Since all the St. Pat’s festivities are canceled here is pun from Jane Austen to lighten the mood.

From AlphaDelta.

Wouldn’t you love to hear Carlin’s take on the Wuhan Flu?

Another one from the demented mind of Stephen Pastis.

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More on Scarlatti. His second sonata.

Now on harpsichord.

From Jon. (more…)

This week I’m giving it to the Fake News Media. They have really ginned up a panic over the Wuhan Flu. On top of that, they are now calling Trump xenophobic for calling it the Wuhan virus or the Chinese virus or pointing out that it came from China. What a bunch of fucking hypocrites. Here we have the Fake News Media doing what they are now accusing Trump of.

Liberal media pundits want you to think referring to the coronavirus as the "Wuhan" or "Chinese" virus is racist.

Here's just a few of the times the liberal media did just that. pic.twitter.com/ss3kV5smSP

— MRCTV.org (@mrctv) March 12, 2020

These people are despicable. They’re also a bunchy of assholes.

The rest of the NBA season canceled. Meh! Who cares?

Major League Soccer canceled. Meh! Who cares?

The NHL season canceled. Meh! Who cares, eh? Take off hoser!

March Madness canceled. Oh noes! Obungler won’t be able to go on ESPN to enlighten us with his brackets. No Final Four for Atlanta.

But now they’re really getting serious. Baseball spring training has just been canceled. Spring training where hope springs eternal and rotten teams dream of having great seasons. And the way things are going they’ll suspend the regular season until the Wuhan Flu subsides or we all die.

With all of this what are all the sports writers gonna write about?

More panic on Wall Street.

Just remember who wanted to close the borders and who wants open borders. That wall is looking like a pretty good idea now isn’t it.

Have you seen Gropey Joe lately? Do you really want this guy in charge of sumpin’ like the Wuhan Flu crisis.

By the way, the Fake News Media thinks it’s xenophobic to call it the Wuhan Flu. That’s where it originated.

I don’t think I have ever seen such an orchestrated panic in my entire life. It’s the fear orchestrated by the Fake News Media that has driven down the stock market. The economy is in good shape but we’re all gonna die, at least those of us who have not died from gun violence (150 million according to Gropey Joe) or the 20 million who have died to to lack of health care.

I’m more afraid of the Dimocrats and their lackeys in the Fake News Media than I am of the Wuhan Flu.

They are hoping that this is Trump’s Katrina or better yet his Chernobyl. They want Americans to die if it makes Trump look bad.

Disgusting people!

Update:

From CharlieDelta.

Ron on the Wuhan Flu.

Read an article day before yesterday by a guy in some Scandinavian country. Sez the COVID19 is a plot by several governments to reduce overall world population, improve the availability of food, cut back on health-care costs, and produce less greenhouse gas by humans.

His basic logic is that the populations of many nations are getting older, which means that more people are producing less while requiring more services. Older means more emphasis on health care. Old people also consume without contributing anything. And they’re totally dependent upon government and social services for their very existence.

So he figures that a nice little virus designed to wipe out elderly no-loads and sickly children might be seen as a great idea in countries anticipating social security programs collapsing, hospitals being overcrowded, medicine prices becoming prohibitive, and fuels being burned to keep unnecessary people alive and warm.

COVID19 does exactly that – targets older people with respiratory issues, but younger and healthier people tend to recover from it. And it just appeared suddenly in China, a perfect area to determine its effectiveness. So . . . it must be deliberate.

For some reason he says it’s a joint plot by Russia and China, which I find a little hard to believe, ‘cuz China would prob’ly do it somewhere other than in one of their most productive industrial areas.

Haven’t done it yet, but I betcha a quick Google search would cause a whole buncha conspiracy theories to pop up. I mean, hell . . . that’s the Dems’ motto, ain’t it? “Never let a good crisis go to waste.”

And then we got NanChuck attacking DJT’s “incompetence” for . . . for . . . hell, I donno what for – maybe not seeing the plot by China and Russia? They’re attacking him for cutting funding for NIH and CDC and other organizations in favor of The Wall and military readiness.

And that friggin pie-face Stetler — “Trump’s disdain for science and his cuts to science and public health programs have subverted preparedness for emergencies like the coronavirus.”

Actually, DJT hasn’t cut anything. He can’t. The House controls spending, except for contingencies and executive branch basic consumables, and he’s already pledged several BILLION to deal with COVID19, and more if necessary.

The left are soaking their Depends and overflowing their drool cups with delight that a pandemic will cause the markets to collapse and voters to turn against Trump this fall. It’s as if they’re wishing for a massive heap of Murkan corpses to accomplish what Russia, collusion, Stormi Daniels, emoluments, and impeachment failed at – get rid of Trump.

ABCNNBCBS and MSNBC will spin this over and over and over, eagerly misrepresenting actual data in favor of fear and rumor to make it appear SO MUCH worse than the reg’lar ol’ flu (which kills tens of thousands in the US every year – EVERY YEAR).

And Schmuckie . . . “President Trump and his administration have no plan to deal with the coronavirus.

NO. PLAN.

And seemingly no urgency to develop one.”

They’re gleefully constructing a campaign of fear and panic based on exaggeration and lies to discredit whatever Trump does or doesn’t do, which will very likely be precisely what ANY president would or wouldn’t do in the same situation.

They want this to be his Katrina, his Hindenburg, his Waterloo so badly they’re running around like beagle puppies, howling and chewing on furniture and pissing on everything around.

We’re safe. How do I know that? Because of Paul Krugman, yannow the guy who said on election night that the markets would never recover. He’s at it again.

Pointing specifically to historically low yields on U.S. Treasuries, where investors flee to from the stock market during down times, Krugman said the market is suggesting a "permanent recession".

Mr. Market is basically saying that we're headed for permanent recession pic.twitter.com/8E6dlQLMWj

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) March 9, 2020

So there you go. Mister Enron economist has spoken and you know how right he’s been over the past few years right? A good rule of thumb is to believe the exact opposite of what Krugman sez.

Krugman wants to see a recession because Orange Man bad. Maybe millions dying of the Wuhan Flu and a recession could be enough to drag the befuddled Joe Biden across the finish line.

By the way, with the drop in oil prices maybe the gummint should be buying oil at these bargain prices and filling up the strategic oil reserve. Then when prices go up the gummint could sell off some of it and make a profit. Just a thought.

More good news. Two of the Iranian’s who invaded our embassy and took Americans hostages back in 1979 just died from the Wuhan Flu. Other Iranian gummint officials have died as well.

The Wuhan Flu and the drop in oil prices are giving Iran a double whammy. They’re also giving me a big ol’ schadenboner.