DramatistDreamer

Stan and his alters.

I wonder how far back Martha's VHS collection goes? I wish more former soap stars would post episodes up on YouTube like Patricia Bruder and Margaret Reed have been known to do. I I'd be interested to see what episodes others have. Maybe we can fill in the blanks of missing episodes from YT and I doubt that P&G even cares at this point.

While they're at it, why don't they add Donald Trump to that class action suit?

Never one to miss an opportunity to spread disinformation and propaganda, China and Russia have once again taken to social media to float conspiracy theories on the origins of the novel coronavirus. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/as-virus-spreads-china-and-russia-see-openings-for-disinformation/ar-BB11Ps1U The only thing that I've seen is a tweet mocking Trump's handling by bringing up the lack of toilet paper, which only reminded me of that Golden Girls episode where Rose dreams that she is in Moscow with Dorothy and Blanche (and Sophia who complains that they left her at home and she had to hitch a ride with a nice East German kid to get to Moscow) and Dorothy jokes that she knows the reason why everybody in Russia looks so grumpy all the time--it's their toilet paper! I definitely thought that the origin of that tweet was probably from one of those disinformation sites.

You mean the same wanna be gangster that was quoted to have said this?

Yeah, I know Johnson won't change. He's been awful for decades. I'm just trying not to type what I really felt in that moment. Trying to be nice, lol. Anywho, Is this real?

If he makes it through, hopefully PM Johnson emerges as a better, more compassionate human being. In other events, this is a bit of heartfelt news.

This is crazy that there was no requirement for voting by mail in the bill. This all but guarantees the need for further legislation in the near future.

Canada seems to care about their people. The U.S., not so much. Also, many of the so-called "sh*t hole" countries also seem to care more about their citizens as exemplified by their efforts.

Stocks are up so far after the opening of markets, so I guess it's not so much the enormous loss of jobs to actual human beings but big business getting their cut of the "stimulus" money that matters most to Wall Street. Well, if this pandemic has clarified anything, it certainly has made clear where the priorities of governments are.

An article discussing the fine print in the "stimulus" bill. For Profit businesses and Trump companies are expected to benefit. I put stimulus in quotes because most who have looked at this bill agree that it is not stimulus so much as it is a survival bill to stave off the worst impact from the pandemic. Stimulus would be the follow up that will most certainly be needed to actually get people back on their feet. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/fine-print-of-stimulus-bill-contains-special-deals-for-industries/ar-BB11HvHu?li=BBnb7Kz

Prepare for a steep drop in the financial markets today. Personally, I could care less about them, because when Wall Street thrives, it matters little to the average person with no investments and little savings.

A lot of victims of late have been relatively young. Compare what the U.S. considers "relief" compared to another country like Canada.

I agree. There are fundamental structural problems that are keeping the working poor, poor. And it's just compounding over time. Take distance learning. Some cities/school districts have students that don't have access to computers or Internet access, everyone just seems to forget this. Now, some states with poor school districts are scrambling to try to get a computer and WiFi hotspot access to every student that has neither. Why was this of no concern until now?? Actually, municipal governments should have been allowed to build their own secure networks but the corporations who built the broadband infrastructure and have already benefited mightily for over 20+ years (not including tax incentives) feel as though they should continue to reap the financial rewards in perpetuity, so they block (or try to block) all and any efforts for local/municipal governments to build their own Web. GW Bush was the one who sent out those 'one-time' stimulus checks which did absolutely nothing for most people (I was one of those people) in the midst of a 'mini-recession'. That was before 9/11 which spurred most of the country (including NYC) into a larger recession which was before the Great Recession years later. Obama's stimulus (which was bullied down to a stingy total) was simply to dig out from the worst of the Great Recession and try to keep from going under into a Depression. The thing that really causes me to SMH and be dubious about the effects of this stimulus is that corporations will still get most of that money. Excuse me if I err, but wasn't it less than three years ago that corporations got a ginormous Tax Cut?? Yet, these companies still wring their hands about not being able to maintain and sustain?? Where did that money go? It sure didn't go toward better pay and benefits for employees! That's right, it went into company stock buybacks!! I'm sorry but many of these corporations are already sitting on money and should not be allowed to make scads more. Also, not all of the working poor will be getting checks. During 9/11 many NYCers discovered that there were delivery people (some of whom died in WTC) who delivered food to workers in offices. These workers often stayed 6 or 7 in one room because they could not afford even a studio on their own because they didn't make enough money. Those people don't have the proper documentation for this type of one-time check. There has to be a better way but American hasn't found one, or doesn't want to find one. FWIW, solar would have provided a good way to lower costs (one of my mother's neighbors has solar and his utility bill is a fraction of the average bill) but federal funding (which had gone into the state's coffers specifically for solar installation/maintenance) was not renewed. I was helping my mother to get solar when the company announced that federal subsidies had been pulled and they were no longer processing new applications. There are many ways to change the systems in place but these corporations and their politically-connected cronies won't let that happen. The same corporations that will be getting the biggest chunk of that stimulus money. Anyway, this bill is not a fait accompli since it still has to go to the House.

Some people are saying that this will mean slower hard courts but I hope this won't be the case. Hard courts are already too slow, if anything, they need to be made faster. There are too many slow non-clay courts in professional tennis. If this keeps up, players under 30 will inevitably have shorter careers than those over 30 will have had by the time they retire.

Interesting ad. I wonder whether it will be effective. Many Americans are desperate to believe that this stimulus will somehow stave off the inevitable.

Roger and Mirka Federer are donating 1 million Swiss francs to help vulnerable Swiss families.

Hantavirus has been around for a very long time. Someone would have to literally come in direct contact with infected fecal matter to get it. It is not spread person to person. There are panic mongers trying to spread more anxiety through social media.

Osaka has the best chance out of the pack. She has a Netflix documentary in the making, that LeBron James' production company is producing. Even having said that, tennis has only become more of a niche sport in the last decade or so. Many of the most charismatic players that have emerged tend to be the least consistent ones. You also have a point that tennis will be competing against all the other sports like NBA that has a much higher degree of popularity.

Also, tennis revenues will be looking at steep declines without these veteran players. Let's be real, those players bring an enormous amount of ad dollars, media attention and they put butts in seats.

The reality is that many companies and organizations will not be able to make their way back after this coronavirus outbreak is over. Let's hope, at the very least, that the NRA is one of those organizations.