Trump FINALLY declares national emergency over CV.

Great read from the Atlantic, The Trump Presidency is Over.

Italians sing together from their windows during the CV lockdown.

CDC estimates that Americans who could die from CV is 200,000 to 1.7 million.

No one will win the Saudi-Russian oil price war.

Coronavirus effects based on government response.  An interactive chart.

Trump lied today (and other times) that Obama bungled the H1N1 flu contagion in 2009.  He forgot that Republicans mocked Obama’s warnings and called THAT outbreak “a hoax”.  Sound familiar?

And finally, Katie Porter (D-CA) beat Dr. Redfield, Director of the CDC, about the face and neck with questions until he finally committed to guaranteeing free testing to all Americans.  It’s sweet…

Well, since the world needs a smile, I will tell you that Alex Jones has been charged with being the world’s largest living single cell coronavirus.

And since I have a fairly reliable connection to all things Alex Jones, I will let you know there’s more Jones stuff coming on a totally different angle.  He’s a busy little slob.

And before there is a run on it at the grocery store, go get yourself some of the Bon Appétit favorite brownies. I already have a supply in my pantry for the Zombie Apocalypse.  They also make a double dark chocolate version.  Oh hell, it’s good.  Don’t get fancy with it, just follow the instructions on the box. Unless you want to add pecans – that’s also good.  I’m from the south, Honey, we add pecans to eggs.  I could be a skinny girl if it wasn’t for these brownies.

Today I found out that I have to have about $10,000 worth of plumbing work done, and that they shut down major league baseball.

You know that you have lived your life well if the second half of that sentence upsets you more than the first half.

(By the way, I do not need plumbing advice. Everybody wants to tell me they know a plumber. I only use union plumbers and electricians.  I figured the only good part is that I am helping a union guy provide food for his family, but now I’m sending his kid to college.)

Or maybe even a medium size happy.  No, No, I do not want to wish evil on evil people. So, let’s just say somewhere fluctuating between a little bit and a medium bit.

You know that far right wing president of Brazil who came to Florida to meet Trump?

It comes just days after Wajngarten met US President Donald Trump in Florida.

Oh my goodness, they even have a picture of it.

They have HoaxCoronavirus. It’s like common coronavirus except you’re a jerk.

The GOP owns Trump.  They bought him. They knew what he was when they nominated him at their convention.  They knew what he is when they refused to call any witnesses at his impeachment hearing. They know what he is at his rallies. They own him. The Republican Party is Donald Trump.

They cannot say that his speech last night was sane, productive, or even read well.

This morning, the contradiction and misinformation in the speech is glaring.

They also cannot act surprised that the markets got a black eye along with being kneecapped.

It is their fault. Everyone in the Republican Party, with the exception of (and it pains me to say this) Mitt Romney, is to blame. I don’t care if it’s your county commissioner, anyone who is a Republican is to blame. Unless they stood up and spoke out, they are to blame.

Hey, let us know if you’re sick or know someone who is.

Trading has been halted on the NYSE with the market down another 1,700 points.  It’s clear that investors are not happy with Trump’s response.  Trump offered no specifics last night short of pulling up the drawbridge from Europe after the virus already got in.  He hinted at economic relief with no specifics.  His payroll tax cut, which is only a thinly disguised effort to kill Social Security and Medicare, was DOA on the Hill.  There was no discussion of increasing availability of test kits, no information on how local jurisdictions should respond, no words of wisdom on how individuals should prepare.

I’m convinced that Trump is intentionally slowing the distribution of kits because that would “make my numbers go up”.  He doesn’t want to know how many people have it, because he’s playing a global television gameshow and he’s determined to declare victory over whoever his fellow contestants are.

The Coronavirus doesn’t give a shit who Donald Trump is or that he’s president and a famous gameshow host.  It’s doing to do what it’s going to do.  All Trump’s happy talk is doing nothing but more damage.

25th Amendment anyone?