After reading the article I think the coincidence was "Have an advocate on your behalf also happen to be married to one of your jurors", but maybe I missed it
I don't know, I think we'd still better get a crack team of reporters on this
I'm going to be honest, I was floored yesterday when he said we'd stay closed until at least the 30th. I thought for sure he was going to fuck that one up
I guess someone told him a few million dead old people (Republicans) would be bad for reelection
It's not really asking like "Oh what if we don't get one for this one person in time" but "The government declined to spend money getting ventilators sooo ??"
I think the problem is that they're not asking the questions directly enough because doing so would be pointing out he's an asshole
And they should get past that
And maybe he'll tone it back a bit if he can't get away with it. Or maybe he'll go harder and throw the podium
@Sterno This is almost a gotcha question but it might have been Jared instead of "No one" so tough call
The more rational thing in these circumstances would be to immediately ask the President what the hell he's talking about when he says it but no one does that
I guess because of "continued employment" or something, pssh
I'm still willing to give the first reporter that does a $5k cover because I want to see how he reacts
Looking forward to whatever day it was my kids finally go back to where all the other kids are, which just about guarantees that at some point in the coming months, we all get to roll the dice to see if we're the .01% (or whatever) of the younger people who get severely hit by this
@Sterno I just can't imagine turning them away, and I suppose I'll never understand it, since our healthcare systems are just so drastically different.
Trump got almost twice as many votes as Clinton there so I think that strongly specifically opposing him is too untenable. Her saying "McConnell is stopping Trump from lowering drug prices" is bullshit but replacing McConnell with literally anyone else is fine with me
> During Monday's vote, he said: "When this emergency ends, we will give back all powers, without exception."
This is the plot of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones! We all know how that ended!
> Palpatine: It is with great reluctance that I have agreed to this calling. I love democracy. I love the Republic. Once this crisis has abated, I will lay down the powers you have given me!
But the fact that we only have one community spread case just goes to show the social distancing and self isolation measures that were put in place have been mostly working.
@TimStone the proper way would be a real social security net, which affects far more than just paying rent. But that's probabyl quite far away in the US
I really hope that our social security net can handle this crisis, I don't think it has ever been tested anywhere close to the degree it likely will be in the next months
A particularly relevant part of our social security is the "Kurzarbeitergeld". Companies that would have to otherwise lay off employees can apply for this and the employees that are not working or only working part time due to a crisis get 60% of the missing income from the government
@Jolenealaska the only one that strikes the balance is Fauci. He tries very hard to seem like he's never contradicting Tump, but is not afraid of actually contradicting him in subtance only minutes later
