Give Peace A Chance

If they flaut these regulations, what other safety protocols are they ignoring?

This is pure mania, pure insanity. This reminds me of the restaurant owner who hated the girl from the Board of Health and threatened to kill her in Long Neck. There is a price for doing business and this is currently one of them about keeping your customers safe. I'm glad you're closed. You're bullheadedness won't bring infections to others now. Stay closed. Also, "your ancestors" didn't fight for you to be a prick about not wearing a mask. They fought real tyranny, you little bitch. They fought the kind of tyranny that Africian Americans are facing from police, you spoiled, entitled, white, white guilt, milquetoast peice of garbarge. Eat my ass, I hope you fall on a ball bearing.

Cause It Take Big Balls To Ignore It All

It's Mister "if I don't talk it, it isn't happening." You wanna know how this man really feels, read his Twitter. "When the looting starts, the shooting starts"

Contrast with Obama in 2015: First and foremost, we are a nation built on the rule of law.  And so we need to accept that this decision was the grand jury’s to make. There are Americans who agree with it, and there are Americans who are deeply disappointed, even angry.  It’s an understandable reaction.  But I join Michael’s parents in asking anyone who protests this decision to do so peacefully. Let me repeat Michael’s father’s words:  “Hurting others or destroying property is not the answer.  No matter what the grand jury decides, I do not want my son’s death to be in vain. I want it to lead to incredible change, positive change, change that makes the St. Louis region better for everyone.”  Michael Brown’s parents have lost more than anyone. We should be honoring their wishes. 

I also appeal to the law enforcement officials in Ferguson and the region to show care and restraint in managing peaceful protests that may occur. Understand, our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day.  They’ve got a tough job to do to maintain public safety and hold accountable those who break the law. As they do their jobs in the coming days, they need to work with the community, not against the community, to distinguish the handful of people who may use the grand jury’s decision as an excuse for violence -- distinguish them from the vast majority who just want their voices heard around legitimate issues in terms of how communities and law enforcement interact.

Tread Lightly

They want to tell a private company how they should moderate comments/posts? That's not freedom. That is tyranny but you're busy crying about having to wear masks. What is wrong with you? —Dickie Arthur Dales

#IStandWithTwitter #freedom #TrumpMeltdown #Isaidnothing

https://businessinsider.com/trump-leaked-executive-order-social-media-facebook-twitter-2020-5

100,000 Dead And 45 Fights Twitter

This dude. Never in my 5 decades in the business have I seen such hubris. You think that wearing a mask is tyrannical, but shutting down a private company because they hurt your feelings isn't? You're so afraid of China, well, China censors the Internet. Today I weep for a country that doesn't care that 100,000 are dead and instead cover their ears, close their eyes and turn their lips into a bitter sneer. Those who embrace lies and conspiracy theories, instead of truth and the hard facts. I have a hard enough time relating to people, today I feel like I'm utterly alone. Lower your heads, newshounds and eat shit.

Carl Sagan said "Plainly there is no way back. Like it or not, we are stuck with science. We had better make the best of it. When we finally come to terms with it and fully recognize its beauty and its power, we will find, in spiritual as well as in practical matters, that we have made a bargain strongly in our favor.

But superstition and pseudoscience keep getting in the way, distracting us, providing easy answers, dodging skeptical scrutiny, casually pressing our awe buttons and cheapening the experience, making us routine and comfortable practitioners as well as victims of credulity."

It's not oppression, it's a dress code.

 

I think the confusion here is in the wording. "it doesn't protect healthy people", but as my homies above me mentioned, that's always been the case. It's never to protect the wearer. Also from the article: "The agency said masks should be reserved for those who are infected with the virus or are in close contact with infected patients. People experiencing cough or shortness of breath or other symptoms of COVID-19 should also wear masks even if they have not tested positive, and should self-isolate and seek medical attention." So, since you don't know who you've come into contact with and because you may be a carrier and not know you have it.. the WHO says you should wear a mask. I don't even understand why this is a controversy. You can't go into the grocery store and let your dicks flop out because you have to wear pants. That's not tyranny. It's to protect us from having to see that. This is the same thing. It's to protect us from your germs. Dig it? You must.

Dales

It's in the numbers, playboy

Hey newspussies, I'm not trying to be a wise-ass here.. but what am I missing?

I keep seeing posts like this: "Actual survival rate for Covid in America is 99%, maybe if we looked at it this way we wouldn't panic."

My question for you, gang, is... where are these figures coming from? Because by my math, using the Johns Hopkins numbers...

Confirmed US cases = 1,6 mil
Recovered US cases = 376,000
Confirmed US deaths = 97,000

376,000 is 23% of 1.6 mil, making "survival rate" not 99.999%, but current survival rate is 23%

Current death rate is about 6.1 percent of 1.6 mil - even if you presume everyone else will recover. That's only a survival rate of 93.9%

And "survival" doesn't mean recovery anyway. There's a lot of people in left with long term illnesses and dangerous scenarios.

So... you can't count people who haven't got it yet in the "survival rate" because that's disingenuous. That's like saying I'll never get in a car accident because no one's hit me yet. So, I'm a car accident survivor. Or using numbers from Cancer.gov, about 163,500 people die of cancer in the US every year. That doesn't mean that the other 320,740,000 people in the US are cancer survivors.

Help an old pulpman out with these numbers...

A lot of out of state plates out there today in Delawired

6.1%

so.. Twitter says nearly half of of tweets about Covid in USA are coming from outside Bots most likely in Russia and China. They're spreading a false narrative, one you'll hear these people regurgitate.

"99% won't die" "it's just a flu" "masks cause lethal Co2 intake." it's all nonsense. 6.1% of those infected in USA are dead. That's not counting the ones that died of other stuff like cancer when Covid weakened their immune system.

But that doesn't mean 93.9% are recovered. Many are still ill, many will have adverse effects for the rest of their lives... 

They don't get that these trolls want us to be at each other's throats and, likely, want to convince us it isn't that bad so we die.

Safe Drivers Save Forty Percent, Unsafe Anti-Maskers Kill Em All

Hey newshounds,

Somebody sent me this image macro last night. Somehow now they're claiming that not wearing a mask is patriotic. I disagree. Wearing a mask is patriotic. It means you care about this country and you care about other people that you may be infecting.

To preach that it's somehow a good thing not to wear a mask, well, in this old paper boy's opinion, that's just cult-speak. Y'all are listening to the wrong people. I sure as news don't know what you'll do when these old times go get hard. Get hard?

D-D-D-D-D-Dickie Dales

To catch a president

Sample Gremlin AMC Radio Script May 2020

AMC Motors had been here with you through the thick and thin. We know how we're living in challenging times (show factory workers in masks) that's why the AMC Gremlin such an easy choice. It’s full of features like the IntelliLink contactless voice-activated sound system, the industry’s first front center air bag and available seating for up to 8, for all your families trips to the hospital. Finally, a perfect way to get comfortable with technology. We believe in life's extraordinary experiences. Experience Pure Drive Ecstacy with the AMC Gremlin. It's better than a stock pile of Remdesivir. Quarantine in style with AMC Gremlin. It'll make you cum, tbh. Become the envy of the morgue. It's Gremlin, It's Covid and It's you! Don't be a pussy.

That's one big bastard of a vacuum cleaner. Sell me your christing products.

I'm glad that EVERY bitchly national commercial has to start by saying "these are trying/hard/difficult/stange times." We know. Stop trying to to relate to clandestinely sell me a cockadoodie vacuum cleaner.

Bissell, you absolutely have not been here for me and I absolutely don't need to buy a vacuum right now and even if I did, I wouldn't need a vacuum cleaner that can relate to social distancing. Just stahp. It'd make me feel better if they just said, "hey, dumâs—your house stank, buy a vacuum, you butt."

But the 'pulling on the heartstrings' sympathetic delivery is so overdone. Reese's peanut butter cups don't know what I'm going through. Also, the commercials that try to make fun of it? "Are you sick of eating ramen noodles and crying yourself to sleep, come out to The Cheesecake Factory and get your Covid 30 on with contactless curbside sermons and drive in movies. I don't know what's worse but they're both horrible

Just advertise your product, don't try to relate, you corporate punk

Turbo Pascal's Wager vs. Coronavirus "truthers"

Ah, Pascal's wager. Published in the posthumous Pensees or Thoughts or Thinks, French philosopher Blaise Pascal posits that you might as well believe in God because if you're wrong, so what. If you're right, then you don't end up in Hell. Here's translation of the argument from wikipedia.

• God is, or God is not. Reason cannot decide between the two alternatives
• A Game is being played... where heads or tails will turn up
• You must wager (it is not optional)
• Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is. Let us estimate these two chances. If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing
• Wager, then, without hesitation that He is. (...) There is here an infinity of an infinitely happy life to gain, a chance of gain against a finite number of chances of loss, and what you stake is finite. And so our proposition is of infinite force when there is the finite to stake in a game where there are equal risks of gain and of loss, and the infinite to gain.
• But some cannot believe. They should then 'at least learn your inability to believe...' and 'Endeavor then to convince' themselves.

It's a fairly thrilling thought exercise and I believe it can be applied to the current Covid_19 situation. As you know, this old reporter believes in the science and he believes that without following the protocols initially set forth (and now being foolishly eased) this will cause death. Death will abound. I've never been one to care much about your pocketbook and I certainly don't place this ideal of the economy above human life like you seem to. So, let's apply the wager.

A game is being played.. Where heads or tails will turn up.

You must wager, it's not optional.

If you (anti-masker anti-vaxxer xenophobic money hungry racists) are right what do we gain? I've already dismissed your complaints about the economy and you've already shown yourselves to be dogs, unable to stop yapping and shooting each other. So, you gain this idealized version of America that doesn't now and has never existed. But, I'll be fair. You'll gain "life returning to normal" — trips to the ice cream parlor and your gun dealer.

If I'm right you lose nothing substantial. We have much more to gain. We have the countless lives that can be saved. We have an evolving maturity as a nation. We learn to be with our family. We learn what really matters. But, I can not stress this enough: You won't kill your own grandparents so you can go to the damn beach. That outweighs your but freedoms argument.

So, If you're wrong.. what do you lose? Possibly your life and the lives of people you care about and the lives of strangers.

If I'm wrong what do I lose? Nothing substantial and nothing that is more important than innocent life.

But, Pascal does add such an important detail. Some will be unable to believe. Is that you? Why do you believe the things you do? Where is the foundation of your belief? Are you someone who is only seeking out news sources *ahem* ideas and people that agree with your already held beliefs? Are you engaging in confirmation bias? Defined as the tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs or theories, we all do it. I do it too. I would only hope that my core beliefs of "Die if you must but harm no one" are at least noble ideals.

If I'm wrong? So what. You're shitty business selling shingles loses money. If I'm right, your family may be saved. Which is more important, shit bag? —Dales

I'm medically exempt from wearing a mask.

I'm also medically exempt from stopping at stop signs, wearing a seatbelt, paying taxes, not punching puppies and square dancing in the intersection.

Business Insider has a story today about so called "anti-maskers" — people who refuse to wear a mask in public places. When approached they claim they have a medical exemption, however, there is no such exemption. When asked to provide proof, they state Hiipa regulations, which certainly don't apply here.

Here's a Doctor on Twittah

I'm not sure what paranoid dreamworld you're living in. But, once again, friends, you wearing a mask isn't about you. It's about protecting other people if you are carrying. What I don't understand is why are you so selfish? It's like you want to see the end of the world. You, who value unborn babies lives over everything else have no value for life outside the womb. If you think this is oppression, just wait. You're the person in every Stephen King novel that escalates the situation because "beliefs" — So have fun Trash Can Man. I have a feeling that there is some kind of psychosis or mental illness at work here, but I'm just an old newspaperman, not a doctor, Jim.

I'm not driving, I'm travelling. Eat my ass.  —Arthur Dickie Dales

Give These People Air

Does this image macro track? I think it's supposed to be anti-opening the states, but the "give people air" makes me think it is about giving people freedom? I'm told this is from a science fiction movie which would describe the horrible deformities. I wouldn't want to live in that world. Or do we already?

Food Will Win The War

Everything old is new again. One of my readers sent me this t-shirt design from their online shop. All proceeds are going to the Food Bank of Delaware. This image is from my personal newspaper archives. This fella asked if he could peruse them and I granted him access. Super !

https://10xrecords.threadless.com/designs/world-war-one-foot-rationing-wwi-food-will-win-the-war

C'est un DISTRACTION !

I've seen a lot of people posting about how Covid-19 is just a distraction. From what? From what? Yes, Cable news is running the a story 24/7, but what else should they be talking about?

The people that would be distracted by said coverage wouldn't normally be watching the news anyway. They'd be watching Judge Judy and The Big Band Theory and whatnot. Here's a Fakeblock exchange a reader sent me. He's the one in blue and he's talking to a family member in white.

In this old newspaper man's opinion, this is spot-on. Nobody needs to hear about the marijuana bust at the vape shop right now, they need the vital information that will save their lives. Eat Shit -Dales

Are you a hypocrite if you're a feminist and vote for Sleepy Joe??

I had someone ask me that question today. The real answer is maybe. I'm from Delawire, Joe Biden has been in office as long as I can remember but this isn't really about Joe, is it? It's about the President.

Here's my question. How can you ignore the 25+ women that have accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct? (source: https://www.businessinsider.com/women-accused-trump-sexual-misconduct-list-2017-12) Are you being intellectually dishonest if you claim all those accusations, like Trump said, were lies and politically motivated, yet you think that the one accusation by Tara Reade must have weight?

Truly it's disgusting, in this old reporter's opinion, of turning any woman's trial into a numbers game. But, 25:1 is hard to ignore. Is it possible that, after hearing the President's pussy audio and talk of kissing women without their consent, that all 25+ are lying and the one with Joe is true. Well...... Yeah. I guess anything's possible. But, I feel like this is just another tactic used by people on the right. It's a it's okay if my guy did it kind of thingy.

If I were in The Donald's camp, and I'm not, I would stay so far away from anything involving sexual accusations. It's just not a good look. Now, does this disqualify either man from becoming President? Unfortunately, that's now how the system works. People lie. Numbers Lie. Politicians lie, but the reality of the situation is, it's down (at least right now) to Trump and Biden. Another case of who is worse? Who is more dangerous? Who do you trust more?

You can't argue with a fool, that's why I'm writing this here and not Fakeblock. My final word is, you are a hypocrite if you think that this accusation is a deal-breaker for Biden but wasn't for Trump. Eat Shit.

-Dickie Dales

Failed Sitcoms and Other Brilliant Ideas

I thought it might be nice to do something other than talk about Covid in Delaware for once. I asked people on Facebook to provide their favorite bad TV shows. I left some that everyone is already aware of off (like My Mother The Car), but included the ones that I thought were the most interesting. 

Pork ‘N Beans—1962

Why, that's a young Buddy Ebsen. This show was a sitcom called Pork 'N Beans. He played "Pork" and Jackie Gleason played "Beans". It wasn't a huge it here, but they're still playing it in Eastern Europe, but there it's called "Hog 'N Capitalism.",The show took place in a general store that was run by Ebsen, Beans, on the other hand, ran a prohibition era speak-easy in the back room. The recurring gag was Ebsen trying to distract the local Irish lawmen while Gleason snuck his guests out the back

Saddle Soars—1964

The second show that he played the same character was called Saddle Sores. It was a western, obviously. He ran the local General Store. They called him "Pork" because he never went anywhere without his pot-bellied pig "Blisters"—That show got canceled after they gave the pig a personality and had him start speaking. He was voiced by Ethel Merman. She took the gig to pay off the many gambling debts of her then husband Ernest Borgnine. —(Source: Wikipedia)

The Facts of (After) Life—1989

Fresh for pilot season in 1989, this The Facts of Life spin-off featured Charlotte Rae reprising her role as Mrs. Edna Garrett. Having left the show during the 8^th season, it was a coup to have Rae back in her most famous role. However, to explain her absence, the Mrs. Garrett character was killed off screen. In The Facts of (After) Life, Garrett was an angel in training and “to get her wings” she had to help, you guessed it, the girls in a house of wayward teens. The catch, however, she couldn’t directly communicate with the living. Garrett had to be creative, rattling chains, ringing bells and sometimes, getting spooky. This role also allowed Charlotte Rae to show off her very capable vocal chops. The Broadway trained chanteuse even performed an updated version of the theme song. You take the good, you take the bad, some go to heaven, some get sent back. This fabulous spin-off never got beyond the original pilot episode. Christian groups flooded the network with angry letters over their choice to portray Jesus as a pot-smoking hippie played by George Carlin.

Woops!—1992

Described as a post-apocalyptic sitcom. The Fox comedy Woops! followed the exploits of six main characters as they tried to navigate life in a post atomic-war. Each character was a stereotype meant to represent a different culture. There was the main character: a regular every-man, the beautiful dummy, the lone African American, the rich asshole, the homeless guy and the progressive feminist. Amazing this show was originally intended for NBC before finally airing on Fox. Only ten of the original thirteen episodes ever aired. In one episode, they fought off a giant spider and in another a giant turkey.

TransPlants—1994

Living on the right side of history, it’s hard to image how a show like this could have ever been green-lighted. The littlest said about this one the best. Not since Bosom Buddies had pop-culture taken on the issue of gender so brazenly. This stars the irrepressible Charlie Callas as the owner of a floral shop. Since he has other properties to manage, one day he hires two new employees: Tanya, played by radio personality and Disco Duck, Rick Dees is a transgender woman and floral arranger and Kim Fields (Tootie on The Facts of Life) plays Chuck, a transgender male delivery driver. There’s a lot of double-entendres and probably a little too much (if there is such a thing) of Charlie Callas making his trademarked mouth sounds. A product of a less-tolerant time. It’s a shame too because Charlie Callas could’ve made his role work in a different scenario. No stars.

Where’s The Beef?—1985

This shameless piece of product replacement was developed by the Dancer Fitzgerald Sample Advertising Agency, the same agency that created the iconic Wendy’s commercial. This starred then-82-year-old Clara Peller as the lovable “Where’s The Beef Lady.” It was a man-on-the street style interview show where Peller would ask passersby about current events. “What do you think of New Coke?” They’d give an answer and she’d become more frustrated as they talked. Finally, she’d ask them “C’mon, where’s the beef?” The highlight of this one-season show was Peller’s interview with Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev. After a contentious five minute interview, Peller asked her comrade, “Okay, Rusky. What’s with the spot on your head? Where’s the beef?!” It was a truly shameful moment in American pop-culture history.

Basic B’s—2014

A short lived series on The CW that attempted to breathe new life into the career of Hills alum Lauren Conrad playing younger than she probably could get away with. This scripted comedy was very much influenced by droll reality shows like the Kardashians. It featured three well-off sisters, Blair, Bella and Beth, and their friends navigating life in the 2010s. Think Sex And The City for Millennials with less of a budget and loaded with product placement. It made 2 Broke Girls read like Shakespeare. The show heavily relied on humor regarding like Tinder and Snapchat. Truly dreadful.

Where’s Rodney?—1991

Jared Rushton plays twelve-year old Rodney Burns has an obsession unlike most boys his age. He’s obsessed with stand-up comedian and verified randy sad-sack Rodney Dangerfield. Somehow, he develops a psychic link with Dangerfield and is able to summon him when he needs helps scoring. It was the greatest television show ever made. Unfortunately, it was never picked up for a regular schedule.

Total Recall: The Series—1992

This take on the Action Thriller from 1990 featured the same effects team that brought you Dinosaurs. This was a prequel to the film of the same name that focused on Kuato’s rebellion. It was aimed at kids and teenagers and was part of the 1992 TGIF lineup. It was strange seeing mutants next to more wholesome shows like Family Matters. The Parents Television Council objected to the heavy sex and violence. The show lasted only six bloody episodes.

The Ghost and Mrs Muir—1968

This American sitcom was based on the novel of the same name. It featured the character of Carolyn Muir, a young writer who rents a small cottage in Maine. Wackiness and horror ensues when she soon realizes that the cottage is haunted by the ghost of the former owner, a 19^th Century sea captain. Sprinkle in Charles Nelson Reilly as the sea captains grandson and you have a recipe for some emmy’s. It lasted a mere fifty episodes.

Vape Lyfe—2017

Fresh for the 2017 fall schedule, this Cheers-like workplace comedy takes place in a vape shop in the city. Dustin Diamond stars as over David Monnét. He’d often tell female customs that he was French but it is obvious he’s actually from somewhere in the Middle East. Each episode deals with life, relationships, federal vaping regulations and vapen lung. One time, the gang ran out of cotton candy flavored vape-juice. In a very special episode, a local drug-dealer tried to get the gang to try cannabis oil. They all got very high. The show only aired three episodes on the Freeform network. It was eventually pulled due to pressure from Phillip Morris Corp.

Girltube—2018

A Starz On Demand anthology series that follows four girls on their journey to Web stardom via pornography. This may have worked as a gritty drama, but instead showrunner, radio’s Bubba The Love Sponge, decided to make it a raunchy coming of age comedy. The pilot episode The Casting Couch starred real life one-time Miss Kentucky and one-time pornographic actress Jessica Prince lampoon her notorious viral sex-tape that forced her to give up her pageant crown. Each season was to have four 60 minute episodes plus a fifth episode would serve as the season finale where the girls would meet up and discuss their journey. It would be revealed that they were all on set to be costars for a new shoot. The show was abandoned in the aftermath of the Hulk Hogan/Gawker lawsuit. According to wikipedia, one of the episodes was to feature a comedic take on the Hulk Hogan/Bubba the Love Sponge drama.

The Charmings—1987

The Charmings was an American sitcom on the ABC network. An early precursor to shows like Once Upon a Time and films like Disney’s Enchanted. The show follows the exploits of Snow White and Prince Charming who awake after a thousand-year spell to find they live in modern-day Burbank, California. See the Charmings, the wicked stepmother and the Magic Mirror navigate the modern world. Outstanding! The show also tackled hard social issues like suicide, homelessness and commercialism, probably.

The Influencers—2020

This program was a modern version of the 1982 series Fame. Whereas Fame followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts, The Influencers follows the lives and stories of social media stars. Journey with the Influencers as some become embroiled in racism flaps, pornography leaks, broken hearts and bad hair days. Aired on the Freeform network for one season with a theme song performed by Rebecca Black of “Friday” fame.

Les files—1976

Airing on Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française in the mid 1970s, this workplace comedy Les files (or The Lines) focuses on a group of French telecommunications employees in the 1940s. These hard-drinking, hard-living females take no guff from any of the callers as they navigate through personal relationships, office politics and drinking copious amounts of wine. Tu fermes ta bouche, tu es une vache ! Qui appelles-tu une vache, tu es une petite chiene. Super !

Titan Babies—1987

Titan Babies was an innovated concept of half-animation, half live-action. It centered around a group of young children in a day-care setting. These children were baby-versions of then popular WWF Wrestling Superstars. You had characters that took on the basic personalities of their adult counterparts. Hulk Hogan was their leader and often used the catchphrase Toddlermania is running wild. Jake “The Snake” Roberts had a teddy and Andre The Giant never forgot his binky! Each episode climaxed in a live-action wrestling match starring one of the characters from the show.

Translate, Kate—1986

In this David Lynch produced sitcom from the mid-1980s, Rebecca De Mornay stars as Kate, a language whiz who works for the NYPD. Every week she’s faced with new accents and languages and has to help foreign nationals solve their problems. Lot’s of brutal sex scenes. Each episode ends with Kate in bed with a different man. “You’re the only who understands me, Kate,” he says before the show fades to black leaving you wondering what you just watched.

Second Opinions: "What's a popular show that you hated?"

Coronavirus Bad information via Meme

I had to go to the doctor's office today. When I got there, they wouldn't let me in. They said they are doing teleconference only. I wish I'd know, I stayed up all night worrying about having to stand on their scale. I hate getting weighed in. Makes me feel like a fish. "He's too small, throw him back." They didn't even have a enticing lure.

Somebody sent me this image macro (I added the text). If people are this wrong about a movie, how can we trust they understand this virus? What in the Sam Hill is wrong with these folks? Didn't pay attention in Art History? —Dales

This radio kid posted this on his Fakeblock. I don't get the reference, but I was told it was humorous. Frankly, I don't think this is any laughing matter. But, what's this old reporter know? When I was working with CBS in the 1970s in DC, my friend David used to say "If you look professional, you'll sound professional." These kids don't do either.

X Art Dales

Commentator says: "You don't know what hard is like" RE: Covid-19

Hey Dunn,

I know it's been a while since we talked, but I'm here now and that's all that matters. I have no reason to explain myself as to where I've been, but the current state of affairs with this Covid-19 novel coronavirus has me wanting to mop up some of the foolishness.

I received a message from a confidant, It read like this:

I hope it really gets really bad. there's no shortages, no food lines, unemployment without $600/w compensation, no $1200/pp stimuli, no oil or electric shortages, no limits of human births, no denying hospital treatment, lack of medication.. lack of Internet, lack of cell phones, lack or church or bibles or youtube... live for one day in Saudi Arabia or Iran.. or even just somewhere poor like Jamaica. They would literally die. they couldn't handle it. they are so selfish and overfed and soft. these, the people that have been bitching about millenialls for 20 years are the biggest most coddled sacks of monkey piss

I don't know why that's all red. I don't understand these 2020 Web sites. I'm much more comfortable in the time when YouTube only allowed 10 mins of video and no-one gave away their SSN and mother's maiden names on Fakeblock.

I can't agree with the sclhübb that he/she/gnc wants things to get worse. In this old reporter's notebook, I don't want to see any more loss of life. But, What do you think of the rest of his/her/gnc's thoughts? That Americans don't know what real suffering is like. People's complaints read like a child wrote them. "I deserve my freedom" "no dick-taters" "open Michigan" — But for this old reporter's pennies, I haven't seen a lot of actual loss. I'm old enough to remember lines for gasoline and actual food shortages. I'm old enough to remember the draft. I'm old enough to remember when people could still come together in the face of adversity and not crumble like so many pages of old pulp. For Heavensake's, Dunn, You were alive for September 11th, 2001. People came together then. In this climate, they'd be armed at the airport demanding to get on Flight 305. So, Dickie, what say you? Are these people just a buncha spoiled children? They need to talk to their grandpappies about what life was like during WWII? During Vietnam? Heck even during the Watts riots and Rodney King trials?

What say you Dunn? What say you everybody?

x Art Dales.