STOP IT. WE’VE SUFFERED ENOUGH:   Former Sanders, Warren Advisers Helped Author A $2 Trillion Green Energy Stimulus Deal.

THIS SHOULD* BE THE END OF ANY LEGISLATION BASED ON COMPUTER MODELS:  Inaccurate Virus Models Are Panicking Officials Into Ill-Advised Lockdowns.

Note that I said “should” not “will.”  Our politicians are too stupid to realize when a model assumes “a spherical cow of uniform mass.”  Against stupidity the gods themselves strive in vain.

AND SO YOU DON’T MURDER YOUR PETS OR YOUR FAMILY, AND MAYBE EMERGE SANE FROM THE INSANITY AROUND US:  Ways to pass the time in lockdown.

DO:  As Discussion On Reopening Economy Begins, Get Ready Regardless. 

THE PANIC AND REACTION — IF NOT THE VIRUS — WILL CHANGE US FOREVER. IT’S UP TO YOU TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN’T CHANGE US INTO VENEZUELA:  Coronavirus: Our new Age of Heroic Medicine is going to kill us all.

IT’S NOT WHAT IT KNOWS BEST. IT’S ALL IT KNOWS:  It’s all the Republicans’ fault: the NY Times returns to what it knows best, after a very short detour.

COMPUTER MODELS ARE THE RESULT OF BAKED-IN ASSUMPTIONS. IF THOSE ARE WRONG YOU GET GIGO, “GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT.” ONLY OLD SF WRITERS AND IDIOTS BUY COMPUTER MODELS UNQUESTIONINGLY. OH, AND POLITICIANS USING IT AS AN EXCUSE TO GET POWER:  Oxford Epidemiologist: Here’s Why That Doomsday Model Is Likely Way Off.

ALL OF IT IMPORTANT:  All Things Wuhan.

REALLY, THEN? THIS IS MACDREAMY?  Trump: Cuomo Opted for Death Panels, Lotteries Instead of Buying Ventilators.

DEMENTED ENOUGH TO TELL WHAT HIS SIDE IS TRYING TO DO?  Biden: ‘We Have To Take Care Of The Cure’ For COVID-19. ‘That Will Make The Problem Worse.’

WE KNOW!  Joe Biden: Bernie Sanders And I ‘Share A Common Vision’ For The Country.

I don’t know about you guys, but I have already had enough of empty grocery shelves and no toilet paper available. So — I say no.

WHAT? REALLY?  Anti-Trump finds its new McDreamy.

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE POWER AND THE BOOT ON YOUR NECK:  LA Mayor Garcetti threatens water & power shut-offs for nonessential businesses that don’t close.

BTW the teen apparently did not die of Wu-Flu. This is my SHOCKED face.

HOW MUCH PORK. AND MORE IMPORTANT DOES IT INCLUDE THE “LET’S FACILITATE ELECTORAL FRAUD” PORTIONS NANCY WANTED IN?  Senate Passes $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill.

WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUITS. LOTS OF WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUITS:  Governor of Nevada bans use of chloroquine.

IF YOU LOVE A LOCAL RESTAURANT, GO AND GET TAKE OUT:  This is not a good time for us to spend money eating out, but you know? There are restaurants we’d like to preserve. And they’re hurting. Also, they’re not in isolation. Restaurant suppliers are hurting, as are other businesses that help with restaurants. As are all the businesses restaurant personnel patronize. So, if you can at all, throw them some take-out love.  Heck if the weather in your area is good and your governor/mayor isn’t completely insane (I hear such specimens exist!) get take out, take an old sheet and have a picnic in the park. Let the kids run around a bit. Chinese virus is not magical and doesn’t permeate the air. Sure, it can six feet in aerosol, but humans don’t breathe in aerosol. And we’ve pretty good indications that sunlight kills it, anyway.

If you’re in the Denver area, we recommend for your patronage:
Pete’s Kitchen and La Fogata #2, both moderately priced.

Reinhaus, a little pricier but their giant pretzels are to die for (yes, I know I shouldn’t have them. I very rarely do, but…)

And if you’re in the mood for something fancy give Mesquite Grill (they’re a little strange, but make great fish) and The Chocolate Lab a try.

Patronize the places you’d like to keep.

A FRIEND HAS ALL HIS BOOKS ON SALE:  Stay-at-home reading promotion: all my ebooks free on Kindle, Wednesday March 25 through Sunday March 29.

Yes, it’s alternate history and sweet romance. Yes, this does worry him.

JUST NOT AN INTERESTING CONTINENT. NO LOST CONTINENT YOU EVER HEARD OF, LIKE ATLANTIS OR LEMURIA:  Fragment of lost continent discovered in Canada.

Eh.

DEMOCRAT SPOKESZOMBIE:  Joe Biden stumbles over words during coronavirus speech.

WELL, THESE SENATORS KNOW ALL ABOUT IRRESPONSIBILITY:  Senators blast Rand Paul’s ‘irresponsible’ behavior while awaiting coronavirus results.

TO BE FAIR OUR GUN STORES ARE ALSO STILL OPEN. AND THE HARDWARE STORES. AS SON TOLD ME WHEN I DID GUN STORE, HARDWARE STORE AND LIQUOR STORE (FOR COOKING WINE) IN AN AFTERNOON “OKAY, I BELIEVE YOU, YOU ARE AMERICAN”:  Denver mayor reverses order to close liquor stores, marijuana dispensaries.

THIS IS NOT NEWS. “LOCALS IRRITATE TOURISTS” WOULD BE NEWS:  Tourists irritate locals by flocking to Joshua Tree National Park amid coronavirus.

HINT FOR SOCIALISTS WHO DON’T UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMY, HUMANS, OR REALLY ANYTHING ELSE: WALL STREET IS NOT A PLACE WHERE BILLIONAIRES INVEST AND WHEN THEY WIN TAKE THEIR EARNINGS AND BUILD A MONEY BIN TO SWIM IN THE CASH. WALL STREET IS RETIREMENT PLANS, RAINY DAY FUNDS, AND SOURCES OF LOANS TO PEOPLE LIKE FARMERS. WHO MUST BORROW TO BUY SEED AND FERTILIZER. SO WE CAN EAT NEXT YEAR. OKAY, CUPCAKE, YOU’RE NOT DYING FOR WALL STREET. BUT YOU WILL DIE WITHOUT IT. FAMINE IS A HELL OF A SLIMMING PLAN:  Not Dying For Wall Street Hysteria.

IT’S NOT TRUMP’S FAULT IF PEOPLE ARE STUPID OR MAYBE CRAZY. THIS IS LIKE BLAMING GEORGE BUSH FOR METEOR STRIKES:  Media Peddles Fake News About Fish Tank Cleaner To Blame Trump.

From memory: “Stupidity is the only capital crime. The penalty is always death. There is no appeal.”- Robert A. Heinlein.

THEY BELIEVED MINI-MIKE, THE FOOLS:  Former Staffers Sue Bloomberg After Layoffs Despite Promise of Pay Through November.