RochesterRob

Well, the novelty of a costume covering one breast and an enlarged pasty covering the other breast sure wore off in a hurry.

I try to show some concern for a fellow board member and this is the thanks I get? Attempting to diminish the perceived threat of another person via loathsome insults shows you are not progressing in your therapy. I''m afraid that the "R" restricted wing of Strong Memorial Hospital lays ahead for you.

Japan had them on the ropes at one point during the 20th Century but that is not the China which exists today. China most likely is potent enough to defend itself and exert force just outside its borders. There no doubt is unrest but that is more than offset by a strong fear of a powerful central government via its secret police.

You beat to it. China is not going to allow the possibility of US forces and missiles just outside of its border. Xi is probably meeting with his top intelligence people to determine action to place a PRC lapdog in power if possible. You waiting by Rte 39 for the bus to Olean? Remember shampoo on the paper towel dispenser in the men's room to clean up before your appointment this morning. I hope all goes well.

You are Russkie.

In the future pot will be a drug to control the masses with. After all the businesses, farms, etc. are collectivized by the government a small packet of pot will be part of the weekly paycheck. This will keep guys like Tibs pacified as they will no longer care about the hopelessness of being under a far reaching central government. Note to Tibs is all you liberals think you will be right there with the ruling elites enjoying the good life while the masses hopelessly toil but it will not be that way in reality. In reality the socialist/communist governments are the ultimate pyramid scheme with very few at the top ordering a nominally larger immediate underlayer (commissars) with everybody a slave to the state.

I expect all kinds of deception until the new leadership is in place. Primarily, to keep China guessing for the moment assuming it does not have to the minute intelligence on the matter.

Gonna be difficult. He seems stuck on the pandemic being a long term matter and will be criticized by the opposition for leaving a job before it is finished if he runs/drafted.

I thought that you would like the cut of his jib.

My impression is that China is currently in a dominant stance so I think China may move to test the sister early on.

FIFY.

I don't see how this will work with a family who has the mindset of isolation = power, foreign aid = interference. Also, the optics are terrible in terms of being soft on a brutal regime. We spent a lot of the 20th Century and admittedly at a success rate well belong 100 percent of trying to eradicate similar regimes.

This is similar to my view. I expect vehicle sales to sag badly as people lose jobs then the automotive industry will need help. Quite simply quite a few people are going to lose their financial footing because of the pandemic and are unlikely to get it back. Automation will be accelerated because of the pandemic and businesses will be even more determined to conserve money so expect aggressive payroll management i.e. replace with less cost options. Their will be a new normal but it will not look like 2019 socially and economically.

Damn good movie.

The food sure did not get past Lil Kim and his dad at the table while the family was "growing" up.

Probably descending to the bottom ring of hell where Mao, Stalin, Hitler, etc. await their new bunkmate. His dad and grandpa waiting there for Lil Kim as well. Fed to the dogs for all of eternity?

Your lack of worldliness is astonishing.

How are they going to end the shutdown in NY? In Michigan?

Months of social distancing will be the death of quite a number of businesses including retail stores and restaurants.

The Dems want to minimize the chance of a GOP Governor in NY and get rid of an already dwindling number of GOP congress people. NY west of the Hudson River would already be partially open if a GOP Governor was calling the shots plus make a Dem Mayor of NYC less effective in terms of criticism of high ranking Republicans. Face it. NY is the Democratic Showcase for what they hope to do on a national level.

Between Cuomo's sound bites and what little I hear from a relative in a county health department (can't say which one) I am expecting that there will be a shutdown again towards the end of October. Cuomo will up the wattage on his push for mail in voting.

Nothing wrong with a little grilling and a beer.

I know that your counselor can't see you all the time but should you air your problems here via projection? Yes, your business failed (such as it was) and you have poor reading skills but it does not help to air those problems here where you are open to being ridiculed. My business is OK. Thanks for asking. Your concern for me shows that there might yet be hope for you. I've recommended to your counselor that perhaps your hostility towards those doing better than you should be the first concern versus general self esteem building. The weather is looking better for the moment so maybe you can get busy with the garden spade.

Gary has got dibs on any old computers that the county was to replace. They just leave them by the dumpster with orders to not pick them up before dark.

Afford is a relative term. I know people that drive 80,000 dollar dually pickup trucks that claim they can't afford to pay a kid to cut their lawn. Since you are pushing me on this I will just come out and say that I don't want to hire you. If you really want to work Walmart and McDonald's have programs to hire the less functional and they get tax credits to do so. Sorry that I had to be so direct since your counselor said you are doing so poorly with reality as of late but I believe in a certain level of candid conversation.