SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19

[Redondo]

Hard to believe that these people are in the US Congress.

Who voted for them?

The worse part is that they actually believe this stuff.

[ten ocho recon scout]

8 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

Well the Dems held out for.... nothing. They benefit from this too.

Scum.

Now give me my stupid check so I can blow it on booze and hookers.

Normally id tell you to wear a condom. For now ill just remind you to wash your hands.

[ten ocho recon scout]

6 hours ago, calscuf said:

Was just watching news from today on YouTube and some interview with Dipshit on the White House lawn.  He “But Flulary!”-ed.  Other than Chuck yesterday I hadn’t seen or heard a But Flulary! for at least 10-14 days.  So is it safe for me to assume Fox News is starting to But Flulary again?

I think the statements were quarantined, but deemed safe again.

[the dude abides]

7 hours ago, calscuf said:

I tend to doubt this.  That little queen obviously will do anything for attention.  

You’re probably correct, though my sentiment remains.

[ten ocho recon scout]

2 hours ago, Redondo said:

Tlaib wants to hand out debit cards during coronavirus, mint trillion-dollar coins to cover cost

In an attempt to help ease the burden of the coronavirus pandemic on Americans, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., released a plan last week for what is essentially a temporary universal basic income (UBI) that would be distributed to all individuals in the United States, including illegal immigrants, and be funded by the printing of two $1 trillion coins.

"Hey @realdonaldTrump, let's provide relief from this crisis for people by giving pre-loaded debit cards to every person in America," Tlaib tweeted over the weekend. "No additional debt -- we'll just mint two coins."

The plan, outlined on Tlaib's website, would send a debit card with $2,000 pre-loaded on it to every person in the U.S. and reload it with $1,000 every month "until one year after the end of the Coronavirus crisis."

Tlaib's plan tracks closely along the lines of former presidential candidate Andrew Yang's UBI proposal that made his campaign extraordinarily popular with a niche audience. But like similar proposals to combat the coronavirus from Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, Tlaib's handout would only be temporary, in contrast to Yang's $1,000 per month permanent UBI.

Tlaib would take advantage of an obscure provision in federal law that ostensibly allows the Treasury to mint commemorative coins to have the U.S. Mint make "two $1 trillion platinum coins" that would be purchased by the federal reserve "at full face value."

"This approach would preserve the historical separation between fiscal and monetary policy and avoid financial entanglement between the Treasury and the Federal Reserve which would eventually undermine the independence of the Fed," Tlaib's plan explains.

The idea of minting trillion-dollar coins was discussed during the Obama administration when the U.S. faced default on its debt, but was never taken very seriously. It risks inflation, but more significantly, according to its critics, such a gimmick would not be a good look for the U.S. internationally.

 

 

[gotbeer]

Senate Reaches Historic Deal On $2T Coronavirus Economic Rescue Package

 

[gotbeer]

LAX Employees Crammed Onto Mandatory Shuttles Despite Social Distancing Orders

[Blarg]

Looks like the same shuttle I took in Salt Lake to get to a plane that was parked about a mile from the terminal. It wasn't as crowded since the plane was only half full but there wasn't much space between everyone. 

[gotbeer]

Los Angeles County Backtracks on Teen’s Possible Coronavirus Death

This was in the news yesterday.  With the moron Mayor of Lancaster mouthing off once again.  

[fan_since79]

9 hours ago, Lhalo said:

LOL. Chalking up all those lines in the 80’s really did a number on Kudlow’s brain. Shit’s gonna get weird when the dollar implodes. QE 4-evah bitches. 

They're already talking about another stimulus down the line.

"Whatever it takes" is the new federal economic policy. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

Im normally not one to knock athletes and entertainers getting paid what they do. "Id play a kids game for half that!" and that whole argument.

But seeing football contracts being handed out right now, for a season that might not be played... while the team employees are likely being laid off....

That seems in poor taste right now

[Adam]

2 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

 

How much you wanna bet that bitch owns stock in green dot?

[St1ck]

4 hours ago, Redondo said:

Omar says she has 'radical idea' for combating coronavirus pandemic

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar on Tuesday night suggested what she admitted may be a “radical idea” to help fight the coronavirus outbreak.

“All private hospitals should be made public for the duration of the virus,” the Minnesota Democrat wrote on Twitter.

She said a government takeover could help address “some of the pressures our healthcare system is facing.”

Omar offered no specifics on how the takeover of private property would be achieved, but critics on social media quickly reacted that Omar’s plan sounded like communism.

“Here is another radical idea,” one Twitter commenter wrote. “Let’s admit that communism doesn’t work and that it caused the #ChineseVirus.”

“So you can run them in to the ground?” another wrote.

“Spoken like a true Castroite,” a third commented.

Omar has given her presidential endorsement to Bernie Sanders, a democratic socialist from Vermont who has drawn criticism for past statements in support of the late Fidel Castro’s communist regime in Cuba, as well as Daniel Ortega’s socialist rule in Nicaragua.

Both Sanders and Omar have spoken in support relieving student debt and providing Medicare for All, proposals that critics have derided as giveaways for which taxpayers would foot the bill.

At Sanders campaign rallies, Omar has called for a "mass movement of the working class" to defeat President Trump and "Western imperialism."

Seizing private property from citizens is a hallmark of many communist and socialist governments.

About a year ago, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, another Democrat, pitched the idea of city government seizing some buildings from landlords in a proposal that critics derided as “straight communism.”

“My first reaction was: Is this communist Cuba?” state Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis, who ran against De Blasio in the 2017 mayoral race, and is now running for Congress, told Fox News at the time. “I can say that as a daughter of Cuban refugees who fled Castro’s Cuba in 1959, this is what happened to her family, she had her home taken, my grandfather had his gas station taken.

“This is extreme even for Mayor de Blasio,” she added, “because we know that he has socialist leanings, but this is straight communism and I think it’s very scary to America-loving, democracy-loving people.”

Earlier Tuesday, Omar called for freeing ICE detainees and other prisoners amid the pandemic. Later, de Blasio said New York City's Rikers Island prison would release 300 inmates.

Rep. Omar introduces $1 trillion housing plan, says affordable housing is basic human right

 

“Here is another radical idea,” one Twitter commenter wrote. “Let’s admit that communism doesn’t work and that it caused the #ChineseVirus.”

“So you can run them in to the ground?” another wrote.

“Spoken like a true Castroite,” a third commented.

 

Nice touch of the author to include Twitter comments in the article. 

[Redondo]

Just now, Vladdylonglegs said:

Idk about that. They know that shit will get them votes from their freeloader heavy districts.

Yeah maybe. But either way it's not good. 

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

25 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Im normally not one to knock athletes and entertainers getting paid what they do. "Id play a kids game for half that!" and that whole argument.

But seeing football contracts being handed out right now, for a season that might not be played... while the team employees are likely being laid off....

That seems in poor taste right now

Hopefully one of the things to come out of this is more people realize how actors, athletes and so on aren't worth all the attention they get.  We've seen these people get access to tests while people on the front lines like doctors, nurses, cops, etc. can't even get masks let alone tested.  Money runs the world we all know that but I just hope fewer people will put some of these individuals on a pedestal going forward because they don't live in the same world as the rest of us, play by the same rules or deal with the same problems.

[Redondo]

12 minutes ago, st1ckboy said:

“Here is another radical idea,” one Twitter commenter wrote. “Let’s admit that communism doesn’t work and that it caused the #ChineseVirus.”

“So you can run them in to the ground?” another wrote.

“Spoken like a true Castroite,” a third commented.

 

Nice touch of the author to include Twitter comments in the article. 

I should have erased the comments. 

[Taylor]

40 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Im normally not one to knock athletes and entertainers getting paid what they do. "Id play a kids game for half that!" and that whole argument.

But seeing football contracts being handed out right now, for a season that might not be played... while the team employees are likely being laid off....

That seems in poor taste right now

We have to protect the rich people at all costs.

I love how every MLB team is chipping in $1M to cover the salaries of stadium employees.

[ten ocho recon scout]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/coronavirus-nature-is-sending-us-a-message-says-un-environment-chief

[Taylor]

3 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/coronavirus-nature-is-sending-us-a-message-says-un-environment-chief

They sound nutty, but they actually have some good points. Destroying the Earth causes stuff like this to happen.

Also, the idea of Mother Nature infecting humanity as revenge is reminiscent of the M.Night classic The Happening.

Edited March 25, 2020 by Taylor

[ten ocho recon scout]

7 minutes ago, Catwhoshatinthehat said:

Hopefully one of the things to come out of this is more people realize how actors, athletes and so on aren't worth all the attention they get.  We've seen these people get access to tests while people on the front lines like doctors, nurses, cops, etc. can't even get masks let alone tested.  Money runs the world we all know that but I just hope fewer people will put some of these individuals on a pedestal going forward because they don't live in the same world as the rest of us, play by the same rules or deal with the same problems.

Was thinking about that the other day. When this is all said and done, I hope mumble rap dies, and nerds who solve complex problems become hip again.

There was a time we looked up to scientists. Now we, as a people, give kids licking toilets a few million video views.

[Taylor]

6 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

There was a time we looked up to scientists. Now we, as a people, give kids licking toilets a few million video views.

Sounds like science is winning in the case of kids licking toilets.

[St1ck]

2 min ago

There are now over 60,000 coronavirus cases in the US

From CNN's Amanda Watts

There are at least 60,050 cases of novel coronavirus in the United States, according to CNN Health’s tally of US cases that are detected and tested in the United States through US public health systems.

At least 807 people have died.

The total includes cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other US territories, as well as all repatriated cases.

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 minute ago, Taylor said:

They sound nutty, but they actually have some good points. Destroying the Earth causes stuff like this to happen.

Also, the idea of Mother Nature infecting humanity as revenge is reminiscent of the M.Night classic The Happening.

Thats the problem, "they sound nutty". (Not knocking you saying it, I mean the majority of people).

We humans are an invasive species.... its us who have destroyed the globe. Weve destroyed ecosystems and collapsed food chains...this upsets balance. No different than how a bad alternator and dirty fuel line car wreck a car engine. 

IE, these are things nature was designed and molded/evolved into for 100s of centuries before we got here. And it worked so well, animals (including us) were able to happen, and allowed us to evolve as we have.

Well, our effect on the globe is much like HIV.... weve attacked the earths ability to fight off infections (climate change). Now the earths systems are failing... and we, the parasite, are losing our host because weve overpopulated, and made it too unhealthy to adapt to what we're doing to it. 

Of note in that article was that in 2007, a study pointed out the coronavirus in bat populations in relation to wet markets in southern china was a disaster waiting to happen...

[Jason]

$2 Trillion is a drop in the bucket? Does he realize this isn’t only about his state?

Edited March 25, 2020 by Jason

[Taylor]

3 minutes ago, st1ckboy said:

2 min ago

There are now over 60,000 coronavirus cases in the US

From CNN's Amanda Watts

There are at least 60,050 cases of novel coronavirus in the United States, according to CNN Health’s tally of US cases that are detected and tested in the United States through US public health systems.

At least 807 people have died.

The total includes cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other US territories, as well as all repatriated cases.

Remember when Trump said only 12 people in the U.S. were infected, and that it was going to miraculously go away by April? Good times.

 

In before someone criticizes me for bringing up Trump.