[FRIAM] Pandemic Over!

∄ uǝlƃ gepropella at gmail.com
Thu Jun 25 16:46:17 EDT 2020


What did Sun Tzu say? "To surround an enemy, you must leave a way of escape." 

On the other hand, one of my favorite quotes is from Anton LaVey: "It's too bad stupidity isn't painful." People are masterful at avoiding pain and responsibility. I know positive reinforcement works best. But it's hard to resist the urge to clock people when they do something stupid.

On 6/25/20 1:15 PM, Steve Smith wrote:
> Just after I posted my own rant about my mother's context in an assisted
> living, I got a cryptic txt from my sister who lives in Tucson where my
> mom is.   She got a call from the Assisted Living that a (the first)
> COVID19 case was reported there and they were increasing the
> restrictions/care and planning a facility-wide testing starting
> today.    They couldn't tell us (or her) if the case was among staff or
> residents or if it was in the assisted living (~50) who interact more
> with staff but don't come and go much, or the fully independent (~500)
> who come and go freely.   
> 
> My MAGA hat wearing sister/family are speaking on issues as if they
> somehow became democrats...  I highly doubt it...  but I think maybe
> they are trying to eat their MAGA crow in  small doses so they don't get
> the double-stuffed footlong MAGA hoagie handed to them all at once in
> November.   AZ is key and I *hope* they are somewhat typical of their
> demographic (upper-middle/professional/boomer/white).

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