Category Archives: Foreign
World Health Organization and China Relationship
The World Health Organization and China seem to have an unhealthy relationship.
That is to say, it’s sort of like a pirate to parrot relationship. China speaks and the WHO repeats:
The most notorious example came in the form of a single tweet from the WHO account on January 14: “Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus.” That same day, the Wuhan Health Commission’s public bulletindeclared, “We have not found proof for human-to-human transmission.”
Kathy Gilsinan, The Atlantic
World Health Organization and China
President Trump also has “kissing up” issues with China. For instance, on Jan 24 he had this to say:
“China has been working very hard to contain the Coronavirus. The United States greatly appreciates their efforts and transparency. It will all work out well. In particular, on behalf of the American People, I want to thank President Xi!”
Politico
Still he did restrict travel from China 5 days later – with the usual Trumpian embellishment that he did it over the objection of experts. After all, it’s not like he’s putting his name on stimulus checks. Oh wait, he is.
Anyway, last week he suspended U.S. funding for the WHO.
World Health Organization Kissing up to China
You may have heard that President Trump has credibility issues. Yesterday he called the WSJ fake news. The reason being that the editorial board suggested his briefings might benefit from a little more focus.
But he had a point on Tuesday when he ripped the World Health Organization for kissing up to China. Here’s Rich Lowry writing in Politico:
China committed unforgivable sins of commission, affirmatively lying about the outbreak and punishing doctors and disappearing journalists who told the truth, whereas the WHO committed sins of omission—it lacked independence and courage at a moment of great consequence.
In effect, China and the WHO worked together to expose the rest of the world to the virus, at the same time they downplayed its dangers
And, in mid-January, the World Health Organization claimed there was no proof of human to human transmission of the virus.
Trump Has Blood on His Hands Says Speaker Pelosi
Trump has blood on his hands. At least that’s the way Nancy Pelosi sees it.She told Jake Tapper on State of the Union that Trump “fiddled while people died.” She also wondered rhetorically, “What Trump knew and when did he know it?”
That caused the WSJ to remark on her ability to work Nero and Nixon references into the same interview.
Trump has blood on his hands
For his part, Trump declared a national emergency and imposed a travel ban on China on Jan. 31. Joe Biden called that move “Xenophobic.”
Jeffery Lord covers a timeline of impeachment and virus activity in The American Spectator. It’s titled The Impeachment That Killed Americans.
The Elian Gonzales Learn to Read Program
Five year old Elian Gonzales escaped from Cuba on a raft with his mother 20 years ago. His mother drowned but Elian made it to Miami Beach. Relatives took Elian in and cared for him. But Elian’s escape displeased Fidel Castro and became an international incident. So Attorney General Janet Reno sent him back. At gunpoint.
What’s that got to do with Bernie Sanders? Well, Bernie recently praised Castro’s Cuban literacy program. While disavowing authoritarian behavior he allowed, “I think teaching people to read is a good thing.”
Stock Market Coronavirus Crater Fear
The Dow cratered over 1,000 points on Monday. The stock market appears to have declared a Coronavirus pandemic.
Stock Market Coronavirus Crater
The girl in the picture isn’t any more real than the bull. They’re both statues. But she does have a name. It’s Fearless Girl.
