Link to source.

The writer outlines the history of the technical concept of social distancing as a response to epidemic and finds that it is a very recent — and originally controversial — innovation.

Continue reading “AIER: The 2006 Origins of the Lockdown Idea” →

https://www.pilotonline.com/military/vp-nw-sailors-theodore-roosevelt-virus-second-time-20200515-ehb7nfb6qjcmxjrhdnzx27cz64-story.html

Two questions come to mind: 1) How accurate was the testing used on TR? 2) If you have the disease, are your truly immune from getting it again?

Keep in mind, these tend to be younger people who we keep getting told have little to worry about from COVID-19. Unless of course it is running thorough the CPO Mess or Wardroom. The you get into that older demographic of 30-40 year olds.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/05/trump-russia-investigation-obamagate-not-conspiracy-theory/

David Harsanyi makes the case that denial is no longer an option.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/we-could-stop-the-pandemic-by-july-4-if-the-government-took-these-steps/2020/05/15/9e527370-954f-11ea-9f5e-56d8239bf9ad_story.html

Paywalled? Here is the gist and cost.
Continue reading “Solve pandemic problem by July 4? Here is a plan that has merit.” →

The article is long, but the Eisenhower admonition about the military-industrial complex is very obviously in play here.
Continue reading “Should we provide weapons to the Saudis for killing Yemeni people?” →

https://www.npr.org/2020/05/16/857334790/president-trump-removes-state-department-inspector-general-steve-linick

IG’s are appointed by the president, or his department heads And can be removed at will. Congress has to be notified, but that seems a mere courtesy.
Continue reading “IG’s: watchdogs muzzled by the administration?” →

https://time.com/5835402/green-stimulus-climate-change-coronavirus/

This opinion is not the end all, but it seems that the argument of “why should we go green if no one else is” may be moot. Is environmentalism a dirty word just in the US? And if so, why?

The Federalist’s Dangerous Coronavirus Trutherism

Robert Tracinski, author of “ So Who Is John Galt, Anyway? A Reader’s Guide to Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged.” and reportedly the 4th writer hired by the Federalist, writes about how badly The Federalist, the conservative version of The Atlantic, is pushing coronavirus trutherism.

Yes, he was fired, but that was because he wasn’t “Trumpy enough”. Sounds to me like The Federalist follows the Trump model for filling his administration.

https://www.ft.com/content/97dc7de6-940b-11ea-abcd-371e24b679ed

The Financial Times, a non-partisan, center oriented business daily, gives one of the most comprehensive reports on the administration’s response to COVID 19.
Continue reading “Kushner’s advice: testing will spook the market. President agrees months later.” →

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an alert on Thursday saying there is early data that suggests Abbott Labs’ rapid coronavirus diagnostic test for Covid-19 may be delivering inaccurate results.

https://apnews.com/c8ab010e8e02dfe7beb34a5e5df11279

Mama told me never to say, “I told you so.”