Holy Batman!!
Submitted by phillybluesfan on Sat, 04/04/2020 - 9:57amJust For Grins (and to keep from crying) Holy Batman edition
Welcome to Saturday ...
Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 04/04/2020 - 4:30am
It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly. ~ Claude Monet
Sunrise, 1872
Biden's "PROTECTING OUR FUTURE AFTER CORONAVIRUS"
Submitted by disrael on Sat, 04/04/2020 - 12:00amI usually try to resist writing essays of the I'm so shocked that people think this way. Its pointless since much of America freely admits to having parted ways with all conventional morality and logic. But I just happened upon a screed Biden published to supposedly turn out the youth vote that breaks even with unconventional morality and logic.
Here's the money quote up front for ease of reading:
Everyone Evolving on Masks
Submitted by ban nock on Fri, 04/03/2020 - 7:40pmIt's a slow and painful process, especially when the powers that be spun the line that masks really don't do anything for you because you don't know how to put it on and it will do nothing to protect you from covid 19. Oh, and there are nowhere near enough for docs and nurses.
Millions lose their beloved private health insurance
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 04/03/2020 - 6:29pmI've been told repeatedly, over and over again, whenever a single-payer system was discussed, that the worst possible thing is for people to lose their beloved private health insurance. It's an almost unimaginable crime.
That is exactly what is happening right now, but for some mystifying reason the media isn't outraged.
Friday Night Photos - Almost Spring (snowed today) Edition
Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 04/03/2020 - 6:06pmWhat to say.
Remember when you could go out, just because...
Fred asks, 'Is it safe out there Dad?'
Made a load of emergency masks over the last few days. Pulled out and played my old clarinet, and cleaned and polished my great-uncle's sword.
Good times.
Stay well.
The Evening Blues - 4-3-20
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 04/03/2020 - 4:12pm
A near total collapse in economic activity
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 04/03/2020 - 2:07pmMuch like the collapse in employment, the collapse in GDP numbers is unprecedented.
Obviously GDP is not the best measurement of an economy, but it's the only one that everyone uses.
Trump’s War on Coronavirus, Nicolas Maduro, & other Terr’ists
Submitted by wendy davis on Fri, 04/03/2020 - 11:00amThis is Trump’s daily briefing on the coronavirus on Wednesday by way of: ‘A bold muscular/kinetic deflection’.
RT.com provides a partial transcriptt:
‘Not letting Covid-19 crisis go to waste? US ramps up war on drugs… focusing on Venezuela’s Maduro’, 1 Apr, 2020, RT.com, April 1, 2020
Open Thread Friday 4-3-2020
Submitted by studentofearth on Fri, 04/03/2020 - 5:19amSeasons come, seasons go and the cycle continues. Most of Americans life revolves around seasons defined by the market place and man-made events. What wrapping paper message in on the boxes of chocolate in the stores. Is it Easter, Christmas, Valentine or Happy Halloween? Which sports season? I became confused as they began to overlap. Is it flu or allergy season? What should I be celebrating or complaining about?
It all stopped. A virus came along. Our carefully constructed illusion of mankind controlling the enviornment is under attack. Mother nature just gave us a time out.
