Wednesday, April 01, 2020

Fans of Best of the Web Today

Fans of Best of the Web Today--Gary Smith shared a link.
"The always quotable H.L. Mencken once observed, 'Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.'" 
I would add that working from home while in the employ of another is not "commercial business".

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The always quotable H.L. Mencken once observed, "Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." For some residents of one unnamed Tennessee neighborhood, that time is now. A Reddit user went to the legal advice thread with a qu...

Heartfelt thanks from the dictator of communist China.


Destroying our children!-----International Transgender Day of Visibility - Wikipedia

International Transgender Day of Visibility - Wikipedia
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International Transgender Day of Visibility

Presenters on stage at the 2016 Trans Day of Visibility celebration in San Francisco.
Observed byTransgender community and supporters
Typeinternational, cultural
DateMarch 31
FrequencyAnnual
First time2009
Related toTransgender Day of RemembranceTransgender Awareness Week
"International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) is an annual event occurring on March 31[1][2] dedicated to celebrating transgender people and
  • raising awareness of discrimination faced by transgender people worldwide, 
  • as well as a celebration of their contributions to society. 
The day was founded by US-based transgender activist[3] Rachel Crandall of Michigan in 2009[4] as a reaction to the lack of LGBT recognition of transgender people, citing the frustration that the only well-known transgender-centered day was the Transgender Day of Remembrance which mourned the murders of transgender people, but did not acknowledge and celebrate living members of the transgender community. 
The first International Transgender Day of Visibility was held on March 31, 2009. It has since been spearheaded by the U.S.-based youth advocacy organization Trans Student Educational Resources.[5]..."
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#1 This day 1978-----Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive [Official Video] 1978 [Audio iTunes Plus ...

Stupid kills!-----Michigan has become a U.S. epicenter for coronavirus. Why? - mlive.com

Michigan has become a U.S. epicenter for coronavirus. Why? - mlive.com
"...That high poverty rate also means people may not have heard about the state’s stay-at-home order or the social distancing guidelines, or may be less in position to adhere to them, Kilgore said.
“A really significant proportion of Detroiters have limited access to reliable health information,” because they lack Internet access and aren’t paying attention to the media, Kilgore said.
...The density of the metro Detroit population is yet another reason why the numbers are so high in southeast Michigan..."
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Crude but correct.


Sen. Blackburn: Pelosi 'Fiddled Around' with Impeachment, Wasting Time

Sen. Blackburn: Pelosi 'Fiddled Around' with Impeachment, Wasting Time:
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Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for her accusations that President Donald Trump did not move fast enough to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
“Nancy Pelosi is accusing Trump of not responding fast enough to the Chinese coronavirus. This is the same person that fiddled around with a sham impeachment* that wasted valuable time…” she tweeted.

TO: CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, NPR, Fox News---Please stop covering the President’s daily live campaign rally (thinly disguised as a coronavirus “news conference”).

TO: CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News

Ending live daily coverage of Trump’s COVID-19 briefings

"Please stop covering the President’s daily live campaign rally (thinly disguised as a coronavirus “news conference”). 

There is no need to do so. 
News organizations can monitor the briefings in real time and have your anchors and correspondents quickly share appropriately edited valuable, accurate parts, which will come from medical experts. 
That will leave the President’s insults, false braggadocio, and outright lies on the editing room floor, where they belong.

Why is this important?

President Trump is blatantly using the news organizations’ extensive, live coverage to freely campaign for a second term. It is wrong and dangerous to provide so much unfettered airtime to someone who is happily, shamelessly spreading terrible, damaging misinformation that is already costing fellow Americans their lives.
Please tell national and local media outlets to monitor and then broadcast valid, accurate information from medical experts, rather than feelings and diatribes from the President that only serve his own electoral interests."

AM Fruitcake


History for April 1

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History for April 1 - On-This-Day.com
Otto Von Bismarck 1815 - First chancellor of united Germany, William Manchester 1922 - Writer, Debbie Reynolds (Mary Frances Reynolds) 1932 - Singer, Actress, mother of actress Carrie Fisher
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Ali MacGraw 1938 - Actress, Samuel Alito 1950 - U.S. Supreme Court justice, Rachel Maddow 1973 - Broadcast journalist
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1998 - A federal judge dismissed the Paula Jones' sexual harassment lawsuit against U.S. President Clinton saying that the claims fell "far short" of being worthy of a trial.
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2001 - China began holding 24 crewmembers of a U.S. surveillance plane. The EP-3E U.S. Navy crew had made an emergency landing after an in-flight collision with a Chinese fighter jet. The Chinese pilot was missing and presumed dead. The U.S. crew was released on April 11, 2001.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Why Does ‘Sunscreen’ Appear 49 Times In The $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Package? | The Daily Caller

Image result for flickr commons images Mitch McConnellWhy Does ‘Sunscreen’ Appear 49 Times In The $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Package? | The Daily Caller:

The $2 trillion coronavirus relief package passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump mentions the word sunscreen 49 times, but why is that? How could that help fight the coronavirus as the deadly disease continues to spread throughout the U.S.?

FDA Gives Emergency Authorization of Hydroxychloroquine Use

Image result for Hydroxychloroquine SulfateFDA Gives Emergency Authorization of Hydroxychloroquine Use:

The Food And Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency authorization Sunday for hydroxychloroquine, a drug already used to treat malaria and other ailments, which has shown anecdotal efficacy against coronavirus.

The way we were-----Best Groucho Marx Jokes, Puns & Ad Libs #2

Boob-tube-----Coneheads Family Feud - SNL

Tear Up Your Census Form for a Better America – Reason.com

Tear Up Your Census Form for a Better America – Reason.com
"If, like me, you've received not one but three mailings from the U.S. Census Bureau proclaiming "Your Response Is Required By Law," you're probably wondering whether to respond, toss the questionnaire in the trash, or fill it with bogus information. 
We're in good company, since about a third of households plan to ignore the census, according to the government itself.
Image result for Tear Up Your Census FormIn the past, I've filled in preposterous answers, then repeated them with a straight face when a harried-looking census field worker knocked on my door (that's a pleasure I'll miss this year, with in-person interviews suspended).
It's good fun, it denies potentially dangerous information to a government agency that has a history of misusing the data it collects and, if repeated far and wide, it might spur nosy bureaucrats to try something less intrusive.
Less intrusive would be nice.
Census questions, you may have noticed, go a bit beyond the simple head count authorized by the Constitution. Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution specifies an "actual Enumeration … within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct."
There's nothing in there about demanding names, the types of our homes, the nature of our relationships with the people with whom we live, our ethnicity, or the details of our finances (if you were unlucky enough to get the old long form or the modern American Community Survey).
That's all just bureaucratic curiosity.
Our answers are supposed to be confidential..."
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David Burge @iowahawkblog It's remarkable...

Clarice Feldman - David Burge @iowahawkblog It's remarkable...
David Burge-- @iowahawkblog
"It's remarkable that the virus has caused every one of us to examine and challenge our pre-virus political beliefs, and conclude that we all were even more super-extra correct than we had previously imagined"

Mark Zuckerberg Commits $25 Million to Chinese Virus Research Fund

Image result for flickr commons images Mark ZuckerbergMark Zuckerberg Commits $25 Million to Chinese Virus Research Fund:

The philanthropic arm of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s empire, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, has reportedly committed to $25 million to a research fund that aims to identify and develop treatments for the Wuhan coronavirus.


The accusers are blameless? Right.

Image may contain: 1 person, possible text that says 'Jan 31st Trump bans flights from China. Feb 5th Sen. Schumer & the Dems have a meltdown, saying the China Travel Ban is part of Trump's war against immigrants. Feb 24th Pelosi tells eveyone Trump is being racist & everyone should go visit Chinatown. March 13th DeBlasio & his health tell NY'ers to use the subway, go to concerts, & Corona Virus is no big deal. Reid hmmmmmm...... And they 're blaming Trump?'