Tuesday, May 19, 2020
WATCH: China expert says communist regime unlike anything 'since the Third Reich'
WATCH: China expert says communist regime unlike anything 'since the Third Reich'
- China expert Gordon Chang joined Campus Reform to discuss the communist regime's attempt to infiltrate U.S. colleges.
- Chang said the communist regime is unlike anything "since the Third Reich."
Liberal Priorities-----Forty-six residents shot in Chicago? Lightfoot incensed about parties
Forty-six residents shot in Chicago? Lightfoot incensed about parties
"CHICAGO, IL.- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is mad.
No, she’s really, really mad.
During a weekend when 46 residents of Chicago were shot, 4 fatally,
Lightfoot was in no mood to play.
Felony failure to social distance was the “crime” she was worried about.
"CHICAGO, IL.- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is mad.
No, she’s really, really mad.
During a weekend when 46 residents of Chicago were shot, 4 fatally,
Lightfoot was in no mood to play.
Forty-six residents of her city shot?
She had a right to be angry…but it wasn’t the shootings that Lightfoot was angry about. Felony failure to social distance was the “crime” she was worried about.
Over the weekend, there were reports of about half a dozen parties held around the Chicago area and that left the esteemed Chicago mayor in no mood to play.
“We will take you to jail, period!” she admonished Chicagoans...
“We will shut you down, we will cite you, and if we have to, we will arrest you,” she said.
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Report: Trump Says US Will Resume Funding WHO — At Same Level As China | The Daily Caller
Carlson reminded viewers that Trump has been extremely critical of the WHO and how it “badly mishandled and lied” about the growth of the disease. Carlson also noted that the WHO delayed calling the coronavirus a pandemic at the direction of China.
The Fox News host and co-founder of the Daily Caller noted that if the U.S. funds WHO to the same extent as China, “we won’t have the influence” but will be providing “about one-tenth” of what the U.S. treasury previously provided.
Traffic Is Way Up and the Internet Seems Fine. Did We Maybe Spend Too Much Time Ferociously Debating Net Neutrality?-- Ricochet
Traffic Is Way Up and the Internet Seems Fine. Did We Maybe Spend Too Much Time Ferociously Debating Net Neutrality?-- Ricochet
"A 1990 coronavirus pandemic would have been even worse than today’s version...no internet economy to keep us connected via Facebook, Google Meet, and Zoom.
And no Amazon to bring us all manner of essential items without breaking quarantine.
...So thank goodness the internet hasn’t buckled, much less broken.
Unlike in Europe, for instance, Netflix and YouTube haven’t been forced to slow down streaming speeds and reduce video quality due to higher usage.
Everything here still seems to be working pretty well.
But it’s easy to imagine that not being the case.
As journalist Charles Fishman reports in The Atlantic, US internet traffic carried by AT&T surged 20 percent in mid-March, with workweek network traffic now up a steady 25 percent from the pre-pandemic period.
“That may not sound like much,” Fishman explains, “but imagine suddenly needing to add 20 percent more long-haul trucks to U.S. highways instantly, or 20 percent more freight trains, or 20 percent more flights every day out of every airport in the country.
In fact, none of those infrastructure systems could have provided 20 percent more capacity instantly—or sustained it day after day for months.”
Yet our digital infrastructure has met the challenge.
Or to put it another way, all those hysterical predictions about how repealing net neutrality back in 2018 would ruin the internet haven’t panned out...
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"A 1990 coronavirus pandemic would have been even worse than today’s version...no internet economy to keep us connected via Facebook, Google Meet, and Zoom.
And no Amazon to bring us all manner of essential items without breaking quarantine.
...So thank goodness the internet hasn’t buckled, much less broken.
Everything here still seems to be working pretty well.
But it’s easy to imagine that not being the case.
As journalist Charles Fishman reports in The Atlantic, US internet traffic carried by AT&T surged 20 percent in mid-March, with workweek network traffic now up a steady 25 percent from the pre-pandemic period.
“That may not sound like much,” Fishman explains, “but imagine suddenly needing to add 20 percent more long-haul trucks to U.S. highways instantly, or 20 percent more freight trains, or 20 percent more flights every day out of every airport in the country.
In fact, none of those infrastructure systems could have provided 20 percent more capacity instantly—or sustained it day after day for months.”
Yet our digital infrastructure has met the challenge.
Or to put it another way, all those hysterical predictions about how repealing net neutrality back in 2018 would ruin the internet haven’t panned out...
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International insanity!-----People look to pool noodles, plastic hug walls and glass dining pods as ways to creatively social distance
People look to pool noodles, plastic hug walls and glass dining pods as ways to creatively social distance"...one thing that universally remains the same is the guidance to maintain a social distance of six feet.
...For one woman in Paris, this meant attaching a meter-long flap of paper to a hat that she wore while walking around the city.
“This is a one-meter hat, please respect the distance,” her writing translates in English according to The Connexion.
...In fact, a cafe in Germany asked that its customers wear a hat with a measuring device intact. Although a pool noodle isn’t necessarily the accessory you’d think to see someone out at dinner sporting, it does the trick...
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Azar: No Spike in Coronavirus in Places Reopening
Azar: No Spike in Coronavirus in Places Reopening:
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said there has been no spike in coronavirus cases in the states that are reopening.
Host Jake Tapper asked, “Let me ask you, this is intrigue to me because some states have been reopening despite warnings of dire consequences from health experts, states like Georgia and Colorado began reopening weeks ago, and it seems at least so far that we have not seen a dramatic spike in new cases from those two states, Georgia and Colorado. What have you seen from those states? Is there any cause for concern that they reopened early? Is it still too early to tell? Or are they taking measures such as social distancing and masks that make this reopening work?”
Host Jake Tapper asked, “Let me ask you, this is intrigue to me because some states have been reopening despite warnings of dire consequences from health experts, states like Georgia and Colorado began reopening weeks ago, and it seems at least so far that we have not seen a dramatic spike in new cases from those two states, Georgia and Colorado. What have you seen from those states? Is there any cause for concern that they reopened early? Is it still too early to tell? Or are they taking measures such as social distancing and masks that make this reopening work?”
YouTube censors epidemiologist Knut Wittkowski for opposing lockdown
YouTube censors epidemiologist Knut Wittkowski for opposing lockdown
"Big Tech companies are aggressively tamping down on COVID-19 “misinformation” — opinions and ideas contrary to official pronouncements.
Dr. Knut M. Wittkowski, former head of biostatistics, epidemiology and research design at Rockefeller University, says YouTube removed a video of him talking about the virus that had racked up more than 1.3 million views.
Wittkowski, 65, is a ferocious critic of the nation’s current steps to fight the coronavirus.
He has derided social distancing, saying it only prolongs the virus’ existence, and has attacked the current lockdown as mostly unnecessary.
Wittkowski, who holds two doctorates in computer science and medical biometry, believes the coronavirus should be allowed to create “herd immunity,” and that short of a vaccine, the pandemic will only end after it has sufficiently spread through the population.
“With all respiratory diseases, the only thing that stops the disease is herd immunity.
...saying he had no idea why it was removed. The footage was produced by the British film company Journeyman Pictures.
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"Big Tech companies are aggressively tamping down on COVID-19 “misinformation” — opinions and ideas contrary to official pronouncements.Dr. Knut M. Wittkowski, former head of biostatistics, epidemiology and research design at Rockefeller University, says YouTube removed a video of him talking about the virus that had racked up more than 1.3 million views.
Wittkowski, 65, is a ferocious critic of the nation’s current steps to fight the coronavirus.
He has derided social distancing, saying it only prolongs the virus’ existence, and has attacked the current lockdown as mostly unnecessary.
Wittkowski, who holds two doctorates in computer science and medical biometry, believes the coronavirus should be allowed to create “herd immunity,” and that short of a vaccine, the pandemic will only end after it has sufficiently spread through the population.
“With all respiratory diseases, the only thing that stops the disease is herd immunity.
...saying he had no idea why it was removed. The footage was produced by the British film company Journeyman Pictures.
- “They don’t tell you.
- They just say it violates our community standards.
- There’s no explanation for what those standards are or what standards it violated.”...
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Editorial: How the pandemic unmasks Illinois’ feeble finances - Chicago Tribune
Editorial: How the pandemic unmasks Illinois’ feeble finances - Chicago Tribune"We’ll give them this much: For several decades the politicians who’ve trashed Illinois’ public finances got away with it.
- They gave public sector unions generous retirement benefits but didn’t set aside enough money to pay for their promises.
- They didn’t bother to spend within their revenues because when you throw around money you make allies.
- They borrowed enormous amounts to pay for today’s spending, then dumped the debts on tomorrow’s taxpayers.
Each Election Day, Illinoisans rewarded the very politicians who had drowned them in debt.
But come the pandemic, Americans see the politicians in what’s arguably the worst-run state, unmasked:
Once again Illinois stands exposed as the dunce that never learns to prepare for whatever crisis comes next.
- A rainy-day fund to handle emergencies? Not here.
- Balanced budgets with bills paid as they come due? Again, not here.
- A low debt load, so state and local governments won’t waste precious funds on interest payments? Nope.
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What could possibly go wrong?---China: Any Investigation Into the Pandemic Should be Led by WHO | CNSNews
China: Any Investigation Into the Pandemic Should be Led by WHO | (CNSNews.com) – Any investigation into the coronavirus pandemic should be carried out by the World Health Organization, a Chinese Communist Party newspaper declared on Sunday, on the eve of WHO’s annual assembly where dozens of countries are expected to press for a review.
...the European Union for one has cautioned against a “blame game,” while stressing the importance of determining how the virus spread.
Those that have been more critical, such as Australia, have angered Beijing, resulting in punitive trade measures (by China) ...
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‘Don’t Expect Us To Do It’: Democratic Michigan Sheriff Will Not Enforce Whitmer’s Lockdown Orders | The Daily Caller
A Democratic sheriff in one of Michigan’s most populous counties declared that his department has not and will not enforce government-imposed lockdown measures against businesses or citizens.
Appearing Friday on the popular podcast “No BS News Hour,” Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson told host Charlie LeDuff that, while he understands that law enforcers do not make the law, there is also some measure of discretion involved.
Bolt-action rifles, single shots included among 1,500 'assault weapons' facing ban in Canada - WND
Bolt-action rifles, single shots included among 1,500 'assault weapons' facing ban in Canada - WND
"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ban on certain firearms has many in the country’s gun industry scratching their heads and wondering if their government has even a basic grasp of the characteristics of firearms.
...even outlaws some bolt-action rifles that rural citizens use for hunting in order to sustain their families.
“Today we are closing the market for military-grade assault weapons in Canada. We are banning 1,500 models and variants of these firearms by way of regulations. These weapons were designed for one purpose and one purpose only, to kill the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time,” Trudeau announced on May 1.
...The ban is purportedly a response to the murder of 22 people in Nova Scotia on April 18 and 19...
...Gun owners and sellers north of the border are now barred from owning 1,500 separate models of weapons which were perfectly legal before Wortman’s killing spree.
...Then again, this is not about protecting public safety.
This is a gun grab, pure and simple, and Canadian lawmakers don’t even understand the weapons they are banning.
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"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ban on certain firearms has many in the country’s gun industry scratching their heads and wondering if their government has even a basic grasp of the characteristics of firearms.
...even outlaws some bolt-action rifles that rural citizens use for hunting in order to sustain their families.“Today we are closing the market for military-grade assault weapons in Canada. We are banning 1,500 models and variants of these firearms by way of regulations. These weapons were designed for one purpose and one purpose only, to kill the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time,” Trudeau announced on May 1.
...The ban is purportedly a response to the murder of 22 people in Nova Scotia on April 18 and 19...
...Gun owners and sellers north of the border are now barred from owning 1,500 separate models of weapons which were perfectly legal before Wortman’s killing spree.
...Then again, this is not about protecting public safety.
This is a gun grab, pure and simple, and Canadian lawmakers don’t even understand the weapons they are banning.
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History for May 19
History for May 19 - On-This-Day.com
Johns Hopkins 1795 - entrepreneur, philanthropist, mosted noted for the creation of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Ho Chi Minh (Nguyen Sinh Cung) 1890 - North Vietnamese Communist revolutionary, prime minister and president, Malcolm X (Malcolm Little) 1925 - African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist
Francis Scobee (Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee) 1939 - Astronaut, killed commanding the Space Shuttle Challenger, Pete Townshend 1945 - Musician (The Who), David Helfgott 1947 - Concert pianist
1921 - The U.S. Congress passed the Emergency Quota Act, which established national quotas for immigrants.
1992 - U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle criticized the CBS sitcom "Murphy Brown" for having its title character decide to bear a child out of wedlock.
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