Sure, but what if they’re buying for their spouse as well?
In California, they justified leaving alcohol sales as essential because they didn’t want withdrawing alcoholics clogging up emergency services.
That’s what I think. But apparently they think that if people have alcohol they’ll get together and party. They may be right. 
(Here beer and liquor are sold in supermarkets, but when the “dry law” is in effect for Good Friday, election day, etc, they rope off those aisles.)
I don’t think he cares whether people take the virus seriously, or whether they take the stuff on the postcard seriously.
The message of the postcard one thing: “I am your Dear Leader. I can save you. I will take care of you. I will make it all better. But ONLY if you re-elect me!” Nothing more than that.
He doesn’t care if anyone washes their hands or not. Dead people don’t vote (except in Texas, as someone pointed out), so if people die, not his problem.
I don’t understand this part of what you said. You don’t want people accusing trump of promoting conspiracy theories? And your reasons are…?
You’re assuming it was Trump who decided to send the postcard or to put his name on it.
Do you seriously think he didn’t? Even if it was some sycophant who decided to do so, they surely would have informed Trump about it.
If I had to guess, I’d say someone in the CDC told him they wanted to send out a postcard, he looked at it and said “Why isn’t my name on it?”.
My last duty station was Winter Harbor, Maine, and it had the first installation in the world of a particular piece of direction-finding equipment. The second installation was to be Darwin, NT, Australia, and to be operated by the Australian navy.
Accordingly, to get some practical experience on maintaining and operating the gear, two Australian petty officers would come in for four weeks, then we’d get a two week gap, and another pair would arrive.
It was a small base, about 200 sailors, so we had a Combined Mess (translation: club) for everyone from the Old Man on down. The club manager soon learned that when the Aussies were there to double the beer order.
It’s a stupid fucking rule. A forum dedicated to something that domestic politics fucked up, but don’t talk politics. Fucking stupid.
You can have mine, but you’ll have to fish it out of the trash.
NM!
Oh, did someone criticise Trump? Better move this to the Pit. Fucking pathetic.
This has been in the Pit since Post #14.
Haven’t received mine, but like, I can’t avoid hearing from him daily anyway so I’ll take it as part of whatever punishment is being doled out to me for my sins.
Hats off to the Downundeners for their stoic sacrifice.
Sensible, actually. I’ve seen what happens, it’s really bad.
Or get rowdy and riot.
OTOH if the Australians DON’T get booze, THEN they’ll riot.
Ah, well. Sometimes threads move too fast for me. My reply wasn’t particularly clever anyway… but thanks for pointing out how much I missed. 
I am not American nor a resident so I will never get one. Has anyone posted a copy on line? I guess those might become collectible items if you all throw them away and we could have a jolly good laugh reading them when this whole shit is over. Stupidity is very funny when it stops being dangerous. Hope that happens soon.
Yeah, that is why it’s called the Moronavirus.
Jeessess! I just read the *contagious *48…
Mine went from mailbox to recycle bin, in pieces, in just under 10 seconds.
I got mine today and put “Return to sender” on it. Hope it’s gone tomorrow.