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Time for Roadblocks and Checkpoints?

Thought we had something. Dogs raising hell, headlights on the Rd, flare goes up then another. Stayed put for a while then went to check out. Some folks bought a heifer to slaughter and lost it taking off the trailer. They were going to kill it there on the side of the Rd and load it back into the trailer dead. Glad they didn't ask for any help with that. Probably ~900 lb or better.
 
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Looks like I will be wrong.

No NYC lockdown.

Instead, CDC issues travel advisory...
 
Looks like I will be wrong.

No NYC lockdown.

Instead, CDC issues travel advisory...

Let's see how long that decision holds. With 50% of the country's cases sitting in two adjacent states, throwing a dome over NY and NJ will eventually become too attractive.
 
Thought we had something. Dogs raising hell, headlights on the Rd, flare goes up then another. Stayed put for a while then went to check out. Some folks bought a heifer to slaughter and lost it taking off the trailer. They were going to kill it there on the side of the Rd and load it back into the trailer dead. Glad they didn't ask for any help with that. Probably ~900 lb or better.
BTDT.
Had one that dropped her first calf then went crazy. She made it almost 4 miles before we knew anything about it an found her. KIlled her at the corner of SR 39 an Hwy 14. Just as I pulled the trigger on my great uncles 03 an Indiana State Trooper showed up. He ask "What the fuck is going on here" to which my 3rd cousin replied,... "we're just killing cows for the hell of it in the middle of the Hwy, whats it look like"? Had the truck, went borrowed the closest tractor with a loader an loaded her ass up. A few days later she was nothing but white packages, but we had to hand raise the calf. Yet another chore to be done.
 

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It's pretty interesting that a governor who has locked down his state's residents, decided from his throne what's essential and non essential, taken draconian measures to ensure people don't have contact with each other, and declared his state as at the highest risk- objects to other governors taking measures to protect their citizens.

From the threat he's bleating about on TV every day.

It's further interesting, that people from NYC who have long declared what a utopia it is, how superior they are to anyone else, and who have demonstrably used their political power to crush any opposition to their fiats, at the first sign of trouble flee and raid supplies from the suburbs or from other states without any consideration of those they've long and arrogantly diminished as dumb rubes.

welcome them with open arms? Hardly. More like why aren't county and state officials doing more to ensure items in short supply only go to county and state residents?

YMMV
 
Wait wait, I thought people were actually saying that the police and national guard wouldn't join in on subjecting the populace??
When they order that the subjects should have their guns removed for the safety and security of the state. They will kit up and ride into the towns and kick down doors.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cu...island-crackdown-on-virus-fleeing-new-yorkers
And in Rhode Island, the National Guard is conducting door to door searches of New Yorkers.........
 
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Country folk should be aware. In time, this virus will make it to smaller communities who are potentially not equipped to provide the needed care.

And will need medical care "from the cities".

JS.
 
Wait wait, I thought people were actually saying that the police and national guard wouldn't join in on subjecting the populace??
When they order that the subjects should have their guns removed for the safety and security of the state. They will kit up and ride into the towns and kick down doors.
Didn't President Reagan say the most terrifying words in the English language are: "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."?
 
Country folk should be aware. In time, this virus will make it to smaller communities who are potentially not equipped to provide the needed care.

And will need medical care "from the cities".

JS.

Country folk already know this. Its already here, now, affecting us.

Yesterday, 5 people in our county hospital, proven cases, on ventilators, died.
Two were from our county.
Three were from the northern neighboring county that has no hospital.
Our hospital and CITY serves 5 counties medical needs.

The first state death here occurred out of state at a larger medical facility because the deceased' county does not have the facilities.

Us country states have been living with this reality a long time.
*All you have to do is see the country poors crowding a waiting room, and be one of them, forced to wait until last, to recognize how some cities medical services ALREADY feel about us... *

A generation of people dont remember the federal government actions closing a very large number of county hospitals. I remember...

Your statement reflects a reality many have lived with awhile.....

And that reality is reflected in the anger displayed toward those large metropolises who are finding their new reality and spreading it. It was /is predictable.
 
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Country folk should be aware. In time, this virus will make it to smaller communities who are potentially not equipped to provide the needed care.

And will need medical care "from the cities".

JS.
It’s a double edged sword, at least here in Iowa - rural May need the city’s medical but they (and the rest of the country) sure a shit need what the rural Iowans plant, cultivate and harvest.
 
I'm assuming the NG guys are pretty safe playing gestapo looking for New Yorkers as they are likely to be unarmed sheep used to obeying their masters.

Haven't seen anything or anyone in my area of RI but we are not near any of the border areas. Gina is a total bitch drunk on power...she is reveling in the limelight she is getting.

We had 2 other couples over last night and had a nice BBQ...fuck Gina and her executive orders
 
I'm assuming the NG guys are pretty safe playing gestapo looking for New Yorkers as they are likely to be unarmed sheep used to obeying their masters.
It makes one wonder if there are any brave people in Rhode Island that will be hiding New Yorkers in their crawl spaces, maybe "Blog of Anne Frank" will be updated weekly from hiding....or a 21st century of the Underground Railroad where citizens can smuggle New Yorkers to the promised land (wherever that may be). Everything that is old is new again!!
 
It makes one wonder if there are any brave people in Rhode Island that will be hiding New Yorkers in their crawl spaces, maybe "Blog of Anne Frank" will be updated weekly from hiding....or a 21st century of the Underground Railroad where citizens can smuggle New Yorkers to the promised land (wherever that may be). Everything that is old is new again!!

** Edited to remove some stuff that caused offense ***

I would care if it was people from somewhere that cared about freedom, but if you are from NYC, I'm going to probably just sit back and watch and say you are getting what you so richly deserve after voting for your oppressors and oppressing the rest of the rural parts of your state with such glee and zest the past almost 100 years.

And of course if you are from NYC, well congratulations, you spend nearly 100 years happily voting away any right to have anything to defend yourself with and supporting ever more tyrannical "King's Men" under the control of the wealthy Elite. Well enjoy, don't ask us to save you. The folks in fly over country have long memories of all the things you said about them....
 
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My guess is the locals in RI will be busy flagging down the SS and pointing out where any of the "undesirables" might be hiding or ratting out anyone who might be hiding them. I highly doubt any of them will care enough about freedom to do anything but gladly "just obey" and denounce anyone that doesn't.

That is pretty rude of you to say.
There are a number of us "local Rhode Islanders" that are as freedom loving as any Texan you know.

Broad brush strokes are beneath you
 
Nik- shocker...ignorance and prejudice from our fine Hide brethren...say it isn’t so!!
 
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Didn't President Reagan say the most terrifying words in the English language are: "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."?

Did he say that before or after he created the Firearm Owners Protection Act that’s banned new machine guns, 922(r), and supported the Assault Weapons Ban and the Brady Bill? I can’t remember.
 
That is pretty rude of you to say.
There are a number of us "local Rhode Islanders" that are as freedom loving as any Texan you know.

Broad brush strokes are beneath you

I apologize for any offense to you personally, or to your area since I don't have personal knowledge of your specific area.

I would suggest however that there are very few states that don't have at least a pretty good block of folks in the more populated areas interested in "Just obeying". From the news, it doesn't seem like the RI Governor is of the "freedom and liberty" type of actions right about now considering the orders to the NG and I'm guessing they got elected by a whole bunch of folks in the state.

Just like in Texas, there are a lot of freedom loving types.
BUT there are a whole ton of sheep in the big cities that just want to "obey", and will do so gladly and will report you at the drop of a hat.
I'm sure I'm not alone in the opinion that Texas would be far better off without a few certain big stinking cities.
And I can probably near guarantee that in those certain cities and counties it would not be the safest place for freedom loving rebel types, especially from other states to be passing though if it was against "orders".

Even in Texas, while the Governor and AG are pretty strongly on the freedom side, the lieutenant Governor and quite a few of the lawmakers are on the side of freedom is great and all... until we need to do something for "The public good" type of thinking.
 
Thank you @W54/XM-388 ..it is a trying time for us.

I don't disagree that RI is is typically very liberal. We have the lowest firearm ownership in the country. However, there are those of us who are committed to doing the right thing. Especially in our small rural town.

This one is hard though. Do you continue to guarantee people's freedom of movement even if it can spread the disease? Not so sure. We may have to suspend travel while the disease agencies continue to actually figure out what is happening. With this new information it might be possible to isolate contagious or more vulnerable people, while a large portion of the population returns to something resembling normal life.

The return to normal life cannot happen fast enough. If it continues to get more impressive, bad things will happen. In my opinion, I would not be surprised to see increases in Domestic Violence and Child Abuse. The more the local governments impose Draconian measures to "flatten the curve", the more difficult it will get, especially, in the densely populated areas.

Can you imagine people in large cities being shut in during the summer without air-conditioning!

I can't even imagine.
 
The more data we can get during this time of quarantine, the more likely we will be able to get back to some degree of normalcy.
 
The more data we can get during this time of quarantine, the more likely we will be able to get back to some degree of normalcy.

The faster we could get actual testing for everyone and anyone done along with tests for everyone to see who already had it, the sooner we could end the crazy times.
 

They have closed smoky mountain national park.
And they fucking mean it. That is all.

Y'all need to cut this shit out.

If they start taking people out of cars and shuffling them off somewhere, THEN we need to know about it.

This is panic fodder.
Any local should know why that road is being blocked.

I could have shown you closed Parkway gates a goddamned week ago!

Fucking cut it out!
 
The faster we could get actual testing for everyone and anyone done along with tests for everyone to see who already had it, the sooner we could end the crazy times.

This is what a number of "not in the political zone" medical professionals are saying. And wondering where the fed-gov, who is supposed to facilitate this is with resources and assistance, is hiding.
Fed-gov is elected to handle such things as pandemics, to guide, provide resources, to prevent 50 states from going 50 different ways, wasting time by each state re-inventing the wheel, to provide leadership, and unite the people, all working together solving the problem.
Like in the past, flu pandemic, polio epidemic, world war, ......

Ain't happening. The medical professionals who have had fed-gov regulations shoved down their throats, restricted, and ordered to respond X way, are being hindered trying to follow guidelines without fed-gov responding as promised.

I sat through enough emergency response training to know what fed-gov told us would be done, ain't happening.

Those medical professionals see a positive end to this with xy# dead, like with the flu, a number of survivors with herd resistance, and with the resulting evidence, an appropriate medical treatment/prevention response, just like with flu.

Their hope, is, the inevitable deaths, are not exacerbated by fed-gov stupidity currently the norm. Like the fed-gov will stop being stupid, and be responsible.

We all hope.
 
OMG!
It's happening guys!
I'm so sorry I doubted!

I now have the smoking gun!
The final proof, that this is indeed the apoppaclips!

I got a fucking letter!!

Pffft. [YAWN]

I'm not making light of the possibility of this being the beginning of a nightmare.
I'm making light of people overblowing the ever loving shit out of a few closed roads and an emergency declaration.

"Well you got a letter." Yes, if you'd like to take my fucking job you are welcome to it. You are gonna need some certifications and experience though. Seriously, you can have it, its past time for me to retire anyway.
 
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It's apparent that some people have chosen to devote a lot of their waking hours to thinking about a wide assortment of conspiracy theories and when they see something that even remotely resembles their worst fears, it triggers the worst possible reactions among them.
 
OMG!
It's happening guys!
I'm so sorry I doubted!

I now have the smoking gun!
The final proof, that this is indeed the apoppaclips!

I got a fucking letter!!

Pffft. [YAWN]

I'm not making light of the possibility of this being the beginning of a nightmare.
I'm making light of people overblowing the ever loving shit out of a few closed roads and an emergency declaration.

"Well you got a letter." Yes, if you'd like to take my fucking job you are welcome to it. You are gonna need some certifications and experience though. Seriously, you can have it, its past time for me to retire anyway.
fuk. Sun’s out. I’m gonna go mow my lawn.
 
The faster we could get actual testing for everyone and anyone done along with tests for everyone to see who already had it, the sooner we could end the crazy times.


...and just as many conspiracy theorist on the Hide will be screaming you can't test me, I have constitutional rights. The govt is taking my freedom away by forcing me to be tested ...just like they're telling me to stay home.
 
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Hard to argue that Subaru owners should be able to go on vacation to spread their infections. Yet the bigger part (of this NYer who is staying on his farm with his family) wonders how many seeking draconian measures today were crying about FEMA/UN plans to use WalMarts as detention centers last year.
That claptrap about FEMA detention centers is a baseless conspiracy theory, short and sweet. Besides, who would ever think of a Walmart as a great place to set up a Gulag?
 
...and just as many conspiracy theorist on the Hide will be screaming you can't test me, I have constitutional rights. The govt is taking my freedom away by forcing me to be tested ...just like they're telling me to stay home.

I'll be happy to take both tests right away if they are offered at a somewhat reasonable cost in a convenient manner, freely and without compulsion and without any strings attached, (except of course if you actually have it, get home and stay there or get to the hospital).

Now what will be objected to is people being rounded up and herded into "camps" for testing and having goons with guns show up at your door to test you at gunpoint, or being forced to wait in lines or car lines as folks with guns circle around you.

I don't think any of the freedom loving type have any desire to walk around sick and getting others sick, most would be happy to find out if they are sick so they know to stay home or hospital and not infect others and warn anyone they were around to go get tested right away.
 
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Did he say that before or after he created the Firearm Owners Protection Act that’s banned new machine guns, 922(r), and supported the Assault Weapons Ban and the Brady Bill? I can’t remember.
That is my one big beef with Reagan; well and the amnesty. He agreed to compromise then he like all others for bamboozled by the Dems/Commies who don’t love The Constitution.
 
Peak could come in two weeks. Can you guarantee that everyone who needs a ventilators will get one? Which companies are the "problem children" here....we are not going to name names, they have come in line. GM is not an issue. GM has fully come on line with the ventilators. The reasons we show more cases is because we are doing FAR more testing. We started with a broken system....our pipeline was broken. We are not packing the pipeline full. We need these ventilators quickly...we need them quickly but we need to distribute responsibly.
 
"I don't think any of the freedom loving type have any desire to walk around sick and getting others sick, most would be happy to find out if they are sick so they know to stay home or hospital and not infect others and warn anyone they were around to go get tested right away."

Except we have read these very kind of remarks here, and all over. :/
 
no hype.....just facts from me. i know 3 people that are in the medical profession. two of them (between both of them, have over 60 years experience) say that the gov response is way out of whack with this bug. And they are NOT the types who would subscribe to anything conspiracy wise.
the other one, states pretty much word for word what the government says about overwhelming the system; she has less than 3 years experience. And she isnt a conspiracy type, either.

my gut tells me, the public reaction is over done. at this time, with the information i have....it is MY OPINION that while the virus is real, the deep state is using this to burn the system down in an attempt to escape justice. you aint heard much of shit about barr and durham now, have you? this all stinks to high hell.
 
"I don't think any of the freedom loving type have any desire to walk around sick and getting others sick, most would be happy to find out if they are sick so they know to stay home or hospital and not infect others and warn anyone they were around to go get tested right away."

Except we have read these very kind of remarks here, and all over. :/

Incorrect, what you are actually hearing is people refusing to be prisoners in their own homes because it "Might Help", especially when you are refused testing on request, often refused testing even when you have some symptoms.

Start offering testing on request without all the BS and things are quite different.

Unless you are prepared to replace in total the lost income because of making me staying home, then don't tell me to stay home because "who knows it might help slow things down..."

That is total BS, the financial giants got handed trillions of dollars on Day 1 and the government says how about you working class stay home, get nothing, but oh you best keep paying your taxes or we take your house and best keep paying the bills or you'll loose your house and car.

Get widespread testing out like SK and DE and then we can actually have facts to go on, those that get sick can stay home, anyone feeling sick can get quickly tested. Those that already had it can get on with their lives as normal.

I refuse to be impoverished so the rich can get richer and the government can get more powerful. Based on essentially wishful thinking and a panic and the refusal of the government to actually let people get tested to find out the real truth.
 
You should be paying much more attention to the official press conferences and actually listen to what is being said, or you can just keep groping in the dark and spreading misinformation about what is and what is not happening, coming on line and what is being done. You are at the point of hysteria, and that's not helping anything.
 
no hype.....just facts from me...the deep state is using this to burn the system down in an attempt to escape justice.

Thanks for a perfect illustration of the very point I was making about the degree to which we will hear and read these kinds of tin-foil hat style remarks. Hey, if you believe it, go for it. I think there are better sources of information than from people sharing hearsay and telling us what their "gut" is telling them about the "deep state."
 
You should be paying much more attention to the official press conferences and actually listen to what is being said, or you can just keep groping in the dark and spreading misinformation about what is and what is not happening, coming on line and what is being done. You are at the point of hysteria, and that's not helping anything.

"Official Press Conferences?" As a legit source of news? The stage shows managed by the politicians?
:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

I'll stick with reading as much as I can of what those on the front lines publish about their treatments and such, comparing notes from around the world and keeping up with the latest medical news published online before it goes through the "official" censors.

Hysteria is not the correct term by any means.

Refusing to be a scared little sheep and refusing to give up my rights for the false illusion of safety is a far cry from hysteria.

Hysteria is all the sheep who are running around scared to death of getting the Wuhan Virus and willing to suffer any indignity and loss and oppression.
The politicians and the news media are pumping out hysteria non stop.
 
Thanks for a perfect illustration of the very point I was making about the degree to which we will hear and read these kinds of tin-foil hat style remarks. Hey, if you believe it, go for it. I think there are better sources of information than from people sharing hearsay and telling us what their "gut" is telling them about the "deep state."

hey look, fuckface......i can clip and trim your posts as well to make you look like a fuckwit. dont be a cunt.

My post makes a clear point of where i cross the line from Known facts, to where my gut feeling and OPINION starts.
 
As a guy prone to wicked nosebleeds, I have no interest in having a cotton swab ran up the back of my nasal passage. Count me fucking out. Besides....how you going to guarantee me the people testing me arent going to inadvertently infect me?
 
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When they say stay home, that doesn't mean you load up the Subaru with the kids and head to a mountain town for a mini-vacation. Stupid people in Denver are heading to mountain towns, luckily most have all their hotels and motels shut down except for essential people.
Wish I had a KILL button, you know, like an EASY button, but this one stops all Subaru's dead in their tracks.

Rhode Island is taking steps...


Rhode Island Police to Hunt Down New Yorkers Seeking Refuge - Bloomberg
Cuomo is gonna protest! Oh noooo?
 
I agree. I would like for certain to know if I had it when I got sick at the end of January

That's starting to be newsworthy and citizens are asking in a lot of places. Some medical members are asking, and asking for testing ability to identify antibodies in tested survivor cases, to compare to the January sick. Feeling that the body of evidence will bring about a quicker solution.

Fair enough.

Is somebody with the power to make this happen listening ?
It's all part of a bigger effort to provide masks and ppg to first line care givers,
Ventilators for intensive care expectations,
And reliable test kits and results to gauge hot spots.

We need to see all of that, to restore confidence and reduce panic.

Encourage your representatives to enhance this effort. Please.
 
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