…and zombie movies aren't doing the trick for you, there's an excellent novel by Philip Roth about a polio epidemic in the 1940's that will do the trick: It's called "Nemesis."
And if polio is too newfangled for you there's always Thomas Mann's "Death in Venice" (oder "Tod in Venedig", wenn Sie auf Deutsch lesen).
Just mentioning.
3.21.2020
3.20.2020
Oldies, yep
I'm going through the "Pop by Decade" listing on Apple Music; it goes all the way back to…the 60's, Anything earlier than that is Oldies.
I don't think Cole Porter is even on the list. Anywhere.
I don't think Cole Porter is even on the list. Anywhere.
OK, here's some pretty fascinating stuff…
…if you're into this whole virus thing (or just in, with nothing else to do).
Simulations before coronavirus foreshadowed infighting between agencies in pandemic response - The Washington Post
Can you spell "somnambulance"?
3.19.2020
Some day we'll have to have a little talk about this
Trump's corporatist response to coronavirus shows no concern for national debt - The Washington Post
The $1.5 trillion tax cuts in 2017, which the GOP passed on a party-line vote and overwhelmingly benefit the biggest corporations and the richest individuals…
Many companies that are now seeking lifelines from taxpayers, especially the airlines, used the windfall from those tax breaks to buy back their own shares, which increased share prices and therefore boosted executive compensation.
3.18.2020
For the record…
I don't even care what I thought 20 years ago, let alone what some politician might have. Politicians are professionally, well…
3.15.2020
No, Bunky, this doesn't mean…
…your interest rate is going to zero, that would be a disaster.
Federal Reserve slashes interest rates to zero as part of wide-ranging emergency intervention - The Washington Post
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