Thursday, March 19, 2020

And another day of realizing we were all screwed and now we’re going to get screwed some more comes to a close:

“Welcome to the jungle. It gets worse here every day.” — Guns N’ Roses

In a secret recording, Senate Intelligence Chair Richard Burr is heard 3 weeks ago warning a group of well-connected constituents to prepare for dire effects of the coronavirus. The remarks were much starker than any Burr had delivered in public at the time. — Trump knew. They all knew. And they lied to us. Now we all will pay the price.

Senator Dumped Up to $1.6 Million of Stock After Reassuring Public About Coronavirus Preparedness. — Burr received highly classified information about Covid-19 and publicly downplayed the danger it posed, then dumped stock before it began to crash. He purposely misled Americans to make a shitload of money.

Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) Dumped Millions in Stock After Coronavirus Briefing.

California’s governor has issued a statewide order for people to stay home amid the virus outbreak. -- That’s 40 million residents.

Photo of Trump remarks shows 'corona' crossed out and replaced with 'Chinese' virus. -- Because he’s a racist fuck.

The first coronavirus case in the U.S. and South Korea was detected on the same day. By late January, Seoul had medical companies starting to work on a diagnostic test — one was approved a week later. Today, the U.S. isn’t even close to meeting test demand. How Korea trounced U.S. in race to test people for coronavirus. It’s a problem many Americans, accustomed to hearing they have the most advanced medical care in the world, find hard to fathom. — Sometimes one just lives in the wrong country at the wrong time.

Italy has a world-class health system. The coronavirus has pushed it to the breaking point. -- And the U.S. health system will fare much worse.

Up to 20% of people hospitalized with coronavirus in the United States are young adults ages 20 to 44.

Trump embraces fight with "invisible enemy" only days after dismissing the virus. — Never forget. 

Young people can more easily spread the virus without having symptoms — and new evidence shows the potential for some younger people to fall seriously ill.

Compassion is alive and well as the world navigates the pandemic. -- We’re all in this together. In the U.S., vote Republicans out of office if you have compassion for the human race.

Asian countries face second coronavirus wave, fuelled by people importing it from outside.

Shoreline soccer field re-purposed into hospital to battle coronavirus.

"Minnesota and Vermont have now officially designated another group of workers as emergency personnel: grocery clerks. This means the workers hurrying to stock shelves and check out customers in those states will also receive free child care."

The entire Trump stock rally is gone: Dow erases all its gains since Donald Trump took office.

Best Buy Tells Employees Work Is Now Voluntary, Everyone Gets Two-Weeks Pay.

Fish are visible in Venice canals amid covid-19 lockdown.

Coronavirus: Premiership clubs to ask players to take considerable wage cuts.

Add condoms to the list of things that might be harder to find as more Americans shelter in place amid the coronavirus outbreak. There may even be a “coronavirus baby boom,” some experts say. — Like the planet needs that.

Ghislaine Maxwell says she was Epstein’s employee not his madam. She wants part of his estate.

Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.

Until next time, my friends. Good night.