Maggie's Farm

We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.

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Your "identity"
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    Saturday, May 16. 2020

    Saturday morning links

    Stanley Tucci's life in quarantine


    Samuel Pepys: The first pandemic blogger 


     The ACLU’s Conversion to Wokeness


    How Dov Fischer learned to hate 


    Sad story, but understandable. I do not hate yet, but I do get p-ed off often 


    Transcripts: Clinton Aides Allied With Fusion GPS Pair After Election -- to Re-Push Anti-Trump Dossier


    Big Surprise! 


     Nevada's vote-by-mail primary stirs fraud concerns, as unclaimed ballots pile up: 'Something stinks here'


    Duh 


     Some Bearish Market Forecasts


     CNBC: Get Ready For New Trump EO To Force Essential-Drug Production In US


    Good 


     Florida Man Wonders: Why Does Cuomo Get Better COVID-19 Press Than DeSantis, When Florida Has Done So Much Better?


    Cuz "D" 


     Coronavirus job losses are hitting these states the hardest


     What’s Next For Bat Soup Virus? A Massive Wave Of Bankruptcy Filings


     Head Of NYC Hospital System Urged De Blasio To Follow Herd Immunity Strategy


    DeB followed different experts. In hindsight, locking down NYC for 2 weeks might have been enough, and saved a lot of states a lot of trouble. 


     Coronavirus Isn't Nearly as Deadly as We Thought. So Why Did the Lockdowns Happen in the First Place?


    Because of fear + lack of good data. Nobody's fault. 


     Gov. Cuomo extends New York City’s stay-at-home order until June 13


     Another Headline about ‘More New Virus Cases!’ That Ignores the Increasing Number of Tests


    Obviously - but not to reporters who know no stats 


    "According to a CNN poll released this week, nearly three-quarters of Democrats said the worst of the crisis is still ahead of us..."


    Interesting... 


    Related: The Lockdown Class War 


    Related,  Protests show two Americas — those who lost their jobs and those still getting paid. People don’t appreciate being condescended to and bossed around, especially when the leaders ask them for sacrifices without empathy and humility.




    There really are two Americas here: Those still getting a paycheck from government, corporations or universities, and those who are unemployed, or seeing their small businesses suffer due to shutdowns. And the America still getting paid is, so far, not showing a whole lot of sympathy for the America that isn’t.



    He tactfully does not include the comfortably retired among the paycheck population. Is this an optimist-pessimist thing, or a rich and poor thing? Or is it nothing?  
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