Seth takes a closer look at President Trump extending social distancing guidelines to the end of April - while he and his allies try to memory hole their early dismissal of the coronavirus outbreak.
COMING SOON: 60 DAYS TO SLOW THE SPREAD! https://t.co/0KPEK4vsRj
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 2, 2020
re: #336 Eric The Fruit Bat
Trump ignoring Blue states with the new Abbot quick test (waPo)
As Abbott Laboratories began shipping its new rapid-response tests across the country Wednesday, a new flash point emerged in the nation’s handling of the pandemic: where to deploy the covid-19 diagnostics that could be one of the most effective tools in combating the outbreak.
Some White House officials want to ship many of the tests, which were approved Friday and can deliver results in five to 13 minutes, to areas where there are fewer cases, such as rural states and parts of the South. But officials in hard-hit areas and some public health experts favor directing them to the outbreak’s current hotspots, arguing that delays in test readings have sidelined many first responders and health-care workers and made it harder to isolate the most contagious patients.
During a Tuesday meeting of the White House coronavirus task force in the Situation Room, Vice President Pence and other officials discussed diverting new tests to areas where there are relatively few cases, according to two individuals familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe internal deliberations.
They said the administration needs “to figure out the spread in places where we don’t quite understand it now,” according to one of the individuals present. The final consensus seemed to be, “Let’s send it to the South and low density areas.”
What they want to do is test in rural areas to show that the numbers aren’t as bad as people say they are. What they might find out is that the virus is in places that people never thought it would get to and cause everyone to panic.
re: #1 Charles Johnson
COMING SOON: 60 DAYS TO SLOW THE SPREAD!
We have 244 days to stop the plague.
re: #3 Decatur Deb
We have 244 days to stop the plague.
I will crawl over virus to vote this November.
Cause the virus is afraid of churches?
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) undercut his own stay-at-home order by exempting religious services from that necessary step to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Best line from this Closer Look:
“Trump says he’s a cheerleader for the nation. Yeah, cheerleader, that sounds right — standing on the sidelines, facing the wrong direction.”
re: #1 Charles Johnson
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And “slow the spread” does not mean “over”, everyone back to work
re: #6 sagehen
Best line from this Closer Look:
“Trump says he’s a cheerleader for the nation. Yeah, cheerleader, that sounds right — standing on the sidelines, facing the wrong direction.”
Leading from the rear.
He’s a rear echelon motherfucker (REMF). Anyone who served, or knew anyone who served, would know what that refers to.
re: #1 Charles Johnson
“I NEVER SAID APRIL.”
re: #6 sagehen
Best line from this Closer Look:
“Trump says he’s a cheerleader for the nation. Yeah, cheerleader, that sounds right — standing on the sidelines, facing the wrong direction.”
And showing a lot of ass.
— Roberto Gonzalez🇺🇸🌊🆘️💙🌏💪🚫🍊 (@Robert0G0nzalez) April 1, 2020
re: #10 Decatur Deb
And showing a lot of ass.
Thank you for that mental image I did not want.
Anyone have any brain bleach handy?
re: #12 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Thank you for that mental image I did not want.
Anyone have any brain bleach handy?
Costco is out.
re: #13 Decatur Deb
Costco is out.
Why do you think I’m throwing myself at the mercy of the Lizards?
re: #12 klys (maker of Silmarils)
::: one gallon bottle of brain bleach :::
to Klys
re: #8 lawhawk
Leading from the rear.
He’s a rear echelon motherfucker (REMF). Anyone who served, or knew anyone who served, would know what that refers to.
That’s all cowards can do.
Ok, this is very cool! The New York Times has an interactive page where you can check out your state and its counties to see cases/100,000 and how the cases are increasing over time.
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“The South” is trending, and while I agree with Jason and others warning not to paint “The South” with a broad brush
Yep the South has some serious issues, but we are not all the same as our closed-minded leaders and my wife made biscuits so y’all can kiss my ass
— Jason Isbell (@JasonIsbell) April 2, 2020
This was pretty funny.
Maybe we should try to convince GOP governors in the South that COVID-19 is a person of color trying to vote so they’d try to stop it?
— Pé (@4everNeverTrump) April 2, 2020
So the Worldometer turned over a million.
re: #18 Barefoot Grin
“The South” is trending, and while I agree with Jason and others warning not to paint “The South” with a broad brush
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Isbell did a concert for one of our most progressive candidates.
re: #5 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
Cause the virus is afraid of churches?
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) undercut his own stay-at-home order by exempting religious services from that necessary step to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Don’t underestimate the Power of Jay-Zuss to…create a bumper crop of Darwin Award winners!
JUST IN: Travel data of passengers arriving in the U.S. from China during the critical period in December, January and February shows a stunning 759,493 people entered the U.S. https://t.co/cuPZK1Nzwf
— ABC News (@ABC) April 2, 2020
And when the Trumpists claim there was a travel ban, remind them that nearly 1 million people flew back and forth and the screening was haphazard at best - contributory towards even more cases at worst (and it was the worst). https://t.co/0RzY0zsCP3
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 2, 2020
re: #20 Decatur Deb
Isbell did a concert for one of our most progressive candidates.
Yeah, he’s great. I probably shouldn’t have posted the second one because the issue of life in rural areas in other parts of the country is the same and that attitude doesn’t help progressives who are trying to change things.
Somebody is attacking Matthew Yglesias because he once said something less than totally negative about LGF.
Little Green Footballs was great. By the way, that Rittenhouse guy, who was poor and had no health insurance, died a few years later, while I got hired by The American Prospect on the strength of these takes. Advantage, me 😁 pic.twitter.com/xW7uuMFL3g
— Yglesias Takes (@mattpyglesias) April 2, 2020
The comments at LGF, as bad as they got at times, were light years better (on the whole) than the utter hateful garbage that’s common these days at right wing sites.
Damn it, took so long to find the pic I got CL’d
re: #234 Backwoods_Sleuth
Two thoughts:1. Going to take more than a few corks to stop a cat2. Just how much wine has been drunk in this household? https://t.co/rOwItSq9ti
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) April 2, 2020
It took Shelby months to breach this obstacle
re: #24 Charles Johnson
From posts 18 years ago.
Eighteen fucking years they’re still holding a grudge because you split with the right.
Fuck ‘em. You were right.
I’m not a runner but I recently started couch to 5k just in case of the zombie apocalypse so my friend and I went for a run last night and look what we found!! A female desert spiny lizard! #FindThatLizard pic.twitter.com/50tLDG5MiA
— Earyn McGee, Lizard lassoer, MSc🦎 (@Afro_Herper) April 2, 2020
Today, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine @PittHealthSci scientists announced a potential vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus causing the #COVID19 pandemic. https://t.co/ILW4IQfou7 pic.twitter.com/Y7l0SifBtn
— UPMC (@UPMCnews) April 2, 2020
re: #25 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Don’t over-think it, Shelby.
re: #26 lawhawk
From posts 18 years ago.
Eighteen fucking years they’re still holding a grudge because you split with the right.
Fuck ‘em. You were right.
I think this guy is one of those leftists who has a very exaggerated memory of what LGF used to be like, and doesn’t really care what’s happened in the past decade or so.
Yes, DeSantis’ order is purposefully vague, and does exempt religious services:
Note that in the exemption he doesn’t even stress the social distancing, as he does with the also exempted “recreational services”.
re: #29 Charles Johnson
Don’t over-think it, Shelby.
She still backs away from me when I’m holding an empty paper towel tube.
And by “we,” you mean the one dumbass in your fucking mirror. https://t.co/I8GHM6N0F9
— Richard Marx (@richardmarx) April 2, 2020
NEW with @AlexNBCNews: Week of April 13 is earliest Americans will see direct deposit relief payments from the government; paper checks could take as long as 20 weeks — nearly 5 months — for some Americans
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) April 2, 2020
re: #5 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
Cause the virus is afraid of churches?
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) undercut his own stay-at-home order by exempting religious services from that necessary step to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
re: #31 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Yes, DeSantis’ order is purposefully vague, and does exempt religious services:
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Note that in the exemption he doesn’t even stress the social distancing, as he does with the also exempted “recreational services”.
It’s worse than that. If this is to be believed, he’s actually destroying far more effective local efforts by having the statewide order supersede all the local orders.
In short, he’s weakening more stringent local restrictions. https://t.co/8sE377ouYf
— Betty Cracker 🐊 (@bettycrackerfl) April 2, 2020
Stage 4 Cancer, you’re slacking!
Rush Limbaugh, on Feb. 24, quoted by @JVLast: “Now, I want to tell you the truth about the coronavirus. You think I’m wrong about this?…Yeah, I’m dead right on this. The coronavirus is the common cold, folks.” https://t.co/oKCnb7cTTP
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) April 2, 2020
re: #35 Citizen K
It’s worse than that. If this is to be believed, he’s actually destroying far more effective local efforts by having the statewide order supersede all the local orders.
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when he won the election i was counting on him being merely incompetent
turns out he’s a real pinhead
im still not leaving the house
re: #2 Belafon
Gov. Pritzker was on the phone with Abbott and they promised to keep the first shipment of tests in IL. Being an IL company, I’m ok with this… even if I weren’t a resident.
So it is apparently the Flying Phoenix rather than the Roaring Dragon. And apparently simply for being a supporter and sharing that I think of it like this:
The SWORDSMAN
For ten years I have been polishing this sword;
Its frosty edge has never been put to the test.
Now I am holding it and showing it to you, sir:
Is there anyone suffering from injustice ?Jia Dao
(779-843)
I shall not argue when such an honor is given to me, especially one so well suited to the strike and thrust :)
Some quick photos:
re: #36 The Pie Overlord!
Stage 4 Cancer, you’re slacking!
Stage 4 Cancer: It’s not my job to save you from yourselves. Why would a cancer destroy a cancer?
This gave me a much needed chuckle this morning.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) March 27, 2020
re: #39 William Lewis
So it is apparently the Flying Phoenix rather than the Roaring Dragon. And apparently simply for being a supporter and sharing that I think of it like this:
I shall not argue when such an honor is given to me, especially one so well suited to the strike and thrust :)
Some quick photos:
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You realize it’s got to taste blood before you can put it back, right?
re: #38 GlutenFreeJesus
In Philly HUP (Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania) is also working on a at home test for this virus. If it stayed in the Greater Delaware Valley I would not be upset.
re: #39 William Lewis
So it is apparently the Flying Phoenix rather than the Roaring Dragon. And apparently simply for being a supporter and sharing that I think of it like this:
I shall not argue when such an honor is given to me, especially one so well suited to the strike and thrust :)
Some quick photos:
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er…
enjoy?
use it in good health?
seriously though - congrats
re: #36 The Pie Overlord!
Stage 4 Cancer, you’re slacking!
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I can’t wait for the inevitable “I stand by my 2/24 comments, because all evidence showed me that was the case” backpedaling.
Which, of course, is horseshit, because no one was saying that then. But dittoheads aren’t exactly known for dealing with reality or researching thoroughly.
re: #43 Belafon
You realize it’s got to taste blood before you can put it back, right?
Not until it’s eaten the first time. Then you awaken The Hunger… / (well 1/2. The cuts on my hands over the years would think so ;)
re: #39 William Lewis
Wow.
(I’ve written a play with a lot of sword play and was looking into getting a couple of props. Was supposed to open end of May, but that’s gone now….we’ll see how it goes…)
Feel good video:
Oh. My. Gawd.🥰pic.twitter.com/tKplqzRs8g
— Travis Akers (@travisakers) April 2, 2020
Coffins containing the bodies of people who have died of #coronavirus are lined up in the long-term parking of the Collserola morgue before they either buried or incinerated on April 02, 2020 in #Barcelona. Spain has more than 10,000 deaths due to the #COVID19. 📷: David Ramos pic.twitter.com/6UbwEtNyQh
— Getty Images News (@GettyImagesNews) April 2, 2020
Ya think?
Coronavirus is harming the mental health of tens of millions of people in U.S., new poll finds https://t.co/Hhsp3gnHQu
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 2, 2020
re: #49 gwangung
Wow.
(I’ve written a play with a lot of sword play and was looking into getting a couple of props. Was supposed to open end of May, but that’s gone now….we’ll see how it goes…)
When things get better again, this is their site: lkchensword.com
re: #52 William Lewis
When things get better again, this is their site: lkchensword.com
Wow. Thanks.
So, an enterprising Youtuber took footage from Aqua Teen Hunger Force and substituted Master Shake’s voice with that of Mark Levin - and it’s actually pretty hard to tell the difference.
Aqua Teen’s Master Shake sounds suspiciously like radio’s Mark Levin
re: #55 Rightwingconspirator
I put this up earlier. Frightening.
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we’re, uh, #1? //
nothing’s my fault, i dont take responsibility at all
(who controls the stockpiles? the dpa?)
Trump Attacks Hospitals As Insatiable ‘Complainers’ Amid Crisis
“The complainers should have been stocked up and ready long before this crisis hit,” tweeted the president, who belittled the coronavirus pandemic for weeks.
re: #35 Citizen K
It’s worse than that. If this is to be believed, he’s actually destroying far more effective local efforts by having the statewide order supersede all the local orders.
DeSantis is doing exactly what the atavists who elected him wanted - bury his head in the sand.
re: #57 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
They are not kissing his ass the right way that is why he is attacking them.
they’re starting to say the quiet parts out loud
he also admitted he doesn’t like the fact that absentee ballots will make it easier for people to vote ― and presumably increase turnout ― because that will hurt Republicans.
“The president said it best ― this will be extremely devastating to Republicans and conservatives in Georgia,” said Ralston.
“Every registered voter is going to get one of these. Now I ask you … what was turnout in the primary back in 2018 or 2016. Was it 100%? No. No. It’s way, way, way lower. This will certainly drive up turnout,” he added.
1. Trump is NOT a billionaire. So leveraged, probably barely a millionaire if he had to liquidate.
2. This is why we have Emoluments clause and he should have divested. He will get preference because they fear his wrath.https://t.co/Htk8eBfwax— Cling 2 Reality (@Cling2Reality) April 2, 2020
He should get zero assistance. He should not get a single dollar in aid to bail out his failed businesses. Capitalism and all that. Fuck him and the GOP that rode in on him (and vice versa). They own this disaster and the thousands dead. No fucking way he should ever see a dime while victims have to figure out how to bury their loved ones under these circumstances.
So, not at all happy with the Amazon ‘Messaging Assistant’
Package tracker said one of my packages had been delivered.
Even had an image of it sitting sitting at the front door.
Just not my front door
Definitely somewhere in the complex.
But, the stupid ass “Messaging Assistant’ won’t let you actually tell it that they dropped the package at the wrong door/building. Just that it has not been delivered.
re: #57 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
nothing’s my fault, i dont take responsibility at all
(who controls the stockpiles? the dpa?)
Trump Attacks Hospitals As Insatiable ‘Complainers’ Amid Crisis
Keep America Greater Again
/
74 journalism / comms professors + journalists have written an open letter to Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch about the network’s coronavirus coverage.
“Viewers of Fox News, including the president of the United States, have been regularly subjected to misinformation…” pic.twitter.com/Vpk04Tc9es— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) April 2, 2020
re: #64 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
As if the Murdochs care.
re: #62 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
If you know the neighbor go to their house and politely exchange the packages. It has happened to me quite a few times.
re: #61 lawhawk
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He should get zero assistance. He should not get a single dollar in aid to bail out his failed businesses. Capitalism and all that. Fuck him and the GOP that rode in on him (and vice versa). They own this disaster and the thousands dead. No fucking way he should ever see a dime while victims have to figure out how to bury their loved ones under these circumstances.
1. Trump is NOT a billionaire. So leveraged, probably barely a millionaire if he had to liquidate.
2. This is why we have Emoluments clause and he should have divested. He will get preference because they fear his wrath.https://t.co/Htk8eBfwax— Cling 2 Reality (@Cling2Reality) April 2, 2020
“The coronavirus outbreak is costing Trump Organization properties more than a million dollars in lost revenue daily and may have hurt the firm’s chances of earning a record price on the sale of its Washington hotel,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
re: #62 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
So, not at all happy with the Amazon ‘Messaging Assistant’
Package tracker said one of my packages had been delivered.
Even had an image of it sitting sitting at the front door.
Just not my front door
Definitely somewhere in the complex.
But, the stupid ass “Messaging Assistant’ won’t let you actually tell it that they dropped the package at the wrong door/building. Just that it has not been delivered.
i returned two items in the same box - with two packing slips
they ‘received’ one and i got credit
they say the other wasnt received, even though i have screenshots of them saying they found it
took 2 months to straighten it out - multiple sessions (pdf’d) with the ‘assistant’ and a few ‘chats’ to boot becuase they charged and then had to credit my c/c two extra times
re: #62 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
So, not at all happy with the Amazon ‘Messaging Assistant’
Package tracker said one of my packages had been delivered.
Even had an image of it sitting sitting at the front door.
Just not my front door
Definitely somewhere in the complex.
But, the stupid ass “Messaging Assistant’ won’t let you actually tell it that they dropped the package at the wrong door/building. Just that it has not been delivered.
I had a similar situation, and I was very frustrating dealing with that “Messaging Assistant.” I checked the box for not delivered, and they issued a refund (the order was worth less than $30). A couple of weeks later, the person that actually got my package turned it in to the apartment office.
re: #65 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
As if the Murdochs care.
Not only that, it’s not just that the President has been “subjected to misinformation” from Fox, it has most DEFINITELY worked the other way round, too.
re: #66 PhillyPretzel
If you know the neighbor go to their house and politely exchange the packages. It has happened to me quite a few times.
When it happened to me, I had no way of knowing where it got delivered.
re: #61 lawhawk
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He should get zero assistance. He should not get a single dollar in aid to bail out his failed businesses. Capitalism and all that. Fuck him and the GOP that rode in on him (and vice versa). They own this disaster and the thousands dead. No fucking way he should ever see a dime while victims have to figure out how to bury their loved ones under these circumstances.
There was some scuttlebutt from the son of a dead Deusche Bank executive that the loans were covered from Russia. Might explain the very long phone call the other day (takes CT cap off…).
re: #72 Barefoot Grin
There was some scuttlebutt from the son of a dead Deusche Bank executive that the loans were covered from Russia. Might explain the very long phone call the other day (takes CT cap off…).
He has a lot of Russian mobsters leaning heavily on him…he is grateful for the fact that he does not have to leave home.
Whoa
“WHO is warning the number of confirmed cases worldwide will climb to 1 million—and the death toll will surge past 50,000—in a matter of days.”
This was posted 7 hours ago.
We’re already at the point WHO said we might reach in days: 1,000,000 cases worldwide and 50,000+ deaths. https://t.co/Hz0yVceRl3— Seth Abramson (@🏠) (@SethAbramson) April 2, 2020
re: #71 Teddy’s Person
It has happened quite a few times to me. Once it was across the street and I left a polite little note with it. Another time it was when both my neighbor and I were expecting packages. Without thinking my neighbor ripped open my package and placed the package at my door and started to yell at the “dumbass delivery” (his words) people so they fixed it on the spot.
re: #70 Jay C
Not only that, it’s not just that the President has been “subjected to misinformation” from Fox, it has most DEFINITELY worked the other way round, too.
subjected to and acted on, to the detriment of the country and it’s citizens
re: #1 Charles Johnson
30 days in your home
That’s what they give you now
30 days in your home
Oh, yeah
30 days in your home
All right, all right
30 days in your home
What you doin’ boy?
You here for 30 days
Get, get, get your long hair cut
And cut out your ways https://t.co/FfqpyuagI4— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) April 2, 2020
re: #65 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
As if the Murdochs care.
They will only care if they get sued and lose money.
re: #74 Patricia Kayden
Whoa
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And it won’t be very long before more than 25% of the confirmed cases will be in the good old USA…
re: #80 Mike Lamb
We’re approaching where 1 in 1000 Americans has covid19. That is only going to get worse.
re: #61 lawhawk
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He should get zero assistance. He should not get a single dollar in aid to bail out his failed businesses. Capitalism and all that. Fuck him and the GOP that rode in on him (and vice versa). They own this disaster and the thousands dead. No fucking way he should ever see a dime while victims have to figure out how to bury their loved ones under these circumstances.
Wasn’t there a clause in the bill that specifically prohibited any relief funds going to companies owned by elected officials or their families?
re: #80 Mike Lamb
And it won’t be very long before more than 25% of the confirmed cases will be in the good old USA…
I mentioned earlier, New York State, with 20 million inhabitants has 92K confirmed cases and 2.4K dead
Germany, with 83 million inhabitants, has 81K cases and 1K dead…
that is pretty scary, inasmuch as Germany has had restrictions in place since March 16th…
re: #83 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The difference of a couple of days in instituting stay-at-home restrictions has devastating consequences. Lack of aggressive testing is another problem.
re: #66 PhillyPretzel
If you know the neighbor go to their house and politely exchange the packages. It has happened to me quite a few times.
pic just showed the door step, and the door mat (not mine)
Could be literally any of a couple hundred apartments
re: #69 Teddy’s Person
I had a similar situation, and I was very frustrating dealing with that “Messaging Assistant.” I checked the box for not delivered, and they issued a refund (the order was worth less than $30). A couple of weeks later, the person that actually got my package turned it in to the apartment office.
Big problem, the leasing office will no longer receive packages, coronavirus and all
re: #84 lawhawk
The difference of a couple of days in instituting stay-at-home restrictions has devastating consequences. Lack of aggressive testing is another problem.
Germany does not have pulpit pimps or ox News out convincing people that this is just a flu or that God will smite those microorganism with his tiny-but-mighty sword
At this point I don’t even care that Jared Kushner has a security clearance that he shouldn’t have. I just want him to listen to Dr. Fauci instead of making shit up. Lives are at stake. https://t.co/B0wE4X3c4k
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) April 2, 2020
Here is something just as alarming as the COVID-19 toll. In today’s Washington Post there is an article that Dr Fauci is being threatened.
washingtonpost.com
One of my favorites—the clarity, the humor.https://t.co/t6WQe9khDY
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) April 2, 2020
Just in case you need it, here’s a dog doing yoga in Italian. You’re welcome. pic.twitter.com/zTKp3MbI8e
— Amanda in Atlanta (@ATLnewsgirl) March 25, 2020
Michigan coronavirus cases by day since March 10, when the first two cases were confirmed. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/ryN5vwYUJG
— Detroit Free Press (@freep) April 2, 2020
re: #36 The Pie Overlord!
Stage 4 Cancer, you’re slacking!
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When it comes to Limbaugh I’m rooting for the cancer cells.
Operation Look a Squirrel! https://t.co/JWzQCkiFCV
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) April 2, 2020
re: #82 sagehen
Wasn’t there a clause in the bill that specifically prohibited any relief funds going to companies owned by elected officials or their families?
Hmm, would that stop them from tossing money at the company partially owned by Jared’s brother? The same ones that were doing the web-site project that suddenly stopped.
The news just gets worse.
Almost a third of coronavirus cases in Sacramento County, California, are connected to gatherings related to churches, according to the county’s Department of Public Health. https://t.co/VklAUBnoVP
— CNN (@CNN) April 2, 2020
Trump is acting more presidential. He has pivoted. His tone has changed. He’s showing decorum. I see a bright future for our country. I believe the sun is a cookie, rabbits come from geese, and Hillary’s emails are with Obama’s Kenyan birth certificate in an invisible basement.
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) April 2, 2020
re: #93 gocart mozart
Imagine that…criminal enterprises will try to take advantage of the crisis…where did we see that?
Trump’s Company Seeks Financial Help as Coronavirus Takes Toll
Heh, ‘Prison Planet fans’ should stick to their lane of expertise:
Failing to find actual prison trains
Feds charge man who intentionally derailed train near USNS Mercy https://t.co/ZM3anuXLTd via @nbcnews
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) April 1, 2020
The FBI affidavit has some more details:https://t.co/9vxaMdqoLu
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) April 2, 2020
… and worse.
A prestigious scientific panel told the White House Wednesday night that research shows coronavirus can be spread not just by sneezes or coughs, but also just by talking, or possibly even just breathing. https://t.co/p5DbpVL500
— CNN (@CNN) April 2, 2020
re: #93 gocart mozart
They going into the respirator business? Sinaloa black market respirators?
re: #85 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
pic just showed the door step, and the door mat (not mine)
Could be literally any of a couple hundred apartmentsBig problem, the leasing office will no longer receive packages, coronavirus and all
My apartment management office handled the box I got by mistake by having the maintenance staff pick it up and take it to the proper apartment.
He showed up expecting a package or small box and I handed him a 3x2x2 (roughly) box. (Contained 40 16”x20” treated painting canvases from how the box was labeled.) I did thank him for taking care of it. (The person supposed to get it was not answering emails from the office after I reported the package to said office.)
I think this is the 2nd or 3rd package for that apartment that has turned up at my door. And I’ve had an Amazon package fail to show up here. Street addresses for two groups of apartment buildings are not very clearly marked.
I genuinely get why people turn to religion right now but it’s a contagious disease. No one is saying you can’t pray or be without scripture. I’m someone who loves going to baseball games and musical venues but it’s prudent to not play games and concerts now. Religion is no different.
re: #102 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I genuinely get why people turn to religion right now but it’s a contagious disease. No one is saying you can’t pray or be without scripture. I’m someone who loves going to baseball games and musical venues but it’s prudent to not play games and concerts now. Religion is no different.
forget it, we are dealing with people who are not rational, who will insist that god will somehow protect them from contagion if they are worshiping him…it is some sick, sick shit and it is going to get people killed
re: #102 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I genuinely get why people turn to religion right now but it’s a contagious disease. No one is saying you can’t pray or be without scripture. I’m someone who loves going to baseball games and musical venues but it’s prudent to not play games and concerts now. Religion is no different.
Maybe they’re gathering in the churches since they expect Covid-19 to slay the libs just outside their doors much as the germs stopped the Martians at the last minute in War of the Worlds.
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re: #77 gocart mozart
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Let’s be realistic. Part of the failure in slowing the spread is that PEOPLE ARE NOT SHELTERING IN PLACE. Too many routinely ignore social distancing. Pritzker issued an order a couple weeks ago and what happened? The first nice day Chicagoans swamped the parks and the walks by the lake. The mayor had to close down the lakefront trail and other public places. A friend who lives in Arizona told me today that though they were taking walks in the nearby forests, they had to stop because so many were clogging the paths that it was impossible to keep the appropriate distance.
My sister’s good friend who lives in Spain is sheltering in place at their beach house. They can go outside on their terrace and one (ONLY one) can go shopping, but otherwise they are confined to their property. We need to be doing more to keep people apart.
Tiny tears ran down his tiny ugly racist face as his love’s letter arrived and he read it….
Trump 💔 Sessions pic.twitter.com/N0S8U02jop
— Katie Phang (@KatiePhang) April 2, 2020
re: #105 Hecuba’s daughter
My sister’s good friend who lives in Spain is sheltering in place at their beach house. They can go outside on their terrace and one (ONLY one) can go shopping, but otherwise they are confined to their property. We need to be doing more to keep people apart.
Germany has issued a Kontaktverbot, a ban on groups of two or more unless immediate family or members of your household. People are generally adhering to it, and it seems to be working.
re: #105 Hecuba’s daughter
A metric shit-ton of NYers came out to line the Hudson River watching the hospital ship come up to Pier 90 to dock. NYPD wasn’t moving to disperse the crowds until DeBlasio called them to do so.
DeBlasio has also been slow to shut down playgrounds and other common spaces to keep dispersing crowds.
Even in my town, people tend to congregate together when they shouldn’t.
re: #99 Dread Pirate
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I don’t have any background in epidemiology, but I would think that would be obvious. It’s not like it’s just air that comes out when you breath or speak. Sneezing or coughing just extends the reach.
I just posted a page about Dr Fauci.
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re: #105 Hecuba’s daughter
We (73 & 76) shut down 15 days ago, partially as a test. We left the house once for a doctor visit and a pre-packed grocery pickup. An old coworker who lives nearby comes by each day for lunch, but she is held to the same self-quarantine regimen. (On nice days we walk around the empty half-mile block at dawn.) Our GOP governor still hasn’t ordered a shelter-in-place. AL has about 1200 cases and 40 dead.
The serious quarantine starts about now and will likely go to about 15 May per the U Wash projections.
re: #102 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I genuinely get why people turn to religion right now but it’s a contagious disease. No one is saying you can’t pray or be without scripture. I’m someone who loves going to baseball games and musical venues but it’s prudent to not play games and concerts now. Religion is no different.
One thing that the various catholic traditions (in this sense, orthodox, roman and anglican) have is the daily office - prayers that are easily done by one self. This is a direct inheritance from our Jewish beginnings and is especially helpful in days like these. A prayer book and a bible is all that is needed. When it is safe, we’ll get together again. In the meantime? The bishop emailed us directions on how to celebrate holy week at home.
I’ll put the pdf behind the privacy tags - if you are interested, help yourself.
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re: #108 lawhawk
A metric shit-ton of NYers came out to line the Hudson River watching the hospital ship come up to Pier 90 to dock. NYPD wasn’t moving to disperse the crowds until DeBlasio called them to do so.
DeBlasio has also been slow to shut down playgrounds and other common spaces to keep dispersing crowds.
Even in my town, people tend to congregate together when they shouldn’t.
My sister has a very good friend in her 80’s dying of a heart condition. She lives at home with her husband. When she celebrated her birthday a few days ago, her Chicago area children and grandchildren came to be with her. They knew that this was probably the last time they would see her — but this was clearly a violation of the orders. These situations are heart-breaking but their action subjects everyone to more risk.
re: #108 lawhawk
A metric shit-ton of NYers came out to line the Hudson River watching the hospital ship come up to Pier 90 to dock. NYPD wasn’t moving to disperse the crowds until DeBlasio called them to do so.
DeBlasio has also been slow to shut down playgrounds and other common spaces to keep dispersing crowds.
Even in my town, people tend to congregate together when they shouldn’t.
My Zip code is one of the hottest hot zones in Michigan. The kosher bodega WHERE EVERYONE GETS THEIR PASSOVER SUPPLIES is a nexus, just as it was a year ago for measles. Unfortunately there is no where else to buy most of this stuff. The local supermarkets (Meijer, Kroger) are not much better. At least my son is here to do the shopping.
When I was cleaning out one of the bathroom cabinets I found a box of surgical masks that my daughter bought during last year’s measles outbreak. Not N95’s but we can wear them when we go out.
Wash. nursing home faces $611,000 fine over lapses during fatal coronavirus outbreak
In a letter Wednesday to Life Care Center of Kirkland, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wrote that the nursing home failed to report an outbreak of respiratory illness to local authorities for two weeks as required by law, gave inadequate care to its residents during the outbreak and failed to provide 24-hour emergency doctor services.
Quelle surprise—
While there are many nursing home providers that have very few lawsuits or citations brought against them, others seem to have more than their fair share. One facility to which this applies is Life Care Centers of America.
re: #113 Hecuba’s daughter
At some point, as people are near their end, we’re just going to accept that we’re going to do things that otherwise we shouldn’t.
The CFR is above 1% in most places, rising in most places, and well above 1% in many places.
Unless, as some like to speculate, there have been vastly more infections than have been tested, we’re going to lose a lot of people.
This is the first global pandemic of this type since 1918-1919. None of us have been in a situation where a lot of people around us are dying. Other than those in war torn areas, where there are large casualties, few of us have had to live in a society where death is so present.
So…
NOW: President Donald Trump issues an order under the Defense Production Act to expedite the manufacturing of ventilators and names General Electric, Vyaire Medical, Medtronic, ResMed and Hill-Rom.
cc: @CourthouseNews pic.twitter.com/BLBvApvQUM— Brandi Buchman (@BBuchman_CNS) April 2, 2020
Anybody want to check ownership of those companies to see if anyone named Trump is involved?
re: #117 makeitstop
So…
Anybody want to check ownership of those companies to see if anyone named Trump is involved?
I guess this is real now. Until he tweets that he COULD invoke it…
re: #42 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
once again:
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We can’t seriously hold China up as an example of success. The Chinese numbers are simply not credible. It’s tough to speculate on the real numbers in the absence of evidence, but a total leveling off of cases and deaths for six weeks is not plausible, not after such exponential growth.
For actual success, South Korea is a better example. Widespread testing, isolation, and bending the curve downwards successfully. Some other nations, like Japan and places like Washington state, also have done well, though it looks like they never had a serious outbreak and had a significant element of luck with how things have gone for them.
re: #109 Mike Lamb
I don’t have any background in epidemiology, but I would think that would be obvious. It’s not like it’s just air that comes out when you breath or speak. Sneezing or coughing just extends the reach.
Also, even if it can be passed by breathing or talking, social distancing will help lower that risk.
re: #114 The Pie Overlord!
My Zip code is one of the hottest hot zones in Michigan. The kosher bodega WHERE EVERYONE GETS THEIR PASSOVER SUPPLIES is a nexus, just as it was a year ago for measles. Unfortunately there is no where else to buy most of this stuff. The local supermarkets (Meijer, Kroger) are not much better. At least my son is here to do the shopping.
When I was cleaning out one of the bathroom cabinets I found a box of surgical masks that my daughter bought during last year’s measles outbreak. Not N95’s but we can wear them when we go out.
I went to the kosher butcher this morning.
They’ll take orders over the phone, deliver to your house if you already have a house account, on the sidewalk for everyone else. The total price of your order is rounded to nearest five dollars, so no change needs to be given.
No customers in the shop. None.
re: #98 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
c. When Officer Eckerfield entered the main entrance
of the West Basin Container Terminal, he observed the same
individual, wearing a bright yellow fluorescent-colored safety
vest and a backpack walking in his direction. Officer
Eckerfield dismounted his motorcycle, drew his weapon, and
ordered the individual to the ground. The individual was later
identified as MORENO via a California Driver’s License that was
in his possession.
d. While Officer Eckerfield detained MORENO, without
provocation MORENO made a series of spontaneous statements such as:
~~You only get this chance once. The whole world is
watching. I had to. People don’t know what’s going on here.
Now they will. At night, they turn off the lights and don’t let
anyone in. I’m going to expose this to the world. When was the
last time you went to Dodgers’ stadium? We might not be able to
go again.”
10. Based on my review of LAPP’s reports and my
conversation with Sgt. Clements, I know that MORENO said the
following:
a. MORENO said he “did it” because people need to
know what was going on with the Coronavirus (“COVID-19”)
pandemic and the U.S.N.S. Mercy. MORENO stated that he was not
sick, but he had been watching and “putting all the pieces
together.” MORENO stated that `they are segregating us and it
needs to be put in the open.” MORENO is suspicious of the U.S.N.S. Mercy and believes it had an alternate purpose related
to the COVID-19 or a government takeover.
b. MORENO stated that he has been an employee of
Rail Company 1 for many years and worked as an engineer. MORENO
stated that he was responsible for moving train cars using a
locomotive. MORENO stated that when he came to work, referring
to March 31st, - everything was normal. While MORENO was
“pushing” the last train car of the day, he started thinking
about “everything” and “just kept going and going.” MORENO
stated: `~I don’t know. Sometimes you just get a little snap and
man, it was fricking exciting I just had it and I was
committed. I just went for it, I had one chance.”
re: #116 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
This is the first global pandemic of this type since 1918-1919. None of us have been in a situation where a lot of people around us are dying. Other than those in war torn areas, where there are large casualties, few of us have had to live in a society where death is so present.
Gay New Yorkers and San Franciscans in the 1980’s. This is very familiar to them.
re: #82 sagehen
Wasn’t there a clause in the bill that specifically prohibited any relief funds going to companies owned by elected officials or their families?
re: #124 sagehen
Gay New Yorkers and San Franciscans in the 1980’s. This is very familiar to them.
Yes, I was going to write that. But most of us are not in those communities, so that epidemic was always about “the other”.
re: #124 sagehen
Gay New Yorkers and San Franciscans in the 1980’s. This is very familiar to them.
Yep, even the part where the President is trying to ignore and downplay the risks.
omg LOOK pic.twitter.com/ePUvtCK1oT
— ପ੭j♡celyn੭ଓ (@tiredsanrio) April 2, 2020
re: #128 Mescalero09
lol. Kitty found a nice soft spot to sleep in.
re: #129 PhillyPretzel
lol. Kitty found a nice soft spot to sleep in.
Probably scared the crap out of more than one person too….
re: #123 gocart mozart
`~
I don’t know. Sometimes you just get a little snap and
man, it was fricking exciting I just had it and I was
committed. I just went for it, I had one chance.”
You Only Fuckup Once.
It’s about fucking time:
NYTimes: F.D.A. Relaxes Blood Donation Guidelines for Gay Men and Others
The Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday that it was reducing the amount of time men who have had sex with men should wait before they give blood, from one year to three months, in hopes of spurring blood donation amid a drastic drop in supply during the coronavirus pandemic.
The earlier 12-month waiting period was intensely criticized as discriminatory and antiquated when the F.D.A. introduced it in 2015, as the agency formally ended a decades-old, lifetime prohibition on blood donations from gay and bisexual men. L.G.B.T.Q. advocates applauded the F.D.A.’s move on Thursday, but said they would work to lift the waiting period entirely.
“L.G.B.T.Q. Americans can hold their heads up today and know that our voices will always triumph over discrimination,” said Sarah Kate Ellis, the president and chief executive of GLAAD. “This is a victory for all of us who spoke out against the discriminatory ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood.”
The F.D.A. also previously recommended that women who have had sex with men who have had sex with men in the past year not donate blood. The revisions on Thursday lowered that period to three months as well.
re: #120 Renaissance_Man
South Korea is doing a job for which we can only hope our Republican death-cult would follow, but look at this graph of SK’s cases:
One fourth of their cases have happened during the linear growth stage.
There is no way out of this: until a vaccine is available globally, locales will be closed down to outsiders in an attempt to avoid a second wave.
To the grocery store this morning. No hand sanitizer that I could see (since I don’t actually need any, I just glanced at the shelf), but there was quite a bit of TP and paper towels, even three hours after the store opened. Still low stock on staple-type items, but the shelves weren’t stripped bare.
I stopped at Peet’s first off, and they’re not sending Costa Rican coffee to the store —apparently, they’re limiting what they give the stores to the most popular varieties. Disaster. But the grocery store still had some, and I got two packages. That, with what I already have, gives me enough for nine weeks (I blend it, so I use 1/4 pound or less a week), which may qualify as hoarding. We all have our special needs.
re: #84 lawhawk
The difference of a couple of days in instituting stay-at-home restrictions has devastating consequences. Lack of aggressive testing is another problem.
Also, Germany has a quite good medical system, with over twice the ICU beds per 100,000 residents compared to Italy - and since their outbreak is much more diffuse than NYC’s in terms of physical area, no one hospital (or cluster of hospitals) is being overwhelmed by it.
NYC’s hospitals really have nowhere to turn, in part because all of the hospitals around them are also ramping up (northern NJ in particular is hard hit as well). And while the US technically has a higher # of ICU beds per 100,000 people, I know that this includes a large number of neonatal ICU beds. I don’t have a good estimate for how many of the German ICU beds are in that category.
None of this affects the total number of cases, of course - that’s all testing and social distancing. But it does have a real impact on the number of preventable deaths.
Please close your eyes, and take a moment to imagine waking up on the morning after 9/11 to see George W. Bush on TV, congratulating himself because “only” 3000 people died
— Ben Wexler (@mrbenwexler) April 2, 2020
re: #95 Dread Pirate
The news just gets worse.
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wishful thinking ignorant idiots
Almost a third of coronavirus cases in Sacramento County, California, are connected to gatherings related to churches, according to the county’s Department of Public Health. https://t.co/VklAUBnoVP
— CNN (@CNN) April 2, 2020
re: #115 BeachDem
Trump admin wants to loosen regulatory oversight of nursing homes.
The area in particular affected by the change: infection control.
He’s doing this even in the midst of an outbreak where nursing homes have been particularly hard hit.
re: #102 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I genuinely get why people turn to religion right now but it’s a contagious disease. No one is saying you can’t pray or be without scripture. I’m someone who loves going to baseball games and musical venues but it’s prudent to not play games and concerts now. Religion is no different.
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re: #133 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
South Korea is doing a job for which we can only hope our Republican death-cult would follow, but look at this graph of SK’s cases:
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One fourth of their cases have happened during the linear growth stage.
There is no way out of this: until a vaccine is available globally, locales will be closed down to outsiders in an attempt to avoid a second wave.
More important, though, than the number of cases is the death doubling rate. Only 165 or so total deaths in SK, and a doubling time of about two weeks. That’s the result of widespread testing, isolation, quarantine of those infected, and a hospital system that can keep up with the sick.
re: #137 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
The NY outbreak initially centered on a bar mitzvah celebration in New Rochelle. NJ outbreaks have also been linked to shuls. Lakewood NJ is a nexus of cases, and the hasidic community there keeps ignoring public health officials and holding gatherings exceeding the limits set by officials.
Exclusive: The Trump Organization is looking for financial help from @DeutscheBank and Palm Beach County in Florida, according to sources and documents reviewed by @nytimes. with @benprotess @EricLiptonNYT https://t.co/fofpwOb7am
— David Enrich (@davidenrich) April 2, 2020
A Trump Org executive in Florida last week contacted Palm Beach County to see whether the company had to keep making lease payments on land it rents from the county for @TrumpPalmBeach.
Under the lease agreement, Trump Org has to pay the county tens of thousands per month.— David Enrich (@davidenrich) April 2, 2020
It’s unclear if Deutsche Bank or Palm Beach will give a break to the Trump Org. Discussions are ongoing.
The Palm Beach lease has a “force majeure” clause that could give Trump leverage. @realdonaldtrump in the past has used such provisions to try to wriggle out of debts.— David Enrich (@davidenrich) April 2, 2020
O_o
Ever get the feeling that in the middle of The Plagues, the last thing you they wanted to see show up was robed religious folks?
This Peninsula (Train to Busan 2) trailer got some Walking Dead feels to it in some of the scenes. But I have high hopes for this. Can’t wait to watch this soon. Hopefully things will be back to normal by then. 🙏🏻pic.twitter.com/nQjaQQ6Z2N
re: #135 klys (maker of Silmarils)
For context: Germany is estimated to have 29.2 ICU beds per 100,000 residents. Even if we assume a quarter of those are neonatal (based on total US numbers, this is not an unreasonable assumption), that’s 21.9 ICU beds per 100,000 residents.
A study back in 2005 looking at NYC’s preparedness for a flu surge (with additional need for mechanical ventilation) gives 1713 as the number of staffed ICU beds in NYC hospitals. Let’s be nice and round that up to 1800, because maybe they added some in the last 15 years. That’s 2.1 ICU beds per 100,000 residents, assuming 8,500,000 NYers.
re: #102 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I genuinely get why people turn to religion right now but it’s a contagious disease. No one is saying you can’t pray or be without scripture. I’m someone who loves going to baseball games and musical venues but it’s prudent to not play games and concerts now. Religion is no different.
Happy my relatives are already posting on Facebook that people are being stopped from praying and reading the Bible. Posts are saying that the “deep state” has decided to move against churches to undercut Trump…
re: #120 Renaissance_Man
We can’t seriously hold China up as an example of success. The Chinese numbers are simply not credible. It’s tough to speculate on the real numbers in the absence of evidence, but a total leveling off of cases and deaths for six weeks is not plausible, not after such exponential growth.
For actual success, South Korea is a better example. Widespread testing, isolation, and bending the curve downwards successfully. Some other nations, like Japan and places like Washington state, also have done well, though it looks like they never had a serious outbreak and had a significant element of luck with how things have gone for them.
ok
I used their letter format, and sent it via my Rep’s contact link on his official house.gov page. So the service they’re using doesn’t get my data
PLEASE CONTACT your U.S. House Rep and ask them to Co-Sponsor the Humane Retirement Act, H.R. 2850 116th. Use our quick and easy form at https://t.co/z4OS8V3fEN.
Our ultimate goal is to end animal testing but while we work towards that animals suffering in labs now deserve life. pic.twitter.com/XDgTiG2lKS— Beagle Freedom Project 🐶 🐰 🐷 (@beaglefreedom) April 2, 2020
re: #128 Mescalero09
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— ପ੭j♡celyn੭ଓ (@tiredsanrio) April 2, 2020
re: #146 Joe Bacon 🌹
Happy my relatives are already posting on Facebook that people are being stopped from praying and reading the Bible. Posts are saying that the “deep state” has decided to move against churches to undercut Trump…
I know. I’m genuinely astonished at people being this dangerously stupid.
re: #143 Mescalero09
Ever get the feeling that in the middle of The Plagues, the last thing you wanted to see show up was robed religious folks?
Or mimes.
Dear President Trump:
You are now presiding over a country that has never had to deal with such a widespread contagion - not even the 1918 Influenza pandemic comes close.
Yet what do we see - the executive branch of the most mightiest country on the planet sucking up to corporations who can’t/won’t do a thing in stopping the spread of COVID19.
Now we also see reports that your vast real estate holding are now suffering.
Seems to me that you have only one choice:
Either you bring the full weight of the US Government to fight COVID19, or you don’t.
It’s your choice.
re: #133 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
South Korea is doing a job for which we can only hope our Republican death-cult would follow, but look at this graph of SK’s cases:
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One fourth of their cases have happened during the linear growth stage.
There is no way out of this: until a vaccine is available globally, locales will be closed down to outsiders in an attempt to avoid a second wave.
The woman or man that will be the hero is the one that develops a rapid response serum test that will confirm if people already had been infected, along with confirmation of immunity once you get fully through your infection (I mean, I assume that no such test exists). Being able to quickly and conclusively determine that an individual isn’t a risk of becoming sick or being a carrier would go a long ways towards moving us forward.
re: #153 Mike Lamb
The woman or man that will be the hero is the one that develops a rapid response serum test that will confirm if people already had been infected, along with confirmation of immunity once you get fully through your infection (I mean, I assume that no such test exists). Being able to quickly and conclusively determine that an individual isn’t a risk of becoming sick or being a carrier would go a long ways towards moving us forward.
Serological tests that show antibodies (and therefore whether you have been infected and recovered) do exist. They aren’t widespread yet, but I’m pretty sure testing is starting to roll out in Europe.
re: #145 klys (maker of Silmarils)
New York City’s 2,449 ICU beds were 84 percent full on Monday, leaving 392 beds open for New Yorkers critically ill with COVID-19 or any other ailment, according to tallies obtained from the state Department of Health.
They’re rapidly trying to surge additional beds and capabilities.
At 2449 for 8.5 million NYers, that works out to about 2.9 per 100,000.
re: #124 sagehen
Gay New Yorkers and San Franciscans in the 1980’s. This is very familiar to them.
Except that in the ‘80’s, every. single. person. who caught that mysterious new disease died horribly. This is familiar enough to be triggering, I’m sure, but we’re not going to spend the next several years going to funerals.
re: #128 Mescalero09
I wonder how she got in?
re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth
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There’s a compelling argument to be made that Trump is the force majeure, in that his deliberate neglect is the single most exacerbating factor necessitating the very shutdown he’s seeking relief for.
re: #157 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
I wonder how she got in?
My 3yr-old granddaughter got in one at a Chuck-e-Cheeze.
re: #157 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
Ever have a cat?
re: #155 lawhawk
New York City’s 2,449 ICU beds were 84 percent full on Monday, leaving 392 beds open for New Yorkers critically ill with COVID-19 or any other ailment, according to tallies obtained from the state Department of Health.
They’re rapidly trying to surge additional beds and capabilities.
At 2449 for 8.5 million NYers, that works out to about 2.9 per 100,000.
So better than 2005 but still …there’s a reason Germany is seeing fewer deaths. And is capable of taking in some of the overflow from, say, France.
re: #157 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
I wonder how she got in?
there’s someone walking around the arcade games warehouse calling “bootsie; has anyone seen bootsie?”
re: #162 Mescalero09
I like you new icon. :)
re: #164 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
there’s someone walking around the arcade games warehouse calling “bootsie; has anyone seen bootsie?”
And a couple lucky kids got home with her sisters.
FUN FACT: Martha McSally has the distinction of being the only current senator who has lost every election for the US Senate she’s ever run in https://t.co/AprMWB8ATT
— Jeff Timmer (@jefftimmer) April 2, 2020
The U.S. Navy will fire a commander for standing up for the safety of his sailors.
It’s not the first time Trump and Esper have fired decorated service members for doing what’s right.
It’s unforgivable, and it will cost lives. https://t.co/r7OXw6BfI7— VoteVets (@votevets) April 2, 2020
re: #153 Mike Lamb
The woman or man that will be the hero is the one that develops a rapid response serum test that will confirm if people already had been infected, along with confirmation of immunity once you get fully through your infection (I mean, I assume that no such test exists). Being able to quickly and conclusively determine that an individual isn’t a risk of becoming sick or being a carrier would go a long ways towards moving us forward.
I was reading an article about that today. Apparently, since there is a fair number of “benign” coronaviruses floating around, it’s hard to find one that will gauge your immunity to this one accurately. The last thing we want is a lot of people who think they’re immune but aren’t running around.
re: #167 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Booting her stupid ass out of the Senate will prove delightful.
Dog help us if the GOP doesn’t pay some political price for this in November…
Just spoke to my friend MBS (Crown Prince) of Saudi Arabia, who spoke with President Putin of Russia, & I expect & hope that they will be cutting back approximately 10 Million Barrels, and maybe substantially more which, if it happens, will be GREAT for the oil & gas industry!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2020
#BREAKING: Trump after calling the Saudi crown prince: Production cutdown will be great for the oil and gas industry https://t.co/mk3HgpI62d pic.twitter.com/qkX2ctWJOr
— Arab News (@arabnews) April 2, 2020
So Trump’s ‘cut in the oil production’ was more of a request than a done deal. More Trump market manipulation.
Instead of nailing the Sec Def and everyone else in the chain of command for failing to implement proper sanitary cordon and eliminating shore leaves and quarantining everyone prior to boarding, Trump’s ppl will fire the captain defending his ship and crew.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 2, 2020
re: #162 Mescalero09
Ever have a cat?
Sure, but they’re generally not good at getting into completely sealed packages, and those games always looked pretty well sealed to me.
re: #165 PhillyPretzel
It’s where Good and Plenty was originally made. Grew up not far from there. 6th Street southbound trolley. Goldenbergs Dark Chocolate Peanut Chews was another local hit. Still eat them.
re: #173 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
Sure, but they’re generally not good at getting into completely sealed packages, and those games always looked pretty well sealed to me.
Not totally sealed. Double drop door to get your prize out. Easy for a cat.
re: #171 Dread Pirate
And I just checked Kitco and the spot price for crude has gone up to $24.95. It will probably go up higher.
re: #167 Backwoods_Sleuth
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and still managed to become a senator
FUN FACT: Martha McSally has the distinction of being the only current senator who has lost every election for the US Senate she’s ever run in https://t.co/AprMWB8ATT
— Jeff Timmer (@jefftimmer) April 2, 2020
re: #171 Dread Pirate
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So Trump’s ‘cut in the oil production’ was more of a request than a done deal. More Trump market manipulation.
“My friend” MBS. We can’t rid of this orange turd fast enough.
re: #177 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
and still managed to become a senator
fascinating strategy Cotton let’s see if it pays off
re: #178 KingKenrod
“My friend” MBS. We can’t rid of this orange turd fast enough.
Ya’ gotta give MBS a hand.
re: #174 Mescalero09
It’s where Good and Plenty was originally made. Grew up not far from there. 6th Street southbound trolley. Goldenbergs Dark Chocolate Peanut Chews was another local hit. Still eat them.
once upon a time there was an engineer….
The real crime here was demonstrating actual leadership.
This officer took a stand in defense of the health and safety of his crew amid a grotesquely mismanaged public health catastrophe that threatened to destroy his ship’s mission readiness and he’s going to be punished for it https://t.co/CNfHfFuMJ9— Stop acting like this is normal (@goddamnedfrank) April 2, 2020
re: #185 Mescalero09
What’s the filling on those? They look really tasty.
re: #181 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Social distancing.
Jesus, these fucking people. https://t.co/H0KbuwQdNZ— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) April 2, 2020
re: #183 goddamnedfrank
Anyone who says the Republicans are the strongest supporters of the military needs to sit down and shut the fuck up.
re: #183 goddamnedfrank
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they see leadership as insubordination
The real crime here was demonstrating actual leadership.
This officer took a stand in defense of the health and safety of his crew amid a grotesquely mismanaged public health catastrophe that threatened to destroy his ship’s mission readiness and he’s going to be punished for it https://t.co/CNfHfFuMJ9— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) April 2, 2020
Sad news. Stay safe out there, fellow snow sports enthusiasts. Or better yet, stay home. 28-Year-Old Victim Recovered in Taylor Mountain Avalanche https://t.co/sk47A0Gcz6
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) April 2, 2020
They will.
And I doubt Trump will say anything about it.
And I doubt the Captain is in the least surprised.
First rule of being an officer: never make your superiors look bad. Especially when they ARE bad.
That said: good on the Captain. His duty is to his crew. https://t.co/uP4xsc73ym— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) April 2, 2020
re: #188 Backwoods_Sleuth
*cocks gun*
Stay away, motherfucker! At least six feet back or I blow your damn head off!
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re: #191 teleskiguy
From the article:
Forty members of TSCAR, WYDOT, and the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort ski patrol returned to the site Thursday morning. At 11 a.m., a dog had a positive hit on the victim, and rescuers dug the victim out.
Seconding the STAY HOME.
We have an acting naval Secretary right? I’m usually really good at knowing cabinet members and important agencies and sub departments but this administration plays shuffle so often.
re: #186 klys (maker of Silmarils)
What’s the filling on those? They look really tasty.
Thick dark chocolate with cruchies in it and the filling is rich thick coconut.
I eat one or two boxes, as that’s the only time they are in my stores.
You like dark chocolate and coconut, this is what you want.
re: #172 lawhawk
He knew that he would be the scapegoat but he did it anyway. That is a leader who cares for his personnel.
re: #171 Dread Pirate
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So Trump’s ‘cut in the oil production’ was more of a request than a done deal. More Trump market manipulation.
Wait…I thought low gas prices acted as a tax cut for the middle class. What does he want here?
If the people who thought #AskGovIvey was a good idea are the same people responsible for Alabama’s #coronavirus plan, we’re in real trouble. https://t.co/VTKqHC7dFL
— Kyle Whitmire (@WarOnDumb) April 2, 2020
indeed
Evening Lizardim from the wild north country. We added two more deaths and 53 new cases, marking 11 straight days of approximately constant (50-70) new cases per day, at a fairly constant rate of 1500-2000 tested per day (variance because we are fully caught up on backlogs and are processing them as they come in). I think we’re actually doing the thing here. How go things out there among the lizardfolk?
jfc
This man is evil and all people, in every level of Government world wide know it, and accept it. https://t.co/CizjqTNPKR
— Chuck Woolery (@chuckwoolery) April 2, 2020
Getting pissed about how nice random parts of his house look.
re: #200 Mike Lamb
Wait…I thought low gas prices acted as a tax cut for the middle class. What does he want here?
what day is it
This type of galloping is not a good thing…
When #ice starts to form on power lines, wind can then cause the wires to start bouncing, like here in central Nebraska earlier today.#NEwx pic.twitter.com/xBsRmTacnr— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) April 2, 2020
re: #2 Belafon
The thing about the Abbot test is that it takes 15 minutes — to test one person.
Pretty much useless for major hospitals in built up areas.
In fact sending it out to small hospitals/clinics in rural areas is not completely dumb.
re: #203 Backwoods_Sleuth
jfc
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Yeah where is this man who is 89 years old and is the right’s go to anti-Semitic dog whistle? Chuck should have stuck to game shows.
re: #206 Backwoods_Sleuth
Cool, resonance.
meanwhile in Idaho
“We were misled by some Public Health Officials, and now it is time to reinstate our Constitution.”
— Erin Robinson (@ImErinRobinson) April 2, 2020
re: #205 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
what day is it
I know where you are going with this, but hasn’t it been the same day for 3 months now?
re: #172 lawhawk
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We can rehabilitate and reward him when this is over and Cheeto goes down. I would suggest dipping into property confiscated from the Russian-incited genocide propagandists who spread denial and conspira-lies. Plain gougers and hoarders should also be relieved of their loot, to the benefit of all.
We need to learn something from the failure to institute “40 acres and a mule” back in 1865.
re: #183 goddamnedfrank
A ship’s captain’s job will always include being the fall guy. It’s part of the position.
That said, Trump is so bad that he’s corrupted the chain of command. See the war crimes Trump tried to wipe away, and let the criminals free.
re: #202 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Evening Lizardim from the wild north country. We added two more deaths and 53 new cases, marking 11 straight days of approximately constant (50-70) new cases per day, at a fairly constant rate of 1500-2000 tested per day (variance because we are fully caught up on backlogs and are processing them as they come in). I think we’re actually doing the thing here. How go things out there among the lizardfolk?
My county has updated the page so I have more data to play with! Still waiting on today’s numbers but I can say there are ~150 tests pending in the county. Our positive rate has been ~11.5% with the average turnaround time of 2.5 days.
Also, there are currently 118 ICU beds in use in the county, of which 90 are occupied by COVID-19 patients. The good news is 66% of the ventilators in the county are currently available!
Speaking on that gender split discussed earlier this morning, 53% of the cases diagnosed in the county are male but so are 75% of the deaths. This continues the pattern seen elsewhere.
Non-essential businesses will stay closed and Ohioans will be required to stay home until at least May 1, Gov. Mike DeWine announced Thursday afternoon. https://t.co/B7L9t9seW8
— WCPO 9 (@WCPO) April 2, 2020
re: #214 klys (maker of Silmarils)
The state has been adding additional data every 2-3 days - they now have hospitalizations, ICU usage, and people who no longer require isolation, along with demographics.
re: #210 Backwoods_Sleuth
There’s another LEO “guy” you hope never pulls you over in broad daylight, let alone late night back road.
re: #217 Mescalero09
There’s another LEO “guy” you hope never pulls you over in broad daylight, let alone late night back road.
One of the so called constitutional sheriffs I think. I wiki’ed it but Bonner county borders two other states- Washington and Montana.
The only person who has any information won’t be at the briefing…. https://t.co/eKVcIuxQCB
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) April 2, 2020
Fox News is booming in the ratings. Now Baier is getting over six million viewers, the other shows often get five million plus.
America is not so good at this truth thing.
We really are suffering a worldview collapse. The Americans, and there a sizable number of them, who grew up on old-time religion are not going to abandon their patriarchal, bigoted ways.
re: #207 John Hughes
The thing about the Abbot test is that it takes 15 minutes — to test one person.
Pretty much useless for major hospitals in built up areas.
In fact sending it out to small hospitals/clinics in rural areas is not completely dumb.
Current turnaround time for tests in my built up area is 2.5 days. I’m failing to see how a 15 minute test that can be done within the hospital would be useless.
re: #208 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Yeah where is this man who is 89 years old and is the right’s go to anti-Semitic dog whistle? Chuck should have stuck to game shows.
not so much
re: #214 klys (maker of Silmarils)
My county has updated the page so I have more data to play with! Still waiting on today’s numbers but I can say there are ~150 tests pending in the county. Our positive rate has been ~11.5% with the average turnaround time of 2.5 days.
Also, there are currently 118 ICU beds in use in the county, of which 90 are occupied by COVID-19 patients. The good news is 66% of the ventilators in the county are currently available!
Speaking on that gender split discussed earlier this morning, 53% of the cases diagnosed in the county are male but so are 75% of the deaths. This continues the pattern seen elsewhere.
I’ve been following the Italian news, as you know, and it seems that as time goes by, the average age of fatalities is dropping, and the sex ratio is also getting closer. Maybe younger people and women just take longer to succumb. I’ll keep checking those reports.
re: #218 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
One of the so called constitutional sheriffs I think. I wiki’ed it but Bonner county borders two other states- Washington and Montana.
One of the off his fucking rocker armed guy with a shield and a ride and no witnesses.
re: #34 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
paper checks could take as long as 20 weeks — nearly 5 months — for some Americans
Gosh, I wonder which ones.
re: #210 Backwoods_Sleuth
meanwhile in Idaho
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In a letter to Gov. Little, Bonner Co. Sheriff Daryl Wheeler questions the reliability of the World Health Organization and state’s response, saying it’s a violation of the Constitution. pic.twitter.com/gpnNbPSAht
— Erin Robinson (@ImErinRobinson) April 2, 2020
re: #211 Mike Lamb
I know where you are going with this, but hasn’t it been the same day for 3 months now?
he has no consistent ‘message’
today doesnt have to equal yesterday or even an hour ago
it’s all just shoot from the hip
re: #223 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
I’ve been following the Italian news, as you know, and it seems that as time goes by, the average age of fatalities is dropping, and the sex ratio is also getting closer. Maybe younger people and women just take longer to succumb. I’ll keep checking those reports.
I don’t expect it to stay at 75/25, for sure, but in China there was a small but persistent lean towards male being a risk factor.
Now, there are quite a number of potential OTHER components that would need to be teased out to say that being male is 100% the cause of this versus, say, higher rates of tobacco use or high blood pressure or whatever.
But in the meantime I do all the errands, being the younger and female half of this household.
SecNav said the fact that letter made public ‘undermined the chain of command’ as Navy responded to crisis, even though the point of his letter was that steps Navy was directing were inadequate.
— Missy Ryan (@missy_ryan) April 2, 2020
SecNav says that his message to naval commanders is: don’t hesitate to report problems but do it within chain of command. I’m not sure this is the message they are going to take away from handling of Roosevelt CO.
— Missy Ryan (@missy_ryan) April 2, 2020
HOLY CRAP
France has reported 1,355 new deaths so far today, including 884 fatalities in nursing homes
reuters.com
Brutal. https://t.co/cht3IkyR8I
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) April 2, 2020
re: #227 PhillyPretzel
Here is an article from my local PBS station WHYY:
whyy.orgThey are working on a 15 minute at home test.
That one is a diagnostic test (do you have it right now) and not a serological test (have you had it in the past) but that would be a good thing to have too! My main concern (and the article doesn’t really clarify) is how would the sample be obtained. The swabbing is …I think very difficult for people to do properly themselves.
re: #210 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #230 Backwoods_Sleuth
SecNav says that his message to naval commanders is: don’t hesitate to report problems but do it within chain of command. I’m not sure this is the message they are going to take away from handling of Roosevelt CO
Narrator: It’s not the message they are going to take away.
re: #231 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
HOLY CRAP
France has reported 1,355 new deaths so far today, including 884 fatalities in nursing homes
reuters.com
Most of the world is heading into peak outbreak. There will be more reports like this. It will suck. But we’ve got to keep pushing. With any luck in about two or three weeks we’ll see some more encouraging data.
re: #231 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
We’ve been in the beginning of the pandemic. As we enter the main part of the first wave, where deaths by the thousands will be reported from around the world, we will see how bad this is.
re: #230 Backwoods_Sleuth
At my job, if you can’t go to your manager, you can go to others, or go up, and you can skip as many steps as you need to. His letter wasn’t meant to be released from what I understand, but ultimately the American people are at the top of that chain of command.
It’ll cost him his job, but I could see someone who could run the VA or something like that in the next administration.
Wilbur Ross said coronavirus would be good for the US economy 10 million unemployment claims ago https://t.co/wjIfbvyXtD
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 2, 2020
re: #230 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Why are they assuming that he leaked the letter?
What is the fucking use of that assumption?
Aircraft carrier captain chairs are hands down the most coveted and competitive assignments in the US Navy, and they’re further limited by congressional statute to career aviators and flight officers. So the place I’d start looking for culprits is the short list of replacements who had access to his letter.
re: #51 The Pie Overlord!
In France they’ve just requisitioned one of the refrigerated warehouses at the Rungis MIN (Marché d’Intérêt National) for storing bodies. Rungis is the enormous market where Paris and most of the north/north east of France gets its meat, fish, vegetables and fruit.
re: #230 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Navy’s public profile of the Captain shows he’s got close to 30 years invested, so his career is effectively over. They’re likely going to give him the choice of quietly retiring at his current rank or busting him down and kicking his ass out, the message being that they’re willing to let him walk away if he doesn’t further the embarrassment of his superiors and the Navy as a whole.
re: #229 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I don’t expect it to stay at 75/25, for sure, but in China there was a small but persistent lean towards male being a risk factor.
Now, there are quite a number of potential OTHER components that would need to be teased out to say that being male is 100% the cause of this versus, say, higher rates of tobacco use or high blood pressure or whatever.
But in the meantime I do all the errands, being the younger and female half of this household.
I was definitely thinking of smoking for Hubei, but the age group with lots of smokers in Italy is much younger.
(I do all the errands, being both halves of this household. Also, too, just ordered more of the varieties of coffee they’re not giving to the stores. Once it arrives, I’ll have about twelve weeks’ supply. I’m expecting the shelter in place order to at least be significantly modified by then.)
re: #221 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Current turnaround time for tests in my built up area is 2.5 days. I’m failing to see how a 15 minute test that can be done within the hospital would be useless.
Or installing multiple Abbot testers in one hospital would be bad…
re: #240 goddamnedfrank
They don’t want real answers.
Suddenly I’m happy I’ve never smoked, drank much or done many drugs.
re: #236 Eclectic Cyborg
Most of the world is heading into peak outbreak. There will be more reports like this. It will suck. But we’ve got to keep pushing. With any luck in about two or three weeks we’ll see some more encouraging data.
re: #237 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
We’ve been in the beginning of the pandemic. As we enter the main part of the first wave, where deaths by the thousands will be reported from around the world, we will see how bad this is.
Today’s reported deaths in France is <160% higher than their previous high, of 509 yesterday
re: #245 jaunte
They don’t want real answers.
Exactly. Blaming the Captain is a neat and tidy way to quickly address the problem and make it go away.
re: #246 Eclectic Cyborg
Same here. I will admit though I did finish the Thin Mint cookies.
re: #247 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Today’s reported deaths in France is <160% higher than their previous high, of 509 yesterday
There are bound to be day to day variances due to a variety of factors. But the days ahead should certainly prove telling.
re: #249 PhillyPretzel
Same here. I will admit though I did finish the Thin Mint cookies.
LOL. Some vices are non-negotiable. You’ll pry my chocolate from my cold dead hands if necessary.
re: #249 PhillyPretzel
Same here. I will admit though I did finish the Thin Mint cookies.
That’s okay, after all they are ‘thin’ mints.
re: #249 PhillyPretzel
Same here. I will admit though I did finish the Thin Mint cookies.
Keep in mind you can order more online and continue to support Girl Scouts, who are much better at being inclusive than that other organization.
Signed, a lifetime member.
re: #249 PhillyPretzel
Same here. I will admit though I did finish the Thin Mint cookies.
Not yet associated with higher coronavirus risk.
re: #240 goddamnedfrank
Why are they assuming that he leaked the letter?
What is the fucking use of that assumption?
Aircraft carrier captain chairs are hands down the most coveted and competitive assignments in the US Navy, and they’re further limited by congressional statute to career aviators and flight officers. So the place I’d start looking for culprits is the short list of replacements who had access to his letter.
my understanding is that he did NOT leak it.
re: #248 Eclectic Cyborg
Exactly. Blaming the Captain is a neat and tidy way to quickly address the problem and make it go away.
Well, it’s not really much of a jump, as his name is on the letter and I doubt he’s denied authorship of it. If he had, the Navy wouldn’t be so quick to shit-can his ass. The question of who leaked it to the press is likely being investigated as we speak, but the immediate concern is that if they don’t nip this in the bud now, others in command of ships and/or units may decide to start speaking up publicly as well.
The daily Thank You Mr. President ritual has begun.
re: #112 William Lewis
This is a direct inheritance from our Jewish beginnings
Oh, just fuck off. You don’t have any fucking “Jewish beginnings”.
re: #257 jaunte
The daily Thank You Mr. President ritual has begun.
More like “Fuck You, Mr. President*”.
re: #221 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Current turnaround time for tests in my built up area is 2.5 days. I’m failing to see how a 15 minute test that can be done within the hospital would be useless.
They would be useful for testing healthcare workers and getting them back to the front lines asap. They’re not very useful yet for bulk testing because the overall throughput sucks ass.
BREAKING: Judge William Conley just ruled to EXTEND THE DEADLINE to request absentee ballots in Wisconsin’s election to Fri 5pm; to return ballots until Apr 13; & to waive witness requirement! Statement below. Help us organize: https://t.co/GjN0ea1bEN pic.twitter.com/Kpz0MDAkqs
— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) April 2, 2020
Huge kudos to all of the amazing civil rights groups, organizers, public interest orgs, voters, and @TheDemocrats fighting so hard for change in this fight—across three separate lawsuits that were combined and heard together. pic.twitter.com/OkkrW1rrMW
— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) April 2, 2020
re: #246 Eclectic Cyborg
Suddenly I’m happy I’ve never smoked, drank much or done many drugs.
Sleeper:
Miles Monroe: Where am I anyhow, I mean, what happened to everybody, where are all my friends?
Dr. Aragon: You must understand that everyone you knew in the past has been dead nearly two hundred years.
Miles Monroe: But they all ate organic rice!
Via ABC - In a press conference Thursday, Gov. Reeves explained why he has classified gun stores as essential businesses in the state of Mississippi.
“I think when you see what’s going in the entire country, the fact that we have a constitutional right, a second amendment right to bear arms, most every governor, republican and democrat alike, have worked to keep those shops open,” Gov. Reeves said.
He would continue, saying that he has seen the number of firearms being sold go up significantly in the month of March.
In fact, Americans purchased two million guns last month alone, the second highest month for gun sales ever, according to The New York Times.
Retailers say the buying frenzy is fueled by those who are worried that people will becoming increasingly desperate and unpredictable in the midst of the pandemic.
While gun stores shall remain open, Reeves said he hopes the owners of the stores will heed the call and abide by social distancing guidelines.
I really hate this damn Governor of mine.
MSNBC, CNN and mostly ALL “news” networks continuing to disgrace themselves and insulting the intelligence of viewers by airing Trump’s daily corona virus maga rally. Complete with misinformation, lies, nonsense, self praise and sycophancy not seen since German rallies of 1939.
— Bruno Amato (@BrunoAmato_1) April 2, 2020
If they are approved for & elect to enter program ~$1,600 a month while they wait. attached to the local Recruiting battalion, subject to UCMJ
Those ineligible, or opt out may be able to receive a cash bonus once they are are able to ship to their training base.
So yeah, it’s gonna be a cluster fuck
NEW, from Matthew Cox: Here’s How the Army Will Pay New Recruits Who Can’t Get to Basic Training https://t.co/M9JG0WThVB
— Hope Hodge Seck (@HopeSeck) April 2, 2020
re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth
The Trump Org. is going to start a Go Fund Me page. They would make millions from the rubes.
re: #264 jaunte
That’s a great take. He’s using the News Briefings to replace the MAGA rallies he can’t do right now.
re: #195 Mescalero09
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re: #263 Eclectic Cyborg
Via ABC - In a press conference Thursday, Gov. Reeves explained why he has classified gun stores as essential businesses in the state of Mississippi.
“I think when you see what’s going in the entire country, the fact that we have a constitutional right, a second amendment right to bear arms, most every governor, republican and democrat alike, have worked to keep those shops open,” Gov. Reeves said.
He would continue, saying that he has seen the number of firearms being sold go up significantly in the month of March.
In fact, Americans purchased two million guns last month alone, the second highest month for gun sales ever, according to The New York Times.
Retailers say the buying frenzy is fueled by those who are worried that people will becoming increasingly desperate and unpredictable in the midst of the pandemic.
While gun stores shall remain open, Reeves said he hopes the owners of the stores will heed the call and abide by social distancing guidelines.I really hate this damn Governor of mine.
want desantis? it’s not far
The intellectual decline of the GOP began in 1877https://t.co/VhN8Shm3Un
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) April 2, 2020
Ivanka needed time to get the product line set up. Half /
First it was you don’t need a mask. Then it was a mask doesn’t really work. Then it was only health care workers need masks. Now they’re saying everyone should wear a mask. https://t.co/mQcmE0OOxY
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) April 2, 2020
Reality is that we’ve never had sufficient supply in the States for everyone to start wearing masks at once, because nobody has stocked to that level because before this nobody wore them. And now, it’s still about getting the most effective masks into the hands of people who need them - the healthcare workers on the front lines.
We’ve got a very small stash of surgical masks here, from flying home after his flu diagnosis in December. But my mom is making some cloth masks to mail out here, so soon we’ll be able to wear stuff while running errands. (I’m saving the surgical masks for if they’re really needed.)
re: #266 stpaulbear
The Trump Org. is going to start a Go Fund Me page. They would make millions from the rubes.
I read your comment as “they woudl make millions of rubles.”
re: #268 Joe Bacon 🌹
Good’N’Plenty and Good N’Fruity…yes I did play Choo Choo Charlie with those boxes when I was a kid!
(still do)
BREAKING: Judge William Conley just ruled to EXTEND THE DEADLINE to request absentee ballots in Wisconsin’s election to Fri 5pm; to return ballots until Apr 13; & to waive witness requirement! Statement below. Help us organize: https://t.co/GjN0ea1bEN pic.twitter.com/Kpz0MDAkqs
— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) April 2, 2020
Huge kudos to all of the amazing civil rights groups, organizers, public interest orgs, voters, and @TheDemocrats fighting so hard for change in this fight—across three separate lawsuits that were combined and heard together. pic.twitter.com/OkkrW1rrMW
— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) April 2, 2020
re: #263 Eclectic Cyborg
These fucking clowns.
Listen, if any of you need a gun I’ve got plenty, and you can hit me up in eighteen months after we’ve all been vaccinated.
re: #203 Backwoods_Sleuth
jfc
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Nice to see Chuck let his Antisemitism out of the closet!
re: #271 klys (maker of Silmarils)
As noted by just about everybody, in Japan wearing masks was not uncommon before this pandemic. When I lived there I never wore a mask, but I was never really sick. The Japanese wear masks when they are ill, to not give it to others. Recently of course that now is more universal.
Basically, they don’t know what they died of, as there is relatively little testing occurring
Edit: Damn it all
wrong link
BREAKING: House Overisght Committee reports that FEMA officials told them this week that only 9,500 ventilators are in the national stockpile and only 3,200 more will be there by April 13.
Bulk of 100K ventilators promised by Trump won’t be there until June. pic.twitter.com/760qjehg6K— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) April 2, 2020
re: #277 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
As noted by just about everybody, in Japan wearing masks was not uncommon before this pandemic. When I lived there I never wore a mask, but I was never really sick. The Japanese wear masks when they are ill, to not give it to others. Recently of course that now is more universal.
That’s why we had the masks for flying home - we were the ill parties, doing our best to protect others.
re: #270 gocart mozart
The GOP agreed to ‘live and let live’ with respect to confronting racism etc. in the compromise of 1877.
Nearly a century later, the GOP became the party of racism in the civil rights realignment.
Rough afternoon for naval aviation. https://t.co/WgOmYkhSDD
— Jeff Asher (@Crimealytics) April 2, 2020
re: #281 EPR-radar
The GOP agreed to ‘live and let live’ with respect to confronting racism etc. in the compromise of 1877.
Nearly a century later, the GOP became the party of
racism in the civil rights realignment.“anything to retain power”
re: #137 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
Mulhouse.
Almost every case in France (which includes French Guyana, in the fucking Amazonian jungle) is linked to one evangelical meeting in Mulhouse.
re: #283 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
in fact, from the atlantic:
“Should Joe Biden defeat Trump in November, he will likely face the challenge of helping the nation recover from another economic catastrophe against similarly implacable GOP opposition. The Republican Party will rediscover its concern for debt once there is no longer a Republican in the White House. The more ideologically diverse Democratic caucus will be vulnerable to splintering and half measures.”
“The crucial obstacle to necessary intervention under such circumstances will not be traditional divides over the role of the state or the size of government. It will be, as it has been for more than a decade, the Republican belief that no one else should be allowed to wield power.”
re: #278 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Basically, they don’t know what they died of, as there is relatively little testing occurring
Edit: Damn it all
wrong link
Found it again
Ecuadorians in Guayaquil live with dead relatives after their funeral system collapsed amid coronavirus pandemic.
“Don’t leave him lying here,” a sorrowful widow begged after she was told days would go by before authorities could take her husband’s body. https://t.co/JI3EG0MVjh— NBC Latino (@NBCLatino) April 2, 2020
Echos of the Great Depression:
With milk prices plunging to lows that haven’t been seen in nearly four years, dairy cooperatives are dumping the product to reduce oversupply.
While shoppers are clearing out milk cases at grocery stores, that’s not making up for the closings of restaurants and schools. U.S. cows are entering their most productive time of the year right now as coronavirus is killing off a significant tap for demand. While some dumping usually occurs during the U.S. spring, this year it will be “even more aggressive,” said Alyssa Badger, director of operations at HighGround Dairy in Chicago.
Happening here in upstate NY.
this is why you use the dpa
With the coronavirus outbreak creating an unprecedented demand for medical supplies and equipment, New York state has paid 20 cents for gloves that normally cost less than a nickel and as much as $7.50 each for masks, about 15 times the usual price. It’s paid up to $2,795 for infusion pumps, more than twice the regular rate. And $248,841 for a portable X-ray machine that typically sells for $30,000 to $80,000.
Trumps rally has decayed into a bitchfest of witch hunts.
re: #287 Shropshire Slasher
Echos of the Great Depression:
Happening here in upstate NY.
Make cheese!
IT IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S JOB TO PREPARE FOR NATIONAL HEALTH CRISES https://t.co/UvXZl8UMJi
— Grudge of Whales (@grudging1) April 2, 2020
re: #246 Eclectic Cyborg
Suddenly I’m happy I’ve never smoked, drank much or done many drugs.
I’m high right now. :D
Trump at his two minutes of hate today talked about his c-virus test today like everyone can get tested as easily as he did. He said, I took it and went to work.
Trump [reading]: “I want to remind everyone that this is not the time for politics.”
[3 seconds later] “It’s witch hunt after witch hunt after witch hunt. And the people doing the hunting have been losing. And losing by a lot.”
Jesus H. Christ (I try to say this sparingly.)— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) April 2, 2020
re: #291 jaunte
But what if we have a rally and Trump gets to mock Lisa Page and Peter Stzrok’s sexual affair? Oh and we’ll even bring back the wall chant that he loves.
re: #178 KingKenrod
“My friend” MBS. We can’t rid of this orange turd fast enough.
Hey, he’s a useful guy to know if you want a carcass de-boned.
Everything that’s happening right now makes sense when you realize that American Conservatism has just been one massive moral Ponzi scheme
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) April 2, 2020
Say what you will, but, firing TR’s Captain sure took everyone’s attention off of those 10,000,000 people that lost their jobs in the last two weeks
//
re: #294 jaunte
We have been losing he’s right. But we’ve been losing the idea that we’re a world leader every time he opens his fat mouth or tweets.
I mean really, does he HAVE to do these bullshit briefings every day? Wouldn’t every other day be sufficient enough? Or hell, even fewer than that?
re: #299 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
We need a leader and we’ve got “catch me if you can.”
“Wherever two or more of you are gathered in my name…you’re fucking potential vector so scram and pray at home.”
Why does he have to leave for a brief meeting on this show and then come back?
And now we hear that Jared will be on the show later.
🧐
Trump left the briefing; he said he has a meeting but will come back. Adviser/son-in-law Jared Kushner is speaking now.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 2, 2020
So Jared is there and not Dr. Fauci.
Illinois Coronavirus stats
Wednesday 4/1 40,384 tested (5159 new), 6980 positive (986 new), 141 deaths (42 new)
Thursday 4/2 43,656 tested (3272 new), 7695 positive (715 new), 157 deaths, (16 new)
I think Wednesday was a catch up day…
Because real Christians like Matt think we should just let migrants and refugees fucking die. https://t.co/ktwMsyITAq
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) April 2, 2020
re: #221 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Current turnaround time for tests in my built up area is 2.5 days. I’m failing to see how a 15 minute test that can be done within the hospital would be useless.
Yes, but that test is for multiple people, in that 2.5 day period they’ll have run multiple batches of 25-100 samples.
Difference between throughput and response time.
sure, Jan
Trump on his second test: “I took it, it took me literally a minute to take it,” then it took 14 or so minutes for a result. He says he went to work, he didn’t just sit and wait, and the result then said, “The president tested negative for COVID-19.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 2, 2020
Sixty-three new cases today is at least not an increase in # of new cases from yesterday? But 4 new deaths; not surprising to see those ramping up, unfortunately, as people finally lose the battle.
Future historians will find that no other administration in the history of the US said so little with so many words.
re: #308 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’d rather have them in our country than Matt Gaetz.
Who’s the prepubescent boy at the podium? Should people have to be voting age before they handle the national response to a pandemic?
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) April 2, 2020
My wife found out like Monday that she lost her DL. In wi you can request 1 replacement by mail so I did it ($15). They emailed a faximile of her license with a pic that can be used for voting. Lo and behold the replacement showed up today so I took a pick of it and sent it in for absentee ballot for the deadline TODAY. (I’ve since learned they pushed the D L back but we’re ready to vote). They also have drive through voting by City Hall going on 7 days a week.
Well, now that Jared has caught up on several key episodes of “House” Fauci is no longer needed.
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) April 2, 2020
re: #271 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Ivanka needed time to get the product line set up. Half /
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Reality is that we’ve never had sufficient supply in the States for everyone to start wearing masks at once, because nobody has stocked to that level because before this nobody wore them. And now, it’s still about getting the most effective masks into the hands of people who need them - the healthcare workers on the front lines.
We’ve got a very small stash of surgical masks here, from flying home after his flu diagnosis in December. But my mom is making some cloth masks to mail out here, so soon we’ll be able to wear stuff while running errands. (I’m saving the surgical masks for if they’re really needed.)
I’m just pulling a scarf over my nose and mouth when I go into a store or something. The purpose is to keep yourself from exhaling (or coughing) virus, and that should work well enough. Along with social distancing.
re: #309 John Hughes
Yes, but that test is for multiple people, in that 2.5 day period they’ll have run multiple batches of 25-100 samples.
Difference between throughput and response time.
And that difference doesn’t matter as much if it means you can avoid having to treat a patient as presumptive positive when they’re, in fact, not. That’s a lot of PPE that could be saved for the cases where it is actually needed. Or healthcare workers you can get back on the job.
re: #317 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Hugh Laurie would make a better head than Jared.
re: #313 Teddy’s Person
Future historians will find that no other administration in the history of the US said so little with so many words.
You know, President Harrison, who was of course the shortest served President. I don’t know if many people remember this bit of history but he also gave the longest inaugural speech in history. I don’t know a word from that speech. And Harrison of course was dead a month later. I don’t know what happens to Trump in the end but history will not be kind to him. Few are going to look back nostalgic for Donald Trump. We will have reminded people what presidents are supposed to be again.
re: #288 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
Meanwhile, US agents in China are buying up consignments of PPE on the airfield for cash, more or less stealing stuff already bought by other countries.
Jesus Christ, at least get your talking points in order. pic.twitter.com/8pY2tc1kSC
— Michael Stahlke (@MichaelStahlke) April 2, 2020
Jared Kushner: “By bringing innovative solutions to these hard problems, we will make progress.” “The president’s been very very hands-on in this,” and he has instructed us to “leave no stone unturned.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 2, 2020
Jared’s trying to use every meaningless business cliche in existence.
Waiting for ‘synergy.’
One takeaway from Jared Kushner briefing: we did not start active response phase of dealing with this crisis until 13 days ago.
13 days!— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) April 2, 2020
OK, I fully endorse the use of #ClusterTrump
Translating these WH pressers, in a single sentence:
“Look at all the great decisions and amazing progress we’ve made closing this barn door now that all the horses have escaped.” #clustertrump— Thomas Schaller (@schaller67) April 2, 2020
Fuck this year
BREAKING: The Last of Us Part 2 has been delayed indefinitely, and no new release date has been set. https://t.co/k06Ass7Wna pic.twitter.com/NmYTd8I0hU
— IGN (@IGN) April 2, 2020
re: #302 Amory Blaine
Where’s the crucifix? I was talking about the absurd claim that Catholicism had, in any real sense “Jewish roots”.
Yeah, a religion that has been in oppressive power over large parts of the world for over a thousand years really puts a lot of work into private prayer in times of troubles. Talk about dressing yourself up in the skin of your victims. Christianity, the Ed Gein of religions.
Never forget that Search Dan Quayle was the 44th Vice President of the United States of America.
Some dumb people have stood at that podium
//— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀😷 (@FormerDirtDart) April 2, 2020
At no point is it ever clear what “data” he means despite saying “data” repeatedly https://t.co/bJlZQHbNrA
— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) April 2, 2020
the nerve of this fucken guy https://t.co/lLI0MLceSq
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 2, 2020
re: #327 goddamnedfrank
Fuck this year
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First E3, now this. I’m already hearing rumors that CD Projekt Red’s about to announce a similar delay for Cyberpunk 2077. This year’s a mixed blessing for the games industry: They’ve got a convenient excuse for any delays, but if they don’t have any money-makers out there right now then they’re going to be hurting by year’s end.
If hestitating to watch HBO’s #ThePlotAgainstAmerica because you feel it will be a depressing reflection on our current political dynamic, be assured that a U.S. President making a run at fascism in the miniseries DOES NOT also fail to address a global pandemic. Light fare only.
— David Simon (@AoDespair) April 2, 2020
At that point, the national electrical grid will have been sold off by the Kushners and you will have no operant streaming device.
— David Simon (@AoDespair) April 2, 2020
re: #330 Charles Johnson
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re: #308 Backwoods_Sleuth
Gas mask wearing moron says what?
Finally decanted and strained the kind tincture I started brewing the first week of January. It’s good, three months ago it probably would have sent me flying but I’m going to aim for at least double strength on the next batch because the constant insane bullshit levels have upped my tolerance.
Is it really that fucking hard not to be an asshole to people?
(Don’t answer that.)
OK, OK, Donald we get it, we all get it. You’re the lousiest fucked up human being on the planet. No need to prove it any more. You suck more than anyone ever has. Congratulations, you shitbag.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 2, 2020
Goddam. In order to elect leadership this submoronic and incompetent, you’d have to, say, disenfranchise tens of thousands of Georgia voters and scare the remaining, whiter electorate by running an intelligent, responsive African-American woman. https://t.co/KmdrLHWhy3
— David Simon (@AoDespair) April 2, 2020
Well, at least you’ve reaped enormous personal profits from this carnage. That will help you stay strong. And rest assured, with the Justice Department and the SEC captive to ideologues, you’ll be able to keep every last dollar. Good times! https://t.co/rscHx8ckbJ
— David Simon (@AoDespair) April 2, 2020
re: #330 Charles Johnson
The year is 2063, at the Trump Presidential library a ten year old boy is reading this letter. His father his standing close by.
“Dad, what the hell were you guys thinking electing him?”
“Well you see son, it all started with Fox News…”
re: #336 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Is it really that fucking hard not to be an asshole to people?
(Don’t answer that.)
There is going to come a day where someone he’s fucked over punches him with intent to hurt him badly. That will be a moment of joy for the entire world.
re: #331 Targetpractice
First E3, now this. I’m already hearing rumors that CD Projekt Red’s about to announce a similar delay for Cyberpunk 2077. This year’s a mixed blessing for the games industry: They’ve got a convenient excuse for any delays, but if they don’t have any money-makers out there right now then they’re going to be hurting by year’s end.
Cyberpunk 2077 has already been rescheduled. I had to rebuy the prerelease.
re: #336 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Is it really that fucking hard not to be an asshole to people?
(Don’t answer that.)
For most of us? No.
(sorry, I broke the rule. :P )
re: #341 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Cyberpunk 2077 has already been rescheduled. I had to rebuy the prerelease.
The Last of Us II has also been kicked down the road.
One takeaway from Jared Kushner briefing: we did not start active response phase of dealing with this crisis until 13 days ago.
13 days!— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) April 2, 2020
Jared sounds like Woody Allen.
I preferred the Gilbert Gottfried version, personally.
“The fact that he wrote the letter to his chain of command to express his concerns would absolutely not result in any time of retaliation.”
— Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, literally yesterday
This is absurd. Capt. Brett Crozier is being punished for his integrity. https://t.co/thpdIEgEbQ— Charlotte Clymer 🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) April 2, 2020
45 percent of the Navy’s coronavirus cases are aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt, per official figures. The numbers could be even higher. https://t.co/AITMrbjxI0
— Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) April 2, 2020
If Biden becomes the next President he should give Capt. Crozier a fucking medal.
Trump asked what happens when states are competing against each other for these items: “They have that, and they have to work that out.” He blames states for not ordering critical supplies before. “When times become normalized,” they need to stock up, he says.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 2, 2020
re: #347 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Why would anyone believe that infographic?
re: #324 makeitstop
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Jared’s trying to use every meaningless business cliche in existence.
Waiting for ‘synergy.’
and paradigm shift—another favorite. (maybe he’ll work in architecting, to please wifey)
re: #348 Eclectic Cyborg
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Sure, why the fuck not
A massive storm is churning and has stalled over the western Atlantic Ocean, just offshore of the East Coast: https://t.co/m7ChdHaAPW pic.twitter.com/44rCfeAsrY
— AccuWeather (@breakingweather) April 2, 2020
Trump on whether new guidelines will call on all Americans to wear masks when out in public: “i don’t think they’ll be mandatory because some people don’t want to do that”
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) April 2, 2020
re: #353 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Is it waiting for the virus to pass?
re: #353 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
That does not look good. :(
re: #352 Amory Blaine
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re: #324 makeitstop
“If you turn it just so…..in the right light it does not appear to be the piece of shit it truly is.”
My work is done.
Thread on Acting SecNav Modly’s presser over Cpt. Crozier being relieved:
Acting Navy Secretary Modly is firing Crozier for going public. He says Crozier “at no time relayed” the serious levels of alarm that he wrote in his letter, which appeared in “his hometown newspaper.”
— Kevin Baron (@DefenseBaron) April 2, 2020
Basically, they’re accusing Crozier of “lack of judgment” and “going outside the chain of command.” Modly’s insisting that the Navy had everything under control and is insinuating that Crozier wasn’t being honest with them how serious the situation aboard ship was.
tl;dr, the Navy’s embarrassed and is taking it out on Crozier because his cry for help has caused a publicity nightmare. Given events with Gallagher last year, there’s probably the fear that Donny will retaliate if he feels that the Navy isn’t doing enough to shift the blame.
re: #355 Amory Blaine
Is it waiting for the virus to pass?
I’m hoping it’s waiting for #ClusterTrump to go golfing
re: #327 goddamnedfrank
Fuck this year
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re: #349 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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If this were a Red Dawn scenario, Donny would be whining that the individual states aren’t doing enough to build their own armies and that the Armed Forces are only supposed to be there as a “last resort.”
re: #353 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Later today…………………………..
“Unfamiliar meteor sighted, trajectory not certain, but could come close to Earth orbit.”
re: #354 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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Trump pandering to the rural or rural-wanabee f*ckwits who scream about an evasive government at every shadow they see are costing us thousands of lives.
JFC take the wheel
The @realDonaldTrump campaign decided to show their patriotism during a world health emergency by sending this Unhinged letter out trying to say the Media is unhinged because they got their feelings hurt!
And the idiot that thought this was a good thing to write? #Resist pic.twitter.com/TLMaUmdI5n— Chuck Finley (@ChuckFinley202) April 2, 2020
Tonight is my Friday thank dog. I’ve had to deal with so many memos and directives, each one contradicting the prior one, so exhausting.
Suggestion to blue state govs: Publicly announce that, since the WH feels that responsibility for dealing with a national crisis is theirs alone and the Feds have no reason to be involved, then they’ll be withholding taxes normally paid by the states to the Feds to pay for their own healthcare needs. That doing so will, if nothing else, keep the Feds from outbidding them for medical supplies/equipment with their own tax dollars.
re: #346 Targetpractice
In the upside down, that is how everything works.
Imagine any of this happening if a Dem were president.
*republicans would be openingly mocking their social distancing, they would organize freaking rallies
* evangelicals would be saying this was God enacting vengeance
* no republican would vote for an emergency relief package
* comparisons to the flu would be even more rampant with a dollar per death clock in the lower right had corner of FoxNews.
* but less people would die because we would have a competent and functioning government
Federalism, how does it work? https://t.co/0gLHr5W1Fl
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) April 2, 2020
This is the dumbest timeline ever.
re: #328 John Hughes
Where’s the crucifix? I was talking about the absurd claim that Catholicism had, in any real sense “Jewish roots”.
Yeah, a religion that has been in oppressive power over large parts of the world for over a thousand years really puts a lot of work into private prayer in times of troubles. Talk about dressing yourself up in the skin of your victims. Christianity, the Ed Gein of religions.
Considering William didn’t go there, you probably shouldn’t either.
re: #351 BeachDem
and paradigm shift—another favorite. (maybe he’ll work in architecting, to please wifey)
He likes to think of himself as a techie. So “move fast and break things” would be on-brand.
re: #315 Backwoods_Sleuth
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