National Lockdown Coming? Senators Squirm on Investments, Liberty vs. Security

3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary

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🗓️ 20 March 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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It always feels good to make it to Friday, but this week it's especially welcome. Join Jim and Greg as they discuss reports that we may be days away from a national lockdown that closes airlines, the markets, and forbids millions from commuting to work. They also groan as a number of U.S. senators face lots of questions after selling off stocks before the market plummeted over coronavirus fears. And as three New Hampshire residents sue Gov. Chris Sununu over his allegedly unconstitutional order banning gatherings of more than 50 people,they discuss the tensions between freedom and safety.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Three Martini lunch.
0:04.8	Grab a stole next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.
0:09.6	Three Martini's coming up.
0:11.8	It is Friday.
0:15.0	That's the good news, which is important because we have no good martinis today.
0:19.0	Glad you're with us.
0:20.0	We are sponsored today by Acre Gold, but we have bad, bad and crazy martinis.
0:25.0	Jim, we are going to be looking at a number of troubling stories today,
0:30.0	certainly the first two, starting with the fact that social distancing may not be enough to get
0:36.4	this under control. Washington examiner, the Trump administration, moving quickly to halt the
0:40.9	spread of the coronavirus is seriously considering
0:43.7	grounding all passenger air traffic for up to 30 days, temporarily halting stock
0:49.1	trading on Wall Street, which will probably make a lot of people pretty happy,
0:52.1	and imposing a shelter in place
0:54.2	rule according to officials. Key officials have begun alerting industry leaders,
0:58.7	Capitol Hill and agencies that the quote-unquote radical plan could come early next week if the warlike
1:05.1	efforts to stop the spread of the virus fail. What's more so that stocks don't
1:09.5	tank further the administration under the plan being discussed would stop trading on Wall Street when it grounds the US passenger fleet.
1:16.8	The Bush administration made similar moves after the 9-11 attacks.
1:20.8	Sources also said the administration is seriously considering a shelter-in-place rule. The against gatherings in groups of 10. So Jim, this is sobering in a number of ways.
1:33.8	Number one, social distancing at this point
1:36.8	based on the fears of these officials,
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