Today in COVID-19

March 11, 2020 By: El Jefe Category: Coronavirus, Corruption, Trump

Latest I’ve got, but it’s coming hard and fast:

Tom Hanks and his wife test positive for COVID-19

NBA has suspended the NBA season.

Trump bans travel to the US from Europe, except the UK.

Trump’s effort to play down the pandemic has worked…on Republicans.

Brazilian official (accused of corruption, of course) has tested positive for COVID-19 after spending the weekend at Mara Lago.

Trump loyalists test positive for COVID-19, including Matt Gaetz, who stupidly wore a gas mask in Congress last week to mock the threat.  He wins Dumbass of the Week award.

Italy shuts down ALL stores except for pharmacies and grocery stores.

WHO declares the Coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic while calling out “alarming levels of inaction.”

Stocks fall into bear territory for the first time in 11 years in the face of Trump’s incoherent response to COVID-19 and Saudi-Russian oil price war.

Other than that, not a goddam thing happening right now.

Crash of Ukrainian Airliner Very Suspicious

January 08, 2020 By: El Jefe Category: Iran

I’m not buying the engine fire causes plane to crash explanation being given the media.  The Boeing 737-800 is highly reliable with sophisticated fire detection and fire suppression systems.  Also, this particular aircraft is only three years old.  An engine fire would not cause a loss of control of the aircraft unless an explosion would rupture the firewall between the engine itself and the wing structure.  The fire suppression systems on the 737 includes fuel and air shutoffs AND onboard fire extinguishers.  And the plane is designed to be flyable on one engine, which should have allowed it to return safely to Tehran or other nearby airport.

Watching the video, the plane was on fire all the way to the ground, which tells me that it was a serious explosion on board that got around the fire containment design.  This is very suspicious and I’m suspecting onboard sabotage or a shootdown.  Know what was going on at the time, I won’t be a bit surprised that Iran’s own anti-aircraft defense systems shot this one down.