Archive for 2020
March 14, 2020
SOMEONE ON FACEBOOK TOLD ME THAT “WUHAN FLU” IS RACIST. SHE DIDN’T HAVE ANSWERS ON WHETHER WE SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO THE SPANISH ABOUT THAT UNPLEASANT AFFAIR IN 1918 AND ALSO COULDN’T EXPLAIN WHY THAT PHRASE ONLY BECAME RACIST WHEN THE LEFT DECIDED IT WAS.
BUT THAT’S FINE. IF WUHAN FLU IS RACIST, WE WILL NOW CALL IT THIS:
BERNIE: ‘WE MUST SEIZE THE MEANS OF TOILET PAPER PRODUCTION.’
From — who else? — America’s Newspaper of Record.
For a more serious look at the phenomenon: There’s Plenty of Toilet Paper in the U.S. So Why Are People Hoarding It?
Australia has also suffered from panic buying of toilet paper despite plentiful domestic supply. A risk expert in the country explained it this way: “Stocking up on toilet paper is … a relatively cheap action, and people like to think that they are ‘doing something’ when they feel at risk.”
This is an example of “zero risk bias,” in which people prefer to try to eliminate one type of possibly superficial risk entirely rather than do something that would reduce their total risk by a greater amount.
And note that Bernie would approve of the Babylon Bee’s satiric headline:
Americans aren’t alone in panic buying to ensure they have plenty of squares to spare. Venezuelans hoarded the commodity in 2013 as a result of a drop in production, leading the government to seize a toilet paper factory in an effort to ensure more supply. It failed to do the trick.
Unexpectedly.
IS TRUMP RIGHT ABOUT THE CDC’S PROBLEMS? “There is good reason to think he is.”
THE BEE IS AT IT AGAIN. CAN SOMEONE TELL THEM THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO BE SATY– OH, NEVER MIND. WE DID NEED A PAPER OF RECORD SINCE THE DINGY LADY BECAME WHOLLY FILTHY: Bernie: ‘We Must Seize The Means Of Toilet Paper Production’.
ENEMIES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, BETRAYERS OF LIBERTY, PROFANERS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC: As Trump Spoke, Stocks Soared, But CNN Won’t Tell You That.
HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS: A State of Madness.
SURE THEY DO. BECAUSE… WHY NOT? Communist Chinese Propagandists Now Claim U.S. Military Made Wuhan Virus.
NOT JUST FOR ITALY. SOCIALISM KILLS — BOTH VARIETIES, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL — FAST OR SLOW, SOFT OR HARD, BUT IT ALWAYS KILLS: For Italy, multilateral globalism, plus socialism, equals death.
Makes me think of what Heinlein said, from memory: “Stupidity is the only capital crime. The punishment is always death. There is no appeal.”
TO BE FAIR, HE IS. HE’S JUST LESS OPEN ABOUT IT: Flop Sweat: Democrats try to assure Bernie voters that Biden’s practically the same.
Or his people are less open about it. Joe Biden at this point doesn’t know who he is, where he is or what he’s running for.
GUYS, FOR THE LOVE OF BOB. IT’S BRAZIL. EVEN IF HE’S BEEN TESTED, YOU PROBABLY CAN GET A MORE ACCURATE RESULT BY FLIPPING A COIN. I KNOW. I HAVE COUSINS THERE. THEY MAKE PORTUGAL SEEM A PERFECT MACHINE OF ORGANIZATION AND LAWFULNESS: Conflicting Reports: Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro Insists He Tested Negative for Coronavirus.
GIVEN THE GENERAL HEALTH OF THEIR CONTESTANTS… Louisiana Postpones Primary Until June Due to Coronavirus Concerns.
I DON’T UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE THE DEMS DID NOT NOMINATE WARREN, AND YET HERE WE ARE, ON A TRAIL OF TEARS: Economic Impact Of Wuhan Coronavirus In Local Communities.
MARXISTS GOT TO MARX: Gavin Newsom To “Commandeer Property” cuz Wuhan.
March 13, 2020
THIS REMAINS THE MOST ENTERTAINING TIMELINE:
DEEP STATE DEFENDERS SELF-IDENTIFY: Don Surber: Grenell upsetting liberals with reform. “If he were a Democrat, the New York Times would herald him as a reformer implementing bipartisan recommendations for four separate studies.”
NARRATIVES ARE DROPPING LIKE CNN RATINGS:
AMERICA’S PAPER OF RECORD: CNN’s Ratings Collapse As Coronavirus Fears Empty American Airports.
ART OF THE DEAL: Trump, Pelosi agree on coronavirus bill.
OPEN THREAD: Slow news week, huh?