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Fun stuff ! Merry Christmas All!

Well, good point really: the more power you give politicians in this Covid situation, the more they ignore the real problems of our country: https://amgreatness.com/2020/12/21/overdose-outnumber-coronavirus-deaths-in-san-francisco/ 621 people have died in San Francisco of drug overdoses – that equates to nearly four times as many as have been killed by COVID-19. The most recent data released on Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) indicates that approximately 81,230 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States in the 12-months ending in May 2020, a new record. “The increases in drug overdose deaths appear to have accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic,” the CDC noted.

They are better off in San Francisco where you can just dump on the sidewalk in Nob Hill.

Damn, That's a first

No need to worry about this kind of thing: Depression Among Children Has Increased ‘Substantially’ Under Lockdown: Study Rates of depression have skyrocketed among children under COVID-19 lockdown, according to a new study from the University of Cambridge. https://www.dailywire.com/news/depression-among-children-has-increased-under-lockdown-study And don't worry about all those small businesses being destroyed by our politicians - it's just meaningless collateral damage.

Kuppy said it better than I! LMFAO The hits keep on coming - now the Mayor of San Francisco: https://www.dailywire.com/news/san-francisco-mayor-attended-ritzy-dinner-three-days-before-banning-indoor-dining At the time of the dinner, such an outing would have been illegal in Breed’s city of San Francisco, which had banned dining indoors or outdoors in a group larger than six people and with more than one household present. Three days after the her French Laundry dinner, Breed banned indoor dining across her city.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!

I thought Illinois was bad - this is frickin' crazy: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/11/25/nyc-to-have-coronavirus-checkpoints-sheriff-warns-of-consequences-for-violating-quarantine/ “Violation of a self-quarantine travel regulation may result in deputy sheriffs serving you a mandatory quarantine order issued by the Health Commissioner. In cases of violation, Deputies could serve you with a civil summons that carries a $1,000 fine,” he said, although he emphasized that officers will be focusing primarily on large gatherings:

^ I'll second the Queens Gambit!

^ Ok BG2008 - that settles it! I'm moving to NY and want to be your roommate!

^ Damn Merkhet, you were living large! Somehow I never envisioned you living in Des Moines anyway!

Alternatively there should be hard moderation that nukes political posts in the Coronavirus and other threads. I think that Sanjeev is too busy and too nice to hard moderate. I think this is not having a good effect on CoBF. But hey it's Sanjeev's site and it's only MHO ::) Sanjeev is doing a great job with the food fight - and it will all be over soon.... You certainly wouldn't want the job.

The Mayor of Chicago - Lightfoot is a total moron: https://www.breitbart.com/health/2020/11/12/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-issues-stay-at-home-advisory-asks-residents-to-cancel-thanksgiving-plans/ Mayor Lori Lightfoot @chicagosmayor A Stay-at-Home Advisory for Chicago will go into effect on Monday, November 16th at 6:00am. This advisory calls on all Chicagoans to do the following: - Stay home unless for essential reasons - Stop having guests over—including family members you do not live with - Avoid non-essential travel - Cancel traditional Thanksgiving plans I was really hoping you socialist lovers in Canada would take this idiot off our hands!

^ Quite a good comment. In many ways, Buffett may be a step ahead of the crowd. It's always great sport to second guess Buffett. For a while, I owned a dull and boring stock, AutoZone - just not long enough to see the full impact of buybacks.

Chicago's mayor and Illinois governor learned nothing. They are closing down Chicago bars/restaurants, remains to be seen what else. I'm not sure it's going to work this time- the backlash is building over these know-it-alls....

That is about the best post I ever read on this subject. Parsad is doing the right thing.

^ What a great story!

thank you for posting

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/new-yorks-restaurant-disaster/ Some of these big cities are looking like real disasters long term-- Half of New York City’s bars and restaurants are in danger of permanently closing in the next six months as a result of financial fallout from the coronavirus, according to an audit released Thursday by state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. The comptroller found that in the next six months, between a third and a half of all city bars and restaurants could close their doors for good, eliminating over 150,000 jobs.

^ This is getting funny actually. Add this to your list: 8) Do you hate Donald Trump and is he really a NAZI? YES or NO?

Those are hilarious!

Ditto - Fabulous post Wabuffo and great contribution. Learned a lot in how to think about the topic.

Exactly - one of the many "collateral damage" issues. So easy for politicians with safe jobs and pensions to legislate destruction for everyone else. Government needs to get out of the way. There you go again (both of you)! Assuming that "shut down" is a cause for the rise in the reported divorce rate and not an association, which requires a leap of faith (i guess the usual mode of reasoning for assessments), then you know you're in trouble if/when you realize that spending more time with your loved one will actually imperil your relationship. Did you know that divorce rates in the US went down during the Great Depression and increased significantly after WW2? Using the sophisticated causal assessment tool described in the post article, one perhaps should not have wished for the war to end then. So you are saying that job losses, destruction of family businesses, and economic hardship have no link to increased divorce rates? Sorry, I don't buy it. But reasonable people can disagree.

Exactly - one of the many "collateral damage" issues. So easy for politicians with safe jobs and pensions to legislate destruction for everyone else. Government needs to get out of the way.

@cigarbutt I've always had huge respect for you, unlike some others. Please don't take offense at my comment. I happen to believe in Cherzeca's view. I think the CV19 situation is very much under control in the USA - and we should get back to work - with proper precautions. I'm fine with masks, social distancing and washing hands as the new normal until we have a vaccine - maybe a year off? The elderly and immune compromised should be isolated and protected - period. Let people make their own decisions. We are destroying lives and the economy. I'm a simple guy. There is much we DON'T know about CV19, but we are certainly handling it much, much better than a few months ago. Isolation, suicides, alcohol/drug abuse, child beating, etc, etc, are the other side of the coin. Good luck quantifying it - but it's happening. So many people I know are flat out depressed - still. This is being handled well - let press on with reopening - and stop legistlating nonsense. There are many, many areas of the country where this is not much of a problem. Rules for NYC do not make sense for the countryside. What went from making sure the healthcare system is not overwhelmed, has morphed to let's stamp this thing out and wait for a vaccine, until we reopen. That is economic and societal suicide in my book.