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I've been wondering, is it better to get it over with early? If you get it now, and need hospitalization, you'll get hospitalization. Not sure what's going to happen two months from now. Will hospitals be in triage mode? _________________________ You do NOT have the right to never be offended. | |||
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OAN is carrying a live briefing by VP Pence and his team. It looks like they have made a tremendous amount of progress mobilizing resources over the last three days. All the major effin' media is broadcasting old sports programming. "If Gun Control worked, Chicago would look like Mayberry, not Thunderdome" - Cam Edwards | |||
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I doubt it. If everyone simply got it now, there would not be enough beds, ventilators, etc. for all of us. Need to stretch out our resources as much as long as possible. And yes, if no drastic measures are taken to curtail exposure (like Ohio and Illinois have done), triage is a real possibility, as it was in Italy. Not comparing our system to theirs, I just use it as an example of supply and demand, where demand exceeds supply. | |||
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Bananas are kinda tough. You can’t get more than you’re going to eat before they get overripe, unless you are going to use then to make banana bread or banana nut muffins (as my wife does when we don’t keep up and they get overripe). If you’re baking with them, freezing them once they get to the level of overripe you prefer doesn’t seem to hurt them. Raw chicken freezes well and is one of the things we checked our freezer stock on to make sure we had plenty for several meals. Steaks, tri-tips, roasts (beef & pork) all freeze well and last a good long time in the freezer. | |||
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thin skin can't win |
Sounds fun. Not really social distancing, but I dig it! You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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I had this very discussion with a radiologist today. In the context, mostly jokingly, of finding a COVID-19 patient and going to rub faces with them. Final analysis was we've past the window for that to be an effective strategy with assurance of proper care on the backend. Sorry. You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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That's poor diversification! Well, I've not done much better with a retired full-time mother as my better half. We'll see more of this over coming months. The family impacts, not retired moms hopefully. You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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thin skin can't win |
Only the foolish show up this week and take themselves out? You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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The world has gone crazy!! Our local school has closed starting Tuesday for 30 days. Can you imagine what impact this is going to have on working families? I'm taking it all in stride, and I'm near being a high risk. Thank you media for making everyone panic!! _________________________________________________ "Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God." --- G.K. Chesterton | |||
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Peace through superior firepower |
Yep. Bonkers. Four months from now, we'll be patting ourselves on the back for "defeating" the Wuhan Virus, but the truth of the matter will be ignored. Oh, how brave we are, oh, how determined and capable. Fuck yeah. Stupid panicky cattle | |||
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Something wild is loose |
Because we're looking at the H1N1 pandemic in the rear view mirror. We know (approximately) how many people died. And isolation/quarantine measures would have helped reduce deaths - we just traded deaths for economy, globally. We didn't know it, and certainly didn't intend it, but that was the result. Less panic, fewer containment measures, more deaths, less economic impact. We can look at that now in the retrospectoscope. What we should be focusing on now - certainly the current threat too, full speed ahead - is the future. Spillover is guaranteed - always obvious, seldom acted on. We (the US) know our drug pipelines are shaky. We know our reserve medical resources are inadequate (lifeboats on the Titanic come to mind). We know our research funding is minimal, particularly for emerging diseases. And we know - at least researchers know - that somewhere in the jungle Para's comet is waiting - a very tiny, but supremely effective comet. Fix it. And help our world partners to fix it. Before the next, real pandemic wipes us off the face of the earth. We have been warned. "And gentlemen in England now abed, shall think themselves accursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks that fought with us upon Saint Crispin's Day" | |||
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I have to politely disgree with the assertion that any of these actions (closures, etc.) are the media's fault. It is not, by any stretch of the imagination. If people are panicking, it is because of the actions being taken across the world and in some of our states, all of which are based on sound, scientific principles from trained, experienced, and knowledgeable epidemiologists, who most assuredly are not crazy. Closures and social distancing should have been done sooner, because some experts are now saying it is too late in the U.S. to do so. This is quite a serious problem that we are woefully unprepared for. | |||
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always with a hat or sunscreen |
And now for intermission, a little TP humor. Link to original video: https://youtu.be/vRlBtabKRFM Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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The Extra Virgin Birch seems the way to go! | |||
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In emergency pandemic move, Fed cuts rates to zero and will purchase $700B in bonds https://www.washingtonexaminer...d-cuts-rates-to-zero The Federal Reserve lowered its interest rate target to zero and announced large purchases of goverment bonds Sunday to protect the economy against the coronavirus pandemic. "The effects of the coronavirus will weigh on economic activity in the near term and pose risks to the economic outlook," the central bank's monetary policy committee said in an unscheduled statement. The Fed will also purchase $700 billion in goverment-backed bonds in the "coming months," a move it said was meant to ensure the functioning of financial markets. The statement said that the central bank would leave short-term interest rates at a range of between zero and 0.25% until "it is confident that the economy has weathered recent events and is on track to achieve its maximum employment and price stability goals." Sunday's surprise rate cut is the second such emergency action by the Fed in the past month as it has reckoned with the economic fallout from the pandemic. Goldman Sachs chief economst Jan Hatzius projected Sunday that gross domestic product would shrink by 5% in the second quarter. The Fed's fear is that, beyond the short-term cessation of commerce needed to prevent the spread of the virus, fear about the future might be risking a longer-term recession and job loss beyond what is necessary. One member of the monetary policy committee, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland president Loretta Mester, objected to the decision to lower rates all the way to zero, from a range of 1% to 1.25%. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell announced a press conference for Sunday evening. "I want to congratulate the Federal Reserve," President Trump said at a coronavirus press conference that took place just minutes after the announcement. "I'm very happy," he said. Sunday's action by the Fed leaves them with limited traditional options for further easing money, should they decide doing so is necessary. In recent weeks, yields on longer-term bonds have fallen near zero, leaving little scope for the kind of large-scale bond purchasing, or quantitative easing, the Fed has previously undertaken to spur spending. The monetary policy committee had been scheduled to have a two-day meeting in Washington, D.C., this week, but determined that the rate cut could not wait until then. Apart from monetary policy, the central bank also announced several changes meant to ensure credit market functioning, including lowering the rate it charges banks for emergency borrowing for liquidity needs, known as the "discount window." _________________________ "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain | |||
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Awesome video! | |||
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always with a hat or sunscreen |
Small batch for me! I'm a sensitive guy. LOL
:thumbsup: Agreed! Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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And all that shit goes out the window when emotions get in the way. Guaranteed. You’re seeing it now. ——————————————— The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Psalm 14:1 | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
A thousand times this.
And we should be doing that now. That actions we're taking simply are not worth the economic cost. Not even close. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
Me thinks the FED fears an impending economic Armageddon. This week will be damned interesting. Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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