Biden a deer in headlights. Coughs, confused, stumbles during ABC, CNN and MSNBC interviews. (Video)

In other words, Joe Biden as normal and expected. What a train wreck:

Grabian News: Biden Coughs, Acts Confused, Throughout ABC/CNN/MSNBC Interviews.

In a series of interviews Tuesday, Joe Biden attempted to remind America he's still running for president, but ended up providing President Trump a treasure trove of campaign fodder.

The ostensible Democratic front-runner appeared in lengthy interviews on CNN, MSNBC, and ABC's "The View," to describe how much more competent his handling of the Coronavirus crisis would be were he in the White House, but appeared confused and sick — coughing incessantly — throughout the appearances.

CNN's Jake Tapper even had to remind the former vice president that current protocol is to cough into his elbow, not his his, as he had been doing.
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On The View, Biden scored an own-goal after trying to take down Trump, saying: "We have to take care of the cure. That will make the problem worse no matter what — no matter what." [Uh - Whaaaat? DD]

On MSNBC, Biden attacked Trump for being both too hard and too soft on China; watching him, Biden said, "is like a yo-yo." Immediately upon saying it, Biden blushed, appearing to think he may have said something racially insensitive. "I shouldn't have said that," he said to himself.

I can only hope that for his own safety, the safety of the Biden family, friends,  neighbors and others, that they've taken away his car keys.

Greta Thunberg may have coronavirus.

Daily Mail: Greta Thunberg says she may have coronavirus.

Greta Thunberg says she may have contracted coronavirus and has self-isolated at home with her father.

The teenage climate activist said she appeared to have been infected along with her dad, actor Svante Thunberg.

Both began having symptoms after a recent train tour of Europe together and so have been in isolation for the last weeks, she said.

They were travelling in Europe before lockdowns were imposed by many governments across the continent in a bid to halt the spread of the virus.

In an Instagram post today, Thunberg said she suffered shivers, a sore throat, a cough and felt tired after travelling [sic] with her father from Brussels.

I kind of wondered how long this media whore would be bumped out of the limelight due to Covid-19. Was her European train tour carbon neutral? Was it a solar or wind-turbine powered train? Why did she feel entitled to a train tour? Because she's special. How Dare She! How Dare She!!

And yeah - this story gets filed under the department of "Ask Me if I Give A Flying Fuck".

Larz, the Corona Virus Challenge Toilet Seat Licker, Tests Positive for Covid-19.

Link: Pardes Seleh

The original video: 

Challenge and Mission Accomplished, Larz (who went by the Twitter name gayshawnmendes).

A moron who is taking up a hospital bed and precious, limited medical resources for no other reason than being a complete dimwit. Larz should be at the end of the end of the end of the end of the line of people receiving treatment for Covid-19.

Larz is the same moron who "ate some ice cream and put the lid back on the container".

The Hook: Someone Just Got Caught By The Police For Doing The ‘Eating Shop Ice Cream’ “Prank”.

Twitter user @GAYSHAWNMENDES posted the video to the social media site showing him opening a tub of ice cream, scooping some out with his fingers like a psycho, offering some to the person behind the camera who did the same, having some more himself, and then throwing it back in the fridge when he got nervous.

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Coronavirus spreading, with and without social distancing.

Video simulation: Make sure to watch it until all action stops on the right-hand side and view in full screen mode.

DEMS delay economic emergency aid for Coronavirus relief due to Liberal partisanship agenda.

Townhall: Far-Left Wish List Nancy Pelosi Just Blew Everything Up.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi came back to Washington D.C. last night after a week long recess and blew up days of emergency relief work done by the Senate. She wants to write her own far left bill and now we know what will be in it.

According to a source close to the process on Capitol Hill, in order to move forward with any kind of relief package, Pelosi and her far-left Democrat caucus will demand the following be included:

-Publication of corporate pay statistics by race and race statistics for all corporate boards

-A bail out on all current debt at the Postal Service

-Required early voting

-Required same day voter registration
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-Full offset of airline emissions by 2025

-Publication and reporting of greenhouse gas statistics for individual flights

-Retirement plans for community newspaper employees
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Obama Failed to replenish N95 respirator masks after H1N1 in 2009.

It's all fun and games until someone gets their eye poked out with a stick.

Or, until someone needs an N95 mask and can't get one.

Washington Examiner: Federal stockpile of N95 masks was depleted under Obama and never restocked.

The national shortage of N95 respirator masks can be traced back to 2009 after the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, when the Obama administration was advised to replenish a national stockpile but did not, according to reports from Bloomberg News and the Los Angeles Times.

The Trump administration is scrambling to replenish a stockpile of protective medical gear for healthcare workers and patients as the coronavirus sweeps across the nation. N95 respirator masks are one of the most needed medical supplies amid the outbreak.

The George W. Bush administration published the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza plan in 2005, which called on the federal government to distribute medical supplies from the Strategic National Stockpile governed by the Health and Human Services Department in the event of an outbreak.

In 2009, the H1N1 outbreak hit the United States, leading to 274,304 hospitalizations, 12,469 deaths, and a depletion of N95 respirator masks.

A federally backed task force and a safety equipment organization both recommended to the Obama administration that the stockpile be replenished with the 100 million masks used after the H1N1 outbreak.
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Bloomberg News reported similar findings last week, noting, "After the H1N1 influenza outbreak in 2009, which triggered a nationwide shortage of masks and caused a 2- to 3-year backlog [of] orders for the N95 variety, the stockpile distributed about three-quarters of its inventory and didn’t build back the supply.”

The Magic Kenyan fucks the U.S. over once again. No surprise here.

Paris Police overwhelmed enforcing quarantine in No-Go Zones.

Breitbart: Paris No-Go Zone Police Overwhelmed Attempting to Enforce Quarantine.

Police in Paris no-go zones are becoming overwhelmed trying to maintain the nationwide quarantine and have handed out record numbers of fines.

The heavily migrant-populated Seine-Saint-Denis area is proving to be a tough area for police to enforce the nationwide anti-coronavirus quarantine ordered by French president Emmanuel Macron, with police officers admitting that they are overwhelmed.

A man guarding a local pharmacy told newspaper Le Temps that many of the residents do not even believe the virus is a threat to them at all

“They do not understand anything. Some even say that this virus is a fable of whites to force them to desert the street,” the man said.

Other areas of Seine-Saint-Denis also saw people gathering, including a local shopping centre where a number of minority teenagers chatted with each other, some wearing masks, others not.

Police say that enforcing the law in the area is “impossible” and that if they try to impose the 135 euro fines they would not be able to contain the potential backlash, and that the risk of a crowd forming would only increase the chances of spreading the coronavirus.
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The quarantine measures were also largely ignored by residents in the highly migrant-populated 18th arrondissement in the north of Paris, with crowds of people walking around the area despite police orders to stay in their homes.

The coronavirus outbreak has also led to pharmacies becoming targets for burglars, as in the city of Colombes just outside of Paris, where a man from Seine-Saint-Denis was arrested for stealing medical face masks and hand sanitiser.

In Seine-et-Marne, meanwhile, drug dealers donned masks and other medical gear and were seen strolling along the streets of the Almont district of Melun, even creating a video for social media advertising that they were still selling drugs, regardless of the quarantine and coronavirus outbreak.

Why coronavirus deaths in Italy are so high.

There are many factors involved in the reported high numbers of deaths due to Covid-19 from Italy. One that isn't receiving a lot of attention is how Italy codes death by coronavirus, a manner that lends itself to skewing the death-rate higher than reality. To be clear, I'm not saying Italy, or any other country who records death due to coronavirus in a like manner, is doing this to deliberately inflate or manipulate their figures. It's a matter of how they record and define the cause of death.

The Telegraph: Why have so many coronavirus patients died in Italy?

According to Prof Walter Ricciardi, scientific adviser to Italy’s minister of health [...] "The way in which we code deaths in our country is very generous in the sense that all the people who die in hospitals with the coronavirus are deemed to be dying of the coronavirus.

"On re-evaluation by the National Institute of Health, only 12 per cent of death certificates have shown a direct causality from coronavirus, while 88 per cent of patients who have died have at least one pre-morbidity - many had two or three," he says.

Other experts have also expressed scepticism [sic] about the available data. Martin McKee, professor of European public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, says that countries do not yet have a good indication of how many mild infections they have.

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Mittens Romney self-quarantined due to Coronavirus.

Salt Lake Tribune (via MSN): Mitt Romney self-quarantined due to Coronavirus; also Rand Paul and Mike Lee.

Utah Sens. Mike Lee and [JUNIOR SENATOR] Mitt Romney are self-quarantining per doctors’ orders after coming in contact with Sen. Rand Paul, who confirmed he tested positive Sunday for COVID-19.
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Romney, 73, said he sat next to Paul for “extended periods in recent days."
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Told that Romney would have to be in isolation, President Donald Trump said: “Gee that’s too bad.” Asked if he was being sarcastic, the president said he wasn’t.

Godspeed, Mittens...Godspeed.

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NYC Worthless Mayor Kaiser Wilhelm doesn't have all the answers to Covid-19? Blames President Trump.

NYC Mayor Idiot Emeritus Warren Wilhelm, JUNIOR

MSN: De Blasio says April and May 'are going to be a lot worse'.

New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio (D) said Sunday the coronavirus outbreak will get worse in the next two months, adding that he does not think President Trump is doing enough to mitigate the pandemic.

"The truth is, and New Yorkers and all Americans deserve the blunt truth, it is only getting worse. And in fact, April and May are going to be a lot worse," the mayor said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

The outbreak will get even worse, he said, due to Trump's refusal to invoke the Defense Production Act for the medical equipment hospitals need.

"The president of the United States is from New York City and he will not lift a finger to help his hometown," de Blasio said, adding that New York City accounts for a third of the cases of COVID-19 across the country.

Yeah, the truth. What does JUNIOR Wilhelm know about the truth?

Maybe he should have spent more time last year doing his job instead of pretending he was a viable presidential candidate.

NY Post: De Blasio logged a 7-hour work month at City Hall.

Mayor Bill de Blasio spent a mere seven hours — less than one full workday — at City Hall during the month he launched his bid for the White House, records reviewed by The Post show.
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One former aide said de Blasio’s virtual disappearance from the Big Apple’s official seat of power sent a troubling message.

“If he’s trying to show New Yorkers that he’s over doing the job, he’s doing a good job of it,” the ex-aide said.

Another former de Blasio insider called the mayor’s job performance “real bad.”

“At this point, you’ve got to wonder how much of his heart is really in it,” the source added.

NY Post: De Blasio’s senior staff in near revolt over his coronavirus response.

When Mayor de Blasio dragged aides and members of his NYPD security detail to his Brooklyn YMCA Monday morning amidst the coronavirus outbreak, fellow fitness enthusiasts were coughing and sneezing — and a mentally ill person was walking around touching the equipment, a gym source said.

“It’s crazy that he made his staff and detail come with him to the gym and expose them like that,” the source said.

But the incident is just one example of the mayor’s disregard for the health of his staff during the crisis, multiple sources told The Post.

There’s also growing frustration from senior aides, who fault the mayor for dithering instead of making decisions, micromanaging instead of leading, and insisting he knows best instead of listening to others, three sources said.

‘Thank god for Cuomo,’ is a common refrain among the mayor’s staff, made only partly in jest, sources said.
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“[de Blasio] can’t handle the word ‘No,’ and it runs people down,” the source said.

“He is dismissive of everyone’s opinion around him,” added a second source.

“It’s very much his way or the highway in moments of crisis and he thinks he knows best,” the second source noted.
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“He is a monster to deal with right now,” the second source explained.

“He’s incredibly condescending. He thinks he has a pulse on the emotions and feelings and concerns of everyday New Yorkers better than his staff, which is remarkable for a guy who lives in a mansion on the Upper East Side,” the source said.

A shithole city (that once wasn't a shithole) elects a shithead mayor. What do you expect, New Yorkers?

Hey - The Kaiser has to get to his Brooklyn gym for his workout session via his multi-vehicle, fossil-fuel-burning motorcade. Make way for Kaiser Wilhelm! Listen to him and do what he says. He knows best.

Drive-In Movie Theaters see surge in business amid coronavirus.

Insider: Drive-in movies see a surge in business as authorities warn Americans to avoid contact amid coronavirus.

Drive-in theaters across the US are seeing a surge in customers as Americans weigh their now-limited entertainment options amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Owners of drive-in theaters in California, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri told the Los Angeles Times that they had seen a rise in ticket sales as other public spaces like bars and restaurants were ordered closed to encourage social distancing.

The theaters offer an interesting alternative to staying home while staying safe, though areas like concession stands and public bathrooms could still pose a risk for spreading infection by contact.

The Drive: Americans Are Returning to Drive-In Movie Theaters to Escape Coronavirus Mayhem.

... there are only 300 or so drive-ins left across the country, and not all are open just yet.

Cleveland.com (via Archive): The drive-in theater, relic of yesterday.

The Showboat Drive-In Theater in Hockley, Texas, about a 30-minute drive outside Houston, normally sees ticket sales go down about 40% on a weekend when they don't have any new movies. Last weekend, they saw a 40% increase, says the theater's owner, Andrew Thomas.

Axios: Drive-in theaters report uptick in business amid coronavirus.

“Nobody is near us, and we can actually enjoy the movie without feeling that paranoia where something like somebody coughing would have us instantly move,” Christian Singleton, who brought his 2-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son to the California Paramount Drive-In on Tuesday, told the Times.

New York currently has the most drive-in screens in the country at 49 — while Pennsylvania has 45 and California and Ohio each have 44 screens, according to the United Drive-In Theatre Owners Association.

Over Sized Sherpa Hoodie. Yeah, but it's no Yanket.

Yahoo: This cozy oversized sherpa hoodie is like wearing a blanket — 'I love it, my dog loves it, my friends are envious'. (Friends envious of a wearable blanket? That seems an overly-enthusiastic endorsement - DD).

Ever dreamed of wearing your favorite blanket out of the house as you ran your errands for the day?

Call it silly or call it life-changing, but the Blanket Sweatshirt combines all our favorite things about a cozy blanket and transforms it into an oversized, shockingly soft hoodie.
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The Blanket Sweatshirt comes oversized and snuggly, plus it even has a giant pocket at the front to keep your hands warm (or to house all the snacks).
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You can wear it to walk the dog, get the mail, or even a grocery run.

Uh - no, I've never dreamed of wearing a blanket while on errands or in public. I don't wear them around the house, for that matter.

Life-changing? Let's hope not.

Although the Sherpa Hoodie seems like the appropriate go-to attire for both Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders for their next debate, with each wearing one of those red and white sleeping caps.

Still...The Sherpa Hoodie is no Yanket. Then again, what is...

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Friday Morning Music Video

"Ride Captain Ride" from Open by Blues Image.

Coronavirus Free-For-All! U.S isn't the next Italy. Is Covid-19 Bio-Terrorism? Ten days of darkness April Fools Day to April 10? Let's Panic More! Anthrax-Madhouse.

The panic, the frenzy, some conspiracies, the Diamond Princess, the questions, the deaths from the flu and...Teh Antrax. Who dis Covid-19?

The U.S. is not Italy.

The American Council on Science and Health (March 16, 2020): Coronavirus: U.S. Is Not the Next Italy.

[The] false narrative is that the United States is the "next Italy," by which people (many of whom are Trump's detractors) claim that the President's mistakes will lead to millions of infections and possibly millions of deaths. To bolster their case, they point to Italy, an advanced nation whose healthcare system was overwhelmed by patients with COVID-19. The latest figures show nearly 28,000 infections and 2,158 deaths, for a case-fatality rate of 7.7%. That's the worst in the world, even far worse than China and Iran.

So, is Italy our future? Almost certainly not. To see why, the following is a figure depicting case-fatality rates by country for those reporting at least 500 confirmed cases and one death.

Please see the graph at the link and the rest of the story.
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Coronavirus, a Bio-Terroism agent?

The Times of Israel (February 23, 2020): CoVid 19: the great Coronavirus conspiracy – or are we being duped?

[...] compared to SARs, Co-Vid 19 is a wimp. But it’s not benign.
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Bio-Terrorist Threat – Or Natural Disaster?
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...why would you create a bug with merely a 3% case-fatality rate? Frankly, if it were me, I’d go for Hanta-virus – it’s got a case-fatality of 36% – and you don’t need crop dusters or drones. It’s spread by rats. You don’t even need a lab to engineer it – it already exists.

In fact, why would I go to the bother and expense of genetically engineering any bio-terrorist agent? You can cause a heck of a lot of havoc by leaving your mayonnaise open for 24 hours and putting some Salmonella-infected sandwiches in your local cafeteria.

It looks just like a Christmas decoration or tree ornament, doesn't it?

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Oh...what good is a pandemic without a White Hat conspiracy?

Reddit R/conspiracy: I believe Covid is The Storm. Do you have your popcorn ready.

April fools seems like a fitting day to quarantine the country for a fake virus. During this time communication will go down. 10 days of darkness. 4 10 20 is Good Friday and that's when communications will be restored. Dark to Light[.]
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During this time all low level and mid level cabal members and bad actors will be arrested. On 4 10 20 dark will turn to light and the first big name arrests will start happening. Riots will be started and quickly shutdown as the country is still partially under lockdown.

And a Black Hat conspiracy?

Daily Mail: Jeremy Corbyn's brother Piers has claimed that Bill Gates and George Soros are behind the coronavirus .

Sharing the bizarre conspiracy theory, he wrote: 'THE CV PANDEMIC WAS SIMULATED OCT 2019 BY MEGA-RICH CONTROL FREAKS BILL GATES, GEORGE SOROS +CRONIES. NOW IT'S FOR REAL.

'THE AIM IS A WORLD POPULATION CULL ("PEOPLE cause #CO2 problem") by THEIR mass VACCINATION PLAN CONTAINING POISON. *REFUSE*CV*VACCINE*.'

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Why didn't more people become infected?

WattsUpWithThat: Diamond Princess Mysteries.

We had a perfect petri-dish coronavirus disease (COVID-19) experiment with the cruise ship “Diamond Princess”. That’s the cruise ship that ended up in quarantine for a number of weeks after a number of people tested positive for the coronavirus. I got to wondering what the outcome of the experiment was.
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[...] 83% (82.7% – 83.9%) of the passengers never got the disease at all … why?

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The seasonal "Flu" by the numbers.

Health.com: This Is How Many People Die From the Flu Each Year, According to the CDC.

Flu season is hitting its stride right now in the US. So far, the CDC has estimated (based on weekly influenza surveillance data) that at least 12,000 people have died from influenza between Oct. 1, 2019 through Feb. 1, 2020, and the number of deaths may be as high as 30,000.

The CDC also estimates that up to 31 million Americans have caught the flu this season, with 210,000 to 370,000 flu sufferers hospitalized because of the virus.

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You must have noticed the hypocrisy of the number of Democrat Governors and Mayors who are drooling to enforce quarantines and government mandated self-isolation periods, shelter-in-place and curfews. These are the same DEM Govs and Mayors who, for years, refused to co-operate with ICE, instead making their states and cities sanctuaries and safe-havens for illegals. Now they want to put us in CAGES !

DEM Mayors and Governors who, for decades, looked the other way while their streets, subways, public transit, parks and sidewalks overflowed with human (and animal) waste, an increasing amount of crime and an increasing decay of inner-city life.

"Oh - there's a NEW pandemic, you say? And you say FREE FEDERAL MONEY is available? Yeah, give us that money and we'll start sanitizing the public handrails with Clorox Anti-Bacterial Wipes." This...cleanliness...never occurred to them before. Well, not until the rest of the country kicked in to help pay for it.

Avoid restaurants, bars and other public places. Are you ready for an unemployment rate of 10% or, as some predict, 20%?

Opt for home food delivery instead of going to the supermarket? So, a delivery driver who may have made ten, fifteen, twenty or more visits to other places before stopping at our house is safer - how? AYFKM?

On the upside, I saw gasoline priced at $1.97/gallon today!

Bring on Anthrax!

"Madhouse" from Spreading The Disease by Anthrax.

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Reddit R/conspiracy Covid-19 A Hoax Archived

Michael Avenatti's jail cell infested with rats. His lawyer afraid to visit him due to Coronavirus.

The NY Post: Michael Avenatti’s lawyer afraid to visit him in jail over coronavirus.

Fraudster Michael Avenatti’s attorney is scared to visit him at the dirty and dangerous Metropolitan Correctional Center — because he fears the lockup could be a coronavirus hotbed.

In a letter, Avenatti lawyer Scott Srebnick asked a Manhattan judge to delay by 30 days a pre-sentencing interview he was scheduled to attend between Avenatti and probation officials at the MCC.

Srebnick highlighted unsanitary conditions at the MCC — which ended a 10-day lock down last week — as a potential breeding ground for coronavirus.

“Mr. Avenatti’s cell was infested with rats. The jail reeks of urine. As of yesterday, Mr. Avenatti had not shaved in weeks.["]
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Avenatti was convicted of defrauding Nike in the case in February and a pre-sentencing hearing is scheduled for June.

He faces another criminal case in Manhattan federal court for allegedly embezzling funds porn star Stormy Daniels earned for writing her memoirs.

Infested with rats and reeks of urine...

The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Corona Virus.

Can we panic and frenzy just a little bit more?

The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street:

"Maple Street, U.S.A., late summer. A tree-lined little world of front porch gliders, barbecues, the laughter of children, and the bell of an ice cream vendor. At the sound of the roar and the flash of light, it will be precisely 6:43 P.M. on Maple Street...This is Maple Street on a late Saturday afternoon. Maple Street in the last calm and reflective moment - before the monsters came."
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[Aliens] comment on how simply fiddling with consistency leads people to descend into paranoia and panic, and that this is a pattern that can be exploited. They also discuss their intention to use this strategy to conquer Earth, one neighborhood at a time.
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Closing narration:
"The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices...to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill...and suspicion can destroy...and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own – for the children and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone."

Security Magazine (January 31, 2020): Coronavirus: Are We Overreacting?

Let’s put this into perspective. In 2019, the Centre for Disease Control reports that 61,200 people died from the common flu virus. That’s 168 deaths per day! Compared to Coronavirus that was first reported on December 31, with 213 deaths in total until January 31. Based on last years statistics, 5,208 people have died of the common flu in that same time period.

The Zombie Apocalypse is here! Coronavirus strikes hospital where Rick Grimes woke up in The Walking Dead.

This is not a drill...

Metro: Coronavirus strikes hospital where Rick Grimes woke up to zombie apocalypse in The Walking Dead.

While the TV series is set in Atlanta, the original comic books saw the hero awake in Kentucky’s Harrison Memorial Hospital.

If you cast your minds back, Rick (Andrew Lincoln) was struck down while out on duty with Shane Walsh (Jon Bernthal) and was taken to the facility where he was put into a medically induced coma.

It’s unsure how long he was asleep, however, the star of the show woke up to the building completely overrun by zombies. And now, the same hospital where the comics are set has issued a statement explaining how a patient has tested positive for COVID-19.
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Following the news, one fan of the post-apocalyptic drama took to Twitter where they wrote: ‘So Kentucky has their first case of coronavirus at Harrison Memorial Hospital… Rick also woke up at Harrison Memorial Hospital… It has begun.‘

Monsters & Critics: Ten Tips on killing zombies

Method Number One seems fun:

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My Corona (virus)

Via You Tube: ZDoggMD

H/T & More at Iron Burka

Hillary Clinton, virologist, Tweets advice about Coronavirus with image of wrong mask.

The Smartest woman in the World @ Twitter:

N95, the only mask thus far known to be effective against transmission of Covid-19: 

Accuracy was never Hillary's forte.

 

Oh, BTW - wash your hands.

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Friday Morning Music Video

"Ich Will" from Mutter by Rammstein.

Sherrod Brown, Ohio DEM U.S. Senator considered as nominee with VP Michelle to stop Bernie Sanders.

The Independent (via Yahoo): Michelle Obama petitioned to run as vice-president to stop Bernie Sanders, report says.

Fearing the selection of Bernie Sanders as the Democrats’ 2020 presidential nominee, a growing number of establishment party officials are reportedly considering Sherrod Brown as a late-entry “white knight” with Michelle Obama as a running mate.
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“If you could get to a convention and pick Sherrod Brown, that would be wonderful, but that’s more like a novel”, said Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen.
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[Other DNC] party officials suggested the former First Lady be selected as a vice presidential pick to unite the burgeoning left with the party’s moderates.

Clearly, as with everything they do, DEMS haven't thought through the process of pairing these two potential candidates.

Wiki: Sherrod Brown

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Philip Haney - Police backtrack on Obama-era DHS whistleblower's initial 'suicide'.

Philip Haney

Daily Mail: Police backtrack on Haney death as "suicide". FBI is examining documents and a laptop found near the scene.

Philip Haney, who spoke out against his own agency during the Obama administration, was found dead in Plymouth, California last Friday.
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His body was found in a park and ride area near Highway 16 and Highway 124. 

The Amador County Sheriff's Office initially said the 66-year-old was found with what appeared to be a 'self-inflicted gunshot wound'.

The sheriff's office have since described those initial reports as 'misinformation' and said they have asked the FBI for assistance in investigating Haney's death

They are conducting an autopsy and examining documents, a laptop and phone records found at the scene Philip Haney, who spoke out against his own agency during the Obama administration, was found dead in Plymouth, California last Friday
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They are conducting an autopsy and examining documents, a laptop and phone records found at the scene.
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'Unfortunately, there was misinformation immediately being put out that we have determined Mr Haney's death to be a suicide. This is not the case,' the sheriff's office said this week.

'We are currently in the beginning phase of our investigation and any final determination as to the cause and manner of Mr Haney's death would be extremely premature and inappropriate.

'No determination will be made until all evidence is examined and analyzed.'

The sheriff's office has scheduled a forensic autopsy to be carried out on Haney's body.

They have also enlisted the help of the FBI to analyze documents, phone records and a laptop that were recovered from the scene and Haney's RV.
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Several months before his death, Haney - who formally retired from the DHS in 2015 - told the Washington Examiner that he was considering a sequel to his 2016 book that detailed his experiences within the agency.

He had intended to publish it in mid-spring ahead of this year's election.

Source have also said that Haney had been in contact with officials about possibly making a return to the the DHS.

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Philip Haney death "self-inflicted."

ItsBiography.com: Philip Haney

FOX News (Right-click and 'Open in New Window' to enable link): Department of Homeland Security (DHS) whistleblower Philip Haney was found dead in Amador County, CA.

Haney, 66, "appeared to have suffered a single, self-inflicted gunshot wound," the Amador County Sheriff's Office said in a release. Sheriff and coroner Martin A. Ryan shared the initial details of the case.

"On February 21, 2020 at approximately 1012 hours, deputies and detectives responded to the area of Highway 124 and Highway 16 in Plymouth to the report of a male subject on the ground with a gunshot wound," the release read.

"Upon their arrival, they located and identified 66-year-old Philip Haney, who was deceased and appeared to have suffered a single, self-inflicted gunshot wound. A firearm was located next to Haney and his vehicle. This investigation is active and ongoing. No further details will be released at this time," the office added.
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Haney, a former DHS agent, was also the author of "See Something, Say Nothing: A Homeland Security Officer Exposes the Government's Submission to Jihad."

He was an outspoken critic of the Obama administration, specifically its handling of radical Jihadist elements and Islamic terrorism.

Read this post which contains information and links to news stories of friends of Haney he met earlier this week. He is described as, "never been happier."

This comment from the FOX News story conveys the skepticism that's on the minds of everyone:

urone2: "I am enjoying retirement, engaged to be married this year, starting a book tour... I think I will go to an isolated place near my home and shoot myself in the chest." 

Nowhere in the FOX story, or those I've read, states the entry point of the bullet. I just reproduced a comment. But the details of this story - he being as happy as ever earlier this week, to a "suicide" on Friday - come on. We've heard this too many times. Vince Foster and Seth Rich to name two of the more recognizable names.

Condolences to his family and friends.
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UPDATE: Paul Sperry is reporting the shot "to the chest":

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The Hill: DHS ordered me to scrub records of Muslims with terror ties.

By Philip Haney — 02/05/16 12:00 PM EST

Amid the chaos of the 2009 holiday travel season, jihadists planned to slaughter 290 innocent travelers on a Christmas Day flight from the Netherlands to Detroit, Michigan. Twenty-three-year old Nigerian Muslim Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab intended to detonate Northwest Airlines Flight 253, but the explosives in his underwear malfunctioned and brave passengers subdued him until he could be arrested. The graphic and traumatic defeat they planned for the United States failed, that time.
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Just before that Christmas Day attack, in early November 2009, I was ordered by my superiors at the Department of Homeland Security to delete or modify several hundred records of individuals tied to designated Islamist terror groups like Hamas from the important federal database, the Treasury Enforcement Communications System (TECS). These types of records are the basis for any ability to “connect dots.”  Every day, DHS Customs and Border Protection officers watch entering and exiting many individuals associated with known terrorist affiliations, then look for patterns. Enforcing a political scrubbing of records of Muslims greatly affected our ability to do that. Even worse, going forward, my colleagues and I were prohibited from entering pertinent information into the database.

Read the full story at The Hill.
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Philip Haney dead. Shot to death. Was DHS whistleblower on the Obama admin and Muslim Brotherhood/ISIS.

MTStars: Philip Haney dead. Shot to death. Was DHS whistleblower on the Obama admin and Muslim Brotherhood/ISIS.

Posted: Feb 22nd, 2020 - 10:44 am

reportedly [sic] found dead. Shot to death.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA- We’ve received reports that Philip Haney, a DHS whistleblower on the Obama administration, has been found dead.

We have not yet received independent confirmation from the Sheriff’s Department, but sources within law enforcement have verified that there’s a death investigation underway.

If you have seen a few episodes of Behind the Uniform or have ever watched Fox News, you probably recognize the name Philip Haney. He was the DHS whistleblower that dropped the hammer on the Obama administration regarding the Muslim Brotherhood and ISIS.

He was also a friend to many at Law Enforcement Today. 

BizPac Review: Obama administration whistleblower found dead of reported gunshot wound.

Reports confirmed by anonymous sources to BPR have emerged that an Obama administration whistleblower who was completely dismissed and ignored by both congressional Democrats and their biased media allies has been found dead.

“We’ve received reports that Philip Haney, a DHS whistleblower on the Obama administration, has been found dead,” the website Law Enforcement Today reported Saturday afternoon.

“We have not yet received independent confirmation from the Sheriff’s Department, but sources within law enforcement have verified that there’s a death investigation underway.”

Philip served at the Department of Homeland Security for 15 years until he was reportedly pushed out by the Obama administration.

As of about 1:00 pm Saturday afternoon, no other reports or confirmations regarding his fate had emerged[.]
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“Friends of Haney told us that they spoke with Haney earlier this week and he’d ‘never been happier,'” the news portal reported.

“They’ve suggested there’s absolutely no way he would have taken his own life… and reinforce that he’s had many enemies since he blew the whistle on the Obama administration.”

Including enemies in the media. Whereas media “journalists” have worshiped at the altar of the partisan whistleblower who last year filed an error-laden complaint about President Donald Trump with the chairmen of the House and Senate intelligence committees, they mostly ignored Haney when he first emerged publicly, though a few outlets did take the time to smear him as an Islamophobic bigot and loon.

“Close friends of Haney tell us that his wife lost her battle with cancer in 2019. Haney was engaged to be married later this year. The author of See Something, Say Nothing was preparing to go back on the road in advance of the upcoming election. He was currently living in California, just west of San Francisco,” LET’s report continued.

In 2016, Haney published a book, “See Something, Say Nothing,” that outlined the Obama administration’s attempts to block him from investigating Islamic radicalism because his investigations were inherently racist toward the Muslim community.
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In an op-ed published at The Hill a couple of months after his appearance on FNC, Haney provided the full story behind what had happened during his time at DHS.

“After leaving my 15-year career at DHS, I can no longer be silent about the dangerous state of America’s counter-terror strategy, our leaders’ willingness to compromise the security of citizens for the ideological rigidity of political correctness – and, consequently, our vulnerability to devastating, mass-casualty attack,” he wrote.

The problem, he explained, was that then-President Barack Hussein Obama was more concerned with not offending the Muslim community than he was with protecting the American people.

For instance, he cited what happened in 2009, when an Islamic terrorist almost succeeded in blowing up a Northwest Airlines Flight headed from the Netherlands to Detroit.

Afterward, Obama publicly lashed out out DHS for having failed to “connect the dots.” But as noted by Haney, it was Obama’s own actions that had made it near impossible for federal officials to connect any dots anymore.

“Just before that Christmas Day attack, in early November 2009, I was ordered by my superiors at the Department of Homeland Security to delete or modify several hundred records of individuals tied to designated Islamist terror groups like Hamas from the important federal database, the Treasury Enforcement Communications System (TECS),” he explained. “These types of records are the basis for any ability to ‘connect dots.'”

But according to Obama, the records were essentially racist, as they’d been accrued through what he believed to have been racial profiling.

And so as the years continued, more and more information was slowly scrubbed.

More at Law Enforcement Today.

Philip Haney Facebook:

About Philip

    Founding Member of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), March 01, 2003; served as a Customs & Border Protection Officer (CBP); retired honorably on July 31, 2015 with 15 years combined Federal service.

    Author of See Something, Say Nothing, a best-selling exposé of the Obama Administration's submission to the goals and policies of the Muslim Brotherhood, as well as other Islamic groups operating here in America, and around the world. Official release date May 24, 2016.

    Inaugural Recipient of the American Freedom Award from the American Freedom Alliance (AFA) on May 21, 2017.

    Forty-five years experience in the Strategy & Tactics of the Global Islamic Movement based on Quranic Arabic, with parallel strong focus on Counter Terrorism.

    Thirty-five years experience in International Travel (20+ countries), from China to Europe and Central/South America, but with sustained emphasis & focus on Israel and the greater Middle East.

    Fifteen years experience in Threat Analysis & Intelligence (A&I) while serving in CBP as a Subject Matter Expert (SME); conducted numerous interviews of individuals with potential links to terrorism; credited with many successful counter-terrorism cases, and for finding 300 individuals with potential links to terrorism while assigned to the National Targeting Center (NTC).

    Additional deep Law Enforcement background in Research and in Data Analysis, using a facts-based case-study approach to diagnose problems, and to accurately forecast emerging threats & trends.

    More than 530 citations in print articles related to Counter Terrorism & National Security.

    More than 820 TV, Radio & Speaking appearances, including a December 10, 2015 appearance on Megyn Kelly, a June 14, 2016 Press Conference at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C. and as a Guest Host for the Sean Hannity Radio Program on July 06, 2016.

    Extensive testimony, with more than 65 classified briefings presented to members of both the House & Senate, and publically before Chairman Ted Cruz (TX) & the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 28, 2016.

    Extensive familiarity with Middle Eastern culture, history and current affairs, woven together with Biblical theology, as well as deep background in the theology of Islam, including Quran, Hadith & Tafsir (Commentary).

    Adept at learning languages, and at developing relationships with people of other cultures.

    Professional international consultant (in agriculture and in national security) for local, national and international clients in both private and government arenas, since 1984.

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I hope Judge Amy Berman Jackson doesn't take generic Omeprazole.

Register marks

 

She might be thinking Omeprazole is out to assassinate her. 🤣🤣

She's the judge in the Roger Stone (mis)trial. Details here.

Age of presidential candidates is only an issue if you're not a DEM.

Interchangeable, aged, DEM presidential candidates.

2020 DEM candidates and their current age:

Joe Biden, born on November 20, 1942 - (age 77)
Bernie Sanders, born on September 8, 1941 - (age 78)
Michael Rubens Bloomberg, born on February 14, 1942 - (age 78)
Elizabeth Warren, born on June 22, 1949 - (age 70) (can we believe her considering her past fictional tales 'o her life?)
* Ages and date of birth via Wiki (for all candidates), footnotes referenced at Wiki.

In the 2008 presidential race, the age of RINO John McCain, born on August 29, 1936, was a "widespread concern". DEMS pointed out his age as often as possible. 

Wikipedia: 2008 presidential race age issue:

Similar to Senator Bob Dole's 1996 presidential campaign, one of the more widely leveled charges against McCain was the issue of his age—he turned 72 in August and there was widespread concern about the idea of electing a man who would be 80 years old if he completed two full terms in office[.]

With three 2020 DEM presidential candidates, there is no "widespread concern" over the their age. The DEMS are unconcerned over three of theirs on the doorstep of being 80. The media rarely mentions it either.

President Donald Trump, born June 14, 1946, is a youthful and energetic age 73.

Interchangeable, aged, DEM presidential candidates.

Take your pick. Bernie, Joe, Lil' Mike.

Illinois STATE law would ban gas leaf blowers. SB3313 by DEM State Senator Laura Fine.

WGEM: New Illinois bill would make gas leaf blowers illegal.

A Senate bill in Illinois would ban the use or sale of gas-powered leaf blowers in the state.

SB3313 filed last week by Senator Laura Fine (D) of the 9th Senate District amends the Environmental Protection Act. It states that "a person may not operate or sell at retail a gas-powered leaf blower in the State. Provides that a person who violates the amendatory Act's provisions shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500."

The bill lists environmental and noise pollution as the reasons for the ban.
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These emissions, the bill states, are a contributing factor to smog formation and acid rain.
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In addition, it states that leaf blowers send dust and other small particles like metals, allergens, and animal feces into the air for considerable distances.

Synopsis of SB3313.

Ms. Fine previously was a State Representative (and before that a township clerk) before being elected to the Illinois Senate which she won, according to the Wiki entry, by running unopposed. 

Acid rain? Talk about stretching and grasping at straws for justification excuses. And yeah, only leaf blowers send "dust and other particles" into the air. No other product or device does this.

$500 bucks. It's all about revenue. If you live in Illinois, and this bill passes and you own a gas leaf blower - what are you going to do with it? You can't legally use it and you can't sell it in-state. Where will it end up? Yet another landfill.
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Bloomberg Theatre Follies Continues. (Video)

Via Bradley Brewer @ Twitter

"A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down his pants."

More: Tiny Mike as 'Mary Poppins'.

While many billionaires, and millionaires - like the rest of us - work hard at their jobs and improving their business, some, like Tiny Mike, have too much time on their hands. His current attempt at buying the DEM nomination is the evidence.

Presidents' Day.

President Donald Trump @ Twitter. I'm sure whatever he's Tweeting, it's entertaining and triggering The Left.

History.com: Presidents' Day.

Originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington, the holiday became popularly known as Presidents' Day after it was moved as part of 1971’s Uniform Monday Holiday Act[.]
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Did you know? Presidents' Day never falls on the actual birthday of any American president. Four chief executives—George Washington, William Henry Harrison, Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan—were born in February, but their birthdays all come either too early or late to coincide with Presidents' Day, which is always celebrated on the third Monday of the month.

Bloomberg does Mary Poppins? WTH is this?

@ Jack Allison Twitter:

Tech Waste. An Existential Threat? "Climate Change" is more popular and financially rewarding.

Scientific American: Tech Waste Is a Danger to Us All.

Hardware in general, and smartphones in particular, have taken over our lives so quickly that few of us have had the chance to think about what happens to them when we no longer use them. The answer is that they become a huge environmental and health problem in the Global South’s landfill sites.

We don’t hear much about this problem because it is out of sight, out of mind.

Electronic waste is currently 5 percent of all global waste, and it is set to increase exponentially as more of us own multiple smartphones, laptops and power banks—few of which are likely to be repaired or recycled at the end of their lives.
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There is an almost limitless consumer demand for hardware, and governments do not have bottomless pockets, especially when their green policies are focused on more high-profile issues like carbon emissions.
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Only the manufacturers can fix this, by creating a circular hardware economy.

No, this is not a problem that "only manufacturers can fix". Not any different than blaming manufacturers of plastic and the hysteria of the pearl-clutching-crowd crying for bans on plastic bags and bottles. People use and buy based on their wants, needs and what they feel is a good return for their money. Much of it is packed with plastic.

Do you want that plastic band around your ice cream container so you're assured no one the super market, opened it, licked it and returned it to the freezer? I'm betting no matter how much you hate and want to ban plastic, you like that plastic band.

Look around your house. How much plastic is there is in everything? I'm betting, at some point in their journey, fossil fuels were used in transporting those items to your home. Plastic is versatile and affordable, same for fossil fuel.

Consumers play a large part in tech waste. The question is, is the Tech-Obsessed-Must-Have-the-Latest-Device-Crowd willing to do their part? And a circular hardware economy has a limit, it's not an endless loop.

Tech Waste can wait. We have to solve the Existential Threat of Climate Change first.

I've referenced the stories below in the past and I'll use them again:

Amnesty.org: Child labour behind smart phone and electric car batteries.

GreenTech Media: With demand for cobalt and lithium surging, companies need to be aware of where they’re sourcing from.
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(Feb. 17, 2020 typo fix "is" to "in")

Mandatory vasectomies says DEM Rolanda Hollis of Alabama.

Yahoo: Mandatory vasectomy bill: 'It always takes two to tango'.

In response to last year’s near-total (and temporarily blocked) abortion ban in Alabama, a state legislator has introduced a bill that would require a man to undergo a vasectomy, at his own expense, “within one month of his 50th birthday or the birth of his third biological child, whichever comes first.”

House Bill 238, introduced on Thursday by Rep. Rolanda Hollis (D) notes, “Under existing law, there are no restrictions on the reproductive rights of men.”

The bill, Hollis says in a statement she shared with Yahoo Lifestyle, “is meant to neutralize last year’s abortion ban bill, and sends the message that men should not be legislating what women do with their bodies.” Further, she told AL.com, “It always takes two to tango. We can’t put all the responsibility on women. Men need to be responsible also.”

The online backlash was swift, of course, with critics calling it “wrong,” “sick,” and “Communism,”[.]

Her bill contradicts what the Libs have been telling us for years; that abortion isn't about birth control. Even though we all know it is.
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Afterthought addition: Maybe Hunter Biden wants to be the first volunteer? Just askin'.
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Amy Klobuchar can't name president of Mexico. Either can Tom Steyer.

MSN: Klobuchar and Steyer couldn't name Mexico's president in Telemundo interview.

2020 Democratic hopefuls Amy Klobuchar and Tom Steyer both couldn't name the president of Mexico when asked during a Telemundo interview while campaigning in Nevada this week.

"I forget," Steyer said when asked. Klobuchar offered a simple "no" in response.

Newsweek: Use Jokes About Trump During 2020 Election Campaign, Amy Klobuchar Says: 'Show How Absurd He Is'.

Amy Klobuchar said the "ability to make a joke" is important for Democrats hoping to beat President Donald Trump in November, and argued they must "poke" at the commander-in-chief.

The Minnesota Democrat told Reuters before the January 14 primary debate in Des Moines, Iowa, that going into a head-to-head with Trump "without some animation" would be a "problem," and said it would be necessary to "show how absurd he is."

But she also said it would be important to ignore the president. "First of all, you have to have that ability to make a joke or poke at him or just show how absurd he is.["]

Yeah, the ill-tempered Senator Eats Salad with Fork and Throws Paperclips at Staff is in no position to poke fun at others.

Mexico's President Obrador has been in office for over two years, has met with President Trump at least twice and has met, at least once, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

And Steyer, "forgets." I don't think he had a clue.

The DEM candidates are an impressive bunch, aren't they?