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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,530 Standard Supporter
    pawz said:

    Swaye said:

    Is it even legal for a Governor to force you to stay at home? I mean, without martial law declared, what powers does the government have to tell you that you cannot leave home? And there appears to be limited enforcement of this. Some dude in CA was wakeboarding alone on a a beach and they hauled him off in handcuffs. Cited some Mom and Dad who were at a baseball field with their daughter, alone, playing t-ball. I am sure there are lots of other examples. What gives some Governor the ability to tell me to lock myself in my house, and to arrest or ticket me if I do not comply?

    This is a serious question. How can you "close" rivers and streams and tell people they can't fish in the middle of nowhere? Do the fish transmit COVID? I am really struggling to understand the validity of some low rent asshole like Governor Blackface telling me I can't go out.

    It's a massive infringement on civil liberties. It's unfathomable to me that the public is letting our government get away with it. It's not like these were laws created by a legislative body either, these are the sole dictums of the governors of their respective States.

    Then there is the Edmonds Mayor who tried an emergency ban of firearms (since retracted). And did I mention the people weren't allowed to assemble at a city hall meeting to discuss?

    https://www.edmondsbeacon.com/story/2020/03/26/news/edmonds-mayor-changes-mind-on-proposed-emergency-firearms-ban/22916.html


    I honestly don't know which is more disconcerting. That our government officials brazenly violate our civil rights, or that the citizenry does not stand up and tell them to fuck off.
    I think that's coming. The Throbber is all about containment of disease but everybody has their fuck-off/this shit is stupid stale date.

    Mine is May 4. I determined 4/6 was sort of my re-assess stats date but have been too busy making stupid money to free up time to do that analysis.

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  • HHusky
    HHusky Member Posts: 24,335
    Every state in the Union has a statute granting emergency powers to the Governor.
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  • pawz
    pawz Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,515 Founders Club
    HHusky said:

    Every state in the Union has a statute granting emergency powers to the Governor.

    Hear that? That sound was the point wizzing past your empty nugget.
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  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,676
    I'm pretty sure about 90 percent of the support is people not wanting to go to work lol
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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,741 Founders Club
    Pitchfork51 said:

    I'm pretty sure about 90 percent of the support is people not wanting to go to work lol

    I have found myself lightly jerking off (mostly just heavy petting) myself during remote meetings. WFH might be the best thing ever.
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  • SFGbob
    SFGbob Member Posts: 33,188
    RaceBannon said:

    We had our weekly project status call with the customer.

    April is out. May is a question. All depends on local leaders so we're fucked as far as getting back to work soon

    Your typical functionary thinks the economy restarts like a lawn mower. Every day closed takes three days to recover from

    I'm on a conference call right now. 10% reduction in salary, reduction of work hours by 40% which is another reduction in salary. Shit just got real.
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 115,527 Founders Club
    SFGbob said:

    RaceBannon said:

    We had our weekly project status call with the customer.

    April is out. May is a question. All depends on local leaders so we're fucked as far as getting back to work soon

    Your typical functionary thinks the economy restarts like a lawn mower. Every day closed takes three days to recover from

    I'm on a conference call right now. 10% reduction in salary, reduction of work hours by 40% which is another reduction in salary. Shit just got real.
    And it will continue to
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  • WestlinnDuck
    WestlinnDuck Member Posts: 17,905 Standard Supporter
    Sh*t would get real if Trump announced that 40% of the federal workforce was being laid off without pay for a month. Notice we could shut down the federal non-essential workforce with our pretend budget battles, but it was always just a paid vacation like our still getting paid teachers who aren't teaching. Then have Trump declare a national emergency and require each state's governor lay off without pay 40% of the state workers. Next counties and cities. Then we could have a national debate on shutting everything down.
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  • HHusky
    HHusky Member Posts: 24,335
    pawz said:

    HHusky said:

    Every state in the Union has a statute granting emergency powers to the Governor.

    Hear that? That sound was the point wizzing past your empty nugget.
    It’s actually directly responsive to the question: “Is it legal?”

    The answer is yes. The legislatures of the 50 states have said so.

    Carry on.
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