US experts dispute re-opening plans: https://news.yahoo.com/its-embarrassing-if-we-repeat-our-pandemic-mistakes-doctor-says-of-new-covid-roadmap-170559007.html . So, prepare for embarrassment. Politics has shaped the pandemic globally, and not in a good way.
Vietnamese pangolins carry COVID-like viruses: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2022-03-11/vietnamese-pangolins-carry-covid-like-coronavirus . The pandemic continues to give us sentences unimaginable and unintelligible 3 years ago.
China locks down Changchun’s 9 million residents as it refuses to reconsider the Zero COVID approach: https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-china-changchun-fbe63032924a44e4f7874d0bf0a2988f . So one thing has become painfully obvious. Authoritarian leaders make really stupid decisions and then lock into them in the face of actual results. This of course applies to Putin, Xi and Orange Julius.
WSJ: Texas vigilante abortion law protected by state Supreme Court: https://www.wsj.com/articles/court-ruling-deals-near-final-blow-to-suit-challenging-texas-abortion-law-11647031457 .
WSJ: CVS ousts executives of handling of sexual harassment complaints: https://www.wsj.com/articles/cvs-ousts-executives-after-internal-probe-vows-to-overhaul-how-it-handles-sexual-harassment-complaints-11647024845 .
Low pay and disrespect caused majority of “Great Resignation”: https://www.usnews.com/news/economy/articles/2022-03-09/pew-survey-low-pay-and-being-treated-bad-not-covid-drove-great-resignation-in-2021 .
President Biden leads US allies in revoking Russia’s most favored nation status: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-biden-business-european-union-europe-d86084ccec8d2ef338ed5a0432c34a1b . WSJ: More: https://www.usnews.com/news/economy/articles/2022-03-09/pew-survey-low-pay-and-being-treated-bad-not-covid-drove-great-resignation-in-2021 .
WSJ: Sanctions make Russia “North Korea on the Volga”: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-west-economic-war-plan-against-putin-sanction-ukraine-russia-banks-oil-gas-ruble-central-11647032502 . More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-ukraine-sanctions-11645819467 .
Russian logistics tragicomedy in Ukraine continues: https://www.aol.com/news/ukraines-army-vastly-outgunned-inflicts-211426869.html . Remember, Kyiv and Kharkiv are barely across the Russian border. So how can you possibly screw up logistics this near to your own territory?
WSJ: Third Russian general killed in Ukraine: https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-airstrikes-intensify-in-western-ukraine-11646994808 .
Ukraine displays captured Russian pilots: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/captured-russian-pilot-says-he-was-ordered-to-hit-civilian-targets/ar-AAUW8cp?li=BBnb7Kz . But this could violate the Geneva Convention.
WSJ: Ukrainian refugees exceed 2.5 million: https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-refugees-war-11646758280 . The ultimate estimate of 2.5 million refugees continues to look sound.
Syrian supporters of Putin to join Russia’s Ukraine invasion force: https://www.aol.com/news/putin-says-volunteers-welcome-help-083636317-104857810.html . So apparently Putin wants Syrian war criminals to assist his demoralized troops. Recall that chemical weapons attacks occurred in Syria.
The Ukraine invasion will lead to additional disruption of the supply chain: https://news.yahoo.com/russia-ukraine-war-supply-chain-impact-analyst-140648027.html .
ABC’s Jonathan Karl calls out “Rhymes With Tucker” Carlson over repeated “plagiarism” of Putin’s absurd propaganda: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/abc-newss-jonathan-karl-accuses-tucker-carlson-of-plagiarism-of-vladimir-putin-083636066.html . So does Fox really not get the import of Russia broadcasting “Rhymes With” on Russian state TV?
WSJ: China’s position on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine gets more complicated: https://www.wsj.com/articles/under-new-scrutiny-chinas-nuclear-pledge-to-ukraine-11647007200 .
Texas judge blocks Greg Abbott’s war on transgender children: https://apnews.com/article/health-greg-abbott-texas-child-abuse-bad82efbb182e59030eaf9c4ca7cd3f8 . WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-judge-halts-state-order-on-transgender-adolescents-11647050162 . GOP lunacy reaches new heights. Before, the GOP argued that masks in schools were the parent’s decision, not the province of government. Now Abbott and his corrupt Attorney General argue that parents in consultation with medical professionals not only cannot make the recommended decision for their child, they are committing child abuse by doing so. But this ridiculous nonsense inflames the uneducated, angry jerks who apparently constitute a significant part of the Texas electorate.
Mike Pence drifts farther away from reality: https://news.yahoo.com/mike-pence-knocks-trump-and-lays-the-groundwork-for-possible-presidential-run-212200455.html . However, even in the multiverse, there is no universe where Mike “Hang ‘em High” Pence wins the GOP nomination, let alone the presidential election. His most impressive performance was with the fly, and the fly won. But I love any dissension that emerges in the Land of Fruitcakes that is the 2022 GOP.