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Rose Garden 12:02 P.M. EDTQ    With me now to begin this hour here at the White House, the Vice President, Mike Pence, who is leading the task force from Washington.  And thank you for your time today.THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Good to see you, Bill.  Welcome to the White House.Q    Thank you.  It’s an honor to be here.  And I hope for the people at home, they get some value over the next two hours, and we’ll try and get them some answers.Moments ago, New York’s Governor, Andrew Cuomo, is imploring the construction, immediately, of up to 30,000 ventilators to...

A gangster named Henri “Le Tigre” Olivier was guillotined in Lille on this date in 1925. According to eyebrow-raising (but widely circulated) reports, once the Tiger was reduced to a Cadaver, he joined the august line of medicalized corpses for, as noted in the papers of the executioner Anatole Deibler, “In the cemetery, a professor from the Faculty of Lille removed the thyroid gland from him, for transplant to a young girl suffering from paralysis, the operation succeeded perfectly, the child was saved.”

Brady Sluder, the now infamous Florida spring breaker who basically said he doesn’t care if he contracts coronavirus and that “here’s just here to have a good time,” has since apologized. Sluder, who is a Soundcloud rapper from Milford, Ohio, posted the apology to his Instagram account, saying, "I wasn't aware of the severity of my actions and comments. "Like many others, I have elderly people who I adore more than anything in the world and other family members who are at risk, and I understand how concerning this disease is for us all.” “If I get corona, I get...

This is our ongoing prepper thread, re-invented to be more specific to prepping for, and of course during, pandemics. Where gave you found your preps have withstood this test? What would you like to have done differently? What are your current prepping plans?

The first deaths were reported back on February 24th — one month ago. Since then there has been a wave of deaths. Over 69,000 Italians tested positive for the coronavirus. But the trend is starting to turn in Italy’s favor. The past three days have seen a gradual decrease in cases reported.

We will update the time series tables in the following days, aiming to provide a cleaner and more organized dataset consistent with our new/current naming convention. We will also be reporting a new variable (i.e, testing), as well as data at the county level for the US. All files will continue to be updated daily around 11:59PM UTC.The followiing specific changes will be made: Three new time series tables will be added for the US. The first two will be the confirmed cases and deaths, reported at the county level. The third, number of tests conducted, will be reported at...

Facebook page NUS Atheist Society has found itself in a crappy situation after a post on toilet humour landed them in trouble. Police are investigating after the page made a post suggesting the Bible and the Quran as toilet paper alternatives, Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said in a Facebook post today (March 20). A screengrab of NUS Atheist Society's post showed a picture of the Bible and the Quran, along with the caption: "For use during toilet paper shortages." NUS Atheist Society is not an official National University of Singapore (NUS) student organisation, according to the university's...

I came across a post by abigkahuna N6TDG about having a Free Republic Ham Net for shut ins for the China Virus. I think it's a great idea. Big Kahuna mentioned 80 or 40 meters. I don't have an 80 meter antenna due to space restrictions so that won't work for me. We should keep it in the general frequencies of 40 meters so that more operators would be able to participate and Big suggested an evening net. I'm KC3OLY and I'm sure there are a lot of other Freepers out there with their amateur radio licenses. Come on everyone,...

link only due to my inability to stomach posting this nonsense

<p>He can do what he wants in NY, but the rest of us out here in America will be going back to work very soon.</p>

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the nation’s companies shouldn’t expect bailouts or tax amnesties and that Mexico won’t tap a standing credit line with the International Monetary Fund even as other economies take extraordinary measures to fight a slump in activity. “No more bailouts in the style of the neoliberal period, which were given to banks, to large companies. No, don’t even think that there will be tax forgiveness or other mechanisms that were used before,” Lopez Obrador said Monday in his morning news conference.

Why are bicyclists allowed to ride anywhere they want - out in the country, up in the mountains, etc, but I can't go for a ride in my car the same places? What reason do city/state officials give for people not being able to get out & enjoy a nice drive?

I talked with a man today, an 80+ year old man. I asked him if there was anything I can get him while this Coronavirus scare was gripping America. He simply smiled, looked away and said: "Let me tell you what I need! I need to believe, at some point, this country my generation fought for... I need to believe this nation we handed safely to our children and their children... I need to know this generation will quit being a bunch of sissies...that they respect what they've been given...that they've earned what others sacrificed for." I wasn't sure where...

India has instituted the biggest lockdown yet in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a television address Tuesday that the entire country, roughly 1.3 billion people, would begin a 21-day lockdown at midnight, bringing the total number of people on such restrictions to roughly one-fifth of the Earth’s population. “To save India and every Indian, there will be a total ban on venturing out of your homes,” Modi announced. Modi sternly advised his people not to break the lockdown, saying “many families will be destroyed forever” if coronavirus continues to spread in the country....

As California continues its statewide shelter-in-place order in response to the spread of coronavirus, California governor Gavin Newsom stated that the daily number of unemployment insurance claims in the state has skyrocketed dramatically. During a press conference Monday night, Newsom reported that the daily average of claims over the last seven days is 106,000. The normal average per day is just 2,500, meaning the number of jobless claims has increased by over 4,000%. The governor called for block grants from the federal government to help the state pay for benefits. "It is critical that the states get these block grants,...

Individuals may not engage in team or contact sports such as by way of example and without limitation, basketball, ultimate frisbee, soccer, or football, as these activities do not comply with Social Distancing Requirements. This Order is enforceable by any local law enforcement official, including county sheriffs. Violation or obstruction of this Order is punishable by up to 30 days imprisonment, or up to $250 fine, or both. Wis. Stat. § 252.25. This Order shall become effective at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 and will remain in effect until 8:00 a.m. on Friday, ; April 24, 2020, or...

You can tell when Speaker Pelosi recognizes a political backlash for her manipulative schemes because it’s the only time she blitzes the media. After suffering a very large political hit, beyond the capability of the media to defend, Pelosi said today the House will take up the Senate coronavirus bill. The writing was on the wall late yesterday as people started digging into the 1,400 page House proposal and exposing all of the far-left ideological efforts within it. Billions were earmarked for nonsense progressive projects and the House scheme was fraught with social engineering that had nothing to do with...

I explore the historical parallels between the government's response prior to and during the Spanish flu of 1918 and the drive to quarantine during the COVID19 outbreak.

National Review’s Jim Geraghty reminded us Monday not to forget what Rep. Jim Clyburn told around 200 members of the House Democratic caucus on a conference call last Thursday: “This [the coronavirus relief bill] is a tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision.” . . . Speaker Nancy Pelosi thinks we’re all stupid, though, and told CNN’s Dana Bash Tuesday afternoon that everything House Democrats were suggesting in their relief bill had to do with COVID-19.

March 24, 2020 Dear President Trump, God used you pre-pandemic virus to make America's economy strong. It is why our country hasn't fallen apart. If anyone can get our economy going again post-virus, it is you, with your superb business professionalism. God helped you make many positive, necessary changes in government. May God stop any foe trying to subvert more good plans He has in store for America. Thank you for choosing Mike Pence as Vice President. I appreciate you both, strongly leading our country amidst mean hearted, cunningly deceitful politicians and The NOT NEWS networks, greedy for their personal...