White House tells airlines it may suspend all China-US flights amid coronavirus outbreak

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

United Airlines, which has the most service of the U.S. airlines to Hong Kong and mainland China with about a dozen daily flights, on Tuesday announced it would cancel dozens of flights next month to Hong Kong and mainland China as the outbreak worsens. The Chicago-based airline said it has experienced a “significant decline in demand for travel to China.” United and its rivals Delta and American are waiving cancellation and change fees for travelers booked to China.

Source: White House tells airlines it may suspend all China-US flights amid coronavirus outbreak

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Wow, a “significant decline in demand for travel to China.”

No surprise there.

What surprises me is that there is ANY demand.

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District Attorney: Armed Beer Store Clerk Justified in Killing Robber at Nearby Business

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

WFMZ reports that the man who intervened was following Mussa because he had robbed the beer store before entering Drake’s Pizza.

Source: District Attorney: Armed Beer Store Clerk Justified in Killing Robber at Nearby Business

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It’s sad that a human being was killed. It’s sad that another human being has to carry that burden for the rest of his life. It’s sad that there was an injury presumed from “friendly fire”.

It is good that criminals are called to account.

I’d rather they all be afraid of the honest citizen than the other way around.

Politicians and bureaucrats want to disarm the people for their own nefarious purposes.

(I’ve given up the idea that they are honestly trying to make the country safer. Honest but mistaken. In the light of their continued insistence in complete disarmament to extent they talk about door to door search and siezure as if was even possible. They can’t even disarm criminals. Or keep drugs out of their prisons. So what is their motivation if it’s not to put people into camps?)

Seems like the Virginia “Democratic” legislature has just “poked the proverbial tiger with a stick”. “I fear all we have done is awakened a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve.” — apocryphal quote attributed to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto played by Soh Yamamura in the movie ‘Tora Tora Tora’

Μολὼν λαβέ … … from my cold dead hand!

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Bryant’s helicopter flew in fog that grounded other choppers – AOL News

Monday, January 27, 2020

The cause of the crash was unknown, but conditions at the time were such that the Los Angeles Police Department and the county sheriff’s department grounded their helicopters.

Source: Bryant’s helicopter flew in fog that grounded other choppers – AOL News

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What can one say about such a sad event?

I can’t add to story, but I have to wonder if this gets chalked up to “pilot error”?

I’m reminded of the plane crash of JFKjr, and the hubris of the pilot to think he can do it.  Even when there were alternatives.

In this case, flying into fog that was grounding others.  What would have been the “downside” to “discretion is the better part of valor”?  Missing a basketball game or being late for it!  A small price to pay for avoiding a disaster.

Requiescat In Pacem

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Prince Charles flew 16,000 miles in just 11 days before proudly posing with Greta Thunberg in Davos | Daily Mail Online

Monday, January 27, 2020

Prince Charles was last night facing embarrassment after taking a series of private jet flights while lecturing world leaders about climate change.On a trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, the Prince met activist Greta Thunberg and used an electric Jaguar car to travel to the Swiss resort.But the MoS can reveal that in the 11 days before his high-profile appearance, Charles took three flights on private jets for official Government business and one on a helicopter.

Source: Prince Charles flew 16,000 miles in just 11 days before proudly posing with Greta Thunberg in Davos | Daily Mail Online

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These celebrity doomsday predictors are all so “predictable”.

One set of rules for me; different ones for thee.

It’s all about taking away our freedoms and bigger Gooferment!

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Man received USPS package five years after ordering item

Sunday, January 26, 2020

How this man even remembered me, but five years later I received an email thanking me for the item. It had arrived, and in one piece. I still wonder where it sat for five years.

Source: Man received USPS package five years after ordering item

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Gooferment “service”!  Laugh!

Seriously, why is the Gooferment in FedEx and UPS’ business?

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‘Those of us who did the right thing get screwed’: Father confronts Warren on student loan plan

Sunday, January 26, 2020

Via The Washington Examiner A father confronted Elizabeth Warren about her plan to forgive student loan debt in a tense face-to-face conversation, asserting that those who paid for college tuition themselves would get “screwed” under her proposal.

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During the confrontation Monday, Warren protested, communicating that no one would get “screwed.”

“Of course we did. My buddy had fun, bought a car, went on vacations. I saved my money,” he said. “He made more than I did. But I worked a double shift, worked extra — my daughter worked since she was 10. So, you’re laughing.”

“No, I’m not,” Warren said.

“Yeah, that’s exactly what you’re doing,” he said. “We did the right thing, and we get screwed,” he added, before walking away from the photo line without a photo.

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Source: ‘Those of us who did the right thing get screwed’: Father confronts Warren on student loan plan

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Certainly sounds like that to me!

All these “free” giveaways will just crash the economy and make the great depression look like fun at a children’s party.

We get our standard of living from the (somewhat) free market.  At some point, these politicians and bureaucrats will “kill the golden goose”.

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Hometown Hero Jack Ciattarelli Kicks Off GOP Gubernatorial Campaign In Raritan | TAPinto

Saturday, January 25, 2020

If history repeats itself, Ciattarelli noted that no Democratic governor of New Jersey has been reelected in the past 42 years.

Source: Hometown Hero Jack Ciattarelli Kicks Off GOP Gubernatorial Campaign In Raritan | TAPinto

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Interesting factoid.

Have Murphy and the D’s demonstrated that socialism doesn’t work?

High taxes are killing every thing.

We’ll see?!

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California Case A Prime Example Of Gun Control’s Failures

Friday, January 24, 2020

You’ll never restrict something so sufficiently that criminals can’t get it. All you can do is interfere with the lawful man or woman and treat them like a criminal instead.

Source: California Case A Prime Example Of Gun Control’s Failures

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Like mu bumpersticker says: “Only a fool believes that criminals will obey gun laws.”

QED

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Infected people seen ‘dead in streets’ in quarantined Chinese virus city – Daily Star

Thursday, January 23, 2020

EXCLUSIVE: Disturbing images on Instagram from inside Wuhan show residents dropping to the floor following a lockdown of the city by Chinese authorities

Source: Infected people seen ‘dead in streets’ in quarantined Chinese virus city – Daily Star

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Sounds serious!  No word on how to prevent its spread.  Stay away from crowds and public places until it’s over?

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EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Paul Krugman Admits Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Social Security is America’s oldest major social program, and it’s a crucial support for older Americans, a majority of whom depend on it for more than half their income, and a quarter of whom depend on it for almost all their income. The program is structured to look like a pension fund, where what you get out depends on what you paid in, but that’s bit of a Noble Lie. For the most part it’s a pay-as-you-go system, in which Americans of working age support retirees.

Source: EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Paul Krugman Admits Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme

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Yeah, like anyone who has studied history and economics believe it was not a racist Ponzi scheme.  It transfers wealth from poor minority men to rich white women.  Argh!

GBWxx wanted to privatize it but was accused of giving a payoff to Wall Street.

If I had all the money that I put into FICA, I’d be rich.

Why can’t it transform into a private savings account?

(Imagine an old minority man leaving his children a legacy of a few bucks.)

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The answer is that the politicians and bureaucrats would lose a “piggybank” that can be raided for oodles of spending on pet projects.

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