WHO Has News; Who Cares?

WHO has a cryptic bit of news on COVID-19:

Asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is ‘very rare,’ WHO says

Hmm, so why are people without symptoms wearing masks, one might ask? One answer - to avoid stigmatizing those who do. But a second answer is, not so fast - WHO used a very strict definition of "asymptomatic" - plenty of folks with barely noticeable and/or unusual symptoms were not considered asymptomatic by WHO but would not be considered sick by most of us and were not considered symptomatic by the health authorities making the original reports:

The World Health Organization says it still believes the spread of the coronavirus from people without symptoms is “rare,” despite warnings from numerous experts worldwide that such transmission is more frequent and likely explains why the pandemic has been so hard to contain.

Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s technical lead on COVID-19 said at a press briefing on Monday that many countries are reporting cases of spread from people who are asymptomatic, or those with no clinical symptoms. But when questioned in more detail about these cases, Van Kerkhove said many of them turn out to have mild disease, or unusual symptoms.

Well then, confusing. I say "Defund WHO!", mainly because its not clear what that means either.

 

 

Comments

[Comanche Voter]

As is well known at the race track, Money Talks, Bull Dust Walks. And defunding the police might mean simply smaller police forces--or it may mean citizen funded security patrols since the cops aren't there any more. Or it may mean that henceforth suburban homes will be insured by Messrs. Smith & Wesson, Ruger or Colt. Maybe get a little European Help from Signor Beretta.

[Tom R]

Xitler before the Chinazi virus

https://twitter.com/benktallmadge/status/1269923800398745600?s=21

[henry]

TM, Trump defunded WHO a while ago. Good to see you agree. ;)

[lyle]

This needs willowing:

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=387659

[lyle]

So does this:

https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2020/06/black-lives-are-pretext-david-horowitz/

[lyle]

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/06/08/rep-jim-clyburn-warns-dems-not-to-be-drawn-into-the-debate-about-defunding-police-forces/

Don’t listen to him, progtards. I beg of you.

[henry]

Yes, Lyle. How many “studies” majors does a society need?

[narr: herpes is more desirable to a society than “studies” majors]

[cindyk]

https://twitter.com/obianuju/status/1270053042340139008?s=20

[JimNorCal]

What does it mean that a smart guy like TM can countenance the thought of
a) senile Joe in charge
b) proven propagandists like CNN/NBC/NYT/etc are in charge of info delivery
c) the viewpoint of 60,000,000 people cannot be expressed at college grad ceremonies
d) senile MaligNancy is 3rd from the nuke button
e) this list of bad outcomes extends ad infinitum

How is it possible that Trump plus Grenell hobbled by GOPe to the point that they can't fire Pres staffers, can't get staff nominees confirmed, and so on, how is it possible for Trump to be worse than the list above?

Well, it's a tough question. But I'm now used to living with the uncertainty.

[KevlarKid]

What if "studies" courses were limited to " general electives" status as opposed to "core" major REQUIREMENTS for the fluff crowd?

But, how could we have The Great Society if we didn't dumb it down so EVERY swingin' dick and karen-sky could "feel" included;or, if they are the white snowflake variety, they can "feel" shame and guilt over their "privilege?"/sarc

[henry]

Kev, sure give them all participation degrees. Just make it clear that a degree does not equal status. Status comes from value provided to society. More of that in farming, trades, or manufacturing than in “studies.”

[MissMarple2]

https://t.co/EapArqyn2h

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2020

Links to a Daily Caller article which credits Trump's National Guard "surge" with more peaceful demonstrations.

[Narciso]

Silvio berlusconi a developer media personality with ties to the old tegime but who created his own faction through media and populism along law and order and immigration issues he didnt have any top men, lawfare followed him for 20 years.

[James D.]

Willowed...

have read two comments in this thread that disturb me. The first was a reference to Ezekiel Emmanuel as our own Mengele, and now another reference to Rosenswine. This is really offensive to me. Comparing Jews to the Nazis.

We are better than this

Zeke openly writes of his desire that people he deems insufficiently worthy of life should die at an age of his choosing, and had he the power, he would carry out that desire.

That is flat-out Nazi thinking. I don’t care if he’s Newish, I don’t care what his faith is. If he wants to implement a Nazi program, then Nazi comparisons are absolutely fair game.

[Jim Eagle]

I don;t giove a rat fuck. I live behind a closed gate and every damn guy here is armed, some in the radical arms category. 90% ex military. Even a number of our staff are ex Marines from in combat service.

What me worry?

[Captain Hate]

Thanks for the link on that last thread, Ext. You might be right. I know that at the end of Gibbon he was talking about Rome being a big battleground between warring families.

[Captain Hate]

Even the Yellow Loon thinks defunding police is a really dumb idea.

[Threadkiller]

Asymptomatic Lives Matter!

Masks Up!!

Don’t Sneeze!!

Masks Up!!!

Don’t Sneeze!!

[Threadkiller]

Would someone be so kind as to repost the Horowitz BLM link?

[henry]

Truly stunning that lockstep should emerge from prog philosophy. Kuhn on science paradigm shift, or Latour on rhetorical argument in shifting / defending paradigm seem at odds with Foucault and his Panopticon. Why does Foucault win here, instead of questioning authority, we are to be monitored and controlled by it? Polanyi and tacit knowledge seems and out, we know better but can’t verbalize, then Rorty vs pragmatism and throwing away what we know works. Mao’s little red book? That was stupid 40 years ago when I read it in Spence’s class. But that is where the MSM and Dems are today. They are the authority and we dare not question it.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--I don't think I'd ever need more because I have a military grade hermetically sealed bag with 300 rounds of FMJ in it...--

Never need more than 300 rounds?
Have you learned nothing from all those zombie movies?

[Threadkiller]

SWC cheatsheet:

https://www.redstate.com/shipwreckedcrew/2020/06/08/oral-arguments-in-gen-flynn-case-on-friday-an-introduction-to-whats-ahead

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Turchin has warned that "elite overproduction" can be a precursor of turmoil to come. To oversimplify, this occurs when members of the elite (or those with the talents to join it) become too numerous for society to accommodate their aspirations.--

An oversupply of the "elite"?
Another reason 300 rounds is woefully insufficient.

[lyle]

Scroll up to my 6:56, TK.

[MissMarple2]

https://spectator.org/general-mattis-is-wrong/
The Spectator makes the case that Mattis is wrong, very wrong.

The President is NOT flouting the Constitution, and Matthis is just going to go around DC telling everyone at cocktail parties that Trump isn't obeying the Constitution, mainly because he (Matthis) isn't in charge.

[Another Bob]

“hermetically sealed bag with 300 rounds”

I buy in lots of 1000.

When the rumors that the violence would be brought to the ‘burbs started, I loaded up the rifle mags. Don’t be afraid to crack that bag, that ammo will last.

Go to your neighborhood surplus shop and get a .30 cal ammo can with a decent seal. Better storage than the bag.

[henry]

Ig, in WWII during the build up to DDay, my grandfather reported to Marshall that the invasion troops had more ammo than they could carry. Further, the convoys would bring ammo faster than they shot it. Bedell Smith took his star for that (Marshall gave it back). My grandfather (and math) were right. Having a “supply dump” separate from today’s needs is a good thing. Ext might require another (dozen) 300 rd sealed packs, but a 20 for range use now and then makes sense.

[anonamom]

Would someone be so kind as to repost the Horowitz BLM link?

It's above; 6:56

Thanks Lyle. Both of those you posted at the top are well worth reading

[DrJ]

Today's offering:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CYG4iQeDFU

Dvorak's first Slavonic rhapsody, Szell, Cleveland.

[lyle]

De nada, a-mom.

[Threadkiller]

Thanks, lyle!

[GUS]

I'm sure our GRACIOUS HOST, understands that the FULL COMMIES are trying to destroy AMERICA. Possibly. But TRUMP is so icky. It's very sad.

To be clear, I am not ATTACKING our most GRACIOUS HOST, I am pointing out that his ideas are MORONIC.

[DrJ]

And for a treat, the last movement of Mendelssohn's fifth symphony :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqdcnNYROLo

You will recognize it.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/08/white-house-trump-restored-order-in-america/

[Captain Hate]

cindyk's link should be shared by all. Treating people like children has been the donk's MO for a long time and that little dress up and kneel reverse minstral show should be called out by all.

[Tom R]

Here is another odd coincidence involving the Floyd death and Obama.

https://twitter.com/carrollquigley1/status/1269760889898532865?s=21

Some of the replies are pretty bizarre. In one of the replies someone makes the claim that Obama’s grandmother worked at a bank in Hawaii that was a front for the CIA and that Obama’s mom worked for the CIA.

[henry]

Thank you DrJ!

[clarice]

I think Turchin's hypothesis is interesting. From my vantage point, I think when things are peaceful and prosperous for a while, people just get soft and stupid and ridiculous notions fill their lazy heads.

BTW some time ago I said I didn't see how asymptomatic people could transmit Covid-19. Instapundit took askance of that.

[lyle]

👊 TK

[lyle]

people just get soft and stupid and ridiculous notions fill their lazy heads.

Abetted by the educational system from as early as possible.

[Mystic]

Tucker is good again tonight...he is the only show on FNC worth watching much anymore, imo. Wanted to check the business news today and turned on at 4pm.....Cavuto is Barth worthy...what an a hole. Lefties screwed up with defund the police, trump is pouncing. More winning.

[Mystic]

Outrage at Democrats Wearing Kente Cloth During Moment of Silence: ‘So Woke It Actually Feels Racist’......overplayed their hand. Bahahaha

[danoso]

What does it mean that a smart guy like TM ...

Posted by: Jim,SunnyvaleCA,USA | June 08, 2020 at 07:06 PM

If I can direct your attention to the right you'll notice Tom has a special section devoted to the Plame fiasco, an earlier example of the deep state conducting lawfare against a Republican administration without an underlying crime. As I recall TM was all over that mess early, and obviously followed it extensively. The fact that there was no crime (Armitage leaked the name) didn't matter to him. He excitedly covered the maneuvers to destroy the administration. I found it quite maddening at the time.

I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm not too surprised by his recent posts, and the gnashing of the teeth it seems to be causing. I've assumed he had a soft spot for the deep state since at least 2004.

[clarice]

https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2020/06/obama-used-national-security-spy-americans-opposed-daniel-greenfield/

[Jane]

Anyone else. See Kirsinow on Tucker?

[Jane]

Mystic,

I agree with you - except I like Laura Ingraham a lot. I have Fox Biz on all day - in the background - and I’m a big fan of Maria and Lou Dobbs.

[Manuel Transmission]

Ext, as a good benchmark for .223 ammo, I use $.30/round. That’s sort of a running average for 1000 round cases. I’ve seen it as low as $.27 without any of the crap brands being considered and maybe up to $.35 in times like these, assuming you can even get it. It’s one of the reasons I generally avoid playing with the heavier stuff like .308, not to mention recoil.

[Mystic]

Ha Jane! I like LAura too, but....she’s on a little late for me! Im an early to bed, early to rise kind of gal.

[Jane]

Doc Grenell about to be on Tucker

[Jane]

Yeah Mystic, I have to try and stay awake.

[Jane]

Ric Grenell, not dov!

[Mystic]

Pretty short interview with Grenell. But glad to see him on FNC....I expect he will not be a shrinking violet and will appear many times to give the Dems what they deserve.

[henry]

MT, yes. Buy when it’s quiet. Once it is obvious, premium prices and backlogs rule.

[Soylent Red]

Extraneous:

1000 rounds is refill time. Check out ammoseek.com to price shop.

Anyone with some insights into finding cheap 30-06? Need to feed the Garand. A Weapon of War.

[Dave (in MA)]

I was covidly-distancing in line at Stop+Shop and was standing next to a display of mugs with this slogan:

My wise-ass retort was going to be something like, "I went to government schools and managed to make a decent living anyway" or "not seeking self-assurance from something printed on a coffee cup", but then I saw this when looking for a pic to post:

Maybe that's the special public school edition.

[henry]

Soylent, I shoot 30-06 in my deer rifle. Have friends in NE that give me ammo faster than I shoot it (I help them with production). They are backlogged up the wazoo in good times. The usual spots(SportsmansGuide, etc) might have bulk, but supply is spotty. That said, demand is lower than .223, so who knows? My AR pattern doodad is 308. I have a couple thousands rounds, so haven’t looked lately.

[henry]

BTW, I have 30-06 brass if you reload. Not a lot, but it needs Togo to a happy place.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Here's the kind of punk-ass, shitbird, pinko dick 5.56 was invented for;

Jack Posobiec says;

I don't know who needs to hear this but the Soviet Union made up the phrase 'antifascim' to fool gullible white liberals into supporting communism.

So this lying, know-nothing a-hole responds;

Jeff Tiedrich
Replying to
@JackPosobiec

I don't know who needs to hear this, but you just made that up.

"Antifaschistische Aktion" ("Antifa" for short) were Germans who brawled with Nazis in the early 1930s. but cool story, Jack, coming down *against* the people who fought Nazis is kind of on-brand for today's GOP.

Some German guys did something. The bleeting little commie of course knows the original antifa just like the present one was made up of communist party members. In fact the German Communist party was completely controlled by the Comintern in Moscow throughout Weimar. So yeah the GOP fighting Stalinists is kind of on brand, just as hiding that the creeps he praises and supports are Stalinists is on brand for Dems.
Sometimes I wish I did twitter to bloody commie pygmy noses like his.

[Pinandpuller]

I don’t believe in reincarnation but I’m starting to look at Trump as a type of Tsar Nicholas II. A restless population, unpopular wars, open communists owning the streets and a Kabbalah mystic advisor close at hand.

[MissMarple2]

Here is the meeting that President Trump had with the law enforcement personnel at the White House today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qh0oqQmY2A&list=TLPQMDkwNjIwMjAesznYcZp_7w&index=1

[Dave (in MA)]

Ig, I'd suggest that gullible white liberals didn't need to be fooled into it.

[sbwaters]

If you don't reload, you don't have enough.

[Narciso]

I think ive made this point in the past.
Once or twice.

Nocholas was tutored by pobustdenev the model for the grand inquisitor and friend of dostoeyegsky but he just didnt have the will to do what needed to de done and his staffing issues turned up a loom like trepov more than a iron chancellot likr stolypin.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

I know something about this was linked before but here's a ZH version;
Satellite Data, Internet Searches Suggest COVID-19 Hit China 'Long Before' Previously Known: Harvard
"Significant spikes in hospital traffic and Baidu internet searches for terms related to COVID-19 suggest that the virus hit Wuhan, China "beginning in late Summer and early Fall 2019," according to a new study by Harvard Medical School. "

[Pinandpuller]

I’m a little unclear as to when we put the mayor of DC in charge of the 82nd Airborne and the Indiana NG.

[Narciso]

His main rival were the social revolutionaries who were really quick with the bomb or the pistol, they also had a top figure azev who was working with their deep state, who soltzhenitsyn broadly muses wasnt keem on effective leadershop like examples mentioned above in the red wheel.

[Narciso]

Nicholas dostovevsky like.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

ZH again;
COVID-19 Has Properties That Have Never Been Found In Nature Before

Norwegian and British vaccine scientists have published [via Cambridge] unequivocal evidence that SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, is man-made.

The authors state two conclusions: (1) the mutations that would normally be seen in the course of animal to human transmission have not occurred in SARS-CoV-2, indicating that it was fully “pre-adapted” for human infection and (2) SARS-CoV-2 has insertions in its protein sequence that have never been detected in nature and contribute to its infectivity and pathogenicity.

[Narciso]

I think that was noted back in february specially its similarity to another viruses composition.

[Dave (in MA)]

It's the first virus that checks your political stances before deciding whether to affect you.

[Tom R]

Iggy @ 9:16

Whoever that Jeff Tiedrich guy is, Twitter has manipulated their algorithms to ensure he is always one of the first responses to any Trump tweet.

[Narciso]

There is that, so when was the actual sydney event (as in mission impossible 2)do we go back to dr. Peg zhu and dr. Shi

[jimmyk]

I know something about this was linked before but here's a ZH version

I know I never take a story seriously until it shows up in ZH. :)

Seriously, that would also explain how that guy in California who died in December was found to have been infected. (At least that's how I remember the story.)

[Narciso]

Peng zhu. Of the wuhan virology institute

[Narciso]

Cuts like a knife

https://mobile.twitter.com/AlexBerenson/status/1270031726903951362

[Narciso]

Just fully billy madison treatment worthy

https://mobile.twitter.com/itsJeffTiedrich?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

[Captain Hate]

Trump like Czar Nickie 2? I don't think so. Melania is much more grounded than the nutty Czarina under the spell of that rutting goat, Rasputin. Maybe newest BLM fanboi Willard would be a better comparison.

[Narciso]

Oh thats not relevant

https://mobile.twitter.com/nypost/status/1270119355217477635

[Narciso]

Yes thst nature study cones from imperial college with neil 'danger'ferguson on staff.

[Narciso]

Zh can be crazy depending on the original source, sometimes insightful.

[Dave (in MA)]

"HELP! I've virtue signaled and I can't get up!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4zuLe1Q6-0&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR268Zqh-Hj3RZvwNU1nxG8ZzN-lG2jaZj3-ZR1cql__KHPGyOw1qyFrbRw

[Narciso]

Tome for bill and ted to show up

https://mobile.twitter.com/thomaschattwill/status/1270132542360948736

[Narciso]

The local news is sounding the eloi claxons not differentiating between nee cases hospitalizations co morbidities or severity, the meat of the thing.

[Narciso]

Very stompy

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2020/06/08/poor-cnn-kayleigh-mcenany-calls-out-fredo-lemon-defending-riots

[Captain Hate]

On Monday's Mark Levin Show, if NFL fans are systemically racist like Roger Goodell says, then people should want nothing to do with the league. If these professional sports owners and athletes think America has racist DNA then we should abandon the NFL, NBA, and the like. If we are racist then Goodell should step down and let an African American take his job. Interestingly, many of these sports-millionaire's specifically choose not to live in the communities that are being plagued by poor Democrat policies, like Watts, Harlem, or the South Side of Chicago and it’s not because they hate the police — it's because these hypocrites don't want to live in neighborhoods with high crime rates. 

[Narciso]

Save us for more woke than thou idiots like goodell, 'youve blown the transaxle youre grinding metal now'

[Narciso]

But they are in kneeling mode the ceos of publix walmart best buy et al all feed the croc.

[Narciso]

So no one responded to my berlusconi analogy, they went after him because he used private media to get around the italian state monopoly. His party tecruited from his corporate ranks he made alliamces with thr northern league whose successor was salvini who was very agitated over the dragons footprint.

[CCGirl]

Well here I am posting. I am an ass. I said I would stay away.

BUT, I am celebrating. We went out -outside- and it was very nice. I wore fun sandals, and my hippy salt and pepper hair long.

Oh, I could post a lot. But I am keeping my temper. God speed all.

[Narciso]

Just how you feel confortable and at your own pace cgirl

Btw my neighbor went through thr procedure with flying colors thanks for all the prayers

[Narciso]

Recruited on the revamped european channel they took all the dramas including montalbano now its just news and prog attitudes

[Narciso]

Ive concludes shes not the right lizard

https://newsthud.com/insane-liberal-mayor-tells-chicago-residents-to-not-use-guns-to-defend-themselves-during-riots/

[clarice]

Wish MI luck:https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/06/petition-language-to-recall-michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-approved-by-state-board.html

[Narciso]

I think they might need the red dust

https://www.conservativereview.com/news/horowitz-half-minnesota-coronavirus-death-certificates-list-something-else-primary-cause-death/

[clarice]

https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2020/06/05/madison-dane-county-drop-50-person-attendance-cap-after-lawsuit-threat/

[Captain Hate]

KJOM

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hG0Xv8wiiFY

The NFL made a Faustian bargain with television. It's success depended on having a commissioner who made it his highest priority to have the league be an integral part of the fabric of society. That worked well under Pete Rozelle, where the league outgained all the other sports in being identified with the country in the fans eyes. Unfortunately his successors, particularly the present one, don't share his values. As a result, the ESPN types are in the cultural driver's seat. What Goodell, a very weak person, has said recently comes right from their script. This is why I've ignored the league for three seasons and the NBA's next.

[Catsmeat]

Thanks for the Dvorak "Song to the Moon," Dr. J--I looked around a bit and found an even more splendid version from Renee Fleming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHM3zMBQxTQ

Boy became Eagle this evening. Parking lot full, all tuned to an FM channel; I got a red rose; he got the badge, scarf, a lot of paper (including a commendation from the NE Secretary of State, which I gather is standard), a beautiful new folded U.S. flag, and a great staff--his dad and I think the latter should be used, not just saved, but he is at the moment enamoured of its shininess. He keeps walking around saying "now I'm really an Eagle." My favorite moment was when all the Eagles there (grown men in their cars) left their cars to stand and say the Eagle pledge--there were a lot of them! It was all pretty moving. God bless the good men (and women) who keep it all going, despite the many, many flaws of the national organization (I feel roughly the same about the Episcopal church).

[CCGirl]

Narc, I love you. But I:do not know you. But I love your responses,

[Captain Hate]

Game over

https://www.breitbart.com/health/2020/06/08/ohio-restaurants-sue-dr-acton-gov-dewine-over-unconstitutional-coronavirus-guidelines/

[Narciso]

It took me about a year of lurking before in felt comfident enough to post.