And Seattle ain't alone!-----Seattle needs $5,400 per taxpayer to get out of 'financial trench,' report finds | KOMO

Seattle needs $5,400 per taxpayer to get out of 'financial trench,' report finds | KOMO
"SEATTLE – Seattle would need $5,400 per taxpayer to dig itself out of a ‘financial trench’ and pay all of its bills.
That’s according to a new report that analyzed the fiscal health of the nation’s largest 75 cities.
 The Emerald City ranks the 44th worst and earned a “D” grade for its financial health.
...That financial burden equates to $5,400 per Seattle taxpayer. 
Meaning, if retirement benefits and other costs aren’t reduced, taxpayers will have to pay that amount in future taxes without receiving those benefits..."
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California sees surge in Chinese illegally crossing border from Mexico - Los Angeles Times

California sees surge in Chinese illegally crossing border from Mexico - Los Angeles Times
"The number of Chinese immigrants illegally crossing the Mexican border into California has skyrocketed in recent years, the result of a lucrative smuggling industry, mass migration from China and a diversifying pool of migrants settling in the United States.
...Before then, “we just weren’t getting [Chinese nationals],” said Wendi Lee, a spokeswoman for the Border Patrol..."
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Lunch video-----Zombie Climate Science

"In this video I explore in more detail the fundamental fraud at the core of climate science."

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White House Announces More Coronavirus Travel Bans on Iran

White House Announces More Coronavirus Travel Bans on Iran:

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence announced Saturday additional travel bans on travelers from Iran, and warned Americans not to travel to certain areas of Italy and South Korea.
The United States currently bans some travel from Iran, but that ban will be expanded to include foreign traveling from Iran or through Iran in the past 14 days.

#1 Movie this week 1954-----The Long, Long Trailer: Not Making the Grade

Government transportation!-----MTA: Subway Robberies on the Rise

MTA: Subway Robberies on the Rise
"NEW YORK - Robberies are on the rise in the subway system, according to new numbers released by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
The MTA says 75 robberies were reported last month, up from 35 in January of last year.
That's an increase of 114 percent.
...The NYPD's Transit Bureau is blaming repeat offenders for the upward trend.
"I want to assure everyone that we have a watchful eye on some of our most prolific offenders, some who have been arrested several times since the beginning of the year," said NYPD Transit Bureau Assistant Chief Vince Coogan..."
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#1 This day 1976-----"Love Machine Part 1"-The Miracles (with Billy Griffin)

Worth bookmarking-----What We Know About the Coronavirus, From Symptoms to Who Is at Risk - WSJ

What We Know About the Coronavirus, From Symptoms to Who Is at Risk - WSJ
"Scientists and public-health officials are learning more about the new coronavirus behind an epidemic that has reached dozens of countries. 
We are updating our questions and answers regularly to keep up with their findings. 
Here is what they know so far, and how you can minimize your risk.

THE LATEST ON THE CORONAVIRUS

• The global death toll is now about 3,000—China’s death toll as of Saturday was 2,870
• U.S., Australia and Thailand report their first coronavirus deaths
• Armenia, Ireland, Luxembourg, Ecuador and Qatar each reported their first infections over the weekend
• Japan ran a slimmed-down marathon in Tokyo to protect the Olympics from the threat of the epidemic

TRACKING THE CORONAVIRUS

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What is a coronavirus?

This virus belongs to a family of viruses known as coronaviruses. Named for the crown-like spikes on their surfaces, they infect mostly bats, pigs and small mammals. But they mutate easily and can jump from animals to humans, and from one human to another. In recent years, they have become a growing player in infectious-disease outbreaks world-wide.

Seven strains are known to infect humans, including this new virus, causing illnesses in the respiratory tract. Four of those strains cause common colds. Two others, by contrast, rank among the deadliest of human infections: severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, and Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS.

This new virus is called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or Sars-CoV-2. The disease it causes is called Covid-19. (The number stands for 2019, the year it emerged.)

What are the symptoms of the illness and how do you know if you have it?

The virus infects the lower respiratory tract. 
Patients initially develop a fever, cough and aches, and can progress to shortness of breath and complications from pneumonia, according to case reports. 
They might develop nausea, with vomiting and diarrhea. 
Some become only mildly ill, or are infected but don’t get sick. 
Others are mildly ill for a few days, then rapidly develop more severe symptoms of pneumonia..."
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‘Anyone In This Room Remember A Better Time To Be An American Conservative?’: Mike Pompeo Touts Trump Admin At CPAC | The Daily Caller

‘Anyone In This Room Remember A Better Time To Be An American Conservative?’: Mike Pompeo Touts Trump Admin At CPAC | The Daily Caller:

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took the stage at CPAC Friday and said that President Donald Trump “will not stop winning.”
“I’m thrilled to be here at the largest Conservative gathering in the country except every Trump rally,” he began, before asking the thousands of conference goers in the audience if “anyone in this room remember[s] a better time to be an American Conservative? We are safer than ever, our economy is more prosperous than ever and President Trump will not stop winning,” he said.

Democrats Demand Open Borders for the Coronavirus | Frontpagemag

Democrats Demand Open Borders for the Coronavirus | Frontpagemag
"...three Chinese nationals were apprehended illegally entering Texas with flu-like symptoms, and had to be quarantined.
"Luckily they did not have the coronavirus," he said. "But this is a wake-up call."
Border Patrol personnel have been handed respirators and told to isolate the large number of Chinese migrants who are continuing to illegally enter the United States.
The last thing that the border states need are infected illegal aliens coming through, blending into the population, and spreading the disease to health care workers, and in poor neighborhoods.
But that’s exactly what the Democrats seem to want.
Senator Elizabeth Warren announced that she was introducing a plan to redirect money from the border wall to fighting the coronavirus.
...every Democrat 2020 candidate wants to dismantle border security and enable the rapid entry of migrants into the United States.
That means putting Americans at risk, not just at the border, but also at airports and seaports..."
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History for March 2

History for March 2 - On-This-Day.com
Sam Houston 1793 - First President of the Republic of Texas, Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) 1904 - Writer, poet, and cartoonist, Tom Wolfe 1931 - Author


Mikhail Gorbachev 1931 - Former Soviet President, Karen Carpenter 1950 - Singer (The Carpenters), Daniel Craig 1968 - Actor


1917 - The Russian Revolution began with Czar Nicholas II abdicating.


1917 - Citizens of Puerto Rico were granted U.S. citizenship with the enactment of the Jones Act.

Crowd Chants ‘Four More Years’ As Trump Is Introduced At Black History Month Event | The Daily Caller

Crowd Chants ‘Four More Years’ As Trump Is Introduced At Black History Month Event | The Daily Caller:

President Donald Trump was introduced at a Black History Month reception Thursday in Washington, D.C. to chants of “Four more years” from the crowd.
“We love you and thank you very much everybody,” a smiling Trump declared.

The way we were-----The Chordettes - Mr Sandman (Live 1958)

Boob-tube-----BEHIND GILLIGAN’S ISLAND - BOB DENVER, TINA LOUISE, DAWN WELLS, RUSSELL ...

The Countries Best And Worst Prepared For An Epidemic | Zero Hedge

The Countries Best And Worst Prepared For An Epidemic | Zero Hedge
The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention has stated that another case of the coronavirus has been detected in the United States, pushing the total number of confirmed cases over 60 with 22 outside of the evacuees (and Washington State has announced the first US death from Covid-19) 
According to tracking by Johns Hopkins University, over 85,000 people have been infected, the vast majority of them in China. 
The coronavirus has also slowly spread to many other countries with cases reported across the globe.

...As Statista's Niall McCarthy notes, that raises the question: which countries are the most and least prepared to contain large outbreaks of disease?...

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Oh, the humanity!-----Trump team yanking green cards from immigrants who abuse U.S. welfare system - Washington Times

Trump team yanking green cards from immigrants who abuse U.S. welfare system - Washington Times
"Conservatives have been trying for decades to create an immigration system that rewards immigrants who won’t be a burden on society and discourages those who will.
The Trump administration this week began enforcing the “public charge” rule, giving U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services the authority to refuse green cards — the key step on the path to citizenship — to people who have used a wide range of nonemergency welfare programs.
“The main reason this got done is because we have a president who is determined enough to make self-sufficiency matter again in a meaningful way,”...
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Biden picks fight with Nikki Haley, gets his clock cleaned - WND

Biden picks fight with Nikki Haley, gets his clock cleaned - WND:

Former Vice President Joe Biden is trying to salvage his 2020 presidential campaign in the South Carolina Democratic primary after disappointing finishes in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada.
However, if he's trying to convince people of his good judgment, he didn't help himself by taking on the Palmetto State's former governor, Nikki Haley.

What Will the Left Do When a Billion-Jillion Americans Don't Die of Coronavirus? | VodkaPundit

What Will the Left Do When a Billion-Jillion Americans Don't Die of Coronavirus? | VodkaPundit
"Have you been watching the TV news about the coronavirus not-quite-yet-a-pandemic?
...If you've had better luck at avoiding the TV news than I have in recent days, let me sum up their coronavirus coverage for you.

OH MY GOD TRUMP IS GOING TO KILL US ALL

The media doesn't think you're gullible enough to believe that Donald Trump is America's Patient Zero and that he will personally sneeze on you just out of spite. 
Rather, the media line is that Trump's hamfisted incompetence (always on display; never actually seen) will prevent an effective response to the crisis.

...Yet still, they persist in this narrative that Trump's a bumbler.

...The meme takes its form this time with headlines like this gem from CNN, breathlessly repeating whatever Nancy Pelosi needs them to: Nancy Pelosi spoke with Mike Pence and expressed concern over his track record on public health. 
Trump made Pence his coronavirus point man, about which Pelosi had this to say for the cameras:

I spoke with the Vice President this morning, made some of these concerns known to him. We have always had a very candid relationship and I expressed to him a concern that I had of his being in this position and while I look forward to working with him about when he was governor of Indiana slashing the public health budget and having some clinics, especially a Planned Parenthood clinic closed, which was the only place in that (inaudible) county where you could get tested for HIV and AIDS.

Pence doesn't like publicly-funded abortions, so Orange Man Bad will KILL US ALL WITH CHINA FLU!...

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California Approves Statewide Rent Control to Ease Housing Crisis - The New York Times

California Approves Statewide Rent Control to Ease Housing Crisis - The New York Times
"California lawmakers approved a statewide rent cap on Wednesday covering millions of tenants, the biggest step yet in a surge of initiatives to address an affordable-housing crunch nationwide.
...Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who has made tenant protection a priority in his first year in office, led negotiations to strengthen the legislation.
...Moves to expand rent control through ballot initiatives or legislation have arisen since 2017 in about a dozen states, including Washington, Colorado and Nevada, according to the National Multifamily Housing Council, an apartment-industry trade group..."
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Lunch video-----YOU CANNOT UNSEE THIS

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Democratic House Majority Blocks Bill Protecting Babies Born Alive In Botched Abortions | The Daily Caller

Democratic House Majority Blocks Bill Protecting Babies Born Alive In Botched Abortions | The Daily Caller:

The Democratic House majority blocked a bill Friday that would have protected babies born alive in botched abortions.
Democrats voted against the Republican “Motion to Recommit” on the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act with a vote of 187-220.
The bill was offered by Republican Oregon Rep. Greg Walden and Republican Missouri Rep. Ann Wagner. Zero GOP representatives voted against the motion to recommit to the Born Alive Act.