8knots said:

I'm more concerned about the fact that United States is one of the countries in the world that hasn't "flatten the curve" and with all the nationwide riot that's happening right now, it's just going to get worse.

Cities and states were already lifting stay-at-home orders and sending people back to work, opening nonessential business and public venues, etc. before the protests began. Anyone acting concerned about COVID being spread by masked protestors but not by bar and restaurant patrons needs to engage in some serious self-reflection.

iridescent_slime said:

Cities and states were already lifting stay-at-home orders and sending people back to work, opening nonessential business and public venues, etc. before the protests began. Anyone acting concerned about COVID being spread by masked protestors but not by bar and restaurant patrons needs to engage in some serious self-reflection.

Things like these are also happening in my country, don't just go boldy making assumptions that I haven't got the slightest idea of what's going on. Any crowd is just as bad, if you say that bar and restaurant patrons are causing infections to spread then how does this different with a crowd of protesters? Unless they know how to distance themselves from each other of course.

When stay at home orders are being lifted and people started crowding again, doesn't mean it's "perfectly" fine to create more unnecessary crowds.

I've nothing against the protesters in the end. It's just that the situation is so dire right now that the worst could just happen quickly without everyone noticing.

Steak said:

Define "taboo politics".

Minorities' human rights, universal healthcare and gun control. Topics that explodes in an extreme two-fronts conflict. You can see right now, where a fair and understandable demand, like a stop to police abuse is generating a lot of confrontation.

8knots said:

I'm more concerned about the fact that United States is one of the countries in the world that hasn't "flatten the curve" and with all the nationwide riot that's happening right now, it's just going to get worse.

The second wave is going to blamed on these protesters, even though a couple of weeks ago, the US had protest for opening business when the spreading of the virus was at its maximum.

Pronak said:

Minorities' human rights, universal healthcare and gun control. Topics that explodes in an extreme two-fronts conflict. You can see right now, where a fair and understandable demand, like a stop to police abuse is generating a lot of confrontation.

I don't think there are solutions that wouldn't be worse than the problems.

8knots said:

Things like these are also happening in my country, don't just go boldy making assumptions that I haven't got the slightest idea of what's going on.

Then surely you must also be aware of all the Americans who, a month ago, were staging their own protests against the shutdown but are now shedding crocodile tears because other people are contributing to the pandemic. The level of hypocrisy here right now is staggering. I'm not encouraging anyone to spread infectious disease, just pointing out that the folks who waited until now to start expressing concerns about COVID are not being entirely sincere.

iridescent_slime said:

...hypocrisy...

I think USA isn't the only country with that kind of problem mate.

I’ve always read Mutsu as Mut-sue and Nagato as Na-gah-toe.

Edit: And is Houshou, Ho-show?

Kind of stuck on that first piece of dialog. I'm guessing しゃべぇコール is a slurring of しゃべってコール (or maybe しゃべれコール). I can find some hits for the former on pages relating to Bluetooth speakers, but I'm not certain if that's the correct nuance. I don't see anything in this strip indicating a Bluetooth usage.

Moonspeaker said:

Kind of stuck on that first piece of dialog. I'm guessing しゃべぇコール is a slurring of しゃべってコール (or maybe しゃべれコール). I can find some hits for the former on pages relating to Bluetooth speakers, but I'm not certain if that's the correct nuance. I don't see anything in this strip indicating a Bluetooth usage.

しゃべぇ refers to シャバい. コール refers to revving.

JoesT said:

しゃべぇ refers to シャバい.

Well, heck, I wasn't taking the slurring far enough. Heaven knows I've seen the -ai to -ee vowel shift enough that I should have figured it out.

コール refers to revving.

Almost seems like they're trying to play them like musical instruments, get a rhythm going like on a drum or something.

Thanks. I didn't find any actual hits on the full phrase "シャバいコール", so it's just as well you explained.

After this they become best friends.

NegativeSoul said:

After this they become best friends.

I think the angel general is gabriel