Article

2020-12-20 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Pinkerton: The Covid Class War ‐ the Liberated vs. the Locked Down

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-12-20 06:38|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 Thomas Keller's The French Laundry has a COVID relief fund.

With the ever-evolving landscape devastating the hospitality profession, I have heard from many of you expressing your care and concern and asking how you can help. I invite you, if you are able, to consider a tax-deductible donation to the KELLER RESTAURANT RELIEF FUND* to help your favorite server, the bartender who knows your mood, the chef who sends an extra course, the porter who is integral to everything we do, or the management and administrative teams who work tirelessly behind the scenes. In a world that has changed dramatically over the course of mere months, the need is still there. Thank you for your support. We are so grateful.

Keller is reportedly worth $55,000,000. He'll no-doubt know what to do with your money.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-12-20 06:56|| 2020-12-20 06:56|| Front Page Top

#2 So, since precautionary measures cannot be enforced totally (or even mostly) fairly - they should not be enforced at all? Just think of it as evolution in action?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-12-20 07:57|| 2020-12-20 07:57|| Front Page Top

#3 1.4% of cases seem to source to restaurants. Fuck off lockdown "scientists" foreign and domestic

Posted by Frank G 2020-12-20 08:26|| 2020-12-20 08:26|| Front Page Top

#4 #3 I've seen this stat several times - is it from places where they banned indoor dining, or the places where they didn't?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-12-20 08:47|| 2020-12-20 08:47|| Front Page Top

#5 nationwide

Posted by Frank G 2020-12-20 09:02|| 2020-12-20 09:02|| Front Page Top

#6 And nationwide (I'm assuming US) most states banned indoor dinning - am I right?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-12-20 09:06|| 2020-12-20 09:06|| Front Page Top

#7 nope

Posted by Frank G 2020-12-20 09:08|| 2020-12-20 09:08|| Front Page Top

#8 @ #6 - Indoor dining is allowed but with limited capacity which was further reduced in November due to the reported rise in cases.

Posted by Clem 2020-12-20 09:48|| 2020-12-20 09:48|| Front Page Top

#9 Illinois' Top Doc Says ‘We Did Not See the Significant Surge' After Thanksgiving

Posted by Frank G 2020-12-20 09:55|| 2020-12-20 09:55|| Front Page Top

#10 Indiana allows indoor dining at 50% last time I went out to dinner there. Ohio same.
I doubt the restaurants would fill more than 50% anyway, people are afraid of their own shadows here.

Posted by Thimp Clusort2035 2020-12-20 09:56|| 2020-12-20 09:56|| Front Page Top

#11 ^^^Ye, well, have it your way - not my problem.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-12-20 10:02|| 2020-12-20 10:02|| Front Page Top

#12 /\ I don't doubt it..so many Kool-Aid drinkers.

Had fun with one dame (with a mask on) while walking outside recently. She saw me coming (I am sans mask) and began to move to the street. I decided to move to the street, too, just to be sure she did that for her health and welfare. She did (Sshe's 15-20 yards away) and switched gears to walk on some grassy hill. All I could do was shake my head, but, that's her business, I suppose.

Posted by Clem 2020-12-20 10:05|| 2020-12-20 10:05|| Front Page Top

#13 /\ for #10

Posted by Clem 2020-12-20 10:06|| 2020-12-20 10:06|| Front Page Top

23:59 Count Galeazzo Glomp3810
23:56 Lampedusa Grumble4936
23:51 Count Galeazzo Glomp3810
23:12 Count Galeazzo Glomp3810
23:11 Count Galeazzo Glomp3810
23:03 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843
23:01 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843
22:59 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843
22:58 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843
22:53 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843
22:22 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843
20:49 Frank G
20:37 jpal
20:30 Whaiper Thusoth4179
20:15 trailing wife
20:11 Jeremiah Black7828
20:03 CrazyFool
19:55 SteveS
19:46 Count Galeazzo Glomp3810
19:15 SteveS
19:12 Flomort Grans9664
18:55 Frank G
18:54 Frank G
18:51 JohnQC