April 2020

Colleges and Universities Already Panicking About Finances Over Shutdowns

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 08, 2020 57 Comments

We're just weeks into the Coronavirus crisis, but many colleges and universities are already facing financial meltdown. Tucker Carlson recently predicted some schools would not survive this, and he was right.

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Arizona Considering Bill to Promote Free Speech on Campus Through Ideological Diversity

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 08, 2020 4 Comments

"passed the House in late February and is currently being debated in the Arizona state senate"...

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I F*!$ing Hate Adam Schiff! The Head of Intel Committee Once Again Politicizes the Intelligence Community

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 08, 2020 30 Comments

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff is slowly becoming the main reason why I want the Republicans to take over the House. The man cannot stop his power trips. Schiff wrote a letter to acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell about reorganizing the intelligence community. Grenell said Schiff leaked the letter to the press before giving it to him.

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‘Fat Studies’ Prof Suggests Telling Heavy People to Eat Right During Quarantine is ‘Traumatizing’

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 08, 2020 6 Comments

“we need to seek solace and comfort where we can, and for some folx that solace and comfort will be in food”...

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Wuhan Virus Watch: Cuomo Now Says New York has Enough Ventilators

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 08, 2020 24 Comments

After making a massive fuss about ventilators, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo now says the state has enough for now.

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Someone just learned he needs to come to class prepared in case the teacher calls on him

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 07, 2020 82 Comments

I just can't bring myself tonight to write a heavy post about the economic destruction being forced on tens of millions of people based on models which are appearing, day by day, to have wildly overstated the threat of Wuhan coronavirus. I stand by my original assessment on March 9, Swine Flu and Me:

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Leading Anti-Israel Boycotter: If Israel Develops Coronavirus Vaccine, “No Problem” to Use it

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on April 07, 2020 11 Comments

Omar Barghouti, one of the original leaders of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement, has told his supporters to take an Israeli-made vaccine for the Wuhan Coronavirus if the Jewish State succeeds in developing it.

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NY Times Deceptively Reports That Trump Has ‘Financial Interest’ in Hydroxychloroquine

Posted by Stacey Matthews on April 07, 2020 47 Comments

For a couple of weeks now, President Trump has been touting the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for the Wuhan Coronavirus during White House press briefings.

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Trump Says He’ll be “Giving a Good Look” at WHO Funding

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on April 07, 2020 19 Comments

Tuesday, Trump said the administration will be "giving a good look" at the funding the US provides to the World Health Organization.

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Husband’s Worries Over Wuhan Coronavirus Reportedly Cause of Murder-Suicide

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 07, 2020 45 Comments

I've noticed a lot of people have not spoken about the mental health portion of the Wuhan coronavirus. If they do, it does not receive a lot of publicity. Hopefully, now people will pay attention to it. Authorities say a husband killed his wife and himself over concerns of the coronavirus.

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Boston University Lays Off 1,600 People Due to Coronavirus Crisis

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 07, 2020 2 Comments

"a painful but unmistakable example of the coronavirus pandemic’s economic toll"...

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Stephanie Grisham Out as Trump’s Press Secretary, Returns to East Wing

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 07, 2020 12 Comments

Stephanie Grisham plans to leave her position as White House press secretary. She got the job less than a year ago but never held a press briefing during that time.

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UC Davis Student Newspaper Declares Criticism of the Chinese Communist Party is Racist

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 07, 2020 17 Comments

“uphold the Principles of Community in this time, especially in regard to xenophobia and discrimination attached to the coronavirus”...

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#MeToo? Not When the Accused is Joe Biden, According to Actress Alyssa Milano

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 07, 2020 31 Comments

Activist actress Alyssa Milano made a spectacle of herself at the Kavanaugh hearings. She was at the forefront of the #MeToo movement and gave multiple television interviews during the hearings demanding that all women be believed.

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Oregon State Considers Raising Tuition as Classes Go Online

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 07, 2020 6 Comments

"The taxpayer-funded institution’s Board of Trustees is raising tuition on incoming undergraduates by 3.2 percent as a purported compromise"...

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Wuhan Virus Watch: Democratic Michigan State Representative Credits Trump, Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 Cure

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 07, 2020 21 Comments

I filled today's update with some much needed good news.

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Hezbollah counterespionage commander reportedly assassinated in southern Lebanon

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 06, 2020 23 Comments

The only thing about which I am highly confident regarding this story is that we may never know what really happened, unless someone (Israel?) decides to leak details through trusted reporters. The Jerusalem Post reports:

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Be wary of computer models and subsequent interventions

Posted by New Neo on April 06, 2020 39 Comments

Modeling can analyze data about complex systems and make predictions. But the predictive value of computer modeling is hampered by the fact that models are only as good as the assumptions and statistics behind them.

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