Monday, June 8, 2020

Self-isolation Day 83.


I left the apt at 9am and walked through La Buena Mesa, passed Parva, passed San Marcos church, and up as far as the little park with the green tunnel. There I turned around and walked back to Esso then straight down to the apt arriving just before 9:30.

President Trump, who criticized Colin Kaepernick for kneeling during the national anthem, tweeted a message for Goodell late on Sunday evening. “Could it be even remotely possible that in Roger Goodell’s rather interesting statement of peace and reconciliation, he was intimating that it would now be O.K. for the players to KNEEL, or not to stand, for the National Anthem, thereby disrespecting our Country & our Flag?” he tweeted.

New Zealand dropped Covid-19 restrictions after nation declared 'virus-free'.



"In 2016," George F. Will recalled, "voters were presented an unprecedentedly unpalatable choice: never had both major parties offered nominees with higher disapproval than approval numbers. Voters chose what they wagered would be the lesser blight. Now, however, they have watched him govern for 40 months and more than 40% — slightly less than the percentage that voted for him — approve of his sordid conduct."

But according to Will, voting Trump out of office this year is not enough to reverse the United States' decline — all of his Republican "enablers" in Congress must be voted out of office as well for allying themselves with a "vulgarian."



Our elevator has the new pico y cedula schedule for the next 2 weeks. Now it’s every other day starting with today.



Victor Willis, vocalist and co-founder of disco greats The Village People, told President Donald Trump to stop using two of the group’s most famous songs, “Y.M.C.A.” and “Macho Man,” at his rallies.

The World Health Organization held a media briefing to update the public on the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic:

·        Officials said the globally situation is "worsening," with 136,000 cases reported yesterday, a record for a single day.

·        Central and South America still a source of "great concern."

·        Asymptomatic spread of COVID-19 "very rare." Some current data suggests they are not likely a main driver of new infections.

The National Bureau of Economic Research, the organization in charge of determining when the US is in a recession, said 'we're in one.' And that the pandemic ended the US's longest expansion on record. But many economists think this recession won't be as long as the last one as states begin to reopen. Still, there's concern around reopening: a new study found that shutdowns may have prevented as many as 60 million infections in the US alone.

Laura sends Teresa photos of wedding dresses and asks my opinion, which I give. Today she sent men modeling men’s suits. One was wearing a blue suit with brown shoes and I told her I would never wear brown shoes with a dark suit. Teresa informed me that that’s now the fashion. I told her she should be conservative or in 20 years when they look back at the wedding photos they might laugh at the fashion. Teresa told me that’s just old thinking so later when they asked for my opinion about a suit I told her she shouldn’t be interested in my old opinion. (Maybe that will get me out of doing fashion reviews.)

A Trump replay from March 9^th: “So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!”

The US has 1,933,121  ð 1,953,138 ð 1,969,787 coronavirus cases with 110,019  ð 110,422 ð 110,951 deaths.

Per Medellin Guru, as of this afternoon Colombia has a total of 38,027  ð 39,236 ð 40,719 cases with 1,308 deaths.  Medellin has 620 ð 649 ð 677 cases, an increase of 28 from June 7^th to June 8^th.



Joke of the day

A man who just died is delivered to the mortuary wearing an expensive, expertly tailored black suit.

The mortician asks the deceased's wife how she would like the body dressed.

He points out that the man does look good in the black suit he is already wearing.

The widow, however, says that she always thought her husband looked his best in blue and that she wants him in a blue suit.

She gives the mortician a blank check and says, "I don't care what it costs, but please have my husband in a blue suit for the viewing."

The woman returns the next day for the wake.

To her delight, she finds her husband dressed in a gorgeous blue suit with a subtle chalk stripe; the suit fits him perfectly.

She says to the mortician, "Whatever this cost, I'm very satisfied. You did an excellent job and I'm very grateful. How much did you spend?"

To her astonishment, the mortician presents her with the blank check. "There's no charge," he says.

"No, really, I must compensate you for the cost of that exquisite blue suit!" she says.

"Honestly, ma'am," the mortician says, "it cost nothing.

“You see, a deceased gentleman of about your husband's size was brought in shortly after you left yesterday, and he was wearing an attractive blue suit.

“I asked his wife if she minded him going to his grave wearing a black suit instead, and she said it made no difference as long as he looked nice.

"Then it was just a matter of switching the heads."