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mclumber1

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  1. I'm pretty sure most of today's press conference questions will NOT consist of actual questions about the state of the pandemic.
  2. I think the fact that Nevada instituted social distancing pretty early on has paid dividends. But since the state is so reliant on casinos for the economy, I'm afraid that opening them back up too soon will not only lead to a festering problem in the state, but doing so will cause infections to spring up elsewhere because of all of the flights into and out of Las Vegas.
  3. Navarro knew in late January it would be bad: projections showed over a half million Americans could die from the pandemic.
  4. Hospitals and states are on their own for doing testing. The Federal government isn't going to stand on street corners giving tests!
  5. Physical 2 has yet to happen. But Trump feels very good. Also, Trump claims Physical 1 happened in the WH, but I'm pretty sure physical 1 happened at Walter Reed.
  6. A reporter brought up a question about testing and an inspector general - and Trump immediately thought she was referring to the IG he just fired. He got really defensive. lol
  7. What country, past or present, has created a level playing field that was also wealthy? Although Yugoslavia and the GDR were pretty wealthy compared to their contemporary socialist counterparts, they paled in comparison to almost every European and North American free market system. Just look at the economic disparity between East and West Germany during the cold war. I know you probably weren't talking specifically about communism or whatever, but that's all we really have to compare free market capitalism against.
  8. Yeah. It was interesting having that documentary crew on board. I think they had their equipment stolen by ship's crew several times. I still haven't watched the entire documentary. Why? Because I lived it.
  9. Eh, I still think that's a bit too far. If I were a member of that crew, I would encourage everyone who was in the pipeline to reenlist (or thinking about reenlisting) to cancel their requests. That would send a powerful message without further endangering the current (albeit hampered) capabilities of the ship.
  10. I spent 10 years in the Navy during the highly politicized Afghanistan and Iraq wars. My captains and those above them never made comments like this. It's crazy. The craziest thing I ever heard over the 1MC (The ship's PA system) was our Captain threatening to keelhaul whoever was causing false man-overboard emergencies at 2 am several nights in a row.
  11. I bet this is what happend: 1. Trump declared the DPA against 3M, and says all masks made by 3M will not be exported. 2. Deputy PM and VP talk and agree this is a bad idea, and VP promises 3M will continue to export to Canada. 3. Trump finds out that Pence did this, and institute even harsher restrictions on goods going to Canada.
  12. I don't cross international borders very often, but does the US stop vehicles that are leaving the US normally? It makes sense that Canada would stop and question/inspect vehicles as they cross into their country and vice versa.
  13. True. But I'm sure many of these families would object to having their loved ones buried in a mass grave and without a proper funeral too.
  14. What do they mean by temporary manner? Do they plan on digging them up and moving them sometime in the future? I'm not sure I like that idea. Do the crematoriums have enough capacity right now? It might be a better idea to cremate the COVID-19 victims, as morbid as it sounds.
  15. Jim is actually a huge bully and an asshole if you think about it. That doesn't excuse Dwight being a douchebag most of the time, however.
  16. Plus, Dr. Mario only has a history of treating only four different viruses, and all he does is throw pills at the situation.
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