Anyone wondering why the Ukraine

    Posted by fredsaid on 19th of Apr 2023 at 09:48 pm

    Anyone wondering why the Ukraine War is never in the news any more ?  Probably because the NBA and NHL are in playoffs right?  media is so FOS.   Anyway, here is a new (old friend covid) potential catalyst for the summer slide.  I just heard from a friend (doc) in Toronto where they had to shut down 2 floors so I googled it.  Coming soon -> https://fortune.com/well/2023/04/14/arcturus-xbb116-omicron-covid-variant-in-united-states-future-pandemic/

    No way they lock down

    Posted by vantraveler on 19th of Apr 2023 at 10:22 pm

    No way they lock down in the US again.  You will have people pulling out guns!  Everyone realizes that they have lied too.  

    I wish that were true

    Posted by retirefire on 20th of Apr 2023 at 08:51 am

    I wish that were true but too much intellectual dishonesty out there.

     As Niccolo Machiavelli wrote in The Prince, " Men will not look at things as they really are, but as they wish them to be - and are ruined."  

    There is some truth in

    Posted by timebandit on 20th of Apr 2023 at 09:15 am

    There is some truth in that Machiavelli quote, but there is a lie in it as well. 

    People who who think they see the world as it really is are fooling themselves.

    We can hope for the

    Posted by mschwand on 20th of Apr 2023 at 02:19 am

    We can hope for the best. While this variant appears low-lethal (tho more contagious),  when your kid’s eyes look like they’re bleeding out it may not require any government intervention to disrupt the economy. 

    Quick - pull out the

    Posted by fredsaid on 19th of Apr 2023 at 09:51 pm

    Quick - pull out the Covid Playbook.  Sell stocks, buy commodity futures and MRNA - right ?

    Lol, and don't forget SCI

    Posted by mschwand on 20th of Apr 2023 at 02:03 am

    Lol, and don't forget SCI (disclosure, I’m already long :-)

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