There Goes Another One

You bet your sweet ass my schaden is well-freuded. Maybe if this jerkwad had been willing to work for a living rather than suck his parishioners dry ...

Lee Brown / New York Post:
Virginia pastor who defiantly held church service dies of coronavirus  —  He practiced what he preached — then he died of coronavirus.  —  An evangelical pastor died of COVID-19 just weeks after proudly showing off how packed his Virginia church was — and vowing to keep preaching “unless I'm in jail or the hospital.”
Graham Gremore / Queerty:   Defiant evangelical pastor who refused to cancel church services dies of coronavirus
Sky Palma / Raw Story:   Pastor dies from coronavirus — only weeks after he defiantly held packed church service
Bil Browning / LGBTQ Nation:   Defiant pastor who kept church open despite coronavirus warnings dies a week later from COVID-19

Where's your non-existent Gawd now, death-cultist moron?

P.S.: Fuck your feelings, snowflakes!

Virus Kills Parasite

It's as if he were shot in the middle of Fifth Ave.

CNN:
Stanley Chera, New York real estate mogul and Trump friend, has died of coronavirus complications  —  New York (CNN Business) Stanley Chera, the prominent New York City real estate developer and Republican donor who co-founded Crown Acquisitions, has died of complications related to Covid-19 …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:   Longtime Trump friend Stanley Chera dies from COVID-19 complications
Lois Weiss / New York Post:   Stanley Chera, real estate mogul and friend of Trump, dead at 78 from coronavirus
Tom Porter / Business Insider Malaysia:   Stanley Chera, a New York real estate mogul and friend of Donald Trump, has died of the coronavirus
The Real Deal New York:   Stanley Chera, titan of NYC retail, dies of coronavirus

Hope there was much pain, fear & spitting of blood.

U.S. President Roosevelt Dies, Will Rogers Torpedoed

THU 12 APR 1945
United States President Roosevelt dies in Warm Springs, Georgia; Vice President Harry S. Truman succeeds to the Presidency.

Europe
Off Plymouth, England tank landing ship LST-493 sinks after running aground, 50°20'N, 04°09'W.

U.S. freighter Will Rogers, bound for Antwerp, Belgium, in convoy BB 80, is torpedoed by German submarine U-1024 30 miles southwest of Holyhead, England 53°45'N, 04°44'W. Beached off that place under her own power, the ship is repaired and returned to active service, and suffers no casualties among the merchant complement or the 27-man Armed Guard.

Pacific
In the final mining mission carried out in support of the Okinawa campaign, five USAAF B-29s mine Shimonoseki Straits.

Off Okinawa, destroyer Mannert L. Abele (DD-733) is sunk by Baka, 27°25'N, 126°59'E--she is the first U.S. Navy ship to be sunk by that type of weapon; destroyer Stanly (DD-478) is damaged by Baka, 27°12'N, 128°17'E; high speed minesweeper Jeffers (DMS-27) is damaged by Baka and kamikaze, 26°50'N, 126°35'E; kamikazes sink support landing craft LCS-33 and damage battleship Idaho (BB-42), 26°26'N, 127°32'E; battleship Tennessee (BB-43), destroyer Zellars (DD-777), destroyer escort Riddle (DE-185), 26°00'N, 128°00'E; destroyers Purdy (DD-734), 27°16'N, 127°50'E, and Cassin Young (DD-793), 27°17'N, 127°50'E; destroyer escorts Rall (DE-304), 26°36'N, 127°39'E, Walter C. Wann (DE-412), 26°17'N, 127°20'E, and Whitehurst (DE-634), 26°04'N, 127°12'E, and light minelayer Lindsey (DM-32), 26°28'N, 127°15'E; minesweeper Gladiator (AM-319) is damaged by near-miss of kamikaze, 26°05'N, 127°35'E. Friendly fire accounts for damage to battleship New Mexico (BB-40), 26°31'N, 127°37'E and destroyer Bennion (DD-662); while attack cargo ship Wyandot (AKA-92) is damaged in collision with medium landing ship LSM-312, 26°21'N, 127°44'E; tank landing ship LST-555 is damaged by grounding, 26°20'N, 127°45'E. Kamikazes also attack U.S. freighter Minot Victory, but Armed Guard gunners inflict sufficient damage on the suicider that it only strikes the ship a glancing blow and then disintegrates; there are no fatalities on board the merchantman among the 57-man merchant complement, the 27 Armed Guard sailors and nine passengers.

Submarine Chub (SS-329) is damaged by aerial bombs, Java Sea, 06°03'S, 113°56'E, but remains on patrol.

Submarine Silversides (SS-236) sinks Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Shiratori Maru east of Tanega Jima,30°45'N, 131°57'E.

British submarine HMS Stygian sinks Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Wa 104 and damages auxiliary submarine chasers Cha 104 and Cha 114 off north coast of Bali, 08°05'S, 115°06'E.

Mines sink Japanese submarine RO 64 off Kobe, Japan, 34°14'N, 132°16'E, and merchant cargo ship Minatogawa Maru off Wakamatsu.

B-24 aircraft (service and nationality unspecified) sinks Japanese ship No.2 Hakushi Maru off Badjowe, 04°33'S, 120°23'E.

Fire of undetermined origin destroys buildings and damages Finger Bay dock, Adak Island; the blaze also damages floating drydock YFD-22 and floating workshop YR-36. Gasoline tanker Ogeechee (AOG-35) is saved from further damage by escort patrol vessel PCE-895 which pulls her out into Finger Bay.

Duplicate Item

WED 11 APR 1945
Pacific
Kamikazes damage battleship Missouri (BB-63) and destroyers Bullard (DD-660) and Kidd (DD-661), 26°00'N, 130°00'E; carrier Enterprise (CV-6) (near-miss of two suiciders), 26°00'N, 128°00'E; and destroyer escort Samuel S. Miles (DE-183), 26°12'N, 127°20'E; carrier Essex (CV-9) is damaged by bomb, 26°50'N, 130°30'E; destroyer Hale (DD-642) is damaged by bomb, 26°00'N, 120°00'E; strafing accounts for damage to destroyer Hank (DD-702), 27°00'N, 130°00'E, and destroyer escort Manlove (DE-36), 26°12'N, 127°20'E; attack transport Berrien (APA-62) is damaged by collision with tank landing ship LST-808, 26°22'N, 127°43'E; friendly fire accounts for damage to destroyer Trathen (DD-530), 27°13'N, 130°15'E, and attack cargo ship Leo (AKA-60), 26°21'N, 127°43'E; tank landing ship LST-399 is damaged by grounding, 26°20'N, 127°45'E.

Submarine Parche (SS-384) sinks Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Togo Maru off Todogasaki, 38°53'N, 142°05'E.

Submarine Spadefish (SS-411) sinks Japanese auxiliary minesweeper No.17 Hinode Maru off Tokckok-Kundo, 37°13'N, 125°11'E.

RAF Liberators (203 Squadron) sink Japanese submarine chaser Ch 7 and auxiliary netlayer Agata Maru in Andaman Sea, 08°57'N, 93°38'E.

Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 215 is sunk by mine off Futaoi-Jima, Shimonoseki.

Andaman Sea
RAF Liberators (No. 203 Squadron) sink Japanese submarine chaser Ch 7 and auxiliary netlayer Agata Mary, 08°57'N, 93°38'E.

Europe
U.S. freighter Morgantown Victory, in convoy VWP 21, strays from swept channel 11 miles off Le Havre, France, 49°46'N, 00°21'E, and is damaged by mine. She is towed to safety; there are no fatalities among the ship's complement (including 14 Armed Guard sailors).

Police Terror In The Time Of Plague

No idea what was going on here, criminal activity or just people congregating; I'll guess something more than non-essential business. But what? S-E-X, gambling, unlicensed dispensary? I'd imagine the large cuffed gentleman at the left w/ the tactical vest was the security guard for whatever went on inside, which might suggest dispensing.

Fuck You In Both Of Your Lying Mouths, You Two-Faced Shitheel

When did this sack of shit leave the Cosa Nostra & get into the even more criminal fields of finance, money manipulation & trade agreements?

CNN:
Navarro publicly said Americans had ‘nothing to worry about’ while privately warning coronavirus could cost lives and dollars  —  (CNN)White House trade adviser Peter Navarro publicly said Americans had “nothing to worry about” while he privately warned the White House that the coronavirus pandemic could cost trillions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of American lives.

Navarro circulated two memos at the White House in late January and February warning that a full-blown coronavirus outbreak would leave American lives and the economy vulnerable.

But Navarro, a frequent surrogate for President Donald Trump and his administration on television, continued to present a far more optimistic message in public, CNN's KFile found after reviewing Navarro's interviews, statements and writings.

In the January 29 memo, Navarro wrote that the "increasing probability of a full-blown COVID-19 pandemic" could infect as many as 100 million Americans and kill "as many as 1-2 million souls." That same day -- in which the coronavirus task force was also formed -- Navarro made no mention of the possibility when asked a question about the impact of the coronavirus while appearing on CNBC promoting the USMCA trade agreement.
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:   BUSTED: Trump adviser Peter Navarro publicly contradicted his own dire coronavirus warnings to the White House
Atrios / Eschaton:   Everything's Alright  —  Close your eyes and relax.

Two mins. alone w/ this prevaricating prick, that's all I ask. (Well, a stick wouldn't hurt. Me.)

Good News For Modern Man: More Jesus = Fewer Worshipers

Religious War Time?

Cassandra Fairbanks / The Gateway Pundit:
Democrat Kentucky Governor Announces Plan to Record License Plates of Easter Church Goers and Force Them to Self-Quarantine for 14 Days  —  The state of Kentucky is cracking down on Easter weekend worshippers by recording the license plates of people who attend services and forcing them to “self-quarantine” for two weeks afterwards.
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Louisiana church expecting 2,000 at Easter service despite coronavirus: ‘Satan and a virus will not stop us’  —  While many churches across the nation plan to hold their Easter services online Sunday, a Louisiana pastor says his church near Baton Rouge is expecting a crowd of 2,000 …
Rich McKay / Reuters:   Some defiant U.S. churches plan Easter services, ignoring public health guidelines
Hemant Mehta / Friendly Atheist:   COVID-Defying Pastor Tony Spell Expects 2,000 People at Church on Easter Sunday
Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:   Louisiana Church Expects 2,000 for Easter Service

King Yellow has a topical tune,& I have a topical/thematic image.

Crucified not on a cross of gold, but of steel. Bent, rusted steel.

Don't let us stop you from congregating in fellowship, you fucking saps; just stay the hell away from decent people after you've infected each other.

Insurrection Begins

The first version, w/ Richard "Louie Louie" Berry talking.Now those imprisoned in assisted care facilities should rise up, if they have the strength.

"damaged by own gunfire"

TUE 10 APR 1945
Pacific
U.S. Army 27th Division, supported by Eastern Island Attack and Fire Support Group and carrier aircraft, land on Tsuken Shima off east coast of Okinawa, to begin the search for isolated pockets of Japanese troops.

Off Okinawa, destroyer Porterfield (DD-682) is damaged by own gunfire; submarine chaser SC-667 is damaged by grounding, 26°11'N, 127°57'E; motor minesweeper YMS-96 is damaged in collision with high speed minesweeper Hambleton, 26°03'N, 127°48'E.

Submarine Crevalle (SS-291) damages Japanese escort destroyer Ikuna southwest of Iki Island 33°38'N, 129°13'E.

Dutch submarine O-19 sinks Japanese merchant tanker Hosei Maru as the enemy ship proceeds from Balikpapan to Batavia, 05°30'S, 106°40'E.

Japanese merchant cargo vessel Maruko Maru is sunk by mine (laid by USAAF B-29s on 4 and 28 March) in Yangtze, 31°15'N, 121°29'E. Mines also damage Japanese destroyer Tsubaki, 58 miles off Woosung, China; gunboat Uji and transport Kotobuki Maru (ex-Italian liner Conte Verde); Coast Defense Vessel No.124 near Futaoi-Jima; Coast Defense Vessel No.156 off Mutsure Light; and minesweeper W.21 east of the mouth of the Yangtze.

The Two Americas

The answers to each of these two questions—whether someone still has a job, and whether they can do it safely—strongly predict how any given American household is faring right now. To illustrate this, Rashawn Ray, the Brookings fellow, talked me through the probable realities of people who can do their job from home and people who are currently out of work.

The former group is likely to be salaried, and can limit their trips outside the house. They may have children to look after and stress over, but, barring any health concerns, they’re doing fine. “Their job is safe, their salary and wages are safe, their mortgage and house is safe … and they’re able to go to the grocery store and load up on a whole bunch of groceries,” Ray said. Maybe they even choose to have the groceries delivered.

The latter group “is living a completely different life right now,” Ray told me. Perhaps they were already living paycheck to paycheck, but now that they’ve been laid off or furloughed, they’re not sure how they’ll be able to pay their usual expenses, let alone stock up on food and supplies. “A lot of people who don’t have money coming into the household are worried about losing their apartment or house, they’re worried about the fact that they can’t get access easily to the food they need, and now they’re sitting at home with families, with children, trying to figure out what’s happening,” Ray said.

Andrew Noymer, the public-health professor, put it more concisely: “Someone is at home wondering how he’s going to make rent and feed his family,” he said. “And someone else is wondering if they can binge-watch the first season of The Sopranos or whatever.”

[The Atlantic]

Buncha Losers. Fuck Y'All.

Ha ha ha, you stupid jerks. Did you think having a job meant something? (This reporter wised up & dropped that work crap like the bad habit it is in 2006. And he's been distancing himself from you mindless drones for many yrs. Perfectly set to avoid the outside/shit & pain world, w/ the exception of food acquisition. On the other paw, reduced intake leads to weight loss & more constant anger. Win-win, really.) Turns out you've been played for sucker-ass chumps since before you were born.

Executive Summary

• The financial impact of the coronavirus is hitting Americans hard: thirty-three percent of voters have already lost their job, been furloughed, placed on temporary leave, or had hours reduced, with 41 percent of those who’ve lost a job already reporting having trouble covering basic costs.
• Black Americans are feeling the worst of the financial crisis with almost half (45 percent) reporting they’ve lost jobs, hours, or been put on leave.
• A $1,200 check for adults and $500 for children is inadequate to cover expenses for more than a month for most voters.

Now will you wage-slaves arm yourselves & kill your wage-masters? And if not now, when?

"into the hills"

MON 9 APR 1945
Pacific
U.S. Army troops (163rd RCT) supported by three destroyers and USMC planes, land on Jolo, Sulu Archipelago, P.I. The Japanese garrison withdraws into the hills.

Twenty USAAF B-29s mine Shimonoseki Straits.

Off Okinawa, escort carrier Chenango (CVE-28) is damaged by crash of F6F (VF 25) on flight deck; kamikaze damages destroyer Sterett (DD-407), 26°47'N, 128°42'E; destroyer Porterfield (DD-682) is damaged by friendly fire, 26°34'N, 128°28'E; high speed transport Hopping (APD-51) is damaged by shore battery, 26°15'N, 127°55'E, as is tank landing ship LST-557, 26°14'N, 127°57'E; attack cargo ship Starr (AKA-67) is damaged by premature explosion of assault demolition boat, 26°20'N, 127°44'E.

Destroyers Mertz (DD-691) and Monssen (DD-798) sink Japanese submarine RO 56, 45 miles east of Okinawa, 26°09'N, 130°21'E.

Submarine Parche (SS-384) sinks Japanese minesweeper W.3 as she is escorting transport (ex-armed merchant cruiser) Ukishima Maru northeast of Sendai, 39°07'N, 141°57'E. Later, Sunfish (SS-281) attacks Ukishima Maru at the entrance to Yamada Bay, 39°30'N, 142°05'E. Although Sunfish claims damage, Ukishima Maru reaches port unscathed.

Submarine Spadefish (SS-411) damages Japanese merchant cargo ship Ritsu Maru off west coast of Korea, 37°21'N, 125°08'E. Ritsu Maru attempts to run aground to facilitate salvage, but sinks before she can accomplish her goal.

Submarine Tirante (SS-420) attacks Japanese convoy TAMO-53 in Yellow Sea, sinking army tanker Nikko Maru and damaging Coast Defense Vessel No.102, 36°50'N,123°55'E; transport (ex-seaplane carrier) Kiyokawa Maru evades Tirante and ultimately tows the damaged Coast Defense Vessel No.102 to safety.

USN land-based aircraft attack Japanese shipping in Kwangchow Bay, China, sinking cargo vessel Minko Maru, 21°26'N, 111°20'E.

Mines damage Japanese training ship (ex-armored cruiser) Izumo and fast transport T.19 off Okurokami Island.

Europe
U.S. freighter Solomon Juneau, bound for Cherbourg, France, in convoy TBC 123, is torpedoed by German midget submarine off Dungeness, England 50°53'15"N, 01°03'45"E. Of the 41-man Armed Guard, one man is blown overboard and lost; a second dies of injuries. None of the 41-man merchant complement are casualties, and the ship is towed to safety.

Thursday's Topical Tune

Badger Damaged

SUN 8 APR 1945
Pacific
Off Okinawa, destroyer Charles J. Badger (DD-657) is damaged by assault demolition boat, 26°18'N, 127°39'E; destroyer Gregory (DD-802) is damaged by kamikaze, 27°07'N, 128°39'E; motor minesweeper YMS-92 is damaged by mine, 26°12'N, 127°53'E; tank landing ship LST-939 is damaged in collision with tank landing ship LST-268, 26°22'N, 127°44'E; tank landing ship LST-940 is damaged by grounding, 26°20'N, 127°45'E.

British submarine HMS Stygian unsuccessfully attacks Japanese cargo vessel Enoshima Maru, 06°30'S, 113°08'E.

USAAF B-24 (13th Air Force) attacks Japanese auxiliary submarine chasers southeast of the Celebes, sinking Cha 101 and damaging Cha 72, 04°43'S, 122°17'E.

Mines (laid by USAAF planes) sink Japanese cargo ship No.12 Tamon Maru in Yangtze, near Shanghai, 31°16'N, 121°45'E, and damages escort destroyer Habushi ten miles below Woosung.

Between Storms

Disruption

Having to stay up until 0600 (when we've usually been asleep for an hr. or two) to hit the nearest Ralphs for Silver Shopping is about the only difference from our ordinary hiding in the bunker existence, but it is irksome none-the-fucking-less. Fortunately the bunker is fairly well stocked, on the chance that sloth or agoraphobia might overcome the desire for variety, & I'm pleased to announce that the five packages of ramen in the pantry are five more than were on the shelves at Ralphs.

Took A Few Pictures While Out

Last yr. this was a perfectly good Burger King; it was transmogrified into one of these in just a few wks.

In other real estate activity, you see the area on the right that's newly painted & has a "FOR LEASE" sign? That part of this mall burned a couple of yrs. ago. The burned part on the left seems more recent. Suspicious? We'll just add that there is footage of Korean "business owners" at this mall shooting at "looters" w/ automatic pistols during the 1992 insurrection.

In conclusion, we won't be satisfied until every last one of you rat bastards is jobless, sleeping in the open, & living on 200-ish dollars of general relief & 160-ish of S.N.A.P. dollars a month. But don't hold your breath; those are generous amounts, considering there'll be millions upon millions upon millions of you sucker-ass chumps out of work, many of you (esp. the more mature) for the rest of your lives. Those of you who won't be direct victims of the plague, that is.

Ass Wipe Round-Up

A 26-year-old Saugus man is in custody Tuesday evening for allegedly punching his mother during a fight over the family’s toilet paper supply.

Deputies were called to the residence near Plum Canyon Road and Mirabelle Lane in Saugus about 3 a.m. Monday, according to Shirley Miller of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.

The son had accused the mother of hiding the family’s toilet paper, which has become a hot commodity nationwide amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The argument escalated and he allegedly punched her, according to Miller.

The woman later told deputies she hid toilet paper from her son, adding that he uses too much, according to Miller.

Adrian Yan was arrested for suspicion of battery, Miller said. The victim declined medical treatment at the scene.

Deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station have been responding to many reports of family violence as people are crammed together in their homes during the shelter-in-place directive, according to Miller.

“It was to be expected, it’s happening everywhere,” Miller said.

Sheriff Alex Villanueva recently expressed concerns about an anticipated increase in domestic violence with families isolated together in their homes to ride out the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nota Bene: Web of Evil (& Ennui) was on the tee pee thing well before the pipsqueak producers on Chris Hayes' staff.[Local Action]

Weds. Wig-Out: Respiratory Distress W/ The Angry Samoans

"I Need Blood/I Can Barely Breathe!"

Yamato, Isuzu Sunk

SAT 7 APR 1945
Atlantic
Destroyer escort Gustafson (DE-182) sinks German submarine U-857 off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 42°22'N, 69°46'W.

U.S. freighter James W. Nesmith is torpedoed by German submarine U-1024 off Holyhead, England 53°23'N, 04°53'W; Canadian corvette HMCS Belleville tows the ship to safety, beaching her off Holyhead the next evening. There are no casualties to either the merchant complement or the 41-man Armed Guard; the ship is later repaired and returned to service.

Pacific
TF 58 (Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher) attacks Japanese First Diversion Attack Force, formed around battleship Yamato, moving through East China Sea toward Okinawa. TF 58 planes (numbering 386) sink Yamato and light cruiser Yahagi west-southwest of Kagoshima, Japan, 30°40'N, 128°03'E; destroyers Asashimo in East China Sea, 31°00'N, 128°00'E, Hamakaze and Isokaze 150 miles southwest of Nagasaki, 30°40'N, 128°03'E, and Kasumi in East China Sea, 30°57'N, 127°57'E, and damage destroyers Suzutsuki, Hatsushimo, Yukikaze, and Fuyuzuki in East China Sea, 30°40'N, 128°03'E.*

Off Okinawa, high speed minesweeper Emmons (DMS-22), irreparably damaged by five kamikazes the previous day, is scuttled by high speed minesweeper Ellyson (DMS-19); tank landing ship LST-447 sinks as the result of damage inflicted by kamikaze the previous day, 26°09'N, 127°18'E. Motor gunboat PGM-18 is sunk by mine, 26°13'N, 127°55'E; while picking up PGM-18's survivors, motor minesweeper YMS-103 is damaged by mine, 26°13'N, 127°54'E.

Also off Okinawa, kamikazes damage carrier Hancock (CV-19), 27°00'N, 130°00'E; battleship Maryland (BB-46), 26°40'N, 127°29'E; destroyers Longshaw (DD-559), 26°29'N, 127°41'E, and Bennett (DD-473), 27°16'N, 127°48'E; destroyer escort Wesson (DE-184), 26°48'N, 127°55'E; and motor minesweeper YMS-81, 26°35'N, 127°53'E; shore battery damages motor minesweeper YMS-427, 26°14'N, 127°52'E; tank landing ship LST-698 is damaged by grounding, 26°24'N, 127°45'E; tank landing ship LST-890 is damaged in collision with LST-788, 26°20'N, 127°45'E.

Submarines Gabilan (SS-252) and Charr (SS-328) sink Japanese light cruiser Isuzu, transporting troops from Koepang, Timor, to Surabaya, off Soembawa Island Celebes, N.E.I., 07°38'S, 118°09'E.

Submarine Tirante (SS-420) sinks Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Tama Maru 10 miles east of Shokokusanto, southwest of Korea, 34°35'N, 125°20'E.

Japanese fleet tanker Kamoi is sunk by aircraft, Hong Kong.

Mine laid by USAAF B-29 (20th Bomber Command) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Hatsukari Maru off Wakamatsu harbor, 33°55'N, 130°50'E.

Mine damages Japanese naval auxiliary Shinto Maru below Woosung, China.

Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser No.43 Hino Maru is damaged by aircraft, south end of Hirato Jima, near Kyushu, Japan.

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*Yamato only carries enough fuel for a one-way voyage. Plans call for the massive battleship to be beached off Okinawa to employ her 18.1-inch guns in defense of the island.

Topically Titled Tuesday Tune

If you get out of the hospital alive.

A Mere 10 Blocks Away

A 30-year-old man was killed and a 28-year-old woman critically injured in a shooting in East Hollywood Monday evening.

The shooting occurred about 8 p.m. near Beverly Boulevard and Hobart Place, according to Officer Tony Im of the Los Angeles Police Department.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, and the woman was taken to a hospital in critical condition, Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department said.

The suspect, only described as a man with dark clothing, fled the scene in an unknown direction, according to Im.

[The Usual Sources]

KAMIKAZE!!

FRI 6 APR 1945
Pacific
Japanese kamikaze onslaught against U.S. ships off Okinawa begins: destroyer Bush (DD-529) is sunk, 27°16'N, 127°48'E; four kamikazes irreparably damage destroyer Colhoun (DD-801), 27°16'N, 127°48'E, which is then scuttled by destroyer Cassin Young (DD-793). High speed minesweeper Emmons (DMS-22) is damaged by five suiciders, 26°48'N, 128°04'E; destroyer Mullany (DD-528) is damaged by two, 26°24'N, 128°10'E; as is destroyer escort Witter (DE-636), 26°04'N, 127°52'E. Other kamikazes damage destroyers Morris (DD-417), 25°55'N, 127°52'E [while high speed transport Daniel T. Griffin (APD-38) is damaged by collision with Morris as she fights fires alongside] 25°57'N, 127°57'E, Leutze (DD-481) and Newcomb (DD-586), 26°38'N, 127°28'E; Howorth (DD-592), 26°32'N, 127°40'; Haynesworth (DD-700), 26°55'N, 129°29'E; minesweepers Facility (AM-233), 26°00'N, 127°00'E; Defense (AM-317), 26°38'N, 127°31'E; and Devastator (AM-318), 26°26'N, 127°40'E; destroyer escort Fieberling (DE-640), high speed minesweeper Rodman (DMS-21), and minesweeper Ransom (AM-283), 26°48'N, 128°04'E; motor minesweepers YMS-311, 26°38'N, 127°48'E, and YMS-321, 26°00'N, 128°00'E; and tank landing ship LST-447, 26°09'N, 127°18'E. Near-misses by kamikazes damage small carrier San Jacinto (CVL-30), 26°46'N, 129°43'E, and destroyer Harrison (DD-573), 27°05'N, 129°22'E. Destroyer Hyman (DD-732) is damaged by kamikaze and torpedo, 26°45'N, 27°42'E; destroyer Taussig (DD-746) is damaged by near-miss of bombs, 27°07'N, 128°39'E; high speed minesweeper Harding (DMS-28) is damaged by horizontal bomber, 26°00'N, 127°00'E. Friendly fire accounts for damage to battleship North Carolina (BB-55), 26°41'N, 129°32'E; light cruiser Pasadena (CL-65), 27°00'N, 129°00'E; destroyer Hutchins (DD-476) [from destroyer Heywood L. Edwards (DD-663)], 26°00'N, 128°00'E; attack transport Barnett (APA-5) and attack cargo ship Leo (AKA-60), 26°21'N, 127°43'E; attack transport Audrain (APA-59), 26°22'N, 127°43'E; tank landing ships LST-241, 26°20'N, 127°45'E, and LST-1000, 26°21'N, 127°44'E; and submarine chaser PCS-1390, 26°00'N, 128°00'E. U.S. freighter Logan Victory, carrying 7,000 tons of ammunition, is irreparably damaged by kamikaze off Kerama Retto, 26°10'N, 127°16'E. Survivors are rescued by minesweeper Strategy (AM-308) and small craft; 3 (including its commander) of the 42-man Armed Guard are killed. The burning merchantman is then scuttled. U.S. freighter Hobbs Victory, also carrying ammunition, is attacked by two kamikazes northwest of Kerama Retto. Armed Guard gunners shoot down one and damage the second, but the latter manages to crash the freighter and start uncontrollable fires that lead to her abandonment, 26°05'N, 125°14'E. Minesweeper Success (AM-310) rescues survivors, transferring them later to attack transport Gosper (APA-170). Hobbs Victory explodes and sinks the following morning.

Submarine Besugo (SS-321) sinks Japanese minesweeper W.12 in Saeku Strait, N.E.I., 08°13'S, 119°14'E.

Submarine Hardhead (SS-365) again attacks unescorted Japanese convoy SASI-45, sinking merchant cargo ship Araosan Maru in Gulf of Siam, 09°37'N, 102°48'E.

USAAF B-25s on China coast shipping strike attack Japanese convoy HOMO-03, sinking Coast Defense Vessel No.1 and Coast Defense Vessel No.134 south-southwest of Amoy, 23°55'N, 117°40'E, and irreparably damaging destroyer Amatsukaze five miles east of Amoy, 24°30'N, 118°10'E; while Amatsukaze's crew manages to beach the ship at the entrance to Amoy harbor, she will perform no more wartime service.

Mines sink Japanese merchant cargo ships Koun Maru in Yangtze near Chinkiang, Kabuto Maru at 32°02'N, 119°59'E, and (laid by USAAF planes on 4 March) Hsing Yun Maru in Yangtze, near Chinkiang, 32°05'N, 119°56'E. Japanese merchant cargo ship Fushimi Maru is sunk by USAAF mine in Shimonoseki Straits, 33°59'N, 130°52'E.

Dutch Mitchells (which claim two hits) and RAAF Liberators (which claim many near misses) attack Japanese light cruiser Isuzu off Flores, N.E.I. (see 7 April).

Mediterranean
Fleet tug Moreno (ATF-87) is damaged by striking submerged object off Palermo, Sicily.

Atlantic
Fishing boat Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer unwittingly snags depth charge in its net about nine miles south-southeast of Block Island; as the charge is being raised to the surface it explodes, sinking the craft and killing three of the four-man crew. Fishing boat Mandalay rescues the sole survivor.

Ask Not ...

Rapid, If Not Instant, Karma

Achieving Herd Immunity W/ BoJo

BBC:
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson moved to intensive care as symptoms worsen  —  Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care in hospital after his coronavirus symptoms “worsened”, Downing Street has said.  —  A spokesman said he was moved on the advice of his medical team and was receiving “excellent care”.
The Daily Beast:   Coronavirus Puts Boris Johnson in Intensive Care After Symptoms Worsen
Emilio Casalicchio / Politico:   Boris Johnson runs UK from his hospital bed
Cortney O'Brien / Townhall:   Prime Minister Boris Johnson Moved to the ICU as Condition Worsens
Greg Heffer / Sky News:   Coronavirus: Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved to intensive care after condition worsens
Molly Olmstead / Slate:   British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Moved to ICU After Coronavirus Symptoms “Worsened”
Jen Kirby / Vox:   UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in intensive care as his coronavirus symptoms worsen
Boris Johnson / Al Jazeera:   UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted to intensive care unit
Rónán Duffy / TheJournal.ie:   Coronavirus: Boris Johnson ‘in good spirits’ after ‘comfortable night’ in hospital
Tyler O'Neil / PJ Media Home:   Coronavirus-Stricken Boris Johnson Rushed to ICU: What If the Worst Should Happen?
Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:   BREAKING: Boris Johnson Moved to ICU as Coronavirus Condition “Has Worsened”
Alex Nitzberg / Just The News:   British PM Boris Johnson moved to intensive care as coronavirus infection worsens
Vanessa Romo / NPR:   U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson In Intensive Care Unit Due To COVID-19
РБК:   Забол евшег о COVID-19 Б …
Annabelle Timsit / Quartz:   What Boris Johnson's absence could mean for the UK's coronavirus response
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in intensive care after coronavirus symptoms worsen  — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to intensive care as his coronavirus symptoms worsened, according to a statement from the government.  — Johnson was conscious when he was transferred to the ICU around 7 p.m. GMT.
Hunter DeRensis / The National Interest:   Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, in ICU Thanks to Coronavirus
Associated Press:
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved to intensive care
Sarah D. / Twitchy:   BREAKING: UK PM Boris Johnson COVID19 condition ‘has worsened’ and he has been moved to the ICU

Is there a word stronger than schadenfreude?

Note well the amount of coverage Posh Trump is getting. Will it take the death of some well-known, powerful & "important" schmuck like bottle-blonde Boris to wake people up? Should people even be awakened? After all, fewer humanoids = greater planetary sustainability.

Japanese Cabinet Resigns

THU 5 APR 1945
Pacific
Naval Advanced Air Base, Iwo Jima, is established.

In Japan, the cabinet of Premier Koiso Kuniaki resigns; Admiral Suzuki Kantaro becomes Prime Minister.

Submarine Besugo (SS-321) twice attacks Japanese light cruiser Isuzu in the Flores Sea (see 6-7 April).

Boarding party from submarine Bluegill (SS-242) completes destruction of beached and abandoned fleet tanker Honan Maru (see 28 March) with demolition charges and incendiaries, near Nha Trang, French Indochina.

Off Okinawa, battleship Nevada (BB-36) is damaged by shore battery, 26°13'N, 127°40'E; a dud aerial torpedo damages light minelayer Harry F. Bauer (DM-26), 26°30'N, 127°30'E. Collisions account for damage to seaplane tender (destroyer) Thornton (AVD-11) and oiler Escalante (AO-70), 24°24'N, 128°58'E; landing craft repair ship Agenor (ARL-3) and tank landing ship LST-646, 24°46'N, 141°19'E; tank landing ships LST-273 and LST-810, 26°25'N, 127°42'E; tank landing ship LST-923 (with tank landing ship LST-20); tank landing ship LST-940 [with attack cargo ship Diphda (AKA-59)], 26°21'N, 127°43'E; and tank landing ship LST-1000 (with tank landing ship LST-20), 26°21'N, 127°44'E; tank landing ship LST-698 is damaged by grounding, 26°24'N, 127°45'E.

U.S. shore battery sinks Japanese auxiliary minelayer No.2 Shinto Maru and damages auxiliary minelayer Taian Maru in Naha Harbor, Okinawa, 26°30'N, 128°00'E.

Destroyer Hudson (DD-475) sinks Japanese submarine RO 41 west of Okinawa, near Kerama Retto, 26°22'N, 126°30'E.

Submarine Hardhead (SS-365) attacks unescorted Japanese convoy SASI-45, damaging cargo ship Araosan Maru in the Gulf of Siam, 09°37'N, 102°48'E (see 6 April).

PBMs attack Japanese convoy, sinking merchant cargo ship No.2 Tokai Maru in Pinghai Wan, 22°45'N, 116°10'E; USAAF B-24s, B-26s, and P-38s (5th Air Force) attack same convoy, sinking cargo ship Kine Maru, 22°24'N, 115°28'E.

USAAF B-24s (Far East Air Force) bomb Japanese shipping at Hong Kong, damaging Coast Defense Vessel No.52 and Coast Defense Vessel No.1, submarine chasers Ch 9 andCh 20, 22°45'N, 116°10'E, and fleet oiler Kamoi.

Mine laid by USAAF B-29 (20th Bomber Command) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship No.13 Nichinan Maru two miles southeast of Hesaki Light, 33°58'N, 131°02'E,. Cargo ship Iki Maru is damaged by mine, 33°54'N, 130°53'E.

Japanese cargo ship Jozan Maru is damaged by mine, 01°23'N, 104°01'E.

Atlantic
U.S. tanker Atlantic States is torpedoed by German submarine U-857 off Cape Cod, 42°07'N, 70°00'42"W; there are no casualties to either the merchant crew or the 12-man Armed Guard. Auxiliary Guinevere (IX-67) rescues the crew (with the exception of five men, including the Armed Guard officer, who remain on board to keep the ship trimmed) while destroyer escort Richard S. Bull (DE-402) stands by to render assistance. Later, old tug Wandank (ATO-26), assisted by rescue tugs ATR-14 and ATR-89, tow the damaged ship to Boston where she is repaired.

Today's Topical Tune

"Diseases" - Michigan & Smiley

Air War In Europe!

WED 4 APR 1945
Europe USAAF heavy bombers (939 strong) pound airfields and landing grounds in northern Germany, as well as munitions plant near Ulzen. U-boat yards at Hamburg andKiel are also bombed, resulting in the destruction of submarines U-237, U-749, and U-3003.

Pacific
Off Okinawa, high speed transport Dickerson (APD-21), irreparably damaged by kamikaze on 2 April 1945, is towed out to sea and scuttled by salvage crew off Kerama Retto; infantry landing craft LCI-82 is sunk by assault demolition boat; destroyer Norman Scott (DD-690) is damaged in collision with oiler Cimarron (AO-22), 23°46'N, 129°25'E; kamikaze damages destroyer Wilson (DD-408) off southern end of Kerama Retto; destroyer Sproston (DD-577) is damaged by near-miss by bomb, 26°30'N, 127°30'E. Oiler Cowanesque (AO-79) is damaged in storm; medium landing ship LSM-12 founders in heavy weather. Groundings account for damage to tank landing ships LST-70, LST-624, LST-675, and LST-756, 26°21'N, 127°45'E; LST-166, LST-689, and LST-736, 26°20'N, 127°45'E; LST-343, 26°00'N, 128°00'E; LST-570, 26°21'N, 127°44'E, and LST-781, 26°23'N, 127°44'E. Tank landing ship LST-399 is damaged in collision with salvage vessel Gear (ARS-34), 26°20'N, 127°45'E.

Japanese escort vessel Mokuto is sunk by USAAF mine laid by B-29 (20th Bomber Command) in Shimonoseki Strait, 33°53'N, 131°03'E. Japanese merchant cargo ship Hozan Maru is sunk by mine, 33°45'N, 131°44'E. Submarines RO 64, 34°14'N, 132°16'E, and RO 67, 34°00'N, 133°00'E, are damaged by USAAF B-29-sown mines in the Inland Sea.* Japanese guardboat No.12 Kotoshiro Maru is sunk by U.S. aircraft off Torishima, 30°00'N, 140°00'E.

USAAF B-24s (Far East Air Force) bomb Japanese shipping at Mako, Pescadores, sinking merchant tanker No.2 Kinyu Maru and cargo vessel Horei Maru, 23°32'N, 119°34'E.

Japanese ship No.1 Manyu Maru is sunk by aircraft off Tajin Island.

Japanese hospital ship Arimasan Maru is damaged by mine, while en route to Singapore.

British submarine HMS Spark attacks Japanese light cruiser Isuzu without success, in the Flores Sea (see 5-7 April).

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*RO 67 is ultimately decommissioned 20 July 1945 and used as a pontoon at Sasebo.

Corpse Report: Dead Bodies Piled Up In Mounds …

Associated Press:
Where will the bodies go?  Morgues plan as virus grows  —  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — There are the new dead. And then there are the bodies waiting in overcrowded mortuaries to be buried as cities struggle to meet demand and families wrestle with rules on social distancing that make the usual funeral rituals impossible.

Because when the smack begins to flow
I really don't care anymore
About all the Jim-Jims in this town
And all the politicians making crazy sounds
And everybody putting everybody else down
And all the dead bodies piled up in mounds …

Pile 'em high & deep.

Aircraft Sink Ships

TUE 3 APR 1945
Europe
Over 700 USAAF heavy bombers attack U-boat yards at Kiel, Germany, destroying submarines U-1221, U-2542, and U-3505.

Pacific
Nine USAAF B-29s mine the waters off Kure and Hiroshima, Japan.

Off Okinawa, escort carrier Wake Island (CVE-65) is damaged by near-miss of kamikaze, 26°05'N, 128°57'E, as is high speed minesweeper Hambleton (DMS-20), 27°00'N, 127°00'E; a kamikaze damages tank landing ship LST-599, 26°10'N, 127°16'E; tank landing ship LST-554 is damaged by storm, 26°20'N, 127°45'E.

Motor minesweeper YMS-71 is sunk by mine off Sanga Sanga, 04°59'N, 119°47'E.

TF 58 planes sink Japanese guardboat No.1 Taijin Maru and damage guardboat No.2 Hosei Maru southeast of Japan, 30°00'N, 137°30'E; and sink cargo ship Imari Maru off southwestern Kyushu, 33°45'N, 129°42'E. Coast Defense Vessel No.32 is damaged at 31°51'N, 124°47'E.

USAAF B-24s (Far East Air Force) bomb Japanese shipping in Hong Kong harbor, sinking cargo vessels Heikai Maru and Shozan Maru, and damaging escort vessel Manju, 22°17'N, 114°10'E.

USN land-based planes sink Japanese tanker No.30 Nanshin Maru (the only surviving ship of the ill-starred convoy HI-88-I) (see 20-21 March) in Nha Trang Bay, French Indochina, 12°15'N, 109°10'E.

"It Begins"

Christina Capatides / CBS News:
“Shoot them dead”: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte orders police and military to kill citizens who defy coronavirus lockdown  —  In the Philippines, the 57 million residents of the country's main island, Luzon, are under strict lockdown orders to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Despite that, many in a Manila slum took to the streets Wednesday to protest a lack of supplies, arguing they had not received any food packs since the lockdown started two weeks ago.

The local government refutes those claims and clashed with protestors, ultimately arresting 20 people who refused to return home.

FLASH REPORT: Mga residente ng Sitio San Roque na nag-rally dahil sa umano'y kakulangan ng relief packs sa QC, pinag-aaresto na ng QCPD | via @dzrh5 Val Gonzales #DZRHat80 #COVID19Alert pic.twitter.com/kIdPZlalz8

— DZRH NEWS (@dzrhnews) April 1, 2020

Later that night, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took to the airwaves with a chilling warning for his citizens: Defy the lockdown orders again and the police will shoot you dead.

"I will not hesitate. My orders are to the police and military, as well as village officials, if there is any trouble, or occasions where there's violence and your lives are in danger, shoot them dead," he said in a mix of Filipino and English in the televised address. "Do not intimidate the government. Do not challenge the government. You will lose."

This sort of order is not out of character for the controversial leader, who is notoriously accused of presiding over extrajudicial killings of suspected drug dealers at the hands of police for years. Nevertheless, it marks a chilling escalation in the global fight against COVID-19.

According to Johns Hopkins, the Philippines has 2,633 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 107 deaths – significantly less than some other countries of comparable size.

So far, actions taken by authoritarian governments have proven most effective in stemming the spread of the virus – asking citizens to sacrifice privacy and some of their freedoms in exchange for public health.

Poland is making quarantined citizens use a selfie app to prove they're staying inside. Singapore is using Bluetooth signals between cellphones to keep track of who people come into contact with.

But Duterte's threat may be the boldest. "I will not hesitate my soldiers to shoot you," Duterte said in forceful tones Wednesday. "I will not hesitate to order the police to arrest and detain you. Now, if you are detained, I will leave it up to you to find food."

On Thursday, as often happens after Duterte makes these sorts of inflammatory public remarks, Filipino officials rushed to insist that the president was simply using hyperbole to communicate the gravity of the situation.

"Probably the president just overemphasized on implementing the law in this time of crisis," Philippine National Police Chief Archie Gamboa said, adding that officers understood that they were not actually being instructed to kill troublemakers.

Chickenshit-in-Chief Trump hasn't the intestinal fortitude to say that sort of thing, but there are a few R. goobernators
I wouldn't put it past, especially if the unruly weren't Gawd-fearing mega-church attendees.

One Less Worry

Deposited pension check via credit union's mobile app, avoiding a long bus trip w/ the diseased masses, or an approximately 47-blk. (one way) walk*. And at an ungodly hr., as they've returned to bankers' hrs. for the duration. Damned robot didn't like the first shot of the check, either.

Still worry/wondering: Now that I can stay up all night, should I, & then go to Shopping For The Wretched at Ralphs at 0700? I really need some aspirin for this fever.

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*Using Googly-Eyed Maps to see exactly how long a walk it would have been, we noted many of the business establishments along Wilshire Blvd. have "Temporarily closed " or "Takeout and delivery available" tags attached. Business ('Specially restaurants.) What a fucking joke. The whole thing a house of cards that falls the moment it's breathed upon.

P-51s Do Damage

MON 2 APR 1945
Pacific
Preceded by USMC air strikes (First Marine Aircraft Wing), Army 163rd RCT (Reinforced) of the 41st Division, supported by three destroyers, land on Sanga Sanga, Sulu Archipelago, P.I., without encountering any resistance. Filipino guerrillas had cleared the island the month before.

Ten USAAF B-29s mine the waters off Kure and Hiroshima, Japan.

Off Okinawa, destroyer Franks (DD-554) is damaged in collision with battleship New Jersey (BB-62), 25°49'N, 130°01'E; destroyer Prichett (DD-561), by bomb, 27°17'N, 127°51'E; destroyer Borie (DD-704), by collision with carrier Essex (CV-9), 23°36'N, 131°40'E; and destroyer escort Foreman (DE-633), by bomb, 26°10'N, 127°11'E. Kamikazes damage attack transports Henrico (APA-45), 25°59'N, 127°17'E, and Goodhue (APA-107) and Telfair (APA-210), 25°56'N, 127°17'E; attack cargo ships Achernar (AKA-53), 26°07'N, 127°45'E, and Tyrrell (AKA-80), 26°21'N, 127°45'E; and high speed transport Dickerson (APD-21). Attack transport Chilton (APA-38) is damaged by near-miss of kamikaze, 25°59'N, 127°17'E; attack cargo ship Lacerta (AKA-29) is damaged by friendly fire, 26°21'N, 127°43'E.

TG 58.4 planes sink Japanese Coast Defense Vessel No.186, fast transport T.17, and landing ship T.145, and damage submarine chaser Ch 49 and landing ship T.146, near Amami-Oshima, 28°07'N, 129°09'E

Destroyer Shaw (DD-373) is damaged by grounding, Leyte, P.I., 09°36'N, 123°53'E.

Submarine Hardhead (SS-365) lays mines off Cape Camau, French Indochina.

Submarine Sea Devil (SS-400) attacks Japanese convoy TAMO-51 in the central Yellow Sea, sinking auxiliary vessel Edogawa Maru, army cargo ship Nisshin Maru, and merchant cargo ship Daijo Maru, 34°18'N, 124°04'E, and damaging merchant cargo ship Yamaji Maru, 34°02'N, 124°00'E.

British submarine HMS Stygian sinks Japanese coaster south of Kangean Island 07°02'S, 115°32'E.

USAAF P-51s damage Japanese river gunboat Katata at Shanghai.

USAAF aircraft sink small Japanese cargo vessel No.1 Taisei Maru off Cape St. Jacques, French Indochina, 10°10'N, 106°35'E.

USAAF B-24s bomb Japanese shipping at Hong Kong, sinking merchant cargo ship Yokai Maru.

All The Poop On The Toilet Paper Shortage

Not un-interesting examination of the markets & distribution systems of the tee pee & other industries.

While toilet paper is an extreme case, similar dynamics are likely to temporarily disrupt supplies of other goods, too — even if no one’s hoarding or panic-buying. The CEO of a fruit and vegetable supplier told NPR’s Weekend Edition that schools and restaurants are canceling their banana orders, while grocery stores are selling out and want more. The problem is that the bananas he sells to schools and restaurants are “petite” and sold loose in boxes of 150, whereas grocery store bananas are larger and sold in bunches. Beer companies face a similar challenge converting commercial keg sales to retail cans and bottles.

I'd never given it much thought but I noticed the individually wrapped rolls in the (allegedly stolen) cartons in this B.H.P.D. photo

Toilet paper found inside stolen SUV. (Beverly Hills police)

& realized there were differences beyond ply.

Talk to anyone in the industry, and they’ll tell you the toilet paper made for the commercial market is a fundamentally different product from the toilet paper you buy in the store. It comes in huge rolls, too big to fit on most home dispensers. The paper itself is thinner and more utilitarian. It comes individually wrapped and is shipped on huge pallets, rather than in brightly branded packs of six or 12.

“Not only is it not the same product, but it often doesn’t come from the same mills,” added Jim Luke, a professor of economics at Lansing Community College, who once worked as head of planning for a wholesale paper distributor. “So for instance, Procter & Gamble [which owns Charmin] is huge in the retail consumer market. But it doesn’t play in the institutional market at all.”

And guess who's a big player in bogrolling: Koch's Georgia-Pacific. Your corporate masters have you by both ends.

New York Is A Summer Festival*

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N.Y.C. Death Toll Tops 1,500 as Cuomo Warns on Ventilators ...

www.nytimes.com › nyregion › coronavirus-new-york-update

40 mins ago - Deaths in New York State: 2,373, up 432 from 1,941 on Wednesday. New York now accounts for 42 percent of the 5,708 virus-related deaths in ...

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Death To All Parasites & Viruses!

The L.A. Times asks:

Are you a landlord whose tenants can’t pay rent because of coronavirus?

We answer, GO FUCK YOURSELVES, LANDLORD SCUM!!!!!!!!!

UPDATE: L.A.’S CITY COUNCIL WATERED DOWN A MOTION THAT PROTECTS RENTERS AFFECTED BY CORONAVIRUS. OVER HALF OF THEM ARE LANDLORDS.

Say, there's a big fucking surprise. Die, pigs.

Clean Hands ...

Sandra the orangutang started washing her hands because she saw all the zookeepers doing it repeatedly during the COVID-19 crisis.
Wash your hands.
Be more like Sandra.🌎❤️🧼🌎 pic.twitter.com/t8TTizDGeD

— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) April 1, 2020

Guess Who's Dead: Can't Tell In Italy

Wall Street Journal:
Italy's Coronavirus Death Toll Is Far Higher Than Reported  —  Many are dying uncounted as nation's stretched health-care system struggles to save the living and accurately gauge human cost  —  MILAN—In the town of Coccaglio, an hour's drive east of here, the local nursing home lost over a third of its residents in March.

Actualités Of Okinawa Invasion; War Crime Committed

APRIL

SUN 1 APR 1945
Pacific

Marines and Army troops land on Okinawa, Ryukyus, under cover of heavy naval gunfire and aircraft, in Operation ICEBERG. The operation is under the overall command of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, Commander Fifth Fleet. Vice Admiral Richmond K. Turner commands the Joint Expeditionary Force; the troops are commanded by Lieutenant General Simon B. Buckner, USA. Off Okinawa, kamikazes damage battleship West Virginia (BB-48), 26°20'N, 127°40'E; attack transports Hinsdale (APA-120) and Alpine (APA-92), 26°20'N, 127°41'E, and tank landing ship LST-884; battleship Tennessee (BB-43) is damaged by shell fragments (possibly friendly fire); Japanese dive bombers damage destroyer Prichett (DD-561), 26°38'N, 127°25'E, and minesweeper Skirmish (AM-303), 26°33'N, 127°33'E; horizontal bomber damages attack transport Elmore (APA-42), 26°20'N, 127°41'E; destroyer escort Vammen (DE-644) is damaged by explosion of undetermined origin (possibly depth charge dropped by Japanese assault demolition boat), 26°18'N, 127°29'E. Infantry landing craft (mortar) LCI(M)-807 is damaged by own mortar explosion; medium landing ship LSM-192 by operational casualty. British ships are not immune from the breath of the "divine wind" as a kamikaze damages British fleet carrier HMS Indefatigable; destroyer HMS Ulster is damaged by bomb.

In the third of six mine drops carried out in support of ICEBERG, six USAAF B-29s mine the waters off Kure, Japan. Mines sink merchant cargo ship Karikawa Maru off Tsushima, and damage escort vessel Inagi southeast of Hesaki, and auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 226 in Kii Channel, Japan, 30°04'N, 130°54'E.

Army troops (158th RCT) are landed near Legaspi, southern Luzon, under cover of naval gunfire and USAAF aircraft. After the troops encounter only token opposition at the beaches, considerable opposition develops inland.

Submarine Queenfish (SS-393) inadvertently sinks Japanese relief ship Awa Maru in Formosa Straits, 25°25'N, 120°07'E. Awa Maru, a cartel ship, is carrying Red Cross supplies earmarked for distribution to Allied POWs in Singapore. Guaranteed safe conduct by the U.S. government, Awa Maru is properly marked and lighted, but Queenfish's commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander Charles E. Loughlin, does not discern the markings in the foggy weather in which his boat encounters the enemy vessel. Loughlin is relieved of his command for the mistake, and is court-martialed.

B-24s (Far East Air Force) bomb Japanese shipping at Keelung, irreparably damaging Taiga Maru.

No Comment

Beverly Hills police find 192 rolls of toilet paper inside stolen SUV https://t.co/e9ahBoev6E #NoComment

— M. Bouffant (@MBouffant) April 1, 2020

"Bags" II

Bags

Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
Pentagon Seeking 100,000 Body Bags for Civilians in Virus Crisis  — FEMA request sent to Pentagon as civilian casualties mount — White House has warned as many as 200,000 Americans could die  —  The Pentagon is seeking to provide as many as 100,000 military-style body bags

Can't wait until the only vehicles on the streets are ambulances & hearses/refrigerator trucks packed w/ bodies headed for the crematoria/burn pits.