WSJ: COVID infectious period varies: https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-can-leave-you-infectious-after-five-or-even-10-days-11653994800 . The article notes that people can still be infectious after 10 days. We have regularly supported a 14-day quarantine period.
Shanghai reopening continues: https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-china-shanghai-1e1709988e0a2953cddeea6a684f8f3d . WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/shanghai-ready-to-exit-lockdown-as-covid-cases-drop-11654018379 .
US inspectors want authority to pursue more COVID fraud: https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-congress-government-and-politics-61b8a532ec92218e1d1b739e40564e3d . There is currently an enforcement gap for fraud valued at $150,000 to $1 million.
India’s economic growth slows: https://apnews.com/article/covid-politics-health-india-77271fb4f55b7043f18a29d76a722c0d . There is an increasing drumbeat of data suggesting a global recession. WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/inflation-weighs-on-indias-economic-growth-11654000074 .
Another correction from Uvalde police: Teacher who propped door open closed it but it did not lock: https://apnews.com/article/uvalde-school-shooting-texas-a55b3ccc5a32dce916e7d0a10d7c546e . I have reached saturation with my disgust for the Uvalde police. The course of a pinball is more reliable than the Uvalde police. Not good. But still, they have another disgusting surprise. They are no longer cooperating with the investigation of this atrocity: https://abcnews.go.com/US/uvalde-police-school-district-longer-cooperating-texas-probe/story?id=85093405 . Dear dimwits: It’s truth, justice and the American way, in that order. You once again fail your duties to others, in particular the children you failed to save. You are walking away from “serve and protect”.
WSJ: Europeans split over military aid to Ukraine: https://www.wsj.com/articles/cracks-appear-in-western-front-against-russias-war-in-ukraine-11654004651?mod=politics_lead_pos12 . But what happened to these governments promising to raise their military budgets? What clearer threat exists to their security?
WSJ: US supplying guided missile systems to Ukraine: https://www.wsj.com/articles/guided-u-s-rockets-could-double-ukraines-strike-range-11653989401 .
Kremlin denies Putin health problems: https://news.yahoo.com/putin-health-mystery-leads-to-rare-kremlin-denial-135218347.html . Right. We did look at him. So does it bother anyone else that Russian state TV regularly broadcasts Tucker Carlson?
WSJ: Two more Russian soldiers convicted of war crimes: https://www.wsj.com/articles/two-russian-soldiers-convicted-in-second-ukrainian-war-crimes-trial-11654002069 .
Georgia Democrats cross over to stuff Orange Julius’ picks: https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-georgia-campaign-2016-congress-df4fa72d2d4a1e4d9344d61c0a3d4b9e . And it’s perfectly legal in Georgia; it’s an open primary.
Shocking verdict in John Durham’s first trial: Democratic lawyer unanimously not guilty of lying to the FBI: https://news.yahoo.com/dem-lawyer-found-not-guilty-of-lying-to-fbi-over-alleged-trump-russia-link-165110293.html . Obviously, the first case you choose to prosecute in a conspiracy probe is supposed to be a slam dunk. Instead, Durham got dunked. DOJ needs to wrap this up. WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/ex-clinton-campaign-lawyer-michael-sussmann-acquitted-of-lying-to-the-fbi-11654013332 .
Meanwhile, OJ once again comments on something he obviously knows nothing about: https://thehill.com/news/3506996-trump-on-sussmann-verdict-our-country-is-going-to-hell/ . Does ANYONE think this uninformed dope knows anything about what happened here? A unanimous finding of not guilty is unusually powerful evidence that the prosecutor did not present a winning case. Also, expert legal commentators hammer Durham: https://www.rawstory.com/john-durham-loses-trump-russia/ .
New York set to raise minimum age for semiautomatic weapon purchase from 18 to 21: https://www.wsj.com/articles/after-buffalo-shooting-new-york-set-to-raise-purchase-age-for-semiautomatic-rifles-11654023401 . We recently supported raising the minimum age to 25.
Reduced article publication by major news outlets continues, and particularly for the Wall Street Journal. The Journal’s daily archive typically has 3 pages of articles throughout the week, with 1 page on Saturday and 2 or 3 pages on Sunday. However, today and yesterday’s page count was 2, and Saturday and Sunday’s page count was 1. Also, these pages are increasingly dominated by opinion articles, so that staff news reporting is declining substantially. The archive accurately reflects articles actually published. So, the Journal is unmistakably shrinking its daily news content in print form.