skillzdadirecta Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Emperor Diocletian II said: Are you thinking about the earth soaked with the freshly-spilled blood and viscera of your enemies too?!? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Emperor Diocletian II said: Are you thinking about the earth soaked with the freshly-spilled blood and viscera of your enemies too?!? I was initially thinking of something else but will add this to my list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 So the primary is today? Oh boy, I can't wait to see the results... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 1 minute ago, marioandsonic said: So the primary is today? Oh boy, I can't wait to see the results... Donald Trump will be the winner of the Democratic primary today silly fool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 54 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: The separation of Church and state continues to close. This is cool and all but they need to pay taxes. They do pay payroll taxes for non-clergy, and clergy pay self employment taxes as independent contractors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 EU's top scientist reportedly resigns over bloc's virus response The Financial Times is reporting that Prof Mauro Ferrari has resigned as the president of the European Research Council (ERC), saying he has been “extremely disappointed by the European response to Covid-19”. The paper reports that the EU’s top scientist, who only started a four-year term job on 1 January, was disappointed at having failed to persuade Brussels to mount a coordinated response to the pandemic. His resignation letter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 3 hours ago, sblfilms said: There is increasing feeling in the small business world that the $349 billion for small businesses is basically a back door bank bailout program. The main reason that the PPP is run through banks, but banks have almost all decided to limit applications to businesses that have an existing business account with them, and in some cases requiring an existing credit product with the bank. The thinking is that the banks are using these federally guaranteed loans to prop up business that owe them money or otherwise generate significant revenue for the bank. I don't think that line of thinking is without merit and sounds about right for the financial sector. This could end up being the case. I'm going to be real curious how they handle ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Massdriver said: This could end up being the case. I'm going to be real curious how they handle ours. Our main issue with the PPP is that our business is really heavy on fixed costs like our lease, and kinda light on payroll since we are only fully staffed three days out of the week. So the requirements on how to spend the funds make it less attractive to our purposes, though it still may be worth doing. I put in an application with all supporting docs on Friday and have had no movement at all from my bank (BBVA), I am not holding my breath on it and am mostly looking at other means to further decrease our expenses until we can re-open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Has there been official word when we will start getting the stimulus money(the $1,200 per person thing)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 https://slate.com/business/2020/04/care-act-small-business-disaster-grants.amp@Massdrivera quick article on the non-conspiracy theory part of how much of a mess EIDL and PPP have been already. It's terrible even if they aren't letting banks get away with murder as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, DarkStar189 said: Has there been official word when we will start getting the stimulus money(the $1,200 per person thing)? I've heard as early as next week for some folks. https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-coronavirus-stimulus-checks-qa-20200407-cavpmixdqnahznsa5hvnotjopu-story.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 11 minutes ago, DarkStar189 said: Has there been official word when we will start getting the stimulus money(the $1,200 per person thing)? Quote How and when do I get the payment? While Americans with Social Security numbers do not need to apply to receive the payments, the Internal Revenue Service needs to already have bank-account information on file in order to send out cash via direct deposit. For those who have direct deposit on file with the IRS, the payment will reportedly be delivered as early as Monday, April 13. (According to the Washington Post, the electronic checks will be processed on April 9 and should be delivered by April 14.) For those who will receive the check by mail, NBC News reports that the checks could take as long as five months to be delivered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 France reported 1,417 deaths today. Jesus. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signifyin(g)Monkey Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 55 minutes ago, sblfilms said: Our main issue with the PPP is that our business is really heavy on fixed costs like our lease, and kinda light on payroll since we are only fully staffed three days out of the week. So the requirements on how to spend the funds make it less attractive to our purposes, though it still may be worth doing. I put in an application with all supporting docs on Friday and have had no movement at all from my bank (BBVA), I am not holding my breath on it and am mostly looking at other means to further decrease our expenses until we can re-open. We’re definitely on the bubble of a very scary small-business holocaust. Short read putting it in perspective for anyone whose not sure just how big a percentage of the economy small businesses are. Quote With an average daily income of only $7 above daily expenses, the typical small business has a median cash buffer of 27 days of burn before it runs out of money. Karen Mills, prior head of the Small Business Administration (SBA), said recently that “20%, even 30%, of small businesses could fail even in a good scenario.” Without immediate support to buffer the cash flows of stalled businesses waiting for the economy to reopen, it is a matter of days until millions begin to shut their doors, driving unemployment up significantly and sending the economy into a tailspin. Small businesses make up over 99.9% of businesses, employ about 59 million people (about 47% of the U.S. private workforce in 2015), create over 41% of new jobs, and account for 45% of GDP. A Goldman Sachs survey of 1,500 small businesses found that 96% of owners were already feeling the effects of COVID-19. More than half said their business would not be able to continue operating for more than three months because of the economic stresses caused by the pandemic. Hope our resident small-business owners here manage to survive the storm. @sblfilms @Massdriver ...and anyone else I’m missing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Signifyin(g)Monkey said: We’re definitely on the bubble of a very scary small-business holocaust. Short read putting it in perspective for anyone whose not sure just how big a percentage of the economy small businesses are. Hope our resident small-business owners here manage to survive the storm. @sblfilms @Massdriver ...and anyone else I’m missing. It's tough stuff. We just spent a significant chunk of our reserves that we had been setting aside for the last couple of years as a down payment on the property that our drive in business sits on. A few hundred thousand up front and a 3.5ish million dollar note I personally guaranteed in JANUARY IMPECCABLE TIMING, COVID-19! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 25 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: I've heard as early as next week for some folks. https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-coronavirus-stimulus-checks-qa-20200407-cavpmixdqnahznsa5hvnotjopu-story.html And next week is my next payday. Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 I was listening to the Freakonomics episode from last week where they had a bunch of economists and Cory Booker talk about the stimulus bill overall, and I think it was Austan Goolsbee that suggested the one time payments would actually be better served being delivered later in the year, because the wage replacement with the enhance UE benefits were actually really strong and there really isn't anything to spend money on in the broader economy right now. But in a few months, juicing the private sector with stimulus cash may provide the jump start to general consumer spending we absolutely will need. Thought it was an interesting perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 I had my shift canceled tonight and that's the first time in nearly 4 years of working at this hospital where it's happened. My job is safe, I work a 40 bed med-surg unit, so we won't be closing, but admissions have been way down. We normally stay full, but we're down to under 25 patients tonight, which is probably the lowest I've ever seen it. Plus, they closed a smaller med-surg unit next to us, so those nurses are either getting canceled or moving to our floor for the time being, leaving an excess of staff. Crazy times. But I'm still better off than a lot of people, so if this doesn't become a normal thing, I'll be okay and not fuss too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Republicans don't want mail-in ballots because the only way they can win is by suppressing votes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Just now, thewhyteboar said: Republicans don't want mail-in ballots because the only way they can win is by suppressing votes. The thing is that Republicans can and do win in areas that do mail-in balloting. Yeah, it's been some time since a Republican was in charge of WA or OR, but those states do have Republican House members, and dozens of state legislators, not to mention hundreds of county and local Republican politicians. Also, lol at Trump for basically saying "Do as I say, not as I do" when it comes to mail-in balloting. That piece of shit just voted by mail like a month ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Waiting for this to be a Trump response to no on mail-in ballots. TRUMP: “How else are people able to seal their envelope and send in their vote, without possibly sending Covid-19 when they lick to seal them” RANDOM REPORTERS SHOUTING OUT: “a sponge” “damp towel” “use tape” TRUMP: “You can only send licked envelope through the mail. I know, I’ve tried with the *mumble mumble* method. It Doesn’t Work *a little quieter” It Doesn’t Work *a litter quieter* It Doesn’t Work” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 17 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: The thing is that Republicans can and do win in areas that do mail-in balloting. Yeah, it's been some time since a Republican was in charge of WA or OR, but those states do have Republican House members, and dozens of state legislators, not to mention hundreds of county and local Republican politicians. Also, lol at Trump for basically saying "Do as I say, not as I do" when it comes to mail-in balloting. That piece of shit just voted by mail like a month ago. Statewide though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 I like that they’re saying the quiet part out loud of “we can’t win if everyone votes”. Also, my favorite thing about Trump is when he exposes how out of touch with everyday life he is; groceries needing ID, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Emperor Diocletian II said: France reported 1,417 deaths today. Jesus. Weak, US had 1900 today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signifyin(g)Monkey Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 1 hour ago, mclumber1 said: The thing is that Republicans can and do win in areas that do mail-in balloting. Yeah, it's been some time since a Republican was in charge of WA or OR, but those states do have Republican House members, and dozens of state legislators, not to mention hundreds of county and local Republican politicians. Also, lol at Trump for basically saying "Do as I say, not as I do" when it comes to mail-in balloting. That piece of shit just voted by mail like a month ago. Regardless of the principle of the matter, trying to win by minimizing turnout is not a good long-term strategy anyway, as much as it may yield dividends in the short-run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 2 hours ago, sblfilms said: It's tough stuff. We just spent a significant chunk of our reserves that we had been setting aside for the last couple of years as a down payment on the property that our drive in business sits on. A few hundred thousand up front and a 3.5ish million dollar note I personally guaranteed in JANUARY IMPECCABLE TIMING, COVID-19! The bank is usually the one worried about its clients, but in this case I'm starting to worry about our bank, which is a moderate sized regional bank. They are lending to a lot of real estate projects, and with the stay at home orders, I'm wondering how they're going to hold up if no one pays their lease. Our business is somewhat recession proof because we are processing food with a reasonable portfolio of domestic/export. Aside from some hiccups in logistics (the port of Houston even closed one day because they had a case), we are pretty much running full speed ahead. However, we are small enough to where a COVID case would significantly hamper our operation, which is why we are emphasizing social distancing as much as we can. We can't afford to shut down. We are doing everything we can reasonably do to mitigate risk, but I don't know if I've ever been this stressed out trying to put fires out every fucking day, and lately almost half my time seems to be spent on issues around the virus. Edit: P.S. We are in the middle of planning a wedding, or we were. It's impossible to do with all the uncertainty. It's pretty much dead in the water. It looks like the wedding may be a very small event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 1 hour ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: I had my shift canceled tonight and that's the first time in nearly 4 years of working at this hospital where it's happened. My job is safe, I work a 40 bed med-surg unit, so we won't be closing, but admissions have been way down. We normally stay full, but we're down to under 25 patients tonight, which is probably the lowest I've ever seen it. Plus, they closed a smaller med-surg unit next to us, so those nurses are either getting canceled or moving to our floor for the time being, leaving an excess of staff. Crazy times. But I'm still better off than a lot of people, so if this doesn't become a normal thing, I'll be okay and not fuss too much. Reminds me of my last week at the hotel. Luckily you're a nurse so you could used elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cusideabelincoln Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 On 4/5/2020 at 10:48 AM, CitizenVectron said: I think I'm more upset by the fact she said she goes to the fucking store every single fucking day. Fuck this lady. 16 minutes ago, Ricofoley said: OH MAH GAWD!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Signifyin(g)Monkey said: Regardless of the principle of the matter, trying to win by minimizing turnout is not a good long-term strategy anyway, as much as it may yield dividends in the short-run. Except that they've succeeded in taking over the courts, which both makes it easier to keep the turnout minimization going and allows them to neutralize the opposition's ability to do anything even if they lose the other branches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 32 minutes ago, Jason said: Except that they've succeeded in taking over the courts, which both makes it easier to keep the turnout minimization going and allows them to neutralize the opposition's ability to do anything even if they lose the other branches. BINGO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Hospitals say feds are seizing masks and other coronavirus supplies without a word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Good news, once the daily death figures plateau (at around 2 to 3 thousand dead Americans per day?) the battle will be over and we can go back to normal! Surely nothing bad will happen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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