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from American Thinker
QUESTIONABLE SOURCE, EXTREME RIGHT BIAS, LOW, News and Opinion BlogFauci's Song and Dance
Dr. Anthony Fauci has never been muzzled by President Trump, as the lamestream media often charged, but maybe he should have been and should be still. Before his tour de farce before the Senate Health Committee, the shy, modest, and unassuming Dr. Fauci emailed a New York Times reporter with a preview of his testimony, an apocalypse now prediction if we don’t hang on to and follow his sage and expert advice:
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Coronavirus: State of emergency lifted in most of Japan
The country's low level of testing has raised questions, but Mr Abe said its strategy of tracking virus clusters had worked in many areas. "We were able to contain (the spread of infections) to the level at which it can be prevented with a thorough cluster-focused approach," he told reporters. Unlike governments elsewhere, Japan's leaders have no legal power to enforce a lockdown. While local governors can call on businesses to stay closed and suggest people stay at home, there are no punishments if they choose not to do so. Despite this, mobility data has shown a striking drop in public movement.
Harry Truman: The man from Missouri who helped change Jewish history
Harry Truman, a man with little experience in foreign affairs, assumed the tall order of uniting the Allies, winning the war, restoring the shattered global economy, and creating a new world order. In 1948, at a rally on the Lower East Side of New York, when the crowd began chanting, “Give ‘em hell, Harry,” Truman responded, “I don’t give ‘em hell, I just tell the truth and they think it’s hell.”
from The Archive
Winston Churchill is best known for his role as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, when he led his country to military victory during World War II. Though the man also built a life as an army officer, writer, and Member of Parliament—as well as taking a second turn as Prime Minister in 1951—his wise and strategic actions during the fight against Nazi Germany would be what made him go down in history as a formidable force. Through his pushes for British rearmament in the late 30s to his remarkable 1940 “Battle of Britain” speech to his relationship with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Churchill was a titan of inspiration and steely resolve. As we all face uncertain and difficult times, Churchill’s attitude and determination is precisely what we need to make it through. To help stir up some of that wise tenacity, here are 10 Winston Churchill quotes from his six-volume World War II memoirs.
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from BBC News (UK)
Coronavirus: State of emergency lifted in most of Japan
The country's low level of testing has raised questions, but Mr Abe said its strategy of tracking virus clusters had worked in many areas. "We were able to contain (the spread of infections) to the level at which it can be prevented with a thorough cluster-focused approach," he told reporters. Unlike governments elsewhere, Japan's leaders have no legal power to enforce a lockdown. While local governors can call on businesses to stay closed and suggest people stay at home, there are no punishments if they choose not to do so. Despite this, mobility data has shown a striking drop in public movement.
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from The Jerusalem Post
Harry Truman: The man from Missouri who helped change Jewish history
Harry Truman, a man with little experience in foreign affairs, assumed the tall order of uniting the Allies, winning the war, restoring the shattered global economy, and creating a new world order. In 1948, at a rally on the Lower East Side of New York, when the crowd began chanting, “Give ‘em hell, Harry,” Truman responded, “I don’t give ‘em hell, I just tell the truth and they think it’s hell.”
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from National Review RIGHT BIAS
The Coronavirus Lockdown Has Not Made the Air Cleaner
According to the EPA’s air-quality monitors, levels of particulate matter — known as PM 2.5 — are not lower now and have, in fact, been higher recently than the median level of the last five years. Consisting of particles smaller than 2.5 microns, PM 2.5 includes natural sources such as smoke or sea salt, as well as human-caused pollution from combustion. So, why do so many activists claim the air is ‘physically cleaner’ in the United States? In part because they want to believe it. Opposition to cars is a major theme in left-wing environmental politics, and it is simply assumed, without looking at the data, that less driving equals cleaner air. The large gap between the political rhetoric and scientific reality is a reminder that costly environmental regulations should be based in real-world data, not ideologically driven assumptions.
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Trump threatens new taxes on companies that make goods outside United States
President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to impose new taxes on American companies that produce goods outside the United States, another move his administration could make to push supply chains away from China and raise new trade barriers.
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from Reuters
International news agency headquartered in London, UK
Trump threatens new taxes on companies that make goods outside United States
President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to impose new taxes on American companies that produce goods outside the United States, another move his administration could make to push supply chains away from China and raise new trade barriers.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
Sue Lani Madsen: Junior Livestock Show of Spokane must go on, even if online
Lilac Festival Parade canceled. Bloomsday postponed, with cancellation still a possibility. Among gatherings affected by the extended shutdown, one dedicated group of Eastern Washington competitors found a way to take their event online. Not a virtual Bloomsday, but a virtual running of the bulls – and the steers, heifers, pigs, sheep and goats through the show ring at the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center. It would have been the 85th Annual Junior Livestock Show of Spokane, according to Lynn Cotter, show manager.
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Scenes From the Class Struggle in Lockdown
Those who are anxious to open up the economy have led harder lives than those holding out for safety.
Sue Lani Madsen: Junior Livestock Show of Spokane must go on, even if online
Lilac Festival Parade canceled. Bloomsday postponed, with cancellation still a possibility. Among gatherings affected by the extended shutdown, one dedicated group of Eastern Washington competitors found a way to take their event online. Not a virtual Bloomsday, but a virtual running of the bulls – and the steers, heifers, pigs, sheep and goats through the show ring at the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center. It would have been the 85th Annual Junior Livestock Show of Spokane, according to Lynn Cotter, show manager.
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from The Wall Street Journal
Scenes From the Class Struggle in Lockdown
Those who are anxious to open up the economy have led harder lives than those holding out for safety.
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from Washington Policy Center
Educational Research Center in Seattle, Washington
The governor’s unscientific and misleading COVID-19 dials
On April 29, Governor Inslee released a series of dials called the “COVID-19 Risk assessment dashboard,” reflecting the data he claims to be using to make decisions about reopening the state economy. He told the reporters that he was doing this “so we can be completely transparent with Washingtonians about how we are making these decisions,” which he promised he is doing “based on data and science.” Analysis of that dashboard and the dials, however, shows this is simply not true and there are several problems. The dial settings do not match the underlying data trends. There is no data for some of the dials. The dials are extremely imprecise, and some of the metrics the governor uses are meaningless. These flaws are even more obvious when compared to New York’s detailed and specific dashboard, which includes clear targets and transparent data. The governor’s dashboard is not science. It is political guesswork masquerading as science. The dials on the dashboard are not based on the underlying data.
Superintendent Reykdal denies 780 families funding to attend online public schools
When Governor Inslee’s order closed public schools in mid-March because of COVID-19, many parents went online for help. They discovered Washington state has an existing, well-established system of free, public, state-approved and fully accredited, online schools. These online schools have years of experience and expertise. Thousands of students have graduated from online public schools and gone on to college and to lead successful, productive lives. Naturally, with widespread school closures, many parents rushed to enroll their children online. Yet state superintendent of schools Chris Reykdal has decided to cut off state funding for these families. ... Washington law provides that students who transfer to a public online school will not lose their state funding. On average online students get $8,500, far less than the $12,700 Seattle students receive but many families clearly feel it is worth it. Yet Reykdal indicates he will not allow transfer students to receive funding, and that he will send the money to their old school districts instead. The decision is clearly unfair and meanspirited. Such a policy would never stand in private sector education.
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The governor’s unscientific and misleading COVID-19 dials
On April 29, Governor Inslee released a series of dials called the “COVID-19 Risk assessment dashboard,” reflecting the data he claims to be using to make decisions about reopening the state economy. He told the reporters that he was doing this “so we can be completely transparent with Washingtonians about how we are making these decisions,” which he promised he is doing “based on data and science.” Analysis of that dashboard and the dials, however, shows this is simply not true and there are several problems. The dial settings do not match the underlying data trends. There is no data for some of the dials. The dials are extremely imprecise, and some of the metrics the governor uses are meaningless. These flaws are even more obvious when compared to New York’s detailed and specific dashboard, which includes clear targets and transparent data. The governor’s dashboard is not science. It is political guesswork masquerading as science. The dials on the dashboard are not based on the underlying data.
Superintendent Reykdal denies 780 families funding to attend online public schools
When Governor Inslee’s order closed public schools in mid-March because of COVID-19, many parents went online for help. They discovered Washington state has an existing, well-established system of free, public, state-approved and fully accredited, online schools. These online schools have years of experience and expertise. Thousands of students have graduated from online public schools and gone on to college and to lead successful, productive lives. Naturally, with widespread school closures, many parents rushed to enroll their children online. Yet state superintendent of schools Chris Reykdal has decided to cut off state funding for these families. ... Washington law provides that students who transfer to a public online school will not lose their state funding. On average online students get $8,500, far less than the $12,700 Seattle students receive but many families clearly feel it is worth it. Yet Reykdal indicates he will not allow transfer students to receive funding, and that he will send the money to their old school districts instead. The decision is clearly unfair and meanspirited. Such a policy would never stand in private sector education.
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