So I looked at this link ready to post a line about never believing anything you read in newspaper headlines but I don't really see the problem with it? They replaced "confidence" with… (View Post)

It's probably easier to use the crisis to rig the election than postpone it. There's established constitutional precedent for this, because President Frank Underwood used a terrorism threat… (View Post)

[2/2] Where we are now is that detected cases are flat again, around 400 against a very short peak of 700. Testing is pretty weak, but it's been belatedly ramping up, and the increased number of… (View Post)

FPT OK, here goes. The story is too complicated for Western media, so they're mostly writing cultural fluff and bollocks. Here goes: Phase 1 (Feb): Cruise ship clown-shoes. Quarantine chaos, ins… (View Post)

Provided the isolation hotels aren't too grim you probably don't need the *forced* part, as most people don't want to infect their friends and families, and it's a game of average… (View Post)