@mark said in It's getting close.: A friend just sent me text telling me that a co-worker's wife tested positive Monday. She works at our local pet shop, where we were about to go, to get some dog food. Other employees there have also tested positive. I ordered the dog food, online. My friend works at a machine shop where nobody wears a mask or practices any social distancing at all. Mark, if it's that close, it's going to be pretty much everywhere in your area. That's the community spread in action. Take care and keep ordering stuff for delivery or curbside pickup.

@Loki said in home again: So Brenda dumped us but took the frogs on her adventure. Difficult choices had to be made. I went with the ones who were cuter.

I feel safer being in Maine when it comes to the virus than I would if I were in California right now.

This day in history, July 23rd 1757, Scarlatti passed away in Madrid.

@jon-nyc said in Snarky caption contest - Jon and Jeffrey edition: @Klaus said in Snarky caption contest - Jon and Jeffrey edition: "See that guy over there? Brilliant piano player from Germany. Met him on the internet. You've got to hear him play. A legend." But then look at Jeffrey's face. He's like 'what are you talking about, that's Klaus'.

Nah. I have a handheld and an Oster that does fine. Don't need another Instant Pot. We are on a kitchen appliance moratorium. No room at the inn.

That's so romantic.

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It's kind of ironic when you considered how the Canadian government started. "A fourth basic difference between the American and Canadian systems is in the type of federalism they embody. The American system was originally highly decentralized. The federal Congress was given a short list of specific powers; everything not mentioned in that list belonged to the states “or to the people” (that is, was not within the power of either Congress or any state legislature). “States’ rights” were fundamental. The Fathers of Confederation, gazing with horror at the American Civil War, decided that “states’ rights” were precisely what had caused it, and acted accordingly." Here,” said Sir John A. Macdonald, “we have adopted a different system. We have expressly declared that all subjects of general interest not distinctly and exclusively conferred upon the local governments and legislatures shall be conferred upon the general government and legislature. We have thus avoided that great source of weakness that has been the disruption of the United States. We hereby strengthen the central Parliament, and make the Confederation one people and one government, instead of five peoples and five governments, with merely a point of authority connecting us to a limited and insufficient extent.” https://lop.parl.ca/about/parliament/senatoreugeneforsey/book/chapter_4-e.html

@Mik said in Should Police enforce mask compliance?: @jon-nyc said in Should Police enforce mask compliance?: @Mik said in Should Police enforce mask compliance?: No, but they could give you a lecture on your responsibilities as a citizen. Perfect pplication for a social worker. If you think social workers believe their ‘clients’ have responsibilities you probably haven’t met one in 30 years. That is true, I haven't and I don't hang with them. jon's right, they're not big on that. In fairness to them, though, their job is to help them with their rights, whatever that happens to be. (Yeah yeah I know, social workers can really do some damage sometimes because of the leverage they have.)

Definitely a Caucasian nose though. There will be retribution for that. I mean, more retribution than a lightning bolt.

https://twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/1286310192607633408

What kind of shitty fire protection do these buildings have that makes such heroic deeds necessary? There should be a proper escape path.

@Horace said in A Tale of Two Boats: america is smart enough not to do boat tours when there are no people on the boat. Maybe the people on the American boat thought it was taking them to Canada.

So true

You think the appropriate rate of violence is 1 in every 200 protesters?