Source on American Hospital Association numbers:https://t.co/fApRlWrjSh Source on flu stats:https://t.co/Rlmm3ZzhDn — Seth Bannon (@sethbannon) March 7, 2020 If pandemic becomes critical the # of hospital beds will matter:US 2.8 per capChina 4.3Germany 8S Korea 12.3 H/t @Schuldensuehnerhttps://t.co/fWf17JBM7S pic.twitter.com/gvATl0YJ2D — Adam Tooze (@adam_tooze) March 8, 2020
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/486…e-bust?amp All the digital ink spilled about Super Tuesday is fawning over former Vice President Joe Biden and his miraculous comeback. But the fact is that Biden’s winning comes down to two things. First, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is a weak candidate whose success was built on quirks in the Democratic nominating process, not on … Read more
by Natura Naturans In yet another new paper (Drotos et al., 2020), scientists determine the climate sensitivity to CO2 is “practically zero” the more the concentration rises. A ~4450 ppm CO2 concentration has cooler climates than observed in the pre-industrial (278 ppm) era. Why? A self-amplifying cloud feedback mechanism cools the Earth by magnitudes “as large … Read more
by zg44 I finally had time this week to do coronavirus research and the number that sticks out the most on coronavirus in the US is 1,583. That’s the number of people the CDC has tested in the US so far. Even if you include state-level testing, the numbers probably don’t reach more than 3,500. … Read more
by PeenusTits I’m gonna keep it to the point. a) India’s debt problem is long overdue. link: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/06/business/india-yes-bank/index.html you can read more about how deep in shit the Indian economy will be https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/fe5s7e/the_fed_repos_are_an_attempt_to_prop_up_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x b) The virus numbers are going to SPIKE. The hygiene is bad. Most of the Indian population work minimum wages. They need … Read more
by COHunter1337 I just got back from a trip to Costco, shit is way worse than I thought, there was a somber mood in the building as we all went to the toilet paper pallets only to find 2 halves of a pallet left. The other picture is of what’s left of a Campbell’s pallet … Read more
by Peter Schiff via Peter Schiff Podcast Another huge move down in the markets today. Heavy carnage in the banks as treasury yields plunge. Fed’s days of bubble blowing are over. Next dose of stimulus will be the overdose. Coronavirus may be the pin that pricks stock market, bond market, and bitcoin bubbles. More bad news expected as … Read more
by Jose Nino via Mises The US purports to be the land of free speech, but you can always expect politicians to carve out exceptions. Just look at how government agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service can slither their way into the political affairs of individuals and organizations. Americans generally associate the Internal Revenue Service with the hassle … Read more
MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace was beaming as she discussed the possibility of the deadly coronavirus sweeping the country and killing an untold number of Americans. The reason for her glee? MSNBC and the rest of the mainstream media see an opportunity to direct the public’s ire toward the president should the virus result in a deadly … Read more
by Jim Quinn of The Burning Platform This twitter post tells you all you need to know about our government and our fucked up healthcare system. Trump and Pence can do bullshit press conferences every day bloviating about what a wonderful job they are doing, but the reality is below. Incompetence and idiocy rule the … Read more
via Doug Casey Just because society experiences turmoil doesn’t mean your personal life has to. And a depression doesn’t have to be depressing. Most of the real wealth in the world will still exist – it will just change ownership. What is a depression? We’re now at the tail end of a very long, but in … Read more
Take it for what it’s worth from NYT. 2,773 People Are Under Quarantines in New York City Update: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has declared a state of emergency in New York over the coronavirus.] The number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in New York State doubled on Thursday to 22, with officials announcing … Read more
by Bob Adelmann, The New American: When Epoch Times’ Mark Tapscott checked the U.S. Treasury’s “Debt to the Penny” website on Monday, he reported that the U.S. national debt just ticked over to $23.3 trillion. That’s four times what it was 20 years ago. Tapscott then checked in with the Chicago-based nonprofit advocacy group Truth in Accounting (TIA) to get … Read more
The Trump Administration and Congress will come together to pass an immediate $1 trillion conditional emergency stimulus to combat the health scare possibly. Article from video can be found here: 1. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/23-tri… 2. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/06/op-ed…
by AC No, it’s not selfish everyday Aussie mums and dads stripping the shelves bare – or at least it wasn’t in the beginning. Now that the media has ensured panic has set in, ordinary folks are trying to get as much as they can and screw everyone else – like the elderly lady on … Read more
Fear is a contagion of its own, and now fear is spreading even faster than the virus. Prepare now while doing so is still relatively easy.
by Fabius Maximus Summary: Many Americans have lost confidence in the candidates we are offered, and in elections. No trend puts the Republic in greater peril. They have good reasons for this. Here is why. But we can fix this. It takes only our wit and will. Vote for me. Don’t see the ship! ID 69570586 … Read more
