Via Cosh, a (canonically) good pa-dum-PUM.

Apparently Wanda Lenius is now under investigation for murder. The Mesa, AZ police are investigating whether her husband knowingly ingested fish tank cleaner in response to the president's tweets about the promise of hydroxychloroquine as a potential remedy for COVID-19.

Though that report and others suggested the couple mindlessly followed the president's medical advice to disastrous results, friends of Gary Lenius told the Free Beacon they were skeptical he would knowingly ingest fish tank treatment.

Rather, they described Lenius as a levelheaded retired engineer and recounted a troubled marital relationship that included a previous domestic assault charge against his wife, of which she was ultimately found not guilty. The Free Beacon also reported that Wanda Lenius was a Democratic donor whose most recent contribution went to a "pro-science" super PAC.

"What bothers me about this is that Gary was a very intelligent man, a retired [mechanical] engineer who designed systems for John Deere in Waterloo, Iowa, and I really can't see the scenario where Gary would say, ‘Yes, please, I would love to drink some of that Koi fish tank cleaner,'" one of his close friends told the Free Beacon. "It just doesn't make any sense."

This is delightfully and melodically atonal.

> "It just doesn't make any sense."

We all remember Red Dress Mom at the funeral in Sixth Sense.

I just listened to the Ozone tune three times in a row. You should too. Your mind will never be the same....

I smell a Ken Burns documentary coming.

COVID-WAR DIARY: My recruiter never told me about the realities - of course he didn't. He made Wuhan sound like an exotic place. But before you knew it we were hunkered, but thankfully my roommate was a veteran of H1N1 - he saw the trouble coming.

https://twitter.com/MartiniShark/status/1255231160868909058

The Mesa, AZ police are investigating

Welcome to the party, pal!

I'm sure he's not the only one.

Joe Biden has fallen asleep listening to Hillary Clinton during his own town hall

https://twitter.com/CalebJHull/status/1255217457465303041

I think Amy retweeted someone who suggested spacing of 20 feet (outside) and 27 feet (inside). That caused me wonder if there are any actual studies regarding the correct spacing? additionally, what does central air systems bring to the problem?

The sociologist, who is a member of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group, also claimed the two-metre social distancing rule was "conjured up out of nowhere".

He said: "There's never been a scientific basis for two metres, it's kind of a rule of thumb. But it's not like there is …rigorous scientific literature that it is founded upon."

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/5532851/pub-beer-gardens-social-distance-coronavirus/

Wisconsin dad vs tornadoes. Why don't you leave the dad jokes to me?

https://youtu.be/mf7HQ-sikyA

I see I'm not the only one getting a little salty with my language because of Xi's Disease.

I was ready to ignore him, but then he did the same “Sir! Sir!” bit to an old guy who was violating arrow policy.

Having reached the age where I no longer bite my tongue in public, I said to the guy, “It is bad enough we have to put up with nonsense, we don’t need idiots like you pretending to be the police of us.” He then heroically said something about it “being about all of us” and I reminded him that the most likely way for him to end up in the hospital was to keep talking. The old guy, heroically chimed in with a vigorous “Fuck you, asshole” and a middle-finger at Cuck and Karen.

http://thezman.com/wordpress/?p=20328

He also links to this quote:

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/124952-in-my-study-of-communist-societies-i-came-to-the

This is hilarious:

[bold]"Police hunt mystery person walking streets as 17th-century plague doctor during coronavirus outbreak"[/bold]

Police in Norfolk are keen to speak to a person who has been spotted dressed up as a 17th-century plague doctor on walks during the coronavirus lockdown. The unidentified individual has been spotted in the Norwich suburb of Hellesdon wearing a long black cloak, a hat and a pointed beak-like mask in recent weeks. People posting on a community Facebook page said the outfit could frighten children, and Norfolk Police said they wanted to give "words of advice" to the person.

Why? He's breaking no laws, and he's wearing a mask!

GermFalcon uses a set of mercury lamps to bathe the airline cabin, bathrooms, and galley in ultraviolet-C light. Unlike UV-A and UV-B, that 200 to 280 nanometer wavelength doesn’t reach the surface of the Earth from the sun, because it’s strongly absorbed by nitrogen in the air. And that’s a good thing, because it’s like kryptonite to DNA. Using 100-amps from a lithium-iron-phosphate battery pack, GermFalcon’s mercury lamps’ output is so strong that the company claims the system can wipe out flu viruses from an entire narrow-body plane in about three minutes: one pass up the aisle, one pass down the aisle, and a minute for the bathrooms and galley.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/aviation/germfalcon-coronavirus-airplane-ultraviolet-sterilizer-news

Why? He's breaking no laws, and he's wearing a mask!

Ah, but he's playing merry hob with their facial rec systems. That probably is a crime. But you can find such items on Amazon, under the steam punk cosplay section.

Qualified immunity going before The Supremes?

Baxter v. Bracey. In this case, Sixth Circuit granted qualified immunity to two officers who deployed a police dog against a suspect who had already surrendered and was sitting on the ground with his hands up. The ACLU filed a cert petition back in April 2019, asking whether “the judge‐​made doctrine of qualified immunity” should “be narrowed or abolished.” Cato filed a brief in support of the petition, and we also helped to coordinate the filing of a cross‐​ideological brief. This case was originally set to be considered all the way back on October 1, 2019, but it has been rescheduled five times since then. Now, it looks like the Court is finally prepared to resolve Mr. Baxter's petition.

https://www.cato.org/blog/may-15th-supreme-court-will-finally-decide-whether-hear-cases-calling-abolition-qualified

And now, for the latest development in Alex Jones' life. (And Crid is now roiling in a rage to dwarf Armageddon that I dared mention him, someone he's never heard of and I had.)

It seems that Alex Jones is copping an insanity plea for his claim that Sandy Hook is a hoax. I must say, it's an interesting strategy, claiming he's certifiably nuts. I mean, where in the U.S.A. are you going to find 12 jurors who haven't already made up their minds about that?

https://www.statesman.com/news/20190329/alex-jones-blames-psychosis-for-sandy-hook-hoax-claim

Seems like Alec has experience.

An expert is someone who tells you why you can't do something.

Alec Issigonis (1906-1988)

On the bright side, this has made people forget that he killed a groundhog on Groundhog Day

https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1255309615883063297

The groundhog murderer has his own Downfall clip.

https://twitter.com/PunkedFakert/status/1255549923887656963

Via Cosh, a fascinating test (maybe-) breakthrough.

So, Patrick, did psychosis make Jones dox all those Sandy Hook parents? It may have been a test run to censor conservatives in general, but I'm still glad Twatter got rid of him. Good riddance, or, as that rat Jimmy Kimmel might put it, just "riddance."

And also, The Karenfuhrer strikes again!