Leah McElrath captured this revealing moment by watching the C-SPAN live feed past the point where Trump thought it was over.
And it shows how seriously he’s taking it.
At least he didn’t ask if he can have his ice cream now.
He can’t be bothered to unclip his own microphone.
A big fuck you once again to all the shitheads that voted for this shitstain,
If Biden doesn’t use this in a campaign ad, it’s malpractice.
I could only stand to watch a few seconds of Trump gasping for air through that speech. Please covid-19, put this monster in quarantine!
re: #3 electrotek
A big fuck you once again to all the shitheads that voted for this shitstain,
Twice over.
re: #3 electrotek
A big fuck you once again to all the shitheads that voted for this shitstain,
All the shitheads in Michigan, Wisconsin & Ohio who voted for Jill Stein because they just “didn’t like” Hillary Clinton.
What a stupid bunch of happy horse shit arglebargle .
Our vast economic prosperity gives us flexibility, reserves, and resources to handle any threat.
“This is not a financial crisis. This is just a temporary moment of time that we will overcome together as a nation and as a world.” pic.twitter.com/6gIfhrFguz— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 12, 2020
And of course he went to his safe space; restricting foreigners. As though that will do any good.
re: #10 NO SMOCKING GUN!
And of course he went to his safe space; restricting foreigners. As though that will do any good.
Right wingers are very predictable reactionary atavists — their response to any unexpected situation will be stupid, bigoted, or both.
President Donald Trump announced that a ban on travelers to the United States from Europe would be in place for the next 30 days, in an attempt to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.Calling coronavirus a “foreign virus,” Trump attacked Europe for not taking the same actions to control the disease that he had. “As a result” of Europe’s inaction, Trump said, “a large number of clusters” of coronavirus “were seeded by travelers from Europe.”
Trump said “these prohibitions will not only apply to the tremendous amount of trade and cargo, but various other things as we get approval.”
Now WH says that was wrong. https://t.co/Tph7qM0BxP— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) March 12, 2020
re: #11 Eric The Fruit Bat
Dow futures down 900.
Before his speech I posted he should be good for another 1k drop. Looks like I low balled it!
“International travel” WHERE? Italy, the far East, or a weekend in Toronto?
Within a day of arriving back to Michigan after international travel, the woman reported to the hospital, said Dr. Russell Faust. https://t.co/ZL7fwkuKEM
— The Detroit News (@detroitnews) March 12, 2020
re: #7 The Pie Overlord!
All the shitheads in Michigan, Wisconsin & Ohio who voted for Jill Stein because they just “didn’t like” Hillary Clinton.
I live in the same state as Jill Stein. I can’t say what I would want to happen, but it would involve handcuffs and an Aeroflot flight to Moscow. One-way, nonrefundable, and her passport would go missing.
Nothing about testing
Nothing about hospital beds
Nothing about health care workers
Nothing about vaccines
Nothing about the health care infrastructure
Nothing about schools
Nothing about public transportation
Nothing about home working#trumpaddress #CornonaVirus #EuropeToUS— Alex Menendez (@InstinctFilms) March 12, 2020
OK then, you do you.
Televangelist: Only “Sissy Pansy” Churches Shut Down Due To The Virus, Real Christians Hold Mass Gatherings - https://t.co/9RO6ymynNX pic.twitter.com/oRBToDEvcd
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) March 11, 2020
re: #14 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Our heavy reliance on China has already badly stretched our pharma supply lines. Trump’s impulsive decision will squeeze our access to everyday drugs even more. Many of the reagents for Covid-19 tests come from Europe! https://t.co/PkoR5S0Wzh
— Bill Pascrell, Jr. (@BillPascrell) March 12, 2020
These people DO NOT know what they’re doing.
Seriously, since I’m 62 and therefore at risk here from the coronavirus, if you are going to protest vote or not vote at all and try to give us 4 more years of Trump for nothing but pure fucking spite, fuck right off, then fuck right off again even further.
— 👠Beyond Blonde 👠 (@BeyondBlonde3) March 11, 2020
Schengen Area
ie EU countries that don’t require passports for travel between
Statement from DHS Sec. Chad Wolf says the proclamation only applies to the Schengen Area; so that indicates this proclamation does not bar travelers from Ukraine, Serbia, Bulgaria, Russia, Turkey, Croatia, Belarus, Moldova, etc
— Betsy Woodruff Swan (@woodruffbets) March 12, 2020
This. It’s as if the US does not exist in the world but outside of it. https://t.co/PZDS1VS9MQ
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) March 12, 2020
re: #22 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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Trump hates the EU, and loves Russia.
This is real Hitler in the bunker stuff. Cheeto has no idea what the situation really is, and he refuses to listen to anyone who might tell him. Maybe it will end the same way, complete with a couple of million un-necessary deaths thrown in. At least he doesn’t have an innocent dog to test the cyanide on. Maybe he’ll use Miller instead.
Correct. https://t.co/BrAAAYOFgw
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 12, 2020
What a freaking idiot.
Facts are now officially racist. Well done CNN. https://t.co/uH6MVHAhJp
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) March 12, 2020
— Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) March 12, 2020
The NBA cancelled the season (suspended, but it’s cancelled for all intents and purposes).
Two hours ago, the board of governors was considering playing out the season without fans in the stands. Then a player was diagnosed with it (and the player was a fucking lunatic because before the diagnosis, he licked microphones in the media room).
The league acted after that player was diagnosed.
Expect the NHL and MLB to follow suit in short order.
Sociopath Trump didn’t focus one bit on public health and is lying their asses off about how they’re prepared.
None of them are prepared for any of this. None of them know what they are doing, and it’s going to get a lot of people killed - and this disease doesn’t care what religious group you belong to, what race you are, or what political affiliation. It will spread and affect your lives in ways you don’t yet understand.
Check that - the people who are poor are going to suffer disproportionately since they will be unable to get care. People who live away from hospitals will find themselves on their own because the health system is overwhelmed.
Trump has done precisely dick to activate the military to help. That right there is the tell he doesn’t have a clue and no one is bothering to do what need be done. He’s leaving it to the states, and they’ll be overwhelmed in short order.
DOW FUTURES as of 10PM Eastern. Down over 1000 points. A “leader” golfing, tweeting, lying, and insulting people and the press during a major crisis doesn’t bring any confidence to the markets or its citizens. Shameful. pic.twitter.com/qSVL4eFOCR
— Bruno Amato (@BrunoAmato_1) March 12, 2020
Dow Jones Fut (Mar’20) (@DJ.1:Chicago Board of Trade)Last | 10:03:33 PM EDT
22,461.00 -1,114 (-4.73%)
They shut it off at 5%, right?
re: #3 electrotek
A big fuck you once again to all the shitheads that voted for this shitstain,
Every generation needs to be taught what conservatism really is.
Since schools can’t do that, it’s up to parents and other concerned individuals to teach the next generation.
That phrase “the voters have memories of goldfish” comes from the fact that people are not taught that conservatism only cares about power and money, and will kill as many people as it needs to do that.
Every country, every century, throughout time.
This one sentence is such an encapsulation of what a mess this WH is. Announced a ban on cargo they didn’t intend. As well as one on “various other things,” which includes…what? And from whom is he seeking approval for this ban (or is it an exemption)? He’s the president. https://t.co/aCmxMhCJrc
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) March 12, 2020
re: #32 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Every generation needs to be taught what conservatism really is.
Since schools can’t do that, it’s up to parents and other concerned individuals to teach the next generation.
That phrase “the voters have memories of goldfish” comes from the fact that people are not taught that conservatism only cares about power and money, and will kill as many people as it needs to do that.
Every country, every century, throughout time.
Everything you say is true for today. Don’t project the present onto the past. That is all.
Oddly, Stephen Miller has to work for a president who can’t speak English.
re: #20 jaunte
These people DO NOT know what they’re doing.
My epilepsy medication comes from Europe. I’m fuqued.
What are the odds he has covid19 and doesn’t want to get tested for it?
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 12, 2020
What if Trump loses on November 3rd, and walks out November 4th?
re: #37 Anymouse 🌹🎃
He said there was a goods ban, then had to back right off of it.
re: #22 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
This includes some non-EU countries (e.g, Switzerland), but omits Ireland.
Trump could not accurately describe what he himself has ordered. https://t.co/yCwLYDdJH5
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) March 12, 2020
re: #26 Charles Johnson
He has just discovered an adversary that cannot be overcome by lying, charm, bribery or threats. A virus.
— Daniel Berwick 🇪🇺🇬🇧🏴 (@DrDanBerwick) March 12, 2020
Well, to be fair, this speech was great news for all the people dying of payroll taxes. Also those withering away from small business loan deficiency syndrome must have come away from this with a lot of hope.
re: #19 The Pie Overlord!
Well, I’d prefer them not to, because they do have to interact with the rest of us…
Just waiting for the first case to hit my place of work (Casino). It’s not a case of if, but when. Lots of tour buses come through and stop there. I don’t call it the Fort Detrick of the west for nothing. Laying odds that the first confirmed cases in Southern Idaho will have originated there. Such is life under this maladministration.
What a fool the president is. He “announced” a disastrous plan that was not even in the works. https://t.co/IFj4w7rAX5
— Elizabeth de la Vega (@Delavegalaw) March 12, 2020
No POTUS ever proofreads their Oval Office address to the nation. Obama used to screw them up all of the time.
re: #35 jaunte
Oddly, Stephen Miller has to work for a president who can’t speak English.
Gasping like a goldfish out of water.
re: #31 b.d. (Voting is not a Plot)
They shut it off at 5%, right?
Don’t know about other exchanges, but the NYSE stops trading when the Dow 30 drops 7 percent (as happened in the first few minutes on Monday). Then trading stops again if the Dow drops 13 percent and finally, 20 percent. It’s possible we could see this in upcoming days.
re: #11 Eric The Fruit Bat
Dow futures down 900.
I will not be surprised if ^VIX goes over 65 tomorrow.
re: #39 Belafon
What if Trump loses on November 3rd, and walks out November 4th?
Then Pence gets to be the lame duck. The sooner Trump is out, the better.
Trump was undone, destroyed, after all of man’s weapons and devices had failed, by the tiniest creatures that God in his wisdom put upon this earth.
(Forgive me H. G. Wells)
We have now seen that there is a force more powerful and effective in changing everything in our lives more than terrorism.
re: #44 uriel
Well, to be fair, this speech was great news for all the people dying of payroll taxes. Also those withering away from small business loan deficiency syndrome must have come away from this with a lot of hope.
Trump truly became President with that speech.
It appears we are a week or so behind Italy. A ban on flights from Europe isn’t going to change that. More decisive federal action — massive testing and social distancing — appears to be necessary to “flatten the curve.” pic.twitter.com/GP1YcNpuFs
— Atul Gawande (@Atul_Gawande) March 12, 2020
re: #50 mmmirele
Don’t know about other exchanges, but the NYSE stops trading when the Dow 30 drops 7 percent (as happened in the first few minutes on Monday). Then trading stops again if the Dow drops 13 percent and finally, 20 percent. It’s possible we could see this in upcoming days.
But does this apply to trading futures?
re: #54 electrotek
We have now seen that there is a force more powerful and effective in changing everything in our lives more than terrorism.
Terrorism causes local effects in order to create societal change. Viruses don’t give a shit. They just go.
re: #47 jaunte
I’d say unfuckingbelievable, but nope, it’s totally fucking believable that Trump had no clue what he was talking about and his statement caused more confusion than if he shut his mouth and let experts run this.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 12, 2020
re: #34 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
Everything you say is true for today. Don’t project the present onto the past. That is all.
And yet, conservatives in this country fought on the side of the CSA. Prior to that they fought on the side of the Crown.
The Roman Empire fell because of the Catholic Church’s ascendancy, followed by a thousand years of dark ages.
They again plunged Europe into the Thirty Year’s War when their power was challenged, while Martin Luther was spinning up antisemitism in Germany.
Kaiser Wilhelm and Adolph Hitler plunged all of Europe into war and death twice in twenty years.
I stand by my statement.
I just watched the video of Trump’s address in the previous thread and he seemed really off to me. Two things jumped out at me:
A) very fatigued and tired. Slow delivery and cadence, very forced and without energy.
B) labored breathing. I don’t know if it was chest congestion or what but he really seemed to be taking some shallow breaths and long pauses throughout the spiel.
Not going to go all CT here, but I really do wonder if he’s sick and they’re just pumping him up with whatever they can to make it through that speech.
re: #59 lawhawk
Let this sink in.
During a worldwide pandemic creating ongoing economic shock Trump ACCIDENTALLY ANNOUNCED A BAN OF CARGO SHIPMENTS FROM EUROPE
This is an absolute circus.https://t.co/syU1XhJHYf— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 12, 2020
If you have an affinity for dashboard style presentations during crises, here’s a good one.
Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
re: #59 lawhawk
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His people knew this speech would be a disaster, but none of them have the balls to tell him.
re: #57 Hecuba’s daughter
But does this apply to trading futures?
No. However, those affect the market when it opens, which is why the NYSE shut down a few minutes after it opened Monday.
re: #63 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
This link also works: coronavirus.jhu.edu
Just as hourly wage workers lose their pay & tips, this. The cruelty has no end. https://t.co/4fs6YbndCW
— Laura Seay (@texasinafrica) March 12, 2020
re: #64 NO SMOCKING GUN!
His people knew this speech would be a disaster, but none of them have the balls to tell him.
how can they still be fucking afraid of him now?
what’s he gonna do to them?
re: #57 Hecuba’s daughter
But does this apply to trading futures?
Not that I can see.
ETA: The Nikkei Average is down almost 5 percent (nearly 1000 points) in Thursday trading. There’s a few hours left to go.
Trump gives a speech that was prepared for him.
He promptly fucks up the centerpiece portion of the speech - the travel ban.
It’s the sheer incompetence and dumbfuckery of Trumpworld that compounds all the problems of their own creation.
re: #69 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
Sigh. Yup, we know.
I’m willing to alter my position if someone can present evidence that is not the case for some nation or time period.
Joe just pulled ahead in Washington State. He’s up by 1.3%!
HE WAS READING!!!!!!! https://t.co/ijRvavpU2X
— Josh Weinberg (@josh_weinberg) March 12, 2020
update: Trump cancels Nevada, Colorado trip, WH says: “Out of an abundance of caution from the Coronavirus outbreak, the President has decided to cancel his upcoming events in Colorado and Nevada.”
seems like right decision.— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) March 12, 2020
re: #77 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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My dad and I were talking about that. I think what Trump learned to do is memorize what others read to him. And that’s why it’s so easy for him to go off script.
re: #78 lawhawk
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We wouldn’t want him spreading the disease to people in Colorado.
jesus christ was there ANYTHING in what he said tonight that hasnt been shown to be a total lie an hour later?!?! https://t.co/XZ05tAFSqJ
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) March 12, 2020
Anymouse, the head coach of the Nebraska Huskers basketball team has been taken to the hospital. Apparently he was quite sick during the game tonight.
Fred Hoiberg is currently being transported to a local hospital after showing signs of illness while coaching tonight. pic.twitter.com/qpaTpIcJuz
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) March 12, 2020
ETA: No indication it’s coronavirus, but you know, when someone falls ill like that during a pandemic…
re: #52 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Then Pence gets to be the lame duck. The sooner Trump is out, the better.
Imagine if he didn’t tell anyone, and the White House covered up for him because they can’t find him.
re: #76 Joe Bacon 🌹
Joe just pulled ahead in Washington State. He’s up by 1.3%!
The pandemic is going to help Joe. He is a calming influence, just like his old boss in 08. We can’t plan on bad things happening, but they do. I think he would have won anyway, and I’m not looking forward to hearing, “if it wasn’t for the fake news/virus trump would have won in a landslide,” BS. But this is our lives now. We need leaders who understand the world as it is, not the fictional world of Ayn Rand.
re: #77 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
And how many people who watched him read this on TV are going to find and read the DHS corrections? Communication Fail. Everything he touches….
— 45 es un Títere (@MEKane2) March 12, 2020
I’ve been watching Presidential speeches for decades. have never seen a President look more nervous, more unsure of what he was saying, than tonight.
— Jeff Greenfield (@greenfield64) March 12, 2020
UPDATED w/ @mikedebonis @seungminkim House moves toward quick vote on Democratic coronavirus package https://t.co/YQrGhcEBLT
— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) March 11, 2020
Outlines of the plan were shared Wednesday evening with Trump administration officials, with the hope of reaching a bipartisan deal ahead of the vote. The legislation includes free coronavirus testing, up to three months of emergency paid leave benefits to all workers affected by the coronavirus, and could also include an 8 percentage point increase in the federal share of Medicaid payments to states, lawmakers and aides said.
The House effort shows the urgency with which political leaders are moving to contain the economic turmoil caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Although the Senate may not have time to act before a congressional recess scheduled for next week, a number of Republican senators indicated openness Wednesday to at least some elements of the House plan and said it was important to act quickly…
Events were developing rapidly on Capitol Hill after the World Health Organization announced it was declaring the coronavirus a pandemic. A senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss internal thinking, said that the White House would review details of the plan before commenting. But this official was complimentary of the effort by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), saying, “From the beginning, ideas the speaker had were important parts of the conversation.”
Grassley could have just said “We don’t want to govern”:
Some GOP senators were waiting to take their cues from the White House. “A lot of it will depend on what the White House says,” said Senate Finance Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa).
re: #29 lawhawk
The player you’re talking about, Utah Jazz’s Rudy Gobert, purposely touched a whole bunch of microphones at a press conference two days ago after being asked about it. He didn’t lick them, but it’s still moronic and worthy of a serious fine and suspension when (if?) games resume.
re: #7 The Pie Overlord!
All the shitheads in Michigan, Wisconsin & Ohio who voted for Jill Stein because they just “didn’t like” Hillary Clinton.
tonight’s speech was a microcosm of this administration writ large
forget the courts, rule of law, all that other 99% of ‘normal’ stuff the prez and his admin does. (and these guys fucked up)
why who you elect matters is for the rare times like this - yes - how the president projects matters. how he/she decides big things matters. who his team is all of a sudden matters big.
the same way gutting regulations, elimination or not filling 30% of the government, slashing the CDC and pandemic preparation dont matter. Until the moment you need them.
FFS we’d all buy health insurance or fire insurance or car insurance, life insurance etc, the day before we needed it if we only knew. and if imbecillically, risk were assessed that way.
(it’s also why bridges collapse. we dont really need to inspect them all the time. we never find anything and nothing every happens…)
these idiots never should have been near the levers of power.
oh, and fuck the republicans cowards in the senate for rolling over like fucking pussies.
re: #82 mmmirele
Yikes.
I hope he does alright and this isn’t this accursed virus, but it appears to be out in the wild now in Nebraska.
John McCain, I know you’re no longer with us, but god damn it…
Republicans thought it was a good idea to put this person one heartbeat away from the presidency https://t.co/gKEOGF2X0N
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 12, 2020
Thread:
12/ “The disease has not raged here with the same intensity as in other communities where tardy or inadequate preventative measures were taken…”
— Debra Caplan (@debra_caplan) March 10, 2020
There are 15 total tweets. For some reason, I only saw the first 12 in chrome, and had to click on the twelfth one to see the rest.
The Latest: SEC joins rest of Power 5 in keeping fans away (AP via the Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald):
9:17 P.M.
The Southeastern Conference has joined the rest of the Power Five leagues in closing off its men’s basketball tournament to fans.
The SEC opened its tourney in Nashville on Wednesday night after the NCAA announced that only family and essential personnel would attend its men’s and women’s tournament games that begin around the country next week. The league said then it was evaluating plans for the remainder of its tournament.
About 15 minutes after Georgia beat Ole Miss to open the tournament, the SEC announced it was joining the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big 12 and Pac-12 in keeping the general public out of the final four days of its tournament.
(more)
re: #61 2020 Blue Wisconsin
I just watched the video of Trump’s address in the previous thread and he seemed really off to me. Two things jumped out at me:
A) very fatigued and tired. Slow delivery and cadence, very forced and without energy.
B) labored breathing. I don’t know if it was chest congestion or what but he really seemed to be taking some shallow breaths and long pauses throughout the spiel.
Not going to go all CT here, but I really do wonder if he’s sick and they’re just pumping him up with whatever they can to make it through that speech.
He’s the new Elvis.
re: #91 Ace Rothstein
John McCain, I know you’re no longer with us, but god damn it…
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Spoilers.
re: #39 Belafon
What if Trump loses on November 3rd, and walks out November 4th?
he’d be the first president to quit
(nixon was fired, nicely)
Question for evangelical Trumpers: What Would Jesus Do?
I’ll take your answer on the air.
re: #97 BigPapa
Question for evangelical Trumpers: What Would Jesus Do?
I’ll take your answer on the air.
Blame gays, women, and foreigners, and ask for tax cuts. Don’t you read the Bible?!
re: #97 BigPapa
Question for evangelical Trumpers: What Would Jesus Do?
I’ll take your answer on the air.
Why Jesus believes in more welfare tax cuts for the rich!
Chelsea Manning is in the hospital recovering after trying to take her life earlier today, per her lawyers
Story: https://t.co/MZEiLwgVQr— Betsy Woodruff Swan (@woodruffbets) March 11, 2020
re: #97 BigPapa
Question for evangelical Trumpers: What Would Jesus Do?
I’ll take your answer on the air.
“Render unto Caesar, Inc. the things that are Caesar, Inc.’s, and unto God the things that are God’s”
re: #97 BigPapa
Hey Big Papa! Long time listener, first time caller. Jesus would give the wealthy tax cuts and make the middle class have to get a third job to pay for their virus test. I’ll hang up and listen, have a great night!
When you elect a president you are hiring a crisis manager; not a religious savior, an entertainer or a friend. That’s it. That’s the tweet.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) March 12, 2020
NCAA tourney will be played without fans in attendance.
NYC St. Patrick’s day parade has been postponed.
It’s not going to get back to normal around here anytime soon.
re: #104 lawhawk
Agreed. I really look forward to the day COVID-19 isn’t a big deal anymore.
But who the fuck knows when that will be?
Caution: comments filled with disinfo tweets. https://t.co/kbbcfazBVq
— random WASH YO DAMN HANDS facts girl. (@soychicka) March 12, 2020
re: #104 lawhawk
I think Philly’s St Patrick’s Day parade has been cancelled.
re: #39 Belafon
What if Trump loses on November 3rd, and walks out November 4th?
No way he’d do that!
And miss the opportunity to exploit the Oval Office for several more weeks of self-pitying anger-tweeting and bitching mindless conspiracy-theory about how he was “cheated” and “robbed” of his rightful victory? And sign off on scores of pardons to try to get the bulk of his dishonest Administration gang off from their well-deserved criminal charges?
Two weeks, at least….
Son of a …
Yesterday I went to the Post Office and put a hold on my home deliveries. I had a package due, and experienced a failure in delivery, twice, last year from the same shipper.
It went out for delivery, for some reason was then deemed undeliverable for an incomplete address. Twice.
Well, checking the status of the shipment this evening, the Post Office sent it out for delivery today, ignoring my hold.
Annnnd… unable to deliver due to incomplete address.
I haven’t called the shipper yet, but online they have my correct address. An address I regularly get mail at. An address FedEx and USPS normally deliver packages to.
Okay, is it true that a lot of what Trump said tonight was just made up and his staff has been issuing corrections for the last two hours? That is just so peak Trump.
This is one Hell of a way to welcome a new decade, isn’t it?
re: #111 electrotek
New decade is January 1, 2021.
re: #107 PhillyPretzel
Yes, as of this morning.
Dow futures for the last ~4 hours. The steep drop begins at 9:00 pm Eastern, 49 minutes ago. pic.twitter.com/axJ6omoLS9
— Sam Wang (@SamWangPhD) March 12, 2020
re: #104 lawhawk
NCAA tourney will be played without fans in attendance.
NYC St. Patrick’s day parade has been postponed.It’s not going to get back to normal around here anytime soon.
Since last week, I’ve been pushing at work for my group to prepare for possibly working at home. We’re a software group, and have moved our development offline. I’ve been suggesting exploring something like github so we can do development. Our company’s response right now is to ban all unnecessary travel and to have us register a phone number and email to receive emergency updates. I keep telling them we don’t want to be in a position where the company says “You have to leave by the end of the day. If you have the ability to work from home, you can do so, otherwise it’ll be vacation.”
But everyone else really is in that mode of “it really isn’t that bad.” The conservative guy I argue with is having trouble reconciling what he’s hearing - especially after I sent him the NCAA notice - with what Fox is telling him. I’m off tomorrow and Friday, so I don’t know what he’ll think about that. And things could change drastically by Monday.
re: #108 Jay C
No way he’d do that!
And miss the opportunity to exploit the Oval Office for several more weeks of self-pitying anger-tweeting and bitching mindless conspiracy-theory about how he was “cheated” and “robbed” of his rightful victory? And sign off on scores of pardons to try to get the bulk of his dishonest Administration gang off from their well-deserved criminal charges?
Two weeks, at least….
get barr and the doj to contest the results….
re: #110 Ace Rothstein
Okay, is it true that a lot of what Trump said tonight was just made up and his staff has been issuing corrections for the last two hours? That is just so peak Trump.
Like I said in the last thread, Trump isn’t going to remember what he said tonight when he wakes up tomorrow morning. His morning twitter is going to be sumpthin’.
How soon before the money guys running the Republican party tell the RNC and other leaders to get this idiot out of office ASAP? It feels like we’re getting close to it currently.
re: #114 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
The stock markets around the world are the deep state conspiring to make Trump look bad.—Wingnuts, shortly
re: #118 rhuarc
How soon before the money guys running the Republican party tell the RNC and other leaders to get this idiot out of office ASAP? It feels like we’re getting close to it currently.
You may be on to something there.
JFC
The Nebraska basketball team is being quarantined in their locker room. Their coach is likely already at the hospital. More here: https://t.co/jMQ7DK3mxp
— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) March 12, 2020
re: #118 rhuarc
How soon before the money guys running the Republican party tell the RNC and other leaders to get this idiot out of office ASAP? It feels like we’re getting close to it currently.
How long before the money guys funding the GOP figure out it’s the GOP’s policies which cause recessions and depressions? I don’t get the idea they are particularly smart.
That and you can make money in a falling market if you know what you’re doing.
Last night.
Even as many large gatherings are cancelled, brain-dead inmates at the University of Dayton decided to hold an extra one:
UD campus police disperse crowd of more than 1,000
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - Dayton Police and the University of Dayton Police responded to Lowes Street in the South Student neighborhood on reports of a massive crowd.
University officials said the crowd gathered around 11 p.m. and began throwing objects and jumping on cars. Students said they were celebrating the cancellation of classes due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Police in riot gear fired several pepper balls into the crowd. Units from across the city were also called in to help after verbal orders to disperse were ignored. University Officials said at least one person was hurt by a thrown bottle.
University officials also said the crowd dispersed after 2 a.m. It is not clear how many arrests were made.
Trump’s coronavirus advisor –– Jared Kushner –– didn’t think it was a good idea to let European leaders know about the travel ban before Trump announced it on national television? https://t.co/WeAP0dIuOP
— Polly Sigh (@dcpoll) March 12, 2020
re: #115 Belafon
A buddy of mine went to the Rockets game last night. Here’s how the text went a few hours ago:
Me: NBA looking at putting season on hold. Decision to be made by tomorrow. Either hold or no fans.
Him: I went to Rockets last night. Feel fine. Such a massive over reaction
Me: Thanks, doctor. If you had it, you wouldn’t know it yet.
Him: Whatever. It’s a bad cold in healthy people. Only people with compromised immune systems die. Like with the flu
Me (an hour later when the NBA canceled the season): Rudy Gobert for the jazz tested positive. He’s 27 years old.
Him: *crickets*
re: #126 Anymouse 🌹🎃
One helluva Democratic hoax.
And his could turn out to just be the flu, and then this would be the example we’ll hear from conservatives as their family members die.
I’m so old, I remember when Trump said only 15 people had the virus and that number would be zero in two days.
By the way anyone hear from Q…or R…or whatever the latest crap the GRU is spreading in Twitter?
The Jazz will need to coordinate with Oklahoma and Salt Lake City public health organizations before they can return to Utah, per sources. For now, the team is quarantined in OKC. https://t.co/OiKShfsyRa
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 12, 2020
re: #126 Anymouse 🌹🎃
One helluva Democratic hoax.
WH is canceling tours, according to a few administration sources
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) March 12, 2020
re: #128 Ace Rothstein
I’m so old, I remember when Trump said only 15 people had the virus and that number would be zero in two days.
Amazingly that was LESS than two weeks ago.
INDIANAPOLIS — Nebraska basketball coach Fred Hoiberg left NU’s bench just minutes before the end of a 89-64 loss to Indiana on Wednesday night.The Huskers then did not conduct a postgame press conference and remained quarantined in their locker room, as Hoiberg, who was described as being sick by the Big Ten Network announcing crew, was not available for comment.
(more at the Omaha World-Herald)
This is getting really dire.
Why are famous people getting COVID-19?
BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE ENOUGH TESTS FOR FAMOUS PEOPLE.— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) March 12, 2020
As of 3/9 South Korea tested more than 200,000 of its citizens for COVID-19. The U.S.? A little more than 8,000. @realDonaldTrump that’s the problem! pic.twitter.com/bL1AlIWFpj
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) March 12, 2020
This is a national disgrace.
re: #61 2020 Blue Wisconsin
I just watched the video of Trump’s address in the previous thread and he seemed really off to me. Two things jumped out at me:
A) very fatigued and tired. Slow delivery and cadence, very forced and without energy.
B) labored breathing. I don’t know if it was chest congestion or what but he really seemed to be taking some shallow breaths and long pauses throughout the spiel.
Not going to go all CT here, but I really do wonder if he’s sick and they’re just pumping him up with whatever they can to make it through that speech.
Did y’all see this? I just walked in and haven’t read the whole thread.
Did anyone else see the mysterious man in the reflection wearing a mask? #Trumpspeech #TrumpVirus pic.twitter.com/jMEfInVsNn
— Good Question (@kurtzplayedat1) March 12, 2020
I think he’s caught the virus.
The White House inadvertently aired Trump talking off-camera before giving his address, including him saying “ah, fuck” and asking if “anybody has any white stuff” pic.twitter.com/gygZIPlsOa
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 12, 2020
Why not? Look at what has been foisted on us as PRESIDENT.
It’s what and who REPUBLICANS are. Charlatans and frauds.
And this president is going to get a lot of is killed.— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) March 12, 2020
re: #139 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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White stuff eh? That would uh explain a lot.
re: #139 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Kudlow has plenty of white stuff.
re: #141 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
White stuff eh? That would uh explain a lot.
Not that kind of white stuff. Sounds like he wanted whiteout to cover an ink stain somewhere.
re: #142 Ace Rothstein
Kudlow has plenty of white stuff.
I mean would it honestly shock any of us if it came out that Trump is a coke fiend?
re: #144 Hecuba’s daughter
Not that kind of white stuff. Sounds like he wanted whiteout to cover an ink stain somewhere.
Fair enough.
re: #139 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Shocking. Trump was actually near a pen.
re: #93 Anymouse 🌹🎃
The Latest: SEC joins rest of Power 5 in keeping fans away (AP via the Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald):
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One of my wife’s coworkers and close friends was going to head down to Nashville to watch the Cats.
Sanjay Gupta on CNN just verified that the CDC only processed eight tests for Corona virus today… And the president never raised the issue of testing in his speech tonight 🤔. Good luck on getting those tests
— Joyce (@jycefisher) March 12, 2020
Update. The Cleveland Clinic has developed a COVID 19 test that gives results in 8 hours as opposed to the 2-3 days it takes for the other tests.
They developed the test in NINE days, I repeat nine. Scientists worked 24/7 once the CDC gave them the okay on 3/2.— Andrea R MD (@AndreaR9Md) March 11, 2020
Just got back from experiencing the American zeitgeist at Costco and I have to say, it’s not good
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) March 12, 2020
re: #139 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
He’s so trapped in the 80’s he was probably referring to Liquid Paper.
re: #150 Disloyal Archangel
You mean in spit of, right?
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) March 12, 2020
One man… immune to information.
PANDUMBIC pic.twitter.com/gZUPZJBmwV— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) March 10, 2020
re: #116 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
get barr and the doj to contest the results….
No way Trump leaves voluntarily. I hope covid-19 takes care of this problem for us.
Oil falls sharply as U.S. bans travel from Europe over pandemic https://t.co/qkBdhWfRVf pic.twitter.com/ufvyIdX6nF
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 12, 2020
re: #155 NO SMOCKING GUN!
No way Trump leaves voluntarily. I hope covid-19 takes care of this problem for us.
It’s going to be at the very least an ugly transition of power that we haven’t seen in a long time.
The best protection against contamination for the next 4 yearshttps://t.co/krRngQBbZ9 pic.twitter.com/F2FFToPth7
— Ann Telnaes (@AnnTelnaes) March 12, 2020
re: #155 NO SMOCKING GUN!
No way Trump leaves voluntarily. I hope covid-19 takes care of this problem for us.
Doesn’t matter whether he leaves the White House or not. The new president can be sworn in anywhere, at which point Trump is no longer President and can be marched out with the Secret Service guarding him, or with federal marshals.
re: #151 goddamnedfrank
I had to drive past a Costco here this afternoon, and even the parking lot seemed panicky.
Can you believe senile Joe Biden said AR-14???
Trump tonight said health insurers “have agreed to waive all copayments for coronavirus treatments, extend insurance coverage to these treatments.” WH official says Trump meant to echo what VP said yesterday that insurers “have agreed to waive all copays on coronavirus *testing.”
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) March 12, 2020
re: #138 makeitstop
Did y’all see this? I just walked in and haven’t read the whole thread.
I think he’s caught the virus.
I can’t see the reflection in question.
re: #161 NO SMOCKING GUN!
If there was a God, Trump would be infected instead of Tom Hanks.
David Bowie was born the same year as Trump. Died the year Trump won.
literally looking up flights for my friends (who are in croatia) to get back home……..tomorrow.
they say the state department’s site hasn’t even been updated.— fooler initiative (@metroadlib) March 12, 2020
the worst part…….
was having to relay information to them…….
that i got……..
from the president’s address.
you can’t even imagine how awful it felt to have AT BEST, vague answers…..
and possibly, worse…..
having to start sentences with “the president said…”— fooler initiative (@metroadlib) March 12, 2020
Poor Megyn,
I’m so frustrated right now … that we can’t trust the media to tell us the truth without inflaming it to hurt Trump … that Trump has misled so many times we no longer know when to trust his word … that even I as a journalist am not sure where to turn for real info on COVID.
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) March 12, 2020
re: #164 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
David Bowie was born the same year as Trump. Died the year Trump won.
A believer may argue God needed Bowie for his band, whereas Satan likes Trump right where he is.
re: #167 Belafon
Poor Megyn,
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Boohoo Megyn, your old employers made him into a viable political figure because that asshole Ailes had to sell Obama hatred for that other old asshole, Murdoch. Donald Trump should have never been given a political soapbox but your former network let him because they fucking couldn’t handle the first African American President.
re: #169 NO SMOCKING GUN!
A believer may argue God needed Bowie for his band, whereas Satan likes Trump right where he is.
It’s just we need the heroes David sang about.
(Also, there’s going to be a paper that tracks regional transmission rates by number of Fox News viewers, right?)
— Ezra Golberstein (@EGolberstein) March 12, 2020
re: #167 Belafon
Poor Megyn,
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Its easy, never trust Trump.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) March 12, 2020
Feeling like fucking Nostradamus, selling all my retirement stock a couple of weeks ago.
I think we are down to Dow 15,000 in a year. Rode out 2007-2009, not doing that again.
re: #172 goddamnedfrank
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Criswell Bacon predicted this when the virus hit the fan. It’s really going to whack the Red States that rejected Medicaid expansion.
Maybe then they will wake up and realize that actions have consequences…sadly the emphasis is on “Maybe”…
Talk about how to take care of yourself at home if you test positive, and don’t have any other conditions that would require you to be in a hospital:
I know we’re all tired of hearing/talking about it, but one thing I HAVEN’T really seen going around is advice for what happens if you DO get coronavirus (many of us will), only advice for how to try to AVOID it. So as your friendly neighborhood RN, a wee thread:
— smashingteacups (@smasheroteacups) March 11, 2020
re: #167 Belafon
Poor Megyn,
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She doesn’t want the truth. She wants to be consoled and reassured and congratulated. The truth right now does none of those.
re: #177 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Former FOX babe upset at the media. Quelle surprise.
yeah but she knew how to get that $33 million payout from NBC!
I went to get groceries tonight. We’re a moderately libby IN town, which means the mayor is usually D, the county council is usually R. The supermarket was a local chain.
It wasn’t super busy. The paper aisle had reasonable piles of toilet paper, and more importantly paper towels. Nothing beats paper (towel). I worry that the local business owners who are all painfully R are going to work us all until we are sick and then bill us our vacation days if a proper quarantine ever gets declared. I picked up paper towels, about 30000 calories (big bag of rice, other stuff), ibuprofen, and a bottle of rum, cuz I can’t watch Trump sober.
I dunno. I can do the math, but I don’t trust the people around me to do so. I think seeing the empty arenas around the tournament next week is going to shock a few people enough, but the stupid is going to persist too long.
Tom Clancy wins again - which is what makes this so damn crazy, as it’s the Rs who grew up reading the man, they should know what they should be doing.
Did I mention the rum?
re: #163 Anymouse 🌹🎃
I can’t see the reflection in question.
In between Trump’s left temple and the tail feathers of the eagle on the flag.
It actually looks like a woman. Hope Hicks, maybe.
How do stock futures work? Like, are there trades, or what? And do they go all night?
re: #176 Belafon
Talk about how to take care of yourself at home if you test positive, and don’t have any other conditions that would require you to be in a hospital:
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Great advice, boiled down to: Do NOT go in to ER or doctor, call your primary doctor for directions on what to do.
re: #182 Belafon
How do stock futures work? Like, are there trades, or what? And do they go all night?
re: #167 Belafon
Poor Megyn,
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Listen, Megyn might be the day-walking avatar of the Lich that dwells underneath Yale’s Skull & Bones crypt, but she’s not exactly wrong about this. She’s making the exact same argument I’m making wrt the markets.
It’s more like she’s ironically right.
re: #184 Joe Bacon 🌹
Thanks for the link. Now I have to work up the urge to know that much detail. :)
re: #176 Belafon
Talk about how to take care of yourself at home if you test positive, and don’t have any other conditions that would require you to be in a hospital:
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She just limited her account to followers. Can you summarize what she said?
re: #176 Belafon
Talk about how to take care of yourself at home if you test positive, and don’t have any other conditions that would require you to be in a hospital:
Hmm, for me it shows the owner protects her tweets. I can only see the one you posted here.
re: #115 Belafon
But everyone else really is in that mode of “it really isn’t that bad.” The conservative guy I argue with is having trouble reconciling what he’s hearing - especially after I sent him the NCAA notice - with what Fox is telling him. I’m off tomorrow and Friday, so I don’t know what he’ll think about that. And things could change drastically by Monday.
Maybe the NBA cancelling the rest of the season will get through to him.
re: #182 Belafon
Futures are essentially bets on what one (or many) equities will cost at some time in the future. I’m not sure exactly how that translates into the general market numbers, but it’s what relatively aggressive (I’m not going to say smart) money thinks will happen early in the day tomorrow. Usually the overnight futures are a self-fulfilling prophecy, but as events go down during the day the market will drift from that prediction.
Don’t invest in futures unless you really, really, really know what you’re doing. Scarier than shorting.
re: #181 makeitstop
In between Trump’s left temple and the tail feathers of the eagle on the flag.
It actually looks like a woman. Hope Hicks, maybe.
I still don’t see it, sorry. Must be my advancing cataracts or senility or something. /s
re: #188 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Same.
Also, my state just had our first presumptive positive case about two hours north of where I am. Person apparently caught it while in Florida and is at home isolated right now.
re: #182 Belafon
How do stock futures work? Like, are there trades, or what? And do they go all night?
Without researching them again I can tell you they are weird. They don’t go all night, only for a few hours after and before market open. Usually very low volume so most of the time they don’t mean too much. Right now is not most of the time however.
re: #187 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
She just limited her account to followers. Can you summarize what she said?
That’s funky. I read the whole thing when I saw it on in my twitter feed, but now I can’t. Hold on.
re: #192 Anymouse 🌹🎃
I still don’t see it, sorry. Must be my advancing cataracts or senility or something. /s
My brother just sent this to me. A great read about the virus.
medium.com
re: #194 goddamnedfrank
I think you’re thinking of after-hours trading, which is a different way for the rich and powerful to arbitrage the market to death.
Guy’s gonna be entering witness protection the instant he’s COVID-free…
MONDAY: Rudy Gobert, mocking coronavirus precautions, touches every mic at his media avail.TONIGHT: Gobert tests positive; entire NBA season suspended.
— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) March 12, 2020
life comes at you fast pic.twitter.com/qcDEuqFNsX
— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) March 12, 2020
MN is up to five cases now. Two of them are in my county. One of the cases is in the southern MN county where the Mayo Clinic is located (Rochester). That person went to work while actually sick so there’s a fear that it’ll soon be spread widely there.
Just in case you needed one more bit of nightmare fuel before bedtime:
The census is supposed to count where people are as of April 1.
Hundreds of thousands of college students who would normally be counted in their (blue) college towns will be home in probably redder areas instead because their colleges have closed.
That’s going to mess with redistricting in an ugly way that will last for a decade. Especially in places like NC, OH and GA where the GOP is in charge.
“WBZ has learned that the Boston Celtics, who are currently in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, have been told to self-quarantine. Gobert and the Jazz defeated the Celtics at TD Garden in Boston last Friday.”
https://t.co/R4kc7XaNyi— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) March 12, 2020
re: #201 i(m)p(each)sos
Just in case you needed one more bit of nightmare fuel before bedtime:
The census is supposed to count where people are as of April 1.
Hundreds of thousands of college students who would normally be counted in their (blue) college towns will be home in probably redder areas instead because their colleges have closed.
That’s going to mess with redistricting in an ugly way that will last for a decade. Especially in places like NC, OH and GA where the GOP is in charge.
Imagine if NC lost an electoral vote because of students being back home.
re: #163 Anymouse 🌹🎃
I can’t see the reflection in question.
re: #196 Eclectic Cyborg
Disturbing close up photo of Orange Julius Ceasar
Yeah, I’m not seeing it either, even with the close up. I think people are reading into this one.
Although everything I’ve read said he looked worse than usual. Then again, I’ve never seen a comment where people said he looked healthy.
re: #198 NetworkKed
I think you’re thinking of after-hours trading, which is a different way for the rich and powerful to arbitrage the market to death.
Thanks. It really does feel like this shit is inscrutable by design.
This is fantastic! Michael Bloomberg is doing great things to help us win! https://t.co/irO9faggUM
— RozieK (@kenner3616) March 12, 2020
Well shit…
Tests indicate coronavirus can survive in the air
Federally funded tests conducted by scientists from several major institutions indicated that the novel form of coronavirus behind a worldwide outbreak can survive in the air for several hours.
A study awaiting peer review from scientists at Princeton University, the University of California-Los Angeles and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) posted online Wednesday indicated that the COVID-19 virus could remain viable in the air “up to 3 hours post aerosolization,” while remaining alive on plastic and other surfaces for up to three days.
“Our results indicate that aerosol and fomite transmission of HCoV-19 is plausible, as the virus can remain viable in aerosols for 42 multiple hours and on surfaces up to days,” reads the study’s abstract.
re: #169 NO SMOCKING GUN!
A believer may argue God needed Bowie for his band, whereas Satan likes Trump right where he is.
Some author I saw on a late-night talk show recently had a whole spiel about how YA novels are going to save the world; because Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Divergent, etc have taught kids that it’s up to them, they have to organize themselves to take over and fix shit, they can’t count on grownups.
She thought the Parkland kids and Greta Thunberg were manifestations of this principle taking hold…
re: #187 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
She just limited her account to followers. Can you summarize what she said?
I’m hoping to get a follow, so I can better say what she said, but she basically said treat it like pneumonia or (I think she said) bronchitis. She also said prepare for it, because you don’t want to leave the house except to go to the doctor. IIRC, get advil and tylenol so you can alternate those every three hours to keep the temperature down. Get a humidifier, but if you can’t, sit in your bathroom with the shower running. Make yourself some soup in advance and freeze it.
But this advise was only if you are otherwise healthy enough to take care of it at home. Any prior breathing problems probably means you need more extensive care.
re: #207 Kilroy was here
“…Fomites are inanimate objects that can become contaminated with infectious agents and serve as a mechanism for transfer between hosts. The classic example of a fomite is a park water fountain from which many people drink. Infectious agents deposited by one person can potentially be transmitted to a subsequent drinker. However, many objects that we come into contact with can serve as fomites: doorknobs, elevator buttons, hand rails, phones, writing implements, keyboards, toys in a day care center, etc. Even a stethoscope can serve as a fomite if it isn’t cleansed.”
sphweb.bumc.bu.edu
Put something between your fingers and the gas pump buttons.
re: #202 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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Jesus Christ on a pogo stick! What will we do without sportsball?!?!
re: #211 austin_blue
Jesus Christ on a pogo stick! What will we do without sportsball?!?!
We used to watch the Flyers pretty regularly. Then the lockout happened. We discovered that after a few weeks, we didn’t really miss it. It’s since trickled over to the other sports.
re: #196 Eclectic Cyborg
“Forget it Jake, it’s Anymouse.” /s
I’m sorry, even blown up and circled I still don’t see it.
UPDATE: I asked my wife to come over and look at it. She pointed it out and I still couldn’t see it. I blew the picture up larger and then I could make out what appears could be a woman wearing a mask.
re: #208 sagehen
Some author I saw on a late-night talk show recently had a whole spiel about how YA novels are going to save the world; because Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Divergent, etc have taught kids that it’s up to them, they have to organize themselves to take over and fix shit, they can’t count on grownups.
She thought the Parkland kids and Greta Thunberg were manifestations of this principle taking hold…
My gripe with that would be that the visions are always so fanciful, grandiose and cinematic that they make for good entertainment but poor behavioral modeling material. Maybe if someone wrote a YA novel about young people who change the world by actually voting.
re: #206 Belafon
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Gee, if only he had given a big chunk of that HALF A BILLION DOLLARS to these vitally necessary GOTV orgs, who knows what would have happened?
Here’s a clue, Mike, you’ve still got a little tiny dick.
Economies collapsing
Worldwide virus pandemic may result in millions of deaths
Sarah Palin on TV doing “Baby Got Back” in a fur suit.
Well done, Book of Revelations. You nailed it… pic.twitter.com/vWjCu4JA4Z— TBogg (@tbogg) March 12, 2020
Gov @GregAbbott_TX called a special session of the Texas Legislature over who could use which bathroom but Texas isn’t on this list even after we’ve had two of the nation’s biggest events canceled over coronavirus. Ok #txlege https://t.co/yck2qzukG1
— Scott Braddock (@scottbraddock) March 12, 2020
re: #216 Belafon
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Reality TV. Gotta admit that even Orwell couldn’t have invented that.
Sorry for the drive-by. I’m trying to figure out if we still have tickets to the UK on April 2nd. Info is random at best right now.
Night all.
One for r/MurderedByWords:
Friendly reminder that Elizabeth Warren announced a comprehensive plan to fight the spread of coronavirus and prevent economic fallout over a week ago.
Y’all, we could have had Leslie Knope.— Charlotte Clymer 🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) March 12, 2020
A normal person: My primary reference points for political theory are Aristotle, Cicero, Hobbes, Locke, Grotius, Montesquieu, Hume, Rousseau, Comte, Mill, Marx
This person, for some reason: Ya’ll remember characters from NBC owned sitcoms from circa 2010? https://t.co/hoEoGHH3nz— Gatekeeper Kantbot (@KANTBOT20K) March 12, 2020
Sweetie, my undergrad degree is in western philosophy + political theory, and I can tell you without a doubt that no one likes that narcissistic tool who breaks out an obscure Aristotle quote when people are commiserating over shitty political leaders.
Also: Leslie Knope rules. https://t.co/ZV9ZY5REfo— Charlotte Clymer 🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) March 12, 2020
“You shan’t make comparisons to COVID without Cicero.”
LOL, what a fucking dweeb.— Charlotte Clymer 🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) March 12, 2020
These photos were taken at an office of Aramco, the Saudi state oil company. I assumed it was some kind of prank / joke at first, but Aramco just issued an apology statement saying it will make sure this doesn’t happen again. Incredible. https://t.co/NVjSsvyuFY
— Tom Gara (@tomgara) March 11, 2020
re: #218 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Reality TV. Gotta admit that even Orwell couldn’t have invented that.
There have always been shows where people go on and sing. Ed Sullivan comes to mind, and I’m pretty sure there were plenty of complaints about Elvis and the Beatles. But all of this at once is Ragnarok.
this is bonkers https://t.co/uaZBaLtrS5
— David Dayen (@ddayen) March 12, 2020
re: #218 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Reality TV. Gotta admit that even Orwell couldn’t have invented that.
If anyone would’ve predicted it, I could see Aldous Huxley doing it.
Paddy Chayefsky sorta predicted it with Network.
re: #223 Belafon
There have always been shows where people go on and sing. Ed Sullivan comes to mind, and I’m pretty sure there were plenty of complaints about Elvis and the Beatles. But all of this at once is Ragnarok.
I meant in its rise of Trump specifically.
re: #221 Anymouse 🌹🎃
One for r/MurderedByWords:
Shrug. I have no idea WTF Leslie Knope is nor do I care. As for philosophical responses to My Corona, I’ll stick to the stoic emperor.
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love …”
“Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.”
― Marcus Aurelius
re: #119 Anymouse 🌹🎃
The stock markets around the world are the deep state conspiring to make Trump look bad.—Wingnuts, shortly
Oh, they’re already saying that. You just have to know where to look.
To all journalists:
If you #FOIA documents on #COVIDー19 & response is “classified”, we’ll represent you pro bono (for free - you just pay minimal court filing fee) in litigation.
You can e-mail me at mark@markzaid.com for further discussion. This is unacceptable. https://t.co/KpVporRJ3x— Mark S. Zaid (@MarkSZaidEsq) March 12, 2020
re: #183 BlueSpotinAL
I used to work as a software developer for a major stock and options exchange operator in the US and Europe. We were required to obtain financial certifications - learning how all this crap works, even though what I learned had very little to do with my actual job :)
To your specific query, a future is a contract to buy or sell an underlying asset at an agreed upon price sometime in the future, even if its actual value has changed. It is something you can trade on an exchange. An option is very similar, except you are not obligated to buy or sell if the underlying asset is worth less than the contract when its future date is reached, though you are out the money you spent on the option. I am not sure of the exact hours for the futures markets though I think it is different depending on the underlying asset type.
Underlying assets can be many things including stocks (limited partial ownership of a company), and there are some stocks that represent baskets of other stocks, like ETFs. You can buy and sell these just like regular stocks, but the value is based on all the stocks in the basket that they represent. You can also buy and sell a future contract on an ETF that represents a basket of stocks.
The DJIA (DOW) is an index that tracks the performance of 30 large publicly traded companies based on the stock values. There is an ETF that represents them all, and a futures contract that can be placed on it.
When you see a metric that says the DJIA (DOW) futures market is down 1000 points, it means the price of future contracts on an underlying stock (ETF) that represents the value of the 30 companies listed in the DOW/DJIA is worth that much less than it was when the stock market closed.
re: #227 William Lewis
Shrug. I have no idea WTF Leslie Knope is nor do I care. As for philosophical responses to My Corona, I’ll stick to the stoic emperor.
Parks & Rec was a workplace sitcom set in a midwestern small town, Amy Poehler headed the department. It’s about local government.
Joe Biden is Leslie Knope’s hero.
re: #169 NO SMOCKING GUN!
A believer may argue God needed Bowie for his band, whereas Satan likes Trump right where he is.
Nice!
re: #167 Belafon
Poor Megyn,
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Ummm… MDs? Epidemiologists? Virologists? Infectious disease professionals?
I mean, just, like… people who are experts at this sort of thing?
You’re supposed to be a journalist. This isn’t hard.— Uriel (@sickendun2death) March 12, 2020
Gotta admit. I can’t sleep. Lotta nerves.
I’m going to go off to bed. Catch y’all later.
John Kennedy: He’s on it… He’s on this like wet on water pic.twitter.com/56DzoAtm8L
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) March 12, 2020
This Jublilation T. Cornpone jackassery is not going to save you, Kountry Fried Kennedy.
re: #238 jaunte
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This Jublilation T. Cornpone jackassery is not going to save you, Kountry Fried Kennedy.
Uh, you’re full of ssshhhaaavvviiinnnggg cream KKKennedy!
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