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And Prior for Wallabies 9!
Apart from anything else, he's certainly got to be one of the best two or three goal kickers in Australian rugby. Probably has been for a while.
I may have experience peak Covidiocy this morning. I tried having breakfast at a restaurant I've been to several times before, but my coffee was brought in a takeaway cup and my meal was brought in a cardboard takeaway tray with plastic cutlery.
I find it impossible to believe that anyone's...
The government's message is for people not to attend?
Well, that's rather undercut by the fact that the police have already stated that they won't be issuing any fines for those who do.
Making a demand of the public that they know will be widely ignored and that they won't enforce when it is...
I recommend people read this. It really gives a frankly scary look as to just how much power police unions wield over local governments in America, and how they just crush anyone who tries to reign them in...
Venues are allowed to operate up to only 20 patrons in some jurisdictions, and in Victoria companies are being threatened with fines if they call employees into the office.
Meanwhile, no one can cross state borders and it's going to be months before we can contemplate going to sporting events...
The tragedy is that earlier this morning, SpaceX successfully launched a NASA astronaut into space for the first time in a momentous event that should have marked the start of a new phase of space exploration and reminded all mankind of our shared humanity.
Instead, we're dealing with this crap.
This is brilliant. A resident of Illinois sued the government there over their restrictions and won. Here's a taste of the judge's summation which just beautifully sums up some of the official insanity we've seen right around the world:
Since the inception of this insanity, the following...
American states that eased their restrictions over three weeks ago have suffered no ill effects, according to the (American) ABC:
JUST IN:
@ABC
looked at 21 states that eased restrictions May 4 or earlier & found no major increase in hospitalizations, deaths or % of people testing positive...
This is interesting. Norway's public health chief has claimed that Norway could have controlled the spread just as well without lockdowns as with them, and that the rate of transmission was well on its way down before the lockdowns came into place on March 12. The key quote is here...
Not sure if I can see this idea catching on worldwide:
Of course, it's a mystery to me why anyone in Germany would go to a Burger King in the first place.