"Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar says she no longer believes English should be the national language of the U.S., disavowing a vote she took more than a decade ago as she tries to build support in a state where Hispanics make up a critical constituency."

"We read a lot in the news about the new Wuhan coronavirus and the illness it causes (COVID-19), but some important points often get left out."

"Summary: The Diamond Princess cruise ship is the largest controlled COVID-19 coronavirus infected population outside of China"

20% of the ship were infected over three weeks

From this, it suggests the rate of officially reported infections (largely in China) is likely too low

And 14 days might not be long enough to conclusively prevent COVID-19 transmission, from the Diamond Princess experience, although passengers have now been released

This is not the news the world would wish for.

“AIMLESS AMY KLOBUCHAR” declares “DACA ILLEGAL ALIENS ARE OUR FUTURE!” Who agrees with THAT WISDOM?

"Back in the summer of 2018, when the IMF handed Argentina an unprecedented $56 billion bailout loan, the largest in IMF history, some warned that this is a case of deja vu similar to the 2001/2002 precedent when Argentina eventually defaulted on its foreign creditors, while humiliating the IMF which had signed off on Argentina's economic policies that ended up in bankruptcy court. The IMF, however, was confident that this time would be different, and rushed - under now-ECB head Christine Lagarde - to hand to Argentina the greatest amount of money the IMF had ever disbursed to a struggling nation."

Note: About 17% of this loss is funded by the US Taxpayer if Argentina does not give the bondholders a haircut.

"1. China is fighting for its life. The death-toll or even containment is not truly visible in any numbers as yet. This will have a tremendous impact on supply lines and not only on China’s economy but all parts of the international supply chain, upstream and downstream."

The key takeaways are the last 5 paragraphs of this article.

" In this study, we evaluated the antiviral efficiency of five FAD-approved drugs including ribavirin, penciclovir, nitazoxanide, nafamostat, chloroquine and two well-known broad-spectrum antiviral drugs remdesivir (GS-5734) and favipiravir (T-705) against a clinical isolate of 2019-nCoV in vitro."

Key Takeaway: "Our findings reveal that remdesivir and chloroquine are highly effective in the control of 2019-nCoV infection in vitro. Since these compounds have been used in human patients with a safety track record and shown to be effective against various ailments, we suggest that they should be assessed in human patients suffering from the novel coronavirus disease."