One theory is people are selling gold to cover losses elsewhere?

Grandpaw getting confused again?

Why is he telling us that Germany did a much better job than the US in making test kits?

I assume he did not read the article? From the article:
"The U.S. has since changed the test and taken steps to expand availability, but the CDC has warned kits won’t be ready in the numbers promised by the Trump administration."

Anyway, really nice of him to support "mini Mike" Bloomberg by linking to one of his publications.

I don't either but get it often. People know it makes me laugh.

I think blondes get called Heidis. Period.

I find it hilarious, considering where I am from. Either Heidi or Greta. That is less hilarious.

And typos?

Back to the leaders, Putin used the virus chaos to make himself a president for 4 more years, without elections. Nobody seems to worry about it. It looks like it could be a life time thing, too.

What if Trump came up with the same?

Did Putin get Trump's blessing in this?

Give him some time.....

The nepotism is there. The whole family is set to make even more money than they already have. Changing laws and rules to his benefit might/could/will follow.....

But we never expected anything better from Putin or Russia.

I don't know what to say. I find them all very old for this job. Trump included.

Is there a reason for this gerontocracy in American politics? Voters' preferences maybe?

I refuse to believe there are no younger people, competent and eager, to run for presidential elections. I refuse.

I dont think Trump would try such a thing but you never know with this guy. Still, it would never happen. The POTUS is temporary guest at the White House which in itself is a small organization full of staff that have been there since Nixon, Carter, Reagan etc, etc. Some of them are called part of the furniture. Secret Service have protocols for if such a thing were to happen. Douchebag arrested, show goes on without skipping a beat. Wont ever happen in the U.S.

And then, Bloomberg reported January 30th, that is was Roche.

Sorry, total BS. Heidi has brown hair. Always. And curls, btw. ROFL. (Her German friend in the wheel chair is blond).
How long do people have to live here to be able to distinguish Switzerland from Sweden, I wonder?

Constitutionally impossible at the moment, and the procedure to alter the Constitution is crystal clear.

If Trump thinks he has the numbers (two-thirds of each of the House and Senate, plus three-quarters of the State legislatures*) to amend the 22nd Amendment, he could give it a go. But he would fail. He can't even muster half the popular vote.

(Also, with his diet and exercise regime, he'd be lucky to survive a whole second term.)


*There's a couple of other ways, but three-quarters of the States is a fixed requirement

What happens when Japanese authors who write books on Hawaii turn to Swiss national treasures...

And then there was Fábio Wajngarten. Although it might be the hen and egg question. He might have picked up the virus from Trump.

LOL, you said it yourself in your comment.

You know how it is. Just because the world is loaded with ignorant people, Switzerland will never become Sweden.

Is it though? I expected gold will go up, not down. (I am a bit busy now and can't discuss more as to why etc)

Must be many people who bought shares on the margin and must now pay up to cover their losses.

Could be other explanations? Usually, in such times the gold price rises.

Meanwhile, the lack of coronavirus testing kits is an ongoing scandal. The US has completed 11,000 tests while little South Korea manages 10,000 per day.

Trump's chaotic Oval Office address last Wednesday that required multiple White House corrections afterward just made matters worse.

From the last time I looked at gold (admittedly a while ago), it would have to drop quite a bit to become interesting again.

You're more of a platinum-and-diamonds kind of a girl?

It is turning that way.

Trump's management of the situation has so far been at best incompetent.

He managed to crash the stock market and possibly start a recession.

The lack of coronavirus testing kits is a disgrace and Trump's attempts to blame Obama are simply pathetic.

Trump's only claim to fame is his blocking of Chinese visitors although there is no evidence that this was a success. Compare the US infection rates with the neighbouring countries of Canada and Mexico which did not close their borders.
According to Worldometers site, infections /million
USA 5.5
Canada 4.2
Mexico 0.1

The current plan to block European flights is a fine example of closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. The U.S. surpasses 1,700 confirmed or presumptive cases, while the death toll reaches 41 today. Likely due to the lack of test kits there are many more cases than identified.

The US has the virus! It is time to concentrate on stopping it from spreading.

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Really the US should be bonding with China to work together to minimise the death rate instead of attacking them.

Does this mean it was not a Dem hoax after all?

Everyone under 60 is too smart to expose themselves to the US media.

The U.S. has 10 times the population of Canada and if you compare the number of infected people you roughly get the same number 10 fold.
Look at the infected cases per 1 mio population and you see which governments completely failed to take adequate measures. Hint: Switzerland ranks 6th with 131.6 infected cases per 1 mio. people. The U.S. has 6.9 cases per 1 mio. people and Canada 4.7. It is harder to control the transmission of a pandemic virus in a large population spread over vast space. Canada has a relatively small population spread over a vast space. Switzerland has a small population spread over a small space. New York City has roughly the same population as Switzerland and they're dealing with 421 confirmed cases in the entire state (20 mio. people). That's what I call damage control.


https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020...s-updates.html

I am not sure you understand the meaning of "cases per 1 mio", the fact is that Canada has relatively fewer cases despite not closing the borders.
You are entitled to your opinion but there are no facts to support Trump's claim that closing the borders prevented many cases.

Canada does not have a relatively small population spread over a vast space. they nearly all live in a narrow strip along the US border, see population density map below.

Actually nobody knows how many cases are in NY city due to the lack of test kits, the mayor of NY complains daily about this.
Bringing in Switzerland is whataboutery, it is on a different continent in totally other circumstances.

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