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April 5th, 2020

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Sunday, April 5th, 2020 05:27 pm
Для нашего же блага

1. Did Anyone Think This Through?
Nope. And they couldn’t - insane structure of US politics made sure of that. Even Trump has his limits. Especially in an election year.

2. San Francisco reverses ban on plastic bags, now bars reusable totes
Something is always banned there, the only question is what.

3. Dump the FDA for a Healthier America
Увы, это даже Фредычу не под силу.

4. Timeline: The Regulations—and Regulators—That Delayed Coronavirus Testing
Добрые дяди из FDA и CDC стоили нам примерно месяца времени. Денежный эффект от того, что мы могли избежать полной остановки экономики - думаю, где-то в триллионах. Зато целый месяц они героически спасали нас от новых тестов.

5. Wondered why it's been so hard to ramp up production of surgical masks and respirators?
Why haven't private companies flooded into the market to meet peak demand? Because they are regulated medical devices & new versions require FDA approval which can take months to obtain.

6. Cloroquine is recommended as prophylaxis if traveling in malaria areas
I.e. it’s safe enough to take just as precaution. But Trump is a dangerous madman to recommend trying to use it for maybe saving dying people.

7. FDA: There is no adequate, approved, and available alternative to the emergency use of chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine sulfate for the treatment of COVID19.

8. Focused on climate change, Mayor Bill de Blasio failed to equip New York for the coronavirus crisis.

9. Three Democrats Use Coronavirus To Demand Delaying Due Process Rights For College Students
Shameless.

10. Barriers to masks

11. Unexpected Consequence of COVID-19 Crisis: Empty Emergency Rooms

12. Dr. Vladimir Zelenko has now treated 699 coronavirus patients with 100% success using Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate, Zinc and Z-Pak

13. The Federal Government Is Spending $60 Billion To Keep Mostly Empty Commercial Planes Flying Over the U.S.

14. L.A. Bureaucrats Shut Down Restaurants for Selling Groceries Without a Permit
Ну понятно, нельзя же доверять продажу еды заведению, в котором обычно… продают еду?
"You cannot just decide you want to sell groceries" - говорят вконец охуевшие бюрократы. Действительно, как можно так взять - и начать что-то делать, их не спросив, не подписав сотню бумажек, не собрав две дюжины подписей Лучших Людей, не поцеловав ручку (или жопку) кому надо? Эдак всякий возьмёт да и начнёт заниматься бизнесом без спросу.

15. WHO Official: Coronavirus Shows What Is Possible for Climate Restrictions
Если вы думаете, что Лучшие Люди забыли, как легко поставить раком весь просвещённый мир - они не забыли. Они внимательно записали в книжечки и очень скоро нам это предьявят. И потребуют стоять раком опять и опять.
И да, мы заметили, что организация, которая полностью просрала свою основную миссию здравоохранения, считает нужным заниматься климатом. Как обычно.

16. Obama-Biden Administration Ignored Three Government Reports That Hospitals Lacked Ventilators & Supplies

Навстречу выборам

17. Trump: Schiff's New Partisan Investigation Amid a Pandemic Will Just 'Build Up My Poll Numbers'
He’s not wrong.

Нас бережёт

18. Former Acting Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Indicted on Theft of Government Property and Scheme to Defraud the United States Government

19. DOJ IG Report: “We do not have confidence that the FBI” acted “in compliance with FBI policy” on FISA applications

20. IG Horowitz Found ‘Apparent Errors or Inadequately Supported Facts’ in Every Single FBI FISA Application He Reviewed
Every single FISA application. Every fucking one.
"at this time we have identified an average of about 20 issues per application reviewed, with a high of approximately 65 issues in one application and less than 5 issues in another application”.

21. The FISA Scandal Is about Corruption, Not ‘Sloppiness’
Yep. Time to stop pretending those are “errors”.

22. Engineer deliberately ran train off tracks in attempt to smash the USNS Mercy
Wow.

23. Michigan Democrat Governor Begs Feds For Hydroxychloroquine Just Days After Threatening Doctors For Prescribing It
Логично.

24. While a Real Epidemic Raged, the Surgeon General Was Spreading Misinformation About Masks and Vaping

25. Feds distribute thousands of surgical masks, gloves seized by FBI
I don’t get how the fuck they just some and “seize” somebody’s property. It’s just robbery, plain and simple.

26. D.C. Mayor Threatens Jail Time For Violating Stay-At-Home Order; ACLU Responds With One Question
Надеюсь, вопрос был “вы охуели, да?"

Culture war

27. Twitter is locking accounts mentioning hydroxychloroquine as promising treatment.

28. Censorship debate rages as Twitter forced Laura Ingraham to delete tweet about FDA approved drug.

Civility and decency

29. Rhode Island Public School Teacher Offers to Pay for Someone With Coronavirus to Cough on President Trump

Лучшие люди города

30. Воррен требует от Трампа профинансировать палестинцев.
Приоритеты!

31. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell blames Trump for her not canceling Mardi Gras
Потрясающая наглость, вместе с тем вполне обычная для партактива.

32. NY Mayor dines in Flushing to encourage New Yorkers to visit the neighborhood amid coronavirus scare
That didn’t age well.

33. De Blasio says not “time to look backwards” at his Wuhan coronavirus failures
Somehow it’s never that time.

34. Andrew Cuomo led ‘drive to close down hospital beds’
It’s not the time to talk about it either.

35. The Arizona woman who said that she and her 68-year-old husband ingested a substance used to clean fish tanks after hearing President Donald Trump tout chloroquine as a cure for the coronavirus has given thousands of dollars to Democratic groups and candidates over the last two years.
Maybe related, or maybe both are consequences of them being idiots.

36. Gavin Newsom: Coronavirus Pandemic ‘Opportunity’ To Implement Leftist Agenda
Of course.

37. Fired Amazon Employee Returned to Work to Organize Strike After Being Ordered to Quarantine

38. 'Ventilators' donated by Elon Musk can't be used on coronavirus patients, health officials say
Хмм…

39. NYC mayor urges national enlistment program for doctors
Не очень понятно, в чём цель. Доктора вроде и так не то чтобы прохлаждаются, как я понимаю, особенно те, чей профиль подходит к данной пандемии. А те, чей нет, не так уж полезны в данном случае…
Но, разумеется, главное - прочитать трескучую речь про командирскую заруку, а там уж видно будет.

Беспристрастная пресса

40. Politico: Coronavirus would be the perfect opportunity for an autocrat. Trump isn’t taking it.
Разумеется, это не потому, что он не Гитлер. Это потому, что он такой дурак, что не знает, как правильно гитлерить. Они даже термин придумали - Authoritarian Weakman

41. Настоящий скриншот с CNN - консультация с экспертом.

42. Пресса разоблачает коронавирус

43. WaPo разоблачает денайеров

44. CBS was using a clip of video of a crowded hospital ward during a report on the New York’s coronavirus emergency. However, the clip is from Italy.
Fake as always.

45. Vox публикует статьи о том, что вируса бояться нечего, а главред Вокса тем временем запасается масочками.

Международная панорама

46. Chinese media caught erasing history, 'Wuhan virus' from reports
Но про результаты тестов они же врать не будут, да?

47. New Evidence Suggests the Chinese Government Is Hugely Underreporting Coronavirus Death Toll
No way!

48. This Venezuelan Patrol Ship Sunk Itself After Ramming A Cruise Liner With A Reinforced Hull

49. В пандемии коронавируса во Франции начали обвинять евреев
Че-то они долго раскачивались, но теперь всё как положено.

Технология

50. Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls
Smart. I hate touchscreen controls in cars for basic functions.

51. A Quick Look at the Confidentiality of Zoom Meetings
TLDR: Zoom sucks, if you need security - don’t use it.

52. Bug in Safari allow access to cameras, microphone, screen, password, etc.

Наука

53. WHO: Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in Wuhan, China
That didn’t age well.

Старомыслы не нутрят ангсоц

54. Lorne Gunter: Political correctness got in the way of a swift COVID-19 response

Разное

55. Truck full of toilet paper burns after crash
Oh the humanity!

56. Metaculus запустил отдельный сайт для предсказаний коронавируса.

57. Miners Find Diamond Trapped Inside Another Diamond
Wow.

58. Linguists Successfully Decipher Ancient Minoan Language “Linear A”
The message content is unbelievable.