It's been a rough 3 months in the U.S. as we went from a few hundred to a few thousand to holy-shit-this-is-getting-out-of-hand in the number of COVID-19 cases. We were all told to do 3 things: Wear a mask, social distance, and wash our hands. As a result, the number of new cases began to level off and actually drop.

Another casualty of the pandemic was the economy and employment. As non-essential businesses went into hibernation mode (and white collar jobs went to a work-from-home model), layoffs and hiatus dropped the cash flow in and out of wallets and businesses to a fraction of their former levels. Economists are now able to report that we've entered a recession.
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7 comments (Latest Comment: 06/10/2020 22:23:35 by BobR)

I just woke up.
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11 comments (Latest Comment: 06/08/2020 15:06:10 by Raine)

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17 comments (Latest Comment: 06/05/2020 21:23:37 by Scoopster)

The last several days have been gut-wrenching. Seeing an innocent family man murdered by Minneapolis police (and by one he knew personally, apparently), followed by days of protests, riots, and more police brutality is horrific. There is so much that I could write about, the most egregious being tRump's attack on peaceful protesters so he could have a photo op with a bible he doesn't read in front of a church he doesn't attend after removing the actual clergy who were there providing aid and comfort to the peaceful protesters.

What makes that even worse is that apparently it was AJ Barr who ordered the "hit" on the protesters. This would be akin to the DA in your city ordering the police and National Guard to do... well... anything. How is this legal?
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22 comments (Latest Comment: 06/03/2020 23:39:29 by BobR)

Oh wait, My bad. This was the White house Last night:
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26 comments (Latest Comment: 06/01/2020 18:39:34 by Scoopster)