Outside the Asylum
Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Sun, 04/05/2020 - 5:00am
Wow, guys.
RIP Bill Withers: July 04, 1938 - March 30, 2020
Submitted by wendy davis on Sat, 04/04/2020 - 4:13pmMay he keep composing and crooning to the stars in the afterlife...
He co-wrote and debuted the stellar Lean on Me in April of 1972; we'll be reminded of this plaintive song a lot during the coming depression, won't we?
Captain Crozier, a dialogue begins (update #5 - Apr 7)
Submitted by Marie on Sat, 04/04/2020 - 2:04pmAnd what a beginning. An OpEd at the NYTimes (not blocked) by Tweed Roosevelt, the great-grandson of Theodore Roosevelt who has personal knowledge of a precedent to Captain Crozier. There are undoubtedly many more precedents and hopefully we'll soon hear about many of them.
Predictions for social changes post Covid,
Submitted by wouldsman on Sat, 04/04/2020 - 12:12pmIn particular, social changes that may have a long term drag on our economy.
Greetings all, I was seeing on an economics blog several points about how there will be long term economic ramifications from this Covid crisis. Lower GDP, productivity loss, bankruptcy, etc. But what I want to focus on here is this:
Democrats' "let them eat cake" moment: force 30M newly unemployed and uninsured to buy junk insurance on Obamacare exchanges
Submitted by BayAreaLefty on Sat, 04/04/2020 - 10:30amHillary Clinton tweeted (and all the usual democratic outlets support this):
Millions of people have lost their employer-tied health care over the last two weeks because of the pandemic.
It's an easy call: Re-open the health care exchanges. https://t.co/otTxOpyB3b
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.
