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Why is this jackweasel yelling at us on a Sunday evening?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 23, 2020
re: #526 BigPapa
My Brother In Law took off. We hadn’t had The Talk as an entire family. Wife Unit group texting him and Mom. This is No Bueno.
I realized the power of media. I’ve been repeating to my wife ‘whatever we may think is here or is official, multiply it by 20 to 50. But I just told her 41 is the Oahu number and she got all freaked out about that. I had to remind her of what I’ve been saying. Hawaii Island is 3. A FB friend’s brother in law has it in Oahu. Here we go.
Explain please..thx
re: #540 Ace-o-aces
WE’LL WAIT FIFTEEN MORE DAYS BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING!
re: #2 VegasGolfer
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Uh oh…The financial markets are doing the limbo rock!
How LOW can they go?
Dow Future -816
^VIX Future now at 66 down slightly…
Charles: what is it with multiple mic setups for one instrument? Been seeing more of that. Wondering if they mix or sum them. Diff designs sound diff, just adding depth to the recording?
My sister turned me on to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard from Australia. They play two drummers that frequently play the same notes in unison, and sometimes on guitar. Must make notes sound fatter and richer.
re: #1 Charles Johnson
Ummm. What 15 day period exactly?
Old man yells at phone from golden toilet
— 4-Ply sez Flatten the Curve you idiots! (@kronocide1) March 23, 2020
Now here’s a heartwarming headline:
Coronavirus Wipes Out Senate Republicans As McConnell Lacks Majority To Vote
Due to Rand Paul testing positive for the coronavirus, and the resulting self-quarantine of several Senators, Mitch McConnell lacks a GOP majority to vote.
DSA members have formed a mutual aid society here in Los Angeles. Nice to finally make peace with them.
They’re doing this because Mayor Garcetti is trying to get things set up but several council members are sitting on their asses and doing nothing.
Rep Jimmy Gomez is going to hold weekly conference calls for his district. Last Thursday’s conference call had 9,600+ people dialing in.
Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert [R-wingnut] and a spokesman for Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts [R-Ameritrade] said that, by and large, Nebraskans are heeding calls to limit public gatherings.
Strictest ‘stay-at-home’ measures not needed in Nebraska yet, officials say (Omaha World-Herald).
Meanwhile in the Panhandle where there are no cases but we are surrounded by states which have them, we are close to a shelter-in-place order.
With the exception of the three cases in North Platte and the couple in the southeast corner of the state, all the cases are in Mayor Stothert’s city or the suburbs around it.
Hahahahaha
Democrats block McConnell from holding Monday morning vote on coronavirus bill
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) blocked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) attempt to set up a Monday morning vote on the stimulus package, effectively delaying the vote until the afternoon.
McConnell had vowed earlier Sunday that he would force a second procedural vote related to the stimulus package at 9:45 a.m., 15 minutes after the markets open.
But when McConnell tried to lock in that time, Schumer objected, denying the GOP leader the consent he needed to enact his plan.
Instead, the Senate will vote for a second time after they come into session at noon on Monday.
re: #4 BigPapa
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re: #13 Kilroy was here
Hahahahaha
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) blocked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) attempt to set up a Monday morning vote on the stimulus package, effectively delaying the vote until the afternoon.
McConnell had vowed earlier Sunday that he would force a second procedural vote related to the stimulus package at 9:45 a.m., 15 minutes after the markets open.
But when McConnell tried to lock in that time, Schumer objected, denying the GOP leader the consent he needed to enact his plan.
Instead, the Senate will vote for a second time after they come into session at noon on Monday.
Not that it will stop them from insisting the markets crash-diving is because the bill failed to pass today and it’s all the the Dem’s faults.
The whinge starts:
JUST NOW: Democrats put their agenda before the health and well-being of the American people. They voted against advancing relief to hardworking families, hospitals, small businesses and their employees.
Now is a time for unity and swift action, not politics as usual.— Senator Kelly Loeffler (@SenatorLoeffler) March 22, 2020
If only all American could have used insider trading to make money off the pandemic, we wouldn’t need the help!
— Anthony Chieco (@chiecoat) March 22, 2020
re: #14 VegasGolfer
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There’s always a Trump tweet, Kevin Kruse edition:
https://t.co/Ahc4D5F2HY pic.twitter.com/aj2IxxxIJx
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) March 23, 2020
Blast from the past (last month)
Kennedy grilling Wolf on coronavirus. “You’re the Sec of Homeland Security and you can’t tell us if we have enough respirators!”
— Nick Miroff (@NickMiroff) February 25, 2020
$500B slush fund $500B slush fund $500B slush fund $500B slush fund $500B slush fund $500B slush fund $500B slush fund $500B slush fund $500B slush fund $500B slush fund $500B slush fund $500B slush fund $500B slush fund $500B slush fund $500B slush fund
— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) March 23, 2020
re: #15 Targetpractice
Not that it will stop them from insisting the markets crash-diving is because the bill failed to pass today and it’s all the the Dem’s faults.
Do you accept that view? If not, then laugh at anyone who tires to make it, and ask them why Trump and cruise lines that don’t pay taxes by flying under other flags need bailouts and people don’t.
The US Chamber of Commerce and several CEOs oppose using the Defense Production Act, saying it will tie their hands with red tape as they deal with the coronavirus epidemic (translation: they need time to figure out how to profiteer from a disaster).
However, the New York Times chose to write a headline about that which reads Trump Bets Business Will Answer Call to Fight Virus, but Strategy Bewilders Firms (Maggie Haberman, Trump’s PR woman at the Tmes shares a byline with two others on the article).
Rear Adm. John Polowczyk has been plucked from the staff of the Joint Chiefs, where he is a senior officer for military logistics, to run the effort to build a supply chain. And Peter Navarro, the White House trade adviser, is also playing a leading role. The government has essentially thrown out its existing playbook for dealing with pandemics, seizing the issue from the Department of Health and Human Services and moving it to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
We’re doomed.
You have to get to paragraph twenty-one of the article for this:
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the heads of major corporations have lobbied the administration against using the act. They say the move could prove counterproductive, imposing red tape on companies precisely when they need flexibility to deal with closed borders and shuttered factories.
re: #22 Anymouse 🌹🏡
Did we expect Trump’s #1 stenographer to write anything else? It’s just another hit piece by #MoscowMaggieHaberman
Bed, Bath, And Beyond is temporarily closing their doors. Here’s the relevant paragraph to me:
We realize the impact store closures will have on our associates and assure you the well-being of every employee is a top priority. We want to take care of them in the best way we can and will be providing applicable pay and benefits for this period.
All of the companies I have received closing emails from so far have said something about taking care of the employees, at least for a couple of weeks.
re: #22 Anymouse 🌹🏡
They’re sadly unimaginative if they can’t figure out how to make a profit. FDR grumbled about car companies making a profit during WW2 and had to be told that’s how capitalism works.
From John Cole:
I mentioned this earlier on the twitter, but I guess I never really internalized how much being in isolation would drive extroverts crazy. I have a ton of friends who are just losing it, and it has only been a week. People I know arehaving virtual happy hour on zoom, playing board games on facetime, one couple decided to up and paint their house. I know how miserable they are, because it’s the same way I feel in crowds, but at least I can leave.
So it’s super cool that all the museums and symphonies are doing what the other front pagers have posted. And remember, you are allowed outside. You just can’t be near people. Talk to people while sitting on your porch, chat with people out your window, etc. Just don’t get in coughing distance.
Monument Mall in Scottsbluff has shortened their hours by two each day for the epidemic. They say they are monitoring local health departments for further guidance. They also say stores within the mall may have different hours due to company policies and restaurants have “different operating conditions” (read the state closed seating areas) so call ahead.
That mall was one of the many failing malls in the USA when we moved here. Most of its anchor stores were closed.
An out-of-state developer bought the mall, did massive renovations, paid the city of Scottsbluff to renovate streets and US-26 around the mall, then reopened it with much fanfare. It has had over 95% rental occupancy since it reopened.
John Cornyn being an insult to asses:
I’d say you’re acting like a toddler, but that would be an insult to actual toddlers.
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) March 23, 2020
At the hotel for overnight. 2 guests inhouse; one a forest ranger in the area for training and the other a person waiting for a house closing.
Brought my wooden cutlass sized waster and my favorite saber manual along for something to do.
Our lives are being bartered for market cap
— Stop acting like this is normal (@goddamnedfrank) March 23, 2020
Hmm. Apparently, loss of sense of smell and taste are symptoms of covid-19 infection, even if you have no other symptoms. If this is widespread, it could be very useful for deciding whether you need to self-quarantine.
A bit more on the Rand Paul story. This has been presented as his being tested out of an abundance of caution without having any reason to believe he had been exposed. But back on March 7th Paul along with a number of top KY politicians including the governor and …
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 23, 2020
re: #31 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
Hmm. Apparently, loss of sense of smell and tasteare symptoms of covid-19 infection, even if you have no other symptoms. If this is widespread, it could be very useful for deciding whether you need to self-quarantine.
That explains the GOP. They don’t smell the shit they spew and their lack of taste for integrity and professionalism is well known.
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The county fair was just announced to be July 17-25. 4-H’s fair is held at the same time on the county fairgrounds.
4-H is cancelled throughout the Panhandle now through May 1 due to mandatory school closure.
We’ll have to see if there’s a county fair (or if there’s a county) as we get closer to the date.
me, 9 days ago; https://t.co/yyeWZk4fmj
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) March 22, 2020
The media and political press continue to persist in learning the exact wrong lessons from everything.
re: #35 Citizen K
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The media and political press continue to persist in learning the exact wrong lessons from everything.
The one thin Trimp still understands is that the press will cover a train wreck, even if they are on it.
re: #30 goddamnedfrank
With all the wingnuts crawling over that tweet:
FYI that made absolutely no sense.
— Peter Joseph USMC (@Pete54742125) March 23, 2020
They never do. It’s like they all went to the same word salad school.
— Cheryl Watkins (@CherylWWatkins) March 23, 2020
re: #37 Anymouse 🌹🏡
With all the wingnuts crawling over that tweet:
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I got a feeling that so-called Marine is really a Russian troll!
re: #38 Joe Bacon 🌹
I got a feeling that so-called Marine is really a Russian troll!
If he is, his Twitter feed sure doesn’t show any love for Trump.
I can get behind this person’s Twitter handle.
I’m seeing this trend more and more in the media though. The Republicans are starting to talk economy over safety. It’s always an older guy who I guess is sure he will somehow be spared.
— Dr. Jill Biden for Flotus (@subatomiclounge) March 23, 2020
re: #31 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
Interesting. The link took a while to load, I suppose the server is getting crushed.
re: #40 BigPapa
Interesting. The link took a while to load, I suppose the server is getting crushed.
Yeah, took a while for me too. A web search will show a fair number of other pages about it, but I’m not sure how reliable in general any of them is, so I went to the source.
This should be reported
Did anti-America globalist Bill Gates gave all the globalist Dems the vaccine already? pic.twitter.com/5hIgIbbycC
— WelcomeBackHome (@WBHChannel) March 23, 2020
This is like when they banned smoking in bars…https://t.co/HRh3HNgdkD pic.twitter.com/ekndOTPc9E
— Charles Mudede (@mudede) March 23, 2020
I‘m not aware of a federal mandate for school closures. Do you have a link to the 15-day plan? I’ve not seen that.
— Experienced Quarantiner 🦠 (@LibertySJustice) March 23, 2020
I do not however the White House has press briefing everyday on YouTube and are talking about it everyday. I’m sure they have it on the White House website. It all the government has been talking about. Take care and stay safe.
— Mosica S (@jess_schoenfeld) March 23, 2020
Due to my public information officer position in my town, I am constantly on the state and federal Websites, including the White House.
Narrator: It’s not on the White House Website, or any federal Website. He lied. Try again.
I’m running low on smokes and rum.
When staying at home, these are important creature comforts.
I will have to head out to the general store tomorrow and fix that.
E-mail from FFRF: They are all working remotely now. All staff meetings and events have been cancelled through the end of Spring.
The telephone will not be answered: It will go to an answering machine; they will call back if you leave a message.
Their convention is still on for November, but they are prepared to cancel it if necessary.
This quarantine is really challenging my narrative that I dress “for myself”
— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) March 23, 2020
I put on pants today to get takeout. It felt weird.
— Kevin B Ross (@KevinBRoss4) March 23, 2020
The Bollinger electric pickup design is really growing on me. That centerline passthrough has some genuine art car potential.
Sorry, Nate. No suspension of rights, not even temporarily. Once those rights are gone, they don’t come back.
I imagine conservatives would use it to rummage around to find women who had abortions.
Every crisis brings forth lots of people eager to say how the latest events reiterate that “now more than ever” we should do what I’ve long thought what we should.
What are some policy responses to the current crisis that you WOULDN’T normally favor?— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 22, 2020
*Temporary* suspensions of certain medical privacy laws to allow for better case tracking.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) March 22, 2020
re: #45 Anymouse 🌹🏡
I’m running low on smokes and rum.
When staying at home, these are important creature comforts.
I will have to head out to the general store tomorrow and fix that.
I have enough weed to last a few weeks. I’ll wait till my weed delivery service has some better strain selections. I’ve got a 1 liter barrel and a 1.75 of rum, 6 12-packs of Pepsi, and 2 cases of SNPA (ale). I’m set for recreational pharmaceuticals. On the downside I’m running out of TP and dog food in a week.
re: #50 Dread Pirate
I have enough weed to last a few weeks. I’ll wait till my weed delivery service has some better strain selections. I’ve got a 1 liter barrel and a 1.75 of rum, 6 12-packs of Pepsi, and 2 cases of SNPA (ale). I’m set for recreational pharmaceuticals. On the downside I’m running out of TP and dog food in a week.
“Weed delivery service.” Colorado is so close to me, and yet so far.
Our state governor recently put out a “Reefer Madness XXI Century” video on the state Website in response to the proposed weed legalisation referendum here.
Polis suspends all nonessential medical procedures in Colorado, extends restaurant and bar closure to April 30 (Goes to the Sterling, Colo. Journal-Advocate)
Revised order also mandates closure of hair salons, tattoo shops, massage parlors, nail salons and spas
An executive order he signed Thursday requires this suspension to run from March 23 to April 14 for all facilities other than rural and critical-access hospitals, for which the order’s timeline is indefinite. (more)
Frontier Mall in Cheyenne, Wyo. has been closed by the Laramie County Health Department.
wyomingnews.com (Cheyenne, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle)
Kathy Emmons, Cheyenne-Laramie County Health Department executive director, said Sunday the decision was made to prevent younger people from using the mall as a gathering place.
“You’ve got kids together in close groups not using any kind of social distancing, which really is in violation of the governor’s order about no more than groups of 10 and being six feet apart and those kinds of things,” Emmons said.
The closure order is only for forty-eight hours.
Sixth case of COVID-19 confirmed in Laramie County
The person is in his fifties. He had contact with another person who has the disease.
Wyoming Democratic Party caucus moves to all mail voting in light of the Covid-19 epidemic.
2 weeks ago:
House Dems: “Alright, so we’ve passed this emergency bill with the WH’s blessing after watering it down to satisfy House Repubs.”
Mitch: “Sorry, no time to vote, I’m needed in KY to attend the swearing in of a far-right judge, back on Monday!”
1 weeks later:
Mitch: “The Senate Repub caucus hammered out this bill without Dem input and have conducted bad faith “negotiations” on it for all of a day, now we must pass it immediately!”
Senate Dems: “Hold up, this bill is almost entirely corporate welfare! Virtually nothing in here for the working poor!”
Mitch: “Who the fuck cares, vote to pass it now or we’ll accuse you of sinking the economy!”
re: #51 Anymouse 🌹🏡
“Weed delivery service.” Colorado is so close to me, and yet so far.
Our state governor recently put out a “Reefer Madness XXI Century” video on the state Website in response to the proposed weed legalisation referendum here.
If you ever need any smuggling advice, I am a pirate!
A house down the street caught fire. They got it out before major damage. This is the second house to catch fire in the past 5 years. Our neighborhood was built in 1969, and we have the telephone cables to prove it. Fuck AT&T.
I’m not bitter.
Yes, I am.
My internet goes to shit every time it rains. We had rain in March!
Am I ranting? Then, here’s a cursory Canadian, “I’m Sorry!”
But I grew up in America so, “Fuck your feelings!”
re: #57 Dread Pirate
My neighbourhood was built in 1914, and we have the retrofitted indoor plumbing to prove it. /s
Not sure about the rant about AT&T. I imagine they charge a lot less for Internet service than my telephone company does (at least we got 911 service a couple years ago).
re: #58 Anymouse 🌹🏡
I moved here 25 years ago. The phone lines were shite then. I have had to call every winter at least once to have my line fixed. They used direct burial cable that failed in the first 10 years, and are too cheap to horizontal bore and install conduits and pull good wire to the area.
re: #59 Dread Pirate
I moved here 25 years ago. The phone lines were shite then. I have had to call every winter at least once to have my line fixed. They used direct burial cable that failed in the first 10 years, and are too cheap to horizontal bore and install conduits and pull good wire to the area.
Okay, I understand.
Our lines from CenturyLink are on poles. Generally we don’t have any trouble with our telephone service, aside from our regular loss of Internet service.
The only time we lost telephone service (except when a tornado took out our telephone and electric lines) was a couple weeks ago. We curiously lost long-distance service and Internet service but not local service.
My neighbour lost her telephone service last year because the connexion to her house went bad. I called on her behalf to CenturyLink, and they make it very difficult to report another line not yours (menu after menu after clerk after escalate to supervisor to escalate to another supervisor to about an hour and a half on the telephone, promising I would pay if they sent someone way out here and there was nothing wrong with her service).
Telling people they need to go back into the office & risk inflicting severe lung damage or death on themselves & their loved ones just to stoke your economic engine before the election is some seriously twisted shit.
The GOP cares far more about corporations than actual people— Stop acting like this is normal (@goddamnedfrank) March 23, 2020
re: #60 Anymouse 🌹🏡
I have to call on the cell phone to report my VOIP ‘Los Of Signal’ by the phoneline. It’s like dealing with 3 different companies. I have to admit their India trouble call centers were very proactive on solving my problem and dispatched an AT&T tech within 2 days.
re: #62 Dread Pirate
I have to call on the cell phone to report my VOIP ‘Los Of Signal’ by the phoneline. It’s like dealing with 3 different companies. I have to admit their India trouble call centers were very proactive on solving my problem and dispatched an AT&T tech within 2 days.
CenturyLink plugs calling by cell phone if you lose your Internet service. It’s a very long advert you have to listen to before you get to the “press or dial these options” menu.
It doesn’t matter how many times I complain about “we have no cell service, can you offer a skip option for that.”
re: #63 Anymouse 🌹🏡
CenturyLink plugs calling by cell phone if you lose your Internet service. It’s a very long advert you have to listen to before you get to the “press or dial these options” menu.
It doesn’t matter how many times I complain about “we have no cell service, can you offer a skip option for that.”
I live 50 miles from silicon valley and I still only get 2 fucking bars of signal.
re: #64 Dread Pirate
I live 50 miles from silicon valley and I still only get 2 fucking bars of signal.
I live fifty miles from a town bigger than a thousand people.
I can get a couple bars on my cell phone if I go about forty miles away from home.
I’m going to go get a nightcap of rum and Kool-Aid and head off to bed.
I have a long day of sitting around the house tomorrow. /s
G’night y’all.
Real talk
I christen this event the COVID-19 Gigafuck.
A colossal rolling clusterfuck of such globe altering significance that, like Katamari Damacy, our collective ball of crap collapsed in on itself, fixing the King of All Cosmos’ catastrophic fuckup & wow holy shit am i high right now— Stop acting like this is normal (@goddamnedfrank) March 23, 2020
Well Juneau hit the jackpot today. First case of COVID-19 reported this evening. Person is on home confinement. No other details.
During this virus outbreak remember the lesson of Riki Tiki Tavi
…or I could be wrong and it’s more like Eskimo Blue day.
FTFNYT article on how the inmates are running the asylum at Fox News, because the current boss (Lachlan Murdoch) is a lazy hands-off asshole who’s only there because of his dad. Seems to be a pattern here. Four recorded positive CV tests at the organization, and counting.
i said on @amjoyshow one week ago that anyone waiting for a Murdoch to do the right thing, is going to wait a very, very long time; https://t.co/qBcqqpXomc
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) March 23, 2020
German infection rate seems to be slowing: officially reported cases have taken five days to double, and still fewer than 100 fatalities for over 25K cases.
Listen, I don’t make the rules
Community Spread would be a great name for a tiddy bar
— Stop acting like this is normal (@goddamnedfrank) March 23, 2020
So I’m just sitting here looking at camera upgrades on EBay ( hmm that d7100 is a good price, etc) and I realized that to be a photographer in a time of quarantine is to be someone living in…
ISOlation.
Thankyew, I’ll be here all week.
re: #76 William Lewis
So I’m just sitting here looking at camera upgrades on EBay ( hmm that d7100 is a good price, etc) and I realized that to be a photographer in a time of quarantine is to be someone living in…
ISOlation.
Thankyew, I’ll be here all week.
you mean all shuttered in?
.re: #77 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
you mean all shuttered in?
You get the picture.
Watch: All the President’s false promises regarding the tests for COVID-19 https://t.co/352PZlz5DE pic.twitter.com/spD0tZG6iK
— The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) March 22, 2020
re: #76 William Lewis
So I’m just sitting here looking at camera upgrades on EBay ( hmm that d7100 is a good price, etc) and I realized that to be a photographer in a time of quarantine is to be someone living in…
ISOlation.
Thankyew, I’ll be here all week.
Keep us updated on developing news.
re: #79 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
Watch: All the President’s false promises regarding the tests for COVID-19
Why do you focus on yesterday’s news? Isn’t he pivoting Presidentially on this?
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re: #82 unproven innocence
Socilized medicine will be the death of us all!!!
Reading the last thread I am starting to wonder about the breadth of infection in the Senate and other upper echelons of government. If we don’t get a quick handle on the virus we will have lots of holes to fill soon. And as GDFrank pointed out, a loss of quorum at a minimum. Beyond the serious concerns of a Trump power grab we have a problem of basic continuance of a functioning government.
Have not heard much about Iran lately. Their government was rife with virus. Not sure how that is playing out.
re: #82 unproven innocence
Good PR move: (Cuba Doctors to Help Italy).
My understanding is that Cuba does this fairly often, charges the helped country top rates for them, then pays the doctors their normal peanuts wages, and pockets the difference.
re: #84 Ming5000
Beyond the serious concerns of a Trump power grab we have a problem of basic continuance of a functioning government.
That is what Trump wants to put an end to…
Russia is a ticking time bomb. I heard that Putin dispatched a team of doctors to Italy.
I think that is a mixture of humanitarian gesture and self-interest: these people need to pick up some tips on how to cope with the health catastrophe that Russia is going to be facing in a few more weeks.
re: #85 ericblair
My understanding is that Cuba does this fairly often, charges the helped country top rates for them, then pays the doctors their normal peanuts wages, and pockets the difference.
Goddamn socialists, doing exactly what capitalists set out to do every day…
re: #85 ericblair
I don’t doubt that. Cuba reportedly has few cases so far. I suspect this move is so Cuban doctors can learn from this field work, for when they will be needed back home, and will already be “over it” by then.
Big photogallery here of Ostrava south, which is my neck of the woods. Lockdown here is relatively mild compared to other parts of the world, and for the most part, Czechs are doing as instructed - go to work, do your shopping when you need to, of course, take the dog for a walk, but try to maintain social distance as best you can and wear a mask when outdoors and on public transportation.
It is 8:00 AM in Philly. We are to stay in our houses and only go out to get food and other essentials. Honestly I really enjoy being off from work but being in the house can get a little too confining. Thank G-d I have the internet and LGF. :)
The bot farms have been putting in work on Twitter overnight. I’m seeing ‘PelosiHatesAmericans’ and ‘SenateDems’ trending, all saying the same thing - that Pelosi killed the bill that would have saved us all. Fuck.
From The Washington Post:
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re: #1 Charles Johnson
Because he watched something on one of the news TVs which he repeatedly tells us in his tweets that he doesn’t watch.
re: #92 PhillyPretzel
From The Washington Post:
washingtonpost.com
McConnell can kiss my ass. He’s bragged about trying to make Obama a one term president, preventing Garland from hearing, pushed the confirmations of unqualified cabinet members and judges, & blocked House legislation. He’s nothing but a punk who I hope is ran out of office in the Fall.
re: #19 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Blast from the past (last month)
“I give myself a 10 out of 10 for the great job my administration, really just ME, have done. Now TURN THE MACHINES BACK ON ALL IS WELL!”
re: #94 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
McConnell can kiss my ass. He’s bragged about trying to make Obama a one term president, preventing Garland from hearing, pushed the confirmations of unqualified cabinet members and judges, & blocked House legislation. He’s nothing but a punk who I hope is ran out of office in the Fall.
and last weekend he took a junket back home to KY with his supreme court justice to hang out with his buddies.
re: #95 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
It might also be the mark for the pound too but you are correct it is Europe.
re: #91 makeitstop
The bot farms have been putting in work on Twitter overnight. I’m seeing ‘PelosiHatesAmericans’ and ‘SenateDems’ trending, all saying the same thing - that Pelosi killed the bill that would have saved us all. Fuck.
The good news is that there’s quite a bit of pushback within those threads.
re: #95 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
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Prices are in Euros so this is someone else’s dumb country.
Pound sign, so it’s UK
Euro is a different symbol
re: #101 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yes. The top of it is similar but the bottom looks like a script “L.”
kiss ass moron
We will be guided by the wishes of Prime Minister Abe of Japan, a great friend of the United States and a man who has done a magnificent job on the Olympic Venue, as to attending the Olympic Games in Japan. He will make the proper decision!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 23, 2020
moron
Robert, we will end up stronger than ever before. Thank you! https://t.co/4UfMaCmkg5
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 23, 2020
and then he has more than two dozen retweets that kiss his ass
Robert De Niro is watching you. Stay home. Save lives.#NewYorkStateStrongerTogether pic.twitter.com/WgAsBuIrKk
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) March 23, 2020
Fox News host Steve Hilton last night: “You know that famous phrase, ‘The cure is worse than the disease’? That’s exactly the territory we’re hurtling towards.”
Trump later last night: “WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF.” pic.twitter.com/yoNL2ca5ey— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 23, 2020
https://t.co/YotAuANOeO https://t.co/XvYt4Z75tH
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 23, 2020
re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth
moron
and then he has more than two dozen retweets that kiss his ass
Not sure which is worse, the fawning tweets to dear leader from his maga cult followers or that dear leader needs and retweets these fawning tweets.
re: #98 Sir John Barron
and last weekend he took a junket back home to KY with his supreme court justice to hang out with his buddies.
He’s the worst.
re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth
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and then he has more than two dozen retweets that kiss his ass
Still likes being worshipped by his peasants.
re: #107 Backwoods_Sleuth
he’s so confused. he says he’s doing a great job, social distancing is the newest hottest word around, just fantastic, he’s always taken the corona virus seriously and also that it’s not his responsibility it’s the states and also TURN THE MACHINES BACK ON NOW IMMEDIATELY or else I won’t be re-elected.
Well, it’s been telegraphed from the worst President ever to infest the White House. Starting in April, the official line to at-risk individuals will be:
“You’re on your own… fuck you.”
It’s possible that electing a reality television host who doesn’t believe in science was a mistake https://t.co/NJQUITQAET
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) March 23, 2020
re: #1 Charles Johnson
The markets are going to just love hearing that the already insufficient actions to contain covid19 are already being undermined by Trump and the GOPers insistent on ignoring public health experts.
Cases keep rising exponentially. Deaths are rising too. And Trump thinks this is just going to go away with the weather even as fucknuts in states where GOPers control state government are dragging their feet on basic health safety protocols, because American exceptionalism.
When this is over, we’ll surpass everywhere else in the body count and those sickened.
And all of this could have been minimized with aggressive testing from the outset.
Rose is not a morning armadillo. 😴 #mondaymood pic.twitter.com/Ow3gVfOcbT
— Cincinnati Zoo (@CincinnatiZoo) March 23, 2020
re: #71 Dread Pirate
So good. Thanks for this.
enjoy some of the day
Breaking. WAPO. Federal Reserve may start a $425 million backstop for small businesses. That would obviate the McConnell/trump secret slush fund which is holding up the third coronavirus bill. This is why we have an independent Fed
— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) March 23, 2020
re: #119 jaunte
Thank you Alexander Hamilton for the Independent Federal Reserve.
re: #120 PhillyPretzel
Thank you Alexander Hamilton for the Independent Federal Reserve.
Drump will take credit for this of course.
re: #112 Florida Panhandler
Well, it’s been telegraphed from the worst President ever to infest the White House. Starting in April, the official line to at-risk individuals will be:
“You’re on your own… fuck you.”
And those at-risk individuals will cheer their God-Emperor with their last, frothy breath as they drown in their own blood.
Cults can command their followers to die for them and they will happily do so.
re: #110 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Still likes being worshipped by his peasants.
Yes and they are still kissing his ass no matter what.
re: #112 Florida Panhandler
Well, it’s been telegraphed from the worst President ever to infest the White House. Starting in April, the official line to at-risk individuals will be:
“You’re on your own… fuck you.”
More like, “The weak and the old shall be weeded out by the merciless mechanism of natural selection. The iron laws of nature are not to be trifled with.”
Of course, Trump would say this completely believing in his own genetic infallibility - that Trump genuinely believes he has “superior genes” is glaringly obvious.
Thanks amigo. Here’s a little levity… pic.twitter.com/TkuDqa3iyz
— Jason Hawthorne (@jason_hawthorne) March 17, 2020
Everyone has seen messages telling you we must “act today or people will die,” COVID-19 is basically just the flu, and/or that “flattening the curve is a deadly delusion.” These often have numbers, charts, citations, retroactively edited titles (“taksies backsies”), and data “science.”
Unfortunately, all of the above are signs of DKE-19, a highly contagious illness threatening the response against COVID-19. We must act today to flatten the curve of armchair epidemiology, or we will all be in peril.
Dunning-Kruger Effect (DKE) is a phenomenon where people lack the ability to understand their lack of ability. While strains of DKE typically circulate seasonally, a new and more virulent strain called DKE-19 is now reaching pandemic proportions.
re: #121 Sir John Barron
I think he meant billion.
Doctor on CBC just now saying he believes minimum two months under these strict self isolation measures.
This isn’t about two weeks.— Devin Heroux (@Devin_Heroux) March 23, 2020
re: #107 Backwoods_Sleuth
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— Outspoken (@Out5p0ken) March 23, 2020
Why hasn’t trump compelled US corporations to start making medical equipment to supply our hospitals? Because corporate executives and lobbyists are afraid of losing money.
To trump and republicans corporate greed over people, always. https://t.co/Z7DfaLJqCn— Bill Pascrell, Jr. (@BillPascrell) March 23, 2020
re: #131 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
“Strict” self isolation.
I did the supermarket thing yesterday and far too many people weren’t keeping 6 feet apart. And we have a common park, and there’s way too much interaction within that 6 feet spacing. We see it also every day with video/photos from NYC itself, parks, streets, etc.
And that’s worrisome, especially as there are localities and states that aren’t even bothering with these steps.
Friday Night, Saturday, Sunday 150+ people standing in line to get into supermarkets and they were even less than six inches apart…
re: #135 Joe Bacon 🌹
That is why I go early in the morning. There are less than 12 people in the store. :)
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“hmmm…the humans look stressed. wonder what that’s about.” “some kind of avian flu.” “Oh, well, join the fucking club.”
re: #131 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Years ago, I had a co-worker named Wayne - nice enough guy, from Alabama originally, bit of a libertarian, but when I read that tweet, it reminded me of something he once told me, about 25 years ago.
“One of these days, it’s all gonna come crashing down, and we’re all gonna be as poor as church-mice.”
In my sport, disc golf, there is a now-rarely-used-but-once-hated 2-meter rule giving a penalty stroke to anyone whose disc lands more than 2 meters up in a tree.
We have now informally instituted the Horizontal 2-Meter Rule, and are encouraging people to carry 2-meter sticks (or walking sticks or umbrellas) and use them to encourage spacing. If someone moves inside 2 meters it is a penalty, same for touching anyone else’s disc or gear.
re: #136 PhillyPretzel
That is why I go early in the morning. There are less than 12 people in the store. :)
Saturday and Sunday morning at 630 there were more than 150 people standing in line in every major market.
re: #49 Anymouse 🌹🏡
Sorry, Nate. No suspension of rights, not even temporarily. Once those rights are gone, they don’t come back.
I imagine conservatives would use it to rummage around to find women who had abortions.
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The Dallas County judge just told the entire county they can’t go to their nonessential job even if it’s in another county.
re: #140 Joe Bacon 🌹
Wow. That is a lot. I guess Philly is a lot quieter than LA.
isn’t it weird that people living paycheck to paycheck are supposed to have months worth of savings for emergencies while billion dollar corporations are so poorly managed they’re on the brink of bankruptcy after a week of reduced profits
— Veggietales Facts (@Veggiefact) March 22, 2020
— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) March 23, 2020
They’ve been trading for five minutes. Dow Jones now down 200 points.
re: #113 jaunte
He’s told and forced governors and local officials to do it themselves. Why would they listen to him after that?
re: #145 teleskiguy
They’ve been trading for five minutes. Dow Jones now down 200 points.
Futures had it up around 250-300…OOPS I guess they misjudged…
re: #140 Joe Bacon 🌹
Saturday and Sunday morning at 630 there were more than 150 people standing in line in every major market.
And at my small-ish town store (one of them), they were letting 60 people in at a time but the people waiting to get in were practically shoulder to shoulder.
re: #145 teleskiguy
They’ve been trading for five minutes. Dow Jones now down 200 points.
Now down 570.
re: #140 Joe Bacon 🌹
Saturday and Sunday morning at 630 there were more than 150 people standing in line in every major market.
the grocery stores I went to yesterday in Maryland were mostly empty, which was surprising. They were more crowded last week.
There is a 10 person maximum that has been ordered by our governor. Barnes and Noble books store was only allowing that many people in the store but the grocery stores didn’t seem to be restricting the number of shoppers. Although again there weren’t many people in the parking lots or stores to begin with.
NEWS: Trump started talking about how to get the U.S. out of “social distancing” less than a week after he endorsed it, and he’s been retweeting exasperated supporters today.
By @JenniferJJacobs + @josh_wingrove + @SalehaMohsin https://t.co/3rxaEc9RlV— Alex Wayne (@aawayne) March 23, 2020
re: #151 goddamnedfrank
He’s getting people killed with his stupidity since there are people who do trust him and these are people we interact with. i haven’t really been out much. I went to the grocery store to get some food and then to the ABC store but I haven’t been out much. I have been walking the dog in the afternoon but there haven’t been too many people out here in the neighborhood.
re: #151 goddamnedfrank
::: eye roll :::
He really hates doctors and the medical profession in general. This virus has to be defeated then work on the economy.
He wants to call it a war yet he doesn’t want to actually act like it’s a war. Good thing we didn’t have his sorry ass in WWII.
Some of this is already happening, obviously, but it seems like very soon, social distancing is going to be treated by many primarily as a political act—a way of signaling which “side” you’re on.
— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) March 23, 2020
re: #146 Belafon
He’s told and forced governors and local officials to do it themselves. Why would they listen to him after that?
Only I can fix.
I’m not responsible.
Governors so bad.
TURN THE MACHINES BACK ON ILLNESS DISEASE BAD
re: #156 makeitstop
Social distancing will be the new virtue signaling/political correctness.
“Cure is worse than the disease” is comparing an economic depression to a mass number of citizen deaths that would be preventable.
re: #153 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
He’s getting people killed with his stupidity since there are people who do trust him and these are people we interact with. i haven’t really been out much. I went to the grocery store to get some food and then to the ABC store but I haven’t been out much. I have been walking the dog in the afternoon but there haven’t been too many people out here in the neighborhood.
In a week we’re going to be at 2000K dead with probably 100 dead per day and climbing. Only the biggest of idiots would go back into the office at that point voluntarily.
So, like, probably a solid third of America
Remember the words of Andrew Mellon—the Treasury Secretary who had 3 Presidents serve under him…
“In a depression, wealth flows back to its natural owners!”
re: #42 Anymouse 🌹🏡
This should be reported
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Yeah, it couldn’t be that they just happen to be the group that were insisting that all this was a hoax and to go about your regular schedules and habits. Naw, couldn’t be their own fucking fault.
“Mr. Trump has become frustrated with Dr. Fauci’s blunt approach at the briefing lectern, which often contradicts things the president has just said, according to two people familiar with the dynamic.” https://t.co/MCp3y0ACGS
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 23, 2020
re: #163 goddamnedfrank
But Drump is such a straight shooter, tells it like it is, isn’t politically correct, etc.
/
re: #163 goddamnedfrank
Yeah Trump doesn’t like people who deliver facts. If Trump does end up removing Fauci, Biden’s team needs to reach out to him. People like Dr. Fauci, they trust Dr. Fauci.
re: #42 Anymouse 🌹🏡
This should be reported
Well, I haven’t received my vaccine from Bill Gates yet.
/
re: #165 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I like him too. He states what is needed even though DT hates it.
re: #150 Sir John Barron
the grocery stores I went to yesterday in Maryland were mostly empty, which was surprising. They were more crowded last week.
There is a 10 person maximum that has been ordered by our governor. Barnes and Noble books store was only allowing that many people in the store but the grocery stores didn’t seem to be restricting the number of shoppers. Although again there weren’t many people in the parking lots or stores to begin with.
The companies that ship new stock to stores are still shipping their normal amounts, which would be enough to restock normally purchased amounts, but not the panic buying we’ve seen.
Another golden calf fuckwit who thinks money is more important than human lives, and he makes laws for the nation.
“Trust in God, he’ll kill off the poors and us chosen folk can keep all the money!”
Fuck these people. https://t.co/K3FeYLKaeP— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) March 23, 2020
I have a job in a grocery store. All my feelings are mixed.
re: #168 Belafon
The companies that ship new stock to stores are still shipping their normal amounts, which would be enough to restock normally purchased amounts, but not the panic buying we’ve seen.
some shelves were empty, frozen veges aisle also depleted. The organic market I go to didn’t have the usual stock of chicken and ground beef. They said they have not been receiving all that they order, and that they don’t know how much they will get in a particular shipment.
re: #167 PhillyPretzel
I like him too. He states what is needed even though DT hates it.
He’s a good man. The kind of person we should want our Presidents to value the advice of. Maybe Trump should actually shut the fuck up for once and let the doc talk but nah Trump still harbors a delusion he’s going to be getting statues in everytown USA after this. We haven’t seen the worst of this yet and I think Trump is so full of shit that he doesn’t know or even care about that.
re: #158 Sir John Barron
Social distancing will be the new virtue signaling/political correctness.
Avoid people.
It’s not just for curmudgeons anymore
re: #160 goddamnedfrank
In a week we’re going to be at 2000K dead with probably 100 dead per day and climbing. Only the biggest of idiots would go back into the office at that point voluntarily.
So, like, probably a solid third of America
Sadly, the company I work for is considered essential, and full of people who will probably start griping about how the disease isn’t as bad as everyone says.
re: #170 wrenchwench
I have a job in a grocery store. All my feelings are mixed.
It’s good to see you WW. Wish it were under better circumstances.
re: #170 wrenchwench
I have a job in a grocery store. All my feelings are mixed.
Hi! Long time no see!
Stay safe, plz.
re: #170 wrenchwench
I have a job in a grocery store. All my feelings are mixed.
I haven’t seen you in a bit. How’s it going? You know, other than the obvious.
This weekend, @nytimes published 2 pieces that undermined current public health advice on #coronavirus, from @DrDavidKatz. @tomfriedman, green lighted by @jimdao & @JBennet. I lost my shit yesterday on the 4 of them, but thought a more calm exposition of views might be good. 1/
— Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves) March 23, 2020
re: #170 wrenchwench
I have a job in a grocery store. All my feelings are mixed.
{{WW}} Good to see you back. Stay safe.
A treat for me I am watching History Detectives.
re: #163 goddamnedfrank
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— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 23, 2020
from politicalwire.com this AM
Science Magazine’s Jon Cohen has a fascinating interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci on the coronavirus pandemic:
COHEN: What about the travel restrictions? President Trump keeps saying that the travel ban for China, which began 2 February, had a big impact and that he wishes China would have told us three to four months earlier and that they were “very secretive.” It just doesn’t comport with facts.
FAUCI: I know, but what do you want me to do? I mean, seriously Jon, let’s get real, what do you want me to do?
COHEN: Most everyone thinks that you’re doing a remarkable job, but you’re standing there as the representative of truth and facts but things are being said that aren’t true and aren’t factual.
FAUCI: The way it happened is that after he made that statement, I told the appropriate people, it doesn’t comport, because two or three months earlier would have been September. The next time they sit down with him and talk about what he’s going to say, they will say, by the way, Mr. President, be careful about this and don’t say that. But I can’t jump in front of the microphone and push him down. OK, he said it. Let’s try and get it corrected for the next time.
COHEN: You have not said China virus.
FAUCI: Ever.
COHEN. And you never will, will you?
FAUCI: No.
Trump is jonesing to do MAGA-rallies again. These daily WH COVID19 pressers aren’t giving him enough of the high he craves.
It’s not about public health, or even the economy. https://t.co/vOJBCnJ5bI— Aki Peritz (@AkiPeritz) March 23, 2020
re: #156 makeitstop
[Some of this is already happening, obviously, but it seems like very soon, social distancing is going to be treated by many primarily as a political act—a way of signaling which “side” you’re on.]
At which point, sadly, Darwinism…Survival of the Fittest proves itself.
He is literally killing off his supporters. Those who insist on going to church, who think staying away from other people is some liberal plot, people in red states.
Sure, a bunch of us are going to be collateral damage but it’s his supporters who will be most adversely affected.
re: #177 Belafon
I haven’t seen you in a bit. How’s it going? You know, other than the obvious.
I’ll be around more, but not for about 8 hours. Things are better than they were a couple of months ago, in many ways. I’m still figuring out what this ‘obvious’ is that everyone else seems to know about.
re: #172 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
He’s a good man. The kind of person we should want our Presidents to value the advice of. Maybe Trump should actually shut the fuck up for once and let the doc talk but nah Trump still harbors a delusion he’s going to be getting statues in everytown USA after this. We haven’t seen the worst of this yet and I think Trump is so full of shit that he doesn’t know or even care about that.
I have been wondering how much fauci has had to temper his message and responses
With a nother prez would he be more clear forceful and direct with us?
re: #179 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
{{WW}} Good to see you back. Stay safe.
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re: #174 Belafon
Sadly, the company I work for is considered essential, and full of people who will probably start griping about how the disease isn’t as bad as everyone says.
until which time one of their friends or family members gets it.
Biden will be speaking at 11 am Eastern time to respond to Trump’s crap:
For brats, bots, & beasts asking “Where’s Biden?” watch JOE TV:
Biden said that a recreation room in his home in Delaware had been turned into a television studio, and that he planned to give remarks on Monday. https://t.co/TnFRh4qEhS @KHiveForAmerica @KHiveQueenB @Deoliver47— Eddie Goldman (@nhbnews) March 23, 2020
Maybe Florida will get serious about this after all?
Due to coronavirus threat, winnings can no longer be claimed at Florida Lottery offices
California lottery offices are closed to the public too, but then again everything is closed out here.
Yet there are still public places open in Florida. I expect a week from now a ballooning infection rate there is going to be overwhelming.
Fuck, it’s getting worse
The head of the emergency department at a Manhattan hospital went to Home Depot to buy extra protective gear for his staff in case the hospital runs out. While he was there, he was harassed by three men who then followed him out into the parking lot.https://t.co/GlI0tUx9mx
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) March 23, 2020
re: #189 Belafon
Biden will be speaking at 11 am Eastern time to respond to Trump’s crap:
Some of the fucking bro bots have been saying he’s dead. I really despise them as much as the Trumpers at this point. Fucking neo-Stalinist shitheads.
re: #183 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Sure, a bunch of us are going to be collateral damage but it’s his supporters who will be most adversely affected.
Which matters quite little to Trump, the GOP, or even to a lot of those supporters themselves: since there will always be Someone Else to blame.
re: #191 goddamnedfrank
Fuck, it’s getting worse
It really is. This truly has been the longest year.
re: #187 wrenchwench
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Good thread
For years, AirBnB lobbyists and “advocates of the free market” have argued that AirBnB has a negligible impact on the prices of rentals, arguing that they were two totally different commodities.Now we’re seeing they were totally full of shit.
— Shane Morris (@IamShaneMorris) March 22, 2020
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re: #195 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
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the worst part of this tweet is that “what 15” is now trending because no one knows about the “15 days to stop the spread” campaign his own White House failed to promote a week ago https://t.co/J1wqM9MBnp
— Roger Sollenberger (@SollenbergerRC) March 23, 2020
re: #198 wrenchwench
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Question: My son operates a disc golf pro shop. He is the only employee. When the f2f officially shuts down in MI, probably today, is he okay continuing operating his online store?
Thoughts?
We’re creating a new economy Gary. One that doesn’t force people to become virus fodder so you can shore up your investments
— Stop acting like this is normal (@goddamnedfrank) March 23, 2020
re: #196 goddamnedfrank
I suspect similar in Prague; there’s a shit ton of AirBnB in Prague and now that international tourism is effectively dead (most likely for the rest of this year), those apartment owners are going to have put them on the rental market to make some money. That, in turn, should help lower Prague’s eye-watering rental prices and make more units available for people looking to live in the Czech capital.
re: #201 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
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re: #170 wrenchwench
I have a job in a grocery store. All my feelings are mixed.
Do tell.
So good to see you again. You were missed.
re: #197 The Pie Overlord!
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re: #202 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)
Question: My son operates a disc golf pro shop. He is the only employee. When the f2f officially shuts down in MI, probably today, is he okay continuing operating his online store?
Thoughts?
It all depends on if he can have things picked up or take things to the post office/UPS/Fedex location.
re: #125 Dr Lizardo
More like, “The weak and the old shall be weeded out by the merciless mechanism of natural selection. The iron laws of nature are not to be trifled with.”
Of course, Trump would say this completely believing in his own genetic infallibility - that Trump genuinely believes he has “superior genes” is glaringly obvious.
Remember, this is all coming from creationists. “Natural selection? No such thing!”
Glibertarians are all in with the cure-is-worse-than-the-disease chant. It’s too expensive, they say, to do shelter-in-place.
Glibertarians really would rather granny die than to pay extra tax.
re: #187 wrenchwench
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re: #208 HRH Stanley Sea
Do tell.
So good to see you again. You were missed.
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re: #204 Dr Lizardo
I suspect similar in Prague; there’s a shit ton of AirBnB in Prague and now that international tourism is effectively dead (most likely for the rest of this year), those apartment owners are going to have put them on the rental market to make some money. That, in turn, should help lower Prague’s eye-watering rental prices and make more units available for people looking to live in the Czech capital.
We stayed at a beautiful airBNB apartment in Prague in 2015, right in the middle of the old Jewish quarter, down the street from the Alt-Neu Synagogue. It cost us €40 a day.
re: #202 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)
Question: My son operates a disc golf pro shop. He is the only employee. When the f2f officially shuts down in MI, probably today, is he okay continuing operating his online store?
Thoughts?
I don’t see why not. If he has a website, he needs to put a From The CEO or some such explaining everything, that he is a one person operation and the steps he is taking to ensure his customer’s safety. This is something all companies are doing. See…
re: #215 teleskiguy
Dumb shit.
Fucking sociopaths douchebag. How about this, you shut down your crime hangout at Mar al Lago, first.
re: #211 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
Remember, this is all coming from creationists. “Natural selection? No such thing!”
True.
re: #142 PhillyPretzel
Wow. That is a lot. I guess Philly is a lot quieter than LA.
I got to the supermarket around 8:30 am yesterday, and it was pretty empty. But all the paper products (which they stock first thing in the morning — they open at 7:00 am) were gone, so there must have been an early surge.
There is already community spread of the coronavirus within the United States and the virus is affecting countries around the world. This is why we need to approach this as a global effort rather than racist nationalism and xenophobia. We’re all in this together.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) March 23, 2020
re: #216 The Pie Overlord!
We stayed at a beautiful airBNB apartment in Prague in 2015, right in the middle of the old Jewish quarter, down the street from the Alt-Neu Synagogue. It cost us €40 a day.
Right now, Prague’s closed for business.
I’ve never seen so Prague so empty. It’s weird.
re: #217 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I don’t see why not. If he has a website, he needs to put a From The CEO or some such explaining everything, that he is a one person operation and the steps he is taking to ensure his customer’s safety. This is something all companies are doing. See…
One of the garage door companies in the DFW area had a “minimal contact service” ad on TV this morning, which included the driver wiping down their steering wheel.
re: #214 wrenchwench
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I’d like to add my own “So good to see you, and missed you”.
re: #206 unproven innocence
Honestly, I had no clue what I was looking at. Even tried a “large view” but could not center the image.
Here’s a hint.
“Why can’t we call it ‘Chinese Virus’?” WHO issues best practices guidelines for naming human diseases. #resist #CoronaVirus #COVID19 #ChineseVirus #WuhanVirus https://t.co/ijUEHbakvT pic.twitter.com/QuvsDUIo7N
— Lemon Harangue Pie (@Pie_Overlord) March 23, 2020
re: #223 Dr Lizardo
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I’ve never seen so Prague so empty. It’s weird.
The footage and photos of the cities. Shit it’s like something out of a movie. I’ve been seeing the photos of the Slovak government in this crisis. They’ve all got protective masks on. It’s just so eerie. And what is killing me is I know the worst of this hasn’t happened yet. No one I know yet *knock on wood* has been diagnosed with COVID.
The New York Times changed headlines 3 times in order to satisfy the Radical Left. What should have been a good story got “worse & worse”, until the headline alone made it very unfair. Fake & Corrupt News that is very dangerous for our Country!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 23, 2020
He’s rage-tweeted 30 times this morning.
Do you have nothing better to do than complain about stuff?
Do you ever freaking work?
You are killing Americans you freaking sociopath.— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) March 23, 2020
re: #174 Belafon
Sadly, the company I work for is considered essential, and full of people who will probably start griping about how the disease isn’t as bad as everyone says.
I think 2000k would actually be 2 million people, so probably just 2000. Things aren’t quite THAT bad yet.
re: #160 goddamnedfrank
In a week we’re going to be at 2000K dead with probably 100 dead per day and climbing.
We’re already there.
This might be Trump’s last week in office. Getting some bad low frequency vibrations, feels like the whole administration is about to fly apart.
Gamestop is finally closing all of their stores:
GameStop will close all of its storefronts starting Sunday following outcry from employees and calls from lawmakers to stay at home as coronavirus spreads in the United States.
Though stores will be closed to customers, GameStop will process orders on a digital only basis, moving to curbside pick-up at stores and delivery.
“This is an unprecedented time and each day brings new information about the COVID-19 pandemic. Our priority has been and continues to be on the well-being of our employees, customers and business partners. We have been steadfast in our adherence to CDC-guided safety and local government orders for retailers in each of our communities,” George Sherman, GameStop’s Chief Executive Officer, said in a statement.
re: #233 goddamnedfrank
This might be Trump’s last week in office. Getting some bad low frequency vibrations, feels like the whole administration is about to fly apart.
I’ve had that feeling for a while now. He’s been pushing the envelope for so long, something is going to break.
Biden is speaking live from his home btw.
re: #237 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
When? Biden is almost always upbeat.
re: #236 Dr. Matt
Donnie woke up with a case of the grumpy’s.
And in freak-out mode since Biden is going to speak and show how a President should be acting.
re: #238 PhillyPretzel
When? Biden is almost always upbeat.
Go to Twitter or Facebook. Not sure if any networks are showing it.
I’m about to deliver remarks on the Coronavirus pandemic. Tune in to watch live: https://t.co/HpaqlEb7D1
— Joe Biden (Text Join to 30330) (@JoeBiden) March 23, 2020
EDITED…THIS IS OLDER. USE TELESKI’S LINK ABOVE.
re: #238 PhillyPretzel
In what appears to be his first on-camera appearance in nearly six days, Biden takes aim at the Senate GOP coronavirus package with a message that echoes Senate Dem leaders. https://t.co/KOStJ4u4We
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) March 23, 2020
re: #241 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Thanks. I do not tweet or facebook.
re: #240 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I wish I could agree. Trump will only leave in a coffin
Your proposal is acceptable.
re: #242 teleskiguy
Thanks Charlie. I think he’s sounding good.
re: #244 PhillyPretzel
Thanks. I do not tweet or facebook.
Not a problem. I typically don’t tweet either but you can still watch live on his account even if you yourself don’t have one.
re: #247 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I am watching now thanks. :)
re: #248 PhillyPretzel
I am watching now thanks. :)
Glad to help. I’m ready to elect this man President.
re: #229 teleskiguy
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He’s rage-tweeted 30 times this morning.
he’s got nothing else to do until his next tv presser rally
re: #250 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
he’s got nothing else to do until his next tv
presserrally
I just know he’s going to have opinions on what Joe is saying.
re: #244 PhillyPretzel
Thanks. I do not tweet or facebook.
It’s on Periscope. Click the link in Teleski’s comment above.
re: #249 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Me too. Quietly of course.
My husband has coronavirus. I love him & not being able to be by his side is one of the hardest things about this disease. So many are going through this & much worse. I pray for him & you & meanwhile I will do all I can to get help to the American people.https://t.co/fqQU6tA29r pic.twitter.com/SjyfdQxe1R
— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) March 23, 2020
re: #196 goddamnedfrank
For years, AirBnB lobbyists and “advocates of the free market” have argued that AirBnB has a negligible impact on the prices of rentals, arguing that they were two totally different commodities.
Now we’re seeing they were totally full of shit.
Ever heard of zoning regulations?
re: #254 The Pie Overlord!
Thoughts for Amy and her family.
re: #257 PhillyPretzel
Dang! I see I have another entry for Philly Pretzel’s thread killers. :/
re: #258 PhillyPretzel
Dang! I see I have another entry for Philly Pretzel’s thread killers. :/
Still here. Not much to say. :-(
They’re really going to try to talk the public into thinking this is nearing the end.
Hey, docs and nurses of Twitter?
Any thoughts here? pic.twitter.com/co7lEV3RIL— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 23, 2020
I mean, I invaded Iraq in 2003 without full body armor in a humvee that had vinyl doors and windows, so this IS actually a thing we do in America https://t.co/v80JoaWcgZ
— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) March 23, 2020
re: #260 makeitstop
They’re really going to try to talk the public into thinking this is nearing the end.
They are so dangerously stupid.
Seeing as how school’s out for the foreseeable future here in Czech Republic, Ceska Televize has launched UčíTelka, TV-based learning for the kids.
From Monday, March 16, Czech Television is launching a unique program called UčíTelka . Every day, first grade elementary school students wait for a TV screen on the ČT2 network.
Cool idea - hopefully, it’ll work well. An emergency measure, and to Czech Television’s great credit, they got it up and running in a matter of 10 days. They’re planning on expanding it to older students soon.
I mean, I invaded Iraq in 2003 without full body armor in a humvee that had vinyl doors and windows, so this IS actually a thing we do in America https://t.co/v80JoaWcgZ
— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) March 23, 2020
Japanese female professional wrestler Kanako Urai, who now works in WWE as “Asuka”, has a Youtube channel mostly centered around food (the real Japanese religion). After last Monday’s WWE “Raw” TV show she went shopping (I presume in Orlando). She doesn’t understand why the toilet paper is gone:
This run on tp has to be some sort of insight into America. I suspect we can find some sort of relationship between frantic tp buying and why Trump is President.
re: #260 makeitstop
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peaked?
you’ve tested almost no one.
there is no data or informational basis on which to make this assessment.
my guess, based on that we’ve tested almost no one, is actual cases way exceed ‘known’ cases. and our known cases are third highest in the world
re: #262 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
They are so dangerously stupid.
they cant force me to go out
re: #260 makeitstop
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Mr. Cardillo must know a different group of medical professionals than I do. Almost everyone I know in that category is freaked out.
report, Scotty pic.twitter.com/Q84bMQGHmY
— Swear Trek (@swear_trek) August 2, 2017
re: #233 goddamnedfrank
That truck’s passthrough is awesome. You could carry a telephone pole in that truck!
re: #265 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Japanese female professional wrestler Kanako Urai, who now works in WWE as “Asuka”, has a Youtube channel mostly centered around food (the real Japanese religion). After last Monday’s WWE “Raw” TV show she went shopping (I presume in Orlando). She doesn’t understand why the toilet paper is gone:
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This run on tp has to be some sort of insight into America. I suspect we can find some sort of relationship between frantic tp buying and why Trump is President.
maybe trump’s followers are more patriotic and so have a stronger sense of ‘duty’.
re: #265 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Japanese female professional wrestler Kanako Urai, who now works in WWE as “Asuka”, has a Youtube channel mostly centered around food (the real Japanese religion). After last Monday’s WWE “Raw” TV show she went shopping (I presume in Orlando). She doesn’t understand why the toilet paper is gone:
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This run on tp has to be some sort of insight into America. I suspect we can find some sort of relationship between frantic tp buying and why Trump is President.
TP is in short supply up here, as well.
re: #261 jaunte
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So, do we contract with KBR to up armor or doctors and nurses? Get Cheney on the phone, stat!
re: #270 Amory Blaine
That truck’s passthrough is awesome. You could carry a telephone pole in that truck!
It’s such a great idea I’m super pissed nobody else has done it yet.
re: #265 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Japanese female professional wrestler Kanako Urai, who now works in WWE as “Asuka”, has a Youtube channel mostly centered around food (the real Japanese religion). After last Monday’s WWE “Raw” TV show she went shopping (I presume in Orlando). She doesn’t understand why the toilet paper is gone:
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This run on tp has to be some sort of insight into America. I suspect we can find some sort of relationship between frantic tp buying and why Trump is President.
We can collect the stories and title the book Sagas of Singly Ply
re: #260 makeitstop
They’re lying their asses off, because most places have yet to see cases overwhelm them (thinking that this is the worst of it).
We aren’t anywhere near the worst anywhere in the US because we haven’t even seen a peak. Cases continue doubling every 2-3 days. Deaths are growing and there’s no sign of a slowdown anywhere.
It’s all misinformation, and the early end to any of these measures will result in a wider spread.
I don’t know if this is a German thing, but shelves here have been empty of flour since the start of the crisis. They must be worried about those biscuits…
re: #260 makeitstop
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He is the cop equivalent of Judge Jeanine.
He was a police officer for about 15 minutes in the 90s and now makes a living saying stupid things to stupid people.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) March 23, 2020
re: #278 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
At my supermarket most of the Gold Medal flour was gone and quite a bit of King Arthur too.
re: #278 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I don’t know if this is a German thing, but shelves here have been empty of flour since the start of the crisis. They must be worried about those biscuits…
Exactly the same here. I asked one of my students, who bought 5 kilos of flour, why and she replied, “I will NOT run out of bread!” To be fair, some of that she bought for her grandmother, who’s staying at home.
Bogart that joint, have at it.
You hear that, stoners? Be responsible. https://t.co/ksYXjsjJjc
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) March 23, 2020
re: #277 lawhawk
Correct. Two weeks ago today the major sports leagues were still playing games, most businesses were still open and school closures were just beginning.
There just hasn’t been enough time for the shutdown measures to have a meaningful impact.
re: #280 PhillyPretzel
At my supermarket most of the Gold Medal flour was gone and quite a bit of King Arthur too.
Here there is no form of it available at all. Good that I stocked up early.
We have a village bakery and shop that sells all the essentials (milk, eggs, dairy, cold cuts, jam, some canned goods, coffee, etc.) and a produce van that comes once a week, so I need not go anywhere for the next two weeks.
re: #278 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I don’t know if this is a German thing, but shelves here have been empty of flour since the start of the crisis. They must be worried about those biscuits…
At the stores around me, flour, sugar, vegetable oil, meat, bread, soups, and canned goods can’t restock because of panic buying.
The guy who started all of this hand washing business. Thank G-d for him. From The Washington Post: washingtonpost.com
re: #286 PhillyPretzel
The guy who started all of this hand washing business. Thank G-d for him. From The Washington Post: washingtonpost.com
Google had him as their doodle the other day.
WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF!!!#PresidentSupervillain pic.twitter.com/1AsySiGcr6
— President Supervillain (@PresVillain) March 23, 2020
re: #285 Belafon
At the stores around me, flour, sugar, vegetable oil, meat, bread, soups, and canned goods can’t restock because of panic buying.
I can deal with panic buying but I am convinced that no small part of that is people hoarding with an eye on reselling for a profit…
We have no yeast, the shelf at the store was bare. But my native American wife makes awesome fry bread so we’ll be ok in that regard.
re: #290 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I can deal with panic buying but I am convinced that no small part of that is people hoarding with an eye on reselling for a profit…
I haven’t seen it around here. There’s been nothing on nextdoor trying to resell stuff.
re: #290 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I can deal with panic buying but I am convinced that no small part of that is people hoarding with an eye on reselling for a profit…
At least I’m happy to report that in our neighborhood while the local market doesn’t have everything (meats were a bit sparse, milk in half gallons rather than gallons, that sort of thing) and I haven’t been to Safeway lately, neighbors are sharing and offering to shop for each other.
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re: #292 Amory Blaine
We have no yeast, the shelf at the store was bare. But my native American wife makes awesome flat bread so we’ll be ok in that regard.
virtually every culture has some form of no rise flatbread recipe
there are a lot of good bean based breads too
plus garbanzo flour
almond flour
corn
etc
re: #293 Belafon
I haven’t seen it around here. There’s been nothing on nextdoor trying to resell stuff.
I hope that is not the case, but OTOH, they would know enough not to hawk it online or anyplace where they can get exposed…
My brother’s anecdote for grocery shopping last Friday was that he visited three locations (western NY):
1. Wegman’s - pretty worked over and out of certain items.
2. Chinese grocery - pretty well stocked. *Everyone* wearing masks and gloves.
3. International grocery - Fully stocked, including flour, produce, paper products, etc.
What in the actual fuck?
Defunding rape crisis centers?
Stop playing your religious fundamentalists politics with our lives GOP. Help people. It’s not that hard. https://t.co/sZa6H4vwRZ— Kaz Weida (@kazweida) March 23, 2020
re: #299 jaunte
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give the R’s credit for one thing
they never take their eye off the fucking ball
What in the actual fuck?
Defunding rape crisis centers?
Stop playing your religious fundamentalists politics with our lives GOP. Help people. It’s not that hard. https://t.co/sZa6H4vwRZ— Kaz Weida (@kazweida) March 23, 2020
re: #298 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Thanks for the update on Wegman’s. I figured it would worked over. For right now I am stuck in the “great” Northeast Philly. My street which would be empty this time of day is packed full of cars. As of 8 AM all Philadelphians are to stay at home unless they are getting supplies or helping someone.
re: #300 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
What in the actual fuck?
Defunding rape crisis centers?Stop playing your religious fundamentalists politics with our lives GOP. Help people. It’s not that hard.
And when the Dems catch it and send it back for reworking they are accused of “stalling during a crisis”
This is right up there with the call to suspend all “unnecessary abortions” during the crisis…
I’m telling you, if we get a stimulus bill by the end of the next week that actually does much of anything, it will be a fucking miracle.
Looking forward to the next potus presser campaign rally where he can tell us how wonderfully beautifully he’s doing and how terrible it is that no one is giving him such great credit for being so Great.
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re: #296 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
virtually every culture has some form of no rise flatbread recipe
there are a lot of good bean based breads too
plus garbanzo flour
almond flour
corn
etc
Sourdough.
re: #264 goddamnedfrank
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re: #300 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
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Defunding rape crisis centers: because they might offer advice on abortion.
re: #305 Sir John Barron
Looking forward to the next potus presser campaign rally where he can tell us how wonderfully beautifully he’s doing and how terrible it is that no one is giving him such great credit for being so Great.
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re: #302 PhillyPretzel
Thanks for the update on Wegman’s. I figured it would worked over. For right now I am stuck in the “great” Northeast Philly. My street which would be empty this time of day is packed full of cars. As of 8 AM all Philadelphians are to stay at home unless they are getting supplies or helping someone.
I was in a local (Malvern) Wegmans late last week. No paper products, frozen entrees, frozen chicken, and controlled stocks (limit 2 per customer) of everything else for the most part. They had produce, but not as much as I usually see. On-site bakery products all bagged.
Check-out slow since they wiped down the check-out area between customers and enforced line spacing.
Apartment parking lot here pretty much full at a time of day that it is usually almost empty.
From The Washington Post: Why Coronavirus so hard to kill.
washingtonpost.com
re: #281 Dr Lizardo
Exactly the same here. I asked one of my students, who bought 5 kilos of flour, why and she replied, “I will NOT run out of bread!” To be fair, some of that she bought for her grandmother, who’s staying at home.
Which reminds me, I found an interesting Fry Bread recipe for my Air Fryer. I should get a bag of flour this week and try it.
Opinion: Save time and assume Trump is inept and lying https://t.co/LNt6lmZldT
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 23, 2020
Larry Kudlow on Fox News: “The president is right. The cure can’t be worse than the disease. And we’re going to have to make some difficult tradeoffs.”
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) March 23, 2020
Fucking ghoul.
“Never miss an opportunity to put the boot in on rape victims and the disabled.”
— Mitch McConnell
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re: #314 makeitstop
Fucking ghoul.
Hey, Larry, who’s this “we” you’re talking about?
You can’t just turn the machines back on, buddy. It’s not in your domain. You can fire up the DPA and get something done. Else, just sit down while the adults figure this out.
re: #214 wrenchwench
Glad to see you back!
Maryland governor has ordered the closing of non-essential businesses by 5 pm today. He’s also ordered a hospital surge to create more medical capacity.
re: #320 Sir John Barron
Maryland governor has ordered the closing of non-essential businesses by 5 pm today. He’s also ordered a hospital surge to create more medical capacity.
President Orange just can’t order the machines to be turned back on. But he could help crank up the medical supply engine, which he doesn’t want to do because soshulism.
The CDC has not updated the Coronavirus numbers of their web page since Friday - 72 hours ago. pic.twitter.com/XfngBS95KF
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) March 23, 2020
re: #320 Sir John Barron
Maryland governor has ordered the closing of non-essential businesses by 5 pm today. He’s also ordered a hospital surge to create more medical capacity.
re: #314 makeitstop
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Fucking ghoul.
For some of us to keep making good money a lot of you are going to have to get sick and die.
re: #322 HRH Stanley Sea
This is all I could get was from The Washington Post:
washingtonpost.com
Trump reaffirms that his administration will go forward with lawsuit to end the Affordable Care Act: “what we want to do is terminate it” and replace it with something better.
— Sam Stein (@samstein) March 22, 2020
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re: #322 HRH Stanley Sea
The update M-F at 4PM.
re: #316 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
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re: #298 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
My brother’s anecdote for grocery shopping last Friday was that he visited three locations (western NY):
1. Wegman’s - pretty worked over and out of certain items.
2. Chinese grocery - pretty well stocked. *Everyone* wearing masks and gloves.
3. International grocery - Fully stocked, including flour, produce, paper products, etc.
I was at the mothership Wegmans in Rochester on Sunday morning. It was pretty well stocked on everything except some meats, a few frozen things, some soup, Wegmans brand soda (?) and of course paper goods and wipes.
re: #331 i(m)p(each)sos
I was at the mothership Wegmans in Rochester on Sunday morning. It was pretty well stocked on everything except some meats, a few frozen things, some soup, Wegmans brand soda (?) and of course paper goods and wipes.
Sounds like it’s better closer to their home base.
I haven’t even considered going into a Trader Joe’s yet. Unless they are closely limiting people going in the place would be just about impossible to maintain distances in.
Thread.
I haven’t written much about Trump’s narcissism of late, so now is as good a time as any to lay down a thread on where his compulsions are taking us.
As always, let’s start with the golden rule of narcissism:
Narcs care only about avoiding shame and soliciting adoration.
1/ https://t.co/6ZcdW4LIpq— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) March 23, 2020
re: #314 makeitstop
Larry Kudlow on Fox News: “The president is right. The cure can’t be worse than the disease. And we’re going to have to make some difficult tradeoffs.”
So that is the going to be the key talking point on how to deal with the “Chinese virus”….so if anybody who dies from it unneccessarily, they can blame it on the Chinese and not Trump
re: #334 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
So that is the going to be the key talking point on how to deal with the “Chinese virus”….so if anybody who dies from it unneccessarily, they can blame it on the Chinese and not Trump
And the Democrats are to blame for any slowing of relief bills. Please ignore any clauses in said bill legalizing the further looting of the country.
Can we all agree that Donald Trump is one of the worst human beings to ever walk the earth?
re: #335 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
And the Democrats are to blame for any slowing of relief bills. Please ignore any clauses in said bill legalizing the further looting of the country.
and hollowing out abortion rights
Republicans are quickly pivoting to killing grandma to save the stock market. https://t.co/87cwT5Jsis
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) March 23, 2020
Do they … realize they’re trying to disproportionately kill their own voters?
Like are the survivors who will trend younger supposed to be happy & comforted by this proposed mass sacrifice because it means they get to go back to slaving for wages in contagion riddled cubicles? https://t.co/xvfaY3wXRJ— Stop acting like this is normal (@goddamnedfrank) March 23, 2020
re: #326 The Pie Overlord!
replace it with something better sounds really rational and doable at this moment.
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re: #260 makeitstop
They’re really going to try to talk the public into thinking this is nearing the end.
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— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) March 23, 2020
so for two months wingnuts at faux and in congress have been decrying the supposed hysteria over the corona virus, but now that they want their boondoggle senate bill passed they’re screaming in all caps that the bill must be passed immediately in its present form without any House input.
re: #311 PhillyPretzel
From The Washington Post: Why Coronavirus so hard to kill.
washingtonpost.com
Yeah, about all those IT’S ALIVE! and What Could Possibly Go Wrong memes…
In 2014, a virus frozen in permafrost for 30,000 years that scientists retrieved was able to infect an amoeba after being revived in the lab.
BREAKING: Indiana Gov. Holcomb issues stay at home order for all Hoosiers. https://t.co/2xVHPLfgWl
— CBS Chicago (@cbschicago) March 23, 2020
“I stopped him and said, ‘Look, this isn’t a movie. You are not Will Smith in I Am Legend. Go home.”
This is the updated compilation of Italian Mayors losing it at people violating #Covid19 quarantine. Yes, subtitles are accurate. pic.twitter.com/60V4Csuonb
RIP my mentions. I was one of the first people to respond to Fuckface’s tweet, now my mentions are a cesspool of MAGAt filth.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) March 23, 2020
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) March 23, 2020
re: #314 makeitstop
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Fucking ghoul.
ok, you first
Larry Kudlow on Fox News: “The president is right. The cure can’t be worse than the disease. And we’re going to have to make some difficult tradeoffs.”
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) March 23, 2020
but you know why they’re talking this way?
it’s totally out of control and they’ll never get it under control
they screwed the pooch from the start and now they’re trying to rationalize the horrific damage their ineptitude and lackadaisical attitude has caused (and continues to cause)
re: #282 teleskiguy
Bogart that joint, have at it.
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Last Friday night me and my friends around the fire observed that also. We each had our own bowls.
My God, appreciate the courage here; these are older folks at greater risk for serious disease, who are voluntarily re-entering the healthcare workforce. https://t.co/E7qbOpovvc
— Esther Choo (@choo_ek) March 23, 2020
Oh, definite charge. He has long established his position. https://t.co/qYGQaMqr3H
— Joe Posnanski (@JPosnanski) March 23, 2020
re: #346 teleskiguy
RIP my mentions. I was one of the first people to respond to Fuckface’s tweet, now my mentions are a cesspool of MAGAt filth.
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Don’t sprain your finger blocking them all.
re: #348 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
ok, you first
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but you know why they’re talking this way?
it’s totally out of control and they’ll never get it under control
they screwed the pooch from the start and now they’re trying to rationalize the horrific damage their ineptitude and lackadaisical attitude has caused (and continues to cause)
Of course, you’re right.
But I don’t understand what the end game is here. In the face of numbers that will continue to go up at the end of the ‘15 days,’ what do they do then?
Mandate everyone going back to work? Fine companies that don’t re-open? Arrest people who continue to isolate?
They’re tough talking, but I don’t see how they can follow through.
Sure, let’s just reopen businesses and let people start to get sick.
No risk of lawsuits or anything there….
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re: #339 goddamnedfrank
Do they … realize they’re trying to disproportionately kill their own voters?
But their own voters will go under still blaming the Chinese and cursing the liberals…best of both worlds.
Needless to say, for the tinfoil hat crowd — we spent the weekend building a TV studio in Joe Biden’s basement. He doesn’t have Coronavirus, but he does have a camera now. So buckle up!
— Kate Bedingfield (@KBeds) March 23, 2020
Trump is freaking out because the hotel he rents from the government has a 5% occupancy rate right now and he’s losing money out of his eyeballs. Something he’s been really good at his entire adult life.
re: #349 Eventual Carrion
Last Friday night me and my friends around the fire observed that also. We each had our own bowls.
I’m smoking by myself these days, so no problem.
My BiL grows pretty righteous weed in his basement, and about 2 weeks before all hell broke loose he brought over a Vlasic pickle jar loaded up with enormous buds. Since I only smoke a couple of times a week, I should have a good amount left by the time I’m able to smoke a joint with my friends again
re: #357 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
But their own voters will blame the Chinese and the liberals…best of both worlds.
Who here honestly gives a fuck about what their voters will blame? We know how these assholes operate. They’re xenophobic pieces of shit who think triggering the libs is a real ideology instead of a childish tantrum inspired by a fast talking orange conman.
Shoe drop coming?
JUST IN: Boeing shares halted for pending news.https://t.co/jn8limUSe7
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) March 23, 2020
re: #350 jaunte
My God, appreciate the courage here; these are older folks at greater risk for serious disease, who are voluntarily re-entering the [UK] healthcare workforce.
to help fill a gap caused by younger, healthier (but foreign) medical staff electing to leave or not coming in the first place…
re: #358 gocart mozart
I thought Biden sounded great which of course means MAGA/Russia/Bernieland thinks he’s senilie.
re: #359 Ace Rothstein
Trump is freaking out because the hotel he rents from the government has a 5% occupancy rate right now and he’s losing money out of his eyeballs. Something he’s been really good at his entire adult life.
Trump has never worked a honest day’s work in his life and it shows.
re: #354 makeitstop
Of course, you’re right.
But I don’t understand what the end game is here. In the face of numbers that will continue to go up at the end of the ‘15 days,’ what do they do then?
Mandate everyone going back to work? Fine companies that don’t re-open? Arrest people who continue to isolate?
They’re tough talking, but I don’t see how they can follow through.
Precisely. There is no plan in the White House. They are flailing from sound bite solution (lie) to sound bite solution (lie) trying to find something that provides a stop to the immediate bleeding.
The health experts are not telling them what Trump wants to here, so the experts are being ignored per usual.
Just hope that the “solution” doesn’t next devolve to starting a war with someone (probably Iran) as a potential distraction, rallying point, and “reason” to force the workforce back on the job.
re: #354 makeitstop
At this point, you’d have to be looking at keeping things shut down through at least late April. That would be enough time to see what impact they are having on case volume.
If we do indeed succeed in “flattening the curve” then after that the best move would be to look at a gradual phase in for the return of economic activity. For example, allow restaurants, bars and theaters to reopen, but they are only allowed to run at up to half capacity and must have ample space between customers. Additionally, some sporting events could resume, but with no audiences for the time being. Allow weddings and funerals again, but only up to a max of 30 people attending. Stuff like that.
Of course, we’re talking about the Trump gang here, so who knows what the fuck they’ll do.
She fucking warned all y’all
Just imagine Donald Trump in the Oval Office facing a real crisis. We can’t afford that kind of risk.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 8, 2016
re: #368 The Pie Overlord!
She fucking warned all y’all
If this country ever gets its shit together we are going to look back on the events of November 2016 and decide that a lot of us were very stupid people and by us I mean other white people. Fucking Chuck Todd accused HRC of being “too prepared”. Well Chuck, I’l take too fucking prepared when we’re in the biggest pandemic in a century.
Fucking Federalist.
I see we’ve already hit the “Look is it really THAT bad if millions of people die?” messaging stage… pic.twitter.com/yuwcZseRUD
— Dr. NerdLove (@DrNerdLove) March 23, 2020
re: #363 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
to help fill a gap caused by younger, healthier (but foreign) medical staff electing to leave or not coming in the first place…
You have evidence that that is happening?
re: #370 makeitstop
Fucking Federalist.
I’d be happy if the Federalist died as a result of Corona. Sean Davis could learn to actually work for a living instead of being yet another paid loser that sucks off Trump.
re: #370 makeitstop
“Everyone would be willing to live a somewhat shorter normal life.”
Are they fucking serious?
You’re of the right age. So, you first, ok? Once you’re gone, we can try and save OUR parents and grandparents.
— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) March 23, 2020
re: #346 teleskiguy
Apply block and report liberally.
re: #373 Eclectic Cyborg
“Everyone would be willing to live a somewhat shorter normal life.”
Are they fucking serious?
If they actually meant that, they wouldn’t have stanned for the oldest man ever elected President. These times are really revealing the fundamental ugly nature of right wing economics.
Remember, every Fuehrer demanded you die to show loyalty.
This Fuehrer is no different.
re: #326 The Pie Overlord!
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it’s been three years. what’s that ‘replacement’ look like?
Trump reaffirms that his administration will go forward with lawsuit to end the Affordable Care Act: “what we want to do is terminate it” and replace it with something better.
— Sam Stein (@samstein) March 22, 2020
re: #374 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
It’s hard for me to believe that it’s not even been three months since my Grandma left us. Still miss her. The ageist shit in this crisis man. Fuck these people. I want the WWII generation back in big numbers more than ever now. Those people were fucking amazing.
re: #373 Eclectic Cyborg
“Everyone would be willing to live a somewhat shorter normal life.”
Are they fucking serious?
The same argument is being made by some of the folks on the right here in Czech Republic.
re: #378 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
it’s been three years. what’s that ‘replacement’ look like?
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re: #367 Eclectic Cyborg
At this point, you’d have to be looking at keeping things shut down through at least late April. That would be enough time to see what impact they are having on case volume.
If we do indeed succeed in “flattening the curve” then after that the best move would be to look at a gradual phase in for the return of economic activity. For example, allow restaurants, bars and theaters to reopen, but they are only allowed to run at up to half capacity and must have ample space between customers. Additionally, some sporting events could resume, but with no audiences for the time being. Allow weddings and funerals again, but only up to a max of 30 people attending. Stuff like that.
Of course, we’re talking about the Trump gang here, so who knows what the fuck they’ll do.
Some bay area numbers (we started stay at home around March 13) suggest that it is indeed working. Your proposals look good to me, add regular, random testing to get the asymptomatic cases off the streets, or at least reduce their numbers.
re: #378 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
it’s been three years. what’s that ‘replacement’ look like?
Fucking ghouls.
Right now, I’m actually hoping for a spring blizzard and a cold snap.
Why?
Because it’d enforce separation and people wouldn’t go out as they would under normal circumstances.
This isn’t going to end in two weeks. Anyone saying this ends in 15 days is deluding themselves and their supporters. Declaring this over in 15 days?
It guarantees even wider spread.
re: #336 Eclectic Cyborg
Can we all agree that Donald Trump is one of the worst human beings to ever walk the earth?
stupidity will do that
re: #384 lawhawk
Right now, I’m actually hoping for a spring blizzard and a cold snap.
Why?
Because it’d enforce separation and people wouldn’t go out as they would under normal circumstances.
This isn’t going to end in two weeks. Anyone saying this ends in 15 days is deluding themselves and their supporters. Declaring this over in 15 days?
It guarantees even wider spread.
It has gotten a little colder here but I’m near the Blue Ridge mountains.
My personal position on any coronavirus stimulus package from the current Congress: It must originate from the House, and not the Senate. Any Senate bill will contain so many hidden (or not so hidden) toxic measures that it will be worse than passing nothing. Only a bill designed by Nancy has a prayer of helping this nation.
re: #384 lawhawk
Right now, I’m actually hoping for a spring blizzard and a cold snap.
Why?
Because it’d enforce separation and people wouldn’t go out as they would under normal circumstances.
This isn’t going to end in two weeks. Anyone saying this ends in 15 days is deluding themselves and their supporters. Declaring this over in 15 days?
It guarantees even wider spread.
Maybe the evangelicals are worried that if people stay home and read their Bibles more than usual they might discover it doesn’t say what they’ve been told it says.
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re: #383 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Fucking ghouls.
It’s been a decade. Not 3 years.
The GOP has had 10 years to offer up anything resembling an alternative to ACA. They have nothing.
Let me restate this in plain English: THE GOP HAVE NO PLAN BEYOND OBAMACARE REPEAL.They’ve had 10 years to come up with a plan. They don’t have one. Trump never had one. It was always vaporware. When the so-called policy wonk Ryan was Speaker, he claimed he had a plan, and yet never actually produced one while as speaker that did anything other than repeal Obamacare and replace it with vaporware.
There’s no plan beyond repealing what we have. That’s it. That’s their plan.
It’s the #GOPDontCare plan.
re: #370 makeitstop
Fucking Federalist.
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re: #348 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
ok, you first
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but you know why they’re talking this way?
it’s totally out of control and they’ll never get it under control
they screwed the pooch from the start and now they’re trying to rationalize the horrific damage their ineptitude and lackadaisical attitude has caused (and continues to cause)
Yeah this is the panicked, flop sweat stage of teenagers with a hangover in a mad scramble to put the house back together before the parents get home.
They fucked everything up, shit all over the bed and now are telling us we have to go sleep in it because reasons.
Fuck that
re: #389 lawhawk
It’s been a decade. Not 3 years.
The GOP has had 10 years to offer up anything resembling an alternative to ACA. They have nothing.
Let me restate this in plain English: THE GOP HAVE NO PLAN BEYOND OBAMACARE REPEAL.They’ve had 10 years to come up with a plan. They don’t have one. Trump never had one. It was always vaporware. When the so-called policy wonk Ryan was Speaker, he claimed he had a plan, and yet never actually produced one while as speaker that did anything other than repeal Obamacare and replace it with vaporware.There’s no plan beyond repealing what we have. That’s it. That’s their plan.
It’s the #GOPDontCare plan.
You’re right. It has been a decade. I was being generous. I think ACA has become what they feared it would be. Not just popular but successful and if things go right, we will improve it. Teh GOP doesn’t have a health care plan. They never have. Just a giant tantrum. That’s all their party has really been since Obama won.
re: #354 makeitstop
Of course, you’re right.
But I don’t understand what the end game is here. In the face of numbers that will continue to go up at the end of the ‘15 days,’ what do they do then?
Mandate everyone going back to work? Fine companies that don’t re-open? Arrest people who continue to isolate?
They’re tough talking, but I don’t see how they can follow through.
by then they’ll have a new narrative and 40% of the country will forget what it was like 15 days ago
re: #370 makeitstop
Fucking Federalist.
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The writer of this horseshit can kiss my lily white ass. I do not go to work because I want “normalcy” or because it gives meaning to my life. I do it because I need money to pay bills and afford basic necessities. MY LIFE IS NOT WORTH A FEW POINTS ON YOUR DAMNED STOCK PORTFOLIO!
re: #359 Ace Rothstein
Trump is freaking out because the hotel he rents from the government has a 5% occupancy rate right now and he’s losing money out of his eyeballs. Something he’s been really good at his entire adult life.
first president to go bankrupt while presidenting!
re: #389 lawhawk
It’s been a decade. Not 3 years.
The GOP has had 10 years to offer up anything resembling an alternative to ACA. They have nothing.
Let me restate this in plain English: THE GOP HAVE NO PLAN BEYOND OBAMACARE REPEAL.They’ve had 10 years to come up with a plan. They don’t have one. Trump never had one. It was always vaporware. When the so-called policy wonk Ryan was Speaker, he claimed he had a plan, and yet never actually produced one while as speaker that did anything other than repeal Obamacare and replace it with vaporware.There’s no plan beyond repealing what we have. That’s it. That’s their plan.
It’s the #GOPDontCare plan.
They’ve never had a “replacement” because the obvious answer was always the same since the day John of Orange first lumbered up to the podium: They want a return to status quo ante-Obama. They want to get rid of all the new regs, all the new laws, and get back to allowing their buds in the insurance lobby gouging millions of Americans.
re: #389 lawhawk
It’s been a decade. Not 3 years.
The GOP has had 10 years to offer up anything resembling an alternative to ACA. They have nothing.
Let me restate this in plain English: THE GOP HAVE NO PLAN BEYOND OBAMACARE REPEAL.They’ve had 10 years to come up with a plan. They don’t have one. Trump never had one. It was always vaporware. When the so-called policy wonk Ryan was Speaker, he claimed he had a plan, and yet never actually produced one while as speaker that did anything other than repeal Obamacare and replace it with vaporware.There’s no plan beyond repealing what we have. That’s it. That’s their plan.
It’s the #GOPDontCare plan.
Of course they don’t have a plan: the ACA was the Republican plan; M4A was the leftie Democratic style plan. Obama hijacked their plan and they are left with nothing. Romney could have run in 2012 by claiming credit for the ACA and saying that Obama had no original ideas and had to steal Romney’s ideas. But Romney didn’t because the GOP would have hammered him for adopting that position.
re: #394 Targetpractice
The writer of this horseshit can kiss my lily white ass. I do not go to work because I want “normalcy” or because it gives meaning to my life. I do it because I need money to pay bills and afford basic necessities. MY LIFE IS NOT WORTH A FEW POINTS ON YOUR DAMNED STOCK PORTFOLIO!
I don’t consider myself a socialist but I’ve fucking tried telling people who worship capitalism as a system that this shit was going to bite them in the ass if they ignored that economics is about human beings rather than profits.
Hunt County here in Texas, Greenville is the county seat, has decided to go to the same shelter in place that Dallas has. There are no confirmed cases, though my job is in the county.
re: #358 gocart mozart
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— malarkey distancing (@gdigitalzsmooth) March 23, 2020
re: #398 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I don’t consider myself a socialist but I’ve fucking tried telling people who worship capitalism as a system that this shit was going to bite them in the ass if they ignored that economics is about human beings rather than profits.
I’m generally a normal, friendly guy…but shit like this makes me think those calling for the guillotines might have the right idea.
So now all those “unskilled” “minimum wage” “worthless” “bottom of the ladder” people that wingnuts have been saying will be replaced by robots any day now, have become “essential.” BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN PAY THEM MOAR!!11!!!
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Boy, all that “unskilled labor” became “essential” real fast
— Working People (@WorkingPod) March 22, 2020
re: #396 Targetpractice
They’ve never had a “replacement” because the obvious answer was always the same since the day John of Orange first lumbered up to the podium: They want a return to status quo ante-Obama. They want to get rid of all the new regs, all the new laws, and get back to allowing their buds in the insurance lobby gouging millions of Americans.
There are some that want to take it further and have the federal government completely out of health insurance (and probably insurance generally).
re: #400 Backwoods_Sleuth
Pretty rich shit given all the Trump adjacent people who have gotten it compared to Biden adjacent people. Someone really needs to kick Jacob Wohl’s ass.
Watch your manners, Simon. This isn’t some Baltimore tittle bar.
— Peter Sagal (@petersagal) March 23, 2020
re: #401 Targetpractice
I’m generally a normal, friendly guy…but shit like this makes me think those calling for the guillotines might have the right idea.
I’m a boring Keynesian but the supply side economic types and libertarians make me want to scream the Internationale.
The usual know-nothings - the marks of Salem Communications, Breitbart, etc - are still stuck on the idea that covid-19 is not a real problem.
Also, full on pressure to try to make Trump’s silly tweets seem like legit options.
re: #406 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I’m a boring Keynesian but the supply side economic types and libertarians make me want to scream the Internationale.
Funny, I’ve been hearing this in my head recently:
re: #406 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I’m a boring Keynesian but the supply side economic types and libertarians make me want to scream the Internationale.
You’re welcome.
I always thought the Russians really did the most beautiful version - gives me goosebumps.
re: #406 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I’m a boring Keynesian but the supply side economic types and libertarians make me want to scream the Internationale.
I try and take a holistic (for lack of a better word) view of economics. Supply means nothing without demand; demand means nothing without supply. The alternatives aren’t centrally planned economy vs anarcho-capitalism. It’s all about balance.
Lol if the coronavirus doesn’t get us…
NOT NOW YELLOWSTONE VOLCANO, NOT NOW https://t.co/NyW0S2Gjlk
— Jennifer Gunter (@DrJenGunter) March 23, 2020
One anecdotal story from the New York Post does not constitute a large scale randomized clinical trial on which to base the practice of medicine. Human beings are not guinea pigs. There are risks with hydroxychloroquine including QT prolongation leading to heart issues and death.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) March 23, 2020
On one hand, I think the majority of people in denial will wise up once someone they love is very sick or worse.
On the other hand, Trump loves nobody but himself, so there’s not much chance he will ever wise up.
It’s almost like we shouldn’t have elected a sociopath as POTUS.— Clay C. (@ClayC1969) March 23, 2020
re: #411 Interesting Times
Lol if the coronavirus doesn’t get us…
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Would whoever is playing Jumanji PLEASE hurry up and finish their game?
This wouldn’t have happened if Hillary Clinton had won
max boot
washingtonpost.com
I weep in anger and frustration imagining what might have been if Hillary Clinton — a sane, sensible adult — had won. We couldn’t have avoided the coronavirus, but we could have ameliorated its effects. We could be South Korea (102 deaths) rather than Italy (4,825 deaths and counting).
There were many reasons Trump won. Ironically, one of the most oft-cited was the desire to blow everything up, because Trump voters were convinced that things couldn’t get any worse than they were in 2016. As they shelter in their homes and the economy grinds to a halt, I wonder if perhaps they now realize how good they had it under President Barack Obama?
re: #412 Backwoods_Sleuth
Florida Man.
Sure. You bet. Uh huh. Yep. For sure.
re: #371 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
You have evidence that that is happening?
There is no way of telling how many people changed their minds about relocating to the UK in the first place. But there is this:
More than 10,000 EU nationals have left the NHS since the Brexit referendum, including almost 5,000 nurses. These new figures will add fuel to concerns about a wider staffing crisis.
AND WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU, DOCTOR SHERLOCK https://t.co/u6RVeEtyIl
— kilgore trout, stonks autographer (@KT_So_It_Goes) March 23, 2020
re: #415 sagehen
So do I. I wish HRC were President.
So what happens when the WH announces that, in the name of “normalcy,” they’re ordering people back to work and the economy to get back into gear…and the states/cities tell him to fuck off? Or workers simply refuse to go back to work?
re: #418 Backwoods_Sleuth
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And… if Rand has his way there would have been no testing rules and no tests at all since the virus is a Democratic plot to cause panic and trash the market.
re: #375 lawhawk
Apply block and report liberally.
Literally hundreds of accounts. I’ve been MAGAt’ed.
re: #412 Backwoods_Sleuth
One anecdotal story from the New York Post does not constitute a large scale randomized clinical trial on which to base the practice of medicine. Human beings are not guinea pigs. There are risks with hydroxychloroquine including QT prolongation leading to heart issues and death.
But it is enough to kick-start a media narrative that Trump’s “gut response” saved millions of lives, and on the cheap…
re: #422 teleskiguy
Literally hundreds of accounts. I’ve been MAGAt’ed.
That’s their goal. Harass you with enough volume that you quit.
re: #420 Targetpractice
So what happens when the WH announces that, in the name of “normalcy,” they’re ordering people back to work and the economy to get back into gear…and the states/cities tell him to fuck off? Or workers simply refuse to go back to work?
That’s what I was saying. What happens then?
re: #411 Interesting Times
Lol if the coronavirus doesn’t get us…
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2020 is really going all out.
re: #418 Backwoods_Sleuth
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So his argument is that ignoring basic common sense can be forgiven because following the actual rules would have been “worse.”
Well, that’s a glibertarian for ya.
re: #399 Belafon
Hunt County here in Texas, Greenville is the county seat, has decided to go to the same shelter in place that Dallas has. There are no confirmed cases, though my job is in the county.
That puts you in “double shelter in place” then, right?
That aside, can you work from home?
re: #408 Targetpractice
Funny, I’ve been hearing this in my head recently:
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And it all ended badly for those who wanted the people to rise up and overthrow their slave masters.
The Trump administration (under its true leader Putin) is trying to force us into a feudal-style system, where wealth and power are concentrated in the oligarchs, the peasants are denied health care and a voice in governing because they can’t afford it, and medical services are rationed by ability to pay.
re: #425 makeitstop
That’s what I was saying. What happens then?
Probably attempts to nationalize all their social security accounts as punishment. And then funnel said funds to his own use.
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re: #428 lizardofid
That puts you in “double shelter in place” then, right?
That aside, can you work from home?
Most of my work occurs on machines not connected to the internet.
re: #422 teleskiguy
Literally hundreds of accounts. I’ve been MAGAt’ed.
Do you subscribe to goddamnedfrank’s block list?
re: #389 lawhawk
It’s been a decade. Not 3 years.
The GOP has had 10 years to offer up anything resembling an alternative to ACA. They have nothing.
Let me restate this in plain English: THE GOP HAVE NO PLAN BEYOND OBAMACARE REPEAL.They’ve had 10 years to come up with a plan. They don’t have one. Trump never had one. It was always vaporware. When the so-called policy wonk Ryan was Speaker, he claimed he had a plan, and yet never actually produced one while as speaker that did anything other than repeal Obamacare and replace it with vaporware.There’s no plan beyond repealing what we have. That’s it. That’s their plan.
It’s the #GOPDontCare plan.
i know it’s been 10 years
i was being generous to the ‘only i can fix it’ guy
after all, everything else he does is graded on a curve
re: #392 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
You’re right. It has been a decade. I was being generous. I think ACA has become what they feared it would be. Not just popular but successful and if things go right, we will improve it. Teh GOP doesn’t have a health care plan. They never have. Just a giant tantrum. That’s all their party has really been since Obama won.
gmta
re: #170 wrenchwench
I have a job in a grocery store. All my feelings are mixed.
So good to hear from you! Have been concerned. Keep safe, as safe as you can!
So did my dog. https://t.co/chYHeQNpxg
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) March 23, 2020
re: #425 makeitstop
That’s what I was saying. What happens then?
At this point, I can only assume they’re gambling that those people will get desperate and go back to work simply because they can’t afford to take the time off. And so the economy will sputter and lurch back into life, the public deciding that getting sick is “better” than going broke.
re: #412 Backwoods_Sleuth
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you KNOW he’s thinking
‘why cant we just try it on people and see what happens
im sure some would volunteer’
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A great early result from a drug that will start tomorrow in New York and other places! #COVIDー19 https://t.co/4F4Qk4WFtK
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 23, 2020
He’ll walk that back.
— Ross (@RlorD2020) March 23, 2020
re: #411 Interesting Times
Lol if the coronavirus doesn’t get us…
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Where’s the sweet meteor of death when we need it. This multiverse version fucking sucking bigtime. Need another reset. Maybe they can plug in the LHC backwards or something and get it corrected. /
WHOA: PG&E pleads to *criminal* charges of involuntary manslaughter around the 2018 canyon fires in Southern California. https://t.co/IaZg20ZIKX
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 23, 2020
re: #439 Dread Pirate
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By week’s end, he’ll be in his place amongst the choir, singing “All We’re Saying Is ‘Give The Virus A Chance.’”
re: #437 Targetpractice
At this point, I can only assume they’re gambling that those people will get desperate and go back to work simply because they can’t afford to take the time off. And so the economy will sputter and lurch back into life, the public deciding that getting sick is “better” than going broke.
until they do get sick and then…
re: #420 Targetpractice
So what happens when the WH announces that, in the name of “normalcy,” they’re ordering people back to work and the economy to get back into gear…and the states/cities tell him to fuck off? Or workers simply refuse to go back to work?
Legally? There’s an argument that the Safer at Home/Shelter in Place orders fall under the traditional state police powers (health/welfare/morality), so the president telling people to go back to work probably won’t be worth much. Litigation would take a while, and who the fuck knows how any court would rule on a question like this.
From a more practical point of view: if there’s no aid to businesses and employees who have lost income/business during this down time, a lot of people aren’t going to have work to go back to. And those businesses that do open back up are going to have some issues. Getting employees back and supply chains running again is going to take a while. People may be less inclined to spend on “unnecessary” things which would hurt demand across multiple sectors of the economy, many of which are interconnected in ways most people don’t think about.
And that’s all before you get to the reckoning of employees asking “wait, we were running fine while we worked from home, why do we need to come into the office every day?”
re: #442 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Will anyone actually go to jail over those decisions, or does the company spend time in lockup (unable to do stock buybacks or other similar company type behaviors)? /
re: #444 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
until they do get sick and then…
“If you’re sick, we’re encouraging you to stay home…so we don’t get sick when you come in for your last paycheck.”
re: #420 Targetpractice
So what happens when the WH announces that, in the name of “normalcy,” they’re ordering people back to work and the economy to get back into gear…and the states/cities tell him to fuck off? Or workers simply refuse to go back to work?
Enough people will go back to work because they will be desperate…the aid and bailouts are going to corporations, not to their employees.
Due to the accelerating spread of COVID-19 in WA state, we’re temporarily suspending Puget Sound area production operations for 14 days starting Mar 25. This is a necessary step to protect our employees and the communities where they work and live.
More: https://t.co/l7sAUCyK6E pic.twitter.com/zaNYAeNJ3x— The Boeing Company (@Boeing) March 23, 2020
re: #445 KGxvi
Legally? There’s an argument that the Safer at Home/Shelter in Place orders fall under the traditional state police powers (health/welfare/morality), so the president telling people to go back to work probably won’t be worth much. Litigation would take a while, and who the fuck knows how any court would rule on a question like this.
From a more practical point of view: if there’s no aid to businesses and employees who have lost income/business during this down time, a lot of people aren’t going to have work to go back to. And those businesses that do open back up are going to have some issues. Getting employees back and supply chains running again is going to take a while. People may be less inclined to spend on “unnecessary” things which would hurt demand across multiple sectors of the economy, many of which are interconnected in ways most people don’t think about.
And that’s all before you get to the reckoning of employees asking “wait, we were running fine while we worked from home, why do we need to come into the office every day?”
And since a lot of the controls and bans are at the state level it would take the various governors to lift them, or attempt to use police powers in some way to force people back to work. So response would vary by state, and I expect the larger Blue States (CA, NY, etc.) will tell Trump to go fuck himself. And without those states things are not going to start back up that well even if there are other states that lift their bans.
re: #445 KGxvi
Legally? There’s an argument that the Safer at Home/Shelter in Place orders fall under the traditional state police powers (health/welfare/morality), so the president telling people to go back to work probably won’t be worth much. Litigation would take a while, and who the fuck knows how any court would rule on a question like this.
From a more practical point of view: if there’s no aid to businesses and employees who have lost income/business during this down time, a lot of people aren’t going to have work to go back to. And those businesses that do open back up are going to have some issues. Getting employees back and supply chains running again is going to take a while. People may be less inclined to spend on “unnecessary” things which would hurt demand across multiple sectors of the economy, many of which are interconnected in ways most people don’t think about.
And that’s all before you get to the reckoning of employees asking “wait, we were running fine while we worked from home, why do we need to come into the office every day?”
I strongly suspect that’s why the Senate GOP bill only cuts a one-time check for $1,200 (if you “qualify”) versus suggestions of regular payments, the idea that slipping a few bucks in people’s pockets will mean that money will get blown rather than hoarded, providing a short “sugar high” to the economy without the worry that people will get used to receiving a check from the gov’t.
According to worldometers.info, Italy is down to only 4,790 new cases today! Maybe their efforts to flatten the curve are working. The number has been dropping over the past couple days.
Now the Trumpists are touting some anti malarial drug as the panacea.
This reeks of phalanx.
It doesn’t stop the spread. It might not even be a good treatment option without double blind testing / controlled tests to determine whether it works.
At this point, I could say with equal conviction that drinking water saved these people.
Hey, did the person drink water? Hey, maybe that’s the cure. Without actual medical experts doing controlled studies, no one should trust Trump on any treatment options. No one should be listening to the liar Trump anyways. He lies. It’s who he has always been.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 23, 2020
Love em or hate em they have drip
— Sweaters and Communism 🇵🇷 (@queuegasolinarn) March 23, 2020
re: #452 Hecuba’s daughter
According to worldometers.info, Italy is down to only 4,790 new cases today! Maybe their efforts to flatten the curve are working. The number has been dropping over the past couple days.
I posted something about that yesterday. If my calculations (and information) about when they started drastic quarantines are correct, they should be beginning to have an effect right about now.
(By the way, I posted above that shelter in place started on March 13 in the bay area: it was March 16.)
re: #408 Targetpractice
Funny, I’ve been hearing this in my head recently:
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Thing to remember is that the June Rebellion of 1832 (the one in Les Mis) was a failure. Like the earlier (1819) Peterloo massacre in the UK, all it left behind were the bodies of proletariat dead. If revolution ever comes to America again, it will, I fear, make the la Terreur look bloodless.
re: #417 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
There is no way of telling how many people changed their minds about relocating to the UK in the first place. But there is this:
More than 10,000 EU nationals have left the NHS since the Brexit referendum, including almost 5,000 nurses. These new figures will add fuel to concerns about a wider staffing crisis.
Purely anecdotal, a friend who is an Emergency Department doctor in a small/fairly rural British hospital says they lost several staffers when Brexit became inevitable, and haven’t replaced all of them yet.
re: #411 Interesting Times
Lol if the coronavirus doesn’t get us…
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Trump’s “Stolen Election” Lie Based on Evidence From Pervy Bathroom Cam-Spy OK, this really takes the cake. If you have relatives that still cling to the “election was stolen, dadgum, I jes’ KNOW IT … This should be a slight remedy to the stubborn madness Thanks to online anonymity, the ...
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Best of April 2024 Nothing new here but these are a look back at the a few good images from the past month. Despite the weather, I was quite pleased with several of them. These were taken with older lenses (made from the ...
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Gateway Pundit, Sued by Election Workers, Declares BankruptcyA onetime favorite, now just pathetic figure around these parts, Jim Hoft aka SMOTI ("Stupidest Man On The Internet"), has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in response to the defamation lawsuits filed against him to the same election workers that ... Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)
The Pandemic Cost 7 Million Lives, but Talks to Prevent a Repeat Stall In late 2021, as the world reeled from the arrival of the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, representatives of almost 200 countries met - some online, some in-person in Geneva - hoping to forestall a future worldwide ... Cheechako
Once Praised, the Settlement to Help Sickened BP Oil Spill Workers Leaves Most With Nearly Nothing When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired ... Cheechako
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