Seth takes a closer look at an unhinged President Trump wanting to ignore the coronavirus crisis and return to normal as soon as possible.
Filled out my census online.
When asked about origins (under “race”, a wholly obsolete idea), I was tempted to put “Anywhere Trump is not.”
re: #1 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I put human as my race.
I mean, if we hand out too many ventilators, people might prefer it to breathing on their own.
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) March 27, 2020
I’m out. I can’t stand the shit show anymore tonight.
Night, all, sweet scaly dreams. May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
I’m still doing the Ring Cycle operas and I keep getting distracted by the strong men’s-rights-advocate/nice guy energy coming off these dwarves….
re: #202 EPR-radar
“murdered by Donald Trump, who is a stupid motherfucker” needs to get carved into many tombstones.
I wouldn’t sully those graves with his name. On the other hand, a monument should be built at his with the names of those he killed. And I think it should be built before he dies.
From the previous thread:
re: #184 NO SMOCKING GUN!
So sorry for that.
Sorry about that. I realized after disappearing and coming back that I made it sound too harsh. I forgot to include the punchline from my mom: “She said she didn’t want to go into one, and she made sure of it.” My grandmother didn’t do anything except be herself. The house she lived in was falling apart around her, but we couldn’t get her to leave.
I also didn’t mean to minimize what you’re going through. I am truly sorry about that.
Yet another person radicalized by fundamentalists and the hate-mongering
Man Charged With Making Death Threats to Nancy Pelosi in Coronavirus Rant
Gavin Weslee Blake Perry, 27, of Wichita Falls, Texas, wrote on Facebook that Democrats were terrorists and should be shot on sight, prosecutors said.
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The threats against Ms. Pelosi were posted beneath an article from an anti-abortion website that Mr. Perry shared on Facebook.
“Nancy pelosi is apart of a santanic cult and so are rhe people who work closly with her,” Mr. Perry wrote, according to prosecutors. “Dems of the establishment will be removed at any cost necessary and yes that means by death.”
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re: #8 Belafon
I wouldn’t sully those graves with his name. On the other hand, a monument should be built at his with the names of those he killed. And I think it should be built before he dies.
There better be gold tablets at the base of that inscribed with the names of every person Trump killed in Puerto Rico!
I try not to be horrified any more by this creature in the White House, but he keeps getting more horrible. https://t.co/jlTf6TSIPE
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 27, 2020
I’m old enough to remember when we were told we’d have 1m tests by March 6. It’s now March 26. https://t.co/sYegP5g5Tj
— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) March 27, 2020
re: #5 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Fascinating!
That park is over five hours from my twenty by car.
Uhhh. “She has since fielded requests from one of the families to do video calls because their children miss her. The parents did not offer to compensate her for the calls.” https://t.co/AbScux4y61
— Antonia Hylton (@ahylton26) March 26, 2020
We cancelled our cleaners, but paid them anyway + an extra $300 each. One of them has a covid-19 positive spouse and is in quarantine. They sent us a heartfelt thank you. You can do it too. DON”T CANCEL ANYTHING! https://t.co/T1Z7rOhZ3u
— Shamir Karkal (@shamir_k) March 25, 2020
Trump is going to attempt to declare it over on Easter weekend. Abbott so far hasn’t declared a statewide lockdown, but he did get an emergency declaration from Trump (kissing Trump’s butt does work), but I don’t see him trying to override local decisions.
— CHARLIE (@c_johansen_MT) March 27, 2020
Thread to take your mind elsewhere
OK, buckle up. I wanna talk to you about Triscuit. pic.twitter.com/Tg7334OSbc
— Sage Boggs (@sageboggs) March 26, 2020
re: #16 Belafon
Trump is going to attempt to declare it over on Easter weekend. Abbott so far hasn’t declared a statewide lockdown, but he did get an emergency declaration from Trump (kissing Trump’s butt does work), but I don’t see him trying to override local decisions.
Arizona governor Doug Ducey is still trying to…god I don’t know…he won’t order a lockdown, there aren’t enough tests, and he issues orders that are wimpy bullshit.
We had 235 coronavirus cases on Monday, March 23. Today, there were 509 cases, with nine deaths. (Those numbers could be off slightly depending on where coronavirus cases occurring on the Navajo Nation are counted.) But yeah, we more than doubled in three days.
Nearly 3 dozen who attended Arkansas church event test positive for coronavirus
Nearly three dozen people who attended a recent children’s event at a church in Arkansas have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to church officials.
Donald Shipp, a deacon at First Assembly of God church in Greers Ferry, about 75 miles north of Little Rock, told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that 34 people who attended the event in early March at the Cleburne County church had tested positive for the coronavirus, and that an unknown number of others were awaiting test results.
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Mark Palenske, a pastor at the church, said in a lengthy Facebook post late last week that he and his wife, Dena, were among those to test positive for COVID-19.
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The couple and dozens of others from their church initially could not get tested, according to Palenske.
“One local doctor had a very small number of commercial tests and the rest is history, I suppose,” he wrote.
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“Even though we were the original positives, there are people who have been sick longer than we have,” he said. “It clearly made its way through a special weekend of children’s ministry at our church.”
The one-two punch, of a religion that thinks they are special, and a government that doesn’t care enough to do public health right.
Day 14 in quarantine! A special ViP #minilogue from my house with Vice President @JoeBiden… #StayHome https://t.co/hkZa4hCwIn
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) March 27, 2020
Rockwall is a very religious town. We have two large churches, a bunch of medium sized churches, a whole bunch of small churches, and a couple that operate out of industrial locations. I know most of them have shut down and went online, and did so before the city even started getting busy.
There are a few things that do surprise me about this place. They are conservative, and I think a box of cereal with an R on it would be a democrat for the House seat if John Ratcliffe ever leaves. But the town didn’t like it when the mayor tried to force Target to enforce bathroom rules, and they’re not going to go nuts and end up in a situation like the Arkansas church. They went to online schooling well before anyone else; my wife said it was even featured on the news.
re: #21 gocart mozart
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re: #19 mmmirele
Arizona governor Doug Ducey is still trying to…god I don’t know…he won’t order a lockdown, there aren’t enough tests, and he issues orders that are wimpy bullshit.
We had 235 coronavirus cases on Monday, March 23. Today, there were 509 cases, with nine deaths. (Those numbers could be off slightly depending on where coronavirus cases occurring on the Navajo Nation are counted.) But yeah, we more than doubled in three days.
But by dog, he’s keeping the golf courses open!
Arizona: Republican Gov. Doug Ducey classified golf courses as essential businesses that can remain open during the pandemic. https://t.co/xKi4yfsgiA via @politico
— Matthew Kaminski (@KaminskiMK) March 27, 2020
re: #10 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Yet another person radicalized by fundamentalists and the hate-mongering
Man Charged With Making Death Threats to Nancy Pelosi in Coronavirus Rant
“A santanic cult”?
She worships Carlos?
Understandable, them….
Panhandle Public Health District in Nebraska out with new guidelines. Their Website has a map showing locations of hospitals across the state superimposed with circles representing the number of cases in each one (the Panhandle remains at zero tonight).
The new guidelines are stricter yet.
Updated self-quarantine guidelines are being provided to anyone that has traveled or will be traveling outside the Nebraska Panhandle.
To limit spread in Nebraska, all travelers should self-quarantine for 14 days upon returning home and immediately report any symptoms consistent with COVID-19 infection to their health care provider. This means if you travel out of the Panhandle, you will be asked to self-quarantine for 14 days upon returning to the Panhandle with these exceptions:
Social Distancing=6 feet
Residents that support the critical infrastructure of our community, such as truckers, are encouraged to continue to provide their vital services. When they are back in the Panhandle, they are encouraged to stay at their house (self-quarantine).
Traveling to and from work is understandable; the idea is to stay in the same community and practice strict social distancing.
Health care workers have different guidelines and should consult with a trained medical professional at their facility (infection preventionists or physician) and establish a specific infection control protocol such as self-quarantine, self-monitoring, wearing PPE while at work, etc., that mitigates patient and co-worker exposures.
Returning travelers should assume that COVID-19 disease is present at the locations they have visited and traveled through.
(more information)
And here we have the Trump administration taking advantage of a national health emergency to institute new policies that will further injure the health of our nation and its people. Yet another nefarious mission accomplished. https://t.co/3Ny8Nswcu7
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) March 27, 2020
WTF?
Here’s a wild video. The company zoomed in on the Ft. Lauderdale spring break people, and using software that analyzes the data collected on the phones locations used on the beach, tracks where they went after leaving (the software itself doesn’t reveal information about phone numbers or whose they are):
Want to see the true potential impact of ignoring social distancing? Through a partnership with @xmodesocial, we analyzed secondary locations of anonymized mobile devices that were active at a single Ft. Lauderdale beach during spring break. This is where they went across the US: pic.twitter.com/3A3ePn9Vin
— Tectonix GEO (@TectonixGEO) March 25, 2020
In this case, as you’re wondering about the privacy concerns, also consider the spread of the virus.
If he was working directly with Putin, Putin would have told him to tone it down a little so as to not seem so obvious.
— ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) March 27, 2020
re: #1 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Filled out my census online.
When asked about origins (under “race”, a wholly obsolete idea), I was tempted to put “Anywhere Trump is not.”
I’m still waiting for the form to arrive in the mail. I like your answer. If I didn’t have to put my name and address on the form, I’d probably do that.
I will probably leave it blank.
re: #15 Belafon
I know we can’t make up for all of the losses businesses are going to be feeling but since we’re lucky and not hurting from this (his job is safe and stable and he can work from home and mine …well, who needs to ever leave the house anyway?), we’re going to do our best to support those we can.
re: #15 Belafon
That reminds me that I need to make our arrangements this year for the fellow who mows our lawn.
We pay him considerably more than other people do in town, but this year I think we ought to bump that up.
#NowPlaying J.J. Cale > Naturally > Call The Doctor https://t.co/zXne72on5l
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) March 27, 2020
I know it’s The Intercept saying it, but you absolutely still need to at least prosecute a rape allegation against Biden-as-Vice-President during a Presidential race.
If the woman’s not lying, he’d have been guilty of rape even if it had happened in 1980 rather than the 20th century, and at this point, whether it’s correct or not, he can’t win in the court of public opinion,
Or IOW:
OTOH, Bernie is STILL assured of being a one-term president, so the best case is a brokered convention drafting someone who WASN’T running in March.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) March 27, 2020
So basically we’re more screwed now than ever, because the next Republican elected President will still be the last person permitted to be elected US President.
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) March 27, 2020
Someone want to explain to me how we wound up in “damned if we do, damned if we don’t” territory?
And I don’t necessarily think this time, Russia was involved from the beginning, only the last day.
WAIT????? MARGOT DID THIS STUNT HERSELF?????? pic.twitter.com/uwm2wn0y9E
— tris (@filmcupid) March 25, 2020
Are you saying Brie Larson can’t really shoot plasma blasts from her hands and fly in space? pic.twitter.com/zFSRXiSCJg
— ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) March 27, 2020
Evening updates from the states around me.
About seventy miles west:
At this time there are 56 reported cases in Wyoming.
About one hundred miles north (interestingly, the South Dakota Health Department says positive cases no longer have to be reported to the CDC—that means the CDC numbers cannot be trusted):
Positive 46
Negative 1973
Pending 125Deaths 1
Recovered 16
South Dakota Department of Health
Ninety miles south in Colorado:
1,430 cases
184 hospitalized
39 counties
10,122 people tested
24 deaths
9 outbreaks at residential and non-hospital health care facilities
Weld County along our border has 107 cases.
Colorado Department of Health and the Environment
I don’t know how long we can hold out disease-free here.
TRUMP on New York’s ventilator needs for the coronavirus outbreak:
“I don’t believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators. You know, you go into major hospitals sometimes, they’ll have two ventilators. And now all of a sudden they’re saying can we order 30,000 ventilators?” pic.twitter.com/WMuOlkaGZk— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) March 27, 2020
NOW: A major hospital in the Midwest has reached its limit on ventilators minutes ago.
They are handing out forms saying that only those “with the best chance of survival” will get care. Others will be getting pain medication. 1/— Andy Slavitt @ 🏡 (@ASlavitt) March 27, 2020
re: #37 teleskiguy
I’m going to try to defend myself here.
We’d already lost between 30 and 50 percent of Bernout votes. That was going to make this a close election. This accusation loses all the rest of them, because they will see it as proof of forcible rape that TimesUp refused to proceed with the suit against an actively-running political figure. It’ll also scare off some previous anti-Bernie types who had reluctantly come in behind Biden, because it really doesn’t look to be a bad-faith suit and she stopped claiming that he just touched her neck.
I’ll still vote for Biden if we nominate him, but I’m almost as pessimistic for the future if we do as if we nominate Bernie, because in my eyes he cannot beat Trump and is indeed now looking at a landslide because we needed
I really want this to lead to #draftKamala, though, not a Birdie resurgence like everyone else who fears the accusation.
re: #34 Chrysicat
Where are these allegations coming from other than wingnut sites and Bern outs quoting them and Glenn Greenwalt’s Home of Perpetual Grievances?
It doesn’t matter who we run for our candidate, Republican rodent copulators will lie about that candidate, along with people in our own party who don’t support him or her.
As Megan Hunt noted when she ran for the state legislature, when asked why she would announce on a candidate questionnaire why she’s an atheist when that’s the kiss of death in politics (she turfed out an R), she said she wasn’t worried about Republicans. They wouldn’t vote for her anyway. She was worried about Democrats who would use that against her or lie.
She cited the campaign of Rep. Eric Swalwell as her example; Swalwell primaried Pete Stark by running attack ads painting him as un-American for being an atheist.
(By the way, if Swalwell ever ran for President, I would not support him unless he’s the only possible choice.)
re: #34 Chrysicat
Read this thread:
If you are tweeting #IBelieveTara without realizing that she praised Putin, got caught and then deleted her praise of him, and then attacked Mueller in a Russian language blog post, maybe you should change your attention to the 19 women Trump sexually harassed and/or assaulted.
— Ms. Krassenstein (@HKrassenstein) March 25, 2020
re: #38 Ace-o-aces
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— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) March 27, 2020
re: #15 Belafon
Jesus- do any of these people know anyone from the middle class? The only person I know who can afford to hire a personal maid is a landlord who owns 140 or so rental units in a college town. So, easy pickings.
But I will say she does seem pretty upset that no one will be cleaning her million dollar house. Which she lives in by herself.
Arkansas lawmakers preparing to convene for a special session, with the House using a basketball arena because of COVID-19 concerns. #arleg #arpx pic.twitter.com/euzgrfNhBb
— Andrew DeMillo (@ademillo) March 26, 2020
re: #39 Chrysicat
There’s enough catastrophism in the real world. You bringing Russian disinformation here is horseshit. But okay, sure, we’re fucking doomed because Biden is a rapist and the BernBros are going to throw the election again. GTFO
Have you been paying any attention at all to the primaries? Bernie’s political power and sway among Democrats is measurably way less than it was in 2016. Twitter is a piss poor place to measure the political climate of the Democratic polity.
re: #42 Chrysicat
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re: #41 Belafon
Thank you. I still think that whether it started as ratfucking or not is no longer germane, though, because we need some of the Bernouts and they’re 100 percent on “I Believe”. I probably don’t believe her anymore, but refusing a trial until 2021 still looks bad to a lot of people.
At this point, I’m more casting about for a replacement non-Bernie candidate and terrified that Biden’s worse toast than Kerry.
Governor Ricketts starting to cave to the tenets of Conservative religion:
If you have been laid off, you might consider looking for another job, says @GovRicketts Unemployment benefits end at some point, he said, and you’ll be in better shape when this #coronavirus outbreak ends if you have a new job.
— Paul Hammel (@PaulHammelOWH) March 26, 2020
From his own decree a couple days ago, pounding the pavement for a job during the epidemic has been suspended.
re: #46 Chrysicat
But I also realise that I should possibly be asking to have all of those deleted if I don’t want to be banned?
Can someone give me a warning as to how close I am to tipping the Stinky-meter?
re: #47 Anymouse 🌹🏡
Governor Ricketts starting to cave to the tenets of Conservative religion:
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It must suck to be named after a disease.
re: #49 Dread Pirate
It must suck to be named after a disease.
LOL
Campaign adverts with Vitamin D tablets on them.
re: #48 Chrysicat
But I also realise that I should possibly be asking to have all of those deleted if I don’t want to be banned?
Can someone give me a warning as to how close I am to tipping the Stinky-meter?
It doesn’t even register with Stinky. You’re just a dumbass for posting it, that’s all. But if you yourself think/feel it shouldn’t be posted, you can delete it yourself, just click on the little pencil.
You’ve been swindled, I’m sorry to say, by Russian disinformation and nihilist BernBros.
re: #48 Chrysicat
Anyway, this is all out of extreme terror. I’m convinced the next Republican elected president will be officially crowned, either in order so he doesn’t have to leave office in 4 years (Trump), or to save him having to run for re-election (any creep who throws out Bernie).
And I still think Bernie is only 20-percent electable for a first term, but now I’m terrified for Biden as well.
Especially since the gloating posts that got me ranting came out of a Discord for a webcomic, not Twitter, which is rapidly becoming a worse pit of voles than ff.net.
re: #46 Chrysicat
Thank you. I still think that whether it started as ratfucking or not is no longer germane, though, because we need some of the Bernouts and they’re 100 percent on “I Believe”. I probably don’t believe her anymore, but refusing a trial until 2021 still looks bad to a lot of people.
At this point, I’m more casting about for a replacement non-Bernie candidate and terrified that Biden’s worse toast than Kerry.
I seem to remember right after Kavenaugh’s confirmation, a bunch of right-wingers tweeting “I’ve already decided that whoever the Dems nominate for 2020, raped me 25 years ago.”
Stupid asshole doesn’t have the courage of his convictions, notice he won’t call it the Chinese Virus in this context.
Just finished a very good conversation with President Xi of China. Discussed in great detail the CoronaVirus that is ravaging large parts of our Planet. China has been through much & has developed a strong understanding of the Virus. We are working closely together. Much respect!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 27, 2020
re: #52 Chrysicat
Discord, a hive of scum, white supremacists, and open Nazis.
NYPD: Currently, 294 uniformed members and 57 civilian members tested positive for the Coronavirus.
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) March 27, 2020
With no positive coronavirus cases in the Panhandle, what happens when one is diagnosed? (Goes to the Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald):
Public health officials have been working with providers in the Panhandle to increase testing as they try to identify people who may have the COVID-19, Schnell said. On Thursday, 22 tests were pending, an indication that testing has increased.
“We are definitely upping our testing, trying to identify those people out there,” she said.
The minimum criteria for testing in the state has been specific: those who show up in hospital and have an abnormal chest X-ray and influenza or other respiratory illness has been ruled out; and workers in careers such as health care, law enforcement, first responders who show up and are symptomatic to protect them from spreading the coronavirus to others. With an expansion of testing, doctors will evaluate unique cases or persons with mild cases to help determine if COVID-19 is circulating in the Panhandle communities.
…
When and if a person tests positive for the coronavirus, the public will be notified. PPHD director Kim Engel outlined the process that occurs when a person has tested positive.
“That individual and their provider will be notified and the public will be notified in a news release and during this daily briefing,” Engel said. “A public health investigator will interview the person to see who they have been in close contact with and where they have been the last 14 days,” she said.
re: #55 Anymouse 🌹🏡
Discord, a hive of scum, white supremacists, and open Nazis.
This is utter bullshit. Discord is a platform, it is used by lots of people it is not one thing. Patreon uses it to create communities. The folks over at the skeptics guide to the universe podcast use it to engage with their fans. Discord is not like twitter where it is one thing for everybody, it is tool that any group can use to create their own community. Do nazis use it, probably, but nazis use the damn phone too, it doesn’t mean phones are evil.
re: #51 teleskiguy
re: #51 teleskiguy
Just a thought, and not to challenge the sincerity of either you- but a an observation from someone who can both appreciate that 1.A) if this is true, it is obviously disqualifying period, but B-2) the providence of this accusation seems problematic:
I think that at this point, it would probably be best to see where this thing goes before either side starts tearing away at the other’s undersides. At least of a day or two.
It’s a worrying issue either way, but jumping on each other is only going to hurt us all down the road.
Just my two cents.
re: #58 danarchy
This is utter bullshit. Discord is a platform, it is used by lots of people it is not one thing. Patreon uses it to create communities. The folks over at the skeptics guide to the universe podcast use it to engage with their fans. Discord is not like twitter where it is one thing for everybody, it is tool that any group can use to create their own community. Do nazis use it, probably, but nazis use the damn phone too, it doesn’t mean phones are evil.
Discord is a platform for closed chats. Lots of people use it.
Like Twitter, they won’t kick off their Nazis. It’s because they won’t kick them off the congregate there.
White Supremacists Still Have a Safe Space Online (Slate, 2018):
Discord is a hub for 150 million gamers—as well as some of the worst people on the web.
Revealed: FBI Raided Discord Chats Of ‘Unite The Right’ Leader (Forbes, January 8, 2020)
Dr. Fauci on Trump’s Easter coronavirus timeline: “He was making an aspirational projection to give people some hope. But he’s listening to us when we say we’ve really got to reevaluate it in real-time and any decision we make has to be based on the data.”
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) March 27, 2020
He’s just pretending, he has no intention of doing what you say, Doctor.
“You can’t do social distancing in a submarine or even a tank.” @robertburnsAP and @lbaldor look at how coronavirus is taking a growing toll on the military.https://t.co/5cquVn2gSx
— Ken Guggenheim (@kguggenheim) March 26, 2020
re: #59 uriel
1.A) if this is true, it is obviously disqualifying period, bu B-1) the providence of this accusation seems problematic:
That’s a charitable description. It’s complete bullshit. Biden, though an old man who’s known to be handsy sometimes, has been in public life for a half century. Barack Obama awarded him The Presidential Medal Of Freedom With Distinction. If the accusations are true (which they aren’t, they’re complete bullshit propagated by Russians and nihilist BernBros) then Barack Obama is one of the worst judges of character ever.
#ReopenAmerica is trending⁉️ I feel like I’m living in an episode of ‘The Twilight Zone’. 🤯😧😷😷😷 #COVID19 #COVIDIDIOTS #StayAtHomeSaveLives pic.twitter.com/5MdNMGcMMS
— Elvira (@TheRealElvira) March 24, 2020
re: #64 Dread Pirate
I met Elvira (her real name is Cassandra) when I was a kid. My next door neighbor (rest in peace), when I was a wee lad, was friends with her, they knew each other since they were little kids. She’s actually a redhead IRL.
— Canadian Forces in 🇺🇸 (@CAFinUS) March 26, 2020
re: #64 Dread Pirate
A response to Elvira:
You apparently didn’t get the memo about flattening the curve
— Tafkak (@tafkak) March 24, 2020
Reuters: CHINA’S XI TELLS U.S. PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT CHINA HAS BEEN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT ABOUT CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC -CHINA STATE TV
— Vincent Lee (@Rover829) March 27, 2020
Reuters: CHINA’S XI TELLS TRUMP HOPES U.S. TAKES SUBSTANTIVE ACTIONS TO IMPROVE CHINA-U.S. RELATIONS-CHINA STATE MEDIA
— Vincent Lee (@Rover829) March 27, 2020
Reuters: CHINA’S XI TELLS TRUMP CHINA IS WILLING TO OFFER SUPPORT TO U.S. FOR CORONAVIRUS CONTROL -CHINA STATE MEDIA
— Vincent Lee (@Rover829) March 27, 2020
Reuters: CHINA’S XI TELLS TRUMP CHINA IS WILLING TO OFFER SUPPORT TO U.S. FOR CORONAVIRUS CONTROL -CHINA STATE MEDIA
— Vincent Lee (@Rover829) March 27, 2020
re: #63 teleskiguy
That’s a charitable description. It’s complete bullshit. Biden, though an old man who’s known to be handsy sometimes, has been in public life for a half century, Barack Obama awarded him The Presidential Medal Of Freedom With Distinction. If the accusations are true (which they aren’t they’re complete bullshit propagated by Russians and nihilist BernBros) then Barack Obama is one of the worst judges of character ever.
That’s more than fair, and my initial response to all of this was pretty much identical.
On the other hand, if it is a valid, attacking the person in question isn’t going to be a good look.
Either way, a large part of this story is the way it is being used politically. And the main thing rat fuckers try and do is disseminate division. I guess my point is, let’s not help them until we know the facts.
(Sorry if this is coming off wrong. Probably should have hit the sack a while ago, so of course the last thing my mind is going to do is let me sleep.)
Bob Dylan Releases 17-Minute Song About JFK Assassination https://t.co/lZfZ6nNVkB
— Variety (@Variety) March 27, 2020
A Muslim friend forwarded this to me lol pic.twitter.com/jkkWFUnBaq
— “blue check” is a slur (@RickyRawls) March 26, 2020
Germany Has Rolled Out a Staggering €50 Billion Aid Package for Artists and Cultural Businesses, Putting Other Countries to Shame
“Artists are not only indispensable, but also vital, especially now,” says the country’s culture minister.https://t.co/RrzwcQsHoI— Ali Aftab Saeed (@aliaftabsaeed) March 27, 2020
they were finally able to repaint Abbey Road ‘cause everyone is inside
Kate McKinnon of SNL comes to mind here.
“There’s no risk [when] it’s already out there,” Trump says of drugs that might be used for off-label purposes to treat coronavirus.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 27, 2020
For those using Amazon, this article might be of interest:
Amazon Is Having Supply Chain Issues. Here Are Some Trustworthy Alternatives.
The coronavirus continues to disrupt our lives in more than a few ways. As we face mandatory shelter-in-place directives, school closures, and empty supermarket shelves, many folks are turning to online ordering to secure the essentials they need to get through these uncertain times. But what happens when the one-stop shop you’ve relied on for years—the retailer that was always there when you needed something in a pinch—suddenly can’t deliver?
That’s the reality currently facing a lot of shoppers. Amazon’s supply chain is struggling to meet demand as more people look to the online retail behemoth for the things they need but can’t find at their local grocery store (and the things they want but hesitate to pick up in person). The New York Times, Wirecutter’s parent company, reports that as the outbreak continues to shut down and slow factories in China, “Amazon is likely to feel potential shortages of goods earlier than its American peers because it usually keeps fewer items on hand than they do.”
31 years ago today was the Exxon Valdez spill. So many suicides of our fishermen. We didn’t get a bailout. Alaska hasn’t recovered. The mayor of Cordova is still dead. He listed Exxon in his suicide note. Fuck Exxon. Then and now. 31 years. We aren’t okay. https://t.co/UWNKIsFJMG
— 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚎 (@shannynmoore) March 27, 2020
A couple of threads ago there was a video on what happens when sodium is dropped in a toilet bowl.
When I was in 11th grade, someone (not I), stole, iirc, some magnesium from a lab and kept in his locker for a few days. When the school started searching lockers for it, he reportedly panicked. And decided to dispose of it by flushing it down the toilet.
Bad move. That resulted in a similar explosion and a pile of porcelain rubble crowned by a toilet seat.
I was not present for the flush but did see the result.
State senator Megan Hunt tweeting at Gov. Ricketts (thread, three tweets):
In 2016, the federal govt launched a pilot program to allow food insecure people to use SNAP to buy groceries online. Today it’s running in AL, IA, NY, WA, & OR. The @USDA should expand this nationwide to stop crowding and support low income people who need food delivery now.
— Senator Megan Hunt (@NebraskaMegan) March 27, 2020
I have not verified these services yet, but WireCutter has been reasonably trustworthy:
A Running Guide to Services Now Free (or Discounted) in Response to the Coronavirus
In response to the outbreak, many companies around the world have offered their services for free to help folks get through these uncertain times—this is especially helpful for those in the industries that have recently had to force layoffs and shutter their doors. Whether you’re looking to work off your nervous energy with some exercise, read your way through a library’s worth of books, or schedule an appointment with a mental health professional, these free services can help you keep your composure and your cash.
LOL
“Hey, that looks fun to try, and I bet it doesn’t taste like creamed corn soaked in battery acid.”
Wrong on both counts. pic.twitter.com/WB50qtFVKB— Prophet of Zod (@Prophet_of_Zod) March 25, 2020
Christian hate preacher Greg Locke gets a Facebook post blocked by Facebook for promoting harm and promoting violating the law outside Facebook.
I’m beyond fired up at this point.!!! Y’all need to WAKE UP. Facebook removed my service announcement post and said to keep the church open was promoting a crime. WE ARE NOT CLOSING!!! #FridayThoughts #CoronaCrisis pic.twitter.com/oBXwxAFzrS
— Pastor Greg Locke (@pastorlocke) March 20, 2020
Keep it up, Pastor Locke. I’m sure a lot of people won’t miss you if you get your whole Facebook account banned so you can cry martyr in the wilderness.
Brazil churches exempted from quarantine as President Bolsonaro says places of worship are “essential services” https://t.co/02v996sRPH
📸 Mauro Pimentel pic.twitter.com/BmZLgrKyMC— AFP news agency (@AFP) March 27, 2020
— Atheist Republic (@AtheistRepublic) March 27, 2020
re: #80 Anymouse 🌹🏡
i liked it.
Well gosh Paul, people in the civilized Christian world would never engage in such nonsense…https://t.co/TmzjwPEkXA
— ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) March 27, 2020
re: #84 Deep State SuperElite Satinist
i liked it.
I don’t know what it is so I can’t say. Prophet of Zod could be off-base here because the Alaska weather has thrown off his tongue.
Hi @pastorlocke You’re posing a health risk for people by staying open. You can do what many of us already do and live stream what you want to say having your viewers watch that way.
at this point, you’re a public hazard…you’re grandstanding claiming oppression. That’s not it. https://t.co/HHED9DtnjH— Mel 🤚🏻STAY AT HOME🏡 (@ScientistMel) March 20, 2020
re: #85 Ace-o-aces
The amazing thing about how stupid they are is how utterly unpredictably stupid they are.
re: #80 Anymouse 🌹🏡
They could always make hand sanitizer:
Purcellville’s Catoctin Creek Distillery producing free sanitizing alcohol during coronavirus outbreak
In the wake of the coronavirus crisis and a subsequent shortage on sanitizing products, Purcellville-based Catoctin Creek Distillery is working with area hospitals, police stations and assisted living communities to provide free bottles of sanitizing alcohol to anyone who needs it.
…snippity…
“We are still open to sell bottles of whiskey in the tasting room. For people quarantined in place, a bottle of whiskey might make it easier,” Harris said.
If anyone would like to visit Catoctin Creek and obtain some of the sanitizing product, bring up to a two-liter bottle into the store at 120 W. Main St. in Purcellville from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Upon reflection, I think that I may pay Catoctin Creek Distillery a visit.
re: #88 Dread Pirate
The amazing thing about how stupid they are is how utterly unpredictably stupid they are.
At least Paul is predictably racist.
Oh my dear god…
It’s a BUFFET??!?!? 🤢😷🤢😷🤢 https://t.co/Qs3sIvJqQw
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) March 27, 2020
re: #91 Ace-o-aces
Trump’s hotels/hospitality/golf resorts are almost certainly hemorrhaging money by this point. I have little doubt that’s why he’s so desperate to get things “back to normal”.
here’s a non-coronavirus news! Indonesia’s Mt. Merapi, one of the most active volcanoes here, erupted on Friday, spewing 5,000-meter ash cloud (pic from @BNPB_Indonesia ) pic.twitter.com/z29ixtxXmg
— Resty Woro Yuniar (@restyworo) March 27, 2020
In effort to deter volunteers, US Army imposed higher standards for black pilot recruits. One Tuskegee airman, Coleman Young: “We were unquestionably the brightest & most physically fit young blacks in the country. We were super-better because of the irrational laws of Jim Crow.” pic.twitter.com/L2ixyAIM0z
— WW2 Tweets from 1942 (@RealTimeWWII) March 8, 2020
Bełżec’s opening marks the first major step of SS “Aktion Reinhard”: Nazis plan to murder all Jews & Gypsies in German-occupied Poland, killing approximately ~2.5 million people. pic.twitter.com/49euvkeBks
— WW2 Tweets from 1942 (@RealTimeWWII) March 17, 2020
US President has signed Executive Order 9102, creating a “War Relocation Authority” with powers to arrest US citizens & deport them to concentration camps without charge. USA is preparing to intern 1000s of Japanese-Americans from west coast: https://t.co/bJZrLgDzis
— WW2 Tweets from 1942 (@RealTimeWWII) March 19, 2020
re: #74 Anymouse 🌹🏡
“There’s no risk [when] it’s already out there,” Trump says of drugs that might be used for off-label purposes to treat coronavirus.
Sure, there’s no risk whatsoever for using approved drugs in ways they weren’t intended. Like oxycontin or fentanyl, for example.
re: #95 ericblair
Sure, there’s no risk whatsoever for using approved drugs in ways they weren’t intended. Like oxycontin or fentanyl, for example.
[Rush Limbaugh enters the chat]
So now it’s no longer the China Virus or Wuhan Virus? (Should have done your call before the G-7 meeting and saved us a lot of trouble.) https://t.co/UJAjz4OMPq
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) March 27, 2020
So, it’s coronavirus again now? Not that this isn’t an improvement, but this weak minded fool just parrots whatever the last authoritarian dickhead he talked to told him. Now he’ll be back talking to Miller and the gang of xenophobes and it will be back to ChinaVirus again.
re: #80 Anymouse 🌹🏡
Apparently the Platte that they refer to is the Missouri Platte River Valley. The Distillery is in Weston Mo, just across the Missouri River from Kickapoo, Kansas. No Kickapoo Joy juice though.
Family anecdote. When my Grandfather returned back to St Joseph Missouri from WW1, his first job was to help dredge the (Missouri) Platte River.
There is a church in Newville Pennsylvania that’s holding Sunday Service at the Cumberland drive-in and honestly this is everything #LifeInterrupted #MiddleOfSomewhere pic.twitter.com/P3fJCcEE4A
— SalenaZito (@SalenaZito) March 22, 2020
Our global house is burning. But Trump and Pompeo are standing by arguing who started the fire rather than doing something about it. - POLITICO https://t.co/IzBMS5IxiL
— Nicholas Burns (@RNicholasBurns) March 26, 2020
Good luck, Mississippi…..you’re gonna need it:
Roadside mannequins are inviting residents of Moss Point, Miss., to resume shopping at a local clothing store, restaurants are returning their dine-in services, and churches are re-opening their doors for services. Mayor Mario King described the burgeoning renewal in commerce and social life amidst the COVID-19 pandemic today as it swirled around him in his Gulf Coast town after Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves issued an executive order Tuesday that overruled local measures meant to stop the virus’ spread.
“His order completely makes our order null and void,” King, who closed businesses he deemed non-essential last week, told the Mississippi Free Press on Thursday afternoon. “So barbershops and salons are open today. People are actually at church making up Bible studies lost on Wednesday, so they’re having Thursday Bible studies. There are restaurants that re-opened their dine-in services today. … I understand they’re just trying to make a dollar, but if one person sneezes who has COVID-19 and someone else comes in, they’re possibly exposed to that. So his order puts our people at risk.”
Moss Point is located in Jackson County, which ranks no. 7 for the most novel coronavirus infections statewide, and where State officials confirmed an additional four cases this morning.
Weather is crap here.
forecast.weather.gov
Freezing fog now.
Rain then snow and highs in the fifties starting tomorrow.
Wyoming still won’t put in rules to slow the growth of the epidemic in their state.
Coronavirus case count jumps to 56, 17 recoveries reported (Goes to the Cheyenne Wyoming Tribune-Eagle)
Wyoming’s coronavirus case count grew to 56 on Thursday, but reports from two county health agencies indicated some of those patients have already recovered.
The number of cases grew by seven by Thursday evening, with new cases detected in Johnson, Laramie, Hot Springs and Teton counties.
The single cases reported in Johnson and Hot Springs counties were the counties’ first. Laramie County’s case count went up by three on Thursday and Teton County’s increased by two.
(more)
Laramie County is where the state capital Cheyenne is located, and borders the Nebraska Panhandle. There was confusion because Larimer County in northern Colorado did order a lockdown.
Devil’s Tower National Monument was ordered closed by the National Park Service after county officials requested that.
Governor Mark Gordon (R) has urged people to stay home, but will not issue an order to do so.
re: #81 Anymouse 🌹🏡
Christian hate preacher Greg Locke gets a Facebook post blocked by Facebook for promoting harm and promoting violating the law outside Facebook.
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Keep it up, Pastor Locke. I’m sure a lot of people won’t miss you if you get your whole Facebook account banned so you can cry martyr in the wilderness.
Is this too harsh?
Let me tell you a story.
There was this town, known for the devotion and fear of God of its inhabitants.
If anyone would avoid the plague which God had sent to punish humanity, it would be them, both the townsfolk and those who knew them agreed on that. /1— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) March 27, 2020
So they took no measures to protect themselves.
About a week or two later, a caravan came by.
The entire town was dead, all 20,000 or so of them.
Now, Corona is not as deadly as Yersinia p., but I strongly urge you to consider the consequences of your words, acts and omissions/E— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) March 27, 2020
Um.
Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus.
I am now self-isolating, but I will continue to lead the government’s response via video-conference as we fight this virus.
Together we will beat this. #StayHomeSaveLives pic.twitter.com/9Te6aFP0Ri— Boris Johnson #StayHomeSaveLives (@BorisJohnson) March 27, 2020
…and more um.
Peskov confirms one case of Covid-19 infection among Putin administration staffers. https://t.co/fdxoRFhEnq
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) March 27, 2020
hmm. London and Moscow. Do I hear Washington DC?
Unfortunately this does have to be said @JoeBiden. This is what a President should do. Unfortunately, the current occupant of the White House is not capable of being Presidential. His failures to listen to the experts is already killing people. https://t.co/j8HepDy6g2
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) March 27, 2020
re: #111 Patricia Kayden
I like Fred. I also like Joe. :)
::: watching Pride and Prejudice (1995) :::
In Britain, farmers are struggling to find people to pick raspberries and potatoes. Part of Germany’s asparagus crop risks rotting in the ground. And in Italy, over a quarter of the strawberries, beans and lettuce may lack harvesters. https://t.co/LeTfjQwzb8
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 27, 2020
re: #109 ericblair
…and more um.
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Was it you or someone else here that mentioned Putin looked….a little tired, perhaps?
re: #116 Dr Lizardo
That is an even money bet.
re: #117 PhillyPretzel
That is an even money bet.
I’m sure Bolsonaro has it, he just won’t admit because of his machismo.
This depresses me. The USA should not have this many cases of a virus. Under other Presidents we had very low numbers of other diseases. Now we have the highest numbers because a con-man who does not know anything is president. May Bannon, Sessions and Miller … (I am not going to say anything else because I do not want to be thrown out of LGF)
Just found out one of my coworkers had it. His wife, too. Both young and made it through. He is delivering food to the elderly now.
re: #120 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Just found out one of my coworkers had it. His wife, too. Both young and made it through. He is delivering food to the elderly now.
I wish there were serological tests more widely available right now - I’d be more than happy to take one. I’m genuinely curious to know if what I had about five weeks was COVID-19; I’m about 99% sure it was based on the symptoms. In any event, if I did have it, I was damn lucky in that it was a mild case. And I’d like to know if I have antibodies for it.
This is the most clear-eyed piece on the president and the pandemic I’ve read so far. Bookmark it; he’s probably predicting the future. https://t.co/Wj9WX62MoA
— David Solimini (@CommsDirector) March 27, 2020
“We’re getting hit on all sides for suggesting that governors don’t know what they’re talking about and are being mean about it! What do we do?!”
“Quick, draw straws and the poor bastard who draws the short straw has to lie to the press…”
We heard @NYGovCuomo ask for ventilators. He gave very specific numbers. Do you think he doesn’t know what he’s talking about when it comes to this issue? -@GayleKing
“If you talk to experts, Dr. Fauci, Dr. Birx and others, the models in many cases are way off. -@Surgeon_General pic.twitter.com/73Ic4K1Zen— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) March 27, 2020
According to BILD, the Rammstein singer is currently in the intensive care unit of a Berlin hospital in quarantine.
Last week, Lindemann performed in Russia, then came back to Berlin. Upon arrival, he was diagnosed with Coronavirus. In addition, pneumonia was found, which is why he was brought to the intensive care unit.
Meanwhile, the musician should feel better again. His condition is said to be non-life threatening.
Washington Post numbers:
washingtonpost.com
On the Biden assault accusation, if there is credible evidence, it should be thoroughly investigated. However, in the Krassenstein Twitter thread, a couple of people said Reade made the accusations in ‘93. This cuts both ways. On the one hand, it is evidence against a Johnny-come-lately characterization. On the other, while recognizing that rape culture is a powerful, malignant force, it nevertheless seems highly unlikely that Biden would have been nominated as VP without having had those allegations vetted.
re: #128 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
The Pennsylvania numbers depress me.
Greets and saluts from the heart of darkness NYC metro area. Things are so fucked up here in NYC that the news that there was a deadly subway fire killing 1 and injuring 17 doesn’t even register as significant.
The death toll continues to soar, nursing homes are seeing outbreaks all across the country, and Trump thinks that Cuomo is exaggerating on the need for ventilators.
Trump’s a fucking lunatic whose ego must be stroked or else he thinks he has to destroy you. He’s a sociopath. The GOP are perfectly fine with all of this, because they’re just like him. They agree with the goals and outcomes. Destroy blue states and destroy the federal government, so they get more tax cuts.
Of course, destroy NY means destroy 12% of the US economy. Destroy all the wealth that NY creates and ships off to poor-ass red states that are moochers and takers (the kind of thing that the GOP abhors except when they can get their greedy hands on your money). Idiot governors like in Florida or Texas are all about how they want to stop NYC metro area travelers from coming and contaminating their states, all while their states are in freefall with cases growing exponentially and that neighboring states are having the same problem. The time to take aggressive action to stop air travel passed. It’s too fucking late because Trump didn’t act. He didn’t take any of this seriously and we’re all paying for it.
A couple hundred million dollars a year in pandemic prevention funding looks like a bargain compared to what we’re seeing now. $2 trillion bailout, plus trillions in Fed fund prop-ups. The responsible thing would be rescind the TCJA for the billionaire class but nope, the tax cuts must persist. Actually, the responsible thing would be to increase funding now and going forward for pandemic prevention, because it can happen anywhere and anytime.
Had an argument just last night with a close friend and Trumper who wanted to know why we can’t call it Chinese virus. I told him that the Spanish flu likely started in the US. I told him the swine flu started here. He was absolutely the Spanish flu started in Spain and swine flu started in China.
I told him, there’s an official name for a reason. Use it. Maybe it got through, maybe not. But as the cases continue to pile up around here, it’ll sink in that Trump’s dumbfuckery has made all of this so much worse. Doesn’t matter what China said about the spread or how many cases they’re reporting now - Trump had 2 fucking months where he ignored the threat and the cases went from 15 to 85,000. By the end of the day today, I’m figuring we top 100,000 and 1,400 dead. By next week, it’ll probably be double on both counts.
To put this in perspective, the annual NYC homicide count for 2013-2019 is lower than the total deaths in NYC alone. More people were murdered in NYC in those years than the death toll from covid19. That count could have been minimized with aggressive testing and taking all of this seriously. My friend’s wife is in mortal peril because she works at a hospital where the dead are piling up so fast they need a refrigerated truck to handle the deceased.
Think of it another way. After 9/11, people could grieve publicly. There were entire towns that turned out for funerals and services for those who died. Cops, firefighters had thousands and tens of thousands show up for those services.
Today, if a law enforcement officer or a health practitioner dies from covid19, they will only allow the immediate family to attend. If you’re Jewish, that might not even amount to a minyan. No shiva calls. No wakes. No ability to get comfort from friends and family, because we’re all separated out of necessity.
All of this is directly due to Trump’s dumbfuckery. All of it.
/rant off.
Medical providers:
I have a large group of great Amish folks who want to get to work on PPE and other tools.
They can sew face masks (or anything sewable). A great metal factory can make beds and other metal furniture.
What do you need? amishcovidhelp@gmail.com— Adam Davidson (@adamdavidson) March 27, 2020
Internet politics summed up by Sack:
#TimesUpBiden summed up: pic.twitter.com/hOx4qrkaVY
— Samantha (@agentcurieuse) March 27, 2020
re: #123 Targetpractice
“We’re getting hit on all sides for suggesting that governors don’t know what they’re talking about and are being mean about it! What do we do?!”
“Quick, draw straws and the poor bastard who draws the short straw has to lie to the press…”
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That is a completely non-responsive answer that is given a veneer of respectability due to the source.
re: #129 PhillyPretzel
The Pennsylvania numbers depress me.
Yeah my mom’s cousin is a nurse near Lewisburg. She’s treated a few cases. She’s got another cousin who is a retired nurse too. My aunt, my dad’s older sister was a nurse but she lives in a nursing home herself now. Was glad that my Dad talked to her.
@realDonaldTrump You’re more concerned with your empty hotels than the nation’s healthcare. We want to return to work. Not if it’s a death sentence for ourselves or others.
On 11.03.2020 we take America back. Legally. Peacefully. #CoronaLockdown pic.twitter.com/FyeveAEWuK— Jason Baum (@jasonbaum) March 27, 2020
Dear Dog, these idiots are worrying about ordering too many ventilators? If we end up with more than the US needs, there will be plenty of global demand for them!
Obama had an army of talent in his White House. Trump has … Jared? https://t.co/daoRq39gq7
— Bill Hutt (@BillHutt1) March 27, 2020
Teen Who Died of Covid-19 Was Denied Treatment Because He Didn’t Have Health Insurancehttps://t.co/rl8Yj6nsFG
— Red T Raccoon (@RedTRaccoon) March 27, 2020
re: #131 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the heart of darkness NYC metro area. Things are so fucked up here in NYC that the news that there was a deadly subway fire killing 1 and injuring 17 doesn’t even register as significant.
The death toll continues to soar, nursing homes are seeing outbreaks all across the country, and Trump thinks that Cuomo is exaggerating on the need for ventilators.
Trump’s a fucking lunatic whose ego must be stroked or else he thinks he has to destroy you. He’s a sociopath. The GOP are perfectly fine with all of this, because they’re just like him. They agree with the goals and outcomes. Destroy blue states and destroy the federal government, so they get more tax cuts.
Of course, destroy NY means destroy 12% of the US economy. Destroy all the wealth that NY creates and ships off to poor-ass red states that are moochers and takers (the kind of thing that the GOP abhors except when they can get their greedy hands on your money). Idiot governors like in Florida or Texas are all about how they want to stop NYC metro area travelers from coming and contaminating their states, all while their states are in freefall with cases growing exponentially and that neighboring states are having the same problem. The time to take aggressive action to stop air travel passed. It’s too fucking late because Trump didn’t act. He didn’t take any of this seriously and we’re all paying for it.
A couple hundred million dollars a year in pandemic prevention funding looks like a bargain compared to what we’re seeing now. $2 trillion bailout, plus trillions in Fed fund prop-ups. The responsible thing would be rescind the TCJA for the billionaire class but nope, the tax cuts must persist. Actually, the responsible thing would be to increase funding now and going forward for pandemic prevention, because it can happen anywhere and anytime.
Had an argument just last night with a close friend and Trumper who wanted to know why we can’t call it Chinese virus. I told him that the Spanish flu likely started in the US. I told him the swine flu started here. He was absolutely the Spanish flu started in Spain and swine flu started in China.
I told him, there’s an official name for a reason. Use it. Maybe it got through, maybe not. But as the cases continue to pile up around here, it’ll sink in that Trump’s dumbfuckery has made all of this so much worse. Doesn’t matter what China said about the spread or how many cases they’re reporting now - Trump had 2 fucking months where he ignored the threat and the cases went from 15 to 85,000. By the end of the day today, I’m figuring we top 100,000 and 1,400 dead. By next week, it’ll probably be double on both counts.
To put this in perspective, the annual NYC homicide count for 2013-2019 is lower than the total deaths in NYC alone. More people were murdered in NYC in those years than the death toll from covid19. That count could have been minimized with aggressive testing and taking all of this seriously. My friend’s wife is in mortal peril because she works at a hospital where the dead are piling up so fast they need a refrigerated truck to handle the deceased.
Think of it another way. After 9/11, people could grieve publicly. There were entire towns that turned out for funerals and services for those who died. Cops, firefighters had thousands and tens of thousands show up for those services.
Today, if a law enforcement officer or a health practitioner dies from covid19, they will only allow the immediate family to attend. If you’re Jewish, that might not even amount to a minyan. No shiva calls. No wakes. No ability to get comfort from friends and family, because we’re all separated out of necessity.
All of this is directly due to Trump’s dumbfuckery. All of it.
/rant off.
It’s worse than 9/11 in a lot of ways. 9/11 was awful obviously but the isolation this causes makes it worse. And as poor a President as Bush was, he could convey grief and compassion to those who lost a loved one. Instead Trump is demanding the governors be nice to him. I’m sick of this shit so much. He should be respected the same way he has his predecessors which is to say not at all.
re: #138 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Dear Dog, these idiots are worrying about ordering too many ventilators? If we end up with more than the US needs, there will be plenty of global demand for them!
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Our executive branch is useless.
re: #114 Patricia Kayden
In Britain, farmers are struggling to find people to pick raspberries and potatoes. Part of Germany’s asparagus crop risks rotting in the ground. And in Italy, over a quarter of the strawberries, beans and lettuce may lack harvesters.
well, well. how much do they have to pay the unemployed in those nations to get out and harvest their own food?
re: #138 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Fuckin’ Jared.
Jared Kushner: son of a real estate businessman who got in to Harvard because his dad donated a bunch of money.
Jared: who married Trump’s daughter and that is his sole qualification to be anywhere in Trumpworld, because he’s is utterly and completely unqualified to be doing anything. He never would have passed his security clearances without Trump stepping in to override the denial.
Jared: who has zero experience in public health, logistics, or any fucking other thing in the world. He has no experience or qualifications, but he’s a Trumpist, so that’s all that fucking matters.
Following medical advice, I was advised to test for #Coronavirus.
I‘ve tested positive. Thankfully my symptoms are mild and I’m working from home & self-isolating.
Vital we follow the advice to protect our NHS & save lives#StayHomeSaveLives pic.twitter.com/TguWH6Blij— Matt Hancock (@MattHancock) March 27, 2020
Matt Hancock is the UK’s Health Secretary.
Before sending anyone back to their jobs, @realdonaldtrump, you should try doing yours. https://t.co/mQ6BgU2uqX
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) March 26, 2020
re: #138 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Dear Dog, these idiots are worrying about ordering too many ventilators? If we end up with more than the US needs, there will be plenty of global demand for them!
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I’ll def bring this pandemic in under budget!!
“Saving Private Equity Ryan,” in which seven senior citizens set out on suicide mission to save one hedge fund manager who is facing massive margin calls
— Scott Shapiro (@scottjshapiro) March 26, 2020
re: #149 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
“Saving Private Equity Ryan,” in which seven senior citizens set out on suicide mission to save one hedge fund manager who is facing massive margin calls]
The “Thin Red Bottom Line” in which millions of hotel and restaurant workers will risk their lives to save a President whose hotel and resort chains are facing a potentially very embarrassing bankruptcy
re: #63 teleskiguy
That’s a charitable description. It’s complete bullshit. Biden, though an old man who’s known to be handsy sometimes, has been in public life for a half century. Barack Obama awarded him The Presidential Medal Of Freedom With Distinction. If the accusations are true (which they aren’t, they’re complete bullshit propagated by Russians and nihilist BernBros) then Barack Obama is one of the worst judges of character ever.
I do dialogue better than most writers I know. The idea that, during rape, Joe Biden said to his victim, “C’mon, Man!” is ridiculous to the point of turning the entire supposed incident into a really bad parody.
so you want to call this ‘wuhan’ or ‘chinese’ because of where it originated?
some sort of ignoble swipe at them?
let’s call it the U.S. Virus
- for the country that has the most cases. (winning!)
- and also for that same country that had the best chance to stop it and didnt.
re: #115 Dr Lizardo
Was it you or someone else here that mentioned Putin looked….a little tired, perhaps?
That was me.
Does it make me a bad person to root, in this one case, for the virus?
Imagine a world without Putin, and how that would affect that fucking dope in the White House.
re: #152 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
so you want to call this ‘wuhan’ or ‘chinese’ because of where it originated?
some sort of ignoble swipe at them?
let’s call it the U.S. Virus
- for the country that has the most cases. (winning!)
- and also for that same country that had the best chance to stop it and didnt.
Maybe it’ll be the 20/20 Virus since in hindsight we could and should have done a lot more to be ready for it.
mrs dm sometimes just nails it in one:
he should live only just long enough to see his businesses fail due to the virus, his beautiful daughter succumb to the virus and then he can die from anything at all
re: #155 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
mrs dm sometimes just nails it in one:
Harsh but fair. He needs to see up close the sorrow this virus is causing.
re: #153 makeitstop
That was me.
Does it make me a bad person to root, in this one case, for the virus?
Imagine a world without Putin, and how that would affect that fucking dope in the White House.
I’d be giddy if Putin got it tbh.
re: #153 makeitstop
That was me.
Does it make me a bad person to root, in this one case, for the virus?
Imagine a world without Putin, and how that would affect that fucking dope in the White House.
Heh. But on the flipside, I’d imagine that there’d be a good deal of chaos in Russia.
re: #155 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
amen.
The GOP and Trump have always sought to destroy the minimum wage and have fought to prevent annual adjustments to account for inflation.
You don’t care about these workers. You’re hoping to take credit for others (like the states) doing all the work.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 27, 2020
re: #152 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
so you want to call this ‘wuhan’ or ‘chinese’ because of where it originated?
some sort of ignoble swipe at them?
let’s call it the U.S. Virus
- for the country that has the most cases. (winning!)
- and also for that same country that had the best chance to stop it and didnt.
I say we call it the Trump Plague to fuel his narcissism.
Then he can be the first President in history to have a disease named after him, since he did so much to maximize its spread.
re: #153 makeitstop
That was me.
Does it make me a bad person to root, in this one case, for the virus?
Imagine a world without Putin, and how that would affect that fucking dope in the White House.
And here’s hoping for a total breakout at his troll farms.
re: #162 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
And the population in PA that is above the PA Turnpike.
re: #163 PhillyPretzel
And the population in PA that is above the PA Turnpike.
are you referring to the region known as “Pennsyltucky”
Here’s an idea - given Trump’s refusal to provide New York with enough ventilators, every death in New York State for lack of ventilators should be met with a charge of negligent homicide against Trump.
re: #164 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Yes. They are the ones who made PA go for DT.
re: #8 Belafon
I wouldn’t sully those graves with his name. On the other hand, a monument should be built at his with the names of those he killed. And I think it should be built before he dies.
You’d have to build a pretty big structure for that. Maybe we call it “Trump’s Wall?”
re: #166 PhillyPretzel
Yes. They are the ones who made PA go for DT.
Not all from there, my ex’s brother, a sick little misogynist real estate agent (who works for his father) from Allentown also voted DT. wonder why…
re: #168 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
True. I know of several people in my ward who voted for DT. Was it Mr T who said, “Pity the fool?” In this case it fits.
So I had a few more hours on this last check than usual. Which means it was a wee bit larger than usual. Which means in the end that, yep, I have yet another camera coming :)
I am quite happy with the pictures from my D3200 but wanted a little more ease of handling manual focus and AF/AF-D type autofocus lenses as well as two dials for use in manual mode. It and the D7200 are the best two DX bodies Nikon made (with the newest D7500 being a down grade) and for me the slightly older and significantly cheaper D7100 is the better value.
Photography has quickly become my best way of dealing with the social distancing and stay at home other than work so I consider it a good to spend the money for the best that I can swing. It’s certainly easier on my liver!
Next to keep an eye open for an affordable AF 20/2.8 as it makes a nice nearly 28mm on (~30 actually) on the DX sensor.
So Boris Johnson tested positive for coronavirus. Now isolating and tele-working.
With Prince Charles also positive, I wonder how many of the UK elite have contracted the virus?
Sort of like here in the western hemisphere, where it seems the elite have spread it around.
re: #169 PhillyPretzel
True. I know of several people in my ward who voted for DT. Was it Mr T who said, “Pity the fool?” In this case it fits.
That was indeed Mr. T.
re: #165 makeitstop
Here’s an idea - given Trump’s refusal to provide New York with enough ventilators, every death in New York State for lack of ventilators should be met with a charge of negligent homicide against Trump.
RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE (Depraved Indifference)
Penal Law § 120.25
(Committed on or after Sept. 1, 1967) (Revised December 12, 2006 1 and June 5, 2012 2)
The (specify) count is Reckless Endangerment in the First Degree.
Under our law, a person is guilty of Reckless Endangerment in the First Degree when, under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life, that person recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to another person.
re: #171 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
So Boris Johnson tested positive for coronavirus. Now isolating and tele-working.
With Prince Charles also positive, I wonder how many of the UK elite have contracted the virus?
Sort of like here in the western hemisphere, where it seems the elite have spread it around.
I do not get how this POS trump has not gotten it. His plague a lago has tons of people who were infected and this POS skates.
Down to 42F here this morning. Cold air aloft - earlier this morning I was awaken by the crash of thunder outside my window. Don’t like the cold, and this is the coldest we’ve been this year.
re: #171 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
So Boris Johnson tested positive for coronavirus. Now isolating and tele-working.
With Prince Charles also positive, I wonder how many of the UK elite have contracted the virus?
Sort of like here in the western hemisphere, where it seems the elite have spread it around.
Yes, ski resorts like like St. Anton and Ischgl in the Austrian Alps seem to have been hot spots as well.
Those are only confirmed ones,Can you imagine how many more we’d have if testing was available? @realDonaldTrump #TrumpMustResign #TrumpLiesPeopleDie #TrumpPandemic 👇💯 #StayHomeSaveLives #VoteBlueToSaveOurLives pic.twitter.com/mQbXTzYNFI
— Sue 😷 (@SusanDaisy3363) March 26, 2020
re: #173 sagehen
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RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE (Depraved Indifference)
Penal Law § 120.25(Committed on or after Sept. 1, 1967) (Revised December 12, 2006 1 and June 5, 2012 2)
The (specify) count is Reckless Endangerment in the First Degree.
Under our law, a person is guilty of Reckless Endangerment in the First Degree when, under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life, that person recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to another person.
I’d settle for that.
re: #174 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I do not get how this POS trump has not gotten it. His plague a lago has tons of people who were infected and this POS skates.
I’m not convinced he hasn’t. Given the dodginess of his prior medical clearances I do not trust statements about Trump’s health.
re: #179 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I’m not convinced he hasn’t. Given the dodginess of his prior medical clearances I do not trust statements about Trump’s health.
True, but given his age and health, I just don’t see how he would be surviving it and moving around considering what it does to a lot of similar people who get it.
Ha! I got another text from that 90 code. Supposedly I have 15GB added to my data plan. They are blocked.
re: #176 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Yes, ski resorts like like St. Anton and Ischgl in the Austrian Alps seem to have been hot spots as well.
Seems like Britain’s index patient might have caught in Ischgl.
re: #161 Vote Cthulhu - No longer the greater evil!
I say we call it the Trump Plague to fuel his narcissism.
Then he can be the first President in history to have a disease named after him, since he did so much to maximize its spread.
i concede
re: #182 PhillyPretzel
Ha! I got another text from that 90 code. Supposedly I have 15GB added to my data plan. They are blocked.
I can report texts as spam back to AT&T. You might check to see if you have that feature.
re: #170 William Lewis
So I had a few more hours on this last check than usual. Which means it was a wee bit larger than usual. Which means in the end that, yep, I have yet another camera coming :)
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I am quite happy with the pictures from my D3200 but wanted a little more ease of handling manual focus and AF/AF-D type autofocus lenses as well as two dials for use in manual mode. It and the D7200 are the best two DX bodies Nikon made (with the newest D7500 being a down grade) and for me the slightly older and significantly cheaper D7100 is the better value.
Photography has quickly become my best way of dealing with the social distancing and stay at home other than work so I consider it a good to spend the money for the best that I can swing. It’s certainly easier on my liver!
Next to keep an eye open for an affordable AF 20/2.8 as it makes a nice nearly 28mm on (~30 actually) on the DX sensor.
you kids and your lingo
re: #180 Belafon
True, but given his age and health, I just don’t see how he would be surviving it and moving around considering what it does to a lot of similar people who get it.
Maybe he has gotten through with the help of the drugs he keeps touting?
re: #171 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
So Boris Johnson tested positive for coronavirus. Now isolating and tele-working.
With Prince Charles also positive, I wonder how many of the UK elite have contracted the virus?
Sort of like here in the western hemisphere, where it seems the elite have spread it around.
i read (maybe here?) the UK health minister as well
re: #185 Belafon
I have Verizon FiOS. They have call trace for landlines not to my knowledge for cell phones.
Spain reports 6,273 new cases, the lowest in 5 days. 493 more deaths, also lowest in 5 days. Perhaps their own quarantining effort is paying off.
re: #190 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
That is good to hear.
re: #177 Belafon
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that number(81k) is so three hours ago. 86k at 10:30am eastern
This is a terrible, avoidable tragedy, and the President is aggressively making it worse. https://t.co/zzLRnSjzjI
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) March 26, 2020
On the other hand, Iran new case reports are another high.
re: #177 Belafon
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Those are only confirmed ones,Can you imagine how many more we’d have if testing was available?
we DO have that many more true cases. and we can imagine it.
i know she means ‘we’d have as confirmed’
they’re telling 1/2 the story as long as testing isnt widespread
Netherlands reported their highest daily new cases, and Belgium reported their highest one day death total.
Overall, the efforts to lock-down may be working, but across the continent the results are patchy.
re: #180 Belafon
True, but given his age and health, I just don’t see how he would be surviving it and moving around considering what it does to a lot of similar people who get it.
if he did have it and kept going on tv with people around him clearly less than 6’
that would be the height of recklessness
actually worse because when it leaked that in the white house he’s surrounded by people all day - ie high level government people
it would be obvious that such reckless behavior could literally take out the senior government
re: #194 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
The news this morning was reporting on the testing tents being set up in Dallas. One of the things mentioned was that the federal government is mandating no more than 250 tests per day at those tents.
re: #196 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Netherlands reported their highest daily new cases, and Belgium reported their highest one day death total.
Overall, the efforts to lock-down may be working, but across the continent the results are patchy.
It’s been barely two weeks since large scale lockdowns were enacted. It’s still going to be awhile before we see meaningful results of such. I am hoping for some progress to show in the numbers by early-mid April.
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Friday! Don’t have to go to work tom- oh, wait…
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re: #198 Belafon
The news this morning was reporting on the testing tents being set up in Dallas. One of the things mentioned was that the federal government is mandating no more than 250 tests per day at those tents.
Those tents could probably use up that many in mere hours.
re: #198 Belafon
The news this morning was reporting on the testing tents being set up in Dallas. One of the things mentioned was that the federal government is mandating no more than 250 tests per day at those tents.
always about controlling the narrative
at all costs
re: #200 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
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wood storks?
https://t.co/WpU8EZRWF1 pic.twitter.com/0B54eouK02
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) March 27, 2020
re: #196 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Netherlands reported their highest daily new cases, and Belgium reported their highest one day death total.
Overall, the efforts to lock-down may be working, but across the continent the results are patchy.
Again, in Germany the rate of doubling is slowing down. (46.4K cases with 281 fatalities today vs 22.4K and 84 fatalities on March 22)
But that dies not mean that the overall numbers will stop increasing for some weeks. And death rates will go up dramatically once capacities start to be strained.
re: #46 Chrysicat
Thank you. I still think that whether it started as ratfucking or not is no longer germane, though, because we need some of the Bernouts and they’re 100 percent on “I Believe”. I probably don’t believe her anymore, but refusing a trial until 2021 still looks bad to a lot of people.
At this point, I’m more casting about for a replacement non-Bernie candidate and terrified that Biden’s worse toast than Kerry.
re: #63 teleskiguy
That’s a charitable description. It’s complete bullshit. Biden, though an old man who’s known to be handsy sometimes, has been in public life for a half century. Barack Obama awarded him The Presidential Medal Of Freedom With Distinction. If the accusations are true (which they aren’t, they’re complete bullshit propagated by Russians and nihilist BernBros) then Barack Obama is one of the worst judges of character ever.
The Burisma ploy failed. It would not be surprising if Putin was behind that attempt. So now they are trying something different. Any Democrat — other than Bernie — will be subject to a barrage of attacks amplified by Putin’s paid army of trolls.
re: #204 ericblair
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But I’m sure there’s a tweet with the template Trump endorsement for Massie out there.
Now that is really odd. I just called Verizon with the numbers in my cell phone and the text I got started with that 90 code. And I have 2.37 GB left for the month. No 15GB.
re: #180 Belafon
True, but given his age and health, I just don’t see how he would be surviving it and moving around considering what it does to a lot of similar people who get it.
And we see him too often to know he is not sick enough to be on a respirator.
Next one of you that pisses me off I’m going to call you a Masshole in celebration of St Thomas O’ Massie.
Amazingly, even thought Trump continues to basically say that the virus is no big deal and that we need to turn the machines back on now hasn’t ventured outside the protective bubble of the WH since he started his Baghdad Bob Rally Briefings.
Maybe someone in the press could ask our mighty emperor about this.
Corona news here in Sweden:
Any public gathering larger than 50 people is prohibited until further notice. People are urged to reconsider any travel etc.
If you break the ban, you can get fines or up to 6 months in prison for the base offence, and if you turn out to have caused people to become sick…
Well, up to 6 years up river for basic spreading of disease, and life if it is deemed aggravated.
re: #203 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
wood storks?
Sorry, I don’t know. Probably not anything we’re familiar with, though — I took that picture in Columbia.
re: #214 Teukka
Sweden has prison terms for this. Pity we cannot try DT there.
re: #216 PhillyPretzel
Sweden has prison terms for this. Pity we cannot try DT there.
Hopefully we will at some point. He needs to be held accountable.
re: #211 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
And we see him too often to know he is not sick enough to be on a respirator.
One conspiracy theory I’m seeing is that he’s already been given one of the experimental vaccines under development, or a treatment:
because he was taken care of some time ago — along with a few others. That Nov Walter Reed visit.
— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) March 26, 2020
re: #216 PhillyPretzel
Sweden has prison terms for this. Pity we cannot try DT there.
Sweden is a member of the ICC. Though we are not, we could petition Sweden to act on our behalf, and send Trump to trial for crimes against humanity.
re: #209 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
But I’m sure there’s a tweet with the template Trump endorsement for Massie out there.
Isn’t there Always. A. Tweet?
re: #216 PhillyPretzel
Sweden has prison terms for this. Pity we cannot try DT there.
Sweden tends to learn from crimes occuring elsewhere, and learned from the case of Mary Mallon. And has had Mary Mallons of its own. Hence why spreading of poison or disease can get punished really harshly.
Like, why police entered directly when they arrived on the scene during the Trollhättan school attack, putting an end to it within 8 minutes of the first 112 call? They learnt from the mass shootings in schools in the U.S…
re: #220 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Isn’t there Always. A. Tweet?
Yes but I’m too lazy to search through his tweets for this.
re: #221 Teukka
Sweden tends to learn from crimes occuring elsewhere, and learned from the case of Mary Mallon. And has had Mary Mallons of its own. Hence why spreading of poison or disease can get punished really harshly.
Like, why police entered directly when they arrived on the scene during the Trollhättan school attack, putting an end to it within 8 minutes of the first 112 call? They learnt from the mass shootings in schools in the U.S…
Interestingly enough in my genealogy research, I discovered my Great Nana had a kid sister die of Typhoid. I’m positive my dad’s aunt was named for her. My poor Great Great Nana had already lost a son and another child I haven’t found yet along with her husband and she had lost her father, step father, & two brothers within a few years of each other in Glasgow as a girl.
re: #218 Interesting Times
One conspiracy theory I’m seeing is that he’s already been given one of the experimental vaccines under development, or a treatment:
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Call me pretty fucking dubious. As far as I understand it, multiple experimental vaccines exist and are beginning testing, but no evidence regarding safety or proper dose.
As for treatments, either he took chloroquine, which he latched on to as a wonder drug, or he just decided that he was far too special to get sick from it.
I don’t think he’s a germophobe in any coherent sense, because of what a pig he is. It’s just a cover for avoiding peasant cooties.
NURSES by @RonCGraves pic.twitter.com/anfLYeQAuN
— Tripe Marketing Board (@TripeUK) March 27, 2020
‘Who Knew Jigsaw Puzzles Were So Fun!’ Says Wild-Eyed Roommate Moving Dried Beans Around Table: https://t.co/ejo9lvvhbB pic.twitter.com/neeN0Ub6Fi
— Reductress (@Reductress) March 27, 2020
This is why you don’t deviate from the scientific method, especially in fields like medicine:It fucking gets people killed.
— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) March 27, 2020
PSA: Don’t get your hopes up wrt. Hydroxychloroquine.#CoVID19 #SARS_COV_2 #2019nCoV https://t.co/VDqviFqQnV
— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) March 27, 2020
Breaking news: Congressman Massie has tested positive for being an asshole. He must be quarantined to prevent the spread of his massive stupidity. He’s given new meaning to the term #Masshole. (Finally, something the president and I can agree on!) https://t.co/N1CNLPsZjc
— John Kerry (@JohnKerry) March 27, 2020
Wtf is going on in Kentucky? First, McConnell. Then, Rand Paul. Now, this Rep. Massie? Is it just a Hunger Games style marathon of the biggest fuckups possible pitted against other fuckups to get to the Grand Poobah of fuckups to elect or what?
— Coddiwomple (@wildjaden) March 27, 2020
***sigh***
When celebrity do-gooderism get’s used:
There’s so much wrong with this. Do you @aliciakeys realize that for Murdoch and iHeart this is just a way for them wash blood off their hands? Both are the biggest promoters of right-wing hatred, and is why Trump is in power to destroy so much. Don’t be a tool.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) March 27, 2020
re: #224 ericblair
Call me pretty fucking dubious. As far as I understand it, multiple experimental vaccines exist and are beginning testing, but no evidence regarding safety or proper dose.
As for treatments, either he took chloroquine, which he latched on to as a wonder drug, or he just decided that he was far too special to get sick from it.
I don’t think he’s a germophobe in any coherent sense, because of what a pig he is. It’s just a cover for avoiding peasant cooties.
Yeah. What kind of alleged germophobe has unprotected sex with a well-known porn star? That doesn’t even remotely make sense.
As usual, absolute bullshit from you.
Trump administration backs off a deal for Bothell’s Ventec and GM to produce ‘up to 20,000’ ventilators a month amid coronavirus crisishttps://t.co/02NbPAQcV9 via @seattletimes— Holly Figueroa O’Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) March 27, 2020
$1 billion for breathing machines - my god, we can’t afford that. It could cut into that $170 billion tax break for real estate tycoons https://t.co/uNSuIBBqfW https://t.co/iSaVdyIZy5 pic.twitter.com/s814s9j00B
— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) March 27, 2020
The latest #COVID19 case information for #Indiana is now available on the ISDH website.Here are the updated numbers:Total positive cases: 981Total deaths: 24Total tested: 6,936Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/Y5bCbqTmcA pic.twitter.com/F2fZraosJc
— Indiana State Department of Health (@StateHealthIN) March 27, 2020
That includes the 336 (so far) added today.
Guess they finally started testing.
This the previous report
The latest #COVID19 case information for #Indiana is now available on the ISDH website.
Here are the updated numbers:
Total positive cases: 645
Total deaths: 17
Total tested: 4,651
Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/Y5bCbqTmcA pic.twitter.com/ukgt6EvLp3— Indiana State Department of Health (@StateHealthIN) March 26, 2020
re: #232 Dr Lizardo
Yeah. What kind of alleged germophobe has unprotected sex with a well-known porn star? That doesn’t even remotely make sense.
What kind of germophobe shakes everyone’s hands? What kind of germophobe, after being warned that we need 6 feet distance, instead crams everyone onto the stage when conducting his daily televised campaign rallies?
re: #237 Hecuba’s daughter
It is fake like everything else in his life.
re: #238 PhillyPretzel
It is fake like everything else in his life.
Yep. Probably just a way for him to play up his eccentricities and a convenient excuse to use as needed to get out of things he doesn’t want to do.
re: #237 Hecuba’s daughter
What kind of germophobe shakes everyone’s hands? What kind of germophobe, after being warned that we need 6 feet distance, instead crams everyone onto the stage when conducting his daily televised campaign rallies?
Trump was infected early in the cycle and died 3 Mar 2020. He is being impersonated by a well-coiffed, poorly educated orangutan. The capitalization of random Nouns is a give-away. The less schooled orangs always do that.
re: #227 Teukka
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re: #236 Kilroy was here
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That includes the 336 (so far) added today.
Guess they finally started testing.
That looks like about 2000 tests processed overnight, which would be just about right for the positive test rate we’ve been seeing in IN. Not a lot of counties left without a case.
Stupid governor needs to crank up the shelter-in-place order to have some actual teeth. The RV industries up the road are claiming to be essential. The fucking lawnmower repair shot in town is claiming to be essential. Not good enough.
I’m fucked. Company just notified us during a (one way) conference call. No pay (even PTO) after the 31st. Medical and Prescription until the end of June. After that, good luck.
At least I am eligible for unemployment through (I hope) Nevada instead of Idaho.
If only there was a law that the President could invoke.
General Motors MUST immediately open their stupidly abandoned Lordstown plant in Ohio, or some other plant, and START MAKING VENTILATORS, NOW!!!!!! FORD, GET GOING ON VENTILATORS, FAST!!!!!! @GeneralMotors @Ford
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 27, 2020
re: #237 Hecuba’s daughter
What kind of germophobe shakes everyone’s hands? What kind of germophobe, after being warned that we need 6 feet distance, instead crams everyone onto the stage when conducting his daily televised campaign rallies?
I’ve never known or met a germophobe - of course, I know they exist, but one thing I’m pretty much certain of is that they don’t behave the way Trump does. Not even close.
I guess there is a little bit of schadenfreude in watching them eat themselves, but it still would be better if that whole lot just went away:
Massie stood up for you during the impeachment sham. This a shameful tweet. I’m donating to @RepThomasMassie campaign today. https://t.co/LVWq1EribY
— Veterans for Liberty (@Vets4AP) March 27, 2020
re: #228 Backwoods_Sleuth
the skull pinkie ring is a nice little detail
Always puts me at ease when I meet a Doctor wearing one.
re: #243 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Downer. Is that permanent or just for the duration?
re: #244 The Pie Overlord!
I thought we didn’t need any ventilators.
re: #247 Mescalero09
Always puts me at ease when I meet a Doctor wearing one.
If I saw a doctor wearing a skull pinkie ring, I’d be tempted to cautiously ask, “Uhhmm….Hail Hydra?”
re: #241 danarchy
Well they are doing a new study in NY so hopefully we will have more reliable information soon.
It will most likely come back as ineffective, maybe inconclusive. Cue “Pig Farma rigged the expurriment!” Cue people self-medicating with it, believing they’re getting better due to the progression of a mild case, but actually spreading the damn virus. And I’m not even factoring in the repeated claims of CoVID-19 likely having the possibility of asymptomatic carriers.
Trump raging because he pulled a bunch of vague promises out of his ass and now he’s mad because other people aren’t delivering on them. pic.twitter.com/kMUG7m0ItU
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 27, 2020
re: #250 Dr Lizardo
If I saw a doctor wearing a skull pinkie ring, I’d be tempted to cautiously ask, “Uhhmm….Hail Hydra?”
Nope. Outta there.
So far in 2020, we’ve had a near-war with Iran; a presidential impeachment trial; a string of presidential primaries; and a global pandemic that crashed the stock market and shut down the country and much of the world. Today is March 27.
— Steve Inskeep (@NPRinskeep) March 27, 2020
re: #246 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I guess there is a little bit of schadenfreude in watching them eat themselves, but it still would be better if that whole lot just went away:
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Massie and Trump both only care about themselves.
It takes time (several weeks at least) to retool a vehicle assembly line for another product that uses different parts.
This is some complete and total wraithdom, eh, @joshtpm? https://t.co/q3woRhBlKm
— Tom Laskawy (@tlaskawy) March 27, 2020
Why is she doing this?
GM sold the Lordstown plant facility last year. Trump boasted about this on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/hQI8LExj86
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 27, 2020
re: #257 The Pie Overlord!
It takes time (several weeks at least) to retool a vehicle assembly line for another product that uses different parts.
They used to call it “changeover” in the automotive industry. Retool. Some lines were weeks, others months.
re: #258 jaunte
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Why is she doing this?
I get this visualization of a slow-motion trainwreck at Grand Central Station at rush hour…
re: #258 jaunte
Sounds like she’s been chugging the Trump brand Flavor-Aid.
re: #257 The Pie Overlord!
It takes time (several weeks at least) to retool a vehicle assembly line for another product that uses different parts.
Yup. This is quite the undertaking.
A lifetime ago I did a project that was part of a plant upgrade. The new machinery cost was $5m. Then there was other work to incorporate it: old machinery removal, air quality modifications, installation, etc.
All it did was take a giant roll of aluminum and make soda can tops. Just the tops, not the whole can. Very fast, though.This project took months.
re: #257 The Pie Overlord!
It takes time (several weeks at least) to retool a vehicle assembly line for another product that uses different parts.
And getting parts? Who is going to coordinate those and will it take away from those already in production?
This is nukkin futz.
This is the essence of Trump as a leader: The captain who not only wouldn’t dream of going down with his ship, but would sneak off the ship in the dead of night and let everyone else drown. https://t.co/Nb349q2qUE
— Heather Havrilesky (@hhavrilesky) March 27, 2020
re: #258 jaunte
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Why is she doing this?
I have heard speculation that since she comes from an international public health background in HIV she has always needed to be extremely diplomatic to get anywhere and this is an amplification of that. She is soothing Trump publicly and working hard when off camera.
I don’t know if it’s true, or the best possible way to go about things, but I note that Gov. Newsom has been remarkably nice about Trump and the Feds in his news conferences and is not the subject of Trump’s ire as California goes about the business of trying to deal with the epidemic.
I wonder what Ford and GMs official response to that tweet will be?
And even if these companies DID agree to start making ventilators that it would be weeks (if not months) before the first ones rolled off the line. We all know this. Trump is too stupid to realize it.
re: #21 gocart mozart
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This is a fantastic interview with Biden. so sick of people saying he has dementia. Assholes see what they want to see.
re: #258 jaunte
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Why is she doing this?
Either delusional or through-and-through malicious.
Thank you, Dr. Bob. We appreciate you! pic.twitter.com/TYXxmpsFqi
— Kathy😷(#WashYourFuckingHands)😷 (@everybodyzzmama) March 27, 2020
re: #254 Mescalero09
1992: I had a new dental plan. I go in person to research
Dr. A: a bunch of mismatched linoleum kitchen chairs in the office, a woman sobbing in Spanish and a snarling “I’m the dentist here”. Run
Dr B: Nice office by the freeway Dr B teaches classes at Dental School Central Casting dude
Pick
Show up for appointment. Oh, on your plan you get Dr. B junior, who was a scoundrel and a hack.
Fortunately Dr C looked like Skipper and was highly competent
I am so stressed right now, I’m baking a key lime pie to stay calm.
re: #248 Decatur Deb
Downer. Is that permanent or just for the duration?
Duration. We’ll see where we are on the 17th of next month. Idaho’s 21 day stay at home order expires on the 15th. We’ll be recalled as needed.
re: #267 calochortus
I have heard speculation that since she comes from an international public health background in HIV she has always needed to be extremely diplomatic to get anywhere and this is an amplification of that. She is soothing Trump publicly and working hard when off camera.
I don’t know if it’s true, or the best possible way to go about things, but I note that Gov. Newsom has been remarkably nice about Trump and the Feds in his news conferences and is not the subject of Trump’s ire as California goes about the business of trying to deal with the epidemic.
My new motto in dealing with the competent people surrounding DT is, “Actions speak louder than words.”
re: #244 The Pie Overlord!
General Motors MUST immediately open their stupidly abandoned Lordstown plant in Ohio, or some other plant, and START MAKING VENTILATORS, NOW!!!!!! FORD, GET GOING ON VENTILATORS, FAST!!!!!!
This is the very opposite of leadership.
Massie just walked away w Gohmert.
Pelosi and McCarthy still taking.— Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) March 27, 2020
re: #244 The Pie Overlord!
If only there was a law that the President could invoke.
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And “subtly” angling for them to do something in a state he needs for re-election…
Retooling to make ventilators is inevitably going to be slow.
Is it in the realm of possibility to get 3D printing - even hobbyist level - of devices or even major components?
If half the country died, Donald Trump would be demanding the surviving half thank him for saving them.
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) March 27, 2020
re: #276 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
My new motto in dealing with the competent people surrounding DT is, “Actions speak louder than words.”
If you need it in Latin… “res, non verba” (“Actions speak louder than words”, or “deeds, not words”), “acta non verba” (“Deeds not Words”), “operibus anteire” (“Leading the way with deeds”)
As to what awaits GOPhers and MAGAts? “Acta deos numquam mortalia fallunt.”
“Mortal actions never deceive the gods”.
From Lafayette, Louisiana, the article lists stores and what is or is not in stock:
UPDATE: What stores have toilet paper, eggs, other basic groceries in stock amid COVID-19
Nearly all are still out of stock for toilet paper.
What is wrong with America?
Key lime pie is probably the best pie of all pies that ever pied.
But mac nut pie.. is close behind.
re: #283 Mescalero09
If half the country died, Donald Trump would be demanding the surviving half thank him for saving them.
at some point, I am afraid he will
re: #285 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
From Lafayette, Louisiana, the article lists stores and what is or is not in stock:
UPDATE: What stores have toilet paper, eggs, other basic groceries in stock amid COVID-19
Nearly all are still out of stock for toilet paper.
What is wrong with America?
Too much fiber? ;)
re: #285 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
From Lafayette, Louisiana, the article lists stores and what is or is not in stock:
UPDATE: What stores have toilet paper, eggs, other basic groceries in stock amid COVID-19
Nearly all are still out of stock for toilet paper.
What is wrong with America?
I went to the supermarket earlier - and oddly, all the tortillas are completely sold out.
Maybe Czechs are gonna have a big ol’ burrito festival or something? I really don’t know.
re: #286 BigPapa
Key lime pie is probably the best pie of all pies that ever pied.
I agree wholeheartedly
re: #285 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
From Lafayette, Louisiana, the article lists stores and what is or is not in stock:
UPDATE: What stores have toilet paper, eggs, other basic groceries in stock amid COVID-19
Nearly all are still out of stock for toilet paper.
What is wrong with America?
We have exhausted our natural supply of soft inner birch bark.
re: #286 BigPapa
Key lime pie is probably the best pie of all pies that ever pied.
But mac nut pie.. is close behind.
Derby Pie or Butterscotch Pie
I really wish Cuomo was in charge. Listening to him make me long for a real leader.
— Baligubadle (@Baligubadle1) March 27, 2020
re: #282 Mattand
Bob Dylan Releases 17-Minute Song About JFK Assassination
Uhhh… thanks?
For many of us, it was the day the decline started.
re: #285 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
From Lafayette, Louisiana, the article lists stores and what is or is not in stock:
UPDATE: What stores have toilet paper, eggs, other basic groceries in stock amid COVID-19
Nearly all are still out of stock for toilet paper.
What is wrong with America?
On a side note, I have TP but Amazon was showing a few weeks delay for TP so I proactively ordered some hoping it would get here in the middle of April. About a day after I ordered they sent an update saying my order has shipped and will be here this Sunday. So I think Amazon is just being super conservative on their estimates. Same thing happened with paper towels a week ago.
Trump knows how to work his marks:
Donald Trump stops to pray for ‘the sick’ with 700 pastors amid coronavirus crisis
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have joined a prayer meeting with a group of 700 pastors as they look to lead the United States through the Coronavirus crisis. They asked the huge group of Christian leaders to “pray for the strength of the United States” and “for those who are sick”.
[…]
Family Research Council leader, Tony Perkins, helped to organize the prayer conference with hundreds of other pastors. He explained that when the president found out that he was holding the mass prayer gathering, he insisted to join.
Perkins has described: “When I told the president I was going to be speaking to all of you he was in the midst of an extraordinarily busy day. [But] he looked at me and said, ‘I have to find time. I need to find time’.”
Perkins also said that the prayers of the pastors meant everything to Trump.
“So despite everything facing America, the two most important leaders of this nation stopped everything to pray with the people on the ground, who are ministering to their communities,” Perkins said.
The virus, Trump said during the prayer meeting, “came upon us so suddenly. And we were doing better than we’ve ever done before as a country in terms of the economy — and then, all of the sudden, we got hit with this. So we had to close it down.”
[…]
Note at the end how Trump interprets everything.
re: #251 lizardofid
Good morning everyone!
(I hid this, cause it looked so large) ; )
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a big neon Coronavirus?
Read the room, assholes.
re: #296 danarchy
Yeah, a package Amazon said was delivering Saturday actually came yesterday, two days earlier.
re: #166 PhillyPretzel
NOT ALL OF US! I voted for that nice email lady.
re: #297 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The virus, Trump said during the prayer meeting, “came upon us so suddenly. And we were doing better than we’ve ever done before as a country in terms of the economy — and then, all of the sudden, we got hit with this. So we had to close it down.”.
Trump could not see beyond the economy: rather that looking at the impending crisis as a chance to show his leadership and rally the country around him, he saw it only as a threat to the economy and hence to his reelection chances.
And now we are stuck with the consequences of his tunnel vision and total lack of capacity to show leadership.
UK checked in with their highest one day death total of 181. And 2,885 new cases.
Trump was literally on Fox News last night saying New York doesn’t really need 40,000 ventilators.
Now he’s screaming on Twitter at Ford and General Motors to ramp up production.
Which is it?— Stefan Constantine (@WhatTheBit) March 27, 2020
The Black Crowes: Tiny Desk Concert
From what I’m seeing on FB, the brothers are moving their 2020 reunion tour to 2021. :(
re: #305 Eclectic Cyborg
Trump was literally on Fox News last night saying New York doesn’t really need 40,000 ventilators.
Now he’s screaming on Twitter at Ford and General Motors to ramp up production.
Which is it?
rhetorical question, right?
Trump says whatever he thinks you need to hear at the moment, regardless of whatever else he has said or what the facts are.
re: #304 PhillyPretzel
They are doing what LLBean does. They say you will get the item in one week and it comes 2-3 days later. In most cases the customer is happy.
Yep, old business trick to make your company (and yourself) look good.
There was actually an episode of Star Trek where Scotty said he always told Kirk it would take longer to fix things than it actually would so that he would look like a “miracle worker” by getting things done so fast.
re: #297 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Trump knows how to work his marks:
Donald Trump stops to pray for ‘the sick’ with 700 pastors amid coronavirus crisis
Note at the end how Trump interprets everything.
God doesn’t attend conference calls—shows lack of faith. All 702 of them need to meet and pray together in an abandoned Waffle House.
Gov. Cuomo giving a real pep talk to New Yorkers right now.
“I say my friends that we go out there today, and we kick coronavirus ass. That’s what I say.”— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) March 27, 2020
Well, maybe don’t ‘go out there,’ but I dig the sentiment.
re: #310 makeitstop
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Well, maybe don’t ‘go out there,’ but I dig the sentiment.
some people have to go out there…
With some input from President Jair Bolsonaro, there has been some revisions with the new generation of clones, which will be available soon. pic.twitter.com/Js9hg926nP
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) March 27, 2020
🚨🚨🚨 @GovWhitmer said this morning on @WWJ950 that vendors “are now being told not to send stuff here to Michigan. It’s really concerning. I reached out to the White House last night, ironically at the same time” he was on @FoxNews bashing her.
“We need help…”— Chad Livengood (@ChadLivengood) March 27, 2020
Like I said the other day, Trump needs a good old-fashioned New York dressing down. In public. Ideally, delivered by Joe Pesci.
re: #263 Renaissance_Man
She probably watches FOX.
Maybe she simply got her brain slug attached recently.
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re: #285 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
From Lafayette, Louisiana, the article lists stores and what is or is not in stock:
UPDATE: What stores have toilet paper, eggs, other basic groceries in stock amid COVID-19
Nearly all are still out of stock for toilet paper.
What is wrong with America?
apparently america is full of shit
re: #314 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Maybe she simply got her brain slug attached recently.
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The president doesn’t have them because the poor things keep starving to death.
re: #305 Eclectic Cyborg
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Trump was literally on Fox News last night saying New York doesn’t really need 40,000 ventilators.
Now he’s screaming on Twitter at Ford and General Motors to ramp up production.
Which is it?— Stefan Constantine (@WhatTheBit) March 27, 2020
re: #305 Eclectic Cyborg
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Fits the Trump MO. Demand action so that he thinks he looks like a leader and is leading.
Tells NYS (and Cuomo) to screw themselves since they won’t bend the knee (and drop the pending investigations).
re: #313 Dr Lizardo
“vendors are now being told not to send stuff here to Michigan.”
WTAF.
Being told by WHO? Last I checked the White House doesn’t control the supply lines of private companies.
re: #284 Teukka
If you need it in Latin… “res, non verba” (“Actions speak louder than words”, or “deeds, not words”), “acta non verba” (“Deeds not Words”), “operibus anteire” (“Leading the way with deeds”)
As to what awaits GOPhers and MAGAts? “Acta deos numquam mortalia fallunt.”
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“Acta non verba” would seem best for today’s America. All the words are direct cognate and there’s none of that nasty grammar to explain.
But my favorite motto for our general situation is, “Fortasse et haec olim meminisse iubavit” (as said by Aeneas in an unhappy moment).
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re: #308 Eclectic Cyborg
Yep, old business trick to make your company (and yourself) look good.
There was actually an episode of Star Trek where Scotty said he always told Kirk it would take longer to fix things than it actually would so that he would look like a “miracle worker” by getting things done so fast.
i have never been a fan of underpromise and overdeliver
it still looks like you dont have control over your work process
people plan and rely on what you tell them. maybe they wont be ready to receive in 2-3 days
people, including customers, really crave predictability. when you demonstrate that, they will be repeat customers.
re: #319 Eclectic Cyborg
“vendors are now being told not to send stuff here to Michigan.”
WTAF.
Being told by WHO? Last I checked the White House doesn’t control the supply lines of private companies.
Probably by Trump himself. True enough, he doesn’t control the supply lines of private companies, but being the petty, vindictive piece of shit that he is, he’s probably on the phone threatening them.
re: #308 Eclectic Cyborg
Yep, old business trick to make your company (and yourself) look good.
There was actually an episode of Star Trek where Scotty said he always told Kirk it would take longer to fix things than it actually would so that he would look like a “miracle worker” by getting things done so fast.
Pretty standard in terms of meeting contracted terms of service. This also gives you a bit of leeway if there is a sudden snag in terms of the supply and delivery chain. And, of course, you look better saying “a week” and doing it in 3 days as compared to saying “3 days” and it takes a week.
re: #319 Eclectic Cyborg
“vendors are now being told not to send stuff here to Michigan.”
WTAF.
Being told by WHO? Last I checked the White House doesn’t control the supply lines of private companies.
The House needs to investigate.
re: #308 Eclectic Cyborg
Yep, old business trick to make your company (and yourself) look good.
There was actually an episode of Star Trek where Scotty said he always told Kirk it would take longer to fix things than it actually would so that he would look like a “miracle worker” by getting things done so fast.
“Relics,” TNG.
re: #305 Eclectic Cyborg
Which does he think allows him to blame someone else.
re: #319 Eclectic Cyborg
“vendors are now being told not to send stuff here to Michigan.”
WTAF.
Being told by WHO? Last I checked the White House doesn’t control the supply lines of private companies.
Probably that the companies in question fear getting on the unkind side of the administration by delivering goods and services to places who are against the admin. Being implicitly told.
re: #325 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
“Relics,” TNG.
That’s the one. Great episode.
re: #257 The Pie Overlord!
It takes time (several weeks at least) to retool a vehicle assembly line for another product that uses different parts.
Also this—edit—see you already posted it in 259—gotta read faster!
GM sold the Lordstown plant facility last year. Trump boasted about this on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/hQI8LExj86
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 27, 2020
Never thought I’d see the day where an American Administration is brutally and openly kneecapping certain states just because the President doesn’t like them.
re: #325 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
“Relics,” TNG.
Been watching that again on Netflix, mostly because I cannot find much else to interest me…
re: #321 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
i have never been a fan of underpromise and overdeliver
it still looks like you dont have control over your work process
people plan and rely on what you tell them. maybe they wont be ready to receive in 2-3 days
people, including customers, really crave predictability. when you demonstrate that, they will be repeat customers.
Agree, but Scotty worked for a boss who, when he heard an estimate, would always immediately demand that it be done in half the time.
re: #331 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Been watching that again on Netflix, mostly because I cannot find much else to interest me…
Have you watched “The Good Place?” (And isn’t Star Trek: Picard available through netflix in Germany?)
re: #129 PhillyPretzel
The Pennsylvania numbers depress me.
Philly they’re going to get worse. Especially among relatives whose hatred of the Government blinds them to the danger of going to their brainwashing centers on Sunday!
re: #333 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
Have you watched “The Good Place?” (And isn’t Star Trek: Picard available through netflix in Germany?)
I am very picky about things that I will watch on my own. For that I will sit down and watch most anything with my family or GF…
so I just fall back on old faves.
I started watching Picard until my free Amazon subscription ran out and I did not find it that engaging, so to speak (got up to episode 6 ot 7 if I recall, having just escaped the Romulans from the abandoned cube.)
Some details about GM and Trump and how fucked we are.
re: #319 Eclectic Cyborg
I guess the internal polling shows that Trump is going to lose Michigan.
re: #305 Eclectic Cyborg
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Boris Johnson’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty is self-isolating after experiencing coronavirus symptoms.Professor Whitty said that he would be staying at home for the next seven days in a statement on Twitter, posted just hours after the prime minister confirmed that he had also tested positive for the COVID-19 disease.
“After experiencing symptoms compatible with COVID-19 last night, in line with the guidance, I will be self-isolating at home for the next seven days,” said the professor.
“I will be continuing to advise the government on the medical response to coronavirus, supported by my deputies.”
re: #336 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I finished watching Season 1 last night. My non spoiler review is that I thought it was good overall and had some fantastic nostalgia moments but the story kind of bounced around a little bit and there were seemingly important plot threads set up one week that just disappeared the next. There were several characters that were underused IMO.I also didn’t appreciate the fact they didn’t set up much for season 2 at the end of season 1 but that may be because when they were in production they weren’t sure there would be another season.
When the show is firing on all cylinders, it’s fantastic. But when it’s not, it’s just meh. Patrick Stewart is always awesome to watch though.
If Q doesn’t make an appearance on this show at some point, I’m going to be disappointed.
re: #343 Eclectic Cyborg
I finished watching Season 1 last night. My non spoiler review is that I thought it was good overall and had some fantastic nostalgia moments but the story kind of bounced around a little bit and there were seemingly important plot threads set up one week that just disappeared the next. I also didn’t appreciate the fact they didn’t set up much for season 2 at the end of season 1 but that may be because when they were in production they weren’t sure there would be another season.
When the show is firing on all cylinders, it’s fantastic. But when it’s not, it’s just meh. Patrick Stewart is always awesome to watch though.
If Q doesn’t make an appearance on this show at some point, I’m going to be disappointed.
feel free to spoil it for me (in a private message, even) Did Seven of Nine come back? She was probably the main reason I was following it…
re: #343 Eclectic Cyborg
When the show is firing on all cylinders, it’s fantastic. But when it’s not, it’s just meh. Patrick Stewart is always awesome to watch though.
If Q doesn’t make an appearance on this show at some point, I’m going to be disappointed.
“Partly meh” is normal for first season Star Trek.
There doesn’t seem to be any plan for the return of Q. John DeLancie pointed out that Q is an immortal being, and he definitely is not when they asked him about it.
re: #344 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
feel free to spoil it for me (in a private message, even) Did Seven of Nine come back, she was probably the main reason I was following it…
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re: #330 Eclectic Cyborg
Never thought I’d see the day where an American Administration is brutally and openly kneecapping certain states just because the President doesn’t like them.
it’s only the brutally and openly part that’s new
re: #332 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
Agree, but Scotty worked for a boss who, when he heard an estimate, would always immediately demand that it be done in half the time.
well sure, in the negotiation phase… ;-)
but then, that’s science fiction and probably more accurate than reality itself
re: #336 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I am very picky about things that I will watch on my own. For that I will sit down and watch most anything with my family or GF…
so I just fall back on old faves.
I started watching Picard until my free Amazon subscription ran out and I did not find it that engaging, so to speak (got up to episode 6 ot 7 if I recall, having just escaped the Romulans from the abandoned cube.)
Picard is all about the series setup for the first few episodes (sort of OK when it’s a 20+ episode season, but a bit of a drag when there’s only ten episodes), but towards the end, it gains a lot of steam going into the finale two-parter; myself, I’ve caught up through episode eight, so I can watch both finale episodes back-to-back.
re: #345 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
“Partly meh” is normal for first season Star Trek.
There doesn’t seem to be any plan for the return of Q. John DeLancie pointed out that Q is an immortal being, and he definitely is not when they asked him about it.
They could add either a Doctor Who type new face feature or make him a shapeshifter.
Breaking news: Congressman Massie has tested positive for being an asshole. He must be quarantined to prevent the spread of his massive stupidity. He’s given new meaning to the term #Masshole. (Finally, something the president and I can agree on!) https://t.co/N1CNLPsZjc
— John Kerry (@JohnKerry) March 27, 2020
re: #350 Belafon
They could add either a Doctor Who type new face feature or make him a shapeshifter.
Or note his well-known propensity for imitating Picard, who is now old. I remain hopeful, but don’t really expect it.
U.S. cities have acute shortages of masks, test kits, ventilators as they face coronavirus threat https://t.co/mA2gQzSgqd
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 27, 2020
re: #335 Teukka
That is a Tremendously High Quality Meme. Very very Tremendous.
re: #353 Kilroy was here
U.S. cities have acute shortages of masks, test kits, ventilators as they face coronavirus threat
as if that were headline news…
Kerry didn’t get that visibly mad when his service record was attacked. Massie is a stupid neo-Randian dipshit.
re: #357 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Politics makes for strange bedfellows.
mother jones:
David Corn: “For a narcissist, the most immediate personal need is the most important one. So Trump viewed the burgeoning crisis as a threat to him, not the nation, and he took the steps he usually does in so many circumstances: He denied the threat, claimed he knew better than the experts, and relied on bluster and BS. He did all that instead of adopting early measures that could have slowed the transmission of the virus.”
“But beyond the narcissism, two other fundamental elements of Trump’s character are likely shaping his response: his obsession with revenge and his sense of fatalism. And both are exceedingly dangerous for the American public.”
re: #344 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
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Rep. Don Young (R-AK), who on March 13 told a group of seniors that fears of the “beer virus” have been overblown by the media, on Thursday delivered a very different message, the Anchorage Daily News reports.Said Young: “Weeks ago I did not fully grasp the severity of this crisis, but clearly, we are in the midst of an urgent public health emergency… This pandemic is dangerous and is especially threatening our senior citizens, of which I am one.”
shorter: i’m a republican. i didnt have a fucking clue what i was talking about and i made things worse
re: #361 Eclectic Cyborg
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Trump is not difficult to figure out. When they start stacking dead bodies on street corners in Confederate states, then he’ll care. It’s no more complicated than that.
re: #362 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
Easy to say something isn’t a problem until it shows up at your front fucking door.
Italy reports 919 more deaths - highest daily toll yet.
re: #285 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
From Lafayette, Louisiana, the article lists stores and what is or is not in stock:
UPDATE: What stores have toilet paper, eggs, other basic groceries in stock amid COVID-19
Nearly all are still out of stock for toilet paper.
What is wrong with America?
Koch brothers are the largest manufacturer of toilet paper. Where are they?
re: #368 The Pie Overlord!
Koch brothers are the largest manufacturer of toilet paper. Where are they?
Last I heard they had pushed for the CDC cuts. David Koch was a miser to the end.
re: #285 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
From Lafayette, Louisiana, the article lists stores and what is or is not in stock:
UPDATE: What stores have toilet paper, eggs, other basic groceries in stock amid COVID-19
Nearly all are still out of stock for toilet paper.
What is wrong with America?
We got weak when we got running water?
JHU midday refresh: 92k sickened, 1380 dead in US. We’re easily crossing 100k today, and heading towards 1450 dead (as I indicated yesterday).
I hate that I know math, exponential growth, and public health better than the guy heading the US government who should have all kinds of experts explaining this crap to him.
New figures show “huge” increase in gardening online sales during coronavirus crisis
Online and mail order suppliers that are experiencing stronger sales after the threat of coronavirus closed down garden centres.
Can we grow toilet paper?
re: #370 Mescalero09
American exceptionalism, yo.
Trump you get one opportunity here. Call him Thomas Assie.
re: #372 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
New figures show “huge” increase in gardening online sales during coronavirus crisis
Can we grow toilet paper?
Paleo paper.. (leaves)
3 Dazzling Dairy-Free Cheesecakes ✨ pic.twitter.com/oDD6qM1VqN
— Tasty (@tasty) March 27, 2020
Now this:
Global condom shortage looms as coronavirus shuts down production
A global shortage of condoms is looming, the world’s biggest producer has said, after a coronavirus lockdown forced it to shut down production.
OT: Time does fly.
re: #186 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
you kids and your lingo
(smile) a 20mm 2.8 acting as a 28mm would be a good walkin’ around lens, is what’s he saying! normally a lens of that width is very generous when it comes to focus (in other words, because of the field of view it provides, there is a lot of ground, front to back, that is in focus, so you can sometimes take really good shots without even having to do more than point your chest-high camera in the right direction. good for street shooting).
Biden reportedly told former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that Senator Catherine Cortez Masto is in his “top three” picks for the role of his running mate, and according to Mediaite, Reid has expressed his support for her as the former vice president’s vice presidential nominee.
Reid believes Cortez Masto, the first Latina Senator in the U.S., will help Biden garner support from members of the Latino community in the general election.
re: #372 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
New figures show “huge” increase in gardening online sales during coronavirus crisis
Can we grow toilet paper?
re: #381 Belafon
Wouldn’t be a bad choice. I know Biden understands the VP position‘s importance probably the best of anyone in the country.
re: #382 Dr Lizardo
all art is anal
re: #383 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Wouldn’t be a bad choice. I know Biden understands the VP position‘s importance probably the best of anyone in the country.
and as he plans to serve only one term, he needs someone who can successfully follow him
re: #371 lawhawk
JHU midday refresh: 92k sickened, 1380 dead in US. We’re easily crossing 100k today, and heading towards 1450 dead (as I indicated yesterday).
I hate that I know math, exponential growth, and public health better than the guy heading the US government who should have all kinds of experts explaining this crap to him.
But Dr. Birx informed us that Fuckface is totally engaged, with a tremendous ability to internalize, assess, and synthesize data. Was I misinformed?
Branch Covidian update:
Ohio Megachurch Keeps Holding Mass Gatherings, Even As Coronavirus Spreads
While most of Ohio spent the last week lying low under Gov. Mike DeWine’s “stay at home” order to stem the coronavirus outbreak, the Solid Rock megachurch just north of Cincinnati took the opposite approach.
Inside its large sanctuary in Lebanon, hundreds of worshippers continued gathering for services. They sat close to each other and shared microphones. They sang and prayed in tight quarters. And despite the risks, Solid Rock doesn’t seem ready to call off in-person worship any time soon.
“We are respectful of every individual’s right to choose either to come to our service or to watch online,” the church said in a statement posted on its website. “We do believe that it is important for our doors to remain open for whomever to come to worship and pray during this time of great challenge in our country.”
re: #385 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
and as he plans to serve only one term, he needs someone who can successfully follow him
And she fits that bill as a Senator, former state AG, & former federal prosecutor. I’m liking the names I’m seeing.
re: #386 gwangung
With the exception of Klobuchar (no offense), these would all be sterling choices.
In terms of signaling what he thinks his administration should be, I agree. She would be the most mundane choice.
Yet more amazing fear of Trump causing the truth to be dulled:
The Surgeon General warned that certain “hotspots” in the U.S. should expect to see a higher number of coronavirus cases in the next week.
Speaking to CBS This Morning, Dr. Jerome Adams said it was difficult to say if the worst is yet to come for the U.S. as the spread of virus is different in each area of the country and “everyone’s curve is going to look different.”
Adams predicted that “hot spots like Detroit, like Chicago, like New Orleans will have a worse week next week than what they had this week” but is confident the spread in New York may slow. “The virus and the local community are going to determine the timeline. It’s not going to be us from Washington, D.C. People need to follow their data, they need to make the right decisions based on what their data is telling them.”
Adams is afraid to simply say yes, it’s going to get worse, because Trump is pretending it is going to be better real soon now.
But Adams does throw shade at Trump in his comments about DC. But he is probably too afraid to confront Trump directly.
re: #390 Belafon
In terms of signaling what he thinks his administration should be, I agree. She would be the most mundane choice.
TBH. My hope is Amy joins the Senate leadership and is Schumer’s successor at some point. Amy knows how to get legislation done. She’d be great at that. But really I like something about all the names on Joe’s list. I definitely trust his political judgment.
re: #391 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Yet more amazing fear of Trump causing the truth to be dulled:
Adams is afraid to simply say yes, it’s going to get worse, because Trump is pretending it is going to be better real soon now.
But Adams does throw shade at Trump in his comments about DC. But he is probably too afraid to confront Trump directly.
“The local community will decide how long it will take, with an assist from us to make sure it takes as long as possible.”
She is just making shit up as she goes, she was told “Be ‘nice’ (kiss DJT’s ass) OR ELSE!!!” (something horrible will happen to your loved ones)
Birx on Trump, continued: “He understands the importance of the granularity.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 27, 2020
re: #391 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Yet more amazing fear of Trump causing the truth to be dulled:
Adams is afraid to simply say yes, it’s going to get worse, because Trump is pretending it is going to be better real soon now.
But Adams does throw shade at Trump in his comments about DC. But he is probably too afraid to confront Trump directly.
Fucking cowards and sycophantic behavior, even from the so-called professionals and actual professionals.
They’re trying to stay relevant by spewing Trumpist crap to Trump and then facts in other venues. That’s a recipe for disaster. All these people are getting Americans killed thanks to enabling Trump’s addled and incompetent and totally fucked up worldview.
Good.
BREAKING: On a voice vote, the House passes $2 trillion coronavirus relief package, sending the measure to the president’s desk.
— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) March 27, 2020
re: #394 The Pie Overlord!
She is just making shit up as she goes, she was told “Be ‘nice’ (kiss DJT’s ass) OR ELSE!!!” (something horrible will happen to your loved ones)
He’s also going to be ramping up the medical.
“He understands the importance of the granularity.”
Oh, come on. Even money says he can’t even say ‘granularity’ at this point.
re: #394 The Pie Overlord!
He doesn’t know the meaning of the word “granularity.”
re: #398 makeitstop
Oh, come on. Even money says he can’t even say ‘granularity’ at this point.
“He knows there is no O2 without the 2.”
re: #399 jaunte
He doesn’t know the meaning of the word “granularity.”
Maybe he’ll ask Carson since he’s an expert on grain storage IIRC.
Power moves. And then the chair ruled there was a quorum over Massie’s objections. https://t.co/Ffq8zppG2T
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) March 27, 2020
One of the craziest parts of this appearance is Birx’s suggestion there’s granular data available.
No. There’s not. Every bit of American data is undermined by the fact that there aren’t enough tests. https://t.co/1LrO8kFRfO— emptywheel (@emptywheel) March 27, 2020
re: #395 lawhawk
Fucking cowards and sycophantic behavior, even from the so-called professionals and actual professionals.
They’re trying to stay relevant by spewing Trumpist crap to Trump and then facts in other venues. That’s a recipe for disaster. All these people are getting Americans killed thanks to enabling Trump’s addled and incompetent and totally fucked up worldview.
They would not be speaking this way under any other president
ANY
re: #404 PhillyPretzel
Go Nancy.
She had him when he threatened yesterday
When you need to shoot, shoot. Don’t talk.
They’re already going massie who?
conservatives seem to believe this talking point negates the fact that over 85,000 americans are infected. “china’s numbers are fake so our infection is not so bad” https://t.co/yTDcgQv3aQ
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) March 27, 2020
re: #399 jaunte
He doesn’t know the meaning of the word “granularity.”
“Gran-you-lack-gritty—Look, look!” (makes air concertina)
Pretending everything is fine if we don’t have the same percentage numbers of infected as China is idiotic.
Alabama’s governor has expanded state restrictions to everything short of shelter-in-place until 17 April. No more than 10 at a gathering (no mention of churches). Essential businesses include gun stores. Counts are 570+ cases, 4 deaths.
re: #407 jaunte
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They’re applying a standard distraction technique, “Hey! Look at how much worse the other guy is!”
Bingo! It’s time to call a horse-thief a horse-thief, and the NYT makes the call.
The Road to Coronavirus Hell Was Paved by Evangelicals
Trump’s response to the pandemic has been haunted by the science denialism of his ultraconservative religious allies.
Donald Trump rose to power with the determined assistance of a movement that denies science, bashes government and prioritized loyalty over professional expertise. In the current crisis, we are all reaping what that movement has sown.
At least since the 19th century, when the proslavery theologian Robert Lewis Dabney attacked the physical sciences as “theories of unbelief,” hostility to science has characterized the more extreme forms of religious nationalism in the United States. Today, the hard core of climate deniers is concentrated among people who identify as religiously conservative Republicans. And some leaders of the Christian nationalist movement, like those allied with the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, which has denounced environmental science as a “Cult of the Green Dragon,” cast environmentalism as an alternative — and false — theology.
This denial of science and critical thinking among religious ultraconservatives now haunts the American response to the coronavirus crisis. On March 15, Guillermo Maldonado, who calls himself an “apostle” and hosted Mr. Trump earlier this year at a campaign event at his Miami megachurch, urged his congregants to show up for worship services in person. “Do you believe God would bring his people to his house to be contagious with the virus? Of course not,” he said.
Rodney Howard-Browne of The River at Tampa Bay Church in Florida mocked people concerned about the disease as “pansies” and insisted he would only shutter the doors to his packed church “when the rapture is taking place.” In a sermon that was live-streamed on Facebook, Tony Spell, a pastor in Louisiana, said, “We’re also going to pass out anointed handkerchiefs to people who may have a fear, who may have a sickness and we believe that when those anointed handkerchiefs go, that healing virtue is going to go on them as well.”
Not to mention that the heretical, materialistic “Evangelical” cults are eyeball deep in “Big Woo,” the gigantic “alternate health care” and supplement industry that is the driving force behind science denial of all kinds.
re: #394 The Pie Overlord!
She is just making shit up as she goes, she was told “Be ‘nice’ (kiss DJT’s ass) OR ELSE!!!” (something horrible will happen to your loved ones)
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Yes. She’s not brainwashed but acting like one of the adults in the Twilight Zone episode “It’s a Good Life”. If you say anything critical of the lord and master, you are sent to the “cornfield”. The Washington GOP will not do anything to oppose him and they are the only ones who could actually make a difference. It’s a matter of life and death now — and our only hope seems to be that Covid 19 strikes him down, because nothing else seems to work.
re: #368 The Pie Overlord!
Koch brothers are the largest manufacturer of toilet paper. Where are they?
at our local Dollar General, all of the Koch paper product shelves are full.
Non-Koch products (which are restocked regularly) are sparse.
It’s been this way for several weeks
re: #372 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
New figures show “huge” increase in gardening online sales during coronavirus crisis
Can we grow toilet paper?
Leaves.
re: #407 jaunte
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China’s official numbers are likely low
And they are also likely consistently reported. So the trend is probably still good
A serious proposal: All major news organizations should temporarily replace their White House reporters with medical reporters so that the daily briefing is primarily about public safety. The political reporters can ask the press office about squabbles with governors etc.
— Jonathan Alter (@jonathanalter) March 27, 2020
re: #413 Hecuba’s daughter
Yes. She’s not brainwashed but acting like one of the adults in the Twilight Zone episode “It’s a Good Life”. If you say anything critical of the lord and master, you are sent to the “cornfield”. The Washington GOP will not do anything to oppose him and they are the only ones who could actually make a difference. It’s a matter of life and death now — and our only hope seems to be that Covid 19 strikes him down, because nothing else seems to work.
Our real only hope is the sane governors
Ie not mine..desantis
As a Kentuckian, I’m getting really damn sick of apologizing to the rest of the country for the idiots who supposedly represent me in Congress, because Massie, Paul, and McConnell are everything wrong in this country with government and should have resigned years ago. https://t.co/GR7XMPi4Rd
— The Zandarlorian (@ZandarVTS) March 27, 2020
re: #419 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
Our real only hope is the sane governors
Ie not mine..desantis
Except they cannot command companies to make ventilators and sell them at a specific price — or give them to communities. Only the federal government can accomplish that. They cannot command a nationwide lockdown that would prevent snowbirds in Arizona and Florida from returning to Illinois and New York.
re: #267 calochortus
I don’t care for whatever rationale is ascribed to what she said, as a scientist, it’s offensive to equate what he does with any understanding of, we’ll, anything, but granular data? NO.
re: #406 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
She had him when he threatened yesterday
When you need to shoot, shoot. Don’t talk.
They’re already going massie who?
One of the best scenes of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly:
re: #368 The Pie Overlord!
Koch brothers are the largest manufacturer of toilet paper. Where are they?
50% dead.
re: #328 Eclectic Cyborg
That’s the one. Great episode.
Reiterating a point Scotty made in the feature film STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK (1984).
“How much refit time until we can take her out again?”
” Eight weeks, sir. But since you don’t have eight weeks, I’ll do it for you in two. “
“Mister Scott, have you always multiplied your repair estimates by a factor of four?”
” Certainly, sir. How else do you expect me to keep my reputation as a miracle worker? “
“Your reputation is secure, Scotty. Kirk, out.”
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 ...
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March FavoritesYou've seen these all already but looking back, just because. These are my favorite shots of this last month. That 1937 Zeiss Sonnar is such a gloriously wonderful bit of glass. Thanks for looking.
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Russia’s New Combat Robots Blown Up by Drones Near Avdiivka When we landed on the moon, I thought about how science fiction had become real. Now, the robot wars have begun. It's more poignant somehow on the ground than in the missile wars we have in the air as ...
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