PLAYPEN: Covid-19 Everything Political

[Robert Roaldi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atV8aa-_D0Y

Surreal.

Shutting up reporters this way and claiming that the inspector general may be sharing biased information highlighting the shortcoming of crisis mgt is just incredible... especially when you know that the inspector general was appointed by the Trump administration itself.

And that is what some here have boasting about in terms of Trump facing the country and managing the crisis???

Cheers,
Bernard

I think it's a testament to human optimism that people can still be surprised at the behaviour and even shocked by it.

[Rob C]

Indeed. They don't shake hands either.

But they spend long commuted times in very crowded trains.

Cheers,
Bernard

But they compensate for that by habitually wearing masks, which is probably why numbers have been held back to a degree. Or am I confusing Japan with China regarding regular masking?

There could actually be a fashion fortune to be made out of masks post-crisis; Hermès could be well-placed to lead.

Rob

[Rob C]

Rob said our constitution should be removed due to its age.  I was making a point that age should not be of concern if the document works.

I referred to the bit that lets your crazies have guns, as rereading should inform you. But you knew that. And again, what I have said about your crazies shows it is decidely not working; anything but working: it's killing people every day, across your nation.

You really should quit when you have lost that particular fight.

[JoeKitchen]

I referred to the bit that lets your crazies have guns, as rereading should inform you. But you knew that. And again, what I have said about your crazies shows it is decidely not working; anything but working: it's killing people every day, across your nation.

You really should quit when you have lost that particular fight.

Nah. 

With all of the guns bought during this last run before lock down, according to your philosophy, we should have had plenty of shootings by now.  But we have not. 

Kind of blows a hole in your theory. 

And even so, our 2nd amendment is our last stop protection against tyranny, and I'd take the hand full of shootings to maintain that. 

[LesPalenik]

But they compensate for that by habitually wearing masks, which is probably why numbers have been held back to a degree. Or am I confusing Japan with China regarding regular masking?

There could actually be a fashion fortune to be made out of masks post-crisis; Hermès could be well-placed to lead.

Rob

The Auerbach custom tailor company from Germany is making stylish handmade masks and selling them at 18 Euro.

Auerbach, which is famous for its colourful men’s accessories like scarves and ties, has received 8,000 orders for its hand-made face masks, which sell for 18 euros a piece, since it advertised them late last month.
CEO Jan-Henrik Maria Scheper-Stuke said he had to hire 20 new seamstresses in addition to the seven he had before the crisis to meet the flood of online orders, which continues unabated with 800 to 1,000 new masks ordered every day.
“Necessity is the mother of invention,” said Scheper-Stuke. “We make no profit from making masks. We just want to cover our costs. It is just a survival exercise. We can’t wait to return to making ties for weddings and other happy occasions.”

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-masks/from-ties-to-masks-german-tailor-shifts-production-to-survive-pandemic-idUSKBN21P1EQ?il=0

[Craig Lamson]

Very unpresidential!

Very Presidential!  It the exactly what I want and expect from Trump .  The more of this the better.

[LesPalenik]

You could be looking at him from a different angle.

[Craig Lamson]

I referred to the bit that lets your crazies have guns, as rereading should inform you. But you knew that. And again, what I have said about your crazies shows it is decidely not working; anything but working: it's killing people every day, across your nation.

You really should quit when you have lost that particular fight.

Well Rob you indeed did rail on about firearms but IIRC you also went off on ancient documents in general.  I'm not interested in going back and quoting you exactly...but...

[Craig Lamson]

You could be looking at him from a different angle.

Surely a different one than you,  but ultimalty what matters is how many others who vote in  American see him like I do.

[MattBurt]

They are taking my dear old friend Bob off of the ventilator in about an hour and he is not expected to start breathing on his own.
It all seems so abstract until it's killing your friends.

[Martin Kristiansen]

That’s really awful Matt. My sympathy to you.

[kers]

My condoleances!
Me and my friends, family have been lucky so far.

[James Clark]

Very Presidential!  It the exactly what I want and expect from Trump .  The more of this the better.

You want and expect childish rantings when the free press calls the president out on his lies?  Yeah - you're part of the problem too.

[James Clark]

They are taking my dear old friend Bob off of the ventilator in about an hour and he is not expected to start breathing on his own.
It all seems so abstract until it's killing your friends.

Matt, I'm terribly sorry. 

[William Walker]

He doesn;t care if he has to spend twenty trillion to buy votes.  So now the economy will suffer worse than it probably had too.

... yet, you are quite happy to vote for such a man?

[William Walker]

They are taking my dear old friend Bob off of the ventilator in about an hour and he is not expected to start breathing on his own.
It all seems so abstract until it's killing your friends.

Hi Matt, I am very sorry.

[Alan Klein]

... yet, you are quite happy to vote for such a man?

No I'm not happy.  But the Senate voted 96-0 for the $6 trillion bill and more to come. No american politician cares any more about debt and printing.  Do you think Biden would veto the bill?  The republicans have become socialist like the democrats. 

[Craig Lamson]

You want and expect childish rantings when the free press calls the president out on his lies?  Yeah - you're part of the problem too.

I sure do!  I'm happy to part of this problem, given the crappy press we have in this country. The status quo from the past sucked wind.  I'm glad its gone.

[Craig Lamson]

Matt, I'm terribly sorry.

So sorry Matt.

[James Clark]

I sure do!  I'm happy to part of this problem, given the crappy press we have in this country.

Dude.  You cite Breitbart and OAN, apparently without irony.