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AnatolyKasparov wrote:Well, after last night Biden is going to be the Democratic nominee barring some total "black swan" event.

I hope it goes well, but I fear the worst.

frog222 wrote:https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer ... -1.4203718

Plenty of laughs to be had still. Laughs AT many of our 'leaders' , and the flocks at the Races

citizenJA wrote:

AnatolyKasparov wrote:Well, after last night Biden is going to be the Democratic nominee barring some total "black swan" event.

I hope it goes well, but I fear the worst.

Maybe a deal was struck amongst powerful people agreeing Trump can fall and a Democrat win the US presidency if Sanders is out and a bland Biden in.

citizenJA wrote:PorFavor makes another sublime entrance into the virtual lair.

"This is a shockingly understaffed clinic. I don’t understand why the syndics don’t request some more postings from the Medical Federation, or else cut down the number of admissions; some of these aides and doctors are working eight hours a day!"

- Rulag
The Dispossession: An Ambiguous Utopia
by Ursula K. LeGuin

adam wrote:

citizenJA wrote:PorFavor makes another sublime entrance into the virtual lair.

Searching in vain for dumplings.

(It wasn't that kind of stew - it was a layered hotpot thing. I will make that kind of stew, with dumplings, next weekend, I think.)

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Good day to bury bad news? The Department of Transport refuses to publish its internal report into London's Garden Bridge scandal which cost taxpayers £46 million. Its reason: it would prejudice the commercial interests of the Garden Bridge Trust - in liquidation since April!

PorFavor wrote:Good morfternoon.

The Government will no longer support mass gatherings. Run that one past me again . . .

Time to commandeer Private Hospitals and their facilities.

Gareth Bentham, a joint pub landlord in Altrincham, said Boris Johnson’s decision to urge people to avoid pubs means he and thousands of other landlords won’t be able to claim for the coronavirus outbreak on business interruption insurance

The head of the World Health Organizaion, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has implored governments to test more suspected cases, warning that they cannot fight the pandemic blindfolded.

...[H]e said: “We have not seen an urgent enough escalation in testing, isolation and contact tracing, which is the backbone of the response. The most effective way to prevent infections and save lives is breaking the chains of transmission. And to do that, you must test and isolate. You cannot fight the fire blindfolded. And we cannot stop this pandemic, if we don’t know who is infected. We have a simple message for all countries Test, test, test. Test every suspected case."

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Willow904 wrote:From the G liveblog:

Gareth Bentham, a joint pub landlord in Altrincham, said Boris Johnson’s decision to urge people to avoid pubs means he and thousands of other landlords won’t be able to claim for the coronavirus outbreak on business interruption insurance

I suspect it's not a coincidence that donations to the Tory party from insurance companies have grown significantly since Cameron became leader. They certainly aren't the party of the small business owner any more, that's for sure.

According to SAGE [the scientific advisory group for emergencies] it looks as though we’re now approaching the fast growth part of the upward curve. And without drastic action, cases could double every five or six days.

Willow904 wrote:From the G liveblog:

Gareth Bentham, a joint pub landlord in Altrincham, said Boris Johnson’s decision to urge people to avoid pubs means he and thousands of other landlords won’t be able to claim for the coronavirus outbreak on business interruption insurance

I suspect it's not a coincidence that donations to the Tory party from insurance companies have grown significantly since Cameron became leader. They certainly aren't the party of the small business owner any more, that's for sure.

citizenJA wrote:Johnson valiantly protecting the lives of elderly peers and MPs

AnatolyKasparov wrote:

citizenJA wrote:Johnson valiantly protecting the lives of elderly peers and MPs

Jeremy Corbyn is 71 this year.

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Massive problem for restaurants, pubs, entertainment industries. Government says don't go, but has not enforced closure, meaning none of them can claim insurance.

One event organiser tells me: "If they don't enforce any closures then pretty much the whole arts will go bust."
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6:52 PM - Mar 16, 2020 (Politics Live, Guardian)

citizenJA wrote:Mr citizen brought home imperfectly bundled own brand toilet rolls with "recycled" on the label. Good psychological marketing strategy ensuring the likelihood of everyone having enough toilet paper, I thought.

The government is sending mixed messages. Johnson's coronavirus briefings may make things worse

tinyclanger2 wrote:Confession: purchased an extra bottle of Noilly Prat - just in case.

PorFavor wrote:Free ventilator blueprints now included in every box of Kelloggs cornflakes.

(Can you still get cornflakes?)

UK government sends ventilator blueprints to major manufacturers
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tinyclanger2 wrote:LAYERED HOTPOT?

adam wrote:

tinyclanger2 wrote:LAYERED HOTPOT?

Nice burgundy le creuset pan that used to belong to my Aunt.
Onions cooked with garlic, fresh rosemary and dried oregano
Slices of potato
Diced lamb
Chopped lamb's liver
More of the onions
Cover everything in lamb stock
More of the potato
Lid on, low oven, four hours. Lid off for the last half hour.

If I did it again I'd brown the meat in some flour to thicken the stock over the cooking time.