May a little smile visit your face this morning:

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

And dancing the Polka is Great exercise!

Latest number of cases of COVID-19 by country. [ft.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

According to the NY Times daily feed,China is claiming that they have had "no new cases" in the last several days. I do not believe them!!!!!!!! For one reason, because theses type of virus (like the flu/common cold) mutate rapidly & cause reinfection, (nobody has Ever had a cold just once, have they? ).And 2 because a lot of money can be made selling "cures" & " preventatives" to frightened people worldwide & they have figured this out.

I met a person recently who was so afraid of how our current situation would affect Trump when it ...

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

Buwahahahaaaaaaaaa!

I bought a bidet a week before the panic started and it makes me so satisfied every time I see a ...

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

I have one on the way, maybe arriving today!

Donald Trump would like everyone to say 'thank you' for his coronavirus actions - CNNPolitics

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

Hold yer breath, you freakin' incompetent asshat!

Another jewel from the republitard party! [rawstory.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

GeebusHXrist am I sick of these nitwits!

I've been seeing coronavirus statistics , comparing age groups of percentages who've caught the ...

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

New statistics today, Thursday, saying age group mid 40's-early 5's is dying fastest, as per my NY Times daily feed

Cases of COVID-19 world wide. Canada is less than a 1000. [rwer.wordpress.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

At the time of posting, true, BUT probably tripling every 24 hours or less as it is everywhere. The real problem is, there are always heart attacks, broken bones, and etc....but if all the beds and ER is filled, what are you going to do, where are you going to go for help? Do not get sick or ill if there is no help to be had......

This may be a bit dark for some but I can see this coming south of the border.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

Sounds Deeelish! And readily available ingredients, too

From Italy... a letter from your future. [washingtonpost.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

Th his perfect tly points up the real problems, soon to come here: 1. Not enough supplies to use on everyone for the virus 2. No available care for Anything else...heart attack, broken wrist, etc?...too bad so sad.

things that make you go hmmmmmmmm

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

Could have lived without the fish hook in the finger....

Many people are pushing fake virus cures and are being called out for it.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

Google things before you send anybody any money! Fear makes ya stupid!

You cannot "boost" your immune system (and you really wouldn't want to anyhow) - Beware of scams -...

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

Fear makes you stupid. Google things before you send anybody any money!

Dick and Jane and Coronavirus. PLEASE READ!!!!!!!

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

Absolutely TRUE!

To understand the risks associated with how the Coronavirus spreads, we need to understand the ...

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

This is the true problem....do not get an illness or injury OF ANY KIND in the next few months!

So... I realized last night that eventually, this whole TP shortage will affect my love life!

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

Annnnddddddd....????

Push Trump off a Cliff Again! [pushtrumpoffacliffagain.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

Oh, freakin' AAAAAAA!

A possible drug to cure or prevent Coronavirus infection: [covidtrial.io]

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

There are A Lot of weird Capitalizations, poor use of contractions and other language oddities in this article. In addition, no antibiotic is, or ever has been, useful in any way against a virus. Nor do they explain how something spread by mosquitoes (malaria) could have any bearing whatsoever on a droplet-borne virus. In addition, when I Google some of the acronyms supposedly bolstering the CV of the doctors involved, a lot of them look bogus. BEWARE! In addition, there is a handy line in the article where you can "click to donate"...methinks a bunch of grifters, sorry.

Want to remind everyone out there to watch out for click bait on the virus.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

Several bogus "I saw it on the internet so it must be true" posts on here already about antibiotics and other BS. Please Google things before you pass them on...antibiotics have Never, ever worked on viruses, only on secondary infections the virus might cause.

Trump Invokes Defense Production Act At a White House press conference, President Trump claimed...

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

He announced today, Thursday, that he Is invoking it.

New York City Weighs Turning Hotels Into Hospitals Hotels could be used for patients without the ...

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

Right, because there are oxygen lines and heart monitors just waiting to be used right there in every room.......better than a tent in the street, for sure, but the fact that they are talking about it at all means you better not get sick with Anything for quite awhile!

[youtu.be]

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

Ohferpetessake........WTACTUALF????!!!!! Horrifying! Stop touching stuff, people! Just Stop!

Why does Agnostic.com only have less than 51,000 members ?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

I was here 2 years ago, and it was a much more wonderful place! I have no desire to see the numbers go up!

Quarantine in ND.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

Last week there were N O cases in CT. Yesterday we had the first death. Next week over 1,000 cases expected, which, since we have No testing, is just conjecture. Could be 20,000 in 2 weeks.

Cases of COVID-19 world wide. Canada is less than a 1000. [rwer.wordpress.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

Ummm, last Wednesday the USA had less than 600 cases......

I clearly fit in this category.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 19, 2020:

Your profile states "here for community" which means you do not want meet "dates" (of whatever# or gender). You will find we respect your stated wishes, so if that is not was hat you mean/want, changing your profile would be place to start.

Bluewater nature trail near to where I live

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 18, 2020:

Lovely!

Supermarkets here are getting stripped by panic buying.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 18, 2020:

Went to my local Aldi's today...other than a few "limit 2 per customer" on a few items, and no toilet paper, I got everything else I needed easily.

[youtube.com] introspective music for us

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 18, 2020:

I always liked them!

Another virus that seems to be going around Epstein-Barr Virus (known as the kissing disease: ...

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 18, 2020:

How about if people keep their paws (and whatevers) to themselves?!?!

🌴 No bread at the supermarket today but plenty of beefcake!

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 18, 2020:

Wanna find the UPC code to check the price......

More COVID-19 drive-up testing sites created as Illinois confirms first virus death COVID-19 ...

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 18, 2020:

CT today reported its' first death as well...we have No testing sites, or tests/testing places that i know of. Update, approx. 100 deaths as of today, Thursday. Still no testing/testing places........

Haven’t been around much, just an update.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 18, 2020:

Mazeltov!

🌴 No bread at the supermarket today but plenty of beefcake!

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 18, 2020:

Well, hellloooo, sailor!

To give him credit, for once he's right.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 18, 2020:

GeebusEffinXrist!

China to restrict US journalists [bbc.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 18, 2020:

Gee, adjust as they are claiming their coronavirus is winding down/being controlled, too.......

I'm feeling emotional pain.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 18, 2020:

Stop giving others such power over you!

Physicists Chip Away at a Mystery: Why Does Glass Exist?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 18, 2020:

Ummm, what? It is found in campfires if built on the correct type of sand. It is found in the debris of nuclear reactions (like an atom bomb) all you need is the correct, or close to correct, combo of silica sand & heat.

I have been reading about chloroquinone and a hydroxychloroquinone and azithromyxin combo to treat ...

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 18, 2020:

Ummm, no........

Honk Responsibly. Advice from Mumbai Police 😂🤣

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 18, 2020:

Absolute GENIUS!

NICHOLAS PAYTON. WEST END BLUES. [youtube.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 18, 2020:

Just great!

omg .

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 18, 2020:

Gee, I have not seen such a classy act in, IDK, my entire life. Makes all those" Housewives of...." look like Miss Manners

25000 years old structure from mammoth bones

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Cool! wood rots, harbors insects, is a fire hazard, and on the steppes in Very short supply! Using readily available pretty indestructible stuff is what people are supposed to use their brains for!

Our future is in good hands ... only the best minds are being consulted ... [thedailybeast.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 17, 2020:

I am comforted Beyond Belief here......

[alternet.org]

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Not all that over the top, IMO, all based on actual facts.

[newyorker.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 17, 2020:

I would give thanks, maybe even tithe!

Trump tweets about coronavirus using term 'Chinese Virus'

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 17, 2020:

He is an IDIOT, they come in a wide range of sizes, ages, colors, etc......

In the US: Where the hell is my access to testing?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 17, 2020:

There are no actual tests, unless as drump stated 3 days ago, we go take them from the VA, along with masks, etc....becuz no VA clients might have preexisting conditions.....

The boy cat ... Jango

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 17, 2020:

I'm thinking he takes No shit of any kind......

I look out my window at the normally busy but now empty street.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 17, 2020:

One of the nintended side effects of this is, no turnover of food in restaurants will lead to salmonella & the like quite quickly.

Is there anyone else here, like me, who doesn't watch Youtube?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 17, 2020:

I go there to learn songs for karaoke.

We are living in challenging times.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Bah, humbug! What situation, ever, has been improved by being mealy-mouthed?

Steven Novella on being anti-intellectual during a pandemic. [theness.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 17, 2020:

This author must be a favorite commentator on Faux......

Sometimes the trash takes itself out... [dailykos.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Karma, baby!

I’m trying to learn about what people think is ok when it comes to boundaries, especially friends ...

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Keep your paws to yourself, massage is not appropriate workplace behavior! Also this person, in addition to letting you touch them is starting to dump their personal woes on you. You are teetering on the rim of the spiderweb...FLEE!

Polaris is still a scientific mystery: [livescience.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Learning something new even though house-bound! Wonderful!

STELLA'S BEST LEAF JUMPS OF ALL TIME [youtube.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Absolutely LOL! If this dog comes up missing, I don't have her, ooh, noooooo.......

Hilarious irony, hiding behind heroes, transubstantiation does not occur ...[vimeo.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Great job of photoshopping! Speaking in complete sentences, just Wow!

Starting now in Denver/Colorado according to my daughter

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Just stay home except for grocery/drugstores. And wash your hands after you put the stuff you brought home away, and keep your hands away from your face! (Which is Not easy....practice self-awareness of where your hands are at all times

Under Pressure from Fox News, Obama to Stop Making Stocks Plummet | The New Yorker

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Yuppers

THE CURE FOR CORONAVIRUS HAS GONE VIRAL....[nymag.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Just sad that nothing has changed since The Black Death was rampant

My Redbuds trees came in bloom this past week.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Love redbud! So hardy & cheerful!

What to do with no tp

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Check for poison ivy first!

Maybe I hurt her feelings?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Gee, another golden opportunity down the crapper.....

Trump January20: I know more about viruses than anyone.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 17, 2020:

The lack of leadership has been a serious factor since Day 1. I am so glad my state governor (Lamont, CT) has taken a step up, and I see some others have too.

Was I dead when I had no heart in me.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 16, 2020:

Maybe, but that Nothing you experienced is Exactly what I experienced twice when dead for a bit of time. Why do you expect anything else?

The Anti-Trump Ad Perfect: [dailykos.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 16, 2020:

"The media could not be played"...either of them.

Trump Proposes 16% Cut To CDC As Global Number Of Coronavirus Infections And Deaths Rise

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 16, 2020:

Of course he does.......

An article discussing how all the coverage on coronavirus can be more stressful for people with ...

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 16, 2020:

I have several problem conditions that could contribute to my problems with this and I BY FAR prefer being updated in real time! Ignorance is Not bliss, never was on anything, except people who enjoy patronizing others.

US capitalism’s response to the pandemic: Nothing for health care, unlimited cash for Wall Street ...

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 16, 2020:

And if you do not have testing, you can claim all is peachy-keen!

[youtube.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 16, 2020:

Watch out for inadvertent overdose of Vitamin D...it is in a lot of other pills, like multi-vitamns & Calcium supplements....can build up in fatty tissue, Not a good thing!

There is nothing like a slow Sunday morning. [youtube.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 16, 2020:

I saw that movie in an actual theater!

It looks like it is not just Obama that Trump wants to show was wrong, who thought that we would ...

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 16, 2020:

The number of deaths will sadly reflect this lack of leadership in very short order.

Nudibranch

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 16, 2020:

Too cool, and funny!

These are from last August while on vacation in Digby.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 16, 2020:

Beautiful photos of a beautiful place

🌯🥔🍅🐔🐄.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 16, 2020:

Going today, running low on fresh fruits & veggies......I figure about 2 pm the place should be fairly empty & rest8cked from the weekend.

N.J. bill to remove religion as reason to avoid vaccinating kids enrages parents at hearing - nj.com

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Once upon a time, all states did have such a law...no vaccinations, no school for you!

Well this is going to be a boring couple of weeks? Any ideas for self entertainment?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2020:

DIY projects inside & out, sewing, tons of unread books, starting watching Grey's Anatomy (never seen it!)on Netflix.....also several new "personal toys" to try.......

Donald Trump Tried To Purchase Exclusive Rights To A Coronavirus Vaccine, Report Says

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Since he is a disgusting "human being" at best, it wouldn't surprise me At All.

The longer I spend my time without a partner, the less I want one.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2020:

FWB! Anticipation, participation, and never losing control of the remote!

This will kill Corona [youtube.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Nope, not watching this....

Being under technical house arrest means there's not much to do, so I have been dragging out my ...

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Yes, I too have been "pacing myself"...instead of that horrid inner voice nagging me to Do It Now

Do you listen to religious music?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2020:

At Xmas I try to attend a community sing featuring the Hallelujah Chorus. So amazing to be a part of it!

Ark Encounter and the Creation Museum Refuse to Close During Coronavirus Scare | Hemant Mehta | ...

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2020:

I hope they offer discounts so they can fill up wall to wall!

Democrats and Their Media Allies Impugned Biden’s Cognitive Fitness. Now They Feign Outrage.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2020:

"Impugning" implies lying. Pointing out very glaring examples is not "impugning".

So Governments are saying don't wear masks because they offer no protection from Covid19.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2020:

They are telling you that because there are not enough masks to go around, and health care workers actually Need the ones there are. And you misunderstand about the washing your hands thing...yes you are in your home. Bring in the mail and/or a package? Sign the receipt for fuel delivery? Open that mail/package? Take a can of something out of the cabinet? Coronavirus, unlike other viruses, can live on hard surfaces for DAYS. in addition, where did you get the idea it has "disappeared" from China, etc... NOT !

What's really important...

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Better hairdo & less fake tan, otherwise, Meh.

Greek Orthodox church says 'holy cup cannot carry disease', allows congregations to share spoon - ...

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Dumber than drump...who knew?

This short article is a good summary on the flawed nature of nutritional epidemiological research.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Excellent points! I had a girlfriend who watched a lot of daytime TV and would run to the drugstore as soon as anybody mentioned a supplement.....making herself a guinea pig, IMO. When questioned, she relied, "It's Natural" Well, sweetie, so is cocaine, heroin, asbestos, arsenic, uranium, lead, aaannndd etc. etc

Randy Rainbow's newest. [youtube.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2020:

The very best part is when the closed-captioning under drump is left Blank!

Love Randy; Watch this timely presentation about COVID 19 and Trump.... [youtube.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2020:

The best part of this terrific parody is where the closed-captioning under drumpy is Blank!

Empty Store Shelves, Shortages, High Anxiety Make no mistake.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2020:

To blame government for Your stupid hoarding mentality, never mind an entire philosophy of governance, is just Stupid!

Trump calls for "national day of prayer" - after all, why waste money on testing kits, gaining an ...

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Because there are Not enough test kits, by far.....

🐟🐻. Gone fishing

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2020:

The one on the left looks kinda Stupid!

What are your personal pet peeves about religous people?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Not MINDING THEIR OWN BUSINESS. Everything else would be just peachy, but they get preachy.

The governor of my state held a news conference yesterday with the mayor of my city and other ...

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Except watching Italy, and now Spain.........

Trump, in his evil, will not get tested.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Ummm, today the 14th he stated on live tv he had been tested.

Over 300 Minor Planets Discovered Beyond Neptune: [iflscience.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Is this going to be like Pluto, once not a planet, then a planet, then not, now maybe?

In combating the dread and fear which is settling upon us all, having a sense of humor is essential.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Cool!

Worried about the shortage of booty paper in the upcoming coronapocolypse?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Guess I'll see if they have one on Amazon.....