (now Twitter-banned) Zero Hedge.
(Updated and bumped.)
FROM JOANN’S FABRIC, How To Make A Face Mask. Patterns and instructions.
Related: Team Comes Together to Repair Thousands of N-95 Masks. “Tufts Medical Center needed more than 6,000 masks fixed fast, so Tufts students, staff, and alumni are jumping in, along with MIT and Harvard students, to make it happen.”
UPDATE: From the comments:
Glenn
Do you know there are crates of N95 masks in a USMC warehouse in Albany, Georgia? (side note, the masks are not the property of USMC). Thousands upon thousands of N95 masks.
They were marked Excess Property and are designated for humanitarian aid.
10 USC allows EP, such as those masks, to be used for domestic purposes.
However, the program (HAP EP) cannot unilaterally give those masks.
Sure would be great if someone in power knew about the thousands of N95 masks literally sitting in Albany, Georgia HAP EP warehouse, unused at a time when they are in critical need.
Just saying.
Well, they should know now.
MAY THEY HAVE MANY BILLIONS MORE: PowerLine’s Billionth Pageview.
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