KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: In Walmart We Trust During Troubled Times. “The Big Bad Capitalist Behemoth that has long been derided for making too much money now has the money to help people in a time of true crisis.”

ANALYSIS: TRUE. Trump blames China for coronavirus pandemic: ‘The world is paying a very big price for what they did.’

SCENES FROM THE WORLD’S SECOND-OLDEST COUNTRY: Italian death toll overtakes China’s as virus spreads.

HE SHOULDN’T BE TOO SHOCKED; THE MEDIA HAPPILY SHILLED FOR COMMUNISTS EVEN WHEN THERE WASN’T ANY MONEY IN IT: Trump on coronavirus: “The only thing we weren’t prepared for was the media.”

A TIME FOR GIVING: Covid-19 Is Already Wreaking Havoc on the Blood Supply.

WHAT AN AWFUL PERSON: Did Rick Wilson Wish for Melania to Get Infected by Coronavirus?

Related (From Ed): Wilson is further damaging what’s left of CNN’s and MSNBC’s credibility.

BECAUSE OF COURSE THEY WON’T: Twitter Won’t Correct the Record When Dems Spread Anti-Trump Coronavirus Misinformation.

MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: Deregulation: It’ll Cure What Ails Ya. “There is good news coming out of the crisis caused by the Chinese coronavirus from Wuhan, a city in China ruled by Chinese Communists where the Chinese-sourced Sino-virus came from. There’s even good news coming out of Washington. In our proper haste in fighting the virus, Washington is eliminating a lot of red tape.”

This one is just for our PJMedia/Townhall VIP members, so I hope you’ll consider joining us using that VODKAPUNDIT promo code.

J. CHRISTIAN ADAMS: Canceled Election? Six Critical Coronavirus Questions Answered.

PINK SLIPS TO THE PEOPLE: Rich Socialist Restaurateur Lays Off Hundreds Amid Coronavirus Outbreak.

REPORT: A study published in March indicated that if Chinese authorities had acted three weeks earlier than they did, the number of coronavirus cases could have been reduced by 95% and its geographic spread limited.

COLORADO: Safe gun storage bill may increase crime with little effect on suicide, accidental deaths.

While the state legislature has temporarily adjourned due to the coronavirus outbreak, a bill requiring people to lock up their guns is awaiting lawmakers when they return to the capitol. House Bill 20-1355 makes it a class 2 misdemeanor to fail to lock up a firearm when “a juvenile can gain access to the firearm without the permission of the juvenile’s parent or guardian” or if “a resident of the premises is ineligible to possess a firearm.” The law would only apply to “any premises that the person owns or controls.”

The potential penalty for violating the law would include a mandatory minimum of three months or up to 12 months in the county jail and/or a $250 to a $1,000 fine.

The bill is sponsored by Rep. Monica Duran, D-Wheat Ridge, Rep. Kyle Mullica, D-Northglenn, Sen. Jeff Bridges, D-Greenwood Village and Sen. Chris Hansen, D-Denver.

The bill requires all firearms have a “locking device” installed or be in a “gun safe or other secure container,” except when the firearm is carried on the person “or within such close proximity thereto that the person can readily retrieve and use the firearm” as if it were.

More at the link, none of it good for law-abiding gun owners.

SHOCKER: ‘Squad’ Member Ilhan Omar Endorses Trump Moves Against Wuhan Virus.

COLD WAR II: China threatens electronic strikes on Navy.

China has called for using electromagnetic attacks on U.S. warships transiting the South China Sea, according to a state-run Chinese outlet.

The Communist Party-affiliated organ Global Times, quoting a military expert, said the use of nonlethal electromagnetic and laser weapons should be used by the People’s Liberation Army to expel American warships from the disputed sea.

The report followed China’s potentially dangerous use of a laser against a Navy P-8A maritime patrol aircraft near Guam last month, and an earlier lasing two years ago of C-130 aircraft near China’s military base in Djibouti on the coast of Africa.

Any nation that doesn’t support freedom of the seas ought to be excluded from maritime trade.

HEH: Bernie Quits to Keep USA Safe from ‘Crazy Geezer.’

A BILL WHITTLE PODCAST: The Cold War: What We Saw | Playa Giron – Episode 7.

HMM: Bernie Sanders Suspends Facebook Advertising, Denies He’s Ending His Campaign.

All I wanted for my birthday was a brokered convention, but a socialist can’t even deliver on that.

THE MEMPHIS AIRLIFT: U.S. Air Force Flew Half a Million Coronavirus Test Swabs From Italy to Tennessee.

ACTUALLY, I DID KNOW: Andrew Cuomo: You Know Who’s Doing A Good Job On NY’s COVID-19 Outbreak? Trump.

There’s been a lot of that going around, but more would be better.

ME, NEITHER: Famed economist Robert Shiller doesn’t think we are headed for another Great Recession.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: The Stimulation Will Soon Be Upon Us, Or Something. “I’m sure that to the wealthy types who run Washington, they think that $1000 for each of the poors in the hinterlands is the grandest of gestures, largely because none of the politicos understand the real value of money.”

THE MORE SERIOUSLY WE ACT NOW, THE LESS SERIOUS IT BECOMES LATER: Trump and health officials caution young people to ‘heed the advice’ on coronavirus.

CAPITALISM: Why there will soon be tons of toilet paper, and what food may be scarce, according to supply chain experts.

“All the grocery stores are going to have pallets of toilet paper sitting in the aisles, and nobody is going to buy it, because who needs to buy toilet paper when you’ve got a year’s worth sitting in your garage?” Daniel Stanton, a supply chain expert and author of “Supply Chain Management for Dummies,” tells CNBC Make It.

But what about food?

Even if the COVID-19 pandemic stretches over months (President Donald Trump said it could last until August), there will be no big food shortages, especially on staples like milk, eggs, cheese, bread and meat, according to three supply chain experts who spoke to Make It.

But your favorite brand or the exact kind of fruit you want could be scarce.

“The brand that you normally want may not be available. But, hey, there’s some other kind of pasta. Or instead of rice, we’re going to have potatoes for dinner,” Stanton says.

“The U.S. produces a huge amount of food. We’re also an exporter of food, so we’re going to be okay,” he adds.

The VodkaWife™ and I aren’t quite preppers, but we keep enough dry foods and frozen meats on hand — the basement chest freezer is seven feet long — that we haven’t had to sweat through a crisis yet.

HAVE YOU TRIED TURNING IT OFF AND THEN BACK ON AGAIN? NASA Fixes Mars Lander By Telling It to Hit Itself With a Shovel.

HE REALLY IS A NATIONAL TREASURE: Buzz Aldrin has some advice for Americans in quarantine. “Buzz, what are you doing to protect yourself from the coronavirus?”