Friday Morning Music Video

"Since You're Gone" from Shake It Up by The Cars.

Chris Fredo Cuomo's wife and son have Coronavirus.

Way to go, Fredo  !

Breitbart: Chris Cuomo Knew He Had COVID-19, Still Risked Infecting Others by Violating Quarantine.

...and did I mention Chris Cuomo’s wife eventually tested positive for the coronavirus?

Yeah, she did.

Sadly, Cuomo’s 14-year-old son just tested positive, which is heartbreaking news. That kid’s in for a very rough time.

So not only was potential super-spreader Cuomo not in his basement on Easter Day, not only was he outside  his home while he knew he was contagious… Potential super-spreader Chris Cuomo wasn’t even at home.

Nope, on Easter Day, the infectious Cuomo took a 30 minute drive — with his wife, kids, and another woman — from his Southampton home to property he’s developing in East Hampton.

Does anyone know of any other infected American who was out gallivanting while he knew he was contagious with the coronavirus?

Does anyone know of any other infected New Yorker who was out gallivanting in New York, in a state that just so happens to be the most tragic hot spot in all the world?

I know of no one who has done or would do such a thing… Other than Chris Cuomo, other than New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s little brother.

This is monstrous behavior on Chris Cuomo’s part, and the fact the rest of the establishment media are allowing him to not only get away with it (as they demonize everyday protesters), but allowing CNN to stage fake news events around it, tells you just how corrupt and lost the media truly are.

And here’s the other thing…

This is the only quarantine violation of Cuomo’s that we know of. This was the time the potential super-spreader was caught.

How many other times did Cuomo run around somewhere while knowing he was infected? Where did he go? Who did he come in contact with?

Ahhhhhhh...White, Liberal, Elitist Privilege. Fredo, Fredo...what have you done?

Wishing the best of recovery to his wife and son.

April 23 is Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work Day. Oh...Teh Irony.

Time and Date: April 23, 2020 is Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.

Daughters and Sons To Work.org: Choose your own day for 2020.

April 16, 2020 UPDATE

Many people are seeking at-home activities to do on Thursday, April 23, 2020.
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Introducing “Choose Your Own Date” for 2020

We at Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Foundation understand the impact of COVID 19 will have upon the traditional fixed date of the fourth Thursday in April for the annual event. In recognition of these unprecedented times, we invite our partners and participants to choose your own date this year to do an in-person or virtual event as your circumstances warrant.

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day is scheduled for April 22, 2021. Plan accordingly...starting now - maybe?

Thursday's Friday Morning Music Video

"This Song" from Thirty Three & 1/3 by George Harrison.

Joe Biden at 20,000 Feet.

Poor Bill: The story follows the only passenger on an airline flight to notice a hideous creature lurking outside the plane.

You Tube and SPLC synchronized Goose-stepping for WHO. Little Eichmanns on censorship patrol!

The Champion Address on the Internet - WTF?

Yes, your films will last forever on You Tube ! FOREVER !

Or at least until they delete and ban them.

YouTube CEO Susan Wojkicki joined CNN’s Brian Stelter this past weekend and said the company removes anything that is against the World Health Organization, the same group that lied for weeks for the Chinese Communists while the coronavirus spread around the globe.

O'Rourke meltdown over immigration halt. Who will feed King BOB?

@ (real Twitter but fake first name) BetoORourke

Townhall: Beto Had a Total Meltdown Over Trump's Decision to Temporarily Halt Immigration.

Late Monday night President Donald Trump tweeted that he would be halting immigration to the United States during the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. He expanded on that decision during Tuesday's White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing, saying immigration will be suspended for the next 60 days.

Failed presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke (D) took to Twitter to criticize the president's decision. Beto made the claim that Trump is "attempt[ing] to distract us from his total mismanagement" of the Wuhan coronavirus.

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BOB O'Rourke Twitter Archived

AI social-distancing enforcement tool. "You will be TRACKED!"

RT: Coronavirus inspires DYSTOPIAN new AI social-distancing enforcement tool (VIDEO).

An AI start-up company has developed a video surveillance system that can tell if we’re abiding by social distancing rules. It’s the latest example of the pandemic inspiring what some might view as sinister technology.
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Californian software developer Landing AI has created a video tool that can be used to ascertain whether people are following social distancing rules.

“Landing AI has developed an AI-enabled social distancing detection tool that can detect if people are keeping a safe distance from each other by analyzing real-time video streams from the camera,” the company chirps, in a blog post about the new software.

Remove your mask and smile for the camera! Big Brother wants a nice, clear image of your facial recognition for their database.

mrc Newsbusters Culture Contributing writer Lindsay Kornick couldn't be more wrong on "The Blacklist" and 2A.

TLDR: BIG SWING and a MISS, by Ms. Lindsay Kornick writing at mrc Newsbusters about "The Blacklist" being, "a liberal show" and that episode 'Gordon Kemp' is, "anti-2A."
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Read the story AND the COMMENTS. Then come on back for my commentary. Or not, just refer back to the TLDR.😈

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Last night's "Blacklist" didn't "lecture us about gun issues...through the mouths of criminals." Nor was it a, "grisly attempt at addressing political issues."

I now realize how much time I wasted reading Newsbusters (NB). I used to be a frequent visitor to NB. They lost me as a regular reader long ago when they went full ass-clown conspiratorial advocacy with any notion that didn't fit their very narrow narrative. NB has morphed in a Lunatic Right version of supermarket checkout aisle tabloids. Did Bozell abandon his site and now sits on the porch with Biden debating the best flavors of pudding cups?

Did Kornick pay attention to "The Blacklist" episode? Did she even watch it or is her column based on nothing more than a knee-jerk reaction to a tip sent in by an apoplectic reader, typing in all caps, "DID YOU SEE THE ANTI-SECOND AMENDMENT EPISODE OF 'THE BLACKLIST' LAST NIGHT?"

Kornick obviously hasn't seen the many "Blacklist" episodes where the bad guys are LIBERALS.

The episode is titled, "Gordon Kemp". Is Kornick at all familiar with the program and the character of Raymond Reddington (played by James Spader)? How many seasons or episodes of "The Blacklist" has she really watched? We don't know, she doesn't tell us, but that doesn't mean she can't write about something she's never seen. Sounds like the qualifications someone from The Left would use in justifying their opinion on something of which they are unfamiliar.

The episode "Gordon Kemp" was anything but anti-2A. It was the exact opposite. Kornick couldn't crawl out of her tunnel-vision long enough to see the big picture. Instead, she was Triggered because a character, Gordon Kemp, was the owner of a company that specialized in manufacturing cheaply-made handguns bought by straw-buyers which were then sold to criminals.

Kornick is upset that (spoiler alert) Reddington, using one of Kemp's cheaply made handguns, shoots and kills Kemp at the end of the episode. Reddington is upset because he earlier witnessed an innocent woman with a promising future who was shot to death by a thug using one of Kemp's handguns.

"The Blacklist" 'Gordon Kemp' episode wasn't, (as Kornick and those who commented at NB), just another Hollywood, hour-long anti-2A agenda programming. The circle of irony of the episode escapes them. The darkness of the Reddington character, that has evolved over seven seasons, flies over their collective pea-brain heads.

In a weak attempt to bolster her argument that "The Blacklist" is, (quote) "a liberal show," Kornick refers to a line by "Blacklist" character FBI Detective Ressler who says, "Look, I'm a member of the NRA, and I believe in the Second Amendment, but what you do, pouring more and more weapons into high-crime areas -- that has nothing to do with keeping a well-regulated militia and everything to do with making a buck."  

 - - - - AND? This ties into an anti-2A agenda how? It doesn't. It's not so much taking dialogue out of context, it's misrepresenting the content in an attempt to make an analogy where one doesn't exist. Kornick isn't able - or deliberately won't - follow the logic of a fictional script because in the end, it doesn't make her point.

At best, I'm going to guess, she actually viewed the last ten minutes of the program, that's it. The rest - - - nowhere in her story does she write that she actually watched the program - - - she read about it online and received email from the hypersenstive overreacting crowd.

Yes, by way of 2A, gun makers can manufacture everything from quality firearms to the cheapest 'Saturday Night Specials' favored by criminals. Raise your hand if you're a strong advocate of 2A and you also support straw-buyers who resell to criminals. Anyone? Anyone?

The best comment at Kornick's feeble story is the one asking, "Is this show still on?" Huh - one would think when reading a story that mention's "the April 17 episode", one could reasonably conclude that, yes, this program is still on. My question to the person who wrote that comment is, when you address your parents, do you refer to them as, 'Mom and Dad' or 'Brother and Sister'?

I would have added a comment to Kornick's story, but you have to register, and I'm not going through that BS.

"The Blacklist" is one of the finest hour-long dramas on television. IMO, it's right up there with "The Sopranos".

Considering "The Blacklist" is in its seventh season, now...suddenly...Kornick concludes it's, "a liberal show." I'm guessing the very misinformed and misguided Kornick would also conclude that "The Sopranos" is, "a liberal show."

Kornick concludes her column with this gem:

In response, I’ll answer with how Maya Angelou put it: when people show you who they are, believe them. This is what liberals think of gun-makers, believe that.

Yes, Kornick isn't off the mark, generally, in saying that liberals think gun-makers are bad (although I personally know some Libs who don't think that). It's too bad that that has nothing to do with Friday night's episode of "The Blacklist".

I'd suggest Kornick watch the "Gordon Kemp" episode and that she pay attention to it. If not, heck, maybe her next column will be on the hidden, anti-2A liberal agenda portrayed in all westerns. Those Liberal cowboys didn't pass background checks and buy their guns from an FFL dealer.

Take a glance at Kornick's columns. In almost every article she's Triggered and Offended by fictional programming. This is a good thing. I can't imagine the damage and misinformation she'd inflict if she wrote about non-fictional events. She must be blood-related to Bozell. There's no other way she'd be on the payroll.

I wonder if Kornick has found an anti-2A liberal agenda in "Baby Shark"?
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mrcNewsbusters Archived

Joe Biden Fake Tweet

If Joe Biden composed his own Tweets...

Bad Spaniels 1; Jack Daniels 0

One is a dog chew toy. The other is a glass bottle of liquor. If you can't tell the difference,
 you should not buy either product, or always buy both.

Tech Dirt: Jack Daniels Gets Chewed Up In Trademark Case Over 'Bad Spaniels' Doggy Chew Toy.

We've seen roughly a zillion trademark disputes and cases in the alcohol industries, but perhaps nothing quite like this. Jack Daniels, the famous liquor company, found itself in a prolonged court battle with VIP Products LLC. At issue? Well, VIP makes a doggy chew toy that is a parody of Jack Daniels' famous whiskey bottle and trade dress.

...while the toy isn't exactly similar to the Jack Daniels bottle, it's a clear homage or parody of it. Parody, of course, has space carved out for it by the First Amendment. While trademark law might lead one to see a problem here, it's the fact that even this commercial product is expressive parody that keeps it from being trademark infringement.

The Jack Daniels folks didn't agree.

So Jack sued.

Back to Tech Dirt:

...the court held that, as a threshold matter, the Rogers test needed to be applied. Under that test, a trademark infringement plaintiff must show that the defendant’s use of the mark either (1) is “not artistically relevant to the underlying work” or (2) “explicitly misleads consumers as to the source or content of the work.”  Id. at 9 (quoting Gordon, 909 F.3d at 265). The Ninth Circuit vacated the district court’s finding of infringement and remanded for a determination, in the first instance, of whether Jack Daniel’s can satisfy either element of the Rogers test.

It seems damn near impossible to imagine any scenario in which Jack Daniels manages to satisfy the Rogers test. And the real question is why it felt any of this expensive litigious adventurism was necessary in the first place.

The short story: Jack lost. Good!

Why the corporate brain trust at Jack decided to move forward with this case is nothing short of mind-boggling. Can the PR/Ad/Legal Team at JD be so unimaginative, humorless and petty?

Could it have been that hard for JD to partner, in some way, with Bad Spaniels for a co-branding promotion - maybe buy a bottle of JD and get a Bad Spaniels chew toy? This is PR and Advertising, not brain surgery.

A Toast and Cheers to Bad Spaniels! Who's a good dog? Who's a good dog?
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Tech Dirt Archived

University of Cambridge study says coronavirus started months earlier and not in Wuhan. Human contagion began in September.

Devon Live: Report claims coronavirus started months earlier and not in Wuhan .

Scientists have cast doubt on everything we thought we knew about the origins of the coronavirus. A new report from the University of Cambridge claims to shed new light on the initial outbreak in China.

It has so far been widely accepted that the Covid-19 infection originated in a wet market in the Wuhan province late last year. But the new research suggests it may have started farther south and was spreading among humans as early as September.

The findings have been published by the research team in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - although have not been peer-reviewed. They cite a "network" of infections that has thrown existing knowledge into doubt.

"The virus may have mutated into its final 'human-efficient' form months ago, but stayed inside a bat or other animal or even human for several months without infecting other individuals," University of Cambridge geneticist Peter Forster said on Thursday[.]

"Then, it started infecting and spreading among humans between September 13 and December 7, generating the network we present in [the journal] Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [PNAS]."
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By counting the various mutations of the virus, they were able to get closer to figuring out when the first human was infected by a strain closest to a virus spread among bats.

They found hundreds of mutations, indicating that the virus may have been spreading quietly in host animals for years before finally infecting humans.

A coronavirus typically acquires one mutation a month.

There have been unverified reports that the virus originated in a Wuhan lab where researchers were doing work into diseases in bats, but the new study doesn't support that.

"If I am pressed for an answer, I would say the original spread started more likely in southern China than in Wuhan," Mr Forster said.

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Devon Live Archived

Joe Biden Fake Tweet.

If Joe Biden composed his own Tweets...

Joe Biden Fake Tweet.

If Joe Biden composed his own Tweets...

Liberate Minnesota protest on April 17 at governor's mansion.

At Facebook

KARE 11 News: 'Liberate Minnesota' protest planned in St. Paul.

Minnesota's Stay at Home order has been in effect since March 25, with businesses deemed non-essential shuttered since March 16. Across Minnesota and around the country, people are protesting laws requiring them to stay home.

Today, one of these protests is planned at the governor's mansion in St. Paul.

The Facebook event Liberate Minnesota has more than 550 RSVPs as of Friday morning. Planned to begin at noon on Friday, the event asks people to bring protest signs and to maintain a distance that you are comfortable with.

In a social post, the group says, "Minnesota citizens now is the time to demand Governor Walz and our state legislators end this lock down! Thousands of  lives are being destroyed right now. It is not the governor's place to restrict free movement of Minnesota citizens! Gov. Walz you work for the citizens of this state!"

On Thursday afternoon, Live Free Minnesota held what organizers called a "respectful drive-by protest" at the governor's mansion.

Respectful, fine. But I sure as hell hope it's noisy...continuous car horns honked and LOUD!

Remember folks, Walz is the one who called rural, conservative, Republican areas of Minnesota nothing but, "rocks and cows."

Friday Morning Music Video

Advisory - Err on safety, NSFW (glimpses of teh female nekkidness, mature themes and some kinda violence).

"Radio" from Untitled by Rammstein.

Joe Biden Fake Tweet.

If Joe Biden composed his own Tweets...

China's death toll spikes 50%. Authorities "delayed and omitted" fatalities.

RT: China’s Wuhan death toll spikes by 50% as authorities report 1,290 ‘delayed & omitted’ fatalities.

17 Apr, 2020 03:37 / Updated 8 minutes ago - published 10:35 MST

The Chinese city of Wuhan – ground zero for the coronavirus pandemic – has revised its fatality count, increasing the total by just shy of 1,300 deaths, which officials say went unreported due to “delays” and “omissions.”

Authorities in Wuhan added another 1,290 deaths to the city’s death toll on Friday, putting the overall figures at 50,333 infections and 3,869 fatalities in the virus’ first epicenter.

The revision was necessary to “address incorrect reporting, delays and omissions of cases,” city officials said, according to Reuters, with the new numbers increasing Wuhan’s death tally by some 50 percent.
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China’s comparatively low fatality figures – which never broke 5,000 overall – have prompted accusations from US officials, who insist the country vastly underreported deaths and new cases and that Beijing conspired with the World Health Organization to “cover up” the extent of its crisis. Little evidence has been brought to support the assertion, however.

I don't think we have any idea of what's really going on in China and we may never know the full extent of their "omissions". I wonder what the future holds for more reports of more Corona death "omitted fatalities"?

Social Distance Boating in Minneapolis during Covid-19.

Bring Me The News: How does social distancing work on a boat? Hennepin County has advice.

Only boat with those in your immediate household.

Do not invite guests onto your boat. This includes family members not in your immediate household and your favorite fishing buddies. (I've always found the best fishing trips were those with strangers who later turned out being serial killers. I didn't know at the time. - DD)

Go right from your house to the boat and back, avoiding all unnecessary contact with anyone during your trip. (WTF is this, "TWD"? -DD)

Do not use a beach, boat ramp or marina that is closed. (Now where's the fun in that? - DD)
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It was announced earlier this week that the State of Minnesota was loosening the requirements for its Stay at Home order so that more people in the leisure boating industry would be able to return to work. (It's okay for a group of strangers to hop onto a commercial, leisure boat but not okay for non-family members to join you on your personal boat? Hey, this makes perfect sense, I mean, we're talking about procedures created by Minnesota bureaucrats.- DD)

Run! RUN! Run from your vehicle or door to your boat, and the other way around. Don't look behind you. Just run! RUN! Keep moving! Faster! Just RUN! RUN-FUCKING-RUN!!

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Joe Biden Fake Tweet.

If Joe Biden composed his own Tweets...

Need another reason to hate the World Health Organization? No booze!

U.S. News and World Report: WHO: Governments Should Restrict Alcohol During Coronavirus Lockdowns.

...the World Health Organization this week suggested that governments should restrict access to alcohol during lockdowns.

Drinking alcohol can compromise peoples' immune systems and make them more vulnerable to the adverse health effects of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, according to WHO. Alcohol use is also associated with diseases and mental health disorders that can make a person more likely to contract COVID-19.

"At times of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, alcohol consumption can exacerbate health vulnerability, risk-taking behaviours, mental health issues and violence," WHO noted in a press release.

Gee, just think if the WHO had been this concerned about the initial outbreak of the CHINA VIRUS instead of being an accomplice to the cover-up.

Above image: The Lost Weekend

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U.S. News Archived

Thursday's Friday Morning Music Video

"Fool For The City" from Fool For The City by Foghat.

Coronavirus from a Wuhan lab, not wet market?

Washington Examiner: 'Increasing confidence' China blamed coronavirus on wet market to deflect from Wuhan lab escape: Report.

There is "increasing confidence" that China blamed a wet market in Wuhan to deflect how the novel coronavirus originated in a nearby government laboratory, according to a new report.

As sources familiar with China's early actions told Fox News, the breach came not as part of an effort to construct a bioweapon, but rather as part of the Chinese Communist Party’s attempt to show its abilities to study and fight viruses was comparable to those of the United States.

The unnamed sources were not identified, and it is not immediately clear whether they were intelligence officials or other members of the Trump administration. But Fox News reported they were briefed on China’s initial efforts to cover up the outbreak and had reviewed pertinent documents.

One such source suggested this could be the “costliest government cover-up of all time.”
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Republican Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Ted Cruz of Texas, among others, have speculated that the novel coronavirus may have originated from an accidental lab contamination.

A report by Yahoo News on Tuesday cited nine current and former national security officials who confirmed U.S. spy agencies are looking into whether the novel coronavirus started as an inadvertent lab escape.

People are receiving their stimulus checks. Some of them are dead!

MSN (USA MacPaper): Stimulus checks are going out to people who have died, what that means for relatives.

As many Americans receive $1,200 payments from the federal government to help offset the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, some have been surprised to discover that their dead loved ones also were sent the funds.

"Ok this is insane, but just the tip of the iceberg," tweeted Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who shared an image of a text from a friend that read, "Dad got his stimulus check of $1,200. He died in 2018. Does he have time to spend it online?"
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A report from the Office of the Inspector General found that over 70,000 recipients were deceased before the payment certification date. More than half of those checks were returned, according to an article by the Wall Street Journal at the time.
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However, it is not immediately clear what will happen with those who are receiving checks for deceased relatives and loved ones during the COVID-19 crisis.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the IRS did not have guidelines on its website for payments sent in error to the deceased. The IRS did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for comment.

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Michigan gridlocks the streets protesting Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order.

From @ Craig D. Mauger, Twitter

The Detroit News: Vehicle-bound protesters flocking to Michigan Capitol to slap stay-home order.

Protesters inside their vehicles lined the streets around the Michigan Capitol Wednesday ahead of a noon rally to protest provisions of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's executive order that aims to protect public health during the coronavirus pandemic.

Several of the vehicles participating in "Operation Gridlock" sported American flags and MAGA (Make America Great Again) banners. A banner across the Capitol lawn read "Security without liberty is called prison."

Drivers laid on their horns repeatedly, and others had megaphones.

The protest is organized by the Michigan Conservative Coalition, which told supporters to "come ready for a potentially major traffic jam around the (taxpayer funded) Michigan Capitol Building."

A press release from the group warned attendees to "display signs, make noise and be disruptive, but stay in your vehicle so that the 'Whitmer police' cannot say you are ignoring the 'social distancing' order."

Good for Michigan! Gridlock those streets. Bring the state government to a standstill. Other cities and states with lawmakers and elected public SERVANTS with lunatics like Whitmer should be doing the same thing every single day. 

Pick any Blue state or a Blue city, run by a Blue governor or Blue mayor, and watch these Little Eichmanns revel in their power as they restrict freedoms and our rights.
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UPDATE: More images from Michigan protest via FOX News screen grabs:

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The Detroit News Archived

Madeleine Albright crawls out from under her rock to sell her latest book.

Has she converted to Islam, yet ?

This portly, vicious, blood-lusting wide-load chunk of adipose tissue waddles back into the limelight to hawk her latest book.

NPR: Human Moments, Nuggets Of Reflection Are True Treasures In New Albright Memoir.

"What is there for a former secretary of state to do?" That's the question Madeleine Albright asks and answers in her latest memoir Hell and Other Destinations.

Good for her. She has a map. Not sure about how many other destinations ahead of her after that first one, though.
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NPR Archived

Renowned, Revered, Respected Global Political Scholar Mia Farrow denounces suspension of funds to WHO by President Trump.

Breitbart: Mia Farrow Attacks Trump: Defunding The WHO Will Cost Lives. We Should Give More.

Actress Mia Farrow had a social media meltdown after President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he will be halting U.S. funding to the World Health Organization.

I'm guessing it doesn't take much for Mia Farrow to have a "social media meltdown." She's the one whose ex-husband, Woody Allen, married her adopted daughter, right?

(Actor portrayal depicting Mia Farrow's Social Media Meltdown)

Flashback 2017: Tim Walz calls rural, conservative Red Minnesota, "rocks and cows."

Alpha News: Walz Attacks Republican Rural MN as “Mostly Rocks and Cows”.

In a video posted online by Youtube user “DemGovsClips,” [fomer U.S. Congressional Representative (D-MN), now current governor of Minnesota Tim] Walz can be heard describing an election map of Minnesota. Walz references “all that red across there,” presumably referring to outstate Minnesota, calling the Republican-leaning area “mostly rocks and cows.”

“You see those maps,” Walz can be heard saying in the video. “Red and blue and there’s all that red across there. And Democrats go into a depression over it. It’s mostly rocks and cows that are in that red area.”

Walz’s comments received quick condemnation from some Republicans. Fellow gubernatorial candidate and State Rep. Matt Dean (R-Dellwood) challenged Walz to “get out of D.C. and visit a dairy farm.”

This, from the same guy who says, "his heart breaks for people."  Presumably - ideally one would hope - his heart breaks for all people, Blue and Red people, but maybe not.

Walz is from Nebraska. Nebraska has a lot of rocks and cows, doesn't it?

Smokers Appear Less Likely to Be Hospitalised with COVID-19.

Bretibart: Study: Smokers Appear Less Likely to Be Hospitalised with COVID-19.

    Smoking increases susceptibility to respiratory infections and media reports suggest that it may increase the risk of being infected with acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2 is known to use the angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) as a receptor for cell entry, and there is evidence that smoking down-regulates ACE2 expression in the lung and other tissues.

Their findings, though surprising, appear to be supported by the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These too show that – contrary to expectations – relatively few smokers and ex-smokers have been hospitalised with COVID-19.

    CDC is gathering information about underlying conditions and Covid-19 diagnoses. Smoking status numbers are *very* interesting.https://t.co/iv0FpfPSHy pic.twitter.com/5ojmWcpu91

    — Phil (@phil_w888) March 31, 2020

I knew smoking would have an upside.

Naked woman jumps on police car.

Image:  Solarpix

Metro: Naked woman jumps on police car after leaving court for lockdown breach. 

This is the bizarre moment a naked woman jumps on top of a police car following a court appearance for flouting Spain’s coronavirus lockdown.

The 41-year-old was reportedly first arrested after neighbours alerted police to a woman streaking during the daily round of applause for emergency workers in the Costa del Sol resort of Torremolinos.

Following her release on bail she immediately stripped off again and leapt on top of the cruiser.

The emergency workers appreciated her display of graditude. The "neighbors" ratted her out. Can't trust some neighbors.
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Metro Archived

Loretta Lynch Cankle P0rn!

Ooohhh..........Sweet Loretta!

Those poor shoes. (Not pho-shopped)

Loretta faces an uphill battle against The Cankle Queen: 

It had to have been a comment, somewhere, that I read since I couldn't find any news or media about it - that the predetermined VP running mate for Joe Biden is going to be Loretta Lynch.

Except for politicizing the Coronavirus and their TDS, it's pretty obvious the DEMS aren't trying that hard to win the presidential election. Loretta Lynch as Biden's VP? Sure, excellent choice.

Golf clap?

Michigan Governor DEM Gretchen Whitmer...she done be bat shit crazy.

Filed under the Department of "Liberal Bitches Be Crazy" (which is redundant and an oxymoron, I know). 

The Republic Post: Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer Bans Buying US Flags During Lockdown.

Crazed Democrat Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer prohibited big box retailers from in-person sale of seeds because according to her, food is non-essential.

‘Crisis gardens’ or ‘victory gardens’ were always encouraged during a time of war or a time of crisis to supplement rations and boost morale.
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In late March Michigan Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer limited access of doctors from prescribing the lifesaving drugs hydroxychloroquine and Z-Paks to save senior citizens in the state from Coronavirus.

Hydroxychloroquine and Z-Paks have are widely used by doctors the world over to treat the Coronavirus.

In total this past week alone, Governor Whitmer has banned packaged seeds, tiling, carpet, flooring… And US flags.

But 'ya know, she seems nice and mentally balanced. She meets all the qualifications for membership in the party of Liberal Lunatics.
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The Republic Post Archived

#FilmYourHospital - nothing much going on inside, either.

The exterior of hospitals sure are quiet.

It seems many are quiet indoors also:

H/T, news and more videos at Philthy-Delphia.

Have you noticed the activity, or lack of it, near the hospitals in your area? Leave a comment. You don't have to give the name of the hospital, just a general idea of where (i.e. Tampa area, north Vegas, etc). Thanks!

It's time to #FireFauci

@ President Donald Trump Twitter

#FireFauci - his judgement is unreliable and his contradictions (in just the past 90 days) are a threat to the health and safety of the general public: 

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Sources for quotes Here
and below: 

Forbes, March 9, 2020 (Archived): Fauci: "Go on a cruise ship."

The Sun, April 12, 2020 (Archived): Fauci: "[We should have done more in February]."
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Typo fix "The Sun" (Archived) - "we should have one" to "we should have done[.]"

Easter Sunday.

From Christian Bible Reference:

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Have a safe and enjoyable Easter, whatever you do, wherever you are. Remember those who are alone, can't be with their loved ones or are involuntarily isolated and quarantined. Remember those less fortunate. We all have reasons to be incredibly grateful for what we have.

Happy Easter to all.

NHL's Colby Cave, Edmonton Oilers, dead at 25.

Colby Cave; 1994-2020

CNN: Colby Cave of NHL's Edmonton Oilers dies at 25. 

NHL center Colby Cave, who played for the Edmonton Oilers and the Boston Bruins, has died. He was 25.

The Edmonton Oilers and Cave's family announced the news on Saturday morning. He passed away days after doctors at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto operated to remove a colloid cyst putting pressure on his brain, according to NHL.com.

He had been in a medically induced coma since suffering a brain bleed overnight Monday, his team said.
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The rest of the hockey world is also mourning Cave's death, with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman calling him "an earnest and hardworking player" and "a warm and generous person."

ESPN (April 7, 2020): Oilers' Colby Cave has emergency brain surgery to remove cyst.

Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave underwent emergency surgery Tuesday, during which doctors removed a colloid cyst that was causing pressure on his brain, the team announced.

Cave, 25, was admitted to the critical care unit at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto after suffering a brain bleed overnight. He remains in a medically induced coma.

Cave's wife, Emily, said earlier on Instagram that doctors were "fighting to keep him alive'' in surgery. She called Monday and Tuesday the worst days of her life.

Who will be breaking the law on Easter? Be Rebellious!

We are breaking so many Covid-19 laws, ordinances and regulations tomorrow. Somewhere, in an undisclosed, semi-rural area southwest of the Twin Cities - or is that northeast? (feel free to track us, Google) - about 40 of us will be getting together for the day. This was planned over a month ago and we're going ahead with it.

There are a few, newer caveats implemented. Everyone agreed that anyone not feeling well, no matter how slight, won't attend.

A decontamination station will be at the home entrance, with hot soap and water, disinfectant, sanitizer, Clorox wipes (yes, someone actually scored some of those!), thermal temperature scans for the kiddies, three big kick-ass RAM extended-cabs will be blocking off the private driveway and me and two of my nephews will be guarding the gate with our AR-15s and other various firearms, including revolvers that we're likely to frequently twirl on our index fingers like cowboys.

Cousin Cletus is our designated sniper. He's also responsible for supplying the Tupperware of Spleef and in his possession at all times, he holds the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.

This is the first time in my memory that restaurants won't be open for Easter buffets. An impact that is all too painfully harsh both economically and socially.

That places of worship are closed is truly sad. I've heard in the news some are holding services while people remain in their cars in the parking lot and I think that's an acceptable workaround - considering the circumstances - rather than indoor mass.

What are your plans for Easter? Family gathering? Small or reduced number of guests from past years? Isolation? Going on a cruise, maybe?

Will you be Breaking The Law?

All parties mutually agreed in canceling the running-chainsaw and cleaver-juggling contests, but that's more due to the weather forecast than fear of Coronavirus.

That Coffee!

Hurry up, Coffee!

Need more coffee!

Police tell nudists they must wear face masks.

CNN Travel: Czech nudists told to wear face masks by police.

Face masks aren't mandatory everywhere, but strict rules on wearing them have been enforced in the Czech Republic -- even for nudists.

The European country has begun to relax restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus, but at the height of concerns late last month, police were called in to remind people that while it was OK to get naked in designated public places, mouths needed to be covered.

Czech law enforcers issued a warning after officers were called out on March 27 in the small town of Lázně Bohdaneč, east of Prague, because of complaints about maskless naturists basking in warm weather.

"Unfortunately, many of the sunbathing citizens were gathered in large groups, and some were not wearing face masks.," a police statement said. "Upon the arrival of the police, everyone agreed to respect the government regulation [that face shields are compulsory outside the home].

"Citizens are allowed to be without clothes in designated locations, but they still must cover their mouths, and only gather in appropriate numbers."

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MN Governor Slab-Of-Ham-Head Walz pretends his heart breaks for people.

MN TASS MN Pravda MN Public Radio: April 9 update on COVID-19 in MN: 50 dead; Walz faces GOP pushback over stay-home order.

As COVID-19 deaths jumped and hospitalizations rose, Gov. Tim Walz urged Minnesotans Thursday to stay vigilant to help stem the disease’s spread — and he responded to fresh criticism from a key GOP leader that extending the stay-at-home order through May 4 was not warranted.

“I want people back to work as bad as anyone,” but decisions have to be driven by evidence and expert guidance, Walz told reporters minutes after (Republican) Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka took to Twitter to rip the extended stay-home order.

“I'm tired of this. I’m frustrated by this. My heart breaks for the people who are worried about their economic well-being,” Walz added.
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...minutes before Walz’s briefing was set to begin on Thursday, Gazelka wrote on Twitter: “I do not approve of the governor’s unilateral decision to continue the order to shelter at home until May 4. We have to get on with our lives.”

Gazelka questioned the Walz team’s projections of needing to prepare for as many as 5,000 intensive care cases eventually. “Why shut MN business down for a NY sized surge?” he wrote.

Walz's heart doesn't "break for the people."

He's been in office a little over one year. What's he done for the people of the state? Nothing.

What has Walz done? Two things:

1) He sucks up all the oxygen around every television camera and microphone that exists, endlessly appearing in the media to promote his Liberal agenda with  long-winded, repetitious and redundant nebulous platitudes.

2) Bullied Twin Cities Public Television into destroying incriminating and embarrassing video of his unqualified wife Gwen speaking about issues on which she is completely clueless and uninformed.

Walz actually makes me miss our former inept governor, Richie Rich.

Walz: "Raise taxes, tax and spend, tax and spend, tax and spend." And of course, "Bring in the refugees."

Walz will likely run for re-election in three years and win. Why? Because Minnesota Democrats have less cognitive abilities than sawdust.
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Friday Morning Music Video

"Rock Me Baby" performed by Buckwheat Zydeco.

Public panic and frenzy - what's up?

MSN (AP): Panic grocery buying slows; iPhone sales plummeted in March.

Miami Herald: Grocery shelves will be sparse for awhile, but panic buying isn’t to blame, experts say.

Citizen Tribune: Panic buying slows, grocery chain CEO says.

WWNY-TV: Freezer frenzy: local store can’t keep up with demand for appliance.

VT Digger: Guns and ammo in high demand as coronavirus cases increase.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (via Archive): During COVID-related gun-buying frenzy, many are first-time owners.

Steve Smith You Tube: Adolf Hitler cancels the War To Confiscate All German Toilet Paper during Corona Virus.

Advisory: Adult language subtitles. (I think that's a first; an advisory based on subtitles):

How are things where you live? Are the store shelves being restocked a bit quicker? What's still hard to find? (Any type of hand sanitizer here). Are you seeing more and more people wearing masks? (I am, and far too many are just covering their mouth. I guess whatever makes you feel safe). Have you noticed if your local hospitals appear busy? Drop a comment.
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CBS Caught Faking Their News - Again!

Bretibart: CBS News Plays Italy Hospital Footage — Again — for Report on U.S. Coronavirus Response.

Far-left CBS has been caught broadcasting misleading hospital footage for a second time during the coronavirus pandemic.

About two weeks ago, on March 22, CBS News used deceptively-edited footage the first time. Breitbart News reported then that “Far-left CBS News was caught red-handed using chaotic footage from an Italian hospital in a story about New York City hospitals.”

“It was an editing mistake. We took immediate steps to remove it from all platforms and shows,” CBS News explained unconvincingly at the time.
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Over the weekend, CBS News again used this video to mislead its viewers, this time while talking about a Philadelphia hospital:

    After @CBSNews was called out for airing footage of a hospital in Italy and saying it was New York, they apologized and said it was an error.

    Less than a week later, they aired the same footage, this time when talking about Pennsylvania.

    (h/t @lieggiji) pic.twitter.com/omTu6twgPm

    — ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) April 8, 2020

Those editing mistakes...they happen all on their own. It's a living organism. Who knew?