Nippori Nick comments

Had the good fortune to see Ringo on one of his Ringo All Starr Band tours--Rick Derringer and Edgar Winter were there as well.

Good times. I remember Ringo asking the audience to sing along on Yellow Submarine with the advice that I am sure you all know the words, and if you don't , what are you doing here? Very genial fellow.

When you think Trump can't lower in the foolishness category, he never fails to disappoint.

What possible difference to him does it make if a sports team (hint-privately controlled capitalist enterprise) wants to change it's name?

Time to "retire" this guy to jail for a few years.

, but i'm still shocked at the fact that there were forced sterilization eugenics-based laws up until 1996! Like whoa. But I do remember that wwii it joined that other side, but after the war, it seems America took over, so then why, why such laws existed?

US did do a lot of sterilization as well --this is from Wikipedia

... The most significant era of eugenic sterilization was between 1907 and 1963, when over 64,000 individuals were forcibly sterilized under eugenic legislation in the United States.

If that photo were entered in a photo contest, it would come in last place.

Drove taxi one summer as a student. That's one way to learn about life.

But even as a rookie driver, if anyone had said take me 5 hours away it would have been cash up front. And especially if the fare is a kid.

I have to say Australians seems to accept a very high degree of control by their government on so many issues.

smoking has been blamed also as a cause of lung cancer. The truth is it has no direct correlation;

You could not be more wrong. Scientific study after study has shown the correlation.

and refrain from using public transportation, 

Virtually impossible to do that for the average tourist.

Funny how the quote refers to "Communist China" as if to emphasize the Communist part of it.

How many USA imports come from China? Plenty. Thing that has anything at all to do with the economical and military growth of China?

Healthy young people who will be fine in two weeks.

Perhaps, but they can infect others who may not be "healthy young people".

My sincere sympathies to Hana's family, and her mother who I have met and seen wrestle a number of times. Very difficult time for all.

The should have used a different colour for the clock hands--you need something that stands out against the background

 “My girlfriend and I had sex, and now she’s feeling sick in the morning,” 

Wait 7 months and see what happens.

Probably early signs of dementia.

How about “If I am brought to an emergency ward, I want your best doctor working on my case.”

Nearly any breed, including Pomeranian, can be taught to attack

Here's an interesting statistic from the USA over a multi year period regarding dog fatal dog attacks on humans:

Pit bulls contributed to 66% of these deaths. Rottweilers, the second leading canine killer, inflicted 10% of attacks that resulted in human death. Combined, two dog breeds accounted for 76% of the total recorded deaths*

Not sure how people missed Little Richard's meaning when he often said Elvis was the King of Rock and Roll, but he was the Queen.

In any case, that's neither here nor there..his songs sure could energize a party of a concert .

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, is prepared to allow tens of thousands of his fellow citizens die, yes dis, to improve his chances of re-election.  

I suggest hundreds of thousands would be the correct number.

The former Communist Bloc, including Eastern Europe are doing much better and the third world has fewer cases and deaths per capita.

Never mind the published statistics. The only real way to know is to look at number of deaths (total) in a given country in say April for each of the past 5 years. Many countries are not reporting deaths properly.

Looks like something out of a cheap sci fi movie in the 50s or 60s

That's got to have a massive calorie count.

It's like kryptonite to diabetics.

Here's a herbal remedy pass down from generation to cure this COVID-19...it works!

Wow. Just wow.

The huge caption read, "It has been 100 years that human beings settled in Hokkaido." 

I commend you Bertie W for that comment.

To me the Ainu and have some similarities to indigenous people of the Pacific US North West and BC coastal regions.

lol, This poster is going around yelling at people to wear masks, who probably like the rest of the working population can't wait in line outside the drugstore for 2 hours because, well they have to be at work.

You can easily make a cloth mask at home. While it may not be the most effective, it does have some benefits. A 10 second search on google will provide a sufficient number of reference points and how-to-make tutorials.

Just a bit more on this case. This was a private facility that charged up to $CAC 10,000 per month...it was not a place for the poor to live.

For those interested in the owner, read this:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/samir-chowieri-katasa-group-chsld-herron-criminal-past-1.5533934

The reason hospitals are turning rolled away is that their wards are most likely full of elderly patients-not much room to spare..

Speaks volumes about the Japanese health system and preparedness for this.

Compare what is going on in Japan to what happened to family member in home country. Called ambulance, in hospital in 20 minutes. That's the way it should be.

This being refused by hospital after hospital issue has to be fixed.

Stores should set limits on items in short or potential short supply-put an end to this "armfuls of toilet paper, handing it out to friends in line nonsense".

In many parts of the world stores have a seniors hour (usually early morning) allowing older and immuno-compromised people into the store first to avoid the mobs of shoppers...it works (combined with limiting quantities of course)

Could the mounting death toll NYC is experiencing be proof that self-quarantine and social distancing protocols have no effect 

California-much better results.

NY State and NYC-not doing well at all.

Canada-seems to be doing ok (relatively speaking)