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Conspiracy theories tying 5G networks to the coronavirus pandemic are troubling telecom authorities in the United Kingdom and are being cited as possible motivation for multiple cellphone tower fires this week. Fires on at least three towers have been reported over the past few days. In at least two instances, accompanying videos and online posts are raising concerns that the attacks may be linked to conspiracy theories that cast 5G networks as the actual cause of COVID-19.

Axios has a report out this morning detailing a significant confrontation that apparently took place on Sunday between Peter Navarro and Dr. Anthony Fauci during the meeting of the Coronavirus Task Force. The subject of the argument detailed in the report was hydroxychloroquine and Fauci’s ongoing campaign to pretend that this cheap and plentiful medication has not been proven effective against the Wuhan Virus. Navarro, who, like President Trump is well aware of the large and constantly-growing body of proof that HC is indeed proving to be an almost 100%-effective cure for this viral plague that China unleashed on the...

The last time a serious economic downturn hit in 2008, Evan Schade was in high school and the crisis seemed like a news event that happened to other people. This time, as the coronavirus has brought the economy to its knees, it has become a personal affair. When nonessential businesses were closed last month in Kansas City, Mo., where he lives, Mr. Schade, 26, lost his job at a carpet store and almost all of the shifts in his second job at a coffee shop. His girlfriend, Kaitlyn Gardner, 23, was laid off from a different coffee shop. The money...

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That's my idea. We know corporations don't pay taxes. We also know capital has already been taxed b4 it gets to the gains. My trick is to allow a $100k tax free withdrawal from our 401k/IRA's. Call it what it is: a tax cut for the rich. They(we) will be the ones to lead us out of this mess. Like a drug addict we have to hit rock bottom so that POTUS can strike while the iron is hottest. He can do it right after a good November.

Sunday on New York AM 970 radio’s “The Cats Roundtable,” economist Stephen Moore weighed in on the potential impact of the coronavirus to the United States economy. Moore warned the nation could be “facing a potential Great Depression scenario” if the United States stays on lockdown much past the beginning of May, as well as an additional amount of deaths caused by the raised unemployment rate. “[A]t some point soon, we’re going to have to make some real decisions about what kind of a calamity we are causing through this lockdown of our economy,” Moore told host John Catsimatidis. “I’m...

Guatemala has asked the US to limit the number of people it puts on planes for deportation to Central American countries to 25, down from 60 to 90. Two people had to be taken to hospital after they tested positive for coronavirus upon getting off a deportation flight. Guatemala says it is concerned deported migrants from the US - which has the highest number of cases in the world - will spread the virus to Guatemala. Guatemala has had 70 confirmed cases. In an attempt to prevent the virus from spreading throughout the country, Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei has banned...

If the COVID-19 pandemic tails off in a few weeks, months before the alarmists claim it will, they will probably pivot immediately and pat themselves on the back for the brilliant social-distancing controls that they imposed on the world. They will claim that their heroic recommendations averted total calamity. Unfortunately, they will be wrong; and Sweden, which has done almost no mandated social distancing, will probably prove them wrong.Advertisement Lots of people are rushing to discredit SwedenÂ’s approach, which relies more on calibrated precautions and isolating only the most vulnerable than on imposing a full lockdown. While gatherings of more...

Honor Blackman, best known for playing Bond girl Pussy Galore, has died aged 94, her family has said. The actress shot to international stardom as Pussy Galore at the age of 38, starring alongside Sean Connery, in 1964's Goldfinger. In a statement her family said: "It's with great sadness that we have to announce the death of Honor Blackman aged 94. "She died peacefully of natural causes at home in Lewes, Sussex, surrounded by her family. "She was much loved and will be greatly missed by her two adopted children Barnaby and Lottie, and her four grandchildren Daisy, Oscar, Olive...

This gem from the AP last night was posted here: https://apnews.com/a04cb47fc2fd9dff61118e5086aabb0e One doesn’t realize the absolute ignorance of our media until they report on an area where one has expertise. You also realize the degree to which the media relies on the public’s ignorance. The conflation of FDA approval of an expanded use of an approved drug or drugs and efficacy for that expanded or new use in the above article is astounding. Everyday, a physician somewhere prescribes a drug for a use for which it was not originally approved. Everyday. But just because the drug is not approved for...

All this when experts agree that rinsing yourself with water is infinitely more sanitary and environmentally sound. Dr. H. Randolph Bailey, a colorectal surgeon at the University of Texas McGovern Medical School in Houston, recommended bidets or toilet attachments, such as the Washlet or Tushy. “A lot of people who come to see me have fairly significant irritation of their bottoms,” he said. “Most of the time it has to do with overzealous cleaning” — wiping too vigorously with toilet paper or using wipes, which often contain harsh fragrances and chemicals. Editors’ Picks Dressing Up for Work … at Home...

MUMBAI, India - The motherhouse of the Missionaries of Charity in India has confirmed to Crux that a religious sister of the order has died of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Wales. Sister Sienna, 73, died at Morritson Hospital in Swansea on April 1. The nun had been distributing food packets to the poor in the midst of the coronavirus lockdown in the United Kingdom. She was from Jharkhand state in eastern India, Sister Sienna has served the community in North London until 2016. As of Thursday, 117 people have been confirmed to have died from COVID-19 in Wales, which has...

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a Kansas police officer acted lawfully when he stopped a car whose owner’s license was suspended before confirming it was in fact the owner behind the wheel. In an 8-1 opinion, the justices said the officer’s assumption that the owner was driving was reasonable, given the officer had no reason to think the vehicle was being operated by someone else. “We hold that when the officer lacks information negating an inference that the owner is the driver of the vehicle, the stop is reasonable,” Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the majority in a...

It’s an interesting question and, given the stakes, the former might actually be preferable. One of the dumber aspects of the Trump presidency has been for the media, Democrats, and some Republicans to pretend D.C. was a bastion of truth-telling prior to the 2016 election. What that means is that when you get someone like Joe Biden opposite of Trump, there’s this automatic assumption made that he’s somehow more honest than the current President. To be frank, there’s very little evidence of that. Biden has been lying his entire career and he’s hit a record pace lately. As my colleague...

Medical experts are predicting that these next two weeks are likely to be the most severe in terms of the COVID-19 pandemic. As such it is prudent that we Americans take every precaution that will mitigate the spread of the disease. At the same time, it is important that we not overreach or overreact in our efforts to contain this coronavirus when some of the rules and regulations should give way to common sense. Americans must have clearly defined guidelines, because the further local governments go in stringent enforcement of nonsensical or counterproductive measures, the more likely it is that...

The initial results from a placebo-controlled trial of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 indicate that patients hospitalized with mild illness recovered more quickly with addition of the drug than with placebo at the start of a standard treatment. The results also suggest that hydroxychloroquine might convey some protection against the illness worsening. Zhan Zhang, MD, of Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, and colleagues reported results from 62 patients randomized to receive either placebo or hydroxychloroquine 200mg twice daily for 5 days on admission in addition to standard treatment consisting of oxygen therapy, and unspecified regimens that could include antiviral and...

To slow the exponential growth of coronavirus, and lessen the burden on hospitals and healthcare workers, local and state officials have issued sweeping mandates closing non-essential businesses and schools and ordering residents to stay at home. But have these blunt measures started to "flatten the curve" of the virus' spread? Data from recent days, as seen in the charts below, point to encouraging results. We review daily deaths reported in California, New York, and the U.S. as a whole. While case numbers are regularly reported and updated, the number of cases is fraught with bias due to testing constraints and...

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Social distancing may be helpful in slowing the spread of a virus, but it doesn’t do a thing in terms of gang violence because six feet is still considered a very short range when aiming a handgun. That may be the lesson coming out of Charm City as the pandemic grinds on. Private businesses and schools may be shut down, but the gang bangers still out there murdering each other with abandon. The body count in Baltimore from gang warfare is still leaving the coronavirus in the dust. (Baltimore Sun) Since March 23, the city has seen 11 killings in...

The Supreme Court on Monday said it would not take up the Catholic church's challenge to the Washington, D.C., transit authority's policy banning religious ads, allowing the policy to remain in place. The Archdiocese of Washington had sued the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) after the agency refused to run one of its Christmas ads, alleging that the policy violates the First Amendment. The case appeared to be an attractive one for the court's conservative wing, but with Justice Brett Kavanaugh recusing himself from consideration of the case because he was involved as an appeals court judge, the faction...