EmirOfShmo

In Va, if you're turned down for unemployment you still might qualify for the $600/wk Fed PUA. That's $31k/yr & $15/hr. The PUA is scheduled to run through January 31, 2021. Va unemployment is 12-26 weeks.

‘Stealth Bailout’ Shovels Millions of Dollars to Oil Companies (Bloomberg) -- As it headed toward bankruptcy, Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. took advantage of a little-noticed provision in the stimulus bill Congress passed in March to get a $9.7 million tax refund. Then, it asked a bankruptcy judge to authorize the same amount as bonuses to nine executives. The rig operator is one of dozens of oil companies and contractors now claiming hundreds of millions of dollars in tax rebates. They are employing a provision of the $2.2 trillion stimulus law, called the CARES act, that gives them more latitude to deduct recent losses. “This is a stealth bailout for the oil and gas industry,” said Jesse Coleman, a senior researcher with Documented, a watchdog group tracking the tax claims. It’s geared to companies “that have been losing money over the last few years -- and now they get that money back as a check from the taxpayers. That’s exactly what the oil industry has been doing.” https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stealth-bailout-shovels-millions-dollars-080000681.html

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Yep..once people discovered chicken thighs they've pretty much become the same thing as breasts. AND the price has probably tripled in the past 5 years.

^^All of this is why McConnell is pushing to exempt companies from liability for infections caused by on the job contacts. Don't go back to work? Fine, you get dropped from unemployment. Go to work & get sick? Too ****ing bad. Unless you have sick leave to cover your time off, you're not getting paid. Next in line, you're up...

Wasn't sure where to put this. It's an interview with a co-founder of meal subscription service Blue Apron and the CEO of Cooks Venture, which raises, processes, and sells heritage, pasture-raised chickens. It's his take on some of the problems with our meat supply & breeding animals. He explains why there was a hit to the meat food supply chain when the processors shut down. Towards the end he talks about animal breeds & pharmaceuticals with some pretty graphic comments. I spent a lot of time working with meat processors (slaughterhouses & downstream food companies) so it was an interesting read for me. Confirmed some things I was thinking. https://www.eater.com/2020/5/11/21254684/how-the-pandemic-exposed-the-cracks-in-our-industrial-meat-system

LOL ... yeah, doing the same type of food prep with the excitement on this end, too. It's the highlight of the day for me: planning, prepping, cooking. Wife loves it cause she just asks "what's for dinner?" every night. I try to have an appetizer for dinner so we can sit on the deck/patio, listen to music & sip a ****tail. I made my first spring rolls last night with bean thread, raw spinach & shrimp. I forgot I had the rice wrappers & saw them when I was digging around for something else. They turned out pretty good. I'm going to scour the net to find some other options for the rice wrappers.

The one good thing here: IF they can get state unemployment they will also get the $600/wk PUA payment. I know that's a big IF but they would be making more at home than actually working.

Grilled shrimp & baked potatoes for Mother's Day dinner. Cooked the crab cakes in the oven with a side of caprese salad.

He doesn't care. This isn't about people to him. It's about the DOW Jones Industrial Average

Obviously a graduate of Trump University where she majored in stupidity.

Are you using your grillgrates on your smoker when smoking meats/fish or are these primarily used for searing foods?

That's good to hear. I heard that used car prices are going through the roof. Especially on trucks. if you work where I think you work I know your used car manager James.

Add to that - they've already turned Fauci & Birx into the boogey-people who don't know anything about viruses. They're making videos with quacks & distributing it to try & discredit Fauci. And people believe it. "Plandemic Documentary: The Hidden Agenda Behind Covid-19" https://youtu.be/nFPeN17PVU8

The Last Supermoon of 2020 Arrives Thursday. Here's What to Look For. It's your last chance to see the moon show off this year. Supermoons are a lot like Oreos. By the time you get to the last one in the package, you may have had your fill. Moreover, some part of your brain is telling you there will always be more, but that's not guaranteed to be the case. Also, they're round. Can't overlook that. Well, we're at the last Oreo in the supermoon package. It's been a good run. There have arguably been four straight supermoons in 2020, but the full moon on the night of Thursday, May 7, will be the last full moon supermoon of 2020. It'll actually be the last one until April 2021. With a few in a row, you might feel like you've had your fill, but it's last call on supermoons for a real long time. https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/may-supermoon-2020

Got ours, too.

I have found this to be true only at grocery stores. We went to Lowes on Sunday ~8:45am. About 50% of the people had on masks. We passed a mid-50s couple not wearing a mask as they were standing at the customer service counter. While my wife was looking at paint samples, the guy coughs into his hand & then proceeds to walk toward a rack holding small plants for sale for Mother's day. Of course he picks up 3 or 4 of them before walking back to the counter where his wife/girlfriend was standing. I told my wife we needed to get the furnace filters & GTFO.

Cinco de Mayo Menu Frozen Margaritas with Trader Joe's mix Grilled black bean & roasted corn quesadilla Chicken enchiladas with green enchilada sauce - cooking these on the grill

I didn't know this ... found it in the above Hannity tweet.

I think you're a bit off in the generations suffering the meltdown. I'm not seeing a whole lot of 55+ people in those protesting groups. I've never seen a Boomer in an anti-vaxxer protest video. We remember standing in line at the local school to get the sugar cube Polio vaccine in the early 1960s. Polio was an epidemic in the US in the 1950s. To me, most of the people in these protests seem to fall into these groups:

No way. **** him. He gave the huge speech about how he wanted to 'look them in the eye' to defend what he did. Straight up **** him. Phony ass christian ****. "And since I don't have the corona virus, I thought it'd be a good opportunity for me to be here, to be able to speak to these researchers, these incredible health care personnel, and look them in the eye and say 'thank you.' " https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/28/847570879/pence-responds-to-critics-after-not-wearing-face-mask-at-mayo-clinic

Had to get a prescription refilled today. I get in line (car #2) at the CVS drive-thru. Wait a bit & then a bit longer. Finally, the woman in the car in front of me PASSES HER CELLPHONE to the ungloved hand in the CVS window. Which she promptly carries into the prescription area. I blow a gasket & wife says "What's wrong?" I tell her & pull out of the line and leave. People here in RVA (west) are starting to not give a ****. SMFH...

Apparently. But it seems to be concentrated to the Russian strain. btw...word of the day for me. Had to look it up. Made my mush-for-brain learn something new.

Your tax dollars hard at work. The IRS system is horrible. My mother-in-law passed away October, 2019. Her 2019 taxes were filed in January. We checked the IRS site yesterday based on an earlier post in here. She's due to receive a check - or we need to provide the correct direct deposit account (which we declined to do). I'm guessing we'll get a check mailed to us sometime (we used our address to file her taxes). Not sure what to do with it if we get it. Edit: Anybody here filed for the PUA (Pandemic Unemployment Assistance)? If so, is the amount prorated somehow or is it a flat $600?