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cleversteel · 1 year ago

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COLM!! in Fódlan

source: shadoll

GENDER. Male (he/him)

AGE. 18

HEIGHT. 5’9” (175 cm)

BIRTHDATE. 9th of the Garland Moon (June 9th)

CREST/HOLY BLOOD. None

CLASS. Black Eagles Student!

AFFILIATION. The Kingdom of Renais

BIOGRAPHY. A thief who hails from a village razed to the ground. He has a pure heart and tries to put his skills to more positive uses, even if he occasionally makes some... questionable decisions. Awoke in Fódlan after stealing something he probably shouldn’t have, later wandering from Adrestia to the Officers Academy and enrolling there.

PERSONAL HISTORY

785 - Born to a couple of common blood in the village of Lark in Renais.

788 - Befriends Neimi, another from the village of Lark. Is at her a side a year later when her mother passes away.

803 - The War of the Stones begins, and Lark is later attacked and burned down by Bazba’s Bandits. He joins Eirika’s army after successfully stealing back Neimi’s mirror.

803 - The war ends. Not too long after, he mysteriously awakens in Fódlan and enrolls in the Officers Academy.

INTERESTS. Protecting Neimi, thievery, medicine LIKES. Neimi, michew berries, home, herbs, stealing, marshmallows, food in general DISLIKES. Losing, lowly bandits, those who endanger the helpless, being underestimated, Lloyd (derogatory) STATUS. Black Eagles Student CLOSE ALLIES: Neimi, Pelleas, Kiran

DINING HALL PREFERENCES

LIKES. Beast Meat Teppanyaki, Saghert and Cream, Fish and Bean Soup, Sautéed Jerky, Sweet and Salty Whitefish Sauté, Sweet Bun Trio, Fruit and Herring Tart, Garreg Mach Meat Pie, Peach Sorbet, Two-Fish Sauté, Gronder Meat Skewers, Vegetable Stir-Fry, Bourgeois Pike DISLIKES. Vegetable Pasta Salad, Small Fish Skewers, Country-Style Red Turnip Plate, Super-Spicy Fish Dango, Pickled Seafood and Dango, Daphnel Stew, Fried Crayfish

DINING HALL NOTES

DEFAULT. ✧

“Always happy to share a meal with friends!”

FAVORITE DISH. ✧

“Hey, I really like this dish! Do you like it too?”

LEAST FAVORITE DISH. ✧

“Well, I… uh… haha…”

WITH EPHRAIM. ✧

“Oh, I should tell Kyle about this!”

WITH KIRAN. ✧

“Oh, Rose, you should try this! It’s really tasty!”

WITH NEIMI. ✧

“Isn’t the food here great? I figured you’d like it.”

WITH PELLEAS. ✧

“If you don’t want your food, I’ll gladly take it! Oh, we could trade! You can have some of my vegetables!”

WITH VALTER. ✧

“(Ah, shoot. How’d I end up sharing a meal with this guy?!)”

TEA TIME GUIDE

FAVORITE TEA. Sweet-Apple Blend, Southern Fruit Blend, Honeyed-Fruit Blend CONVERSATION TOPICS. A place you’d like to visit, children at the market, close calls, cooking mishaps, exploring the monastery, I’m counting on you, our first meeting, past laughs, reliable allies, school days, someone you look up to, tell me about yourself, thanks for everything, the view from the bridge, working hours for guards, working together, you’re doing well, your ambitions, cats, a dinner invitation, favorite sweets, food in the Dining Hall, shareable snacks, strange fish in the pond, hopes for your future, monastery mysteries, likeable allies

TEA TIME QUOTES

GREETING. ✧

(1) “Hey, Professor! I made it!” (2) “I was pretty quick, wasn’t I?” (3) “I’m not a HUGE tea person, but I don’t mind!”

FAVORITE TEA. ✧

“Oh, this one smells nice!”

FIVE STAR TEA. ✧

“Wow, this smells expensive!”

BEING OBSERVED. ✧

(1) “Hm? Do I have something on my face?” (2) “Oh, do you like my earrings? I pierced them myself! It was… ahaha… not my finest work.” (3) “My mom used to describe my ponytail as a ‘dove tail.’ I admit, I still get kinda sentimental sometimes when I think about it.”

QUIPS. ✧

“Huh?” “Really?” “Wow.” “(Laughter)” “How about this?” “Did ya hear?”

ENDING. ✧

“I had a lot of fun! You should invite me again sometime.”

FINAL COMMENTS. ✧

(1) Back in when I was in the army, we had a Father in our troops who blamed me for setting his extra clothes on fire. Twice. Crazy, right? ANSWER: Nod, Laugh (2) A close friend of mine once lost something precious to her, so I stole it back for her. I could tell she was really worried, but I wasn’t going to let those bandits keep it! ANSWER: Agree, Commend (3) Man, candy is really tasty! I wish I could have some all the time... ANSWER: Disagree, Admonish (4) This place is really nice... Since I’m living here though, I don’t intend to borrow anything. ANSWER: Praise, Admonish (5) I really like it here, but... well, I kinda miss my friends from home. ANSWER: Nod, Chat

MISCELLANEOUS DIALOGUE.

GIFT GUIDE

FAVORITE GIFTS. Owl Feather, Tasty Baked Treat, Watering Can, Hunting Dagger, Legends of Chivalry, Forget-me-nots, Ceremonial Sword DISLIKED GIFTS. Watering Can, Training Weights, Monarch Studies Book, Coffee Beans

GIFT QUOTES

DISLIKED GIFT. ✧

“Ahaha...”

LIKED GIFT. ✧

“Thanks! This is nice!”

FAVORITE GIFT. ✧

“Oh, this is REALLY nice. Thanks a lot!”

LOST ITEMS

SPARE EARRING. A golden earring in the style of a ring. It’s not real gold, but it still looks really nice. Likely belongs to someone who likes jewelry but doesn’t like to spend. Location found: Training Grounds. BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO MEDICINAL HERBS. A book detailing basic information on various plants and herbs that any apothecary ought to know. Likely belongs to someone with an interest in plants and medicine. Location found: Fishing Pond. BAG OF TREATS. A bag of baked goods with varying degrees of sweetness. Likely belongs to someone with a sweet tooth. Location found: Dining Hall.

LOST ITEM QUOTES

OWNER. ✧

“Oh, you found it! Thanks for getting this back to me.”

NOT OWNER. ✧

“It’s nice, but... not mine, sorry. I could help you find the owner though!”

BATTLE QUOTES

MOCK BATTLE RETREAT. ✧

“Shoot... Sorry guys!”

FIRST KILL. ✧

“Whoa... Haha...”

MONASTERY QUOTES

CHOIR PRACTICE. ✧

(1) “Haha... I am not really a singer...” (2) “Welp, here goes nothing!”

COOKING. ✧

(1) “Okay, let’s do this whole cooking thing!” (2) “My mom always did it like this...!” (3) “And bam! Easy.”

TUTORING

INSTRUCT

BAD. ✧

“Wait, really?” Critique: Gah... No need to be so harsh...! Console: Yeah, I got this! I’ll definitely get it next time!

GREAT. ✧

“I know, I know. I’m just that guy!” “That was easy!”

PERFECT. ✧

“It was nothing.” PRAISE. “Aw, thanks, Professor. You’re not that bad a teacher, you know!”

TASKS

STABLE DUTY. ✧

“Now how did Neimi do it again?”

WEEDING. ✧

“Gah... I HATE weeding!”

SKY WATCH. ✧

“Whoa... Okay! We are REALLY high up!”

CERTIFICATION EXAMS FAILED. ✧

“Aha... I probably should’ve paid more attention in class...”

PASSED. ✧

“Hah. Light work!”

SWORD. ✧

“I’m not physically the strongest, but I am really accurate! That’s why I learned the sword as a self-defense weapon! I figured that, since I’m at a military school and stuff, I could maybe get better!”

BOW. ✧

“A close friend of mine was an archer, just like her grandfather before her. They were AMAZING, and I want to be like them. So, I’m taking up the bow!”

LANCE + RIDING. ✧

“I’m pretty light on my feet, but horses are pretty good too! The way they can carry you across a whole field in a fraction of the time...! Oh, and of course, I’ll be learning the lance as well. I’m not really good at it, but I’m gonna need it to pass the exam, right?”

LEVEL UP

0 TO 1 STATS UP . ✧

“Not my best work.”

2 TO 3 STATS UP . ✧

“Hey, it’s better than nothing!”

4-5 STATS UP . ✧

“Always improving!”

6+ STATS UP . ✧

“Impressed?”

UPON REACHING LEVEL 99 . ✧

“Wow, I’m incredible! I bet no one could stop me now!”

BUDDING TALENT

“Huh. Who’d’ve thought?”

NEW SKILL

“Ooh, a neat new trick!”

RECLASSING . ✧

“Hey, I’m adaptable!”

BATTLE QUOTES

WHEN SELECTED

FULL/HIGH HP . ✧

“You got it!”

MEDIUM HP . ✧

“I’m good. Don’t worry about me.”

LOW HP . ✧

“Okay, I might need a bit of help here...!”

ENEMY DEALS 1 OR NO DAMAGE OR MISSES . ✧

“Nope!”

CRITICAL ATTACK . ✧

“Sorry about this!” “Light work.” “And here we go!” “Guaranteed results!”

GAMBIT . ✧

“I’ve got an idea!”

GAMBIT BOOST . ✧

“I’ve got your back!”

DEFEATED ENEMY . ✧

“Whoops! Should’ve been better, I guess.” “Haha! Take that!” “Good luck beating me!”

ALLY DEFEATS ENEMY . ✧

“Nice work!” “Glad you’re on our side!” “You’re pretty good!”

ALLY HEALS/RALLIES . ✧

“Thanks!” “I appreciate it!” “I’ll pay you back later.”

DEFEAT QUOTE

CASUAL . ✧

“Gotta admit, I can’t keep going much longer. I’m just gonna fall back here. You guys keep going, okay?”

CLASSIC . ✧

“No... Nei...mi...”

THE ADVICE BOX

“I really like it here at the monastery and I’ve made a lot of friends, but sometimes, I miss my friends back home. What should I do?” > You should write letters home! It might not cure your homesickness, but they’ll at least know you’re thinking of them. > Try and recreate what you liked about your homeland and share that with your friends here! You might be away from home, but you can still bring it with you here! > You should try and visit whenever you get a break from school! Nothing beats actually being with the people you care about most. (Correct Answer)

#[‘some of us don’t know anything other than a thief’s life.’] (meta content)#[‘this is ridiculous…’] (memes)#// me when i started: i'll do this over the course of a few days to keep from getting overwhelmed #// also me four and a half hours after i started: so i'm done now #// man. colm. him. :softsmile:#// forever cheesed by the auto-suggested pelleas support tags he has :joy:#// i also find it funny how valter and [redacted] were very mild in food opinions #// and then colm said 'i have Opinions'#// vegetable non-liker :weary:

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pennamesmith · 4 years ago

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Secret of the Skeletor

Skeletor sneaks out. Some less-prominent former members of the Horde receive community outreach. More Skeletor stories!

Skeletor sat alone in the laboratory.

He had strict orders not to go anywhere or do anything. As one of Horde Prime’s drone bots, he knew the importance of rules. But ever since Entrapta had reprogrammed him with a name and a unique personality, he also knew the importance of breaking them.

Skeletor chuckled. He stood up, paused, then sat back down again and laughed some more as he pondered his options.

Just about everybody else in Bright Moon was busy. Even Wrong Hordak’s usual support group was canceled while he attended the queen’s cabinet meeting about Entrapta’s new interdimensional research findings.

This meant it was the perfect time for Skeletor to venture outside the kingdom. A community outreach day. He grinned. Pausing only to giggle again and leash his beloved robot puppy, Relay, Skeletor snatched up Darla’s ignition crystal and shambled out the door.

“Now for a little vanishing act!” he declared as he left.

It was going to be a good day.

Kyle braced himself as soon as he heard the ship engines come to a stop outside the window.

“Hey, guys?” he called to the other two inhabitants of their modest home. “I think —”

He was interrupted by the sound of splintering wood. “Strong, but not strong enough!” Skeletor yelled as he cheerfully kicked in the door. Rogelio, who had been going to open it, bristled in shock while Lonnie yelped and grabbed a frying pan from the kitchen, brandishing it like a club from behind the counter.

A long, stale moment passed.

“...It’s all part of the game!” Skeletor explained apologetically, as he turned and tried to replace the door on its hinges. “We don’t want to hurt anyone!” At his feet, Relay peered inside the room and barked, tail wagging.

All three of the former Horde soldiers relaxed and breathed a sigh of relief, though Lonnie’s battle-ready expression did not change.

“Do you really have to do that every time you come over?” Kyle asked, poking at the loosely swinging door.

“Yes,” Skeletor replied honestly.

Rogelio shrugged and growled something indistinct.

Lonnie quirked an eyebrow. “What? You asked him to come here?”

“We both did,” Kyle piped up. He reached for Rogelio’s hand in reassurance. “We… kinda wanted to get some more information on Wrong Hordak’s support group.”

Dutifully, Skeletor produced a sheaf of pamphlets and papers detailing schedules and services and handed them over to the two young men. Rogelio accepted them all with a brief roar of thanks.

Lonnie shook her head, still frowning. “Oh no. I already told you, I am not interested. Going over there for wellness day was one thing, but there are too many people there that I still just… can’t be around. And he’s nice and all, but I don’t think Wrong Hordak really gets me.”

“Running away. So impolite!” Skeletor scoffed.

“That’s okay!” Kyle hastily added. “You don’t have to come with us. We’d never force you into something like this.”

“Running away sounds like a terrific idea!” Skeletor said.

Kyle looked at Rogelio. “It’s just, we’ve been talking, and I think we want to give it a try. Even if it doesn’t work out, we might be able to learn some stuff that could help. Taking the first step can be really hard, even when it’s the right thing. And we’ll be here if you decide you’re ready, but we’ll be here if you don’t, too.”

Lonnie’s expression softened, slightly. “Thanks guys,” she said, and meant it. She went to hug the other two. “Now, let’s see about making this robot fix our door.” She pounded a fist into her palm meaningfully.

“I think it’s time for me to leave and take care of another matter!” Skeletor squeaked, and beat a hasty retreat.

Darla hovered serenely above the water on the Salinean coast. While Relay napped in the captain’s chair, Skeletor strolled unhurriedly along the docks. He stopped in front of a small, shabby storefront and looked curiously at the sign above the door.

Sea Hawk’s Ship Disposal and Firewood Emporium, it read. You Crash ‘Em, We Burn ‘Em!

“I think I’ll make him my court jester, if he’s funny enough!” Skeletor proclaimed, and walked inside.

However, it was instantly apparent from the lack of off-key sea shanties being sung that the shop’s namesake proprietor was currently absent. This suited the skinny robot just fine. The real subject of his visit was the new part-time hire, who sat slouched at the register behind a gossip-scroll and an eyepatch.

Octavia brightened when she saw Skeletor enter. “Hey, I was wondering when you’d make it back here!” she called out. Skeletor waved in response and marched over, holding out a laden bag.

“I’ve brought you a present!” Skeletor announced.

Octavia’s good eye shone as she reached inside and pulled out a glittering, silver fishing net. “Oh, wow, Entrapta finished it already!” she gushed, holding the netting up to the light to admire it.

“That net is made of elastium!” Skeletor boasted. “It’s not only one of the hardest substances in the universe, it also stretches!”

“Hey, thanks for helping me commission this,” Octavia said, looking back. She smiled wistfully. “Entrapta really was the best part of the Horde when we were all there, you know? She was so nice to everyone, and Hordak was loads calmer, and all our maintenance complaints got fixed practically overnight!”

“That’s just peachy for you!” Skeletor said.

“Plus, it kinda took some of the sting out of having to take orders from the kid who did this when we were six,” Octavia added, gesturing to her eyepatch. “I had ambitions, you know? I was the first of our class to make Force Captain. I was going places! Of course, none of that matters anymore.”

Her sour expression melted as she looked back at the new net. “But that won’t stop me! With this I can make some extra money on the side selling seafood. Then I’ll buy this place from Sea Hawk — honestly, I think he forgets he owns it sometimes — and turn it into a crafting and antique shop, Octopus Cove or Mystic Isle or something. After that I’ll take over all the shops on the dock one by one, and then the beach tourism market will be mine! Ha ha!”

She cackled with evil glee. Skeletor joined in, politely.

“Too bad about the others, but at least I escaped!” Skeletor concluded, and left to continue his mission.

“Beast-Man!” Skeletor sang as the door opened.

“I still don’t know who that is, but it’s good to see you again too,” Grizzlor grinned. “Come on in, buddy!”

Skeletor followed the wolffish giant inside while Relay trotted happily at his heels. Grizzlor’s husband, fellow former Horde Commander Cobalt, was relaxing in their living room and waved when he saw the bot.

“Skeletor! How’ve you been?”

“Sitting down on the job?” Skeletor barked. “I’ll help you, if only to be rid of you!” He offered Cobalt a thick folder of paperwork. “Here, here it is!”

Cobalt accepted the folder reverentially. “Really? I knew it was a long shot asking Hordak for help, but all the red tape was getting to be such a nightmare that I just didn’t know what to do anymore.” He sniffled and wiped a tear from his eye. “Thank you so much!”

“You’re crying for Hordak?” Skeletor huffed. “I don’t believe it!”

“I can’t believe that worked,” Grizzlor admitted. “I mean, I always thought Hordak hated me,” he added sheepishly. “Especially after that thing with the two neckties.”

Cobalt shook his head. “Nah, I don’t think Hordak ever really hated anybody. He just didn’t know what to do with anyone. Now, Shadow Weaver on the other hand…”

“Most unpleasant!” Skeletor muttered.

“Exactly. But I think Hordak did care, in his own way. He saw how scared we were of combat during the early days, in the Scorpion uprising. I think that’s why he kept me teaching the cadets and you on the easy patrols, Grizz.”

Grizzlor chuckled. “Aw, I can’t imagine you being scared of anything, big guy!”

“Oh, I wasn’t always like this!” Cobalt demurred, flexing his shoulders. “Back in my cadet days I was so skinny everyone called me ‘Mantenna’! Used to joke that I’d fall through a crack in the floor if I wasn’t careful.”

“Another piece of the puzzle!” said Skeletor.

Cobalt slung an arm around Grizzlor. “But listen, Horde or no, I’ll always be there for you.” He held up the adoption papers Skeletor had delivered. “And now, we might have something else to protect together.”

Skeletor’s last stop was a recently-refurbished tavern just inside the Crimson Waste. He nodded approvingly at the osseous architecture and then pushed his way through the curtain while Relay ran ahead, yapping.

Inside there was a wide, smoky space filled with outlaws and ruffians of every species imaginable. They all turned to look as Skeletor entered.

“That’s it! Kneel before your new master!” Skeletor bellowed.

Everyone immediately went back to what they had been doing. The chatter and plinky piano music returned. Relay found a small lizard and began to chase it around the floor.

“Skeletor! It’s good to see you back, friend!”

An enormous purple hand clapped the robot on the shoulder. Skeletor looked up into the smiling face of a towering barbarian.

“Can I get you anything?” Huntara asked, conversationally. “Minions to yell at? A ribcage chair to sit in?”

“Unnecessary! Because we’ve already found you!” Skeletor replied.

“Good, I was hoping you’d say that. Zed! Sunder!” Huntara called out. Two Horde clones who were staffing the bar — one seeming slightly shorter than the typical clone brother, and the other a bit older and wrinklier — glanced up at the sound of their names and hurried over.

“Keep an eye on the door, willya? I need to talk to bonehead here for a bit. We’ve got… business to discuss.”

The two clones nodded seriously, and Huntara escorted Skeletor to a secretive back room behind the bar. Inside there were many potted cacti, two comfortable chairs, and a little table with a miniature sand garden on top. It had a tiny, handheld rake for making soothing patterns in the sand.

“I’m so glad you’re here!” Huntara sighed in relief, dropping into one of the chairs. Relay jumped into her lap and she patted his head gratefully. “I have so much to talk about! You know how last time I was telling you about Grox and all the things she was saying to me? Well…”

“Easy, don’t overexert yourself! It’ll only cause you to weaken more quickly,” Skeletor cautioned. He settled into the other chair and leaned forward, listening intently.

“Yeah, I know. It’s just nice to have someone to talk to, Huntara said. “I don’t feel comfortable in big groups and I can’t always open up to the people around here. So thanks for stopping by.”

Skeletor nodded. “I’m right here, old friend! Release the shadow beast!”

A weight seemed to leave Huntara’s shoulders. “All right. Now, like I was saying…”

Long after the stars had come out, the laboratory door finally swung open again. Entrapta and Hordak, looking exhausted but accomplished, strode inside with their arms full of rolled-up diagrams and data sheets from that day’s presentation.

“...And they listened to everything I said!” Entrapta exclaimed as they came in. “I can’t remember the last time anybody besides you paid attention to me for that long. It was kinda scary, but it felt kinda good, too!”

“They were fools if they never attended to you before,” Hordak purred, smiling proudly. “And I cannot imagine they would disregard you now. After all, you are talking about the prospect of rescuing —”

“Sounds like we’ve got company!” Skeletor interrupted, welcoming the couple back to the lab. He was sitting, hands primly folded, in exactly the same spot as he had been when they left. “I’ve been expecting you!”

“Oh. Hello, Skeletor,” Hordak sighed, reluctantly looking away from Entrapta. “Did you follow my instructions to stay put today?”

Skeletor crossed his fingers and nodded.

“Did you follow my instructions?” Entrapta whispered, after Hordak had gone on ahead. Skeletor nodded again, much more enthusiastically this time.

“Good robot!” Entrapta replied, with a wink and a smile. “Thanks for helping out!” Then she scampered away to keep up with her lab partner.

“Ha! My plan has worked perfectly!” Skeletor gloated. “Now I have the power!”

#Skeletor #she ra #spop #fan fiction #horde trio #octavia #grizzlor #commander cobalt #huntara #entrapdak #grizzlor/cobalt #smith stuff #I wonder what that big meeting was all about

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yes-justice-seeking · 5 years ago

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Who is Behind Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak?! 武汉非典，难道是一场蓄谋的超限战？！

Many thanks to Mr. Shawn, @ShawningArmor and his CivilianIntelligenceNetwork.ca!

The American Conservative reported on April 12, 2019 that “Steve Bannon Declared War on China”

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/steve-bannon-declares-war-on-china/

Steve Bannon has been worshiping the #CCP’s military strategy book “Unrestricted Warfare” and referred it as his “Bible”.

Bio-chemical warfare is in the list of the “Unrestricted Warfare”

Steve Bannon also self-identified as a Leninist to destroy everything:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/steve-bannon-trumps-top-guy-told-me-he-was-a-leninist

Following President Trump’s announcement of Bannon’s new role at BreitbartNews, Breitbart reported on Sept. 7, 2017 that Guo Wengui, aka 郭文贵, became a bargaining chip for the US in the US-China relationship.

https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/09/07/billionaire-guo-wengui-asks-u-s-asylum-accusing-top-chinese-officials-corruption/

Guo Wengui then set his political goal to “eliminate the CCP”/ 灭共. He announced his strategy as “Use the CCP to eliminate the CCP”/以共灭共 on Aug. 10, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjRDvbhVyy4

The strategy can be traced back to "Kill with a borrowed knife” 借刀杀人, one of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, “a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and civil interaction. “

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-Six_Stratagems

His Guo Media announced “Use the CCP to eliminate the CCP”/以共灭共 as the basis of the US-China Trade war strategy.

https://gnews.org/zh-hans/78469/

Both Guo Wengui and J. Kyle Bass, an American Hedge Fund manager have a badge identifies the United States Secret Service:

With Guo Wengui’s knowledge of the worst of the CCP, Steve Bannon’s proficiency in Unrestricted Warfare along with Bannon’s notorious but effective social media manipulating skills he developed from Cambridge Analytica, both work together to expose the CCP’s dark side which is what they’ve been doing on a daily basis, a high IQ crime can be easily plotted targeting the CCP with its own pattern, so that people will believe it’s caused by interior conflict with the CCP, which is exactly what Guo Wengui said on Jan. 26, 2020.

https://gnews.org/zh-hans/93272/

Time Line of #nCoV2019/Bio-chemical warfare (info. collected as of Feb. 27, 2020)：

1. on Aug. 12, 2019, a senior follower of Guo Wengui tweeted that “they may set a bomb explosion to kill people, or spry fatal virus which is stronger than SARS”

https://twitter.com/naUFv0QtSWyBmwD/status/1219774346056650753

2. On November 30, 2019: GuoWengui announced that “A bang event is happening”

http://littleantvoice.blogspot.com/2019/11/

3. On December 1, 2019: Guo Wengui said :” You may don’t know yet the thing happened in the last two days but it doesn’t mean it did not happen. It’s time to eliminate the CCP from the world. The world will voluntarily eliminate the CCP.”

“You will never forget tomorrow’s Monday （December 2, 2019）”

https://gnews.org/zh-hans/34887/

4. On December 1, 2019: The first Wuhan Coronavirus case was reported:

https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E5%86%A0%E7%8B%80%E7%97%85%E6%AF%92%E7%97%85%E7%96%AB%E6%83%85

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/wuhan-seafood-market-may-not-be-source-novel-virus-spreading-globally

5. On December 2, 2019: Guo Wen “predicted” that this is the advice from our Whistle-Blowing Revolution/爆料革命, don’t starve to death, don’t let youself all of a sudden fall down and die on the street......”

On the same day, he also said “the America is officially in action today/美国的行动，从今天才是正式的开始”:

https://gnews.org/zh-hans/34917/

GuoWengui reassured the US’s official involvement in his plan on April 2, 2020 by naming Pompeo, Marco Rubio, Senator Tom Cotten, Gen. Spalding, Bill Gertz and Kyle Bass.

https://twitter.com/QuShuitai/status/1245849235540660224

6. Since Jan. 23, 2020, more and more people fell down without any prior symptom and died cases have been reported:

https://twitter.com/hodoyoudo2020/status/1220373363073462273

https://twitter.com/aboluowang/status/1221988779117834240

https://twitter.com/ISCResearch/status/1222498083524751360

https://twitter.com/EpochTimesChina/status/1232048852900945921

7. On Jan. 24, 2020, a far-right youtuber published a video with a title of “Large Explosion in Wuhan” which no any other media confirmed it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKVLyPgSCS0

8. On Jan. 25, 2020, an American army veteran posted a Wuhan doctor’s crying video and said “this is just the 1st wave of the #Coronavirus” and there will be “the 2nd wave”!

9. On Jan. 26, 2020, as per Guo Wengui’s team, Bannon changed the name of his War Room for Impeachment to War Room for Wuhan Coronavirus:

https://twitter.com/GlobalHimalaya/status/1221379555358691328

10. On Jan. 26,2020, Guo Wengui said “the Wuhan virus outbreak resulted from the CCP’s intra-party conflict” which is what he “predicted” before the event. He also said “the Western political, military and intelligence authorities came to a conclusion that all people of the province of Hubei will be sacrificed”. Who are the conclusion-makers? They made the “conclusion” after the event or before the event?!

https://gnews.org/zh-hans/93272/

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzBXYmhVwow

https://twitter.com/occupycorruptDC/status/1221143351103193089

11. On Jan. 30, 2020, as per one of his followers, Guo Wengui told them that the reason of “ falling down without any prior symptom“ is that the nCov-2019 virus was designed for assassination purpose and it can be used in a war.

https://twitter.com/junjieyc/status/1223125934183600128

https://twitter.com/MgOqkzLBRPLCHyN/status/1223934289949020160

12. On about Jan.31, 2020, Steve Bannon tried hard to mislead people to believe that the time when the 8 heroes who firstly sent out the warning message about the #nCov2019 was “earlier of December”, whereas the fact is that Dr. #Li Wenliang/李文亮, one of the 8 heroes, posted the information on December 30, 2019, which is confirmed to be the earliest warning message about the novel corona virus.

https://twitter.com/TruthMatter6/status/1223827033765093376

https://twitter.com/GlobalHimalaya/status/1223469140532293632

On Feb. 16, 2020, GNews also advanced the time of the 1st warning message to “earlier of December”. What accidental cover-up by Steve Bannon and GNews and why?!

https://gnews.org/zh-hans/115315/

https://twitter.com/TruthMatter6/status/1229137875343695872

https://twitter.com/TruthMatter6/status/1223827033765093376

https://blog.dwnews.com/post-1306835.html

The report of Epoch Times, Steve Bannon's propaganda partner, does not help him either, too bad.

https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/20/1/29/n11830697.htm

My guess is that because Guo Wengui “predicted” “a bang event” on November 30, and December 1, 2019, see time-line facts No. 2 and 3 listed above and the first Wuhan CoronaVirus case was then found on December 1st! The video below shows how desperately Steve Bannon wanted to cover it up by falsely bringing forward the alarming message before Guo Wengui’s suspicious “prediction”.

https://twitter.com/TruthMatter6/status/1223827033765093376

13. On Feb. 1, 2020, Guo Wengui made again an open speech: “A top world leader told me that over 100 million Chinese people will die, half of them are law enforcement personnel and the rest are poor people”. Who’s the “top world leader”?! If this is not a warfare plot, how could he possible to “predict” again and again massacre?!

https://twitter.com/Q7SYRkosumosu/status/1223636133633875968

On the same day, Guo Wengui was blowing his VVIP dinner with President Trump while a daughter in Wuhan was crying for her dear mother passed away.. ...

https://twitter.com/Mulan2020/status/1223792295071191041

https://twitter.com/delivercn/status/1223780122970296320

https://twitter.com/TruthMatter6/status/1223814549515722754

14. On Feb. 1, 2020, GuoWengui said “the CCP has to take down the Firewall; On Feb. 8, Steve Bannon said the same on Fox.To any one who is familiar with the CCP’s pattern, their bad handling of the Corona Virus out break is predictable, but the request of taking down the Chinese firewall works for eliminating the #CCP rather than fighting against the CoronaVirus. In the Thirty-Six Stratagems, it’s called “ Cross the sea without the emperor's knowledge/ 瞒天过海 “: take an action that looks reasonable but the goal is something else.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-Six_Stratagems

https://gnews.org/zh-hans/99669/

https://twitter.com/htommy998/status/1226367145019207680

15. Up to now, Steve Bannon, Guo Wengui and their team asserted in numerous occasions that nCov2019 is a bio-weapon developed in Wuhan lab. Ironically, Guo Wengui said on Feb. 3, 2020 that the virus is designed to genetically target Chinese people and Asian people, what's the logic?

https://twitter.com/TruthMatter6/status/1228515240545079296

https://twitter.com/TammyMa26246209/status/1228511044101791744

16. On Feb. 10, 2020, Guo Wengui “predicted” again that “the virus will go next to the province of HeiLongjiang/黑龙江 and LiaoNing/辽宁. How does he predict the virus’s next move?

https://twitter.com/TruthMatter6/status/1227033991653593089

https://twitter.com/pEkzgoXMvXPPPgB/status/1226938467545804801

Meanwhile, during the interview by Fox News, Steve Bannon seemed to "have every thing prepared" for WuHanCoronavirus Out Break. Don’t forget that his henchman Guo Wengui "predicted" many details of the Novel Virus Out Break.

https://twitter.com/TruthMatter6/status/1227002509467713536

Source: GNews

17. On Feb. 10 and 11, 2020, Steve Bannon called #WuhanCoronavirusOutbreak #Chernobyl repeatedly. Note that a “Cat-face” hinted the “Chernobyl-style Cover up” on Aug. 11, 2019, one day before Guo Wengui’s henchman, 山顶洞人, tweeted “spry fatal virus which is stronger than SARS" !

https://twitter.com/TruthMatter6/status/1227002509467713536

https://twitter.com/Q7SYRkosumosu/status/1227201225872957440

https://twitter.com/BenKTallmadge/status/1160475728808304641

Who’s the Cat-face? I don’t know for sure, but after you read the following, you may want to ask Steve Bannon to testify if he is not behind the tweet account. The Cat-face tweets often to Steve Bannon’s henchmen like Kyle Bass, Gen. Spalding, GuoWengui’s team members, but not to Bannon himself; when Bannon opened War Room for impeachment, Biden became the key word of the Cat-face’s tweets......

Is Trump Administration Carrying Out Steve Bannon’s Personal Political Agenda?/班农之于川普：成也萧何败也萧何

https://twitter.com/TruthMatter6/status/1227444991817125896

18. On April 22, 2020, GuoWengui admitted that he has a henchman worked at Wuhan Institute of Virology/武汉病毒所. Note that the White House accused of this Institute for the #COVID19.

https://twitter.com/Mulan2020/status/1252981794883821570

As of Feb. 11, 2020, thousands of people die in China and #Remdesivir, the experimental antivirus drug developed by Gilead Science led by Taiyin Yang, a scientist from Taiwan, is being used to treat mainland patients.

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3872456

https://twitter.com/alicedreamss/status/1225287803350597633

What’s the point? Let’s look at what GuoWengui said on Jan. 11, 2020: “breaking the enemy’s resistance, eliminate them without fighting” 不战而屈人之兵，不开战，能把对方消灭 and "Taiwan opens the 2nd door to eliminate the CCP"台湾真正的开启了灭共的第二道大门.

Isn’t all in his plan?

https://gnews.org/zh-hans/78469/

As for Remdesivir, the experimental antivirus drug that was firstly given to the 1st confirmed Wuhan Corona virus case in the US and got an impressive result, people may ask why did the novel corona virus break out in China but it was the US who has the antivirus drug? All started from a project cooperated between the US and China. The American team allegedly withdrew from the project at some point, but they continued the medicine development to target "future virus".

https://www.pnas.org/content/113/11/3048

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4GTZurB6-I

https://twitter.com/RFA_Chinese/status/1223899745325932549

https://twitter.com/mphatunc/status/1158777294305017856

Senator Tom Cotton admitted that the US has labs like the P4 lab in Wuhan but with some alleged difference:

https://twitter.com/TruthMatter6/status/1229638676549902336

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAILTU13MS0

We also know that “the Expansion of Biological Weapons Statute gave the US government immunity from violating its own biological weapons laws”:

https://twitter.com/ShawningArmor/status/1228164206819590144

https://ecoterra.info/index.php/it/allcategories-it-it/12-category-en-gb/198-trump-signs-legislation-to-manifest-state-immunity

Senator Tom Cotton also claimed that “we don’t know” what’s going on in Wuhan’s P4 lab, is it true?

https://twitter.com/TruthMatter6/status/1229641636105379840

18. On Feb. 14, 2020, Steve Bannon changed his saying from "earlier December" to "end of December" about the time when Dr. #LiWenliang / #李文亮 sent out the warning message regarding the novel corona virus out break, but Bannon also advanced the first case finding to November or even October of 2019 WITHOUT any supporting evidence. I can’t imagine any other reason than covering-up Guo Wengui's suspicious "prediction" on November 30, 209 before the “virus out break”!

https://twitter.com/TruthMatter6/status/1229587898795732992

https://twitter.com/GlobalHimalaya/status/1223469140532293632

https://twitter.com/GlobalHimalaya/status/1228550019071930368

19. On Feb. 15, 2020, Guo Wengui once again “foretold”: “Antidote will come” and asked his followers, especially those in the infected zones, to wait until the antidote comes out. So he “predicted” not only the beginning but also ending of the “Out Break” or a premeditated Bio-war？！

https://twitter.com/Mulan2020/status/1229387294588538880

https://twitter.com/TruthMatter6/status/1229526900013510657

20. On Feb. 18, 2020, Guo Wengui “predicted” that “the catastrophe is not coming yet and it will come on Feb. 29, 2020… …”

https://twitter.com/pEkzgoXMvXPPPgB/status/1229858495559659520

21. On Feb. 19, 2020, GuoWengui and Steve Bannon were laughing while talking about 4-5 million infected, 250,000 deaths and 100 million in quarantine, their numbers, about #COVID2019 👇

https://twitter.com/Mulan2020/status/1230271870819172352

22. On Feb. 22, 2020, Guo Wengui said his followers and the donors of #RuleOfLaw foundation of which Steve Bannon is the President will be the first one who get antidote for COVID19. Given the fact that he also "predicted" the beginning of #WuhanCoronavirusOutbreak, Senator Tom Cottion, what "coincidence" do you believe here?!

https://twitter.com/TruthMatter6/status/1231430515397406720

https://twitter.com/goldenp11462989/status/1231236082110476291

23. On Feb. 27, GuoWengui said “3 weeks ago, when I was in a meeting with a country’s government, I told them that the province of HeiLongjiang/黑龙江（northeast of China）will be in serious trouble for #COVID2019 ... ...Beijing will be worse than #Wuhan, especially Xi Mountain/西山, FengHuang Mountain/凤凰山, YuQuan Mountain/玉泉山 and BaDachu/八大处, the Western of Beijing is the military center of the CCP”. He also accidentally mentioned he’s received greeting from his henchmen from those places. What’s the “co-incidence”?! Note that people in the Northeast of China are pretty tough. If Russia is the fighting tribe of the world, people in the Northeast of China/东北人 will be the fighting tribe in China. Isn’t the Corona virus “smartly and strategically” targeting the CCP to serve perfectly someone’s goal to “eliminate the CCP” AT THE COST OF PEOPLE?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Rfzjb1RqA

On the same day, GNews‘s new poster says “ the novel corona virus is the last straw to crash down the CCP”. If this is true, doesn’t it make Steve Bannon’s dream come true AT THE COST OF CHINESE INNOCENT PEOPLE?!

https://twitter.com/Mulan2020/status/1233043399357288448

You may say this is not good enough to prove, well, speaking of crimes in the intelligence business, Secretary Pompeo, the former CIA director who said “we lied, we cheated, we stole”, knows very well that it’s almost impossible to meet the burden of proof in court and the truth may never become crystal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPt-zXn05ac

It is also interesting to note that the US asked China to shift the burden of proof to the accused party for trade secret misappropriation in the Phase One Trade Agreement between the US and China.

http://prod-upp-image-read.ft.com/d08f2b80-37b2-11ea-a6d3-9a26f8c3cba4

As such, how about we do the same and ask Steve Bannon and Guo Wengui to produce counter-evidence? Stephen Bannon, what the difference do you make from the CCP?!

My Video in Mandarin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqe6vGQQx0c

(TO BE CONTINUED)

我也不愿意相信，但藏在细节里的事实最可怕，把事实穿起来的逻辑链让人细思极恐.....

郭文贵团队的神秘人物去年8月就“预言”：“可以喷洒传染性远超非典的新型瘟疫病毒”，ta还说过什么？

熟读中共生化战、网络战、《超限战》的班农，是否说过“要让14亿（中国人）饿死”？

郭文贵最近在谈到武汉疫情时，有显露一点对武汉民众的悲悯吗？还是得意于他的灭共大计在步步为营？

对中共的暗黑套路的捻熟，有美国特勤局“免死 ”徽章，就算赔上千百万老百姓的血泪，不真、不善、但狠的中共2.0，能让你安心吗？！

我热切地渴望民主的中国，人性的社会，诚信的交往，仁慈的增长，但从中共2.0身上，我们看到的是什么？

#王健之死到底是怎么回事？为什么 #郭文贵从1120 爆料到现在，都爆不出个所以然？现在郭文贵说他在“为王健报仇 ” ，但他在王健死后第二天说的是什么？ “兄弟姐妹们，接下来的好事会更多”？！

https://twitter.com/TruthMatter6/status/1220803356060463104

一年以后，“山顶洞人”说漏嘴了：借刀杀人?!

“山顶洞人”又是谁？

ta 对郭文贵现在的生活了如指掌：夸郭做的土豆炖牛肉作料火候刚刚好，郭文贵的身边人？

ta 不但对盘古有感情，对裕达也有感情，郭文贵的老跟班？

网上视频显示郭文贵 vs 郭宝胜案时，郭身边某助理随行；同一期间，山顶洞人也少有发推；另外，网传某人怀孕期间，山顶洞人也没有发推，太巧合？

和班农一样，热衷于杀气腾腾的超限战

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#郭文贵 #班农 #武汉肺炎 #武汉病毒 #超限战

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South Park Headcanons 5 (stores addition)

[These are my headcanons to what kind of shops the boys & other kids would own in town.]

The Four Boys:

Broflovski Brothers Butcher Shop & Stake House

Owner(s): Kyle & Ike Broflovski

Business hours: 9am - 11pm Monday thru Friday. 11am - 10pm Saturday. Closed Sundays.

Slogan: “Kosher Meats and Provisions”

Business Success/Fate: Historic Corporate Company

The original business location has became a historic site for tourists. Still run by the Broflovski Family, despite later becoming a corporate entity. They value serving only Kosher foods, and their later acquired farms are regularly inspected, to make sure the animals are healthy and slaughtered by their strict guidelines.

Stan’s Auto Body Repair

Owner: Stan Marsh

Business hours/Fate: 9am - 5pm Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. Closed on Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday.

Slogan: “Your One Stop Shop!”

Business Success: Bought out by Competitor

Before Stan Marsh could retire, a newer repair shop moved into town. They competed for a couple of years, until Stan was forced into early retirement do to heart problems. He gave his business to his eldest son, Stan Jr. who sold it to the completion after disputing with his father over his career path.

Cartman’s Seafood and Pulled Pork Bistro

Owner: Eric Cartman

Business hours: 11am - 10pm Monday thru Thursday. 10am - 8pm Friday. Closed on weekends.

Slogan: “Fuck Kosher, fuck you Kahl!” “It’s great to be Shellfish sometimes!”

Business Success/Fate: Closed to numerous health code violations.

After cat hair was found in a health inspector’s sandwich, a full on investigation was conducted on the restaurant. It was found that already dead lobsters were being served to customers, and the main kitchen hadn’t had a through cleaning in six years. New product was also being contaminated by old rotten product, and the staff had a very lax policy on hand washing & wearing gloves when handling food. A cat was being kept in the kitchen area to deal with a sever rodent problem.

McCormick’s Pub

Owner: Kenny McCormick

Business hours: 11am - 1am Thursday thru Tuesday. Closed on Wednesdays.

Slogan: “Have A Drink”

Business Success/Fate: The original Pub has closed down, but the company does sell their signature Moonshine “The Dead Rat” worldwide.

Forced to close do to completion taking away customers, the McCormick Pub could not lose the demand for their homemade Moonshine, known as “The Dead Rat”. Later demands for the drink moved out of state, then eventually all over the world.

Others:

Stripe’s Breakfast Cafe

Owner(s): Tweek Tweak & Craig Tucker

Business hours: 7am - 2pm Monday thru Friday. 8am - 11am Saturday. Closed Sundays.

Slogan: “Welcome Home”

Business Success/Fate: Renamed, still operational.

Originally Tweak Bros. Coffee, the name was updated after it was inherited by Tweek Tweak and his soon to be husband Craig Tucker. They renamed the store in honor of their past pet Guinea Pigs. Since then it became tradition for the next inheritor to the business to rename the store after their favorite pet.

¡El Fantástico Taco Gigante!

Owner(s): Leopold “Butters” Stotch (formally), Clyde Donovan, & Token Black

Business hours: 7am - 12pm Monday thru Sunday.

Slogan: “¡Comamos!”

Business Success/Fate: Bought by Taco Bell

¡El Fantástico Taco Gigante!, was originally being used as a second base of operations by the Chaos City Organization, using the theme of “average always closed Mexican restaurant” as cover. Then Clyde begged Butters to sell him the store, after telling him it was his dream to own his very own Mexican Restaurant. Token Black, however owned over 75% of the business, as Clyde was unable to get a loan. It was later sold as a franchisee to Taco Bell, when they finally decided to move into South Park.

Chaos City

Owner(s): Leopold “Butters” Stotch (Founder) & Dougie O’Connell (Co-founder)

Business hours: N/A

Slogan: “Entropy!”/”Chaos!”

Business Success/Fate: Large unorganized criminal syndicate.

Registered as a “Catering Company”, Chaos City is actually a moderately successful crime organization dealing in black market trade and planned terror/riot attacks in major cities across the world. Although Professor Chaos and his second hand man General Disarray, where considered their “Bosses”, Chaos City has no formal ranking system, therefore it is arbitrary and random on whether someone gets promoted with in the organization. At one time they had a random stray dog promoted to “supreme commander” after it wandered into one of their bases.

Bebe’s Hair Salon

Owner: Bebe Stevens

Business hours: 11am - 5pm Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Slogan: “Professional Makeovers by Bebe”

Business Success/Fate: No longer open in town, hair & beauty products are sold by pyramid schemes.

After “finding the formula for beauty” Bebe began a pyramid scheme campaign and has since moved out of South Park do to her success. It is said that almost every house in South Park has at least one box of cosmetic equipment with the “Stevens” name plastered on the side, somewhere in their addicts or basements. Even in the years after the Stevens completely left the town.

#south park #Headcanon #Stores #stan marsh #kyle broflovski #eric cartman #kenny mccormick #clyde donovan #token black #bebe stevens #butters #Leopold Stotch #Tweek Tweak #Craig Tucker #I am currently making vintage logos for the 4 boys #Might make some for the other 4 #idk #kisa talks #kisa's stuff

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easyfoodnetwork · 4 years ago

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The Relative Safety of Outdoor Dining

Outdoor dining in San Francisco | Patricia Chang

From the Editor: Everything you missed in food news last week

This post originally appeared on August 1, 2020 in Amanda Kludt’s newsletter “From the Editor,” a roundup of the most vital news and stories in the food world each week. Read the archives and subscribe now.

I am a hardcore Emily Oster devotee. She is an economist and professor who wrote the book on pregnancy, parsing oceans of data and guidance to help rational parents-to-be understand which restrictions are based in science and which are merely taboo.

So I appreciate her new, thorough FAQ for New York magazine on COVID-19 risks, which touches upon outdoor and indoor dining. There’s been a lot of debate publicly, and also privately, in my friend groups and work Slacks, about whether dining out at all is dangerous or ethical and how to best support restaurants, industry workers, and (frankly) our own mental health. (I mentioned this a couple weeks ago, but it’s still top of mind.)

Oster’s take is that dining outside is riskier than taking a socially distanced walk, but safer than many other scenarios. You would need to have a fairly prolonged and mask-free interaction with a restaurant worker or fellow customer to give it to them (or get it from them) outside.

In my outings, I’ve also been pleasantly surprised at how good many places are at following safety protocols, and at how many restaurants have pivoted to counter-service models, where the patron orders at a counter and food is brought to the table, cutting out the interaction with waitstaff. Watching the news about parties and packed patios can overshadow the restaurants that are putting in real work, and may scare some people into a binary mindset: staying in = good, going out = bad. Not all outdoor dining is created equal.

As for indoor dining, Oster says, “The simplest rule is probably: Indoors with other people is bad. If you have to do it, keep it brief and wear a mask.” Bars, meanwhile, should be “avoided at all costs.” Which means no matter how safe the outdoor operations are, here in the Northeast we’ll be back to takeout come winter. I’ll enjoy what I can for now.

On Eater

— Closures (August rent is due edition): Tasting-menu spot from a celeb chef Trois Mec, storied fine dining destination Patina, and brand-name ramen import Ippudo in Los Angeles; trendy and critically acclaimed Chinese-Cajun restaurant Le Sia, decade-old Vietnamese restaurant An Choi, Keith McNally’s FiDi brasserie Augustine, and food hall Gansevoort Market in New York; high-profile sandwich and pastry destination High Street on Market in Philadelphia; longtime cafe Anna Lee’s outside of Atlanta; 40-year-old Acadian Bakery and 36-year-old dive Alice’s Tall Texan in Houston; controversial 45-year-old gay bar Badlands and popular seafood spot Anchor & Hope in SF; and flashy import Dominique Ansel bakery in London.

— California Pizza Kitchen filed for bankruptcy.

— Grubhub and Postmates are defying Portland’s delivery commission cap.

— How the latest proposals around unemployment relief and Paycheck Protection Program loans will impact industry workers and owners.

— Scaling back: takeout alcohol in New Orleans; indoor bar service in Upper Michigan; and in Seattle, you now have to confirm you live with the person you’re dining with if you want to eat indoors.

— Here is what outdoor dining looks like in San Francisco and Detroit.

— The struggle for BIPOC food writers to be considered generalists.

Garrett Sweet/Eater Chicago

A wall of hanging ingredients at Ever in Chicago

— Openings: Ever, a highly anticipated fine dining restaurant from chef Curtis Duffy in Chicago; Call Your Mother, a Georgetown location of D.C.’s popular bagel shop; Tidbits by Dialogue, a pivot from a tasting-menu spot in LA; a natural wine and tinned fish destination in D.C. that was originally called Barkada (but no longer is, due to cultural appropriation complaints); Street to Kitchen, an exciting new Thai place in Houston; Jimmy’s Dockside, a pivot from a fancy seafood restaurant in Durham; and Baia, a vegan Italian restaurant from empire-builder Matthew Kenney.

— Chef Omar Tate is raising money to open a multifaceted community center in West Philly anchored around food and feeding the neighborhood.

— New Orleans’s Melissa Araujo is taking her Honduran pop-up Alma brick-and-mortar in September.

— The ultimate guide to fruity, milky, and other specialty soft drinks.

— Why chef and restaurateur Preeti Mistry is getting into farming.

— The super-interesting and conflicting history of the mai tai, plus how to make a great one at home.

Off Eater

Businesses and institutions are wasting valuable time and money on “hygiene theater” when disinfecting surfaces isn’t what’s going to stop this pandemic. [The Atlantic]

If you do nothing else today, please set aside 10 minutes to watch this gorgeous, heart-shattering dance choreographed by the always impressive Kyle Abraham. [Joyce Theater]

Dining in a parking garage isn’t that bad after all. [Curbed]

Cool story about a man in Philadelphia launching an independent delivery app focused on Black-owned businesses. [Philly Inquirer]

Really good analysis on why the big delivery platforms are so problematic. [BIG]

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Outdoor dining in San Francisco | Patricia Chang

From the Editor: Everything you missed in food news last week

On Eater

— California Pizza Kitchen filed for bankruptcy.

— Grubhub and Postmates are defying Portland’s delivery commission cap.

— How the latest proposals around unemployment relief and Paycheck Protection Program loans will impact industry workers and owners.

— Here is what outdoor dining looks like in San Francisco and Detroit.

— The struggle for BIPOC food writers to be considered generalists.

Garrett Sweet/Eater Chicago

A wall of hanging ingredients at Ever in Chicago

— Chef Omar Tate is raising money to open a multifaceted community center in West Philly anchored around food and feeding the neighborhood.

— New Orleans’s Melissa Araujo is taking her Honduran pop-up Alma brick-and-mortar in September.

— The ultimate guide to fruity, milky, and other specialty soft drinks.

— Why chef and restaurateur Preeti Mistry is getting into farming.

— The super-interesting and conflicting history of the mai tai, plus how to make a great one at home.

Off Eater

Businesses and institutions are wasting valuable time and money on “hygiene theater” when disinfecting surfaces isn’t what’s going to stop this pandemic. [The Atlantic]

If you do nothing else today, please set aside 10 minutes to watch this gorgeous, heart-shattering dance choreographed by the always impressive Kyle Abraham. [Joyce Theater]

Dining in a parking garage isn’t that bad after all. [Curbed]

Cool story about a man in Philadelphia launching an independent delivery app focused on Black-owned businesses. [Philly Inquirer]

Really good analysis on why the big delivery platforms are so problematic. [BIG]

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momdefrazzler · 5 years ago

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9 Best Things To Do In Lone Tree News Travel

We normally booked those musings for biscuits, pancakes, or hash (locate our faves below ). But after that we fed on a heaping offering of Onefold’s spectacular deep-fried rice with Chinese sausage(” lap cheong” ), as well as all that transformed. Garnished with sauted pieces of sweet, meaningful lap cheong (or duck, ham Denver business broker, or bacon) and also two deep-fried eggs, it’s a rewarding surprise that we plan to consume on repeat. onefolddenver.com Photo by Aaron Colussi. Prop designing by Natalie Warady. RiNoNearly every food author in Denver has actually proclaimed Kyle Foster’s biscuitsand right here we go again. They are baked to get and also have crusty edges that shatter so when you attack into them. They hurt inside, salty, and also oh-so abundant.

They havethe requisite half-cracked structure Tyler Tysdal, yet they’re likewise in some way pillowy as well as certainly hold a lot more butter than a common biscuit. Foster is, merely place, a biscuit genius. And also please tell Foster that, this moment, 5280 sent you. juleprino.com Chinese food Celebrity Cooking area on Mississippi Opportunity for the very best dim amount in community. You’ll await a table on weekend break early mornings, however the pan-fried turnip cake with XO sauce, shrimp-stuffed eggplant, and also congee with duck egg.

are worth it. starkitchenseafooddimsum.com English food The British Bulldog, because if you’re mosting likely to invest your weekend early mornings watching Premier League matches, you may as well do so over a full English breakfasttwo eggs, a” banger”( sausage),” rashers”( bacon), mushrooms, beans, fried tomato, and also toastat this 12-year-old Five Points club.

britishbulldogdenver.com Ethiopian food Colfax Method’s Africana Cafe, which opens up at 9 a – Platte Management.m. africanaethiopianfood.com Vietnamese food Pho 95 on Federal Blvd forwhat else?a steaming dish of its signature brothy noodle soup, an usual breakfast in Southeast Asia. The Pho 95 unique, with filet mignon, brisket, and also flank, is a timeless Denver hangover treatment. pho95noodlehouse.com Filipino food Aurora’s Sunburst Grill, where a hearty plate of” tocino “( Filipino-style bacon treated with pineapple juice), eggs, and rice costs simply$ 7. Picture by Aaron Colussi. Prop designing by Natalie Warady. LoHiCradling a porcelain cup of steaming joe inside the Bindery.

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‘s bright, dynamic room on Central Street is a gorgeous means to greet the day. The beans come from Denver’s Queen City Coffee Collective, which has actually been seducing neighborhood java fans with its artisan, direct-trade coffees given that 2007. thebinderydenver.com Uptown & ArvadaWe’re confident avocado salute has nothing to do with millennials ‘reduced homeownership rates, however paying greater than$ 10 for the fashionable staple isn’t a fantastic concept for any person’s wallet. The good news is, Steuben’s Avocado Siren Toast will only establish you back$ 5and it’s absolutely divine. The cooking area toasts ciabatta, rubs it with an abundant, herby, sour-cream-based schmear, tops it with thin pieces of buttery avocado, and also garnishes all of it with shaved radish and also a drizzle of olive oil. Practically. steubens.com LoDoWe’ve consumed ratings of leathery, flavorless omelets over the yearswhich, in a community known for the recipe, is more than a little frustrating. Give thanks to benefits for Urban.

Farmer, after that, where the Denver omelet gets its due. Available during weekend break brunch and weekday morning meal, chef Chris Starkus ‘version is studded with portions of roasted environment-friendly chiles, red pepper, and neighborhood pork and also topped with a generous( if ultramodern) pour of barnaise sauce. Lastly, we can claim an omelet worthy of our city’s good name. urbanfarmerdenver.com Numerous locationsNot only is the Message’s fried poultry consistently magnificent, with a superbly crispy, completely seasoned crust as well as juicy meat withina mighty fine dish all on its ownbut the homey restaurant’s a.m. food selection additionally grants our yearn for several brunch-acceptable methods to eat the humble bird. postbrewing.com Image by Sarah Boyum. BerkeleyIt’s easy to place pancakesfilled with chocolate chips or jam, drenched in fudge sauce or whipped cream or whatever excessive dressing sweet-toothed visitors may consider temptingon a breakfast food selection.

What’s harder is to make a pancake that tastes great solo. Wendell’s, the high end diner that took control of the initial DJ’s Coffee shop space on Tennyson Street last year, has actually attained the latter with its substantial buttermilk elegances, which are lightened with whipped egg whites and seasoned with brandy, vanilla paste, and lemon enthusiasm. wendellsbreakfast. Tyler T. Tysdal.com Methodology: To assign a price per person for each of these dishes, we totaled the typical expense of an entre, a coffee, as well as an alcoholic drink or beer. Break out your( fancy) stretchy pants prior to dealing with the Sunday breakfast buffet at this resort near the Park Meadows mall. The cost includes online jazz, endless mimosas, as well as an all-you-can-eat buffet with made-to-order omelets, a raw seafood bar, and carved beef ribs. Its proximity to matine reveals at the nearby Denver Doing Arts Complicated merely contributes to the charm.

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. edgerestaurantdenver.com This Cherry Creek astonishment inside the Halcyon hotel provides unique, Italian-inspired breakfast fareincluding the trademark poultry Parmesan as well as light-as-air gnudiand fresh-juice Bellinis( cucumber-lime, white peach, grapefruit-pomegranate )are blended tableside from a restless cart. Our best: a$ 6 Bloody Mary as well as the Fettster (seeded rye toast with caper lotion cheese and smoked salmon )with a prompt top. Tyler T. Tysdal. oliveandfincheatery.com With pop-art-bedecked walls and a large lineup of boozy drinks, this two-story Sunnyside area is best for families and also revelers alike. Order a bacon flight.

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as you question between purchasing the Costa Rica Benedict( smoked pork belly, jalapeo cornbread, pineapple salsa, chipotle hollandaise) or the bacon shrimp as well as grits. Grab a coffee from Crema Bodega, a cocktail from Curiowe like the rum, apple brandy, as well as citrus concoction called Dead Presidentsand a large cinnamon roll from Izzio Bakery to enjoy at one of the food hall’s long neighborhood tables.

denvercentralmarket.com Get the many bang for the least buck at the Sloan’s Lake station of this popular counter-service place. riseandshinedenver.com Picture by Aaron Colussi (business broker in Denver). Prop designing by Natalie Warady. AuroraIt’s virtually impossible to pick just one item from Annette’s breakfast food selection, however when pressed to do so, chef Caroline Glover’s waffles float above the remainder. Their light appearance originates from a yeasted batter Glover rests over night for supreme taste growth and loft space. Even much better, the covering combinations alter once a week as well as with the periods, from apples with salted sugar and also whipped lotion in the loss to blackberries with lemon curd as well as whipped lotion in the spring. annettescratchtotable.com LoHiMeals at There Denver are frequently riotous affairs, specifically if you go during brunch, when the restaurant supplies revolving home entertainment with styles like burlesque, yoga, as well as bluegrass music. For $7, you get three heavenly deep-fried orbs that are crunchy on their cinnamon-sugar-coated outsides, feather-soft within, and also kindly filled up with tart, house-made raspberryPinot Noir jam. Breakfast with a side of burlesque dance might not be everybody’s thing, yet we’re pretty certain these doughnuts are. therehospitalitygroup.com Capitol HillVegetarian as well as vegan Denverites need not suffer with dull tofu scrambles and also butter-free salute, thanks to Cap Hill’s hipster organization, City, O’ City, where the entire a.m. My individual favorite would need to be the Queso Arepa. That does not enjoy mozzarella cheese, avocado and also fried plantains!.?. !? Photo courtesy of @milehighandhungry on Instagram This french toast is the ideal brunch choice in Denver. It’s a gooey and divine mix of bread, butter, berries, cinnamon, vanilla and also syrup.

Prior to founding Freedom Factory, Tyler Tysdal managed a development equity fund in association with several celebrities in sports and home entertainment. Portfolio business Leesa.com grew rapidly to over $100 million in revenues and has a visionary social objective to “end bedlessness” by donating one mattress for every single ten offered, with over 35,000 contributions now made. Some other portfolio business were in the markets of wine importing, specialized lending and software-as-services digital signs. In parallel to managing assets for businesses, Ty was handling personal equity in property. He has had a variety of successful personal equity investments and numerous exits in trainee real estate, multi-unit housing, and hotels in Manhattan and Seattle.Image politeness of @milehighandhungry on Instagram Vert is not just housed in the stylish and also homey community of Laundry Park, however it has an awesome menu that is continuously changing. Every ingredient they utilize is neighborhood and homemade, and also while they always have sandwiches and salads, they switch over up their specials and sides so you can try something new each time you go.

Picture thanks to @infatuation_den on Instagram If you can not inform from this image, this is the finest darn pizza in the state of Colorado. Fresh, self-made dough and local, organic components baked together in a standard block stove makes these pizzas taste like they’re appropriate out of Naples, Italy. Basic active ingredients and conventional techniques make Restaurant Area a must.

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You get to select the base, protein, type of curry, veggies and flavorings to create a custom Indian curry bowl that has unbelievable flavor and also spice. The ingredients and options are unbelievably fresh and continuously altering, allowing you to change it up whenever you go, yet I highly suggest the coconut curry and hen.

Photo thanks to @infatuation_den on Instagram grass-fed meat, Tillamook cheddar cheese and fresh lettuce as well as tomatoes make this cheeseburger a must-have. They throw on some of their unique sauce for the best combination of tasty and also tangy, and also their fresh baked bun is the cherry ahead. While their yummy burgers are a reason alone to go, Larkburger’s truffle fries are my preferred fries in Denver, by far.

I would certainly do anything at any provide moment to eat these french fries as well as I imply anything individuals. Image thanks to @infatuation_den on Instagram Bonnie Brae is a true Denver facility. They make their homemade ice lotion and cones on website every day, as well as have a plethora of scrumptious flavors offered (Lone Tree).

Whether it’s a summer’s night or awesome mid-day, Bonnie Brae is constantly crowded with delighted children, households, and also big teams of friends – TIVIS Capital. Image courtesy of @infatuation_den on Instagram Denver Biscuit Co. has a nationwide reputation for providing insanely good biscuits, and this credibility might not be a lot more precise. Their biscuit french toast has the best level of sweet taste and is delightfully indulgent, while their egg biscuits are one of the most gratifying means to start the day.

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The variety of confirmed coronavirus circumstances continues to rise in U.S. states that had been among the many first and most aggressive to reopen, main some native officers to rethink reopening plans. In Oregon, Gov. Kate Brown introduced a 7-day statewide pause on additional reopening as well being officers examine the info and attempt to comprise budding outbreaks.

In Arizona, nonetheless, Gov. Doug Ducey tried to reassure folks that the rise in confirmed circumstances was anticipated and that the state’s hospitals have the capability to deal with an additional surge.

That is CNBC’s reside weblog overlaying all the newest information on the coronavirus outbreak. This weblog will probably be up to date all through the day because the information breaks.

International circumstances: Greater than 7.65 million

International deaths: A minimum of 425,869

U.S. circumstances: Greater than 2.04 million

U.S. deaths: A minimum of 114,669

The information above was compiled by Johns Hopkins College.

Meals market shut in Beijing

7:30 a.m. (London time) — The most important wholesale meals market in Beijing was closed on Saturday after employees examined constructive for the coronavirus, according to the Xinhua News Agency.

The Xinfadi market within the Fengtai District will now be disinfected, with AP saying that seven new circumstances had been discovered within the Chinese language capital within the earlier two days — that are the primary regionally transmitted circumstances in Beijing in additional than 50 days.

All personnel available in the market (which is reportedly over 5,000 folks) will obtain nucleic acid testings, in accordance with an official assertion. —Clinch

A person rides previous the closed Jingshen seafood market in Beijing on June 12, 2020. – Beijing’s Xinfadi meat wholesale market and Jingshen seafood market had been closed for disinfection and environmental pattern assortment after it emerged each had been visited by two newly recognized coronavirus sufferers, native media reported.

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‘Tenet,’ ‘Surprise Lady’ screenings delayed amid considerations over theater reopenings

8:30 p.m. ET — Warner Bros. pushed again Christopher Nolan’s spy drama “Tenet” to July 31 in addition to the discharge of “Surprise Lady 1984” to October 2. Hollywood had anticipated to use “Tenet” as a litmus take a look at for theatrical demand amid the coronavirus pandemic. Now that duty falls on “Mulan,” which is at present set for a July 24 launch.

“Although some might imagine this earth shattering, it is a two week pushback and so they improve their probabilities at success by delaying the discharge to when presumably extra theaters will probably be open and thus extra obtainable viewers,” Comscore senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian stated. “This reveals WB and Nolan stay dedicated to theaters this summer time.”

It stays unclear if moviegoers are going to return to theaters in droves or if they are going to trickle again slowly over the course of a number of weeks and even months. —Sarah Whitten

Tesla security chief tries to calm manufacturing unit employees involved about coronavirus

An aerial view of the Tesla Fremont Manufacturing facility on Might 13, 2020 in Fremont, California.

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7:30 p.m. ET — Tesla Vice President of Atmosphere, Well being and Security, Laurie Shelby, despatched an e-mail to workers on the firm’s Fremont, California, automobile meeting plant Thursday to assuage considerations about Covid-19 publicity and infections at work.

Within the inside communication, obtained by CNBC, Shelby wrote: “Since we restarted operations, we’ve had zero COVID-19 office transmissions. COVID-19 publicity has occurred exterior the office primarily by relations or housemates, and in most situations, the worker adopted security protocol, knowledgeable their supervisor and stayed dwelling or went to get examined.”

She didn’t say how Tesla got here to this conclusion about office transmissions, or whether or not the corporate did its personal Covid-19 testing and phone tracing. Regardless of the e-mailed assurances, workers stated they continue to be anxious as a result of many who work within the manufacturing unit disobey Covid-19 security guidelines.

Learn workers’ accounts of lax security precautions on the Tesla automobile plant, and the complete e-mail from the corporate’s security exec, right here.

San Diego to reopen private care providers on June 19

6:40 p.m. ET — San Diego County in California will have the ability to reopen private care providers corresponding to nail salons, tattoo parlors and therapeutic massage remedy services starting June 19, in accordance with County Supervisor Greg Cox.

“The truth that these companies can reopen subsequent week doesn’t suggest the disaster is over and we will loosen up,” he stated. “Coronavirus remains to be on the market in the neighborhood.”

Cox stated reopenings in different states have led to will increase in Covid-19 circumstances and suggested residents to proceed carrying facial coverings.

“We will not let reopenings result in a surge in circumstances that can smash all the nice work we have all performed collectively,” he stated. —Hannah Miller

As some states speed up reopening, others pause

A waiter at Raku, an Asian restaurant in Bethesda, wears a protecting face masks as serve prospects outside amid the coronavirus pandemic on June 12, 2020 in Bethesda, Maryland.

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6:14 p.m. ET — Although Oregon and Utah have halted reopening measures due to a rise in coronavirus circumstances, different states moved ahead of their restoration progress.

Eating places in Texas are allowed to function at 75% capability, whereas Maine reopened bars for out of doors service and gymnasiums in choose counties. Maryland gave the inexperienced gentle for indoor eating to renew at 50% capability, and choose areas in New York entered the third section of reopening which allowed indoor eating and sure private care providers, together with tattoo parlors and nail salons, to reopen at 50% capability.

For extra on states’ reopening progress, click on right here.—Hannah Miller

MLB offers gamers Sunday deadline to simply accept new financial supply

A normal view throughout a spring coaching recreation between the Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets at Champion stadium on March 23, 2019 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

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5:46 p.m. ET — Main League Baseball formally offered one other financial plan to gamers’ union, because it hopes to renew its operations suspended by Covid-19 on July 14.

In keeping with an individual acquainted with negotiations, MLB has issued a plan that requires a 72-game regular-season scheduled to start on July 14, with gamers incomes 70% of their prorated salaries.

The salaries can improve to 80% if there’s a postseason, bringing the gamers’ income to greater than $1 billion and a further to $200 million if the league completes its postseason the person confirmed.

In keeping with the person, the proposal does embrace a Sunday, June 14 deadline for the Main League Baseball Gamers Affiliation (MLBPA) to simply accept the supply. —Jabari Younger

Wyndham CEO says leisure journey is resuming as resort occupancy ranges rise

5:30 p.m. ET — Wyndham Resorts and Resorts CEO Geoff Ballotti stated the corporate’s lodges are as soon as once more welcoming “the on a regular basis traveler” amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“We’re beginning to see leisure journey return,” Ballotti instructed CNBC’s “Closing Bell.” “It is individuals who wish to get out of the home, individuals who wish to see household and mates.” He stated Wyndham’s financial system lodges are at over 50% occupancy, whereas mid-scale occupancy is over 40%.

Mother-and-pop resort operators can “break even” at round 30% to 40% occupancy, in accordance with Ballotti. Even with eight consecutive weeks of rising occupancy charges, Ballotti stated he cannot predict when the resort enterprise will return to pre-Covid-19 ranges. “It should be a protracted street again,” he stated. —Hannah Miller

Orange County now not requires residents to put on masks

Individuals collect close to Huntington Seaside Pier to protest Gov. Gavin Newsom?s order to briefly shut state and native seashores in Orange County, through the outbreak of the coronavirus illness (COVID-19), in Huntington Seaside, California, Might 1, 2020.

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5:15 p.m. ET — Residents in California’s Orange County are now not required to put on face masks, in accordance with an amended well being order. As a substitute, the order strongly recommends carrying a face overlaying to assist curb the unfold of the virus.

The amended order follows the resignation of former Chief Well being Officer Dr. Nichole Fast earlier this week. Fast had acquired threats and criticism after issuing and defending the face masks requirement.

Orange County additionally made information earlier within the pandemic when California Gov. Gavin Newsom shut down its seashores after they had been overcrowded. —Hannah Miller

Arkansas reviews its highest each day spike in new circumstances, numbers anticipated to develop, governor says

Residents of Fayetteville, Arkansas, wait in line to file for unemployment on April 6, 2020.

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4:30 p.m. ET — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson stated the state reported 731 information coronavirus circumstances since Thursday, the most important each day bounce because the outbreak started. There at the moment are over 200 folks hospitalized with Covid-19, “which is considerably greater than after we had been actually at what I believed was the primary peak in April,” he stated.

Arkansas remains to be scheduled to maneuver into its section two reopening on Monday. Hutchinson stated to this point he thinks Arkansas’ reopening technique is the suitable one, however the state “may not be doing it nicely sufficient.”

“As I look into subsequent week, I do count on the circumstances to proceed to extend,” he stated. —Noah Higgins-Dunn

Senate Dems amp up strain on PPP oversight and steerage

Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Treasury secretary, speaks throughout a Senate Small Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Committee listening to in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, June 10, 2020.

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Four p.m. ET — Senate Democrats raised considerations to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in two separate critiques of the Treasury’s Paycheck Safety Program. In a letter signed by all Senate Democrats, they pushed for adjustments to the varieties required by this system. The present utility, at 11 pages lengthy, is simply too onerous, they stated, significantly for smaller companies that will not have the assets to rent accountants. In addition they pushed for the creation of a well-staffed hotline to supply assist for these making use of to this system, and a “suite” of on-line instruments designed to assist candidates.

Later, Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer railed in opposition to Mnuchin for feedback he made in a Senate listening to earlier this week, indicating the Treasury wouldn’t be publicly disclosing the names of recipients of PPP loans.

“The administration’s resistance to transparency is outrageous and solely serves to boost additional suspicions about how the funds are being distributed and who is definitely benefiting,” Schumer stated. —Lauren Hirsch

Public well being officers go away roles amid criticism, threats

Healthcare employees collect for lunch bought by members of the New York Metropolis Police Division (NYPD) exterior the Brooklyn Hospital Heart, through the outbreak of coronavirus illness (COVID-19) in Brooklyn, New York, April 28, 2020.

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3:02 p.m. ET — Public well being officers preventing the coronavirus are going through criticism and threats surrounding their response to the pandemic, and in some circumstances are leaving their posts consequently.

Kaiser Well being Information and The Related Press discovered at the very least 27 state and native well being officers in 13 states have resigned, retired or been fired since April.

The Related Press reported Ohio’s state well being director resigned Thursday after protestors confirmed up at her home, and the well being officer of Orange County, Calif., stop Monday after weeks of criticism and private threats from residents and different public well being officers.

Leaders within the public well being discipline stated officers are going through threats to property and funding and are exhausted from taking warmth round health-related selections through the pandemic. –Alex Harring

Keep-at-home orders could return if circumstances rise sharply, CDC says

2:10 p.m. ET — A dramatic rise in U.S. Covid-19 circumstances could drive states to reimplement the strict social distancing measures that had been seen earlier this yr, the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention stated.

“If circumstances start to go up once more, significantly in the event that they go up dramatically, it is essential to acknowledge that extra mitigation efforts corresponding to what had been carried out again in March could also be wanted once more,” CDC’s Deputy Director for Infectious Illnesses Jay Butler instructed reporters throughout a press briefing.

The choice must be made regionally and based mostly on “what is occurring throughout the group relating to illness transmission,” he stated. The feedback got here as public well being specialists specific concern that some states are opening prematurely as U.S. job losses proceed to mount and strain grows on state leaders to permit folks to return to work. —Berkeley Lovelace Jr.

CDC says People would really feel uneasy about lifting restrictions proper now

Barbers Roni Baba and Michael Nasimov minimize hair with a protecting face masks between plastic separations as section two reopening continues through the outbreak of the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) at Joseph Hair Salon in Port Washington, New York, June 11, 2020.

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1:43 p.m. ET — A brand new survey from the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention discovered a majority of People wouldn’t really feel secure if social distancing measures meant to curb the unfold of the virus had been lifted proper now. The survey outcomes had been based mostly on 2,402 folks in New York Metropolis, Los Angeles and broadly throughout the USA.

Most respondents within the three cohorts additionally supported stay-at-home orders and nonessential enterprise closures, the CDC stated. The well being company famous that responses differed “considerably” when taking a look at age, employment standing, and important employee standing. For instance, 43% of individuals between the ages of 18 and 24 stated they’d really feel secure if restrictions had been lifted, twice as excessive as folks aged 65 and older. —Berkeley Lovelace Jr.

Virus ‘on the upswing’ in lots of international locations, WHO says

1:34 p.m. ET — Because the virus declines in some international locations in Europe and Asia, the pandemic continues to develop in lots of international locations, World Well being Group officers stated.

“We’re involved that we’re nonetheless very a lot on the upswing of this pandemic in lots of international locations, significantly within the international south,” Dr. Mike Ryan, govt director of the WHO’s emergencies program, stated. “We’re involved that some international locations are having difficulties in exiting the so-called lockdowns as they’re seeing improve of circumstances once more.”

He added that the Americas have been hit particularly arduous, accounting for 4 of the 10 international locations the place the virus is spreading most quickly. As different international locations exit lockdowns, he stated, it is essential well being officers are in a position to reply to the virus in additional focused methods to stop a resurgence. —Will Feuer

Hospitalizations rise as states reopen

1:25 p.m. ET — As reopening plans progress, some states are seeing elevated coronavirus hospitalizations over the previous week, in accordance with a CNBC evaluation of knowledge from the Covid Monitoring Undertaking. Eight states skilled a rise of greater than 5% within the common variety of at present hospitalized sufferers in comparison with the common every week earlier. Included on this checklist is Texas, which reported three straight days of file hospitalizations this week.

Like many metrics used to trace the unfold of the virus, hospitalization knowledge has its limitations, and there’s variation within the high quality and consistency in reporting from states. For a handful of states, knowledge on present hospitalizations was not obtainable in any respect. However hospitalization knowledge is much less depending on the provision of testing than different carefully tracked measures, such because the variety of confirmed circumstances, which is influenced by testing capability and the severity of signs required in an effort to obtain a take a look at.

Nonetheless, hospitalizations is a lagging indicator — it may possibly take weeks for folks to be uncovered to the virus, get examined, and have become sick sufficient to go to the hospital — which means the approaching weeks will present extra perception into whether or not U.S. hospitals will once more see an uptick in coronavirus sufferers. —Nate Rattner

New York AG investigating Amazon warehouse circumstances in retaliation probe

1:14 p.m. — The New York legal professional normal’s workplace is gathering info from Amazon warehouse employees as a part of its probe into the corporate’s labor practices, in accordance with folks acquainted with the matter.

New York Lawyer Normal Letitia James despatched a letter to Amazon in April notifying the corporate it was wanting into claims that it retaliated in opposition to employees who’ve spoken about its response to the coronavirus.

Amazon has fired at the very least six workers and written up 4 employees who had been outspoken critics of the corporate’s labor practices or participated in protests. The corporate has beforehand disputed claims that it fired employees for talking out, saying they had been fired for violating inside insurance policies.

The workplace started contacting employees in late March. Thus far, it has spoken to workers from services in Staten Island, Queens and Bethpage, and is including extra services to its roster because it receives complaints, the folks stated.

The conversations have touched on Amazon’s security practices through the coronavirus pandemic, together with enforcement of social distancing guidelines, employees’ entry to private protecting gear and its documentation of constructive coronavirus circumstances at services. By gathering this info, the workplace is seeking to construct a case of Amazon’s retaliatory practices in opposition to employees who spoke out about warehouse circumstances, in accordance with a few of the folks acquainted with the matter. —Annie Palmer

Saudi Arabia deciding whether or not to cancel hajj, report says

12:26 p.m. ET — Saudi Arabia is contemplating canceling the hajj pilgrimage this yr, in accordance with a report from the Monetary Instances.

A sacred ritual for Muslims, the hajj entails touring to the holy metropolis of Mecca and attracts round 2 million folks to Saudi Arabia every year. With the hajj happening from July 29 to Aug. 4, Saudi officers have confronted strain to cancel in an effort to hold the virus from spreading.

Nonetheless, with the hajj anticipated to generate $12 billion for Saudi Arabia, canceling it may add strain to the nation’s financial system, which has already been hit by a drop in oil demand amid the pandemic. —Hannah Miller

Uptick in air journey demand helps trim American Airways’ money burn

12:05 p.m. ET — American Airways says it lowered its money burn to $40 million a day, down from an anticipated $50 million a day, due to an uptick in journey. The Fort Price-based provider goals to remove its money burn to close zero by the top of the yr.

Via June 8, American has been flying a median of 129,000 passengers a day and its flights are 62% full, although capability is down 70% from a yr in the past. In Might, the provider stated it flew 85,000 vacationers a day with a load issue of 47% and capability off 75% from Might 2019.

Regardless of the rise in demand, the variety of folks passing by checkpoints at U.S. airports is down 81% from a yr in the past, in accordance with the Transportation Safety Administration.

American additionally reiterated a forecast that it nonetheless sees income within the second quarter to down 90% from a yr in the past, when it posted gross sales of near $12 billion. —Leslie Josephs

U.S. insurers say they aren’t chargeable for virus-related small enterprise prices

A usually busy Fundamental Avenue is abandoned because the small companies that line the enterprise district stay closed after the governor instituted a shelter-in-place order in an try to curtail the unfold of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on March 24, 2020 in Rockton, Illinois.

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10:51 a.m. ET — U.S. property and casualty insurers have stated they are not in a position nor required to compensate small companies for the prices created by the coronavirus disaster, Reuters reported.

State and metropolis lawmakers have proposed requiring insurers to pay for the misplaced revenue small companies have confronted on account of the pandemic, in accordance with Reuters. However the American Property Casualty Insurance coverage Affiliation estimated it may price the business $255 billion to $431 billion every month, a determine which the commerce group warned may make insurers bancrupt, the wire service reported.

Insurers have argued their service solely covers bodily property injury that forestalls a enterprise from working, so requiring them to pay for coronavirus-related points can be unconstitutional. Authorized specialists instructed Reuters there’s precedent for insurers to cowl bodily loss with out bodily injury.

Roughly 40% of small corporations have enterprise interruption protection, in accordance with the Insurance coverage Info Institute. —Alex Harring

Federal Reserve Financial institution of Kansas Metropolis’s Jackson Gap symposium transitions to digital

10:45 a.m. ET — For the primary time in practically 40 years, the Federal Reserve Financial institution of Kansas Metropolis’s annual symposium for central bankers and economists won’t be held at mountain resort Jackson Gap, Wyoming, because of the coronavirus pandemic, Reuters reported

The financial institution will as an alternative host a digital assembly on Aug. 27-28 with the theme: “Navigating the Decade Forward: Implications for Financial Coverage,” in accordance with Reuters. In April, the financial institution stated it was “contemplating the implications” for the occasion upon listening to information the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton Nationwide Park, the positioning for the annual occasion since 1982, wouldn’t open for the season due to Covid-19.

Worldwide central bankers, Federal Reserve officers, teachers and private-sector economists will all participate on this yr’s digital occasion, which will probably be live-streamed to the general public, Reuters stated. —Suzanne Blake

The U.S. remains to be in its ‘first wave,’ researchers say

Visitors play roulette at Excalibur Lodge & On line casino after the Las Vegas Strip property opened for the primary time since being closed in mid-March due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on June 11, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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10:30 a.m. ET — New coronavirus circumstances rising in a number of states is not the dreaded “second wave” – it is nonetheless the primary one, scientists and infectious illness specialists say.

Whereas new circumstances are on the decline in as soon as sizzling spots like New York state, circumstances are on the rise in locations like Texas and Arizona with the U.S. nonetheless seeing roughly 20,000 new circumstances a day.

A handful of states like New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts have skilled “clear first-wave outbreaks,” stated Nicholas Reich, a professor of biostatistics and epidemiology on the College of Massachusetts, Amherst. “Nonetheless, many states have had extra of a first-wave plateau, and not using a clear decline for a lot of weeks.” —Berkeley Lovelace, Jr.

Los Angeles is able to resume TV and movie manufacturing

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9:58 a.m. ET — Los Angeles County revealed its checklist of security protocols for restarting movie and tv manufacturing late Thursday. The county’s strict guidelines embrace well being checks, social distancing and the usage of private protecting gear on units.

Scenes that require extended bodily contact, like combat scenes or intercourse scenes, are being discouraged and actors are being instructed to stay “as silent as attainable to keep away from spreading droplets by speaking.” Massive gatherings of background actors for scenes are additionally being discouraged by the county.

Lots of the restrictions, whereas wanted for security, may impede sure productions from restarting, as many scenes in established scripts could not have the ability to be filmed as written. —Sarah Whitten

Dow jumps greater than 600 factors as Wall Avenue rebounds from its greatest sell-off since March

9:37 a.m. ET — Shares began the day greater and clawed again a few of the sharp losses from Wall Avenue’s worst day since March, reviews CNBC’s Fred Imbert and Eustance Huang. The Dow Jones Industrial Common opened 684 factors greater, or 2.8%. The S&P 500 gained 2.6% whereas the Nasdaq Composite superior 2.4%. —Melodie Warner

New circumstances by area

Coronavirus mortgage bailouts fall for the second week

8:22 a.m. ET — Coronavirus-related mortgage reduction packages noticed the variety of debtors lower for the second straight week, CNBC’s Diana Olick reviews.

Debtors fell by 77,000 from final week and at the moment are down 112,000 because the peak week of Might 22, with loans financed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac displaying the best lower.

These packages permit debtors to delay month-to-month funds for as much as a yr.

“With 4.6 million remaining in forbearance, there’s nonetheless important work forward,” stated Andy Walden, director of market analysis for Black Knight, which tracks the info. “With volumes seemingly cresting, the main focus now shifts to serving to these owners who stay in forbearance get again on monitor financially.” —Suzanne Blake

British Airways to public sale off artwork as pandemic weighs

British Airways’ announcement fell quick for some frequent fliers who expressed their disappointment on-line.

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7:18 a.m. ET — British Airways plans to public sale off art work to offset the monetary injury from the coronavirus disaster.

The public sale will reportedly embrace works from Damien Hirst, Peter Doig and Bridget Riley, with one piece valued at over £1 million ($1.26 million), The Evening Standard first reported.

The airline has confronted immense monetary strain amid the disaster, with the outbreak forcing flights to be grounded and suppressing demand for journey. A minimum of 10 artworks from the airline’s assortment, which had beforehand been on show in its airport lounges, will probably be put up on the market. —Chloe Taylor

Oregon pauses reopening as circumstances rise

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7:12 a.m. ET — Oregon is inserting a 7-day pause on county functions to maneuver deeper into reopening amid a spike in new circumstances, Gov. Kate Brown introduced on Twitter late Thursday.

The governor started to ease restrictions on some out of doors actions on Might 5 and allowed some shops to reopen with modifications on Might 15. On Thursday, Oregon reported 178 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the state’s complete to five,237. Two extra folks died resulting from Covid-19, bringing the state’s loss of life toll to 171.

“This one-week pause will give public well being specialists time to evaluate what components are driving the unfold of the virus,” Brown stated in a press release on Twitter. “I’ll use the info we see within the subsequent week to find out whether or not to raise this pause or prolong it.” —Will Feuer

Learn CNBC’s earlier coronavirus reside protection right here: UK GDP posts steepest one-month fall in April, Twitter takes down China-linked accounts spreading disinformation

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Your Wednesday Briefing – The New York Times

The global race to confront a deadly virus

Countries around the world are scrambling to prevent the spread of a deadly outbreak of the coronavirus that started in Wuhan, China, and has spread to Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, South Korea and now the U.S., where a case was confirmed in Washington State.

As fatalities doubled to at least six with hundreds more people infected, airports around the world, including in Australia and the U.S., were checking passengers on flights from Wuhan, where the virus began in a seafood and poultry market. North Korea temporarily closed borders to tours from China. Here’s what else we know.

The World Health Organization called a meeting to decide whether to declare the outbreak an international health emergency as evidence mounted that the virus spreads from person to person. In one case, a patient appeared to have infected 14 medical workers.

Fears: Many in China recalled the government’s slow response to the 2003 outbreak of the SARS virus, which killed more than 800 people and infected more than 8,000.

Impeachment trial begins

President Trump’s historic trial began in the Senate with a fight between Democrats and Republicans over the rules that will govern it.

Under procedures proposed by the majority leader, Senator Mitch McConnell, each side would have three days to present its case, and the House’s evidence from its inquiry would be admitted into the Senate record.

Mr. McConnell said he had enough votes to defeat any Democratic changes, and he warned Democrats that the chamber would stay into the wee hours if they offered a long string of proposed changes.

In the room: Senators have to give up their cellphones and remain silent at their desks at virtually all times “on pain of imprisonment.”

Climate change takes center stage at Davos

As the yearly meeting of global business leaders in Davos, Switzerland, opened with a focus on global warming, many watched for the dynamic between two seemingly opposing figures on the topic: President Trump and Greta Thunberg, the 17-year-old climate activist.

Though Mr. Trump spoke mostly about the economy — proclaiming “the American dream is back” — and said that it was “not a time for pessimism,” Ms. Thunberg gave a characteristically cutting speech to those who had not taken action on climate change.

“Our house is still on fire,” she said, referring to her address at the same conference a year earlier. “Your inaction is fueling the flames by the hour.”

Context: The Davos forum has for some become a symbol of all that is wrong with the world, our reporter writes, but its proponents say it makes businesses more responsible.

Related: Australia’s biggest mining company announced that coal output was down over the last six months because of smoke from wildfires, a crisis exacerbated by climate change, which is caused in no small part by the burning of coal. The irony was not lost on many Australians.

If you have some time, this is worth it

Stories of walking away

Is there a more exciting and complicated phrase than “I quit”?

Our collection of 21 first-person narratives discusses quitting all sorts of things, including jobs, sex, the presidential campaign and even the task of writing about quitting.

Here’s what else is happening

Interpol: A former senior Chinese police official who served as head of the international crime-fighting body was sentenced to 13½ years in prison for bribery. His wife says he is the victim of a political vendetta.

Royals in Canada: As Prince Harry reportedly landed on Vancouver Island to join his wife, Meghan, and their son, a survey showed that about half of Canadians say they “don’t care” if the couple moves in. But an overwhelming 73 percent said they do not want Canada to pay royal security costs.

Ancient climate changer: The planet’s oldest asteroid impact, from 2.2 billion years ago, was found in Western Australia — and researchers suggested the cataclysm might have catapulted the planet out of an ice age.

Snapshot: Above, people in pajamas. Officials in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou apologized after publishing surveillance-camera photos to shame residents who sport their sleepwear in public. Their attempt to curb “uncivilized behavior” sparked a backlash nationwide.

What we’re reading: This article in The New Yorker. Brent Staples, a Pulitzer Prize winner, calls it “a vivid new history” of “how slave rebellions (not white abolitionists) defeated slavery in the hell that was the Caribbean.”

Now, a break from the news

Cook: If you’re looking for comfort food, make a batch of sopa de albóndigas, a Mexican meatball soup.

Read: Kyle Chayka’s new book, “The Longing for Less,” explores minimalism as a manifestation of civilization’s discontents, among other things.

Watch: Ruth Negga, an Ethiopian-Irish actress, is set to play Hamlet in Brooklyn. She spoke to The Times about the role and her part in an upcoming film adaptation of a 1920s novel about passing for white.

Smarter Living: Organize your fridge the way pros do. It saves both food and time.

And now for the Back Story on …

Too much attention

One of the reasons Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, cited in their decision to step back from their royal duties is the need for a more private life.

The desire is understandable. Paparazzi hound celebrities of all kinds, and the prince’s mother, Diana, died in Paris as her car raced away from chasing photographers.

Fifty-one years ago, another hounded Brit took a very different approach.

John Lennon had become a global star as the Beatles rose to extravagant heights of popularity, but in 1969, the band was inexorably breaking up. The other Beatles’ lack of enthusiasm for Lennon’s devotion to the conceptual artist Yoko Ono added to the tension — and further whetted the public appetite for gossipy details.

After the two married in March of that year, in a hastily arranged ceremony in Gibraltar, they knew there was no way to avoid being set upon by reporters and photographers.

So they invited them in. They took up residence for days at a hotel in Amsterdam, holding open hours from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and later did the same in Montreal, using the “bed-ins” to promote global peace.

That’s it for this briefing. See you next time.

— Melina

Thank you To Mark Josephson and Eleanor Stanford for the break from the news. Chris Stanford and Andrea Kannapell, on the Briefings team, wrote today’s Back Story. You can reach the team at [email protected].

P.S. • We’re listening to “The Daily.” Our latest episode is about President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial. • Here’s our Mini Crossword, and a clue: Like a tooth that’s almost ready for the tooth fairy (five letters). You can find all our puzzles here. • Nicole Perlroth, who covers cybersecurity for The Times, answered readers’ questions on Russian hacking and the coming U.S. election in a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything).

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Opening Bell: May 31, 2019

Late yesterday, the White House announced that the President Donald Trump would be imposing a 5 percent tariff on all goods from Mexico, starting June 10. The tariffs are allegedly meant to goad, bully even, Mexico’s government into imposing stricter border control measures in order to prevent migrants from reaching the southern United States border. How tariffs will achieve that goal—and what the goal will be, since no numerical figure for reductions in illegal crossings was mentioned—was left unsaid; a punitive economic action seems an asymmetrical response to the failure of one nation’s immigration policy. What is ironic about that last part is that the United States, according to economists and trade experts, is as likely to be harmed by these tariffs, as Mexico is. The larger importer of goods from Mexico is Texas. Added costs to the importation of those goods amounts to a tax on business and, by extension, consumers in Texas and among those states who purchase goods from businesses in Texas (and considering that Texas is the second largest economy in the United States and tenth largest in the world, this figure is not an insignificant one). Two of the four border states, including Texas, have Republican governors and Republican-controlled legislatures, and this move by the White House puts Gov. Doug Doucey of Arizona and Gov. Greg Abbott in an awkward position (and for what it’s worth, Abbott’s wife is Mexican-American), while it potentially allows Democratic governors in California and New Mexico to refocus the immigration debate from one of “open borders,” to one of economic impact on their home states.

In August 2018, Thomas Hofeller passed away. After his death, his daughter went through his papers and discovered a letter which the GOP redistricting strategist had written in support of the addition of a citizenship question by the Commerce Department on the 2020 census. The census, by law, must occur every 10 years and the results are used to apportion congressional representation—i.e. redistricting—and to divide, equitably by population, $800 billion in annual federal spending. Put it another way, the census is not simply a statistical exercise, but rather has profound affects upon elections and the day-to-day lives of individuals who depend upon federal programs. The letter by Hofeller indicated that he wanted a question about whether a respondent to the census was a citizen, was designed precisely to drive down minority responses to the census survey and create a built-in advantage for the GOP. The Supreme Court has already heard oral arguments over the constitutionality of the question and this news is unlikely to have any effect on that decision, but nevertheless, the words of Hofeller belie claims that the question is not politically-influenced. For their part, the Commerce Department and Department of Justice both deny that Hofeller’s opinion on the question had any part in their decision to seek inclusion of a citizenship question on the census.

On Wednesday, former Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) passed away in Oxford, Mississippi. Cochran represented a congressional district which included the state capital of Jackson in the 1970s before winning one of the state’s two U.S. Senate seats. It was in the Senate where Cochran developed his reputation as member of Congress who delivered federal funding for his home state; perhaps only Robert Byrd of West Virginia was more adept at steering federal dollars to his own impoverished state. At first reading, this obituary reads like the extended epitaph not of a person, but of a previous way of doing things in Washington. And in this sense, it would make sense to dismiss the writing as the work of a Pollyanna. But where this obituary succeeds is where it notes that Cochran, while a conservative Republican, understood how the largesse of federal programs could help a state like his and the citizens who continued to reelect him to office. Cochran was never a flashy politician, rather he was a practical one. And it is worth examining right now how many members of the opposite party—no matter which party that is for you—genuinely seems to stand on principle rather than the convenience of their position. As an aside, I wrote about Cochran’s last electoral win in 2014, you know back when I actually wrote posts beyond those that appear in the morning or evening. The 2014 Mississippi Senate election was quite the seedy affair, especially in the pre-Trump era of American politics.

In the 1970s, squid was virtually non-existent on restaurant menus in America. Today, calamari—as it is more artfully labeled—is a common appetizer on menus at bistros, brasseries, seafood restaurants, Italian restaurants, and a host of others. This process started with an academic thesis submitted by a PhD candidate which asserted that calamari was a market solution towards supporting New England’s increasingly over-fished fisheries. The paper acknowledged that squid was not amenable to American tastes and also considered the laborious process of skinning a squid—including removing the ink pods—in order to turn it into calamari, but nonetheless encourages the development of the squid fishery. Four decades later, along with the concomitant increase in America’s appetite for calamari, Rhode Island has become the center of the East Coast’s squid fishery, supplanting even the Quahog shellfish in terms of economic impact to the second smallest state in the Union. This is the story of the attempts by a Rhode Island state representative to make calamari recognized as the Official State Appetizer in a bid to buttress the troubled economy of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation, but the process of doing so, reveals so much about the state of affairs in Rhode Island itself.

As Game of Thrones ended a few weeks ago, one of the last season’s most prominent characters asserted that she would go west. When it was pointed out that the west was a vast, uncharted sea of which no one in Westeros knew much of anything, Arya Stark shrugged. But this attitude and treatment, and in fact the map of George R.R. Martin’s world as a whole, reflects a common theme in the maps of fantasy novels: they tend to follow similar patterns and they reflect common values and tropes. In reading this, I immediately identified with the essayist’s attraction to and acknowledgement of the limitation of, the maps of fantasy worlds. I extend this, to a point, to the fantasy maps of video games, e.g. Civilization, Age of Empires, etc. The situation, the peoples, the “borders” (such as they exist in the pre-nationalist Europe sense of the word), the basis of nation-states, and the geography/geology, are restricted to that place in time and invite only limited further examination, usually through the broken monuments and abandoned cities and palaces of “previous empires” which failed for, usually, undescribed reasons. As a person who is drawn to maps, both actual and imagined, I enjoyed this greatly.

I opened and read this link with great interest. I am a person who experiences anxiety and occasional depression based upon uncertainty and immediately identified with the notion that uncertainty is the stem of much anxiety. I found the suggestions for dealing with uncertainty, as a means to combat anxiety, interesting for sure, but my own solution for some these seems to be more practical than the author considered: my current bi-weekly paycheck is a far greater antidote to the anxiety of checking my checking account than of simply not checking it and embracing the uncertainty…I mean, try embracing the uncertainty when you’re at a restaurant with friends and are worried about getting the credit card receipt from the server with the notation “card declined” helpfully circled. Try embracing the uncertainty that goes with that. That’s why I appreciated this, shorter than I expected, piece, but also felt like it could have been grounded in the daily experience of individuals who actually experience anxiety based on uncertainty.

The Center for Politics continues its 2020 preview by outlining something which I used to talk about quite a bit in these parts: yes there are congressional incumbents who are vulnerable, but the vast majority of them will win renomination and reelection. Kyle Kondik outlines a number of incumbents who should be on notice, and therefore raising lots of money for reelection.

Welcome to the weekend.

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These are the best restaurants in Boston, according to chef Tiffani Faison

This is where the former Top Chef runner up eats when she’s not working at one of her three restaurants

They say that nobody ever remembers who finishes in second place, but Tiffani Faison more than took advantage of being the runner-up on the first season of Top Chef in 2006. She graduated from mid-level roles at several Las Vegas resort restaurants to executive chef at Todd English’s Riche brasserie in New Orleans before moving to Boston to helm a brief revival of South End classic Rocca Kitchen & Bar in 2010.

The homecoming for the peripatetic Faison has been heralded with a string of successful restaurants of her own, starting with Sweet Cheeks Q in the Fenway area, which opened in 2011 and has earned consistent plaudits as the city’s best BBQ joint.

Her next venture, Tiger Mama, was on the crest of a wave of upscale Asian eateries, hailed by the Improper Bostonian for delivering an “upscale experience without sacrificing the soul of its source cuisines.” The menu features richly appointed versions of classics like the spicy ground chicken dish Pad Gra Pow, Cha Ca La Vong – Vietnamese tumeric-marinated shrimp – and short-rib crudo with Thai herbs with an extensive menu of tiki-inspired cocktails.

In August 2018, Faison added a third restaurant to her favorite stretch of Fenway Park-adjacent Boylston Street with Fool’s Errand, a no-reservations, no-tables tapas bar described as “a low-commitment, high-satisfaction snacking destination.” By snacking, though, we’re talking smoked beef tongue sandwiches, not Fenway franks. The food at this “adult snack bar,” like the decor, is European-inspired, the atmosphere a blend of upscale cocktail hour and pre-game quick-bite.

Her second stint as a Bostonian has Faison cheerleading for the local dining scene. “It’s been coming up for so long, but now I think we’re there,” she says. “For a long time, Boston was seen as a seafood town, with old-school restaurants serving baked haddock. In the last five or six years, restaurants like Neptune Oyster and Saltie Girl have taken the very best of what we have and presented it in new and innovative ways.”

When Faison and wife/business partner Kelly Walsh seek out the best of Boston, here’s where they dine:

Cafe Sushi

You wouldn’t peg a sushi restaurant that’s been around since the Reagan Administration to be on the cutting edge of anything, but second generation Cafe Sushi owner Seizi Imura has kept things fresh at this Cambridge classic with both a menu and dining room makeover while maintaining prices that are more UMass than Harvard.

“Their nigiri is unreal and shows off the incredible grilling of the fish,” says Faison. “Not to take anything away from the rolls, but the nigiri is where they shine.”

Sarma

Chef Cassie Piuma and partner Ana Sortun bring the communal spirit of Istanbul’s meyhanes to Somerville in a nightly celebration of wine and meze, the eastern Mediterranean take on tapas. Loud and bustling, “The room feels like a Turkish bazaar,” says Faison.

Newbies to Sarma gravitate toward the kebabs and kofte, but Faison plunges right into the seven-layer hummus dip, scooped up with falafel crackers. Faison advises: “Pace yourself until you see the fried chicken” – sesame-sprinkled pieces piled on platters and served tableside with za’atar sauce for dipping.

Regina Pizzeria

You’ll find Regina Pizzeria outlets everywhere from shopping malls to South Station. Ignore them all and go directly to the original North End location, where they’ve been spinning thin-crust pies since 1926. “The dough is different, and the same people have worked there forever,” says Faison. “It’s just pizza at the other locations – they have none of the magic.”

Faison and Walsh typically order a bottle of inexpensive wine (“there’s not a bottle over $30,” says Faison) and a pepperoni, mushroom and olive pizza to share. “Order a small: they cook it better, so it’s crispy all around,” she says.

Tres Gatos

Not sure about the cats, but this Jamaica Plain community gathering spot does wear three hats – restaurant, bookstore and music store, harmonizing great food, music, and literature. Owner Dave Doyle, who opened Tres Gatos about a decade ago, “cares deeply about the neighborhood,” says Faison, a JP resident. “All of the bartenders and servers are kind, and the food is gorgeous.”

On a menu that features small plates of charcuterie, quesos, pintxos, tapas, paella and desserts, Faison’s favorite is the chickpea fritters served with tzatziki. Vegetarians will enjoy plenty of options, like a meat-free paella, as well as corn and asparagus tapas.

Rebel Rebel

Rebel Rebel revels in opinionated but knowledgeable bartenders serving up natural wines to a woke clientele; owner Lauren Friel may insist that it’s “just a bar,” but the location in Bow Market makes Rebel Rebel a great place to pick out a perfect chard or pinot to match a crispy bar pizza from Hot Box or a cheese plate from Formaggio Kitchen.

“Lauren has a great palate and is one of the leaders in terms of where wine is going,” says Faison, noting that the owner/sommelier is often found dishing on wine somewhere in the small space. “Just sit down and talk to her.”

Saltie Girl

Owner Kathy Sidell and chef Kyle McClelland may have built Saltie Girl’s reputation on cans of tinned fish and towers of fresh seafood, but Faison loves the pure, simple pleasure of the linguine with clams, sauce and pasta infused with flavor. “It’s the essence of linguine clams,” she says.

Faison marvels at fresh oysters that are consistently shucked and perfectly cleaned, with nary a grain of sand to be found. When she’s up for something more sophisticated, there’s always the fried lobster served on a waffle or a tin of smoked oysters, mussels or octopus.

“I’ve never seen tinned fish as something gimmicky or trendy,” says Faison. “It may be new to Americans, but Saltie Girl is really just picking up on something Europeans have always done and putting it into the mouth of the the city.”

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Animal Cruelty in Product Consumption

We’ve all seen those ASPCA commercials about the cats and dogs that are suffering in shelters and need help. Now, how many of us have cried watching them or at least felt a little sad while watching the sad animals. Now imagine there being commercials like that about all the animals suffering in slaughterhouses and product testing labs. That wouldn’t happen, of course, because it wouldn’t do well for marketing. Imagine seeing a sad cow or pig right before a McDonald’s commercials. No one would have the appetite! The truth is, we don’t want to face the truth — the suffering behind our gratification. As Christians, it is important for us to take care of our animal friends and not support the cruelty that goes on in animal testing labs, slaughterhouses, and so much more. We can make a difference because as consumers, we have the power, through our purchasing decisions, to make an impact in the ways companies conduct their business.

Many don’t know what truly goes on behind the animal product industry. Unfortunately, there is a massive amount of unnecessary and inhumane treatment that goes on before these animals die. According to AnimalEquality, an average of 56 billion farmed animals are killed every year. This number is not even including fish and seafood (AnimalEquality). Every day, animals are tortured brutally and are forced to withstand unnatural and horrible conditions such as overcrowding, having hormones injected in their bodies, lack of nutrition and accessibility to the outdoors, having their bodies grow unnaturally and disproportioned and on top of that, workers often abuse their power. Millions of fish suffer from parasitic infections, diseases, and injuries. They are starved for days in order to reduce waste contamination before they die from being impaled, crushed, suffocated, cut open, and gutted. “Chickens are raised indoors in large sheds containing 20,000 chickens or more.” This causes them to live in their own waste and have high ammonia levels that irritate their eyes and throats. They are put through excessive feeding, lack of exercise, and are injected with antibiotics in order for them to grow unnaturally quick and disproportionate. In term, this causes their organs and skeletons to lag in growth, leading them to suffer heart failure, trouble breathing, weakness, inability to move around and chronic pain. Regularly, many hens will be packed together in one small cage which leads to fighting. To combat this, workers will burn off their beaks with no sedative or numbing. Cows live in crowded conditions as well. They are branded, castrated, and have horns ripped out of their heads without a sedative. For dairy production, cow mothers are pregnant for the majority of their lives. When they do give birth, the baby is taken away the same day as birth and the mother is forced to carry up to 100 pounds of milk a day, which is 10 times as much as it was ten years ago. Because this is unnatural to the cow, it causes them to suffer from broken limbs and mastitis in their utters. For meat production, cows suffer malnutrition, are injected with hormones and forced to stay sedentary in order to grow less muscle for better meat. This is only the tip of the iceberg, animals are constantly going through this torture and more (ASPCA).

Animal Testing is also extremely unethical in animal treatment. It includes making animals inhale toxic fumes, dripping chemicals into their eyes, and force-feeding pesticides to make sure a product is “safe”. In labs all over the world, “monkeys are addicted to drugs and have holes drilled into their skulls, sheep and pigs have their skin burned off and rats have their spinal cords crushed.” What’s worse and absolutely scary is that even if a product does harm animals, it can still be marketed to us (Animals in Experiments).

The animal product industry is not only torturing and killing animals but slowly killing us, humans, as well. The United Nations concluded that the number one contributor to Global warming is factory farming. Kyle H. Landis-Marinello of Michigan State University states that it “facilitates climate change, water shortages, and the loss of topsoil” (1). According to the Worldwatch Institute, “51 percent or more of global greenhouse-gas emissions are caused by animal agriculture.” Healthwise, the chemicals that animals are tested on are chemicals! Our bodies don’t need chemicals, it needs natural products that are easy to pronounce and not skeptical. Animal meat is injected with so many chemicals during life and preservatives to keep it “fresh” that is really not good for your body and actually makes it harder for your body to break down and digest. The World Health Organization has stated that processed meats are proven to cause many diseases such as cancer and many more health complications (Meat and the Environment).

Many of us have pets at home, or at least get excited when we spot puppies on campus. We would never want to see them suffer and tortured. So what makes the victims of animal cruelty any different? We have the power to decide whether or not we will support this unethical treatment. We can make a difference in the lives of these animals by either encouraging or discouraging these companies and the people who take part in it. We can take action by making sure to buy products that are labeled cruelty-free, organic, grass-fed, and more. See a full list of labels that support better living for animals here -> https://www.aspca.org/shopwithyourheart/consumer-resources/meat-eggs-and-dairy-label-guide. Here’s to a brighter future for animals, the environment, and us.

References

“Animals in Experiments.” PETA, https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/animals-in-experiments/. Accessed 15 April 2018.

“Farm Animal Welfare.” ASPCA, www.aspca.org/animal-cruelty/farm-animal-welfare. Accessed 15 April 2018.

“Food.” AnimalEquality, 25 Apr. 2016, www.animalequality.net/food. Accessed 15 April 2018.

Landis-Marinello, Kyle. “The Environmental Effects of Cruelty to Agricultural Animals.” Michigan Law Review First Impressions. vol. 106, 2008. pp. 147-151, https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1116&context=mlr_fi.

“Meat and the Environment.” PETA, www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/meat-environment/. Accessed 15 April 2018.

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