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Eric Ebron, Steelers reach 2-year, $12M deal -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 10:47
Jim alert: Melvin Gordon to the Broncos. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 20, 10:47
"Cirque Du Soleil Lays Off 95% Of Staff Over Coronavirus Pandemic Shutdown" - David Mar 20, 10:45 3
- there ought to be clowns -- nm - unemployment line Mar 20, 10:47 2
  - creepy, creepy, artsy, creepy clowns -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 10:49 1
    - who are basically dry humping. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 10:50
BTW, nobody's going to report box office for a while. Disney and Universal decided first. Others are expected to follow. - David Mar 20, 10:37 4
- what will D. Mac do with all of his free time now? -- nm - colin Mar 20, 10:41
- between this and sports, it's statspocalypse. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 10:41 2
  - If only there was anything else to try to model right now... (NM) - Marlowe Mar 20, 10:44 1
    - now's the time to get into e-sports? -- nm - colin Mar 20, 10:44
The Trump administration is putting American citizens in danger all over the world as you all know. It's funny when it hits home - JackDawson Mar 20, 10:35 13
- He can slap his own name on that fuckery. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 10:42
- There's already kakistocracy. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 10:38 2
  - That works well for the entire society. But for the style of leadership? Despotic morons? -- nm - JackDawson Mar 20, 10:39 1
    - there's a significant disuse or lack of torture chambers for those who don't show appropriate groveling to our glorious leader -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 10:47
- Ineptocracy -- nm - TWuG Mar 20, 10:37 8
  - Corporate Fascism -- nm - Jovian Mar 20, 10:52
  - Too kind. Try harder. -- nm - JackDawson Mar 20, 10:39 6
    - Fuckwitocracy? -- nm - LMS Mar 20, 10:53
    - Y'all are getting warmer -- nm - JackDawson Mar 20, 10:50
    - demoncracy? (NM) - Marlowe Mar 20, 10:49
    - clusterfuckism -- nm - Strongbad Mar 20, 10:49
    - Douche-tocracy? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 20, 10:48
    - To me the obvious one already exists: Idiocracy -- nm - JD Mar 20, 10:47
emergency call out for food containers for meal deliveries by local schools, soup kitchens -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 10:34
So many questions about testing ... I think it's fundamental to understand that its in Trump's interests not to have testing widely available -- nm - rollo Mar 20, 10:26 9
- how so? -- nm - amanda Mar 20, 10:28 1
  - More positive tests means he looks bad. -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 10:35
- Until it’s not but they don’t think that far ahead. - spamlet Mar 20, 10:28 6
  - This is so true it makes me dispare -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 10:30
  - Our numbers should probably be closer to Italy's ... 40,000 cases instead of 14,000 -- nm - rollo Mar 20, 10:29 4
    - FWIW, I think it's higher than that. -- nm - David Mar 20, 10:32 3
      - I would as well considering most places still won't test you unless you've been out of the country. -- nm - spamlet Mar 20, 10:47 2
        
        Right. With Kim's friend, we've seen that administrators don't want to confirm the virus. - David Mar 20, 10:50 1
        
        Fauci must leave the podium, go back into his office and scream and punch things. -- nm - pmb Mar 20, 10:55
.. says he inherited a “discarded, broken old system .... We fixed it. And we have done a great job. And we haven’t been given the credit we deserve.” -- (link) - mud Mar 20, 10:25 6
- On top of everything else, Trump and his team haven't figured out that their old playbook isn't applicable to an actual crisis. -- nm - David Mar 20, 10:34 2
  - Dunno, his approval numbers aren't taking a hit. Maybe the playbook works still -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 10:35 1
    - We're discussing that below. There's more to it than it seems. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 10:37
- "No, it's just that you haven't deserved the credit you want." -- nm - terrible reporter Mar 20, 10:30
- "I put the fires out." "You made them worse!" "Worse? ... or BETTER?" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 10:30
- Oh yeah good point, he's right, never mind -- nm - JackDawson Mar 20, 10:26
Cool. We won an award at work for ENR Project of the Year -- (link) - oblique Mar 20, 10:20 2
- Nicely done! -- nm - Strongbad Mar 20, 10:51
- Congrats! -- nm - Krusty Mar 20, 10:26
If you didn't see the details, the dustup with the reporter is rooted in the comments yesterday about Chloroquine, which ST was all over - rollo Mar 20, 10:18 [Backboard]
Next time on ST, a very special Weekend Plans Poll -- nm - con_carne Mar 20, 10:16 18
- I'm planning a bike ride daily and I'm going to do some baking this weekend. -- nm - Krusty Mar 20, 10:50
- drinking; Frozen 2; maybe give Settlers of Catan a shot with the family -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 10:46 1
  - I need to get some Alpines in the fridge! -- nm - Shaun Mar 20, 10:50
- a 'wedding' on the bridge of glass tonight, that's it, sitting on the porch watching people walk their dogs might be the highlight of sat/sun -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 10:43
- dog goes to vet to get her last heartworm test (yay!).. they're doing curbside. i'm getting a sick new guitar, building a pedal (anybody wanna see?). - colin Mar 20, 10:43 3
  - What kind of guitar and what kind of pedal? -- nm - pmb Mar 20, 10:52
  - I like your IM. I hope the weather is nicer soon. I wouldn't mind getting out of the house on the weekend -- nm - oblique Mar 20, 10:45 1
    - it's been hard to remember i can just walk out my front door and go for a walk, still keeping safe. we need to get out more. also want to see if we - colin Mar 20, 10:47
- I'm thinking about asking a friend for her friend's contact info - JD Mar 20, 10:26 1
  - Err, can you do a movie right now? -- nm - David Mar 20, 10:35
- Socially Distant Movie Night: The Naked Gun -- (link) - Cuzzin Todd Mar 20, 10:24
- there is no end. there is no week. there is only despair. -- nm - znufrii Mar 20, 10:21 1
  - you're headed into the unknown -- nm - JackDawson Mar 20, 10:26
- Going to a cough on your neighbor rave tonight -- nm - JackDawson Mar 20, 10:21 2
  - NYC's hottest club is *makes coughing into elbow gesture*. It has everything. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 10:24 1
    - MCGA Make Coughing Great Again -- nm - eag Mar 20, 10:26
- I am so getting high tonight -- nm - oblique Mar 20, 10:17 1
  - This sounds like a plan. - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 10:27
NBC News staffer dies from coronavirus -- (link) - oblique Mar 20, 10:06
Tomb Raider is free on Steam. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 20, 10:03 1
- thannnks for that!! -- nm - colin Mar 20, 10:52
An email from my BF’s Italian friend and counterpart that has some insight into the situation there - JackDawson Mar 20, 09:45 14
- Jogging is banned? Sheeee-it. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 10:19 4
  - Yes. It's stay home, do not go out. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 20, 10:20 3
    - I am extremely personally inconvenienced by this. NOT. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 10:23 1
      - Totally. Gotta go get my physical copy of Animal Crossing or DOOM at EB GAMES!! -- nm - Shaun Mar 20, 10:24
    - (read the whole thing: that paper printing plant is still operating, they're switching it over from art books to medicine labels) -- nm - JackDawson Mar 20, 10:21
- Based on DC's daily reports I believe the average here is also doubling cases every three days. -- nm - Max Mar 20, 10:04 1
  - Math don’t lie -- nm - JackDawson Mar 20, 10:06
- Wow... this reads like one of those movie scenes where people go into a disaster zone afterwards and find someones video diary. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 20, 09:50 6
  - Serious question: how are there not more videos online and circulating showing exactly what the virus does to people? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 20, 09:52 5
    - Is YouTube, for example, divided up by country? Like we wouldn't see vids from Italy in the US? Just guessing. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 20, 09:58 1
      - No, you can see videos for wherever, it's just a matter of pushing the robots. - Marlowe Mar 20, 10:02
    - privacy laws? -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 09:56 2
      - I'm saying, this is a video-based culture nowadays. I'd think there has to be someone who's been around someone sick - JaxSean Mar 20, 10:08
      - + isolation of sick people -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 09:57
"You're a terrible reporter" dude -- nm - oblique Mar 20, 09:34 35
- When is one of these reporters (or really - ALL of them) gonna just tee the fuck off on this guy when he pulls that shit? - Turd Ferguson Mar 20, 09:48 24
  - don't forget half the reporters there are not MSN but fan group bloggers, he'll pick a groupie right after a nasty -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 10:10
  - (I refuse to watch these) Supposedly reporters are starting to follow up with the last reporter's q if he's an ass. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 09:49 5
    - oh wow, you are right -- (link) - ty97 Mar 20, 09:52 4
      - The fuck of it all is that was a softball question. "Say something comforting to the country." "Go fuck yourself." -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 09:58 2
        
        He only gives real answers to reporters who let him massage their shoulders. -- nm - David Mar 20, 09:59
        
        Yeah, that's how it read to me. Dude is a bit stressed out. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 20, 09:59
      - "Why do you continue to lie about the pandemic?" "Why are you such a jerk?" - David Mar 20, 09:54
  - Because reacting like that would only serve to prove his point. Don’t give him the satisfaction. -- nm - znufrii Mar 20, 09:48 15
    - Fuck that - burn the fucker down, at this point. nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 20, 09:51
    - I used to feel that way, but he's made this a one-sided contest that he's winning. If someone punched him hard once, he'd enter coward mode. - David Mar 20, 09:49 12
      - They can't do that because then, they would be banned from the briefing for being disrespectful -- nm - rollo Mar 20, 09:54 3
        
        It would have to be a scenario where the long reliever comes in to bean the batter. -- nm - David Mar 20, 09:55 1
        
        "Guest Reporter Gordon Ramsay here..." -- nm* - Reagen Mar 20, 09:56
        
        yep -- nm - mud Mar 20, 09:55
      - I forget where I saw it this morning but it's a grand myth that he never changes course. He changes it immediately when he has actual pressure on him. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 09:51 6
        
        Yep. So far the pressure has been from the money and he could ignore all the other stuff. Now the money pressure is - TWuG Mar 20, 09:59 5
        
        The fascinating aspect is that his polling has remained about the same. He has a real opportunity to lead here and win votes. But he has... - David Mar 20, 10:00 4
        
        It's cute that some people thought his poll numbers would suffer from this. Rule 1: Listen to the tyrants - JackDawson Mar 20, 10:17 2
        
        This poll has always had him lower than the average, but it's at 35% -- (link) - Reagen Mar 20, 10:22 1
        
        And 538 regards that company as employing a solid polling method. - David Mar 20, 10:31
        
        Leadership would look to him like admitting a mistake, being wrong. He'd have to put others first and that really seems to be completely beyond his - TWuG Mar 20, 10:05
      - Yup -- nm - JackDawson Mar 20, 09:50
    - yep -- nm - mud Mar 20, 09:49
  - Yup -- nm - JackDawson Mar 20, 09:48
- now he is in full anti-media rant and you see Fauci right behind him looking like he wants to exit and I wish he would .. - mud Mar 20, 09:42 1
  - I had to stop watching/listening -- nm - JaxSean Mar 20, 09:49
- It wasn't even like a tough question -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 09:38 1
  - He just totally falls apart at the mildest pushback. -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 10:09
- He's such an ass -- nm - JaxSean Mar 20, 09:35
- suggested retort: "No, it's just that I have to report on terrible people." -- nm - Max Mar 20, 09:35 1
  - "I learned it from you, Trump. I LEARNED IT FROM YOU!" -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 09:41
- He's projecting the fact that he's starting to realize he's a terrible president. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 09:34 2
  - Self realization from Trump? BWAHAHA! Thanks for keeping it light Bery, we all need a good laugh right now! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 20, 09:49
  - (Or was that the SoS? :) ) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 09:35
Trump just said no national lockdown, leaving it up to the state governments. -- nm* - JaxSean Mar 20, 09:28 20
- S&P 500 down about 5% from 2 hours ago. -- nm - spamlet Mar 20, 09:32 17
  - 0.5%. Dude. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 09:36 9
    - What? It’s down 100 points from the high before the press conference. - spamlet Mar 20, 09:40 6
      - That's the day's high. It had dropped from that before he spoke. - Reagen Mar 20, 09:43 4
        
        Fair point. It is down 5% from two hours ago but isn’t all him. - spamlet Mar 20, 09:45 3
        
        Like seriously when do the real money men say "enough"? -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 09:48
        
        Pretty sure the market now anticipates the Trump effect and preemptively drops. -- nm - TWuG Mar 20, 09:46 1
        
        There's been *one* time where he spoke and the market took it positively. - Reagen Mar 20, 09:47
      - WHO LET SPAMMY GO TO A MEETING?! -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 09:40
    - (But yes, I saw the drop real time) -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 09:36 1
      - I love that WGN is running the stock ticker right above their logo so you can watch it realtime :) -- nm - oblique Mar 20, 09:37
  - Wonder what kilbo bought? -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 09:34
  - Dow is down about 550 from earlier, -223 on the day. About the time IPOTUS spoke. -- nm* - Spawn Mar 20, 09:34 4
    - I prefer the S&P since it’s not a dumb index. -- nm - spamlet Mar 20, 09:35 3
      - I like it because we know Trump love/hates it. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 09:38 2
        
        It just drives me bananas that it’s always reported first. It’s dumb and 30 companies. -- nm - spamlet Mar 20, 09:42 1
        
        Your face is dumb. -- nm - DJONES Mar 20, 10:27
  - *twitch* -- nm - oblique Mar 20, 09:33
- Welp -- nm - spamlet Mar 20, 09:31
- Driving through town was weird. So empty. My comic shop has shifted to curbside. I am glad I no longer have a financial stake in the store as this may - Spawn Mar 20, 09:30
Con carne: did anyone say NY is the only one making a concerted effort? They obviously are doing the most testing. The chip on the shoulder stuff is b - JackDawson Mar 20, 09:28
Johns Hopkins hasn't updated the US since about 9 pm last night. -- nm - David Mar 20, 09:27 11
- This morning's 6 am DHS briefing says 14,250 cases (+4385 in one day). -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 09:40 4
  - Oh, duh, they get it from JHU. Stupid small print. -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 09:45
  - Interesting. 4250 was the number I used for my 1 a.m. calc overnight. That update came at 9 pm. So, it's 15 hours old. -- nm - David Mar 20, 09:44 2
    - The timestamp on this number is JHU 0343, which I think means that's the time they read it, not the time it was posted, but I don't know. -- nm* - loosilu Mar 20, 09:46 1
      - It would line up as the time they read the most recent update. For whatever reason, their updates seem to come at X:25, X:33, and X:43. -- nm - David Mar 20, 09:48
- I think the JH site can't be relied on anymore. Mortality for closed cases is back to 10% up from 4?6?% ... this is due to lack of testing I suspect - rollo Mar 20, 09:38 5
  - The dead to recovered stat definitely doesn't line up in the US compared to most other countries. -- nm - David Mar 20, 09:39 4
    - (Have you found a data outlet you like better?) -- nm - David Mar 20, 09:40 3
      - No I haven't ... the lack of testing in the US means our data is not worth looking at for awhile. We can only presume there are thousands upon of - rollo Mar 20, 09:50 2
        
        It's a fair assessment. I think I feel like I have more control when I keep current and do my own calcs. -- nm - David Mar 20, 09:52 1
        
        totally get that just have to view large increases as "reporting" increases not 'virus spreading" increases. -- nm - rollo Mar 20, 09:56
I have shakedown stuck in my head but with lockdown lyrics -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 09:27 2
- What’s your B2 source? Even Corey doesn’t have those numbers - JackDawson Mar 20, 09:29 1
  - It was a screenshot from Cuomo's press conference -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 09:35
Don't panic — International Paper CEO says there will be 'plenty' of toilet paper and diapers -- (link) - budice Mar 20, 09:25
Okay -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 09:25

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