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my google skills are weak today, I am trying to get a statistic like the nasdaq has fallen x% since 12/31/19, same for the dow. help? -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 20, 13:43 5
- This is a good site for historical numbers -- (link) - GregW Apr 20, 13:49 1
  - Of course they also have the Dow -- (link) - GregW Apr 20, 13:50
- -17.1% if I am reading this right for the DOW -- (link) - VMan Apr 20, 13:47 2
  - tanks -- nm* - tRuMaN Apr 20, 14:00
  - -4.6% nasdaq -- (link) - VMan Apr 20, 13:49
Tennessee Governor Announces Stay-At-Home Order Will Expire April 30 -- (link) - ty97 Apr 20, 13:42 17
- Georgia did as well. I assume Missouri is next. -- nm - spamlet Apr 20, 13:50 3
  - Abbot will make sure Texas is not far behind. Hell, he might say April 31st to be a dick. - Qale Apr 20, 13:55
  - haha. I had seen the TN news and then he posted about GA and I was like 'oh he beat me to it' - ty97 Apr 20, 13:51
  - I obviously have decline blocked. -- nm - spamlet Apr 20, 13:50
- What’s Tennessee’s curve look like? -- nm - JackDawson Apr 20, 13:45 10
  - link -- (link) - ty97 Apr 20, 13:47 7
    - from B2 (I think) and Tennessee, it's "curve" and the corona virus … personal thoughts from someone living there ... - steven wright Apr 20, 15:49 1
      - sorry... forgot that I was posting my response to this thread … ignore that whole B2 thing up there :) -- nm - steven wright Apr 20, 15:50
    - Tennessee seems like they never got anywhere near their hospital worst case scenario? Not sure what the issue is with limited reopen of certain servic - JackDawson Apr 20, 13:51 4
      - It doesn't sound like a limited reopening, it says 'vast majority of businesses' can reopen May 1 - ty97 Apr 20, 13:52 3
        
        We do know those second and third waves are going to happen regardless your social distancing, right? - con_carne Apr 20, 13:57
        
        I've seen this going around from Denver re 1918 today -- (link) - ty97 Apr 20, 13:56
        
        Yes they should implement those, true -- nm - JackDawson Apr 20, 13:55
  - Curently at 7000 cases 148 Deaths -- nm - eag Apr 20, 13:46 1
    - Curve -- nm - JackDawson Apr 20, 13:47
- Most businesses can reopen May 1 -- nm - ty97 Apr 20, 13:43 1
  - We are going to do a great job in continuing to fuck this all up in the most stubborn country of them all. -- nm - Qale Apr 20, 13:46
GA Gov. Kemp is allowing gyms, barbers, cosmetologists, and other similar businesses statewide to reopen this Friday - Restaurants April 27th -- (link) - decline Apr 20, 13:33 7
- What’s Georgia’s curve look like? -- nm - JackDawson Apr 20, 13:44 2
  - link -- (link) - ty97 Apr 20, 13:45
  - "Curvy up top, smooth on the bottom." -- nm* - budice Apr 20, 13:45
- That's fine. I'm done. This is the Darwin virus. Have at it. -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 13:42
- With distancing/capacity requirements still? -- nm - ty97 Apr 20, 13:38
- well that's not going to end well -- nm - Pippy-with a bong Apr 20, 13:34 1
  - They have have curently 18900 cases and over 700 deaths -- nm - eag Apr 20, 13:41
Amoeba Music starting GoFundMe Campaign to survive -- (link) - budice Apr 20, 13:29
ST Poll: Do you know what your blood type is? -- nm - oblique Apr 20, 13:18 33
- AB Pos., I do believe -- nm - steven wright Apr 20, 15:51
- *marking this post for evidence in kilbo's incarcer....future reference if anyone wakes up in a bathtub filled with ice* -- nm - JaxSean Apr 20, 14:05
- At this point - probably Pibb Zero. nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 20, 13:42 1
  - "El Jolgorio." -- JackDawson -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 13:47
- nope. i assume its poisonous cause no vampires have attacked me. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 20, 13:41
- "What blood type are you?" "A?" "I said, what blood type are you?" "O! B." -- nm - znufrii, stimulated Apr 20, 13:37
- Red -- nm - budice Apr 20, 13:37
- Yes, typed for ROTC in college. -- nm - Max Apr 20, 13:36
- A+ -- nm - Andie Apr 20, 13:36
- Yes. -- nm - jnine Apr 20, 13:31
- Nope -- nm - spamlet Apr 20, 13:30
- O neg -- nm - Loyola Apr 20, 13:30 1
  - YOU'RE the guy who gets relentless phone calls from blood services. -- nm - loosilu Apr 20, 13:32
- mostly no. I'm B but never remember if + or - -- nm - ty97 Apr 20, 13:29
- A+ just like my marks. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 13:29
- Nope. -- nm - VMan Apr 20, 13:28
- I always forget. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 13:27
- B- blood, A+ guy. -- nm - Tim Apr 20, 13:25 2
  - That's a rare type! -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 13:27 1
    - I get SO MANY mailings from NY Blood Center. -- nm - Tim Apr 20, 13:27
- Yeah, first time I donated they mailed me a card to carry around in my wallet with the American Red Cross logo on it -- nm - con_carne Apr 20, 13:24 3
  - Yeah, I had no idea until I donated for the first time a few years back. -- nm - Tim Apr 20, 13:25 2
    - I’m not allowed to donate (clotting issue) so I’ve never really needed to find out. - spamlet Apr 20, 13:36
    - I typed my own in a biology class. -- nm - loosilu Apr 20, 13:27
- Yes -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 20, 13:23
- Delicious. -- nm - Qale Apr 20, 13:23
- Nope -- nm - Krusty Apr 20, 13:22
- Yes -- nm - psilotum Apr 20, 13:22 1
  - Hey, be positive! -- nm - psilotum Apr 20, 13:22
- Yes. -- nm - Shaun Apr 20, 13:21
- I think so - decline Apr 20, 13:20
- O pos. -- nm - loosilu Apr 20, 13:19
- no -- nm - mud Apr 20, 13:19
yee haw -- (link) - mud Apr 20, 13:15 2
- I'd like to see a truck with heavily armed Muslim-Americans show up like that. - JaxSean Apr 20, 13:20 1
  - look what happened when the black panthers marched with shotguns and 22 cal rifles -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 20, 14:52
Kilbo if ever this was a day to enjoy your new purchases - today is that day - Pippy-with a bong Apr 20, 13:11 1
- I've found that the 10mg chocolates that I got pack quite a punch - oblique Apr 20, 13:13
So like, are they actually paying people to take the oil? -- nm - ty97 Apr 20, 13:10 3
- "We'll pay you to fill-up" -- nm - Chevron Apr 20, 13:14
- or store it -- nm - decline Apr 20, 13:11 1
  - This. Until they run out of storage places -- nm - JD Apr 20, 13:13
znu booze news update -- (link) - decline Apr 20, 13:10 2
- Oops! -- nm - znufrii, stimulated Apr 20, 13:39
- Znu's Booze News -- nm* - New ST Podcast Apr 20, 13:13
a significant portion of my office went into freak out mode when we got an email about having a financial services Town hall virtual meeting this week - tRuMaN Apr 20, 13:08 2
- Yup, good luck. :( -- nm - JaxSean Apr 20, 13:18
- Good luck. -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 13:10
How an “Old Hippie” Got Accused of Astroturfing the Right-Wing Campaign to Reopen the Economy -- (link) - . Apr 20, 13:02
IL: +1151 new cases, +59 deaths -- nm - oblique Apr 20, 12:51 4
- One of the medical people on CNN said that Chicago is turning into a hot spot (it already was) that's turning even more concerning. -- nm - Remlik Apr 20, 13:03 1
  - The rate of increase has been decreasing over the last 2 weeks. There are a significant number of cases but the curve is bending. -- nm - pmb Apr 20, 13:20
- IN: +505 new cases, +7 deaths -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 12:52 1
  - PA +948 cases +92 deaths -- nm - decline Apr 20, 13:07
The legal disputes of Mad Magazine... - Mop Apr 20, 12:44
The protests are astroturfing, but anecdotally, cabin fever is setting in and there’s an uptick in business today. -- nm - Tim Apr 20, 12:33 4
- Agreed. It looks like any other day in many parking lots. -- nm - Qale Apr 20, 13:25
- And the weather's getting nicer which adds to it. Easy to stay home when it sucks to go out. -- nm - Open Baron Apr 20, 12:39
- They're LARPing what it was like in the Before Times - Reagen Apr 20, 12:35
- I went to starbucks today. (Drive-thru.) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 12:34
Fun, kid-oriented YT channel Extra Credits does a lot of history. I'm watching their series about the Bronze Age collapse (some cartoon blood) -- (link) - con_carne Apr 20, 12:30 [youtube] 5
- Have you seen the TV show Horrible Histories? -- nm - LMS Apr 20, 12:55 2
  - No, but I think it just landed on Hulu -- nm - con_carne Apr 20, 12:56 1
    - First 5 series covers lots of different topics each episode, then when the cast changed each episode is on one topic. - LMS Apr 20, 13:04
- Thanks! -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 12:51
- Part 3 is pretty compelling, if you just want to get down to things -- (link) - con_carne Apr 20, 12:37 [youtube]
Facebook removing anti-quarantine groups -- (link) - Reagen Apr 20, 12:28 3
- Then on to anit-vaxxers, hopefully. -- nm - VMan Apr 20, 13:07 1
  - "And next, anti-fascists, right? That's how it works, right? Cut us some slack, we're new at this." -- nm - Facebook Apr 20, 13:09
- Good. -- nm - Remlik Apr 20, 12:32
Unnamed Temporary Sports Blog is back for 4/20 week -- (link) - JD Apr 20, 12:28
Can't wait for Negative Gas so people pay me to fillup. -- nm - budice Apr 20, 12:24
Official Trailer for HOLLYWOOD, a new limited series from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, coming to Netflix on May 1. -- (link) - Beaker Apr 20, 12:09 [youtube] 1
- Hits Netflix in 10 days. About time they came out with a trailer. -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 12:20
So if you still think airlines are flying because all these doctors and nurses are flying around to hotspots, you are wrong. It's for the bailout. -- (link) - con_carne Apr 20, 12:08 4
- Yeah, I knew it included some provisions along those lines -- nm - ty97 Apr 20, 12:37 1
  - Also the story illustrates why me need to be giving people basic income at this time. People are feeling forced to go to work sick. -- nm - ty97 Apr 20, 12:44
- As long we knifed the cruise industry in the chest, I’m good with a company maintaining service to get aid. - Will Hunting Apr 20, 12:29
- Yes and they’ve upped the prices now. They figure if you’re Flying you’re crazy or desperate. Well done Congress! -- nm - JackDawson Apr 20, 12:12
So does Fandango keep FandangoNow and Vudu separate, merge the two, or drop one? - Mop Apr 20, 11:59 8
- It sounds like the framework of the deal was specifically done to keep Vudu separate. -- nm - David Apr 20, 12:07 4
  - Regardless... if anyone wants to do any disc-to-digital/mobile-to-digital, do it while you can. - Mop Apr 20, 12:10 3
    - what's the best way to still do that? -- nm - Remlik Apr 20, 12:30 2
      - If you have an iPhone, there's not. -- nm - David Apr 20, 12:41
      - Point the Vudu app on your phone at the barcode of one of the qualifying titles which, of course, you own and is sitting on your shelf. - Mop Apr 20, 12:38
- NBC Universal owns Fandango, just FYI -- nm* - budice Apr 20, 12:00 1
  - Yes, which is why I originally argued months ago that it would be smart for Comcast to drop the FandangoNow brand. - Mop Apr 20, 12:03
- yes -- nm - decline Apr 20, 11:59
this vid: -- (link) - mud Apr 20, 11:58 2
- There's been a number of videos showing him clearly sick. His ego is bigger than his care for what's right. -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 11:59 1
  - We should be so lucky. -- nm - pmb Apr 20, 12:14
The contract settled at -37.63 -- nm - spamlet Apr 20, 11:51
I'm not usually a massage person, but I'm so wound up most days I think that will be the first place I visit when things start to open up -- nm - oblique Apr 20, 11:51 3
- If you're that wound up it'll become that kind of massage the moment she touches your bare skin. - Max Apr 20, 11:55
- Yup. -- nm - znufrii, stimulated Apr 20, 11:54
- Too bad. Those other kinds are likely still open. -- nm - Qale Apr 20, 11:54
still want to separate alberta? -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 11:49 3
- Only after getting bailed out! -- nm - Shaun Apr 20, 11:53
- This is a quirk. It had nothing really to do with long term oil outlook. -- nm - spamlet Apr 20, 11:51 1
  - Yes and no. It doesn't happen if oil demand is good. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 12:00
I'm surprised to see JaxSean share a link to the Our Lady Peace concert. Did OLP make any waves outside of Canada? -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 11:49 3
- They were his first Buffy Slyro. -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 12:14
- Not really, but I've been into them since the early 90's. - JaxSean Apr 20, 11:54 1
  - 💓 -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 11:55
so I guess oil trading is done like online stocks with computer algorthyms but I suppose nobody ever thought oil could go negative -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 20, 11:47 4
- I wonder what is the storage cost of oil. - Marlowe Apr 20, 12:05 2
  - I wonder of Donny is bright enough to realize that now is the time to fill up those salt mines we use for the strategic oil reserves...naw... -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 20, 14:49
  - That's exactly what this situation is. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 12:07
- Y2K!!! -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 11:51
PA taking baby steps toward reopening -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 20, 11:41 4
- although mask are now required when going to all retail stores as of last night -- nm - decline Apr 20, 11:59
- Delivery and curbside pick up are going to be defacto. Walking into a store to shop around will be an "experience". - Mop Apr 20, 11:53 1
  - But even the catalog stores had the items on display so that you could walk around and look at them before you placed your order. -- nm - Meg Apr 20, 12:15
- # We the peaple! -- nm - Shaun Apr 20, 11:42
Some Nike sweatpants are made of Dri-fit, which is a high-performance, microfiber, polyester fabric. -- nm - Shaun Apr 20, 11:37 5
- Their sweatshops are made of the tears of children. -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 12:33
- Their tech fleece joggers are so nice but crazy expensive. $110 when not on sale. -- nm* - Krusty Apr 20, 11:49 1
  - I have two therma fit hoodies and they are amazing. Expensive, but amazing. -- nm - Shaun Apr 20, 11:52
- Look at the big brain on Shaun! -- nm - Jules Apr 20, 11:40
- fleece? -- nm - psilotum Apr 20, 11:38
$(-37) Oil -- (link*) - budice Apr 20, 11:34 5
- The irony of this historic drop is that it makes it more affordable for consumers to burn fossil fuels. But not economical to drill. -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 12:07 1
  - This is a one day event. It's reflective that oil is in a bad place, but this isn't the real price of oil. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 13:15
- I have heard that Schlumberger is calling laid off employees back into the office to fire them a second time. -- nm - Qale Apr 20, 11:48
- Anyone who can take on the extra capacity knows they have the sellers, ahem, over a barrel. -- nm - Open Baron Apr 20, 11:41 1
  - Koch brothers always win -- nm - psilotum Apr 20, 11:43
Ok now were getting ridiculous now alomost negative 12 dollars -- nm - eag Apr 20, 11:34 4
- Seriously, if I had a place to store a couple of thousands of barrels right now I would do it in a heartbeat. If I lived out on a farm or something? - pmb Apr 20, 12:13 1
  - They're paying you to take it, but you have to accept delivery right away and it's not free to transport it. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 12:24
- so if I bring some water jugs, they'll pay me to fill them? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 20, 11:42 1
  - Only if you have 100,000 water jugs. -- nm - Open Baron Apr 20, 11:43
So, is Exxon legally required to splatter us with oil now? How does this work? -- nm - David Apr 20, 11:34 2
- Gasoline fights don’t sound so dumb now do they? -- nm - spamlet Apr 20, 11:46 1
  - As long as they are freak, accidental ones. -- nm* - Shaun Apr 20, 11:47

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