I have sympathy for that view since the effective R never really got below 1.

But in most of the country we’re clearly in the second wave of reacting to it.

But really I don’t know how useful it is to fight over who gets to define ‘wave’.

This strikes me as one of those problems that's answerable with a little elbow grease. Is it interesting to get into for some reason?

Fried is not the same thing as unhealthy. It all depends how you fry it.

No. No. No. No. Just no. Not Charlie.

You mean by rejecting my notion of a president's power over the economy? Or do you mean something else that you've imagined?

@Horace said in Playstations are made by robots..:

... I suppose we can tax the goods the robots make.

See Andrew Yang.

Love it. That was brilliant.

A marketing bonanza, pivot off the election cycle.

Remember these entertainers are losing a lot of money with sheltering in place. They need to keep their names out there so the public will spend where they can for them.

If it weren't for leftwing nutjobs like you running these cities into the ground there wouldn't be a need for sending in the feds in the first place.

You're used to 'free' wifi in airports.

Lots of metros just have free wifi with no password. Plus people live mostly by routines so even if you do sign up you just need to do it once.

I get free ATT wifi in Starbucks all over. I suppose I had to sign up many years ago.

I haven't been to Seoul since before the smartphone revolution but I'll bet its pretty seamless.

We didn't ask you crackers to come here to start with.....

Case reports on this every year. Caused by Naegleria fowleri, it goes up the nose, passes through the cribriform plate at the base of the skull which separates the nasal passage from the brain right above. Pretty awful way to get ill

Entameoba histolytica causes just dysentery. A lot less fatal although it can cause a liver abscess by invading through the colon directly into the liver. (which is called colloquially an anchovy paste abscess because of its consistency) seen a few of those.

As far as they're applied now, I think the CMOH and Knighthood are different in nature. He doesn't mention the Victoria Cross, which is awarded for valour to military personnel, (or George Cross, the civilian equivalent), which I would have said is a closer equivalent to the MOH.

@Horace said in Come tango with me - I know a good piano player:

Yes, I like bite sized morsels of detailed expertise.

You have no idea. . .

@Axtremus said in Just wow:

Beethoven composed arguably better music after he's gone deaf.
Stephen Hawking published arguably better papers after he's lost the ability to write.

Isn’t it grand how some people Overcome their challenges.

Good question. And since it's hay, it's organic, baby!

@Klaus said in A previous cultural revolution:

Daniel Hannan has been one of my favorite European politicians in the last decade! He made me, at least in part, a proponent of what he calls "localism". Do you generally follow him or was it just this tweet that raised your attention?

I agree, Hannan is someone to listen to. Not only was he very smart when an MEP, but he has also given lectures on American history in the U.S., well worth listening to. It's always sobering when a Brit knows more about Jefferson than most Americans!

@bachophile said in No representation:

Did u know that the District of Columbia is a member of the unrpresented nations and peoples organization?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrepresented_Nations_and_Peoples_Organization?wprov=sfsi1

And they get more practical representation than any city in the world.

Nope. I l just read ones that are linked.