North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper Is Getting Some Pushback On Civil Liberties

Backstory here. UPDATE: From the comments: “To paraphrase and update Tom Wolfe, ‘The dark night of fascism is always descending on Americans due to the actions of Republicans and yet lands only in areas under Democratic Party control’.” ANOTHER UPDATE: Blowback for Gretchen Whitmer as Protesters Jam Downtown Lansing. The protest, called “Operation Gridlock,” involved thousands of cars descending on … Read more

Updated Coronavirus Fatalities Tracker

by chartr Updated version of the coronavirus tracker I made a couple weeks back. Initially inspired by the work of John Burn-Murdoch, this is now the 5th version of this tracker… and it has some good news! Curves ARE flattening… albeit slowly. Quarantine is working, let’s keep it up. Initially sent as part of the chartr newsletter. … Read more

Lockdowns anti-constitutional? Furious crowds protest quarantine in Michigan…. ANOTHER MONTH: DC extends stay-at-home order through May 15…

Far-right US politicians label lockdowns anti-constitutional SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — In deeply conservative eastern Washington state, a prominent state lawmaker kicked out of his Republican Party caucus labels the coronavirus as a foreign bio-weapon, accuses Marxists of using the pandemic to advance totalitarianism and rails against lockdown restrictions imposed by the Democratic governor. A California … Read more

The US & EU – On The Road To Bankruptcy

by Egon von Greyerz Most people don’t understand the cause of hyperinflation. Many argue that we can’t get hyperinflation since asset prices are now under pressure and there is no demand led inflation as most people currently have very little money. What few people understand is that hyperinflation is a currency driven event. It doesn’t arise … Read more

Can “Sickcare” Survive the Pandemic?

by Charles Hugh-Smith Like the rest of the financialization machine, sickcare was never sustainable. What was once known as healthcare in the U.S. has largely been replaced by sickcare: healthcare was focused on restoring and maintaining health and was owned and managed by community-based non-profit hospitals. Sickcare is focused on extracting the maximum revenues and profits from managing the chronically ill, and … Read more

BILL WOULD GIVE AMERICANS $2,000 A MONTH DURING PANDEMIC

Here are the eligibility requirements: Eligibility: Every American adult age 16 and older making less than $130,000 annually would receive at least $2,000 per month. Married couples earning less than $260,000 would receive at least $4,000 per month. Qualifying families with children will receive an additional $500 per child – families will receive funds for … Read more

OK, LET SEE WHO IS CALLING FOR “REOPEN AMERICAN ECONOMY “

FOLLOW THE MONEY….. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/white-house-leaks-draft-plan-reopen-american-economy Among the companies whose CEOs will advise the White House on reopening the economy, according to Pres. Trump: – Apple – Bank of America – Google – Goldman Sachs – Honeywell – JP Morgan Chase – Lockheed Martin – McDonald’s     AC

Are smartphones the worst tools ever (spying)?

by AnakinWayneII Smartphones are arguably helpful. They can be used for entertainment, communications and swift bank transfers and photos etc (3 woops for anybody who manages to quickly video a UFO or a terror attack etc). However, could these “objects of entertainment” actually be a Trojan Horse? Imagine a worst case scenario where you are being … Read more

AN IDEA SO CRAZY, IT JUST MIGHT WORK:

Here’s One Thing Officials Can Do to Make Lockdown Life Better: Stop Being Hypocritical Tyrants. There are the police officers who thought it was a good idea to pester a little girl shooting baskets alone in a park. She was socially distanced. She was fine. If a game of street 3-on-3 suddenly broke out, well, … Read more

James Woods: The very words “ballot harvesting” tell you all you need to know. They reek of corruption. Democrats are pushing this scam with unrestrained glee.

The very words “ballot harvesting” tell you all you need to know. They reek of corruption. Democrats are pushing this scam with unrestrained glee. https://t.co/5Nhe81hnNs — James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) April 15, 2020 Random, unaccountable partisans showing up with truckloads of “votes” on Election Day. Whether they got them by browbeating people door to door (they … Read more

Projecting the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 through the postpandemic period

by Kujo17 Source Harvard Univ via ScienceMag Abstract It is urgent to understand the future of severe acute respiratory syndrome–coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission. We used estimates of seasonality, immunity, and cross-immunity for betacoronaviruses OC43 and HKU1 from time series data from the USA to inform a model of SARS-CoV-2 transmission. We projected that recurrent wintertime … Read more

Life saving breathing exercises for the lungs, for coronavirus

by i-luv-ducks Chris Cuomo’s video, and three others about breathing techniques for coronavirus here (they may save your life or that of someone you love:] https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/8/1935532/-Doctors-and-nurses-demonstrate-breathing-techniques-proven-to-help-with-coronavirus-symptoms Also search Youtube for “coronavirus breathing exercises.”  

The website for Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity is being shut down every night, making it effectively impossible to claim unemployment benefits before they expire.

But so many people said that the extra UEI was this super generous gift that I should be so very thankful for receiving. 🤔 It’s not so generous if you can’t file a claim due to shitty infrastructure and if the “gift” has a set timeframe, not a rolling one.   h/t its_treason_then_

Rob George: After alleging multiple errors by the WHO, Trump declares we won’t get fooled again.

SO WITH TRUMP VOWING TO CUT OFF FUNDING TO THE W.H.O. over its China-puppet status, Rob George has the perfect tweet: UPDATE: Related, though less humorous: China’s deadly coronavirus-lie co-conspirator — the World Health Organization. FINALLY: Trump move to hold China, World Health Organization accountable long overdue. President Trump is taking the gloves off and finally holding the World Health … Read more