I’ll have you know I’m NOT sitting in an armchair, thankyouverymuch. I am. Got my feet up too:)

Bikers for Trump have a new assignment. Take care of the vermin that is infesting the WH press room.

You should leave immediately!

I was at an NBA game last night and I saw guys in MAGA hats harassing Chinese people over COVID 19. Trump must resign!!! Wait till he sees what happens to the press if they keep this crap up.

Watching the presser and the market numbers, I am really curious just who writes the algorithms that the bots execute, and who changes or updates them. Pretty obvious that they have been tweeked to force a nosedive when Trump speaks. Some air wasters need dealt with.

Lyle, I have some device over at Jr.’s place that measures specific gravity, but the scale is in terms of “brix”. I could still be making wine, but Jr. conned me out of the equipment for his beer experiments:)

True that OL, but that has been the case for a long time. Going to war, dropping the gold standard.......

In 1957, information/disinformation flow was nothing like today and almost nothing out of China. Who knew? Maybe some of the more senior JOMers will actually remember:)

jimmyk I think what may be different is the damage -19 does to people’s lungs. Not in all cases, but enough that it is a more effective killer than H2N2 was.

Just keep it coming Iggy!

Nothing like an Iggy rant with your morning coffee:)

If we can find the correct form, can we toss all bureaucrats into an active volcano? I’m in! Particularly if we can deal with the presstitutes at the same time:)

This was from Buckeyette’s big boss this morning: I’m writing you with some important good news: today we received emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a COVID-19 molecular test we’ve developed on our m2000 RealTime system molecular laboratory instrument, and we’re launching the test immediately. We’re deploying 150,000 tests right now and are scaling up our capacity to be able to produce up to one million tests per week by the end of this month. You can read full details in our press release. Let me make clear what an accomplishment this is: this was achieved in a remarkably compressed timeframe compared to how long it usually takes to develop a new test, under the extremely high pressure of this surging global need, and by a small team at Abbott Molecular – primarily from R&D, manufacturing, and regulatory – who worked literally 24/7 in recent weeks to meet this challenge. They were supported by their colleagues in Core Diagnostics. Please join me in congratulating and thanking the outstanding Abbott teams that made this happen. This is Abbott at its very best. I think I’ll take a few months off from bashing Big Pharma.

This will follow a Q1 quarter in which China is expected to collapse by -40.8%, which however will somehow surge by 57.4% in the second quarter. +57.4%? Herculean. Not credible. I wouldn’t trust anything someone who works for Jamie says. He wants Trump out as bad as the Chinese.

You mean dentist offices are closed due to this crisis? Why? don't they sterilize everything? Anything that is an elective medical procedure that requires protective gear or a hospital bed is being postponed. Jr. told me last week they were very short of masks at the University hospital.

Henry Same here with both our Doctors and Dentists. Telemed services, but not much else. I rotate between my Dentist and my Periodontist office every three months for cleanings to keep everything under control with some gum issues. The hygienist I see at each office both have 4 kids. Tough for them to not be working. The docs just get to start golf season early.

Just got off the phone with Jr. He is at the Children’s Hospital this week and next. Every two months he does a two week teaching rotation, where the residents and med students follow him around to do rounds, etc. During this emergency the administration is not letting the med students participate. One additional risk they want eliminated. Outside of that, he says everything is “normal”, no -19 cases.

Am I the only one here who was due for a haircut last week but didn't get it? Nope, you are not the only one Ext. I’m twisting Mrs. Buckeye’s arm, but not making much progress. She cuts the dog’s coat but isn’t volunteering to do anything for chopped liver.

JiB The cut isn’t deep, just a bad location for touch screen typing.

Right you are OL.

I cut the tip of my index finger with a knife accidentally. The hand washing has become painful. Mrs. Buckeye went through boxes in the basement looking for hand sanitizer. Found several containers plus some really effective hand lotion, so at least have that.

A follow up to OL’s “charity” point. Whatever “benefit” the wealthy get from an “underserved” $1000 check or two, will be more than made up for in future taxation. Just as the sun rises in the East:) Bar is open on The Ledge, but leave at least every other seat empty.

WH press corp is mostly a bunch of worthless fuckups playing gotcha bullshit. They need a few ass kickings to adjust their attitude.

Went to the store and surprisingly they had TP. No bread unless you like the oatmeal type. No chicken to speak of, but frozen sushi grade tuna for $8/pound. Won’t starve.

Yesterday’s announcement by Mnuchin sounded just like the JGWentworth commercials. https://youtu.be/bkORcziEx6g Just one big structured settlement:)