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Thursday 28 May 2020
Wednesday 27 May 2020
News and commentary round upFrom Florida Today: It's launch day! Things to know for SpaceX's historic mission from Kennedy Space Center
From Scribd: 500 Doctors Write To Trump Warning Lockdown Will Cause More Deaths From Power Line Blog: UK COVID-19 vaccine trial may fail due to low transmission in population. [Ed: not exactly what you are hearing from the media.]
From Market Watch: ‘This is an opportunity that we will not let pass’: Netanyahu plans to push ahead with annexation of West Bank areas
Upcoming Election. From CBS News: Trump Threatens to Pull GOP Convention From NC. He demands immediate answer on whether arena can be filled to capacity From Politico: Trump sees a ‘rigged election’ ahead. Democrats see a constitutional crisis in the making. [Ed: they could both be correct.] AND The general election scenario that Democrats are dreading. "We are about to see the best economic data we’ve seen in the history of this country," says a top former economic adviser to Obama. From Jacobin: We Need a Class War, Not a Culture War. [Ed: a fair analysis of Sanders' campaign.] From the Onion: DNC To Streamline Fundraising By Cutting Out Unnecessary Cost Of Campaigns, Candidates
From USA Today: Widower of late Scarborough staffer asks Twitter to remove Trump tweets, Twitter says no. [Ed: time for Trump to shut up. What are the odds?]
From Tech Crunch: Hackers release a new jailbreak that unlocks every iPhone. "The jailbreak, released by the unc0ver team, supports all iPhones that run iOS 11 and above, including up to iOS 13.5, which Apple released this week."
From the Babylon Bee: To Save Time, The Babylon Bee Will Now Just Republish Everything Biden Says Verbatim. "That's why we're announcing today that we will simply be republishing everything Joe Biden says word for word rather than spending a lot of time and effort writing satire."
The Media. From Zero Hedge: Privatize The PBS And The NPR. If the fourth estate is beholden to the state, it cannot function in its proper role. by Walter Block. From the New York Post: Sorry, media: You’re not victims no matter how much ‘abuse’ you take
From the Daily Caller: Here’s The ‘Unclassified’ List Of Actions Ric Grenell Took As DNI To ‘Break’ The ‘Deep State’
From antiwar.com: Trump’s Withdrawal from Open Skies Raises Questions about New START. New START set to expire in February 2021. "The Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty raises questions about the last nuclear arms control agreement between the US and Russia."
Economics of CoronaVirus. From Coin Telegraph: What The Birth Of Crypto Can Predict For The Post-COVID-19 World. "The coronavirus outbreak may become the catalyst that will reveal the benefits of libertarian solutions and technology, such as cryptocurrency." From the Mises Institute: The Fed Is Doing "Whatever It Takes" to Prop Up the Economy. That's a Very Bad Thing.
From Taiwan News: Petition Calls For Investigation Into Twitter Censorship After Hiring Of Li Fei-Fei. "Twitter accounts of Chinese dissidents started to disappear after a controversial Chinese-American artificial intelligence expert was hired to serve on the company's board..."
From Space: SpaceX, NASA give final 'go' for historic astronaut launch Wednesday
From the American Thinker: Libertarian Party's VP pick destroys any remaining illusions of party's seriousness [Ed: actually, VP Spike Cohen sounds like a hoot...not that I'd vote for anyone.]
Commentary on CoronaVirus. From the Spiked Online: The lockdown fanatics have revived Project Fear. [Ed: lockdown skeptics are the new heretics to be burned.] From Benefit Revolution: Employee Health Screening Apps Are Coming - Proceed With Caution. From Breitbart: AR Gov. Hutchinson: ‘Projections and Modeling’ Have ‘Lost a Lot of Credibility’ From AIER: "Madness" - Focus On The COVID-19 Death Rate. [Ed: a must read.] From RT: Did you know the bogus idea of 'social distancing' was invented by a 14-year-old girl during the Bush administration in 2006? [Ed: hat tip to Jeff Tucker.]
From the Daily Bell: 10 Best Quotes from “Civil Disobedience” by Henry David Thoreau
From Middle East Eye: Israel prevents Palestinian forces from entering West Bank village. The move occurred after Mahmoud Abbas halted security coordination with Israel over West Bank annexation plans
From the Verge: J.K. Rowling is releasing a new book chapter-by-chapter online for free. The Ickabog’s first two chapters are online now
News of the CoronaVirus. From PJ Media: Washington State Counting Gunshot Victims Among Its Coronavirus Deaths From CNBC: NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he will meet with Trump Wednesday to discuss coronavirus, infrastructure plans. From the Cuomo Files: How Andrew Cuomo Screwed Democrats for Almost a Decade
From Scribd: 500 Doctors Write To Trump Warning Lockdown Will Cause More Deaths From Power Line Blog: UK COVID-19 vaccine trial may fail due to low transmission in population. [Ed: not exactly what you are hearing from the media.]
From Market Watch: ‘This is an opportunity that we will not let pass’: Netanyahu plans to push ahead with annexation of West Bank areas
Upcoming Election. From CBS News: Trump Threatens to Pull GOP Convention From NC. He demands immediate answer on whether arena can be filled to capacity From Politico: Trump sees a ‘rigged election’ ahead. Democrats see a constitutional crisis in the making. [Ed: they could both be correct.] AND The general election scenario that Democrats are dreading. "We are about to see the best economic data we’ve seen in the history of this country," says a top former economic adviser to Obama. From Jacobin: We Need a Class War, Not a Culture War. [Ed: a fair analysis of Sanders' campaign.] From the Onion: DNC To Streamline Fundraising By Cutting Out Unnecessary Cost Of Campaigns, Candidates
From USA Today: Widower of late Scarborough staffer asks Twitter to remove Trump tweets, Twitter says no. [Ed: time for Trump to shut up. What are the odds?]
From Tech Crunch: Hackers release a new jailbreak that unlocks every iPhone. "The jailbreak, released by the unc0ver team, supports all iPhones that run iOS 11 and above, including up to iOS 13.5, which Apple released this week."
From the Babylon Bee: To Save Time, The Babylon Bee Will Now Just Republish Everything Biden Says Verbatim. "That's why we're announcing today that we will simply be republishing everything Joe Biden says word for word rather than spending a lot of time and effort writing satire."
The Media. From Zero Hedge: Privatize The PBS And The NPR. If the fourth estate is beholden to the state, it cannot function in its proper role. by Walter Block. From the New York Post: Sorry, media: You’re not victims no matter how much ‘abuse’ you take
From the Daily Caller: Here’s The ‘Unclassified’ List Of Actions Ric Grenell Took As DNI To ‘Break’ The ‘Deep State’
From antiwar.com: Trump’s Withdrawal from Open Skies Raises Questions about New START. New START set to expire in February 2021. "The Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty raises questions about the last nuclear arms control agreement between the US and Russia."
Economics of CoronaVirus. From Coin Telegraph: What The Birth Of Crypto Can Predict For The Post-COVID-19 World. "The coronavirus outbreak may become the catalyst that will reveal the benefits of libertarian solutions and technology, such as cryptocurrency." From the Mises Institute: The Fed Is Doing "Whatever It Takes" to Prop Up the Economy. That's a Very Bad Thing.
From Taiwan News: Petition Calls For Investigation Into Twitter Censorship After Hiring Of Li Fei-Fei. "Twitter accounts of Chinese dissidents started to disappear after a controversial Chinese-American artificial intelligence expert was hired to serve on the company's board..."
From Space: SpaceX, NASA give final 'go' for historic astronaut launch Wednesday
From the American Thinker: Libertarian Party's VP pick destroys any remaining illusions of party's seriousness [Ed: actually, VP Spike Cohen sounds like a hoot...not that I'd vote for anyone.]
Commentary on CoronaVirus. From the Spiked Online: The lockdown fanatics have revived Project Fear. [Ed: lockdown skeptics are the new heretics to be burned.] From Benefit Revolution: Employee Health Screening Apps Are Coming - Proceed With Caution. From Breitbart: AR Gov. Hutchinson: ‘Projections and Modeling’ Have ‘Lost a Lot of Credibility’ From AIER: "Madness" - Focus On The COVID-19 Death Rate. [Ed: a must read.] From RT: Did you know the bogus idea of 'social distancing' was invented by a 14-year-old girl during the Bush administration in 2006? [Ed: hat tip to Jeff Tucker.]
From the Daily Bell: 10 Best Quotes from “Civil Disobedience” by Henry David Thoreau
From Middle East Eye: Israel prevents Palestinian forces from entering West Bank village. The move occurred after Mahmoud Abbas halted security coordination with Israel over West Bank annexation plans
From the Verge: J.K. Rowling is releasing a new book chapter-by-chapter online for free. The Ickabog’s first two chapters are online now
News of the CoronaVirus. From PJ Media: Washington State Counting Gunshot Victims Among Its Coronavirus Deaths From CNBC: NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he will meet with Trump Wednesday to discuss coronavirus, infrastructure plans. From the Cuomo Files: How Andrew Cuomo Screwed Democrats for Almost a Decade
Tuesday 26 May 2020
News and commentary round upFrom Mel Magazine: The Teenage Gun Geeks on a Mission to Correct Every Media Fuckup. Mengo, Nico and Cooper are too young to own guns — but they’re having a hell of a time mocking how nobody knows anything about them
From Almadar News: Greece Charges Turkey With 'Land Invasion' After Troops Cross River, Raise Turkish Flag. [Ed: complicated situation.]
From Boing Boing: Virgin Orbit fails on first rocket launch attempt, 'next big test ASAP' for Richard Branson’s spaceflight firm
Commentary on CoronaVirus. From Spiked: The public must lead us out of the lockdown. The political elites have lost the plot over Covid-19. The people must take over. [Ed: by the excellent Brendan O'Neill.] AND Theatre cannot survive social distancing. We cannot follow the ‘two-metre rule’ forever. From the Washington Times: Rally: Effigy of Kentucky governor displayed near Capitol. [Ed: effigy hung from a tree.] From Lew Rockwell: The Pleasures of Life Are Being Destroyed by the Criminal State and Its Enforcers From Zero Hedge: Global Anger Builds As Elites Worldwide Break Quarantine Rules "One rule for me, and another for thee" appears to be the politically-prone mantra rapidly spreading around the world. From the Spectator: A short guide to rejustifying relockdown. [Ed: a must read.]
From Zero Hedge: Hong Kong Erupts: Tear Gas Deployed As Thousands Fill Streets To Oppose China's National Security Law.
From the National: Lost in translation: Why machine learning finds Arabic challenging
From Politico: Trump ‘has a point’ on WHO, German health minister says.
From Vice: Bow, Humans: Trillions of Cicadas Are Going to Rule America
Upcoming Election. From FOX News: Biden adviser Symone Sanders bristles at question about 'you ain't black' remarks: 'I'm not going to do this' From Politico: Republican Party Sues California Over Mail-In Voting. RNC wants to block Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan [Ed: lawsuit based on tehcnicality...a violation of procedure.]
From RT: Alyssa Milano goes on defensive after showing off her KNITTED mask (that does NOTHING to stop Covid-19). Virtue-signal by leftist actress backfires
From Politico: Trump's drive against watchdogs faces constitutional reckoning. The inspector general system is being tested like never before in the Trump era. [Ed: SCOTUS will side with Trump and solidify his ability to dismiss IGs.]
From Reason: Libertarian Party Picks Spike Cohen as Its Vice-Presidential Candidate. [Ed: claims to be an anarchist. If so, he is a contradiction in terms.]
News of CoronaVirus. From Breitbart: Ohio Judge Deems State's Coronavirus Lockdown Illegal. An Ohio judge says the state's top health director "has acted in an impermissibly arbitrary, unreasonable, and oppressive manner." From the New American: JP Morgan Study: COVID Lockdowns INEFFECTIVE; Millions of Livelihoods Being Destroyed for NOTHING. From the Associated Press: Virginia Governor Goes to the Beach Sans Mask, Takes Selfie. Ralph Northam criticized for Memorial Day weekend maskless beach visit. From the National: How surprise clothing boxes are keeping Bangladeshi garment workers from starvation. British buyers are being offered the chance to snap up a box of clothes at half price and help workers in Bangladesh.
From the San Francisco Chronicle: Warehouse fire devastates San Francisco's fishing industry.
From FOX News: Grenell stepping down as ambassador to Germany following DNI stint. [Ed: the permanent head has been voted in by the Senate, and Grenell does not wish to return to German as the ambassador. He is a golden boy right now; I wonder what is planned for him?] From the Daily Caller: ‘Those Are Coming’: Grenell Says He Is Working To Declassify More Flynn Documents
From AEI: Deirdre McCloskey on why Jeff Bezos and billionaires, even superbillionaires, should exist.
From the Guardian: New UK legal advice could open door to Hong Kong citizens. Leading QC blows apart government claim its hands are tied by obligations to China. [Ed: 10s of 1000s of people could seek refuge.]
From Watts Up With That?: “Anti-Greta” Naomi Seibt Strikes Back at Climate Activist Misanthropy
The Media. From the Washington Examiner: 'That is a false statement': Liberal law professor slams CNN for coverage of edited clip favoring Biden. [Ed: the law prof. is Jonathan Turley.] From PJ Media: Watching Kayleigh McEnany Beat Up the Corrupt Press Is a Never-Ending Delight. From the Hill: GOP lawmaker calls on Trump to stop promoting Scarborough conspiracy theory: 'It will destroy us'
From Almadar News: Greece Charges Turkey With 'Land Invasion' After Troops Cross River, Raise Turkish Flag. [Ed: complicated situation.]
From Boing Boing: Virgin Orbit fails on first rocket launch attempt, 'next big test ASAP' for Richard Branson’s spaceflight firm
Commentary on CoronaVirus. From Spiked: The public must lead us out of the lockdown. The political elites have lost the plot over Covid-19. The people must take over. [Ed: by the excellent Brendan O'Neill.] AND Theatre cannot survive social distancing. We cannot follow the ‘two-metre rule’ forever. From the Washington Times: Rally: Effigy of Kentucky governor displayed near Capitol. [Ed: effigy hung from a tree.] From Lew Rockwell: The Pleasures of Life Are Being Destroyed by the Criminal State and Its Enforcers From Zero Hedge: Global Anger Builds As Elites Worldwide Break Quarantine Rules "One rule for me, and another for thee" appears to be the politically-prone mantra rapidly spreading around the world. From the Spectator: A short guide to rejustifying relockdown. [Ed: a must read.]
From Zero Hedge: Hong Kong Erupts: Tear Gas Deployed As Thousands Fill Streets To Oppose China's National Security Law.
From the National: Lost in translation: Why machine learning finds Arabic challenging
From Politico: Trump ‘has a point’ on WHO, German health minister says.
From Vice: Bow, Humans: Trillions of Cicadas Are Going to Rule America
Upcoming Election. From FOX News: Biden adviser Symone Sanders bristles at question about 'you ain't black' remarks: 'I'm not going to do this' From Politico: Republican Party Sues California Over Mail-In Voting. RNC wants to block Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan [Ed: lawsuit based on tehcnicality...a violation of procedure.]
From RT: Alyssa Milano goes on defensive after showing off her KNITTED mask (that does NOTHING to stop Covid-19). Virtue-signal by leftist actress backfires
From Politico: Trump's drive against watchdogs faces constitutional reckoning. The inspector general system is being tested like never before in the Trump era. [Ed: SCOTUS will side with Trump and solidify his ability to dismiss IGs.]
From Reason: Libertarian Party Picks Spike Cohen as Its Vice-Presidential Candidate. [Ed: claims to be an anarchist. If so, he is a contradiction in terms.]
News of CoronaVirus. From Breitbart: Ohio Judge Deems State's Coronavirus Lockdown Illegal. An Ohio judge says the state's top health director "has acted in an impermissibly arbitrary, unreasonable, and oppressive manner." From the New American: JP Morgan Study: COVID Lockdowns INEFFECTIVE; Millions of Livelihoods Being Destroyed for NOTHING. From the Associated Press: Virginia Governor Goes to the Beach Sans Mask, Takes Selfie. Ralph Northam criticized for Memorial Day weekend maskless beach visit. From the National: How surprise clothing boxes are keeping Bangladeshi garment workers from starvation. British buyers are being offered the chance to snap up a box of clothes at half price and help workers in Bangladesh.
From the San Francisco Chronicle: Warehouse fire devastates San Francisco's fishing industry.
From FOX News: Grenell stepping down as ambassador to Germany following DNI stint. [Ed: the permanent head has been voted in by the Senate, and Grenell does not wish to return to German as the ambassador. He is a golden boy right now; I wonder what is planned for him?] From the Daily Caller: ‘Those Are Coming’: Grenell Says He Is Working To Declassify More Flynn Documents
From AEI: Deirdre McCloskey on why Jeff Bezos and billionaires, even superbillionaires, should exist.
From the Guardian: New UK legal advice could open door to Hong Kong citizens. Leading QC blows apart government claim its hands are tied by obligations to China. [Ed: 10s of 1000s of people could seek refuge.]
From Watts Up With That?: “Anti-Greta” Naomi Seibt Strikes Back at Climate Activist Misanthropy
The Media. From the Washington Examiner: 'That is a false statement': Liberal law professor slams CNN for coverage of edited clip favoring Biden. [Ed: the law prof. is Jonathan Turley.] From PJ Media: Watching Kayleigh McEnany Beat Up the Corrupt Press Is a Never-Ending Delight. From the Hill: GOP lawmaker calls on Trump to stop promoting Scarborough conspiracy theory: 'It will destroy us'
Monday 25 May 2020
Wapo's Fact Checker should fact check its datesThe twitter comment that accompanied this image: "Hey @washingtonpost
, if you're going to publish a fact checking book, maybe fact check your dates a bit when you advertise? Or is Donald Trump a time traveler? Can someone fact check that for me? (See second quote if you are confused.)"
My comment: Forget about Trump's lies, etc. ALL politicians lie. Forget about ridiculing and defaming him; that should go without saying...he is a politician. Focus on the man's policies, for the love of God. Or is actual analysis beneath the exalted station of commentators?
, if you're going to publish a fact checking book, maybe fact check your dates a bit when you advertise? Or is Donald Trump a time traveler? Can someone fact check that for me? (See second quote if you are confused.)"
My comment: Forget about Trump's lies, etc. ALL politicians lie. Forget about ridiculing and defaming him; that should go without saying...he is a politician. Focus on the man's policies, for the love of God. Or is actual analysis beneath the exalted station of commentators?
News and commentary round upFrom the Dollar Collapse: Why The Gold/Silver Ratio Is A Useful Indicator
From DNYUZ: The Drones Were Ready for This Moment. [Ed: dystopian.]
Commentary on CornaVirus. From Harvard Business Review: The Danger of Vaccine Nationalism. From the Telegraph: Lockdown saved no lives and may have cost them, Nobel Prize winner believes. Professor Michael Levitt of Stanford University predicts that the UK will be rid of Covid-19 within weeks.
From Mises Wire: Why Didn't the 1958 and 1918 Pandemics Destroy the Economy? Hint: It's the Lockdowns. From Zero Hedge: Bankruptcy Tsunami Begins: Thousands Of Default Notices Are "Flying Out The Door". [Ed: on retail space.]
From Consortium News: Guccifer 2.0's Hidden Agenda. Why would an alleged GRU officer - supposedly part of an operation to deflect Russian culpability - suggest that Assange “may be connected with Russians?”
From the Hill: Kim Jong Un seeks to continue bolstering North Korea's nuclear capabilities, state media says [Ed: first appearance in 3 weeks, as reported by state media.]
Hong Kong. From the Guardian: Hong Kong protests: police fire teargas as thousands rally against Beijing's national security law. Armoured vehicles and water cannon deployed earlier to tackle protests amid China plans to force through security laws. From CBC: Beijing warns against 'meddling' as Canada, others express concerns over Hong Kong security laws From Zero Hedge: 200 Lawmakers From 23 Countries Unite To Resist China's Latest "Comprehensive Assault" On Hong Kong's Autonomy
From Legal Insurrection: Judge in Michael Flynn case hires a lawyer… for the Judge. [Ed: very unusual for judge to hire private attorney to challenge mandamus from appeals court. High-power attorney, too. Wow. Someone does NOT want to dismiss the Flynn case.]
From the Jersualem Post: Tanker fleet nears Venezuela amid US tensions. [Ed: little chance that this will cause real confrontation.]
From American Greatness: Following Up on Fauciism. A useful shorthand term for “expert-induced panic,” much in the way “McCarthyism” is shorthand for “anti-Communist hysteria.”
From Just the News: CDC: Coronavirus fatality rate could be as low as 0.26%.
From Breitbart: Charlamagne tha God Declares Joe Biden a ‘Very Intricate’ Part of ‘Systemic Racism’ in America. [Ed: the man sounds sane. Refreshing.] From Politico: Black activists warn Biden: Don't pick Klobuchar as VP. The Minnesota senator and former prosecutor has problems with communities of colors that another top white contender, Elizabeth Warren, does not.
From FOX News: South Carolina election ballots reportedly found in Maryland this week. [Ed: mail-in ballots are ultra vulnerable to fraud.]
The Media. From the Washington Examiner: 'Time has no meaning': Rachel Maddow complains coronavirus has reduced show to 'anarchy'. From the Hill: In the age of Trump, media bias comes into the spotlight. From the Gateway Pundit: THEY DID IT AGAIN! CBS Caught Using Photo from Ukraine in 2016 in Their ‘Panic Porn’ on Coronavirus in Children
From Patrick Buchanan: What Does Winning Mean In A Forever War?
From McSweeney: I Was In Charge of the Deck Chairs On the Titanic, and They Absolutely Did Need Rearranging. [Ed: macabre and a bit disturbing.] AND Lesser-Known Privileges of Academic Rank [Ed: hat tip to Brad who comments, Some good inside jokes here, such as the Philosophy PhD]
From Wired: A Grad Student Solved the Epic Conway Knot Problem—in a Week. Lisa Piccirillo encountered the more than 50-year-old question by chance at a conference. Her solution relies on a classical tool called the knot trace.
From WION: Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu goes on trial for corruption charges From the Times of Israel: PM at cabinet meeting: New government represents ‘all of Israel’s citizens’ [Ed: translation: a defense of Netanyahu on the cusp of his trial for corruption.]
News of CoronaVirus. From C/Net: Your face mask selfies could be training the next facial recognition tool. From the Daily Mail: REVEALED: Two executives at drug firm Moderna quietly sold nearly $30 million of stock when they unveiled coronavirus vaccine and value rose – before share price went down again [Ed: there was talk of this being a pump and dump when Moderna first burst upon the scene.] From the Off-Guardian: EU Planning "Vaccination Passport" Since 2018; Report.
From Cracked: Tech Myths You Believe Thanks To Movies
From the Intercept: The CIA’s Murderous Practices, Disinformation Campaigns, and Interference in Other Countries Still Shape the World Order and U.S. Politics by the excellent Glenn Greenwald,
From DNYUZ: The Drones Were Ready for This Moment. [Ed: dystopian.]
Commentary on CornaVirus. From Harvard Business Review: The Danger of Vaccine Nationalism. From the Telegraph: Lockdown saved no lives and may have cost them, Nobel Prize winner believes. Professor Michael Levitt of Stanford University predicts that the UK will be rid of Covid-19 within weeks.
From Mises Wire: Why Didn't the 1958 and 1918 Pandemics Destroy the Economy? Hint: It's the Lockdowns. From Zero Hedge: Bankruptcy Tsunami Begins: Thousands Of Default Notices Are "Flying Out The Door". [Ed: on retail space.]
From Consortium News: Guccifer 2.0's Hidden Agenda. Why would an alleged GRU officer - supposedly part of an operation to deflect Russian culpability - suggest that Assange “may be connected with Russians?”
From the Hill: Kim Jong Un seeks to continue bolstering North Korea's nuclear capabilities, state media says [Ed: first appearance in 3 weeks, as reported by state media.]
Hong Kong. From the Guardian: Hong Kong protests: police fire teargas as thousands rally against Beijing's national security law. Armoured vehicles and water cannon deployed earlier to tackle protests amid China plans to force through security laws. From CBC: Beijing warns against 'meddling' as Canada, others express concerns over Hong Kong security laws From Zero Hedge: 200 Lawmakers From 23 Countries Unite To Resist China's Latest "Comprehensive Assault" On Hong Kong's Autonomy
From Legal Insurrection: Judge in Michael Flynn case hires a lawyer… for the Judge. [Ed: very unusual for judge to hire private attorney to challenge mandamus from appeals court. High-power attorney, too. Wow. Someone does NOT want to dismiss the Flynn case.]
From the Jersualem Post: Tanker fleet nears Venezuela amid US tensions. [Ed: little chance that this will cause real confrontation.]
From American Greatness: Following Up on Fauciism. A useful shorthand term for “expert-induced panic,” much in the way “McCarthyism” is shorthand for “anti-Communist hysteria.”
From Just the News: CDC: Coronavirus fatality rate could be as low as 0.26%.
From Breitbart: Charlamagne tha God Declares Joe Biden a ‘Very Intricate’ Part of ‘Systemic Racism’ in America. [Ed: the man sounds sane. Refreshing.] From Politico: Black activists warn Biden: Don't pick Klobuchar as VP. The Minnesota senator and former prosecutor has problems with communities of colors that another top white contender, Elizabeth Warren, does not.
From FOX News: South Carolina election ballots reportedly found in Maryland this week. [Ed: mail-in ballots are ultra vulnerable to fraud.]
The Media. From the Washington Examiner: 'Time has no meaning': Rachel Maddow complains coronavirus has reduced show to 'anarchy'. From the Hill: In the age of Trump, media bias comes into the spotlight. From the Gateway Pundit: THEY DID IT AGAIN! CBS Caught Using Photo from Ukraine in 2016 in Their ‘Panic Porn’ on Coronavirus in Children
From Patrick Buchanan: What Does Winning Mean In A Forever War?
From McSweeney: I Was In Charge of the Deck Chairs On the Titanic, and They Absolutely Did Need Rearranging. [Ed: macabre and a bit disturbing.] AND Lesser-Known Privileges of Academic Rank [Ed: hat tip to Brad who comments, Some good inside jokes here, such as the Philosophy PhD]
From Wired: A Grad Student Solved the Epic Conway Knot Problem—in a Week. Lisa Piccirillo encountered the more than 50-year-old question by chance at a conference. Her solution relies on a classical tool called the knot trace.
From WION: Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu goes on trial for corruption charges From the Times of Israel: PM at cabinet meeting: New government represents ‘all of Israel’s citizens’ [Ed: translation: a defense of Netanyahu on the cusp of his trial for corruption.]
News of CoronaVirus. From C/Net: Your face mask selfies could be training the next facial recognition tool. From the Daily Mail: REVEALED: Two executives at drug firm Moderna quietly sold nearly $30 million of stock when they unveiled coronavirus vaccine and value rose – before share price went down again [Ed: there was talk of this being a pump and dump when Moderna first burst upon the scene.] From the Off-Guardian: EU Planning "Vaccination Passport" Since 2018; Report.
From Cracked: Tech Myths You Believe Thanks To Movies
From the Intercept: The CIA’s Murderous Practices, Disinformation Campaigns, and Interference in Other Countries Still Shape the World Order and U.S. Politics by the excellent Glenn Greenwald,
Sunday 24 May 2020
News and commentary round upThe Upcoming Election. From Breitbart: RNC Joins Opposition to Lawsuit Demanding Ballot Harvesting in Florida. From FOX 4 News: Ruling that would expand Texas mail-in voting put on hold. [Ed: the election will hinge on issues like mail-in and harvesting.] From the LA Progressive: Democrats’ Version of Insanity: Picking the “Electable One” From PJ Media: This Doesn't Bode Well for Vote-by-Mail: Many Oregon Voters Received the Wrong Primary Ballot. From Politico: Team Trump plans $1M ad blitz after Biden's 'you ain't black' stumble.
From Reason: Jo Jorgensen Wins Libertarian Party Presidential Nomination. The Clemson psychology lecturer and 1996 Libertarian vice presidential candidate got 51 percent on the fourth ballot.
From Reuters: Rouhani says Iran to retaliate over any U.S. 'trouble' for Venezuela-bound tankers
From CBS News: Massive fire erupts at San Francisco's iconic Fisherman's Wharf [Ed: I spent one of the most pleasant afternoons of my life on this wharf with Brad.]
From New York Post: Trump administration considering first US nuclear test since 1992
From Zero Hedge: "We've Never Seen Numbers Like This" - Trauma Doc Sees Post-Lockdown Suicide Wave Starting. "I mean we've seen a year's worth of suicide attempts in the last four weeks."
From Politico: McConnell warns House Democrats over proxy voting on floor. "...hinted that he might not take up legislation passed under this procedure."
From Twitter: Turn Off iOS Updates. Do not get iOS 13.5 It allows Apple to automatically turn CONTACT TRACING AND REPORTING ON. Probable cause to test your family for COVID can be established, without your consent, From Ars Technica: Just Turning Your Phone On Qualifies As Searching It, Court Rules
From American Greatness: Elon Musk Is No Hero, ‘Conservative’ or Otherwise. Relying on handouts to keep his companies afloat doesn’t make the Tesla founder a free-market champion—it makes him a leech who is beholden to the welfare state.
From Cracked: Tolkien Versus Disney, And More WTF Historical Feuds
From Gateway Pundit: After Attorney Obtains Evidence US Government Has Communications Between Seth Rich and WikiLeaks – DOJ Again Refuses Request to Perform Additional Search
From Medrxiv: Infection Fatality Rate. "At a very broad, bird’s eye view level, worldwide the IFR of COVID-19 this season may be in the same ballpark as the IFR of influenza (0.1%, 0.2% in a bad year)." From the Conservative Review: Horowitz: The CDC confirms remarkably low coronavirus death rate. Where is the media? From the Gateway Pundit: Another Dr. Fauci Lie Debunked – “Mysterious Inflammatory Condition” in Children Is Typical Every Year in 13 of 100,000 Children in Study
From Reason: How the Abolitionist Grandfathers of Modern Libertarianism Won by Losing—and Lost by Winning. While Europe was in revolt, America had its own Free Soil revolution of 1848.
From the New York Post: North Korea state TV curiously scrubs Kim Jong Un emblem [Ed: rumors keeps swirling about his death.]
From Commentary on CoronaVirus. From Spiked: Dominic Cummings broke the lockdown? Good. The hysteria over his trip to his parents' home is driven by nothing more than Remainer revenge. [Ed: recommended.] From Zero Hedge: "Grandma Killer" Cuomo Sent 4,300 Patients Back To Nursing Homes Despite Positive COVID-19 Tests
From Zero Hedge: Hertz Files For Bankruptcy As Lockdowns Crush Rental Car Industry [Ed: companies that have been here for my lifetime are disppearing.] From CNBC: 70% of Dubai companies expect to go out of business within six months due to coronavirus pandemic, survey says
From the Guardian: Why reassertion of Xi Jinping's authority spells violence in Hong Kong. Sedition legislation would allow Chinese security forces on to streets and may mean end of city’s autonomy.
News of CornaVirus. From NBC: Reopening America. All 50 states have begun to reopen. See what that means for your state. From Axios: Michigan governor extends stay-at-home order until June 12. From Fox 5: Nearly half of Twitter accounts discussing coronavirus are likely bots, researchers say
From Reason: Jo Jorgensen Wins Libertarian Party Presidential Nomination. The Clemson psychology lecturer and 1996 Libertarian vice presidential candidate got 51 percent on the fourth ballot.
From Reuters: Rouhani says Iran to retaliate over any U.S. 'trouble' for Venezuela-bound tankers
From CBS News: Massive fire erupts at San Francisco's iconic Fisherman's Wharf [Ed: I spent one of the most pleasant afternoons of my life on this wharf with Brad.]
From New York Post: Trump administration considering first US nuclear test since 1992
From Zero Hedge: "We've Never Seen Numbers Like This" - Trauma Doc Sees Post-Lockdown Suicide Wave Starting. "I mean we've seen a year's worth of suicide attempts in the last four weeks."
From Politico: McConnell warns House Democrats over proxy voting on floor. "...hinted that he might not take up legislation passed under this procedure."
From Twitter: Turn Off iOS Updates. Do not get iOS 13.5 It allows Apple to automatically turn CONTACT TRACING AND REPORTING ON. Probable cause to test your family for COVID can be established, without your consent, From Ars Technica: Just Turning Your Phone On Qualifies As Searching It, Court Rules
From American Greatness: Elon Musk Is No Hero, ‘Conservative’ or Otherwise. Relying on handouts to keep his companies afloat doesn’t make the Tesla founder a free-market champion—it makes him a leech who is beholden to the welfare state.
From Cracked: Tolkien Versus Disney, And More WTF Historical Feuds
From Gateway Pundit: After Attorney Obtains Evidence US Government Has Communications Between Seth Rich and WikiLeaks – DOJ Again Refuses Request to Perform Additional Search
From Medrxiv: Infection Fatality Rate. "At a very broad, bird’s eye view level, worldwide the IFR of COVID-19 this season may be in the same ballpark as the IFR of influenza (0.1%, 0.2% in a bad year)." From the Conservative Review: Horowitz: The CDC confirms remarkably low coronavirus death rate. Where is the media? From the Gateway Pundit: Another Dr. Fauci Lie Debunked – “Mysterious Inflammatory Condition” in Children Is Typical Every Year in 13 of 100,000 Children in Study
From Reason: How the Abolitionist Grandfathers of Modern Libertarianism Won by Losing—and Lost by Winning. While Europe was in revolt, America had its own Free Soil revolution of 1848.
From the New York Post: North Korea state TV curiously scrubs Kim Jong Un emblem [Ed: rumors keeps swirling about his death.]
From Commentary on CoronaVirus. From Spiked: Dominic Cummings broke the lockdown? Good. The hysteria over his trip to his parents' home is driven by nothing more than Remainer revenge. [Ed: recommended.] From Zero Hedge: "Grandma Killer" Cuomo Sent 4,300 Patients Back To Nursing Homes Despite Positive COVID-19 Tests
From Zero Hedge: Hertz Files For Bankruptcy As Lockdowns Crush Rental Car Industry [Ed: companies that have been here for my lifetime are disppearing.] From CNBC: 70% of Dubai companies expect to go out of business within six months due to coronavirus pandemic, survey says
From the Guardian: Why reassertion of Xi Jinping's authority spells violence in Hong Kong. Sedition legislation would allow Chinese security forces on to streets and may mean end of city’s autonomy.
News of CornaVirus. From NBC: Reopening America. All 50 states have begun to reopen. See what that means for your state. From Axios: Michigan governor extends stay-at-home order until June 12. From Fox 5: Nearly half of Twitter accounts discussing coronavirus are likely bots, researchers say
Saturday 23 May 2020
WM Briggs - 'There is no evidence lockdowns saved lives.'From Scott S.
Interesting, data-based post. (Pun unintended.) Author’s bio.
Notes:
1. If you click the embedded “Download the data here link,” you can access the author’s spreadsheet, which includes the URLs to the data sources for each country.
2. This piece was published on May 14th, so some figures are already outdated.
3. As always, if you spot any logical or statistical errors, please do let me know.
Interesting, data-based post. (Pun unintended.) Author’s bio.
Notes:
1. If you click the embedded “Download the data here link,” you can access the author’s spreadsheet, which includes the URLs to the data sources for each country.
2. This piece was published on May 14th, so some figures are already outdated.
3. As always, if you spot any logical or statistical errors, please do let me know.
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