Enemy states and bioterrorists have learned a lot from COVID-19 crisis - Washington Times

Enemy states and bioterrorists have learned a lot from COVID-19 crisis - Washington Times
"...But while there is no consensus on the origins of COVID-19, there is no doubt that it has been a bonanza for states and terrorists who now know a lot more about critical vulnerabilities of big powers including the United States and NATO, as well as Russia and China.

• The spread of biological toxins, including viruses, can be very broad, even global.

• Manufacturing and distribution systems can be significantly harmed.

• First Responder and hospital systems lack surge capacity and can be overwhelmed.

• There is a shortage of medical supplies from simple facial masks and hand disinfectants to critical equipment such as ventilators and pharmacological supplies.
• Military operations can be delayed, re-purposed or simply halted; China is ramping up military operations in the South China Sea.
• Economic activity is severely reduced and markets in capitalist countries are stressed and losing value at depression levels..."

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"Authorities" with POWER poping up all over!---When traveling to Michigan outdoor destinations during the stay-home order, how far is too far? - mlive.com

When traveling to Michigan outdoor destinations during the stay-home order, how far is too far? - mlive.com

• When traveling to Michigan outdoor destinations during the stay-home order, how far is too far?
• "...Michigan Department of Natural Resources maintains that non-essential travel includes outdoor destinations outside one’s local area.."
• "Not adhering to the stay-home order or following social-distancing protocols -- even when outdoors -- is now subject to a $1,000 fine, per an emergency order issued April 2 by the Department of Health and Human Services.
• Olson said enforcement patrols have been stepped up at state park and rec areas, and fines were issued at several locations last weekend.
• In Detroit...the city has dismantled basketball hoops, increased park patrols, and will begin issuing misdemeanor citations punishable by $1,000 fines and six months in jail...

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The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Not Stopping Border Wall Construction | The Daily Caller

The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Not Stopping Border Wall Construction | The Daily Caller:

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is moving ahead with construction projects along the U.S. Mexico border — doling out contracts and allowing companies to put up fencing — despite growing calls among Democrats to halt work while the United States deals with the spread of COVID-19.
Border Patrol chief Rodney Scott on Monday announced that 151 miles of border wall have been completed since the dawn of the Trump administration, along with nearly 200 miles under construction, and 400 miles in the “pre-construction” phase. The update revealed that construction is taking place at a rather rapid pace.

Costco, Walmart, Target barred from selling nonessential items in parts of US - Business Insider

Costco, Walmart, Target barred from selling nonessential items in parts of US - Business Insider

• Big-box stores and grocery chains in certain areas of the US are being barred from selling nonessential items to customers to reduce foot traffic and prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
• Certain local governments have directed stores to empty areas with nonessential items such as clothing and electronics or rope off these items from customers.
• Some shoppers have applauded the new restrictions and encouraged other local governments to implement them.

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Are COVID-19 Deaths Being Overreported? - American Greatness

Are COVID-19 Deaths Being Overreported? - American Greatness

• Playing loose with the number of fatalities or giving local officials the greenlight to inflate those figures is inimical to the public’s need to get a firm grasp on the danger of the disease.

"According to some tracking sites, the U.S. death toll from the novel coronavirus reached 10,000 victims on Monday.
...But there is little information available as to what qualifies as a coronavirus fatality for official counts.
And there is good reason to approach such tallies with skepticism since reporting from states like New York is suspiciously vague.
Health officials have confirmed that older people and those with underlying medical issues such as heart disease or diabetes are most at-risk; the concern, however, is that fatalities in such cases are always attributed to coronavirus as the main cause of death instead of just noting it as a contributing factor.

• Questionable Guidance

Guidelines recently released by the Centers for Disease Control bolster concerns that the death toll is being rigged to show a higher fatality rate.

• “In cases where a definite diagnosis of COVID–19 cannot be made, but it is suspected or likely (e.g., the circumstances are compelling within a reasonable degree of certainty), it is acceptable to report COVID–19 on a death certificate as ‘probable’ or ‘presumed’,” the agency advises. “In these instances, certifiers should use their best clinical judgment in determining if a COVID–19 infection was likely.”

That clinical judgment, alarmingly, does not require administering a test to confirm the presence of the virus.

• “Ideally, testing for COVID–19 should be conducted, but it is acceptable to report COVID–19 on a death certificate without this confirmation if the circumstances are compelling within a reasonable degree of certainty,” the guidelines state.

The CDC provided three examples to help officials determine how to properly document the cause of death. 

• One scenario described an 86-year-old female nonambulatory stroke victim who developed a fever and cough days after being exposed to a sick family member later diagnosed with COVID-19. Even though the decedent wasn’t tested, the coroner nonetheless determined that the woman’s underlying cause of death was COVID–19, “given the patient’s symptoms and exposure to an infected individual.”

Let’s just say that kind of bureaucratic guesswork is unacceptable while the economy is in chaos, tens of millions are suddenly out of work, and power-hungry government tyrants arrest surfers and pastors for daring to violate “social distancing” decrees handed down to their local authorities by Beltway lifers.
But even with such leeway, the death toll tallied by the CDC isn’t close to the number of COVID-19 fatalities reported by sites such as the New York Times or Worldometers..."

• Fudging the Numbers in New York?...

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Lunch video-----MyPillow founder responds to media critique of his faith-based speech

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Democratic state lawmaker says Trump touting hydroxychloroquine as coronavirus treatment saved her life - TheBlaze

Democratic state lawmaker says Trump touting hydroxychloroquine as coronavirus treatment saved her life - TheBlaze:

A Democratic representative in Detroit, Michigan, is crediting hydroxychloroquine for saving her life after she began suffering from coronavirus, and she is thanking President Donald Trump.
State Rep. Karen Whitsett says that she likely would not have received the drug had the president not publicized it so greatly.
"It has a lot to do with the president ... bringing it up," Whitsett said to the Detroit Free Press. "He is the only person who has the power to make it a priority."

Another "protected" group. Who knew?----MSU tells students the 'correct term' for 'Chinese Virus'

MSU tells students the 'correct term' for 'Chinese Virus'

• Michigan State University sent an email to students telling them how to refer to coronavirus.
• The public university addressed the disease being called the "Chinese virus."
• It said the "correct term" for the virus is "novel coronavirus" and that "no other name is acceptable."
• “this epidemic may be new, [but] the racist and xenophobic discourse and images on the news and social media are all too familiar.”   

In an email sent by Michigan State University on April 2, eight recommendations were given to handle COVID-19. 
Staff, faculty, and students were encouraged to sign MSU’s “Hate Has No Home Here” pledge...

• MSU encourages students to be an “upstander" by standing up to “racist, dog-whistle, ageist, xenophobic, classist or other speech that divides our community.” 
• Further, the MSU community should, “especially stand up against the denigration of anyone in our Asian, Pacific Islander, Desi American (APIDA) community at this time and in the future days... because we are seeing a rise in anti-APIDA racism.”

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Lots of ways we can shut down our economy FOREVER!

IS THIS AMERICA’S TURNING POINT?

Instapundit Blog Archive IS THIS AMERICA’S TURNING POINT? 
"The answers from Robert E. Wright of the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) are blunt and likely to anger all the usual suspects. 
Take this graph for instance:

“As I recently argued elsewhere, America’s educational system has not prepared us for the government power grab because it does not create enough Emersonian independent thinkers or, frankly, even adult thinkers. 
Due to the extreme Left bias of higher education, many of America’s college graduates remain intellectually infantilized to the point that they can do little more than Tweet ignorant hate at any idea that does not accord with Progressive mantras.”
Too severe a judgement? 
I think not, but what do other Instapunditites think? 
And what a neat shot of the shark!--Posted by Mark Tapscott"

#1 This day 1950-----Eileen Barton - If I Knew You Were Comin' I'D 'VE Baked a Cake

Should we "shut-down" Chicago...to save lives?-----21 shot, 7 killed Tuesday in most violent day of 2020 in Chicago | FOX 32 Chicago

21 shot, 7 killed Tuesday in most violent day of 2020 in Chicago | FOX 32 Chicago
CHICAGO - Seven people were killed and 14 more were wounded Tuesday in shootings across Chicago, making it the most violent day of 2020 so far as temperatures reached summer-like levels for the first time this year.
...A 5-year-old girl who was shot in the foot was taken to Little Company of Mary Hospital in good condition, police said..."
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Today's lib-media.

Alyssa Milano Says Joe Biden Deserves ‘Due Process’ In Sexual Assault Allegation | The Daily Caller

Alyssa Milano Says Joe Biden Deserves ‘Due Process’ In Sexual Assault Allegation | The Daily Caller:

Actress Alyssa Milano defended former Vice President Joe Biden amid accusations of sexual misconduct, saying that he deserves due process.

Tennessee: NC Truck Driver Stabs Three Women to Death at Pilot Truck Stop – Frauds, Crooks and Criminals

Tennessee: NC Truck Driver Stabs Three Women to Death at Pilot Truck Stop – Frauds, Crooks and Criminals
"Joyce Whaley was one of three women who went to work to help feed truck drivers at Pilot in Tennessee risking their lives during the COVID crisis.
All three were slaughtered by a creep named Idris Abdus-Salaam! 
Was it an act of Jihad?"






And how did the lib-media describe her murderer?

• CNN- "The suspect was a 33-year-old from Durham, North Carolina. His motive is unknown."
• NBC News- identifies the murderer as "a man".
• USA Today -  Reports the murderer as"...Idris Abdus-Salaam, a 33-year-old truck driver from Durham, North Carolina."

AM Fruitcake

History for April 9

History for April 9 - On-This-Day.com
Charles Proteus Steinmetz 1865, Paul Robeson 1898 - Singer, Ward Bond 1903 - Actor ("It’s a Wonderful Life", "The Maltese Falcon")


Hugh Hefner 1926 - Publisher, Michael Learned 1939 - Actress ("The Waltons", "All My Sons"), Dennis Quaid 1954 - Actor ("Wyatt Earp", "The Right Stuff"), brother of Randy Quaid
  

1865 - At Appomattox Court House, Virginia, General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate Army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in the parlor of Wilmer McClean's home. Grant allowed Rebel officers to keep their sidearms and permitted soldiers to keep their horses and mules. Though there were still Confederate armies in the field, the war was officially over. The four years of fighting had killed 360,000 Union troops and 260,000 Confederate troops.


1959 - NASA announced the selection of America's first seven astronauts.

S&P 500 joins Dow in exiting bear market as Sanders suspends presidential campaign | Fox Business

S&P 500 joins Dow in exiting bear market as Sanders suspends presidential campaign | Fox Business:

U.S. equity markets surged Wednesday with the S&P 500 exiting its bear market as Sen. Bernie Sanders suspended his presidential campaign. Stocks also saw support from a surge in oil prices.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained over 779 points, or 3.4 percent, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite rose by 3.4 percent and 2.6 percent, respectively.

Epidemiologist: Coronavirus could be 'exterminated' if lockdowns lifted - WND

Epidemiologist: Coronavirus could be 'exterminated' if lockdowns lifted - WND:

The virus could be "exterminated" within weeks if people were allowed to lead normal lives and the vulnerable were sheltered until the virus passes, said Knut Wittkowski, Ph.D., the former head of the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design at the Rockefeller University in New York City.
"[W]hat people are trying to do is flatten the curve. I don’t really know why," he said in an interview with The Press and The Public Project that was featured by The College Fix.

The way we were-----50 Incredible Vintage Photos of Life in America during the 1950s Volume 5

Boob-tube-----Steve Martin Hosts The Tonight Show w/ Burt Reynolds Part 1

A Party of Haters | Power Line

A Party of Haters | Power Line
"The Democrats are hysterically blaming President Trump for the fact that the Wuhan virus is killing some Americans. 
No doubt, they also will blame Trump for the recession that will be caused, not by the virus, but by government’s reaction–overreaction, in my opinion–to the virus.
In doing this, the Democrats are making some critical assumptions. 

• They assume that voters won’t remember that when President Trump banned travel from China at the end of January, Democrats unanimously (including Joe Biden) denounced his action as racist and xenophobic. 
• While, on the other hand, as late as February 24, Nancy Pelosi did a photo-op for San Francisco news stations in Chinatown, strolling down the sidewalk surrounded by community “leaders” and cameramen, urging everyone to come to Chinatown, the rumored virus is no problem, no one is sick here.

...So the Democrats are doing what they do best: they are resorting to hate. 
They rely on blind, irrational hatred of President Trump to win back the White House and empower their socialist dreams. 
Examples could be multiplied endlessly–just go on Twitter!–but here are a couple.

Haley Stevens is an actual Congresswoman from Michigan. She tweeted this, and apparently has deleted it since her Republican opponent started using it in his fundraising appeals:

Totally rational. Then we have state Rep. Tavia Galonski of Ohio, who tweeted this:

Rep. Tavia Galonski

✔@RepGalonski

I can’t take it anymore. I’ve been to The Hague. I’m making a referral for crimes against humanity tomorrow. Today’s press conference was the last straw. I know the need for a prosecution referral when I see one. https://twitter.com/1036Go/status/1246973143757004800 …

Go-Blue-44@1036Go

Replying to @kathy_markovich

And an invitation to The Hague for crimes against humanity for pushing a drug that hasn’t been tested for coronavirus patients

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Man handcuffed in front of daughter at Brighton park for allegedly violating social distancing | FOX31 Denver

Man handcuffed in front of daughter at Brighton park for allegedly violating social distancing | FOX31 Denver
"BRIGHTON, Colo. (KDVR) -- Matt Mooney feels Brighton police owe him a huge apology.
The 33-year-old says he was handcuffed at Donelson Park in front of his 6-year-old daughter Sunday afternoon after police told him he violated the state’s social distancing guidelines.
Mooney told the FOX31 Problem Solvers he refused to provide his identification to three police officers because he was confident he wasn’t doing anything unlawful by playing tee-ball with his wife and daughter at the park.
“She's like, ‘Daddy, I don't want you to get arrested.'
At this point I'm thinking, 'There's no way they're going to arrest me, this is insane.'...
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