John Derbyshire.

We all live on the same planet, to be sure, and we have common concerns in areas like, oh, public health. But making your country dependent on a geopolitical rival for some high proportion of your medications, or key manufacturing processes, is seriously stupid.

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I’ve now treated several patients with the new cancer gene therapy called CAR-T, but there’s still a lot to learn.

The unholy alliance of covid-19, nationalism, and climate change  Women and minorities hardest hit.

Global Pandemic Doesn’t Stop Jane Fonda’s Climate Hysteria  Why would it?

Trump’s self-interest is at odds with safe coronavirus policy  The Hill. More mind-reading Loserthink.

Oversight erased, Supreme Court hijacked: Trump turns the presidency into a dictatorship  USA Today.

CBS’s Anti-Trump Drama Fantasizes: President Hillary Cures Cancer, Saves Rainforest

Acosta Miffed About Taking Test to Keep Task Force Safe Since ‘So Many…Can’t Get’ Tested

James Carville: Republicans Want to Kill People to Keep Power Jen Rubin: We Democrats Must Be Eager to Say Republicans Want to Kill People to Keep Power

Left-Wing Super Pac Dumps Six-Figure Ad Buy On Memes Hitting Trump For Golfing Amid Virus Pandemic

Schiff Unveils Bill For Coronavirus Commission; Swears It’s Not To Lay Blame  And if you believe that one he’ll tell you another one.

Colbert, Obama Alum ‘Enraged’ By Trump’s ‘False Hope’ at Briefings: ‘Doing More Harm Than Good!’

Trump And Fauci Team Up To Knock Down Question From NBC Reporter

‘This Is the Real Deal’; Watch Trump Torpedo Jim Acosta for Trashing ‘Happy Talk Briefings’

Spike Lee Blasts Trump, Praises Cuomo, Claims Coronavirus Is Earth’s Revenge

Amanpour Presses for Biden to Hit Trump, Embrace Sanders

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Open doors and press buttons without touching them!

I am not making this up.

“If you nail together two things that have never been nailed together before, some schmuck will buy it.” — George Carlin.

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See what your Senator is buying and selling.

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The stakes could not be higher. On the table are not just millions of lives and many billions of dollars and renminbi but perhaps a century’s worth of geo-political power and status. If science is the exit to the lockdown forced upon the world by Covid-19, then a working vaccine holds the most likely key to the door.

Babylon Bee.

The new method of college admissions will just figure out how oppressed or privileged you are and assign you an oppression score based on your racial background. Those with lots of marginalized ancestors will receive a high score, while those with evil, privileged ancestors will receive a low score. Prestigious schools such as Ivy League institutions will only consider applicants with an Oppression Score of 1500 or higher. Asian students start the test off with an automatic 500-point deduction, while white students are asked to leave the testing site immediately.

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“The World Health Organization did not protect the world from this pandemic and I consider them to be co-conspirators with the Chinese Communist Party,” McCaul continued. He also called for the resignation of WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

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He must have had dirt on Hillary.

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That’s what happens when Democrats run your city.

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They’re fundraising on Easter weekend during a national shutdown in which many people are missing paychecks and maybe seeing their businesses go bankrupt?

Bold call, Cotton. Let’s see how that goes.

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Apparently, liberals have an alternative reality built up in their minds where Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump in 2016 and now is an amazing president.

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The Charmed actress, who days ago dismissed sexaul assualt allegations against Dem fave Joe Biden a year-and-a-half after slandering Justicice Kavanaugh over laughable sexual assault allegations, posted a video to Twitter of her decrying the high amount of gun sales during the pandemic. It was, she said, a “dangerous” trend.

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Everything sounded on track for WASHLITE as it filed suit April 2 in a dark blue state, a blue county (King County, which includes Seattle), and a liberal judge named Ken Schuber who’s both donated to far-left causes and received help in his campaign from a progressive political firm.

So why has WASHLITE changed its tune and moved to have Schuber disqualified from the case? And why do so only a week after filing it? The likely answer? Because they know it will fail miserably.

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Uh, no.

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Someone who had specific information that the CDC did not was Dr. Helen Y. Chu, an expert in infectious diseases in Seattle. In an excellent New York Times news story on March 10, reporters Sheri Fink and Mike Baker tell the tragic tale. As a result of her months-long research in the flu, Dr. Chu and her colleagues had a collection of nasal swabs from people experiencing symptoms. She spent weeks trying to get permission from state and federal officials to test the swabs for the coronavirus. They turned her down. The CDC told her on February 16 that if she wanted to use her test as a screening tool, she would need permission from the Food and Drug Administration. But because of regulations put in place by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the FDA could not approve. Finally on February 25, in desperation, she and her colleagues did the tests without approval. And bingo: she found a positive test for a teenager who had not recently traveled. But for the regulation, she could have known this weeks earlier. And did the FDA see the error of its ways and give her credit? No. Dr. Scott Lindquist, Washington state’s epidemiologist for communicable diseases, says, “What they [the CDC and the FDA] said on that phone call very clearly was cease and desist to Helen Chu. Stop testing.”

As often happens, government is the problem, not the solution; the people we hired to fix such problems just make them worse.

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The more things change, the more they stay the same.

NY Times Reporter: Virus Proves We Blew ‘Most Important Election’ of Lives on Trump

Nets Hype Experimental Virus Treatments, Bash Drug Boosted By Trump

WHO Director-General Tedros Harsher Toward Trump Than Toward China

Washington Post praises Tom Cotton to bash President Trump

James Carville: Republicans ‘Will Kill People To Stay In Power’

Defense Official Shoots Down ABC Report Alleging Trump Admin Ignored Virus Warnings

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes Unspools His Inner Conspiracy Kook on Virus Goalpost-Moving

Chris Hayes, One Month Ago: Trump “Personally Pressured” Health Officials to “Manipulate the Numbers Downward” Chris Hayes, Yesterday: Trump Inflated the Death Count So He Could Brag When The Numbers Came In Lower

‘No One Has Forgotten This Is How You Honor POWs’: Meghan McCain Blows Up At Trump On POW Day

Media On ‘Jihad’ Against Anti-Malaria COVID-19 Treatment Since Trump Endorsed Use: AG Barr  They don’t want an easy fix; their business model depends on stretching the doom & gloom out as far as possible, not to mention their ideological propensity for using this ‘crisis’ to implement progressives policies.

News, or Editorial? AP Reporter Lemire Rants ‘Trump Cycles Through Targets to Blame’

Welcome to the Shibbolithic

Oh, But We’re Anti-Science? Climate Change Zealots Harrelson, Cusack Push Crackpot ‘5G’ Theory

Radical Environmentalists’ Giddiness During Pandemic Exposes Their True Aims

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As the world has slowed down to stave off the spread of COVID-19, stories of wild animals tromping into now-quiet city streets have gone viral online. Some of these turned out to be completely made-up, including the dolphins supposedly swimming through Venice canals or the elephants getting drunk on corn wine in a Chinese farming village.

But there are also plenty of very real sightings of animals you might not expect in the urban jungle. Coyotes have been spotted throughout San Francisco, even taking naps in patches of green spaces in the city. In the coastal Welsh town of Llandudno, a herd of mountain goats stomped through the streets, munching on vegetation and climbing walls. In Boulder, Colorado, mountain lions have been prowling residential streets—one even took a nap in a backyard tree.

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David Horowitz, among others, has noted that “Inside every liberal is a totalitarian screaming to get out.” We see that today, as state governments assert the power, often illegally, to tell the rest of us how to live our lives, and to shut down hundreds of thousands of businesses.

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I am no alarmist, but I am surprised at how easy it has been for the authorities–liberal authorities, in most cases–to cow the rest of us into radically and unquestioningly changing our behavior in response to orders of dubious legality that are not supported by any scientific proof.

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The enzyme, originally discovered in a compost heap of leaves, reduced the bottles to chemical building blocks that were then used to make high-quality new bottles. Existing recycling technologies usually produce plastic only good enough for clothing and carpets.

Pope: Coronavirus May Be ‘Nature’s Response’ to Climate Change

Chaos rocks Trump White House on virus’ most tragic day  Really? Chaos?

Column: Denial and Blame at The New York Times

CNN’s Brian Stelter Whines No Staffer ‘Stands Up’ to Trump When He Whacks the Press

NY Times Levels Ridiculous Page One Conflict of Interest Charge on Trump, Corona Drug  Scraaaaaaape that barrel….

‘That Is A Lie!’ Joe Scarborough Goes On Screaming Rant At Networks For Not Fact-Checking Trump During Live Press Briefings

MSNBC Hypes Attack on ‘Right-Wing Clone’ of Trump, Tucker Carlson

ABC Cheers China as ‘Glimmer of Hope,’ Trashes Trump for ‘Missed Warning Signs’

Snopes Gives NYT ‘Mostly False’ Rating Over Article About Trump And Hydroxychloroquine

Kamala Harris Claims ‘People Are Dying’ Because Of Trump Administration’s ‘Vacuum Of Leadership’

Soros-Funded Left-Wing Group Free Press Fails to Get FCC to Label Trump Virus Briefings as ‘Hoaxes’

CACrabtree: Words to Live By, Especially for Never-Trumpers (Part Deux)

‘View’ Asks Kamala to Trash Drug ‘Pusher’ Trump, Blame Him for ‘American Lives Lost’

‘Bulls**t!’: CNN’s Chris Cuomo Slams Trump Over ‘Asinine’ Leadership Based On Clip That Omits Half His Comments  Liberals are liars every day.

Kamala Harris On Trump Touting Hydroxychloroquine: ‘We Don’t Want A Drug Pusher For President’  Especially if the drug solves our problems. (Former ‘Bachelor’ Colton Underwood Says Drugs Touted By President Trump ‘Saved’ His Life)

Senate Democrats Say Trump Admin ‘Blatantly Misinterpreting’ The Law With Emergency Border Closure

CBS & ABC Rush to Defend WHO From Trump, Ignore Failures

Babylon Bee.

Think about it.

Walter Williams calls BS.

We black people are so convenient and useful to America’s leftists. Whenever there’s a bit of silencing to be done, just accuse a detractor or critic of racism.

A recent, particularly stupid, example is CNN’s Brandon Tensley’s complaint that the “coronavirus task force is another example of Trump administration’s lack of diversity.”

Tensley said the virus experts are “largely the same sorts of white men (and a couple women on the sidelines) who’ve dominated the Trump administration from the very beginning.”

I’d like for Tensley to tell us just what racial or sex diversity contribute to finding a cure or treatment for the coronavirus.

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China told the world that it would donate tons of PPE to Italy to slow the virus outbreak. Reports now indicate that China actually charged Italy for PPE, instead of donating. It also turns out the PPE China sent over was the same equipment that Italy donated to China earlier in the year. What a mess…

The Conversation: “Sorry to disappoint climate deniers, but coronavirus makes the low-carbon transition more urgent”

IP: Award-Winning Atmospheric Scientist Dr. Fred Singer Dies – Pioneering Scientist & The Dean of Climate Skeptical Scientists

Piers Morgan Turns on Trump

Harbingers of DOOM: CBS Decries Trump’s Messages of HOPE in Crisis

See the question Trump wouldn’t let Dr. Fauci answer  Washington Post.

Trump blew it — not the WHO, Fauci or the Jews  Washington Post.

U.S. Press Disgusted Trump Grilled Hong Kong Reporter on China Ties

Andrea Mitchell Smears Red States, Blames Them for Corona Spread

Trump Encourages Pro Sports to Resume in Summer; Deadspin Calls It Desperate Swing for Fences

Tucker: Mika’s Claim Trump Has Financial Stake in Virus Drug Is ‘Crazy, Paranoid, Stupid’

NBC Still Pushing Fake News That Trump Called Coronavirus a ‘Hoax’

TOP 10: Celebrity Attacks on Trump’s Handling of the Pandemic

Joe Scarborough: Daily COVID-19 Briefings Show The World ‘How Ill-Equipped’ Trump Is  But oh, how loud he’d bitch if Trump didn’t have them.

CNN’s Harwood: ‘Authoritarian’ Trump ‘Lashed Out’ at Hong Kong Reporter’s ‘Legitimate Criticism’  Where do they find these idiots?

CNN’s Tapper Insists He Wasn’t Calling Trump ‘Insane’ With Retweet

Megyn Kelly SAVAGES Unhinged CNN After Lemon Says He’s ‘Mad as Hell’ at Trump

‘Law & Order’ Actor Blasts ‘Piece of Sh*’ Prez, Accuses Him of Wasting Time With ‘Golf’

MSNBC’s Heilemann: Trump Will Refuse to Accept Election Result If He Loses  He must think Trump is a Clinton.

Liberal Treated With Hydroxychloroquine Hopes He Still Dies Of COVID-19 To Prove Trump Is Stupid  Babylon Bee.

‘Real Housewives Of Atlanta’ Star Faces Backlash After Saying Trump ‘Has Feelings’

Pathetic: Joy Behar Begs ABC’s Karl to Call Trump a Liar, March Out of Briefing Room

Ohio State Democrat Lawmaker Is… Referring Trump For “Crimes Against Humanity” to the Hague for… Having an Optimistic View of the Efficacy of Hydroxychloroquine

‘Americans, Are You Mad As Hell?’: Don Lemon Compares Himself To Fictional Character Howard Beale While Criticizing Trump’s Press Briefings

Univision Knocks Donald Trump for Hopeful ‘Light at the End of the Tunnel’ Tweet  Can’t have that! Must have doom & gloom!

“Journalist” Jonathan Karl “Forgets” to Tell Trump That the Government Official Whose Scripted Attack Line He is Reciting is an Obama Administration Official

Howard Dean Refuses To Appear On MSNBC Until They Stop Airing Trump Coronavirus Briefings  Win-win.

Fake Tapper Retweets Obese Cu*k Calling Trump “Insane,” Then Scrambles to Lecture People About His Nonpartisanship

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Imagine what it could do for a destroyer — or a cruiser. (I don’t think it’s quite big enough for a carrier.)

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It worked for the Athenians, who invented political democracy.

Wouldn’t you rather have a plumber or an electrician as Speaker rather than Nancy Pelosi?

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Good. These people have to learn that the gravy train is going to stop.

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My, what a surprise. Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.

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There ought to be some way to sue her over this giving of taxpayer money to criminals.

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CNN has published a lengthy article suggesting that wearing face masks to guard against coronavirus is racist due to African-Americans not being able to wear them over fears they will be treated like criminals.

You can’t make this stuff up.

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot defended her decision to get a haircut despite urging citizens to stay at home in accordance with the state order.

I’d like to get a haircut, but all of the shops are closed.

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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.

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #405

Science team points out a new failure of climate models

‘Trump is killing his own supporters’ – even White House insiders know it  The Guardian.

Fox Anchor Confronts Surgeon General Over Trump Declining to Issue Lockdown

The worst president. Ever.  Washington Post.

Schiff won’t stop weaponizing intelligence absent DOJ indictments: Plot Against the President author

Embarrassing: WH Reporters Ask Odd Questions Attacking Grocery Stores and…Hope?

PBS Discusses Why Biden Is Better Than Perverted, Virus-Empowering Trump

Tinfoil Mika: Trump Promotes Possible COVID Cure So Much He Must Have ‘Financial Tie’

Study: While CNN Bashes Trump, They Barely Covered Virus Outbreak

Democratic State Rep. Plans To Refer Trump To The Hague For ‘Crimes Against Humanity’

Larry David Claims ‘Worst Dictators in History’ Not as Bad as Trump

Morning Joe: White House Briefings ‘Complete Waste of Time,’ ‘No Value’  But they’d be the first to bitch & moan if Trump didn’t have them.

FCC Slaps Down Request To Investigate Networks That Air Trump’s Coronavirus Briefings

Maybe Trump Is Right about China: The Atlantic

‘View’: ‘Totalitarian’ Trump Stirring Up Virus Fears, Causing People to Die With ‘Clown’ Briefings

Sunny Hostin Says ‘People Are Dying’ Because Of Trump’s Press Conferences: ‘Listen At Your Own Peril’

President Trump Rips NYT and WashPost Apart, Journos Go #PeakTriggered

Democratic Michigan State Rep. With Coronavirus Credits Trump With Saving Her Life  Shhh! Don’t tell the ‘media’….

NYC Comptroller Blames Trump for Mother’s Death

61% of Celebrity Performers at Upcoming WHO Virus Benefit Concert Hate Trump  But you knew that.

Media Freaks Out As Trump Asks Asian-American “Reporter” If the “News” Outlet She Works For is Owned by China Spoiler Alert: It Is China-Controlled Propaganda, But Media Are Still Outraged

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Wisconsin’s Tuesday primary election will be taking place as scheduled, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday after blocking Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ executive order to postpone the primary due to coronavirus concerns.

Well, I guess there really are limits to what ‘executive action’ can do. Color me surprised.

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“China has been providing updates about the disease in a responsible manner, including setting up an online Covid-19 knowledge center that’s available to all countries,” according to Cui, who did not include the numerous reports backing up the belief that China has consistently tried to hide information about the virus.

Reports indicate that China made efforts to conceal the virus when it first originated in Wuhan, China. A study published March 11 from the University of Southampton found that the world could have avoided a global pandemic had China acted three weeks earlier, when they first learned of a novel coronavirus.

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Apparently the U.S. exists to subsidize the inhabitants of the turd world, both here and abroad.  Glad we cleared that up.

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Could the coronavirus be racist? CBS This Morning explored that angle on Monday as reporter Jericka Duncan brought on a far-left network contributor (a man who has refused to condemn the anti-semitism of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar). The segment began by examining the perfectly valid topic of whether certain groups of people are more likely to get the virus. But then Duncan veered into a discussion with Ibram X. Kendi, explaining, “CBS News contributor Ibram X. Kendi is also the director of the Antiracism Policy Center at American University.”

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The New York Times has published an Op-Ed which shames people into the ‘correct’ way to clean up after dropping a steamer – arguing that amid an absurd toilet paper shortage due to coronavirus, people should simply ditch trees and begin using bidets to strip-mine their crevices.