With hoarding stories like this one in America and this one in Canada, it’s easy to lose faith in humanity. But yesterday at a Costco in suburban San Francisco, I witnessed civility and patience as people who wanted toilet paper, paper towels, and bottled water had to line up in a long line that started near the entrance and ended up in the far corner of the store. There was a limit of one large package of toilet paper, one large package of paper towels, and two cases of water. The few a$$holes who took more than this had them removed from their carts when they tried to checkout.
Rip Van Gurney
I’m back! Just landed at Pearson. Turning data back on. Let’s find out what I’ve missed — oh my god. https://t.co/4sAaWA8ZM5
— Matt Gurney (@mattgurney) March 15, 2020
Not related, but nowhere else to put it.
Soylent Green
Looks like we picked a bad day to quit plastic bags.
Italy, Hold Our Beer
This has the makings of a disaster. There’s no other way to say it.
PHOTOS: Long lines greet passengers at O’Hare during travel banhttps://t.co/Wkha8z6JhB
— EndGameWW3 (@EndGameWW3) March 15, 2020
I’ve been in the Canada customs line at Pearson for over an hour along with hundreds of people. Six agents on duty, zero screening, no masks, no sanitizer in site. This is as unsafe as it can get. #CoronaVirusCanada #cdnpoli https://t.co/8sBHXgHqRo pic.twitter.com/1jW4Mz6ZzA
— Glen Canning (@GlenfordCanning) March 15, 2020
More scenes from #O’Hare
CNN BREAKING
TRUMP FAILS TO TEST POSITIVE… developing…
Some on the Left are Overjoyed about Covid-19
Is the Trump Presidency now soon over? Peter Wehner is convinced it is. P.S. He seems to have been infected with TDS long before Covid-19 arrrived.
Wuhan Flu
Update.
The happening again in Shenyang pic.twitter.com/aF3ERjOHr8
— Harry Chen PhD (@PhdParody) March 14, 2020
@ereguly — Another terrifying surge in #COVIDー19 cases in #Italy Total cases Saturday up almost 3,500 to 21,157, fatalities up 175 to 1,441. More than 1,500 patients in serious or critical condition. Big jumps too in Spain, Germany and UK. #Spain cd be the next Italy. #CoronaOutbreak
Ugh – In Guangdong, officials responsible for the coronavirus response announced Feb. 25 that 14% of declared recoveries in the province had later retested positive. (h/t Jolene)
Wuhan Flu
Rachel Maddow gets schooled.
this guy rules
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) March 13, 2020
Related links.
So much for the European “Union” Germany blocks exports of medical supplies to Rome. When Italy asked for urgent medical supplies under a special European crisis mechanism no EU country responded.
Philippines: Duterte’s lockdown of Manila is ‘a mockery’, as millions of commuters to be allowed in
In the UK: The govt strategy on #Coronavirus is more refined than those used in other countries and potentially very effective. But it is also riskier and based on a number of assumptions.
Why aren’t there more cases in Africa?
MSM gonna MSM: So weird how after being obsessed by the stock market for two days @CNN is suddenly bored by the 2,000 point gain during Trump’s press conference. Maybe @brianstelter can explain it.

We don’t need travel bans, but we should avoid all non-essential travel.
We can’t stop the coronavirus at the border, but the Trudeau government is now talking about limiting flights and increasing screening at airports.
To say the government is sending out mixed messages is an understatement.
Now, after a major spike in cases, the federal government is moving to deal with issues at the border.
Well, that’s not entirely fair. They have been dealing with some certain “issues”.
They let me go after holding me for half an hour. They held me until the last bus of the night (that is transporting illegals) was too far to follow.
They asked more questions about why an "Albertan is 'ere?" than they did of the Congolese people that just crossed illegally. https://t.co/wgwAGyWSLA— Keean Bexte (@TheRealKeean) March 13, 2020
From the comments;
Somewhat anecdotal but I was at the local Rona buying paint earlier this evening… I got to talking with the guy behind the counter and he told me that employees of Coastal Health were in the store earlier in the day buying up paper products, wipes, towels and TP… apparently the local Hospital is being over run by the foreign born ( mainly middle eastern ) coming to Canada for the “free health care”… they get off a plane from the middle east and head straight to a Hospital… I drove by the local Hospital and the Emergency area does look overly busy… like I said this story is somewhat anecdotal but I’ve never seen the Hospital that busy ever. Are people who are already sick in another country jumping on a plane and heading to Turdholeland where there are no travel restrictions and no screening in an attempt to take advantage of the Liberals open borders policy and the “free health care” ? Most likely.
Kids Leftists Say the Darndest Things
Here are some thing I’ve personally been told by Democrat voters in the past few days:
- The 30-day flight ban from Europe is xenophobic.
- The only reason the UK wasn’t included is because Trump owns golf courses there.
- Within the next 2 weeks, all American cities will be locked down by the military and police.
- Don’t venture anywhere outside of the country because you won’t be allowed back in.
Feel free to share any other conspiracy theories or predictions you’ve heard.
They Should Build A Big, Beautiful Wall
Mexico frets about U.S. coronavirus spread, could restrict border
San Franciscans: Clearly the Highest % of Soyboys & Soygirls on the Planet!
Innovations In Ag Marketing

*I changed the post title to help some of you jokers figure it out.
How The COVID-19 Shock Is Different
At Zerohedge.
The COVID-19 crisis has struck the economic ‘machine’ in several places at the same time, as Figure 1 illustrates schematically.
Figure 1 COVID-19’s multiple strikes in the circular flow of income diagram
The figure displays a version of the well-known circular money flow diagram (e.g. Mankiw 2010). In simplified form, households own capital and labour, which they sell to businesses, who use it to make things that households then buy with the money businesses gave them, thereby completing the circuit and keeping the economy ticking over.
Wuhan Flu
I haven’t posted anything new, because I don’t think I need to.
Now listening to Trudeau announcement/presser, just as it interrupted the rising sound of cognitive dissonance in John Gormley’s voice as he prattles “but the flu”.
You had the information you needed weeks ago. Some of you took it. Now we watch as Canadians who relied on sources outside the “blogs and twitter” catch up.
We stocked up on three months of essentials three weeks ago.
Wuhan Flu: By The Numbers
The true number of coronavirus cases in France today is likely to be between 24,000 and 140,000.
Let me repeat that: the number of true cases in France is likely to be between one and two orders or magnitude higher than it is officially reported.
Don’t believe me?
It’s excellent, pass it along.
Breaking… “Hazard remains low”
Sophie Trudeau, the wife of Canada’s Prime Minister tests positive for coronavirus. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau now in 14-day self-isolation.
— Piya Chattopadhyay (@piya) March 13, 2020
TOTD
Trumps immune system already strangled the corona virus and created a vaccine. It's being bottled now. Some say it may be the best immune system in the galaxy.
— Ṁ (@mbs_ctt) March 12, 2020
Trudeau Self Isolating As Sophie Awaits COVID Results
I sincerely wish them well. Trudeau self-isolating as wife Sophie awaits result of COVID-19 test
Related morning updates will follow.
Juno Awards cancelled in Saskatoon.
MSM gonna MSM: They Are Rewriting the History of Coronavirus in Real Time
Viking and Princess cruises dock for two months.
@profamymcgovern — Coronavirus burial pits in Iran so vast that they’re visible from space (WaPo paywalled). Photo here.
Two days after Iran declared its first cases of the novel coronavirus — in what would become one of the largest outbreaks of the illness outside of China — evidence of unusual activity appeared at a cemetery near where the infections emerged.
At the Behesht-e Masoumeh complex in Qom, about 80 miles south of Tehran, the excavation of a new section of the graveyard began as early as Feb. 21, satellite images show, and then rapidly expanded as the virus spread. By the end of the month, two large trenches — their lengths totaling 100 yards — were visible at the site from space.
According to expert analysis, video testimony and official statements, the graves were dug to accommodate the rising number of virus victims in Qom
Glenn Reynolds has been posting daily updates, I’ll just include it in my updates instead of duplicating efforts.
Canadian cases over the first 48 days.







