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SlogginThroughIt

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49. Walz gave the order to shut down at 2:00 today.

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 04:09 PM

Mar 2020

Until April 9th.

Our schools have been shut down over a week and are now shut down until May 4th. Bars and restaurants and others until May 1st.

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Why are we JUST SITTING HERE waiting to DIE? [View all] Eliot Rosewater Mar 2020 OP

Republicans have no shame BigMin28 Mar 2020 #1

Sadly, Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #2

Then it is far far too late, it really is. Many of us on this board right now are infected and Eliot Rosewater Mar 2020 #5

Sorry, wasn't thinking with this post! Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #9

"I'm all for a huge march in DC" jberryhill Mar 2020 #25

Yea, that was my reaction too! n/t ms liberty Mar 2020 #34

Lol Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #35

Yes, well, having a mass virus infection party may not be the best approach jberryhill Mar 2020 #36

That's true, I wasn't thinking. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #37

I don't blame you customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #50

Yeah major brain fart there. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #51

Dude. Tipperary Mar 2020 #3

Are you kidding? The Senate thinks he's great. Great for making them richer. Pence Nay Mar 2020 #4

Each day more and more will die, many many more, if we pressure the Eliot Rosewater Mar 2020 #6

No, we can't wait til Nov vapor2 Mar 2020 #7

If you just sit there in your house and don't go out, you probably won't die. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #8

Doing that, wont help if you mean we wait till Nov...we dont have that much time. Look at Italy. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2020 #11

So what do you recommend we do? The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #14

Call your house and senate reps, tell them you want them to Eliot Rosewater Mar 2020 #15

Chances are zero. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #18

I've got Amy Klobuchar and Ilhan Omar. I don't think they need reminding. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #19

No, but maybe if they hear the intensity in our voices about that we do NOT have till Nov Eliot Rosewater Mar 2020 #20

Minnesota is a strange place. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #21

Damn, didnt know that...how unfortunate. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2020 #22

Our governor is using statistical modeling to shut down more gradually The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #24

OK, fine..but like Bill Gates just said, we should have done a national shutdown, it would have Eliot Rosewater Mar 2020 #29

Gates was probably right but that never would have happened under any GOPer, The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #32

Gates was wrong. former9thward Mar 2020 #58

Yeah, it's kind of odd. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #23

It's absolutely quiet around here. People are voluntarily shutting down. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #31

Walz gave the order to shut down at 2:00 today. SlogginThroughIt Mar 2020 #49

"to convince their con friends in the house or senate to do this before WE DIE" jberryhill Mar 2020 #30

Let me know if you get an answer. Tipperary Mar 2020 #56

It is not going to happen Marrah_Goodman Mar 2020 #10

When big money tells Rs they are done and won't support them. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #12

Phones still work, use them...3 minutes a day. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2020 #13

I feel the same way, but don't know what to do. hamsterjill Mar 2020 #16

We have a leader and he is doing a live thing on FB now...Joe Eliot Rosewater Mar 2020 #17

Dude, not everyone is going to die. Tipperary Mar 2020 #27

Dude, let the poster deal as he/she needs hamsterjill Mar 2020 #52

This is a discussion board. Tipperary Mar 2020 #54

Why, thank you. hamsterjill Mar 2020 #55

No, Joe will be the leader, but he's not there just yet. hamsterjill Mar 2020 #53

The most control any of us have right now Nature Man Mar 2020 #26

The only thing Trump is ashamed of is Miguelito Loveless Mar 2020 #28

We truly do not know what the mortality rate will be in the US. guillaumeb Mar 2020 #33

see here Eliot Rosewater Mar 2020 #38

I did. guillaumeb Mar 2020 #39

Thanks, I REFUSE to sit here and do nothing...If we pressure dem house and senate to pressure Eliot Rosewater Mar 2020 #42

Where are all the militias we hear about, is that the real question? Brainfodder Mar 2020 #40

NO idea what you mean. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2020 #41

That whole 25th amendment thing will never go with this cabinet. Brainfodder Mar 2020 #43

I think we need an FSociety, Eliot. tavernier Mar 2020 #44

Even Pox News is going to fail them this time Warpy Mar 2020 #45

Waiting around to die... Javaman Mar 2020 #46

100% agree. When he made the Easter announcement he was sending people to their death. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #47

GOP thinks he's doing a great job and Pelosi caused the pandemic by impeaching. Takket Mar 2020 #48

McConnell's wife was given a cabinet position by DJT... Crowman Mar 2020 #57