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Another White House virus briefing coming up soon. I'm betting that Trump will call it the Wu Tang virus. Diversify your bonds... People in the room now. Any minute. It's on... The usual rambling. Nothing new. The campaign speech will start soon. Not worth watching anymore.

They changed their minds. It wasn't really that promising anyway and the PR look was terrible. But the urge was till there for them. Make that money, any way possible. https://theintercept.com/2020/03/25/gilead-sciences-coronavirus-drug/

Morgues in NYC getting full. I'm not sure how the comparison to the common flu fits in here. Maybe it's the time factor. I've never heard of morgues filling because of the common flu. Maybe they do, but it's normal. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/25/dhs-briefing-nyc-morgues-near-capacity-148259

You should start a thread about your project. If you go with the original setup you;ll need to use almost exactly original parts. No simple way to tune the 1983 Nissan system. You'll get exactly what Nissan was getting in 1983. @cgsheen1 has worked with the original and Megasquirt and usually has something to say.

Sophisticated Trumpism. "Wuhan" virus instead of "Chinese" virus. Like wearing silk white sheets instead of cotton. He was first in his class at West Point, of course, so he can't just use the simple term. From The Guardian. " 13:08 Julian Borger The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has been giving a briefing on the virtual G7 foreign ministers meeting that began by videoconference at 7am (ET). He said the main focus was the coronavirus, which Pompeo made a point of calling the “Wuhan virus”. According to a report in Der Spiegel, the G7 ministers have not so far been able to agree on a joint statement because of Pompeo’s insistence that it should refer to the disease as the “Wuhan virus”, a suggestion that was rejected by other members of the group of prosperous democracies.

I keep finding stuff. This one even has some China in it. Bible study for Trump's cabinet. It's a scary read. Remember Pompeo and The Rapture. https://theintercept.com/2020/03/24/trump-cabinet-bible-studies-coronavirus/ The Drollinger-led Bible study meets every Wednesday morning with members of Trump’s cabinet, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, and Health Secretary Alex Azar.

A story from my old hooning grounds, from way back. It's just normal country people down there. Basically a suburb of Portland Oregon. https://katu.com/news/local/its-heartbreaking-husband-wife-die-within-hours-of-eachother-after-covid-19-diagnosis

New Orleans charts and plots. https://gov.louisiana.gov/assets/docs/covid/govCV19Brief-2.pdf

Future gouging. https://theintercept.com/2020/03/23/gilead-sciences-coronavirus-treatment-orphan-drug-status/

I don't find anything. You mean your city? Not the state.

The briefing is on. Trump is quoting numbers from a piece of paper. Now he's bragging about how the threats are all that is needed to get companies to supply materials. Kind of gangster. It's classic. Must-watch. Fauci is back, peeking over Trump's shoulder. He's using Fauci as leverage to keep people watching, while he gives a campaign speech. Genius! Larry Kudlow! Anyone who has watched the financial channels knows what a BS'er he is. Here comes more... Trump is "Trump-blocking" the doctors. Won't let them answer medical questions. Over. Nothing new. Wait...

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And coffee. Or tea. Think of the social impact of no caffeine.

Another briefing coming up soon... Pick your favorite network.

The most complicated part is the breaker plate. It has a circlip that is difficult to deal with and the way that the parts fit together is not obvious. If you can clean the breaker plate and bearings without taking it apart you should be able to get it done pretty easily. Make drawings and take pictures.

The way this is playing out is still fascinating, when you consider the very wide picture. No offense to the those who are religious but you could make a case that some people consider the COVID-19 as the second coming. Taking the worthy to paradise. Trump chose Easter for a reason, he says. Makes you wonder.

It just gets more interesting. Remember Jonestown? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/24/liberty-university-reopens-despite-coronavirus-closure-calls-jerry-falwell-jr

Have you tried just grabbing rocker arms and reefing them around to see if you can find looseness? Put down the stethoscope and get rough. You might try removing the mouse trap springs and rechecking lash. They add extra force that the feeler gauge has to overcome. Might not be getting the right measurements.

I just realized that you were kind of throwing my own words back at me. Like Trump does. If you listen to the scientists and doctors, this virus will be around for a few years. So, for me, now is the next election. But, even on a very short time frame, Trump is not doing much but talking. So, there really is no "now". We need to remember what's not happening in the very short term, "now", so that in just a few short months we can make a change. There is nothing really that anyone can do "now". The die has been cast and we're stuck with it. Let's burn this inaction and incompetence in to our psyches so that when the red hats come out and the mindless chanting start again, we'll remember what it leads to.

It's probably all moot anyway. It's all coming down to state efforts. Some states will lose more than others. Some countries, the same. No different than Katrina or Maria, in the end. April 12 is looking like the reopening, whatever that means.

What will you do if they try to make you "hole up" while everyone else gets to run free? You're probably in the high risk group, it could happen.

I know someone who was using the term "older ones". Like "if any of the older ones need assistance please let us know". "We have to be careful, for the older ones".

Florida is one of those places elderly go to retire. De Santis is trying the herd immunity approach down there. Who knows, maybe it's the way to do things. Might be time for that cross-country trip @Dave WM https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2020/03/24/dumbest-s-desantis-takes-heat-as-he-goes-his-own-way-on-coronavirus-1268818

It's been ten minutes of the "town hall" and Trump has already said nothing new. He has boiled it down to "you won't be able to shake hands for a while". I'm not kidding. Now he's talking about how great things were before the virus. It's must watch. Watch just ten minutes and come back to support 4 more years of this guy. Just ten minutes. The "ten minutes of Trump" challenge.