[AGL] hundreds on the street - no masks

[Frances Morey]

Dear Mike, et al,
I do find much agreement with you, Mike. Yet Trump's $400 Million in Debt
obliges him to someone, or someone's, for sure. Any "businessman" who
inherits $4 Million from his father and ends up $400 Million in debt is
questionable in my book as to his qualifications for the title, businessman.

Yes Biden sold his soul time and again to remain capable and ready to "work
across the aisle" yet it is our blessing that he, too, could be a one-term
president. He and I are age-mates. He may make just half a term since our
peers are dying like the actual flies, one of which so notoriously
decorated Pence's hair.

Biden's chance at redemption is at hand. He could win a chance to reunite
the party and save the middle class, as well as the environment, through
progressive legislation the populace demands. Such legislation could
rightfully originate in congress where laws are made. He wouldn't dare
neglect to sign the bills. His place in history is at stake.

Best,
Frances

On Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 6:55 AM Michael Eisenstadt <
mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com> wrote:

> I naively assumed that Gov. Abbott was just looking out for the survival
> of the bar industry in an eleemosynary spirit. As Frances points out, the
> ploy of reimagining bars as restaurants and letting them reopen was simply
> to keep the sales tax monies flowing to the state the health of the public
> be damned. In a parallel universe, an enlightened public would rise up and
> recall Abbott from office. Don't hold your breath!
>
> What an election! Whoever wins Biden or Trump we lose: both crooks, the
> former in addition to being financially corrupt a captive of the worst
> tendencies of the age, namely the movements working to overthrow the
> intellectual and moral heritage of Western civilization. The latter, a
> narcissist as Frances notes yet strangely his own man and not in the pocket
> of special interests so far as is known unlike Biden who has been owned
> lock stock and barrel by the credit card giants domiciled in his home state
> of Delaware.
>
> On 10/24/2020 11:49 PM, Frances Morey wrote:
>
> The state of Texas enjoyed a million dollars a day in alcohol taxes
> collected by the bar keeps--that factoid I learned over a decade ago. No
> telling what it is since then. The state's self interest is at stake more
> than public health. The third spike is under way. We'll see how closely the
> death rate follows.
>
> Trump as role model Narcissist in Chief disparaged face covering turning
> it into a political statement. I sure hope he doesn't win a second term.
> That could cause COVID-19 to linger in the populace for the rest of my
> lifetime. I have learned to be cautious, masking up in public and avoiding
> crowded situations--so far so good.
> Best,
> Frances
>
> On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 8:05 PM Michael Eisenstadt <
> mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> litigated, not ligitated
>>
>> On 10/24/2020 7:30 PM, Michael Eisenstadt wrote:
>>
>> Jim,
>>
>> Yes, the deaths from Covid in Travis Co. and elsewhere are a very small
>> number. Some have explained that as improved treatment regimens in the
>> hospitals. Hospitalizations, though, are going up at a fairly steep curve
>> and many midwestern states are running out of ICU beds. We need better
>> statistics on the severity of infection, how many are unsymptomatic for
>> example. If we take Dr. Fauci seriously, he suggested that wearing masks in
>> public should be made mandatory. But AFAIK that is impossible in our system
>> of government in which that sort of decision devolves on the states and
>> cannot be ordered by the Federal government. Only during WW II did the
>> Federal government take over overall direction of the country. That was
>> possible because it reflected the will of the people. Nowadays, any
>> presidential executive order mandating masks would be opposed and ligitated
>> in the courts for god knows how long.
>>
>> Back to the facts: young people are not wearing masks in public as we saw
>> today and it seems they will be infected in large numbers and will spread
>> it to their families.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On 10/24/2020 5:07 PM, James Holland wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>>
>>
>> What would you say to the rejoinder that although the tested positivity
>> rate is going up, that number by itself may well be misleading, in that
>> there's no corresponding spike in deaths, even allowing for time lag? Ref:
>> https://txdshs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/ed483ecd702b4298ab01e8b9cafc8b83
>>
>>
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Austin-ghetto-list [mailto:austin-ghetto-list-bounces at pairlist.net
>> <austin-ghetto-list-bounces at pairlist.net>] On Behalf Of Michael
>> Eisenstadt
>> Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2020 4:41 PM
>> To: austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net
>> Subject: [AGL] hundreds on the street - no masks
>>
>>
>>
>> We just drove to Whole Foods along 6th street. Lo and behold, all the
>>
>> bars were open and the streets were full of hundered of young drinkers
>>
>> none of them wearing masks. We could see many outdoor tables full of
>>
>> revelers. Bars are allowed to retitle themselves as restaurants - that
>>
>> means having to buy a $5 bag of chips. That arrangement is ridiculous.
>>
>> Abbott cares more about bars open for business than he does for public
>>
>> safety.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mask wearing is not obligatory in Texas - thanks Gov. Abbott - and the
>>
>> rate of infections is increasing mightily, so we will never be free of
>>
>> the pandemic at this rate, not in my abreviated lifetime.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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