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Reports of protests are overblown. A few incidents around the country, but nothing major.

5 (45.5%)

A few major incidents in capitals, but nothing much in DC.

5 (45.5%)

A major incident in DC, but nothing much around the country.

0 (0%)

More than 10 capitals have major upheavals, but nothing much in DC.

0 (0%)

A major incident in DC plus more than 10 capitals with significant upheavals.

1 (9.1%)

More than half the capitals around the country have problems with protesters, but DC is quiet.

0 (0%)

DC has major problems, while more than half the capitals around the country also have considerable trouble with protesters.

0 (0%)

Huge disruption to the day.

0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 9

Voting closed: January 19, 2021, 10:49:21 PM

[LarryBnDC]

Remember when conservatives mocked Obama for using a TelePrompTer?

[FlyingVProd]

Disneyland is still open.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-12/disney-other-theme-parks-stay-open-as-california-urges-ban-on-large-gatherings

That is my area, and some of my neighbors work there, and their kids go to school with kids who have parents who work there. I shop at stores with the people who work at Disneyland.

I pray for the best.

And I pray for Italy, and for other nations hit hard by this horrible virus.

We need for the experts to teach the public how to build up our immune systems with the right kinds of foods, etc, and we need for the researchers to find a vaccine quickly.

The doctor who warned the world about this disease eventually died from it, while trying to help others. This disease is pretty bad.

We need for all of the researchers to work overtime, and we need for the dietitians to teach the public what to eat.

Salute,

Tony V.

[facilitatorn]

http://m.dailykos.com/stories/1926854

It’s early, but I’m totally ready for President Katie Porter.

[Yankguy1]

Disneyland is now closing.

[facilitatorn]

GOP in an emergency

http://slate.com/business/2020/03/republicans-think-democrats-coronavirus-bill-is-part-of-a-radical-left-wing-agenda.html

The turtle and the slumlord, Moscow Mitch and Putin’s Puppet, are just another incarnation of the walrus and the carpenter.

[josh]

Some thoughts...

CV19 was transmitted to humans most likely by bat poop and bat flesh.  A lot of viruses start in China because you have 1.3 billion people living much closer to the human food chain, and eating unusual wild fauna.  Many US and European hot spots will develop due to the large number of Asian students who attend universities in the US and Europe.  Think about the college lifestyle for a moment.  It includes these items:

People crowded together in dorms, classrooms, clubs, coffeeshops, cafes, etc.
Expanding one's sexual experiences, often with several partners.
Attending events with large crowds, e.g. sports, concerts, state fairs, street fairs, etc.
Being more asymptomatic wherever you go, due to your youthfulness, and possibly never even knowing you had anything serious.

My daughter cancelled a trip with some friends- they were going to go and stay at a timeshare in Colorado.  I understand the caution - one of her good friends is a physician's assistant who works at a healthcare facility in Omaha.  My daughter teaches music at elementary/middle school.  They don't want to be vectors for CV into situations where older persons would be exposed (for my daughter, that would be both older teachers, and grandparents of the children in her classes)  But the logic and the epidemiological map don't always line up.  If their goal is to avoid being carriers, they will gain more from avoiding the UNL and UNO campuses and nearby nightspots than they will avoiding a remote cabin on a lake in what is still the off-season.  IOW, it's not travel per se, it's your destination points and where you may stop en route. 

Shifting college classes to teleconferencing may be one of the best steps available to us right now.  So far, Harvard and UW are on board, a couple others.

Many more than a couple.

130 have closed and most of them are working on some form of tele-education.

[josh]

Damn - why did all those solders have to die before we upped the production of tanks and arms in the 40s?   Why didnt we make all that shit ahead of time?

FDR knew the war was coming, and so made preparations over a year before we officially entered after Pearl Harbor.  Those preparations, in addition to increasing production of weapons and equipment, included authorizing the first peacetime military draft in US history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_Training_and_Service_Act_of_1940

There you go, countering bullshit with facts.

How dare you?!

[LarryBnDC]

GOP in an emergency

http://slate.com/business/2020/03/republicans-think-democrats-coronavirus-bill-is-part-of-a-radical-left-wing-agenda.html

The turtle and the slumlord, Moscow Mitch and Putin’s Puppet, are just another incarnation of the walrus and the carpenter.

“Goodies.”

[josh]

Trump: "We have a very heavily tested, if an American's coming back, or anybody is coming back, we're testing, we have a tremendous testing set up where people coming have to be tested and if they are positive and if they are able to get through, because if they're, frankly, if they're not, we're not putting them on planes, if they're, if it shows positive, but if they are, if they do come here they have to, we're quarantine, it's going to be a pretty strong enforcement of quarantine, look, the key is you have to have separation..."

This is a lie.

We are not testing Americans as they come back. We don't have the capacity. We don't have the trained staff. We don't have the equipment at the airports with which we could do such test.

[REDSTATEWARD]

The mandated paid sick leave is an excellent one.  Two nations in the world don't have this:  the USA, and Papua New Guinea.  Hmm.

How does paid sick leave stop the spread of the coronavirus?

[NeedsAdjustments]

The mandated paid sick leave is an excellent one.  Two nations in the world don't have this:  the USA, and Papua New Guinea.  Hmm.

How does paid sick leave stop the spread of the coronavirus?

The answer to this is so obvious, I'm seriously hoping this is one of his sealion traps.

[REDSTATEWARD]

The mandated paid sick leave is an excellent one.  Two nations in the world don't have this:  the USA, and Papua New Guinea.  Hmm.

How does paid sick leave stop the spread of the coronavirus?

The answer to this is so obvious, I'm seriously hoping this is one of his sealion traps.

So obvious it stumped you.

[NeedsAdjustments]

The mandated paid sick leave is an excellent one.  Two nations in the world don't have this:  the USA, and Papua New Guinea.  Hmm.

How does paid sick leave stop the spread of the coronavirus?

There is a testing shortage.
Therefore, people who are sick are urged not to come into work regardless of what they may be sick of.  There is no way of telling.
People without sick leave would be more likely to decide to stay at work, telling themselves it’s the regular flu, or seasonal allergies.
Some of those people will actually have COVID-19 and will therefore spread the virus to their coworkers.
Removing the incentive to work despite feeling symptoms will slow the virus spread because more of those people will make the choice to stay home.

[LarryBnDC]

The mandated paid sick leave is an excellent one.  Two nations in the world don't have this:  the USA, and Papua New Guinea.  Hmm.

How does paid sick leave stop the spread of the coronavirus?

People stay home and don’t go broke, duh.

[REDSTATEWARD]

The mandated paid sick leave is an excellent one.  Two nations in the world don't have this:  the USA, and Papua New Guinea.  Hmm.

How does paid sick leave stop the spread of the coronavirus?

There is a testing shortage.
Therefore, people who are sick are urged not to come into work regardless of what they may be sick of.  There is no way of telling.
People without sick leave would be more likely to decide to stay at work, telling themselves it’s the regular flu, or seasonal allergies.
Some of those people will actually have COVID-19 and will therefore spread the virus to their coworkers.
Removing the incentive to work despite feeling symptoms will slow the virus spread because more of those people will make the choice to stay home.

Several problems with that logic.
No employee wants to come to work sick and no employer would disagree
But the coronavirus has no symptoms  up to five days before someone is sick.
The States of Washington and California have paid sick leave.  California has the third largest  reported cases. Washington has a large concentration of the disease at a nursing center.
I repeat. How does paid sick leave stop the spread of the coronia virus?