COVID-19 updates

[Alan Klein]

In the idea off that mask, what happens after 10 days of quarantine.

In our home, wE were at that after 3 days.

[Chris Kern]

If only this were funny.

Along the same lines, editorial cartoonist Clay Bennett in the Chattanooga (U.S. state of Tennessee) Times Free Press (attached).

[PeterAit]

His "missteps" are cherry-picked and taken out of context.  When you do that, you can make anyone look like an axe murderer.  IF you would watch his complete original statements, you'd get a different impression.  But since you're not interested in that, but only looking to see him in a bad light, I would suggest you continue watching abstracts presented by people who don;t like him.  We wouldn't want you to get any other ideas about him.

Trump speaks (and thinks) at the level of a middle schooler. I guess that suits some of his supporters. As for cherry picking, he offers such a vast array of cherries that one could pick with closed eyes and still find something stupid or wrong. Or both.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

newyorkermag: An early look at next week's cover, “Grand Central Terminal," by Eric Drooker. #NewYorkerCovers

[Rob C]

newyorkermag: An early look at next week's cover, “Grand Central Terminal," by Eric Drooker. #NewYorkerCovers

Clever cover!

Rob

[Alan Klein]

Along the same lines, editorial cartoonist Clay Bennett in the Chattanooga (U.S. state of Tennessee) Times Free Press (attached).

That's funny too, Chris.  How about a cartoon showing Fauci and Trump 6 feet apart? 

[LesPalenik]

newyorkermag: An early look at next week's cover, “Grand Central Terminal," by Eric Drooker. #NewYorkerCovers

That is an expensive magazine. Almost as much as the annual LuLa subscription.

[Alan Klein]

Trump speaks (and thinks) at the level of a middle schooler. I guess that suits some of his supporters. As for cherry picking, he offers such a vast array of cherries that one could pick with closed eyes and still find something stupid or wrong. Or both.

Leaving aside the swipe at my personal intelligence, I agree that Trump is not an eloquent speaker and often has dangling modifiers and generally lacks effective syntax. But if you're not biased, and listen to what he's saying, you can understand his drift.  But if you just want to find something to criticize, you give no slack and just attack.  The fact is he's not a speaker, a debater, and his New Yorka style of speaking grates a lot of people. Forgetaboutit. But fair minded people listen to what he's saying and is able to understand his point while the biased news media makes believe they don't understand just for their own political beliefs.

[Alan Klein]

That is an expensive magazine. Almost as much as the annual LuLa subscription.

With all the inflation the government is creating with the new rescue bill, the magazine price will be $5 higher next year. 

[Alan Klein]

newyorkermag: An early look at next week's cover, “Grand Central Terminal," by Eric Drooker. #NewYorkerCovers

That's a great cover.  In case people don't know, the little circular booth in the middle is the information booth that people go to to find out where the specific ticket booth they have to pay their fare for their train.  Those are located against the walls although not shown in the cartoon. It's cute that the info givers are standing 6 feet apart. 

[degrub]

You know what would be funny - a picture of Trump after the photographer extracted his tweet machine from his hands...... like what happened with Churchill when his cigar was extracted suddenly.

[Alan Klein]

I just realized that I'm one of those who's suppose to self-isolate having been to NYC within the last 14 days.  I was there on Mar 12 visiting a dentist making March 26, tomorrow, the 14th day.  Fortunately I don't feel sick and hope to stay that way.  My wife would be pissed if I infected her. 

[Alan Klein]

newyorkermag: An early look at next week's cover, “Grand Central Terminal," by Eric Drooker. #NewYorkerCovers

Here's an actually photo of the situation.  The cartoon just substituted a guy cleaning up for the mailman in the photo.  You can see the ticket booths around the perimeter in the photo.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/25/new-york-andrew-cuomo-coronavirus-cases

[Alan Klein]

Sorry, not a mailman but rather a train conductor.

[LesPalenik]

You can still go out for a coffee.
Like this man

[armand]

You can still go out for a coffee.
Like this man

Love it!
and as a side note I still understand quite a lot of Italian, reminiscence of my high school days when I was watching Van Damme movies on Italian channels.

[armand]

His "missteps" are cherry-picked and taken out of context.  When you do that, you can make anyone look like an axe murderer.  IF you would watch his complete original statements, you'd get a different impression.  But since you're not interested in that, but only looking to see him in a bad light, I would suggest you continue watching abstracts presented by people who don;t like him.  We wouldn't want you to get any other ideas about him.

I'm sure deep down he's a very nice guy and a great leader but you are missing the point. I look at those snippets only for entertainment value, not for actual info.
As I said, they are quite abundant, even if I come just on this site and I'll get some.

[Bart_van_der_Wolf]

How is it in a nation's interest shutting down an economy and isolating people - and being wrong?

Fewer avoidable deaths. We like to think of ourselves as a humane society.

[Bart_van_der_Wolf]

Welcome back Bart and Slobo.  Glad to see you both retained your piss and vinegar.

Thanks.

[Bart_van_der_Wolf]

If only this were funny.

True.