- nojo experiences how one week can change the nature of coronashopping.
- Vincent, at A Wayfarer’s Notes, and his wife are members of an endangered species by reason of age and pre-existing medical condition.
- Green Eagle seems unimpressed with press fawning after my President managed to appear rational about the virus for a whole half-hour.
- News Corpse watches and finds what President Trump has to say to Americans who are scared about coronavirus. It is that the reporter asking what he has to say to those who are scared is a bad reporter for asking the question.
- Tommy Christopher sees CNN’s John King moved to mild profanity as he defends his colleague from that Trumpian attack. Kaitlan Collins joins in, contrasting the Trump attack with the Pence response to a similar question.
- North Carolina pastor John Pavlovitz suggests how a compassionate and understanding leader might have answered that question.
- In the midst of crisis, Jonathan Bernstein contrasts the public utterances of our current president with those of another. A frightened nation responded those decades ago.
- Jack Jodell at The Saturday Afternoon Post compares my president to another mass-killer, this one with a better excuse.
- Our favorite Earth-Bound Misfit does not quite buy my president’s 10 out of 10 self evaluation: Heckuva Job, Trumpie.
- How did we get to this point? Bill Kristol offers his thoughts and driftglass notices Bill’s omission of one key word.
- Sometimes a headline says it all. Ant Farmer’s Almanac looks at the list of airlines about to receive a corona related massive financial bailout. You’ll never guess who happens to be on it. Okay, maybe you will.
- In Letters from an American, Heather Cox Richardson investigates reports that 5 US Senators used advance knowledge of coronastocks to benefit. She clears three off them – blind trusts or documented unrelated trading. The other two are actual crooks.
- PZ Myers documents how, years ago, Senator Susan Collins was able, all by herself, to kill just-in-case funding of pandemic flu preparedness – including medical masks. Even Joe Lieberman couldn’t talk her out of her extreme position. So it turns out Susan Collins is more evil than Joe Lieberman. That’s pole vaulting over a very high bar.
- Not really a good sport: M. Bouffant at Web of Evil declines to give thoughts and prayers to Lou Dobbs as the coronavirus minimizer is exposed to the virus and self-quarantines.
- Iron Knee at Political Irony finds that, in the midst of the Corona scare, some house confined ordinary folks in Italy have a sense of humor.
- At Margaret and Helen Helen writes to her friend to express ,umm, skepticism as Trump, Fox, and followers turn their tune at the pandemic. You mean it’s real after all? Carefully documented.
- Dave Dubya makes the same point in six lines with less documentation. Just as right, though.
- In Nan’s Notebook, there is something wrong with Trump beyond what we’ve known from the start.
- JoAnn Williams at Biased Unbalanced and Politically Incorrect reveals how her cat, Maxwell, has discovered White House briefings.
- Wisconsin conservative James Wigderson attacks Governor Tony Evers for applying the ban on gatherings of 50 or more to churches. After all, what right does he have to close churches?
- Vixen Strangely at Strangely Blogged, helps us take a look at a few worship services whose congregants won’t let fake germs, or state government, or society at large intimidate. I especially like the Arkansas parishioners who are “ready to lick the floor to prove there’s no actual virus.” Personal note: Like many responsible houses of worship, ours will offer services only on-line until further notice.
- In MadMikesAmerica, Glenn Geist reviews past plagues back to 428 BC and finds some common links.
- Vagabond Scholar remembered St. Patrick’s Day with a beautiful ballad about bravery in a lost battle for Irish freedom.
Personal note: I have begun investing time in physical therapy after a spectacular expressway accident. Seems the human body is not properly constructed for hanging from a seat belt while traveling upside down on the freeway. My thanks to the passersby who extracted me.
John Pavlovitz’s version of how Trump might answer was thoughtful and uplifting … but there were way, way too many words! Plus it was missing verbal pats on the back for such a good job he’s doing. 😛
Sorry to hear about the accident … hope several hours/days/months of physical therapy is the worst of the after-effects.
John Pavlovitz is often thoughtful and uplifting. And you do anticipate a couple of the reasons my president would not be likely to give it.
About the accident, thank you for your kind wishes.
I’ve been thinking of dialogue from a movie I saw decades ago:
There’s something about agony that flat out ticks me off!
This Hateful, Disgusting Liberal/Progressive blogger has been saying outrageous things since day one! She was that way with George Bush, and even worse with our current President Donald Trump. She is a hateful, insulting, obnoxious, name-calling, bigoted, lair and shouldn’t even be given the time and space that she is given here.
Every time one of these Progressive lunatics decides to discredit us we have to, WE MUST answer back in kind. We must not allow them to say these lies about us and what we stand for.
It’s time for those Obamanacs and his followers to quit the blame game and making excuses for their “Magic Negro.” and his Grubbing wife to be exposed for the Phony . Our children and their generation deserves no less.
Obama’s lies help explain why only 20 percent of Americans trusted him at the end of Obama’s reign. And as for his Grubbing wife, she was even worse, she never saw a free trip, or vacation that she didn’t grab.
Gosh Charlie, you seem upset. You forgot to specify to which link you are referring.
If you are attacking me, I’ll correct your gender identification. I am male. Other than that, I’ll just say I try to avoid such excellent judges of character.
You do make clear you do not like our former President. You do not say why, aside from your reference to him as a “Magic Negro.” If, as you imply, that is your sole reason, it does conform to the popular conception about much anti-Obama conservatism.
Thank you for your comment.
I got that exact same comment on my blog (word-for-word), twice. Of course I deleted it in comment moderation. He’s not responding to any specific thing you posted. It’s just some troll who’s leaving the same cut-and-paste comment all over the place.
Glad you’re back blogging.
Thank you, Infidel.
And thank you for the troll information.
Still, I enjoyed the illusion of squashing a maleficent fool.
Dang, Burr! Sounds like maybe you don’t want to entertain the idea of a NASCAR career after all. I am glad that you are okay and on the mend, my friend. Hopefully nothing was broken that cannot heal quickly, other than your politics, of course. That, I am afraid, is irrevocably beyond healing and redemption! 😉
Quite true, Tyrell.
I haven’t yet been tempted to the dark side.
Thank you for your kind words and your career guidance.
Does remind me of an incident several administrations ago.
Conservative Republican Barry Goldwater took a photo of liberal Democratic President John F. Kennedy.
He sent it with a request for an autograph from his rival and friend.
Kennedy signed the photograph with this note:
“For Barry Goldwater – Whom I urge to follow the career for which he has shown such talent — photography!”
So, my friend:
Have you thought of taking up photography?
I am only a fair photographer, my friend. I am a far better student of history, current events, and economics. It is because of this that I can confidently say that you ARE on the dark side, Darth Burr! 🙂
That said, I can feel the goodness inside you. Let go of your anger and walk into the light! 🙂