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I like Dr. Brix and all her scarves. She's grown on me. They aren't going to open up the country with the deep south, Detroit, and Chicago all on deck.

On a daily basis, Kushner, Kudlow and Navarro routinely battle each other for who's the largest moron in the cabinet. I think Kushner is dangerously stupid. Kudlow probably still thinks the virus is contained and Navarro just likes making Trump happy. I don't buy for a second that the United States was caught completely by surprise by what was happening in China. It's just that we either didn't care, were too distracted, or not smart enough to figure it out, and that's on *everybody* in Washington.

I don't think Trump has managed the pandemic as effectively as he could have and could be. The federal confusion has put a lot of mediocre governors in positions of actually having to lead and make really big decisions. However, much like 2016, the Democrats have selected a person that inspires even less faith in managing a crisis like this. Joe Biden inspires zero confidence.

Both men are correct despite the messengers. That's the difficult problem. Yes the "mitigation" works. It is giving hospitals time and saving lives. However, in perpetuity, it will seed civil unrest and put exceptional strain on already battered cities, police departments, the NG and the supply chain. That's the scenario when the grocery store closes. The virus is trouble. The virus with looting, fires, and a 24-7 crime wave is the big trouble that has so many more vulnerable people than the virus alone. .

The NBA season is over. The MLB 2020 season probably won't be played. I doubt the NFL season starts on time. Sure, we might knock this first wave down but with the fall comes cold weather, and you can't have tens of thousands of people packed in stadiums. If they do it, it's probably a fan every other seat, zero tailgating.

I was an early purchaser of your #2 theory, actually. I think both the 2009 swine flu outbreak and this outbreak were the results of Chinese screwups in their labs. In both instances, the US government seemed to have a heads up about something awry in China well before the outbreak came into focus for the rest of the world.

I enjoy a good conspiracy theory. Please share with the class.

The government is going to have to balance deaths from the virus vs. deaths from the rioting/looting/fires that are going to break out if you lock down the country for weeks on end with no money and nothing to do. Battling the virus is bad enough - imagine trying to do it with Baltimore, Los Angeles and Philadelphia all on fire and out of control too. There aren't enough police, national guard and military to handle that crisis on top of the health crisis. You add on top all the nutbag militas and groups out there itching for an opportunity too and you have quite a powder keg of problems. Trump isn't 100% wrong about not wanting to do a lock down for months. You'll have cities on fire in weeks, not months if things continue.

As someone who has had the chronic version of GBS for twenty years, what he did in coming back and playing at a Pro Bowl level is nothing short of a superhuman feat of will, mental toughness and an unbelievable level of physical conditioning. This disease spends every minute of every day robbing you of your muscular strength and it's the ocean and you are the sand castle on the beach.

Thanks everyone for your replies both on point and off. ? Decided to go with Stihl - a pro saw MS261. I managed to shop at a Husqvarna store before the governor shut the state down to make a more educated decision.

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You will get criticized for your position but IMO, it has some merit. An endless quarantine will massacre the entire economy and in short order, you're not going to have order. You have lots of families with now with zero money coming in and you have millions of people sitting around doing absolutely nothing, with nowhere to go, day after day. That's not going to last long. I'd give it another week, tops. You have millions of square feet of lightly guarded, fully stocked, all but vacated, retail in a country filled with heavily armed, bored, very panicked citizenry. The more the governors keep taking away stuff, the more the risk for unrest will grow. Just like the healthcare system isn't built to handle a pandemic, the law enforcement apparatus isn't built to handle widespread, heavily armed unrest that can break out at any time of the day...because nobody has anything to do or anywhere to go. The government needs to give people a purpose other than "just stay at home."

I have a big project that includes a fair number of trees to cut down. For years, I've managed to get by with renting Stihl chainsaws (usually a 250) from a local dealer for a tree here and there but I think I'm at the point where it's time to purchase. Anyone that cuts firewood or trees on the regular have a recommendation? I don't want a cheap saw but I don't know if a pro saw is worth the investment over a high end "homeowner" saw. I've been looking at Stihl, Husqvarna and Echos, at least 50cc. Most of the trees I'm cutting are tops 10 to 12" wide. They aren't really big trees, but a fair amount of them. I appreciate any advice on the saws.

Trump isn't handling the virus issue well and IMO, that's what's giving the Dems and the media any ammunition they have on the subject. This is a topic where his instincts, usually good, can't carry him over his lack of intelligence, usually quite poor. I think 3/4 of his problem is he doesn't want this virus to affect *his* rallies and *his* re-election campaign, and he needs to accept it will and get past it. I think once he does, he will lead more effectively. What you see is an elderly gentleman who's mad at the world because he wants to cut his lawn, and the meteorologist on the tv said it wasn't going to rain today and it's raining goddammit, and he's besides himself.

You don't want your place of business to be identified as the "ground zero" of *any* outbreak. You don't make any money if your gym used to be in the building that's since been demolished by FEMA. I kid, but that's something the Chinese would likely do.

The problem I see with Manning is that he wants everyone to like him and that's part of his lucrative image. He won't say anything remotely candid on air. You will not get Tony Romo. Why bother trade for Al Michaels? Just burn it to the ground and find new, fresh talent.

He'll be a good RT. He'll be a perennial Pro Bowl Guard. I don't know why the Bills fight it. It's ok to be a great guard. It's ok to draft a great guard in the second round.

Whether he likes it or not (and he will absolutely positively hate it), Trump is going to have to restrict travel if he wants to escape a scenario where he's facing down large-scale virus outbreaks in all 50 states. It's manageable now. It's not going to be.

Who'd Biden want as his VP? Who'd Sanders want? Biden wouldn't be dumb enough to want O'Rourke would he?

Amari Cooper is one of the most mentally soft players in the entire league. The Bills would be fools for wasting the free "air minutes" in making the phone call to the agent.

I'm ok with Milano and White extensions. Not ok with the Dawkins extension. I think Milano is a fine LB, with room for more. With corporate knowledge and experience in a consistent system, LBs play even faster, which makes them even faster on the field. That's really the core principle in Pittsburgh - it's not that they draft blue chip talent all the time, it's that their players keep learning in the same system year after year, and don't have to think as much in the game. Dawkins is a good LT. I don't know, if as a team, you extend the good LT at that price point. Do you really foresee him becoming a great LT?

I'm a little surprised the Democratic party base picked Biden over Bloomberg or took a chance on Klobuchar. I don't think Biden has the energy to see the finish line, he's just as gaffe prone as Trump, and the only reason he wasn't roughed up about his brother's shady dealings, Hunter's shady dealings, his various political positions over the years, etc. is because the other Democrats thought he was dead in the race and they didn't want to spend the precious dollars. Trump and the Republicans will spend those dollars. At least with Bloomberg or Klobuchar, you didn't have decades of that kind of baggage.

I was unfortunately correct about the crappy run nursing homes and hospitals. Crappy run nursing home in Seattle and the Kaiser hospitals are average on a good day. I'll offer another prediction I hope isn't true and is a crazy hot take. The hammer from Washington will come down shortly after Super Tuesday. The feds don't want to keep people away from the polls so they will wait until Wednesday or Thursday to announce more cases, more travel restrictions (from South Korea and Italy especially and probably Iran for whoever can still travel there) and the activation of FEMA since besides Washington and Florida, you'll likely have Illinois, Oregon, New York and Georgia (as I expect Atlanta is going to have cases) declare SoE and they will need money to buy supplies and pay an absurd amount of overtime.

The Eagles should want to trade for Nick Foles but they don't have the balls to admit that's the right play. That offense is on another level when he's the quarterback. He's the guy for *that* system.

The NFL got something right with this year's show: No matter what, "Dat Ass" will get viewers. It doesn't matter if the ass is from Mexico, the North Pole, China, Mars. People complain about J-Lo and Shakira but believe me, they were watching, and that's the only thing the NFL cares about. They don't care if you hated it, or you called the FCC. So if the NFL thinks that running out a bunch of Asian K-Pop schoolgirls is going to get the job done, that's what we're all going to get. If Lizzo is what's appealing to the focus groups, we're going to get Lizzo in her outfits. Maybe we'll get Asian schoolgirls and Lizzo. ?