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Trump's Secret Police will only succeed in increasing the tension and potential violence of the protesters. I'm not at all sure that he realized that going in- he might have just been trying for a major show of force to prove what a great leader he …
@LewisBraham- Thanks very much for that, Lewis. MFO is really a great place to ask for info on almost anything, given the extremely wide range of interests, occupations and life experiences here.
"The funds are not required to disclose detailed data about the size of their bets"
"Long before the turmoil this spring, the Financial Stability Oversight Council, established by Dodd-Frank, had repeatedly identified hedge fund leverage as a risk.…
@rono- Hi, Ron- have you any thoughts as to why the GSR is presently so high?
Other than the corner mail box we've gone out of the house about six times since March, but if we do, it's sure as hell mask time.
OJ
Following are excerpts from a WSJ article of July 9th, providing some insight into the current lumber shortage. During the March/May home isolation period my neighbor and I used the time to replace our backyard fencing. We didn't experience shortage…
@Hank said-
What we got now ain’t no swamp. No good ever flows from it. And I wish folks would stop calling it one.
Maybe one of these other terms might better fit: bog, morass, mud, quagmire
Try "stinking cesspool".
I can't begin to relate the number of times that "sleeping on it" has crystallized a problem-solving approach in electronics systems. This has frequently occurred when I've been considering a number of options for approaching a design problem, but i…
When I was 19-20 I spent a year in the Philippines, on a small Coast Guard aid-to-navigation radio station. That station, located at Tarumpitao Point on Palawan Island, was considered "isolated duty", because it was located so far from "civilizatio…
Thanks, @msf. That's exactly the way that I read it. It might have been been better if the scale had been simply "Less/More" or even 1/10. When other technicians would ask my opinion on something I would usually give my answer a "confidence rating"…
@zenbrew- The chart on your link "The Front Line: Visualizing the Occupations with the Highest COVID-19 Risk" expresses the potential for exposure of various occupational categories as a percentage. I think that Derf might be looking for some clarif…
@rforno- Thanx- That's great! :)
My two favorites are "Setting off fireworks in a stranger's car" and "Racing a scooter through a hospital with a mask over your eyes".
Monty Python would approve.
Considering the "Swedish Experiment" (discussed briefly in another MFO thread) I wonder what the estimated "R number" might be for Sweden.
I also would love to know how the Swedish "R#" compares to various states in the US who have followed quite a…
Yes, definitely interesting and helpful info. Thanks much.
I had to look this up, but in case you aren't familiar with "RØ" (R Zero) mentioned in the article, here are excerpts from a New York Times article:
World leaders and public health experts …
Well, the background of the report is focused on Sweden, specifically on the apparent failure of their attempt to evolve a natural herd immunity. So it's no surprise that this data did not consider vaccination penetration issues, since that option (…
Well, we're certainly making America "great" again. Thank you so much Mr. Trump, and all who empowered you.
A Michigan man was shot dead by a sheriff’s deputy on Tuesday, after stabbing another man who challenged him about not wearing a mask at a c…
Yeah, it is pretty funny. Patented right-wing rant, complete with all of the silly labels, directly from the WSJ reader's "comments". Hopefully he's likely not wearing a mask.
Yes, and from a quick scan it looks as if most of those cases were drug-related, likely with great unevenness in the sentencing.
Trump's are mostly self-serving rewards to his political and criminal aiders, abettors, and associates, or designed to…
