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Office briefing at 3.30. I will be shocked if we are still open by week's end. Between the positive DC case and the several people with 'scares,' we - JackDawson Mar 10, 09:00
Gates, Wellcome, and Mastercard (?) launch $125M fund to finance COVID-19 treatments -- (link) - oblique Mar 10, 08:58 1
- I got an e-mail from Citi yesterday about how concerned they were about my well being and how they were doing everything to help. - Mop Mar 10, 09:00
Spenser Confidential is two hours of my life I can't get back. Horrible movie. Even shirtless Marky Mark can't save it -- nm - Pippy -little miss can't be wrong Mar 10, 08:54 1
- Also Netflix, Freaks was actually a really good movie. The little girl is adorable -- nm - decline Mar 10, 09:03
David: have you done an article on the new TRON roller coaster at Disney? We saw it being built, looks like part inside and part outside -- nm - Beaker Mar 10, 08:54 1
- It already exists in Shanghai. Pretty cool. -- (link) - Volnelk Mar 10, 09:08 [youtube]
From last night, no, I wasn't the least bit concerns about travelling to Toronto or New York in the next few weeks. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 10, 08:51 [Backboard] 3
- TO OK ; NY NO Way (at least in NB, as a trip to NY gets you a 2 week quarantine (o/s the country)) -- nm - Beaker Mar 10, 08:52 2
  - Also I like how NB issued a 'self-quarantine for 2 weeks if you were out of the country,' the evening *AFTER* classes resumed after March Break. - Shaun Mar 10, 09:02
  - The idea of a retro-active quarantine does make me marginally relieved, I suppose. Avoid the potential for problems. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 10, 08:55
Neal McDonough: I'm on Legends of Tomorrow tonight to chew bubblegum and scenery...and I'm all out of bubblegum. -- nm - Beaker Mar 10, 08:47 5
- he's good on Project Blue Book -- nm - Remlik Mar 10, 09:00 1
  - (just to be clear this is a compliment, he is awesome on Legends) -- nm - Beaker Mar 10, 09:03
- He'd make an alright Duke Nukem -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 08:48 2
  - D+ needs to do a howling commandos series and bring him back as Dum Dum -- nm - eag Mar 10, 08:52 1
    - Hot damn I'd watch that -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 09:13
Coachella doesn't have Event Insurance for Pandemic Event like Coronavirus. Stands to lose millions if cancelled outright. -- nm* - budice Mar 10, 08:34 1
- They're hoping the State or a local entity will ban events/gatherings like Santa Clara County did. Then they're covered -- nm - jnine Mar 10, 08:53
oh, qdoba?? -- nm - amanda Mar 10, 08:30
I remember when Mitt Romney was a monster. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Mar 10, 08:28 10
- No one said he was a monster, just an or of touch plutocrat - Reagen Mar 10, 08:53
- The enemy of my enemy.... -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 08:40
- Nobody should view him favorably. She's like a bad clone of his dad. -- nm - David Mar 10, 08:34
- Honestly I think that speaks more to what the republicans have become than anything. And FWIW I don't think people ever viewed him as monster. The - pmb Mar 10, 08:34 4
  - bah. You're standing in the way of facile two-side-ism sir, move aside! -- nm - JackDawson Mar 10, 08:49
  - I agree with your IM - Pippy -little miss can't be wrong Mar 10, 08:37 1
    - word -- nm - JaxSean Mar 10, 08:39
  - this -- nm - Beaker Mar 10, 08:36
- I don't -- nm - mud Mar 10, 08:30
- He's a FPOS -- nm - Pippy -little miss can't be wrong Mar 10, 08:30
Dow now -27 -- nm - GregW Mar 10, 08:28 8
- sell sell sell -- nm - budice Mar 10, 08:30
- Brace yourself Effie -- nm - oblique Mar 10, 08:28 6
  - I was told this was over! -- nm - Pippy -little miss can't be wrong Mar 10, 08:30 5
    - I opened my port. Therefore the markets crashed :) -- nm - oblique Mar 10, 08:32 4
      - Stock Poison! - Pippy -little miss can't be wrong Mar 10, 08:36 3
        
        I'm going to take the stance that at some point I'm going to buy into Oil and it will usher in a golden age of renewable fuels. It is my gift to the - oblique Mar 10, 08:38 2
        
        heh -- nm - JaxSean Mar 10, 08:45
        
        the world will owe you a great debt -- nm - Pippy -little miss can't be wrong Mar 10, 08:43
NCAABB: Ivy League has cancelled its conference tournament due to coronavirus. Regular season champion Yale will go to the NCAA Tournament. -- nm* - budice Mar 10, 08:24 2
- so, they don't want to have a Tournament, but will still send a team to an even bigger tournament? -- nm - Beaker Mar 10, 08:27
- Old school. The Ivy was one of the last to have a conference tournament -- nm - JD Mar 10, 08:25
Horizon Zero Dawn has finally been officially confirmed to be coming to PC. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 10, 08:15 1
- Steam page -- (link) - Shaun Mar 10, 08:16
SXSW may not ever return due to insurance not covering disease related cancellations.... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 10, 08:03 4
- I haven't read it yet but I was thinking - how can an organization that big not handle a situation such as this? - Pippy -little miss can't be wrong Mar 10, 08:05 2
  - This is exactly the situation my organization is in. - Mop Mar 10, 08:59
  - I know, from working on some concert festivals, that the insurance riders are generally for rain, fire and even earthquake. No one thought to use - Remlik Mar 10, 08:14
- Someone's filing a lawsuit -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 08:04
TSX UP 362, NASDAQ up 261, DOW up 501 -- nm - Beaker Mar 10, 07:41 3
- My stock(s) were up at open, then cratered. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 10, 08:10
- oh thank god, our long national nightmare is over! -- nm - Pippy -little miss can't be wrong Mar 10, 08:03
- Most stuff seems positive. The healthcare stuff I'm watching isn't faring very well. Oil stuff is kicking up a bit as is tech. I don't expect it to - oblique Mar 10, 07:49
I drove today. what's for lunch, do you think? -- nm - amanda Mar 10, 07:41 4
- Poutine. In Montreal. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 08:47
- It's cheap slice day at a local pizza place. -- nm - Shaun Mar 10, 07:46
- I have to run to the Apple Genius Bar to make them replace one of our iPads. But Tuesday is double points at Buona Beef so it's Beef and Sausage bowl -- nm - oblique Mar 10, 07:45 1
  - Oh hell yes!!!! (Buona, not the Genius Bar) -- nm - zunk, man of means by no means Mar 10, 07:53
also, Taskmaster looks friggin' awesome in the latest Black Widow trailer. -- nm - Beaker Mar 10, 07:38
Anybody think there's a chance Sanders drops out if he loses Michigan and Washington tonight? - pmb Mar 10, 07:38 10
- He's going all the way to the convention yelling about how the establishment kept him from winning yet again -- nm - TWuG Mar 10, 08:13 1
  - Probably true and, if true, putting a 1-2% hit on Biden's numbers -- nm - JackDawson Mar 10, 08:15
- nyet -- nm - mud Mar 10, 08:05
- nope. -- nm - Remlik Mar 10, 07:59
- And go back to yelling at clouds? I think not. -- nm - Bardi Gras Mar 10, 07:49
- No. -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 07:46
- As close to 0% as you can get -- nm - JackDawson Mar 10, 07:45
- I don't. -- nm - zunk, man of means by no means Mar 10, 07:44
- No. He’s American Corbyn. Values himself over the party. -- nm - mafic Mar 10, 07:43
- I really hope so. -- nm - David Mar 10, 07:38
Jungle Cruise trailer looks great. Very Pirates vibe to it -- nm - Beaker Mar 10, 07:34 7
- I want to like it, but the Rock just takes me out of basically everything. He's super charismatic, but he's the Rock in everything. - Volnelk Mar 10, 07:54 6
  - Yup -- nm - JackDawson Mar 10, 08:08
  - yeah. it's becoming a problem for him. None of his movies are his characters in any real jeopardy -- nm - Remlik Mar 10, 08:00 4
    - So one day we’re going to have to Deep Blue Sea him. -- nm - Qale Mar 10, 08:01 3
      - As sam jackson? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 08:03 2
        
        the shark -- nm - Beaker Mar 10, 08:13
        
        *chomp* -- nm - Qale Mar 10, 08:11
Some of these Disney people are scary. "I'd rather get sick and risk death than have my daughter's Disney wedding canceled." -- nm - David Mar 10, 07:31 2
- Some people. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 10, 07:34
- Sounds reasonable. -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 07:33
8x Pro Bowler Marshal Yanda is retiring. - Will Hunting Mar 10, 06:58 4
- no one watches bowling any more -- nm - Beaker Mar 10, 07:30
- He should be first ballot but the NFL HOF is dumb about offensive linemen. - Inigo Mar 10, 07:04 2
  - His comps are Faneca (SB and 8+ Pro Bowls) and some other dude who I seem to recall being in that mix. - Will Hunting Mar 10, 07:19 1
    - Steve Hutchinson, who went to 7 Pro Bowls and was a 5-time All Pro. -- nm* - David Mar 10, 07:31
I just can't figure out why we need the fancy ass wi-fi printers when there is literally one ballot statewide. - spamlet Mar 10, 06:48 2
- iPads, that's why -- nm - oblique Mar 10, 07:08 1
  - F*ckin' Apple -- nm - decline Mar 10, 07:15
From 3/12-3/29 all remaining tix to To Kill a Mockingbird, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, West Side Story, Book of Mormon are $50 on Broadway. - MDH Mar 10, 06:48 5
- can you link me please? BF and I have been preparing for this and anxious to go -- nm - JackDawson Mar 10, 06:49 4
  - Link to the article, it says what sites to use Thursday. Which show? Oh! Lehman Trilogy included to. More IM - MDH Mar 10, 06:55 3
    - Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Mar 10, 07:49
    - oh this is stupendous, thank you -- nm - JackDawson Mar 10, 06:57
    - I've seen all of those shows in some versions or another but wouldn't mind Virginia Woolf or rewatching Mormon -- nm - JackDawson Mar 10, 06:56
Without googling, do you know how many Americans ultimately got Swine Flu during the 2009 epidemic? -- nm - JackDawson Mar 10, 06:37 7
- Globally was estimated at 10-20%, so 45 million? -- nm - mafic Mar 10, 07:08 1
  - I think CDC says 65 million. So.... -- nm - JackDawson Mar 10, 07:25
- I'm gonna say between 5 and 10%, so... 20 million? -- nm - Bardi Gras Mar 10, 07:01
- It was like 100000,IIRC. -- nm - Reagen Mar 10, 07:00
- I know I was the first person on ST to be diagnosed with it. Also last time I caught the flew until this year. -- nm - Bacon Mar 10, 07:00 1
  - Pretty sure I had it though I wasn’t tested. - Dark Callisto Mar 10, 08:12
- 312 and a half -- nm - Pippy -little miss can't be wrong Mar 10, 06:38
OSU this morning was the first of the big ten schools to move online. I suspect that we will *not.* -- nm* - amanda Mar 10, 06:35 6
- I can do all my work remotely, I might start after we move. - mafic Mar 10, 07:14 2
  - I walk into that house you just bought and NEVER leave. it is so gorgeous -- nm - Pippy -little miss can't be wrong Mar 10, 07:29 1
    - that reminds me - I got the news Friday, I'm getting to work from home. time frame is sometime before July - Pippy -little miss can't be wrong Mar 10, 07:29
- "The Call Center is getting a lot of complaints from students and parents about us not doing the same." maybe we will go online. -- nm - amanda Mar 10, 06:51 1
  - damn: "Around 30-35 calls since 8 am" -- nm - amanda Mar 10, 06:52
- how many students can fit in the satellite room that was once the Taco Bell? -- nm - Pippy -little miss can't be wrong Mar 10, 06:36
Call of Duty: Warzone requires Xbox Gold, but doesn't require PS+. - Shaun Mar 10, 06:35
Ori and the Will of the Wisps is currently the highest reviewed non-Forza MS game this gen. Who is buying/playing it? -- nm - Shaun Mar 10, 06:32 2
- I have a friend who loves it. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 10, 08:13 1
  - It's one of two games that actually makes me want to buy an Xbox. Cuphead is the other game. -- nm - Shaun Mar 10, 08:22
I really, really want trials and jail sentences for this admin. -- (link) - TWuG Mar 10, 06:30 6
- Jfc. - znufrii Mar 10, 06:33 5
  - I'm not sure it's that targeted, tbh, giving what I've heard --their goal really is to make people think like business as usual --> economy --> re-ele - JackDawson Mar 10, 06:42 4
    - If not outright targeted, it’s conveniently consistent with that priority. Of course, encouraging ignorance has benefits in many areas for this administration, not just here. -- nm* - znufrii Mar 10, 06:46 3
      - (since it's bad enough) -- nm - JackDawson Mar 10, 06:48
      - Yeah I mean I'm sure they don't sweat it, I just wouldn't over-sell what they're doing -- nm - JackDawson Mar 10, 06:48 1
        
        Fair. -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 06:53
A Cruise is fine, being stuck on a cruise ship must really suck -- nm - budice Mar 10, 06:23 7
- Simpsons did it. -- nm - David Mar 10, 07:20
- I honestly don't see much difference. -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 06:59
- With a balcony I think it would be OK. I could *not* imagine being confined to an interior room. - JaxSean Mar 10, 06:56 1
  - this! -- nm - Pippy -little miss can't be wrong Mar 10, 07:04
- what if a blonde Emily Blunt is stuck on a Jungle Cruise with you? -- nm - Pippy -little miss can't be wrong Mar 10, 06:33 2
  - Then we'd never have to leave the room anyway! - spamlet Mar 10, 07:22
  - I like i\how its basically a rehash of ther Anaconda movies done Disney stylew -- nm - budice Mar 10, 06:40
Futures before the open: DOW +800 (3.29%), S&P 500 +95 (3.42%), NASDAQ +284 (3.6%), VIX -3.42 (-7.67%) - oblique Mar 10, 06:22
Also, for whatever it's worth - I did vote for Elizabeth Warren this morning. Fuck them - they can't tell me who I HAVE to vote for. nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 10, 06:19 19
- I mean, Carrie is not wrong. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 10, 07:45
- I appreciate your support. -- nm - IPOTUS Mar 10, 06:58
- Who was the top name on your ballots? I'm wondering if the printing on demand randomizes them. - spamlet Mar 10, 06:50 3
  - um...not sure. didn't take a picture either. - Turd Ferguson Mar 10, 06:52 2
    - 2 guesses to the IM - spamlet Mar 10, 06:54 1
      - As a sign of where I am right now - I'll go with choice 1 as the most likely. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 10, 07:07
- Go Team Protest Vote! -- nm - Bardi Gras Mar 10, 06:27 2
  - We're like Voltron but more useless. -- nm - spamlet Mar 10, 06:49
  - YEAH!!!! -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 10, 06:40
- Can we put you on the angry old white dude cart?!?! - JackDawson Mar 10, 06:21 9
  - At this point, I'm driving that cart. But seriously - Biden's the nominee. That seems pretty locked in. I don't like it. - Turd Ferguson Mar 10, 06:39 8
    - HAHAHA -- nm - JackDawson Mar 10, 06:50
    - When I saw Bill Haas on the ballot (of course he was) I did pause and think about trolling, I'm not gonna lie. -- nm - spamlet Mar 10, 06:50 6
      - LOL - I actually took the time to looks for Kamala. She wasn't there. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 10, 06:50 5
        
        23 people qualified (I counted) and she didn't? - spamlet Mar 10, 06:51 4
        
        no idea - but unless I missed her - she wasn't there. Cory was there. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 10, 06:52 3
        
        Did you check the second page? -- nm - Bardi Gras Mar 10, 06:54 2
        
        NM, I found a sample ballot online and she's not listed there. It has Klobuchar, Steyer, Gabbard, and 20 others. -- nm - Bardi Gras Mar 10, 06:57 1
        
        Well, Gabbard's still in this thing...so, there's that! -- nm* - Turd Ferguson Mar 10, 07:29
*Shorting B2* -- nm - JackDawson Mar 10, 06:15 1
- Time on the boards is better than timing the boards. -- nm - Reagen Mar 10, 06:19

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