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Casimir Radon posted:Heh. The only reason she got any sort of currency was because of her tenuous connection to Bernie. Whatever, she's out of congress next year, and probably off to a long career of shilling for the Putin and Modi. I'll believe it when the cultist is actually out. I'll really believe it when she is nothing but dust and memories.
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Duzzy Funlop posted:I'm confused, weren't you our resident North Dakota snowmilgoon? I was for 5.5 years! Went to Korea and got out at JBLM about two years ago now. Some more details that have come out over the last few hours: I work for Davey Tree, which is a huge company, second only to asplundh for tree stuff. They’re planning on giving us extra PTO (10 days) on a case by case basis if the government forces us to close a branch. Which is cool and probably better than some other people’s situation. But no one is calling to have their trees pruned right now. So if we run out of work (estimated to be middle of next week), they are going to lay people off if they don’t burn all their PTO (not getting any of the sickness related PTO if this happens) and presumably lay you off after it runs out. I’ve been here two years, and have 5 total days PTO. If we get laid off, we have to pay our insurance out of pocket, and being single with the most basic possible plan, that turns out to be 50% of my projected unemployment checks from Pennsylvania. I should be fine, because I have family that still likes me, but most of the misfits I work with have zero backup plans and might end up uninsured or unable to pay their mortgages until work starts up again. Which seems bad with the pandemic. So right now I’m basically praying for the governor to flip the switch to “you can’t legally work,” else everyone here is hosed. Oh and our salaried sales/management guys don’t seem to give a gently caress cause they’re getting paid regardless. Fake edit: this might be the thing that finally makes me start taking classes again like I probably should have been from the minute I got out though, so silver lining
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BurningChrome posted:I'll believe it when the cultist is actually out. I'll really believe it when she is nothing but dust and memories.
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Casimir Radon posted:She's not running. An actual lefty was going to primary her so lil Tulsi decided to run off all the way into grifter land. Still worried about her weaseling back in down the line.
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Yo is it really believable that china has no new cases at all? It seems extremely unlikely but I'm not sure how much it's because the PRC have basically trained me not to believe a thing they say 
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Radical 90s Wizard posted:Yo is it really believable that china has no new cases at all? It seems extremely unlikely but I'm not sure how much it's because the PRC have basically trained me not to believe a thing they say Maybe yes, maybe not. We'll know in time won't we? If they are lying though, I hope its party officials that get to know what a cytokine storm is like first hand.
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Radical 90s Wizard posted:Yo is it really believable that china has no new cases at all? It seems extremely unlikely but I'm not sure how much it's because the PRC have basically trained me not to believe a thing they say With intensive testing, very thorough tracing, and unique quarantine techniques... maybe? I don't think we're doing any of those so....
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I'm seeing 34 new cases in China today, 8 new deaths, so they are probably just reporting slow. 34 is stupid low though.
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TCD posted:With intensive testing, very thorough tracing, and unique quarantine techniques... maybe? bird cooch posted:No it is absolutely not believable. I feel that the authoritarian surveillance state that regularly snuffs out lives wholesale can manage an epidemic, once they stop tripping over their collective dicks. Somehow can't manage to stop them from starting in the first place but v0v.
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As Italy's reported death toll surpasses that of China, it's important to remember that the latter's number is almost certainly a drastic underreporting by an authoritarian regime that viciously suppresses press freedom and is obsessed with maintaining a fantasy narrative that justifies its legitimacy.
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Cugel the Clever posted:As Italy's reported death toll surpasses that of China, it's important to remember that the latter's number is almost certainly a drastic underreporting by an authoritarian regime that viciously suppresses press freedom and is obsessed with maintaining a fantasy narrative that justifies its legitimacy.
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Casimir Radon posted:Imagine the virus getting into one of the concentration camps. God that really was the worst mission in Splinter Cell.
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Casimir Radon posted:Imagine the virus getting into one of the concentration camps. Probably already has since they used slaves from the camps in Wuhan and other locales as labor while they were otherwise locked down.
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Mar 19, 2020 19:55
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Bulky Bartokomous posted:Cool, my student loan debt will go from $200k to $190k. the gently caress did you go to school for
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not caring here posted:I'm seeing 34 new cases in China today, 8 new deaths, so they are probably just reporting slow. They have been dealing with this since December and went into quarantine of varying levels throughout the country two months ago. It's very possible and I would expect to see a tapering off anyways. That being said, their numbers are usually reported with a political bent. I'm more curious about how they handle coming out of it and if theres a spike of infections so we know what to expect. Edit: The number was going to go down eventually. The important thing is if you believe the downward trend or not. I would expect the CCP to be able to control their citizens effectively. Once they acknowledged the problem they started aggressive testing and tracking for it to isolate it. Western countries may struggle to maintain a 2 month quarantine, if they ever get one enacted that is. lightpole fucked around with this message at 20:49 on Mar 19, 2020 |
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Casimir Radon posted:Imagine the virus getting into one of the concentration camps. Ours or theirs?
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Mr. Nice! posted:I wonder if there's a study of command morale during Zumwalt's years as CNO vs the years after. I'm pretty sure the shaggy topped and bearded Sailors were generally happier than ones with strict grooming standards. Only on at sea times longer than 1 week would my CO allow no shaves. You had to pay :5bux: to the CPO mess for the chit. Haircuts on long at seas were waived until a few days before coming into port. If you didn't have a sat haircut you could not leave the boat when we docked. This was also the same skipper that would smoke cigars any drat place or time he pleased.
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Radical 90s Wizard posted:Yo is it really believable that china has no new cases at all? It seems extremely unlikely but I'm not sure how much it's because the PRC have basically trained me not to believe a thing they say All they have to do is what we did here. Not test for it.
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:Theirs, children don't seem that affected by the virus oof
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ded posted:Only on at sea times longer than 1 week would my CO allow no shaves. You had to pay :5bux: to the CPO mess for the chit. Haircuts on long at seas were waived until a few days before coming into port. If you didn't have a sat haircut you could not leave the boat when we docked. Dude sounds like a proper leader. If I had COs in the army that chawed on cigars and smoked wherever he pleased, I'd probably be following them from duty station to duty station. Closest I got was a BN motor sergeant E7 that gave no fucks and smoked his lovely Swishers everywhere, all the time. He curried favor with troops by taking them to the logistics yards on Anaconda while looting shipping containers. Dude had a heart attack mid-deployment, went to Germany for a month to recover and showed up one day back in the desert, cigars and poo poo mil spec bourbon in mouthwash bottles in tow. Dude ruled. He's probably dead now, but still, an awesome dude all around.
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smertrioslol posted:I was for 5.5 years! Went to Korea and got out at JBLM about two years ago now. poo poo, sorry to hear about that situation. But going back to school with a purpose is always a decent course of action. Stay safe, Shay-Denn, FC of my heart (it's still not how that drat word is pronounced  )
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Radical 90s Wizard posted:Yo is it really believable that china has no new cases at all? It seems extremely unlikely but I'm not sure how much it's because the PRC have basically trained me not to believe a thing they say If the reporting from the NYT is accurate, you can't move from any building to another without having your temperature taken at exit and entrance and then if you have a fever you're funneled immediately to a "fever clinic" to figure out whether it's COVID or not with mandatory quarantine if the answer is yes. If that's accurate and they're actually doing it, I could see no new cases (although as not caring here says, they're also just being slow). That doesn't mean there's no virus, but just that it's contained enough that they're not catching people in the net.
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Notahippie posted:If the reporting from the NYT is accurate, you can't move from any building to another without having your temperature taken at exit and entrance and then if you have a fever you're funneled immediately to a "fever clinic" to figure out whether it's COVID or not with mandatory quarantine if the answer is yes. If that's accurate and they're actually doing it, I could see no new cases (although as not caring here says, they're also just being slow). That doesn't mean there's no virus, but just that it's contained enough that they're not catching people in the net. I can believe this.
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If anyone in the SF Bay area bought some N95 masks to deal with the fires, consider donating them to a hospital. A friend of mine who's a nurse said there's already shortages and it's not going to get better soon.
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So on a training flight today (because of course we're still flying), we got to talking about what you would spend your government issued stimulus check on if they actually implement that plan. Since we already get government issued salaries regardless of whether we get shut down, what's a good place to donate that money to in order to help people who actually need it? I was planning on the local food bank but I'm open to other ideas.
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Wingnut Ninja posted:So on a training flight today (because of course we're still flying), we got to talking about what you would spend your government issued stimulus check on if they actually implement that plan. Since we already get government issued salaries regardless of whether we get shut down, what's a good place to donate that money to in order to help people who actually need it? I was planning on the local food bank but I'm open to other ideas. Food bank, animal shelters. I've given a decent amount of money over to a few cat rescue orgs in Chicago that are at risk of going permanently under due to not collecting visitor fees.
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Wingnut Ninja posted:So on a training flight today (because of course we're still flying), we got to talking about what you would spend your government issued stimulus check on if they actually implement that plan. Since we already get government issued salaries regardless of whether we get shut down, what's a good place to donate that money to in order to help people who actually need it? I was planning on the local food bank but I'm open to other ideas. I was going to get food at places that have gone take-out only a few time a week.
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We have elderly neighbors so I think I would just give it to them or buy them groceries like I’m planning to do anyway
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Stultus Maximus posted:I was going to get food at places that have gone take-out only a few time a week. Yeah with the Navy canceling the spring PFA I'm doing my part for this as well.  Gonna see if pizza cures coronavirus.
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Wingnut Ninja posted:So on a training flight today (because of course we're still flying), we got to talking about what you would spend your government issued stimulus check on if they actually implement that plan. Since we already get government issued salaries regardless of whether we get shut down, what's a good place to donate that money to in order to help people who actually need it? I was planning on the local food bank but I'm open to other ideas. Local mutual aid groups
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Milo and POTUS posted:That dog who tested positive died Wait. A dog died of COVID? gently caress.
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LtCol J. Krusinski posted:Wait.
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https://www.marketwatch.com/story/pet-dog-with-coronavirus-dies-after-returning-from-quarantine-disease-free-2020-03-18 For anyone curious
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Here I was worried about running out of entertainment during the pandemic. Trapt has been melting down live on twitter for the past 48 hours. https://slate.com/news-and-politics...on-twitter.html https://twitter.com/TRAPTOFFICIAL/status/1239567135439040512?s=20 some random ones: https://twitter.com/TRAPTOFFICIAL/status/1239981662399848456?s=20 https://twitter.com/StefanPursell/status/1239983020787904514?s=20 https://twitter.com/TRAPTOFFICIAL/status/1239981883091496961?s=20 https://twitter.com/TRAPTOFFICIAL/status/1240266907615473665?s=20 https://twitter.com/TRAPTOFFICIAL/status/1239973898029912066?s=20 https://twitter.com/TRAPTOFFICIAL/status/1240287177541632007?s=20 I am impressed by the sheer output of this meltdown. Brute Squad fucked around with this message at 00:35 on Mar 20, 2020 |
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