Everything posted by bmags
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
I should hope so.
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
This is ridiculous.
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
This month is going to be traumatic.
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
465 new cases today...but incredibly scary as the first infant death reported
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
very cool work from Trib (which has done a great job)
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
New York makes a hospital in a week through conversion, Chicago can do same. One of the reasons I think China building a hotel from scratch wasn’t that different from US capabilities, we have infrastructure in place.
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
Somewhat good news, "only" 433 positive tests compared to 650 yesterday in illinois.
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
Right, and especially in Chicago...do we want Boeing to shed all of those jobs? But also...the extra UI benefits are a major portion of this bill and those are not loans. Much of the corporate relief will be paid back, as it looks like it is just formalizing a process that the FED was going to do anyway.
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
good luck man.
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
probably not the most exciting thing but seems like a perfect fit for places like berkeley research group or any big disputes and investigations work.
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
Who are you referring to? They are reporting these rules for China or that Spain is close to making those decisions?
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2020 MLB Draft Thread
True. I'm going to be honest: while I'm glad there is pushback against the 5 round draft (there should have been a gradual raising of limits for certain number of UDFAs to get bonuses of at least 100k or more, or a separate pool), I don't think enough people are admitting that these are extraordinary circumstances. They have already committed to paying their players salaries despite possibility of not playing, so to then commit additional money in a year of possibly huge negative cash flows IS difficult, even aside from the idea that they haven't had the traditional scouting available. It sucks for this years draft class. But it sucks for the vendors of the stadium. It sucks for the millions now unemployed. It sucks for the hospital workers putting lives at risk. They hit a once in a century phenomenon, but there are worse things going on. It's hard for me to look at this in the traditional labor/mgmt lens.
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
There was only 1,600 tests yesterday...a 43% positive rate. This may indicate they are rationing tests.
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2020 MLB Draft Thread
Going to be a boon for the NPB
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
nearly 700 new cases in Illinois today. Hopefully this was with a huge increase in testing, but we are definitely in the exponential growth. Have to hope by next wednesday we start to see some stabilization.
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
To be quite honest, the government literally shut down their business and said it cannot operate right now. That is the correct move. So I have a hard time being indignant when we are talking about them getting access to loans from that same government so that they do not go bankrupt and shed thousands of jobs. Again - if we have an issue with them getting US labor and access to US markets without being US company, it can be solved at a time where millions are not joining unemployment. The loans to these companies are very likely to be paid back.
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
Hopefully their staff cooks can pay their rent with moral righteousness.
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
Right. And "access to loans" does not mean the forgiven ones. Still talking of thousands of jobs within pretty targeted locales, dumping them off into those cities seems pointless. Just change the tax laws, don't screw over the labor.
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Nopening Day
1-0 baby. Man I straight up can't imagine watching TV in the like before 2008 quality (whenever HD was normal)
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Nopening Day
Today is going to be a tough one for many in the medical profession, especially NYC. But it’s okay to year for the alternate universe where opening day is today. And so...in that spirit... It probably would have rained out anyway, and so I will choose to be angry the Sox brought out the Chevy trucks and then canceled. Happy Nopening Day! I’ll crack a beer open at game time and cheers the soxtalk brethren.
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
Nobody was pushing Kasich ever, and you'd be referring to the Lieberman idea in 2008, Lieberman was a democrat along with Gore in 2000.
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
Is there a big difference between cuomo and Biden? I’d lean Biden 10x /10. Cuomo May be doing better press conferences but light foot/pritzker have done a much better job than deblasio/cuomo, including a high likelihood that cuomo delayed the shelter in place just because deblasio wanted it first.
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
330 new cases in illinois after 250 on Tues and 230 on Monday. Testing up to 15k (~2k up from yesterday)
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
For now it's not the kits, it's the lack of equipment (swaps, masks, etc).