Why does this gem keep popping up? You realize that Australia has lots of cases right now. It's (late) summer there.

How does their testing setup look?

It will be an interesting turn in events if Mexico decides to close their boarder with us.

Just when you think he couldn't be anymore incompetent, he tops himself again.

Probably little roadside stands.

Pretty scary what's going on right now. Maybe Jack Ma will donate some. Even Boris Johnson gets it.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51914490

I fear for our future as some of these younger people will run the country someday. I say we bring back hazing. At least when I was growing up we were allowed to tell someone they were stupid if they actually were. Then at least the stupid person might realize what they are and could change course.

Yep, I'd feel a lot safer if they had as much common sense as prior generations.
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construir el muro!

Now they just do that stuff trusting a product known to go up in flames built with the cheapest parts the company could source
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Or they trust their boyfriend not to drop them.

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Just happy the generation that jackass crew is a part of will never be running the show.

A major federal agency closed to the public starting tomorrow.

I'll bite...

Every generation gets a chance to run the show. That’s the whole point.....

Probably that commission they set up to find "voter fraud."

Either that or the "space force." Either way we are just going to have to find a way to survive without them.

In the 30s, after the run on the banks, FDR, Roosevelt set up the FDIC to be was the insurer of last resort for your bank accounts. If banks wanted in the FDIC, they have to pay a monthly insurance premium. Had that not been done, everybody would have just hidden their money in their mattresses because after the bank run nobody trusted the banks. Your bank account (s) were guaranteed for $100,000.00. That was a lot of money in the 30s. Not so much in today's economy.

In 2008, when the economy tanked, some people had a lot more than $100K sitting in their bank accounts and when banks collapsed these people lost any excess over $100,000.00. They were pissed and rightly so. Congress stepped in and raised the insured amount up to $250,000.00.

People pulling money today could have cash parked in their accounts in excess of $250K so maybe they are not wanting to risk any cash in excess of the insured amount. Some people, perhaps, still don't trust the banks or maybe do not even trust the government. I can't say that I blame them.
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Around 25 years ago, a dentist in a town not too far from me died. When the whoever's started cleaning up his house, they found around $1,000,000.00 dollars in cash stashed. For whatever reason--maybe the dentist watched his parents get wiped out in the bank collapse in the 30s-- this guy did not trust the banks.

Not willing to say, but the info is legit and it’s not the space force.

Well arent you just the perfect dick tease

Eloquently expressed.
If he ain't gonna tell, then don't mention.

I appreciate the link. I really do. But the internet of old has gone away and is going behind paywalls. Now, you get 2 or 3 looks and the nag screen pops up telling you that you have to subscribe. So, the days of linking an article to support your point are slowly going away. The nytimes has shut me out, as have several others.

I miss the old days when banner ads were the norm and when one could go anywhere and surf anonymously.

I just hope it skips gen-x. They so far seem like the most selfish, self centered bunch.

Tequila Worm fighting it off!

He doesn't look too worried.

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pretty sure the NYT has everything COVID related out from behind the paywall. Lots of other media outlets are doing the same.

If one agency closes to the public tomorrow, the rest will follow in short order. Let me just clarify, you can still call in, but you can't visit a local office. If that info isn't useful to you, I don't know what to tell you.

I'm just glad the feds are starting to take this seriously. The lack of direction we've experienced so far has been scary.

I was still able to scroll down thru the paywall and read the article. There are other articles about the situation in Mexico where it appears they are taking it very lightly with the virus just starting to spread there.

https://m.facebook.com/1561713204121262/posts/2288261768133065/?vh=e&d=n

In Australia when we had the bushfires about a month ago it was reported that Australia was on fire. Actually it was mainly bush land and a few small towns. Lots of land but not cities and tourism areas as reported. The Media made it look like the whole of Australia was burning.
It cost our economy over 4billion that is a lot to our economy. I find it very interesting that what the media says seems gospel to most. Now with this new virus our economy is absolutely doomed. Our dollar will fall below .50USD a few years ago it was 1.10USD. I have no faith in our system i think it is and always was a rigged game. The elite control the game and we fight for the scraps. It is genius and we are a bunch of slaves. I think this is done on purpose to crash the economy as the general masses were living to comfortably. Not saying this virus isnt real or anything like that i actually do not know the facts so wont speculate but i know that in gambling the house always wins and the stock market is gambling. The Media is controlled by the rich.

OK BOOMER!

Our banks are closed, just drive up and ATM.

Be warned, this is being hacked like crazy.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/03/live-coronavirus-map-used-to-spread-malware/

First ice cream licks, now toilet seats.

https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/womans-coronavirus-challenge-viral-slammed

When I was a kid, I never went to the doctor for anything. Not to stereotype, but the Mexicans I know are kinda like that.

I know mine is, but business as usual other than not having public visitors. Telework is king and visitors don't affect the work product/output.

I'm part of the no-generation. We just monitor everything, and control nothing.

Yes, and banks are well prepared for handling your needs even when they are closed. Think about that...

With Pence spending all his time heading up the Corona task force, maybe they could put one of those claymation Thunderbirds characters in charge of the Space Force? Assuming it’s still protecting the heavens as we know them.

Aren’t you gen-x ?

Researchers and popular media typically use birth years around 1965 to 1980 to define Generation Xers, although some sources use birth years beginning as early as 1960 and ending somewhere from 1977 to 1984

Interestingly, some surfaces are less hospitable to SARS-CoV-2. For instance, the virus remained viable on copper for only about four hours.

From my post 1376

Good thing too, the people that still regularly go into banks are precisely the demographic at risk in this outbreak.

If your agency is well prepared for that.

Good info, but it should not be a problem if you access it directly through Johns Hopkins.

Actually not hot here lately and the other night it was pretty cold. Keep an eye on Darwin thats humid all year round. December to Feb is Summer and March to May is Autumn

Nope. Maybe if I register it will work?

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No not a fantasy book .
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/14/811609026/the-new-coronavirus-can-live-on-surfaces-for-2-3-days-heres-how-to-clean-them

I agree. I told my buddy it would probably be safe to continue eating at all our usual Mexican restaurants with no worry.

However, this virus doesn't seem to discriminate. Perhaps they are just going to let it roll like any other contagious disease, and when it's all said and done, they may make us look like we overreacted. Perhaps.

Blank generation. Too late in the boomer generation to actually be one. Too early to be a gen-x. But I listened to Generation X when Billy Idol was their front man.

It will.

Well, in terms of my pinside response to this crisis, I’d give myself a 10. Not to brag, but I’ve been perfect. Moderators may not agree but it’s a 10.

Just a simple 800 number or if you have intronet .