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Sylvester posted this tune on another thread which gave me an idea to start a Sunny music thread. Nice tune and I like the James Bond riff at the beginning. If it were an album cover, the ripped denim cutoffs would have to be on the cover! Add your own sun and sunny favorites!

Is the economic outlook better now or 10-11 years ago? At that time there was high unemployment but the NCAA, NBA, and MLB were playing. Life was normal although it obviously sucked moose for those out of work and unable to find a job. So right now the USA markets are at the levels they were at two and a half years ago when the economy was considered quite good. Is the outlook brighter now than two and half years ago? I don't think so. We don't know how many people are going to die. Maybe not that many. But if people aren't travelling, going out to socialize etc. this will have a huge economic impact. So I'm not a proponent of buying the dip at these levels.

Contrast Bernie's Coronavirus plan with what Trump said last night.

Major league baseball just suspended all operations and the Supreme Court is now closed to the public.

Activist and whistleblower Chelsea Manning attempted to kill herself Wednesday, her legal team said in a news release. The statement came only a few days before Manning was scheduled to appear at a court hearing on whether sanctions imposed on her after she refused to comply with a grand jury investigation into WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should continue. Manning came to national attention after she leaked classified documents to WikiLeaks and was court-martialed for violating the Espionage Act.

The European stocks index has ended the day with its biggest loss on record. The Stoxx Europe 600 index, which measures major stocks across the region, fell 11.5% on Thursday, its worst day on record. It eclipsed the 8.5% drop during the 1987 stock market crash. Britain’s FTSE 100 fell 10.9%, its worst loss since 1987. Germany’s DAX plunged 12.2%, which is more than it lost after the attacks of September 11 2001, France’s CAC 40 12.3% and Italy’s FTSE MIB a massive 16.9%. ___________________________________ The Dow is down 2000 points as of this writing.

One of the guys in the pic with Trump and Pence taken recently at Mar-A-Lago has tested positive for coronavirus.

Justin Trudeau is in self isolation as his wife is being tested for coronavirus..

Here is a review of Nikki/Myx! Wow!

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte announced that he’s placing the capital region on a lockdown for a month to help contain the outbreak of the new coronavirus. Duterte is also restricting entry for travelers from countries with local transmission, and suspending domestic travel to and from Metro Manila - a region of more than 12 million people - from March 15 to April 14, subject to daily review. “We don’t want to use that, afraid to say lockdown, but it is a lockdown,” Duterte said in a televised briefing in Manila. After his speech, the Department of Health announced that three more people had died of the virus, taking the total to five out of the 52 confirmed cases in the Philippines.

Footsie, DAX, and CAC are all down more than 9%

Ireland said today it was closing schools, colleges and public offices due to worries over the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking in Washington D.C., Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar announced the new tough measures to stop the spread of coronavirus. Varadkar said from 6pm today, all schools, childcare facilities, colleges and public offices would be shut. He said outdoor gatherings of more than 500 people and indoor gatherings of more than 100 people should be cancelled.

American Airlines on Thursday said it was capping fares on several U.S.-bound routes from Europe as travelers race to get home due to Trump’s new travel ban, aimed at combating the spread of coronavirus.

S&P 500 drops 7%, triggering NYSE ‘circuit breaker’ trading halt for 15 minutes.

The Dow plummets 1700 points at the open. The Footsie, Dax, and France all down 7% or more. The stock rout in Asia’s emerging markets is going from bad to worse. After most gauges tumbled into bear territory in the last few weeks, now the plunge is triggering trading halts. Circuit breakers were triggered in Thailand and the Philippines after the benchmark gauges of both countries slumped 10%, the most in Asia. Both the SET Index and the Philippine Stock Exchange Index tanked the most since October 2008. Stocks in the region tanked as foreign investors liquidate their equity holdings on concern the virus will disproportionately hurt markets that are heavily reliant on tourism and with open capital accounts. Even though the circumstances are different this time, it’s reminding some investors of the Asian financial crisis. “The markets in the last few days, even the winners have sold off,” said Kerry Goh, chief investment officer at Kamet Capital Partners Pte. “In 1998, Southeast Asia was down a lot more but it was the epicentre. This time, we’re being dragged down by the rest of the world.” Southeast Asian equities are now trading near their lowest in 14 years relative to global developed peers. The MSCI Asean Index’s valuation of 14.5 times estimated earnings for the next year is now below 2-standard deviations of its 10-year average, data compiled by Bloomberg show.

The above 2 videos are quite interesting which shows low end, mid range, and high end condos. For me the sweet spot would be the mid range at around 6500 a month. Low end is around 3500 and high end around 25,000. But you most probably would want to rent or own a motobike if you lived there. It's about 35 miles north of Pattaya so most Pattaya visits would involve an overnight stay. But seems like a nice place if one prefers a quiet life.

Tanarat Pasawongse, chief executive of Hua Seng Heng Group, said that while the global gold price has risen by 10%, the domestic gold price has increased by 17% because of the baht weakening against the greenback.

Bernie speaks about Coronavirus with Jimmy Fallon:

The Thai stock market is down 9% at the lunch break. Dow futures are down an additional 1050 points after Wednesday's rout.

Here is a link to the AOT android app in the Play Store (good name for a bar IMO). https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.AOT&hl=en_US I believe it is an already existing app perhaps with an area that deals with coronavirus. I suppose things will be clearer in a few days. Or perhaps one just needs to fill out a T8 form https://www.thaiairways.com/static/common/pdf/news_announcement/T8.pdf

All bars and restaurants closed in Italy! Exceptions are grocery stores and pharmacies.

March Madness update: No fans at the games!

The Golden State Warriors announced Wednesday that the team will play its next home game without fans after San Francisco placed a ban on large events.

Up to 70% of the population is likely to be infected with the coronavirus that is currently spreading around the world, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, adding that since there was currently no cure the focus had to be on slowing its spread. “When the virus is out there, the population has no immunity and no therapy exists, then 60 to 70% of the population will be infected,” she told a news conference in Berlin. “The process has to be focused on not overburdening the health system by slowing the virus’s spread. “It’s about winning time.”

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