Epidemiology, Opening the Door Dept. 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Herb Janick, makes the case that the Republican Party paved the way for the coronavirus through its failure to consider and protect the common good. He gives three examples of how it did so; follow the link for his discussion of each one:
First, rather than recognize that the federal government has a critical role, the Republican Party has spent years denigrating and demonizing the government and its important role in society.
Second, the Republican Party has sought to diminish the role of experts and science and replace them with ideology.
Third, the Republican Party has supported a president who manifestly is not fit to lead.
Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . 0
. . . unless you have allergies.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness goes viral.
The story goes on to report that he didn’t think the shotgun was loaded.
Senatorial Privilege 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice comments on what he calls the “COVID Four,” the four (so far) Senators who have been revealed to have sold shares of stocks coincident with receiving secret briefings about the coronavirus. A nugget (emphasis added):
The Trumpling Goes Viral 0
This is your–our–country on Trump.
(snip)
But as a bus rolled past, the man again yelled out, this time screaming at the driver to “run them all over,” Zhu said.
He turned to her and she knew it was coming.
“Please don’t,” she said.
“Right after I said that, he spit on me,” Zhu said. “I didn’t really know what to do.”
The story goes on to describe a web site being created to track such hate-full incidents.
Words fail me.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another responsible gun owner discharges his–er–responsibility.
QOTD 0
Agatha Christie:
The world nowadays is rather like a mad nursery rime.
Christie, Agatha, A Three-Act Tragedy (New York: Berkley, 1984), p. 168.
Contagion, Reprise 0
Speaking of said less than competent response, here’s a view from the trenches.
Contagion 0
Chauncey DeVega analyzes the role of racism in the spread of coronavirus in the United States and in the federal government’s less than competent response thereunto.
No summary or excerpt will do his piece justice. Just read it.