[Rob Instigator]

true.

[golden child]

a bicycle

[Bertrand]

After the rush on edible stuff, people lock themselves uo.
I went to the baker (who's my next-door neighbour) today.
She was quite bored but felt happy she had to work rather than stay in her 40 square meter apartment.
The boring thing for her is that there's so few customers they don't know what to do. They're going to reduce the choice on pastry for instance. They'll narrow it down to the most bought stuff.

And they're talking about reducing the opening hours so that no sales person has to stand there wondering what she/he's doing there.
I'm on the fringes of a 12 000-soul city.


Can't help thinking about life in Paris now, in those tiny apartments.

[Bytor Peltor]

Monday, March 18, 2020

139 Deaths From Coronavirus In The United States




Jefferson Co. Has First Confirmed Case

The Louisiana National Guard says it HAS NOT been tasked with breaking up large gatherings in the state, including at churches


Trump to suspend evictions, authorizes Defense Production Act to mobilize businesses to aid coronavirus response


President Trump Sending USNS Comfort To New York Harbor

 

[Bytor Peltor]

I 100% indorse this!

Originally Posted by Robert Schunk

Rand Paul has offered an amendment to the Coronavirus package, summed up as follows:

"require a social security number for purposes of the child tax credit, and to provide the President the authority to transfer funds as necessary, and to terminate United States military operations and reconstruction activities in Afghanistan."

***

1) require a social security number for purposes of the child tax credit

I agree with this absolutely and advise Senator Paul to assume be a position of no compromise;

2) provide the President the authority to transfer funds as necessary

Ditto;

3) terminate United States military operations and reconstruction activities in Afghanistan.

Agree entirely but advise the Senator to show some compromise on this point, but not to cave in cheaply.

[Bytor Peltor]

Originally Posted by Robert Schunk

Beaumont. So you're in Cajun country, Bytor. If they shut the restaurants down there, it might be unbearable for some.

Yes Sir, lived in Beaumont all my life until we lost hour home in 2017 due to flooding from tropical storm Harvey. We now live in Nederland, Texas which is just a stones throw South of Beaumont.

Many (not all) local and state restaurant chains are closing their dining rooms and opting for drive through / curbside pickup......doing so on their own without local municipalities ordering them to do so.

Other than longer than usual lines at the big box stores, and sometimes bare shelves, the inconveniences to our community have been minimal this first week......hope I can say the same next week!

[The Soup Nazi]

^ The fact that you're quoting one of the masters of irony puts this in the category of ridiculously meta-ironic.

[choc e-Claire]

Our PM is making a speech right now. He mentioned supporting the economy before Australian health. Still no school closures here

[The Soup Nazi]

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

i'm investing my mittbux/trumpobux in a cache of the stickiest icky and the most concentrated dab I can find.......

Yo, I know more about the United States than half the United States, so:

 

[The Soup Nazi]

Originally Posted by ilduclo

Cat fud supply is EXCELLENT!

 

[Rob Instigator]

working remotely starting Monday, expectations that it will last up to 12 weeks... Hopefully less.

[_tunic_]

The Dutch minister for healthcare has resigned due to overtiredness. He collapsed during a debate yesterday evening (which had lasted for several hours) and today decided that he can't continue.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

working remotely starting Monday, expectations that it will last up to 12 weeks... Hopefully less.

fuck hope, plan for the long term, if we find a vaccine soon it’s a bonus. but the world has already changed.

i’m already in full home retooling mode. should have started in january when info came out but was lackadaisical.

[Bytor Peltor]

evidently this happened in Houston today

[_tunic_]

If you still listen to the radio, be prepared:

Radio stations across Europe will run You'll never walk alone after the idea of 3fm DJ Sander Hoogendoorn

With all the radio morning shows in the Netherlands playing one song at the same time to remain united in this corona crisis. That was the idea of 3FM DJ Sander Hoogendoorn last Tuesday. It is now getting so out of hand that all of Europe wants to participate. Studio Brussel, BBC Radio 1 and 2 and many more European stations are participating to play "You'll Never Never Walk Alone" on Friday at 8.45 a.m.

Sander called Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte of NPO Radio 2 on Tuesday in his broadcast to launch the idea. Sander: ,, This crisis shows that it brings people together. We all need to put our shoulders to the wheel, Mark Rutte said, to get out of this. Then I thought, can't we play a song with all the morning shows in the Netherlands at the same time? ”

And so he approached more morning shows, at home and abroad, with the idea: all morning shows run Friday at 8:45 am at the same time "You'll Never Walk Alone". The participating radio stations so far are:

Nederland
NPO Radio 1, NPO Radio 2, NPO 3FM, NPO Radio 4, NPO Radio 5, 100%NL, Radio 10, Veronica, Omroep Zeeland, WOS Radio, Omroep Weert en Oog Radio.

Belgium
Stubru, Radio 1, Radio 2, Joe, Willy, Q-music, Klara, Nostalgie, NRJ en MNM.

Great Britain
BBC 1 & BBC 2

Other Countries
Luxemburg (Radio 100,7), Germany (WDR 2, WDR 4, 1Live, SWR3, RBB Radio Eins), Austria (ORF Austria, OE3, Ö3, FM4, Radio Burgenland, Radio Kärnten, Radio Niederösterreich, Radio Oberösterreich, Radio Steiermark, Radio Salzburg, ORF Radio Tirol, Radio Vorarlberg), Estland (Radio 2), Bulgaria (Bulgarian National Radio), Finland (Yle Vega, Yle X3M), Latvia (Latvijas Radio 1, Latvijas Radio 2, Latvijas Radio 3 - Classics, Latvijas Radio 4 - Домская площадь, Latvijas Radio 5 - pieci.lv), Slovakia (Radio and Television Slovakia), Romania (Radio Romania), Spain (RADIO NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA (RNE), Radio Clásica,Radio 3) and Georgia (Georgian Public Broadcaster).

[_tunic_]

Coronavirus Outbreak Could Destroy Up To 25 Million Jobs - ILO

Dammit, I intended to go look for a new job in the near future provided that I'm somehow cured from this burnout, and there is/was plenty of opportunities available. But now the market has changed completely and I could end up jobless....

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by _tunic_

Coronavirus Outbreak Could Destroy Up To 25 Million Jobs - ILO

Dammit, I intended to go look for a new job in the near future provided that I'm somehow cured from this burnout, and there is/was plenty of opportunities available. But now the market has changed completely and I could end up jobless....

yeah, a big depression is coming i think. but there are alternatives to working full time, and you’re pretty resourceful...

[The Soup Nazi]

From CNN:
Photo shows "corona" crossed out and replaced with "Chinese" in Trump's briefing notes

 

[The Soup Nazi]

Originally Posted by _tunic_

If you still listen to the radio, be prepared

Dark memories of "We Are The World" and "My Heart Will Go On" regurgitate through my mind...

[tw2113]

Originally Posted by The Soup Nazi

Dark memories of "We Are The World" and "My Heart Will Go On" regurgitate through my mind...

But...does your heart really go on?