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Even though he has not retracted and/or apologize for his previous statements about injecting disinfectant, at least he didn't spread more dangerous health-related advices yesterday.
More prone to dementia, right? ;)
Just kidding. We all know Trump doesn't have dementia, even if that doesn't mean he isn't demented. Watching that SNL video just makes me cringe for a nation that impeaches a president for lying about having sex with his secretary, but doesn't impeach and remove a president when he constantly shows his bigotry and stupidity. And he lies to no end. He has the speech of a 5 year old. The knowledge of a...well...5 year old. He looks like a buffoon. I mean, right after Obama they choose and keep...this?!? And then they have geriatric folk running against him? Where are the young smart leaders out of Ivy leagues? Where is the "hope" they so often speak of?
Yes, this is not a political thread (although it is) but there is this demented buffoon running one of the world's biggest superpowers and every decision that man makes influences us all, particularly regarding this new threat. And it's as scary as Reagan or Nixon having nuclear codes. Or Bush handling terrorism. It affects us all. It's as scary as the virus itself because it speaks of mankind's lack of intelligence in this day and age. And that's bloody scary if you ask me.
And not only Trump, but Johnson, Putin, Kim Jong-un,... What the hell is wrong with the 7.8 billion humans on this planet?!? These are our leaders in 2020? This is mankind? Bloody hell, this is disheartening.
Exactly. You'd think that VP Pence--as much of a religious zealot and knucklehead that he is--would see an opportunity to rise to power as President. But he, like the Republican Senators, are too afraid of the backlash in removing Trump. (What we wouldn't give for a Brutus right now.)
Simply put, the Republicans are afraid that only Trump is popular among his base (which is unfortunately the racists, which is why he is "closing" the borders...to appease them and make sure they vote in November).
There’s a reason I didn’t want to get into political bollocks about Trump.
How surreal to say goodbye to someone you've known for three decades that way.
Well, there seem to be two moderators managing this thread: One of them doesn't want members to get into political issues, while the other is content to turn it into Political Rant Thread, Volume I5.
I would suggest the two of you get on the same page and figure out what you'd like this thread to be, because it's getting pulled in different directions due to inconsistent guidelines.
Condolences for your friends loss.
Someone I know had a similar situation a few weeks ago.
There are Trump rants directly linked to Corona. Then there are others. But I'll behave, don't worry. ;-)
It has everything to do with it. Politics can be detractors or gateways for pandemics, and a mad man running the biggest world power has consequences on that level and, as such, directly on the world's economy. It has everything to do with it. If I were an American right now, dealing with this circumstance, I'd be terrified and embarrassed.
I'm sorry Benny, but trying to make this a politics-free thread, is simply impossible. We can talk the science of it, the social measures and news of it, the personal troubles of it, but in the end, those with their hands on the strings are the politicians. And free speech about them is what forces them to act appropriately. Besides, most of us, if not all, agree on this matter (The Trump thing, I mean). It's a vast majority and, as such, a democratically valid argument around here.
My two cents, anyway, but if you want me to self censor about it, I will make myself scarce and retreat to the Bond related threads.
Think I'll let this thread run its course.
It's truly awful. I can't imagine what that pain would feel like.
Its cold I wont go into details of the circumstances, unfortunately its the world we live in right now.
Likewise, my condolences to your friend.
I am still working out in the community and I have noticed I have become more single minded and disciplined than usual, whatever we all face we have to keep going. I may lose friends family colleagues though I can not allow that to impact on doing a job. I have accepted that if I need to grieve I have to wait until this is allover.
Fair play, @Fire_and_Ice_Returns =D>
Fair enough, @Benny. I'll leave the subject for other virtual and real geographies. There's been enough suffering, and there's more to come. The forums are a heaven for escapism. But threads like this one, useful as they are, can become dangerous as well. The world is a madhouse now. I agree, let's keep the forums sane. There are plenty of other places to discuss America's idiot president. Cheers, old friend.
https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-new-york-state-reopening-andrew-cuomo-20200426-fxmgu6koonernpbtjjovovloti-story.html
It will be very interesting to see how (and what) businesses can re-open and sill stay within the social distancing guidelines. I suspect that smaller stores – assuming their floor layout will allow for maintaining distancing – will start to re-open sometime after mid-May. Where that leaves the larger stores, Macy’s 34th street flagship, for example, is an open question. Malls and larger stores certainly have the floor space to maintain distancing, but they are also “gathering” places where it would be difficult to control foot traffic in and out of the locations.
In my own neighborhood, grocery stores and take-out eateries have had strict social distancing policies in place for some weeks now- and they have generally worked. There are, however, several smaller establishments that have closed, because they don’t want their employees traveling on public transportation.
Paying those employees well enough that they can afford their own cars is, of course, out of the question.
Yes, I know: that's New York City, where there's hardly enough ROOM for everybody to have & park a car, while I'm in San Francisco where everybody has a car anyway -- despite the lack of available parking spaces. (Don't mind me, I'm just trying to find a reason to laugh no matter how trying the circumstances...)
The rational for keeping the system open, as you allude, was to allow for doctors, nurses, police, fire, etc. personnel to get to work since many don’t own cars. For a period of time, however, service was reduced as many transit workers, themselves, became ill with COVID-19. To date, I think over 60 transit employees have actually died from the virus.
On a side note, IIRC, one of the first “in-community” cases of COVID-19 reported was in New Rochelle (a NYC suburb). The gentlemen in question, frequently took a commuter train into mid-town (Grand Central Terminal) and then transferred to a subway.
@Dwayne -- While it's been a few decades, I have visited NYC & used the subway. I'm sure public transportation had to have been a factor in the spread of the virus. Just one more topic we're going to have to re-think while establishing the "new normal"...
Looking forward to my next 007 and Dune cinematic visit, now you will sh&t your pants if somebody coughs, and there I was thinking that crisps eating or talking through the movie was most annoying.
While I'm not pushing any particular version of the future, it seems optimistic in the extreme to think that everything is just going to resume its 2019 shape "as soon as there's a vaccine." For one thing, a vaccine isn't likely to be created for at least a year, perhaps longer. I'm willing to go out on a limb and predict that shaking hands upon meeting someone new is probably going to go out of fashion for the next decade or so...