Coronavirus 10x (not 30x) More Deadly Than Flu? (Hake News, Thur. 3/12/20)
Thu, Mar 12, 2020 — catch The Hake Report after Jesse’s show
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Coronavirus thing
(Drudge) GERMANY: 70% WILL BE INFECTED … SO, GET HEALTHY! Then again, that’s what Merkel claims, and when has she ever been right? (BBC) The German female Chancellor Angela Merkel had a news conference Wednesday alongside the Health Minister Jens Spahn. Italy expands shutdown to nearly all stores... the country had its second day of national lockdown. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced the closure of schools, gyms, museums, nightclubs and other venues across the country, which on Wednesday passed 10,000 confirmed infections.
TOM HANKS TESTS POSITIVE WHOA. (Deadline) So did Rita Wilson (a 63yo actress, and wife of Tom Hanks, they’re both 63, married since 1988, his second marriage, just an interesting side-note… four children now grown, including two by the first marriage, he made a son first, alpha… but he’s a liberal, beta…! And he played Mr. Rogers, looking horrific). They’ve been down in Australia with Tom working on an Elvis Presley film.
NBA SUSPENDS SEASON indefinitely…. PSH. (CNBC) A Utah Jazz player tested positive. The National Hockey League said that it is “continuing to consult with medical experts and is evaluating the options” for its ongoing season. The NCAA (that’s a top college sports org) also announced Wednesday that its men’s and women’s college basketball tournaments, popularly known as “March Madness,” will play in arenas without fans because of coronavirus fears.
(CNN) The evil, corrupt UN’s World so-called Health Organization has classified the novel coronavirus as a pandemic. Trump mentioned this at the beginning of his great little speech last night. TRUMP BANNED ALL TRAVEL FROM EUROPE FOR 30 DAYS… 'It caused mass panic': a Rush to get back…
Concerns shuttered famed buffets at Vegas casinos… OH NO, THAT’S THE BEST PART OF VEGAS!
Trump fury at Fed! Explosive tirade... (Wash. Post via The Hour) Trump urged Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to pressure the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on economic stimulus in an explosive tirade about the coronavirus. Trump has frequently complained about the Fed in public for at least two years. The Fed can lower interest rates. In a Monday meeting in the Oval Office, Trump supposedly “fumed” that Powell never should have been appointed and is damaging the nation. Mnuchin had encouraged Trump to nominate Powell in 2017! This is according to anonymous sources, OF COURSE — who always have an agenda. Senior aides, worried that the stock market would crater if Trump tried to fire Powell, have discouraged him from attempting this for two years. FIRE THE AIDES! It's unclear whether Trump has the legal authority to fire Powell. Powell has said he plans to serve out his four-year term as chairman, which ends in early 2022.
Businesses see plummeting sales; Job losses have begun… over the coronavirus. (Stars and Stripes) At the Port of Los Angeles, 145 drivers have been laid off and others have been sent home without pay as massive ships from China stopped arriving and work dried up. Airlines, hotels, travel agencies and event companies have all been suffering, but also a bakery and a chain restaurant.
Screenshot: Trump addresses the nation on coronavirus
End of Hour 2, Thu, Mar 12, 2020
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More on the Coronavirus
A TOP DOC: says it’s 10 TIMES more lethal than the flu… Trump's task force immunologist says. (I heard that it was 30, so 10 is good… or not as bad anyway). That’s from Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
X-rays show terrifying damage in lungs of victims… Whoa, be careful guys. Don’t cough too hard.
Census!
(CNN) The 2020 United States census kicks off today, and it's expected to be the country's largest ever official population count. Households will start getting invitations to complete the census online, on the phone, or through a mail-in questionnaire. Despite all the controversy and debate, UNFORTUNATELY there will NOT be a citizenship question on the census forms. WHAT A SHAME. CNN claims that you are required by law to respond, or you could get fined. PSH! Scare tactics! PROVE IT! The full national count will be completed by the end of the year. The population of the US at the time of the last census, in 2010, was 308,745,538 (I don’t think I was counted! So it was actually ...39. Hopefully Obama doesn’t come back and fine me.)
(Drudge asks) Could Trump lose Florida because of hurricane refugees? Speaking of anti-nationalism…PROBABLY SO! REFUGEES HAVE LIBERAL KIDS. (Guardian) hurricane refugees have become a vital voting bloc coveted by both the Democratic and Republican parties in the swing state, where elections are often won by just tens of thousands of votes. While the last census data counted about 50,000 in the group, later estimates say there could now be more than 130,000 people who have resettled in Florida.And they’re largely politically active. Puerto Ricans can only vote in the presidential primaries when living in the territory. Marta Rivera is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit demanding that Florida help Spanish speakers vote by providing bilingual ballots and pollworkers. This is a legal right under the Voting Rights Act, but one that the state has historically neglected.
Crazy news…
Bradley “Chelsea” Manning attempted suicide in jail, and was recovering Wednesday. He’s been in jail for refusing to cooperate with a grand jury investigation into WikiLeaks (on “principle”), according to attorneys for the former Army intelligence analyst. At the time of the incident, Manning was slated to appear for a Friday hearing where attorneys were preparing to argue for [his] release from civil contempt sanctions. (USA Today) [He] was sentenced to 35 years in prison in 2013 for [his] role in leaking a cache of classified government material to WikiLeaks. At the time, [he] was known as Bradley Manning. President Barack Obama commuted [his] sentence in 2017. DUDE, THIS MAN RAN FOR OFFICE JUST LIKE A COUPLE YEARS AGO!
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