#dr astil

[cannondisabledcharacters]

Today’s disabled character of the day is Doctor Pedro Astil from the Mega Man series, who is an amputee

Requested by @flamebearrel​

[Image Description: Drawing of a short black beard and mustache. He is wearing a yellow shirt. He has short black hair and black eyes.]

[megamanincorrectquotes]

Plum: If you were to take a drink for every bad decision, how drunk would you be?

Kouin: Sober!

Astil: Reasonably tipsy.

Lalinde: ...Drunk.

Cossack: Wasted.

Light: Dead! :)

Everybody, concerned and staring at him:

[flowersofstarlight]

Dr. Wily has a gun

This was inspired by a video that really made me laugh.

Click right here if you want to see it👇

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bOcwHmRvW5w

Also this is what I think Mikhail’s sons reaction would look like.

[flamebearrel]

With so many Robot Masters coming from miscellaneous places and creators, I often find myself wondering about how many of them are made by the same people... So Archie introducing two new doctors (Drs. Lalinde and Astil) was a really nice touch and I incorporate them quite a bit in my headcanons

I like to think that Plant Man has another environment-themed brother Astil created later on, Chill Man! But they’re barely familiar with each other because not only was Chill relatively young when he caught Roboenza, he also worked in such a different environment that they couldn’t really meet up that often :,D

In Dr. Lalinde’s family, Tempo and Vesper eventually get a younger brother too~ I thought it was great when they changed up Honey Woman (beta Hornet Man)’s concept into Vesper, so let’s say they did the same with Ocean Man (beta Splash Woman)!!

[inlightsimage]

omniversus replied to your post: CLARIFICATION: ROBOT MASTER MUSEUM //-I’ve always...

{ okay now explain why there are two Plant Man’s in the Robot Museum B) }

//-I can’t believe that you of all people would forget about Plant Man 2: Electric Boogaloo from Mega Man #1337. smh, Zac

[zosonils-art]

Can you talk abt tide man? I love them

(If you haven’t talked about them already)

i love him too so i can absolutely talk about him!! tide man infodump under the cut

tide man is an aquatic robot master who works in coral reefs! he's more or less an undersea janitor, hauling garbage or debris that's damaging the ecosystem back to shore. he also monitors the health of the coral and resident marine life, and helps with efforts to cut down on pollution and improve the water quality of the ocean. he lives in queensland, australia, where he's part of a massive ongoing effort to clean up the great barrier reef, but he's been called out to help with other coral reefs all over the world. he's based on the unused concepts for ocean man both in-universe and in real life, the same way vesper woman is based on the concept art for honey woman, and he was redesigned and built by dr. astil! unless archie mega man returns from the dead and gives the number to someone else, his official serial number is DAN-002

he's very easily stressed, even by small things, and his perfectionist tendencies only make this worse. he often places unrealistically high expectations on himself due to the [largely incorrect] assumption that, as a robot master initially designed by dr. light himself, they're the expectations that everyone around him also has. because of the unnecessary pressure he puts on himself, he's chronically anxious and prone to panic attacks, and struggles with depression and very low self-esteem. he has a short temper and tends to shout at people when he's freaking out, but he tries really hard to keep this in check and quickly apologises to anyone he upsets. once he's had some time to calm down, he's polite and good at working with others, if a little socially awkward. life isn't easy for tide but he's trying his best

despite the stress it causes him, tide is committed to his job and takes it Very Seriously. while it's partially due to his desire to be seen as competent and valuable and deserving of praise, his dedication mostly stems from a genuine love of the reefs he watches over. he has a high level of empathy for nature, especially sea life, and feels he has a responsibility to protect it. because of this, he's very conscious about things like recycling and treating natural environments with respect. he's appeared in a handful of psas about recycling and keeping the beach clean and not littering and all that to help raise public awareness about taking care of the environment. nothing angers him more than senseless littering, and he has a particularly seething hatred for plastic waste due to the damage it causes to ocean ecosystems

like many water-themed robot masters before him, tide is more suited to moving underwater than on land. his body is much denser than it looks, allowing him to sink to and walk along the ocean floor without assistance, but not so heavy as to impede his swimming speed or agility. he usually moves very slowly so that he doesn't accidentally break any coral or scare any marine life. the harpoon gun on his left arm is mostly used to pull up particularly large pieces of debris - he's permitted to use it for self-defence if he absolutely has to, but so far he's never fallen into such a situation. his weight and lack of a left hand make him clumsy above water, but the caution he takes while moving helps to alleviate this somewhat

tide absolutely loves animals, especially the sea life he interacts with on a daily basis. he tries his best not to give them attention and risk disrupting their behaviour patterns, but a lot of the fish and other animals in the great barrier reef recognise him as nonthreatening by now and will come up to him or swim alongside him of their own accord. being around animals calms him down, and if he's having a panic attack he can usually bring himself out of it by going to the beach and chilling with some seagulls or fish for a while. usually if he isn't busy he'll just sink gently to the bottom of the ocean and watch all the sea life swim past and get lost in that for a while. his absolute favourite animals are sea turtles! he loves the way they look and move and finds their social patterns fascinating. he couldn't choose a favourite species if he tried, though. don't ask him. he will get decision paralysis and he will cry

when he gets his laws of robotics surgically removed, tide man forces every human and man-made influence on basically the entire coast of queensland out of the ocean with the threat of gratuitous robot violence, then goes to sit at the bottom of the reef and scowl and occasionally vent his frustrations with incredible destructive force at any ships unlucky enough to still be floating through the area [then spend a few hours cleaning up the mess he made]. it's unclear how this gets wily any closer to world domination, but at least it gives tide something to do with his pent up frustration. the pressure of having to take over the entire world dials up his stress responses even further, shortening his temper from irritable to outright explosive. he sometimes tries to take charge of the group or set an example for his fellow robot masters, but in practice he isn't nearly intimidating enough to give anything stronger than a suggestion

his stage begins with a scramble through the robot-infested wreckage of a ship he took out his anger on, then once you reach the end and jump out it becomes the obligatory water level. there's a lot of downward movement in the second part as you travel deeper and deeper into the reef to find him. naturally his stage has plenty of thematically appropriate hazards - shards of coral as spikes, bubbles as temporary platforms, robots based on all his favourite marine animals, the works. in true tourist-in-australia fashion rock teleports in and immediately gets swooped by 40+ seagulls

tide is weak to sleet foot because he isn't well equipped to handle the cold. he was built under the assumption that he wouldn't ever encounter freezing temperatures, since he lives in queensland [one of australia's warmest states] and coral reefs only form in warm waters. when he gets cold, his movement becomes stiff and even slower, and if ice crystals manage to form in or around his joints they can quickly and completely incapacitate him. sleet foot being a low kick also gives him trouble, since his body's density means it takes some time for him to get up if he's knocked over

designing tide was interesting since i was actually referencing canon mega man designs instead of just making stuff up. in addition to basing him on ocean man's concept art, i also took a lot of design cues from plant man, since he's the only other robot master canonically built by dr. astil so i thought it'd be nice if they had some design elements in common! it's probably because of this heavy referencing that he arguably looks the most like a 'real' robot master in terms of design. [i don't think that by itself makes him a better or worse character design, it's just something interesting i noticed!] i'm particularly proud of taking the pattern on ocean man's helmet and turning it into the coral-like decal that tide has on his, even if it's a bit of a nightmare to draw lmao

due to sharing a creator, he and plant man consider each other brothers! their work doesn't overlap what with them being in different countries most of the time, but whenever they both have time off they take the opportunity to catch up and talk about how things are going. having each other there really helps them both with their depression [one day dr. astil will finally make a robot who isn't chronically sad], and while he's too shy to admit it tide really looks up to plant and is kind of awestruck by him. this is objectively a bad idea because plant is an emotional disaster, but tide is a baby sibling so he's too busy thinking his big brother is cool and awesome to notice

i think that's a good place to wrap up the tide man post, thank you so much for asking about him! as always here's the unfiltered and transparent versions of his art

[rockmiyabideusexmachina]

First off today, Hard Man’s splash page introduction from Issue 44! Gary still did have that page available, after all! So that puts me at 7/8 for the 3rd Numbers, only missing Snake Man’s introduction page. 

The other issue on my target list was #34, drawn by Tyson Hesse, in which the 3rd Numbers and Break Man attack to essentially try to convince Shadow Man to join them. While yes, mostly because it was a Shadow-centric issue, but there were also a lot of great panels with the 3rd Numbers, you got Plant and Pharaoh mixed in during the temple excavation, and the ending with Break and Quake was really nice, too.

So these are the remaining ones I purchased to round out this issue, leaving only pages 1 and 6 as unobtainable pieces. (Not including the X-Factor Part 1 chapter from that issue, as those were all pure Spaz pages.) 

Once again, all of these images are updated to my comprehensive Google Photo gallery here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/4r3kqgbnNC4HFTfA8

Scanned from: My Production Art Stash

[taimuman]

Timeline time. Anything marked with an asterisk is tentative, requires further discussion, and may be moved if not removed entirely.

Pre-games:

Pretty easy to summarize. Aliens are a thing in a long, detailed post I have yet to make and may never make because of limited interest. Ra Moon did shit 20,000 years before ceasing to do shit and then being reactivated by Dr. Wily because Dr. Wily loves tampering with powers beyond his comprehension. This man would open the tomb thing in The Mummy and somehow not die. Shadow Man takes a nap. Thomas Light, Albert Wily, Mikhail Cossack, Noele Lalinde, Paul Vice, and Mila Volkov are part of a social circle of friends that go into their respective fields and as time goes on, they all end up making great contributions to the field of robotics that allow for the creation of robot masters, starting with Blues. Blues was made only a few years before Mega Man 1, with Tempo and Waltz being made shortly after and the three of them begin to bond and form connections with each other. Things begin to fall apart as Tempo’s accident and Noele’s mishandling of the incident happens at about a similar time frame that Blues learns his core is faulty, and there’s no easy fix for it. He runs away. Tempo spends several years in a state devoid of personhood or agency. Mila dies some time after Blues, Tempo, and Waltz are created. I have thought about her death being after Tempo lost her personhood, but it could be before. It’s undecided. She definitely dies very shortly before MM1, possibly only two years before. Sura (Paul Vice’s creation and daughter) may have been made during the time frame Blues is created, but she may have also been created after Tempo lost herself. It’s undecided. Pedro Astil took a trip to the Lanfont Ruins where Ra Moon and Shadow are getting their beauty sleep and it ends terribly. He is also part of the social circle, but he seems less involved in robotics than the others are. Rock and Roll are created. Mila’s death results in Albert deciding hey being a supervillain seems like a viable career path and he does it terribly. Blues has his angst fest this entire time.

Onto the games. It should be noted that something being listed here doesn’t necessarily mean it happened in the way it went down originally, we have a lot of rewriting to do, it’s just to chronicle events. There is a lot to be worked out.

Games and other adaptions:

Mega Man: Powered Up Mega Man 2 Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge* Spiritus Ex Machina Roll With It Countdown Cold Crush* (MODIFIED I SWEAR) The Curse of Ra Moon Redemption Dawn of X (except we’re not including anything about X or Xander’s time travel shenanigans) Mega Man 3 (modified to include some elements of Archie, but not all, as shown with Dawn of X) Mega Man II* Mega Man 4 Mega Man III* Mega Man 5 An Emerald Spears Plot I Haven’t Named Yet* Mega Man IV* Mega Man V* Mega Man 6 Mega Man 7 Mega Man: Battle & Chase Mega Man 8 Mega Man & Bass Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chousensha* Mega Man 9 Mega Man 10 Mega Man 11

Notes:

MAN I AM TIRED I’M SORRY.

Anyway, I have included absolutely no suggestions for any Ruby Spears episodes, not even for Tina’s episode, solely because no discussion on when those episodes would take place has really occurred. At best, Helena’s episode would most likely take place after MM7, but again that hasn’t been discussed in the slightest. Until those details are worked on, the episodes don’t get put on the list.

The Power Battle games have been removed for the time being, simply because as it turns out, they are alternate universes, and I don’t know if we need them to be a thing. We have a lot of other things to work out as is.

Mirai Kara no Chousensha is in dire need of work, since it involves Quint and/or his clone, but I think it should be included in some form as a way to resolve Quint’s issues one way or another. Whether he goes back to his timeline or is stuck here is still up for debate.

A lot of these plots need dire reworks and a few of them need a change of cast. Mega Man IV, for example, needs its lineup entirely reworked sans for Ballade and Dr. Wily and other Wily bosses. The fourth and fifth lines already had their time to shine, there should be other robot masters used in this instance. That isn’t getting into other examples such as. Really almost half of these games.

A number of other games have iffy placements in the timeline and can be reworked as necessary.

I’m really just pumping this out so I stop procrastinating.

[redsasexualdisaster]

im in a writing mood again so heres my mm human au 2: electric boogaloo

continuing off right after part 1

dwn's 17-24 originally worked for both light and wily when they decided to reunite and make their newest creation, gamma. Needle man worked in the mining industry and part time selling knitwear, wily met him while clothes shopping for baby bass and decided he would be a good asset to his schemes. Magnet man is the manager of the magnet sales division of some big company that aided the gamma project.

 Gemini man is a laser scientist who is always preoccupied with beautifying himself or those around him. he can be forced to work under threat of snake man's pet 'snakey' who is always.. there. Hard man is hired as a bodyguard as he was the previous wrestling champion of 20XX. he makes sure the project is kept top secret. top man is the PR guy who makes all the shady deals regarding materials that are hard to acquire. he insisted they house his gigantic cat Tama in the lab, and if he wasnt so good at his job he mightve been fired. Snake man is a reptile scientist/veterinarian who was temporarily employed by wily when bass brought treble to him. snake's job is to keep tabs on everything and report any insubordination.

Spark man was a younger co worker of elec man who brought him along to help. spark gets along with everyone, and even after siding with wily's plan still thinks fondly of the dln's. no one knows where shadow man came from, or what he does. but he's always paid before the other dwn's.

wily convinces the third line to side with him so he can take all the credit, and give them a higher pay (they actually get a smaller paycheck because he has too many workers and a vicious child) but when Gamma is completed, something goes wrong. there are probably may injuries, and both doctors break up again. is love truly over...?

cossack and light would be good friends that dont get to talk much bc work and distance (japan and russia) cossack and kalinka are both roboticists and he's keen to teach her everything he knows. she is a child prodigy. skull man is definitely going to be a robot master, unsure about the other dcn's. might be human, might not. but there will be a big difference between the dcn's and kalinka somehow. she might be 10? but she is a genious. her and roll would be fast friends if they met.

theres not much to say about plant man or dr astil. maybe light and him are collegues? plant could be a robot master or a human,, theres nothing planned beyond the 3rd line. but plant man is well known by any gardener, as a famous mascot and maybe a botanist? (x really wants to meet him in person)

as for dr lalinde, she probably went to the same university as light and wily. that would make tempo her daughter. tempo and blues probably meet and bond over their own mental issues and become close friends. lalinde later adopts vesper woman who instantly makes friends with tempo (though its a one-sided friendship for a while). tempo would be 10 and vesper would be 11. vesper might be related to hornet man but thats a looooong way away.

before wily "adopted" zero he was violent and bloodthirsty, part of some fight club gang. some of their members included vile, alia, the 1st mav line, sigma (the big guy in charge), other x villains. everyone gets addicted to a magic drug called maverick..?

so zero's sort of a mystery nobody knows who he's related to or where he came from but he hangs around with vile and storm? he knows his lifes a mess all he does is fight and drink.but he's not about that life and when wily gives him an offer he cant refuse, he up and quits and decides to beat up machines instead of humans. alia is probably the only one he really keeps in contact with afterwards.

somewhere else, there is a games shop with an infamous d&d group; the mega man killers...

[ldoesanartthing]

Turnabout Ra Moon

Word count: 1,448

Mega man Archie comic spoilers

I've been reading the Megaman archie comics lately and I,,, went ham,,, anyways, its ace attourney and megaman bleh, enjoy ig

(I can't put a read more on mobile blease forgive me)

Tuesday, 8:15 AM, Wright & co. office

  Phoenix sighed, pacing in his office. Money’s tight again, and that blackout definitely didn't help matters. Now that electricity’s back, it’s all over the news.

The phone rang. Followed by the door slamming open. “Phoenix!! A call!!” Maya squealed. Phoenix smiled, and picked up the phone.

  “Hello, is this Phoenix Wright?” Phoenix stopped smiling.

 He knew that voice, the very same that screamed about all that Ra moon mind control business while being escorted by the authorities. He sighed, loudly.

  “Yes, this is. Can we help you?” “It's a terrible desperate circumstance, you see! I'm innocent! I'm inno-” Phoenix cut him off. “Yes, I've heard. Dr. Wily, was it?” Maya’s face fell. “A-ah, yes! That would be me. Can you help me?”

 Phoenix Winced. He didn't trust Wily as far as he could throw him, but…

 Phoenix covered the phone’s speaker. “You can't take this case, Phoenix!” Maya whispered. “Do you have any other solutions?!” He shot back.

 “I may be able to… I can drop by and review your case in a bit, and then we'll discuss further.” “Thank heavens!”

 Phoenix hung up the phone, and promptly jumped at his partner’s reaction. Maya groaned, falling to her knees. “Phoenix, you bonehead, how are we gonna get out of this one?!”

 Phoenix slumped over. “I don't know… But it can't hurt to try.” “Can't hurt?! Can't hurt?! Phoenix, that man’s put the whole world in jeopardy! Has everyone forgotten about the time he hijacked the robot masters?!” Maya stood back up, her arms folded.

  “I don't like it either! But it's either this or ramen for a month!” Maya calmed down a bit. Phoenix had a point, why was being involved with law so difficult?!

 “Are you coming to the detention center with me?” Maya paused. “Yeah…” She pulled Phoenix into a hug. “I hope this works out for everyone.” “I hope so too.”

Tuesday, 8:47 AM, Detention Cell, Visiting room

  Phoenix pulled up a chair to desk, his reflection showing faintly in the glass. Maya borrowed a chair from the next window over and sat beside him. Dr. Wily approached the window, escorted by some guards. He smiled nervously.

  “Good day, Mr. Wright!” “Likewise, Dr.” Dr. Wily laughed uncomfortably before continuing. “I suppose you need the full story now?” “That would be nice.” Phoenix returned. “Right, right. Well…”

  “It all started when Thomas Light revealed the Robot Masters. I had helped him design, refine, and perfect, and yet…” Dr. Wily's face shifted to a scowl, one that made Maya shift uneasily.

   “Did I get credit? No! Thomas got all the glory,all the recognition, and I got nothing!” He slammed his fist on the table in anger. “So I thought I'd try to find my glory elsewhere, by discovering the temple!”

  “What about when you stole the Robot Masters the first time? Seems to me Ra Moon had no hand in that.” Phoenix had an eyebrow raised, whatever answer he got back ought to be very interesting…

  “I-I was just about to say!! Little did I know, Ra Moon had influenced me from the start! How would I have known about the temple or Ra Moon? He placed all these ideas in my head, you see!” Dr. Wily grinned, trying to hide the fact that Phoenix was onto him like a spotlight.

  “Uh huh…” Phoenix leaned back, this was one of the most unpleasant visits he'd ever taken to the detention center.

  “B-but!!! I have someone to back me up! The Blue Bomber, Megaman!” Phoenix and Maya were shocked, could this be true?

  “If you don't mind, we'd like to have a word with him before we accept your case.” Dr. Wily nodded, that sounded fair. “Thank you so much for coming to see me!! Every other attorney I've called never even gave me a shot…” He looked down, this was a sorry state he's gotten in, truth be told.

  “Don't thank me yet…” Phoenix replied, getting out of the chair and moving towards the door, Maya following him.

  “Are we really going to visit Megaman?!” Maya started bouncing as soon as the exited the door. “Oh my god, I wish I had brought something to autograph!” Phoenix couldn't help but laugh. “Maya, come on, I'm sure you can ask for one later, maybe after the trial?” Maya hopped aboard her bike. “So you're going to accept?” “I'm not 100% certain yet, but if Megaman can vouch for this guy, it seems like a pretty strong case.”

Tuesday, 9:38 AM, Light Labs

  Phoenix and Maya parked their bikes beside the building, which a bright green, very large robot was blowing leaves off of the walkway.

  “Are you one of the residents of Light Labs?” Phoenix asked. “Me?” The robot responded, turning off the leaf-blower. “I'm Auto! I'm helping Dr. Light tidy up after all mayhem!” Auto replied cheerfully.

 “Right… Is he in at the moment?” “Inside the Lab? Yeah! Who's asking?” Phoenix straightened a little, trying to look dignified. “Phoenix Wright, defense attorney. And my partner, Maya Fey.” Maya waved a bit, and Auto returned the gesture.

  “So you'll be defending Dr. Wily?” Auto asked. “Possibly, we'd like to ask Megaman a few questions, first.” “Oh! Go ahead! Ain't he the coolest? So brave and strong!” Maya perked up. “Yeah, he is!!! Saving the world from the clutches of evil, but still so humble!” “Yeah!!!” Auto responded.     

 Phoenix was already approaching the door, and gave it a firm knock, Maya rushed to catch up.

  The door was opened by a small blonde girl. “Hello?” Phoenix recalled her often beside Megaman on the news, perhaps his sister. “Er, hello- Phoenix Wright, defence attorney, may I speak to Megaman?” “Are you defending Dr. Wily?” She asked. “Maybe.” Phoenix answered.

 Roll sighed, and turned around. “Rock! You have a visitor!” She turned to face Phoenix and Maya again. “He'll be here in a second.” Maya couldn't help but ask “What do you think about this Ra Moon business.”

  The girl pondered for a bit. “I don't know, I was deactivated for repairs at the time, Rock seems to trust him though, but I just don't know if I can feel the same.” “Deactivated?” Maya pressed further. “Yeah, I had… A rather unfortunate accident.” The girl smiled pleasantly, a strange contrast from her words.

  “I'm Roll, by the way, nice to meet you!” She held out her hand, Phoenix and Maya each took it and shook.

  “Hello?” Rock approached the door. “Megaman! It's so nice to meet you!!” Maya bounced, her hands loosely flapping from side to side. “Please, call me Rock.” He smiled pleasantly. “Would you come in?”

  The lab was a pristine and bright location, but still very welcoming. Rock sat on a cozy armchair, and motioned for Phoenix and Maya to follow.

 Roll hurried into a room off of the main room, and a red, robotic dog climbed into Rock’s lap. “So, how can I help you?”

  “We're considering defending Dr. Albert Wily, and he said you could vouch for him and his Ra Moon story, is that true?” Rock smiled, petting the dog between it’s ears. “I can! Ra Moon seems to have a very strong power over a lot of things. I'm sure you were aware of the blackout, Mister?”    

  Phoenix nodded. “I've seen it's power up close and personally. It was.. Terrifying. Wily had even tried to build a robot to match it’s power, but Ra Moon took it over. It wouldn't be a stretch to say it could control humans, too, don't you think?”

  “I don't know what to think, truthfully…” Phoenix responded. “Would it help to know we’re gathering a team to go back to the temple and research?” “Yes, actually.” Phoenix smiled. “Who's going to be on the team?” Rock thought for a moment. “Me, Roll, dad, Dr. Cossack, Pharoah Man, Dr. Astil, Plant Man, and I think that's it.”

 “Are you nervous?” Maya asked suddenly. Rock looked down. “A little bit.” Maya nodded. “Something that helps me is to take something that reminds me of home, and look at it when I'm scared!” Rock thought for a moment. “I should try that! Thank you, ms… Oh, I don't think I learned either of your names.” He laughed.

  They told him their names, to which he responded “Those are really nice!” Maya giggled, her foot bouncing. “It was nice to meet you Rock, we'd better get going though.” Phoenix said, standing up. Maya followed suit.

  “Will you take his case?” Rock asked. Phoenix paused for a moment. “I think so.” He smiled, fluffing Rock’s hair. Rock smiled. “Thank you so much, Mr. Wright.”

[thelightofpeace-blog]

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@plantaterapeuta

Plant Man! Hi there! It’s great to see you again. How have you and Dr. Astil been?

[roombaroomba]

I was originally just looking to see who I could still play and.

And now instead Boo and I are discussing Dr. Astil and Plant Man.

Whoops?

[keywestlou]

MORNING STEW #35

Information overwhelming. Coronavirus motivated directly and indirectly. Impossible to provide any semblance of order. Ergo, a Morning Stew!

I have made the decision to remain in as much as possible. The virus concerns me. Eighty four makes me susceptible, especially when tied in with my maladies.

My day yesterday would have been ok because of the Syracuse/Louisville game in the evening. The game was cancelled. The balance of the season cancelled.

Watched TV, read, and dozzed on and off all day.

Media and White House at odds as to what should be done re the virus. Better to rely on TV and the experts rather than the White House. Ineptness leads us in Washington.

Spent a bit of time reading my friend Dot Downs’ Her Soldier of the Queen. Interesting. A U.K./Ireland war tale. Much romance. I can’t wait to see Dot again. She is my age. I want to know where in her early life experiences (if correct) she picked up the love/sex scenes.

What goes around, comes around. Trump screwed China with the trade war. China reciprocated. China’s impact nowhere as harsh as Trump’s hit.

Prior to coronavirus, the U.S. imported most of the raw materials to make pharmaceuticals, especially vaccines, from China. It was reported in yesterday’s Party newspaper that China may cut or reduce their supply of raw meds to the U.S.

Are school administrators losing it?

Last friday, State Police were called to the Union School District in Rimersburg, Pennsylvania, after a “known” juvenile allegedly robbed the school cafeteria of a juice box valued at 80 cents.

Paid leave during the virus crisis under consideration. A good idea!

Problem is where the money is to come from.

Trump proposes a “payroll tax holiday.” He is wrong again. Such a holiday would hurt Social Security and Medicare beneficiaries. It would also inure to the benefit of the rich. It would provide them with more disposable income than the poor.

How long will it take to make up for the recent market losses. History the best indication.

The 1987 Black Monday crash was 508 points. Market lower back then. The 508 points was equal to 22 percent of the market.

Took 2 years to recover.

The Great Depression of 1929 took 20 years to recover. And then only because of World War II which created employment for everyone.

It will take a long time for this market to return.

The American people are afraid. Properly so. Especially when our leader does not seem to know what he is doing.

Our world is closing down around us. Sport seasons and big time frames have been instituted. Some extremely quick. The Big East Tournament an example. The League called an end to the season at the half time of the St. John/Creighton game yesterday.

Sport stadiums, Broadway, political rallies, etc. The lights have gone dark.

Some do not want to recognize the reality of the virus nor the ineptness of Trump. One of the comments to my blog recently read, “Why is everybody trying to hurt him when all he is trying to do is what’s best for the country, not for himself…..The more they try, the more ‘we real people’ can see what a Hoax it really is.”

Signed “Anonymous, ” of course.

Is Steve Bannon or his thinking still involved in U.S. governing? He has been out of the White House for at least 2 years. I recall back in 2017 when he was part of Trump’s staff saying the deconstruction of America was “a daily fight.”

Everytime Trump or one of his cohorts speak of “testing,” the American people are assured “soon.” We are still waiting. When? We will never get a handle on the problem in the U.S. till we know what the numbers are and where.

As the virus becomes more acute, the number needing medical attention rises. We do not have enough hospital beds nor ventilators. Few plans are being made as to what to do. A few areas are making plans to go to tents.

While all this nothing is going on, Trump this morning was attacking Obama via tweeting.

We are still sitting on our asses re testing. Not my fault or yours. Donald’s.

Tell me why New York’s Governor Cuomo has drive through testing going on in New Rochelle. Trump has not implemented the procedure anywhere in the U.S. Where did Cuomo get the test kits? He seems to know more than the President.

Yesterday, Tom Hanks and his wife tested positive for coronavirus. Today, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau’s wife Sophie.

Why is Donald not testing? We know he has had 2-3 contacts.

Perhaps he does not want to know. And, doesn’t care if he infects anyone.

Trump lied several times in his Oval Office report to the nation. The 2 most egregious included testing.

One his statement that all people coming in from Europe were being tested “Heavily tested.” In fact, there was and is no system set up to so test.

The other is that the testing is “going very smoothly.” Of course it is. There is no testing! How can there be any screw-ups?

Dr. Fauci reported yesterday that the system is “a failing…..admit it!”

Another Governor taking the bull by the horns is California’s Newscom. He signed an order to take over California hotels for use of coronavirus patients. Solves the anticipated shortage of hospital beds problem.

New York’s Mayor de Blasio declared a state of emergency for the City yesterday.

Many universities are closing down. Going off line. Beside class room lectures, all activities canceled till April 6.

California finally finished its count. As anticipated, Sanders won. He took in 34 percent of the vote as opposed to Biden’s 27 percent.

Room was found this week for a bit of news re global warming.

Polar ice caps are melting 6 times faster than in the 1990’s. The loss in Greenland and Antarctica is accelerating.

Your cell phone is “dirty.” Possible carrier of the virus. A wipe with a product having 70 percent isopropyl alcohol recommended. Clorox suggested. Wipe easy.

I have been suggesting for 2 years another recession was going to hit. Thought it would last year. I was wrong.

My motivation was two-fold. The banks were playing the same games they did in 2008 and the banks were losing funds.

The Fed saw this happening. They began playing the Repo game. I first reported on Repos 2 months ago.

Banks sometimes do not have enough money. If all depositors wanted their money back at the same time, banks doors would close. There would not be sufficient funds.

The problem especially concerning smaller banks.

To avoid bank defaults, the Fed would lend money today to a bank and the bank would pay the money back tomorrow. Simple. Then the monies were probably reborrowed for another day on the tomorrow.

The amounts were relatively insignificant. In the millions. Then billions.

Beginning to day, in the trillions!

Bigger banks involved. Money needed for longer periods. Twenty four hour rule out the window. Now banks can “borrow” for up to a 3 month period before repaying.

What is happening is no less than a bank bailout. A bailout to Wall Street.

Who bails us out?

South Carolina’s James Clyburn turned the Democratic primary in Biden’s direction. He is an elderly black man. He was there with Martin Luther King Jr. Majority Leader today of the House of Representatives. One of the most respected men in Washington.

An Axios HBO show will be run this sunday at 6 pm.

In a portion of the show already released, Clyburn said, The U.S. “could very well go the way of Germany in the 1930’s.”

I have been saying it for 2 years.

Ian Welsh is a Canadian blogger who I frequently read. In a blog published 3/12 titled Coronavirus Bungling Is What We Voted For, Welsh wrote, “Donald Trump is a blittering idiot and incompetent at the actual mechanics of running a government. This is not to deny his other competencies at bullying and running a campaign, but he’s seriously mentally deficient. He is bungling the Coronavirus response. That’s going to lead to a lot of dead people, including a lot of old people who, forgive me, voted for him.”

Zeroing in on Keys coronavirus cases.  It must safely be assumed they are on the rise. However, not all the sick are being tested.  Actually few.

Bob Eadie is the Director of the Florida Keys Chapter of the Florida Health Department. A full time job. He has held it since 2007. One problem. He is not a doctor. He’s a lawyer.

The past few weeks he has been the politician…..Speaking as Washington and Tallahassee do. Not as a Dr. Fauci.

For example, he claims tests are available. All one has to do is go to a doctor. Then be directed to the Health Department for a test.

The Health Department cannot test everyone. Would result in an “overload.” It would be a “wasting of resources.”

So some tests are being done. How many, we do not know.

The reason we do not know is Eadie cannot tell us till Tallahassee gives him permission.

So much for transparency.

Dana Milbank is the much respected Washington Post columnist. His most recent column was titled: “Got A Medical Question? Ask Dr. Trump!”

Cartoons were big time in my youth…..1930’s and 1940’s. Especially Walt Disney ones.

The Disney ones generally closed with Porky Pig saying: That’s all folks!

I sign off in a similar fashion today…..That’s all folks!

Enjoy your day!

        MORNING STEW #35 was originally published on Key West Lou

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Mikhail, I don’t want to alarm you, but Wily is here

Mikhail spat out his coffee and started to shake tremendously at the news. No, no no nonO NO!!!!

“Albert has returned?!” Dr Light exclaimed in surprise as Mikhail starts breathing in and out rapidly, holding his shoulder tightly. “Nonononononononononono-“

“Mikhail! Deep breaths!” Astil said, trying to calm Mikhail down who merely responded by shaking his head, tears rapidly flowing down his cheeks as he moved to hold his neck.

“Mikhail, please calm down!” Dr Light pleaded and after some time, him and Astil managed to calm the Russian scientist down who is now nothing but a ball of sobs.

“We’re here for you Mikhail, you want me to call for one of your children to comfort you?” Astil offers to which Mikhail shook his head and kept crying.

“It’s going to be alright Mikhail, I promise.” Dr Light assured as the two help to comfort Mikhail.

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“Hmm, probably Plant Man!  Supposedly, a good portion of my botanist programming is based on Dr. Astil’s work on him.”