Economic costs of flattening the curve was pretty great. On the other side of that equation, the impact on hospitals was significant in that many of them have been waiting for whatever they needed to do and because we find the curve the worstcase scenarios didnt occur and in most cases they were prevented and we had plenty of hospital beds and before was over with we had ventilators and all those things we will have later but the crisis, because of flattening the curve has certainly lasted longer and will last longer than it would have otherwise. Im not saying that is a bad thing, just measures like closing businesses and sending people home from work, practicing social distancing, putting people on the unemployment rolls have really created Serious Problems for people that have cause to have challenges to their mental wellbeing. The impact is nearly half of the adults in the United States say the coronavirus has impacted their Mental Health on top of the statistic we traditionally bel
Version. Right of course pink flamingos was a raunchy bad taste thats fine let it go of course pink flamingos was a raunchy bad taste film by john waters in 1972 and i think 1972 is an important year that we started bringing in bad our bad taste and trashy taste because thats when we started getting trashy food and poor taste sort of investors like Warren Buffett Warren Buffett this past weekend did announce results not only did he lose over 50000000000. 00 in the 1st quarter but he proceeded to trash the entire u. S. Economy he announced he dumped all of his shares to is the entirety of his holding holdings of 4 u. S. Airlines united american southwest and delta he does he own 10 percent of those he dumped but what did he tell the ordinary person the investors out there i hope ive convinced you to bet on America Warren buffets hes a guy who of course has no bet on america because he hes now. Piled up 137000000000. 00 this whole buffet thing with his dumping of the airlines you know le
[ applause ] thank you. Thank you. Members of the General Assembly, its my honor to present dill bill bill lee, governor of the state of tennessee. Thank you. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Lieutenant governor mcnacnally, speaker pro tiem dunn. Members of the 111th General Assembly, constitutional officers, justices, fellow tennesseeans. Its an honor to be before you once again tonight. Truly an honor. Before i begin, speaker sexton, let me offer a special congratulations to you on your election as our new speaker. [ applause ] i look forward to working with you not only in this session but if the years ahead as we strive to make tennessee a leader in this country. Last year i stood before you on this podiumnewly inaugurated add the 50 governor of tennessee, and i had no idea what i was getting myself into. Its been a rewarding year. Far more rewarding than i could have ever imagined. To serve tennesseeans, to help m
Quorum call mr. Shelby mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from alabama. Mr. Shelby thank you. Mr. President , the American People the presiding officer were in a quorum call. Mr. Shelby i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Shelby mr. President , the American People are apprehensive about the spread of the coronavirus in the u. S. And abroad, as we can always remember. Global Financial Markets are on edge. Both are resilient but vigorous action is needed to calm nerves, stabilize the situation and get our arms around this crisis. I believe Congress Must marshal the resources here necessary for an aggressive, comprehensive, and swift response. Im pleased to report to my colleagues this afternoon that we, with the house, leadership, both sides have reached a bipartisan, bicameral agreement on an emergency supplemental appropriations package to do just that. The agreement provides a surge in funding at ev
The coordinating committee for the black alliance for peace always a pleasure and of course social trains activist and musician kerry red berry thank you very much thank. You know i want to ask you both we celebrate dr kings life through through the meshal holiday honoring him but has the United States lived up to the legacy and you know what he what he was fighting for. Think it ever has is never has i mean dr king was assassinated we have to remember that this is a victim of the United States coin tell pro counterintelligence programs targeted by that and so never and that was precisely what we many was believe thats why is because he was talking about. Materialism and. This is a materialism and militarism so he was anti capitalists and time paralyzed and they actually even the cointelpro papers talk about how it was him starting to make the connect these dots that made him a threat they needed to be neutralized here and you know when you speak about the military. You know right now