From The Hill:

New York City has released 900 inmates in response to coronavirus pandemic

New York City has released 900 inmates to avoid the risk of coronavirus spreading in the city’s jails, Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) said Tuesday.

De Blasio made the announcement at a press briefing while reporting that a second member of New York City’s corrections department had died from the disease.

So ten Jews get together and de Blasio will shut down the Synagogue permanently, but loot a CVS and you are entitled to a get out of jail free pass.

No wonder people are trying to escape that concrete shithole.

Update:

As goes New York, goes California.

California to release 3,500 inmates early as coronavirus spreads inside prisons

California is granting early release to 3,500 inmates in an effort to reduce crowding as coronavirus infections begin spreading through the state prison system.

Lawyers for Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday told a panel of federal judges the state is taking “extraordinary and unprecedented protective measures” to slow the spread of the virus and protect those who live and work within California’s 35 prisons. The accelerated prison discharges — affecting inmates due to be released over the next 60 days — come in the face of pressure to do much more.

Hooray, infected criminals are being let loose onto the streets of LA.

I can just feel the health and safety of uninfected law-abiding citizens being prioritized.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a statewide stay-at-home order Wednesday as federal and local pressure mounted for him to abandon the county-by-county approach he had implemented.

DeSantis told reporters that he is issuing the order after consulting with President Donald Trump and White House advisers, who have said that Americans need to stay home throughout April.

DeSantis’ move came hours after the U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Jerome Adams, said on NBC’s “Today” show that he would tell DeSantis that the federal guidelines for social distancing should be viewed as “a national stay-at-home order.”

Florida Gov. DeSantis issues statewide stay-at-home order

It was coming. I only have one item left in the list to get: Gasoline for the generator.

“Gasoline, Miguel? Why?”

Because in 60 days we begin Hurricane season and I have no idea what will happen between today and November (end of the season.) So, I better hit while I am ahead.

See you guys in a bit

From NBC News:

Informal discussions begin on 9/11-style commission on coronavirus response
The “preliminary” talks about a look at the response are taking place mostly among Democrats for now.

Informal discussions have begun on Capitol Hill about the possibility of creating a panel to scrutinize the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic that would be modeled on the commission that investigated the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, according to four people familiar with the discussions.

They described the discussions as “very preliminary” and involving mostly congressional Democrats.

If this is true, then I suspect that the Democrats believe that Trump will win reelection and they are setting the stage for a second term Trump impeachment based on what they claim was an inadequate response to the Coronavirus outbreak.

Here is the problem.  It seems that much of inaction came from the Democrats and media.  Miquel noted earlier, you can’t memory hole the anti-Trump media headlines from January and February.

If this goes down, the Democrats will try and prove that Trump needs to be impeached for the Coronavirus outbreak that was caused by Democrats not acting just to be contrary to Trump.

Essentially the “it’s Trump’s fault I fell down on my job” defense of the mayor of New Orleans will be the articles of indictment against Trump.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell blames Trump for her not canceling Mardi Gras: "When it’s not taken seriously at the federal level. It’s very difficult to transcend down to the local level in making these decisions." pic.twitter.com/JF1VgNsJHB

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 26, 2020

They can try but I don’t think that the American people who put up with a first impeachment over bullshit will put up with a second.  Especially since while the first impeachment was over some minutia of the law and foreign policy that a lot of people really didn’t understand, this evidence against this one is widely available and plain as day.

Impeaching Trump because NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio told people to go to a Chinese parade to spite the false accusation of Trump’s racism will not fly with the American people, at all.

I doubt that such an attempt will end well for them or this country as a whole.

I don’t think I have seen such desperate attempts to avoid responsibility since Pontius Pilate was doing the 20 second hand-washing thing back in Judea a couple of millennia ago.

And here is Maer:

And here is the collection of a fraction of headlines by many media outlets (including big names) advising people Corona Virus was not deadly.

They are trying to staple the blame on Trump for political purposes, but also they are afraid of payback.

As they should.

And deserve.

Savage Update: J. Kb. sent me this just now:

SUPERCUT!

Dems give really terrible Coronavirus advice pic.twitter.com/j9pTJr5Lw5

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) April 1, 2020

Police in Johnstown, Pa., said shots were fired at a local Sheetz gas station during a dispute that began with a man coughing and not covering his mouth last weekend.

The suspect, Guillermo Alvarez, allegedly fired into an occupied vehicle Saturday, prompting the driver, William Sauro, to drive home from the scene and call 911, a local NBC affiliate reported.

Officers arrested Alvarez, who dropped the gun when told to, and found that he did not have a concealed carry permit.
…
Surveillance video shows Alvarez stopping at the front door of the building, looking back at Sauro in his vehicle and appearing to converse with him. The footage eventually shows Sauro striking Alvarez with his vehicle, at which point Alvarez pulled out the gun.

Pennsylvania man opened fire after confrontation over coughing without covering mouth: report

Echoing some of the campaigns from World Word II I have to ask, Was that confrontation necessary? And specially in times like we are having where tension is ratcheted so high and people lose their minds because our collective fuse is about a millimeter long.

Don’t be a Dick and avoid exchanging “dickness” with other Dicks. Your goal is not to win the argument but to sleep in your bed that night. Your self esteem should be adult enough to withstand some dumb comments and insults thrown your way.

Words Don’t Hurt. Hollow Points Do.
Lawyer Fees Hurt.
Felony Sentences Hurt.
Be smart.

Your number one philosophy for personal security should be a life long commitment to avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation.

Avoidance: The act of avoiding or keeping away from (Three Stupid Rule.) If you can safely retreat from the encounter, by all means do so. For instance, if you are out for a walk and feel threatened or intimidated by an occupant of a car, you should retreat in the opposite direction that the car is traveling.

Deterrence: The act of discouraging someone from taking hostile action against you by being aware of them and their possible intent.

De-escalation: The act of decreasing in intensity. To not let your ego or emotions get the best of you, to refrain from escalating the problem into more than it already is. As a CCW you may need to back down from non-life threatening, argumentative encounters in order to not allow things to spiral out of control.
When these things do not work, then and only then may you need to show or use the gun. Just because we are carrying does not mean that we need to use the gun. You want to do whatever is reasonably possible to avoid using the gun. But when your well researched, well thought out “line in the sand” has been crossed you need to act without hesitation.

Roger Phillip.

Hat Tip Mark C.

When Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx were showing and talking about the projections and showing the graphics, they repeated several times that they were based in what happened in Italy. No mention whatsoever of China data.

I guess the distrust about the Chinese and the “information” they shared is too big to bet American lives in it.

Good for them.