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this is something Feds should

artappraiser — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 22:12:16 +0000

In reply to C.D.C. issues new back-to-work guidelines for essential workers.

this is something Feds should be doing:

#BREAKING Today, a group of physicians & med experts wrote an open letter to death penalty states asking them to give up their execution drugs: Doctors need them to treat COVID patients on ventilators as sedatives & paralytics - sometimes used in executions - are running short. pic.twitter.com/xHXblVPjsj
— Keri Blakinger (@keribla) April 9, 2020

Detroit getting their act

artappraiser — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 21:47:30 +0000

In reply to C.D.C. issues new back-to-work guidelines for essential workers.

Detroit getting their act together all on their own (and with so little money to do so), I am mightily impressed, shames NYC's MTA:

Masks are now available for free on DDOT buses. (: Daniel Mears)

The number of confirmed new cases in the city declined slightly today: https://t.co/CHekayIQzF pic.twitter.com/n1k2kC8oji
— The Detroit News (@detroitnews) April 8, 2020

Yes, that is the poster child

moat — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 20:38:11 +0000

In reply to ooh "practical" is such a

Yes, that is the poster child of getting bitten on the ass by what you agree to.
On the bright side, the Republic continued despite those terrible contradictions.
We will make mistakes but they will be ours. We have to start making them pretty darn soon.

ooh "practical" is such a

artappraiser — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 20:25:32 +0000

In reply to We come from a practical

ooh "practical" is such a great word in this context, got to remember it! They did the "it is what it is" thing with certain more gnarly problems, such as that which came back to haunt in 1861.

We come from a practical

moat — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 20:18:26 +0000

In reply to I guess what is the most

We come from a practical people.

I guess what is the most

artappraiser — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 20:14:45 +0000

In reply to The Governor association idea

I guess what is the most intriguing to me along these lines is the wisdom of the founders thing. It's like they built in workarounds when one part of the system failed. The flexibility thing when dysfunctions occur, everything not set in stone.

The Governor association idea

moat — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 19:52:51 +0000

In reply to And it's a no brainer when

The Governor association idea is still a good one from the point of view that they could agree among themselves not to out bid each other in the marketplace but come to some kind of agreement regarding available resources amongst themselves. Agreement is a notion that requires a lot of imagination at the moment.

Unfortunately, I don't think they would be able to replicate the leverage over manufacturers built into the DPA. As Governor Inslee pointed out, he doesn't have a budget for that. Cuomo says the same thing. They all say it. A point of agreement between Red and Blue.

For sure, that can be how

moat — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 19:27:49 +0000

In reply to P.S. Can't get this out of my

For sure, that can be how they start. But in the context of Federalism, having a cooperative field of operations where all the agencies know where they end and begin is the key to preserving local rights and participation. The Corps of Engineers is clearly working within that structure of authority.

In this time, the eminent domain issues over Federal prerogatives to make a border wall are more of a threat to local power than letting the Army set up a tent to house sick people.

P.S. Can't get this out of my

artappraiser — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 19:16:56 +0000

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P.S. Can't get this out of my mind either: National military stepping in to help the actual people and states from which it comes. This is how military coups start, isn't it?

And it's a no brainer when

artappraiser — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 19:06:31 +0000

In reply to The work that cannot be

And it's a no brainer when the problem is global. The U.S. is like a state in that context, just a really big one. That's why the the allies wanted to drag us in WWII is it not? Power of numbers, just that simple. We've pointed out before how many governors are ending up making their own new federation on certain things because the federation we got isn't in the mood to live up to the reason for its existence.