Space Freely
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Re: COVID-19 2020
March 22, 2020 at 11:24 PM UTC
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Snuck wrote:
sweetcell wrote:
sweetcell wrote:
official count of COVID-19 cases in the US:
3/15: 3,680
3/16: 4,663
3/17: 6,411
3/18: 9,259
3/19: 13,000+
source
yeah, this is going well.
for the more visually-minded, this is what the curve looks like:
we should be at well over 20k tomorrow, and 100k by monday.
I don’t know…33,000 so far…not sure 100k by Mondayis really gonna happen
Doubles every two days, sometimes three if we're lucky.
Space Freely
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Re: COVID-19 2020
March 23, 2020 at 12:15 AM UTC
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challenged wrote:
My 79 year old mother went and got a haircut yesterdaybecause she "needed" one. She says that she ran the idea past my sister first, and my sister said yes.
questions:
How is a hair salon open at all?
How does an open hair salon feel that serving the elderly right now is a good idea?
Does my sister have an ulterior motive?
I feel you pain there, Challenged. My 79 year old mom with respiratory issues who lives in senior housing (that she jus moved into a few months ago) apparently spent the day apartment hunting (at a different senior complex) and "shopping" in spite of my brother (who has no kids) living in a large single family house 10 miles away.
hutch
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Re: COVID-19 2020
March 23, 2020 at 03:10 AM UTC
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Harvey Weinstein tests positive
Sidehatch
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Re: COVID-19 2020
March 23, 2020 at 11:42 AM UTC
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deep wrote:
Ron paul still thinks it a hoax updated today
Still thinking it’s a hoax Ron … now that your son has it
Karma
Here's one for the IT nerds out there

hutch
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Re: COVID-19 2020
March 23, 2020 at 01:48 PM UTC
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Over the years I have come to loathe Wall Street
Watch them pressure to get money for the companies
No amount of money from government or concessions ever satisfies them and it’s so easy for them to sell right now to put pressure on democrats to go along with Mnuchin and Republicans
I know regular people aren’t even checking their 401k’s
Let it drop…the package should help people not corporations…
Sidehatch
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Re: COVID-19 2020
March 23, 2020 at 02:41 PM UTC
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Snuck wrote:
Let it drop…the package should help people not corporations…
I agree….Dems should not give any ground on this issue
I'm sure the GOP will say this is a shitty time to do it, but they have done the exact opposite in the past
and jez, we're doing for the poeple, not so the cronies in the big corps
I think the voters will understand that the GOP is not willing to compromise here
Is this true???
@Redpainter1
5 Republican Senators now in self-quarantine and will most likely not be able to vote.
- Rick Scott FL
- Cory Gardner CO
- Mike Lee UT
- Mitt Romney UT
- Rand Paul KY
Dems have the majority in the Senate.
Mitch McConnell's biggest nightmare.
Let's see what happens now.
hutch
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Re: COVID-19 2020
March 23, 2020 at 02:45 PM UTC
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It’s complicated cause when companies start mass layoffs which seems to have started a few hours ago Republicans will blame democrats for not passing their corporate welfare bill…
It’s a fine line but I just don’t see point of propping up airlines…help the employees directly..airlines will come back…
Sidehatch
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Re: COVID-19 2020
March 23, 2020 at 02:50 PM UTC
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I also think this is the time to do a sweeping Election reform
Nationwide Vote By Mail! (yes each state has to do it, but the fed gov't could provide funds and assistance to get it in place by Nov)
It seems corporate shame works in the social media era!
Target Donates N95 Mask Inventory to Hospitals, Apologizes For Selling Masks in Seattle
hutch
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Re: COVID-19 2020
March 23, 2020 at 03:14 PM UTC
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Is anybody else worried voting by mail will favor Republicans?
Maybe it’s just me but the inner cities are a shit show? Have you thought it through about poorer more transient people actually getting ballots?
Not to mention can you not imagine states with Republican governors using this as a way in which to not get ballots to certain groups?
It’s a nice buzzword and ultimately am for it but…
grateful
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Re: COVID-19 2020
March 23, 2020 at 03:15 PM UTC
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Hogan shuts down Maryland (not a shelter in place)
Sidehatch
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Re: COVID-19 2020
March 23, 2020 at 03:28 PM UTC
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Snuck wrote:
Is anybody else worried voting by mail will favor Republicans?
My only fear is that the below 30-year-olds won't even know what a mailbox looks like
I do think that Rep's could have advantages in that they could ensure that everyone in a Nursing home can vote.
But if more Americans were able to vote (let's say we get 80ish % participation)…and they still vote GOP, we'll then the people have spoken
Currently, lots of people are not voting…vast majority would vote dem (maybe I'm dreaming, but that seems to be the case)
More votes… ensure GOP losses
that's why they try hard to suppress voting and use code words like 'stopping voter fraud' (which translates to how can we make difficult for likely dem voters from casting their vote)
hutch
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Re: COVID-19 2020
March 23, 2020 at 03:55 PM UTC
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Wow I just don’t think your assumptions are correct
And voter suppression of certain groups would continue
I don’t think you’ve thought this through…you are just assuming all best cases
I am in favor - generally - of anything that makes it easier to vote for people but if you don’t think a Republican governor in Florida, for example, would use this to fuck over Democrat voters hardcore…well
Sidehatch
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Re: COVID-19 2020
March 23, 2020 at 04:40 PM UTC
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Snuck wrote:
And voter suppression of certain groups would continue
I don’t think you’ve thought this through…you are just assuming all best cases
Of course….but would think if every resident who can legally vote was mailed a ballot (or could pick it up)
It would be easier to track
1. we'd document that every voter was mailed a ballot
2. we could document every received one and be able to do cross-checks so there was no double voting and fraud
But this is my fear
But some election experts warn that an abrupt adoption of vote-by-mail systems in states that aren’t sufficiently prepared would introduce new risks and avenues for disruption. The results, they say, could bring widespread confusion or even disenfranchise voters.Would give trump and the GOP latitude to be like "we have to cancel the election results and we'll revisit this in 2024"
Not for nothing, but
Amy is trying to do something about it
hutch
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Re: COVID-19 2020
March 23, 2020 at 05:00 PM UTC
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To me wait til we win control of both houses of Congress and White House in a few months to do this
Right now Republicans would take advantage of this to screw people over and Supreme Court would back them
We need major electoral reform but right now is a non starter
beetsnotbeats
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Re: COVID-19 2020
March 23, 2020 at 05:44 PM UTC
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Sidehatch
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Re: COVID-19 2020
March 24, 2020 at 03:51 AM UTC
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who would think a coin could get us out of this mess…

might need to put 2020 on it tho
sweetcell
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Re: COVID-19 2020
March 24, 2020 at 03:58 AM UTC
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hutch wrote:
I don’t know…33,000 so far…not sure 100k by Mondayis really gonna happen
yup, didn't hit 100k… i think we're at 50k'ish, numbers are lower ("only" 46k) on
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/ because they define a day as london time (GMT+0), but we continued to report cases during our day…
… but regardless, the US now has the
third most cases in the world! we've beaten spain and are gaining on italy - the silver is ours!
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Space Freely
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Re: COVID-19 2020
March 24, 2020 at 11:42 AM UTC
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And I go to Facebook and someone I know posted this. Folks, please don't blame the Chinese or Trump for this mess. Blame God.
In three short months, just like He did with the plagues of Egypt, God has taken away everything we worship. God said, "you want to worship athletes, I will shut down the stadiums. You want to worship musicians, I will shut down Civic Centers. You want to worship actors, I will shut down theaters. You want to worship money, I will shut down the economy and collapse the stock market. You don't want to go to church and worship Me, I will make it where you can't go to church"
"If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land."
Maybe we don't need a vaccine, Maybe we need to take this time of isolation from the distractions of the world and have a personal revival where we focus on the ONLY thing in the world that really matters. Jesus.
If you believe this copy and share. Start the revival in your home……Spread the Love of Jesus.