Once upon a time, California's Governor Gavin Newsom, the leftist boy wonder of America's largest and most leftist state, was considered a top future contender for the White House.  That future is not so clear now that he's made it clear to Californians that every time the Wuhan virus rears its head, he's again going to shut down their places of work and imprison them in their homes. Back in March, as one PBS outlet reported, "California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered many businesses to temporarily close their doors to create 'social distance' and 'flatten the curve.'"  (Emphasis mine.)  The explanation for these measures was always meant to be a short-term way to keep the pressure off the health care system: He says officials want to reduce the wave, or curve, of patients that hit the healthcare system at one time. "One way to think about the health system is that it's there to...(Read Full Post)