>God Bless the U.S.A.

He surely hasn't as of late. A sizable percentage of our population is unwilling/unable to adapt or even act in their own self interest.

Quote from: rcjordan on March 25, 2020, 01:48:02 PM
The Black Death, a plague that first devastated Europe in the 1300s, had a silver lining.[/sup]

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200701-how-the-black-death-make-the-rich-richer

QuoteThe sudden loss of at least a third of Europe's population didn't lead to an even redistribution of wealth for everyone else. Instead, people responded to the devastation by keeping money within the family

Why Won't Cops Wear Masks?

In New York City, widespread use of masks is keeping COVID-19 numbers low — but the cops don't seem be onboard

QuoteScher says the account receives a few dozen complaints a day of NYPD officers not wearing masks, and plans to use its database to author a study regarding the percentage of cops who wear masks at protests. "The typical responses are, 'I can't breathe,' 'This is a free country,' 'It's a recommendation, not the law,'" he says. (In fact, in New York state, it is a law for people within six feet of each other to wear a mask.)

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/nypd-masks-bella-hadid-1041003/

Police mostly lean far right in my anecdotal experiences.  I am not sure why being on the side of the grim reaper is a political stance these days, but it is.

Almost 50 North Texans Drank Bleach This Month, Poison Center Warns 'Stop, It Won't Cure COVID'

10,000 anti-lockdown protesters gather in London to claim coronavirus is 'a hoax'

Hundreds arrested in German 'anti-corona' protests

QuoteThe protests have also gained support from Robert F Kennedy Jr. The anti-vaccination campaigner, also the son of assassinated US Democratic presidential hopeful Robert F Kennedy and nephew of assassinated US President John F Kennedy, is at the demonstrations in Berlin.

Mr Kennedy told the crowd at the Victory Column that his uncle had famously addressed Berlin in 1963 to counter totalitarianism and that "today Berlin is again the front against totalitarianism", warning of a surveillance state and the power of 5G phone networks.

This new TikTok challenge has claimed 4 lives in Alabama

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/tiktoks-fatal-boat-jumping-trend-claims-4-lives-in-alabama-101688884812926.html