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vnatale
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by vnatale » Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:56 pm
pugchief wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:48 pm
vnatale wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:41 pm
Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:35 pm
pugchief wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:32 pm
Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:29 pm
...according to people like Bill Gates, it looks like an April reopening of the economy is no bueno.
What exactly did he say? When does he expect the lockdown to end?
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video ... istic.html
It was this article/video.
He goes into into a fair amount of detail regarding his thinking.
When Bill Gates speaks, I listen! He DOES do his homework before he says anything. He's the anti-instinct decision maker!
VInny
Smith, thanks for the link. I agree with Vinny, it was an excellent interview. Also depressing.
I'd also add that I believe that Bill Gates is the type who Under Promises But Over Delivers compared to our politician prototype who Over Promises But Under Delivers.
I could not believe yesterday how self-congratulatory they were towards one another because for one of the rare times they acted like the rest of us do. Look at a problem and solve it rather than taking fixed, rigid positions because.....that's just what I believe.
Vinny
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by vnatale » Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:56 pm
vnatale wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:56 pm
pugchief wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:48 pm
vnatale wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:41 pm
Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:35 pm
pugchief wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:32 pm
Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:29 pm
...according to people like Bill Gates, it looks like an April reopening of the economy is no bueno.
What exactly did he say? When does he expect the lockdown to end?
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video ... istic.html
It was this article/video.
He goes into into a fair amount of detail regarding his thinking.
When Bill Gates speaks, I listen! He DOES do his homework before he says anything. He's the anti-instinct decision maker!
VInny
Smith, thanks for the link. I agree with Vinny, it was an excellent interview. Also depressing.
I'd also add that I believe that Bill Gates is the type who Under Promises But Over Delivers compared to our politician prototype who Over Promises But Under Delivers.
I could not believe yesterday how self-congratulatory they were towards one another because for one of the rare times they acted like the rest of us do. Look at a problem and solve it rather than taking fixed, rigid positions because.....that's just what I believe. And, Party must come first BEFORE country!
Vinny
"I only regret that I have but one lap to give to my cats."
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by Cortopassi » Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:03 pm
Thanks that is quite a teaser. I’ll be reading it.
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by vnatale » Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:20 pm
Which of you can identify who is in this picture? I nominate Dualstow for getting it first.
And, how many better ways could the virus be transmitted than by those water suppliers in the picture!!??
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by vnatale » Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:26 pm
Cortopassi wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:03 pm
Thanks that is quite a teaser. I’ll be reading it.
On the first page I thought this is not going to be a good book. Why is he telling us about this random guy on the internet. Then the big twist.
I just finished the book tonight. It's one that deserves to be read more slowly and studied so as to put into practice what the book proscribes.
I decided I need to have a permanent reference copy. The copy I read was a library copy. So a short while ago I purchased a Kindle version. While I'm rereading it it will then allow me to send out excerpts of it to various places.
I saw a lot of descriptions in it where my organization is making errors of "intelligence" Hopefully, with this new found knowledge, I can assist in correcting those errors.
But primarily I read it to correct some of my own errors in thinking (something to which I'd guess Libertarian666 (and some others here) believes is WAY overdue!).
Vinny
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by dualstow » Sat Mar 28, 2020 10:06 pm
I think she’s the one Vinny was posting about this morning.
“As a white person of colour, I am extremely concerned about the rise of black whiteness.” — Titania McGrath
pariah — 1610s member of a low caste in S. India; Tamil (Dravidian) “drummer”, as members of the lowest caste played drums at festivals. “social outcast,” 1819.
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by Libertarian666 » Sat Mar 28, 2020 11:07 pm
vnatale wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:26 pm
Cortopassi wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:03 pm
Thanks that is quite a teaser. I’ll be reading it.
On the first page I thought this is not going to be a good book. Why is he telling us about this random guy on the internet. Then the big twist.
I just finished the book tonight. It's one that deserves to be read more slowly and studied so as to put into practice what the book proscribes.
I decided I need to have a permanent reference copy. The copy I read was a library copy. So a short while ago I purchased a Kindle version. While I'm rereading it it will then allow me to send out excerpts of it to various places.
I saw a lot of descriptions in it where my organization is making errors of "intelligence" Hopefully, with this new found knowledge, I can assist in correcting those errors.
But primarily I read it to correct some of my own errors in thinking (something to which I'd guess Libertarian666 (and some others here) believes is WAY overdue!).
Vinny
I look forward with interest to your discoveries.
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by vnatale » Sat Mar 28, 2020 11:37 pm
dualstow wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 10:06 pm
I think she’s the one Vinny was posting about this morning.
Yes. Friday afternoon. Just after I'd seen it live.
Vinny
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by vnatale » Sat Mar 28, 2020 11:53 pm
"1920: Alcohol is prohibited
2020: Liquor stores are an essential business during a national health crisis"
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by vnatale » Sat Mar 28, 2020 11:55 pm

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by Xan » Sun Mar 29, 2020 12:03 am
vnatale wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 11:55 pm
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Is there an equivalent chart looking at deaths or hospitalizations? Total cases is more of a chart of how much testing is being done.