SUPER GAFFE-O-MATIC ’76: The Biden Campaign’s Biggest Technical Difficulty Is… Joe Biden. “Spare a thought today for our moral, ethical, and intellectual betters in the press. They’re going through a lot right now. In 2016 they sacrificed what was left of their dignity to drag Hillary Clinton across the finish line, and she failed them anyway. Now they’re expected to spend the next eight months cleaning up after this doddering old fossil, who makes Hillary look like a paragon of competence and health. No wonder they’re so grouchy all the time!”
Archive for 2020
March 14, 2020
ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY: “There is something grimly ironic about the Labour Party’s decision to suspend Trevor Phillips from its membership on the grounds of ‘Islamophobia’. For it was Phillips who helped introduce and popularise this bogus word and fraudulent concept in the first place.”
WUHAN VIRUS GUESSTIMATE: Number of Covid-19 Infections, SF Bay Area. You can hover over the cells for the underlying assumptions.
BRYAN PRESTON: NYT Admits, At Last, that Its 1619 Project is Wrong. “The 1619 Project deliberately distorted history to serve current political purposes. It must be removed from all school curricula immediately, since its core claim is false and defamatory.”
FUN: So I gave Steve (S.M.) Stirling’s new novel Shadows of Annihilation a good review, and he showed up in the comments.
EXPECT MORE OF THIS: Students demand fee reduction after university goes online over coronavirus. “Questions regarding partial housing and meal plan refunds, as well as assistance with spur-of-the-moment travel plans as college students are asked to leave their dorms, have also increased.”
HUGE IF TRUE: China’s coronavirus epicenter reports just five cases. Of course, the key word is “reports.” But stay tuned.
NEVERTRUMP MORPHED INTO THE POINT/COUNTERPOINT GUY FROM AIRPLANE! SO SLOWLY, I HARDLY EVEN NOTICED: Never Trump Rick Wilson Says the Quiet Part Out Loud, Hopes Trump Supporters Pay ‘a Terrible Price’ Because ‘You Deserve It.’
“Shana, they bought their tickets; they knew what they were getting into. I say, let ‘em crash!”
Earlier: Don Lemon and Wilson Laugh It Up at ‘Credulous Boomer Rube Demo That Backs Donald Trump.’
GREAT MOMENTS IN PROJECTION:
● Shot: MSNBC Accuses Fox News of Coronavirus ‘Misinformation.’
—NewsBusters, yesterday.
● Chaser: Coronavirus: Chinese official suggests U.S. Army to blame for outbreak.
—NBC News, yesterday.
—Ace of Spades, yesterday.
SERIOUS HOARDER? I gotcha covered.
GIVING IN TO THE SJW CROWD JUST MAKES THEM WANT MORE: UCLA caves to striking students, only to be met with more backlash. “In response to striking graduate student workers demanding higher pay, UCLA conceded and offered the students $2,500 monthly. That was not good enough, and the students continue to strike.”
#HERTOO? A Woman Who Accused Former Casino Mogul Steve Wynn Of Rape Was Found To Have Defamed Him. “As to why Kuta made the allegations, she acknowledged to Wynn’s attorney Tamara Peterson that she demanded $150 million from the casino mogul to drop her claims. Kuta was also able to jump on the #MeToo bandwagon in 2018, getting instant victim status simply because she made an allegation against a powerful man.”
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: COVID-19 Epicenter Has Shifted To Europe, Says WHO.
Coronavirus is threatening America’s blood supply and food banks. Here’s how you can help.
Vietnam’s coronavirus cases jump to 53 – health ministry. Not many, considering they’re next door to China and do a lot of business.
Iran coronavirus death toll rises by nearly one hundred to 611 – State TV.
Japan PM says no need to declare emergency due to coronavirus.
Hindu group offers cow urine in a bid to ward off coronavirus.
New Zealand Says Everyone Entering Country Must Self-Isolate to Contain Coronavirus.
Coronavirus: Spanish cases up by 1,500 in a day.
UK airline Jet2.com cancels flights to Spain over coronavirus.
Delivery options, cashless payment encouraged as coronavirus spreads in Michigan.
THE DESIRE NAMED STREETCAR: California bullet train project employees told to ‘shut up’ about project woes: report.
(Classical reference in headline.)
