... what's old is new againJohnny Carson Jokes About The Recent Toilet Paper Shortage - 12/19/1973
The Doctor Who Helped Defeat Smallpox Explains What's Coming (https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-interview-larry-brilliant-smallpox-epidemiologist/?utm_source=pocket-newtab)
Larry Brilliant says he doesn’t have a crystal ball. But 14 years ago, Brilliant, the epidemiologist who helped eradicate smallpox, spoke to a TED audience and described what the next pandemic would look like. At the time, it sounded almost too horrible to take seriously. “A billion people would get sick," he said. “As many as 165 million people would die. There would be a global recession and depression, and the cost to our economy of $1 to $3 trillion would be far worse for everyone than merely 100 million people dying, because so many more people would lose their jobs and their health care benefits, that the consequences are almost unthinkable.â€
Now the unthinkable is here, and Brilliant, the Chairman of the board of Ending Pandemics, is sharing expertise with those on the front lines. We are a long way from 100 million deaths due to the novel coronavirus, but it has turned our world upside down. Brilliant is trying not to say “I told you so†too often. But he did tell us so, not only in talks and writings, but as the senior technical advisor for the pandemic horror film Contagion, now a top streaming selection for the homebound. Besides working with the World Health Organization in the effort to end smallpox, Brilliant, who is now 75, has fought flu, polio, and blindness; once led Google’s nonprofit wing, Google.org; co-founded the conferencing system the Well; and has traveled with the Grateful Dead.
We talked by phone on Tuesday. At the time, President Donald Trump’s response to the crisis had started to change from “no worries at all†to finally taking more significant steps to stem the pandemic. Brilliant lives in one of the six Bay Area counties where residents were ordered to shelter in place. When we began the conversation, he’d just gotten off the phone with someone he described as high government official, who asked Brilliant “How the fuck did we get here?†I wanted to hear how we’ll get out of here. The conversation has been edited and condensed.
... follow the title link to read the entire article.https://www.ted.com/talks/larry_brilliant_my_wish_help_me_stop_pandemics
The Doctor Who Helped Defeat Smallpox Explains What's Coming (https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-interview-larry-brilliant-smallpox-epidemiologist/?utm_source=pocket-newtab)
Larry Brilliant says he doesn’t have a crystal ball. But 14 years ago, Brilliant, the epidemiologist who helped eradicate smallpox, spoke to a TED audience and described what the next pandemic would look like. At the time, it sounded almost too horrible to take seriously. “A billion people would get sick," he said. “As many as 165 million people would die. There would be a global recession and depression, and the cost to our economy of $1 to $3 trillion would be far worse for everyone than merely 100 million people dying, because so many more people would lose their jobs and their health care benefits, that the consequences are almost unthinkable.â€
Now the unthinkable is here, and Brilliant, the Chairman of the board of Ending Pandemics, is sharing expertise with those on the front lines. We are a long way from 100 million deaths due to the novel coronavirus, but it has turned our world upside down. Brilliant is trying not to say “I told you so†too often. But he did tell us so, not only in talks and writings, but as the senior technical advisor for the pandemic horror film Contagion, now a top streaming selection for the homebound. Besides working with the World Health Organization in the effort to end smallpox, Brilliant, who is now 75, has fought flu, polio, and blindness; once led Google’s nonprofit wing, Google.org; co-founded the conferencing system the Well; and has traveled with the Grateful Dead.
We talked by phone on Tuesday. At the time, President Donald Trump’s response to the crisis had started to change from “no worries at all†to finally taking more significant steps to stem the pandemic. Brilliant lives in one of the six Bay Area counties where residents were ordered to shelter in place. When we began the conversation, he’d just gotten off the phone with someone he described as high government official, who asked Brilliant “How the fuck did we get here?†I wanted to hear how we’ll get out of here. The conversation has been edited and condensed.
... follow the title link to read the entire article.
https://www.ted.com/talks/larry_brilliant_my_wish_help_me_stop_pandemics
I was reading that in the news yesterday.
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Amen, brother. Always stayed cool under fire!
Me loves Mila! :heart:
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Mary Chapin Carpenter - Songs From Home Episode 2: Live From My Kitchen AgainSongs From Home Episode 2: Live From My Kitchen
Mary Chapin Carpenter performing "Soul Companion" (co-starring Angus & White Kitty)
All of our dreams are laid out and measured
Arrows and pins and a rainbow of threads
Like hope on a string, sewn into the linings
For the courage to face the unknown ahead
—Soul Companion
Welcome back to #songsfromhome, Episode 2: Live from my kitchen again, singing “Soul Companionâ€â€¦This song is from my 2012 album “Ashes and Rosesâ€, and on the recording I had the great honor of having @jamestaylor_com contribute a verse, layered harmonies and guitar wizardry in his signature style. What a thrill that was!
This episode’s highlights: Angus gets bored and 17 year old blind & deaf, one- eyed purring machine White Kitty makes her debut trying to figure out what in the world Mom is doing playing that wooden box and staring into that thingy that she’s surgically attached to.
Thank you all for tuning in, keep washing those hands, don’t touch your face and keep doing those elbow bumps. And please join me in hollering THANK YOU to the front liners, the first responders, the doctors, nurses, lab techs, EMTs, firemen and women, everyone who puts others first and who are there to take care of us if and when we need them… I am especially thinking of some old friends who are in the trenches right now with this terrible illness, and my heart aches for them. As the song says, “love finds its own way in/my soul companions/now let us begin…â€
Until the next time, stay well!
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I like that one. LOL
Hahahahahaah!!! :hah!:
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Hell yeah they do! LMAO
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Amen!
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Bill Gates’ Chilling Pandemic Warnings To Trump – Before The Coronavirus Outbreak Hit
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This one is funny! :hah!:
https://twitter.com/FunnymanPage/status/1246085284313194499
Posted the wrong link last post...removed...
https://twitter.com/i/status/1251783319693471745
... I've never seen this guy before and I'm not sure what made me watch him, but I did and his story turns out to be a good one.
Posted the wrong link last post...removed...
https://twitter.com/i/status/1251783319693471745
Now that was funny! :hah!:
... I've never seen this guy before and I'm not sure what made me watch him, but I did and his story turns out to be a good one.
That's how you explain things to people so they will understand it! :)
Let's talk about the President, varying responses, and an old video....
Just leaving this right here...
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Kay probably would NOT be willing to use one of mine.
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Kay probably would NOT be willing to use one of mine.
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That's right up Lealer's alley and is something she'd do. She has been making masks and selling them since this started. She has a degree in fashion design and can make/sew anything.
Yes, but would she use one of your socks to make one and then wear it herself? :hah!:
Prolly not! LOL
Rhiannon Giddens - "Just The Two Of Us" (feat. Sxip Shirey)Ms Giddens posted this to YouTube on May 7, 2020. It's her tribute to all of our First Responders during this pandemic.
The Remarkable History of Toilet Paper | Told by The History Guy | History at Home
Interesting...
I remember seeing that! LMAO
Some restrictions are being eased and more folks are starting to get out and about, so what better time for a bit of Generosity! :thumbup:
Don't need to get out to do that. Can send donations online. ;) I send small donations to charities and to the free software I use that I like.
Personally, I think it's too soon to start easing up on restrictions. The numbers have not gone down enough yet. They're asking for trouble and the numbers will skyrocket again...
Donating online is what we do and we had just sent off a quick little gap to the Salvation Army and that's how this topic got its :) start.
OMG!... you just knew that this had to happen! :hah!:
Colt Clark and the Quarantine Kids perform "Baba O'Riley"
The little one is so cute! :)
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Wilson Roosevelt Jerman (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/former-white-house-employee-who-served-11-presidents-dies-coronavirus-n1211681?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR1QNRtU-xymBEGrknN6dgi4L4q9i4weDptNMEZfMvZFvfxg2F7L1uapq5A&fbclid=IwAR0wdRT6qA-dNNWCpQYinLnI8YBnUd0pY750evKYcGxrBxpeAPndF3XqLz0)
Former White House employee who served 11 presidents dies of coronavirus at 91
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By Doha Madani
A former White House butler who served 11 different presidents died at the age of 91 after contracting the coronavirus, his granddaughter told Fox 5 DC.
Wilson Roosevelt Jerman was one of the White House’s longest serving employees, remembered fondly by former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush in a statement to NBC News on Wednesday.
“He was a lovely man,†the Bushes said. “He was the first person we saw in the morning when we left the Residence and the last person we saw each night when we returned.â€
Jerman’s granddaughter, Jamila Garrett, said in an interview with WTTG that he began as a cleaner in 1957 under the Eisenhower administration and then was promoted during the Kennedy presidency. Garrett said her grandfather fostered relationships at the White House that helped him advance his position.
MY CATS HAVE NO CHILL 😹😹A journalist tried her best to remain calm as 2 cats started fighting in the background of her live broadcast.
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That's me waiting for them to take their shows off the air!
Wilson Roosevelt Jerman (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/former-white-house-employee-who-served-11-presidents-dies-coronavirus-n1211681?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR1QNRtU-xymBEGrknN6dgi4L4q9i4weDptNMEZfMvZFvfxg2F7L1uapq5A&fbclid=IwAR0wdRT6qA-dNNWCpQYinLnI8YBnUd0pY750evKYcGxrBxpeAPndF3XqLz0)
Former White House employee who served 11 presidents dies of coronavirus at 91
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By Doha Madani
A former White House butler who served 11 different presidents died at the age of 91 after contracting the coronavirus, his granddaughter told Fox 5 DC.
Wilson Roosevelt Jerman was one of the White House’s longest serving employees, remembered fondly by former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush in a statement to NBC News on Wednesday.
“He was a lovely man,†the Bushes said. “He was the first person we saw in the morning when we left the Residence and the last person we saw each night when we returned.â€
Jerman’s granddaughter, Jamila Garrett, said in an interview with WTTG that he began as a cleaner in 1957 under the Eisenhower administration and then was promoted during the Kennedy presidency. Garrett said her grandfather fostered relationships at the White House that helped him advance his position.
R.I.P., sir!
Inside the Flour Company Supplying America’s Sudden Baking Obsession (https://marker.medium.com/inside-the-flour-company-supplying-americas-sudden-baking-obsession-623034583579)
... this is an article about King Arthur Flour that's really interesting!How King Arthur Flour found itself in the unlikely crosshairs of a pandemic
David H. Freedman
Baking bread was a regular family affair in Linda Ely’s childhood home, leaving her with a lifelong bread-baking habit and some powerful memories. “I think of my family every single time I bake,†she says.
... Ely is one of the bread specialists working the hotline
... countless people were calling in to order as many as 10 of the company’s five-pound bags of flour at once. Who would need that much flour in their homes?
... I fired off a text to the sales team to check their figures,†says Colberg. “It was obviously some sort of mistake.â€
No mistake came the reply. The figures had already been double-checked. They showed a 600% increase in grocery-store sales almost literally overnight.
Yeah, stores are saying it's hard to keep yeast, bread machines, and baking supplies on the shelves for awhile now. I'm trying to buy a bread machine now. more people are also starting to grow their own produce.
Too funny but that's the mind of a child...
That is funny. laughing7
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I totally missed and love this one!!! :rofl2 :rofl2 :rofl2 :eat: :eat: :eat:
hahahaha!
So... what would you do if you were getting the pipi? laughing7
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F**kboys During Quarantine... my granddaughter, Brooke, put me on to this young comedian. She is different and just a bit strange and me likes her. laughing7
Toward the end I think she sez, "send me a picture of your tits???"
Works for me... LOL
Fuck it, lets have a beer...
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WOW! Now the President and his wife have Covid 19! I hope that they get well sooner rather than later.
Yes, I heard about it the day before you posted that. Would be something if he dies from it before the election...not saying I want him to...
After a lot of thought I agree with Beau on the desired outcome here... it will be so much better for us to defeat him in the election rather than have him die from the covid.
Let's talk about Trump going to the hospital....
I didn't watch the vid yet. But as long as he's gone, I'm a happy camper!
EDIT: After watching the video, I do agree with Beau. It would best to defeat him at the polls.
No, no. He was given prior permission to do so. This unit was scheduled to be cleaned so he was allowed this photo op.
Oh! Yeah! Right! ... so, me just gonna have to call Bull$hit on that one! laughing7
Oh! Yeah! Right! ... so, me just gonna have to call Bull$hit on that one! laughing7
Agreed! :hah!:
Let's talk about Trump and adapting to a mystery....
Joe Biden Urges Trump To 'Listen To The Scientists' And 'Support Masks' | MSNBC
Trump Beat Covid... this is a good one. :hah!:
... this is so very sad.Nick Cordero’s Widow Amanda Kloots SLAMS Donald Trump for ‘Hurtful’ COVID-19 Tweet
:2funny: :rofl2 shocked003 :thumbup:
Truth Over Flies Fly Swatter (https://store.joebiden.com/truth-over-flies-fly-swatter/)
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Note the starving tables in the background.
Sure hasn't! I think I've seen that before somewhere some years ago...looks vaguely familiar.
Husband & Wife Fined as She 'Walked' Him on Leash - Ep. 7.237
Ok, long-winded and got bored halfway through. LOL
But...how in the hell did they think they were going to get way with that??? LOL
Hahhhaa! laughing7
Let's talk about Los Angeles and Caitlin Doughty's request for assistance...Our Funeral Home is Overwhelmed With Bodies
... Rand Paul is such an asshole! laughing7
Rand Paul tries ‘gotcha’ question on Dr. Fauci. It backfires HORRIBLY
Alabama Governor Says 'Unvaccinated Folks' Letting The State Down
It's about time politicians are speaking out. But it's only because they are pressured so that people can stop wearing masks. Not because that's what they actually believe.
Betadine®... why do people have to be so fucking stupid??? :censored:
Betadine® had to add a page to their web site warning people not to use their product as a cure for Covid-19!
Our Response to COVID-19 (https://betadine.com/covid-19/)
Yeah, there's a couple of other things people are trying as well. Been hearing about them on twitter.
Ivermectin is one of them:
https://twitter.com/i/events/1432407072910364678
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I like that one. ;D
That's very funny! LMAO
Washington trooper who defied state vaccine mandate and told gov to 'kiss my ass' dies from COVID-19
... I'm sorry that this man has died, but anyone who goes for all this anti-vax propaganda is setting themselves up for this kind of hard fall.COMPLETE SIGN OFF - Washington State Patrol Trooper, Robert Lamay, Signs Off For The Final TimeHere's his interview on Fox news:
They are getting what they deserve but those like them still won't listen! Idiots!
What really pisses me off are the "so called" medical professionals who refuse to get vaxxed! :tickedoff: