[cruzan_flame13]

Wow... This conversation... Coronavirus craziness on full display. And I thought the Living in Lynchburg Facebook page had some real loonies.
Yacht... You are exempt from this assessment!

"The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. " ~ H. L. Mencken

[TH Spangler]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news ... -wuhan-lab

Sounds like helping the Chinese communist party is very profitable for some universities.

[rogers3]

Wow... This conversation... Coronavirus craziness on full display. And I thought the Living in Lynchburg Facebook page had some real loonies.
Yacht... You are exempt from this assessment!

"The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. " ~ H. L. Mencken

And difficult times always brings out the conspiracies.

[Purple Haize]

Wow... This conversation... Coronavirus craziness on full display. And I thought the Living in Lynchburg Facebook page had some real loonies.
Yacht... You are exempt from this assessment!

"The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. " ~ H. L. Mencken

And difficult times always brings out the conspiracies.

Hey! My video was legit! Once you have the Colonels Secret recipe you DO crave it Fortnightly!

[TH Spangler]

Wow... This conversation... Coronavirus craziness on full display. And I thought the Living in Lynchburg Facebook page had some real loonies.
Yacht... You are exempt from this assessment!

"The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. " ~ H. L. Mencken

That quote made me think about Pastor JD's message from Apr 26th.

[rogers3]

[TH Spangler]

Sent a pm.

Did anyone Catch Watters show last night? Interesting interview at the 24:40 mark.

[jbock13]

I understand what you're saying. People need jobs, food around the world. It troubles me more when Communist labor and capitalist greed get together.

Saw an interview with Mark Cuban, he's helping Trump bring manufacturing home. He said it will be advanced manufacturing when it returns. It will take 1/3 as many workers but be so efficient it will be able to kick Chinas butt. The jobs will be middleclass. He suggest a 19% taxes on advanced manufacturing goods. Use the money to strengthen Medicare and Social Security.

I'm okay with punishing China, but why do we need to strengthen Medicare and Social Security? Both are examples of generational theft by Ponzi scheme.

Do a little research. The money we paid in should be there for those blessed to live past 67. Think about how many people pay in and then go home early. The government has dipped into it for other things. I thought it was a pretty good idea to tax advanced manufactured goods. A robot will not need social security. If two guys and a robot can produce like 20 it could be the solution.

Are you certain the answer isn't really that Trump is for it, so you are?

[ballcoach15]

If anyone has connections with the Governor, tell him to "lift the lock down on college message boards"

[thepostman]

Does the governor now control when college athletic starts back up? If so that would sure create more for us to talk about.

I'm kind of tired of talking about COVID-19 and I'm sure others are too. That, combined with no live sports, and a sports message board sure doesn't have a lot to talk about.

[FlamesHighontheTide]

Obviously a sitting president can be impeached and I am assuming a sitting Governor can too. Someone help me fill in the gaps on this as it has been decades since I was in an American history class. I live in Montana so I have no dog in the fight when it comes to Virginia politics but the more I learn about Northam the more my heart breaks for him because of the wickedness he pushes in VA. Especially how hardcore he is towards murdering babies.

[thepostman]

What would the basis of removal of office be based on?

The democrats may think they can remove a president from office because they don't like them but that isn't reality. I would hope Republicans wouldn't also fall for that trap.

[tyndal23]

Obviously a sitting president can be impeached and I am assuming a sitting Governor can too. Someone help me fill in the gaps on this as it has been decades since I was in an American history class. I live in Montana so I have no dog in the fight when it comes to Virginia politics but the more I learn about Northam the more my heart breaks for him because of the wickedness he pushes in VA. Especially how hardcore he is towards murdering babies.

Depends on the state constitution. Some states have recall ( initiated by x number of signatures ) then a Ballot box vote ( can be special vote or included with next scheduled state vote ) it’s how Arnold Schwarzenegger became gov of CA back in the day. You have to be a really bad governor to be recalled in CA. There wasn’t any specific cause or legal issue that I can remember.

[Yacht Rock]

I worked on the recall campaign back in the day. There were several issues that led to Davis' recall.

[tyndal23]

I worked on the recall campaign back in the day. There were several issues that led to Davis' recall.

It wasn’t legal or ethics was it or am I remembering wrong ?

[TH Spangler]

TH Spangler, If we wanted to read Tucker Carlson's thoughts, we'd just watch Tucker Carlson.

Here a story for Tucker. How the China plague has affected private and public sector employees at the airports.

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/3/31 ... -tsa-agent

[thepostman]

I thought public sector workers were immune to all!!?? I'm confused

[TH Spangler]

I thought public sector workers were immune to all!!?? I'm confused

Only to furloughs, layoffs, firings and pay or benefit cuts.

[rtb72]

I thought public sector workers were immune to all!!?? I'm confused

Only to furloughs, layoffs, firings and pay or benefit cuts.

Not completely....

https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/healt ... a27e7dddf3

[rogers3]

TH Spangler, If we wanted to read Tucker Carlson's thoughts, we'd just watch Tucker Carlson.

Here a story for Tucker. How the China plague has affected private and public sector employees at the airports.

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/3/31 ... -tsa-agent

Glad it is only in China.

[TH Spangler]

I thought public sector workers were immune to all!!?? I'm confused

Only to furloughs, layoffs, firings and pay or benefit cuts.

Not completely....

https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/healt ... a27e7dddf3

""Furloughs were instated for NCDOT executive leadership beginning on Saturday, May 16. Next week, the next level of management will also be furloughed (these are the 10 guys standing around the ditch) Finally, should it be required, the remainder of the NCDOT workforce will begin furloughs on May 30 (this is the one guy in the hole that knows how to use a shovel"" Sorry, couldn't help myself. Would be interesting to know if the furloughs are paid. And if they are recalled as soon as it runs out.

[TH Spangler]

TH Spangler, If we wanted to read Tucker Carlson's thoughts, we'd just watch Tucker Carlson.

Here a story for Tucker. How the China plague has affected private and public sector employees at the airports.

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/3/31 ... -tsa-agent

Glad it is only in China.

Looking more and more like the Chinese communist government allowed their international flights to keep spreading it, while grounding their domestic ones to stop it from spreading inside their country.

[adam42381]

Here a story for Tucker. How the China plague has affected private and public sector employees at the airports.

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/3/31 ... -tsa-agent

Glad it is only in China.

Looking more and more like the Chinese communist government allowed their international flights to keep spreading it, while grounding their domestic ones to stop it from spreading inside their country.

But I thought Trump issued a China travel ban?

[TH Spangler]

Glad it is only in China.

Looking more and more like the Chinese communist government allowed their international flights to keep spreading it, while grounding their domestic ones to stop it from spreading inside their country.

But I thought Trump issued a China travel ban?

Thank goodness. You owe him big time. Biden called him racist for doing it.

[rtb72]

Only to furloughs, layoffs, firings and pay or benefit cuts.

Not completely....

https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/healt ... a27e7dddf3

""Furloughs were instated for NCDOT executive leadership beginning on Saturday, May 16. Next week, the next level of management will also be furloughed (these are the 10 guys standing around the ditch) Finally, should it be required, the remainder of the NCDOT workforce will begin furloughs on May 30 (this is the one guy in the hole that knows how to use a shovel"" Sorry, couldn't help myself. Would be interesting to know if the furloughs are paid. And if they are recalled as soon as it runs out.

They aren't paid. The Secretary of DOT was replaced in February and the new Secretary implemented the furloughs when the budget started to tank. Ironically, we had a vetoed budget last year because the Republican Legislature refused to expand medicaid. NC would be in much worse shape had the Legislature appeased the Governor and his demands for spending. As it is....NC is operating on 2018 budget so there were limited spending increases. Unfortunately for DOT...it doesn't appear that was enough. Also had to endure a lot of lost revenue from past hurricanes. Thankfully, the Legislature were able to boost the "rainy day" fund to nearly 1.2 billion over the past few years....that will help off set. Just curious...does Va have a "rainy day" fund?