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https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/protesters-rally-at-arizona-capitol-to-open-the-state-back-up-amid-covid-19-pandemic

PHOENIX - Protesters surrounded the Arizona State Capitol Sunday morning but in a different kind of way.

They rallied from inside their cars calling for Governor Doug Ducey to reopen the state during the coronavirus pandemic.

They say they want to get back to work after being ordered to stay home.

From noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, you could hear the message loud and clear. As we continue to see a rise in COVID-19 cases, demonstrators told state leaders to get out of their way.

The horns didn't stop for hours as protesters proudly waved the American Flag in traffic. It was gridlock traffic they purposely created to make a statement, calling it “Operation Gridlock Arizona.”

“We’re here to liberate Arizona," said organizer Bill Way. "Governor Ducey, flip the switch.”

NOOOOOO!

Pharmacist friend of mine in SE TX says that her hospital is making her work much fewer hours with much decreased pay, because they cleaned out hospitals in preparation for covid patients, and now hospitals are semi-empty as flood of dying individuals did not materialize.

NoCoupForYou says

NOOOOOO!

If we can't somehow make this in to "us against them, " life has no meaning.

marcus says

If we can't somehow make this in to "us against them, " life has no meaning.

Why it's pure coincidence that all of the TDS Sufferers consistently exaggerate and push the Andromeda Strain Covid19 is the most dangerous EVA! Narrative.

https://sports.inquirer.net/
Various sports reopening

https://sports.inquirer.net/392340/turkmenistan-football-season-restarts-with-crowds

Georgia and Tennessee reopening:
https://www.foxnews.com/us/georgia-tennessee-announce-plans-to-reopen-some-businesses-wind-down-coronavirus-stay-at-home-orders

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-shops/german-shoppers-not-rushing-back-as-stores-reopen-idUSKCN2242AG?il=0&utm_source=reddit.com

mell says.
"SF recorded 20 new cases yesterday, or less than 2% of the total of 1157. How Newsom can keep this on lockdown beyond May 1st is beyond any sanity and common sense. They need at least a partial reopening by end of April."
Don't underestimate Gavin, he has a whole 'movement' of believers to back him:
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/CDC-director-warns-second-wave-of-coronavirus-15216433.php
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-is-closing-slow-streets-15215512.php
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Cops-order-900-off-San-Mateo-County-beaches-15216038.php
https://www.sfgate.com/science/article/How-a-mild-case-of-COVID-19-can-turn-deadly-15123209.php
And of course preemptively trash any opposing views:
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Conservative-web-elevates-anti-quarantine-protests-15217687.php
Lastly, allege the virus is mutating into deadlier form(s).

Florida reopens beaches for swimming and solo tanning with social distancing, but not tanning/parties/BBQ

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/florida-continues-reopening-beaches-with-social-distancing/2223461/

georgeliberte says

Lastly, allege the virus is mutating into deadlier form(s).

Isn't it the opposite of what viruses usually do?

NoCoupForYou says

Florida reopens beaches for swimming and solo tanning with social distancing, but not tanning/parties/BBQ

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/florida-continues-reopening-beaches-with-social-distancing/2223461/

I still don't understand any place with beaches shutting them down. You'd have to be sucking a strangers mouth in that setting. It's contagious, but not that much so. I also don't think 80 year olds are bringing the keg to the beach with their nursing home buddies in tow.

Let the young people hang and have fun. At least they're consuming something producing tax dollars versus sucking them out of us through medical bill and SS.

TEOTWAWKI says

georgeliberte says

Lastly, allege the virus is mutating into deadlier form(s).

Isn't it the opposite of what viruses usually do?

Indeed.

Viruses that become too lethal rapidly eliminate themselves along with the host.

Our Country wants to move safely forward. There is a tremendous pent up demand. We will open big!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 24, 2020

Full disclosure: Just brought $3000 worth of BLMN (Bloomin Brands, owns Outback)

First thing, people are gonna ditch the homemade Pasta for a Bloomin' Onion and some beer. Including he Leftist Teachers when the economy opens.

NoCoupForYou says

Full disclosure: Just brought $3000 worth of BLMN (Bloomin Brands, owns Outback)

First thing, people are gonna ditch the homemade Pasta for a Bloomin' Onion and some beer.

For investment purposes I hope you do well. I cannot stand chain restaurants though. It simply isn't good food. I'm legit not joking that 30% of my anger over all this BS is that I can't eat at my local independent restaurants and I fear they may not open back up. The people I know losing jobs.... ugh. It's bullshit.

I'm not fat either. Eat probably healthier than most at home and we cook great stuff (per past party guest), but still like to get out 2-3 times a week for lunch or dinner. This sucks right now.

WookieMan says

For investment purposes I hope you do well. I cannot stand chain restaurants though. It simply isn't good food. I'm legit not joking that 30% of my anger over all this BS is that I can't eat at my local independent restaurants and I fear they may not open back up. The people I know losing jobs.... ugh. It's bullshit.

I also prefer mom and pops. Esp. for Italian and Chinese. I never understood Carraba's, Olive Garden, etc. Must be a Midwest/Cali thing. I never heard of LA or Minneapolis being famous for their Italian Cuisine.

I also don't get Pizza Hut or Domino's either. Shit Pizza!

All movie theaters I've seen are still closed and I suspect will be for some time.

annoyed1 says

All movie theaters I've seen are still closed and I suspect will be for some time.

Still a few Drive Ins around, wonder if they will open.

HeadSet says

Still a few Drive Ins around, wonder if they will open.

Who the fuck wants to watch a movie in a drive-in theater? Old people looking for nostalgia? You're watching the screen through your windshield. That sucks.

Anyway, the point is that a lot of businesses that revolve around crowds like theaters, restaurants, nightclubs, bars will be closed for some time. I don't see how they can open any time soon. They might not even open during the summer.

Who the fuck wants to watch a movie in a drive-in theater?

Some people have no sport. If you were to go, you would see lots of teens, families with children, as well as the "old." People often sit next to the cars in lawn chairs, in the back of minivans with the gate open, and in pickup beds with a keg. Oft times they pay a classic movie along with the current releases. It is like a big outdoor party. This is how it was last time I went with the wife and kid, about 3 years ago. I just checked online and 2 Drive Inns here in VA plan to open around May 1st.

Is San Francisco still selling social distancing open ass chaps?

I don't completely agree; but, it is Dave Chapelle

OccasionalCortex says

Were they even closed in the first place? I have a friend who lives just outside of Atlanta. What she tells me about the Georgia 'shelter-in-place experience' is nothing compared to what we have in California.

I'm just outside of Atlanta. Rush hour has been gone. I could get anywhere in the metro in minutes. It's picking up now, but I think it'll be a slow wind back up.

joshuatrio says

I'm just outside of Atlanta.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3my55/these-racist-wuhan-plague-plaques-are-popping-up-around-atlanta

Booger says

joshuatrio says

I'm just outside of Atlanta.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3my55/these-racist-wuhan-plague-plaques-are-popping-up-around-atlanta

Lol. That's gold

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/first-vancouver-farmers-market-to-open-may-2-under-covid-19-protocols-1.4910839

VANCOUVER -- Vancouver's first farmers market of the summer season will open May 2 at Trout Lake, with markets in other neighbourhoods to follow.

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The beaches are now open in the Florida panhandle (from Pensacola to Panama City Beach).

SF had a 1.2 % rise and no deaths. That's for a county of 1000000 inhabitants. How does Newsom and the city justify this shit. Why do leftoids hate America and want to see economic calamity?!

Why do leftoids hate America and want to see economic calamity?!

Like Bill Mahr said, he would not mind bringing on a recession if that is what it took to get rid of a President he doesn't like. Unlike Bill Mahr, certain Dem governors have to ability to try to bring on that recession by continually postponing return to work. The Biden campaign is already trying to blame Trump for a down economy.

HeadSet says

Why do leftoids hate America and want to see economic calamity?!

Like Bill Mahr said, he would not mind bringing on a recession if that is what it took to get rid of a President he doesn't like. Unlike Bill Mahr, certain Dem governors have to ability to try to bring on that recession by continually postponing return to work. The Biden campaign is already trying to blame Trump for a down economy.

It’s way worse than that. The left truly does hate America.

www.youtube.com/embed/w1-GrBy67LY

FuckTheMainstreamMedia says

The left truly does hate America.

Of course they do.

They have a beautiful dream of eliminating all wars and employing the poor around the world, by eliminating all borders and all patriotism.

Unfortunately, they are wrong. Eliminating borders simply exposes that country to infection and death by countries that are more aggressive, global corporations, and illegals.

It's like cutting off all your skin to be "one with nature". You'll die, and quickly, 100% guaranteed. Infectious bacteria will do VERY well though, at least until the host dies (The infectious bacteria in this case are other countries, global corporations, and bogus "migrant" men looking for easy cash and easy pussy.)

It's like a song we learned at U. Michigan in Yiddish class (took one semester of it pass/fail for kicks, from Anita Norich - hi Anita if you're out there, was a good class):

"Alluh menshen seynen brider
Vaysah shvartsah gelah broynah"
S'iz an oysgetrakte my-suh...

"All people are brothers
White black yellow brown"
It's a made-up fairy tale...

Patrick says

All people are brothers
White black yellow brown
It's a made-up fairy tale...

Not in my world. That is, I appreciate the point. It's a very Christian point of view.

You're keen on the point that races have very real differences.

But we know that for example foxes can be bred in a few short generations to be extremely aggressive or mellow and tame.

As far as differences that matter for people getting along, living together working together and so on, we're talking much less significant changes. This is why I would argue, that in the abstract, in ways that matter, we are all the same, or potentially the same.

To put it differently the variance within the racial groups is much wider than the variance from one group to the next, and then when you consider cultural priorities relative to mating decisions, it makes sense to me to say the for all intent and purposes we are the same (by racial group that is). In the long run there will be more and more interracial marriages and cultures will blend together. Certainly at some point it will make sense that we are all the same or can be considered to be the potentially same, if you know what I mean. .

Obviously the individual exists and is unique.

rd6B says

Pharmacist friend of mine in SE TX says that her hospital is making her work much fewer hours with much decreased pay, because they cleaned out hospitals in preparation for covid patients, and now hospitals are semi-empty as flood of dying individuals did not materialize.

All of these people defying social distancing orders are gonna change that. What people don't appear to understand is that the reason the infection rates are down is that we've been able to limit social interactions.

I stand by my statement; it's here, and it's scary as a mofo.

marcus says

You're keen on the point that races have very real differences.

Yes, because we are told the lie that races don't exist.

Racial differences are not such a big deal in themselves, just bell curves of characteristics which vary on average, but overlap.

But the fact that we are being lied to is the big deal.

marcus says

You're keen on the point that races have very real differences.

Cultures have differences. They aren’t compatible often.

That’s also christian view, it’s not stupidly accepting everything. God is order first and foremost.

https://abc7.com/society/heat-wave-draws-thousands-to-orange-county-beaches/6127891/

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- Tens of thousands flocked to Orange County beaches that are still open during the coronavirus pandemic as the hot weather settled over the region.

Surfers and crowds of people were seen along the Huntington Beach coast as the region is experiencing a heat wave that is expected to last through the weekend. Officials urged individuals to continue practicing physical distancing when outside, but that didn't seem to be the case Friday afternoon. Many beach goers were seen with less than six feet between them and many weren't wearing face coverings.

elliemae says

rd6B says

Pharmacist friend of mine in SE TX says that her hospital is making her work much fewer hours with much decreased pay, because they cleaned out hospitals in preparation for covid patients, and now hospitals are semi-empty as flood of dying individuals did not materialize.

All of these people defying social distancing orders are gonna change that. What people don't appear to understand is that the reason the infection rates are down is that we've been able to limit social interactions.

I stand by my statement; it's here, and it's scary as a mofo.

Scary as in "In four U.S. state prisons, nearly 3,300 inmates test positive for coronavirus -- 96% without symptoms"? Everyone is feeling a bit uneasy and you can wear a mask to protect yourself or not go out, but there's no constitutional right nor logical reason to impoverish 30-50 Million people over a bad flu-like illness/pandemic that has already touched a quarter of the population. Far more people will die early/unnatural from the imposed lockdowns due to economic hardship, depression, suicide, drug use and general poor health as a consequence from the hardship, lack of dignity and exercise.

ad says

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The beaches are now open in the Florida panhandle (from Pensacola to Panama City Beach).

Pulled the trigger yesterday. We're going to St. George Island, FL (hour or so east of PCB) for a week with 4 other families. We're all just done with this and not a single one of us personally knows a friend or family member that has even tested positive. We'll still do our social distancing duty and we plan to just stay at the house(s), but we're done. Well maybe a little golf. (This is all assuming FL removes the vacation rental ban)

Private beachfront to the average high water line, so we can use the beach regardless of any rules put in place. Private pool. Driving and brining our trailer with shitloads of gear. Would rather "self quarantine" on a beautiful beach instead of fucking IL. ~3 gas station stops and maybe a rest stop nap and we'll be there without having likely interacted with another human besides my family. My mom also has properties around Pensacola, so if I get any heat I can say it's work related (yes I know they're 4 hours apart).

mell says

but there's no constitutional right nor logical reason to impoverish 30-50 Million people over a bad flu-like illness/pandemic that has already touched a quarter of the population

And this is why we're doing my above plan.

It's much worse than that in fact.

We have financially flattened most hospitals. Most of hospitals outside of NYC have been almost empty the whole time and are running out of money.