Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Walmart CEO pleads for people to stop stockpiling toilet paper
Walmart's CEO, Doug McMillon, said on a recent NBC "Today Show" televised segment that his company sold enough toilet paper in five days for every man, woman and child to have a roll. The Depression had its run on banks. Guess the modern day equivalent, coronavirus style, is a run on toilet paper. Published April 10, 2020
World Health Organization, on North Korea, embarrasses itself
North Korea reported earlier this week that despite testing, and amid quarantining, not one confirmed case of the coronavirus has been found. Not one. This, despite the fact that North Korea's border countries, South Korea and China, have been hit hard by the virus. And the World Health Organization goes -- yep, that's right. Published April 10, 2020
America, on coronavirus crisis: Fight now or forever hold the peace
Wake the freak up, America. Wake up and smell the crisis that's being used and not wasted. It's time to punch back on the prognosticators by insisting pols, pundits, the press and members of the medical community provide information that's truthful, in context, and -- how about this -- common sense. Published April 9, 2020
Anthony Fauci sets stage for mandatory — lucrative! — vaccine
"Vaccines are miracles," said Pedro Alonso, the director for the Institute for Global Health of Barcelona, and another stakeholder in the "Decade of Vaccines" program. Yes. And for certain folk, certain insider folk, vaccines are also great economic and political investments. Published April 8, 2020
Coronavirus and the killing of critical thinking
Here's a question to conservatives who believe, without question, all the ghastly predictions of doom and gloom being poured from the mouths of medical experts and globalists and the like: If this were the Barack Obama administration, would your coronavirus views remain the same? Published April 7, 2020
Franklin Graham on coronavirus crisis: ‘Man has turned his back on God’
Christian evangelist Franklin Graham, during an appearance with Judge Jeanine Pirro on Fox News, responded to a question about "why" -- why God would let the coronavirus crisis occur -- with this brief explanation: "This is a result of a fallen world." And he's right, of course. Published April 6, 2020
Coronavirus is not Pearl Harbor and saying so is idiotic
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said at a recent briefing that on the coronavirus outbreak, America was poised to hit "our Pearl Harbor moment." No, we are not. And saying so is irresponsibly inflammatory -- not to mention horribly disrespectful to the real victims and the loved ones of the victims of Pearl Harbor. Published April 6, 2020
America the humbled, America the crumbled
Just a few weeks ago, America's economy was chugging along, high school seniors were prepping for graduation, fitness clubs were rolling out their spring specials and Americans were starting to discuss their summer travel plans. Now? Now it's a different world. America, post-coronavirus, will never be the same. Published April 4, 2020
Candace Owens casts eyes on political run
Candace Owens, conservative commentator, said in an exclusive interview with Glenn Beck of The Blaze that she's set her sights on a run for political office. Get yer tickets fer the big fight now, boyz. Published April 3, 2020
Donald Trump’s kryptonite: Coronavirus
President Donald Trump is a germaphobe. Everybody knows it; it's a well-reported claim the president himself has confirmed. This puts him in a vulnerable leadership spot on coronavirus outbreak. How could it not? Published April 3, 2020
Anthony Fauci goes nuts
Anthony Fauci, the medical professional at the eye of the coronavirus storm, has just come out and said the federal government should issue a national order for all Americans to stay home, stay inside, stay put. Is he nuts? Let's rephrase: He's nuts. Published April 3, 2020
Bill Gates and his coronavirus conflicts of interest
Billionaire Bill Gates just called for a complete and utter shutdown and quarantining of the entire nation, saying the spottiness of some states doing it and some states not has put all in coronavirus jeopardy. This -- from the guy who's poised to make some cool millions on coronavirus-related market matters. Published April 2, 2020
Beat China Act a sure prescription for America’s health
Rep. Chip Roy said on "Fox & Friends" that America needs to take back its prescription drug business from China but quick. And honestly, if this coronavirus has any positives to offer at all, it's this: the shedding of light on the tragedy called Farming Out America's Medicine Manufacturing To China. Published April 1, 2020
Serbia’s coronavirus crackdown and a warning for America
In Belgrade, Serbia, soldiers are out and about, patrolling with machine guns, seeking to stop anyone on the street who has dared violate a presidential declaration of emergency and nationwide lockdown -- all due to the coronavirus outbreak. This is drastic times 10. And in America, a pastor was just arrested for holding church service. Published April 1, 2020
Coronavirus crisis driving Americans to God: Poll
A new poll from Pew Research Center says that coronavirus has brought believers to their knees like never before -- in prayer -- and that 15% of Americans who say they never or seldom pray, have begun praying, while 24% of those say they're without religion, have nonetheless turned to God. Published March 31, 2020
Atheist professor says he’ll believe in God — if the coronavirus kills Donald Trump
A professor at Texas Tech University suggested in an email that he'd renounce his atheism if -- get this -- President Donald Trump were to die from the coronavirus. And that right there is a solid reason to take the estimated $27,000 in-state or $39,000 out-of-state costs per year to attend this school and spend the money elsewhere. Published March 31, 2020
Nancy Pelosi, the real coronavirus fiddler
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi went on "State of the Union" on CNN and railed against President Donald Trump for -- her word -- fiddling around while people died of the new coronavirus. The only fiddler here is Pelosi. Published March 31, 2020
Coronavirus? Pneumonia, influenza deaths in U.S. surpass ‘epidemic threshold’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in its "Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report" that the percentage of deaths this season due to pneumonia and influenza is 7.4% -- a level which surpasses "the epidemic threshold of 7.3%." Interesting, given these coronavirus times. Published March 30, 2020
Coronavirus a crisis fit for a new world order
If crisis is a means by which Democrats achieve their political ends -- and it is; just think of their famous "never let a crisis go to waste" playbook -- then imagine what coronavirus means to the globalists. What a dizzying opportunity for them to achieve massive goals. Published March 28, 2020
EPA issues smart coronavirus rules, as Greta Thunberg scowls
The Environmental Protection Agency, addressing the coronavirus outbreak, suspended all of its regulations and standards for companies. The radical environmentalists are up in arms. Greta Thunberg, in particular, is up in arms. But boo freaking hoo. Published March 27, 2020
