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So you don’t believe it? You think that the worst speech ever given by a sitting president at a time of national crisis was not written by his two idiot policy monkeys but was, in fact, written by the president himself. Errors and all? Okay, I’ll go with that.

You just can’t write this stuff. Or maybe you can. The speech was largely written by Kushner and senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, who were still making tweaks to the text until moments before Trump delivered it, according to people familiar with the process. Thirty minutes before Trump appeared live on camera, a final draft of his remarks still had not circulated widely within the White House, one of those people said. And senior health experts in the administration did not review a final draft of the remarks, according to a senior administration official. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-coronavirus-teleprompter-speech/2020/03/12/81bc8a3a-647a-11ea-acca-80c22bbee96f_story.html

Love him or despise him, Bush rose to the moment in history and unified the country. Mistakes were made on his and everyone’s else’s part but they were owned up to and corrected where possible. Trump just had a press conference where he refused to take any personal responsibility for anything and blamed everyone else. He’s melting before our eyes (literally the definition of a snowflake) and the country is finally seeing him for the performing monkey that he is. Fortunately, we have Kushner asking his brother’s father-in-law to solicit advice from a Facebook group of doctors. I, for one, feel much better.

I don’t think I’ve ever used the word “trumptard” or called anyone anything other than their user name. Trump is overwhelmed and out of his league. He’s not helping.

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Try and show a little sympathy for the guy and get called out. Which specific debacle?

Damn, Trump sounds tired.

Those numbers taxed the healthcare system. What would C19 do to it? I find myself going over apocalypse movies in my mind to determine the best moves and find that something Brad Pitt said in WWZ makes sense - "people who move, survive ... movement is life". I need to be in the city until the 24th to deal with some issues, then it's Canada for a month or so to wait it out.

That seems wishful thinking. As the best guess vaccine timeline estimates say 12-18 months, we will be "talking" about this for 2-3 years. Honestly, I've heard better high-school valedictorian speeches.

No that any words would have stopped the bleeding but that was such a terrible address to the nation.

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Thanks. I've passed on the info.

WhatsApp is a free texting app, that is, it doesn’t cost anything to send a text. It is used worldwide and is the easiest way to communicate with people outside the US. Certainly the cheapest as it is free. You should be able to download it in your phone. The link I sent is to the FF group but you may need the app to open it.

Try this - https://chat.whatsapp.com/Jj2piLpDJtbI5mjSJSflZz

It is. And there’s someone asking for measurements on the desk. Do you use WhatsApp?

NY fly fishing chat group. It’s such a specialty item that you may need a specific audience. Let me see if I can get any interest first and I’ll pass contact onto you.

There's a private NY FF Whatsapp group and if you like I can post it there.

Thinner, lighter and polished to a smooth surface. They're quicker to heat up and therefore cool down quickly as well. As much as this matters, they seem more elegant. Caution to those hoping to find one at a flea market or yard sale - the word is out and you will pay a premium.

As said earlier, a public pile of dead coyotes isn't helping anyone - predator hunter or not.

WHO guide to making your own hand sanitizer.

Everyone is your friend during the first three days of the apocalypse. On Day 4, they'll kill you for a D battery. After 36 days, they'll trade children for a box of wet naps. In six months, after all the canned and dried food is gone ... "long pig" is on the menu. I'm told old to survive for long but if I was younger I would hoard books that taught me how to homestead. Didn't anyone read The Road?

If nothing else it's forced people to wash their hands more often and properly. I'll take that.

Muck Boot Woody Sport All-Terrain Hunting Boot on sale today at camofire. $189 > $89. https://www.camofire.com/index.php/Deals/40 Irish Setter Rutmaster 2.0 800G. $179 > $89. https://www.camofire.com/index.php/Deals/72 Arctic Shield. $149 > $69. https://www.camofire.com/index.php/Deals/65

If your denim is wide enough (boot cut) you could get them over the neoprene but that leaves your pants exposed to the elements. So you will need a second pair of muck boots - size up six - to go over the boots-pants combo. Of course that leaves the problem of how to protect the second pair's neoprene. Duct tape. About three rolls per boot should do it.

Always good to see another Canadian.