Revisiting the Ides of March, Part III: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Radio host mocked Trump by claiming Seattle is peaceful, then rioters torched his apartment building
Will Garmin Pay $10 Million Ransom To End Two-Day Outage?
Wages of Lockdown. Hong Kong imposes restrictions as Covid-19 cases rise across Asia
China Imposes Checks on Large Transactions After Bank Runs
Selective Media Reporting Further Fuels Our Racial Divide
Zika may have damaged more infants’ brains than expected
Leftists Freak Out After Noam Chomsky and Other Liberal Voices Declare Support for Free Speech. Also read the comments on The Harpers free speech letter and controversy to see what the debate looks like in real time. Here is the letter in question that some people have taken back their signature because they don’t want to be associated with Rowling.
Court’s ‘Preposterous’ Trans Ruling Threatens Religion, Speech, Privacy, and Safety. A less heated take here.
Forecasting for COVID-19 has failed
De Blasio Orders Gates Welded Shut at Jewish Park While Approving Mass BLM Gatherings
Woman in China, 45, made S$589,800 by buying insurance on flights she predicted would get delayed
A snarky reading of this would be “Conservatives have always been more right then liberals” but that would be mean to Benjamin Rush who did his best. Having send that, many conventional treatments for Covid pushed by doctors (like ventilators) have also shown themselves to be harmful so that is also a parallel. Americans Have Always Politicized Public Health
Not in the Bee. Minnesota Governor and Media Blame White Nationalists and Russians for Riots
Russians are scary I guess. Riot Police, National Guard ‘Completely Abandon’ Perimeter in Minneapolis, Chased Away by Protesters
All those people who were up in arms because protesters against the lock down were literally killing people are strangely silent. Mayor Frey Gives Masks to Rioters But Says Opening Churches Would Be a ‘Public Health Disaster’ and also De Blasio backs George Floyd protests despite coronavirus gathering ban
If they were changed every hour and people did not pull them down to talk they might help. But that is never going to happen. More evidence masks are merely a symbolic gesture
After day of fiery protests, uneasy calm in Seattle
Coming soon to a broke city/town near you? New Speed Limit Turns DC Into Giant School Zone
I don’t know why they don’t lead with “Russia and Iran struggle over the control of Syria. Once you get to the end, that seems to be the theme. A Bitter Feud over Power and Money Erupts in Syria
Russia Sent Warplanes to Back Mercenaries in Libya: US Military
Tension mounts in Ladakh as China brings in more troops; India maintains aggressive posturing
And now the bill comes due. Italy Enters Chapter Two of the Corona Crisis
Something you will not see in the normal news. Explosive Revelations in the Flynn Case
At least in this country all they do is take down the post if it is wrong think. We still have a ways to go. Chinese internet users who uploaded coronavirus memories to GitHub have been arrested
They are using that magic word and they have letters after there name and they are publishing in paper read by a lot of voters in NY. We can hope it will start to change things Science says: It’s time to start easing the lockdowns
A reminder of what real pandemics are like. We could still have one someday. Imagine how well we would handle it. Invisible Little Worms
Lots of charts about something you already know. Nearly all NYC coronavirus patients had underlying health conditions, study finds
All the panic about not having enough ventilators when they don’t help much. Nearly all Covid-19 patients put on ventilators in New York’s largest health system died, study finds
I wish I could believe this was false. Poll: 8 in 10 Americans Favor Strict Shelter-in-Place Orders To Limit Coronavirus’ Spread, and Most Say They Could Continue to Obey Such Orders for Another Month or Longer
They say 5 times deadlier then the flu like it was something horrible but not too long ago people saying that it was only 5 times worse were considered naive. New York City antibody survey reveals more than a FIFTH residents have been infected and mortality rate is FIVE TIMES deadlier than the flu
This was a choice. Coronavirus-Induced Food Supply Disruptions Hitting Farmers, Poor Consumers