John Fogerty performs Creedence Clearwater Revival classics in the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s “In My Room,” a new series in which musicians perform from their homes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Get the full story at: http://www.rollingstone.com/
But on a positive note, many shelters have emptied out as people discover that they really want a canine (or feline) companion.
— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) March 26, 2020
Under the University of Toronto epidemiological model, if we lift restrictions when Trump wants on Easter,
- 71.9 million will become infected
- 15.9 million at the peak on July 1
- 683,000 people will die https://t.co/T3iczc98J2 pic.twitter.com/0xYqbsV4Km— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) March 26, 2020
Merlin is a legendary figure from old folk lore who is usually depicted as a wizard or wise man: https://t.co/n50APu8JBY
Florence Nightingale was an Italian brought up in England and was one of the most influential people in starting modern nursing and hospitals.— Danack 😷 (@MrDanack) March 26, 2020
You can tell ‘shit is getting real’ when the British government/NHS/military starts using the good names.
— Danack 😷 (@MrDanack) March 26, 2020
The USA has the fastest rate of #COVIDー19 cases in the world. Trump is trying to convince his base that Canadians want to sneak into the USA right now? Let me assure you, no Canadian would want to do that. pic.twitter.com/guHpnEyGw2
— Meanwhile in Canada (@MeanwhileinCana) March 26, 2020
T-minus 2:30
GO for launch! The final readiness poll by Launch Conductor Scott Barney is complete, Launch Director Tom Heter III confirms readiness of #AtlasV and @SpaceForceDoD Col. Robert Bongiovi has given permission to launch #AEHF6. Watch the liftoff: https://t.co/4pLEu5h3pY pic.twitter.com/YgwRfrdz2m
— ULA (@ulalaunch) March 26, 2020
I just checked and Fogerty is singing “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” in the same key as the original version - pretty damned impressive he can still nail those high notes.
I wish I could step through a portal and see how things would be right now if Obama was still in charge.
re: #7 Charles Johnson
I just checked and Fogerty is singing “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” in the same key as the original version - pretty damned impressive he can still nail those high notes.
in our house they are:
“Have You Ever Seen Lorraine”
and
“Who’ll Stop Lorraine”
re: #8 Eclectic Cyborg
I wish I could step through a portal and see how things would be right now if Obama was still in charge.
Well, one thing I can say with 99.9% certainty is that the GOPers would be obstructing every move he tried to make.
re: #8 Eclectic Cyborg
I wish I could step through a portal and see how things would be right now if Obama was still in charge.
The lockdowns implemented in early February would have been so successful the GOP would be instituting impeachment hearings because the president overstepped his authority.
ah. yes let’s allow the federal government that fell asleep on the job, remains asleep on the job, and can’t even update the cdc coronavirus webpage for days at a time classify at-risk status of individual counties. what could go wrong https://t.co/YG3VngdAbV
— kilgore trout, stonks autographer (@KT_So_It_Goes) March 26, 2020
Clock reset to T-minus 4 minutes and holding
HOLD. The countdown has been stopped at T-minus 46 seconds.
— ULA (@ulalaunch) March 26, 2020
I’m just going to call it. Mitch is a dick.#MoscowMitch https://t.co/sOOZoFFGoA
— Patti M Piatt (@PiattPatti) March 26, 2020
re: #12 Backwoods_Sleuth
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How else will we know where the demand for COVID is low? We want everyone to get to high risk, right?
re: #8 Eclectic Cyborg
I wish I could step through a portal and see how things would be right now if Obama was still in charge.
Or Hillary.
re: #12 Backwoods_Sleuth
1) No fucking way Trump wrote this
2) I sense a lot of local leaders won’t be too keen at this attempt by Trump to force his will on them.
3) This letter is bullshit
4) I wonder how many Governors will shred it.
You don’t understand exponential growth at all. https://t.co/NRucdZ8xD6
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) March 26, 2020
People keep saying things presuming there’s ignorance or misunderstanding—you don’t understand exponential growth—but that’s not what’s happening.
We’re watching people test-market reasons to not care about coronavirus deaths, to simply treat them as “normal” or “within expected tolerances.”
And when those deaths are intolerable, en masse or when key individuals are stricken, they will similarly market reasons that someone they already despise is to blame.
There’s no good faith; no attempt to engage with the reality of the situation. “What is” is a glancing concern relative to the long term project of declaring themselves Always Moral and Always Correct.
We’re gonna be walking through Mad Cow shoe baths again
Coronavirus can survive on shoes for up to 5 days, experts warn https://t.co/TVfsDcdBKe pic.twitter.com/C5xilmPQ1B
— New York Post (@nypost) March 26, 2020
Sufficiently advanced malice is indistinguishable from stupidity.
At least until the body count really begins to crest….
My husband is 65 y.o. and at the end of his career as a physician. He received an email today asking him to help at the hospital during the pandemic. He’s 65 and diabetic; this could kill him. I don’t give a rat’s ass if any of you feel inconvenienced. https://t.co/S9QbUMZxp6
— Kate M. ⚖️ 👩🏼⚕️👩🏼🍳 (@Chef_KateM) March 26, 2020
NAVARRO: We all as a country got dealt a bad hand by China.
KEILAR: Peter, that is just a waste of time to say that. I’m gonna leave it there. pic.twitter.com/s7gHFRqz3j— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2020
re: #15 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Trump showed the GOP that any of them can be rude and derisive as they want to any reporter and the media will just sit there and take it. And Fox will (if they show it at all) will claim that it is manly leaders acting manly to those not being properly respectful.
LOL at the dog: “Yeah, okay, that’s it for me.”
re: #10 Interesting Times
Well, one thing I can say with 99.9% certainty is that the GOPers would be obstructing every move he tried to make.
and then blaming him for their effects
re: #7 Charles Johnson
I just checked and Fogerty is singing “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” in the same key as the original version - pretty damned impressive he can still nail those high notes.
We’re lucky to have him and all the musicians out there right now. From the ones known worldover to the child playing their first note.
re: #20 The Ghost of a Flea
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People keep saying things presuming there’s ignorance or misunderstanding—you don’t understand exponential growth—but that’s not what’s happening.
We’re watching people test-market reasons to not care about coronavirus deaths, to simply treat them as “normal” or “within expected tolerances.”
And when those deaths are intolerable, en masse or when key individuals are stricken, they will similarly market reasons that someone they already despise is to blame.
There’s no good faith; no attempt to engage with the reality of the situation. “What is” is a glancing concern relative to the long term project of declaring themselves Always Moral and Always Correct.
it’s that
they’re not recognizing why people die every day
when it’s acceptable and when its not
when its by choice, accident, circumstance, age, illness, on and on
if all 7500 people were literally murdered every day would it be ‘ok’?
re: #20 The Ghost of a Flea
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People keep saying things presuming there’s ignorance or misunderstanding—you don’t understand exponential growth—but that’s not what’s happening.
We’re watching people test-market reasons to not care about coronavirus deaths, to simply treat them as “normal” or “within expected tolerances.”
And when those deaths are intolerable, en masse or when key individuals are stricken, they will similarly market reasons that someone they already despise is to blame.
There’s no good faith; no attempt to engage with the reality of the situation. “What is” is a glancing concern relative to the long term project of declaring themselves Always Moral and Always Correct.
These people are sick.
re: #32 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
it’s that
they’re not recognizing why people die every day
when it’s acceptable and when its not
when its by choice, accident, circumstance, age, illness, on and onif all 7500 people were literally murdered every day would it be ‘ok’?
It’s kind of how they scoff at reducing gun violence because you can’t prevent all crime. No, you can’t but you can and societies do reduce it.
A few years ago I would have said that “Fury Road” was a bit too fantastical and sensational in its presentation of a cult of personality and its supporting unsavory institutions.
The last couple of days, unforced and unprompted:
“Do not, my friends, become addicted to water pandemic relief funds. It will take hold of you and you will resent its absence.”
re: #2 Charles Johnson
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That death total is likely an underestimate. Our healthcare system would collapse under the weight of all the hospitalizations, and lots of people will die of other causes because they won’t be able to get medical care.
The document Trump ignored is now on line.
We’ve now uploaded the full White House pandemic playbook, color-coded rubrics and all. https://t.co/KCkpInN8BP
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) March 26, 2020
re: #9 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
in our house they are:
“Have You Ever Seen Lorraine”
and
“Who’ll Stop Lorraine”
It could be worse: in our house, a certain song went: “I can seen clearly now Lorraine has gone…”
Please share with anyone you know in the Detroit area: https://t.co/r7MGjko5g4
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) March 26, 2020
re: #3 Danack
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re: #32 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
For them if it’s the “right” people being murdered they’d be perfectly fine with it. Perhaps expressing “thoughts and prayers” for the victims at most.
re: #32 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
it’s that
they’re not recognizing why people die every day
when it’s acceptable and when its not
when its by choice, accident, circumstance, age, illness, on and onif all 7500 people were literally murdered every day would it be ‘ok’?
That last question can only be answered by a Republican if the 7500 murdered people are further characterized. E.g., 7500 murdered wealthy white suburbanites would be a real problem, 7500 poor non-white people getting murdered would be much less of a problem, etc.
That’s pretty much the whole US political problem, right there.
re: #44 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
…and the “right” people is not a fixed group. It expands and contracts as needed.
Kind of like how they jettison people from whiteness when they get inconvenient to the narrative.
re: #37 NO SMOCKING GUN!
That death total is likely an underestimate. Our healthcare system would collapse under the weight of all the hospitalizations, and lots of people will die of other causes because they won’t be able to get medical care.
it’s also not distributed throughout
right now NYS has just under 1/2 the active cases in the US (arcgis.com)
NYC alone 28% of the US
thanks to desantis, florida is a net exporter (for the moment)
re: #34 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
It’s kind of how they scoff at reducing gun violence because you can’t prevent all crime. No, you can’t but you can and societies do reduce it.
A wingnut argued to me that “we don’t shut everything down to stop flu deaths every year.”
re: #38 makeitstop
The document Trump ignored is now on line.
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from this AM
The Worst Intelligence Failure in U.S. History
plenty of time
plenty of warning
it wasnt an enemy that could shoot back
or give a shit about our foreign policy or politics
re: #42 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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trump will not deploy DPA so we’re relying on donations.
fucking donations
re: #49 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
from this AM
The Worst Intelligence Failure in U.S. History
plenty of time
plenty of warning
it wasnt an enemy that could shoot back
or give a shit about our foreign policy or politics
I would argue that the worst intelligence failure in US history was allowing Russian intelligence to take control of the US electoral process and make a Russian agent President.
re: #51 Renaissance_Man
I would argue that the worst intelligence failure in US history was allowing Russian intelligence to take control of the US electoral process and make a Russian agent President.
A lot of collusion in the GOP for that to happen. The GOP was informed that there was interference going on and their Congressional leaders quashed it getting out.
re: #45 EPR-radar
re: #44 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
the same exact people
im asking rudy is it ok to just shoot the 7500 people a day that he cited
therefore whatever that distribution is
all across the country, states, cities, towns, ethnicities, parties, classes, age ranges, on and on.
every single demographic
therefore some of their own
Norway still has a relatively low CFR, and this story may explain why:
Very low mortality rate from coronavirus in Norway compared to other countries
On Wednesday this week, more than 73,000 people had been tested for SARS CoV-2 in Norway. At the same time, just over 3100 cases had been detected.
So about 1 out of every 74 people in Noway have already been tested.
Which allows them to identify the infected and quarantine them.
re: #50 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
trump will not deploy DPA so we’re relying on donations.
fucking donations
So the country is going to save itself in spite of the moran in the WH.
re: #48 NO SMOCKING GUN!
A wingnut argued to me that “we don’t shut everything down to stop flu deaths every year.”
no we dont
we prepare
create a vaccine
then we vaccinate (well most of us)
we allow sick days - sometimes even paid ones
most people dont need to be hospitalized
are these people all so damn stupid and callous?
is the entire R party sociopathic?
re: #51 Renaissance_Man
I would argue that the worst intelligence failure in US history was allowing Russian intelligence to take control of the US electoral process and make a Russian agent President.
not that you’d be wrong…
as to this
the current one was brought about by unprecedented indifference, even willful negligence. ….the unfolding coronavirus crisis is overwhelmingly the sole responsibility of the current White House.”
re: #56 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
no we dont
we prepare
create a vaccine
then we vaccinate (well most of us)
we allow sick days - sometimes even paid ones
most people dont need to be hospitalizedare these people all so damn stupid and callous?
is the entire R party sociopathic?
but vaccines are bad right full of ground up aliens and stuff.
/
re: #54 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Norway still has a relatively low CFR, and this story may explain why:
Very low mortality rate from coronavirus in Norway compared to other countries
So about 1 out of every 74 people in Noway have already been tested.
Which allows them to identify the infected and quarantine them.
that or lutefisk
re: #48 NO SMOCKING GUN!
A wingnut argued to me that “we don’t shut everything down to stop flu deaths every year.”
Fine, go out, do your thing.
///
re: #55 Sir John Barron
So the country is going to save itself in spite of the moran in the WH.
after which you know he’ll take total credit
re: #62 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
after which you know he’ll take total credit
I DID SO MUCH NO ONE GIVE ME CREDIT I INHERIT OBSOLETE SYSTEM AND REPLACE
The Toronto Star editorial board pulls no punches:
Troops at border would make a crisis situation even worse
You can count on Donald Trump for one thing at least: if there’s a bad situation, he’ll find a way to make it worse.
As the COVID-19 pandemic enters an even more critical phase, the Trump administration is apparently pushing a plan that would waste resources and ramp up the tension at an already tense time for no good purpose.
It emerged on Thursday that the U.S. is looking at placing troops near the border to deter people from sneaking over from Canada and spreading the disease.
[…]
Yes, a bad situation all round. And Trump determined to make it even worse.
New US cases today now total 11,809.
We’re pushing hard to replace China by the end of the day, as the country with the most cases.
Ainsley Earhardt Worried Coronavirus Will Negatively Impact Her Beauty Regimen by @SER1897 https://t.co/UmsbuDhHHf
— Wonkette (@Wonkette) March 26, 2020
re: #56 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
no we dont
we prepare
create a vaccine
then we vaccinate (well most of us)
we allow sick days - sometimes even paid ones
most people dont need to be hospitalizedare these people all so damn stupid and callous?
is the entire R party sociopathic?
As I said a few days ago, this is the same playbook from guns and climate change. Deny it exists, silence the warnings, then when the problem becomes undeniable, shift to trying to convince people that the casualties and consequences are acceptable.
This playbook has worked every time in recent history. Americans accept gun deaths. Americans accept climate change catastrophes. It is entirely possible they will also accept pandemic deaths.
re: #68 Renaissance_Man
As I said a few days ago, this is the same playbook from guns and climate change. Deny it exists, silence the warnings, then when the problem becomes undeniable, shift to trying to convince people that the casualties and consequences are acceptable.
This playbook has worked every time in recent history. Americans accept gun deaths. Americans accept climate change catastrophes. It is entirely possible they will also accept pandemic deaths.
Gun deaths don’t overwhelm our medical system, so most people don’t see it as affecting them.
Plus humans are inconsistent. We don’t take heart attacks nearly as seriously as cancer.
“When you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that’s a pretty good job we’ve done.”
- Donald Trump, 2/26/20
That would be ONE MONTH AGO TODAY.
🎵 Always look on the bright side of life 🎵 https://t.co/pGt5l0EZzw
— Kate M. ⚖️ 👩🏼⚕️👩🏼🍳 (@Chef_KateM) March 26, 2020
re: #69 Belafon
Gun deaths don’t overwhelm our medical system, so most people don’t see it as affecting them.
Same thing with climate change, i.e. “Why should I give a shit about coastal areas in trouble when I live in Colorado?”
re: #69 Belafon
Gun deaths don’t overwhelm our medical system, so most people don’t see it as affecting them.
Plus humans are inconsistent. We don’t take heart attacks nearly as seriously as cancer.
No, for sure, there’s a chance that Covid will buck that trend. Guns don’t kill enough people to make a big impression in everyone’s lives. Climate change kills other people in faraway places mostly. But a virus can reach everyone.
It really depends on how much FOX they watch while sitting at home.
re: #67 gocart mozart
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re: #70 Eclectic Cyborg
“When you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that’s a pretty good job we’ve done.”
- Donald Trump, 2/26/20
That would be ONE MONTH AGO TODAY.
Needs to be constantly played. He totally ignored this until it was too late.
re: #74 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Oh yes I do remember. Especially when President Obama ordered arugula in his salad.
re: #76 PhillyPretzel
Oh yes I do remember. Especially when President Obama ordered arugula in his salad.
Dijon on a burger! He’s a not real American.// Seriously the dipshits at FNC if they ever left their comforts of FNC would get a reality asskicking.
re: #73 Renaissance_Man
No, for sure, there’s a chance that Covid will buck that trend. Guns don’t kill enough people to make a big impression in everyone’s lives. Climate change kills other people in faraway places mostly. But a virus can reach everyone.
It really depends on how much FOX they watch while sitting at home.
this is the scary thing. imagine if this were bubonic plague—the great leveler. if you were wealthy, you had a slightly better chance of surviving it because you probably had a bit more distance between you and the rats, but as your servants got it, you’d get it. you could go off to the countryside for a couple of weeks and tell stories with a band of fellow survivors, but that can only go on so long.
re: #48 NO SMOCKING GUN!
A wingnut argued to me that “we don’t shut everything down to stop flu deaths every year.”
Flu kills far more people than it should, because they don’t get vaccinated, but the death rate from the flu is 10-40 times lower than covid19. Covid19 is far easier to transmit, and the asymptomatic manner of exposure means it is able to spread further than the seasonal flu.
Doing nothing was not an option, or else the health care system would collapse - even with efforts to bend the curve, it might not be enough everywhere.
Flu has vaccines (that aren’t mandated but should be for those who can get them)
People accept a death rate? Why? Why can’t we lower the death rate? If we know 30-40 million get sick from the flu, universal vaccination requirements could reduce the number sickened, reduce lost time, etc., and all of that benefits the economy.
Covid19 has no vaccine, no proven drug regime for treatment, and no one has any immunity to it.
But sure, do nothing. Let the world burn. See if I care. /
re: #67 gocart mozart
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In fairness, we can’t all just let ourselves go.
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Mr. C decided to give up shaving and I’m afraid it’s not a good look. Me? I’m still braiding my hair (‘cause it’s annoying if I don’t) but I don’t always put it up in its usual little bun. I let myself go on the hair/nails thing loooong ago. I don’t dye the hair and I clip my nails short.
re: #71 sagehen
Damn. That peeps ER Room diarama I had planned, with all the masks, ventilators and death was gonna be lit.
I went out to fill the water bottles and get a couple of lighters for the house.
It’s kind of creepy out there. I view anyone I see as a potential threat.
Am I way overboard on this? I’m 65…….
re: #67 gocart mozart
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‘ainsley’ says it all
sorry, not sorry.
Ainsley Earhardt Worried Coronavirus Will Negatively Impact Her Beauty Regimen by @SER1897 https://t.co/UmsbuDhHHf
— Wonkette (@Wonkette) March 26, 2020
re: #68 Renaissance_Man
As I said a few days ago, this is the same playbook from guns and climate change. Deny it exists, silence the warnings, then when the problem becomes undeniable, shift to trying to convince people that the casualties and consequences are acceptable.
This playbook has worked every time in recent history. Americans accept gun deaths. Americans accept climate change catastrophes. It is entirely possible they will also accept pandemic deaths.
you are right
it only works (and keeps working) because there’s enough of them to vote that way
re: #80 calochortus
In fairness, we can’t all just let ourselves go.
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Mr. C decided to give up shaving and I’m afraid it’s not a good look. Me? I’m still braiding my hair (‘cause it’s annoying if I don’t) but I don’t always put it up in its usual little bun. I let myself go on the hair/nails thing loooong ago. I don’t dye the hair and I clip my nails short.
I was due for a haircut just before the Bay Area shut down, so now I’m wondering how long I can tolerate too-long hair before taking a scissors to it myself.
re: #72 Eclectic Cyborg
Same thing with climate change, i.e. “Why should I give a shit about coastal areas in trouble when I live in Colorado?”
“recent reports that erosion at Denver area beaches has reached ‘serious’ levels”
re: #82 Dave In Austin
I went out to fill the water bottles and get a couple of lighters for the house.
It’s kind of creepy out there. I view anyone I see as a potential threat.
Am I way overboard on this? I’m 65…….
Nope. That is exactly what you should do.
And if anyone says anything, tell them that they should see YOU as a potential threat. Because you are. We all are.
re: #73 Renaissance_Man
No, for sure, there’s a chance that Covid will buck that trend. Guns don’t kill enough people to make a big impression in everyone’s lives. Climate change kills other people in faraway places mostly. But a virus can reach everyone.
It really depends on how much FOX they watch while sitting at home.
put another way, a virus doesnt care how many guns you’ve got
re: #77 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Dijon on a burger! He’s a not real American.// Seriously the dipshits at FNC if they ever left their comforts of FNC would get a reality asskicking.
But, of course, they are NEVER going to leave that “comfort zone” because they are being paid very large amounts of money to :
1) stay in it
2) try to convince the “audience” to stay in it
3) convince the “audience” that information outside said “zone” is ipso factofalse.
4) Rely on the factors of blonde hair and large breasts to bolster point 3)
re: #84 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
you are right
it only works (and keeps working) because there’s enough of them to vote that way
They’re taking care of that. Fox… Killing its own audience to own the libs.
re: #88 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
A virus is an equal opportunity killer.
re: #83 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
‘ainsley’ says it all
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Dutchess Ainsley of the social propaganda department is our better, you know that.//
re: #85 EPR-radar
I was due for a haircut just before the Bay Area shut down, so now I’m wondering how long I can tolerate too-long hair before taking a scissors to it myself.
Been there, already done that.
T-minus 2 again
T-minus 4 minutes! The final phase of today’s countdown is underway at Cape Canaveral to launch the #AtlasV rocket and #AEHF6 secure military communications satellite. Watch our live launch webcast here: https://t.co/4pLEu5h3pY
— ULA (@ulalaunch) March 26, 2020
Place your nominations!
There’s a certain person on twitter who I believe is the worst human being in politics currently employed by a media outlet. The archetypal awful person. And if you know who I mean, I’m glad. Please stop sharing what he says. Thank you.
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) March 26, 2020
re: #88 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
put another way, a virus doesnt care how many guns you’ve got
Or how much money you have, what kind of house or car you have, or how much political power you have.
re: #90 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
They’re taking care of that. Fox… Killing its own audience to own the libs.
I finally saw Bombshell and I’ve read profiles on Ailes. I legit think there’s a lot of really fucked up people over there to put it mildly.
re: #96 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Or how much money you have, what kind of house or car you have, or how much political power you have.
Even if the GOP wanted to deal with covid19, there’s no way to bribe it to back off.
That’s the problem with having bribery and corruption as literally the only ideas in the playbook.
re: #82 Dave In Austin
I went out to fill the water bottles and get a couple of lighters for the house.
It’s kind of creepy out there. I view anyone I see as a potential threat.
Am I way overboard on this? I’m 65…….
nothing wrong with an abundance of caution
(62) with a respiratory compromised wife and 91 y/o mom down the road
be careful
be cautious
be logical
use your head
re: #95 makeitstop
Place your nominations!
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Limbaugh? NM he said on Twitter and Rush isn’t really that big on Twitter.
re: #98 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I finally saw Bombshell and I’ve read profiles on Ailes. I legit think there’s a lot of really fucked up people over there to put it mildly.
I’m sure having major personality disorders is basically a requirement for working at Fox News, especially in senior positions.
After all, Trump is nothing new. He’s just a perfect distillation of the madness the GOP has been infecting itself with over and over and over and over again, for decades.
NEW: An obscure provision of the stimulus package delivers a potentially huge tax windfall to real estate developers like @realDonaldTrump. by @JesseDrucker https://t.co/PdI7Iocvff
— David Enrich (@davidenrich) March 26, 2020
re: #84 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
you are right
it only works (and keeps working) because there’s enough of them to vote that way
Well, I think it works because of mass media. It works because they broadcast it into everyone’s home and everyone’s TV and computer and phone. It’s just mass brainwashing.
re: #104 jaunte
How unsurprising. Congressional Democrats really should get in the habit of 100% rejecting everything that is originated by Republicans, because Republicans are crooks.
re: #105 Renaissance_Man
Well, I think it works because of mass media. It works because they broadcast it into everyone’s home and everyone’s TV and computer and phone. It’s just mass brainwashing.
other side of the same coin
mass media makes idiot voters voters
One of the first deaths in Virginia from coronavirus was a 66-year-old Christian “musical evangelist” who fell ill while on a trip to New Orleans with his wife. As the Friendly Atheist’s Hemant Mehta points out, Landon Spradlin had previously shared opinions that the pandemic was the result of “mass hysteria” from the media.On March 13, Spradlin shared a misleading meme that compared coronavirus deaths to swine flu deaths and suggested the media is using the pandemic to hurt Trump. In the comments, Spradlin acknowledged that the outbreak is a “real issue,” but added that he believes “the media is pumping out fear and doing more harm than good”
“It will come and it will go,” he wrote.
That same say, he shared a post from another pastor that told the story of a missionary in South Africa who “protected” himself from the bubonic plague with the “Spirit of God.”
“As long as I walk in the light of that law [of the Spirit of life], no germ will attach itself to me,” read a quote from the post.
Texas’s positive test rate went from 10% to 26% despite an increase in total tests from ~1000 to ~1750 https://t.co/nhI46eApwC https://t.co/FHufV98H6Y
— Nick Beaudrot (@nbeaudrot) March 26, 2020
Fuck fuck fuck.
The news of the first deaths in Idaho resulting from COVID-19 is deeply saddening and a grave reminder that everyone MUST do all they can to prevent the spread of this virus. Please follow the statewide stay-home order, and pray for the loved ones of the people who passed. https://t.co/MWYaORWrgk
— Brad Little (@GovernorLittle) March 26, 2020
Idaho reports 3 deaths related to COVID-19
The Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) and two local public health districts are reporting the state’s first deaths related to COVID-19.
They are:
A man over the age of 60 from Blaine County. It is not clear if he had underlying
health issues.
A man over the age of 80 from Blaine County. It is not clear if he had underlying
health issues.
A man over the age of 70 from Canyon County with underlying health issues.
Illinois Coronavirus stats
Thursday afternoon 3151 tests, 134 new cases, 422 total, 4 deaths
Friday afternoon 4286 tests, 163 new cases, 585 total, 5 deaths
Saturday afternoon 6247 tested, 168 new cases, 753 total, 6 deaths
Sunday afternoon 8374 tested, 296 new cases, 1049 total, 9 deaths
Monday afternoon 9868 tested (tests still limited), 236 new cases, 1285 total, 12 deaths
Tuesday afternoon 11,485 tested, 250 new cases, 1535 total, 16 deaths
Wednesday afternoon 14,209 tested, 330 new cases, 1865 total, 19 deaths
Thursday afternoon 16,631 tested, 673 new cases, 2538 total, 26 deaths (c. half of all in Chicago)
re: #110 Dr Lizardo
“As long as I walk in the light of that law [of the Spirit of life], no germ will attach itself to me,” read a quote from the post.
Yeah, well…
#NowPlaying Johnny Nash > The Best Of Johnny Nash > I Can See Clearly Now https://t.co/fBx08Lwha4
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) March 26, 2020
re: #110 Dr Lizardo
What was that little bit of scripture about not putting the Lord to the test?
People like Dr Fauci are the ones who kill viruses.
re: #114 makeitstop
Yeah, well…
The guy almost sounds like a movie archetype. The preacher who ignores all sensible warnings from experts because his religion is good enough for him. And I’m not trying to come off unsympathetic because I feel awful for every last person who has lost someone due to this but people like this guy have made the problem worse through their attitude.
re: #118 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
The guy almost sounds like a movie archetype. The preacher who ignores all sensible warnings from experts because his religion is good enough for him. And I’m not trying to come off unsympathetic because I feel awful for every last person who has lost someone due to this but people like this guy have made the problem worse through their attitude.
“I sent you a report on the radio, a boat, and a helicopter, what more did you want me to do?”
re: #110 Dr Lizardo
“It will come and it will go,” he wrote.
That same say, he shared a post from another pastor that told the story of a missionary in South Africa who “protected” himself from the bubonic plague with the “Spirit of God.”
“As long as I walk in the light of that law [of the Spirit of life], no germ will attach itself to me,” read a quote from the post.
Looks like it came and he went.
Thought I’d share PM Ardern’s Wednesday lock-down message to the nation.
re: #120 KGxvi
“I sent you a report on the radio, a boat, and a helicopter, what more did you want me to do?”
Yeah I was thinking of the one that Buscemi as Nucky uses in Boardwalk Empire. I’m not religious but there are things beyond our human, individual control that send us warnings.
Cruise lines concerned tax dodges will get in the way of taking handouts. https://t.co/jBwecJSCvr
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) March 26, 2020
re: #59 Sir John Barron
but vaccines are bad right full of ground up aliens and stuff.
/
That’s what we’re going to hear in 9 months when a vaccine is ready. WE CAN’T POSSIBLY….ALIENZZZZZ
More of this, please…
Wow. @brikeilarcnn was not having Peter Navarro’s whataboutism when she grilled him about the ventilator shortage. pic.twitter.com/fK5CgSH9o8
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2020
re: #122 joe90
Thought I’d share our PMs Wednesday lock-down message to the nation.
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Thanks for that. There are a lot of world leaders out there I admire and your PM has been one of them since most of us here in the US were introduced to her following that tragedy in Christchurch.
re: #110 Dr Lizardo
He’s gonna be really disappointed to find out that his idea of heaven was the hoax.
re: #125 calochortus
Dodging all those taxes for so many years must have given them a hefty emergency fund, though, right? Unless they just showered the money over their execs and shareholders.
I got my bicycle back.
Yesterday, I left work at the wrong time, walked home on a weird route, and encountered three law enforcement folks looking at my bike and taking notes.
re: #132 wrenchwench
Yay! I am very happy for you.:)
re: #122 joe90
Really good info. Don’t things I hadn’t thought of (going for a ride in the car and the associated risks). She’s calm and conveying real info, not sugar coated but still hopeful.
I like her.
re: #122 joe90
Thought I’d share PM Ardern’s Wednesday lock-down message to the nation.
Something’s wrong, she’s not scapegoating the media or complaining about provincial officials not being sufficiently grateful for her leadership and awesomeness.
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re: #127 makeitstop
I really want a cable news host to just do the “cut his mic, he’s lying…” and then invite them back if they’re going to stop lying and/or dodging questions.
re: #120 KGxvi
“I sent you a report on the radio, a boat, and a helicopter, what more did you want me to do?”
pelosi this morning:
“It won’t happen unless we respect science, science, science. And for those who say we choose prayer over science, I say science is an answer to our prayers.”
re: #110 Dr Lizardo
I cannot cheer this foolish man’s death, since there are people who loved him and I am at least as vulnerable as he was, but damn, the Republican media have a lot to answer for.
“Approximately 7500 people die every day in the United States.
That’s approximately 645,000 people so far this year.
Coronavirus has killed about 1,000 Americans this year.
Just a little perspective.” @RealCandaceO— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) March 26, 2020
September 11th
re: #139 DodgerFan1988
This is an especially stupid self-own coming from Mr. Noun-verb-9/11.
re: #85 EPR-radar
I was due for a haircut just before the Bay Area shut down, so now I’m wondering how long I can tolerate too-long hair before taking a scissors to it myself.
I have slowly been training mr. klys to tolerate longer and longer hair by stretching the time between when I trim it. Bwhahahaha.
As of yesterday I finished all the reasons that I should need to leave the house (except for groceries) for the foreseeable future! Although I am going to try to donate blood next week, because I know they are desperate.
re: #141 Dave In Austin
So Canada is a threat now??
What. The. Fuck.
Ignoring my dual citizen split loyalties, menecung the Canadian would be the worst possible allocation of resources when capacity is already stretched thin. Like. What?! WHY?? https://t.co/98Xt7dxFKK— Mika McKinnon (@mikamckinnon) March 26, 2020
re: #139 DodgerFan1988
September 11th
And yet we spend a whole lot of money and time trying to reduce the 7500/day number.
re: #138 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I cannot cheer this foolish man’s death, since there are people who loved him and I am at least as vulnerable as he was, but damn, the Republican media have a lot to answer for.
“There are none so blind as those who will not see.”
Not actually from the Bible, but the first known use of that turn of phrase was by John Heywood in 1546. Jonathon Swift also used it a couple of hundred years later.
And with that, good night Lizards. Stay healthy.
The U.S. Now Leads the World in Confirmed Coronavirus Cases https://t.co/wzWAR34LSj
— Garance Franke-Ruta STAY HOME (@thegarance) March 26, 2020
re: #132 wrenchwench
I got my bicycle back.
Yesterday, I left work at the wrong time, walked home on a weird route, and encountered three law enforcement folks looking at my bike and taking notes.
YAY!
Yet another great Biden ad. I especially like the tag line.
In a time of national crisis, @JoeBiden gives America answers. Donald Trump gives America excuses. pic.twitter.com/6FCcBXTjNJ
— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) March 26, 2020
Canadians are not your enemy, you orange bastard.
re: #146 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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Those aren’t beautiful numbers Donnie but you played a role in their creation.
re: #150 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Those aren’t beautiful numbers Donnie but you played a role in their creation.
Well, he did say there’d be winning, right?
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re: #148 makeitstop
Very well done. Go Joe.
re: #148 makeitstop
Yet another great Biden ad. I especially like the tag line.
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Can’t wait to vote for him again.
re: #141 Dave In Austin
So Canada is a threat now??
Waiting for Mexico to ask the Cartels to start enforcing border security to keep Americans out.
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— Oligarchic Coup of 411 BCE (@HBServetus) March 26, 2020
re: #152 PhillyPretzel
Very well done. Go Joe.
His ads are really getting good. I know he revamped his team to transition to the GE. So whoever is his ad guy or gal deserves props. There is a contrast between these two men. One I know will put the country and planet’s interests above his own. The other will belittle a reporter if he doesn’t like their employer.
re: #154 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Waiting for Mexico to ask the Cartels to start enforcing border security to keep Americans out.
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Where’s Pablo Escobar when you really need him?
Did you know that Joe Biden is no longer in the senate? Also Bernie didn’t do anything. https://t.co/P9GeNlqmlw
— malarkey distancing (@gdigitalzsmooth) March 26, 2020
re: #159 The Pie Overlord!
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Bernie who finally showed up in Washington in time to make a loud objection to a dead on arrival amendment. I mean I’m glad he did but Bernie didn’t do the hard lifting like others did. And I know Biden would be if he were still an elected official.
re: #160 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Damn that’s dark but yet it would be on brand.
Totally.
I saw one for ‘Ivanka Trump body bags’ this morning. Also totes on brand.
re: #85 EPR-radar
I was due for a haircut just before the Bay Area shut down, so now I’m wondering how long I can tolerate too-long hair before taking a scissors to it myself.
I am so lucky. Mine had grown out soooooo long since I had a surgery and my back wouldn’t let me bend for the beautician. I got it cut very short and curled right before the orders came in to shelter in place. My “son” shaved his head. Took care of that!
re: #163 makeitstop
Totally.
I saw one for ‘Ivanka Trump body bags’ this morning. Also totes on brand.
Next we have Trump Last Rites where your favorite President reads you your Last Rites in the worst Latin you’ll ever hear!
Evening all. Hope all is well and good.
You knew it.
Yep.
Trump and the GOP (remember, nothing exists alone) would fuck some pooch.
Somewhere. Somehow.
And as you suspected, it would a war, napalming of a law for profit, draining the coffers of a willing nation, or a mosquito bite.
Replace mosquito bite with World Wide Killer Virus and I think that’s a winning scratch off.
Damn. FIVE BUCKS BITCH.
re: #159 The Pie Overlord!
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Bernie did wave his arms frantically and shake his finger.
Opening it back up by Easter really would be political suicide at this point.
Trump letter to governors that states the admin working to publish new guidelines for state and local leader to make decisions about “maintaining, increasing, or relaxing social distancing…” pic.twitter.com/PvqiBhc3SH
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) March 26, 2020
O_o
Trump begins at the briefing: “Beautiful day. Very good what you’re doing…all those empty seats. Never seen it like that…oh boy. How the world has changed…but it’s going to end up being better than ever.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 26, 2020
.@MassGovernor Baker is right to be angry. The Trump administration is doing WORSE than nothing – it’s actively preventing states like Massachusetts from obtaining necessary equipment. These failures are resulting in a public health catastrophe. https://t.co/WfVrows0pi https://t.co/qF5SrgYBzG
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) March 26, 2020
Oh and speaking of suicide, I’m sure it wouldn’t surprise any of you that calls to prevention hotlines have gone way the hell up in the past few weeks.
“when you have 15 people and the 15 within a couple days is going to be down to close to zero, that’s a pretty good job we’ve done.” pic.twitter.com/eyWj2tA9HH
— darth™ (@darth) March 26, 2020
re: #173 Eclectic Cyborg
Oh and speaking of suicides, I’m sure it wouldn’t surprise any of you that calls to prevention hotlines have gone way the hell up in the past few weeks.
Prevention hotlines and domestic abuse hotlines, to hear my police/dispatcher friends tell it.
I cannot express how angry and hate-filled I feel toward Trump right now. He’s trying to push governors in blue states to sacrifice some citizens so he can get re-elected. I hope he enjoys burning in hell.
— Karoli (@Karoli) March 26, 2020
This plan, if he acts on it, is a profound dereliction of duty and a massive violation of his oath of office. https://t.co/Q2iXqP1pa2
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) March 26, 2020
re: #177 Backwoods_Sleuth
He is risking our lives for his glory.
re: #169 Belafon
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That letter is a fucking joke. “I published my guidelines…”. “Efforts are already paying dividends”? No evidence that we have flattened the curve anywhere yet.
re: #177 Backwoods_Sleuth
The governors - the smart ones, anyway - are going to give out a collective “Ah, HELL naw” when they hear this.
re: #177 Backwoods_Sleuth
The Gulf beaches are ready for another round of Beach Party Bingo.
re: #179 Mike Lamb
That letter is a fucking joke. “I published my guidelines…”. “Efforts are already paying dividends”? No evidence that we have flattened the curve anywhere yet.
In fact, the evidence points the opposite direction: That we are past the point where we CAN flatten the curve, that instead we have to focus on delaying tactics until we can build enough infrastructure to weather the storm. Minnesota is already retooling efforts to build temporary non-emergency facilities and convert hospitals into full-time emergency and ICU facilities.
re: #168 Eclectic Cyborg
Opening it back up by Easter really would be political suicide at this point.
Trump is a political zombie supported by hordes of zombies.
Trump says his call with the governors went great, but he accuses one governor of being “a little wise guy” – and then Trump adds “we saw to it he wouldn’t be so much anymore.”
Uh… how exactly did the Trump admin “see to it” that a governor wouldn’t be “a wise guy” anymore?— Susan Simpson (@TheViewFromLL2) March 26, 2020
Unbearable.
re: #185 jaunte
I will be polite and say that does not sound like a President; it sounds like a mobster.
re: #187 PhillyPretzel
I will be polite and say that does not sound like a President; it sounds like a mobster.
Mobster wannabe perched on the stoop of a candy store.
re: #188 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
So who do you think it was?
Cuomo.
the moron has already called him a wiseguy
re: #185 jaunte
Unbearable.
What would be absolutely hilarious is if is method of seeing “to it he wouldn’t be so much anymore” involved giving Cuomo the 40K respirators he asked for.
re: #188 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
So who do you think it was?
We can eliminate the women governors.
This may be one of the first deaths of a 17-year-old in the United States from coronavirus: it happened in Louisiana, outside New Orleans. @LouisianaGov says people are still, in large number, defying his order to stay inside. https://t.co/DKipTZkb14 pic.twitter.com/6ID8isPPdB
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) March 26, 2020
Beshear says they believe “well over 11,000” have been tested in Kentucky when you include negatives from private labs. State lab total is 4,016.
— Joe Sonka 😐 #StayHome (@joesonka) March 26, 2020
Stack is cautiously optimistic that in a week there will be enough data to show that Kentucky is among the best states in the country when it comes to efforts to flatten the curve.
— Joe Sonka 😐 #StayHome (@joesonka) March 26, 2020
What does Beshear need from #kyga20 on COVID-19 response? “Flexibility.” Needs the flexibility and funds to respond to coronavirus to the max
— Joe Sonka 😐 #StayHome (@joesonka) March 26, 2020
you can tell he’s saying “fuck you! fuck you!” in porcupine language at the end there https://t.co/AnFlZu7y0B
— your own personal jesus (@Kappa_Kappa) March 26, 2020
Up almost 100 cases in my county today. They’ve given up classifying them as travel/close contact/community transmission. Hospitalized numbers jumped almost 30, deaths up 2.
Yeah, sure. Easter.
re: #176 Backwoods_Sleuth
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It is an impossibility to accurately assess a county as high, medium or low risk. What is the per capita testing criteria to ensure reasonably accurate information in terms of number of cases? What is the population density threshold? Can a county abutting a known hot spot ever be considered low risk? How often are you going to re-visit the categorization?
And on top of that, the moment you realize that a county is leaving the “low risk” category, it’s already too late.
We’ll have blown well by China and Italy by Easter. Pretty much caught up by now.
Gangster President is going to own this.
The criteria is simple.
Counties that voted for Trump = Low Risk
Counties that voted against Trump = High Risk.
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re: #197 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Up almost 100 cases in my county today. They’ve given up classifying them as travel/close contact/community transmission. Hospitalized numbers jumped almost 30, deaths up 2.
Yeah, sure. Easter.
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re: #200 Eclectic Cyborg
Well I know Philly went for HRC so that makes us high risk.
There seems to be a competition underway for supreme leader of the Branch Covidians.
What title should this august personage be given? The High Koresh?— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) March 26, 2020
good fucking grief
“President Moon of … as you know, a country we spend a lot of time in. South Korea, we’re working very hard on that.” #wut pic.twitter.com/L6cVTcvYsy
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2020
“Some of them are getting very sick. And some of them don’t even recover. They are incredible people” — Trump on health care workers fighting the coronavirus pic.twitter.com/vLQTqpo2Pp
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2020
re: #202 PhillyPretzel
Well I know Philly went for HRC so that makes us high risk.
well, my county went for trump, but Massie lives here, so it’s a tossup…
I’d give almost anything for him to shut the fuck up for 24 hours.
“Our people want to go back to work. I’m hearing it loud and clear from everybody … they have to go back to work” — Trump (polling released yesterday actually showed 74 percent of voters favor more stringent social distancing) pic.twitter.com/qdERzAKcMc
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2020
Thanks to all who sent kind words&prayers for my husband John. He has coronavirus & has been in the hospital for pneumonia & low oxygen. He took a good turn, was just released & is now recovering at home! Thanks to those who cared for him &for all front line health care workers. pic.twitter.com/VMVmZCMrIq
— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) March 26, 2020
re: #74 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Remember when these people said the Obamas and Clintons were out of touch elitists?
Yep. I also remember Rick Sanatorium calling Obama “a snob” for encouraging high school kids to go to college.
re: #203 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
“There are things Christians should be willing to go to jail for!”
FYI: Right now those in jail are sitting ducks for COVID-19; Christians should be fighting to get those who can be released out.
re: #207 Eclectic Cyborg
I’d give almost anything for him to shut the fuck up for 24 hours.
Even go to work before Easter? //
We now know Trump was briefed on th coming Coronavirus on 12/22/2019. How many more ventilators, N95 masks & protective gear could we have had if we had a real president? He knew but chose to let us die, instead.
— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) March 26, 2020
re: #149 Eclectic Cyborg
Canadians are not your enemy, you orange bastard.
Of course they are. They gave us Nickelback.
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The only reason the Senate was unanimous is because Rand Paul, who has Coronavirus, would vote against the Coronavirus bill.
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) March 26, 2020
Trump’s airline went bankrupt.
That’s why he keeps saying airlines are “a very very tough business.”— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) March 26, 2020
Trump explains tariffs like your gramma explains the internet
— cheesecake proletariat (@jesseltaylor) March 26, 2020
Our puppies just had the best. day. ever.
They got to explore the @GeorgiaAquarium while it is closed to the public. They made all sorts of exciting discoveries and lots of new friends! pic.twitter.com/f0iHXfq3AF— Atlanta Humane (@atlantahumane) March 26, 2020
hey BeachDem
NEW TODAY: City of Myrtle Beach leaders ask most visitors to leave by Sunday at noon https://t.co/Dq9GRhCd3j
The city of Myrtle Beach is asking visitors to be out of the city by Sunday and is asking people to cancel or reschedule reservations through April 30. pic.twitter.com/81EFlLa79T— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) March 26, 2020
Those fucking Canadians always causing trouble.
/SARC https://t.co/1OQJ2AYnx9— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 26, 2020
re: #211 cat-tikvah
“There are things Christians should be willing to go to jail for!”
FYI: Right now those in jail are sitting ducks for COVID-19; Christians should be fighting to get those who can be released out.
Some Christians no doubt are, the ones who, you know, pay attention to the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Matthew 25:
40 And the king will say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.’
41 Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
42 For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink,
43 A stranger and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no clothing, ill and in prison, and you did not care for me.’
44 Then they will answer and say, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to your needs?’
45 He will answer them, ‘Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.’
NEW: Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker emotionally rips into the Trump administration for out-bidding states on medical equipment: “I have had confirmed orders for millions of pieces of gear evaporate in front of us, and I can’t tell you how frustrating it is.”#WBZ #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/QFZHjKKnzw
— Liam Martin (@LiamWBZ) March 26, 2020
re: #221 Charles Johnson
The troops will be needed to keep Americans in.
re: #211 cat-tikvah
“There are things Christians should be willing to go to jail for!”
FYI: Right now those in jail are sitting ducks for COVID-19; Christians should be fighting to get those who can be released out.
There are things Christians should be willing to go to jail for. Being asked to stay home because of a GODDAMN DISEASE is not one of them.
Texas Roadhouse CEO gives up salary to pay employees https://t.co/lQ1KEWBD6s
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) March 26, 2020
The guy who can’t figure out how to avoid the Health Department shutting down his own kitchens, just vowed every closed restaurant will reopen. #coronavirus
— Power VO (@PowerVoiceOver) March 26, 2020
JFC, now he claims he knows two people who had it, they absolutely had it, but they never saw a doctor, never got tested, and they’re just FUCKING FINE.
And he just can’t stop praising himself.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 26, 2020
Trump repeats his usual false claim that China had never before paid “10 cents” in tariffs - Americans pay the tariffs; Americans had long paid billions per year in tariffs on China - then bashes “Sleepy Joe Biden,” then does his usual false claim of a $500B deficit with China.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 26, 2020
Trump says maybe we’ll take “a piece” of the airlines for the United States.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 26, 2020
The cruise business?!! We’re talking about cruise business? Good lord, Trump and the 7th-grader who asked the question need to step down and let the grownups handle this.
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) March 26, 2020
JFC, Cheeto is Hitler in the bunker. He doesn’t have a coherent plan even for his own survival, let alone the country’s.
re: #221 Charles Johnson
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Trump on reporters who can’t be in the room: “They’re all outside trying to get in.” This is his standard rally line about his supporters.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 26, 2020
I’ve held off on donating blood because I’ve had a cough hanging on from some random respiratory virus I had. When I go on line to make an appointment at my local blood center now, the next available appointment shows as April 20th. I’m gonna have to call and see if they actually need my blood or if enough people have stepped up.
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This young lady - Coco - completed her final chemo treatment yesterday. On the drive home from the hospital friends in the neighborhood surprised her with a parade — social distancing style.
Humanity.🌎❤️ pic.twitter.com/DOioiESahR— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) March 26, 2020
Big news from PowerBall lottery hq:
Following next Grand Prize win, Powerball jackpot will reset to $20 million with minimum roll increases of $2 million between drawings.
The Powerball Product Group today announced changes to ensure the game continues to support good causes in all 48 U.S. lottery jurisdictions. Following the next Grand Prize win, Powerball’s starting jackpot will reset to a guaranteed $20 million (annuity) with minimum roll increases of $2 million between drawings.
“Powerball players in many U.S. lottery jurisdictions are under shelter-in-place orders or recommendations from their governors or mayors, which have affected normal consumer behaviors,” said Gregory Mineo, Powerball Product Group Chairman and Maine Lottery Director. “Just like other enterprises around the world that are making adjustments, we are making proactive changes to continue to offer the world’s premier lottery product.”
Tonight’s advertised jackpot is a guaranteed $150 million; $114.8 million cash value. If the jackpot is won in tonight’s drawing, the jackpot will reset to a guaranteed $20 million (annuity) for the Saturday, March 28 drawing with minimum jackpot roll increases of $2 million between drawings. If the jackpot is not won tonight, then the jackpot will grow to an estimated $160 million (annuity).
This is a big change. I was expecting something, but not necessarily because of Covid-19 (though with lottery offices closed in many state from shutdowns the state lotteries are probably worried about how to sell games with stores closed.)
Put simply, sales were already way down before Covid-19 caused shutdowns.
And, something the notice doesn’t mention but is the real cause I believe, the extremely low interest rates are making the annuity and the cash value much closer. In other words, the lotteries now have to pay out a much bigger cash prize for the nominal annuity prize (which is the one advertised.) A couple of weeks ago, when the annuities were at their lowest yield, the cash value was up to a whopping 80% of the annuitized payouts.
So combining low sales and extremely low interest rates, the draw games are not netting much for the states.
Now dropping the starting value in half, and reducing the incremental annuitized prize by four fifths, Powerball is simply admitting defeat without closing doors. Sales will decrease.
MegaMillions hasn’t made an announcement yet, I think.
re: #238 Backwoods_Sleuth
That is so sweet. I am happy for her. Such wonderful neighbors.
1st sentence: ‘Dyson has received an order from the UK government for 10,000 ventilators to support efforts by the country’s National Health Service to treat coronavirus patients.”
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) March 26, 2020
So Trump can now brag that the US is number 1.
In cases.
— Bitchcoin (@SubMedina) March 26, 2020
re: #220 Backwoods_Sleuth
hey BeachDem
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Yeah, just got the email from the city (which is doing a better job than the state)
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That was a piss poor performance by the reporters in the briefing room. Just embarrassing.
There is zero reason to give the President a free campaign commercial every day where he’s free to spread misinformation that could kill people.— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) March 26, 2020
But called on several reporters more than once and made sure to get to Newsmax. https://t.co/5jfNlu4GMy
— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) March 26, 2020
re: #238 Backwoods_Sleuth
Is it me or are you the same… Everything makes me cry lately. One of my coworkers in PA was sick and got tested and was negative. And I lost it. I cried for like 10 minutes.
re: #246 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Well, CNN apparently no longer carries the news conferences live, so they’re dead to him.
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) March 26, 2020
re: #249 Backwoods_Sleuth
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And even that’s a doubt because she’s got her/Mitch’s agenda which isn’t always the same as Trump’s.
re: #214 Ace Rothstein
Of course they are. They gave us Nickelback.
//
We also gave you Leonard Cohen, Ryan Reynolds and Alex Trebek. :P
fun thread starts with this
If you got good news — about you, someone you love, about the world, about this godsforsaken disease — give a shout. However small or large. Personal or cosmic. We could all use a thread of nice things, so reply with a dollop of goodness, if you can.
— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) March 26, 2020
SMART
— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) March 26, 2020
re: #197 klys (maker of Silmarils)
In a fun hiccup, the website is currently displaying the data from ~two weeks ago as today’s confirmed count (they’ve been making some changes and are apparently launching a new site tomorrow, so I’m guessing something just got borked).
How to magically make 400+ cases and 15 deaths disappear in an instant!
re: #241 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Two layers down in the tweet pile you posted: a claim that the Service Employee’s International Union has found 39 million n95s and plugged their health workers into the source.
Did the Trump Admin just…..not call a supplier with 39 million masks on hand? Or a second supplier that could produce 20 million in a week?
What the hell happened here? How did SEIU do this in 48 hours?
Did the Trump Admin just…..not call a supplier with 39 million masks on hand? Or a second supplier that could produce 20 million in a week?What the hell happened here? How did SEIU do this in 48 hours? https://t.co/WWmrBXLPrs
— Dan Lavoie (@djlavoie) March 26, 2020
re: #251 Eclectic Cyborg
We also gave you Leonard Cohen, Ryan Reynolds and Alex Trebek. :P
And Rush. Not Limbaugh.
Wow, Birx is just downplaying the shit out of the kind of pain doctors and ERs are having.
— Karoli (@Karoli) March 26, 2020
So Birx s pretty much saying this whole idea of not having enough ventilators is BS?
— digby (@digby56) March 26, 2020
This would mean the President thinks that the US has at least 282,404 cases of an infections disease but he wants to “open up” the country by Easter.
I’m not great with maths. Is “hundreds of thousands” close to zero? pic.twitter.com/vMcPxwpA4L— KevinlyFather 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇲🇼🇸🇿 (@KevinlyFather) March 26, 2020
re: #245 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“His function is to act as a focusing point for love, fear, and reverence, emotions which are more easily felt towards an individual than towards an organization.”
― George Orwell, 1984
“He was a fattish but active man of paralysing stupidity, a mass of imbecile enthusiasms—one of those completely unquestioning, devoted drudges on whom, more even than on the Thought Police, the stability of the Party depended.”
― George Orwell, 1984
re: #253 klys (maker of Silmarils)
…boo, they fixed it.
(Look, I take my fun where I can find it these days.)
…Unless there are a lot of asymptomatic cases. Not OR.
— Karoli (@Karoli) March 26, 2020
re: #256 Backwoods_Sleuth
Just like the Nazis found doctors for death camps, the Trump administration finds doctors to spew its propaganda.
Every profession has its share of sociopaths.
re: #251 Eclectic Cyborg
We also gave you Leonard Cohen, Ryan Reynolds and Alex Trebek. :P
I’ll always thank your country for Jim Carrey. 1994 was fun even with the baseball strike.
Interestingly, Birx was nominated by Obama to oversee our efforts at eliminating the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
re: #263 Eclectic Cyborg
She tells her employer what he wants to hear.
re: #263 Eclectic Cyborg
Interestingly, Birx was nominated by Obama to oversee our efforts at eliminating the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Evidently she does not have the strength of character to deal with Trump.
re: #260 Backwoods_Sleuth
I mean. Data coming out of other countries that are doing a lot of testing (along with some of the cruise ship data) does suggest, at this moment, that there are a reasonable number of asymptomatic cases. Potentially somewhere on the order of ~15% or so. There are also rumblings that the infection-fatality ratio (which is nearly impossible to calculate at the beginning of a pandemic) may end up being lower than first thought. Which is not bad news, but…
NONE of these things changes the impact of all of these cases hitting at once and overwhelming our health care system, nor do they minimize the impact on those who do develop symptoms. A good leader would understand these things and continue to emphasize the need for social distancing, slowing the rate of infection, and doing everything possible to enable our healthcare systems to survive the surge.
Instead …well. Yes.
USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA!
Turns out it is not the comma, but capitalism, that is the difference between “let’s eat, grandma!” and “let’s eat grandma!”
— Derek Heckman (@herekdeckman) March 25, 2020
re: #263 Eclectic Cyborg
Interestingly, Birx was nominated by Obama to oversee our efforts at eliminating the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
she’d probably be fine if she reported to a competent adult
America the innumerate:
“you have a better chance to hit the powerball than die from this virus” - Hardly. Powerball jackpot is 1 in 302 million. The odds of you dying of Covid-19 are roughly a hundred thousand times more likely if you’re middle age, a million times more likely if you’re old.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 26, 2020
re: #228 Dr. Matt
I will have to order takeout from there soon.
re: #132 wrenchwench
I got my bicycle back.
Yesterday, I left work at the wrong time, walked home on a weird route, and encountered three law enforcement folks looking at my bike and taking notes.
It pays to do something different…maybe even wear a different hat for awhile.
For people like me who need all the data, this is awesome:
You can have it highlight your state to see how you are doing:
covidtracking.com
Number of covid-19 tests by states.
re: #276 Kilroy was here
covidtracking.com
Number of covid-19 tests by states.
‘a million tests’ my ass
re: #274 Charmingly Persistent
Note that California and Washington turned their curves earlier than others. Because we implemented shelter in place orders for affected regions early.
re: #277 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
‘a million tests’ my ass
The total shown is 519,338, isn’t it?
hi
Happy Epilepsy Awareness Day.
It seems we have bigger problems right now though.
re: #274 Charmingly Persistent
For people like me who need all the data, this is awesome:
You can have it highlight your state to see how you are doing:
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re: #275 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
And something people don’t understand: if every American got stuck in the house or apartment for two weeks unless they needed to go tot he hospital, the curve won’t change its shape for at least two weeks.
re: #273 Semper Fi
It pays to do something different…maybe even wear a different hat for awhile.
I won’t be wearing the ‘preying mantis’ hat I wear when I ride the bike (bike needs a little work) but I have been wearing the same cap when I walk —- for a few years. I was given 12 of them about 10 years ago. I gave most of them away. I’m down to two: Faded and Very Faded. I’m pretty sure I have something else. And I need a different daypack. I won’t be locking the bike at that rack again, ever, for even a minute, nor anywhere else until I get a u-lock. And some rear brake shoes.
re: #267 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I mean. Data coming out of other countries that are doing a lot of testing (along with some of the cruise ship data) does suggest, at this moment, that there are a reasonable number of asymptomatic cases. Potentially somewhere on the order of ~15% or so. There are also rumblings that the infection-fatality ratio (which is nearly impossible to calculate at the beginning of a pandemic) may end up being lower than first thought. Which is not bad news, but…
NONE of these things changes the impact of all of these cases hitting at once and overwhelming our health care system, nor do they minimize the impact on those who do develop symptoms. A good leader would understand these things and continue to emphasize the need for social distancing, slowing the rate of infection, and doing everything possible to enable our healthcare systems to survive the surge.
Instead …well. Yes.
I remember a report mentioned 3 or so days ago in a YT video (I think it was Maddow—will check) about some village in Italy, within which a WHO study was done on ALL the inhabitants. ALL were tested for CoVid-19 *and* interviewed/questioned about their health, including Q’s about any symptoms they had noticed. When the test results came back, the interview data was indicating “no symptoms” for about HALF of those whose tests had turned out positive.
re: #278 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Note that California and Washington turned their curves earlier than others. Because we implemented shelter in place orders for affected regions early.
Nebraska even earlier, because of our relatively low population and much more severe restrictions statewide (and even more severe here in the Panhandle).
At this point, I’m half expecting the state police and National Guard to close the borders with Colorado and Wyoming.
re: #286 unproven innocence
Iceland has done large scale testing and also got about 50% positives with no symptoms.
⁉️WHAT⁉️
~1.5 million N95 masks are sitting in a US government warehouse in #Indiana, but authorities haven’t shipped them because they are past their expiration date, despite @CDCgov guidelines that they’re SAFE to use during the #CoronavirusPandemic.🤬https://t.co/jN3Bpm8lq6— Dr. Dena Grayson (@DrDenaGrayson) March 26, 2020
re: #286 unproven innocence
I remember a report mentioned 3 or so days ago in a YT video (I think it was Maddow—will check) about some village in Italy, within which a WHO study was done on ALL the inhabitants. ALL were tested for CoVid-19 *and* interviewed/questioned about their health, including Q’s about any symptoms they had noticed. When the test results came back, the interview data was indicating “no symptoms” for about HALF of those whose tests had turned out positive.
Yeah, the bigger question with all of these has been “who has tested positive and is currently asymptomatic but goes on to develop symptoms later” versus “who is truly asymptomatic for the entire time they have the virus” and that’s where the cruise ship data is useful.
Harlem Globetrotters legend ‘Curly’ Neal dies at 77.https://t.co/PyVWUEvw43
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 26, 2020
Long long ago, the Globetrotters came to my small town. They were the B troup, but Curly was the leader of that troup. It was fun.
re: #291 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
RIP Mr Neal.
BREAKING: The U.S. now has more confirmed coronavirus cases than any nation in the world, according to data from the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. https://t.co/MvZDLztY6c
— ABC News (@ABC) March 26, 2020
The U.S. Navy’s USS Theodore Roosevelt has been diverted to the U.S. island territory of Guam. It’s the first American warship with confirmed COVID-19 cases.
Live updates:https://t.co/ubpsBjzY3T— NPR (@NPR) March 26, 2020
Hey Deborah Birx seems to think they just have to “get the data together” because they owe it to the president.
Pence says they’ll get that information to the president this weekend and he’ll make the decision.
So it’s all good. So it’s all good. We’re out of the woods. https://t.co/4oTP7Ei9UH— digby (@digby56) March 26, 2020
The NRA is angry because gun stores are classified as non-essential but (non-violent) offenders are being released from prisons.
We’ve been getting sores on our ears from continually wearing a mask - this is such a useful tip! pic.twitter.com/5CPLscFCrp
— NurseKelsey (@nursekelsey) March 26, 2020
re: #15 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Answer “No, I just pay for the fucking lights to be on”.
Kentucky is the latest state trying to use the crisis to ban abortion. The legislature has a bill filed to allow the AG to shut down the state’s only clinic as nonessential.
re: #297 Backwoods_Sleuth
The reason a lot of states are now ordering shelter in place, even Republican dominated states, is that anyone who reads the epidemiologists knows that cases will continue to explode anywhere humans are allowed to gather closely.
Trump has been off the rails for some time, but now his recklessness is going to be doubly harmful. So many Americans are in denial - they don’t want to believe that their guy is the bad actor.
re: #302 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Kentucky is the latest state trying to use the crisis to ban abortion. The legislature has a bill filed to allow the AG to shut down the state’s only clinic as nonessential.
Priorities.
LOLWHUT????
Our great Oil & Gas industry is under under seige after having one of the best years in recorded history. It will get better than ever as soon as our Country starts up again. Vital that it does for our National Security!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 26, 2020
re: #305 Backwoods_Sleuth
I guess oil being $23 a barrel is under siege for him.
re: #304 lawhawk
Priorities.
Republicans are using any situation possible to outlaw abortion. If Trump is re-elected, abortion will be banned throughout this country.
re: #305 Backwoods_Sleuth
Prices were crashing because of the Saudis (and Russians?)… and then isolation measures brought demand to a stop.
Heard a report of 99 cent/gallon somewhere in the last few days. All the energy companies are crying because they can’t pump money anymore.
“A lot of good things are happening. The mortality rate… in my opinion, it’s way way down” pic.twitter.com/hJAHEwgxzC
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) March 26, 2020
in a bit of good news
Alex Jones, a conspiracy theorist and repeated loser of court battles, was ordered Wednesday to pay more than $20,000 in attorney fees after losing another appeal in a defamation case related to the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. He now owes nearly $150,000 in legal fees before he even faces a jury.
re: #286 unproven innocence
Found it, but I was wrong about the locale, and maybe it wasn’t W.H.O. The “saturation” testing was at a location in Iceland, not Italy. About 5min 2min into this video:
re: #251 Eclectic Cyborg
We also gave you Leonard Cohen, Ryan Reynolds and Alex Trebek. :P
Justin Bieber. Celine Dion.
I may never forgive you for those.
re: #312 sagehen
Canada more than made up for it with hockey.
re: #307 Hecuba’s daughter
Republicans are using any situation possible to outlaw abortion. If Trump is re-elected, abortion will be banned throughout this country.
Even if Biden becomes President, abortion will very soon be effectively banned across much of the country.
re: #308 NetworkKed
Prices were crashing because of the Saudis (and Russians?)… and then isolation measures brought demand to a stop.
Heard a report of 99 cent/gallon somewhere in the last few days. All the energy companies are crying because they can’t pump money anymore.
Low oil prices means that shale oil costs more to pump out of the ground and process than other sources. The breakeven for shale oil is several times the cost Saudis can pump oil. So Saudis drive shale oil out of business and screw the Russians in one shot.
Alt energy continues to be the only true path away from Saudi oil dependence.
re: #308 NetworkKed
Prices were crashing because of the Saudis (and Russians?)… and then isolation measures brought demand to a stop.
Heard a report of 99 cent/gallon somewhere in the last few days. All the energy companies are crying because they can’t pump money anymore.
Some places here are at 99 cents but the average in Wisconsin is still about $1.49
re: #315 lawhawk
And DT refuses to look into wind power because it kills birds. I think my neighbor’s cats do more damage to birds than wind turbines.
Utter horseshit, Ronna ROMNEY. https://t.co/PrHMKd8QPf
— Don Millard (@OTOOLEFAN) March 26, 2020
re: #311 unproven innocence
Found it, but I was wrong about the locale, and maybe it wasn’t W.H.O. The “saturation” testing was at a location in Iceland, not Italy. About
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It’s fair because there is also a village in Italy (Vò) that was tested, which also had quite a number of asymptomatic folks. I haven’t been able to find a solid academic paper on the topic yet though, only news reports.
SCOOP — CBP has 1.5 million expired N95 masks sitting in an Indiana warehouse that it plans to give to TSA, not hospitals or FEMA. The CDC issued guidelines nearly 4 weeks ago for the safe use of past-date masks, saying they remain effective https://t.co/ULtDDh08Ta
— Nick Miroff (@NickMiroff) March 26, 2020
Not to be a buzzkill but antibody testing isn’t going to be the silver bullet because there’s no reason to believe acquired immunity is permanent or that the virus can’t lay dormant and come back again much stronger chickenpox like does with shingles.
Government Accidentally Shuts Itself Down With Ban On Non-Essential Businesses https://t.co/R7xygorxyl
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) March 26, 2020
re: #310 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
in a bit of good news
I hope he goes bankrupt.
re: #317 PhillyPretzel
And DT refuses to look into wind power because it kills birds. I think my neighbor’s cats do more damage to birds than wind turbines.
I find it very doubtful that he gives a rat’s patootie about birds. Aesthetics is much more likely but he’s canny enough to make an eco pretense.
re: #324 William Lewis
I find it very doubtful that he gives a rat’s patootie about birds. Aesthetics is much more likely but he’s canny enough to make an eco pretense.
Trump Tower windows kill more birds than wind turbines.
This is not a sprint—it’s a marathon.
I know NYers are tired. I’m tired too.
But when I feel tired, I think of the healthcare professionals working 7-day weeks.
I think of the first responders showing up every day.
I think of the pharmacists, transit workers & so many others.— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) March 26, 2020
Cases (Confirmed)
Previous Current Increase Decrease
183 189 60 0
Deaths
0 3 3 0
Tests ran (State wide)
2857
My County/Town (Twin Falls) is still at 1 confirmed.
Expecting Ada (53) to be the next to be reporting deaths.
re: #321 goddamnedfrank
Not to be a buzzkill but antibody testing isn’t going to be the silver bullet because there’s no reason to believe acquired immunity is permanent or that the virus can’t lay dormant and come back again much stronger chickenpox like does with shingles.
There’s a lot we don’t know about this virus in particular and a lot we don’t necessarily know about coronaviruses as a whole but the evidence we do have suggests that acquired immunity is likely to exist and persist for at least some time, although probably not permanently.
For the second, well, honestly we can’t know. We can just deal with the information we have on hand and the things we’ve seen in other coronaviruses, which is that so far that hasn’t been the case.
re: #317 PhillyPretzel
And DT refuses to look into wind power because it kills birds. I think my neighbor’s cats do more damage to birds than wind turbines.
What kills birds:
re: #240 PhillyPretzel
That is so sweet. I am happy for her. Such wonderful neighbors.
A gnat seems to have flown into my eyes and irritated them.
re: #325 The Pie Overlord!
I went to go look up why your’s and my picture show the top two at different values. It looks like yours is more correct, but I also found this:
Buildings four to 11 stories tall account for about 56 percent of deaths in the new estimate, Loss and his colleagues report in the Condor: Ornithological Applications. Residences that are one to three stories tall make up around 44 percent, with skyscrapers representing less than 1 percent.
re: #319 klys (maker of Silmarils)
It’s fair because there is also a village in Italy (Vò) that was tested, which also had quite a number of asymptomatic folks. I haven’t been able to find a solid academic paper on the topic yet though, only news reports.
I was also wrong about “a locale in Iceland”. Apparently it was ALL of Iceland that was tested. And Rachel’s video was only a few hours old, not 3 days. Sheesh. I’m stressed. I’m retired but both of my daughters are among the newly jobless.
re: #312 sagehen
Justin Bieber. Celine Dion.
I may never forgive you for those.
But Ryan Gosling and Rachael McAdams has to count for something. Then there’s Donald and Keifer Sutherland. Margot Kidder, Eugene Levy, Katherine O’Hara, Martin Short… Those have to make up for beiber.
re: #335 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
But Ryan Gosling and Rachael McAdams has to count for something. Then there’s Donald and Keifer Sutherland. Margot Kidder, Eugene Levy, Katherine O’Hara, Martin Short… Those have to make up for beiber.
Samantha Bee
re: #334 unproven innocence
I was also wrong about “a locale in Iceland”. Apparently it was ALL of Iceland that was tested. And Rachel’s video was only a few hours old, not 3 days. Sheesh. I’m stressed. I’m retired but both of my daughters are among the newly jobless.
Iceland did a random sampling from across the country but I think it only works out to ~1% of the population. Still, it’s definitely useful data, especially combined with the other information we have.
Sending virtual hugs and best wishes to you and yours. This is a super stressful thing and it changes so fast - it’s hard to stay on top of everything and to know what is good and accurate information versus a poorly designed study or outright fraud, especially since a lot of people are making preprints widely available (which means they haven’t been peer-reviewed yet, necessarily).
re: #337 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Ok. Thanks.
re: #339 unproven innocence
Ok. Thanks.
Sorry if this was too much information, I am in full science mode on this where language and assumptions are important and therefore should be spelled out clearly. Habits are hard to break.
re: #146 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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