The Evening Blues - 3-20-20
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 03/20/2020 - 3:55pm
The US' Global Status in one Headline
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Fri, 03/20/2020 - 12:00pmRemember when "Leader of the Free World" invariably meant the US President; even clowns and dolts like GWB? Dig This:
Pandemic and The Little Things
Submitted by on the cusp on Fri, 03/20/2020 - 7:53amI will be stuck at home, office closed, not working every single day, for the first time in 35 years. This is already a life with which I am unfamiliar.
It is not frightening, I have no fear of running out of TP or food, but I do fear being bored. After all, we all die, don't we?
Open Thread Friday 3-20-2020
Submitted by studentofearth on Fri, 03/20/2020 - 5:13am
The world as you know it ends today. Usually we experience this in small unrelated episodes unnoticed by the rest of the world. The car accident, job loss, debilitating injury, cancer diagnosis, fatal infectious diseases, now living with a chronic physical or mental disease and loss of a loved one are endured in silence.
Coronavirus is different. It is a collective worldwide event. We are experiencing the COVID-19 event even if not infected with the virus. The fear, the closing down of communities, the actual infection and the recovery is being played out in each nation. The resilience of each country's government and their population is open for the whole world to observe.
Maintaining Sanity in a Dystopian World
Submitted by PriceRip on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 11:02pmTo remain sane in the midst of generalized justifiable hysteria is a real challenge. My primary "relief valve" for this type of challenge over the years has been to spend time conferring with my fellow wizards. Now that I am retired and given the current (we hope) temporary circumstances I choose to hangout in this venue (with much thanks, to those behind the c99p curtain) as an island of sanity in a stormy sea.
20% Unemployment Rate
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 7:42pmRecall how bad things were in 2009-2010 when the unemployment rate was 10%.
Let the idea of a 20% unemployment rate sink in.
Trump outflanks Democrats ON THE LEFT!
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 4:03pmTrump was already slightly to the left of the Democratic establishment on issues of wars and trade, but now the parties have totally switched positions.
The Evening Blues - 3-19-20
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 3:36pm
Aloha Tulsi
Submitted by Not Henry Kissinger on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 12:38pmDrops out. Endorses Joementia.
Ed? You OK?
Experimental drug holds promise for treating the coronavirus
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Good Morning fellow C99'ers. Just a quick post. I ran across this story on my Twitter feed this morning. After a grueling week where nothing feels normal anymore, I needed a bit of encouraging news. Then I thought you all might too. So here goes:
