This was an economic reset

And here’s a prediction: many of them will never reopen. What a wonderful opportunity Mr. Virus has presented to the banks to shutter expensive pieces of real estate staffed by costly humans. Life is so much more efficient and profitable when people embrace online banking – even if they’re forced to by closed doors.

Source: Ch-ch-ch-changes — Greater Fool – Authored by Garth Turner – The Troubled Future of Real Estate

Moore says Bloomberg is a terrorist

The only thing these two have in common is their first name.

Ep. 39: Bloomberg And His Own “Kids In Cages”

2020-02-19 by Michael Moore

Web player: https://podplayer.net/?id=96392991
Episode: https://anchor.fm/s/10fc9a30/podcast/play/10474825/sponsor/a1him0i/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-02-19%2Feb4d10e4ec51def035fa8f7dcb662903.m4a

Michael Bloomberg’s commandeering of the 2020 Democratic party nomination campaign is a dangerous moment for the party and the country. If Democrats give in, it will have horrific consequences. Michael Moore lays out the truth of Bloomberg’s record and how support for Bloomberg is an endorsement of the Trumpian values we claim to have been resisting.

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The Trumpian Liberalism of Michael Bloomberg By Jamelle Bouie https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/opinion/michael-bloomberg-stop-and-frisk.html
Michael Bloomberg Puts Democrats in Moral Peril
By Osita Nwanevu
https://newrepublic.com/article/156596/michael-bloomberg-puts-democrats-moral-peril
Michael Bloomberg’s Polite Authoritarianism
He never hid his callous indifference to civil liberties; too many people just didn’t care.
By Alex Pareene
https://newrepublic.com/article/156560/michael-bloombergs-polite-authoritarianism

A Republican Plutocrat Tries To Buy The Democratic Nomination
No Democrat should consider Michael Bloomberg as a candidate.
By Nathan Robinson
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/02/a-republican-plutocrat-tries-to-buy-the-democratic-nomination

As Bloomberg rises, Democrats are stumbling toward disaster
By Greg Sargent
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/02/18/bloomberg-rises-democrats-are-stumbling-towards-disaster/

Why Is Bloomberg’s Long History of Egregious Sexism Getting a Pass?
By Laura Bassett
https://www.gq.com/story/bloomberg-sexism

Mike Bloomberg for years has battled women’s allegations of profane, sexist comments
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/michael-bloomberg-women/
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The Shocking Truth About Defibrillators – IEEE Spectrum

A recent article on a AED scavenger hunt got me interested in the topic, since I am interested in heart health. Having a working app seems like a great idea, similar to the Plugin App for finding electric car charging stations.

Yet despite the enormous investment in these AEDs, the death rate from sudden cardiac arrest is no better than it was 20 years ago. It still kills more Americans than lung, breast, and prostate cancers and AIDS combined. Worldwide, it kills about 7 million people a year.

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In November 2007, Anna Malofiy awoke in her Southampton, Pa., home to find her husband, Eugene, shaking and unresponsive. She called 911 and attempted cardiopulmonary resuscitation. A few minutes later, a police officer arrived with an automated external defibrillator (AED), the Powerheart model, made by Cardiac Science Corp. By administering an electric shock, such devices can save your life if your heart stops beating.

Source: The Shocking Truth About Defibrillators – IEEE Spectrum

Bernie kill shot and oil is the devil’s excrement

If you associate Bernie for president 2020 with socialism approaching communism, which most do, then watching this look at the destroyed state of Venezuela will swing you hard to the right.

A good part of the video includes a quote from the Oil Minister of Venezuela from the 1960s. He states, “ten years from now, twenty years from now, you will see; oil will bring us ruin. Oil is the Devil’s excrement.”

My guess is that the US would rather have Venezuela look like Colombia, which appears to be at the other side of the spectrum.

Both countries are sad cases compared to here, but it looks like Venezuela’s situation is more dire.