Ni Hao, Chinese readers! This weekend we've been inundated by visitors from Beijing and Hangzhou. We believe they're drawn here by our B is for Bats, Which Beijing Boils post. Hey, you guys over there ever notice that Xi Jinping looks a lot like Winnie the Pooh? It's True:
Oh, and thanks for the Boiled Bat Bug, Beijing.
Here in America, after the malevolence and incompetence of the Chinese Communist Party forced us into lock down, people have been thinking that we've seen the worst and it will all be over soon. This blog is guilty of that as well.
One of the huge mistakes a historian can make is to look to the past for similar examples of a current event and assuming the current event will follow the same path.
Even so, what if this isn't the end, but the beginning of a hot war with China? World War Two didn't really get going until 1940, and the Great War had a long pause after the hectic summer and autumn of 1914.
Beijing's in a lot of trouble. Rising power? Don't be fooled. China has an aging population, a huge pollution problem, and the world is waking up to what they really are. China has peaked. China will never be more powerful than it is right now. Xi Jinping and the rest of the Chinese Commie Cat Cookers know it.
The USA is off balance right now, and who knows how much of the Pacific Fleet has been hit by the Commie Kung Fu Flu. Likely? Not really. But possible. [Shrugs, holds out hands as Yidishly as he can] Five percent? There's a Bumbling Beijing Bureau hothead making the same argument over roast dog and pangolin Pecan sauce right now.
We haven't written much about the Wuhan China Virus overall because we like to deal with what we know. We think Trump is doing a fine job. We don't have an opinion about Dr. Fauci either way. We think the economy is going to have to get going a lot sooner than the quarantine fetishistic say. You're damn right we're skeptical.
This blog is generally satisfied with the March Quarantine. That is, it had to be done. But Enough. What more do these people want? You can't keep the economy shutdown for ever.
Also it looks like all those death models were wrong.
We think the Quarantine should last through this month and we should begin phasing it out in the last week. That'll mean we've spent two to three months amassing what we need and figuring out how to treat the Wuhan Virus.
We're generally optimistic about the economic future and think things will be bounding back this summer and autumn. See the idea of 'pent up demand.' For example, long time reader(s) know the Stroocks were planning another Eurotrip. Looks like we're getting the bathrooms redone instead. How many people are going to go out to dinner when the quarantine is lifted?
So in the long run we think we'll find we overestimated the find the quarantine worked, and things returned to normal a lot quicker than the doom mongers said.
Never trust an expert. Oh, and 'because people will die' isn't good enough.
New Yorkers are taught to loath the rest of the country. We know. We were one.
You know how Kentucky don't want no Hoosiers in their state, and any good LSU fan would have to think long and hard before throwing a life preserver to a drowning Alabama fan? These are intense, but friendly rivalries.
But New Yorkers mean it. They really loath the rest of the country. Civilization stops at the Hudson. We agree actually, but in reverse. Daily News columnist Jimmy Breslin used to write about 'low IQ states'. Yeah, well you're the ones who elected an incompetent commie mayor, pal. Whose got the low IQ now?
Which is why various state and local governments trying flush out New Yorkers fleeing The CCP virus is hilarious. In Cape Cod locals want the town to close the bridges. Florida state cops are checking ID at the border. The governor of Rhode Island has called out the National Guard to make door to door checks. It's like the Diary of Ann Frank in Providence.
There are 742 cases of the Chinese Wuhan Corona Virus from China in New Jersey, including 23 in Somerset County and five here in Bridgewater.
Number of announced cases here in Chindia: 0.0
Announced. We have our suspicions though. Mrs. Stroock just told us to STFU. She's right. She's always right.
Another decent day here in Casa-de-Stroock. Good academics with plenty of outside time. Having a 13 year old at home like this can be fun (set irony detectors to max).
We haven't really talked about the political implications of the Chinese Wuhan Corona Virus, but we think Trump is doing a great job on both the Wuhan China Corona Flu and the economic impact of the Chinese Corona Virus from Wuhan China.
[Come-on, when did you start supporting economic stimulus and gub'ment checks?-Ed]
I'll stimulate something for you, Bitch.
Anyway, yes, we come from that wing of the GOP that tried for 25 years to do something about runaway spending. Nobody cares. We've changed our mind about lots of things since the mid-90's. We were in our mid-20s, after all. There's an idea for a post.
As far as the debt doing us in goes, well, we've heard about that since the Reagan years and it never seems to happen. We bet nobody reading this remembers the Gramm-Rudmann Act. As the great John Nolte (PBUH) says, it's a hoax, like global warming. Remember, John Nolte is always right. So we're bailing out the banks and the public. The politics of that are great, just the best, really first rate.
There are 427 Chinese Corona Virus cases here in New Jersey including 15 in Somerset County and five deaths overall. A viral testing center is opening up at the PNC Bank Arts Center, more or less in the middle of the state. Many a concert have we seen there: Bryan Adams, Journey, Iron Maiden, George Thorogood, Def Leppard, lots of Def Leppard.
Number of announced Chinese Wuhan Virus cases here in Chindia: 0.0.
Our Italian correspondent reports that Italy is sending half a million test kits to the United States. We guess they're writing themselves off. The dead are being transported by convoys of army trucks.
Another great day here in Casa de Stroock with assignments all completed by noon and plenty of outside time. It's raining today.
We are amusing ourselves by Tweeting people who say calling the Chinese Corona Virus the Chinese Corona Virus is racist, and asking them to disclose their financial relationship with China.
Here's our latest piece at Inforos:
Last week was a tough one for the American economy, stock market, and public. Slowly, the number of Wuhan Coronavirus cases in the United States rose to more than 3,500. The New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, and S&P all had their worst weeks since the Financial Crisis of 2008. At the same time, Saudi Arabia and Russia began a petroleum-price war pushing the price of oil down to levels at which many American producers cannot compete. This week looks to be little better. Here in New Jersey, the number of Wuhan Coronavirus cases reached 178 by Monday
Click it!
There are 267 Wuhan Corona-virus cases here in New Jersey, including nine in Somerset County.
Number of announced cases here in Chindia: 0.0
Announced.
We took two of the girls to the eye doctor, which is normally packed and at least half an hour behind schedule. Yesterday we were the only one's there. Instead of waiting in the lobby we were sent to one of the exam rooms and waited there. A cute assistant sterilized the girl's glasses.
Yesterday, at five PM we were both physically and mentally tired in a way we had not been since Youngest Daughter was a baby. What is up with...oh!
It is rumored that Mayor Bill De Blasio (Communist, Nicaragua) will shut down New York City. We urge governor Murphy to have the National Guard blow up the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels, and the GWB. Never let a crisis go to waste.
Yesterday we amused ourselves by tweeting the Chinese ambassador in Washington and reminding him that he's a communist pig.
We partook of Mrs. Stroock's corned beef and cabbage. So far, so good. No gout.
We have 198 cases and three deaths here in New Jersey. Bergen County, right across the Hudson River from Manhattan, is the hottest spot with 60 cases. There are five cases in Somerset County and one in Bridgewater.
Number of announced cases here in Chindia: 0.0.
Announced.
Mrs. Stroock reports the grocery store is a madhouse. Curfews and closures are being instituted by Governor Murphy.
The homeschooling went better than we had a right to believe it would went, or go, or whatever. Morning art with background Beethoven, an episode of One Strange Rock (highly recommended), then some outside time. The classrooms went up at noon and everyone took care of their assignments A-OK.
We were able to edit one scene in Nederlandse, write one scene for the Nuke thingy and write an article for Inforos (commie bastards). Given the constraints of the situation, that ain't bad.
Mrs. Stroock is making corned beef and cabbage tonight. We think we'll partake, despite the gout.
Here in New Jersey we have 23 Chinese Coronavirus cases and one death. None yet here in Somerset County. Schools are making preparations to close and events are being postponed.
Announced Coronavirus cases here in Chindia:0.0
Announced.
Our doctor's medical group says they can test for the Wuhan Virus, but those tests are limited, so you really have to be sick.
The only items we've seen missing from shelves are Lysol wipes and the like. We've been going to the Donut and gym like normal but may stop. We have a sore foot/calf and it could use some rest, anyway.
Blogging was light yesterday because we woke up to a request for an article on Tuesday's vote.
