BREXIT MUTATES

 yo!.. pear shaped innit!

as we speak..

here in palookaville..

things are changing fast..

LOCKED DOWN AND LOCKED OUT

don't panic..

it's only the flu..

thank fuck El Duce is on his way out..

because we need real leadership here..

DEAL OR NO DEAL

the euro union has pulled the plug..

the airports are closing..

the Chunnel is shutting..

freight is stoping..

roads are blocking..

people are opening presents early..

and on the railway platforms..

the msm are up in arms..

how can they cancel Christmas?.

and happy a hanukkah to yous all..

THAT WAS THE BREXIT THAT WAS

a new strain of the Brexit virus..

has come out of the south east..

and infected London and all the pubs..

time has been called on Christmas festivities..

and we must all stay home and watch tv..

except for the panic buying..

THIS IS AN EMERGENCY POST

we must all now got to bed..

to lie awake..

and dream of Christmas past..

to be continued....

GRAB THE GAMES BY THE TROPHY

yo!.. going for gold... innit!

in palookaville..

the virus games.. 

are going well..

some of the coaches..

are getting over exited..

Trump says US topping world virus cases is 'badge of honour'

 

The US has 1.5 million coronavirus cases and nearly 92,000 deaths, 

according to Johns Hopkins University.

In second place is Russia..

with nearly 300,000 confirmed cases.

 

COMING UP

what do we get if we win?

re-start the hyper bole..

the man in the white house mask..

TROUBLE WITH BIG PHARMA

yo!.. follow the money... innit!

in palookaville..

they will stiff you..

if you let em..

IN BED WITH BIG PHARMA

We Found and Tested 47 Old Drugs That Might Treat the Coronavirus: Results Show Promising Leads and a Whole New Way to Fight COVID-19

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Yves Smith

Yves here.

 It is disturbing to watch the push to con the public into seeing remdesivir..

as the only promising treatment for coronavirus..

Please circulate this post widely..

to inform people you know that..

established, lower cost drugs also show promise.

GET SMART

read the full article

NEVER TRUST THE MSM

these comments from the article on naked capitalism -

1. divadab May 2, 2020 at 4:39 am

    

   Remdesivir news stories on the MSM!
   
   How promising! Fauci calls it “the standard of care” for Covid-19!
   
   How corrupt.
   
   Flipping coordinated marketing campaign, as you say Yves,
   
    a “con”, what a damn gang of gangsters..
   
   occupy power positions in the imperial parasite.
   
   Incidentally, on the topic of greedy gangsters, in Canada, when interest rates went down, peoples’ HELOC credit line rates went down in lockstep – from 4.95% to 3.45%. Did this happen in the US of A? Not so much, from my experience – what have others seen?
   

   Reply ↓

    

    
2. Brooklin Bridge May 2, 2020 at 6:19 am

   I feel bad for the people who are currently dependent on those drugs. If one or more are successful in human trials, will the price not go through the roof (after what ever shenanigans to get and/or enforce a patent are implemented of course)?
   

   Reply ↓

    

    
3. FedUpPleb May 2, 2020 at 6:55 am

   I would just like to point out the depressing reality that the researchers involved in this, and potentially the sites that report on it and in theory even nature magazine, all stand to have their social media accounts closed by tech platforms and search results delisted for spreading what is deemed by by officialdom/commentariat-consensus to be ‘misinformation’.
   Big tech breakup when?
   

   Reply ↓

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

yo!.. slick gone sick... innit!

in palookaville..

everybody knows..

when you find yourself..

in a hole..

stop drillin..

NOW HEAR THIS

“There is a backlog and a wall of crude..

that the market just can’t look beyond..

as global storage hubs fill up,"..

“Tankers filled with oil floating in the ocean with no place to go..

and producers cutting but not fast enough..

to overcome the most significant..

demand destruction event in the history of the globe,” 

brought on by efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

“The carnage to oil production will be felt for decades..

 and yet in the short term..

it is all about the current glut of supply,”

 Flynn said.


THIS IS THE CAPTAIN OF YOUR SHIP

This is the captain of your ship, your heart speakin'

we're stuck in a great big slick..

the boat's leakin'

And if you haven't guessed

This is an SOS

If you still want to save her..

you just have to stop your drillin..

You're going to lose a good thing

You got to let it know that you need it
You got to let it know that you get it
You got to let them know that you..

don't need no oil now

You got to let it know that you need oil
You got to let us know that you get it
You got to let us know that you're..

gonna save oil now

This is the captain of your ship, the don calling..

You'd better turn yourself around, an quit stalling
You're running off your course..

You've got your signals crossed..

And now the compass points to lost


You're going to lose a real big thing

coming up..

crude jokes..

brooding chickens.. 

giant : the makeover

THE WORLD ISN'T WORKING

yo!.. a great leveller... innit!

in palookaville today..

a great plague has come..

and sucked away the sea..

and all around were swimming naked..

world leaders..

with their bezzels hanging out..

WORLD VIRUS II

since the last world virus..

we have made it to the moon..

we have put ourselves online..

we have home delivery..

of whatevva..

ARTIFICIAL DUMBNESS

we have created a world equality..

everybody is now equally dumb..

and the virus..

is now available to all..

ALL FOOLS ARE EQUAL

but some are more equal than others..

because of the..

all pervasive..

stupidity..

every continent..

and practically every country..

is in the grip of this thing..

there are some with better scores..

but these are few..

and far between..

DUMB AN DUMBER

it was dumb to let it get out..

and it was even dumber to let it get in.. 

it was dumb to have no plan..

and even dumber to have no kit..

LEADERSHIP : THE SHIP THAT NEVER SAILED

the dumb..

lead by donkeys..

are floundering..

in a sea of sickness..

A NEW WORLD PLAN

is needed..

for it is clear that plan has yet to be formulated..

it's not like it wasn't expected..

it has happened before..

but the new world stupid..

has prevented progress..

ARE ALL WORLD LEADERS DUMB?

well some are definitely..

dumber than others..

but no one will admit..

to their mistakes..

as party loyalty and national pride prevail..

 

IT'S A ONE WORLD VIRUS

with a one world solution..

but not a one world approach..

and some will fair worse than others..

PUT AWAY CHILDISH THINGS

all your horses and all your men..

are ineffective here..

CO-OPERATION NOT CONTAMINATION

make a new plan stan..

get off the quay lee..

stay off the bus gus..

don't let the virus free

COMING UP

the road to palookaville..

how AD changed my life..

how much is that virus in the window?..

OIL SHOCKER : update one

yo!.. grapes o rath... innit!

in palookaville today..

SHOCK AN AWE

evva body shock at alla jobs gone..

evva body shock atta drop in pmi..

evva body shock at public debt surge..

it's awsum said boris johnson..

just another patient..

like any ordinary palooka..

BANK OF ENGLAND RAID

computers atta bank..

be raided..

to allow for increased numbers..

those scuzzy bastards..

came the cry from forex traders..

who are pissed at alla currencies fallin at once..

it's lak oil times ..

said one flummoxed trader..

USE OF A.D. IDENTIFIED

artificial dumbness..

is being blamed..

for the failure to prepare..

as thousands of airplanes..

carrying the virus..

from china..

and eventually..

the whole wide world..

were welcomed to heathrow..

where the virus spewed out into the whole economy..

ITTA CLUSTA FUCK

said one treasury minister..

who shall remain blameless..

COCK UP AN LOCK UP

the luckdown is losin..

anna breakin bad..

is gainin ground..

the crowd are gettin restless..

the queen is in the counting house..

counting out the money..

the economy in the dog house..

feelin kinda funny..

I'M SHOCKED THAT YOU'RE SHOCKED


Oil prices fell under severe pressure and went negative..

That could be a magnified version of what..

we’re about to see for the rest of the U.S. economy.  
 Source: CNN
 

BOLLOCKS CALLED

from slope of hope blog -

By Tim Knight - 8 hours ago (23, Apr 2020 6:11:54 PM)

As of this writing at 5:56 p.m. EST on April 23, 2020…
 this lowest price the continuous WTI oil contract..
(ticker symbol /cl, the true front month contract prices only)
has traded during the year 2020 is $6.50..
I will include a screenshot from thinkorswim with this post.
So there you have it.
The truth about “zero” and “negative” oil..
It both did, but really DID NOT happen.
Call it a paradox, an enigma, a rip in the space time continuum..
that even three Starship Enterprises couldn’t fix.

I’ll call it what it really was:
Another blatant episode of misreporting by people who are paid to know better,..

GOOD CALL TIM

now back to the oil shocker..

what did we think would happen?

shudda stopped them airplanes pdq..

took the hit in time..

save nine... 

innit!

COMING UP

clots ta blame..

it's all in the blood pressure..

form a new clan stan..

THE VIRUS ROADSHOW

yo! ... blast from the past... innit!

beautiful, fragrant..

fiona bruce..

hosts the famous palookaville..

antiques show..

this week live from..

the nightingale hospital..

our hostess..

is regaled in the finest bin liners and rags..

only to be expected..

here in palookaville..

FIRST UP

an old virus from the second world war..

the audience loves these old ..

military yarns..

seems like..

100 years ago..

that this old virus..

played it's merry games..

in a very tired post war..

population..

The Spanish flu, also known as the 1918 flu pandemic..

was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic..

Lasting from January 1918 to December 1920..

it infected 500 million people..

about a third of the world's population at the time.^[2]

 The death toll is estimated to have been anywhere from..

17 million to 50 million, and possibly as high as 100 million..

making it one of the deadliest pandemics in human history.^[3]

of course..

things were different then..

they didn't have our..

modern equipment..

excellent ppe..

computer simulations..

virus modelling..

infection tracking..

infection detectives..

ta test an trace..

those poor souls..

carryin the plague..

these days..

with our great leap forwards..

to modern times..

we have the virus..

fully under control..

we know all there is to know..

all about it..

we own this little fucker..

BASIC BETTER BEST

here on..

the antique virus show..

we have experts..

who can tell..

which countries..

are winning the games..

some are best practice economies..

test and trace, formal quarantine, full ppe..

some are simply..

better than others..

you know..

fewer infections, fewer deaths..

less economic damage, less heart ache..

and of course..

some are basic..

and we all know which ones these are..

A PRICE MUST BE IDENTIFIED

for that is the point of the show..

so fiona..

what is the cost of each countries games?

well.. what do the audience think?..

what about you little boy..

" I stuck my finger in the dyke"

great!

and what about you madame?

I think that..

the british and american games are the basic..

the german and new zealand games are better..

an taiwan is the best..

SO FAR SO BAD

here on the antique virus game show..

we like ta go out with a bang..

something really expensive..

that will get the viewers cheering..

and increase the ratings..

 so what is this week's most expensive mistake?

COMING UP

 no big drama..

antiques roadshow removed from air..

all filming cancelled..

a spokes person for the bbc says..

too many happy people..

close together in a public space..

too many smiling faces..

we felt it would only..

depress the viewers..

who are having..

to stay at home and watch..

pictures of the life they used to have..

and can now no longer look forward to..

HEY HEY RONA

yo!... the beat goes on ... innit!

 TempusFugit -

"Numerous comments in this thread about..

who deserves to be “bashed”..

and whose reported data is to be believed..

all of which ignores two essential facts about the Coronavirus narrative..

(1) 

Even the “truthful” data being put out by responsible/credible governments..

tells less than the whole story..

It helps to track trends and build sentiment..

but if you were to take a guess at how many people in, say, the US..

 have been infected up to now you could be out by a factor of five or even 10..

so any extrapolations from reported numbers are at best educated guesses..

As discussion of the origin of the virus or potential treatments has amply demonstrated..

covid-ology is still an imprecise science.

(2)

 The Coronavirus crisis has demonstrated the existence of a yawning leadership gap..

across virtually the entire globe..

Not only in the BRIC countries..

where each leader’s response to the emerging crisis..

has been egregious in its own way..

but also in so-called advanced democracies..

There’s little point rehearsing Trump’s imbecile mishandling of the situation here..

you couldn’t make it up..

yet it is in the process of hardening into an historical fact..

Boris Johnson got it seriously wrong too..

and no amount of bonding with the NHS..

over his recovery from the illness will..

divert attention from that when it comes to the post mortem..

Abe and Macron have lost all credibility with their respective voters at this stage..

Only a select few countries..

South Korea, Austria, Germany..

seem to have got it right..

And however much Trump’s attack on the WHO is to be deplored..

it seems that (a) it’s response in the emerging stages of the disease..

was highly coloured by political considerations..

when it should have been putting the world on red alert..

and (b) the organization charged with ensuring the health of humanity..

did not have a plan in place for how to organize..

a concerted response to an emerging pandemic..

or if it did it has yet to see the light of day..

But the point anyway at this stage..

is surely that everyone on this planet should be focused..

on doing what is necessary..

to get the spread of the disease under control..

so that we can all return to our “normal” lives..

whatever that may mean in the future..

Finger wagging, blaming and bashing are a worthless waste of energy..

There’ll be plenty of time for a reckoning in due course."


PORK SPAMMED

njbr

 

..the state is working with Tyson to test employees at facilities in Columbus Junction and Waterloo..

 

 and to trace their connections to others to identify community spread..

Testing was completed Friday in Columbus Junction..

 

where Tyson officials said..

 

two workers had died following an outbreak where at least 148 workers have been infected..

 

The plant has been closed since April 6 but the company hopes to reopen it next week.

Reynolds said 2,700 tests were sent to the Waterloo plant..

 

and they will be processed at a state laboratory over the weekend..

The outbreak at the Waterloo plant comes amid similar problems..

 

that have forced the closure of meat processing plants across the country..

 

including a pork plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota..

 

where hundreds of workers have tested positive..

 

a beef plant in Greeley, Colorado..

 

where at least two workers have died..

 

and several meat plants in Pennsylvania..

 

where many workers are ill..

On Friday, Tyson announced four workers had died at a poultry plant..

 

in Georgia after being infected with the coronavirus..

Also Friday, there were 19 reported cases of the coronavirus..

 

identified at a large JBS pork plant in Worthington, Minnesota..

 

according to the union that represents most of the 2,000 workers at the facility..

 

State health officials said seven cases have been confirmed and the number is expected to rise..

 

The plant remains open.

marg54

"Your president is going to have blood on his hands..

 

for his thirst to put money and his re election before lives..

 

We can only watch what he is doing with shock and horror from Australia..

 

Our hearts go out to all Americans"

njbr

 

"WSJ...More than 160 South Koreans have tested positive a second time for the coronavirus..

 

a development that suggests the disease..

 

may have a longer shelf life than expected"

njbr

 

TOKYO (AP) — "Hospitals in Japan are increasingly turning away sick people..

 

as the country struggles with surging coronavirus infections..

 

and its emergency medical system collapses.

In one recent case, an ambulance carrying a man with a fever..

 

and difficulty breathing was rejected by 80 hospitals..

 

and forced to search for hours..

 

for a hospital in downtown Tokyo that would treat him..

 

Another feverish man finally reached a hospital..

 

after paramedics unsuccessfully contacted 40 clinics.

The Japanese Association for Acute Medicine..

 

and the Japanese Society for Emergency Medicine..

 

say many hospital emergency rooms are refusing to treat people..

 

including those suffering strokes, heart attacks and external injuries."

YOU HAVE ONE NEW MISSED MESSAGE

yo!... virus callin... innit!

calls are cummin in..

ta unlock the lock down..

in palookaville..

nobody likes to..

spend time with..

the family..

their kids..

no one wants to breath..

the new fresh air..

listen to the new silence..

they are getting fed up..

of..

THE VIRUS GAMES

simple cyrus says..

put your hands in the air..

an shake them all about..

this will make my message spread..

especially when you shout..

WE CAME HERE TO PLAY

we've also come to stay..

NEW COVID 20 

if you wish..

ta end the games..

you will have to..

do what you have so far..

disasterously refused to do..

prepare.. prepare..prepare..

test.. test.. test..

trace.. trace.. trace..

quarantine seriously..

not by self..

pay sick pay..

stop travelling..

masks and visors for all..


FORTY SHADES OF GREEN


In Ireland, we consume a great deal of British media.

This means that we’ve been watching..

with growing despair and grief..

 British news reports chronicling a national disaster..

But for weeks now, long before the death rate accelerated..

we’ve been watching and reading your reports with a queasy feeling..

We knew of the measures and plans the Irish government was putting in place to protect us..

and we knew how far..

your government was slipping behind.

When our taoiseach was..

closing our schools and universities,

your prime minister was still telling you to wash your hands..

When our government cancelled St Patrick’s Day celebrations..

 yours allowed the Cheltenham Festival to go ahead..

a potentially massive multi-day super-spreading event of over 250,000 people..

 The contrast was disorientating..

Nowhere was the dissonance more marked than on the weekend before St Patrick’s day..

By that point..

Ireland had banned indoor gatherings of more than 100 people..

but had stopped short of closing the pubs..

A video showing revellers in Temple Bar went viral..

a public outcry ensued; #closethepubs trended on Irish Twitter..

the minister for health commented..

and voluntary pub closures..

began the following morning..


I DRANK IN PETEY LAWLER'S WHILE BILLY STUART SANG

Alone all alone by the wave-washed strand
And alone in a crowded hall

 
The hall it is gay and the waves they are grand
But my heart is not here at all
It flies far away by night and by day

 To the times and the joys that are gone
But I never will forget the sweet maiden I met
In the valley near Slieve Na Mban

coming up..

NEW COVID 21

LAME DUCK PRESIDENT

STATE OF THE UNION

THREE STRIKES AND YOU'RE OUT

CYRUS : THE HAPPY VIRUS

yo! ... host with the most... innit!

well hello..

palookaville..

jus wanna say..

how y'all doin..

so happy to be here..

with y'all tonight..

me an the wife..

we've travelled the world ..

to be here with ya..

in your very own..

throats

TIME TO TOAST THE HOST

we'd lak ta thank y'all..

fo hostin these..

virus games

MAN WE WAS NOWHERE

we was jus chillin out..

slummin it..

with the other animals..

in a wet market..

in china..

ALONG CUMMA VIPER

and bingo..

we was reinvigorated..

an movin an shakin..

innna..

local human throats..

for ya knew it..

we was outta there..

an traveling the world..

by airplane..

first class.. innit!

THE HELPING HAND

we all wanna thank all you..

palookas..

fo the many..

helping hands..

you have shaken..

to help us all spred..

could not have got..

where we are now..

without you..

PARTY TIME AGAIN

we love ta party..

cos you love ta party..

we love ta boogie..

on saturday nights..

wanna thank alla politicos..

fo turnin..

a blind eye..

fo not buyin..

all those pesky..

masks and visors..

PPE shit..

that stuff really sucks..

if y'all had been..

in full PPE kit..

the virus games..

could never have been played..

DEEP THROAT

we love ta live..

in yo throats..

we gets ta eat better..

an drink better..

an the sex is wonderful..

we could not have found..

a better partner..

for these games..

y'all jus love ..

ta travel..

an hug an kiss..

and sing..

an shout..

this all has..

happened so very fast..

CLIMATE CHANGE

no need ta thank us..

for the cleaner air..

the empty roads..

the fall in greenhouse..

emissions..

the fall in crime..

the time off work..

or the wall ta wall..

binge sets..

y'all..

love ta watch..

IT'S BEEN A BALL

the virus games..

are out playing..

all other sports..

tv ratings..

are through the roof..

it ain't a stretch..

ta say..

we have brought the whole world..

to a standstill..

Man we was lonely
Yes we was lonely

 
And we was hard pressed to find a smile

 
Man we was lonely
Yes we was lonely

 
But now were fine all the while

FAULT LINES

yo!... not me... innit!

here in palookaville...

we ain't bigots...

if the facts change...

we change our mind..

AS GOOD AS WE GET

we can only read up an...

try ta make sense..

the real truth..

is hard ta find..

NOT THE FED

there see..

that wasn't so hard..

was it?

from tim duy 

Tim Duy's Fed Watch

The Federal Reserve wants to kill your recession call.

Look, I understand, in the finance and economics world we are used to a crisis being about us. 

But, this time it isn’t about us, as least not directly. 

This was as pure a shock to the national and global economies as one could imagine. 

One little tiny thing – you can’t even see it! – blew it all up overnight.

Unlike the last two cycles, the shock did not originate in the financial sector and spill over into the real economy. 

It originated in the real economy and spilled over into the financial sector. 

Neither is built to accept this level of damage. 

Just like I can’t blame my iPhone for shattering if I drop it from the roof of a ten-story building, I can’t blame anyone for what is happening in the economy. 

The phone isn’t made for that, just as the economy isn’t made to not be put to work.

From a macroeconomic perspective, there is no moral imperative to assign blame. 

There is no moral imperative to root out bad actors. 

There is no moral imperative to “punish” someone in the pursuit of “creative destruction.” 

In this situation, there is simply no reason to think that the activities that of 150 million people – our friends and neighbors– were just six weeks ago seriously misaligned.

The only moral imperative is holding together the economy so that those 150 million can resume their lives as quickly as possible.

The only moral imperative is working to prevent another...

15 million people from losing their jobs.

OUR FAULT THEN

Renowned conservationist and activist Dr Jane Goodall..

is hoping the coronavirus pandemic will be a wake-up call..

warning the crisis is a result of human disregard..

for nature and animals.

 Dr Goodall said we should have known a pandemic-like coronavirus was coming..

because other viruses..

such as SARS and HIV..

also jumped the species barrier from animals..

Both SARS and COVID-19 are types of coronavirus 

and have been traced to live animal markets..

or wet markets..

in China.

But Dr Goodall said the loss of animal habitat..

and intensive farming are part of the problem..

making it easier for viruses to spread from one animal to another..

and then to humans.

"We have to learn to think differently about how we interact with the natural world,"

 she said..

"And one of the problem..

is that as more and more forests have disappeared,..

so animals themselves have come in closer contact with each other..

"Most of these viruses that jumped to us have come through an intermediary..

So there's a reservoir host..

like a bat and in [the case of COVID-19]..

it's thought to have jumped into a pangolin..

and then into us."

Dr Goodall equates the human disregard for nature..

as also the root cause of..

climate change. 

DENIAL

so

If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.

we saw this comin..

we did nothing to prepare..

ok grounding all airplanes..

would have been a bit unpopular..

ta say the least..

but it would have stopped the virus travelling abroad 

and the airplanes are grounded now..

anyway.. 

we

did not lock down the social world..

but it is now locked down..

anyway..

we did not order..

PPE..

more medical staff..

more beds..  

more mortuaries..

we did not warn..

the old..

the sick..

the vulnerable..

SWEET FUCK ALL

yes..

sfa

SEND NOT TO KNOW FOR WHOSE FAULT THIS WAS

we voted these people into office..

the buck stops with them..

but..

also with us..

you get the government you..

deserve..

also

we get alpha shits..

 who are not even elected..

who grab power..

at times just like this..

and other times like this..

in days gone by..

THE TRUTH IS NOT WHAT IT WAS

coming up..

the big yellow virus..

come wait with me..

the world wide wait..

desperately seeking  symptoms..