finally, an appropriate location for a âdonât tread on meâ sign.
Anybody surprised? Anybody? Thought not. Assholes all the way down.
To that end, Pai was able to get most of the internet service providers like Verizon and Comcast to sign a thing called the âKeep Americans Connectedâ pledge that said they would be super awesome during the COVID-19 pandemic. Well, since they donât actually have to, it turns out that telecoms arenât keeping that pledge.
NBC gives case after case of newly unemployed workers and recently furloughed workers who have found their services cut off, and mixed messages coming from their providers. Cleveland.com tells the story of a woman who had her phone cut off in the middle of a telemedicine visit with her brotherâs doctor, even after she spoke with a representative who assured her they would allow her to pay off her bill with a soon-to-be-received disability check.
Iâve seen profiles suggesting that heâs a simpleton who believes his own nonsense, but itâs another case of âStupid or Evil? Doesnât matter.â
Death rate correlated to local pollution levels:
Well, a specific narrow subsection of oil prices, due to actual physical storage limitations. Itâs a weird anomaly, not a broad trend.
The irony is that the massive media coverage of the minutia of this virus will act as a vaccine to many people who might have otherwise listened to antivax messages and agreed.
I use dawn and seawater. The dawn is mild and wonât pull too much of the teakâs oil out and the sea water acts as a natural fungicide. You have to make sure and use a very soft brush and brush accross the grain, NEVER with the grain or you will dig out the softer wood fibres over time leaving the deck textured instead of smooth.
Trump Campaign idiots in Harrisburg are âprotestingâ and trying to kill you while these folks live in a factory trying to save lives.
Itâs Stephen Miller time.
Thanks for posting this!
I argued that local an regional culture, including the willingness to wear facemasks in public, will have a strong effect on which measures turn out to be effective. The cases of Sweden, and Germany, also show that local culture (âpre-existing valuesâ in the subheading, âculturally rooted constraints and possibilitiesâ later in the piece) have a strong effect on which measures are even considered by decision-makers.
Looking at how other governments and societies deal with the pandemic can inform us, but we have to find adapted responses which work for us - and often on a local basis, but keeping a very close eye on our surroundings.
This is going to be our test:
There is no doubt that what we will see â globally, in the wake of the coronavirus crisis â is the return of the state. The question is what state. [âŠ] It is wise to respect citizens as responsible, ethical beings, equal in their contributions. This may, in fact, be the best way to develop the reciprocity that is the hallmark of a high-trust society: mutual trust between citizens, and between the citizens and the state.
Mostly Google Translate, with a few corrections:
The Munich Oktoberfest is canceled due to the corona pandemic. âIt hurts us,â said Prime Minister Söder. The largest folk festival in the world attracts around six million visitors every year. It had already been hinted at, now itâs official: Because of the corona pandemic, there will be no Oktoberfest this year. âThis is an emotionally difficult moment for me and an economically difficult moment for this city,â said Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter at a press conference with Bavariaâs Prime Minister Markus Söder. According to estimates by the city, the festival brings breweries, landlords, showmen, but also hotels and taxi drivers between 1.2 and 1.3 billion euros. The âWiesnâ should have taken place from September 19th to October 4th. Söder justified the rejection with the danger of a flare-up of the corona infections: âA beer tent lives from the social experience, from not keeping a distance.â There they drink and sink. Söder added: âWe have seen that the aprĂšs ski in Ischgl, various strong beer festivals, for example, or carnival events were unfortunately hubs for the virus.â In this respect, the greatest sensitivity applies to festivals. âAs long as there is no vaccine, as long as there is no medication, special care must be taken.â âWe both lack the belief that we would not have another wave of the corona epidemic here,â said Mayor Reiter. Spreading the virus at the âWiesnâ would be almost inevitable. Other festivals that should take place at this time would also have to be canceled. In this connection, Söder referred the carny industry to the stateâs Corona aid. The Oktoberfest hosts reacted with great regret, but also with great understanding. âThe health of our guests is particularly important to us and has top priority,â said the spokesman for the Oktoberfest hosts, Peter Inselkammer. The cancellation also touched the hosts emotionally. It is the first time in more than 70 years that the festival has been cancelled. It had taken place in its traditional form for the first time in 1949, after the Second World War. The first Oktoberfest was held in 1810 on the occasion of the wedding of the Bavarian heir to the throne Ludwig - later King Ludwig I. In the 19th century it had been cancelled twice due to a cholera epidemic.
Just for the record, this is going to be a MASSIVE economical loss for many industries, not only the " Wiesn-Wirte". The âWiesânâ alone (but including overnight stay expenses) are estimated at around 1.2 billion ⏠- and that is likely a conservative estimate. Thatâs not including other travel expenses, costumes, other shopping, visiting other places nearby, etc.
Disclaimer: I detest Markus Söder on political grounds. But heâs doing a decent job on the Bavarian pandemic response, especially in communications. Very much contrary to Armin Laschet whoâs on the bloody same side of the political spectrum. Federalism is an important key in the German coordination, and so far Germany is doing quite exceptionally well. But there are strong rifts is even withing party lines.
