You do realize, I hope, that Florida is actually doing very well on a per capita basis. Remember, Florida is the third largest state in the U.S. by population. Last time I checked, New York had almost 14 times the deaths with a smaller and younger population. I am sitting here in my northern summer state that is doing far worse, population adjusted. You are lucky to be in Florida.

The same is true for the U.S. If you take out New York with its horrible record, the U.S. is doing better than many of the countries in Europe, actually far better than many. The U.S. is also in third place, population wise, which makes our numbers sound worse than they are.

Me too. It’s over the top and I find myself unable to be totally calm anymore. I’m a lover not a fighter but even a wee mouse will fight back when it feels completely cornered....so much hate, violence and disrespect from the little guy to top government agencies. So tired about how a few mess it up for all.

Here is some more telecast.
 

According to Benjamin Crump [Video at 20:45]: Re: George Floyd

There will be a nationally televised public memorial service in Minneapolis, MN, on Thursday June 4th from 1pm to 3pm.
There will be an additional nationally televised public memorial service in North Carolina, Saturday June 6th from 11am to 3pm
There will be a nationally televised viewing and memorial service in Houston, TX, Monday June 8th 12pm to 6pm
There will be a nationally televised public funeral in Houston, TX, Tuesday June 9th, 11am EDT. Joe Biden will attend.

Excellent points...thanks! :thumbup:

And, NOW! Hurricane season has just started and we will soon have the 3rd named storm.

...and thousands more positive COVID cases. Wake up! By September we’ll be fighting more than Love Bugs!!!!

I'm sure plenty of social distancing and mask wearing went on in Miami

I have had it too. Give me back my freedom!

I have seen a lot of protesters, and a lot of them are wearing masks. In fact, looking at it now, almost all of them are. It looks like a better ratio than what I have seen here at some of our local watering holes. It looks like the rioters are actually a minority from what I see. Too bad there are always a few bad apples... we have them here in The Villages too!!

Not to make little of these things, BUT our parents went through a much harder life than this. MUCH harder. World wars, polio, Spanish Flu, the Great Depression, etc, etc. We should be strong and positive instead of weak and whining. Easy to say when you are retired, but we still have plenty of food and folks willing to donate to charity to keep everyone fed. If folks would quit destroying property and assaulting good folks that are trying to recoup from being shut down due to the virus, we would be better off. How anyone can condone or even tolerate the violence and destruction is beyond reason. But, there are other threads for arguing views on the supposed demonstrations. We had strong parents that lived during hard times. Their examples should be a reminder to us that we are survivors. I have been impressed with the good people of The Villages and how there must be some kind of record for the amount of charity work being performed here. Cheer up, there is a light at the end of the tunnel of life. Have faith.

A few bad apples? You're kidding, right? Being satiric? The rioters are causing millions in damage and killing and injuring many good folks. And you compare them with Villagers? The protesters should go home now. They have accomplished their goal. If they go home, the rioters can be handled appropriately. This is NO minor thing. Folks are losing their livelihood as well as some being severely injured or killed. There is no justification for this.

No, the coronavirus likes to be warm or hot. Cooler temps will slow it down

What nonsense this is. If Mr. Floyd's ethnicity was of any other race the media would not care and there would be 1 non televised memorial service. RIP sir but this is over the top!

Not true - according to CDC over 77 degrees and sunshine/UV rays slows if not kills COVID 19

There is still no vaccine for aids, how many decades are you going to wait!!

I watch each of the big 3 cable news channels every day.........get a 360 view on things and might actually be able to figure out what is fact and what is not.........well sometimes.....:confused::confused::confused:

It all depends on who gets elected.

We all know which group is doing all the protesting.

Check the mayor coverage protest in Richmond Va 2 days ago for an example. Mask are a bonus to hide behind for these people. Do they ever work?

However, one still gets to see and hear what they want us to hear and see.
They drone on hour after hour...dwelling on subjects that suit their agenda(s).

Watching the news this week one could conclude the pandemic is over. Very little and most often no coverage at all. Completely over shadowed by the over blown coverage of race rioting.

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C'mon Folks, as I said in the intial post, I've had it. Have seriously cut my TV news watching to an hour at the most. Limited my net-News viewing. Read 'happy newspaper'... All-in-all, attempting to refrain from anger with brain and tummy issues with all the "current events".

So I tune into ToTV every day... AND WHAT DO I SEE????>>>>

-Candace Owens: I DO NOT support George Floyd! & Here's Why!
-LEGO Pulls Support for Police & Firefighter Sets 'In Response to Tragic Events
-Several police officers killed within 9 day span, last year about this time.
-Drew Brees Apologizes
-Peaceful Protests for George Floyd and to end Police Brutality
-Record High Number of New Cases for 1 day - Reported in FL Today
-Who is Derek Chauvrin?
-The Five Worst US Cities for Police Brutality
-3 more Minneapolis officers charged Derek Chauvin charges elevated
-Looters and Rioter's in Polk County.........
-Baden's autopsy concludes Floyd's death was caused by asphyxia
-Minneapolis Police Department Investigated By The State
-Burn it down, Burn it all down!
-Statistics of People killed by police
-Martial Law

...almost wish for a Doc's Delorean ride with Marty and go back to 1960's...

Most of the 60's were pretty good for people like me (white male, too young to be drafted), but not so much...for a lot of others. :(

.........but there is a very effective treatment!

Dean FL take is Easy take it Easy

Well, there are many people who have aids and are able to live a fairly normal life.

They don't need to wear a mask to go to the gym, the movie theater or to buy groceries.

Because of mine and my wife's compromised health conditions we can't risk being with many of our loved ones because of their professions.

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grrrrrrrrrrrr!

OK, just now - had a radio talk show on while reading the (happy news)TV paper. The show happened to play all the Drew Brees matter - his initial comments, the retraction, another retraction, his fellow player's condemnation, etc etc etc. I felt my blood pressure raising along with my heart rate thruout. After trying to intellectually listen for about 8 minutes, off went the radio. ONCE AGAIN... THAT'S IT!!! I'm back to my hobbytime with CD's playing music. It's good for my mental and physical conditioning.

'course we're set to play golf this afternoon, and THAT'S not good for me either....but at least I'm away from 'current events'