I hope Biden’s camp is paying attention.
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20 years ago the better northwestern pinots were my go-to hot-date wines.
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The ranking was apparently from a year ago, we’re no where near the top now.
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A lobster.
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What makes the difference in such a short time? No one doing the ranking contemplated such a massive pandemic? The disbanding off the pandemic preparedness office?
Woke last night to the sound of thunder
How far off i sat and wondered
Started humming a song from 1962
Strange how the night moves
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seems to be the same article free
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Peter Navarro: “Sir…Sir…Sir… The Defense Production Act does not mean martial law … but message to hoarders: we will come after you.”
Um, what CDC? Are you sure about this, ‘cause I gotta say, this is a bad idea.
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On the other hand, while in Florida, I noted with some alarm this sign posted on an otherwise unremarkable suburban street:
Beware the Rhesus Monkeys. They Bite.
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He will do anything to avoid serving only one term when Obama served two.
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a very bad idea
probably being pushed by the White House politicos
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The way it’s written, while means during such time as;
Put a comma after virus, and while means and, but, or period-space-capital t. That last is how it should have been written. Why introduce spurious ambiguity?
Exactly what the Governors of those three states already have them doing: building field hospitals, distributing food to people who can’t get out or can’t risk going out, etc. This just means FEMA’s paying for it.:
Trump added that through FEMA, the federal government will fully fund the cost of deploying national guard units to “carry out approved missions to stop the virus while those governors remain in command.”
I have no love for the guy, but let’s not make up more problems.
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If I can still smell it in the morning I will know I woke up ok (more or less).
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Pubic lice.
Pence: 10 percent of those who requested tests have tested positive.
Let’s say that ultimately half the U.S. population wants to be tested. Let’s say that 10 percent of those who are tested are positive. Let’s say that 3 percent of those people die. Let’s say that the population of the United States is 300 million people. This implies there will be something like half a million deaths.
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The logistics of avoiding infecting others or being infected are astounding. Ideally, you have enough food, other essentials and money to live on for as long as it takes, and don’t need to venture out. You don’t have to worry about alternate side parking, walking the dog or mowing the lawn, because these don’t apply to you. But, you still have to take out the trash and put it in something, pick up your mail if you don’t have a slot, and get exercise, which is hard to do solely at home for most people.
These involve touching things that have been touched by others, thus taking precautions, plus risking actual contact with others. Of course, most people will have to venture out eventually to get perishables like milk, cream, eggs, cheese, produce, etc., as these can only last so long at home. Most will tire of packaged or home-cooked meals and thus will have to have food delivered or venture out to pick it up. Many people do have dogs that need to be taken out, kids who have to be taken out to the park for their and their parents’ health, and medical needs that can’t be dealt with solely at home.
And lots of people still have jobs that can’t be done from home. All of this will involve touching things and some human contact. Gloves and masks can only protect you so much, and you can’t wipe or spray everything you touch. Idiots are going to cough, sneeze and spittle-talk in your direction, and apparently the virus can linger in the air a while. There are going to be gaps in the various forms of protection people take, at which point it becomes a matter of luck as to whether your gaps will be penetrated by the virus, and if so, how well you’ll weather it and whether you’ll pass it on to others.
I guess this is what they mean by flattening the curve. It can’t be zeroed with even the most stringent measures conscientiously observed (which of course will never happen, thank you spring break imbeciles and I’m young and healthy so I’m not worried twentysomethings), so the best we can do is lessen transmissions drastically, by lessening the chances of it drastically. But none of this is fool-proof, and some people who’ve taken every measure possible will still get it, while others who have been pretty reckless will not, or will but won’t suffer much from it. Who needs disaster movies?
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I have no love for the guy, but let’s not make up more problems.\
There could be more problems if members of the national guard are infected. I am assuming they haven’t been in isolation since al this began so will they be tested before they are deployed because if any one of them is infected you have a whole other problem that would be tRumps making.
Easy. Prepare for martial law once enough of them are activated.
Can’t control the population’s movement until enough of them are online to make it possible.
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