Hoping For The Smart Restart!

The AFP lays out Trump's election strategy. In his Trumpian way I think he has managed to find a winning message that he will present in a divisive way. (I wish I could remember which pundit pointed out weeks ago that no one should underestimate Trump's sense of the national mood. Probably quite a few, actually.)

The gist - Trump is going to run in favor of getting America back to work. Make the Economy Great Again! Which makes the Democrats what - the party of "Stay Locked Up and Out of Work"? Some of them are stupid enough to argue for just that, but the larger problem is the rural/urban divide behind this disease. Big city Democrats are living a different life than rural Republicans, with suburbanites caught in-between.

We've seen the rural/urban divide play out across the nation and even within states - Michigan grabs headlines but upstate NY and rural California just don't have the same coronavirus experience as their big city counterparts. One size does NOT fit all.

My issue with Trump is that this does not meed to be presented in a confrontational way. "Liberate Michigan"? Come on - it's been obvious since last fall that the lockdown in Michigan has an upstate/downstate divide ("Last fall"?!? OK, that's quarantine-weeks, which are like dog-years.) Michigan's governor is not the enemy here; she has legitimate concerns about the people in the Detroit Metro area. That happens to be where her voters are so the politics can get nasty, but they don't have to get nasty.

Although Trump was not a fan, George Bush had a good statement on this topic. National character, national unity. I do love his phrase "in this time of testing." That prompts me to revive my Smart Restart post from the summer of 2015. Or mid-April. Whenever.

 

Comments

[MissMarple2]

lyle,

I am on the third glass!

Catsmeat,

I am not going to get a new dog for a while. Daughter has two and that should be enough for a bit.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Heh.

[James D.]

“Pressed to clarify the policy, Macenka said that repeat positive cases "are counted as separate cases only if the tests occur on different days. If [a Virginia resident] tested Monday and Tuesday and both are positive, that's two positives."

I’d say unbelievable but really it isn’t.

If any private organization pulled crap like this in its government paperwork they’d be facing a list of criminal fraud charges a mile long.

But the employees of the state of Virginia who pull it get taxpayer funded salaries and gold plated lifetime pensions.

[clarice]

Just wants to delay reopening by any means possible. Lying thug.

[lyle]

I am on the third glass!

We all love you, MM. Cheers.

[MissMarple2]

Thread, which shows you how important it is to keep track of all of these names and companies:

https://twitter.com/rexxurection/status/1257445399822032896

[Narciso]

Evening all, this was my second day out at the beach, social dustancing was observed except with one person who it turned out came from boston, im guessing roxbury if you get my drift.

[Another Bob]

Is there really much doubt that the democrats actively want to destroy the economy?

[MissMarple2]

Thread, showing how no one believes seniors because they think we are all senile:

https://twitter.com/STUinSD/status/1257483052038619136

HA!

[Another Bob]

Mel (or anyone), you heard of a Pippa Malmgren?

She know her ass from a hole in the ground?

[MissMarple2]

Another Bob,

No doubt at all.

[BeenThereDoneThat]

This shouldn't surprise too many here:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/coronagate-to-36756222?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare

[Narciso]

She seems to be a splunge analyst, for w drone at some regulatory body or another.

[Narciso]

Didnt i tell you this felt like mission impossible 2, the one set in australia,

[Narciso]

Cesar conde formerly of telemundo now runs nbc, their trump hatred is somewhat muted

[Narciso]

This is his other half

https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/pamela-silva-conde?family=editorial&phrase=pamela%20silva%20conde&sort=mostpopular

[Narciso]

Her show. 'First impact' would make cthluthu blanche, its a tour through the assorted hives of scum and villainy, but enough about tmz.

[MissMarple2]

https://twitter.com/TimesofIsrael/status/1257458117899694082

The Times of Israel
@TimesofIsrael

US will push countries to love their Jews more, anti-Semitism monitor says

[Dave (in MA)]

Just catching up a bit. So sorry MM.

[JimNorCal]

I hope Art is OK ....

Gavin cracks down on rebels who are not kneeling to the authorities regarding access to Huntington Beach

https://twitter.com/RubinReport/status/1257049401723285504

[MissMarple2]

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/perfect-storm-trump-administration-turbocharging-deglobalization-restart-trade-war

[Narciso]

In that film, a pharmaceutical magnate arranges for a bioweapon to be stolen and introduced into australia so he can profit from.the antidotes sales.

[Melinda]

Pippa, not as much, her dad, on the other hand.....

MM-

I'm so sorry you had to follow through on the contract of being Maggie's protector from disease and pain. It's the most brutal aspects of the deal, but making sure she suffered no longer is what we all agree to do in exchange for their love. I hope you find some peace from knowing that.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.ntd.com/trump-administration-pushing-to-rip-global-supply-chains-from-china-officials_462285.html

Details at the link.

I am unsure of the source.

[Narciso]

It is better sourced than most reuters pieces.

[Melinda]

Andy Lack, if you may recall, was brought back from higher levels(semi-retirement) to "fix" what Lauer's unmasking had exposed. Lack originally worked with Zucker before the latter was poached to "fix" CNN.

And here we are.

I have $1 that says Zucker gets it in the neck, next. (Randolph & Mortimer stakes, naturally.)

[CCGirl]

MM I came in late to dogs. Our beloved Boston Terrier - acquired from a customer - changed me forever. We were devastated when he died. We now have an adopted terrier mix, who I say is part Boston, part Jack Russell, and part velociraptor! I am very careful with him around others, but with family he is a love bug. When Bruno died I thought it was worse than losing my parents. And I truly loved my parents. Losing a beloved dog is heart breaking. I’m so sorry.

Gus, terrible for you and all who are denied proper grieving and burials for our beloved family members. One of my customers told me he lost two elderly relatives and they were alone. We agreed that each of us would take the risk of catching the virus to be with our loved ones, and we would voluntarily quarantine after.

Regarding the Trump debate, I get both sides. Some days I think he should just shut up about testing, and other days I think we would have been completely screwed if should she-who-must-not-be-named won. But then if that was the case, we would not be in this situation, so therefore glad that Trump is Pres of USA. Circular argument in ones head can make one crazy. So I will take him and give him credit. The press is being shown to be the frauds they are. The depot govs as well. Is the economy a mess? Yes! Is it terrifying, YES!

Arghh. Editing my post and I see it eliminated my paragraph about books. In short all new fiction stinks. Can’t read it. I swear it’s all written by Karen-like Facebook posters, with maybe a few exceptions. Love history so biographies and historical books rule at this point. I will say my son gave me three Agatha Christie books for my b day. Classics are always the best in the fiction category.

Two days until state wide state mandated masks go into effect here in MA. I predict a few Karens, and the rest will ignore. So far it’s an unhygienic dirty mask mess.

[Narciso]

Does he get the gorilla like beeks?

[MissMarple2]

Melinda,

Thank you so much.

If I could have used some sort of magic, I would have had the vet heal her.

However, besides the severe arthritis, she had a couple of large surface tumors and loss of bladder control (probably due to an internal tumor), and she simply couldn't last. I wanted to have her leave before she got severely attacked with pain.

Thanks for your kind words.

[Narciso]

Hes navigating a ninefield with razor wire, cgirl, i thought that metaphor fit better than the swamp after the uproar with comeys firing whoch was perfectly legit.

[Narciso]

Mostly some of simom and schusters recent offerings to name one publisher at randon is cloying virtue signaling garbage.

[Melinda]

"Current and former officials", narc? Really, you gonna bite on that one?

I'll go with economically illiterate now stating the obvious, interspersed with Chamber of Commerce echoes (because they are completely out of the loop, data wise.).

Due diligence says you had better not rely on Chinese sourcing for labor, parts, or for that matter, customers, unless you can get full pricing out of The Prince who's going to be selling your bling for you.

Nope.

[Melinda]

"Get back in there and Sell!" is the only thing Zucker has coming.

[CCGirl]

Argh. What I tried to fix by editing stayed the same. So I will not use the editing before posting on stupid t pad. It should have been “one’s.” Notice the apostrophe.

[MissMarple2]

ccgirl,

Thanks so much.

Regarding Trump, I love the guy. He says a lot of stuff I am thinking, and I derive immense pleasure from seeing people like Bill Kristol go spastic and clutch their pearls.

I know he's not to everyone's taste, but to me he is the Best President Ever. What can I say? I am from working class background and was brought up with a dad who was pretty rough-spoken, plus I worked around coal miners until I quit to raise my family.

[Melinda]

ccgirl-

The grammar nazis have gone to bed, but they'll catch up in the morning.

(I used to work down the road in Boulder, but the population was 33 back then. "Character Building"= hay.)

[Narciso]

How is it better than when ben rhodes brother ran the news division,

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2020/05/04/cbs-rushes-defend-china-blame-fnc-reports-intel-community

[Dave (in MA)]

Wait a minute.

Rocco and TC aren't the same person?

[Captain Hate]

Where's that crop report, Mel?

[Narciso]

Does rocco ever talk about destiny and tatiana. Shirley you cant be serious

[Narciso]

Its under three layers of peat moss in triplicate.

[MissMarple2]

Video of Jesse Watters at the link.

🚨China released CV19 & now has patent on cure, Remdesivir.

🚨The virus was manipulated through #GainOfFunction at the Wuhan lab in China.

🚨China will NOW make money from it.

🚨@SpeakerPelosi is blocking a Congressional push to investigate.

💰🐇
pic.twitter.com/HE9kZaSOTz

— Jali_Cat{⭐️} (@Jali_Cat) May 4, 2020

[JimNorCal]

"Instructive comparison between coverage for Florida and California"

Somewhat off topic to MissM's comment but here in CA we keep pushing back the date for evidence of WuFlu in CA. Some days ago the did an autopsy that showed the first death was Feb 6th, not late March as previously believed.

The significance: WuFlu was running free in CA for weeks or even months before the shutdown. And no one knew. No one could tell.

The "brilliant" Dem early shutdown was not early.

[Captain Hate]

The misplaced sense of entitlement by these grifters will never go away

https://dcdirtylaundry.com/michelle-obama-claims-shes-americas-forever-first-lady-james-woods-crushes-her/

[CCGirl]

MM. no worries. I support the man completely. His texting is great. And I always have to shut up when my customers bitch about him. If I do engage, I point out that they brought it up first. In fact, you are right to point out your support for Trump. I have been and still am a supporter. But the debate that OL brought up engaged me. Happy to debate it. He’s our only hope at this point. I was encouraged when he recognized last night that there are people not helped by his economic policies, and he said he would look into that. So he does listen. He also recognizes that he can’t save everyone. It’s a terrible time. Trump helps me feel optimistic. Yet I get OL’s pessimism. We are all on the ledge. Time for another cocktail! Good night all!

[MissMarple2]

I haven't listened to this yet, but Bongino is good enough that President Trump gave him an interview a few days ago and called him a warrior. Video at the link.

If you are interested in the General Flynn case you HAVE to watch Dan Bongino show here. I learned a LOT and I have been following this for awhile
👇👇👇👇👇👇https://t.co/CZ4gdUz42J

— Food For Thought (@FoodForTruth1) May 5, 2020

[clarice]

Instapundit has questioned whether it's accurate to say as I have that there's no evidence that asymptomatic people transmit this virus. Is it different from other viruses. If not there's this:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.go... A better understanding of transmission dynamics is essential in influenza pandemic planning. If a substantial proportion of transmissions were to occur during the presymptomatic phase or from asymptomatic individuals, then infection control measures such as contact tracing and quarantine of exposures would be of limited value. Infectiousness has been inferred based on the presence of influenza in the upper respiratory tract rather than from transmission experiments. Although asymptomatic individuals may shed influenza virus, studies have not determined if such people effectively transmit influenza.

Is this virus different than all other viruses?

We performed a systematic review of published studies describing the relationship between viral shedding and disease transmission. Based on the available literature, we found that there is scant, if any, evidence that asymptomatic or presymptomatic individuals play an important role in influenza transmission. As such, recent articles concerning pandemic planning, some using transmission modeling, may have overestimated the effect of presymptomatic or asymptomatic influenza transmission. More definitive transmission studies are sorely needed.

[JimNorCal]

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[MissMarple2]

THANK YOU #USNSComfort! https://t.co/Hp89n5xGIK

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 5, 2020

Video at the link.

[MissMarple2]

Heading to bed. I am going to listen to some stuff on YouTube, because it's not been a good day.

Nytol!

[Jane]

Dave,

Of course they are! You and I have met them - uh him, several times!

[Narciso]

Thats the creepy woman with the all female star wars series.

[JimNorCal]

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[Dave (in MA)]

Not sure why I got TC confused with Rocco!

When they start doing it themselves is when we need to worry. They might end up being nominated by the DNC.

[Dave (in MA)]

Jane, it was easy to tell them apart.
One of them had a mustache.

[Narciso]

.
Nothing susoicious

https://babalublog.com/2020/05/04/former-u-s-green-beret-leads-an-armed-incursion-into-socialist-venezuela/

[Narciso]

The one who shot up the cuban was a but

[Narciso]

Cuban embassy, btw why do we allow an embassy here

[Dave (in MA)]

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[Melinda]

Pneu

[MJW]

That IMHE knucklehead virtually doubled total deaths overnight.

I notice it no longer seems to have that "assuming social distancing" disclaimer. I kind of suspect they're saying, "You aren't following our recommendations! -- here's what will happen, you fools!"

[JimNorCal]

new.

It's about Joe. And Tara.

I saw a recent meme. A black fellow with an alarmed expression is saying--
"Hide joe children!"
"Hide joe wife!"

Where "joe" is dialect for "your".
And the "Joe" is in the Joe2020 typeface.

[JimNorCal]

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[JimNorCal]

This is pretty thoughtful of TM.

We get a new thread BEFORE jim-nj has written some big posts that he crafted with great effort.

[JimNorCal]

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