This is NOT a surprise….
The American economy IS a free fall…
The media IS running ‘hair on fire’ reports every minute day and night….
People and the World IS scared….
But at some point?
A cratered economy WLL keep going of the tracks and the virus WILL begin to subside…
For Donald Trump?
This isn’t about the virus…
It never is/was…
He is looking out for himself FIRST and formost…
The renewal for his job is coming up in 8 months….
He KNOWS that economy in the toilet will NOT let him beat Joe Biden….
He knows that American simply cannot hold social distancing in some simbilance for the next 8 months…
It will NOT work…
While Trump HAS listened to the scientists for the last month?
His political and economic antenn’s HAVE been tuned top HIS supporters who generally do NOT live the large mostly Democratic metro area’s that seem top have the most ‘hits’ for the virus New York , California and Washington State…
And?
Trump now is reading the New York Governor Cuomo is being talked about ‘President Cuomo’. For Trump?
This has to be the same California Governor Newsom challenging him….
So ?
It comes as no surprise that the media IS reporting that President Trump IS thinking seriously about disregarding Dr Fauci and others with the call for even more drastic social interactions after the initial 15 days social distancing push the CDC requested…He may call for people to go back to work using masks and other means distance and health safety means…
Despite the experts calls for humans to stop doing what they naturally do , which to travel el and socialise ….
Americans HAVE continued to go about their lives….
And NOT just hide themselves away from something they cannot see….
“WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF,” Trump said in a late night tweet. “AT THE END OF THE 15 DAY PERIOD, WE WILL MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHICH WAY WE WANT TO GO!”
The message from Trump comes as the number of coronavirus cases in the United States grows and grows and as New York becomes an epicenter. New York now accounts for an estimated 5 percent of the world’s cases.
Yet the economic calamity emanating from social distancing policies that have closed much of the U.S. economy are also having devastating effects, with some projections of 20 percent or 30 percent unemployment in the second quarter.
Some local leaders have said the restrictions that have closed bars, restaurants, theaters, music clubs and gyms could last for weeks or even months.
But Trump on Monday morning retweeted several accounts that urged the loosening of those restrictions in the name of getting Americans back to work, a sign he may be growing impatient with the dismal economic numbers that could threaten his reelection hopes in the fall….
Note…
This does NOT mean that governors will follow Trump’s leads in their states….
But they WILL be under YUGE pressure from their citizens and Trump to follow suit , narrowing the scope of restrictions ….
Their economic issue will be far more acute since they don’t print money like the federal government does and Trump has control on federal funding to states….
image….Al Drago for The New York Times
He should remember he can’t afford to see a big chunk of his base die off.
They won’t CG….
The hits ARE concentrated in large populated states ….
His rural base has little impact from the virus…
Furthermore?
Polling even in Dem states have GOPer;s feeling the whole virus thing IS oversold by the media…
He’s safe in doing what eve he wants with his base…
And a clawback by the economy WOULD help him across the board right now…
The economy is NOT gonna heal itself drastically by the November election….
These things take time…
older people are his most ardent voters. They are most vulnerable everywhere.
Right now, for obvious reasons, social distancing would be working best at less highly dense areas.
If we give up on that, as some think we should, there will be nowhere to hide for anyone.
Agreed….
Again?
Some places WILL continue under restrictions one would hope…
Of course, I keep remaining concerned about my parents who are well over 70 now and hoping they don’t have any symptoms. They have never been the kind who want to stay home for anything but have no choice now and cannot see their grandchild five minutes away, etc.
They have been working on a jigsaw puzzle for a week now which is extremely odd to me.
And we got about two inches of snow yesterday and overnight which adds to the surreallness of this.
ared Rizzi Retweeted
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
“[Trump] has repeatedly raised concerns in meetings about the optics of grounded planes & empty airports, according to 2 people familiar with the meetings. He’s argued that those images would look bad for him & could further drag down the economy”
My view on this has been that this was coming…
I said so here a few weeks ago…
The economy IS a bigger worry in general…
But for Trump?
Him keeping his job even BIGGER…
And the whole thing pits him against the media and experts , two things he has little regard for if they aren’t praising him…
His polling numbers ARE holding and actually might bounce a little if changes thin gs after the 15 day period CDC limitations…
Hits will continue to climb though as more people get tested…
BTW?
A vaccine testing place’s are looking for infected people I think I saw…
We ALL worry everytime we have a cough
I already cough every day long before this.
I have sinus’s…Yea…
Brian Struyk
58% of Democrats are “very concerned” about someone in their family becoming seriously ill from the coronavirus outbreak vs. only 24% of Republicans via new Monmouth poll just out.
Those numbers will change when the virus hits rural areas. A lot of Republicans that live in the exurbs or small towns still see this as a big city or coastal concern.
the new thing also appears to be that since it is so bad in Italy and is affecting people on the East Coat that are of Italian heritage, that there is something genetic about Italians that makes it worse for them, (the family of 4 in NJ who died for instance) whereas the German blood is more pure or something and they have less cases there.
I would not even attempt to converse with people claiming such foolishness.
In reply to Scott, whenever this does strike rural, small-town. Farm Belt and Bible Belt America, the results will be devastating when rural and county hospitals are closing and ill-equipped to handle this kind of surge (small as it might seem to a metropolitans).
You can’t just bring in or send someone to Mount Sinai, Mass General, UCSF or County-USC Medical.
CG, I have not heard that bit of nonsense about “Italian blood” being more susceptible but it sounds straight out of xenophobia from 1920 or before.
As for Trump, whatever he might eventually say, against the wishes of the experts in regards to the social distancing policies, the various Governors are not going to go along with it where it is in place.
Governor’s in places with low numbers will be under pressure to lift restrictions…
Limits will probably be more localised …
But lets face it?
People HAVE to leave their home for food and some HAVE to go to work…
And some simply have to get out of their home to be outside…
Even in NY and Ca…
CG?
I have become aware of several stories of people going back to work , not in large numbers, in offices because certain things cannot be done from home…
Most
No all have had a company come in a disinfectant spray the premises…
My Supervisor made a comment about “if only three people are left in the office” in the future.
I said “you mean three guinea pigs.”
I am going to see if my bladder can at least abide by the “Stay at Home” order today. Sorry if that’s TMI.
Yes , I would expect most Governors to act as responsibly as they have so far.
I
The places that don’t continue to exercise restrictions.?
Expect a rapid explosion of infections .
The idea that we can relax in the initiation phase of this pandemic is absurd.The reason for this whole thing is to level off the number of infections to begin with.
A high-stakes debate is playing out among key figures in President Trump’s orbit over how quickly to loosen restrictions meant to combat the coronavirus.
A number of people around Trump have pushed for prioritizing the economy and sending people back to work as quickly as possible, particularly in less afflicted areas.
But Trump’s own public health officials and some of his allies on Capitol Hill have warned against risking higher infection rates and deaths for the sake of boosting the economy in the short term.
Sources close to the Trump administration described a “split” in the larger Trump World where some people around the president believe the federal government should ease recommendations on social distancing after the 15-day period while others favor waiting a few more weeks or taking even more dramatic action to stamp out the spread of the virus.
“I think there’s a recognition that there needs to be some sort of medium between listening to the doctors and listening to other experts as well,” the person said. “There really isn’t a perfect answer.”
There were more than 41,500 confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. as of Monday afternoon, a large percentage of them concentrated in New York. More than 500 people in the U.S. had died of the disease. The pandemic has resulted in unforeseen businesses closures and massive layoffs across the country….
More…
The city of St. Louis as well as St. Louis County is under “stay at home” until April 22. The other bordering area to me would be Illinois–which is under a similar order.
Democratic state’s of California and New York ARE gonna get screwed…
Benjy Sarlin
@BenjySarlin
There will be big debates about how to scale back containment, but this is the current situation, it hasn’t peaked yet, and state and federal government haven’t agreed on the plan for what comes afterwards or built the infrastructure and acquired the resources to implement it
DSD?
If he does this?
The market will rally…
They sit back and see how this goes….
In the 1980’s federal highway funds were shut off to states that did not raise the drinking age to 21.
Perhaps something like that should be done in regards to relief aid to states that are not enacting “stay at home” orders.
The states seem ahead of the Feds on this.
And there are some states (not a ton) where it’s probably not needed.
It will hit every state. A national lockdown until the third week of April would be the best way to reduce hospital and ICU overruns everywhere.
States latest: Twelve states issued stay-at-home orders — Rhode Island to push its primary back from April to June…
Axios…
I agree.
The FDA has given fast-track approval to a clinical trial involving a rheumatoid arthritis drug thought to help patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, Genentech announced Monday.
The drug, Tocilizumab (Actemra), already is showing promising results in Italy, the ANSA news agency reported earlier this month….
More…
Good point Scott
Pelosi is a aware that something like this could happen if Trump is give carte blanc…
Dems need to avoid the perception or reality of playing politics and pass these relief bills.
Trump being Trump (and looking at some of his recent tweets and Oval Office assertions), Trump believes — because he has to believe, in rather the same way that military commanders, at least before their troops, have to believe in victory — that his pet magic bullet (despite medical scepticism) of combining two specific drugs (I think chloraquine & remdesivir) WILL work and succeed in current trials. As usual, he thinks he knows more than the experts, especially when they cast doubt on standard reactionary doctrine or the beliefs and economic interests that he shares with his followers.
Mass. issues stay-at-home advisory, closes non-essential businesses to slow coronavirus
By Martin Finucane, Travis Andersen, Andy Rosen and Matt Stout
[Boston] Globe Staff, Updated March 23, 2020, 57 minutes ago
Facing a surge in both coronavirus cases and related deaths, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker on Monday ordered the closure of all non-essential businesses in the state, his most sweeping move yet in an effort to curb the spread of the disease.
The order takes effect Tuesday at noon and is effective until April 7 at noon. The Department of Public Health also is issuing a “stay-at-home” advisory, which will be in effect until April 7, Baker said, though Baker stressed he was not seeking to mandate that residents remain in their homes for “days on end.”
“Everyone is advised to stay home and limit all unnecessary activities,” Baker said at a State House news conference. “We’re asking everyone to use their common sense, think about the impact this virus is having on the sick and elderly, and to limit their interactions with other people. This cuts down on the chances this virus has to spread.”
Travel is not barred, but people over the age of 70 or with underlying health conditions are “strongly” advised to stay home and “limit interactions” as much as possible, Baker said.
Baker’s orders Monday also included a ban on gatherings of more than 10 people, further restricting the limit the state had previously set. Baker had initially set the number at 250 people and then later lowered it to 25.
He stressed that essential businesses, including grocery stores, pharmacies, medical facilities, and gas stations, would remain open. Liquor stores, hardware stores, auto repair shops, and pet supply stores can also continue to operate, and restaurants can continue to provide take-out or delivery service, Baker said.
“We will always allow” such essential businesses to stay open, he said.
“I do not believe I can or should order US citizens to keep confined to their homes for days on end. It doesn’t make sense from a public health point of view, and it’s not realistic,” Baker said.“The people of Massachusetts are meeting this challenge exactly the way we would expect — with determination, cool heads, and a selfless sense of community.”
Baker said that while areas such as public parks would remain open for exercise, there should be no touch football games or similar activities that involve close person-to-person contact.
“That spreads the virus,” Baker said. “We’re advising people to use common sense with every step we take.”
Baker emphasized that while buses and trains will continue to operate, “that doesn’t mean we think it’s a good idea to take the train downtown” to visit friends, and that public transit should only be used for essential travel….
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/23/metro/coronavirus-latest-updates/?p1=Article_Feed_ContentQuery
It probably is accurate to believe that places with high rates of smoking (such as China) are seeing a lot more people die or have the most serious cases, and along with that how it statistically seems to be killing more males than females.
I don’t doubt this is tougher on smokers. And probably on the obese. Not good for much of rural America sad to say.
Surprise ! The Prez don’t like being shown up by “experts” when that stable genius knows more about everything than anyone else.
In order to save Dr. Fauci, we must destroy him
By Kevin Cullen Boston Globe Columnist,Updated March 23, 2020, 5:25 p.m.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is a study of calm and competence in the middle of a pandemic. Which makes him an endangered species, working as he does for a boss who is notoriously insecure and made his name shouting “You’re fired!” on a reality TV show.
Dr. Anthony Fauci’s calm, reassuring competence in response to the coronavirus pandemic is placing him at serious risk of hearing the words that made his boss famous: You’re fired.
Dr. Anthony Fauci is a bum.
A quack, a snake oil salesman.
He got his degrees online, not from Holy Cross and Cornell.
He watches Wheel of Fortune but not Jeopardy.
He’s a Yankees fan.
Such character assassination is unsavory but necessary because Fauci’s calm, reassuring competence in response to the coronavirus pandemic is placing him at serious risk of hearing the words that made his boss famous: You’re fired.
President Trump is watching and listening to the same thing we are, i.e., Fauci going to the podium to rebut with facts the latest outbreak of paranoid anxiety or the president’s regularly reckless statements.
Fauci is an oasis of rigor and reason in a barren desert of confusion and fear.
Which, given who he works for, makes him an endangered species.
During the Vietnam War, some US Army officer supposedly suggested that in order to save a village from the Vietcong they had to destroy it.
And so, to save Dr. Fauci, we must destroy him — at least in Trump’s eyes.
Now that might sound crazy, but we’re dealing with a crazy president in crazy circumstances….
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/23/metro/order-save-dr-fauci-we-must-destroy-him/
One HAD TO KNOW Fauci would get the hook sooner or later…..
The guy wasn’t agreeing with his boss…
THAT don’t work with the big guy…
Trump’s people will have to keep Fauci IN. the government….Firing him would make it worst i would think…the media would be making him a foil against Trump ….
BTW?
The Market has jumped up over 1,000 points smelling the federal money that is about to come it’s way and a possible green light on returning to work from Trump….
There is also a hint of good news from Italy…
This is gonna be interesting
Stupid or will start something?
Reid Wilson
Liberty University will reopen this week, Jerry Falwell inviting students to return and ordering faculty to come back to work.
Stupid, along with the ghoulish comments of the Lt. Governor of Texas.
By willing to shrug their shoulders at the potential death of millions of vulnerable Americans in the name of economic figures tied to a reelection campaign, these Evangelicals cede any connection to the label “Pro-Life.”
The hollowness of the “Christian right” has never been more exposed.
I hate them. I know I shouldn’t. But I hate them.
Just so everyone should known?
This is NOT the only place going back…
CG says he was ordered back to work..
I have heard of others as other places still cut back hours….
Bear in mind?
In my travels everyday i see UPS drives , bank people, supermarkets , bus drivers , airplanes , etc working….
I also posted last night a story on Italy…
There is NO shelter in plane like the media says ….
The same limits as we have here…
They are told to go get food , walk their dogs, walk and go to work if they have to….
But do NOT do unnecessary things!
in the end?
i see Trump will lift the national limitations on April 1
He probably will say states can still do their thing …
By April 15 I would think that the major metro area’s will still be limited but most of the country will be trying to go back.
NYC because of its population density IS the countries hot spot…
Trump’s comment’s HAVE created a national push / pull on the virus vs the economy…
But?
The fact IS the ‘system’ HAS to work to some degree for people to live and IS currently doing so…
We do our best to limit contact and the spread…
God help us all…
I think someone or thing is mad at the world …
Reports are Pelosi is getting down to serious negotiating with Meadows Trump’s COSTAFFF abs Mnuchin…This in Schumer’s office…
How will the “system work” if the hospitals are overwhelmed?
Virtual death panels?
Some hospitals do not want u if ur mobile…
BYW?
My wife knows someone who had some female issues…She did NOT want to go to hospital where there are sick peopleeted… He doctor ‘treated’ her on the phone and called in her prescription to the drug store….
People gotta adjust…
People who will need ventilators or other life saving measures will not be able to “adjust,”
The whole point is to not overwhelm the system.
If we decide “well, things should go back to normal”, we are in for far bigger problems.
Nobody is saying the economic shutdown is permanent or will last years or anything close to that.
It does seem necessary though to a large extent if we can admit we need to be on a war footing.
Trump has never found a bankruptcy he didn’t want to declare or a war he didn’t want to surrender in. Now, he seems to be saying he is willing to surrender to a virus.
If he can’t fight on an enemy on Twitter, he is a coward always.
Total ignorance.
To be accurate, I was not ordered “back to work.” We never closed. I returned from a pre-planned “vacation.”
Thank you for the correct CG….
My
mistake….
I’m sure others are NOT ‘ordered’
Just won’t get paid like some of us will…
Trump IS gonna call off the CDC limitations folks for the country soon....
We’re in a supermarket right now…
The run on water is over here
People actually are not taking any….
I would imagine that many, if not most of the Governors, will simply keep the restrictions in place in their states.
Do you support Trump doing this James?
I would ask for April 15th or sooner of the numbers break for a few days….
I’m on LI not MYC sour numberers are good size but NOT anything like the Manhattan and other places….
As i have said here ?
Yes
Trump IS likely to get the Fauci’s ok if leaves things up to the governors….
The numbers ARE in metro area’s of mostly Blue states…
Jack?
I keep hearing stores of how businesses ARE adjusting to how they can go back and make money….
And not look like they are trying to be reckless
Trump is claiming we will have “suicides by the thousands” if we don’t get “back to normal” after Easter.
It is certainly worth considering the mental health needs of people in our population and it would be helpful if we had a leader who could help anxious, worried people feel better about contributing to a just cause.
Nonetheless, is preventing deliberate “suicides of thousands” worth the deaths of many. many more who will not want to die?
The rate is increasing faster now in Louisiana than anywhere else.
Florida and Georgia are seeing much higher rates of growth of the virus.
Yes, New York is the epicenter of the problem in the U.S. but it is completely false to suggest this is just a “blue state” or a metro issue.
Long Island of course is right by NYC. Saying that it’s worse in the city than the suburbs should be no great comfort. Best wishes to all of course, but I wouldn’t want to be in the Tri-State area anytime soon, especially if we surrender and decide that all that matters is “going back to normal.”
Ok so you agree with Trump.
Just so we all know where you’re coming from.
As I’ve said here many times,you and Trump are very much alike.
CG is right.This “blue state fixation you have and your very Trumpian idea that all we have to do is “get back to normal” and every thing will be ok is Idiotic.
I gave you my answer Jack….
Yes you did.
So on by far the biggest matter to confront this country in many years.
Your position is much closer to Trump than Joe Biden
So noted,
As I recall, james was mad at Trump for not doing enough and wanted him to do more. Now, he is mad at him for doing too much and wants him to ease up. If that happens, he will be mad at him for easing up and will want him to do more.
It’s simple Paint by Numbers.
OK….
Let ME speak….
Irregardless of Jack’s views?
I HAVE said from the jump that at SOME point there was going to be a move to rate the economy MORE of a threat then the virus…
That point is now here…
I have also pointed out that I and my family do NOT take the virus lightly and we have sacrificed certain thing we normally would do like others…
THAT does NIT negate the reality that I see and have read about…
Trump is and always will be about one thing…
Donald Trump…
Jack and others maybe mad about my reporting here but personally?
I don’t give a shit….
I have correctly pointed out several times that social distancing works on various levels…
Some people embrace it some do not…
THAT is a reality…
Despite the media hair on fire daily grind?
A good amount of people HAVE TO GO to work everyday…
The concept that governor’s are ordering EVERYONE to stay at home will have EVERYONE do this is ludicrous
I and others have to eat and LIVE….
Trump has been and remains inept…
His handling of this has just reinforced his introspective person…
During the whole thing his position win helping NY, Ca and other states what fuck you …u are own ur own…
But?
On the whole?
Trump’s numbers ARE inching up…
Why?
Because some Americans would follow the guy off a cliff….
And?
Even MORE Americans are scared, but want their lives to return to normal, and Trump is the only one willing to lie to them against the experts that are just saying negative scary things about something g they cannot see…
Weither Jack or anyone, including me likes it?
Trump?
The President IS gonna relax the CDC rules in the next week…
My Governor has been kissing Trump’s ass to get some more supplies for our state…
But Cuomo also?
At some point in next few weeks WILL have to follow Trump’s lead and isolated the worst virus area’s and move cut back restrictions in others…
I worry like everyone else…
But the reality IS the economy MUST continue for the greater good of America
There is NO real choice against this…
Trump could be foolish….
Or?
Like 2016?
He could be in the process of pulling a cab bit out the hat using his guy, not his pee brain…
He’s the boss…
Democrats lost the election…
I hope they don’t fuck up again this November…
Yes, *some* people have to go to work. Doctors and nurses for instance.
However, many do not, I do not know why james though wants so many more to. The economy can survive a tough, limited hit. Nobody is saying this will be a permanent issue. Rushing to end a strategy just because it feels difficult at the moment is foolish though and could result in a far worse result.
james, we all want you to stay well of course. Considering your age and the fact that you live in the NYC area, you ought to stay in your home for every possible minute, as difficult as it may be, and expect to probably for a couple months. You have tv, internet, telephone, all sorts of things to make the time go as smoothly as possible.
He, he, he…..
Thanks CG….
I don’t live in NYC….
And I go out everyday and walk for my health with my wife and wipe and practice social distancing…
A couple of months?
I have this place to feed!
The population density on LI has NOTHING to do with the city….
Our numbers are more like a average suburb even if a good many people do work in the city…
Getting some air or going to the store for necessities is one thing, buy you personally seem a bit cavalier about the risks and yes, it’s greater for someone living on Long Island than about 90 percent of the rest of the country.
The people who live in the City are going to Long Island now thinking they can get some distance and they are bringing it with them. Stay in the house!
That doesn’t apply to me….
I home from my job which is closed and I work here on the island…
CG?
As I have pointed out?
It IS impossible to do certain things…
But we CAN all try….
You aren’t even in the rich, fancy section of Long Island further out..
(no offense)
Stay in as much as possible! Watch old Joe Biden speeches for fun.
He, he, he….
Nope…
Just a mid class guy in a middle class place and fine with what I have …
I am blessed!
Ok…
This string is over 100…
And I’m going to eat…
later!
I have no idea what your job is nor do I need to know, but assumption has been that you are at least semi-retired. If you can stay home, you should consider the positives of that right now.
If you are losing paychecks because of this and eligible for unemployment, than that should be there, plus direct cash payments as has been proposed.
then don’t risk it by thinking you might be immune to the virus.
Why that bloviating response James,,,
I get it
You agree with Trump.
Your desperately trying to obfuscate that simple point with a bunch of irrelevant blather is typical of you.We have all seen it before.
Market +1,300
Good God even Liz Cheney thinks easing up on social distancing in the next week or so is a terrible idea.
As does Joe Biden.
What say you about that James?
Biden’s “shadow” responses to Trump’s daily ego and hate rallies have been great. So much more Presidential than our current Oval Office occupant.
But CG thinks Biden’s speeches lack production value and therefore he will continue to throw his vote away in the most consequential election of our lifetimes.
To be fair, I am not seeing Biden’s responses, but online they are getting panned.
Voting against people is never throwing one’s vote away. It’s voting against a bad result.
Where “online” are they being “panned”?
Besides on the right, I saw something in the Washington Post or whatnot about how Biden keeps mangling his words and touching his face the past two days.
Again, I have not seen them myself the past two days.
You could always Google Biden’s speeches and draw your own conclusions. I know you won’t though so keep advocating your Unicorn candidate and pretending that sitting out a literal life or death election makes you special.
It doesn’t.
Both Trump and Biden are both fine with the loss of a lot of innocent life, so there’s nothing I can do with a single vote in a very blue state to change that.
I don’t consider it throwing my vote away and I don’t need anyone to agree or disagree with my decision. It’s about my own conscience.
So it comes down to abortion. But you would have voted for Bloomberg. You know he was in favor of a woman’s right to control her body just like Biden is right?
The deal breaker for me is the Hyde Amendment and the stated desire to force taxpayers to pay for abortions for the first time ever. And of course, Biden was forced into that position, so it’s a sign of moral weakness from him.
I care about all innocent Life, from that in the womb to that on a ventilator. Whatever you want to say about me, you cannot say I am not consistent.
The same “control your own body” argument will of course be used by those who do not want to abide by social distancing during these trying times.
Their body. Their choice. The others are on their own.
Stupid analogy
Always an illogical argument to begin with,
Bodies are and always have been controlled for many reasons in order to prevent death or harm.
If a woman wants to end a pregnancy it has NO effect on you or your parents or grandparents. None. Of. Your. Business.
Neither would a homicide.
However, it has a definite, permanent, irrevocable effect on what many consider to be a human life.
Just admit it. You think the comfort of some lives is worth more than what is or would be the existence of others, Own up to it. It’s the same principle basically stated by the Lt. Governor of TX.
No I’m not playing your stupid game. My position on abortion is the same one Barbara Bush had. You’d never dream of saying her view of life was similar to the My. Gov of TX wanting to sacrifice our parents for the stock market.
Even some Wall Streeters are against it.
Some are commenting that a major spike in deaths as a result of such a move could make the economic situation even worse.
I have now been given an “Official Memorandum” by my employer in which I can prove to law enforcement that I provide “essential services.”
No special badge though.
Also, FWIW, people in my office were given the option of working at an alternative location in Wisconsin.
Would be kind of a far commute though and being around Cheeseheads could create its own set of problems.
I’m finally a bigger deal than my brother the lawyer!
(sorry, just trying to entertain myself as I count down the final 95 minutes in this germtrap.)
Trump wants the county “open” by Easter when we are all literally living through a modern day version of Passover.
The Supermarkets would quickly sell out of Lamb’s Blood.
Inexplicably, Trump is now at 49/45 in Gallup.
How loud will the Draft Cuomo whispers eventually get?
Biden can appoint Cuomo head of HHS and Dr Fauci the new Surgeon General.
Fauci is older than Biden… or Sanders for that matter.
I always knew I had heard of him somewhere before and way back in the 1988 Presidential debate, George Bush cited him for his work on AIDS research when asked to name who his “heroes” were and I am far more familiar with all Presidential debate history than I should be.
This is the “rally round the flag” moment. Any other President would be at 60 or 70% easy. Wait till red states start seeing morgues fill up and ERs overrun.
Crass to say I know but that’s what it will take for this to hit home
Rasmussen has him at 45 or 46 as compared to 52 or 53 negative. I think they are more accurate.