It's business as usual in Sweden as a country of loners keeps all businesses open. People in Sweden are naturally social-distant and the only hot-spot has been the Somali community which traditionally has-like Italy- large families in one household. Sweden is banking on the slowly approaching a herd-immunity point without its health-care system being overwhelmed. England considered this model, and then their PM got sick.
Did'ja know that in West Palm Beach, critical businesses include supermarkets, pharmacies, and ….wait for it....Gun Stores. Yahoo!
The Mountain Gorillas of Kampala, Uganda, are at risk for Covid-19. The 1,000 gorillas are being closely monitored.
Did'ja know that Scotland is passing emergency legislation to release most of its prisoners. Is it possible that criminal justice reform emerges from this pandemic? Not if members of the US Attorneys Office of the SDFL (motto: "Lock em up and let em cough") have their say.
It's safe to order take-out-eat-at-home. Unpack your meal. Throw out the containers. Wash your hands. Microwave the hot stuff (not the sushi or cold sesame noodles) and dig in. In NYC, Rao's- that untouchable mecca of Italian food, has begun a take-out menu, as has Cote- our fav Korean Steakhouse that just happens to have a Michelin Star.
Did'ja know Prince Willam- third in line to the Throne behind his father Prince Charles, may return to duty as an air ambulance helicopter pilot?
It's not just toilet paper that is in short supply. OJ is flying off the shelves of your local Publix y mas.
WHAT RUMPOLE IS READING:
Less- the Pulitzer Prize winning quirky book by Andrew Greer. It's controversial. Some say it's slow moving, and others love it.
Thomas Paine and the Clarion Call for American Independence:
Only six people attended Thomas Paine’s funeral. Once the most famous writer in the American colonies (and, later, the United States of America), the corsetmaker-turned-pamphleteer had been virtually expelled from public life for his radical beliefs and writings, like the ones that suggested a tax on landowners could be used to fund basic income for everyone else and his severe critique of organized religion which made Ben Franklin and Geo Washington both wince. Harlow Giles Unger, a renowned biographer of the Founding Fathers, looks at the Paine we know and the one we don’t, in his telling of the story of a man who pursued Enlightenment ideals even when those ideals ran afoul of what was socially acceptable.
Why don't you write about what Payne had to say about freeing slaves?
ReplyDeleteI recently read “Less” and loved it. I would also strongly recommend (similar issues) reading “The Friend“ by Nunez as well as “A Little Life” by Yanagihara.
ReplyDeleteHey Rump - can you post some photos of your summer vacation home in Truckee?
ReplyDeleteDid you know that gun shops are essential businesses because guns are life-support devices?
ReplyDeleteDid you know that prince William is SECOND-in-line to the throne now occupied by his grandmother Elizabeth II? His father, prince Charles is first in the line of succession.