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One of the features of the coronavirus crisis is that we are hearing a lot more from some American state governors. We’ve already seen the developments relating to Andrew Cuomo of New York and another one whose role in the crisis is getting a fair degree of national coverage is Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan.
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Currently on furlough from betting, unfortunately.
Laying Hilary Clinton at 36 probably is (and is a nice cover for the horror scenario of her becoming the Dem nominee).
‘Jobs for life’ in South Korea and Japan to cushion virus blow
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/03/30/business/economy-business/jobs-for-life-south-korea-japan-coronavirus/
A longtime thorn for businesses and productivity in Japan and South Korea is set to prove a bulwark for those economies as the coronavirus threatens millions of jobs around the world.
Mass layoffs are frowned upon and labor laws make it hard for employers to fire workers in the two North Asian nations, helping keep jobless rates low. In February — even as virus cases spread — South Korea’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.3 percent while Japan’s is set to hold at 2.4 percent, according to economists surveyed ahead of data due Tuesday.
Although less than before, lifetime employment remains a hallmark of corporate cultures in both countries, with employees at the likes of Samsung Electronics Co., Sony Corp., Hyundai Motor Co. and Panasonic Corp. among beneficiaries. During the 2008-2009 financial crisis, both countries reported much lower jobless rates than the U.S. and eurozone, helping lay the groundwork for their economic recoveries....
Imagine the discovery process. Any director motivated to sue them would probably be on record somewhere as criticising them for bullshit, going back years.
And the 1st Amendment makes it extremely likely it would be a losing case, anyway.
Fucked.
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You are thinking of Pearl Harbour
Midway was the battle where the Japanese lost all the carriers deployed - most of their front line carrier strength. Which ensured they lost the war a year earlier, if nothing else.
Of course! Silly me.
Another favourite was in the Royal Navy in 30s - during an exercise, the umpires ruled that an R class battleship, hit by *8* aerial torpedos would only lose 30% of it's speed.
They are convinced that Fox is "fair and balanced" and it is the rest of the media is distorted.
In any case, Trump has had so many feuds with so many people that being seen to get under his skin is largely meaningless at this point. Whitmer is just flavour of the month and things are moving so fast, she'll likely be long forgotten by the convention, never mind November.
Mind, Megyn Kelly might have made a better candidate than Hillary did. Or Sadiq Khan. The Dems can have him.
Since another PB punted here on here a week or so ago (possibly @rcs1000 ?)
That would be nice.
1) 1/3rd of the population would have taken to the hills to fight
2) 1/3rd would have barely noticed
3) 1/3rd would have queued, round the block, to join up to be a BlockFuhrer
When asked why 99% of those arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (intended to fight the IRA) were black, a police chief constable was non-plussed - how could they *not* use all the laws to the maximum extent possible?
In any case governors have got their hands full governoring.
And in any case, that (probably) wouldn't change anything if Klobuchar had already been promised the slot in exchange for dropping out. Whitmer is also much, much less senior within the party than Klobuchar.
This was exactly the situation in the Soviet Union and we can expect to see this sort of thing more often from now on until the powers are relaxed (hopeful emphasis on until).
...and five years later, it being found someone else had done it.
https://twitter.com/nottspolice/status/1242512740926869505
https://hectordrummond.com/2020/03/30/soap-opera-science/
"Here’s a remarkable story that no-one in the media or social media has picked up on (although you can bet that everyone in the field knows).
So we have two epidemiological teams, one at Imperial, and one at Oxford, with differing ideas about Covid-19."
"Now, do you accept the traditional image of scientists as sober, serious, disinterested seekers of truth? Or do you have more of a Biscuit Factory sort of view of them, where quite a lot of them are very flawed human beings, egotistical shits bent on climbing the greasy pole and treading on people to get to the top?"
"let’s take a bit of a closer look at the Imperial-Oxford situation. I’m only going to pick out a few details now, because the full story is very large and I don’t know it all, plus a lot of it is very murky and undocumented...."
Slightly mean?
OK. I apologise to any cows...
This sounds like policy based evidence making. There are good arguments for strong employment protections, but national economic performance isn't one of them.
I think these are the current UK figures.
BMI over 30 looks bad, as does age. Figures in third column are other viral pneumonia for comparison.
I think what is missing from that chart (and unknown at the moment) is % of people that get admitted, and % who need critical care.
Next week's news. Why wait?
Though not relying on a casual labour force does build in a certain amount of resilience.
And this could be more akin to a great depression than than 2008/9.
On reported deaths, signs of a slowing of rate of growth in Italy, Spain and France, but not yet in UK, US and Germany.
On reported cases, slight sign of slowing of rate of growth in most countries.
They should be pulling out all the stops to find an effective treatment, setting up trials for as many drugs as possible.
They should be getting a steady stream of masks to everyone and announce that they need to be worn outside the house for the foreseeable future. This would allow the lockdown to finish earlier and for it to be longer before another one is potentially needed in future.
Currently they just seem to be waiting around to see what turns up.
I can see how you can make either argument about which is more useful but I don't think it's a slam-dunk.
Avoid those Easter eggs and hot cross buns!
There does seem to be some confusion around the rules of what can and can't be sold. The local clothes shops and off licences are closed, but Tesco can sell clothes and booze no problem.
But, like Peston on the budget, an anon source reporting something that another anon source thinks he heard is much more accurate. Or not.
According to that data - Iran is doing great. Or maybe not...