[AGL] hundreds on the street - no masks

[Frances Morey]

Overly simplistic on your part, Mike. Sorry, Charlie, we only cater to
tunas with good taste.
Best,
Frances

On Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 11:19 AM Michael Eisenstadt <
mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Frances,
>
> Your figures are all mixed up. Check out this article in Forbes Magazine -
> https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2020/09/28/yes-donald-trump-is-still-a-billionaire-that-makes-his-750-tax-payment-even-more-scandalous/#518af0dd2885
>
> By their estimate Trump is worth about $2.5 billion dollars net of his
> debts. Trump made poor investment decisions but made yet more canny
> investments. He inherited it is said about $200 million dollars from his
> father consisting of hundreds of residential apartment houses in Brooklyn
> and Queens. However, those apartments were under rent control. Trump
> liquidated those properties and put that money into building new
> residential buildings in Manhattan which were not under rent control and
> multiplied his inheritance many times over.
>
> Bottom line - Biden is for bad things, Trump is good things. Biden voted
> for the Iraq war, Trump has a very good record on foreign affairs: no new
> wars. Trump is a patriot and is against the rewriting of American history
> and the toppling of statues of our founding fathers, Biden is a puppet in
> the hands of the left wing of the Democratic party which supports Black
> Lives Matter, Antifa, critical race theory, which is supported -
> surprisingly - by big business. Trump is against illegal immigration which
> immiserates the working class, Biden is in favor of legalizing resident
> illegals.
>
> Mike
>
> On 10/25/2020 10:28 AM, Frances Morey wrote:
>
> 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
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>>> Eisenstadt
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2020 4:41 PM
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>>> 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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