Governors form regional coalitions to plan economic reopening

By artappraiser on Mon, 04/13/2020 - 8:44pm |

Interesting coastal parallel:

- 6 Democratic governors in the Northeast say they'll work together on easing coronavirus restrictions: https://t.co/ZLRHDEUres

- 3 Democratic governors on West Coast will work together on a shared approach for reopening: https://t.co/TERxE9nRFZ
— Ben Swasey (@benswasey) April 13, 2020

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https://twitter.com/benswasey/status/1249785877074792449

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WaPo coverage of same:

“President Trump declared Monday that he has “total” authority and “calls the shots” when it comes to deciding how and when to lift the pandemic restrictions, even as governors on both coasts proceeded with their own plans and asserted their own powers.” https://t.co/NeqcnLJZtt
— Robert Costa (@costareports) April 14, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 04/13/2020 - 9:31pm

Totally agree with him:

The way the East Coast writes about the West Coast--condescending, informed by quaint and dated visions, unaware of their own waning centrality to human affairs--reminds me of how Europeans used to write about the US (and still do occasionally). https://t.co/u3QY9ZlTv5
— Antonio García Martínez (@antoniogm) April 14, 2020

Which leads us to the recently-announced....

WESTERN STATES PACT!

This is some Axis & Allies-level shit. I still can't quite believe it.

Well...some would say the Founding Fathers provided for this in the Constitution.https://t.co/cayar9BrLN
— Antonio García Martínez (@antoniogm) April 14, 2020

And I furthermore think Newsom is shaping up as being the best of all the governors, leaving the rest in the dust.

by artappraiser on Tue, 04/14/2020 - 1:19am

but the whole trending Cascadia idea rather strikes me as another clueless Manhattan:

Which brings us to the Cascadian independence movement, which finally might be getting a bit of mainstream attention. Borders TBD of course (some of you Californians might make the cut if you're lucky). https://t.co/EYG0n19VVC pic.twitter.com/pxqjsYfSJP
— Antonio García Martínez (@antoniogm) April 14, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 04/14/2020 - 1:30am

Like they got tired of waiting for it to just fall off & decided to lop it off instead?
Sounds like some evil scheming Japanese shit - shoulda known. Bet they'll take Hawaii too,
just to get those old retired Fleetwood Mac geezers & the Maui Wowie.
But should snag Baja - half of them have RVs with extension cords running back to San Diego.
Build a wall? leave that for Ciudad Jaurez - we don't need no steenking planches.

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 04/14/2020 - 2:00am

maybe best cultural stereotyping evah

by artappraiser on Tue, 04/14/2020 - 2:16am

Lockdown helps me focus, plus build my resentment of the others.

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 04/14/2020 - 3:12am

I'm just hoping this doesn't all go down like Brexit....

by artappraiser on Tue, 04/14/2020 - 1:49am

I and other US experts have predicted for a long time that this artificial nation with multiple ethnic and religious groups will not survive a serious crisis without fragmenting into warring statelets. The question now is will anyone be able to unite the opposition? https://t.co/JceKxneoGo
— Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) April 14, 2020

I personally predicted that the US will fragment along the lines of the NBA model with East and West groups and divisions within each
— Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) April 14, 2020

Here we have it, the Mustaco and Wecopa alliances https://t.co/2rM5ArqNLQ
— Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) April 14, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 04/14/2020 - 6:01am

And yet the NBA lives on

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 04/14/2020 - 9:57am

There's 2 MORE CONFEDERATIONS over night! WHAT KINDA PASSPORTS WE GONNA HAVE? How are they gonna police the Erie Canal? I don't know about those "live free and die" people getting along with the the old salts and Bush family compound and the artisanal farmers--that looks like trouble to me. And seems like just yesterday RI didn't want to let NY'ers across their border!

Regional coronavirus agreements are criss-crossing the country. The US is gonna look like a big Risk map by the time this is done. pic.twitter.com/KAld6binoJ
— Neoliberal (@ne0liberal) April 16, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 04/17/2020 - 5:00am

That Purple World, very convenient for presidential campaigns. Wouldn't be surprised if they wooed PA over....

by artappraiser on Fri, 04/17/2020 - 5:05am

Governors form regional coalitions to plan economic reopening

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