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Sunday, May 03, 2020

A Viewer Writes: Will the next line be for bread?


40 comments:

Annoy said...

Probably

Anonymous said...

Not bread, meat.
(BTW: We're less than two weeks away from civil unrest in Maryland.)

Anonymous said...

I was in “line “ for 8 hours finally my turn came and I missed it because it was 4:33 am and I fell asleep waiting.. so back in line I go..

Anonymous said...

Simply open it up and let the people work. Absolutely incredible

Anonymous said...

Agreed 515a...might even get a glimpse this weekend with it supposed to be an actually nice weather weekend for the first time in a while.

Anonymous said...

you are already standing in line for food.

Anonymous said...

Let the civil unrest begin, damn enough is enough. Older, more susceptible people to the virus can stay home, but let the younger people who want and need to work, go back to work. Not hard to understand.

Anonymous said...

What facts do you guys have to support your argument that civil unrest will begin in two weeks. Things seem to be getting better. The governor has already said that by mid May we may begin to start opening things back up, and people are finally starting to get unemployment benefits (after waiting forever but still). Small businesses are getting loans to keep paying their employees, and stores have restocked most items.

Anonymous said...

Getting better??? Where and how? The Governor is offering false hope to placate the masses. Evidently it's working on you

Anonymous said...

What world are you living in? Maybe you are joking. Hogan is saying he will think about reopening if the numbers go down for 14 days. He just bought 500,000 test. The numbers are not going down. Very few people have their unemployment. My daughter applied the first day things shut down in March and she was number 29,995 yesterday on hold again and never got through. No small business got their loan. Maybe around he have been laid off because of it. And meet is getting ready to be very hard to get and the price will be going up. If you are being serious, please let me come live in your world.

Anonymous said...

Things haven’t changed for the recipients of the government dole so it’s easy to say times aren’t that bad.

Anonymous said...

Who exactly do we direct our Civil unrest against? Federal Government? State Government? Local Government? Medical professionals? Law enforcement? Emergency workers?

Anonymous said...

The more you test, the higher the numbers go.

See how that works?

Boss Hog is a Demm.

Anonymous said...

*(sorry for the typos!) No small businesses got the loans, big fat corporations did. The banks don't want to deal with all those small business loans easier to give 10 million to their buddies. Many around here have been laid off because of it. Meat is getting ready to be hard to get and will become expensive when you can buy it.

Anonymous said...

6:49 You are a special kind of stupid aren't you??? Hogan JUST SAID he will not even consider opening back up anything, until we have at least 2 WEEKS of decline in numbers and test, well May is already here, months are only 3 to 4 weeks long respectfully, So that is past MAY you obtuse moron, and as you can see if they are real or not, the numbers go up every day...

I am still waiting to hear from someone around here who has the virus or had it and got better or had it and died!!! Kinda suspect all these people are having it and whatnot yet not a one of you can say you know anyone!!! so when the numbers go past the amount of residences who live here, are you going to believe us then??? or still be a good slave???

Anonymous said...

6:49 The fact that Purdue, Mountaire and now Tyson just announced they shut down their processing plants, where do you think meat comes from??? Then you have Smith something or other closing their pork plant down... So Yes I would say there will be bread lines!!!! There already are, you have to wait in line to go into Aldi, Walmart and a few other places... Which makes no sense to have you standing in line for hours next to people, wasn't the whole point to stop the spread? Yet you force people to stand beside each other in a group in a line to go inside a store you don't disinfect when someone goes in or out, so if anyone has the virus, everyone gets it still... Way to go!!!

Really think about that, they make you stand in line with more than 10 people near by, no way to social distance, and the stores don't disinfect each time someone goes in or out, so if a store in a day has lets say 1k customers, the first person has the virus and goes in the store, the store doesn't clean after each person or group, so all 999 people who enter the store after number 1 could get the virus, so what is the point of having 5 or 6 or even 10 in a store at a time??? It doesn't solve or help jack!!!!

Just like you morons think social distancing works, when MIT even said the virus could reach as far as 20+ feet, so what is 6 feet going to do???? When in aerosol form it can stay in the air for hours, what good is 6 feet when I still walk into the could of virus in the air???? You people are morons and refuse to use your brain, and bad things are goign to happen to this country becasue of it... All I can say is, don't expect me to help you, since you put us in this mess to begin with!!!

Anonymous said...

YOU NOT GETTING YOUR DAMN UNEMPLOYMENT IN MD !!!!

This Line concept will Never work when 44,000 are ahead of you Before
you can get to the Online Unemployment site !!! Get more SERVERS !!!!

I & my wife made (LIKE many others) mistakes to go back to fix because
of the Confusing mess of Q & A on the site !!! Well, we can't go back on to
fix them , SO We have No $$$ come to our acct Today Tue 4-28-2020 !!!
Unacceptable !!! You can't communicate with the damn state of Md either
by Phone / E- mail / Website to fix or Do Anything , so > NO $$$$$$$

Anonymous said...

This Stupid New website for Unemployment Is NOT going to cut it !!! NOT

We want our Damn $$$$ NOW after waiting over a MONTH already !!!

If You can't communicate with the state , then You Have NO $$$ !!!

Maryland will HAVE to get it's act together or this is going to COURT !!!!

The Federal Govt is going to have to step in & Make MD Fix the Problem !!!

What does it take ?? Judge's ORDER / Trump's ORDER What ????

Anonymous said...

The governor on Friday said mid may we would be opening things back up. Not everything but phase one. Civil unrest isnt coming. Every thing is stocked people just got checks the unemployment website is starting to get people checks. This reminds me of last month when everyone swore the national guard and military were on their way. You all are so lost it ain't even funny.

One guy one here even said a month had three weeks and someone else said they were waiting to hear from a person that had died of the virus. Glad you guys aren't running this country

Anonymous said...

Simply open it up and let the people work. Absolutely incredible

April 28, 2020 at 6:09 AM


Uh, unless you have enough money to pay when families start to hire their lawyers after family members were infected by workers and died - NO!

You need more sleep since you AREN'T working.

Anonymous said...

9:17a...mid May is in 2 weeks. We’ve got to have declining #s for 14 straight days before we can proceed to phase 1. Hogan just got 500k tests...do you really think our “numbers” are going to decline essentially starting today for 14 straight days? Unrest is already starting...people are having parties and gatherings of more than 10 people...that’s disobeying orders=unrest. It’s only going to worsen as the temperature warms (this weekend). My idea of unrest is people disregarding the social distancing/stay at home orders defiantly...and those #s will grow as people see others doing it. The $$$ if you can get it will run out...government can’t continue to write blank checks with nothing backing them. There will be meat shortages very soon with the number of processors closed or operating below capacity. Look at the panic around TP...wait until the panic on meat starts.

Anonymous said...

Silly humans.

Anonymous said...

Have we not been hearing "two weeks" for almost TWO (2) months now? Sounds a bit like 'the check is in the mail' to me. The end of two weeks is not in anyone in government's thoughts. They still are getting paid regularly, stop their payments and let's see how fast things would get moving!! Of course that won't happen because they control their own incomes by decree, we the masses don't have that luxury!!

Anonymous said...

Civil unrest has most certainly started already.
You don't hear about it on the news though. Imagine that.
Stores ARE running out of meats, pork, and chicken.
In many - hell, most - urban parts of states, "nightclubs" are open and thriving on just about every block No business hours (24 hours a day); no carding; no rules at all, and they are packed with people.
The LE won't go in and stop it. They know they are out-gunned.

"Civil unrest" is not just having a protest against the government. It is also - especially in this case - a suspension of all rules, regulations, and laws, by the population.
And that is here and happening now!

Anonymous said...

10:40a-yes because if they said 2 or 3 months there would be immediate panic. Same reasons for stringing along schools...they’re hoping kids who see passing or on the fringe will still attempt the school work being sent home vs start their summer 2 months early. The gap between those kids and the kids at the top of the classes will be widened in the fall...better separate them based on progress.

Anonymous said...

According to federal guidelines we can open if we have a 14 day decrease in hospitalization or deaths. It doesn't have to be infections. It is possible we could enter phase 1 of reopening by mid may just like Hogan and trump both said.

Anonymous said...

Hell to Pay for Maryland !!! Unemployment Disaster !!!

Anonymous said...

Whatnot ALERT
Whatnot ALERT

😂😂😂😂😂😂

Just trying to find a bit of humor in these challenging times.

Anonymous said...

Maryland DLLR = KGB !!!!

Anonymous said...

Dept of False Promises MD !!!!

Anonymous said...

Dept of Incompetance on Steroids !!!! MD

You be DEAD by the time you reach your turn in Line !!!

Need 100's more Phone lines because that Web Site does Nothing for you

Anonymous said...

If more testing is done there will be higher numbers and Hogan will still keep people from working. It is a ploy to keep American from getting back to work and improving the economy before the election.

Anonymous said...

It's not so bad that efforts to correct the overload for new applicants is taking place. What is absolute NUTS that they took the working WEBCERT software down too and tried an all-in-1 approach in the middle of an economic crisis with the new software.

Anonymous said...

The New site wants too Many Q & A , far more than the old system & it is
NOT necessary !!! 8 damn pages & people confused & making mistakes !

SIMPLIFY the NEW site , so people don't make mistakes, that will cost
them their $$$ if they don't get it !!! Old system did not need all the Q &A

Better yet , DO AWAY with the Webcert Requirement every Frigg'in Week

Just say to Notify the state IF & When you get a job , (so benefits Stop ) !!!

NO WEBCERT needed !!! The people can't get on NOW to do it !!!

Anonymous said...

April 28, 2020 at 6:47 PM Dont you have to apply for 2 jobs a week and prove you did? Last I looked a year ago you had to provide proof you applied for jobs.

what jobs could anyone possibly apply to?? such a mess. its so sad.

Anonymous said...

Still in MAY 2020 > can't reach MD on Phones , and Web site Sucks ,
Can't fix mistakes , can't Message MD from it , Missing weeks of Web certs
on the site , Where did they go ??
Long lines to get on, YOU WILL NEVER GET ON !!!
No $$$ since Middle of March 2020 !!!
NO COMMUNICATION WITH MARYLAND = NO MONEY !!!!

Anonymous said...

Bread lines SOOOON !!! NO $$$$ Like Moscow 1945 !!!!

Anonymous said...

Soup, we want soup.

Anonymous said...

In Md you eat POOP Not Soup !!!

Anonymous said...

Lets put the Govt politicians on Unemployment , then they will FIX it !!!!