COVID-19

[Guy in Shorts]

Amazon is hiring 100,000 new employees at $17 per hour. Winner Winner

[madhatter]

These guys ....

After saying last month that the U.S. was “better prepared than ever before” to confront the virus, Senator Richard Burr, Republican of North Carolina and chairman of the Intelligence Committee, sold hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of stock before the markets plunged. Three other senators — Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California; James Inhofe, Republican of Oklahoma; and Kelly Loeffler, Republican of Georgia — also sold major holdings, according to disclosure records.

So they were smart enough to do so and are getting railed for it?

Do you have info that they did anything illegal or did you have stock in the market that you didn't sell?

I’m not privy to insider information. At a minimum, it should be reviewed to determine if they did anything improper.

As for me, I’m long and bought more stock.

Edit: My $02 is congress should not be able to trade equities given their positions. Index and mutual funds would be fine.

is there ANYTHING you won't whine and cry about?

[Bubba]

These guys ....

After saying last month that the U.S. was “better prepared than ever before” to confront the virus, Senator Richard Burr, Republican of North Carolina and chairman of the Intelligence Committee, sold hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of stock before the markets plunged. Three other senators — Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California; James Inhofe, Republican of Oklahoma; and Kelly Loeffler, Republican of Georgia — also sold major holdings, according to disclosure records.

So they were smart enough to do so and are getting railed for it?

Do you have info that they did anything illegal or did you have stock in the market that you didn't sell?

I’m not privy to insider information. At a minimum, it should be reviewed to determine if they did anything improper.

As for me, I’m long and bought more stock.

Edit: My $02 is congress should not be able to trade equities given their positions. Index and mutual funds would be fine.

is there ANYTHING you won't whine and cry about?

Congress passed its own insider trading rules several years ago. Burr was one of only three (I believe) senators to vote against it. I read somewhere that Loeffler’s husband is president or chair of the company that owns the NYSE so she and her husband are subject to both Congressional rules and SEC rules. Either way, their actions in this context, when others are suffering so much pain, will look bad to many voters.

[deadheadskier]

If even Tucker Carlson is calling Burr's actions shady, then yeah it probably is worth looking into.

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[XtremeJibber2001]

If even Tucker Carlson is calling Burr's actions shady, then yeah it probably is worth looking into.

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Burr spokesperson commenting - "lol"

Burr sold his stocks on Feb 13th

[XtremeJibber2001]

What in that statement don't you understand?

He doesn't think it needs to be invoked yet ... what's your interpretation?

It's like carrying a spare time.

It's there when you need it.

Except he went to the trouble of crawling under the car to get the spare and is now driving around with it in the passenger seat just in case.

Less than 48 hours since he said he wouldn't invoke it yet, but today he confirm he invoked it yesterday ... guess things turned worst case scenario pretty quickly.

[SnoBrdr]

What in that statement don't you understand?

He doesn't think it needs to be invoked yet ... what's your interpretation?

It's like carrying a spare time.

It's there when you need it.

Except he went to the trouble of crawling under the car to get the spare and is now driving around with it in the passenger seat just in case.

Less than 48 hours since he said he wouldn't invoke it yet, but today he confirm he invoked it yesterday ... guess things turned worst case scenario pretty quickly.

Isn't that what happens in a pandemic?

Wern't you ever in the service and had things go from zero to oh sh*t in a millisec.

Amazing.

[madhatter]

What in that statement don't you understand?

He doesn't think it needs to be invoked yet ... what's your interpretation?

It's like carrying a spare time.

It's there when you need it.

Except he went to the trouble of crawling under the car to get the spare and is now driving around with it in the passenger seat just in case.

Less than 48 hours since he said he wouldn't invoke it yet, but today he confirm he invoked it yesterday ... guess things turned worst case scenario pretty quickly.

good god yer a pathetic fvcking whiner...holy fvck...seriously, you can't really be this goddamn stupid...or can you?

[madhatter]

Isn't that what happens in a pandemic?

Wern't you ever in the service and had things go from zero to oh sh*t in a millisec.

Amazing.

no nothing ever changes for him apprently..

Aside from Trump’s normal incoherent speaking, I don’t think there’s been much of a mismanagement of response. What is there one case in the US?

TDS is a terrible thing...

[XtremeJibber2001]

He doesn't think it needs to be invoked yet ... what's your interpretation?

It's like carrying a spare time.

It's there when you need it.

Except he went to the trouble of crawling under the car to get the spare and is now driving around with it in the passenger seat just in case.

Less than 48 hours since he said he wouldn't invoke it yet, but today he confirm he invoked it yesterday ... guess things turned worst case scenario pretty quickly.

Isn't that what happens in a pandemic?

Wern't you ever in the service and had things go from zero to oh sh*t in a millisec.

Amazing.

Trump said he wouldn't invoke Defense Production Act on Wednesday, despite the critical need for masks and testing machines. Last night he invokes it for masks and testing machines. What specifically went from zero to oh sh*t?

[SnoBrdr]

Maybe it's something that we aren't privy to.

Or he just changed his mind.

Either way is OK.

[madhatter]

Trump said he wouldn't invoke Defense Production Act on Wednesday, despite the critical need for masks and testing machines. Last night he invokes it for masks and testing machines. What specifically went from zero to oh sh*t?

your ability to think objectively and perhaps think at all...

I'm not sure what you imagine didn't happen between wed and thursday? or if you have any idea how the DPA might work? pretty sure that despite not taking time to inform you of their every move, talks are taking place every minute in order to exact a plan...if/when that plan requires the DPA to be invoked it will...it's not a magic wand...


seems like we have suppliers ready and able to supply n95 respirators etc and it's likely that they are being paid for via DPA agreements...

pretty sure that local businesses ( construction etc) have been donating them also...


regardless, GM isn't turning out ventilators this morning...and it's likely that by the time they would be able to re-tool and start production the crisis will be over...

there apparently has been a coordinated effort to identify the location of respirators and to get them distributed and ready for service...

pretty sure the wife read that dartmouth hospital replaced a lot of them recently and still has all the old ones in storage...

[madhatter]

Maybe it's something that we aren't privy to.

Or he just changed his mind.

Either way is OK.

continually overlooking the obvious in favor of some wild-eyed ridiculous TDS fantasy...

get some help XJ, you really need it...

[XtremeJibber2001]

It’s going to be just fine, we have it totally under control.

Delared outbreak of COVID-19 as Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

Cryin’ Chuck Schumer is complaining, for publicity purposes only, that I should be asking for more money than $2.5 Billion to prepare for Coronavirus. If I asked for more he would say it is too much. He didn’t like my early travel closings. I was right. He is incompetent!

We have contained this. I won’t say airtight, but pretty close to airtight. We have done a good job in the United States.

I think every aspect of our society should be prepared. I don’t think it’s going to come to that, especially with the fact that we’re going down, not up. We’re going very substantially down, not up. But, yeah, I think schools should be preparing and, you know, get ready just in case. We have it so well under control. I mean, we really have done a very good job.

It’s going to disappear. One day, it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.

Prudent to assume this pathogen will be with us for some time to come

And we’re prepared, and we’re doing a great job with it. And it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away.

It’s going to go away. ... The United States, because of what I did and what the administration did with China, we have 32 deaths at this point … when you look at the kind of numbers that you’re seeing coming out of other countries, it’s pretty amazing when you think of it.

It’s important for the young and healthy people to understand that while they may experience mild symptoms, they can easily spread this virus and they will spread it indeed, putting countless others in harms way.

I’ve always known this is a real—this is a pandemic. I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic

Reporter: 'What Do You Say to Americans Who Are Scared?'
Trump: 'I Say You Are a Terrible Reporter'

[SnoBrdr]

It’s going to be just fine, we have it totally under control.

Delared outbreak of COVID-19 as Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

Cryin’ Chuck Schumer is complaining, for publicity purposes only, that I should be asking for more money than $2.5 Billion to prepare for Coronavirus. If I asked for more he would say it is too much. He didn’t like my early travel closings. I was right. He is incompetent!

We have contained this. I won’t say airtight, but pretty close to airtight. We have done a good job in the United States.

I think every aspect of our society should be prepared. I don’t think it’s going to come to that, especially with the fact that we’re going down, not up. We’re going very substantially down, not up. But, yeah, I think schools should be preparing and, you know, get ready just in case. We have it so well under control. I mean, we really have done a very good job.

It’s going to disappear. One day, it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.

Prudent to assume this pathogen will be with us for some time to come

And we’re prepared, and we’re doing a great job with it. And it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away.

It’s going to go away. ... The United States, because of what I did and what the administration did with China, we have 32 deaths at this point … when you look at the kind of numbers that you’re seeing coming out of other countries, it’s pretty amazing when you think of it.

It’s important for the young and healthy people to understand that while they may experience mild symptoms, they can easily spread this virus and they will spread it indeed, putting countless others in harms way.

I’ve always known this is a real—this is a pandemic. I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic

Reporter: 'What Do You Say to Americans Who Are Scared?'
Trump: 'I Say You Are a Terrible Reporter'

Totally taken out of context.