Monkey On The Loose

 

There's a monkey on the loose in Pennsylvania and readers of this influential mind blog are urged to shelter in place or shoot the deranged beast on sight.

The crazed simian, a cynomolgus monkey, escaped from a wreck on Pennsylvania's infamous I 80 in Montour County on Friday, when a truck carrying 100 monkeys crashed into a dump truck. Four monkeys escaped and three were captured after the breakout, leaving one monkey roving loose across the Keystone State.

According to Troopers Andrea Pelachick and Lauren Lesher the monkey should not be confronted:

There is still one monkey unaccounted for, but we are asking that no one attempt to look for or capture the animal. Anyone who sees or locates the monkey is asked not to approach, attempt to catch, or come in contact with the monkey. Please call 911 immediately.

Yes, do not approach, try to catch or contact the monkey. It might very well hurt you. We know this, here at the Compound, and we pray you do too.

Make of this short parable what you will and while we're at it, guinea on the monkey and twice as fast, eh?

Bets on,

LSP

Possible Coronavirus Reported in Texas

A Texas A&M student is under observation in Brazos County after showing possible signs of the deadly coronavirus. The student had traveled to China's Wuhan province, center of the contagion, where video's emerged of overwhelmed medical facilities and people collapsing in the street.

In #Wuhan，people are collapsing on streets due to the deadly #WuhanPneumonia .
so helpless.#WuhanCoronavirus #WuhanOutbreak pic.twitter.com/X5ho3Llpcm

— 巴丢草 Badiucao (@badiucao) January 23, 2020

So far 8 cities in the province, representing 23 million people, have been quarantined and the death toll has risen to 25 persons with over 800 reportedly infected. The actual figure could be far higher, in the 1000s.

Wuhan province is home to a level 4 biolab which studies deadly pathogens and tests them on monkeys. Richard Ebright, a molecular biologist at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey notes, "They can run, they can scratch, they can bite." Think about that. Zerohedge reports here.

Cases of the virus have so far been reported in the Middle East, South East Asia, Scotland and the US. The World Health Organization has not declared a state of international emergency, yet.

Here at the Compound we predict coronavirus in Africa, which the Chinese have colonized, and recommend staying away from airports and major cities.

Cheers,

LSP 

Foreign Policy Tuesday

Instead of insightful forpol commentary that you can read all over the internet, I'll leave you with this interesting Moscow poster.

I think it's advertising some kind of film.

LSP