STACEY LENNOX: The COVID-19 News the Corporate Media Doesn’t Publish. “Here is a rundown, with detailed sourcing, linking to recent news and previous information. The job of media is to inform so people can make individual decisions based on all available information. This is especially important as we move into the season of gathering with friends and loved ones. And Dr. Anthony Fauci, CNN, and Andrew Cuomo are hardly the final word on everything.”
Author Archive: Stephen Green
November 24, 2020
WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE: Trump Lawyer Jenna Ellis Compares Biden Picking Cabinet to ‘Fantasy Football.’
RACISM IS EASY, COMEDY IS HARD: Woke media outlet tries to make a funny video about white stereotypes and it’s the most racist thing you’ll watch today.
AMERICA FIRST OR WHENEVER: Xi’s Gotta Have It: China Welcomes Biden With Orders From Beijing With Love.
WEIRD, MINE IS FULL OF NOTHING WORSE THAN FOOD AND WINE AND GOOD COMPANY: Washington State University hosts speaker who says Thanksgiving is full of stereotypes of indigenous people.
COLORADO: Larimer County restaurant owners: New COVID order a death sentence; we will not shut down.
A group of restaurant and brewery owners in Larimer County said Monday afternoon that enough is enough. They will not be shutting down in-person dining under the county’s new “Level Red” designation on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s COVID dial.
“While COVID is not a death sentence for the majority of people who get it, this order will be for many Loveland Businesses,” said Clay Caldwell in a news release. “To follow this order would mean laying off dozens of people who then don’t know if they have enough to pay rent and give their family a nice Christmas.”
Caldwell, owner of Betta Gumbo, and Morgen Harrington, one of the owners of Grimm Brothers Brewhouse — both in Loveland — are leading the effort. They announced their decision through a news release Monday afternoon. They said they will continue to operate at the “yellow” level they have been.
Larimer County is in the sparsely-populated northern reaches of Colorado’s Front Range, and despite the surge in COVID-19 infections, still enjoys high ICU availability.
DIGITAL PATERNALISM: Twitter to show a warning when you try to like a labeled tweet.
BECAUSE OF COURSE HE DOES: Ohio Gov. DeWine Vows to Veto Bill Stripping His ‘Ultimate’ COVID Powers.
WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT HE TURNED OUT TO BE: James Mattis: Joe Biden Must Eliminate ‘America First’ from U.S. Foreign Policy.
SO HE’S ON THE OTHER SIDE THEN: US should encourage China’s rise, Biden national security pick Jake Sullivan says.
Don’t question his patriotism.
VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: The CDC Doesn’t Want You Singing Any Thanksgiving Carols, Seriously.
Insanity Wrap needs to know: What does the CDC think it is we rubes do for Thanksgiving?
Answer: They picture us doing keg stands before gathering around the hi-fi boom-box to sing our favorite Thanksgiving carols at the tops of our lungs, apparently.
Before we get to the sordid details, a quick preview of today’s Wrap.
- Fox Woke News crashes and burns.
- Portland restauranteur complains about antifa vandalism, then his restaurant burns.
- Meet Colorado’s attractive, young, gun-toting congresswoman.
And so much more at the link, you’d have to be crazy to miss it.
ANALYSIS: TRUE. Your Political Leaders Hate You And Think You’re Stupid.
You might think the state’s top medical lobbyists would think twice about flagrantly disregarding COVID guidelines, or even feign an apology like Newsom, but no. A spokesman for the CMA told Politico that “the dinner was held in accordance with state and county guidelines,” which prohibit more than three households from gathering privately—but do allow restaurants to seat people from more than three households together. See?
Apparently this is a pretty common attitude among California politicians and their lobbyist buddies. With much of their state locked down by government fiat, last week a bunch of state lawmakers and corporate lobbyists flew off to Hawaii for a five-day conference and schmooze-fest at an upscale Maui resort. Legislators and their families mingled with representatives of businesses and trade groups that paid thousands of dollars for access to the lawmakers in what has become an annual lobbying tradition—even during a global pandemic!
Dan Howle, chairman and executive director of the Independent Voter Project, which hosts the conference, didn’t apologize.
Read the whole thing.
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Unfortunately, No Kraken Will Be Served for Thanksgiving. “One does not promise a Kraken, then proceed in a most un-Krakenlike manner, as Powell soon found out.”
THIS WOULD BE EASIER TO DO IF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTIONS HADN’T SQUANDERED THE PUBLIC TRUST, AND IF OUR NEWS INDUSTRY HADN’T GONE ALL-IN ON PANIC-MONGERING TO UNSEAT TRUMP: US Could Reach Herd Immunity by May 2021 If 70% of Americans Get the Vaccine, Top Doctor Says.
#METOO: White House still planning holiday parties, despite coronavirus warnings.
Related (From Ed):
WELL: Apple security chief Thomas Moyer indicted in concealed firearm permit bribery case. “According to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, Apple Chief Security Officer Thomas Moyer and insurance broker Harpreet Chadha were accused of offering bribes to Santa Clara Undersheriff Rick Sung and Captain James Jensen to receive concealed firearm (CCW) permits.”
Normally, I’d cut anyone slack for doing whatever they think is necessary to try and get a CCW in California, but then there’s this from 2016: Apple Removes The Gun Emoji, Replaces It With A Squirt Gun.
FINGERS CROSSED: Trump Campaign Gets Legal Victories in Michigan and Pennsylvania.
November 23, 2020
THEY’RE GETTING THE REALLY CRAPPY BAND BACK TOGETHER: Obama Staffers Who Joined NBC, MSNBC, and CNN, Now Headed to Biden Admin.