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This could be bad as he'd be one of the more reliable votes against and trying to stop letting DOJ have those enhanced authorities they're reported to be asking for.

Never got into his music all that much, but won't deny he was a great artist of his time. Hope his family and friends find peace in their grief.

That's not going to be uncommon over the coming weeks. Businesses are going to be seeing a screeching halt to cash flow and that makes hard decisions axiomatic to a scary degree.

I'd imagine every regular ailment is going to have people second guessing themselves. This is/was the time of year when people get a little bit sick and move on with their lives if we weren't in the middle of in a paradigm shift on such things. Hoping for the best with your daughter and everyone in the home and it's just a normal seasonal thing.

California is going to beta test that whole lockdown scenario for us.

That and guns are what TGO is for!

There is a HIPAA waiver in place to get folks telehealth resources if you haven't seen it. You should see how much of it can be applicable to your practice. https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/special-topics/emergency-preparedness/notification-enforcement-discretion-telehealth/index.html

Ruh roh...if we're already taking steps to avoid "breaking the buck" on money market funds, it's getting fundamentally broken, 2008 recession style, bad out there.

The Bank of Mom & Dad is going to see a lot of lending from local branches all over the country I'd imagine.

The bailout will most likely keep them from hitting bankruptcy, but it won't put passengers in the air.

If anyone wonders why there is such a rush to get cash directly into people's hands, this part of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security COVID-19 update I get daily should clue you into the ripples our economy could get hit with if we don't do something.

The airlines need a bailout? Sure, critical infrastructure, essential for wartime scenarios to move troops...of course we'll make sure they're operational. But management and shareholders shouldn't get anything resembling a reward out of it. We should squeeze them through strings attached just as hard as they've squeezed travelers with baggage fees, preferred seating fees, shrinking seat sizes, overbooking, having to transfer planes at LaGuardia and Atlanta...all while spending 96% of their free cash flow on stock buybacks over the last decade. Maybe I'm wrong here, but I'm punitive when business tries to socialize loss when gains were quite privatized. Oh, on the COVID-19 front, my work from home adventure starts tomorrow...would have been sooner, but I was part of the rearguard getting others set up for remote work. Guess it's time to start eating some of this food I've been accumulating over the last few weeks.

I think we've all seen the medical stories coming out of Italy, and they're bad. Life is probably as interrupted there as it has been since WWII. For those who are into the ripples that could hit our markets, check this out and use the "we're 1-1.5 weeks behind Italy" logic to see what may still be headed our way financially. https://tradingeconomics.com/italy/stock-market

Another year (a wild one at that), another renewal. This site has been a joy to be a part of the last six years, and I hope for many more.

Would have loved to take advantage and consider a home purchase...but my porfolio is down 20% in the last few weeks. So it takes a pandemic to bring you out from under a rock? Good to see you posting, thanks for the link!

Bout damn time. I hate it for those business owners and their workers, but it needed to happen. The amount of people that party on Broadway, then go back home miles away within our state, and to other areas all over the country as well, is contagion defined.

I think the NRA made a logical decision in the face of events unfolding, and threats on the horizon with regards to COVID-19. I also think WLP didn't need much prompting to extend his time in hiding, and could use this unplanned dwell time to circle some wagons and pull any number of shenanigans if the crisis affords him an opportunity. The may is a bureaucratic knife fighter if nothing else. The true losers are the businesses and workers of Nashville who will be struggling from not servicing this event and any others canceled. Times are going to get tough for those who own small businesses, and hourly workers that are the backbone of an urban workforce. Also. NRA members who will have to put up with WLP for a least a little while longer are losers in this too, but they've been stuck with him for quite a while, so a few more months won't be too impactful.

No kidding. I'm a millennial, but anyone can search for the Gun Owning Cooks thread and realize I'll be just fine as long as I have a hot stove and some ingredients.

I went to the Publix in the new Capital View area of Nashville yesterday. It looked like I'd imagine Rome did after the Visigoths left after the sack in 410 AD. A lot of the staples were gone, milk, eggs, but so were frozen pizzas, which makes sense as they can last a while. Ironically,if you actually know how to meal plan and cook, there was still plenty to be had. I went ahead and picked up a 6.5lb pork shoulder at 33% off, and a few packs of andouille. Between those, the rice I already had in the cupboard, along with my spices and seasoning, I could eat well for weeks. I'll try to buy some ground beef for meat sauce and chili, as well as plenty of chicken thighs that can be made into plenty of things when the shelves fill back up, and before the next panic wave and keep it frozen. I'll be set for a good while then.

We're probably getting the virus we deserve, but natural selection will take the wrong batch of people, and I don't see us getting smarter as a result. Darwin's batting average isn't as high as one might hope it to be.

Essentially, they're making sure the gears stay lubed. "Injected" means the Fed, using their autonomous authority as a central bank, decided to make that money available to financial institutions as loans on very, very friendly terms, so they can in turn prevent bank runs. The money is meant to let them continue to operate and make loans that businesses and individuals rely on, lest this medical crisis have a financial one (credit freeze like in 2008) pop up on top of it as things get tough. The banks just get favorable terms on these loans because the theory is without those institutions being strong, the economy as a whole will be at risk. It's not a silver arrow or anything, just a preemptive step, and a sign they see this as nothing to be lethargic about.

I hope my father and stepmother in Pennsylvania have someone that can see if they need help. Phone calls and text messages only go so far as ways to keep up with their needs as things could get tight quick.

It's not the death rate that makes COVID-19 a problem, it's the rate of proliferation, and the threat to overwhelm our existing systems. That's why all the measures being taken are to "flatten the curve" so the impact can be spread out over as much time as possible where resources can handle demand. Your own quoted stats here are over a full year, this has the potential to pack its peak into weeks, like it is in other countries at the moment.

The NBA has just suspended its season because a player tested positive. If a grinding halt to a business with annual revenues in the billions doesn't make you think it's getting real out there and about to get worse, I don't know what will.

Here's something else to consider for folks that aren't inclined to think about the strict medical side of all this...how many folks can your work lose to sick days or quarantine before the organization becomes ineffective? The answer is probably well less than 100%. I'm sure not all of us are blessed with a work from home capacity, especially in manufacturing, retail, customer services, and other fields. Really, unless your job can be done on a personal computer or work laptop from home, this could impact you without you ever getting sick by forcing your job to enact unpaid furloughs, or having some service you rely on enact measures that restrict your day to day lives. Just a thought.