Wheels and tires

On Wed, 1 Apr 2020 11:53:11 -0700 (PDT), Tom Kunich
wrote:

I went through the numbers and came up with an estimate of 33,000 or
so people that could possibly die from the effects of civid-19. At the
moment we have lost less than 15% of that and in another couple of
weeks warmer weather will come on and people that aren't fighting 100
other health problems will be more resistant.

OMFG, Tom, you are a ****ing idiot. And you can't do math any more,
apparently. Even the Trump Administration is forecasting between
100,000 and 240,000 deaths from COVID-19 in the US (which I am fervetnly
hoping can yet be avoided).

It is FAR more of a problem to lose your job than to be threatened
with a relatively minor disease don't you think?

"Relatively minor disease?" Dude, I'd call you a ****ing idiot again
but it'd be redundant. 312,762 Americans are confirmed to have COVID-19
as of this writing with 9,132 confirmed dead from it. The actual rates
of both are going to be higher due to the lack of adequate testing
thanks to the incompetence of the Trump Administration in designing,
approving and rolling out testing.

25% of the world's known COVID-19 infections are in the US, with a daily
infection rate that is climbing because Westerners are too damned
arrogant to comply with stay-at-home orders and social distancing.
"Stay home? But how will I get my grande mocha half-skim latte?"

Remember that the larger part of the yearly 38,000 lives have been
lost to the seasonal flu at this same time. Are you panicked because
of the seasonal flu?

Actually, because I work in nursing homes "yes, I am." Not panicked as
such (but then I'm not panicked about COVID-19, either- prudence and
caution is not panic). The flu is taken very, very seriously in every
nursing home every year. Annual flu shot drives, mandatory training for
staff on infection control, etc.

But COVID-19 is about 40% more infective than the flu and the current
case fatality rates are 53 times that of the flu.

So, finally, Tom, just shut the **** up about the flu. It is a useless
position to take out. Everyone else trying to deny the COVID-19 problem
has given up on it including Trump.

rest of Tom's drivel snipped

On Wed, 01 Apr 2020 15:57:04 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

Meanwhile in my paper today is an interesting chart labeled
'Confirmed Cases Per Country" and credited to 'Johns Hopkins
CSSE' (behind a paywall and I could not find a chart link)

Here you go, Andrew. No paywall- never was as far as I could tell.
This has been available for weeks:

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

On 4/5/2020 11:49 AM, Tim McNamara wrote:
On Wed, 01 Apr 2020 15:57:04 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

Meanwhile in my paper today is an interesting chart labeled
'Confirmed Cases Per Country" and credited to 'Johns Hopkins
CSSE' (behind a paywall and I could not find a chart link)

Here you go, Andrew. No paywall- never was as far as I could tell.
This has been available for weeks:

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html


Thank you.

(I meant my paper has an online version which is pay-only)

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 12:45:43 PM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 9:15:13 AM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/28/2020 6:15 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
snip

In January, our President stopped inbound travel from China
before any other nation did so. Why didn't Congress act?
Because they were rabidly engaged with their failed witch hunt.

The legislative branch does not run the CDC, NIH, FEMA and all the agencies that provide emergency response. Congress does not manage strategic reserves. It can't nationalize industries. It can't restrict travel without passing new laws. So, in the face of impending disaster, the executive branch has a lot to do -- much of it logistical. The same is true on a state level. The governors are running the show through executive orders, and the legislatures are providing funding and a legal frame work for delivering economic assistance.

This administration did a less than stellar job with messaging and logistics and continues to do a poor job with logistics.

Omniscience is denied humans. Compare anything Commie Bill
DiBlasio said this week with his early March comments about
going to dinner in Chinatown and encouraging others to do
so. Even Yogi Berra knew that 'it's hard to make
predictions, especially about the future."

Shame on him, but constantly pointing to other idiots doesn't make it better.


The police powers of Governors are much stronger than
anything the President can do. They acted much later,
rightly or wrongly, and not all in the same way. Which are
correct and which have erred? We'll know in a few years but
not this afternoon.

Yes and no. Governors are not equipped to respond to national disasters. That's why we have federal agencies that help with a coordinated response.. Governors cannot restrict national and international travel. They cannot coordinate the nation's supply of respirators or move Navy hospital ships on to the coasts. They can activate national guards and take other measures (like all the shelter in place orders), but they cant' make vaccines or do all the things the NIH and CDC can, and they can't federalize industries, assuming anyone can.


As I asked Mr McNamara, what would you have him do? Given
limited knowledge and the time scale, he did what most agree
was as much as could be done.

Not lie and spend all his time in front of the camera either deflecting or praising himself. We needed FDR and we got John Lovitz doing Tommy Flanagan. Pull the team together, secure supply chains, mobilize the CDC, NIH, get a solid talking head -- Mike Esper would have been a good choice. Be serious and act the part, which is something he can't do -- so he should out source it and not extemporize in front of the camera about Chloroquine or mean correspondents asking bad questions. A good chief of staff would have managed this.

-- Jay Beattie.

What I see occurring on craigslist doesn't bode well for your firm. People are beginning to sell off expensive bicycles, framesets and wheelsets cheaply as they run out of spending money.

Pretty quick your "Partners" are going to see the same thing and maybe you should ask yourself how valuable you are. Especially someone who believes that FDR was a good man.

On 4/5/2020 12:30 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 12:45:43 PM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 9:15:13 AM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/28/2020 6:15 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
snip

In January, our President stopped inbound travel from China
before any other nation did so. Why didn't Congress act?
Because they were rabidly engaged with their failed witch hunt.

The legislative branch does not run the CDC, NIH, FEMA and all the agencies that provide emergency response. Congress does not manage strategic reserves. It can't nationalize industries. It can't restrict travel without passing new laws. So, in the face of impending disaster, the executive branch has a lot to do -- much of it logistical. The same is true on a state level. The governors are running the show through executive orders, and the legislatures are providing funding and a legal frame work for delivering economic assistance.

This administration did a less than stellar job with messaging and logistics and continues to do a poor job with logistics.

Omniscience is denied humans. Compare anything Commie Bill
DiBlasio said this week with his early March comments about
going to dinner in Chinatown and encouraging others to do
so. Even Yogi Berra knew that 'it's hard to make
predictions, especially about the future."

Shame on him, but constantly pointing to other idiots doesn't make it better.


The police powers of Governors are much stronger than
anything the President can do. They acted much later,
rightly or wrongly, and not all in the same way. Which are
correct and which have erred? We'll know in a few years but
not this afternoon.

Yes and no. Governors are not equipped to respond to national disasters. That's why we have federal agencies that help with a coordinated response. Governors cannot restrict national and international travel. They cannot coordinate the nation's supply of respirators or move Navy hospital ships on to the coasts. They can activate national guards and take other measures (like all the shelter in place orders), but they cant' make vaccines or do all the things the NIH and CDC can, and they can't federalize industries, assuming anyone can.


As I asked Mr McNamara, what would you have him do? Given
limited knowledge and the time scale, he did what most agree
was as much as could be done.

Not lie and spend all his time in front of the camera either deflecting or praising himself. We needed FDR and we got John Lovitz doing Tommy Flanagan. Pull the team together, secure supply chains, mobilize the CDC, NIH, get a solid talking head -- Mike Esper would have been a good choice. Be serious and act the part, which is something he can't do -- so he should out source it and not extemporize in front of the camera about Chloroquine or mean correspondents asking bad questions. A good chief of staff would have managed this.

-- Jay Beattie.

What I see occurring on craigslist doesn't bode well for your firm. People are beginning to sell off expensive bicycles, framesets and wheelsets cheaply as they run out of spending money.

Pretty quick your "Partners" are going to see the same thing and maybe you should ask yourself how valuable you are. Especially someone who believes that FDR was a good man.



uh, Tom, do read a newspaper at all? Sheesh, wake up, man.

What with various entities including States and now the
President calling for abrogation of contract terms in favor
of the insureds, I assume attorneys with an insurance
background are highly sought and well paid. As they should be!


--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On 4/5/2020 1:30 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 12:45:43 PM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 9:15:13 AM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/28/2020 6:15 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
snip

In January, our President stopped inbound travel from China
before any other nation did so. Why didn't Congress act?
Because they were rabidly engaged with their failed witch hunt.

The legislative branch does not run the CDC, NIH, FEMA and all the agencies that provide emergency response. Congress does not manage strategic reserves. It can't nationalize industries. It can't restrict travel without passing new laws. So, in the face of impending disaster, the executive branch has a lot to do -- much of it logistical. The same is true on a state level. The governors are running the show through executive orders, and the legislatures are providing funding and a legal frame work for delivering economic assistance.

This administration did a less than stellar job with messaging and logistics and continues to do a poor job with logistics.

Omniscience is denied humans. Compare anything Commie Bill
DiBlasio said this week with his early March comments about
going to dinner in Chinatown and encouraging others to do
so. Even Yogi Berra knew that 'it's hard to make
predictions, especially about the future."

Shame on him, but constantly pointing to other idiots doesn't make it better.


The police powers of Governors are much stronger than
anything the President can do. They acted much later,
rightly or wrongly, and not all in the same way. Which are
correct and which have erred? We'll know in a few years but
not this afternoon.

Yes and no. Governors are not equipped to respond to national disasters. That's why we have federal agencies that help with a coordinated response. Governors cannot restrict national and international travel. They cannot coordinate the nation's supply of respirators or move Navy hospital ships on to the coasts. They can activate national guards and take other measures (like all the shelter in place orders), but they cant' make vaccines or do all the things the NIH and CDC can, and they can't federalize industries, assuming anyone can.


As I asked Mr McNamara, what would you have him do? Given
limited knowledge and the time scale, he did what most agree
was as much as could be done.

Not lie and spend all his time in front of the camera either deflecting or praising himself. We needed FDR and we got John Lovitz doing Tommy Flanagan. Pull the team together, secure supply chains, mobilize the CDC, NIH, get a solid talking head -- Mike Esper would have been a good choice. Be serious and act the part, which is something he can't do -- so he should out source it and not extemporize in front of the camera about Chloroquine or mean correspondents asking bad questions. A good chief of staff would have managed this.

-- Jay Beattie.

What I see occurring on craigslist doesn't bode well for your firm. People are beginning to sell off expensive bicycles, framesets and wheelsets cheaply as they run out of spending money.

Pretty quick your "Partners" are going to see the same thing and maybe you should ask yourself how valuable you are.

Tom's right, Jay. We hope that you don't suddenly find yourself
unemployed. Getting no offers for interviews, let alone jobs. Living in
your mother's house. Listening to gunfire in your neighborhood, but
unable to afford to move. Unable to buy groceries without complaining
about the price. Accepting financial help from a socialist program you
despise. Forced to buy discount bicycle parts from a communist country
you hate. Then finding yourself addled about how to install them or
maintain them. Reduced to shouting to the world ideas originating on Fox
News or popping up spontaneously in some other damaged brain. With no
public officials and very few individuals even pretending to respect
you, just because of a total lack of appropriate education and
qualifications.

Oh, the ignominy!


--
- Frank Krygowski

Frank Krygowski writes:

On 4/5/2020 1:30 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 12:45:43 PM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 9:15:13 AM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/28/2020 6:15 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
snip

In January, our President stopped inbound travel from China
before any other nation did so. Why didn't Congress act?
Because they were rabidly engaged with their failed witch hunt.

The legislative branch does not run the CDC, NIH, FEMA and all the
agencies that provide emergency response. Congress does not manage
strategic reserves. It can't nationalize industries. It can't
restrict travel without passing new laws. So, in the face of
impending disaster, the executive branch has a lot to do -- much of
it logistical. The same is true on a state level. The governors
are running the show through executive orders, and the legislatures
are providing funding and a legal frame work for delivering
economic assistance.

This administration did a less than stellar job with messaging and
logistics and continues to do a poor job with logistics.

Omniscience is denied humans. Compare anything Commie Bill
DiBlasio said this week with his early March comments about
going to dinner in Chinatown and encouraging others to do
so. Even Yogi Berra knew that 'it's hard to make
predictions, especially about the future."

Shame on him, but constantly pointing to other idiots doesn't make it better.


The police powers of Governors are much stronger than
anything the President can do. They acted much later,
rightly or wrongly, and not all in the same way. Which are
correct and which have erred? We'll know in a few years but
not this afternoon.

Yes and no. Governors are not equipped to respond to national
disasters. That's why we have federal agencies that help with a
coordinated response. Governors cannot restrict national and
international travel. They cannot coordinate the nation's supply of
respirators or move Navy hospital ships on to the coasts. They can
activate national guards and take other measures (like all the
shelter in place orders), but they cant' make vaccines or do all
the things the NIH and CDC can, and they can't federalize
industries, assuming anyone can.


As I asked Mr McNamara, what would you have him do? Given
limited knowledge and the time scale, he did what most agree
was as much as could be done.

Not lie and spend all his time in front of the camera either
deflecting or praising himself. We needed FDR and we got John
Lovitz doing Tommy Flanagan. Pull the team together, secure supply
chains, mobilize the CDC, NIH, get a solid talking head -- Mike
Esper would have been a good choice. Be serious and act the part,
which is something he can't do -- so he should out source it and
not extemporize in front of the camera about Chloroquine or mean
correspondents asking bad questions. A good chief of staff would
have managed this.

-- Jay Beattie.

What I see occurring on craigslist doesn't bode well for your
firm. People are beginning to sell off expensive bicycles, framesets
and wheelsets cheaply as they run out of spending money.

Pretty quick your "Partners" are going to see the same thing and
maybe you should ask yourself how valuable you are.

Tom's right, Jay. We hope that you don't suddenly find yourself
unemployed. Getting no offers for interviews, let alone jobs. Living
in your mother's house. Listening to gunfire in your neighborhood, but
unable to afford to move. Unable to buy groceries without complaining
about the price. Accepting financial help from a socialist program you
despise. Forced to buy discount bicycle parts from a communist country
you hate. Then finding yourself addled about how to install them or
maintain them. Reduced to shouting to the world ideas originating on
Fox News or popping up spontaneously in some other damaged brain. With
no public officials and very few individuals even pretending to
respect you, just because of a total lack of appropriate education and
qualifications.

Oh, the ignominy!

None of us knows what will happen in what remains of our lives. As
Herodotus said, "Let no man be called happy until he is dead". Perhaps,
just perhaps, a touch of humility might look good on you.

On Sunday, April 5, 2020 at 11:25:32 AM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 4/5/2020 12:30 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 12:45:43 PM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 9:15:13 AM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/28/2020 6:15 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
snip

In January, our President stopped inbound travel from China
before any other nation did so. Why didn't Congress act?
Because they were rabidly engaged with their failed witch hunt.

The legislative branch does not run the CDC, NIH, FEMA and all the agencies that provide emergency response. Congress does not manage strategic reserves. It can't nationalize industries. It can't restrict travel without passing new laws. So, in the face of impending disaster, the executive branch has a lot to do -- much of it logistical. The same is true on a state level. The governors are running the show through executive orders, and the legislatures are providing funding and a legal frame work for delivering economic assistance.

This administration did a less than stellar job with messaging and logistics and continues to do a poor job with logistics.

Omniscience is denied humans. Compare anything Commie Bill
DiBlasio said this week with his early March comments about
going to dinner in Chinatown and encouraging others to do
so. Even Yogi Berra knew that 'it's hard to make
predictions, especially about the future."

Shame on him, but constantly pointing to other idiots doesn't make it better.


The police powers of Governors are much stronger than
anything the President can do. They acted much later,
rightly or wrongly, and not all in the same way. Which are
correct and which have erred? We'll know in a few years but
not this afternoon.

Yes and no. Governors are not equipped to respond to national disasters. That's why we have federal agencies that help with a coordinated response. Governors cannot restrict national and international travel. They cannot coordinate the nation's supply of respirators or move Navy hospital ships on to the coasts. They can activate national guards and take other measures (like all the shelter in place orders), but they cant' make vaccines or do all the things the NIH and CDC can, and they can't federalize industries, assuming anyone can.


As I asked Mr McNamara, what would you have him do? Given
limited knowledge and the time scale, he did what most agree
was as much as could be done.

Not lie and spend all his time in front of the camera either deflecting or praising himself. We needed FDR and we got John Lovitz doing Tommy Flanagan. Pull the team together, secure supply chains, mobilize the CDC, NIH, get a solid talking head -- Mike Esper would have been a good choice. Be serious and act the part, which is something he can't do -- so he should out source it and not extemporize in front of the camera about Chloroquine or mean correspondents asking bad questions. A good chief of staff would have managed this.

-- Jay Beattie.

What I see occurring on craigslist doesn't bode well for your firm. People are beginning to sell off expensive bicycles, framesets and wheelsets cheaply as they run out of spending money.

Pretty quick your "Partners" are going to see the same thing and maybe you should ask yourself how valuable you are. Especially someone who believes that FDR was a good man.



uh, Tom, do read a newspaper at all? Sheesh, wake up, man.

What with various entities including States and now the
President calling for abrogation of contract terms in favor
of the insureds, I assume attorneys with an insurance
background are highly sought and well paid. As they should be!

Business is f****** booming. I just got a nice hourly rate increase from a favorite client, too. The only reason I post is because I take breaks from writing briefs, coverage opinions, etc. Court is closed for the most part, and all my trial dates -- like taxes -- have been put off. We have not laid off a single worker, most of whom are working from home. We might suffer in some way, but nothing yet.

-- Jay Beattie.

On Sunday, April 5, 2020 at 11:25:32 AM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 4/5/2020 12:30 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 12:45:43 PM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 9:15:13 AM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/28/2020 6:15 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
snip

In January, our President stopped inbound travel from China
before any other nation did so. Why didn't Congress act?
Because they were rabidly engaged with their failed witch hunt.

The legislative branch does not run the CDC, NIH, FEMA and all the agencies that provide emergency response. Congress does not manage strategic reserves. It can't nationalize industries. It can't restrict travel without passing new laws. So, in the face of impending disaster, the executive branch has a lot to do -- much of it logistical. The same is true on a state level. The governors are running the show through executive orders, and the legislatures are providing funding and a legal frame work for delivering economic assistance.

This administration did a less than stellar job with messaging and logistics and continues to do a poor job with logistics.

Omniscience is denied humans. Compare anything Commie Bill
DiBlasio said this week with his early March comments about
going to dinner in Chinatown and encouraging others to do
so. Even Yogi Berra knew that 'it's hard to make
predictions, especially about the future."

Shame on him, but constantly pointing to other idiots doesn't make it better.


The police powers of Governors are much stronger than
anything the President can do. They acted much later,
rightly or wrongly, and not all in the same way. Which are
correct and which have erred? We'll know in a few years but
not this afternoon.

Yes and no. Governors are not equipped to respond to national disasters. That's why we have federal agencies that help with a coordinated response. Governors cannot restrict national and international travel. They cannot coordinate the nation's supply of respirators or move Navy hospital ships on to the coasts. They can activate national guards and take other measures (like all the shelter in place orders), but they cant' make vaccines or do all the things the NIH and CDC can, and they can't federalize industries, assuming anyone can.


As I asked Mr McNamara, what would you have him do? Given
limited knowledge and the time scale, he did what most agree
was as much as could be done.

Not lie and spend all his time in front of the camera either deflecting or praising himself. We needed FDR and we got John Lovitz doing Tommy Flanagan. Pull the team together, secure supply chains, mobilize the CDC, NIH, get a solid talking head -- Mike Esper would have been a good choice. Be serious and act the part, which is something he can't do -- so he should out source it and not extemporize in front of the camera about Chloroquine or mean correspondents asking bad questions. A good chief of staff would have managed this.

-- Jay Beattie.

What I see occurring on craigslist doesn't bode well for your firm. People are beginning to sell off expensive bicycles, framesets and wheelsets cheaply as they run out of spending money.

Pretty quick your "Partners" are going to see the same thing and maybe you should ask yourself how valuable you are. Especially someone who believes that FDR was a good man.



uh, Tom, do read a newspaper at all? Sheesh, wake up, man.

What with various entities including States and now the
President calling for abrogation of contract terms in favor
of the insureds, I assume attorneys with an insurance
background are highly sought and well paid. As they should be!


--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

Glad that you believe that people without money can pay for lawyers and that firms that have been holding on by a thread can afford non-producers.

On Sunday, April 5, 2020 at 12:54:10 PM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
On Sunday, April 5, 2020 at 11:25:32 AM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 4/5/2020 12:30 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 12:45:43 PM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 9:15:13 AM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/28/2020 6:15 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
snip

In January, our President stopped inbound travel from China
before any other nation did so. Why didn't Congress act?
Because they were rabidly engaged with their failed witch hunt.

The legislative branch does not run the CDC, NIH, FEMA and all the agencies that provide emergency response. Congress does not manage strategic reserves. It can't nationalize industries. It can't restrict travel without passing new laws. So, in the face of impending disaster, the executive branch has a lot to do -- much of it logistical. The same is true on a state level. The governors are running the show through executive orders, and the legislatures are providing funding and a legal frame work for delivering economic assistance.

This administration did a less than stellar job with messaging and logistics and continues to do a poor job with logistics.

Omniscience is denied humans. Compare anything Commie Bill
DiBlasio said this week with his early March comments about
going to dinner in Chinatown and encouraging others to do
so. Even Yogi Berra knew that 'it's hard to make
predictions, especially about the future."

Shame on him, but constantly pointing to other idiots doesn't make it better.


The police powers of Governors are much stronger than
anything the President can do. They acted much later,
rightly or wrongly, and not all in the same way. Which are
correct and which have erred? We'll know in a few years but
not this afternoon.

Yes and no. Governors are not equipped to respond to national disasters. That's why we have federal agencies that help with a coordinated response. Governors cannot restrict national and international travel. They cannot coordinate the nation's supply of respirators or move Navy hospital ships on to the coasts. They can activate national guards and take other measures (like all the shelter in place orders), but they cant' make vaccines or do all the things the NIH and CDC can, and they can't federalize industries, assuming anyone can.


As I asked Mr McNamara, what would you have him do? Given
limited knowledge and the time scale, he did what most agree
was as much as could be done.

Not lie and spend all his time in front of the camera either deflecting or praising himself. We needed FDR and we got John Lovitz doing Tommy Flanagan. Pull the team together, secure supply chains, mobilize the CDC, NIH, get a solid talking head -- Mike Esper would have been a good choice. Be serious and act the part, which is something he can't do -- so he should out source it and not extemporize in front of the camera about Chloroquine or mean correspondents asking bad questions. A good chief of staff would have managed this.

-- Jay Beattie.

What I see occurring on craigslist doesn't bode well for your firm. People are beginning to sell off expensive bicycles, framesets and wheelsets cheaply as they run out of spending money.

Pretty quick your "Partners" are going to see the same thing and maybe you should ask yourself how valuable you are. Especially someone who believes that FDR was a good man.



uh, Tom, do read a newspaper at all? Sheesh, wake up, man.

What with various entities including States and now the
President calling for abrogation of contract terms in favor
of the insureds, I assume attorneys with an insurance
background are highly sought and well paid. As they should be!

Business is f****** booming. I just got a nice hourly rate increase from a favorite client, too. The only reason I post is because I take breaks from writing briefs, coverage opinions, etc. Court is closed for the most part, and all my trial dates -- like taxes -- have been put off. We have not laid off a single worker, most of whom are working from home. We might suffer in some way, but nothing yet.

-- Jay Beattie.

Right Jay, right. That's why you post within seconds of any other postings. Writing in briefs isn't the same as writing briefs.