Tag: The Endless Emergency
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Responses
Governor Walz explained that we must shut down Minnesota to avoid overwhelming our 235 ICU beds with Covid-19 patients. Apparently, if the 236th patient showed up, we’d have no choice. We’d wheel her to the parking lot and leave her to die – there’s simply no way to treat her without an ICU bed.So why…
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Fearless Prediction
Americas public school kids are in the middle of the biggest snow day in national history. In-school classes in much, perhaps most, of the country are canceled for the rest of the year.. While schools are switching frantically to non-traditional, largely online instruction, it’s safe to say the apple cart has been completely upturned. A…
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Bent
Everybody who was an expert on the Emoluments Clause a while back, is now an expert on epidemiology. Can’t tell you how many people earnestly explained to me how they’re helping “bend the curve” and I should, too. Which curve? There are two. One is the number of people who have contracted the Corona Virus.…
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Les Deplorábles
I can’t think that this bodes well for Team Blue this fall: residents of communities where wealthy New Yorkers have second/vacation homes have had about enough of the epidemic carpetbagging: People with second homes in the Catskills region of New York are being warned to stay away in venom-laced Facebook posts and blunt messages from…
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Sycophants
On Friday, when Minnesota had 14 cases of the virus, Governor Walz announced schools would remain open because health care workers needed daycare so they could go to work and fight the virus. On Sunday, when Minnesota had 35 cases of the virus, Governor Walz closed the schools except for children of health care workers who need daycare…
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I Think He’s Onto Something
As the city of Baltimore notches it’s fifth COVID-19 case, it’s mayor, Jack Young, has issued a plea to some of his most notable constituents; the city needs hospital beds for victims of the public health crisis, so please stop shooting each other. No, seriously. He really, really means it: “I want to reiterate how…
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My Libertarian Nature…
Is offended by government ham-handedness – even in an emergency (although conservatism recognizes the tension between liberty and public order). However, any talk of domestic travel restrictions that keeps these morons sequestered away from the general public works juuuust fine for me., I could just scream.
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Imitation
Joe Doakes from Como Park emails: On Friday, when Minnesota had 14 cases of the virus, Governor Walz announced schools would remain open because health care workers needed daycare so they could go to work and fight the virus. On Sunday, when Minnesota had 35 cases of the virus, Governor Walz closed the schools except…
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Sodden Bureaucracy
Joe Doakes from Como Park emailed (late last week): On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control recommended elderly patients stock up on medicine in case the virus causes a supply chain disruption. I called my pharmacy to stock up. The insurance company won’t let me, it’s too early, I still have pills left. Yes, but…