Sanity Break: Andy Timmons and Dane Bryant, “Falling” [VIDEO]

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1
Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:08:18pm

so adorable that George thinks Trump can actually read…

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Belafon  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:08:59pm
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PhillyPretzel  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:11:01pm

re: #2 Belafon

His so-called presser is still going on?

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jaunte  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:12:35pm
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PhillyPretzel  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:16:06pm

re: #4 jaunte

Do I say not as I do.

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Ace Rothstein  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:19:20pm

re: #3 PhillyPretzel

It ended three minutes ago, 3 hours and 15 minutes long, and I didn’t watch one second of it.

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:20:54pm

re: #6 Ace Rothstein

Good. I did not watch it too. DT makes me sick.

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William Lewis  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:21:25pm

As I said at the bottom of the last thread, FUCK YEAH!

Wisconsin wins! GOP Delenda Est!

Oh, when I told my son, he said that not only had he voted for her but he also voted for Joe Biden because he could see how badly the GOP wanted to run against Bernie and had too much shit to use against him. He’s obviously been paying attention.

Not bad for his first time voting.

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:22:37pm

re: #8 William Lewis

Very good. Please thank him for voting and also to remind him gently every vote counts.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:23:21pm

re: #6 Ace Rothstein

It ended three minutes ago, 3 hours and 15 minutes later, and I didn’t watch one second of it.

Getting into Fidel Castro territory.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:23:36pm
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Dave In Austin  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:23:52pm

re: #4 jaunte

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Hecuba's daughter  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:25:06pm

re: #10 Decatur Deb

Getting into Fidel Castro territory.

Fortunately in modern America, there are about 300 other stations to watch, plus NetFlix, Hulu, Amazon Prime etc. There is no longer a captive audience.

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Barefoot Grin  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:25:17pm

re: #10 Decatur Deb

Getting into Fidel Castro territory.

Heh, a couple of days ago I said that if careers were measured in Scaramuccis, these pressers should be measured in Fidels.

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Omar Comin’ Yo  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:25:26pm

re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth

Remember that guy you thought was OK, but his wife was, how do you say, a raging (wow Charles has filters…)
Yes and they danced and pointed fingers, and her friends felt sorry for her and his friends felt sorry him and it went on and on and….
And you would speak with them when they cornered you in work or the bar, because you couldn’t just up and leave, and besides, who knows what juicy tidbits he/she will drop?
And you would have “friends” who just couldn’t understand…
and why would anyone….
It must be…
First truth: He lays with her. She lays with him.
Second truth: If one left the other, neither would have any excuses for their wretched miserable existence.
George lays with Kellyanne.
Kellyanne lays with George.
End of discussion.
Can I buy you a drink?
Fuck George.
Fuck Kellyanne.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:25:46pm

re: #8 William Lewis

As I said at the bottom of the last thread, FUCK YEAH!

Wisconsin wins! GOP Delenda Est!

Oh, when I told my son, he said that not only had he voted for her but he also voted for Joe Biden because he could see how badly the GOP wanted to run against Bernie and had too much shit to use against him. He’s obviously been paying attention.

Not bad for his first time voting.

WTG!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:31:06pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:35:35pm
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Omar Comin’ Yo  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:36:52pm

re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth

Cats never do anything “accidentally”.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:37:07pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:38:23pm

re: #19 Omar Comin’ Yo

Cats never do anything “accidentally”.

I was gonna say, the cat was gonna be looking for the most expensive thing in the house to roll on next.

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Omar Comin’ Yo  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:39:43pm

re: #21 Backwoods_Sleuth

I was gonna say, the cat was gonna be looking for the most expensive thing in the house to roll on next.

Just to let you know you are loved.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:40:51pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:42:39pm

re: #451 danarchy

This guy? The New York City Council health committee chair?

council.nyc.gov

That guy, the English and Math teacher. The guy who knows fuque-all about how funeral parlours and burials or cremations work.

I get making sure Republicans don’t escape from their responsibility for this.

The truth does not need to be defended with lies.

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BigPapa  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:42:50pm

My Page blew by 9600 views in less than 4 days. Heh.

And most importantly, I realized Control+L in LGF works just like Control+K in Chrome and Google world. I am very happy.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:42:56pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:45:18pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:45:41pm
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gocart mozart  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:46:22pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:46:45pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:48:36pm
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stpaulbear  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:48:50pm

re: #12 Dave In Austin

Trump will tweet later tonight about his glorious victory in Wisconsin.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:49:11pm

re: #28 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Well… not that King George III had total authority. England had their own revolution/civil war about that previously. We were more irked about a Parliament passing laws and regulations where we had no formal say or representation in formulating them.

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makeitstop  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:49:52pm

re: #24 Anymouse 🌹🏡

That guy, the English and Math teacher. The guy who knows fuque-all about how funeral parlours and burials or cremations work.

I get making sure Republicans don’t escape from their responsibility for this.

The truth does not need to be defended with lies.

The city actually had park burials as a contingency plan. Not. A. Lie.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:50:54pm
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Patricia Kayden  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:52:56pm

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Ace Rothstein  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:53:35pm

re: #32 stpaulbear

People literally risked death to see to it that Democrat Jill Karofsky whooped Daniel Kelly’s ass for a seat on the state Supreme Court, and that’s exactly what happened. I hope this is a sign for November.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:54:52pm

re: #34 makeitstop

The city actually had park burials as a contingency plan. Not. A. Lie.

The lie part was it being promoted as something they were about to do. New York was not about to do it.

Besides, at least in Central Park they would have to kick out Franklin Graham’s grift first.

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Belafon  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:55:24pm

re: #31 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Decatur Deb  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:55:42pm

re: #37 Ace Rothstein

People literally risked death to see to it that Democrat Jill Karofsky whooped Daniel Kelly’s ass for a seat on the state Supreme Court, and that’s exactly what happened. I hope this is a sign for November.

Well, they’ve sort of set the standard for turnout in adverse conditions. We either GOTV or STFU.

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:57:51pm
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BigPapa  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:57:54pm

The amount of Trumpers and QBots who think the Madman was amazing today: 100%.

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Belafon  Apr 13, 2020 • 5:58:57pm

re: #41 Patricia Kayden

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You can see his soul being sucked out of him.

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danarchy  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:00:05pm

re: #24 Anymouse 🌹🏡

That guy, the English and Math teacher. The guy who knows fuque-all about how funeral parlours and burials or cremations work.

I get making sure Republicans don’t escape from their responsibility for this.

The truth does not need to be defended with lies.

You missed the whole point of my post. You are spreading misinformation(or lying if you prefer) when you say no one in the city government knows who he is and that he is a social media fraudster.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:00:38pm

Dinnertime, my wife is serving up a New York strip steak … catch y’all some other time.

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Ace Rothstein  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:00:43pm

re: #43 Belafon

You can see his soul being sucked out of him.

You have to have a soul first.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:01:45pm

re: #38 Anymouse 🌹🏡

The lie part was it being promoted as something they were about to do. New York was not about to do it.

Besides, at least in Central Park they would have to kick out Franklin Graham’s grift first.

Okay, but maybe it was a lie to say that the guy was only a social media fraudster looking for clicks and no one in the city government had any idea who he was when he’s on the city council and in fact chairs the health committee?

The truth not needing lies to defend itself and all that.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:03:25pm

niterz, lizardz…

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:03:32pm
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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:04:00pm

re: #488 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Isn’t the XFL mainly run by Vince McMahon? So what part of this is him cutting and running in order to leave investors holding the bag?

Owned by Vince McMahon. And with the large drop in WWE stock price, McMahon’s on-paper wealth has diminished quite a bit (he owns a majority of WWE stock, at least by voting power.) Furthermore, McMahon recently borrowed against some of his WWE stock.

The XFL was always a weak idea for a business. But McMahon was apparently embarrassed enough by its previous failure to try again.

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:04:28pm
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DodgerFan1988  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:05:36pm

Good riddance.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:05:53pm

re: #51 Patricia Kayden

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He is what he is. A gutless piece of shit that wants to be worshipped.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:05:59pm

re: #44 danarchy

You missed the whole point of my post. You are spreading misinformation(or lying if you prefer) when you say no one in the city government knows who he is and that he is a social media fraudster.

You missed the whole point of my post (the original YouTube video) of a person who has worked in the industry for many years calling out what she saw in the media (and social media, which she termed “media’s evil twin”) as sensationalism.

I get it.

I am not to share my experience on religion, because “I hate Christians.”
I am not to share an expert’s opinion on what is going on in New York, because a math and English teacher (city councilmember) spreading his opinions on social media is somehow “the correct” opinion to have.

I really don’t need this.

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The Pie Overlord!  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:07:28pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Now now he didn’t do “nothing.” He held campaign rallies and went golfing at his own golf properties.

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Belafon  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:08:35pm

re: #52 DodgerFan1988

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Good riddance.

Someone made a point over at DK: How many of these people had nothing better to do with the sudden collapse of part of the economy?

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makeitstop  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:11:43pm

re: #54 Anymouse 🌹🏡

You missed the whole point of my post (the original YouTube video) of a person who has worked in the industry for many years calling out what she saw in the media (and social media, which she termed “media’s evil twin”) as sensationalism.

I get it.

I am not to share my experience on religion, because “I hate Christians.”
I am not to share an expert’s opinion on what is going on in New York, because a math and English teacher (city councilmember) spreading his opinions on social media is somehow “the correct” opinion to have.

I really don’t need this.

Not again.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:12:28pm
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lawhawk  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:12:52pm

re: #36 Patricia Kayden

Need to update those counts.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:14:33pm
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Patricia Kayden  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:15:08pm

re: #53 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

He is what he is. A gutless piece of shit that wants to be worshipped.

Not just worshipped — obeyed without question. Dictator wannabe.

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danarchy  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:15:54pm

re: #54 Anymouse 🌹🏡

You missed the whole point of my post (the original YouTube video) of a person who has worked in the industry for many years calling out what she saw in the media (and social media, which she termed “media’s evil twin”) as sensationalism.

I get it.

I am not to share my experience on religion, because “I hate Christians.”
I am not to share an expert’s opinion on what is going on in New York, because a math and English teacher (city councilmember) spreading his opinions on social media is somehow “the correct” opinion to have.

I really don’t need this.

Oh brother, I never said what he said was true or accurate. I never made any statement about his veracity at all actually. Just pointing out that you were using misinformation to dismiss what he said instead of challenging the message you attacked the messenger, and you continue to do so by pointing out he was a math and english teacher as if that is somehow a bad thing. Kind of like some people attacking a certain congress person as a bartender.

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Jack Burton  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:16:31pm

Does anyone have any idea why the US went from being around +30k new cases per day for a week or so, to +127k cases today. What’s different? Did we all of a sudden start doing actual widespread testing with kits that aren’t faulty lowest-bidder garbage or what?

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:18:18pm

Expect the American right-wing media to jump on this:

New Zealand lockdown rules should be relaxed, local health experts say

It should be noted that New Zealand currently has only 1,349 cases and 5 deaths, so their hospitals are not overwhelmed. By population, they only have 280 cases per million.

Also note that the counter-government group’s proposal still includes bans on travels from overseas, to keep new infections from coming in.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:18:38pm
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uriel  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:19:11pm

re: #63 Jack Burton

Does anyone have any idea why the US went from being around +30k new cases per day for a week or so, to +127k cases today. What’s different? Did we all of a sudden start doing actual widespread testing with kits that aren’t faulty lowest-bidder garbage or what?

I believe some hospitals don’t update their numbers over the weekend, so that might be part of it.

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danarchy  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:19:16pm

re: #63 Jack Burton

Does anyone have any idea why the US went from being around +30k new cases per day for a week or so, to +127k cases today. What’s different? Did we all of a sudden start doing actual widespread testing with kits that aren’t faulty lowest-bidder garbage or what?

Um, I think you put an extra one in front of the number. I am seeing a little under 27000

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Decatur Deb  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:19:58pm

re: #63 Jack Burton

Does anyone have any idea why the US went from being around +30k new cases per day for a week or so, to +127k cases today. What’s different? Did we all of a sudden start doing actual widespread testing with kits that aren’t faulty lowest-bidder garbage or what?

Recheck the source. Worldometer only shows about 27k, a little down from yesterday.

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:21:26pm
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Jack Burton  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:21:44pm

re: #67 danarchy

arcgis.com

Check US daily cases. +126.9K

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Charles Johnson  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:24:43pm
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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:25:07pm

re: #70 Jack Burton

arcgis.com

Check US daily cases. +126.9K

If you go to the state by state data Florida’s did a monster jump.

Like +100,000.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:25:51pm

re: #70 Jack Burton

arcgis.com

Check US daily cases. +126.9K

Suddenly arcgis is asking for a password/ID.

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Jack Burton  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:27:18pm

re: #73 Decatur Deb

Suddenly arcgis is asking for a password/ID.

I fixed the URL but here’s a screen shot.

April 13 +126.9k New US cases.
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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:27:32pm

OK. Now Florida is back down to 21,000 cases - but the chart is still off.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:27:41pm

re: #72 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

If you go to the state by state data Florida’s did a monster jump.

Not Worldometer, “only” 1,124.

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teleskiguy  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:28:14pm
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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:28:31pm

Local grocery store had lots of people wearing bandanas/scarves, as well as proper face masks.

I realize that the idea of having to require a face covering is to make social pressure on those who want to flaunt the idea of a lockdown.

But bandanas are not really going to work very well at all. A good face mask needs to cover the nose and mouth in a complete circle, literally separating any free airflow from them. A bandana worn like a gangster doesn’t do this, all it does is force fomites out the bottom (which is the direction the items on a shelf probably are) or upwards past the nose.

The real problem is that stores around here just don’t have proper face masks available.

Furthermore, these made-at-home masks, or really any mask, does not lessen the need to wash one’s hands every time one goes out, or to not wash off items bought at the store. Transmission to another human is more likely from touching a surface and then rubbing your eyes, or picking your nose, etc.

I wonder how many of these bandana wearers realize they still have to continually go through these washing rituals?

Anyway, case numbers are down daily, which everyone probably rightly attributes to the social distancing. Simply by not going to groups and hugging/shaking hands with everyone else is likely the real difference in slowing the spread.

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Omar Comin’ Yo  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:30:22pm

Spring last year. Virdilla Pa looking East at Mahantango Mt. AKA Line Mountain.
In the valley between runs the Susquehanna River.
Wish it was carefree once again.

Get aught no really?
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lawhawk  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:31:42pm

re: #60 Charles Johnson

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What happened during the missing month?

That would be after impeachment and before March? That month?

The one where he went golfing, did a bunch of rallies, and ignored the growing crisis while claiming it would disappear with warmer weather.

The one where he ignored the pleas to do something to help states that were expecting a tidal wave of cases that would overwhelm their health care services.

That month?

Yeah, Trump was MIA - in a drug induced haze.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:32:38pm

Meanwhile, also down on the underside of the planet:

‘Illegal’ dinner party behind Tasmania coronavirus cluster, Brendan Murphy says

An “illegal dinner party” of medical workers is linked to a coronavirus outbreak in northwest Tasmania, Australia’s Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy says.

Two hospitals in Burnie were closed on Monday amid a cluster of more than 60 COVID-19 cases, including about 45 staff, associated with the facilities.

Dr Murphy was appearing on Tuesday before the Epidemic Response Committee, a select committee set up to run in the place of parliament, which has been suspended under New Zealand’s lockdown.

“We thought we were doing really well in the last week then we had a cluster of 49 cases in a hospital in Tasmania just over the weekend, most of them went to an illegal dinner party of medical workers,” Dr Murphy told the committee via video link.

[…]

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teleskiguy  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:33:58pm

It’s a cult.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:36:18pm

The reason people are encouraged to wear facemasks is because it helps reduce the transmission rates during the presymptomatic period (or asymptomatic period if one doesn’t ever develop symptoms). Is a cloth mask as effective as an N95 mask? No. But we need the N95 masks for medical folks right now and a cloth mask is more effective than not doing anything at all. Here’s a study out in the review process right now on the topic.

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EPR-radar  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:36:31pm

re: #81 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

A dinner party of medical workers is like the stupidest* possible idea right now.

(*) excluding Trump, of course.

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danarchy  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:37:00pm

re: #74 Jack Burton

I fixed the URL but here’s a screen shot.

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total cases does not seem to have increased by the same amount. Maybe an error in the data?

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:37:35pm

Mountain of evidence blows out Ruby Princess investigation

Apparently patient zero was a worker in the kitchen mess that served the crew, and even when Covid-19 was diagnosed the kitchen remained open and serving.

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jaunte  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:38:15pm

Harry Turtledove is continuing to produce dystopian alternate history fiction in real time.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:39:39pm

re: #85 danarchy

total cases does not seem to have increased by the same amount. Maybe an error in the data?

Discrepancy seems like a flat 100k. Genocidal typo.

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Jack Burton  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:40:51pm

re: #88 Decatur Deb

Discrepancy seems like a flat 100k. Genocidal typo.

I hope that’s all it is. If not something really bad is happening and it’s going to flush all the IHME projections for the US right down the toilet.

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teleskiguy  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:41:12pm
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:41:25pm

re: #75 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

OK. Now Florida is back down to 21,000 cases - but the chart is still off.

re: #76 Decatur Deb

Not Worldometer, “only” 1,124.

Florida’s Health Dept. COVID-19 tracking page, which most sites use as their source data, is highly susceptible to input error. ie typos.
The other day they mistakenly inserted the number of non-resident cases “533” as the number of deaths in the state. Which resulted in everyone briefly reporting that Florida had a jump of 114 deaths overnight. A full 25% increase at the time.
The Florida dashboard never showed this jump because it relies on county & zip code data inputs.

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A Cranky One  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:41:45pm

Something I wasn’t expecting to see: Robert Fripp dressed as a bee chasing his wife around the garden.

Fripp and his wife dancing in their kitchen during the lockdown:

For those who don’t know Robert Fripp:

en.m.wikipedia.org

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:43:16pm

re: #83 klys (maker of Silmarils)

My point is what qualifies as a “mask”. The paper you linked assumes the mask is actually a mask, that is, the airflow has to go through the cloth.

What I am lamenting are the simple bandanas people are wearing.

To get a proper mask, one could use any of the patterns online for sewing a simple mask, or there are even non-sewn examples with a little skill with scissors and folding.

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jaunte  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:45:29pm
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A Cranky One  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:45:41pm

re: #93 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

My point is what qualifies as a “mask”. The paper you linked assumes the mask is actually a mask, that is, the airflow has to go through the cloth.

What I am lamenting are the simple bandanas people are wearing.

To get a proper mask, one could use any of the patterns online for sewing a simple mask, or there are even non-sewn examples with a little skill with scissors and folding.

Mrs Cranky has been making masks, but you can’t find elastic anywhere. Her latest use shoestrings that you tie behind your head.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:48:22pm
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Kilroy was here  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:51:17pm

I just want to punch this stupid looking face

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:51:18pm

re: #96 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:51:23pm
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A Cranky One  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:53:40pm

Forgot the pic;

re: #95 A Cranky One

Mrs Cranky has been making masks, but you can’t find elastic anywhere. Her latest use shoestrings that you tie behind your head.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:55:14pm

To illustrate the connection between Trump, Trump’s friends in business, and Republican lackeys:

WWE considered essential business by Florida Governor

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings stated during a media briefing on Monday that WWE is now considered essential business by the Florida governor’s office. “I think initially there was a review that was done and they were not initially deemed an essential business,” Demings said. “With some conversation with the governor’s office regarding the governor’s order, they were deemed an essential business and therefore they were allowed to remain open.”

Orange county is where WWE has their training facility and from where they are still broadcasting their live shows.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:55:14pm

re: #98 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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The follow-up question will be, how many develop symptoms and how many are truly asymptomatic? I believe this rate is much lower, and is what would be needed to finally put to rest the Silent Asymptomatic Majority argument that the Republicans are putting forth.

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stpaulbear  Apr 13, 2020 • 6:55:50pm

re: #78 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I’m using a bandana that’s folded into a rectangular shape and held around the ears with two rubber bands. It seals off the chin pretty well but it’s not great at the sides of the nose. I just bought four masks from a company that someone suggested up-thread.

I’ve been in Walgreen’s where most of the shoppers and employees are not wearing masks. I do feel safer in my bandana mask, and wearing a mask also sends a message that you should probably stay away from me.

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Dave In Austin  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:00:14pm
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Ace-o-aces  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:00:20pm
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jaunte  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:01:23pm

DIGITIZED (jazz hands)

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:02:16pm

re: #103 stpaulbear

I’m using a bandana that’s folded into a rectangular shape and held around the ears with two rubber bands. It seals off the chin pretty well but it’s not great at the sides of the nose. I just bought four masks from a company that someone suggested up-thread.

Which company was that? I seem to have missed it.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:03:01pm

re: #103 stpaulbear

I’m using a bandana that’s folded into a rectangular shape and held around the ears with two rubber bands. It seals off the chin pretty well but it’s not great at the sides of the nose. I just bought four masks from a company that someone suggested up-thread.

I’ve been in Walgreen’s where most of the shoppers and employees are not wearing masks. I do feel safer in my bandana mask, and wearing a mask also sends a message that you should probably stay away from me.

I’ve got an old full-face mask that would be easy to mate to a HEPA filter. That would probably work, and it would definitely keep people away,

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Targetpractice  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:03:13pm

re: #105 Ace-o-aces

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danarchy  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:03:23pm

Heh, someone definitely mucked up a data set somewhere.

Look at these numbers from coronawiki.org

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:03:50pm

re: #94 jaunte

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McDONALDS FOR EVERYONE

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Barefoot Grin  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:05:44pm

re: #108 Decatur Deb

I’ve got an old full-face mask that would be easy to mate to a HEPA filter. That would probably work, and it would definitely keep people away,

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especially if you can make it do the Darth gargle and weeze noise.

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:07:32pm

re: #99 Patricia Kayden

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But Obama kept over-stepping his bounds and should have been arrested, Got it

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:07:47pm

re: #107 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Which company was that? I seem to have missed it.

steadyclothing.com

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stpaulbear  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:08:13pm

re: #107 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Which company was that? I seem to have missed it.

It may have been on the last thread.

Steadyclothing

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:08:18pm

re: #113 Eventual Carrion

But Obama kept over-stepping his bounds and should have been arrested, Got it

Donald J. Trump is the first black President. The guy before him was illegitimate. This is known.

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Kilroy was here  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:09:39pm

re: #112 Barefoot Grin

especially if you can make it do the Darth gargle and weeze noise.

“I find your lack of TP disturbing.”

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teleskiguy  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:15:40pm

There’s some weird ones in the ether.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:18:38pm

re: #118 teleskiguy

There’s some weird ones in the ether.

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Shit—he’s going for the Mole Children hallucination.

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Jack Burton  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:18:40pm

The Johns Hopkins University site ditched the 127k data point and now it says 24.9k for today.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:20:35pm

To provide my own anecdotal data point, I too went to the grocery store today. Easily 95% of people wearing masks. No bandanas in sight.

No avocados in sight either, but that’s only a problem for my grocery list.

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A Three Hour Tour  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:21:54pm

re: #119 Decatur Deb

Shit—he’s going for the Mole Children hallucination.

Tweeted on October 8, 2012.

Remember, everything Trump accuses others of doing is something he’s done himself.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:22:57pm

re: #122 A Three Hour Tour

Tweeted on October 8, 2012.

Remember, everything Trump accuses others of doing is something he’s done himself.

Ah. Why would that surface now?

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:23:34pm

re: #122 A Three Hour Tour

Tweeted on October 8, 2012.

Remember, everything Trump accuses others of doing is something he’s done himself.

Edit: Didn’t look at the date.

He misses Epstein’s little island.

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teleskiguy  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:25:46pm

re: #123 Decatur Deb

Ah. Why would that surface now?

Something weird I found whilst doomscrolling on Twitter.

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teleskiguy  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:25:53pm
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Patricia Kayden  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:26:18pm
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jaunte  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:26:55pm

re: #118 teleskiguy

There’s some weird ones in the ether.

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He’s creepy all the way down.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:27:04pm

re: #125 teleskiguy

Something weird I found whilst doomscrolling on Twitter.

If you want weird, dive through Q and the mole children.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:27:38pm

re: #108 Decatur Deb

I’ve got an old full-face mask that would be easy to mate to a HEPA filter. That would probably work, and it would definitely keep people away,

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One of these would work good too.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:27:40pm

re: #121 klys (maker of Silmarils)

To provide my own anecdotal data point, I too went to the grocery store today. Easily 95% of people wearing masks. No bandanas in sight.

No avocados in sight either, but that’s only a problem for my grocery list.

You millennial, you.////

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Florida Panhandler  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:28:31pm

re: #65 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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Just to note it was not a Bible.

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jaunte  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:29:19pm
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goddamnedfrank  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:30:37pm
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William Lewis  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:30:41pm

re: #130 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

One of these would work good too.

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Gah, between you two I’m having flashbacks to road marches in MOPP IV…

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Decatur Deb  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:30:42pm

re: #130 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

One of these would work good too.

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Looks like Israeli or Warsaw Pact. A lady in Tel Aviv threw a fatal heart attack during an anthrax panic because she didn’t pull the canister seal off the air intake.

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teleskiguy  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:32:01pm

re: #129 Decatur Deb

If you want weird, dive through Q and the mole children.

Porn star Adult film actress Jenna Jameson is all in on the mole children.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:32:01pm

re: #121 klys (maker of Silmarils)

My own local store, I’d say about 20% were doing the bandana thing, about 50% were using bought masks (either the fashionable kind, or simple cloth masks), few were wearing what looked like legitimate surgical/medical masks, and about 30% were doing the improvised sewn-at-home thing.

Thanks for the link to the clothe maker, btw. I’m thinking about ordering some of their masks.

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:32:45pm

Ha!

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Decatur Deb  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:33:02pm

re: #135 William Lewis

Gah, between you two I’m having flashbacks to road marches in MOPP IV…

My office in Italy was Emergency Essential Civilians, so they issued us M17s. I got to send a pain in the ass through the chamber.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:33:57pm

re: #118 teleskiguy

There’s some weird ones in the ether.

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That’s pretty scary given the context that all he does is project his own crimes on others

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:36:18pm

re: #136 Decatur Deb

Looks like Israeli or Warsaw Pact. A lady in Tel Aviv threw a fatal heart attack during an anthrax panic because she didn’t pull the canister seal off the air intake.

Israeli. Surplus civilian. A hold over from my Survivalist (now called preppers) days.
Hey, you never know………

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gocart mozart  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:36:47pm

I admire her dedication to the manure spreading industry.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:37:11pm

re: #142 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Israeli. Surplus civilian. A hold over from my Survivalist (now called preppers) days.
Hey, you never know………

Well, be sure to tear the seal.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:37:34pm

re: #143 gocart mozart

I admire her dedication to the manure spreading industry.

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Wow. That aged poorly.

[Checks timestamp.]

WOW.

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:38:10pm

re: #134 goddamnedfrank

Privately? Why not say it publicly to save lives?

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stpaulbear  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:39:39pm

Per Minneapolis StarTrib

Nearly two dozen Minnesotans have been charged with violating Gov. Tim Walz’s emergency orders aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, revealing that authorities continue to tack on the count as a secondary offense to other crimes.

The charge — violating any emergency powers order or rule — was filed against a man accused of exposing his genitals to people on a bike trail, a man who allegedly met up with a prostitute at a suburban hotel and a business owner who kept his Brainerd lingerie and underwear store open, among others.

Several of the first cases that were charged by April 3 showed that police and prosecutors often added the charge to unrelated offenses that included drunken driving, shooting paintballs at houses and driving with a canceled license.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Minnesota has criticized such practices.

“Criminal charges should be the last resort,” Teresa Nelson, legal director of the ACLU of Minnesota, previously said.

Nelson has said that police appeared to use the violation to punish people for other crimes and were sometimes “mean-spirited” in their policing of the executive orders.

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William Lewis  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:40:19pm

re: #140 Decatur Deb

My office in Italy was Emergency Essential Civilians, so they issued us M17s. I got to send a pain in the ass through the chamber.

A few of them on EPrey. Be kinda a spendy way to go about things - find a mask ($80 ~ 100), new filters and seals (~$25) , perhaps a carry bag too? (Another ~$10). Oh, and a canteen with the right cover so you can have drink without breaking the seal and really confuse anyone who isn’t a vet.

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:40:31pm

re: #143 gocart mozart

What victory though? I’m not even joking. They are so delusional. She’ll congratulate him when loses in November as well.

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The Pie Overlord!  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:44:38pm

re: #129 Decatur Deb

If you want weird, dive through Q and the mole children.

Or let Wonkette do the deep diving so you don’t have to.

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danarchy  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:44:45pm

re: #149 Patricia Kayden

What victory though? I’m not even joking. They are so delusional. She’ll congratulate him when loses in November as well.

There technically was a republican primary in Wisconsin as well and even though he was unopposed I suppose he still “won”

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makeitstop  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:45:39pm

re: #149 Patricia Kayden

What victory though? I’m not even joking. They are so delusional. She’ll congratulate him when loses in November as well.

He ‘won’ the R primary by running unopposed.

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Hecuba's daughter  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:45:43pm

re: #149 Patricia Kayden

What victory though? I’m not even joking. They are so delusional. She’ll congratulate him when loses in November as well.

Did they win some local races? The Supreme Court was the one with all the publicity, but were there some local contests that went R because of the voter suppression?

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:45:47pm

re: #144 Decatur Deb

Well, be sure to tear the seal.

Intentionally left the mask loose so I DIDN’T have to pop the seal. Should have used the training adapter instead of an actual filter but, hey, visual impact and all that. :-)

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Pawn of the Oppressor  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:46:02pm

re: #65 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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Wow. I’m reminded of the picture in an old book on tornadoes in our public library that I read way back in Reagan’s 2nd term, of a piece of straw driven through an iron gatepost.

My Hypothesis of Weirdness is that any time speeds in an event exceed 50mph, the laws of probability loosen a little bit and strange things become… Probable. Like missing a huge flying object by inches, or crosses being formed out of wreckage, or cakes surviving a tornado.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:46:43pm

re: #95 A Cranky One

Mrs Cranky has been making masks, but you can’t find elastic anywhere. Her latest use shoestrings that you tie behind your head.

I bought 50 covered hair bands that work like a charm. Use a bandanna, line it with paper towels or coffee filters, fold it in half and in half again (so you have a roughly 4”x20” rectangle). Slide two hair bands into both ends about 5” in at both sides. Then fold both ends to the center and tuck the ends into each other. One semi impervious (because of the paper towels/coffee filters) mask.

smile.amazon.com

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Jay C  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:46:59pm

re: #149 Patricia Kayden

What victory though? I’m not even joking. They are so delusional. She’ll congratulate him when loses in November as well.

Trump’s big win in the WI GOP primary: 385,000 -0!
Of course, it always helps when yours is the only name on the ballot, but hey! You take your wins where and when you can…..

And dare I ask WTF the “mole children” Q-crazy is about?

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austin_blue  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:47:04pm

re: #92 A Cranky One

Something I wasn’t expecting to see: Robert Fripp dressed as a bee chasing his wife around the garden.

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For those who don’t know Robert Fripp:

en.m.wikipedia.org

21st Century Schizoid Man.

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makeitstop  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:47:53pm

re: #158 austin_blue

21st Century Schizoid Man and wife.

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stpaulbear  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:49:06pm

re: #149 Patricia Kayden

What victory though? I’m not even joking. They are so delusional. She’ll congratulate him when loses in November as well.

He won the Republican primary.
Not/

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The Pie Overlord!  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:49:25pm

re: #157 Jay C

Trump’s big win in the WI GOP primary: 385,000 -0!
Of course, it always helps when yours is the only name on the ballot, but hey! You take your wins where and when you can…..

And dare I ask WTF the “mole children” Q-crazy is about?

Here is a Wonkette Qsplainer

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danarchy  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:50:09pm

re: #157 Jay C

Trump’s big win in the WI GOP primary: 385,000 -0!
Of course, it always helps when yours is the only name on the ballot, but hey! You take your wins where and when you can…..

And dare I ask WTF the “mole children” Q-crazy is about?

I have no doubt that the rwnj talking point tomorrow is going to be that he got more votes than Joe Biden

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:51:11pm
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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:51:36pm
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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:53:29pm

re: #118 teleskiguy

There’s some weird ones in the ether.

[Got to do something about these missing chidlren grabbed by the perverts. Too many incidents—fast trial, death penalty.]

That’s a total Q thing.

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Hecuba's daughter  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:56:38pm

re: #157 Jay C

Trump’s big win in the WI GOP primary: 385,000 -0!
…

Pathetic beyond words.

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teleskiguy  Apr 13, 2020 • 7:58:37pm

re: #165 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

That’s a total Q thing.

The tweet is from 2012.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:00:42pm

re: #167 teleskiguy

The tweet is from 2012.

I saw that. But it’s still a Q thing.

This honestly should scare the shit out of any thinking person.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:00:55pm

re: #146 Patricia Kayden

Privately? Why not say it publicly to save lives?

Chernobyl rules, everyone is tiptoeing around the shared delusion

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Grunthos the Flatulent  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:02:38pm

re: #64 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Expect the American right-wing media to jump on this:

New Zealand lockdown rules should be relaxed, local health experts say

[…]

Let’s look at today’s figures, from the televised daily briefing at 1:00pm. New Zealand’s population is about 4.9 million, and our land area is similarly comparable to Colorado’s.

We have had four additional deaths today, bringing the total to nine. Six of the nine, including three today, were from an outbreak in the Rosewood rest home’s psychogeriatric facility. Those infected had been transferred to Burwood Hospital in Christchurch.

* We have 17 new cases today, 8 confirmed and 9 probable.
* 82 more people have recovered, bringing the total to 628 recovered.
* There are a total of 1366 cases.
* Deducting the recovered and deceased, that’s 729 still active.
* 15 are in hospital, 3 in intensive care (one in critical condition.)

What we are doing now is working. No dissenting opinion can disregard that.

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BigPapa  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:02:46pm

Reminder: the Chernobyl mini on HBO was really good.

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Kilroy was here  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:03:33pm

The new Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice….

Made me smile…

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Weaselone  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:06:10pm

Counterpoint on mask vs. bandana wearing.

Part of the reason the CDC originally recommended against wearing masks (besides the whole attempt to prevent the public from buying up all the masks needed by hospital and other essential workers) is that unless you are wearing a properly fitted N95 respirator, the protection it grants to you and others isn’t anywhere close to 100% effective. At the same time, there is a worry that people wearing masks would think they were safer than they actually were and fail to follow social distancing guidelines, i.e. they would go out more often, fail to avoid crowds, fail to maintain proper distances and engage in other activities that would more than offset the benefits of wearing a mask.

I unfortunately have no choice but to wear a bandana. The fabric is actually fairly tight, better than what many people have in their masks, but as noted my breathing pulls through and pushes out near my nose where there is no seal. The base isn’t as much of a problems as it’s bunched against my neck and buried inside my coat. Essentially, it’s little more than safety theatre, with the benefit that it encourages social distancing from me and may help minimize the size and spread of the droplet cloud I produce on exhaling. Having said that, it’s still better protection than the 25% of people I see who have masks and either aren’t wearing them or are wearing them incorrectly (often in bizarre fashion).

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:07:15pm
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Targetpractice  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:07:43pm

Something to retweet at every Berner who whines that they can’t be blamed if Biden loses in November because he failed to “earn [their] vote”:

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jaunte  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:07:46pm

Trump appointees suing for the right to starve poor people during a pandemic.

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makeitstop  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:08:26pm
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Jack Burton  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:08:28pm

re: #169 goddamnedfrank

Chernobyl rules, everyone is tiptoeing around the shared delusion

3.6 roentgens. Not great, not terrible.

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gocart mozart  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:09:00pm

Robert Fripp did the weird guitar sound on Bowie’s Heroes.

Heroes (King Crimson London 3rd July 2000)

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Targetpractice  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:09:07pm

re: #176 jaunte

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Trump appointees suing for the right to starve poor people during a pandemic.

The wingnuts among that 700K completely convinced that Trump cares about them and that it’s “those people” who will end up being cut off instead.

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makeitstop  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:11:12pm

re: #179 gocart mozart

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Remember, King Crimson lost a drummer to COVID. I saw him with them on their last swing through New York.

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austin_blue  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:13:51pm

re: #159 makeitstop

At least *someone* caught the reference.

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Belafon  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:15:12pm
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Jay C  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:16:56pm

re: #161 The Pie Overlord!

Here is a Wonkette Qsplainer

Thanks, VB.
Now I’m more annoyed than ever that Brain Bleach -like every other disinfectant - is so hard to get….

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Targetpractice  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:18:45pm

re: #183 Belafon

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One of the funnier moments being they lost their fucking minds because the disparate group coalesced around a single candidate virtually overnight and blew their “unity” candidate out of the water.

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austin_blue  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:19:04pm

re: #179 gocart mozart

Robert Fripp did the weird guitar sound on Bowie’s Heroes.

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Mellotrons and Frippertronics, he was one of the great innovators of rock music in the 60’s and 70’s. One of my musical heroes.

Larks’ Tongues in Aspic is one of the greatest alt albums of all time. Brutal. Beautiful. Haunting.

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teleskiguy  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:20:45pm

This is probably my favorite King Crimson tune.

Elephant Talk

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austin_blue  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:25:55pm

Well, here’s the title track. Love the kalimba in the intro and then it gets…brutal. Real horrorshow.

King Crimson - Larks’ Tongues In Aspic Part I (OFFICIAL)

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I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:26:16pm

re: #151 danarchy

There technically was a republican primary in Wisconsin as well and even though he was unopposed I suppose he still “won”

I wanna know what % he got compared to total Republicans who voted

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danarchy  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:30:45pm

re: #189 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)

I wanna know what % he got compared to total Republicans who voted

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I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:31:17pm

re: #173 Weaselone

Counterpoint on mask vs. bandana wearing.

Part of the reason the CDC originally recommended against wearing masks (besides the whole attempt to prevent the public from buying up all the masks needed by hospital and other essential workers) is that unless you are wearing a properly fitted N95 respirator, the protection it grants to you and others isn’t anywhere close to 100% effective. At the same time, there is a worry that people wearing masks would think they were safer than they actually were and fail to follow social distancing guidelines, i.e. they would go out more often, fail to avoid crowds, fail to maintain proper distances and engage in other activities that would more than offset the benefits of wearing a mask.

I unfortunately have no choice but to wear a bandana. The fabric is actually fairly tight, better than what many people have in their masks, but as noted my breathing pulls through and pushes out near my nose where there is no seal. The base isn’t as much of a problems as it’s bunched against my neck and buried inside my coat. Essentially, it’s little more than safety theatre, with the benefit that it encourages social distancing from me and may help minimize the size and spread of the droplet cloud I produce on exhaling. Having said that, it’s still better protection than the 25% of people I see who have masks and either aren’t wearing them or are wearing them incorrectly (often in bizarre fashion).

I’m seeing a lot of over the mouth but not the nose

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Targetpractice  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:33:20pm

The Spin Doctors…wait, that’s already taken? Fuck.

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danarchy  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:33:27pm

re: #191 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)

I’m seeing a lot of over the mouth but not the nose

N95 masks are incredibly uncomfortable to wear properly. So people will fidget with them thus decreasing their effectiveness or even increasing the chance of fomite transmission as they are constantly touching and adjusting them.

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William Lewis  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:33:49pm

re: #173 Weaselone

Counterpoint on mask vs. bandana wearing.

Part of the reason the CDC originally recommended against wearing masks (besides the whole attempt to prevent the public from buying up all the masks needed by hospital and other essential workers) is that unless you are wearing a properly fitted N95 respirator, the protection it grants to you and others isn’t anywhere close to 100% effective. At the same time, there is a worry that people wearing masks would think they were safer than they actually were and fail to follow social distancing guidelines, i.e. they would go out more often, fail to avoid crowds, fail to maintain proper distances and engage in other activities that would more than offset the benefits of wearing a mask.

I unfortunately have no choice but to wear a bandana. The fabric is actually fairly tight, better than what many people have in their masks, but as noted my breathing pulls through and pushes out near my nose where there is no seal. The base isn’t as much of a problems as it’s bunched against my neck and buried inside my coat. Essentially, it’s little more than safety theatre, with the benefit that it encourages social distancing from me and may help minimize the size and spread of the droplet cloud I produce on exhaling. Having said that, it’s still better protection than the 25% of people I see who have masks and either aren’t wearing them or are wearing them incorrectly (often in bizarre fashion).

I have a couple of shemagh/keffiyeh/lots of other names scarfs on order. I don’t want to waste any N95 masks but I am in the camp that anything is better than nothing. I try to stand back, turn to face away if I am getting too close, wash hands and using sanitizer more. At present there are very few cases near here; I do what I can to keep it that way.

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stpaulbear  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:35:12pm

re: #179 gocart mozart

Robert Fripp did the weird guitar sound on Bowie’s Heroes.

Toni Visconti explains David Bowie heroes production

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Ace Rothstein  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:36:01pm

re: #118 teleskiguy

chidlren

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I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:36:31pm

re: #190 danarchy

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is that total R turnout or just the % who voted for president?
I wanna know if it’s significant how many people voted down ballot but not for prez

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Jim D  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:37:29pm

re: #192 Targetpractice

Below Average White Band ?

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retired cynic  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:38:35pm

re: #198 Jim D

Below Average White Band ?

The first one posted here won it as far as I’m concerned: MAGA Death.

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danarchy  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:40:23pm

re: #194 William Lewis

I have a couple of shemagh/keffiyeh/lots of other names scarfs on order. I don’t want to waste any N95 masks but I am in the camp that anything is better than nothing. I try to stand back, turn to face away if I am getting too close, wash hands and using sanitizer more. At present there are very few cases near here; I do what I can to keep it that way.

I have been using one of these.

amazon.com

It certainly isn’t going to protect me if someone coughs or sneezes at me, but actual masks are still hard to come by. I have a 3m respirator with some p95 filter cartridges that I got for some spray painting a while back, but I just don’t think I am ready to rock that at the grocery store yet.

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Targetpractice  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:40:30pm
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Belafon  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:41:34pm

Rockwall County added three more Covid-19 positive cases, one in Fate, and two in the north west corner of the county in Wylie. That brings the county to 27.

Over the weekend, one of the people in Greenville died from the virus.

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Belafon  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:42:50pm

I missed this one:

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austin_blue  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:43:40pm

re: #198 Jim D

Below Average White Band ?

re: #199 retired cynic

The first one posted here won it as far as I’m concerned: MAGA Death.

I went with Josie and the Pussy Splats.

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Kilroy was here  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:44:45pm

re: #192 Targetpractice

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The Spin Doctors…wait, that’s already taken? Fuck.

White Zombies

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I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:45:04pm

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Ace Rothstein  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:45:54pm

re: #205 Kilroy was here

White Snake.

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makeitstop  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:45:58pm

re: #188 austin_blue

Well, here’s the title track. Love the kalimba in the intro and then it gets…brutal. Real horrorshow.

[Embedded content]

That lineup - Fripp, Wetton, Cross, Bruford and percussionist Jamie Muir - was possibly the best Crimson lineup. Muir was only with them for Larks’ Tongues (leaving the band to become a monk!) but the remaining members went on to record the excellent Starless and Bible Black and Red albums.

I’d rate that lineup even higher than the original band, and I’d rate the Fripp, Belew, Levin and Bruford lineup second. Consistently ass-kicking prog greatness.

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William Lewis  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:49:19pm

re: #203 Belafon

I missed this one:

m.xkcd.com

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Ace-o-aces  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:52:07pm
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Targetpractice  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:56:28pm

re: #210 Ace-o-aces

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The Simpsons - Stop he’s already dead HD

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Belafon  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:58:18pm

Oh, my gawd, “Democrats were worried about people getting sick, but then voted anyway”:

“Democrats capitalized on the chaos,” said Matt Batzel, the Wisconsin-based executive director of American Majority, a conservative grass-roots training organization. “Democrats and Governor Evers flip-flopping from there is no reason to postpone the election to fear-mongering that people shouldn’t vote in person, gave them an advantage that carried the day. All the while, the left organized a historic number of absentee ballot requests.”

nytimes.com

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Belafon  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:58:41pm

re: #209 William Lewis

m.xkcd.com

That’s what made me go google it.

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Targetpractice  Apr 13, 2020 • 8:59:47pm

re: #212 Belafon

Oh, my gawd, “Democrats were worried about people getting sick, but then voted anyway”:

nytimes.com

Translation: “You guys were supposed to stay away! This is so unfair!”

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austin_blue  Apr 13, 2020 • 9:05:32pm

re: #208 makeitstop

That lineup - Fripp, Wetton, Cross, Bruford and percussionist Jamie Muir - was possibly the best Crimson lineup. Muir was only with them for Larks’ Tongues (leaving the band to become a monk!) but the remaining members went on to record the excellent Starless and Bible Black and Red albums.

I’d rate that lineup even higher than the original band, and I’d rate the Fripp, Belew, Levin and Bruford lineup second. Consistently ass-kicking prog greatness.

Agreed. The first album was wowza, but LTiA, SaBB and Red were ridiculously good. Took them all to college (or bought them there) and played them LOUD. Some loved them, some hated them. I was always a fan boy.

(excellent LSD music, by the way)

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gocart mozart  Apr 13, 2020 • 9:06:19pm
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gocart mozart  Apr 13, 2020 • 9:06:31pm
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Dave In Austin  Apr 13, 2020 • 9:08:04pm

Busy night off the back deck tonight.

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Targetpractice  Apr 13, 2020 • 9:08:16pm

Ah, the laughable hypocrisy of wingnuts getting angry because their brilliant plan to force people to show up to the polls backfired because people showed up to the polls just to piss in their cereal.

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A Cranky One  Apr 13, 2020 • 9:16:26pm

re: #181 makeitstop

Remember, King Crimson lost a drummer to COVID. I saw him with them on their last swing through New York.

Saw them on their last tour as well. And the dueling drum work in unusual time signatures was amazing.

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A Cranky One  Apr 13, 2020 • 9:17:13pm

re: #182 austin_blue

At least *someone* caught the reference.

Got a chuckle from me.

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makeitstop  Apr 13, 2020 • 9:24:36pm
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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Apr 13, 2020 • 9:27:48pm

re: #200 danarchy

I have been using one of these.

amazon.com

.

“currently unavailable”

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mmmirele  Apr 13, 2020 • 9:37:34pm

re: #115 stpaulbear

It may have been on the last thread.

Steadyclothing

I bought some masks from them tonight, thanks to whoever suggested them. I could make them myself, but I just don’t have the energy at the moment…

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Disloyal Archangel  Apr 13, 2020 • 9:42:24pm

re: #136 Decatur Deb

Looks like Israeli or Warsaw Pact. A lady in Tel Aviv threw a fatal heart attack during an anthrax panic because she didn’t pull the canister seal off the air intake.

That’s 100% the Israeli ABC “אב”כ” masks that were and have been distributed to the entire population in preparation for emergency biochemical war scenarios since the First Gulf War.
Was issued one myself the first time I was in the country with my parents. Came standard with instructions and Atropen emergency injectors intended for the possibility of chemical weapon exposure.
You know, your ordinary teenager stuff… ///////////////

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 14, 2020 • 3:37:14am

re: #158 austin_blue

21st Century Schizoid Man.

Guitarist on Bowie’s “Heroes” as well, which is one of my favorite songs.


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