Betsy Devos and Wilbur Ross p4p two of the worst appointments oat
Betsy Devos and Wilbur Ross p4p two of the worst appointments oat
2nd member of congress just tested positive.
#spyputs
"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs
Problem is, when that 90 day ban is lifted, they are going to either want all the back rent plus penalties or they'll get your ass out. I want neither of that happening, hence why I was open to making a deal with them but some call me slimey.Originally Posted by TheXFactor
Trump to suspend evictions, authorizes Defense Production Act to mobilize businesses to aid coronavirus response
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1162641
The law, enacted in 1950, allows the president to force American businesses to produce materials in the national defense, such as ventilators and medical supplies for health care workers.
Why would anyone pay on their mortgage or pay rent right now? Especially if you are unemployed. If you have money, just set the money aside, just in case of emergency.Trump also said his administration is "suspending all foreclosures and evictions until the end of April" to help those affected by the virus.
Oh and NYSE is going to close on Monday since 2 have tested positive
*the trading floor
Best = Washington
Worst is a lot harder....many many awful presidents...Buchanan, W Bush, Trump, Carter, Johnson..oof
best news ive heard in a long time.
haha its usually easier to go from worst to first
lincoln, fdr, jfk, eisenhower
more like gayfgay. sorry, I prefer presidents that don't hard feed their first term
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Didn't FDR lead us through a prolonged depression? Total loser. I like presidents who make the stock market go up, not down.
winner
my list too just not in same order
Trump has first briefing on this stuff earlier, here's where he basically starts his cure:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n...ronavirus-test
POINT 1: Self Swab test will be forced past trials and become the de facto type of test for this -- he's cutting the red tape and making it happen.
POINT 2: an "exciting" briefing, later today (or maybe tomorrow) will discuss other methods for combatting this disease in those who are severe cases.
YOU CAN EXPECT: UNTESTED FOR THIS PURPOSE "off label" use of HIV and flu drugs...to get 100% approval
Key words: Chloroquine (anti-malarial), Lopinavir/ritonavir (HIV) Kaletra (basically the last two drugs together)
Finally, don't be surprised if Trump announces the US has bought one or two experimental drug companies and will be using the untested drugs from each on severe cases with NO "testing", i.e. the testing will be done at the same time as being administered to humans. Oh, he won't say it like that. Later he will, when he's in full bravado form from this working though. This would be so unprecendented in medical history, and of course, it could work. This is like the coach that tries something wild with one play on the clock. Win now spectacularly or lose anyway.
So, it's already begun...wow that was fast...
https://www.fiercepharma.com/vaccine...erna-doses-1st
Meanwhile, amid growing numbers of infections in the U.S., the FDA has allowed a phase 1 study of Moderna’s mRNA vaccine without animal data. On Monday, the biotech said researchers at the National Institutes of Health dosed the first subject.
Kinda unprecendented, even Ebola Vaccine (which is now a thing because of the same kind of shortcuts) didn't go SO fast.
In my lifetime, there has never been a more serious threat to national security than this crisis. This includes atomic espionage in the 1950's, the Cuban missile crisis, and 9/11. It's clear that unfairness will be an inevitable part of the government's response as it was during WWII. The idea of fairness to landlords simply doesn't matter as the government attempts to keep people from moving around and causing chaos by exacerbating the spread of the virus. Policies that promote "stay in place" stability are the only things that matter.The problem is that the government is trying to turn landlords into funders of housing welfare. Not fair.
If da gubbmint is gonna make landlords hold onto freeloading renters (whether the freeloading is intentional or unintentional), then it should pay the landlords for this.
In many states, evictions take a long time. Right now in Los Angeles County, tenants have 6 months to pay rent before they can be evicted. This means someone who didn't pay their March 1 rent can't be evicted until September 1, and then it could take another several months for the eviction to go through -- especially with the court backlog at that point. It's not unrealistic that freeloaders could squeeze a year of free rent out of this.
As Trump would say, "Unfair!"
I thought this article contained some really good info. It's nearly a week old but fascinating in regard to real infection rates.
https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coron...e-f4d3d9cd99ca
There are other ways to go about this.In my lifetime, there has never been a more serious threat to national security than this crisis. This includes atomic espionage in the 1950's, the Cuban missile crisis, and 9/11. It's clear that unfairness will be an inevitable part of the government's response as it was during WWII. The idea of fairness to landlords simply doesn't matter as the government attempts to keep people from moving around and causing chaos by exacerbating the spread of the virus. Policies that promote "stay in place" stability are the only things that matter.
I'm not denying that some emergency measures need to take place.
However, you can't just disproportionately stuff this on the backs of landlords and tell them to take one for the team.
If the government wants to prevent a homeless problem from worsening the infection, they should guarantee the rent payments themselves during this time, and then establish some sort of repayment plan for these people on the back-end when this is all over, with zero interest and generous terms. Something like that.
Telling landlords, "You're stuck with these people not paying you any rent for a year, and they won't suffer any consequence for doing so" is basically giving all landlords a huge kick in the nuts. The government needs to take responsibility if they are going to demand something burdensome like this, but it seems like they're not going to. It's just, "Let these people live for free, now eat shit", and that's that.
Additionally, I am seeing that many people are resigned to the strategy of printing money as our way out of this economic mess.
I am horrified to see this.
Not just as a Jew who has dutifully saved money for all of my adult life, but also as an American who fears for the long term future of this country if we do this.
When has a country ever money-printed its way out of its problems? It leads to hyperinflation, which just compounds the problem, and the entire economic system collapses and remains a complete disaster zone for the long term. At best you escape from it with a major depression.
Laughably, the response to this concern is, "The money is going right back into the economy on goods and services", as if that will prevent hyperinflation from eventually taking hold.
It's not like we don't have countless other examples of countries that have tried this.
It seems that people are already giving up and throwing up their hands, without even considering other possible solutions to hold off economic collapse without resorting to money printing.
On the small bright side, the world may have luckboxed into a coronavirus drug earlier than expected.
An existing Japanese flu drug called favipiravir was found by Chinese officials to be "clearly effective" in speeding up recovery from the disease.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...rus-says-china
However, it does look like you've got to catch it early for the drug to be effective. If the virus has already progressed to severe levels, it seems that the drug fails.
Still, if this is true, and if this can be produced quickly in mass quantities, people can take this drug quickly when they see symptoms, and it will bring down both the death rate and the infection rate.
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