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Coronavirus Hoarding?

Submitted by wendy davis on Sun, 03/15/2020 - 12:33pm


Some local evidence:

Mr. wd called me from Cortez, CO at the beginning of his grocery-shopping misadventure early on Saturday morning.  To put it mildly, he was agog, agape, and aghast during his first stop at Walmart.  What he found were empty shelves where OTC pain relievers, etc., toilet paper, kleenex, paper towels, and likely paper napkins (he hadn’t checked), should have been.  Most canned foods were also absent, and the wage slaves he’s friendly with reported that the meat aisle was likewise…empty.  They were all horrified at the mammoth cartloads of shelf-stable foods being tugged about.  Meat?  Unless the shoppers had large freezers…well, not so stable.

From fascism to exterminism

Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sun, 03/15/2020 - 7:50am

Around the time of the 2016 election it became popular to revive the word "fascism." Trump was a fascist, we were told. No, I argued, Trump isn't a fascist. A fascist would disdain democracy; Trump is bad, but he's not quite there yet, and besides, "fascism" is a word belonging to an earlier period of history, a period of expanding capitalism. Our period is one of declining capitalism.

Karl Marx revisited: or, the cynical class structure

Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sat, 03/14/2020 - 9:14pm

Many of you are familiar with the idea of social class. There is, of course, the idea of social class as portrayed in popular culture. Social class has been around since time immemorial -- the Romans, for instance, had a class system, and the current incarnation of the Wikipedia page on this topic renders it well.

Pelosi is proud of the bill providing paid sick leave to American workers affected by the pandemic

Submitted by snoopydawg on Sat, 03/14/2020 - 6:14pm

There is one giant catch to it however. The legislation passed by the House doesn’t actually guarantee paid sick leave to most American workers.

There’s a Giant Hole in Pelosi’s Coronavirus Bill

Expect the Worst from Democratic Party - A Cancellation of Remaining Primaries

Submitted by Steven D on Sat, 03/14/2020 - 12:51pm

Louisiana has postponed its primary. Don't be surprised if more states follow their lead. And then watch the increased push by media pundits and Dem Elites to declare that Biden, who leads in delegates (thanks to obvious election fraud) should be the nominee. Carville and Clyburn have already called for an end to the primaries to declare Biden the winner. They won't be the last.
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Notes from post-US/OAS/CIA coup Bolivia

Submitted by wendy davis on Sat, 03/14/2020 - 11:35am

añez and medina

First: ‘Elon Musk is acting like a neo-Conquistador for South America’s lithium’, Mar 09, 2020 by Vijay Prashad and Alejandro Bejarano  (CC non-commercial)

By my lights, the authors have buried the lede. 

They first report that Musk wants to build an electric car factory in Brazil, and was supposed to have met with Jair Bolsonaro (who either has or hasn’t tested positive for corona virus depending on which hour of the #FakeNews cycle).  As Musk had ended up being too busy, he’ll go to Brazil later this year.  Apparently ‘all eyes are on the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina where both BMW and GM already have factories.  They provide a list of names that Musk has been in contact with already who are eager for Musk to build a Gigfactory there as well.

Would you accept to participate in a vaccine clinical trial against Covid-19 before animal tests were complete? ?

Submitted by mimi on Sat, 03/14/2020 - 11:01am

@JtC (are their ways to embed a yes/no counter in an essay page?)

This is an automated translation of the German article of "Der Spiegel - Science"
here. (I did not edit it)

The risky race of the pharmaceutical companies

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