Coronavirus
- Blue & Maroon
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Re: Coronavirus
Far too many people think the government should be immune to scrutiny over this period.
See Johnson as some sort of martyr as he's caught it.
We live in a nation in which a cult is in power.
See Johnson as some sort of martyr as he's caught it.
We live in a nation in which a cult is in power.
Re: Coronavirus
America just forced GM to make ventilators. Not sure how I feel about that. Should a government be able to force a private company to make things? Flies heavily in the face of everything American capitalism stands for.
- Donkey Toon
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Re: Coronavirus
Leaving aside for one moment whether I like what American capitalism stands for and whether it is a good thing to go against it.
There is precedent for this, it was invoked for the Korean War for instance. It also depends on how you look at the principals of free market. Right now execs and money men at GM are probably very concerned about sales prospects for cars at a time of high uncertainty. Would you be thinking of buying a new car when you don't know whether you are going to have a job in a few days, weeks or months? I wouldn't. But instead they have the opportunity to switch production and maintain an income stream, they are after all going to get compensated for it. They also get the PR bonus of having helped out the American public during a crisis. It will likely be forgotten that they had to be forced to do it.
In their shoes I wouldn't have had to be forced to do it, I would have done it as a business decision.
- Colback's Orange Tufts
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Re: Coronavirus
The same GM who had to be bailed out in 2009?
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- Donkey Toon
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Great point. It would appear they only like government interference in their business when it is to their benefit. It's payback time b****es!Colback's Orange Tufts wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 2:06 pmThe same GM who had to be bailed out in 2009?
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Re: Coronavirus
Spain just hit 72,500 infected this lunchtime......
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Re: Coronavirus
Hope Johnson has used no lick stamps on the 30 million letters he is sending out.
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I'm the scumbag outlaw. You're the pillar of justice. Neither of us like looking at ourselves in the mirror. Do we have a deal?
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Re: Coronavirus
Off to work today, Im wondering if the police blockades will be in place today
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I'm hoping they let me go and pick up my shopping on Friday .Micky Quim wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:36 amOff to work today, Im wondering if the police blockades will be in place today
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Re: Coronavirus
No blockades, all was quiet
- biggeordiedave
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"New Yorkers break social distancing rules to watch hospital ship"
Ironic.
Ironic.
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- Colback's Orange Tufts
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Re: Coronavirus
Feeling better, out of kickdown, just a mild cough now.
But now the wife feels ill..
But now the wife feels ill..
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- overseasTOON
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Re: Coronavirus
First day of furlough and woke up at the usual time so pottered around the house tidying and cleaning and was done by 7am.
Spent the next 5 hours trying to find stuff to do before beer o clock was reached.
Spent the next 5 hours trying to find stuff to do before beer o clock was reached.
- UlversToon
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Re: Coronavirus
Couldn't you bring forward beer 'o clock, I have!overseasTOON wrote: ↑Wed Apr 01, 2020 11:11 amFirst day of furlough and woke up at the usual time so pottered around the house tidying and cleaning and was done by 7am.
Spent the next 5 hours trying to find stuff to do before beer o clock was reached.
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I'm trying to quell my inner alcoholic.UlversToon wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 7:22 amCouldn't you bring forward beer 'o clock, I have!overseasTOON wrote: ↑Wed Apr 01, 2020 11:11 amFirst day of furlough and woke up at the usual time so pottered around the house tidying and cleaning and was done by 7am.
Spent the next 5 hours trying to find stuff to do before beer o clock was reached.
- Blue & Maroon
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Re: Coronavirus
Only reasonable size pack of beer I could get at Morrisons was Coors. Why God why!?!
Re: Coronavirus
One benefit of this quarantine is definitely that a good amount of people have started running.
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Re: Coronavirus
Not allowed to at all in Spain, absolutely prohibited - hundreds of €s fines each one!!
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Re: Coronavirus
Been forced in to self isolating by my girlfriends flatmates girlfriend having a persistent cough and them being general jerks. They went and visited said flatmates sick mother and brought it back to the house while I was there/here and now I've been stuck in not-my-house for a week and a half now. It's sooo boring