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Hat tips to wattojawa for pointing out that New York was trending differently than the rest of the country, and to SaxxonWoods and FreeReign for pointing out that death rate was a better measure of speed of spread, since case count is determined in part by breadth of testing.

Two Virginia teens allegedly recorded themselves coughing on produce in a local grocery store last week and uploaded the video on social media, police said on Friday...“The investigation concluded the teenagers were getting close to other patrons and coughing into their own sleeves while filming it on their phones,” police wrote in a Facebook post.

I never realized exactly how much attention celebrities craved until they were locked up.

Friends it's Sunday night again and time to relax. Warm up the tubes for another 4 hours of classic radio Americana. Listen Live Info *tonight's show will be available at the "Info" link starting tomorrow.

China, Chinese Virus, CNN, Corona virus, In an article and TV segment yesterday, CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh and Vasco Cotovio argued that the Chinese virus pandemic was not the fault of China’s communist government or bats, but “human activity.” The big winner in this bizarre way of telling the story is China, which is launching a furious disinformation campaign to distance itself from blame for the pandemic.According the CNN theory, the real problem is a global one. Through climate change and other means, natural habitats are being destroyed. This displaces animals such as bats. When the bats are displaced (and...

Hat tips to wattojawa for pointing out that New York was trending differently than the rest of the country, and to SaxxonWoods and FreeReign for pointing out that death rate was a better measure of speed of spread, since case count is determined in part by breadth of testing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_New_York_(state)

Gov. J.B. Pritzker sparked a Twitter spat with President Donald Trump Sunday morning after the governor claimed that the lack of federal action has made it harder and costlier for Illinois to fight the coronavirus outbreak. The flare-up began after Pritzker told CNN’s “State of the Union with Jake Tapper” that the White House should issue a nationwide shelter-in-place order as the number of cases soar, and complained that the lack of federal initiative has forced Illinois to pay more for crucial supplies as they compete with other states. “This should’ve been a coordinated effort by the federal government," Pritzker...

House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif) has claimed "sovereign immunity" in his attempt to thwart public scrutiny of the Trump impeachment hearing transcripts and supporting documents that he has declared "must forever remain secret." "The essence of effective government relies heavily upon our ability to conceal our methods from those without a 'need to know,'" Schiff argued. "Right now, China is overtaking us as the world's dominant power largely because of their ability to operate without fear of external scrutiny. If we hope to keep pace we must adapt similar methods. Outsiders like the execrable Judicial Watch, who seek...

Press briefing for 3-22-20. Supposed to start at 3:30 but has late start. Links:whitehouse.gov/live Right Side Broadcasting

Ruthenians (Belarus) vs the Germans in WWII.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is continuing to target the United States as part of an increasingly antagonistic disinformation campaign over its mishandling of the pandemic—now confirmed to have infected over 265,000 globally. Over the past few days, as part of this anti-U.S. campaign, the CCP began pushing a new conspiracy theory, one that alleged the United States had access to the virus long before anyone because it was so swift in its development of a potential vaccine. Regime officials and state-run media have amplified conspiracy theories on social media platforms such as Twitter, recently pushing claims including that the...

"Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven" (Matt. 6:10). Your prayers make a difference! Matthew 6:10 literally says, "Whatever you wish to have happen, let it happen immediately. As your will is done in heaven, so let it be done on earth." That's a prayer of active commitment to God's will. Many people don't pray like that because they don't understand God's character. They think their prayers don't matter and that God will impose His will on them no matter what they do. They tend to pray with passive resignation, indifference, or resentment. I remember praying...

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that as businesses continue to close and people lose their jobs over the CCP virus lockdown, a family of four could receive $3,000 as well as unemployment insurance following the passage of a new stimulus package. The Epoch Times refers to the novel coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, as the CCP virus because the Chinese Communist Party’s coverup and mismanagement allowed the virus to spread throughout China and create a global pandemic. Mnuchin is set to meet Sunday with House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (D-Calif.), Senate Majority...

The Chinese regime has maintained that there have been no new domestic infections of the CCP virus in the entire country since March 18.Local authorities say that the epidemic has leveled off, as they ease travel restrictions and allow people to return to work.But the situation in the ground zero of ChinaÂ’s epidemic, the city of Wuhan, is much worse than what has been officially reported, according to a series of internal government documents obtained by The Epoch Times.The Epoch Times refers to the novel coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, as the CCP virus because the Chinese Communist...

Anne-Marie Slaughter, who served as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Director of Policy Planning during part of the Obama administration, has published a column in the New York Times where she notes some effects of the coronavirus that she apparently believes are positive. “We are also suddenly living in a world that the United States government long insisted was impossible--one of drastically reduced plane and car emissions,” she writes. “That is terrible for the airlines but good for the planet. It may be good for us, too,” she said. “And now that we're all at home, what to do with...

A BIG episode today on Common Sense! Stephen Moore, Author of Trumponomics, joins us to discuss the attack on our economy by an external force! Then, my former Chief of Staff during 9/11, Tony Carbonetti, joins us later in the show to discuss the similarities and differences.

Aimed at increasing the availability of ventilators and accessories, the FDA has temporarily relaxed its standardsenabling medical device makers to more easily make changes to existing products (e.g. changing suppliers or materials without the normal sign-off process). This includes the use of non-medical device manufacturers which will add substantial capacity.Hospitals and healthcare professionals may use ventilators normally intended for other environments (e.g., masks used when transporting patients in an ambulance). Healthcare personnel will also be able to use ventilators beyond their indicated shelf lives.The FDA is encouraging all ventilator makers, domestic or foreign, to apply for emergency use authorization to allow...

Gov. John Bel Edwards held a media briefing about Louisiana’s response to COVID-19 and issued a ‘Stay at Home’ order effective Monday March 23, 2020 at 5:00p.m until April 12, 2020. This news came after the governor announced Louisiana has the fastest growth rate of Coronavirus in the world. “Every single person in Louisiana has a role to play and they must play their role” says Gov. Edwards. As of 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 22, there were 837 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Louisiana, with 20 deaths. 2 weeks ago, Louisiana had no known cases and as of last...

Congressional leaders are likely to put a very ugly deal in front of the American people, and if it passes, America may be unrecognizable after this pandemic. But there is a way to stop it, if people on the populist left and people on the populist right work together. Here’s the situation. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and the Trump administration are negotiating a bailout package to address the coronavirus crisis. There’s been a lot of chatter about the need to support workers as the economy goes into a freeze.... But in the United States,...

[Editor's note: Lack of FDA approval does not prohibit off-label use of drugs for other threapeutic purposes, but would inhibit widespred use.] You are being lied to about the drugs that heal COVID19. America's FDA, and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, are dragging their feet on approving a drug that provides very strong positive effect on COVID19. Fauci, speaking from the White House, said on the matter of approving Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin: