Thursday, May 14, 2020

JOHN STOSSEL: 'Learned helplessness' is a bad idea.
JUDGE EMMET SULLIVAN PLAINLY HAS IT IN FOR MICHAEL FLYNN. Appoints retired judge to contest DOJ’s motion to dismiss Flynn case.

To me this is a clear case of the Deep State trying its level best to keep the Flynn case (and Russia collusion) alive until the 2020 election. Obviously President Trump can pardon LtGen Flynn at any time he wishes, but as I understand it a pardon will not allow Flynn and his attorneys to sue the pants off all the bastards who who set him up; dismissal with prejudice will.

Attorney General Barr should do all he can to force dismissal with prejudice -- even if it means going all the way to the Supreme Court.

I really, really, really want Mike Flynn to become an instant billionaire....
THERE'S NO MATH IN JOURNALISM: Vox journalist panned for his flawed logic while trying to fact-check Trump.
WUHAN FLU [CORONAVIRUS] UPDATE for May 14, 2020:


'Same old, same old' still applies. The daily death rate is stable to declining and the cumulative numbers are still showing the curve bending.

Confirmed cases of coronavirus remain steady at about 14% of the total tested.

The estimated death rate is up a bit today at 0.1075%. For a somewhat shocking comparison given the current pan(ic)demic, the CDC's published (average) seasonal flu death rate for the 8 flu seasons from 2010-2011 through 2017-2018 is 0.136%. For 2018-2019 it is 0.096%, although the number has yet to be finalized. For 2019-2020, the estimate was 0.091% on April 4th.

The estimated percentage of Americans not yet infected is still decreasing, at 75.554% today.