Yesterday, the CDC issued a statement basically saying an outbreak of coronavirus in the US is now inevitable.
Trump just said, “I don’t think it’s inevitable.” https://t.co/c14jNiYZQ1 pic.twitter.com/FNi7SrZGnb— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 27, 2020
re: #1 Charles Johnson
Something tells me that I trust the head of the CDC more than the guy who probably doesn’t know the difference between viruses and bacteria.
“We’re really prepared. We’re ready for it. There’s a chance that it won’t spread, too. And a chance that it will.”
STOP.— Laffy (@GottaLaff) February 27, 2020
re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth
Really inspiring confidence there jackass.
I told Mrs. FBW this morning that what Trump needed to do would be to hold a press conference, because you need it to come from the top. Then, he needed to say, “Good afternoon. I have here with me (list of peopel who know shit). They’ll be updating you on the current status of the COVID19 outbreak in the US and abroad. Please direct your questions to them.”
And then sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up, because he’d only make it worse. That’s what he SHOULD HAVE done.
BUT, I said, he won’t be able to do that because then somebody else would get all the attention.
Did I call it, or what?
Asked about his criticism of Obama not being tougher re Ebola, Trump says, “This is a much different problem than Ebola. Ebola, you disintegrated. Especially at the beginning.” He says this is different because it’s “a flu.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 27, 2020
“We may cut certain additional countries off” depending on what happens with the virus, Trump says.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 27, 2020
Trump’s gonna be shocked when he finds out that a vaccine isn’t something you buy over the counter at Walgreen’s.
re: #8 Backwoods_Sleuth
Something tells me Jackass has never heard of the Flu epidemic. And the only reason why he scared people about Ebola was because AFRICA.
re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth
What I said downstairs, I’m thinking it but I don’t want to say it.
re: #12 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Say it anyway, you’re among friends.
re: #13 Ace Rothstein
Say it anyway, you’re among friends.
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Don’t worry, folks, the president of the US knows how to fix this pandemic thing: wash your hands a lot. The president washes his hands A LOT and you should too. Wash, wash, wash. See us wash.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 27, 2020
And i hate myself for saying that since it goes against everything I believe in.
re: #3 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
There’s no probably. The guy knows nothing.
Panic-stricken Pres uses #RoyCohn’s tactics 2 silence his critics: Suing the NYTimes for libel! Suing, trashing, dissing and firing! That’s his entire MO..then hiring loyalist SUCKUP hacks as stupid as he is…now we have a pandemic and there’s no one in charge. Thanks, ASSHOLE.
— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) February 27, 2020
So pence is the coronavirus czar, which means he’s going to rely on Jesus which means we’re probably all going to die but don’t panic
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) February 27, 2020
What do those of us for whom pseudoephedrine is one of those essential medicines do (and yes, it really is; I have uncontrollable mucus buildups when healthy that have to be dried up via that method)?
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 27, 2020
re: #18 The Pie Overlord!
No word of course from the so called Free Peach advocates. //
re: #16 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
And i hate myself for saying that since it goes against everything I believe in.
And you probably don’t actually believe it. You’re just venting.
re: #23 calochortus
And you probably don’t actually believe it. You’re just venting.
Yeah I’m just incredibly frustrated. I’m a small letter d- democrat before all else.
Maybe, oh I dunno, just wear gloves all the time.
— Lemon Harangue Pie (@Pie_Overlord) February 27, 2020
Sorry, I was washing my hands, but you’re quite correct - handrails of any kind are very very bad. Keep away from them. And wash. https://t.co/0hiymRb44l
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 27, 2020
Welp, it took about 10 minutes for a Trump cultist to come at me with one of their dumbass conspiracy theories. pic.twitter.com/3R0lD2sI6V
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 27, 2020
Now watch the alt-right shitlords beginning with Donald Junior being all like HA HA NOW ALL TEH LIBTARDS IS STOP WARSHING THERE HANDS!!! PWN3D YA LIBTURD!!!!!
re: #25 The Pie Overlord!
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Everytime you use the restroom, wash your hands while singing “Happy Birthday To You” twice.
Then go grab the doorhandle that the last X people who didn’t wash THEIR hands touched, to get out of the restroom.
re: #30 Blind Frog Belly White
Everytime you use the restroom, wash your hands while singing “Happy Birthday To You” twice.
Then go grab the doorhandle that the last X people who didn’t wash THEIR hands touched, to get out of the restroom.
The toilet handle and the stall latch are the most contaminated spots in a public bathroom. The toilet seat, not as much.
re: #26 Charles Johnson
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re: #30 Blind Frog Belly White
Everytime you use the restroom, wash your hands while singing “Happy Birthday To You” twice.
Then go grab the doorhandle that the last X people who didn’t wash THEIR hands touched, to get out of the restroom.
All of a sudden, those people who open the door with a paper towel which they drop randomly if there’s no trash can by the door don’t seem so OCD do they?
FWIW, Björn Olsen, an infectious diseases prof at Uppsala U is on the record[Swedish] saying that we may be headed for a pandemic.
And authorities here in Sweden have raised the incident preparedness level wrt. SARS-CoV-2/CoViD-19.
And to top it all, a hospital here have quietly pulled a proposal to cut back a hundred or two staff…
re: #15 Charles Johnson
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The republicans have the easy answers for everything, see how easy this stuff is?!?!?
re: #31 The Pie Overlord!
The toilet handle and the stall latch are the most contaminated spots in a public bathroom. The toilet seat, not as much.
Lucky for me my workplace has autoflush toilets!
re: #33 calochortus
All of a sudden, those people who open the door with a paper towel which they drop randomly if there’s no trash can by the door don’t seem so OCD do they?
Hey! I was already one of those people, though I never drop it on the floor ever!
Trump keeps being asked what the plan is if the coronavirus spreads, and he keeps saying maybe it won’t spread.
That’s it. That’s the plan, apparently.— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) February 27, 2020
re: #36 Blind Frog Belly White
Lucky for me my workplace has autoflush toilets!
Wherever they don’t have auto-flush, I have flushed with my foot rather than a hand for possibly two decades.
re: #33 calochortus
All of a sudden, those people who open the door with a paper towel which they drop randomly if there’s no trash can by the door don’t seem so OCD do they?
Nope. Just annoying as all hell.
re: #39 Chrysicat
Wherever they don’t have auto-flush, I have flushed with my foot rather than a hand for possibly two decades.
Also avoids getting sprayed in the face as you bend over the bowl.
re: #7 I Would Prefer Not To
Do you need some comic relief?
Here’s my first attempt at Stand up Comedy. I’m happy with the effort, but……
I created a youtube channel. If you so desire please like and subscribe.
Peace
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Way to go! Saved to watch later before I turn in. Congratulations!
This virus should have been contained long ago. https://t.co/IohF0Ty4za
— Melissa Jo Peltier (@MelissaJPeltier) February 27, 2020
re: #38 DodgerFan1988
Trump throughout history
A house divided on itself cannot stand or maybe it can, who knows, my hat is great isn’t it?
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself, or maybe not, we should fear Nancy Pelosi.
Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for me.
re: #33 calochortus
All of a sudden, those people who open the door with a paper towel which they drop randomly if there’s no trash can by the door don’t seem so OCD do they?
All restroom doors should swing out from the restroom, not in. I don’t know why that isn’t a thing.
re: #42 b.d. (We’re gonna win)
Way to go! Saved to watch later before I turn in. Congratulations!
I interested in feedback about my rush joke (the asshole on AM radio not the band).
I’ll watch the community spread maps to judge the optimal time to make a run to MA to get edibles for when I convalesce.
re: #45 Belafon
All restroom doors should swing out from the restroom, not in. I don’t know why that isn’t a thing.
Because people walking down the hall don’t like getting smacked in the face with a restroom door?
re: #45 Belafon
All restroom doors should swing out from the restroom, not in. I don’t know why that isn’t a thing.
Lack of planning?
Can’t imagine there’s a single soul out there that feels reassured by that performance.
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) February 27, 2020
re: #14 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
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re: #38 DodgerFan1988
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If you want an answer to that question, you need to ask an expert. Anthony Fauci or Anne Schuchat were both present and would be the right people to address — or does Trump object to having experts provide a response? After all, as a “Very Stable Genius”, he knows more than the specialists in a field. ///
re: #32 Blind Frog Belly White
I thought it was Trump’s policy to get rid of GUARD rails, not HAND rails.
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He has trouble with stairs, so handrails are top-of-mind as things that affect him personally.
I rarely to never swear on this social media site and please pardon me for this, but I feel I must.
This #CoronavirusOutbreak Trump Press Conference was an utter shit show. And we shouldn’t laugh about it. This is horrifying.— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) February 27, 2020
re: #48 Blind Frog Belly White
Because people walking down the hall don’t like getting smacked in the face with a restroom door?
The restrooms at my job are built so the the entrance is inset, you step into a space off the hall and then open the door. You still have to pull them.
There is literally always a tweet for it https://t.co/AhYG0Wz3Ev
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) February 27, 2020
My question: You sued the NY Times over an opinion piece. Are you saying if you have a contrary opinion you can sue them? @realDonaldTrump says more suits could be coming. pic.twitter.com/zyF9ElzvuF
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) February 27, 2020
re: #21 Chrysicat
Can you get a prescription that is larger than the limited OTC amounts?
re: #56 Belafon
The restrooms at my job are built so the the entrance is inset, you step into a space off the hall and then open the door. You still have to pull them.
I rather like the ones that don’t have a door, just a couple bends in the approach that cut off sight lines.
we have zero chance of not getting completely fucked up by the coronavirus 😟😟 pic.twitter.com/eHbNk9eqj2
— m i t h (@ManlnTheHoody) February 26, 2020
CDC Warns Of U.S. Coronavirus Outbreak https://t.co/EIh5TwxIFQ #WhatDoYouThink? pic.twitter.com/aW34WV4gt4
— The Onion (@TheOnion) February 27, 2020
Watch this clip while reminding yourself that this is a news conference ostensibly about a possible pandemic pic.twitter.com/hNiOFUujJZ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 27, 2020
re: #46 I Would Prefer Not To
I interested in feedback about my rush joke (the asshole on AM radio not the band).
I will give you feedback but it may not be until in the morning lol, sorry!!!
Proud of ya.
Mike Pence is a widely respected public health expert who was way ahead of the curve in debunking the fake news about cigarette smoking causing cancer & lung disease. https://t.co/bPcobINjVk
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) February 26, 2020
You fools! You’re only supposed to print FAKE news!!
Now someone won’t realise that one’s real!— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 27, 2020
re: #51 William Lewis
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re: #66 NO SMOCKING GUN!
He was basically Rush Limbaugh without the childish name calling but with the same retrograde takes.
re: #25 The Pie Overlord!
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handrails of any kind are very very bad. Keep away from them.
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now newsrooms will spend the night trying to figure out how they can present Trump’s utterly irrational briefing as being borderline coherent
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) February 27, 2020
re: #7 I Would Prefer Not To
Do you need some comic relief?
Here’s my first attempt at Stand up Comedy. I’m happy with the effort, but……
I created a youtube channel. If you so desire please like and subscribe.
Peace
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Not bad for a first timer. I’d be nervous. You’re quite good.
As often happens, dinner is not making itself.
Laterz, all.
re: #72 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Not bad for a first timer. I’d be nervous.
Sometimes visible nerves on stage can be sold as a persona. Jay London made a living that way for 15 years.
re: #74 Chrysicat
Sometimes visible nerves on stage can be sold as a persona. Jay London made a living that way for 15 years.
I usually need something pre-written by myself. I can’t really do a persona.
Is Pence going to start a daily “Pray The Plague Away” series of tweets?
Take a break sometimes.
This made me blissfully happy for a couple of minutes. https://t.co/dqs1VrhfEX
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) February 27, 2020
re: #75 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I usually need something pre-written by myself. I can’t really do a persona.
Every time I have to do a presentation, I’m nervous as hell. I feel like my mind is running at 2-3 x normal rate, like my voice flutters, like I’m stammering and repeating myself, and like everyone can hear the anxiety in my voice and see it in my manner.
But, according to multiple folks who have seen me give presentations, I come across as “relaxed and knowledgeable”.
I have no idea how I manage to do that.
I’m worried in the other direction that there’s pressure on the CDC to use the most conservative possible count of infections to protect Trump’s reputation https://t.co/rLYtxNHf1I
— Jonathan Myerson Katz (@KatzOnEarth) February 27, 2020
re: #78 Blind Frog Belly White
Every time I have to do a presentation, I’m nervous as hell. I feel like my mind is running at 2-3 x normal rate, like my voice flutters, like I’m stammering and repeating myself, and like everyone can hear the anxiety in my voice and see it in my manner.
But, according to multiple folks who have seen me give presentations, I come across as “relaxed and knowledgeable”.
I have no idea how I manage to do that.
Pretty much the only public speaking I’ve done has been at the funerals of my three grandparents. All three were from stuff I wrote but I dread public speaking. If people want to know why I probably have a little more empathy towards Biden, it’s because I too am a stutterer. It comes out when I get nervous and my thoughts come to my mouth before I fully process em.
re: #79 jaunte
Definitely a legitimate worry. We saw what happened after Solemaini.
re: #72 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Not bad for a first timer. I’d be nervous. You’re quite good.
Thanks. I was more excited than nervous. I’m still hyped up about it and it was Sunday night. I can see why so many comedians have issues (before and after they started comedy).
Probably better that Grenell be unencumbered by any kind of institutional knowledge that would get in the way of his criming.
After Ric Grenell’s appointment as acting DNI, DNI chief of staff Viraj Mirani and DNI principal executive Andrew Hallman were both told to leave their positions immediately despite offering to stay on board and help with Grenell’s transition. https://t.co/bBmRAohBIq
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) February 26, 2020
re: #79 jaunte
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The CDC shouldn’t count Never-Trumpers who get the Coronavirus, they’re probably intentionally getting it to make Trump look bad!
PragerU loses preposterous appeal that it has a 1st Amendment right to profit on Youtube. slate.com
re: #84 b.d. (We’re gonna win)
You joke, but I think it’s an accurate prediction.
Let me guess, she is selling these masks in all different fun colors at her GOOP site.
Gwyneth Paltrow, star of “Contagion,” posts photo wearing a face mask on a plane: “I’ve already been in this movie” https://t.co/5mGvmpcwds pic.twitter.com/Pwi3Gu08U9
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 27, 2020
re: #82 I Would Prefer Not To
Thanks. I was more excited than nervous. I’m still hyped up about it and it was Sunday night. I can see why so many comedians have issues (before and after they started comedy).
You definitely got some laughs out of me. You’re self-depreciating. People love that. My good friend did amateur stand up in Arlington, Va a few times. That was fun. Hope you do it again. We need humor right now.
This is how I deal with him, too.
I’ve decided that I will usually watch Trump speeches by observing their impact on Twitter, like using a pinhole camera to watch an eclipse.
— CaronaHat (@Popehat) February 26, 2020
re: #90 Blind Frog Belly White
This is how I deal with him, too.
If there’s an advantage social media has, it’s that we get to see in real time how the rest of the world sees this.
I wonder if Fox News will choose to protect Trump or try to protect their aging audience.
Trump is right, of course - you should always wash your hands, avoid handrails, and stay away from situations where there are a lot of people in close proximity, touching and coughing and sneezing all over each other. Like, for instance, a Trump rally.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 27, 2020
re: #92 jaunte
I wonder if Fox News will choose to protect Trump or try to protect their aging audience.
Trump. If you get the virus it is because you didn’t follow Trumps orders not to get it.
This is the right answer. Whether or not she believes it, this is how you lead a party in tumultuous times. If Democratic voters elect @SenSanders, ‘establishment’ Democrats need to back him up. Enough of the ‘we know better’ nonsense. https://t.co/AlLuYxNBQ9
— JackiSchechner (@JackiSchechner) February 26, 2020
re: #97 b.d. (We’re gonna win)
A new test for the prosperity gospel faithful.
re: #89 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
You definitely got some laughs out of me. You’re self-depreciating. People love that. My good friend did amateur stand up in Arlington, Va a few times. That was fun. Hope you do it again. We need humor right now.
Thanks.
I’m trying to line up my dates, working on new material, doing open mics…….
found this on FB
Clearly, “some of you aren’t rich enough to survive” is what all those economically anxious Trump voters we’ve heard so much about were hoping for when they voted for him.https://t.co/XG5D5XkhY1
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) February 27, 2020
re: #100 I Would Prefer Not To
Thanks.
I’m trying to line up my dates, working on new material, doing open mics…….
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When the polio vaccine had been proven safe and effective, Jonas Salk was asked who owned the patent.
“Well … the people, I would say,” he responded. “There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?” https://t.co/VlWs7Sxigk https://t.co/Rkui4OCzRu— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) February 27, 2020
re: #102 The Pie Overlord!
What was the original name in the meme before Trump?
No idea. And why would 2020 be in the same typeface?
Watching the CNN town halls with the top eight Presidential candidates - tonight’s menu is Bloomberg, Biden, Klobuchar, and Warren.
Currently, Biden is up, and I’ll have to say he’s absolutely killing it on this interview. Looking forward to seeing how Warren fares as well.
If it seems like the pandemic threats are coming more often, it’s because they are. Human beings have been giving viruses and bacteria a crash course in how to fuck us up for at least a hundred years, and their short life cycle means very fast evolution.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 27, 2020
Coolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcool
Per Governor @GavinNewsom’s office:
The individual infected with Coronavirus is a resident of Solano County and is receiving medical care in Sacramento County. The individual had no known exposure to the virus through travel or close contact with a known infected individual.— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) February 27, 2020
re: #100 I Would Prefer Not To
Thanks.
I’m trying to line up my dates, working on new material, doing open mics…….
found this on FB
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re: #30 Blind Frog Belly White
I always use the disposable hand towel I used to wipe dry my hands to hold the handle to exit the restroom. Precisely because I know so many people do not wash their hands, or wash their hands long enough to properly clean their hands.
re: #106 Charles Johnson
So I guess all those Rs who don’t believe in evolution will be fine then.
re: #103 The Pie Overlord!
Deserves to be remembered as a truly great American. Some things just shouldn’t have a price tag on em. Dr. Salk got that. Oh and he was a first generation American like so many of his generation. The same people that Trump craps on.
In other news:
If this is accurate and followed through on all I can say is “about time”.
re: #107 goddamnedfrank
Totally cool.
We’re still trying to understand the transmission path and when/how long a person can transmit the disease as a carrier and not show symptoms.
re: #105 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
Watching the CNN town halls with the top eight Presidential candidates - tonight’s menu is Bloomberg, Biden, Klobuchar, and Warren.
Currently, Biden is up, and I’ll have to say he’s absolutely killing it on this interview. Looking forward to seeing how Warren fares as well.
I hope he keeps it up. He wasn’t even in my top three going in but I genuinely think he’s the best choice not just to beat Trump but to be POTUS.
The Martians—dead! … slain, after all man’s devices had failed, by the humblest things that God, in his wisdom, has put upon this earth. pic.twitter.com/PdHztP9Iap
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 27, 2020
The famous H.G. Wells quote refers to the immunity humans have to viruses and bacteria, gained by millennia of evolution. That immunity is disappearing because they evolve much faster than we do.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 27, 2020
re: #106 Charles Johnson
Human beings have been giving viruses and bacteria a crash course in how to fuck us up for at least a hundred years, and their short life cycle means very fast evolution.
One disturbing bit of news that I heard on NPR ‘Science Friday’ last week: growers in Florida have been spraying their groves wholesale with antibiotics to fight citrus greening disease.
“In humans, the drugs, oxytetracycline and streptomycin, are used to treat pneumonia, syphilis and a broad array of infections. In 2016, the compounds were approved for emergency use on citrus trees in Florida, and in December, the agency expanded the use of oxytetracycline for orange groves across the country.”
nytimes.com
Obama just appointed an Ebola Czar with zero experience in the medical area and zero experience in infectious disease control. A TOTAL JOKE!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 17, 2014
re: #116 jaunte
One disturbing bit of news that I heard on NPR ‘Science Friday’ last week: growers in Florida have been spraying their groves wholesale with antibiotics to fight citrus greening disease.
What the fuck? That’s like asking for trouble…
re: #118 Teukka
And there’s this aspect too; it doesn’t work:
Critics are particularly galled because there is also little convincing evidence that spraying will keep the scourge at bay. The disease is transmitted by an invasive psyllid insect and moves through the vascular tissue under the tree’s bark, a circulatory system that is difficult to access. Emergency applications on citrus crops since 2016 have shown that the antibiotics can slow disease progression, allowing growers to eke a few more harvests out of infected trees. But the drugs do not eliminate greening.
nature.com[no phone numbers allowed]8-4
re: #116 jaunte
One disturbing bit of news that I heard on NPR ‘Science Friday’ last week: growers in Florida have been spraying their groves wholesale with antibiotics to fight citrus greening disease.
We’ve had a lot of problems with overuse of antibiotics. Not just with plants, but with farm animals — instead of providing these animals decent living conditions, they are given antibiotics to ward off the diseases they develop because of the unhealthy living conditions they are provided to maximize profits. And then, of course, doctors prescribing antibiotics to fight viral infections, a task to which they are totally unsuited,
Simple- he realizes that, despite all that scientific mumbo-jumbo, disease is actually caused by the moral failings of the sick, and the appropriate treatment is driving out the demons of disease with the prayers of ‘spiritual warriors’ and forced conversion therapy for LGBT folk
— Uriel (@sickendun2death) February 27, 2020
I think it is pretty clear. If the Coronavirus gets bad in the USA then Trump will pick another VP to run with him
re: #124 b.d. (We’re gonna win)
I think it is pretty clear. If the Coronavirus gets bad in the USA then Trump will pick another VP to run with him
It’s Junior, isn’t it?
re: #45 Belafon
All restroom doors should swing out from the restroom, not in. I don’t know why that isn’t a thing.
You know, now that I think about it…
My sister told me this afternoon that when we vote in the Illinois primary, if Bernie has the most delegates after Super Tuesday, she’s voting for the candidate in second place; if Bernie is number 2 in delegates, she’s voting for whoever is number 1. Like many though, she believes that if Bernie doesn’t win the nomination, he’s going to take his supporters and stay home. I’m waiting to see what happens.
re: #103 The Pie Overlord!
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My sister posted this on FB, and she means it. pic.twitter.com/lYuccxfB24
— bob timmerman (@SquatloBob) February 26, 2020
The control of this virus is airtight.
First person in U.S. tests positive for coronavirus with no link to foreign travel https://t.co/w6132x1lus
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 27, 2020
re: #129 Hecuba’s daughter
My sister told me this afternoon that when we vote in the Illinois primary, if Bernie has the most delegates after Super Tuesday, she’s voting for the candidate in second place; if Bernie is number 2 in delegates, she’s voting for whoever is number 1. Like many though, she believes that if Bernie doesn’t win the nomination, he’s going to take his supporters and stay home. I’m waiting to see what happens.
Most Bernie supporters will still support the Democrat in the election. Those that stay home will be annoying, but I think a lot of the “supporters” we will see online refusing to vote will be bots.
re: #130 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Let the free market decide to allow a pandemic to run wild among poor people!
Motherf*ckin Alt-Right & Trump Cult Followers already sh*tposting all over social media, wishing the Coronavirus will hit the liberal big cities, undocumented immigrants, and homeless populations.
After Trump—who just tapped Pence to lead the effort—turns his back, Sec. Azar seizes the room’s attention to insist that HE remains the “chairman” but is glad to have the Veep “helping,” while Pence stands motionless with a vacant middle-distance stare. So that happened. (yikes)
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) February 27, 2020
This is outrageous. We should use every tool at our disposal, including government manufacturing or contracting if necessary, to make this vaccine available to everyone who needs it. Former Pharma lobbyist Azar should stop putting profits ahead of people’s lives. https://t.co/wJR76MEDpV
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) February 27, 2020
Update on the missing teen, he’s not anymore:
Navigating mental health as a parent is hard - as is raising a teen - and we’re getting him the help he needs. That’s his journey to take privately from this point forward, so I’d ask for your respect in not prying.
— Angela (@TheKitchenista) February 26, 2020
re: #1 Charles Johnson
Why are we supposed to care about what Trump thinks? Where is the Surgeon General or healthcare professional to take charge of our response to this potential medical emergency? He’s such a joke.
“A President has no categorical immunity from a state grand jury subpoena for documents unrelated to official duties.”
Manhattan DA files a SCOTUS brief on the “sweeping and unprecedented” immunity claim in Trump v. Vance. cc: @CourthouseNews
Doc: https://t.co/10bZ9dclgY— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) February 26, 2020
lol, worth clicking on, funny as heck
Sanders Supporter Sick Of Movement Being Defined By Small Number Of Toxic Members Like Him https://t.co/UwAIX7pfLs pic.twitter.com/seNnlqiWPW
— The Onion (@TheOnion) February 26, 2020
Pence’s plan is “just don’t ever be alone in a room with the coronavirus.” https://t.co/6hRqThA6CG
— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) February 27, 2020
COVID-19 has the possibility of strongly affecting the coming election.
The elderly are particularly susceptible to succumbing to these virus sweeps.
If there are significant numbers of deaths in this country, the Trump administration is going to find it difficult to escape damnation.
Additionally, I notice that Trump, Biden, Sanders are rather elderly. They are not physically stopped yet from being mobile, but they are at an age where their immune system just isn’t going to be what it was when they were young.
I still believe that the death rate in China is due to both poor health practices as well as underreporting of actual infections. How many Chinese, if they exhibit cold-like symptoms, are going to actually be accounted in statistics? My guess that many Chinese in rural areas are just skipped.
re: #46 I Would Prefer Not To
I interested in feedback about my rush joke (the asshole on AM radio not the band).
Just got off the stage at an open mic myself… will watch when i get home!
Today Trump officially handed off all responsibility for outcome of the coronavirus pandemic to Pence like some goddamned hot potato. Then he literally POINTED at Pence and said “Wish him good luck.”
Subtle— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) February 27, 2020
re: #129 Hecuba’s daughter
My sister told me this afternoon that when we vote in the Illinois primary, if Bernie has the most delegates after Super Tuesday, she’s voting for the candidate in second place; if Bernie is number 2 in delegates, she’s voting for whoever is number 1. Like many though, she believes that if Bernie doesn’t win the nomination, he’s going to take his supporters and stay home. I’m waiting to see what happens.
That would be my basic strategy except that we vote on Super Tuesday. So I’m waiting to see what happens in SC and making my best guess. Warren or Biden would be acceptable, although like some of us here, I really wanted Kamala Harris. Come Nov. I’ll vote blue, and all that.
re: #145 goddamnedfrank
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Pence’s job isn’t to direct anything other than the damage control. He’s there to serve as a filter on the agencies responsible for responding to the pandemic, allowing through the happy-shit “All is well!” press releases while muzzling any reports on the actual state of the virus’ spread.
Unfortunately for the WH, this isn’t 1918 and so they can’t put the kibosh on every news story from state and local officials about new/spreading cases. So we’re going to end up with two voices: One from the WH assuring us that the virus is contained and America secure…and the other collective voice saying this shit is getting out of control and we need to start taking emergency measures.
Just listen to this full response, which winds up with these words:
“This is what it means to have either a president who’s all about … himself — or a president like I want to be, and that is a president who gets the job done for the American people.”
Compelling, every bit. https://t.co/yrS4i6aYAM— Greg Greene (@ggreeneva) February 27, 2020
This is ridiculous — for Illinois residents, CNN is overwhelmed with political ads — not for president — but for the Illinois Supreme Court. IANAL — these are not the campaigns that I should be voting on. How are we supposed to be making these decisions?
BREAKING: During #Pressconference Donald Trump appoints VP Mike Pence to lead the #Coronavirus task force - while saying that the risk of infection to Americans is “very low”. pic.twitter.com/qglo8pQlnr
— Paul Lidicul (@PaulLidicul) February 27, 2020
re: #78 Blind Frog Belly White
Every time I have to do a presentation, I’m nervous as hell. I feel like my mind is running at 2-3 x normal rate, like my voice flutters, like I’m stammering and repeating myself, and like everyone can hear the anxiety in my voice and see it in my manner.
But, according to multiple folks who have seen me give presentations, I come across as “relaxed and knowledgeable”.
I have no idea how I manage to do that.
May not be the same for you, but I tend to find that, when I can’t avoid public speaking outright, my inherent nervousness tend to make me over-prepare. A LOT.
So, while the people listening to me think I’m bringing up good points and structuring my argument well, my interior monologue is going, “Wait! You had at least five more citations you should have made there! How are you going to present ALL the complexities of this topic if you don’t mention EVERY FUCKING DATA POINT!!! YOU IDIOT!!!”
Thing is, no one but me knows I omitted any information at all.
This might end up being the biggest problem with the way the media covers Trump. They tell themselves they’re editing out the noise, but they’re really editing out reality and making Trump seem far more normal than he is. That’s a disservice to readers and viewers. https://t.co/yiIvESt1PE
— Adam Jentleson 🎈 (@AJentleson) February 27, 2020
Essential https://t.co/EScB6jtQyk https://t.co/ae7AH80kQD
— Adam Jentleson 🎈 (@AJentleson) February 27, 2020
re: #107 goddamnedfrank
The individual infected with Coronavirus is a resident of Solano County and is receiving medical care in Sacramento County. The individual had no known exposure to the virus through travel or close contact with a known infected individual.
Then it’s epidemic. And with President Bigbrain Cheeseman in charge and Vice President Mike “Jesus take the wheel!” Pence as his coronavirus czar, we’re doomed.
If you drive an expensive car you’re probably a jerk, scientists say
The science is looking pretty unanimous on this one: Drivers of expensive cars are the worst.
A new study has found that drivers of flashy vehicles are less likely to stop and allow pedestrians to cross the road — with the likelihood they’ll slow down decreasing by 3% for every extra $1,000 that their vehicle is worth.
Tesla and regulators need to do more to prevent Autopilot deaths, safety agency says
Tesla and regulators need to do more to prevent Autopilot deaths, safety agency says
Researchers from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas speculated that the expensive car owners “felt a sense of superiority over other road users” and were less able to empathize with lowly sidewalk-dwellers.
They came to this conclusion after asking volunteers to cross a sidewalk hundreds of times, filming and analyzing the responses by car drivers.
If I ever take to driving my Rolls-Royce on a regular basis, I will retrofit it with peasant-sighting staffs on the fenders and a large cow-catcher, er brush guard, on the grill to push careless Hondas out of the way. Some of those James Bond Aston-Martin features might also be useful, especially those nifty disk-blade hubcaps. One idea I invented myself was a retractable catapult in the trunk, er boot, that would rise up and hurl fresh cow-pies at pickups, SUVs and other bumpkin-transport that dares to follow too closely. I don’t have a working model yet but I don’t foresee any insurmountable challenges. I even considered adapting airport runway lights to the headlight high beam position to vaporize inconsiderate road-louts who will not dim their own lights. That probably isn’t legal in Texas though.
Today’s video premiere for @Lauren_Jenkins cover of @Springsteen’s “Stolen Car” — which she shot herself on her iPhone. https://t.co/RrswpuJspe #Springsteen
— Backstreets Magazine (@backstreetsmag) February 26, 2020
re: #154 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
If you drive an expensive car you’re probably a jerk, scientists say
The science is looking pretty unanimous on this one: Drivers of expensive cars are the worst.
If I ever take to driving my Rolls-Royce on a regular basis, I will retrofit it with peasant-sighting staffs on the fenders and a large cow-catcher, er brush guard, on the grill to push careless Hondas out of the way. Some of those James Bond Aston-Martin features might also be useful, especially those nifty disk-blade hubcaps. One idea I invented myself was a retractable catapult in the trunk, er boot, that would rise up and hurl fresh cow-pies at pickups, SUVs and other bumpkin-transport that dares to follow too closely. I don’t have a working model yet but I don’t foresee any insurmountable challenges. I even considered adapting airport runway lights to the headlight high beam position to vaporize inconsiderate road-louts who will not dim their own lights. That probably isn’t legal in Texas though.
Maybe I could turn it into a business with the slogan, “We put the ‘RR’ in Road Rage.”
If the number of cases in China is actually much higher than reported, but the number of deaths is not, then the mortality rate is not as high as assumed by many.
US Government as gig economy.
— Dock Ellis (@dockellis10) February 27, 2020
Well this isn’t optimal.
#BREAKING Flight attendant diagnosed with coronavirus after flights in and out of Los Angeles https://t.co/r0bF1HA9Z6
— FOX 5 DC (@fox5dc) February 26, 2020
This is not insane. When you have limited testing resources, you need to limit the criteria to cases where it is most likely to do good. Unfortunately, that does mean you might miss a small number of cases. It’s a difficult balancing act, and you’re never going to get it perfect.
— ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) February 27, 2020
Biostatistics is not for wimps.
You don’t get a debate scholarship from Nowhere Oklahoma like your mom is Lori Loughlin or something.
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) February 27, 2020
re: #160 Ace-o-aces
re: #159 plansbandc
The reality is that the infected will then infect others before the infected actually get caught either entering a hospital or taken to the hospital.
This is why the CDC and experts dismiss the idiocy of Trump.
It’s clear the virus is in the wild around the world.
re: #111 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Deserves to be remembered as a truly great American. Some things just shouldn’t have a price tag on em. Dr. Salk got that. Oh and he was a first generation American like so many of his generation. The same people that Trump craps on.
Like DT himself. Takes talent to crap on yourself.
re: #161 gocart mozart
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Just asked Nancy Pelosi her reaction to President Trump saying coronavirus is under control.
“ I don’t think the president knows what he’s talking about - once again.”— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 26, 2020
I would like a president who doesn’t treat the threat of a global pandemic like a personal grievance.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) February 26, 2020
Dow futures turned from positive to negative during Trump’s coronavirus news conference
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) February 27, 2020
re: #166 Belafon
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The market only responds positively to its own bullshit. Not that of others.
re: #160 Ace-o-aces
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Biostatistics is not for wimps.
If the case had been in Shasta County rather than Solano County, I would have picked out a certain church in Redding as the originating point. But, I’d be asking if the sick person goes to church and where. I am not saying the sick person is a member of the Korean Shincheonji. I am saying that if they go to a big church, the chances of being around someone else who had been sick or out of the country is higher.
On the Japan front, the Minister of Sports has hinted broadly to the Sumo Association that it ought to change the Osaka basho (which begins Sunday, March 8). The options are: holding the matches without spectators and showing them on NHK, postponing the matches or cancelling altogether. You will notice that “hold the matches with no changes” is NOT among the options presented. The Sumo Association meets on Sunday to discuss what it is going to do. I’d note that the Sumo Association is even more sclerotic (rigid, unresponsive) than the Japanese government, so I could see these old guys (they’re all guys) not taking the hint and throwing caution to the wind.
The shit-for-brains, Politics-how-do-they-work-anyway? trust fund caucus has re-assembled for this cycle, I see. https://t.co/skOzT6A0fV
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) February 27, 2020
re: #166 Belafon
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re: #170 gocart mozart
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There’s only one candidate who contributed to the 2020 rules. And it’s Bernie. I’m so fucking tired of our party being extorted by supporters of a man who has never cared about strengthening the Democratic Party except to benefit himself.
Trumpism is so inherently reactionary that the very idea of disaster preparedness becomes wasteful.
Real men don’t plan shit out, they counterpunch disasters in the dick https://t.co/oglx844w5L— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) February 27, 2020
Many people would volunteer to assist. Many people. https://t.co/YYlWvR4RiE
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) February 27, 2020
re: #169 mmmirele
Other combat sports and gatherings are canceling their shows. NJPW (the top pro-wrestling company) has canceled their big spring tournament shows, at least the first half of them.
In general the Japanese are super cautious about these things, but they know all too well that in densely populated Japan that an disease will spread very rapidly.
How long until we see the first big story about the president and other political officials pressuring the CDC behind the scenes to downplay warnings about the Coronavirus? My guess is three days.
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) February 26, 2020
re: #177 Targetpractice
I expect the CDC to be discontinued entirely if they refuse.
re: #175 gwangung
And we would do it PEACEFULLY. With a smile.
In a proper world, he gets escorted out, and directly to the waiting FBI agents armed with the arrest warrants that weren’t able to be executed until the instant that Trump became ex-President, with matching handcuffs waiting for the rest of the crime family as well.
re: #180 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
In a proper world, he gets escorted out, and directly to the waiting FBI agents armed with the arrest warrants that weren’t able to be executed until the instant that Trump became ex-President, with matching handcuffs waiting for the rest of the crime family as well.
Montage of all the high Trumpers getting arrested. Hopefully we have someway of reuniting the kids with their parents.
re: #173 goddamnedfrank
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So he says he’ll hire them when he needs them. And pay them with what, the money he’s cut so he can spend it on building the monument to his ego on our Southern border?
re: #182 Targetpractice
Pay them? DT doesn’t pay people.
re: #182 Targetpractice
So he says he’ll hire them when he needs them. And pay them with what, the money he’s cut so he can spend it on building the monument to his ego on our Southern border?
He’ll pay them in heating oil.
Mike Cernovich is doing a hard pivot into coronavirus mysticism pic.twitter.com/vD4zL7uwxd
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) February 27, 2020
re: #177 Targetpractice
How long until we see the first big story about the president and other political officials pressuring the CDC behind the scenes to downplay warnings about the Coronavirus? My guess is three days
Sounds about right. 48 to 72 hours is typical for leaks from this administration.
re: #183 retired cynic
Pay them? DT doesn’t pay people.
True, he probably thinks there’s scores of researchers, doctors, nurses, and assorted lab techs just sitting out front of the local hospital, waiting for him to show up with a pick-up to hire them as day laborers.
re: #185 DodgerFan1988
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I had a dream I had no idea who Cernovich was. That was nice.
re: #180 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
In a proper world, he gets escorted out, and directly to the waiting FBI agents armed with the arrest warrants that weren’t able to be executed until the instant that Trump became ex-President, with matching handcuffs waiting for the rest of the crime family as well.
What I’d love to see?
Trump uncomfortably grimacing on the podium as a new POTUS is sworn in next January - and the instant the new POTUS says, “So help me God”, FBI agents approach Trump and slap the cuffs on him.
On live TV in front of an audience of millions. It’d be glorious.
Eek:
Japanese woman confirmed as coronavirus case for 2nd time, weeks after initial recovery
A woman working as a tour-bus guide in Japan tested positive for the coronavirus for a second time, Osaka’s prefectural government said on Wednesday, the first person in the country to do so amid growing concerns about the spread of the infection.
The second positive test comes as the number of confirmed cases in Japan rose to 186 by Thursday from around 170 the day before. Tokyo has urged big gatherings and sports events be scrapped or curtailed for two weeks to contain the virus while pledging the 2020 Olympic Games will still go ahead in the city.
The 186 cases reported by Japan’s health ministry are separate from 704 reported from an outbreak on a cruise liner that was quarantined off Tokyo earlier this month. A total of seven people have died, including four from the ship.
The woman, a resident of Osaka in western Japan, tested positive on Wednesday after developing a sore throat and chest pains, the prefectural government said in a statement, describing her as being in her forties. She first tested positive in late January and was discharged from the hospital after recovering on Feb. 1, according to the statement.
The health ministry confirmed the case was the first in Japan where a patient tested positive for coronavirus for a second time after being discharged from hospital, the Nikkei newspaper said.
Though a first in Japan, cases of second positive tests have been reported in China, where the disease originated late last year. The outbreak has spread rapidly and widely, infecting about 80,000 people globally and killing nearly 2,800, the vast majority in mainland China.
“Once you have the infection, it could remain dormant and with minimal symptoms, and then you can get an exacerbation if it finds its way into the lungs,” said Philip Tierno Jr., Professor of Microbiology and Pathology at NYU School of Medicine.
He said much remains unknown about the virus. “I’m not certain that this is not bi-phasic, like anthrax,” he said, meaning the disease appears to go away before recurring.
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Japanese shares fall for fourth day as pandemic fears rise
Japan’s Nikkei share average fell for a fourth day on Thursday as investors were spooked by the rapid expansion of the global coronavirus outbreak, with the United States reporting its first possible community spread.
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Trump basically has himself backed into a corner…again. By staking his position as “The virus is contained & won’t spread,” he’s left himself no wiggle room when the number of cases starts exploding in coming weeks and months.
My personal prediction? As the number of cases starts to rise, the wingnuts ramp up the “DEMS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS!” propaganda by actually accusing Trump’s enemies of deliberately going out and getting themselves infected in order to spread the virus beyond containment.
Saudi Arabia suspends Umrah pilgrimage for fear of COVID-19
Saudi Arabia says it has temporarily suspended entry for individuals aiming to perform Umrah pilgrimage or to visit the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina over concerns of the spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia tweeted early Thursday that the temporary suspension of Umrah is a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of the new disease.
Seems like a big deal.
re: #185 DodgerFan1988
Look, if your life is basically a long improv routine attempting to perform competence and knowledge for an audience you’re going to screw out of cash, at some point you’re going to drop into mysticism…where no one can contradict you because it doesn’t make any damn sense; there’s not even a theology to contradict.
Can’t we all relate to that just a little?
Warren did say in the CNN townhall that she was offering legislation to transfer the money from the Trump wall to the coronavirus crisis. Hey!! my suggestion!! We’re sympatico!
Meanwhile, the UK is suffering from floods, once again:
re: #196 Hecuba’s daughter
Warren did say in the CNN townhall that she was offering legislation to transfer the money from the Trump wall to the coronavirus crisis. Hey!! my suggestion!! We’re sympatico!
Sounds good to me.
re: #196 Hecuba’s daughter
Warren did say in the CNN townhall that she was offering legislation to transfer the money from the Trump wall to the coronavirus crisis. Hey!! my suggestion!! We’re sympatico!
Bernie has offered a plan as well, though I don’t think a virus will be impressed by an old white guy pointing and shouting about billionaires.
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Any place where people gather is a risk:
re: #199 Targetpractice
Bernie has offered a plan as well, though I don’t think a virus will be impressed by an old white guy pointing and shouting about billionaires.
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What, you mean his economic agenda isn’t a one-size-fits-all fix for everything ever? Say it ain’t so!
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re: #199 Targetpractice
Bernie has offered a plan as well, though I don’t think a virus will be impressed by an old white guy pointing and shouting about billionaires.
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Not true. He’ll put a wealth tax on all the billionaire viruses and give the non billionaire viruses M4A.
Sure enough, idiot sites like Lew Rockwell are running full on conspiracy articles, encouraging people not to be afraid of the disease, to resist vaccination, etc.
We are suffering a glut of malicious know-nothingism here in the US.
re: #201 SteelPH
What, you mean his economic agenda isn’t a one-size-fits-all fix for everything ever? Say it ain’t so!
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Should that be “is”, rather than “isn’t”?
Our President’s attitude toward expertise is chilling, especially medical expertise. He is absolute evil but unfortunately he is not the only one who measures everything in money and lives of others are irrelevant to him. If we escape disaster here because the pandemic doesn’t materialize, it won’t be due to any action he’s taken. It will be pure luck. And he will use that escape to justify his attack on the government medical institutions. I remember reading years ago that he was a fan of Ayn Rand — and this would certainly fit in with her toxic philosophy.
Here’s The Difference Between ‘Panic Buying’ And Reasonably Preparing For a Crisis
I walked to the grocery store late in the afternoon, as is my habit, and I was shocked at how long the lines were.
I looked at how many checkout lines were open - five as usual.
Normally near the end of the month the lines are short or even non-existent, as people run out of money at the end of the month.
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Are people panicking already?
re: #203 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Sure enough, idiot sites like Lew Rockwell are running full on conspiracy articles, encouraging people not to be afraid of the disease, to resist vaccination, etc.
We are suffering a glut of malicious know-nothingism here in the US.
Rising CO2 levels, the whole world is suffering hypoxia. That’s why everything and everybody everywhere is stupid.
Not surprisingly, @DevinNunes does not have a good working relationship with the Office of Congressional Ethics. https://t.co/4lxorwuogA
— Devin Nunes’ Alt-Mom (@NunesAlt) February 26, 2020
re: #148 The Pie Overlord!
That’s justre: #154 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
If you drive an expensive car you’re probably a jerk, scientists say
The science is looking pretty unanimous on this one: Drivers of expensive cars are the worst.
If I ever take to driving my Rolls-Royce on a regular basis, I will retrofit it with peasant-sighting staffs on the fenders and a large cow-catcher, er brush guard, on the grill to push careless Hondas out of the way. Some of those James Bond Aston-Martin features might also be useful, especially those nifty disk-blade hubcaps. One idea I invented myself was a retractable catapult in the trunk, er boot, that would rise up and hurl fresh cow-pies at pickups, SUVs and other bumpkin-transport that dares to follow too closely. I don’t have a working model yet but I don’t foresee any insurmountable challenges. I even considered adapting airport runway lights to the headlight high beam position to vaporize inconsiderate road-louts who will not dim their own lights. That probably isn’t legal in Texas though.
Nice!
Tomorrow, I’m introducing a plan that takes every dime Donald Trump is spending on his wall, and diverting it to fighting the coronavirus. #CNNTownHall
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) February 27, 2020
Denmark confirms first coronavirus case
Denmark has confirmed its first coronavirus infection in a man who returned from a ski holiday in northern Italy, the Danish health authority said on Thursday.
Exponential growth rate:
Coronavirus cases surge to 400 in Italy
The number of coronavirus cases in Italy has jumped to 400, amid international efforts to contain the spread of the deadly outbreak, the BBC reports.
The rise in Italy, the main focus of infection in Europe, represents a 25% surge in 24 hours.
Several European countries announced new cases traced to Italy.
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Peoples are starting to get edgy with their neighbors:
Armenian Health Minister contacts Georgian counterpart after Tbilisi confirms first coronavirus case
Armenian Health Minister Arsen Torosyan has talked on phone to his Georgian counterpart Yekaterine Tikaradze after the first coronavirus case was reported in Georgia.
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Late on Wednesday Georgia confirmed the first case of new coronavirus. the Health Minister said the infected man, 50, had arrived from Iran via Azerbaijan.
Kenya’s government’s decision to allow flights in from China is riling Kenyans:
Kenya: Uproar as Chinese Plane Lands in Nairobi
Kipsfai said on Twitter, “Who will monitor each of them incase they turn positive? Does GOK/MOH know anything about incubation period?”
Nathan Douglas Ngumi said, “Cleared so fast? If some of them are infected but the disease is still in its incubation phase and does not show visible symptoms how sure are Kenyan authorities that none of them have it?
“Also, how do you advise visitors to self-quarantine? In other countries it is not a choice!”
“Why can other people from China come to Kenya YET healthy desperate Kenyans in Wuhan are barred from returning? All the passengers have to do is board a plane and “self-quarantine”… rubbish,” remarked one Tim on Twitter.
John Dewis , another Twitter user said: “Tutapata hii and all countries will ban flights to Kenya. Sometimes I wonder. Passengers from are free to come to Kenya but our own students can’t.”
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re: #203 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Sure enough, idiot sites like Lew Rockwell are running full on conspiracy articles, encouraging people not to be afraid of the disease, to resist vaccination, etc.
We are suffering a glut of malicious know-nothingism here in the US.
Dumbest bit of “advice” in my opinion? “It’s no worse than the flu!” Meanwhile, tens of thousands die annually in the US alone from influenza.
We’re in a period of transition. My grandparents generation is dying off. While that generation was far from perfect, a lot of what bugs me comes from the idea generations can’t learn from each other or that history and its impacts on the present should be ignored. I listened to Rep Clyburn talk about his wife today. This man and his wife were part of the Civil Rights struggle. I am reminded that Emmett Till was the same age as one of my aunts and his senseless murder happened in my father’s life. I am then reminded that public officials in some states still try to get out of performing interracial marriages. The Cold War also has become a more distant memory too. I don’t think it’s hard to say both we and the Soviets did terrible things in the name of our ideologies.
Malicious incompetence is not limited to Trump’s administration:
Nigeria: Coronavirus, Ebola, Lassa Fevers Caused By Corruption, Magu Insists
The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has insisted that the raging Corona virus is caused by corruption.
He alleged that some lab scientists many have also created the Lassa fever and Ebola viruses with an intention to destroy other people’s lives. “It is created by a corrupt mind,” he said.
The acting EFCC boss said this on Tuesday at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
“Yes, I insist (on) what I said before. Honestly speaking, this virus must have been created by somebody with a corrupt mind,” Mr Magu said.
“Even the Ebola virus was caused by somebody who is wicked enough to create problems for another country.
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The Justice Department has established an office to strip citizenship rights from naturalized immigrants#Maddow https://t.co/I1HuGaReYn
— 𝙶𝚘𝚗𝚣𝚘 𝚁𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚡 (@roland__do) February 27, 2020
Legalized Ethnic Cleansing has begun.
re: #211 Targetpractice
Dumbest bit of “advice” in my opinion? “It’s no worse than the flu!” Meanwhile, tens of thousands die annually in the US alone from influenza.
We have so many people who are convinced they’re right because of their confirmation biases.
I’m no less guilty. I’ve been wrong on clickbait, misinterpretation, or misunderstanding something but I also don’t just go with whatever headline is most convenient and clickbait. Journalism needs to be about telling stories about real people rather than luring people in.
re: #214 DodgerFan1988
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Legalized Ethnic Cleansing has begun.
We discussed that earlier. This horrifies me as both a paralegal and a brother in law of a naturalized citizen. And of course an American
The Australians the past few years have had their share of wingnuts, but at least the current PM seems on top of things:
Coronavirus pandemic fears prompt Australian Government to activate emergency response
The prime minister has also announced Australia is activating an emergency plan to deal with the outbreak of the coronavirus, amid expectations a global pandemic will soon be declared.
Scott Morrison said the virus had spread rapidly outside of China, which had prompted his government to elevate Australia’s response.
“We believe risk of global pandemic is very much upon us and as a result, as a government, we need to take the steps necessary to prepare for such a pandemic,” he said.
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So not like Trump.
An ugly thought: a pandemic makes ANY mass action more difficult: getting out the vote, organizing, demonstrations, protest, resistance.
Ponder that.
re: #219 gwangung
An ugly thought: a pandemic makes ANY mass action more difficult: getting out the vote, organizing, demonstrations, protest, resistance.
Ponder that.
We really are in dark times.
Because what really matters in life is making the most money one can:
Amazon merchants curb ad spending and hike prices as coronavirus threatens orders
SOME Amazon merchants spooked by the coronavirus fallout are curtailing their ad spending, several report.
In particular, small sellers are buying fewer ads on the site to reduce demand in the event of supply disruptions. And they are starting to raise prices too.
“If we’re going to run out, why not run out at full price,” said Chuck Gregorich, who sells China-made patio furniture on amazon.com. “We have to make sure the sales we have are as profitable as they can be.”
He expects to lose as much as $2m (€1.8m) in sales this year due to factory closures and other coronavirus-related slowdowns.
The sudden shift in sales tactics by merchants like Mr Gregorich threatens Amazon’s fastest-growing and profitable revenue source. Amazon merchants spent about 6pc less on advertising over the past two weeks than they did a year ago, says Daniel Knijnik, who runs Quartile Digital, a New York firm that helps manage Amazon advertising for 2,300 brands selling goods on the site.
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re: #219 gwangung
I’ve never done a mail ballot before because I always enjoy going to the voting booth.
But alas, for Super Tuesday I’m now wondering if I should have done a mail ballot for the first time.
re: #219 gwangung
An ugly thought: a pandemic makes ANY mass action more difficult: getting out the vote, organizing, demonstrations, protest, resistance.
Ponder that.
re: #220 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
We really are in dark times.
Also, should a pandemic get sufficiently out of hand by intention or incompetence, what powers does the executive have to impose measures which make above mass actions impossible or very difficult?
FYI—I walked past Los Angeles City College on Vermont and took a look at the Early Voting line this afternoon. A real long line outside the Student Union building (Early Voting Site). Now I’m curious about the Early Vote total so far…and on Saturday the 29th there will be a massive expansion of Early Vote precincts.
re: #223 Teukka
Also, should a pandemic get sufficiently out of hand by intention or incompetence, what powers does the executive have to impose measures which make above mass actions impossible or very difficult?
That’s a good question but I got a bad bad feeling that the Joint Chiefs are getting fed up with President Asshole…
at this point losing the chance to make money off this seems a just punishment https://t.co/3UKkxqcyNJ
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) February 26, 2020
re: #193 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Saudi Arabia suspends Umrah pilgrimage for fear of COVID-19
Seems like a big deal.
Hmm… Only a couple days ago I was wondering what they were going to do about the Hajj in a few months. If they find they need to suspend the Hajj this year, it will have a dramatic financial impact for global aviation. That’s somewhere near 2 million round-trip passenger fares during the short window.
re: #154 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
If you drive an expensive car you’re probably a jerk, scientists say
The science is looking pretty unanimous on this one: Drivers of expensive cars are the worst.
If I ever take to driving my Rolls-Royce on a regular basis, I will retrofit it with peasant-sighting staffs on the fenders and a large cow-catcher, er brush guard, on the grill to push careless Hondas out of the way. Some of those James Bond Aston-Martin features might also be useful, especially those nifty disk-blade hubcaps. One idea I invented myself was a retractable catapult in the trunk, er boot, that would rise up and hurl fresh cow-pies at pickups, SUVs and other bumpkin-transport that dares to follow too closely. I don’t have a working model yet but I don’t foresee any insurmountable challenges. I even considered adapting airport runway lights to the headlight high beam position to vaporize inconsiderate road-louts who will not dim their own lights. That probably isn’t legal in Texas though.
We may soon have an opportunity to identify the truly worst of the worst
The ultimate VIP machine? @BellFlight is proposing a VIP V-22 #Osprey for the head of state mission with what appears to be a rather plush interior. #imhelicon pic.twitter.com/3H14qV0Reb
— Tony Osborne (@Rotorfocus) February 26, 2020
re: #226 Dread Pirate
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And if the publisher can’t make back money on this book, then Bolton has to return their advance, which (IIRC) means he’d be on the line for $3m.
I genuinely wonder if he got some sort of secret assurance from the NSC or OLC that they’d drop the hold on the manuscript after the impeachment hearings concluded. Because that truly would be the cherry on top, Bolton losing any possible profits off his silence because of the infamous Trump pettiness.
Phew… Just caught up with the last few threads.
With apologies to Ms Hecuba’s Daughter, let me add a few thoughts to the question of preparation…
First, a horror ceiling is in order.
From what I understand, likely essential services will continue. These include electricity, natural gas, water, sewage. Other service _might_ have a few delays such as mail and gasoline stations.
Second, so what to prepare for…
There have been a few articles on the grocery store and merchandise supply chain facing some dislocation.
Certainly, this seems to happen in Northern Virginia whenever a dusting of snow is forecast. As far as I can tell, there is some sort of county requirement that everybody congregate in the nearest grocery store and recite the snow mantra “Bread, Milk, Toilet Paper”.
It seems to me that the goal is to have enough supplies to comfortably continue to live one’s life and last out any dislocations in the supply chain. The usual goal is to aim for about 2 to 4 weeks of one’s normal everyday supplies for a start. Assuming of course that one has the space and budget.
The optimum, from what I have read, is a 90 day supply of household needs. But that takes a lot of space, budget, and management.
Additional items might include critical prescriptions and medicines, a supply of hand sanitizer and perhaps some sort personal comfort item, like chocolate.
If you are out of ideas, instant oatmeal with dried fruits like raisins; rice and beans; soups; and sides like Knorr’s pastas and rice dishes to which you can add canned meat, such as chicken.
A couple of years ago a lizard posted a very nice recipe for Hoppin’ John that would work well.
As an aside, my father served in the European Theater in the American Army during World War 2. After the war he was posted to Germany as part of the US Army of Occupation. He and some other officers hired an Italian refugee as cook and housekeeper for their billet. One of her major qualifications was that she knew well over 50 ways to prepare spam.
Interestingly, my Grandfather was part of the US Army of Occupation of Germany after World War 1. His favorite story was about how his friend, an Ojibwa from Wisconsin got drunk and disappeared one day. Everybody went looking for him. They found him in a manure pile. Apparently he had aggravated the local villagers so severely while drunk, that they carried him over to it and dumped him in.
When I get a chance, I’ll post a few links that may offer some ideas. At the moment, my cat is demanding to know why I am not paying attention to her.
re: #227 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Hmm… Only a couple days ago I was wondering what they were going to do about the Hajj in a few months. If they find they need to suspend the Hajj this year, it will have a dramatic financial impact for global aviation. That’s somewhere near 2 million round-trip passenger fares during the short window.
The latest statistics do not show a significant increase over the past day in either total number of new infections nor deaths. It’s certainly possible that this time, as with SARS and MERS, we’re avoiding a pandemic that will devastate the economy or lead to massive number of infections. Trump has deliberately undermined our ability to face a pandemic and he is inflicting permanent damage on the CDC, but it seems that once again his malfeasance can continue unchecked and it won’t be until the big one really hits that we will discover how unprepared we are in facing such a crisis, because all our defenses have been eliminated.
Germany’s highest court overturned a ban on organized medically assisted suicide, allowing terminally and gravely ill patients to seek help ending their lives without leaving the country https://t.co/Nk0kbiHjse
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 27, 2020
If your response to this news is more negative than “Well, it’s about damn time” you may just be a racist piece of crap
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All ‘confederate-related paraphernalia’ should be removed from Marine Corps bases, commandant directs https://t.co/JtUqgXLadu pic.twitter.com/5V1aseKvt0
— Marine Corps Times (@Marinetimes) February 27, 2020
To recap tonight’s Democratic debate.
If they are elected you will get govt controlled internet, energy, schools and health care.
And as a bonus, reefer for everyone!— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) February 26, 2020
This is still the only reply to the little pic.twitter.com/Tcpf3ohYkI
— Multiplied Mom (@multipliedmoms) February 26, 2020
New: We’re launching an investigation into Trump’s post-impeachment purges of government officials perceived of “disloyalty.”https://t.co/PaJkK4YiFV
— American Oversight (@weareoversight) February 24, 2020
re: #235 Dread Pirate
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nah.
If Sanders or Warren is elected, they’ll put forth a bunch of leftist policy proposals that purple-district dems in the House (and Dem senators from the leans-right states) will laugh at, and vote against.
Because Democrats don’t have that lockstep party discipline that Republicans utilize to pass “whatever a president of our party wants”.
Does nobody remember how difficult it was to get Obamacare through? Or the Recovery Act? and that was after significant watering-down to get Max Baucus and Ben Nelson’s half-hearted support.
Add Denmark and Estonia to the list of countries with CoViD-19
re: #44 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Trump throughout history
A house divided on itself cannot stand or maybe it can, who knows, my hat is great isn’t it?
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself, or maybe not, we should fear Nancy Pelosi.
Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for me.
I cannot not tell a lie
re: #88 The Pie Overlord!
Let me guess, she is selling these masks in all different fun colors at her GOOP site.
I assume that burning one of her vagina-scented candles is “proven” to disperse the virus…
re: #115 Charles Johnson
The famous H.G. Wells quote refers to the immunity humans have to viruses and bacteria, gained by millennia of evolution. That immunity is disappearing because they evolve much faster than we do.
and because our overuse of antibiotics is strengthening them while weakening our own immune systems
re: #137 Belafon
This is outrageous. We should use every tool at our disposal, including government manufacturing or contracting if necessary, to make this vaccine available to everyone who needs it. Former Pharma lobbyist Azar should stop putting profits ahead of people’s lives
again, this is putting bottom-line profits ahead of the much larger picture: the costs of a major outbreak.
the Free Market is a useful tool for balancing supply and demand for consumer goods, but not for vital medications.
re: #192 Targetpractice
Trump basically has himself backed into a corner…again. By staking his position as “The virus is contained & won’t spread,” he’s left himself no wiggle room when the number of cases starts exploding in coming weeks and months.
My personal prediction? As the number of cases starts to rise, the wingnuts ramp up the “DEMS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS!” propaganda by actually accusing Trump’s enemies of deliberately going out and getting themselves infected in order to spread the virus beyond containment.
I have no worries that the Press will not step in and defend him…
I have caught up with the thread.
you may resume posting
re: #244 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I have caught up with the thread.
you may resume posting
— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀😷 (@FormerDirtDart) February 27, 2020
And that Swedish infections diseases prof? He says it’s time to call CoVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 a pandemic.
Sauce: aftonbladet.se
re: #246 Teukka
And that Swedish infections diseases prof? He says it’s time to call CoVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 a pandemic.
Sauce: aftonbladet.se
yeahbut Sweeds are all Socilists
re: #170 gocart mozart
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I think if your guy can’t get the first ballot, then “fifth nearest to the post” is reasonable, as is “didn’t even enter January as a candidate”.
If you have 30% of the delegates, then 70% of the voter base is TERRIFIED of you. And you in particular are actively surrendering FL.— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 27, 2020
All schools in Japan will be closed effective March 2nd.
Via Google Translate:
Following the spread of the new coronavirus, Prime Minister Abe will be headquarters at the government’s headquarters at 6:00 pm shortly afternoon, starting from next month until spring breaks for all elementary and junior high schools and high schools nationwide. He stated that he would request a temporary closure. He instructed him to urgently prepare the necessary bills to control the spread of infection and minimize its impact on people’s lives and the economy.
The government opened a headquarters for countermeasures against the new coronavirus at the prime minister’s office at 6:00 pm on the 27th.
Prime Minister Abe noted that temporary closure of elementary and junior high schools has been taken in Hokkaido and Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture, and said, “Efforts have been made to prevent the spread of infection to children in each region. But the last week or two is a very important time. “
He said, “First and foremost, put children’s health and safety first and prepare for the risk of large-scale infections caused by many children and teachers gathering for long hours on a daily basis.” Expressed his intention to request that elementary schools, junior high schools, and high schools and special needs schools be temporarily closed until spring break.
www3.nhk.or.jp original in Japanese.
re: #250 Dr Lizardo
All schools in Japan will be closed effective March 2nd.
Consider how that will effect any economy in which there are large numbers of working mothers…
re: #251 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Consider how that will effect any economy in which there are large numbers of working mothers…
It’d be disastrous.
re: #252 Dr Lizardo
It’d be disastrous.
But then again, mothers are supposed to stay at home
THIS IS JUST A MANIFESTATION OF GOD’S DIVINE WILL!!!
re: #253 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Heh.
Reading in local news that Ostrava Public Transport will disinfect all vehicles (trams, buses, trolleybuses, etc.) because of COVID-19 concerns; they began doing so overnight. Czech Railways will begin doing the same this weekend (travel is typically lighter on the weekends here).
re: #254 Dr Lizardo
Heh.
Reading in local news that Ostrava Public Transport will disinfect all vehicles (trams, buses, trolleybuses, etc.) because of COVID-19 concerns; they began doing so overnight. Czech Railways will begin doing the same this weekend (travel is typically lighter on the weekends here).
there was a case of an infected soldier being pulled off a train near Koblenz, Germany, that is going to scare people away from train travel.
I am already concerned for my summer tourguiding schedule: I have over 40 ship-based tours lined up, but who wants to risk being quarantined on a cruise ship overseas? I suspect that many of them will cancel soon.
re: #255 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
there was a case of an infected soldier being pulled off a train near Koblenz, Germany, that is going to scare people away from train travel.
I am already concerned for my summer tourguiding schedule: I have over 40 ship-based tours lined up, but who wants to risk being quarantined on a cruise ship overseas? I suspect that many of them will cancel soon.
That would truly suck. I suspect your suspicion may be right, sad to say. My student this morning was supposed to go to Milan next week with his wife and kid….but needless to say, he’s cancelled the trip.
Looking like I may need to cancel my convention attendance this year..
re: #257 SteelPH
Looking like I may need to cancel my convention attendance again..
I just had a tour cancelled, it was in connection with a major trade fair in Frankfurt, which was also cancelled.
And that was not so much out of concerns about spreading virus but concerns about being able to deliver the products they were planning to launch at the trade fair.
…but the leftists are being painted as though that’s all they want and it’s not even all they ADMIT they want. They also feel that I have no right to live in the only home I’ve known in adulthood, because it’s far too large to be duplicated as every home in the country.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 27, 2020
re: #259 Chrysicat
The only compromise with fascists is whether they prefer hanging or facing the firing squad.
re: #260 Dr Lizardo
The only compromise with fascists is whether they prefer hanging or facing the firing squad.
Nope, shooting is too good for them, hang them like dogs!
re: #261 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Nope, shooting is too good for them, hang them like dogs!
Was it too good for Ceaucescu?
If not, then I’m open to that negotiation for fascists since it was granted to communist dictators.
re: #236 Dread Pirate
Why isn’t the House holding hearings about this? Democrats appear to be sleeping after the impeachment.
re: #262 Chrysicat
Was it too good for Ceaucescu?
If not, then I’m open to that negotiation for fascists since it was granted to communist dictators.
a firing squad was considered to be an “honorable” way to execute soldiers
re: #261 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Nope, shooting is too good for them, hang them like dogs!
re: #264 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
a firing squad was considered to be an “honorable” way to execute soldiers
Hence why the Nuremberg tribunal sentenced people to hang, deny them the honor, them being common criminals, basically.
Let the panic begin.
Facial styles that are acceptable for facial respirators:
Clean shaven, soul patch, side whiskers, Zappa, walrus, painters brush, chevron, handlebar, pencil, toothbrush, lampshade, zorro.
re: #267 Shropshire Slasher
that was on Colbert: “Brooklyn is doomed”
re: #197 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Meanwhile, the UK is suffering from floods, once again:
An aerial shot of Ironbridge sent in by a visitor. Our thoughts and well wishes are with our community during this difficult time for us all. Blists Hill Victorian Town, Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron, Enginuity and the Furnace Kitchen are open today. All other sites closed. pic.twitter.com/Hm6DAhShHS
— Ironbridge Museums (@blistshill) February 26, 2020
If your #business has been affected by the devastating #flooding in #Herefordshire, #Shropshire or #Telford & Wrekin, please remember there is help available via @marcheshub
Find out more here:https://t.co/FWR7NlBnmf #Shrewsbury #Ironbridge pic.twitter.com/RxJhcpXle0— Be Bold Media (@BeBoldPR) February 26, 2020
Flood update - Thursday 27 February: Blists Hill Victorian Town, Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron, Enginuity & The Furnace Kitchen are open today. All other sites are closed and there are significant road closures in and around the Gorge, please follow diversions if visiting today.
— Ironbridge Museums (@blistshill) February 27, 2020
re: #270 Backwoods_Sleuth
If your business has been affected by the devastating flooding in Herefordshire, Shropshire or Telford & Wrekin, please remember there is help available
..I read an article that they are scrambling to beat the deadline for EU assistance funds
talk about tempting fate…
re: #30 Blind Frog Belly White
Everytime you use the restroom, wash your hands while singing “Happy Birthday To You” twice.
Then go grab the doorhandle that the last X people who didn’t wash THEIR hands touched, to get out of the restroom.
I never, ever do this. If I can’t find a way to open the door without using my bare hands, I’ll grab the handle with my teeth. Then, when I return to my desk, it’s a couple shots of Jack Daniels Green, which is technically a mouthwash, even if you swallow it.
re: #272 steve_davis
I never, ever do this. If I can’t find a way to open the door without using my bare hands, I’ll grab the handle with my teeth. Then, when I return to my desk, it’s a couple shots of Jack Daniels Green, which is technically a mouthwash, even if you swallow it.
Best to just pee in bottles in your hotel room
re: #177 Targetpractice
The thing about this particular chapter in Trump’s miserable track record of conning his marks is that for the first time they face an existential threat for real- not a manufactured brown-skinned people hating wall building variety, or one of gun grabbing commie hippies coming for their (often theoretical) well-deserved 2nd mansions.
Fear has been Trump’s con all along and this time fear is his achilles heel as his base support knows they are in the highest risk pool to get sick and die. This means more scrutiny placed upon Trump as well as blame as people and their families fall victim. Poor government policy and defunding services that help fight these sorts of pandemics will be his legacy and there is nothing Trump can do to separate himself from his actions because he himself built the tower of Fear. It will fall down upon him.
re: #274 Florida Panhandler
Fear has been Trump’s con all along and this time fear is his achilles heel as his base support knows they are in the highest risk pool to get sick and die. This means more scrutiny placed upon Trump as well as blame as people and their families fall victim. Poor government policy and defunding services that help fight these sorts of pandemics will be his legacy and there is nothing Trump can do to separate himself from his actions because he himself built the tower of Fear. It will fall down upon him.
Fear of Death could well begin to overwhelm their racism and xenophobia. Ebola was seen as an “African Disease” but Corona virus seems to be a lot more color-blind.
re: #203 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Sure enough, idiot sites like Lew Rockwell are running full on conspiracy articles, encouraging people not to be afraid of the disease, to resist vaccination, etc.
We are suffering a glut of malicious know-nothingism here in the US.
This may be the hill the conspiracy industry dies on.
Looks like another fun day on Wall Street. It appears that the news conference called to ease fears has had the opposite effect.
Everything Trump touches dies….
re: #275 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Fear of Death could well begin to overwhelm their racism and xenophobia. Ebola was seen as an “African Disease” but Corona virus seems to be a lot more color-blind.
Oh, let’s not fool ourselves on that one. The con artists are gonna ramp up the xenophobia in the same way as they did with Ebola, insisting that the coronavirus outbreak is being spread among “illegals” who are then bringing it across the border into the US.
re: #272 steve_davis
And make sure to sing Happy Burfday out loud and proud. Lead by example!!
A thread about the increasing importance of magic portals in the modern era. https://t.co/TiF3FPvp5H
— Tom Cox (@cox_tom) February 27, 2020
re: #279 Shropshire Slasher
And make sure to sing Happy Burfday out loud and proud. Lead by example!!
SURELY THIS AN EQUAL LENGTH TRUMP LOYALTY SONG THAT WE COULD SING?
re: #278 Targetpractice
Oh, let’s not fool ourselves on that one. The con artists are gonna ramp up the xenophobia in the same way as they did with Ebola, insisting that the coronavirus outbreak is being spread among “illegals” who are then bringing it across the border into the US.
They will try that tack but it is clear that the spread of Corona virus is simply part and parcel of globalization.
re: #278 Targetpractice
Oh, let’s not fool ourselves on that one. The con artists are gonna ramp up the xenophobia in the same way as they did with Ebola, insisting that the coronavirus outbreak is being spread among “illegals” who are then bringing it across the border into the US.
They already have. Chinese and Chinese Americans are already being harassed.
re: #283 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
They already have. Chinese and Chinese Americans are already being harassed.
Ayep. They’re already demanding a travel ban on all Chinese citizens.
re: #250 Dr Lizardo
All schools in Japan will be closed effective March 2nd.
Via Google Translate:
www3.nhk.or.jp original in Japanese.
from the article: 今回の要請に幼稚園や保育所、学童保育は含まれていないということです。
or:
“This request does not include kindergartens, daycare centers and school childcare.”
Little kids are disease-ridden! (I can say this as a former little kid.) This is only going to slow down but not stop the virus.
ETA: I actually understood some of the kanji in this.
Looking for a new home? #dailyfox pic.twitter.com/g3fEMhIAoW
— The daily Fox (@the_dailyfox) February 26, 2020
re: #284 Targetpractice
Ayep. They’re already demanding a travel ban on all Chinese citizens.
Meanwhile Trump gets political advice from a guy who doesn’t believe in washing hands.
Still no name of the shooter from Milwaukee yesterday.
Stock market futures began to drop last night *as Trump was speaking*. https://t.co/Kc2hDWXaFf
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) February 27, 2020
re: #107 goddamnedfrank
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oh that’s great. that means that the virus may have an unknown vector, like being able to ride in on mail, for instance. thank god this thing is 2% fatal and not 60%, like MERS.
There is a lot of disinformation out there - while the main concern, especially for the Dow Jones, is going to be the collapse of world trade as our just-in-time logistics system starts to break down and factory production begins to grind to a halt.
re: #170 gocart mozart
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— Ben Dreyfuss (@bendreyfuss) February 27, 2020
re: #122 Hecuba’s daughter
We’ve had a lot of problems with overuse of antibiotics. Not just with plants, but with farm animals — instead of providing these animals decent living conditions, they are given antibiotics to ward off the diseases they develop because of the unhealthy living conditions they are provided to maximize profits. And then, of course, doctors prescribing antibiotics to fight viral infections, a task to which they are totally unsuited,
it isn’t the unhealthy living conditions. it’s that cows aren’t designed to eat grain, but we stuff them with grain because it’s cheaper than letting them graze. so their stomachs become breeding grounds for all kinds of crap that then has to be warded off with antibiotics. See? I still remember Omnivore’s Dilemma, which I last taught 20 years ago!
re: #143 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
COVID-19 has the possibility of strongly affecting the coming election.
The elderly are particularly susceptible to succumbing to these virus sweeps.
If there are significant numbers of deaths in this country, the Trump administration is going to find it difficult to escape damnation.
Additionally, I notice that Trump, Biden, Sanders are rather elderly. They are not physically stopped yet from being mobile, but they are at an age where their immune system just isn’t going to be what it was when they were young.
I still believe that the death rate in China is due to both poor health practices as well as underreporting of actual infections. How many Chinese, if they exhibit cold-like symptoms, are going to actually be accounted in statistics? My guess that many Chinese in rural areas are just skipped.
Biden will survive. Sanders and Trump, dead on arrival.
“He lied,” Parnas says of Trump’s denial that he knows him. “He knew exactly who we were. He knew exactly who I was especially because I interacted with him at a lot of events… I was with Rudy when he would speak to the president — plenty of times” pic.twitter.com/PXr884JzKD 03
— Tomthunkit™ (@TomthunkitsMind) February 27, 2020
re: #293 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Not only did she win more states, she won the more populated ones. This guy either had an agenda or he’s very uninformed, judging by the way he acted, I’d say it’s the former. And I hope Warren hits more on Bernie’s hypocrisy.
re: #291 steve_davis
oh that’s great. that means that the virus may have an unknown vector, like being able to ride in on mail, for instance. thank god this thing is 2% fatal and not 60%, like MERS.
Or maybe on imported goods from China or elsewhere? Chilling thought.
The Borowitz Report:
PUTIN DENIES MITCH MCCONNELL IS RUSSIAN ASSET: “HE HAS NEVER BEEN AN ASSET TO ANY COUNTRY”
Pushing back against charges that Senator Mitch McConnell is a Russian asset, the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, said on Tuesday that McConnell “has never been an asset to any country.”
“You can scour the four corners of the globe, and you will not find a nation that would ever in a million years consider Mitch McConnell an asset,” Putin said.
The Russian President urged pundits who have called McConnell a Russian asset “to look up the word ‘asset’ in the dictionary.”
“You will find that ‘asset’ means a useful or valuable thing,” Putin said. “The only part of that definition that fits McConnell is ‘thing.’ “
Pressing his case further, he said that it was debatable whether McConnell was even an asset to his home state of Kentucky. “Maybe compared to Rand Paul he is, but that’s setting the bar ludicrously low,” he said.
re: #298 makeitstop
Or maybe on imported goods from China or elsewhere? Chilling thought.
Don’t pop bubble wrap from China, might have Coronavirus air in it! //
re: #291 steve_davis
oh that’s great. that means that the virus may have an unknown vector, like being able to ride in on mail, for instance. thank god this thing is 2% fatal and not 60%, like MERS.
Thing is that a disease with 60% mortality rate may infect small numbers but burn out because it’s easy to identify and contain.
A disease that is virtually indistinguishable from a common cold or flu until requiring hospitalization is far more difficult to contain. The mortality rate may be far higher than influenza, which kills hundreds of thousands worldwide every year. If this new disease infects a similar number of people as the flu in a given year, it could result in hundreds of thousands of deaths in the US alone.
I’m no virologist or public health expert but this is why we need experts in government. Why we need to fully fund CDC and NIH. Why we need leaders who don’t believe kooky shit about vaccinations.
One of my favorite teachers.
Thanx Lee. Me and the Public Schools of the 60’s and 70’s.
I tested in the 150’s for IQ and hated school. I would have done better if given the basics and put an a guided path of discovery.— And the Wind Cries “I’ll Let This Play Out.” (@DaveoutofAustin) February 27, 2020
re: #303 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I’m no virologist or public health expert but this is why we need experts in government. Why we need to fully fund CDC and NIH. Why we need leaders who don’t believe kooky shit about vaccinations.
At this point, Republicans are a direct threat to global public health.
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Guess Trump’s presser didn’t calm markets or nerves. Picking Pence didn’t give anyone confidence that Trumpworld knows what it’s doing.
Market futures all pointing lower - and put the market on pace to be in correction territory after the selloff earlier this week.
A correction is 10% decline from highs.
USA TODAY: Dow futures sliding Thursday? Yup. Because the markets and public saw Trump disregard the experts and put a know nothing hack in charge of the US response. Pence is the guy who oversaw AIDS outbreak after he implemented disastrous health policyhttps://t.co/8L9m1hu0BN
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 27, 2020
The market futures suggest that the markets will open with more than 10% decline so far this week. And economic data isn’t going to help, as the govt released that the 4Q2019 economic growth was 2.1%, again showing that the economy isn’t juiced from Trump/GOP tax cuts, and that Trump’s trade war continues having an effect.
re: #293 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Not even totally “former”, though the Cherokee Nation came out yesterday and demanded that she ask Harvard to fire her even from her position as professor emerita (due to the whole “stolen valour she should have known her parents were lying about” thing, again).
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 27, 2020
A killer asteroid won’t wipe out the human race. Stupidity will.
re: #236 Dread Pirate
They seem like a group worth donating to.
re: #303 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Trump’s comment that he can fire CDC and NIH and then bring back experts should a crisis arise is bass-ackward.
By the time you manage to do that, it’s already too late and the people and resources are fighting against time to just catch up.
The GOP public health posture is the same as their posture on health care:
It’s their goddamned brand.
re: #236 Dread Pirate
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Not sure. Too many of them may be worried that another impeachment will be assured of the same result as the first one (since the senate majority now fear him EVEN MORE THAN THEY DID THEN and are thus still a tampered jury), and lead to an even HIGHER approval rating.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 27, 2020
It’s still amazing to see how a rambling, semi coherent and contradictory presser from Trump gets repackaged into headlines, stories and tv clips that turn him into a normal President.
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) February 27, 2020
Demanding a poll tax to pwn the libs, on the pretense of protecting the election from Putinist intervention that WON’T be from moles showing up in person.
Very on-brand for the modern red menace.— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 27, 2020
re: #299 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
The Borowitz Report:
PUTIN DENIES MITCH MCCONNELL IS RUSSIAN ASSET: “HE HAS NEVER BEEN AN ASSET TO ANY COUNTRY”
Quite a backhand ole Vlad has there.
Morning!
re: #7 I Would Prefer Not To
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Kudos. (Not kodos)
I thought you were taller
re: #311 lawhawk
Trump’s comment that he can fire CDC and NIH and then bring back experts should a crisis arise is bass-ackward.
By the time you manage to do that, it’s already too late and the people and resources are fighting against time to just catch up.
The GOP public health posture is the same as their posture on health care:
It’s their goddamned brand.
Rehiring the fire department every time there is a fire & firing them when it is out is not a good long term strategy. The only other type of employment policy similar to that which works is firing NFL kickers.
re: #313 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
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re: #311 lawhawk
Trump’s comment that he can fire CDC and NIH and then bring back experts should a crisis arise is bass-ackward.
By the time you manage to do that, it’s already too late and the people and resources are fighting against time to just catch up.
The GOP public health posture is the same as their posture on health care:
It’s their goddamned brand.
It’s so stupid.
In six months there will be a report stating that there was an increase in deaths on stairs because people were failing to use the handrails.
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#primarywarren is trending on twitter due to the Berner cult and Russian trolls.
Because of course.
re: #321 Scottish Dragon
#primarywarren is trending on twitter due to the Berner cult and Russian trolls.
Because of course.
She just won re-election ffs. Yeah I’ll say it here. Fuck Bernie Sanders and the atmosphere he’s created.
Looks like after treading water yesterday, it could be another bad day on Wall Street. The Dow has started down 500 points.
re: #323 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Looks like after treading water yesterday, it could be another bad day on Wall Street. The Dow has started down 500 points.
Trump is losing the economy as an issue so I look to him to scapegoat more.
re: #172 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
There’s only one candidate who contributed to the 2020 rules. And it’s Bernie. I’m so fucking tired of our party being extorted by supporters of a man who has never cared about strengthening the Democratic Party except to benefit himself.
the problem with the plurality argument in a one chance vote/race is that the majority wanted someone/anyone else
.:. ranked choice voting
re: #325 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
the problem with the plurality argument in a one chance vote/race is that the majority wanted someone/anyone else
.:. ranked choice voting
An issue I’ll add that progressives within the Democratic Party have argued for.
Sen. Patty Murray, top D on Senate Health Committee: “Let’s be clear, public health, not corporate profits, must be the number one focus of our coronavirus response. A vaccine that’s just for rich people won’t do much to protect public health.” https://t.co/pWYpFklvoQ
— Michael McAuliff (@mmcauliff) February 26, 2020
These people absolutely suck. I’d have put my dog on them if they came to my house with a fucking bullhorn.
Scoop w/ @hollyotterbein
NV Dem party chair & CA SoS called the police this wknd after svrl Bernie supporters came to their homes w/ bullhorns late at night to warn abt elections/2016
They FB live’d it
Jeff Weaver condemned the tacticshttps://t.co/BxJPlm9Zn2 pic.twitter.com/xAnyVcKzO7— Alex Thompson (@AlxThomp) February 27, 2020
re: #326 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
An issue I’ll add that progressives within the Democratic Party have argued for.
I can be progressive when i wanna be
re: #325 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
the problem with the plurality argument in a one chance vote/race is that the majority wanted someone/anyone else
.:. ranked choice voting
Ironically polling shows that the second choice of many Biden supporters is Bernie Sanders. Not surprising, because the two of them have the highest name recognition in the field, and that is all the info a lot of voters base their decisions on.
re: #328 makeitstop
These people absolutely suck. I’d have put my dog on them if they came to my house with a fucking bullhorn.
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re: #291 steve_davis
oh that’s great. that means that the virus may have an unknown vector, like being able to ride in on mail, for instance. thank god this thing is 2% fatal and not 60%, like MERS.
It’s probably more like traveler A gave it to airport employee B who gave it to friend C who gave it to this guy.
PS
Imo Warren is the best speaker of the lot of them
Clear
Concise
Facts at her fingertips
Describes without “teaching”
Explains so you can understand
Listens and acknowledge s the question
Very compelling, likeable, generates a feeling of honesty
Dow down 607
Heckuva job there Trumpie
re: #335 b.d. (We’re gonna win)
Dow down 607
Heckuva job there Trumpie
Oops, there goes another 750 billion in value.
Heckava job there, President Shithead!
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re: #330 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Ironically polling shows that the second choice of many Biden supporters is Bernie Sanders. Not surprising, because the two of them have the highest name recognition in the field, and that is all the info a lot of voters base their decisions on.
I’m ok with however it shakes out because the process leaves a clear winner and less ‘gaming’ of the system
As to motivations, I always say I don’t care who you vote for I care how you decide who to vote for. This is where you change minds
re: #328 makeitstop
They’re nothing but disruptors and saboteurs.
Meanwhile, the administration which they aren’t protesting against, is going to get many of us killed because the imbecile in charge is worried about NASDAQ and not actual lives.
They are feeding him exactly what he wants to hear: https://t.co/MY8RET5zlg
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) February 27, 2020
Maybe, just maybe the boss will reconsider his revocation of teleworking…
I want a Ft Ticonderoga again.
hey! Forts named after minerals? Ft Galena. Ft Albite. Ft Andesine. Ft Diopside. Ft Hypersthene. Ft Holmquistite. Ft Manganokhomyakovite (!)— Deirdre🇺🇸🏴 (@mandalorchick) February 27, 2020
re: #328 makeitstop
These people absolutely suck. I’d have put my dog on them if they came to my house with a fucking bullhorn.
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re: #335 b.d. (We’re gonna win)
Dow down 607
Heckuva job there Trumpie
In fairness, though there is no reason to be fair to Trump, even if we had a competent President the market would likely be crashing because there is no way to get a vaccine developed in less than a year, and the pandemic in China alone is likely to cause economic disruptions.
re: #324 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Trump is losing the economy as an issue so I look to him to scapegoat more.
Dems fault for existing and talking.
re: #329 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
I can be progressive when i wanna be
I’m a Teddy Roosevelt progressive.
I’m still deeply attached to what the Republican Party used to stand for.
Are we shaking hands with others today? Friends and business acquaintances?
I’m ceasing that activity for a time.
More like the *Down* Jones amiright?? pic.twitter.com/k2yuwrT5Yg
— ElElegante101 (@skolanach) February 27, 2020
re: #344 NO SMOCKING GUN!
In fairness, though there is no reason to be fair to Trump, even if we had a competent President the market would likely be crashing because there is no way to get a vaccine developed in less than a year, and the pandemic in China alone is likely to cause economic disruptions.
The markets might not be nearly as volatile with a competent administration; manage the risks better. A better communicator of those risks. A calm president would urge people to be careful, and adjust their expectations during this kind of crisis.
Trump’s not doing any of that. He’s in full on denial and avoidance mode and his howlers are busy claiming a conspiracy is afoot.
Online ‘impersonator’ tried to contact campaigns, DNC says. Bernie Sanders’ campaign said an “impersonator” with a domain registered overseas had posed as one of its staffers. https://t.co/T3ivlK0jfN
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) February 27, 2020
re: #346 sagehen
I’m a Teddy Roosevelt progressive.
I’m still deeply attached to what the Republican Party used to stand for.
I consider myself an Obama liberal Democrat. Am I probably personally to Obama’s left? Sure but our core ideology of inclusive democracy that works for everyone matters to me.
re: #335 b.d. (We’re gonna win)
Dow down 607
Heckuva job there Trumpie
Results of Tuesdays debate finally kicked in
re: #348 lawhawk
The markets might not be nearly as volatile with a competent administration; manage the risks better. A better communicator of those risks. A calm president would urge people to be careful, and adjust their expectations during this kind of crisis.
Trump’s not doing any of that. He’s in full on denial and avoidance mode and his howlers are busy claiming a conspiracy is afoot.
This + a bunch
re: #352 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
Results of Tuesdays debate finally kicked in
Another new Stock Market Record. Enjoy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 25, 2019
Tennessee, as a state, is the 12th most dependent on federal aid. https://t.co/1JqKawIdjc
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) February 27, 2020
re: #350 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I consider myself an Obama liberal Democrat. Am I probably personally to Obama’s left? Sure but our core ideology of inclusive democracy that works for everyone matters to me.
My core:
Liberty and justice, for *all*
re: #356 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
My core:
Liberty and justice, for *all*
Yep. From the youngest baby to the oldest person. I think a lot of my ideology is shaped indirectly by the liberal Catholicism of my grandparents and my reading of history.
re: #348 lawhawk
The markets might not be nearly as volatile with a competent administration; manage the risks better. A better communicator of those risks. A calm president would urge people to be careful, and adjust their expectations during this kind of crisis.
Trump’s not doing any of that. He’s in full on denial and avoidance mode and his howlers are busy claiming a conspiracy is afoot.
All absolutely true.
Remember when a Bircher tried to get Mom and Dad involved in their cult. Mom replied, “Gee, I didn’t know Teddy Roosevelt was a member of the…GASP…illuminati…”
re: #344 NO SMOCKING GUN!
In fairness, though there is no reason to be fair to Trump, even if we had a competent President the market would likely be crashing because there is no way to get a vaccine developed in less than a year, and the pandemic in China alone is likely to cause economic disruptions.
No doubt. But his constant crowing about high indexes equating a booming economy is just so stupid. Everyone but the douchebag himself and his cult know this. When you take responsibility for the success of something you have little to no control over, you deserve all the heat for when it’s falling apart.
re: #360 Joe Bacon 🌹
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Stephen Colbert’s Bush “Great or greatest President” makes even more sense now.
re: #344 NO SMOCKING GUN!
In fairness, though there is no reason to be fair to Trump, even if we had a competent President the market would likely be crashing because there is no way to get a vaccine developed in less than a year, and the pandemic in China alone is likely to cause economic disruptions.
re: #348 lawhawk
The markets might not be nearly as volatile with a competent administration; manage the risks better. A better communicator of those risks. A calm president would urge people to be careful, and adjust their expectations during this kind of crisis.
Trump’s not doing any of that. He’s in full on denial and avoidance mode and his howlers are busy claiming a conspiracy is afoot.
Agreed all round. My gut though, is bubbles have been popped by much less.
re: #362 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Stephen Colbert’s Bush “Great or greatest President” makes even more sense now.
You know what’s really depressing?
I wouldn’t be surprised if Federal Employees got an e-mail with something like that requiring us to take a loyalty oath to Trump…oh and sign the NDA, too…
I have cnbc.com up, and I’m refreshing it regularly to see what is happening. 15 minutes ago, their main article said the Dow drops over 650, and the Dow was at 500 down. Now, they’ve updated it to say 500 down, and the Dow is now 640 down.
Just waiting for coworkers to whine about the next iPhone being delayed…
re: #364 Joe Bacon 🌹
You know what’s really depressing?
I wouldn’t be surprised if Federal Employees got an e-mail with something like that requiring us to take a loyalty oath to Trump…oh and sign the NDA, too…
That’s why I’m reluctant to take a job with the feds honestly.
re: #364 Joe Bacon 🌹
You know what’s really depressing?
I wouldn’t be surprised if Federal Employees got an e-mail with something like that requiring us to take a loyalty oath to Trump…oh and sign the NDA, too…
If I were one of those employees, I would forward it on to the relevant media outlets.
re: #304 Dave In Austin
Thanx Lee. Me and the Public Schools of the 60’s and 70’s.
I tested in the 150’s for IQ and hated school. I would have done better if given the basics and put an a guided path of discovery.
I was even skipped a grade from 2nd to 3rd, but that was suboptimal, I was not emotionally or socially developed enough, especially when I hit the 7th grade, a late pubertizer already a year behind the rest…
How’s the gig economy doing? (cough)
COVID-19: Short the sharing economy https://t.co/9BnQC0F5Gu
— FT Alphaville (@FTAlphaville) February 27, 2020
re: #311 lawhawk
Trump’s comment that he can fire CDC and NIH and then bring back experts should a crisis arise is bass-ackward.
virologists and epidemologists are not like Uber drivers, for chrissakes
Well, this is somewhat terrifying…
Coronavirus vs SARS/MERS/Ebola/Swine Flu 😬 pic.twitter.com/iRmeV0kWoI
— Dave Jones 🏴🏳️🌈 (@WelshGasDoc) February 25, 2020
re: #373 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
virologists and epidemologists are not like Uber drivers, for chrissakes
The pool of qualified people is real, real small.
re: #374 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
-732
“No, Mr. President. The sweats you have from watching your presidency tank are not from the corona virus.”
re: #333 Dave In Austin
I used to hang out with James McMurtry when we were students at Arizona University in Tucson. Mostly I played in a bluegrass band with his girlfriend, but we also sat and jammed on some Gram Parsons songs in my living room.
re: #348 lawhawk
The markets might not be nearly as volatile with a competent administration; manage the risks better. A better communicator of those risks. A calm president would urge people to be careful, and adjust their expectations during this kind of crisis.
Trump’s not doing any of that. He’s in full on denial and avoidance mode and his howlers are busy claiming a conspiracy is afoot.
Also another President would not make such a personal issue about the performance of the Dow Jones and insist that he is the sole reason it had been increasing.
re: #376 Scottish Dragon
The pool of qualified people is real, real small.
and most of them colledge eddicated librul coastall eleits!
re: #363 lizardofid
Agreed all round. My gut though, is bubbles have been popped by much less.
The bubble here is Corporate Debt. All the big businesses have been unable or unwilling to invest in new products or higher salaries for workers, so they’ve been artificially boosting their stocks prices by borrowing money and doing “Stock buy-backs.”
Basically, using a credit card to boost their checking account.
When the revenues start to slip, they’ll miss payments. And then the banks start getting shifty again…
Anyway, if you are voting in SC, and your primary motivation is to stop Bernie, you better vote for Joe Biden. fivethirtyeight.com
re: #376 Scottish Dragon
The pool of qualified people is real, real small.
and most of them, when they lost their federal jobs, took state jobs or city jobs. They’re not catching up on their gardening or home repairs waiting to get called back to work.
Dear @realDonaldTrump: Your reckless approach of downplaying #coronavirus has very real & dangerous consequences. This patient may have infected others because of your agencies’ failure to test. You need to change the testing criteria NOW. Lives are at stake.#ThursdayThoughts https://t.co/ueIyp9Y0Sr
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) February 27, 2020
re: #385 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Anyway, if you are voting in SC, and your primary motivation is to stop Bernie, you better vote for Joe Biden. fivethirtyeight.com
Voting for Joe here on Tuesday.
re: #382 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
and most of them colledge eddicated librul coastall eleits!
Yeah, turns out that the 40-year-long war by the GOP against Smart People has consequences. Whoda thunk it?
Thursday began in the usual fashion, with belligerent confrontation and a question.
The answer was the same as ever: both. pic.twitter.com/vOYnNV0Tux— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 27, 2020
re: #342 Scottish Dragon
How about renaming those forts after All-American buzzwords that would be politically neutral:
Ft. Freedom
Ft. Liberty
Ft. Constitution
Ft. Enterprise
Ft. Justice
Ft. Tranquility
Ft. Independence
Ft. Security
Ft. Capitol
Are just some possibilities.
Jeff Tiedrich
@itsJeffTiedrich
all I’m saying is that when fighting a global pandemic, it helps if your president isn’t the stupidest fucking recklessly-impulsive pig-ignorant science-denying toady-hiring government-defunding incompetent dipshit on the planet
all I’m saying is that when fighting a global pandemic, it helps if your president isn’t the stupidest fucking recklessly-impulsive pig-ignorant science-denying toady-hiring government-defunding incompetent dipshit on the planet
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) February 26, 2020
re: #394 SerialUpDinger
Jeff Tiedrich
@itsJeffTiedrich
all I’m saying is that when fighting a global pandemic, it helps if your president isn’t the stupidest fucking recklessly-impulsive pig-ignorant science-denying toady-hiring government-defunding incompetent dipshit on the planet
It’s bad enough that he doesn’t know science. It’s even worse that he hates deferring to experts.
What do we do if there’s a fucking moron in charge? Asking for a country. https://t.co/zoKpN99EhW
— Kimberley Johnson (@AuthorKimberley) February 27, 2020
Oooops, I guess the Berner Army is fixing to go after Florida now.
Florida Dem WH poll (St. Pete Polls, 2/24-25)
Biden 34%
Bloomberg 25%
Sanders 13%
Buttigieg 8%
Warren 5%
Klobuchar 4%https://t.co/IInHAI3Io8— Steve Kornacki (@SteveKornacki) February 27, 2020
There are some…unique… aspects to the US that make the risks of coronavirus getting out of hand higher than places in Europe. They’re tough to quantify, but hear me out. 1/n
— Cassandra of Troy (@BrynnTannehill) February 26, 2020
re: #398 b.d. (We’re gonna win)
Oooops, I guess the Berner Army is fixing to go after Florida now.
time to berate all those old people and Latinos
re: #306 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Guess Trump’s presser didn’t calm markets or nerves. Picking Pence didn’t give anyone confidence that Trumpworld knows what it’s doing.
Market futures all pointing lower - and put the market on pace to be in correction territory after the selloff earlier this week.
A correction is 10% decline from highs.
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The market futures suggest that the markets will open with more than 10% decline so far this week. And economic data isn’t going to help, as the govt released that the 4Q2019 economic growth was 2.1%, again showing that the economy isn’t juiced from Trump/GOP tax cuts, and that Trump’s trade war continues having an effect.
It’s going to be a wild, roller coaster ride on the market today. I wouldn’t be surprised with a 1,000 point loss, or a 100 point loss at the closing bell. Currently down 675.
re: #398 b.d. (We’re gonna win)
If that holds, Bernie gets precisely 0 delegates from Florida (15% threshold).
re: #398 b.d. (We’re gonna win)
Oooops, I guess the Berner Army is fixing to go after Florida now.
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re: #402 lawhawk
If that holds, Bernie gets precisely 0 delegates from Florida (15% threshold).
And Florida is closed.
re: #401 NO SMOCKING GUN!
The markets are in fits and spasms because there’s no leadership from Trump and he contradicts his own people within moments of speaking. Calm leadership is required, and Trump has none of the skills needed to manage risk.
re: #400 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
time to berate all those old people and Latinos
Whoda thunk that people in Florida still cared about Castro after all of these years?
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re: #284 Targetpractice
Ayep. They’re already demanding a travel ban on all Chinese citizens.
And with the outbreaks starting to be publicized about the Middle East they’ll soon expand the harassment to Iranians and brown people in general.
re: #406 lawhawk
The markets are in fits and spasms because there’s no leadership from Trump and he contradicts his own people within moments of speaking. Calm leadership is required, and Trump has none of the skills needed to manage risk.
He doesn’t even have the capacity to shut the fuck up and let the professionals handle it, which would be the absolute minimum we should be able to expect.
re: #403 NO SMOCKING GUN!
While a lot of us prefer Warren, Biden is the best positioned candidate to defeat Sanders.
Although I also prefer Warren, is looking that way. Would hope that Biden will pick Warren as VP if he is nominated.
re: #410 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Although I also prefer Warren, is looking that way. Would hope that Biden will pick Warren as VP if he is nominated.
While she would be a terrific VP, the Democrats really need a person of color on the ticket. Stacy Abrahms!
re: #357 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Yep. From the youngest baby to the oldest person. I think a lot of my ideology is shaped indirectly by the liberal Catholicism of my grandparents and my reading of history.
- liberty means freedom to mostly do what you want and be left alone
- justice means fairness and proportional equity in all things
- for all means everyone’s included - we all put in and we all get out. when it’s better for every one, it’s better for everyone. if it’s not for all it’s neither liberty nor justice.
any spin or twisted interpretation to exclude or gain unfair advantage is downright unamerican. after all, it’s the pledge of allegiance fer cryin out loud
re: #410 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Although I also prefer Warren, is looking that way. Would hope that Biden will pick Warren as VP if he is nominated.
I think he needs to go younger and with a woman of color. Harris, Abrams, Val Demmings would all fit that bill. I can see Warren being vital for his legislative agenda though or in a cabinet or agency that may fit her skillset.
re: #380 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Also another President would not make such a personal issue about the performance of the Dow Jones and insist that he is the sole reason it had been increasing.
Trump’s ego is entirely bound to stock market performance, and watching the markets gyrate and go into freefall because Trump’s policies and statements are making the situation worse isn’t going to help Trump deal with the crisis.
Other presidents would warn that the markets might be volatile, but the interest of govt is keeping people safe. That would help stabilize things, but Trump’s more interested in making sure the markets rise since he’s bound himself to how the markets do as a proxy for how he does (only when the markets are good - it’s always someone else’s fault when the markets decline).
Plus, Warren can hold the Administration’s feet to the fire as a US Senator; she’s one of the best.
Highly likely that the last 6-8 months of gains will be wiped out by tomorrow….because of an idiotic used car salesman is in the White House.
*no offense to actual used car salesman*
re: #411 NO SMOCKING GUN!
While she would be a terrific VP, the Democrats really need a person of color on the ticket. Stacy Abrahms!
There’s a lot of qualified African-American women for the position. I can think of three right now: Harris, Abrams, and Demmings. And I know exactly who he was talking about when he said when we need an African-American woman on SCOTUS.
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Molly is at CPAC
I missed this speech “Socialism wrecker of nations and destroyer of societies” but it involved a trip to Scotland pic.twitter.com/ckr81kCNYl
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) February 27, 2020
Something something bible something something communist manifesto. pic.twitter.com/f2wvOgX2mq
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) February 27, 2020
When I tell you this sent me FLAT on the floor pic.twitter.com/lGzLpd75fS
— marv 🗽 (@mrvndn) February 27, 2020
“Strzok and page text messages” everybody drink pic.twitter.com/AT8IhadnRH
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) February 27, 2020
re: #421 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
The captain has put the seatbelt sign on due to turbulence ahead (and coronavirus in the cabin). Please stow your tray tables and loose items and return your seats to the locked and upright position.
re: #409 NO SMOCKING GUN!
He doesn’t even have the capacity to shut the fuck up and let the professionals handle it, which would be the absolute minimum we should be able to expect.
if he did he could crow about the big win
and would take all the credit anyway
but no…..
O_o
The Trump campaign will open “Black Voices for Trump Community Centers” in 15 cities.
Two will be in Ohio. https://t.co/lTKjSbZB6s— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) February 27, 2020
-473
Well, it’s bound to be an exciting day.
We asked all 67 #Florida county election supervisors how they are protecting us against #hacking and #RussianInterference. We got mostly crickets. Turns out they signed nondisclosure agreements with the Department of State: https://t.co/78E2LiB2UY
— Jeffrey Schweers (@jeffschweers) February 26, 2020
Upding for the “YOU MANIACS! YOU DID IT! YOU FINALLY DID IT” imagery …
Donald Trump fired scientists working at the CDC who specialized in prevention of pandemic outbreaks. Now he asks us to put our trust in Mike Pence, who failed against HIV as his pick to head the US response to Coronavirus #TrumpVirus pic.twitter.com/bfNnJyjeTT
— Chris (@ChrisBrooksVA9) February 27, 2020
re: #338 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
I’m ok with however it shakes out because the process leaves a clear winner and less ‘gaming’ of the system
As to motivations, I always say I don’t care who you vote for I care how you decide who to vote for. This is where you change minds
to follow up:
the way many voters make voting decisions is not based on policies, on identifying one’s obvious needs and seeing which candidate matches those needs.
it’s not even based on a logical evaluation of candidates statements and/or behavior.
It is all based on affinity and identity. voting is no longer about politics and governance; it is about the expression of voter identity in political terms.
Republicans can’t run on the truth about their goals because their goals are summed up as making the rich richer and repealed everything related to the New Deal.
so republicans cheat. and when they cheat they are cheating you - whoever ‘you’ are - all of you, all of us, except the mega wealthy.
You are being used and mocked at the same time.
EVERY Trump voter made the same Faustian bargain. Wealthy, ‘fiscally conservative moderates’ sacrificed their reputations and dignity. they traded social justice, the planet, their daughter’s rights, international relations, safe gun policy, the health care of millions and more for their own tax cut. The struggling, white middle class traded it all for a fictional job promise. they all debased themselves and their country to maintain control of the Supreme Court.
every single day that bargain gets worse - what seemed like a temporary political compromise is becoming an indelible moral stain.
Governor @GavinNewsom’s proposal “California for All Dogs and Cats” aims to ensure that “all California communities have the resources to make the state’s goal that no healthy or treatable dog or cat is euthanized in an animal shelter.” More on the blog: https://t.co/9Z8zp7ncVZ. pic.twitter.com/GlKKHXdX38
— Best Friends (@bestfriends) February 27, 2020
This isn’t good: there’s indications that you do not get immunity to coronavirus even after being infected once. There’s a case in Japan where a woman apparently was diagnosed with the disease two separate times.
If people can’t retain immunity for prolonged periods of time, it likely means that the disease will continue to spread among the population unlike with the flu where you are considered immune to that variant once you’ve had it. It’s acting like the common cold (which you can get over and over again).
Elizabeth Warren is calling on Trump admin officials to explain its handling of the evacuation of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, after 14 passengers infected with the coronavirus flew on a plane with other travelers despite a warning from the CDC. https://t.co/Y1BsAL3Od1
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 27, 2020
re: #399 Scottish Dragon
Yeah, I paged this a few days ago, and people seem to be catching on …
Also, data is emerging showing 94% of coronavirus deaths occur in people over 50. A pandemic would disproportionately affect Trump’s base. CDC saying 40-70% of US could become infected. Inside the WH, I suspect there’s a sense of urgency. 12/n
— Cassandra of Troy (@BrynnTannehill) February 27, 2020
You have to see this to believe it.
Dancing Nazis and a float with smokestacks.
Hard to describe: memory upside-down, far beyond vulgar kitsch, without any relevance, without reflection & respect.
Difícil de describir: desmemoria traspasando la frontera de la vulgaridad y lo kitsch. Sin ningún tipo de relevancia, reflexión ni respeto. https://t.co/Zfy8z0eH1B— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) February 25, 2020
re: #284 Targetpractice
Ayep. They’re already demanding a travel ban on all Chinese citizens.
Even worse: Uber and Lyft drivers have been refusing to pick up people who look Asian, here in the US.
Tuataras are not lizards, but the last surviving species of an order of reptiles that flourished 200 million years ago.
(Photos: KeresH) pic.twitter.com/dS1n9pGkTl— A Book of Rather Strange Animals (@StrangeAnimaIs) February 27, 2020
re: #434 Scottish Dragon
You have to see this to believe it.
Dancing Nazis and a float with smokestacks.
Or is this a “Springtime for Hitler”-style piss take?
re: #435 Belafon
Even worse: Uber and Lyft drivers have been refusing to pick up people who look Asian, here in the US.
I’ve heard about that.
re: #437 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Or is this a “Springtime for Hitler”-style piss take?
No. It was for real.
re: #425 Backwoods_Sleuth
O_o
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that orange….
The Trump campaign will open “Black Voices for Trump Community Centers” in 15 cities.
Two will be in Ohio. https://t.co/lTKjSbZB6s— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) February 27, 2020
re: #438 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I’ve heard about that.
The MAGAts will be only too happy to transfer their random beatings and shootings of Muslims to Asians.
re: #439 Scottish Dragon
No. It was for real.
I assume it was part of a Mardi Gras procession, which is often a big political piss-take. (do not take this as any sort of approval, just trying to gain some more context)
re: #396 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
It’s bad enough that he doesn’t know science. It’s even worse that he hates deferring to experts.
I wish we had President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho. At least he knew how stupid he was and he would bring in Not Sure to solve the problem!
re: #444 The Pie Overlord!
I wish we had President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho. At least he knew how stupid he was and he would bring in Not Sure to solve the problem!
I still need to see this movie. I’m probably the only Lizard who has not. I watch mostly series these days.
U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky, explains why he voted against anti-lynching bill. “Adding enhanced penalties for ‘hate’ tends to endanger other liberties, such as freedom of speech.” https://t.co/9hsv75pzIt ^JC
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) February 27, 2020
But, please feel free to regulate women’s bodies.
*SPIT*
re: #395 A hollow voice says, Guilty, guilty, guilty!
Could be better…
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Hate it when that happens..
re: #445 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I still need to see this movie. I’m probably the only Lizard who has not. I watch mostly series these days.
Have only seen a few isolated scenes.
re: #445 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I still need to see this movie. I’m probably the only Lizard who has not. I watch mostly series these days.
I haven’t yet. It’s like Mike Judge’s other movie, Office Space, I have to figure out when the best time to watch it with my kids is.
re: #446 Backwoods_Sleuth
But, please feel free to regulate women’s bodies.
*SPIT*
I’ve seen this stupid logic used by libertarians before. It’s why they’re never going anywhere as a party since they’re complete idiots when it comes to understanding shit.
Joint statement from @SpeakerPelosi and @SenSchumer lays out coronavirus demands:
- All new funding, no transfers
- Can’t transfer it for any other use
- Vaccines must be affordable, available to all that need it
- Interest-free loans to small biz
- State/local govs reimbursed— Jack Fitzpatrick (@jackfitzdc) February 27, 2020
re: #449 Belafon
I haven’t yet. It’s like Mike Judge’s other movie, Office Space, I have to figure out when the best time to watch it with my kids is.
I have seen Office Space and I was a big Beavis and Butthead fan in the 90’s. King of the Hill I originally liked but then got a little too blah for me. But my humor has evolved since then too. I just binged on Derry Girls- a show set in Derry, Northern Ireland during the Troubles. Found it hilarious.
re: #451 Backwoods_Sleuth
And I can see Trump opposing this just because they impeached him.
… athough, now that I see how bad Trump supporters are with geography, they might start shooting the Chinese food delivery guy on the general theory that he’s from China so why not?
Woot. Black Keys with Gary Clark Jr coming around again. Ticket achievement… unlocked.
re: #446 Backwoods_Sleuth
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But, please feel free to regulate women’s bodies.
*SPIT*
you know i’m fine with those possibly forseeable consequences
so pass the damn law
let a real 1A problem actually surface
then fight it
you’re not erring on the side of some kind of laudable caution
you’re erring on the side of stupidity and cowardice
U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky, explains why he voted against anti-lynching bill. “Adding enhanced penalties for ‘hate’ tends to endanger other liberties, such as freedom of speech.” https://t.co/9hsv75pzIt ^JC
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) February 27, 2020
re: #454 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
… athough, now that I see how bad Trump supporters are with geography, they might start shooting the Chinese food delivery guy on the general theory that he’s from China so why not?
Yeah I’m really worried for Chinese visitors to our country and Chinese-Americans and really Asian-Americans of all kinds.
re: #455 lawhawk
Woot. Black Keys with Gary Clark Jr coming around again. Ticket achievement… unlocked.
Sweet! Where at. I really enjoy both of em. I’m seeing Drive by Truckers on Saturday night in DC.
INBOX: “Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) will make a major political announcement at the 2020 Conservative Political Action Conference.”
Set for 2:15 this afternoon.— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) February 27, 2020
Who’s he going to open an investigation on? Obama? Hillary? Mueller? Page/Strozk?
Federally protected civil rights is a foreign concept to Yoho, Gohmert, Amash, and Massie. These of course are the same guys who will insist to you that you can’t call Republicans racist since Lincoln. One of the biggest reason aside from their Bizarro Marxist interpretation of economics why I could never be a Libertarian is also their absolute idiocy when it comes to federally protected civil rights.
re: #459 makeitstop
Who’s he going to open an investigation on? Obama? Hillary? Mueller? Page/Strozk?
He found 100 communists at the State Department?
re: #458 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
PNC Bank Arts Center in NJ
re: #462 lawhawk
PNC Bank Arts Center in NJ
Sweet. Have fun. Gary’s This Land was such a powerful song:
Amid WH chest-thumping about “deep state” purge, Pence turned to a career official picked by Obama as global AIDS coordinator to help lead coronavirus response. WH now wants career ppl front & center to show they’re taking it seriously (w/@JenniferJJacobs)https://t.co/iHqczZDL0p
— Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) February 27, 2020
PELOSI: “The president said something so strange that you really have to wonder. He said the reason the market dropped was because of the debate the other night. Well, the market had dropped 1,000 points before the debate … Let’s not by silly.” pic.twitter.com/3uwJspNDDM
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 27, 2020
re: #464 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
And watch people like Rush use the fact that this individual worked for Obama to discredit them to Trump.
re: #465 Backwoods_Sleuth
If he fucks the economy because of this bullshit, I’m legitimately worried. Yeah I think it will help defeat Trump but economic troubles are the shit that demagogues dream of.
re: #461 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
He found 100 communists at the State Department?
He has a list!
re: #468 makeitstop
He has a list!
Yeah on them is Jim’s liquor store in Pensacola which is where he gets his Burnetts.
When ignorance, greed and science denial meet Mother Nature who do you think will win? @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/YUw80XWUGy
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) February 27, 2020
re: #470 Backwoods_Sleuth
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No one knows how to “weaponize fear” quite like Fox folks.
re: #291 steve_davis
oh that’s great. that means that the virus may have an unknown vector, like being able to ride in on mail, for instance. thank god this thing is 2% fatal and not 60%, like MERS.
Per Wikipedia, MERS is 30+%, not 60%. There were earlier studies when the disease first appeared that suggested a higher death rate but now it seems to have settled at around 30+, still devastating.
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OMG!
Pence, at corona virus press conference, wiped his nose with his hands then proceeded to shake everyone’s hands.
This ‘health expert’, who wanted to “pray away” a HIV epidemic, will now oversee the response…#COVID19 #COVIDー19 #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/ofPI7kcViz— Alexander Verbeek 🌍 (@Alex_Verbeek) February 27, 2020
WTAF
“Socialized medicine killed Princess Diana.” -Peter Pitts #CPAC2020 pic.twitter.com/I6t6AWuSx2
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 27, 2020
re: #445 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I still need to see this movie. I’m probably the only Lizard who has not. I watch mostly series these days.
Nope. I haven’t either. Just don’t watch many movies now, and watched none for decades while my husband was alive. Just no time!
re: #475 The Pie Overlord!
WTAF
This reminds me of when someone I forget who was telling Stephen Hawking he’d be dead if not for socialized medicine and he responded “Well you know, I’ve been kept alive by it.”
re: #476 retired cynic
Nope. I haven’t either. Just don’t watch many movies now, and watched none for decades while my husband was alive. Just no time!
It’s a slightly older one. I’m watching more shows since I think they allow for better character development.
🤔Patrick Harvie MSP, co-leader of the Scottish Greens, said there were reasonable grounds for suspecting that the US president, or people he is connected with, “have been involved in SERIOUS crime. pic.twitter.com/j8Vj1ZDITi
— Venture Capital (@kelly2277) February 27, 2020
re: #395 A hollow voice says, Guilty, guilty, guilty!
Could be better…
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That there bird sure is a good climber. :) Amazing how many people will swear that Peacocks can’t fly. I’ve personally seen them fly.
re: #479 Backwoods_Sleuth
My cousin’s in laws live in Scotland. Her father in law is retired RAF. Don’t know what he is politically there but they have some stories about Trump in Scotland when it comes to his gold courses.
9th Circuit Judge Jay Bybee wrote the unanimous ruling, with newly named Judge Daniel Collins (Trump) and senior judge N. Randy Smith. (All three were Republican-appointed.) The court appointed a special prosecutor in the case, after DOJ backed Arpaio https://t.co/RerVRjSD9m
— Mike Scarcella (@MikeScarcella) February 27, 2020
DOW down about 600 at the moment.
I am amused by imagining Trump throwing a tantrum about this because his biggest “achievement” is promptly going right down the shitter and there is NOTHING he can do about it.
re: #483 Eclectic Cyborg
DOW down about 600 at the moment.
I am amused by imagining Trump throwing a tantrum about this because his biggest “achievement” is promptly going right down the shitter and there is NOTHING he can do about it.
Been saying this since Ukraine first came up but when Trump does not control the narrative, he cannot win. He’s been bragging that all the economic successes are thanks to him. If we get the right nominee, I think we could bury the asshole.
Nobody expects the slight indisposition https://t.co/qUVINJzS1K
— Dusty (@DustinGiebel) February 27, 2020
Wait.
There’s a plague of locusts? https://t.co/Ldd8wwCCyV— Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755) February 27, 2020
The Arrogance of Michael Bloomberg He thought none of his stances would matter if he just spent enough money. Martin Longman, Washington Monthly
Yet, Bloomberg somehow thinks he’s a good fit for this party and this time. Any objective observer would disabuse him of that notion, but he believes he can just overcome dissent with money. I don’t know what offends me the most, the idea that his ambition should cancel out the values of the Democratic Party or the idea that people are so suggestible that paid advertising can cause them to abandon their principles.
Bloomberg has always treated party affiliation (whether Republican, Democratic, or independent) as a matter of strategy rather than principle. Now he appears to believe that he’s the only person who can beat Trump and that he can simply spend the other candidates out of contention and Trump out of office.
…
It might have worked for Bloomberg if he didn’t have such a public record of being terrible on the things that matter to the left, but it was the height of arrogance for him to think that none of that would matter.
re: #420 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Oh, sweetie, there was literally no way that the body they took out of that tunnel—with a severed aorta—was ever going to house a workable soul again even if you believe in them.
If anything would have allowed her to live, it’d have been fastening her seat belt and that’s iffy— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 27, 2020
re: #459 makeitstop
Who’s he going to open an investigation on? Obama? Hillary? Mueller? Page/Strozk?
He’s going to re-pledge his fealty to Dear Leader.
The market’s climbing out of its hole. It’s down 360 now. The question that people need to be asking is how much the government is borrowing to buy stocks to change the direction of the market.
re: #486 Scottish Dragon
That would be the second. Africa is also dealing with them.
Amazing. Someone taught him to speak words. It’s like seeing a monkey use sign language for the first time. https://t.co/sG8PZ8ah6J
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) February 27, 2020
He does not, actually. “Not Bernie” has the most people. https://t.co/VlrvgKkOn6
— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) February 27, 2020
re: #493 Backwoods_Sleuth
They think we’re all just dying to vote for Bernie. I shocked the hell out of a good friend I’ve known for 30 years by expressing my distaste for Bernie. I had no problem doing it. I needed to point out to him that I’m less left wing than he is right wing. He got his political education from Ben Shapiro. I got mine by listening to people who experienced The Great Depression and the 60’s.
So Pence is spending the day at CPAC, wasting critical moments before the coronavirus possibly ramps up?
A beautiful Etsy site by Rachel Dein: Botanical Casts
re: #414 lawhawk
Other presidents would warn that the markets might be volatile, but the interest of govt is keeping people safe. That would help stabilize things, but Trump’s more interested in making sure the markets rise since he’s bound himself to how the markets do as a proxy for how he does (only when the markets are good - it’s always someone else’s fault when the markets decline).
Other presidents would talk about federal funding for testing, for treating the uninsured, for quarantine and other pro-active public health measures…. once the hospitals, pharmaceutical factories, glove and mask factories, etc, realize they’re getting no-bid massive purchase orders, their stock would go up enough to provide some counterweight to the companies whose just-in-time supply chains have their share prices dropping.
Every woman everywhere all the time. pic.twitter.com/n4VrlCJCiZ
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) February 26, 2020
re: #495 Amory Blaine
So Pence is spending the day at CPAC, wasting critical moments before the coronavirus possibly ramps up?
Seriously. If he actually took this seriously. He would cancel his appearance at CPAC. Who gives a fuck about CPAC right now other than right wing manbabies.
re: #493 Backwoods_Sleuth
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— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 27, 2020
re: #465 Backwoods_Sleuth
PELOSI: “The president said something so strange that you really have to wonder. He said the reason the market dropped was because of the debate the other night. Well, the market had dropped 1,000 points before the debate … Let’s not by silly.”
But the markets already KNEW what sort of socialistic anti-Americanism the Democratic candidates would be spouting, so they were just proactive about it…
re: #501 Chrysicat
Honestly, I’d hate a brokered convention but when Trump has directly asked his supporters to interfere in the Democratic primary, it may not be the worst thing possible. However, I’m hoping Biden wipes the floor Saturday and begins a comeback. I really do think he’s the best candidate right now. I know I’m in the minority here as a lot like Warren and I genuinely respect your opinion because ideologically I’m closer to Warren than I am Biden. However, as someone in an increasingly blue state governed by a moderate Democrat, I have seen the positives that come with a capable executive and legislative majority.
re: #501 Chrysicat
Just a thought: Brokered conventions weren’t a problem until the CRA passed. Then the Democrats divided into whites who don’t like minorities and whites who wanted change for everyone, and that fight took place at the 68 convention.
susan’s brow is furrowed
The need to provide additional funding to fight the coronavirus is urgent, but transferring money from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is the wrong approach and would hurt low-income families struggling to pay their heating bills.
— Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) February 27, 2020
Speaking at CPAC, @SteveScalise says Medicaid is a “failed system.” In fact, Medicaid has often been rated higher in satisfaction than private insurers. When the GOP had control of WH, House, Senate, they failed to do anything on health care and Trump keeps attacking Obamacare. pic.twitter.com/F7JlxXIPtU
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) February 27, 2020
re: #505 Belafon
Just a thought: Brokered conventions weren’t a problem until the CRA passed. Then the Democrats divided into whites who don’t like minorities and whites who wanted change for everyone, and that fight took place at the 68 convention.
That is correct. A lot of what we know about modern conventions comes from ‘68 Humphrey and ‘72 McGovern.
re: #347 Dave In Austin
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I started sneezing when I was driving in to work. I thought it was because I’d turned on the heater in the car and it was tightening my sinuses. But it didn’t stop when I got into the cold as ice command center. After 40 minutes and more sneezing, I packed up and drove home to work.
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re: #475 The Pie Overlord!
WTAF
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Pretty sure it was “I don’t need a seatbelt, I’m special” that killed Princess Diana.
re: #505 Belafon
Just a thought: Brokered conventions weren’t a problem until the CRA passed. Then the Democrats divided into whites who don’t like minorities and whites who wanted change for everyone, and that fight took place at the 68 convention.
Yes, I recall that there was a big push starting in the 60’s to make primaries more democratic and transparent.
re: #511 sagehen
Pretty sure it was “I don’t need a seatbelt, I’m special” that killed Princess Diana.
Not to mention that she died in fucking Paris., nowhere near the British NHS and I am pretty sure that she was privately insured in any case
re: #480 unproven innocence
That there bird sure is a good climber. :) Amazing how many people will swear that Peacocks can’t fly. I’ve personally seen them fly.
They sound like a woman being stabbed to death. No amount of pretty feathers can compensate for that.
re: #511 sagehen
Pretty sure it was “I don’t need a seatbelt, I’m special” that killed Princess Diana.
Well that and a somewhat inebriated driver.
you call it a trump rally, I call it a coronavirus incubation event
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) February 27, 2020
“It’s just so hard when you lose your platform.” says man speaking on stage. https://t.co/KU8YVllEEN
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) February 27, 2020
re: #487 retired cynic
The Arrogance of Michael Bloomberg He thought none of his stances would matter if he just spent enough money. Martin Longman, Washington Monthly
It might have worked for Bloomberg if he didn’t have such a public record of being terrible on the things that matter to the left, but it was the height of arrogance for him to think that none of that would matter.
Yeah, okay, he has a public record of being terrible on a couple of things that matter to the left.
He also has a public record being exceedingly wonderful on some other things that matter to the left.
The scales of Bloomberg’s record have weights on both sides.
re: #508 Backwoods_Sleuth
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A return to 2009. The only private insurance available for people with a pre-existing condition is offered through their employer, though SOME of the reds are in favour of reinstating the “high-risk pools” for people without an actual corporate employer w/a preexisting condition.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 27, 2020
If you weren’t ALREADY independently wealthy and thus able to pay cash for any provider visits or hospital procedures, you had to be EMPLOYED, not “self-employed”. Or your spouse did. So employers could be extra unpleasant to you.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) February 27, 2020
Are these people asking unaware or just using a rhetorical tactic to get others to spell out how nightmarish pre-ACA was?
re: #518 sagehen
Yeah, okay, he has a public record of being terrible on a couple of things that matter to the left.
He also has a public record being exceedingly wonderful on some other things that matter to the left.
The scales of Bloomberg’s record have weights on both sides.
“Both sides are bad, but vote for him because he’s the only way you aren’t voting Republican”?
Not a really good look.
re: #518 sagehen
Yeah, okay, he has a public record of being terrible on a couple of things that matter to the left.
He also has a public record being exceedingly wonderful on some other things that matter to the left.
The scales of Bloomberg’s record have weights on both sides.
My biggest beefs with Bloomberg is that his party affiliation is based on expediency, like a certain senator from Vermont, and that he thinks he can buy his way in. If we had a rational nomination system, he wouldn’t be able to.
🤣🤣🤣🤣Pence’s intro music at CPAC pic.twitter.com/gu7YvYJtKI
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) February 27, 2020
re: #519 Chrysicat
Are these people asking unaware or just using a rhetorical tactic to get others to spell out how nightmarish pre-ACA was?
If people want to know why I get annoyed with Sandersbros, it’s because they take for granted how hard it was to get ACA. They’re just like ACA sucks. I can’t get denied coverage because of my heart condition anymore. Is ACA perfect? Nah but can we build on it and improve, hell fucking yeah. And that’s why I refuse to get labeled as a “centrist.” Biden got my philosophy down- progressives get shit(he said stuff) done.
re: #518 sagehen
Yeah, okay, he has a public record of being terrible on a couple of things that matter to the left.
He also has a public record being exceedingly wonderful on some other things that matter to the left.
The scales of Bloomberg’s record have weights on both sides.
If he gets the nod, I’ll hold my nose and vote for him. Personally, he has too many negatives for me to vote for in the primariy. His views on Trans-Women being one of them.
She said, “Love, Lord above,
now you’re tryna’ trick me in love.”
All right now, baby, it’s a-all right now.
All right now, baby, it’s a-all right now.
re: #519 Chrysicat
Unaware and incapable of remembering back to the pre-ACA days. Purposefully obtuse.
The GOP has spent the last decade undermining the PPACA (aka ACA aka Obamacare). Trump and GOP are currently in federal courts seeking to invalidate the entirety of the law, after their repeated failures to repeal it legislatively.
They’ve curbed the expansion. They’ve fought to eliminate the individual mandate that funds this. They fought to eliminate the medical device tax.
Everything they’ve done is about limiting access to coverage and rolling back the expanded options under Obamacare - including the protection for those with preexisting conditions.
re: #510 mmmirele
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re: #483 Eclectic Cyborg
DOW down about 600 at the moment.
I am amused by imagining Trump throwing a tantrum about this because his biggest “achievement” is promptly going right down the shitter and there is NOTHING he can do about it.
as powerless as stopping an overflowing toilet
re: #525 jaunte
She said, “Love, Lord above,
now you’re tryna’ trick me in love.”
All right now, baby, it’s a-all right now.
All right now, baby, it’s a-all right now.
On page 53 of your hymnal….
Of course he did. The messaging is - everything is fine.
Kudlow on CNBC as the markets continue their descent into correction territory: pic.twitter.com/mdVoWYdW0m— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 27, 2020
re: #529 makeitstop
I guess Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing was “too urban.”
Pentagon study finds that two-thirds of troops support allowing transgender service members in the militaryhttps://t.co/lOyaKGpDJ7 pic.twitter.com/iM22NfCDbw
— Military Times (@MilitaryTimes) February 27, 2020
And, towards the end of the article
“… Opponents of transgender service members have argued that their medical and psychological needs degrade readiness and unit cohesion ― particularly if they are diagnosed with gender dysphoria, a type of anxiety associated with feeling one’s mind doesn’t match one’s body.
A similar argument propped up the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban on homosexual troops until 2011, though research post-integration has shown no measurable differences.
“For example, a study published just over one year after the repeal of DADT found no overall negative impact from the repeal on morale, retention, unit cohesion or readiness to serve, and instead found that the repeal enhanced the military’s capacity to pursue its missions,” according to The Palm Center, citing research published in the journal Armed Forces & Society.
That study found that being able to openly serve, without the pressure to hide identities, improved morale among troops and their units. …”
re: #511 sagehen
Pretty sure it was “I don’t need a seatbelt, I’m special” that killed Princess Diana.
Years ago there was a TV discussion on how Diana would likely have survived here because under our standard practices, she would have been taken to the hospital much earlier than in Paris, where they do more to stabilize the victim before transporting them.
Because everything Trumpworld does is incompetent and without knowledge or understanding of basic information.
Trump will immediately ignore this, and contradict anything said by CDC or NIH officials that disagrees with Trump’s know nothing worldview.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) February 27, 2020
re: #490 Belafon
The market’s climbing out of its hole. It’s down 360 now. The question that people need to be asking is how much the government is borrowing to buy stocks to change the direction of the market.
This is typical market behavior. Once it drops to a certain point programmed trading will start seeing value and then buy.
re: #532 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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Of course, this regime is surprising me that they haven’t already rolled back to before DADT, let alone “back to it”.
Or have I just forgotten that they discharged all openly gay people along with known transfolk?
A small army of cops/security escorts a Trump-impersonating protester out of Mike Pence’s speech pic.twitter.com/QpOFjwjbEz
— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) February 27, 2020
He must be very dangerous.
re: #530 lawhawk
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I expect Kudlow is working like a carnival barker to stop the decent in “correction territory” : )
I’m not sure if this is still accurate two and a half hours later
BREAKING NEWS:
We are now in the worst stock market drop since financial crisis in 2008.— Christina Ginn (@NBChristinaGinn) February 27, 2020
re: #506 Backwoods_Sleuth
susan’s brow is furrowed
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re: #518 sagehen
Yeah, okay, he has a public record of being terrible on a couple of things that matter to the left.
He also has a public record being exceedingly wonderful on some other things that matter to the left.
The scales of Bloomberg’s record have weights on both sides.
i realize this is a primary so to an extent it’s now bloomberg vs old bloomberg
here’s what i posted yesterday:
list the issues a Bloomberg presidency will be better for than another 4 years of Trump: tax distribution, health care, guns, climate change, Supreme Court nominees, border walls, LGBTQ rights (despite his personal expression of opinion, yes i do believe his policy responses will be so much better).
Unless you believe Bloomberg is the same pathological liar about every single thing that Trump is, then on every issue, every consequence, he’d be better.
that’s the only metric that matters
re: #531 jaunte
I guess Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing was “too urban.”
They could have gone with ‘End of the Line’ by the Wilburys, despite the title.
re: #520 Chrysicat
“Both sides are bad, but vote for him because he’s the only way you aren’t voting Republican”?
Not a really good look.
I’m not both-sidesing him v other candidates, I’m both sides-ing his good record and his bad one.
Yeah, stop & frisk was a real thing that actually happened, and he said what he said. And his rhetoric to and about women in the workplace was very 1980’s. There’s a certain amount of demerits due him for those.
But he’s also had extensive real achievements on climate change, guns and health care. Nationally. And he’s consistently said exactly what D’s would want a candidate to say about immigration and reproductive choice and taxes (although his achievements in those last three are local only, it hasn’t been part of his national activism).
I’m not calling him perfect. I’m saying we could do a lot worse. And nominating Bernie would be worse — landslide loss in the general, plus his anti-coattails for House and Senate races.
Or just pay a livable wage? https://t.co/WEeAdvgS0l
— Kevin Baron (@DefenseBaron) February 27, 2020
re: #523 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
If people want to know why I get annoyed with Sandersbros, it’s because they take for granted how hard it was to get ACA. They’re just like ACA sucks. I can’t get denied coverage because of my heart condition anymore. Is ACA perfect? Nah but can we build on it and improve, hell fucking yeah. And that’s why I refuse to get labeled as a “centrist.” Biden got my philosophy down- progressives get shit(he said stuff) done.
they were all born after ACA was passed so they think it’s always been this way //
re: #514 sagehen
They sound like a woman being stabbed to death. No amount of pretty feathers can compensate for that.
Neighbors of my brother at his own place had peacocks. You could hear them all the time even though their house was 80-100 yards away through woods. Another neighbor mentioned at a holiday party that she was constantly tempted to sneak over there some day and strangle the damn birds to shut them up.
Wait until you find out it was actually free market capitalism in a poorly regulated wet market that allowed the virus to jump to humans…..
— Nunca Trump (@NeverTrumpTexan) February 27, 2020
re: #545 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
wait until they see choppy the robot guillotine!
— Gender Reveal Pipebomb (@ApeIsrael) February 27, 2020
re: #540 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
I’m not sure if this is still accurate two and a half hours later
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So far, as bad is things are, they’ve not yet approached 2008. (fingers crossed)
re: #540 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
I’m not sure if this is still accurate two and a half hours later
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just because the market only closes once per day, at the end of the day, it still hit that low, even though it rebounded somewhat by the close
BREAKING NEWS:
We are now in the worst stock market drop since financial crisis in 2008.— Christina Ginn (@NBChristinaGinn) February 27, 2020
re: #523 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
If people want to know why I get annoyed with Sandersbros, it’s because they take for granted how hard it was to get ACA. They’re just like ACA sucks. I can’t get denied coverage because of my heart condition anymore. Is ACA perfect? Nah but can we build on it and improve, hell fucking yeah. And that’s why I refuse to get labeled as a “centrist.” Biden got my philosophy down- progressives get shit(he said stuff) done.
If the ACA gets trashed without a reasonable replacement I am simply screwed. I’m semi-retired in my mid-50s and thus multiple years from Medicare (and presumably on the heels of killing ACA they trash that too.) I am in the pre-existing condition/high-risk pool for multiple reasons. And though I have savings, it’s not going to handle buying so-so coverage at 4+ times what I am currently paying.
re: #545 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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It’s not just the restaurant industry, it’s pretty much all service industry jobs looking at a labor shortage because (wait for it) people don’t want to work jobs that pay shit wages and subject them to constant abuse by employer and customer alike. So instead of tackling either of those barriers to full staffing, they instead decide to further shrink their manpower needs through increased automation.
(This, of course, in the point in the conversation where the wingnut being argued with whines that “burger flippers” are already overpaid for something that’s supposed to be an “entry level job,” so if a machine is what it takes to ensure they can still harden their arteries with “cheap” burgers, then so be it.)
re: #548 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Neighbors of my brother at his own place had peacocks. You could hear them all the time even though their house was 80-100 yards away through woods. Another neighbor mentioned at a holiday party that she was constantly tempted to sneak over there some day and strangle the damn birds to shut them up.
ditto here - around 80 yards down the road
hurricane wilma took out the enclosure and they presumably bolted
it’s been quiet ever since
re: #527 retired cynic
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re: #549 jaunte
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re: #518 sagehen
Yeah, okay, he has a public record of being terrible on a couple of things that matter to the left.
He also has a public record being exceedingly wonderful on some other things that matter to the left.
The scales of Bloomberg’s record have weights on both sides.
You’re seriously going to Magic Balance Fairy shit like Stop and Frisk? You know, the policy of using the cops to harass minorities for the crime of walking and minding their own business?
What the fuck, dude?
re: #548 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Neighbors of my brother at his own place had peacocks. You could hear them all the time even though their house was 80-100 yards away through woods. Another neighbor mentioned at a holiday party that she was constantly tempted to sneak over there some day and strangle the damn birds to shut them up.
Justifiable avicide. No jury would convict.
re: #550 Amory Blaine
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And then you find out the following:
1. Flippy’s maintenance personnel can’t be paid minimum wage.
2. If Flippy breaks during lunch hour you’re SOL - since you have no spare staff to
pick up the slack. (And possibly untrained on the equipment.)
3. If Flippy is not properly maintained I presume you get undercooked* and overcooked food.
* - And this possibly leading to some very nice lawsuits or very unhappy health inspectors.
re: #555 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
ditto here - around 80 yards down the road
hurricane wilma took out the enclosure and they presumably bolted
it’s been quiet ever since
My guess is that peacocks can’t really fare as well in the wild as pheasant or turkey. So they got picked off in the wild fairly soon afterwards. Though I expect they could sort of fit in the turkey niche since flight is sufficient to get them up into the lower branches of trees at night to roost or otherwise avoid ground predators. (I’ve seen turkeys do this when startled by a cat.)
re: #504 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Honestly, I’d hate a brokered convention but when Trump has directly asked his supporters to interfere in the Democratic primary, it may not be the worst thing possible. However, I’m hoping Biden wipes the floor Saturday and begins a comeback. I really do think he’s the best candidate right now. I know I’m in the minority here as a lot like Warren and I genuinely respect your opinion because ideologically I’m closer to Warren than I am Biden. However, as someone in an increasingly blue state governed by a moderate Democrat, I have seen the positives that come with a capable executive and legislative majority.
And my Republican relatives in South Carolina will all vote for Bernie on Saturday…