Post by: Ken on March 20, 2020, 03:28:52 AM
Johnny Carson Jokes About The Recent Toilet Paper Shortage - 12/19/1973
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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€... follow the title link to read the entire article.
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.
https://www.ted.com/talks/larry_brilliant_my_wish_help_me_stop_pandemics
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Post by: Skhilled on March 22, 2020, 09:06:13 AM
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)QuoteLarry 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€... follow the title link to read the entire article.
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.
https://www.ted.com/talks/larry_brilliant_my_wish_help_me_stop_pandemics
I was reading that in the news yesterday.
Post by: Skhilled on March 22, 2020, 09:12:39 AM
LMAO!
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Great vids! :)
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Post by: Ken on March 27, 2020, 05:21:44 AM
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Songs 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!
Post by: Ken on March 28, 2020, 04:54:31 PM
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Posted the wrong link last post...removed...
https://twitter.com/i/status/1251783319693471745
Now that was funny! :hah!:
Post by: Skhilled on April 20, 2020, 08:48:46 AM
... 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! :)
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Post by: Skhilled on May 08, 2020, 10:07:47 PM
Kay probably would NOT be willing to use one of mine.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.
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Ms Giddens posted this to YouTube on May 7, 2020. It's her tribute to all of our First Responders during this pandemic.
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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...
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... you just knew that this had to happen! :hah!:
Colt Clark and the Quarantine Kids perform "Baba O'Riley"
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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.
Post by: Ken on May 22, 2020, 04:24:29 AM
A journalist tried her best to remain calm as 2 cats started fighting in the background of her live broadcast.
Post by: Skhilled on May 22, 2020, 05:44:32 PM
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That's me waiting for them to take their shows off the air!
Post by: Skhilled on May 22, 2020, 05:45:56 PM
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(https://tinypix.top/images/2020/05/21/N7e1N.md.jpg) (https://tinypix.top/i/N7e1N)QuoteBy 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!
Post by: Ken on May 24, 2020, 03:50:56 PM
... 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
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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.
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So... what would you do if you were getting the pipi? laughing7
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Post by: Ken on August 30, 2020, 03:16:30 PM
... 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???"
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Let's talk about Trump going to the hospital....
Post by: Skhilled on October 03, 2020, 07:14:28 AM
EDIT: After watching the video, I do agree with Beau. It would best to defeat him at the polls.
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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
Post by: Skhilled on October 04, 2020, 10:26:17 AM
Oh! Yeah! Right! ... so, me just gonna have to call Bull$hit on that one! laughing7
Agreed! :hah!:
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... this is a good one. :hah!:
Post by: Ken on October 07, 2020, 06:52:29 AM
Nick Cordero’s Widow Amanda Kloots SLAMS Donald Trump for ‘Hurtful’ COVID-19 Tweet
Post by: Ken on October 08, 2020, 02:21:25 PM
Truth Over Flies Fly Swatter (https://store.joebiden.com/truth-over-flies-fly-swatter/)
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But...how in the hell did they think they were going to get way with that??? LOL
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Our Funeral Home is Overwhelmed With Bodies
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Rand Paul tries ‘gotcha’ question on Dr. Fauci. It backfires HORRIBLY
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Post by: Ken on September 17, 2021, 01:20:13 AM
... 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/)
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https://twitter.com/i/events/1432407072910364678
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Post by: Ken on January 29, 2022, 03:16:49 AM
... 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 Time
Here's his interview on Fox news:
Post by: Skhilled on January 29, 2022, 06:37:28 AM
What really pisses me off are the "so called" medical professionals who refuse to get vaxxed! :tickedoff: