What's going on in Michigan?

Boy, wait till the find out they can't order a firearm on the internet and have it shipped directly to their address.

I was chatting with a friend of mine recently and the topic of gun sales came up. My friend’s father owns a gun range near me and she said he’s seen a huge amount of liberals coming in to purchase weapons in recent weeks.

How does he know they’re liberals?

“They’re shocked to discover they can’t just walk out of the store with a gun.”

https://www.redstate.com/kiradavis/2020/04/10/815520/

Wired asks a question about things that have bubbled up in my thoughts: why is 6 feet OK? why not 3, or 30? surely a gradual student can conduct the hand washing experiment? is 20 seconds the gold standard? why not 30?

THE RECENT BACK-AND-FORTH debate—and policy reversal—over the use of face masks to prevent the spread of Covid-19 reveals a glaring double standard. For some reason, we’ve been treating this one particular matter of public health differently. We don’t see op-eds that ask whether people really need to keep 6 feet away from each other on the street, as opposed to 3 feet, or that cast doubt on whether it’s such a good idea to promote bouts of handwashing that are 20 seconds long. But when it comes to covering our faces, a scholarly hyper-rigor has been applied. In recent weeks, experts have counseled caution—or rejected the use of masks by the general public outright—as they pleaded for better, more decisive evidence. Why?

https://www.wired.com/story/the-face-mask-debate-reveals-a-scientific-double-standard/

TIL about Argentinian guitarist Oscar Aleman.

I can't post a link these days, but check YouTube for 'Bailendo El Rock And Roll' - gypsy jazz plus rock and roll plus western swing violins plus scat singing, 1956.

Post-war Buenos Aires must've been a rockin' town.

So.. The lesser of two evils then?

https://twitter.com/YesThatAnna/status/1249016206738296833

Climate change has warmed up the planet so much you can grow palm trees in Brooklyn.

https://twitter.com/plasticwanker/status/1248325354063900675

Bill Maher on the Wu-flu virus:

https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1248957031559692289

What's going on in Michigan?

People in Michigan just realized there's a Karen in charge of the state.

Corona Virus Daily Thread #43

There's also a Karen in Kentucky.

Michigan:

I didn't believe this at first, but Whitmer's order does indeed require stores to shut down their gardening and planting sections.

https://twitter.com/bdomenech/status/1248735785962164225

Kentucky:

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says that if people go to mass gatherings this weekend, the state will record license plates in crowded parking lots (like churches), local health departments will order people connected with license plates to quarantine for 14 days.

https://twitter.com/RylandKY/status/1248726349444984845

Someone ought to submit the Guv's license plate for shits and giggles.

For those who like British accents:

https://twitter.com/FourEcchiTasty/status/1248666536862253056

Civilization with a cradle:

https://twitter.com/WholesomeMeme/status/1241378551737319425

A Palm Grows in Brooklyn