Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

If you’re gonna whine, it’s time to resign!

You come for women, you’re gonna get your ass kicked.

“When somebody takes the time to draw up a playbook, they’re gonna use it.”

Jack Smith: “Why did you start campaigning in the middle of my investigation?!”

Rupert, come get your orange boy, you petrified old dinosaur turd.

We will not go quietly into the night; we will not vanish without a fight.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith.

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

American history and black history cannot be separated.

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

Second rate reporter says what?

The fundamental promise of conservatism all over the world is a return to an idealized past that never existed.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

Radicalized white males who support Trump are pitching a tent in the abyss.

Not all heroes wear capes.

Never give a known liar the benefit of the doubt.

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COVID-19 Coronavirus Update: Sunday-Monday, July 19-20

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  1. 1.

    Villago Delenda Est

    Drezner got the name wrong. Truth and Retribution Commission is needed.

  4. 4.

    Betty Cracker

    Garrett’s tweet:

    …many nations have spent enormous resources and taken bold steps to stop viral spread. But all of that effort could be nullified by out-of-control chaos in 4 countries: USA, Brazil, India & Russia.

    Hmmm. What do those four countries have in common?

  6. 6.

    OzarkHillbilly

    From USA today story above.

    Ousted Florida scientist files whistleblower complaint

    Florida’s former top coronavirus data scientist has filed a whistleblower complaint against the state’s Health Department, accusing the agency of firing her in retaliation for refusing to manipulate data to support the push to reopen Florida after its quarantine. The complaint by former agency data manager Rebekah Jones targets Gov. Ron DeSantis directly.

    “These efforts to falsify the numbers are a pattern and practice in Florida government that goes on to this day,” Jones’ attorney, Rick Johnson, said in a statement. “Ron DeSantis has routinely given false numbers to the press. His underlings at (the Health Department) follow his example and his direction.”

    DeSantis has dismissed the complaint as part of a “partisan narrative.”

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    SFAW

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    Drezner got the name wrong. Truth and Retribution Commission is needed.

    When I started using that designation a year or two ago, I was chided by a couple/few of the commenters here. Considering events of the last six months, there will probably be less chiding now. [Yeah, I know you’ve been “on board” with it for years.]

  11. 11.

    SFAW

    @Betty Cracker:

    DeSantis is Trump with a better vocabulary.

    But remember, Gillum (maybe) had a DWI, so something something reasons something

    ETA: At least, I seem to remember hearing something about Gillum along those lines. I might be confused

    ETA2: That is, more confused than usual.

  14. 14.

    WereBear

    Nixon got off with a mere resignation. And that opened the floodgates leading to the mud we are wading through now.

    Can I have at least some of my life with a government which makes some sense? It seems like a reasonable request.

  15. 15.

    SFAW

    @WereBear:

    Can I have at least some of my life with a government which makes some sense? It seems like a reasonable request.

    You can.

    If you move to New Zealand.

  17. 17.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s daily numbers. 21 new cases. 15 cases from local infection, 13 Malaysians and two non-Malaysians. Most of the local cases are from a new cluster at the elder-care home where the latest fatality lived. Six cases from imported infection, four Malaysians and two non-Malaysians. Cumultive total 8,800 cases.

    Two more patients recovered and were discharged, or 97.2 percent of the cumulative total. The number of active cases in hospital for isolation for isolation/treatment has climbed to 122. Three are in ICU, of whom one is on a respiratory device.

    No new deaths. Total stands at 123 deaths, or 1.14% of the cumulative total. The fatality rate for resolved cases is 1.42%.

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    YY_Sima Qian

    Yesterday, China reported 17 new domestic confirmed and 9 asymptomatic cases, all in Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region (and all but one confirmed at the regional capital of Urumqi, there was also a confirmed case at Kashgar in Xinjiang that was exported from Urumqi). In total, the Urumqi outbreak now has 46 confirmed cases and 50 asymptomatic cases, plus 1 confirmed case exported to Kashgar and 1 asymptomatic case exported to Zhejiang Province. 3016 individuals have been identified as close contacts and are under quarantine, all of whom have been tested. Still no case summary information.

    China also reported 5 imported confirmed, 1 imported suspect and 4 imported asymptomatic cases:

    Qingdao in Shandong Province: 1 confirmed case, previously identified as asymptomatic; Qingdao reported 1 confirmed and 8 asymptomatic cases on 7/18, all are Chinese nationals working for SinoPec (a Chinese state owned oil major) returning from Kuwait, now it is 2 confirmed and 7 asymptomatic; all 350 passengers on the chartered flight are under quarantine

    Chengdu in Sichuan Province: 3 confirmed and 3 asymptomatic cases; 2 confirmed cases are Chinese nationals returning from the Philippines (via Cambodia), 1 confirmed and 3 asymptomatics Chinese nationals returning from Egypt, arriving on the same flight

    Hohhot in Inner Mongolia: 1 confirmed case, no case information, flight diverted from Beijing

    Shanghai Municipality: 1 suspect case, a Chinese national returning from the US

    Hong Kong reported 73 new cases today, 66 from local infection, 27 with unknown source of infection.

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    terben

    From the Australian Dept of Health:.

    ‘As at 3pm on 20 July 2020, a total of 12,069 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Australia, including 123 deaths, and 8,392 have been reported as recovered from COVID-19.

    • Over the past week, there has been an average of 300 new cases reported each day. Of the newly reported cases, the majority have been from Victoria.
    • Following the peak of cases at the end of March, there have been a relatively low number of new cases reported daily between mid-April and early-June 2020. Cases have increased since mid-June.
    • Of cases with a reported place of acquisition, 42% have recent international travel history, including over 1,300 cases associated with cruise ships.
    • To date, over 3,534,000 tests have been conducted nationally. Of those tests conducted 0.3% have been positive.’

    Victoria still dominates the news today with one death and a net increase of 246 new cases. (+275/-29) There are minor outbreaks in NSW, but the total net increase for the country was 268 new cases.

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    YY_Sima Qian

    I just spent a weekend at an eco-resort two and half hours driving from Wuhan with my family, as well as families of several of my wife’s close friends. The resort is a fully functioning organic rice farm, also has an organic fruit garden. All in all a very nice experience. It was great to get out of Wuhan for pleasure.

    None of the service or management staff wore masks, and we did not have to produce green health codes, no temperature checks. Almost all of the guests were from Wuhan, and everyone wore masks upon arrival, but took them off soon after. The resort of ~ 15 suits were fully booked for the weekend, with ~ 60 guests. Guests generally kept to their own groups. Masking rate among the locals in the neighboring villages and towns is < 5%, and none of the monks and nuns in the Buddhist temples and monasteries we visited wore masks (though it is not a touristy area). It was almost like back to pre-COVID normal, the only reminder of the pandemic is reading about the outbreak at Urumqi, and the sh*tshows across world (basically everywhere other than most of East/Southeast Asia, Oceana, most of Europe, and Canada).

    The area was significantly affected by the recent heavy rain and flooding, all of the rivers/lakes/reservoirs all had clearly elevated water levels (with government workers and volunteers manning 24/7 watch on the dykes and dams), and some mountain roads were closed due to landslides (or dangers thereof).

    Returning to Wuhan, most people have taken off their masks in the area around my residential compound, though masking is still required in hospitals, public transportation, and public indoor spaces. Taxi and ride share drivers still wore masks and disinfected their vehicles after each fare.

    China is reopening cinemas and theaters in the coming days, with social distancing restrictions: 1/3 capacity with strict spacing between occupied seats, programs < 2 hour longs, masking mandatory, no food or drinks allowed. I doubt the cinemas will break even with these guidelines, neither will the movie productions.

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    Robert Sneddon

    There’s been an embarrassing own-goal here in Scotland in the fight against COVID-19 — a Scottish-based call centre dealing with NHS England COVID-19 contact tracing has been abruptly closed after half a dozen of the staff were confirmed to have contracted the disease. I had believed, without investigating it deeply that any contact-tracing effort was being carried out and coordinated via home-based workers over secure VPN and not workers congregating in a call-centre plague pit.

     

    Generally, Scotland is reporting zero deaths and only seven confirmed cases over the past 24 hours but with the caveat that Monday’s reports are usually lower than reality due to administrative delays over the weekend.

  24. 24.

    A

    The scale of the discrepancies between us and the rest of the world is what fills me with constant unalloyed rage.

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