Trump goes one-on-one with Hannity to discuss coronavirus response
This is interesting in places and funny in other places.
This is interesting in places and funny in other places.
First, Prince Charles and, now, Bojo. Apparently, the coronavirus doesn’t like the British state. By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton Reuters LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday he had tested positive for coronavirus and was self-isolating at Downing Street but would […]
By Dan Kois Slate Maybe it will be the hand sanitizer that finally exposes the sham. The Transportation Security Administration announced Friday that due to the coronavirus outbreak, it’s waiving the familiar 3.4-ounce limit for liquids and gels—for hand sanitizer only.* You may now bring a bottle of […]
One crisis chases the next. We are constantly being confronted with new threat scenarios. In our pursuit of security, we accept restrictions on our freedom all too easily and enable state and capitalist monitors to control and examine every aspect of our everyday life. Most people believe everything […]
By Ahjamu Umi Its important to contextualize what’s happening throughout the world today with the challenges facing us from the potential growth of COVID 19. If what we are learning is true, this virus has devastating capacity. Even if you are healthy and strong, you can hold the […]
LibCom.Org Corona has taken over. Despite the fear and panic (or even denial) that has taken hold, one thing is for sure: the cracks of the system are emerging for all to see. How can the left respond in a way that dodges the minefield of strengthening the […]
The cockroaches are coming out of the baseboards. By Larry Elliot The Guardian Gordon Brown has urged world leaders to create a temporary form of global government to tackle the twin medical and economic crises caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The former Labour prime minister, who was at […]
“Yankee, go home!” BBC Mexican protesters have shut a US southern border crossing amid fears that untested American travellers will spread coronavirus. Residents in Sonora, south of the US state of Arizona, have promised to block traffic into Mexico for a second day after closing a checkpoint for […]
USA! USA! We’re Number One! By Donald G. McNeil Jr. New York Times Scientists warned that the United States someday would become the country hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. That moment arrived on Thursday. In the United States, at least 81,321 people are known to have been […]
“Here are some recent figures from the Italian National Health Institute (ISS), dealing with the type of people in Italy who have died as a result of the virus. Firstly, the average age of those who have tested positive and subsequently died currently stands at around 81 years […]
It’s funny how Democrats and Republicans are pointing the finger at each other for being too slow to respond to coronavirus.
By Sally Pipes Forbes Optimism is in short supply as the coronavirus pandemic grows deadlier by the day. COVID-19 has taken thousands of lives around the world and upended nearly every aspect of daily life. But there is at least one bright spot in this global public health […]
From what I have seen so far, the responses of the states and localities to the current crisis have been reasonably competent, from conservatives like Mike DeWine to liberals like Kate Snyder. Not what I would like, of course, but it is what it is given the political […]
Some great commentary from Kim.
By Ellen Gabler New York Times Doctors are hoarding medications touted as possible coronavirus treatments by writing prescriptions for themselves and family members, according to pharmacy boards in states across the country. The stockpiling has become so worrisome in Idaho, Kentucky, Ohio, Nevada, Oklahoma, North Carolina, and Texas […]
Feudalism, then and now. By Keith Rubin McSweeney’s To our loyal vassals, We remain grateful to thee for thy continued fealty amidst these uneasy and ever-changing times. Whilst there has been only a SINGLE reported case of Bubonic Plague within our fiefdom (that of Simon the Tinker), we […]
The author of this article apparently can’t do math. He claims 1% of Italians have been diagnosed with COVID-19, but according to the data he provides, it’s only 1/10 of 1/% with 10% of diagnosed cases having died so far, although the number infected is obviously larger than […]
Big Pharma digs its own grave.
Communique by the Correspondence Commission of the Italian Anarchist Federation about the coronavirus and the state of emergency. Originally published by the Italian Anarchist Federation. Translated by Enough 14. In the face of this crisis, state and capital are showing, with unprecedented evidence, their immense limitations and their […]
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Monday, 2 pm: Moments ago, Gov. Ralph Northam announced that all public schools in Virginia would be CLOSED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus and COVID-19. Like you, I am stunned and saddened to be seeing those words […]
As usual, some people want to be stupid during a time of crisis. This is like the aftermath of 9-11, when dumbasses would attack Sikhs whom they mistook for Muslims because they wear turbans. By Sabrina Tavernise and Richard J. Oppel Jr. New York Times Yuanyuan Zhu was […]
Rest assured, governments around the world will use/are using the current public health crisis as a pretext for a permanent power grab. Because that’s what governments do. We need to be prepared with a bottom-up response to ruling class shenanigans that are intended to strengthen class subjugation. By […]
Are we headed for 30% unemployment?
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley Being a certifiable agoraphobic basket case, you would think someone like me would be almost preternaturally suited for the stone blind isolation of fever fucked pandamania. And you would be completely fucking wrong. I spent six years in […]
By Tommaso Ebhardt , Chiara Remondini , and Marco Bertacche Bloomberg More than 99% of Italy’s coronavirus fatalities were people who suffered from previous medical conditions, according to a study by the country’s national health authority. After deaths from the virus reached more than 2,500, with a 150% […]
Krystal Ball thinks so.
The Coronavirus crisis is a pretext for a major power grab by governments and corporations. An interesting analysis from Crimethinc. Read it here.
Coronavirus is having the interesting effect of turning liberals into immigration restrictionists and turning conservatives into social democrats.
For decades, I have thought that as the Republicans’ demographic base continues to shrink, and as the WASP working to middle classes continued to decline socioeconomically, that the GOP would reinvent itself (at least rhetorically) as a right-wing populist party (which would mean moving to the left of […]
Some cheerful news for the day.
This is the transcript of a talk I gave to the H.L. Mencken Club on November 9, 2019. By Keith Preston When it comes to questions of strategy, it is important to base one’s approach on a reasonable estimation of the probable circumstances one will be facing in […]
nautil.us Brian Gallagher “I ascribe the Success of our Revolution to a Galaxy,” Benjamin Rush wrote to John Adams, in 1812. He wasn’t invoking the astrological. It was commonplace then to associate a bright assembly of people with the starry band in the night sky that Chaucer called […]
A fan created a montage of audio clips from Kick the Puppy Season One showing how we are moving towards a third world model class system.
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Land I had every intention of writing a polemic on the American Empire’s latest shit show in Venezuela this week, another erudite contemplation on the sour virtues of imperialism in some violent dirt floor theater, time zones away from […]
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