Notes From All Over, Part 1 -- March 17, 2020

Old news, from Reuters, December 20, 2019: Exxon wins climate change lawsuit, as cases over global warming proliferate.

New news: one wonders who "they're" going to sue over coronavirus?

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The Shopping Page

Update: a reader says the Aussies have a solution (see comments). 

These are for my quarantined elderly neighbor who lives next door on a fixed income. Certainly I wouldn't be [caught] hoarding.

It was pretty funny. I was shopping with our oldest granddaughter. The sign said that for all paper products, there was a limit of two per transaction. My granddaughter who follows rules to the letter, said that meant I had to return one package of toilet paper if I was going to buy a roll of paper towels, sort of "mix 'n match" in reverse. I said, "No, it means a limit of two for same items. So two packages of toilet paper and two rolls of paper towels would be allowed."

I finally had to ask. And yes, the cart in the photo was allowed to go through.

I did note that a Texas Ranger was taking down my license plate number.

Seriously, we were one of only two folks buying toilet paper at that time. That suggests the toilet paper shortage is coming to an end in some areas of the country. We did note, and I'm being serious here, there seems to be a developing shortage of beef for grilling.

Remember: this is Texas.

So, is major league baseball going to be canceled for the entire 2020 season? Three and half months since the first coronavirus case was reported in China, they are still reporting new cases and new deaths in China.

In addition, in a sign of being a good neighbor, China has expelled American journalists working for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Washington Post from China. This is to protect American journalists from coronavirus, a key to ensuring the very survival of a free and honest press. [I don't have a subscription to The New York Times, and I can never access their full articles -- except in stories like this. In stories like this, The New York Times will ensure widest dissemination. LOL.]