“An Industry in Freefall”: The Government Should Not Overlook the Culture Sector in Its Coronavirus Recovery
"An ecosystem as intricate and evolved as ours," argues Sonia Friedman, "is beyond price. It cannot be rebuilt from scratch."
"An ecosystem as intricate and evolved as ours," argues Sonia Friedman, "is beyond price. It cannot be rebuilt from scratch."
A new generation of locusts is hitting Africa, Pakistan and India.
"The World Health Organization, however, is unconvinced."
"... we continue to see Americans lose jobs at a pace that is far beyond anything we have ever seen before in all of U.S. history."
"The public doesn’t realize it yet, but many of the businesses that shut down over the past couple months are not coming back."
The Guardian credits this massive infusion of cash with Cuomo successfully overcoming a "spirited challenge in his bid to win New York’s 2018 Democratic primary."
"As the staggering social and economic costs of shutdown have become painfully clear, the failure of the models to accurately anticipate what would happen is raising questions about their use to justify life-altering public policies."
"A March 27, 2020 report from the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency concluded that it is possible that the new coronavirus emerged “accidentally” due to “unsafe laboratory practices.”"
"This frightening boost of capital to the surveillance state comes on top of $631 million in Centers for Disease Control funding for contact tracing tucked into the recently-passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Another $75 billion in proposed contact-tracing spending has been folded into in the House Democrats’ second stimulus bill, known as the HEROES Act."
Red-state governors threaten their own citizens with arrest if they don’t comply with contact tracing investigators — up to six months in jail in Texas!
"...discussion about the potential restructuring of their entire operation appears to have begun."
"...employers cannot go one step further and require employees to show that they are immune to COVID-19 in order to work."
"Adapt!"
Your private parts will soon be on display...
"Trump’s slash and burn policies towards China have always been fraught with inconsistencies."
"... if you keep feeding your mind endless hours of media “programming” ... all that is ahead of you is ... more anxiety, more depression and more despair."
"There is no need for questions to be answered or responsibility assumed. All that matters is that we have faith."
“The millions of casualties of a continued shutdown will be hiding in plain sight, but they will be called alcoholism, homelessness, suicide, heart attack, stroke, or kidney failure,” the letter goes on. “In youths it will be called financial instability, unemployment, despair, drug addiction, unplanned pregnancies, poverty, and abuse.”
"Even the controversial Dr. Anthony Fauci of the NIH has admitted to being “misled” by the WHO."
"... reports are surfacing of a pediatric inflammatory syndrome that many are rushing to blame on COVID-19. New York State has attributed the deaths of up to five children to the mystery ailment that, in some cases, has resulted in multisystem organ failure."
"... if you work but can’t work from home, you should speak to your employer about going back in."
"Four hundred and fifty-six people have died as a result of complications caused by the disease, with 86% of fatalities over the age of 50."
"... we’re opening our country. People want it open."
"Every time a new dollar is created, every existing dollar that you currently hold declines in value."