@sammy...with all due respect Sammy, there was nothing split about it. 99% of americans were cheering the bombardment and troop invasion forward, and when colin powell promised we'd find wmd, and in 3 months we hadn't , there weren't 100 people protesting in washington. Americans still to this day , which is my point, only protest for things that save their own asses. It was the same in the 60's. The vietnam protest completely lost their steam when they stopped the draft. The war lasted another 3 or 4 years...until we lost. It's not about if things would have been worse...although nobody can possibly convince me that our perverted foreign policies have had any positive effects whatsoever. We lied, we tried and still to this day lie, trying to tie sadaam to 911. And we did the same thing in afghanistan. The USa are war criminals, and in my view, so are their citizens, who support their govt. If you pay taxes.....then you're an accomplice.

@kurth good luck with not paying taxes

@kurth

Actually modern states do not need any taxes (yes, even under capitalism), they are just little afraid.

They already print money in trillions :-) So all this tax thing is just old atavism.

With proper advertisments and approach it can be even very little inflation, as you can get money back via computer games, Apple products and such.

why it won't be contained ....50% of contagion transmissions occur from symptomless carriers.... https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/27/world/europe/coronavirus-spread-asymptomatic.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

"The Case Is Building That COVID-19 Had a Lab Origin" .... https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=58715

well yeah. I agree...that's why I said the pseudo leftist in the USa were like the taliban.... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/1326063/After-1700-years-Buddhas-fall-to-Taliban-dynamite.html

@Vitaliy...so now it's the bible ? These are two completely different types of events. One, rioters are trying to erase their history vs a regime change trying to erase the history of it's citizens. No comparison. When the winner writes the history books, it doesn't mean it's true history. In the USa it's just the socially inept shaming the country into hiding the truth. Better to put a plaque that discusses the final historical verdict on the man on the horse, rather than hide the history away out of sight out of mind. And I'd bet less than 5% have even read howard zinn. Crowd mentality at work.

@Vitaliy...Marxism is a 19th century solution to 19th century problems. The ruling class isn't letting them get away with anything. Trump issued an executive order. All of the destroyed statues were of second rate historical importance. Let them go after the holy trinity, then watch what happens. Your problem with "history" is it only started and finishes with Marx. Marxist only believes in history according to labor, goods and capital. They can never see any other pov, esp the philosophical forces influencing history, of which there are many cases. How does marxism explain the middle eastern and egyptian theocracies, or the rise of athens as a city-state? It didn't have anything to do with capital. Yet it's real history.

like this.

@Vitaliy....I don't watch any tv. I made it up myself. If it's not the case, then explain theocracies. Hard to talk dialectical materialism when a culture is willing to have their heart cutout for their rulers just so they go to their version of heaven, and that's the motivating cultural force. And as I said the formatting was just an accident. I usually have no need to highlight.

Small personal leak

In case of second wave Google can start significant workforce cuts, and will focus on most expensive branches with unclear profits perspectives. Also lot of marketing and support type guys can be fired, as lot of small and middle size busineses no longer order any advertisments - hence you don't need all the people who interacted with such clients.

@kurth

Try to add short description of content before any link, as posting just link is not good

Also

As of June 15, there were nearly 140,000 total business closures on Yelp since March 1. In April, we reported more than 175,000 business closures, indicating that more than 20% of businesses closed in April have reopened.

"Las Vegas, NV, endured the highest number of closures relative to the number of businesses in the city (1,921 total closures), while Los Angeles, CA, had the largest total number of closures (11,774 total closures)."

Of all business closures on Yelp since March 1, 41% are permanent closures.

And I must say that where we are going we'll need around 5-15% of present retail.