Sunday, May 10, 2020

And another wretched day comes to a close:

“Too many people will embrace conspiracy in order to avoid reality.” -- John Pablovitz

Deaths
US: 80,787 (+750)
World: 283,860 (+3428)

Countdown: 177 days.

It’s Not a Death Cult, It’s a Mass Murder Movement. MAGA Nation isn’t looking to sacrifice itself, but will gladly sacrifice others. “This is what modern conservatism has become. It is not a suicide death cult but a murderous, terrorist movement. It is, in the age of Trump, a cabal of hateful, ignorant, anti-social eugenicists intent on removing those they deem inferior from society. And this they propose to do by one means or another: by slashing safety nets, by building walls against immigrants, or by letting disease and illness kill hundreds of thousands of people whose lives they never valued anyway. When they say “all lives matter” — as their witty retort to the Black Lives Matter movement — they don’t mean it. The only lives that matter to them are the ones who look and live and pray as they do. We need not try and reason with them, let alone convert them to a rational, humane, and compassionate politics. They are deserving of only one thing: defeat — total, immediate, and lasting.”

Hundreds of people from all over Washington swarmed to the state capitol in Olympia on Saturday to protest Gov. Jay Inslee's stay-at-home order.

Media coverage has blown anti-lockdown protests out of proportion. Recent anti-Trump rallies have been bigger than the anti-lockdown protests. Guess which ones got more media attention?

Trump administration cuts funding for coronavirus researcher, jeopardizing possible COVID-19 cure. -- Trump is an asshole.

A newly discovered outbreak of COVID-19 among employees at a Kittitas County food processing plant has thrown a monkey wrench into county officials' plans to move quickly to a Phase 2 recovery from the coronavirus shutdown.

Vice President Pence: "I'd be happy" to see Michael Flynn back in the Trump administration.

China reports 17 more COVID-19 cases amid new infections in Wuhan.

Citing decreasing coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths, Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlined plans Sunday for a phased reopening of Britain's economy.

Belgium allows ‘social bubbles’ as lockdown eases.

Players need to be disciplined in virus plan says Bundesliga chief.

Spain registers lowest daily coronavirus deaths since mid-March.

'People feel a bit nervous': France braces for end of lockdown.

The number of patients undergoing treatment for COVID-19 in UW Medicine's four hospitals has dropped to about half the level seen at the peak of the outbreak, officials there said.

Sen. Lamar Alexander to self-quarantine after staff member tests positive for COVID-19.

50 Years From Now, Many Densely Populated Parts of the World Could be Too Hot for Humans.

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

Until next time, my friends. Stay safe and stay sane. Good night.