Covid-19 and the madness of crowds |
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SteveG
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Posted: March 17 2020 at 04:15 | ||
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Blacksword
Prog Reviewer Joined: June 22 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 16130 |
Posted: March 17 2020 at 04:38 | ||
^^^ Yeah but it will be mostly the poor and the elderly who die, and republicans don't care much about either demographic. The damage to Wall St will be seen to be more of a voting criterion IMO.
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Mascodagama
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Posted: March 17 2020 at 04:58 | ||
Meanwhile Trump continues to flounder, the stock market is in the toilet and the US economy will be in lousy shape come November. Many many people will lose their jobs as businesses go under or cut back drastically. Rightly or wrongly the government of the day tends to get the blame when the economy tanks. Don't get me wrong, all this is horrible. But I seriously doubt it is anything but highly damaging to Trump's electoral prospects, which to me is a rare positive in this horrorshow. Edited by Mascodagama - March 17 2020 at 05:00 |
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SteveG
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Posted: March 17 2020 at 05:12 | ||
Don't worry. Trump says the stock market will rebound and come back stronger than ever. (In 2050.)
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Icarium
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Posted: March 17 2020 at 09:06 | ||
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chopper
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Posted: March 17 2020 at 09:19 | ||
I went to our local Sainsburys at lunchtime, I would guess it was two thirds empty - very little fruit or vegetables, hardly any meat or frozen food. I'm going to stock up on whisky and stay p*ssed till it's all over.
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npjnpj
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Posted: March 17 2020 at 10:13 | ||
In the US people are starting to panic buy guns in response to the virus. Now, as a spectator sport, this sounds like fun.
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Argo2112
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Posted: March 17 2020 at 10:36 | ||
Whisky & Toilet Paper, Don't forget the toilet paper! |
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dougmcauliffe
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Posted: March 17 2020 at 12:55 | ||
Well I’m now out of work because of this.
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Mascodagama
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Posted: March 17 2020 at 13:02 | ||
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SteveG
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Posted: March 17 2020 at 13:19 | ||
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lazland
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Posted: March 17 2020 at 13:36 | ||
Extremely sorry to hear this. Our best wishes to you. As Steve asked, what do you do? Can you find something else fairly quickly?
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dougmcauliffe
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Posted: March 17 2020 at 14:01 | ||
I work at a gym, and my state has closed every gym. As of now the earliest we’d be reopening is April 7th but I’m doubtful about that date. I might end up selling some of my records to make a little extra money in the meantime.
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Easy Money
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Posted: March 17 2020 at 14:37 | ||
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Help the victims of the russian invasion:
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Atavachron
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Posted: March 17 2020 at 15:51 | ||
Actually things are fine today, people seem in good spirits, markets are open limited to thirty or so people at a time, kind of enjoying the down time. |
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: March 17 2020 at 20:54 | ||
"This is a pandemic. I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic," Trump said at a press conference today with his coronavirus task force. Wow. That is quite a bold-faced f*cking LIE coming from someone who less than a month ago referred to COVID-19 as a "new hoax ." Why, I remember back in the "good old days" of less than 2 weeks ago when Trump tweeted on 03/09/20: 'The Fake News Media and their partner, the Democrat Party, is doing everything within its semi-considerable power (it used to be greater!) to inflame the CoronaVirus situation, far beyond what the facts would warrant. Surgeon General, “The risk is low to the average American.”' And then back in ancient times of the week before that, Trump said on March 6 that the crisis is "an unforeseen problem" that "came out of nowhere." And then on March 11 he reiterated, "We're having to fix a problem that, four weeks ago, nobody ever thought would be a problem." And on March 14, he repeated the previous reiteration, "It's something that nobody expected." He uttered these distorted lunacies -- available for your perusal, whether on video or in Tweets -- he said them. Directly. No fake news. Trump is either lying or he is in advanced stages of dementia. The dude is sundowning. He has no grip on reality. And whether through dementia, selfish narcissistic self-preservation or sheer incompetence, he continues to put Americans in danger. And yet his loopy lemmings still blindly bleat as they leap off the cliff after him. President Trump on Tuesday said that he realized that the coronavirus outbreak was a pandemic before the World Health Organization (WHO) labeled it as such last week. Edited by The Dark Elf - March 17 2020 at 21:46 |
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mathman0806
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 06 2014 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 6532 |
Posted: March 17 2020 at 21:34 | ||
Of course he is delusional with a massive dose of arrogance. When asked to rate his response to the coronavirus, he gave, without hesitation, himself 10 out of 10.
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siLLy puPPy
Special Collaborator PSIKE, JRF/Canterbury, P Metal, Eclectic Joined: October 05 2013 Location: SFcaUsA Status: Offline Points: 15272 |
Posted: March 17 2020 at 21:35 | ||
Yep, SF was a mighty nice place to be today. Mellow like it used to be before the tech craze. Still limited selections on store shelves but at least they are open. Some people were convinced this is turning into a martial law scenario but it's not like that at all. We are allowed to go out to parks for recreation and just be mindful of keeping distance from others. I think the whole point was to keep large numbers of people from breathing recirculated air indoors. Whatever the case, i do hope it works because many are taking a big financial hit because of this.
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Frankh
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 14 2017 Location: Schenectady NY Status: Offline Points: 214 |
Posted: March 17 2020 at 23:06 | ||
Regarding the t.p. hoarding. Trying to get a handle on it, I came to this conclusion. Americans do give a sh*t. But only about themselves. |
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Perhaps finding the happy medium is harder than we know.
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rogerthat
Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2006 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 9869 |
Posted: March 17 2020 at 23:32 | ||
He has since appeared to walk back this one at least somewhat. But this desire of the British administration to be exceptional and cleverer-than-thou, which came to the fore during Brexit too, is indeed strange.
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