I was an Elizabeth Warren supporter, and I voted for her in the California primary. And this exceptional endorsement video showcases the reasons why I thought she’d make a great president: eloquence, passion, empathy and laser-focused rationality.
I’m disappointed she won’t get that chance, but her statement makes me feel much better that Joe Biden will be the nominee.
Germany is planning to start loosening restrictions after May 3rd: partial reopening of schools to allow senior classes to prepare for their final exams, opening up smaller shops (the ones with less ability to withstand a long shutdown) but still no large public gatherings (e.g. concerts and sporting events) until August 31 and a request to restrict personal travel.
At least they can do sporting matches on TV without audiences.
I suppose they could just put up diamond-vision screens in the stands and sell Zoom tickets…
I voted for her in the Texas primary. She represents the kind of person that I want in charge of a situation,
If Bernie had done the right thing after his heart attack, he would have dropped his vanity project and endorsed Elizabeth. The presumptive nominee might have been very different now and a woman. The votes for a candidate are often not based on policy but on temperament and (maybe) experience; certainly many Warren supporters, when it appeared she no longer had a path to victory, switched their votes to Biden because they were not fans of Bernie’s personality, even though they were not opposed to his policies.
I get the idea of a “caretaker” government to pull everything back together. I get why Joe is preferred by many for that.
But damn if Warren wouldn’t have been an excellent president.
So, CoViD-19 has claimed a Swedish Radio & TV Celeb :(
Var gäst hur många gånger som helst hos Adam både i TV och radio. Adam var alltid lika glad, positiv och trevlig. Det är en chock att han är borta. Tack fina Adam för allt.❤
re: #4 William Lewis
I get the idea of a “caretaker” government to pull everything back together. I get why Joe is preferred by many for that.
But damn if Warren wouldn’t have been an excellent president.
Part of me wishes she would have run in 2016. I think it could have very well played out like 2008, in both the primary and the general.
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Oh.
re: #1 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
When we do inevitably start to open things back up again, I really hope it’s slowly. Kind of on a staggered basis. Stores should still limit the number of people allowed inside at one time. Someone to wipe carts down. Cashiers being protected by plexiglass, and cleaning their register area after every customer. All employees required to wear masks/gloves. All customers too. Still offer curbside pickup for everything.
Unfortunately I don’t know how restaurant waitstaff will ever get their jobs back until there’s a vaccine. Opening dining rooms just isn’t a good idea at all. Even if they space people out and limit customers.
I would love for Trump to try and reopen the economy on May 1st and most companies and states to be like “yeah, fuck that. Not happening.”
Donnies meltdown would be epic.
Total power my ass.
Having lived in Germany since 1988, it would be nice to say I come from a country that is ready for a female leader…but even the first time Angela Merkel campaigned for Chancellor in 2001, she was shut down by the male chauvinist faction her own party, the CDU.
They ran some technocrat asshole from Bavaria, whom nobody really liked, and lost by 1% to the Socialst/Green coalition - and finally learned their lesson and let her campaign in 2005.
re: #8 GlutenFreeJesus
I agree 100%. It has to be a slow, measured and closely monitored process. Throw open the gates too fast and everyone gets fucked again.
My concern is that people will people will be so gung ho to get out doing things again that the reopening will quickly spiral out of control.
re: #7 SteelPH
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Oh.
I’m a freelancer, so I won’t be surprised if mine gets screwed up.
re: #12 Eclectic Cyborg
I agree 100%. It has to be a slow, measured and closely monitored process. Throw open the gates too fast and everyone gets fucked again.
My concern is that people will people will be so gung ho to get out doing things again that the reopening will quickly spiral out of control.
This is exactly what will happen
It’s over we did it were done
re: #10 retired cynic
WTF? Hope you can get that straightened out soon!
Apparently I’m not alone:
twitter.com
re: #3 Hecuba’s daughter
If Bernie had done the right thing after his heart attack, he would have dropped his vanity project and endorsed Elizabeth. The presumptive nominee might have been very different now and a woman. The votes for a candidate are often not based on policy but on temperament and (maybe) experience; certainly many Warren supporters, when it appeared she no longer had a path to victory, switched their votes to Biden because they were not fans of Bernie’s personality, even though they were not opposed to his policies.
This would be me. When the Idaho primary came around she was already out of the race. Joe was the only logical choice left.
re: #15 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
This is exactly what will happen
It’s over we did it were done
It is also just a case of people having to get back to work to keep the bills paid and food on the table…but nonetheless, people are going to avoid crowded venues, multiplexes, cruise ships, amusement parks and airports/airplanes in large numbers, enough to seriously dampen the recovery rate.
And just about when it starts to pick up, we get a second wave.
re: #8 GlutenFreeJesus
I’ve been really impressed by the number of meals people must have eaten out in “the before times.” Our local grocery store is just slammed with customers. Some of that is people ordering through Instacart or whatever and the drivers don’t know their way around the store, so are slow. However, they have “senior hour” every morning and there are still lines to get into the store. Since it normally isn’t packed most of the time, it’s not just limiting the number of people in the store that is creating the back-up.
Speaking as someone who never ate out all that much it is rather remarkable.
re: #14 KGxvi
Huh, even Rasmussen has Trump deep in the negative on their approval ratings… 45-54
Who are these 45% and what the FUCK is wrong with them?
re: #9 Eclectic Cyborg
I would love for Trump to try and reopen the economy on May 1st and most companies and states to be like “yeah, fuck that. Not happening.”
Donnies meltdown would be epic.
Total power my ass.
All of this is pushing on a rope. First, he didn’t fucking do anything, so it’s hard to undo it. And you can demand all you like that things open up; doesn’t mean that many people are going out until they think it’s safe enough to do so.
But it looks like the Trump businesses are losing enormous amounts of money, so he’s going to wave his magic wand and everything will be back to normal.
re: #19 calochortus
Speaking as someone who never ate out all that much it is rather remarkable.
Yes, dining out is a very rare event for me and generally limited to the occasional pizza, kebab or stir-fry.
I ordered a pizza delivered on my birthday…
Some people see Joe’s greatest asset as a weakness - I don’t - but here it is: he is one of the few old guard politicians left from an era where when you were elected you tried to represent everyone without exception. You can’t do that if you don’t listen or aren’t willing to hear the other person’s argument, and to give the notion consideration and its fair weight. He’s going to piss a few people off doing that, but the only person I know who’s better than Joe just endorsed him here, so I am getting 100 percent behind him.
re: #9 Eclectic Cyborg
I would love for Trump to try and reopen the economy on May 1st and most companies and states to be like “yeah, fuck that. Not happening.”
Donnies meltdown would be epic.
Total power my ass.
I was thinking a few hours ago about, in a way, how this is the gut check of all times for Republicans and conservatives. All this fucking sqwaking about being the only true caretakers of the Constitution for decades on end has led to this moment: do the right thing and vote for Biden.
Trump wants to be dictator and your party’s leadership has protected him every goddamn step of the way. If Obama was up there ranting about total power, they’d have already assassinated him at this point.
You don’t have to like it. You can, cry, scream, drink, clutch your Bible, go to the shooting range, whatever. You give a shit about this country, you pull the lever for Biden. Full stop.
You guys created this mess and now it’s time to put your money where your mouths supposedly are.
Based on the two conversations I’ve had with conservatives over the last two weeks, I just don’t think they have it in them.
re: #23 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Yes, dining out is a very rare event for me and generally limited to the occasional pizza, kebab or stir-fry.
I ordered a pizza delivered on my birthday…
I was envious that day
re: #24 Thanos
Some people see Joe’s greatest asset as a weakness
We live in an the Age of the New Media Reality where a long and transparent record of public service is a deficit: it gives your opponents tons of material to cherry-pick and use against you.
The thing that got Trump elected was his ability to sell himself as the ultimate outsider and non-politician. Which makes it important to really nail him on his record:
kids in cages
tax cut-induced deficits
“It’s a hoax!”
re: #7 SteelPH
Got the same message earlier. And all the bank websites have crashed.
With all this talk of reopening, I need to check with my daughter to see what her metrics are for reopening family get-togethers. Not only is she concerned about us over 65 people just generally being exposed to Covid-19, she’s a doctor who works in a hospital, so she (correctly) figures she’s a greater than average threat. We would dearly love to see our granddaughter, though.
Notice that the people who are most eager for Americans to “get back to work” are the CEOs and billionaires who make money from other people’s work.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 15, 2020
Idaho has just extended the stay at home order until the end of the month. Certain non-essential businesses will be allowed to reopen but only with drive through or curb side delivery.
I announced today that I am extending the statewide stay-home order to April 30, with exceptions for operations of formerly “non-essential” businesses, facilities, and services and new restrictions related to nonresident travel into the state. pic.twitter.com/QiVD6zOrqK
— Brad Little (@GovernorLittle) April 15, 2020
re: #20 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Who are these 45% and what the FUCK is wrong with them?
A lot. They are hopelessly deplorable. It’s all China’s fault and most deaths are not from coronavirus and it’s the Democrats’ fault for impeachment and Fauci must be fired and … and.. and .. Basically Trump could kill tens of thousands of Americans and he wouldn’t lose any voters because his supporters will go along with Trump and blame everyone else.
Nap time. Back in a bit.
Think of this in terms of a traditional war. We did the lockdown and social distance to cut down the number of bullets flying through the air, not end the war.
When we start to reopen, that’s more potential bullets flying through the air so we have to really think about many guns we want firing.
It’s not until we get a vaccine or a proven effective treatment that the bullets stop and the war ends.
Hi Kathy - I am 38-years old. The protest is literally about a bunch of fucking babies who can’t go buy plants or go to their vacation homes. If there’s anyone who doesn’t care about anything but themselves, it’s these fucking assholes. https://t.co/G2LeXJKYwk
— “Celia” (@_celia_bedelia_) April 15, 2020
When you’re with the alleged pro-life party but you’re happy to spread a deadly virus to buy paint and get your roots done. https://t.co/EQmUYG2oje
— Teri Carter (@teri_atthepaper) April 15, 2020
1430 Eastern time, and there’s still only 90k tests reported since 2100 yesterday. Something is not working right.
re: #20 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Who are these 45% and what the FUCK is wrong with them?
mrs dm said “45%? i dont understand how it could be more than 11%”
Dipshits crying about grass seed and hair coloring.
re: #34 Eclectic Cyborg
Watching some of my neighbors in Michigan protesting in Lansing, I am disappointed that once again measures that I feel to be common sense, and also scientifically based, are going to be fought against by MAGAs.
Why is it a battle to agree to wear masks in public?
For a bit of perspective:
Confirmed cases are over 2 Million now. Today is April 15.
We hit 1 Million cases on April 3rd.
Selfish and soft is a bad way to confront this virus.
re: #42 Rightwingconspirator
It’s a bad way to do anything, really.
re: #40 Ming5000
Watching some of my neighbors in Michigan protesting in Lansing, I am disappointed that once again measures that I feel to be common sense, and also scientifically based, are going to be fought against by MAGAs.
Why is it a battle to agree to wear masks in public?
Contrarianism.
re: #40 Ming5000
Watching some of my neighbors in Michigan protesting in Lansing, I am disappointed that once again measures that I feel to be common sense, and also scientifically based, are going to be fought against by MAGAs.
Why is it a battle to agree to wear masks in public?
Grievance politics. These people think every time someone tells them something that conflicts with their worldview, the next logical step is being marched into a death camp.
That is literally the only thing Trump is good at: conning people. He saw easy these people would willingly stick their heads up his ass if he just mimicked what they were thinking.
I imagine there’s a lot of “Covid only happens to other people going on” as well.
These fuckers are willing to die so they can get a mop and some screws at Lowes, and they’re more than happy to take the sane people with them.
re: #45 Teukka
That is why I did it over the internet.
NJ allows curbside pickup at lawn/garden centers. The one I deal with also sells fruit/veggies and other fresh food, and they’re a family owned business. I placed an order. When I get there, they’ll load up car for me, and I’ve already paid by cc.
I don’t get the insanity by some who think that they should be able to do things pre-pandemic, ignoring the risk to themselves, their families, and their larger community.
They’re selfish fucks.
re: #16 SteelPH
Apparently I’m not alone:
twitter.com
I’m gonna try writing ‘payment status not available’ on my tax return this year, since it’s apparently an acceptable excuse. pic.twitter.com/XHrsNRywr5
— Matt Christiansen (@MLChristiansen) April 15, 2020
And what’s killing me about the MI bullshit is that the restrictions there are no worse than what’s going on here in NJ. Shit, Lawhawk can correct me if I’m wrong, but I think shore towns have the right to shut their borders down to non-residents who have homes there.
It’s absolutely amazing how stupid and selfish Americans are.
re: #44 SteelPH
Contrarianism.
That and they don’t want to be responsible for anything or anyone else. Freedom with responsibility is something they can’t properly do. They’re children.
Also worth noting that the governor of MI is a Democratic woman.
Given the fact these idiots were shouting “Lock her up!” earlier, I’m sensing a theme.
re: #50 Mattand
And what’s killing me about the MI bullshit is that the restrictions there are no worse than what’s going on here in NJ. Shit, Lawhawk can correct me if I’m wrong, but I think shore towns have the right to shut their borders down to non-residents who have home there.
It’s absolutely amazing how stupid and selfish Americans are.
There’s a big partisan difference in that selfishness and stupidity. The left has its share of fools, but only the US right has effectively made being an aggressively stupid pinhead into a virtue.
re: #29 calochortus
With all this talk of reopening, I need to check with my daughter to see what her metrics are for reopening family get-togethers. Not only is she concerned about us over 65 people just generally being exposed to Covid-19, she’s a doctor who works in a hospital, so she (correctly) figures she’s a greater than average threat. We would dearly love to see our granddaughter, though.
i understand that some people ‘need’ to do things - critical things to survive.
you do what you have to do
they can ‘open up’ whatever they like.
i am not going to literally take my life in my hands, and the lives of those around me, to do anything that isnt absolutely necessary.
im lucky i work from home as does mrs dm. and we dont socialize much. and most of our family is not nearby so we’d be talking airplanes etc, so that’s not happening.
i get families, wants, desires, pulls, tugs. friends, relationships, etc.
mom is 91. she’s 6 miles away. we talk every day. she just learned to video chat. i only go there maybe once a week and each time i feel like the clock has to be reset to zero.
so it’s a no brainer for me. things that didnt used to carry risk now do. like leaving the house or seeing family, getting a pizza. on balance, they’re not important enough for me. these are risks im not willing to take.
re: #52 Mattand
Also worth noting that the governor of MI is a Democratic woman.
Given the fact these idiots were shouting “Lock her up!” earlier, I’m sensing a theme.
So, this shit happening in MI more than anywhere else comes down to right wing man-babies not wanting to do what mommy tells them to do?
The infantilization of the US right proceeds apace.
re: #30 Charles Johnson
Notice that the people who are most eager for Americans to “get back to work” are the CEOs and billionaires who make money from other people
’s workwho now literally are in fact risking their lives merely by showing up at a job.
while the ceo’s etc stay home, isolated and covered in PPE
re: #50 Mattand
And what’s killing me about the MI bullshit is that the restrictions there are no worse than what’s going on here in NJ. Shit, Lawhawk can correct me if I’m wrong, but I think shore towns have the right to shut their borders down to non-residents who have home there.
It’s absolutely amazing how stupid and selfish Americans are.
The Michigan militia fucknuts are divorced from reality and think covid19 isn’t going to affect them personally and directly with infections and hospitalizations and deaths.
This disease doesn’t give a shit about your politics. It just infects and spreads.
As for NJ, shore towns have shuttered their boardwalks, closed parks, above and beyond the state restrictions. Some towns have banned all short term rentals until further notice to stop out-of-towners from coming in.
• AVALON: Mayor Martin Pagliughi announced on April 6 that all short-term rentals have been banned indefinitely and prohibited all non-essential travel to the town. The mayor’s directive also shut down all public beaches and the boardwalk until further notice.
• CAPE MAY: City officials issued an executive order on March 30 to close all of the beaches and its Promenade until further notice. Then, on April 5, city officials placed an indefinite ban on short-term rentals.
• CAPE MAY POINT: Borough officials announced on March 30 that all beaches and the Pavilion Circle have been closed off to the public until further notice. An executive order was then issued by Mayor Robert Moffatt on April 6 suspending all short-term rentals until May 22.
• MIDDLE TOWNSHIP: Town officials instituted a ban on short-term rentals on April 6 that will run until at least May 18.
• OCEAN CITY: Mayor Jay Gillian announced on March 25 that its beaches and boardwalks would be closed until further notice. Then, on March 29, Gillian said that the town was banning all short-term rentals indefinitely.
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re: #56 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
while the ceo’s etc stay home, isolated and covered in PPE
The owners don’t have to do any work to get the big bucks.
Perhaps seeing how that plays out in this crisis will spur reform.
re: #37 NetworkKed
1430 Eastern time, and there’s still only 90k tests reported since 2100 yesterday. Something is not working right.
unless it is //
re: #57 lawhawk
My neighbor, the dentist, took his family (including his son who was about 8 days old) to visit his mom to what I’m assuming is a family house in Ocean City about two weeks ago.
They called us asked if we would take their trash cans in.
Made me angry to no end. I’m still angry about it. He’s a fucking medical professional with a child barely a week old and they took a long weekend down the shore.
Unreal.
re: #58 EPR-radar
The owners don’t have to do any work to get the big bucks.
Perhaps seeing how that plays out in this crisis will spur reform.
i get that
i was implying they dont have to risk their lives or health either
they’re risking the lives and health of there employees
then again, it was ever thus
When the next wave of people start presenting at the hospital the first triage question should be, where were you on April 15th. If they say Lansing but aren’t from Lansing, dump them in the hallway and go tend to actual humans.
— Grace (@JustDreadful_) April 15, 2020
re: #1 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Germany is planning to start loosening restrictions after May 3rd: partial reopening of schools to allow senior classes to prepare for their final exams, opening up smaller shops (the ones with less ability to withstand a long shutdown) but still no large public gatherings (e.g. concerts and sporting events) until August 31 and a request to restrict personal travel.
At least they can do sporting matches on TV without audiences.
I suppose they could just put up diamond-vision screens in the stands and sell Zoom tickets…
we will likely go this way as well. no major gatherings for sporting events, but there’s no way in hell college football won’t be getting played this Fall. classes will run, but they’ll be hybrid so not as many in-person contacts. there will be massive, verging on paranoid, testing on campus: random temperature checks, random testing, blah blah blah. students will likely have to consent to having gps monitoring on phones that will allow pretty much immediate contact if a student has been in the vicinity of someone who is infectious.
re: #63 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
20 to 29 April would be the time frame you guys would see the effects (assuming 5-14 days of incubation).
— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) April 15, 2020
Spreading a deadly virus during a pandemic to own the libs. pic.twitter.com/COCgUTE7HS
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 15, 2020
This virus sure has brought the stupid in some people to the forefront, hasn’t it?
Daughter2 is the only person in her office who has to go into the Denver building (once per week) to do a few critical tasks. The home office in Birmingham has declared her “essential”, sent her a supply of masks and gloves, given her an out-of-cycle performance award and put her on hazard pay.
re: #63 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
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do these people have any thought or consideration for the people who are working in the gas stations
or if any of them gotta pee where are they gonna go? who cleans up after them / maintains the bathrooms?
do they consider where they all get food today - with the streets packed?
they do not
do they think the thousands of small aspects of life that allow them to do what they want are just going on like it always did while they sit at home?
of course they do.
selfish assholes with no consideration for anyone but themselves.
re: #67 Eclectic Cyborg
This virus sure has brought the stupid in some people to the forefront, hasn’t it?
we saw it in november 2016
re: #70 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
we saw it in november 2016
when the American electorate farted.
Nancy Pelosi’s Mother of All Truth Bombs, by Betty Cracker, Balloon Juice
Madam Speaker is tired of Trump’s bullshit. Moreover, she can see that Trump’s constant lies and obfuscations have cost the country a great deal already via the bungled COVID-19 response and that his mendacity going forward will continue to cause harm to public health and economic recovery efforts. And she’s not fucking having it, okay?
Nancy Smash released a letter today that should leave skid marks all over DT.
re: #67 Eclectic Cyborg
This virus sure has brought the stupid in some people to the forefront, hasn’t it?
It can’t be lied to. It doesn’t care how many guns you own, or which god you pray to. It doesn’t care how much money you have. It doesn’t care if you made your choice as an honest mistake or on purpose.
And it prefers you gather together in groups, and these people need their orders.
re: #64 steve_davis
we will likely go this way as well. no major gatherings for sporting events, but there’s no way in hell college football won’t be getting played this Fall. classes will run, but they’ll be hybrid so not as many in-person contacts. there will be massive, verging on paranoid, testing on campus: random temperature checks, random testing, blah blah blah. students will likely have to consent to having gps monitoring on phones that will allow pretty much immediate contact if a student has been in the vicinity of someone who is infectious.
I’m hearing plenty of knowledgeable people saying that universities are unlikely to bring students back on campus until there is a vaccine, so fall 2021, and that MIT and Harvard, among others, are making such plans.
Many problems for the forthcoming academic year, of course, including some not wanting to pay huge tuition for online classes, and changes - such as rich Asian kids getting Michigan degrees from online-only classes.
This is a 7.5 or higher on the higher ed Richter scale.
re: #72 retired cynic
I’d have gone even further on the force protection - directly mentioning the crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt who were hung out to dry by the Navy command, and now the ship is laid up since 600+ members are sick and 1 member has already died of covid19. Trump, instead of praising the captain, had him sacked. His undersecretary spent $250k to go out to the ship to harangue the crew, and he was sacked/resigned days later. The Navy has fucked up their response to covid19 just as surely as Trump has done, because they didn’t take it seriously enough, or were told not to do so.
Either way, we’re far worse off than had Trump let the experts lead the way.
re: #57 lawhawk
The Michigan militia fucknuts are divorced from reality and think covid19 isn’t going to affect them personally and directly with infections and hospitalizations and deaths.
This disease doesn’t give a shit about your politics. It just infects and spreads.
As for NJ, shore towns have shuttered their boardwalks, closed parks, above and beyond the state restrictions. Some towns have banned all short term rentals until further notice to stop out-of-towners from coming in.
Hell, even here in crazy South Carolina, it’s pretty well shut down:
On March 26, 2020, the Myrtle Beach City Council approved an Emergency Order to halt all short-term accommodations and amusement attractions in Myrtle Beach.
What type of accommodations are affected by the order? All short term rentals in the City of Myrtle Beach are affected. These include: hotels, condo hotels, motels, public and private campgrounds, time shares, and any rental properties available for 90 days or less, including all accommodations through private management companies and online companies, such as Airbnb and VRBO.
What about individual owners of units?
If a property is occupied as a year-round primary residence, the unit may be used exclusively by that owner while the emergency order is in effect.
If a property is used exclusively as a second home, and is not used as a rental property in any way, then the unit may be used solely by that owner while the emergency order is in effect.
If, however, that unit is used for rentals, regardless of the frequency, then the unit may not be used by the property owner while the emergency order is in effect.
What types of amusement attractions and related services are affected by the order?
Movie Theaters
Live Performance Theaters
Amusement Parks
Waterparks
Arcades
Moped and Golf Cart Rental Operations
Mini Golf Courses
Golf Courses (although locals’ play is allowed)
Beach Chair and Umbrella Rentals
Jet Ski, Parasailing and Banana Boat Rentals on the beach
Other commercial activity on the beach
Is the beach closed? Public access points and parking lots to all state’s beaches, as well as public boat ramps, landings and other access points on the state’s lakes, rivers and waterways are closed
But never fear, GUN STORES are open!
re: #73 Belafon
It can’t be lied to. It doesn’t care how many guns you own, or which god you pray to. It doesn’t care how much money you have. It doesn’t care if you made your choice as an honest mistake or on purpose.
And it prefers you gather together in groups, and these people need their orders.
and these people do not get that or this:
- anyone can get it
- anyone can die from it
re: #75 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)
I’m hearing plenty of knowledgeable people saying that universities are unlikely to bring students back on campus until there is a vaccine, so fall 2021, and that MIT and Harvard, among others, are making such plans.
Many problems for the forthcoming academic year, of course, including some not wanting to pay huge tuition for online classes, and changes - such as rich Asian kids getting Michigan degrees from online-only classes.
This is a 7.5 or higher on the higher ed Richter scale.
multiply by industry after industry
there is no ‘going back to normal’
re: #44 SteelPH
Contrarianism.
And 30+ years of being told by conservative media to not trust the government, science, the state (at practically any level), and especially the media telling them anything different than what they want to hear.
re: #75 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)
I’m hearing plenty of knowledgeable people saying that universities are unlikely to bring students back on campus until there is a vaccine, so fall 2021, and that MIT and Harvard, among others, are making such plans.
Many problems for the forthcoming academic year, of course, including some not wanting to pay huge tuition for online classes, and changes - such as rich Asian kids getting Michigan degrees from online-only classes.
This is a 7.5 or higher on the higher ed Richter scale.
A big part of the reason to go to MIT is to get to be part of a team that builds the robots they build and do the science experiments they do. What happens when you can’t do that?
re: #80 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
And 30+ years of being told by conservative media to not trust the government, science, the state (at practically any level), and especially the media telling them anything different than what they want to hear.
Being told that liberals are never right and conservatives have common sense that the libtards lack.
Was feeling like I wasn’t being productive today.
So I rooted about in the pantry to see what my supply of dry beans looked like. Fewer pintos than I thought (just the last of what was a 5lb bag years ago), but I got together a couple of cups from a few sources. Into the slow cooker they have gone with various flavorings (diced onion, diced jalapeno, garlic, spices) and we’ll see how long it takes to get them tender. Will probably eat them with rice or mashed potatoes.
Might make this a weekly thing to start working through these. Noticed I have a couple of jars of black-eyed peas as well.
re: #81 Belafon
A big part of the reason to go to MIT is to get to be part of a team that builds the robots they build and do the science experiments they do. What happens when you can’t do that?
What does this do to those seeking education in practical sciences - where you need to be doing experimentation (physics, chemistry, biology, etc.), let alone med school or nursing or pharmacy schools.
re: #81 Belafon
A big part of the reason to go to MIT is to get to be part of a team that builds the robots they build and do the science experiments they do. What happens when you can’t do that?
You go to DC and pretend to be a serious congressman, like Thomas Massie
Texas Attorney General says that groups that encourage people to apply for a mail-in ballot solely because they fear contracting Covid-19 could face “criminal sanction.” https://t.co/YCBrcT8Lz5 pic.twitter.com/NfirSPmgqV
— Sam Levine (@srl) April 15, 2020
re: #88 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Gesundheit
re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth
He’s still pissed he can’t go to Colorado.
re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth
Just the exact opposite in PA. Anyone for any reason or no reason can get a mail-in ballot.
We are having very productive calls with the leaders of every sector of the economy who are all-in on getting America back to work, and soon. More to come! #MAGA
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 15, 2020
too bad his stimulus website is working about as well as every thing else he touches.
and, a decade later, they are still whining about the ACA website
re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth
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what ‘false information’?
Texas Attorney General says that groups that encourage people to apply for a mail-in ballot solely because they fear contracting Covid-19 could face “criminal sanction.” https://t.co/YCBrcT8Lz5 pic.twitter.com/NfirSPmgqV
— Sam Levine (@srl) April 15, 2020
re: #91 PhillyPretzel
Just the exact opposite in PA. Anyone for any reason or no reason can get a mail-in ballot.
florida as well
at least we do that right
and you can request through their website
re: #93 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
what ‘false information’?
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it’s all a hoax and fake news!!11!!
Any minute now Trump will post a tweet applauding and encouraging those reckless, selfish idiots in Michigan.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 15, 2020
re: #92 Backwoods_Sleuth
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at least two ways to read this
‘every sector of the economy’ - yeah right, as if. every sector??
or
‘every sector of the economy who are all-in on getting America back to work’ - now that’s possible because it could be just 2 industries, one of which is WWE
We are having very productive calls with the leaders of every sector of the economy who are all-in on getting America back to work, and soon. More to come! #MAGA
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 15, 2020
re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Texas doesn’t want Democrats to vote — and it wants to kill them if they do try to vote.
Everybody knows that viruses are eradicated at ZIP code boundaries. https://t.co/hFohgylsCU
— Pé (@4everNeverTrump) April 15, 2020
re: #97 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
That should read “every flavor of lobbyist”. He is inviting every member of the pack into the fold.
BREAKING: A Travis County judge sided with Texas voting advocates this afternoon, agreeing that Texans who wish to avoid the polls on Election Day can apply for mail-in ballots even if they are not yet sick or disabled. Story incoming on @CourthouseNews.com, details to follow.
— ain’t no times like quarantimes (@cucumbermarg) April 15, 2020
re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth
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OK: reading this letter closely, apparently this isn’t an official policy statement of the Texas AG’s office: but just an “opinion” by Ryan Vassar; so technically, outside of Mr. Vassar’s being a state official, about as applicable a matter of law as any comments we might find here on LGF ( though considerably stupider) ?
Though it’s instructive that they seem to want to equate “fear of the COVID-19 virus” with “false pretenses”…
“A lack of a centralized national strategy, overlapping efforts, an array of small-scale trials that will not lead to definitive answers and no standards for how to prioritize efforts, what data to collect or how to share it to get to answers faster.”https://t.co/ORroDqpCZi
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) April 15, 2020
Pltfs’ reply: “Their position essentially is: let’s hope for the best, against all the medical evidence, and if somehow we end up wrong, don’t worry — the governor can write the law for us and tell us how to handle our elections. That doesn’t describe a state or nation of laws.”
— ain’t no times like quarantimes (@cucumbermarg) April 15, 2020
The White House completely stonewalled an investigation into potential wrongdoing by the President and those around him. That sounds awfully familiar.
As with military aid to Ukraine, the Pentagon contract is a matter of national security. https://t.co/KBEA0TsbmP— Ned Price (@nedprice) April 15, 2020
re: #99 jaunte
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this is why i wont go out for a very long time
it isn’t safe. (apologies to marathon man)
this is not logic, it’s idiocy
if the virus isnt already there, then the isolation worked
now you’re gonna have infected assholes from elsewhere importing the virus to there
re: #101 jaunte
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so that didnt take long at all
BREAKING: A Travis County judge sided with Texas voting advocates this afternoon, agreeing that Texans who wish to avoid the polls on Election Day can apply for mail-in ballots even if they are not yet sick or disabled. Story incoming on @CourthouseNews.com, details to follow.
— ain’t no times like quarantimes (@cucumbermarg) April 15, 2020
re: #101 jaunte
I suspect our AG was trying to get ahead of this announcement.
Been expecting this:
Abstract
The world is in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health measures that can reduce the risk of infection and death in addition to quarantines are desperately needed. This article reviews the roles of vitamin D in reducing the risk of respiratory tract infections, knowledge about the epidemiology of influenza and COVID-19, and how vitamin D supplementation might be a useful measure to reduce risk. Through several mechanisms, vitamin D can reduce risk of infections. Those mechanisms include inducing cathelicidins and defensins that can lower viral replication rates and reducing concentrations of pro-inflammatory cytokines that produce the inflammation that injures the lining of the lungs, leading to pneumonia, as well as increasing concentrations of anti-inflammatory cytokines. Several observational studies and clinical trials reported that vitamin D supplementation reduced the risk of influenza, whereas others did not. Evidence supporting the role of vitamin D in reducing risk of COVID-19 includes that the outbreak occurred in winter, a time when 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations are lowest; that the number of cases in the Southern Hemisphere near the end of summer are low; that vitamin D deficiency has been found to contribute to acute respiratory distress syndrome; and that case-fatality rates increase with age and with chronic disease comorbidity, both of which are associated with lower 25(OH)D concentration. To reduce the risk of infection, it is recommended that people at risk of influenza and/or COVID-19 consider taking 10,000 IU/d of vitamin D3 for a few weeks to rapidly raise 25(OH)D concentrations, followed by 5000 IU/d. The goal should be to raise 25(OH)D concentrations above 40-60 ng/mL (100-150 nmol/L). For treatment of people who become infected with COVID-19, higher vitamin D3 doses might be useful. Randomized controlled trials and large population studies should be conducted to evaluate these recommendations.
Italics/bolding added by me.
Man does not live by bread alone….
Thinking of things lost along the way that I would never be the same without. Got every recording I could get my hands on from Stevie.
The brightest candles burn the quickest.
Just listened to a run of this magic. I figured there were quite a few people there that night that walked out talking to themselves on what they just witnessed judging by the faces in the whole video. He grabbed this one from the sky. Earphones for the best dose.
Stay kicking.
re: #96 Charles Johnson
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Surprise, surprise.
Supporters of the Michigan Conservative Coalition (MCC) urged Whitmer to reopen the state’s non-essential businesses on May 1 while urging their own members to practice social distancing during the “Operation Gridlock” protest, local news radio station WWJ reported.
and who funds them?
In a statement at a news conference earlier this week, the governor pointed out that the MCC is funded in large part by the family of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, which is very active in Michigan conservative politics.
Same Energy pic.twitter.com/4Un7HTxEiQ
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) April 15, 2020
Is it better without the title?
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) April 15, 2020
We’ve never backed a Democrat for president. But Trump must be defeated. https://t.co/1KMY6obfz3
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) April 15, 2020
re: #113 Patricia Kayden
I even got a piece of mail from our “dear leader” and it went directly into the shredder.
re: #114 PhillyPretzel
I even got a piece of mail from our “dear leader” and it went directly into the shredder.
Not the check!? Just kidding.
re: #54 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
i understand that some people ‘need’ to do things - critical things to survive.
you do what you have to dothey can ‘open up’ whatever they like.
i am not going to literally take my life in my hands, and the lives of those around me, to do anything that isnt absolutely necessary.
im lucky i work from home as does mrs dm. and we dont socialize much. and most of our family is not nearby so we’d be talking airplanes etc, so that’s not happening.
i get families, wants, desires, pulls, tugs. friends, relationships, etc.
mom is 91. she’s 6 miles away. we talk every day. she just learned to video chat. i only go there maybe once a week and each time i feel like the clock has to be reset to zero.
so it’s a no brainer for me. things that didnt used to carry risk now do. like leaving the house or seeing family, getting a pizza. on balance, they’re not important enough for me. these are risks im not willing to take.
Just had a video chat with my daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter (if you can “chat” with a nearly 10 month old.) We are fortunate to have the modern magical ability to do this.
I did ask my daughter about her metrics for actual physical presence and she promised to keep me posted. The word “testing” came up more than once.
Her hospital now has one of those quick result testing units. No actual test kits though.
What would also be helpful is antibody testing.
Anyway, I’m hoping for a get together in some outdoor venue without physical contact in a few weeks. We shall see.
And yeah, I understand that people want life to get back to normal, but it just isn’t possible yet. People need to grow up-especially all those people carrying on about personal responsibility.
Okay, but I laughed.
“But the Mongols have barely killed anyone in days.”
“That’s because of the walls, Phil.”
“Are you sure? Maybe the Mongols aren’t that dangerous.”
“…”
“I’m just saying, how bad could it be. They can’t kill ALL of us”
“That is literally the thing they do.”
“But my turnips…”— Bryan Mac, but six feet away (@Bry_Mac) April 14, 2020
re: #115 Rightwingconspirator
Mine went directly into my account electronically. The IRS has my account number from e-filing taxes.
Steve Mnuchin, the Secretary of the Treasury, Says $1200 Will Last Families Up To 10 Weeks https://t.co/MrZoubX47R
— some lady (@pegaita) April 15, 2020
I’m not sure this dude would ever settle for living off of $120 an HOUR, much less $120 a week. Yet he expects entire families to be able to stretch out $1,200 over 2 and a half months.
That’s…what the fuck.
Look at this #covidiot duck, not sticking to #SocialDistancing rules. Islamicat sort this out sharpish pic.twitter.com/kNAiLFpIER
— Islamicat 💣😾🕌 (@_Islamicat) April 15, 2020
re: #81 Belafon
A big part of the reason to go to MIT is to get to be part of a team that builds the robots they build and do the science experiments they do. What happens when you can’t do that?
exactly. harvard has deep enough pockets to survive losing the Fall, but most places can’t. and students aren’t going to pay my private liberal arts college’s rate to take more of this clusterfuckstrophic online nonsense.
re: #119 Citizen K
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I’m not sure this dude would ever settle for living off of $120 an HOUR, much less $120 a week. Yet he expects entire families to be able to stretch out $1,200 over 2 and a half months.
That’s…what the fuck.
He did say “up to.” I don’t think anyone is arguing that it will last longer.
re: #119 Citizen K
I mean, I get that CA is higher cost of living but there is pretty much no way in hell.
re: #119 Citizen K
Ten weeks? Is he joking? ::: shakes head to clear confusion ::: I am not going any further.
re: #119 Citizen K
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I’m not sure this dude would ever settle for living off of $120 an HOUR, much less $120 a week. Yet he expects entire families to be able to stretch out $1,200 over 2 and a half months.
That’s…what the fuck.
It’s cool. He included his mom’s recipe for bootstrap casserole.
re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Not an official opinion of the office of attorney general” WTF?
re: #110 Omar Comin’ Yo
The SRV CD I have has the live version of this from Carnegie Hall. I have the impression that he loved playing it.
re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth
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is this guy a complete moron? there is absolutely nothing in that statute, even to my english professor’s eyes, that would remotely apply to someone casting a mail-in vote due to fear of covid-19.
re: #126 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
“Not an official opinion of the office of attorney general” WTF?
That’s Texan for “vague threat”.
re: #19 calochortus
Speaking as someone who never ate out all that much it is rather remarkable.
Thought the same about my family - “we only go out for Sunday brunch, that’s not much”. However, family of 4 is roughly 80 meals a week (usually only 2 meals on Sunday - brunch and supper). Sunday brunch counts for 4 meals (5%) out of the 80 and then the 2 young ones have 5 meals each a week at school for another 10 meals (12.5%) out of the 80 and then, of course, I inevitably would get talked into abandoning my left overs for lunch at work at least twice a week. So, easily 20% of our meals were outside the home during the school year.
Going from 64 meals a week at home to 80 meals a week at home is a 25% increase in grocery needs and that falls roughly in line with the increase in sales that grocery stores have been seeing.
Yes, there’s always math.
re: #123 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I mean, I get that CA is higher cost of living but there is pretty much no way in hell.
I mean, even under the most generously low of living standards…20 hours of absolute bottom of the barrel federal minimum wage rates would net you $145 a week. And I’m not sure that’s livable anywhere in the country without a shit load of extra assistance or wage garnishing.
re: #119 Citizen K
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I’m not sure this dude would ever settle for living off of $120 an HOUR, much less $120 a week. Yet he expects entire families to be able to stretch out $1,200 over 2 and a half months.
That’s…what the fuck.
So out of touch. Unbelievable!
re: #67 Eclectic Cyborg
This virus sure has brought the stupid in some people to the forefront, hasn’t it?
Low intelligence & gullibility are not survival traits.
re: #120 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Poor little ducky. ☹️😢
re: #24 Thanos
Some people see Joe’s greatest asset as a weakness - I don’t - but here it is: he is one of the few old guard politicians left from an era where when you were elected you tried to represent everyone without exception. You can’t do that if you don’t listen or aren’t willing to hear the other person’s argument, and to give the notion consideration and its fair weight. He’s going to piss a few people off doing that, but the only person I know who’s better than Joe just endorsed him here, so I am getting 100 percent behind him.
Joe is going to serve only one term. He knows that #1 on the agenda is repairing the damage done. He will also have Elizabeth and Bernie on his team to tilt the table back to those in need.
I was thinking yesterday about how quickly the stimulus payments were hitting.
Amazing how fast the government can make shit happen when they want to, isn’t it?
Quarantine Day 31: I joined a Facebook group where we all pretend to be ants in an ant colony pic.twitter.com/FjIO9vtonl
— Millennial Mangkukulam (@agasramirez) April 15, 2020
I’m fortunate to be able to be a remote worker for several years - but given what we currently know of SARS-Cov2, the only way that things will ever get back to normal is:
(1) An antiviral medication which has a 90% curative rate, and
(2) A vaccine with a 95% effective rate.
Failure of either will result in a new normal that the US can’t handle.
When he’s not firing Inspector Generals, Trump is obstructing their investigations.
Here, he’s hiding communications about a DOD contract for Amazon, a company Trump has repeatedly tried to punish because its founder owns the Washington Post.
The corruption is in plain sight. https://t.co/DHTMhgYhft— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) April 15, 2020
I am so going to a huge fucking Comic Con after all this shit is over.
From a couple of threads ago. And probably way past being a useful response:
re: #306 retired cynic
Shoot. That pot of beans I wrote about yesterday has been simmering for 24 hours, and I kept adding bits of water. The beans are still almost crunchy. I soaked them for a day in salt water, because they were old, but still… Any ideas? Dump them in the pressure cooker and bring them to steam and shut them off? That’s my next plan. Thanks!
Here are a few ideas that may (or may not) help:
Sometimes hard water can cause problems with beans softening. The remedy for that is to use bottled water.
Sometimes adding some baking soda to the soak will help the beans soften. However, some folks notice a weird texture and/or strange taste to the beans after adding baking soda.
Reportedly nuking them in water 10-20 minutes helps. (Not tried this.)
Sometimes boiling them for an hour or two helps.
Sometimes using the pressure cooker rather than a slow cooker will help.
Some folks claim to have told their meal guests that the beans were supposed to be ‘Al Dente’. I have not tried that. :)
Some folks declare it ‘Pizza Night’ and order out.
Sometimes the non-softening beans are ‘too old’ and trying a different batch purchased from a high turnover store may help.
At the point that I declare the beans ‘too old’ I am generally saying that I have no idea why this batch of beans aren’t softening and it is just easier to replace the recalcitrant beans with a different batch and to hope that those will work better.
Which reminds me of the very old joke about the Bostonian who goes into the restaurant and asks the server what the soup de jour is. The server says “It’s Bean Soup”. To which the Bostonian replies “I don’t care what it’s been. I want to know what it is now!”
re: #142 Eclectic Cyborg
I am so going to a huge fucking Comic Con after all this shit is over.
Two decades ago there was an anime con that my friends from Detroit used to go to while I was living in Chicagoland - they punted their 2020 con to 2021.
re: #138 Eclectic Cyborg
I was thinking yesterday about how quickly the stimulus payments were hitting.
Amazing how fast the government can make shit happen when they want to, isn’t it?
no stimulus joy in the BWS household.
No idea why, other than trumpian incompetence.
and yes, we’ve filed tax returns every year for fucking ever.
re: #119 Citizen K
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That’s…what the fuck.
How much could a banana cost? $10?
re: #145 Eric The Fruit Bat
Two decades ago there was an anime con that my friends from Detroit used to go to while I was living in Chicagoland - they punted their 2020 con to 2021.
A girlfriend of mine is on the board of directors for one anime con and works staff for a few others. They cancelled theirs for the year and she expects the next big one to go soon - even if the large gathering orders are lifted soon (which we both regard as highly unlikely), there’s issues with not having enough lead time for vendors to complete the necessary prep, etc. Lots of ripple effects.
Ask yourself: What do Confederate flags have to do with protesting a stay-at-home order and why do the same people who fly Trump flags also fly flags honoring the side that fought to preserve slavery? https://t.co/of9q5GYOiA
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) April 15, 2020
Had to go to the local Market Basket to get some things for my wife today. We were lined up outside, very efficient. Then a guy jumped in behind me getting way too close so I turned and looked at him and he backed off to the place that was marked on the pavement. Then he said to himself but loud enough so that I could hear: “fuck this shit. look at all the people who’ve fallen for this shit.”
This after my encounter with the guy at the gas station yesterday talking about how masks don’t work so take at least 5000 units of D3 and get some hydroxychloroquine….
Fortunately I think I’ve got enough for a week or so. It’s getting a little hairy out there.
Michigan Republican comes out in opposition to Democratic Gov. Whitmer’s life-saving measures:
“[Coronavirus] is not as serious as they made it out to be.”
“I see you’re wearing a mask, so you appear to have some level of concern.”
“Yes.”
You truly can’t make this up. pic.twitter.com/IqEfGu7eiV— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) April 15, 2020
re: #151 Backwoods_Sleuth
COVID America.
2,259 deaths today. Most deaths. In any country on any day. All time record.
Good job, Donald.— tom choad (@tomablogger) April 15, 2020
MURKA FIRST!
re: #146 Backwoods_Sleuth
no stimulus joy in the BWS household.
No idea why, other than trumpian incompetence.
and yes, we’ve filed tax returns every year for fucking ever.
I’m still waiting on this year’s refund.
Oh well, I suppose I should go do something productive.
re: #153 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I’m still waiting on this year’s refund.
LOL, can’t remember the last time we got a refund.
re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I know it is not fun being at home. Trust me I do not want to be in this dorm room on the days I don’t work. But now more than ever please make personal sacrifices for the greater good. It’s the only way to get past this
— Emrick Mareski 🏳️🌈 (@emrick_mareski) April 15, 2020
Hi @BarackObama! Like most high school/college seniors, I’m saddened by the loss of milestone events, prom & graduation. In an unprecedented time, it would give us great comfort to hear your voice. We ask you to consider giving a national commencement speech to the class of 2020.
— Lincoln (@lincolnjackd) April 15, 2020
Not at all what this is about…https://t.co/3rG4LVlLn7
— Lincoln (@lincolnjackd) April 15, 2020
re: #153 klys (maker of Silmarils)
No funds put in today. Took forever to get into my online bank account. Was under the impression that as long as the IRS has your banking information, the money would go in. Haven’t yet filed for 2019, but had to pay in 2017 and 2018 and both times used direct withdrawal, so the IRS does have my routing number and account number. Shouldn’t that work?
re: #151 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“Ain’t kill me. And I did mines research, and I edumacated meself to the point I can now dress up in a freakshow cowboy hat with some star spangled rube lube, and pack a piece and wear a mask and carry a flag and make injured baby bunny noises.”
He’s like the Poster Child for Best Reasons To Punch A Mother Fucker In The Face Repeatedly.
re: #152 jaunte
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MURKA FIRST!
We’re gonna win so much, you’ll be tired of winning!
re: #155 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOL, can’t remember the last time we got a refund.
The consequences for undercalculating how much we owe are …not nice. I tend to overestimate.
The small trade-offs that aren’t really a problem in the grand scheme of things.
This empty-eyed jackweasel blows through $1200 at lunch, but he thinks the peons can make it last for two and a half months.
Steve Mnuchin Thinks $1200 Will Last Families Up To 10 Weekshttps://t.co/NULWjeTrO0 pic.twitter.com/m0kBCZCqP9— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 15, 2020
re: #144 GlutenFreeJesus
Oh but no problem PAYING my taxes. That goes through real fast.
re: #159 TarHellion
No funds put in today. Took forever to get into my online bank account. Was under the impression that as long as the IRS has your banking information, the money would go in. Haven’t yet filed for 2019, but had to pay in 2017 and 2018 and both use used direct withdrawal, so the IRS does have my routing number and account number. Shouldn’t that work?
had to pay this time, too … the feds withdrew the amount owed from my bank account on Monday, so it should have been a no-brainer.
oh wait…no brains,,,
re: #143 ckkatz
Two more suggestions that I had not included:
1. Acidic foods may prevent softening. (America’s Test Kitchen reportedly found that beans in a ph 7-9 liquid softened faster than in an acidic liquid. Iirc, at ph 3 [acidic] the beans never completely softened.)
2. Try putting the beans in a blender and using the puree for a soup base. (Not tried that.)
re: #159 TarHellion
No funds put in today. Took forever to get into my online bank account. Was under the impression that as long as the IRS has your banking information, the money would go in. Haven’t yet filed for 2019, but had to pay in 2017 and 2018 and both use used direct withdrawal, so the IRS does have my routing number and account number. Shouldn’t that work?
I honestly don’t know the answer to this. I would think it SHOULD but …you can check here.
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With almost no going out (so almost no gas used), no getting food from restaurants/supporting local businesses and eating only the bare minimum of food three times a day, you MIGHT be able to make $1200 last that many weeks.
But who the fuck wants to be that miserable when things already suck?
re: #162 klys (maker of Silmarils)
The consequences for undercalculating how much we owe are …not nice. I tend to overestimate.
The small trade-offs that aren’t really a problem in the grand scheme of things.
our amounts owed to state and fed are always less than a couple hundred bucks total.
re: #159 TarHellion
No funds put in today. Took forever to get into my online bank account. Was under the impression that as long as the IRS has your banking information, the money would go in. Haven’t yet filed for 2019, but had to pay in 2017 and 2018 and both times used direct withdrawal, so the IRS does have my routing number and account number. Shouldn’t that work?
Try here.
re: #159 TarHellion
No funds put in today. Took forever to get into my online bank account. Was under the impression that as long as the IRS has your banking information, the money would go in. Haven’t yet filed for 2019, but had to pay in 2017 and 2018 and both use used direct withdrawal, so the IRS does have my routing number and account number. Shouldn’t that work?
I was wondering if the bank waits until midnight (or some similar zero dark thirty) to clear and post funds from the previous day.
re: #171 ckkatz
I was wondering if the bank waits until midnight (or some similar zero dark thirty) to clear and post funds from the previous day.
if it had actually been sent today, it would have showed up as “pending transaction” at my bank’s website.
it did not.
re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth
the website from hell, created by the same people who screamed about the horrors of the ACA website
Apparently it also can’t really handle freelancers at all, from what I’m hearing.
these assholes (and the person in the first video is lying his ass off)
Erika Calihan, one of the women who promoted the conspiracy that the election last November was rigged to defeat former Gov. Matt Bevin, organized this protest and is here. https://t.co/Vxk12tE1xw
— Joe Sonka 😐 #StayHome (@joesonka) April 15, 2020
You can occasionally hear the whoops from the protesters outside in the room where @GovAndyBeshear is holding his daily COVID-19 briefing.
— Joe Sonka 😐 #StayHome (@joesonka) April 15, 2020
Rep. Savannah Maddox spoke at the rally of around 100 people protesting Gov. Andy Beshear’s emergency COVID-19 orders.
— Joe Sonka 😐 #StayHome (@joesonka) April 15, 2020
Erika Calihan spoke and called on businesses to open back up in defiance of @GovAndyBeshear’s emergency COVID-19 order.
— Joe Sonka 😐 #StayHome (@joesonka) April 15, 2020
50 years ago this week, Jack Swigert, away on a last minute trip, realized he did not submit his taxes on time.
Luckily, Mission Control in Houston confirmed that a trip to the Moon did in fact qualify him for a 60 day “out of the country” extension. #Apollo13 #Apollo50 pic.twitter.com/N7IshqcqLQ— National Air and Space Museum (@airandspace) April 15, 2020
re: #174 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Apparently it also can’t really handle freelancers at all, from what I’m hearing.
I really can’t see what difference that would make.
Practice social distancing. From these folks particularly. https://t.co/bYz2s5xMv2
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) April 15, 2020
re: #170 GlutenFreeJesus
Try here.
re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth
the website from hell, created by the same people who screamed about the horrors of the ACA website
No kidding.
It says that the IRS cannot determine my eligibility?
WTF?
The IRS has my info. I can look at my checking account for evidence (last year I paid back taxes over a few months.)
My states’ GOP death cult hard at work:
inquirer.com
They also want individual counties to determine when/how/if businesses reopen.
Because as we all know, there is a force field that surrounds each county, no one ever travels from one to another, and viruses are stopped cold by county lines.
re: #177 Backwoods_Sleuth
I really can’t see what difference that would make.
Supposedly there is a way for someone who has filed taxes but the IRS does not have their direct deposit info to update it so they don’t have to wait for physical checks to be mailed, but that method apparently does not work for folks who do freelance work because of the use of an EIN. Or so I have been informed on Twitter.
re: #178 Backwoods_Sleuth
Let’s check back in with this friendly crowd in two weeks, shall we?
re: #146 Backwoods_Sleuth
no stimulus joy in the BWS household.
No idea why, other than trumpian incompetence.
and yes, we’ve filed tax returns every year for fucking ever.
I got a rock…
re: #180 cat-tikvah
My states’ GOP death cult hard at work:
inquirer.com
They also want individual counties to determine when/how/if businesses reopen.
Because as we all know, there is a force field that surrounds each county, no one ever travels from one to another, and viruses are stopped cold by county lines.
I’m beginning to think they believe the virus checks party registration before deciding whether to infect you or not.
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re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth
Tried the IRS site and said my status was not available. Sigh, maybe tomorrow…
re: #178 Backwoods_Sleuth
I see someone brought their Guy Fawkes mask.
re: #112 gocart mozart
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) April 15, 2020
The difference is that the ones on the left are not real zombies.
I have sufficient income that the stimulus check* will probably be turned around and the amount donated to one of the local food banks.
* - And probably a reduced amount as well, especially if based on my 2018 rather than 2019 return since I was still drawing severance pay in 2018.
As a subscriber to the Washington Post, the WashPost generally sends me a link for one free 30 day subscription that to give out. They usually do this on the 2nd of the month. For whatever reason, I just got this email today.
Having gotten the idea from Ms J; I post the code to this list because I have found the folks on LGF to be some of the most attentive to, and interested in, the world and current news folks, that I know.
First one in takes it.
As a Premium Digital subscriber, you can share 30 days of unlimited access
to The Post with anyone you want, at no additional cost to you or them.To share your 30-day pass, simply copy the URL below and post,
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I am using part of my stimulus to support local businesses.
I’m just thankful I received a direct deposit instead of a check with Voldemort’s name written on it.
re: #181 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Supposedly there is a way for someone who has filed taxes but the IRS does not have their direct deposit info to update it so they don’t have to wait for physical checks to be mailed, but that method apparently does not work for folks who do freelance work because of the use of an EIN. Or so I have been informed on Twitter.
I file my returns with TaxHawk. And our return also includes a Sch C and a Sch F.
The last thing it asked me was to verify my routing info (even though the IRS already had it).
Also, a freelancer using an EIN on one’s SchC would still be using a SSN on their actual return.
re: #182 cat-tikvah
Let’s check back in with this friendly crowd in two weeks, shall we?
I won’t hold my breath…
re: #175 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Don’t these people have jobs?” Oh.
— Oh. My. Glob. (@efuseakay) April 15, 2020
re: #143 ckkatz
From a couple of threads ago. And probably way past being a useful response:
Here are a few ideas that may (or may not) help:
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Sometimes boiling them for an hour or two helps.
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Which reminds me of the very old joke about the Bostonian who goes into the restaurant and asks the server what the soup de jour is. The server says “It’s Bean Soup”. To which the Bostonian replies “I don’t care what it’s been. I want to know what it is now!”
Thank you! I did the boiling for an hour or so, and that did it!
re: #191 carey94tt
I’m just thankful I received a direct deposit instead of a check with Voldemort’s name written on it.
I want that check so I can write “CAN KISS MY ASS” after his name before I cash it.
And while the freaks are taking to the streets in MI, OH, KY and NC (those are the ones I’ve seen), things are relatively sane here is south by dog carolina, particularly considering:
Myrtle Beach is among the hardest hit areas in the country by the coronavirus economic downturn, according to a study of labor statistics.
MagnifyMoney, owned by Lending Tree, used the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics data to determine which areas were at most economic risk from measures designed to slow the spread of coronavirus.
The study found approximately 33 percent of 167,000 workers in the Myrtle Beach area work in retail, personal care or in food service. This was the highest percentage found in the country.
Idiot protestors in Frankfort, Ky, spreading the virus.
The march. One guy had a shofar. pic.twitter.com/bCcrzBbCtL
— Daniel Desrochers (@drdesrochers) April 15, 2020
The IRS is confusing me. It says if you have filed for 2018 or 2019 (and meet the other requirements ) one is eligible.
But on the Get My Payment page, it instructs me that if I filed for 2018 but not 2019 that I need to electronically file for 2019 if I have not already done so.
I have not done 2019 yet (intentionally put it off). Perhaps this is why the Get My Payment is telling me it can’t determine my eligibility?? Even though the top page instructions says “or” 2018??
This is so confusing.
Maybe I’ll just electronically file anyway and see what happens. (Glad I didn’t do paper this year as the IRS is now saying it can’t process paper.)
Trump Moves to Stiff the World Health Organization Like It’s an Atlantic City Contractor
The WHO is not just fighting coronavirus. It’s also battling Ebola, polio, and diphtheria all over the globe. Charlie Pierce
Fighting all these battles is the World Health Organization, which El Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago has decided to stiff as though it were a New Jersey lawn-care company. The reckoning is going to be terrible when it comes.
re: #201 makeitstop
LOL. Gorka is such an over the top cockwangle.
re: #192 Backwoods_Sleuth
I file my returns with TaxHawk. And our return also includes a Sch C and a Sch F.
The last thing it asked me was to verify my routing info (even though the IRS already had it).
Also, a freelancer using an EIN on one’s SchC would still be using a SSN on their actual return.
Your views intrigue me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
I’ve got to file a Schedule C every year as well. Been using TurboTax since God was knee-high to a drunken paramecium. You’ve been using it a while?
More Charlie: The Protests in Michigan Have Signaled the Nonsense Is Coming
Coronavirus lockdowns may trigger the next Tea Party-style movement.
The president* does not have that power. Except in the fevered brain of people like Ms. Smith, who has listened to all the right radio programs, visits all the right websites, and read all the right books. Therefore, she knows that we do not have a constitutional right not to get a virus but, apparently, she has a constitutional right to spread one. This nonsense is coming, and it’s going to be encouraged by the national government, and I don’t know how we avoid it.
re: #209 retired cynic
That would be a Pox Party style movement.
re: #202 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Idiot protestors in Frankfort, Ky, spreading the virus.
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any business that opens up in defiance of orders will NEVER see my business in the future.
Ever.
re: #211 Backwoods_Sleuth
any business that opens up in defiance of orders will NEVER see my business in the future.
Ever.
These same idiots will refuse to get vaccinated once a vaccine is ready, because it’s the “mark of the beast” or some such nonsense.
Given the daily deaths report today set a new high for the US and World, it’s pretty clear that this pandemic is still at the front end.
re: #194 GlutenFreeJesus
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“Don’t these people have jobs?” Oh.
— Oh. My. Glob. (@efuseakay) April 15, 2020
As far as I am concerned, this is a genocidal bio-war campaign by Putin and his stooges.
Sometimes I don’t like what I’m thinking, and I still can’t bring myself to say it directly, but consider: If an evil foreign power (anyone but Russia) infected thousands of Guatemalan children with anthrax and bubonic plague and ordered them to storm the US border, the self-same MAGAts you see spreading Covid19 at these protests would have no qualms about mowing them down. In fact, they would demand the arrest of any official, police officer or soldier who refused to do so.
re: #214 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
One trick ponies. They yell freedom and they think they’ve made an argument.
Well, asshole, your freedom ends at MY breathing space, and I can and DO have the right to stop the virus you’re shedding from encroaching on ME.
re: #187 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Then you walk down grocery aisles and watch a group of 4 handle and grope each and every pack of meat and produce they can lay their hands on.
No mask.
No gloves.
And they block the fucking aisle doing so.
The folks who work the two grocery stores I frequent are just as quietly angry as I am.
I’ve known a few for years. They have to be there to pay the bills.
They have to work.
The establishment can only do so much, outside of politely giving directions, and as soon as they walk away they walk down an aisle against the arrows.
“In one door, out the other” is apparently nuclear physics and can only be understood with years of education.
re: #206 retired cynic
Trump Moves to Stiff the World Health Organization Like It’s an Atlantic City Contractor
The WHO is not just fighting coronavirus. It’s also battling Ebola, polio, and diphtheria all over the globe. Charlie Pierce
The USA is two years in arrears in WHO payments anyway, so just another trumpian grandstanding empty threat.
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Someone should start the hashtag #plaguerat and do their level best to ID as many people as possible in these protests so that people know who to avoid.
Having a hard time getting motivated to work today. Must be the $1200. (snark X 1000)
re: #215 William Lewis
What I finally did was go to efile.com and select their free filing that is just for the stimulus. Takes your bank and ID info and sends it to that he IRS.
But the IRS already has my bank info. I just looked and yes, the IRS did take autopayments for my back taxes last year.
Furthermore I have an IRS online account, which I did to arrange these payments. So I just checked this account, and now there is an entire another layer of security. So the account page now asks for verification, wants to send a message to my phone… and when I give it my phone number the site says it is not able to verify my number (it’s a T-mobile subscription.)
Sigh…
re: #209 retired cynic
More Charlie: The Protests in Michigan Have Signaled the Nonsense Is Coming
Coronavirus lockdowns may trigger the next Tea Party-style movement.I don’t know how we avoid it.
We stay at home, practice avoiding other people if we have to go out, and watch them get each other sick.
re: #217 Omar Comin’ Yo
It’s like dealing with 6-year-olds who are rebelling for the sake of rebelling. Don’t want to be told what to do. And don’t care a fig about the reasoning or logic about why they should do it. They’ve been inconvenienced from doing what they want to do, and are going to let your hear about it as they stamp their feet and tantrum.
re: #119 Citizen K
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I’m not sure this dude would ever settle for living off of $120 an HOUR, much less $120 a week. Yet he expects entire families to be able to stretch out $1,200 over 2 and a half months.
That’s…what the fuck.
Not to be an a-hole or anything, but I watched the video and I don’t see where he says $1200 should last 10 weeks.
re: #208 Mattand
Your views intrigue me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
I’ve got to file a Schedule C every year as well. Been using TurboTax since God was knee-high to a drunken paramecium. You’ve been using it a while?
I used TurboTax for many years. They pissed me off, so I switched to TaxAct, who also pissed me off eventually when they started charging big big bucks just to file small dollar Sch C and Sch F with my return.
Eclectic Cyborg turned my onto TaxHawk last year for my 2018 return and I totally love them.
Fed return is free, state return is $14.99. Their online customer assistance/tax advice is outstanding.
I cannot recommend them enough.
re: #221 Teddy’s Person
Having a hard time getting motivated to work today. Must be the $1200. (snark X 1000)
What’s Bitsy’s percentage that goes to catnip and treats?
re: #119 Citizen K
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I’m not sure this dude would ever settle for living off of $120 an HOUR, much less $120 a week. Yet he expects entire families to be able to stretch out $1,200 over 2 and a half months.
That’s…what the fuck.
yer all reading this wrong
its that there wont be another check from the gov’t for 10 weeks // 1/2 (as if)
Steve Mnuchin, the Secretary of the Treasury, Says $1200 Will Last Families Up To 10 Weeks https://t.co/MrZoubX47R
— some lady (@pegaita) April 15, 2020
If Biden wins, he should pay the WHO back everything Trump stiffed them on plus interest.
re: #225 danarchy
“I think the entire package provides economic relief overall for about 10 weeks,” Mnuchin explained. “Hopefully we will kill this virus quicker and we won’t need it, but we have liquidity to put into the American economy to support American workers and American business.”
rawstory.com
So the verification page sends me to a get-code-in-the-mail webpage since the site can’t verify my phone…
And the verify-by-mail page now says it can’t do that anymore because of Covid-19 processing.
The IRS online site has become a deep well of confusion.
re: #230 jaunte
“I think the entire package provides economic relief overall for about 10 weeks,” Mnuchin explained. “Hopefully we will kill this virus quicker and we won’t need it, but we have liquidity to put into the American economy to support American workers and American business.”
rawstory.com
Yeah and just before that he describes the entire package as the paycheck protection program, enhanced unemployment and the direct check.
re: #48 lawhawk
NJ allows curbside pickup at lawn/garden centers. The one I deal with also sells fruit/veggies and other fresh food, and they’re a family owned business. I placed an order. When I get there, they’ll load up car for me, and I’ve already paid by cc.
I don’t get the insanity by some who think that they should be able to do things pre-pandemic, ignoring the risk to themselves, their families, and their larger community.
They’re selfish fucks.
Here in Kansas the aisles are one way and there are limits on numbers of patrons in store, but all of our home depots, lowes, and Ace hardwares are open.
$1200 is just about 1-1/2 SSI payments ($775). Don’t spend it in all one place! (But, for many of us, the money will say, “Goodbye!”
Evening Lizardim from the freezing cold, but finally sunny, wild north country. New numbers: 1001 new tested, up to 40242; 114 new cases, up to 1809; 8 new dead, up to 87. I learned a lot about my adoptive home state today:
* MN passed a powerful insulin affordability bill, which Governor Walz signed in a ceremony prior to his coronavirus live update;
* Among the first in the country, MN has extended its unemployment insurance benefits by an additional 13 weeks;
* The University of Minnesota has earned the first FDA approval for a low-cost (read: printable) ventilator, and plans will shortly be published online.
We here in the North Star State are leading the charge, and I couldn’t be more proud. How go things among the lizardfolk on this frigid early spring evening?
Trump going on about appointing his buddy to the VOA Board of Governors. OK. Blabla.
re: #231 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
So the verification page sends me to a get-code-in-the-mail webpage since the site can’t verify my phone…
And the verify-by-mail page now says it can’t do that anymore because of Covid-19 processing.
The IRS online site has become a deep well of confusion.
It’s messing up all kinds of shit. I was on a video call with my niece, and she was expecting money in her account from her daughter. But Paypal says that due to the virus and heavy usage, it’ll take 3 to 5 days to get PP money precessed.
I haven’t tried lately, but I’ve always gotten notification right away.
Trump, calling for the confirmation of an appointee to the Broadcasting Board of Governors, says Voice of America’s coverage is “disgusting.” He adds, “The things they say are disgusting toward our country.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 15, 2020
re: #232 danarchy
Yes, more than $1200 total.
The PPP seems to have some loopholes that may provide more benefit to the employer than the workforce.
Enhanced unemployment:
The benefit amount allowed in your state. The formula used to calculate this amount varies by state, as does the maximum weekly benefit.
An additional $600 a week of Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation. You can receive this amount even if you’ve exhausted your state benefits.
marketwatch.com
Paycheck Protection Program:
The Paycheck Protection Program is a loan designed to provide a direct incentive for small businesses to keep their workers on the payroll.
SBA will forgive loans if all employees are kept on the payroll for eight weeks and the money is used for payroll, rent, mortgage interest, or utilities.
sba.gov
re: #239 jaunte
That is good news for small businesses.
Trump asserts his constitutional right to ignore the constitution https://t.co/nP0bbLIwR0
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) April 15, 2020
re: #241 jaunte
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Art2, Sec3 says POTUS “may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper.”
How would shutting down Congress help?— David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) April 15, 2020
Beshear: “My job isn’t to make the popular decision, it’s to make the right decision”
At least 800 Kentuckians have recovered from coronavirus
READ MORE: https://t.co/aajAI8mpgH pic.twitter.com/tFOrXQLqmD— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) April 15, 2020
re: #238 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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And by disgusting he means things that aren’t kissing his ass. He’s an autocratic piece of shit whose understanding of what presidential leadership comes from Putin not democratic tradition.
Many business leaders learned they were on Trump’s council when he read their names. Others couldn’t participate due to scheduled earnings call. And the call-in number didn’t work for everyone.
Says one exec: “The White House is just making shit up” https://t.co/cRZwDxo5Ry— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) April 15, 2020
O_o
TRUMP: “The level of IQ on some of those calls was about the highest you’ve ever seen on a phone call, that I can tell you. But we have a lot of great thought went into those calls & a lot of questions came out & also statements, very strong statements as to what they recommend.” pic.twitter.com/UmE7AWPHmM
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
re: #243 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
First they’ll have to be adjourned, then he’ll have to convene them so he can adjourn them.
Day (???) of lockdown: Wally has rebelled, dumped all of his toys out and is now using the bin as a chew toy pic.twitter.com/30IZujDaQR
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) April 15, 2020
It is, again, extremely false that China never gave the US “10 cents” before Trump.
In addition to hundreds of billions in Chinese purchases, and the fact Americans pay the tariffs, US tariffs on China generated about $12B per year in revenue from 2007 to 2016.— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 15, 2020
re: #243 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
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OK, IANACS* , but while the President does, AFAIK, have the authority to “convene” Congress ( as I read this, to mean to call for a special session, and/ or joint sessions when/if either house is not in session already), I’m not sure that Power Of Adjournment is even relevant in today’s world, since I can’t recall any occasion when there has been any “disagreement” about Congress adjourning.
Of course, at the time the Constitution was written, Congress only met for a session of a few months every year: maybe this provision (which I wonder if any President has actually used) was more relevant when Senators and Congressmen had to ride for weeks on horseback to get to Washington.
But I’m sure there are some MAGAts out there who imagine this gives Trump autocratic powers to summon or dismiss Congress like, say, King Charles I** dealing with recalcitrant Parliaments…***
*clarifications graciously accepted, as always
** whose ultimate fate Trump ought to consider….
*** or Cromwell
What an abject moron. Trump is threatening to adjourn congress. He cannot do it.
The Constitution is very specific on the only way he can do that: if the two House cannot agree to adjourn and return at a later date, he can force them to do that.
For no other reason can he adjourn them.
re: #253 Jay C
pretty certain that you are more well versed in the Constitution than he is
re: #255 Backwoods_Sleuth
pretty certain that you are more well versed in the Constitution than he is
Low bar to hurdle, to be sure, but thanks….
😜
Short thread of the key points:
JUST IN: Trump threatens to use his constitutional power to “adjourn” the House and Senate so that he can make recess appointments.
— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) April 15, 2020
Trump says he can shut down Congress. Is that true?
The Rs sure gave Obama heck about recess appointments, by refusing to adjourn at all. Faking it by keeping one person on hand, or something like that.
JFC
Trump asked why his name is going to appear on relief checks: “I don’t know too much about it, but I understand my name is there.” He says people will be “very happy” to get a “big, fat, beautiful check and my name is on it.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 15, 2020
re: #259 thecommodore
Trump says he can shut down Congress. Is that true?
No, but McConnell could make it so by manufacturing a disagreement between the House and the Senate as to when they will adjourn, thus giving Trump an excuse to act.
re: #262 Teddy’s Person
He thankfully cannot sign electronic transfers. :)
re: #264 PhillyPretzel
He thankfully cannot sign electronic transfers. :)
At this point I just wish I could get an electronic transfer…
re: #263 EPR-radar
No, but McConnell could make it so by manufacturing a disagreement between the House and the Senate as to when they will adjourn, thus giving Trump an excuse to act.
Nancy will not let that happen
re: #261 retired cynic
The Rs sure gave Obama heck about recess appointments, by refusing to adjourn at all. Faking it by keeping one person on hand, or something like that.
Republicans are such gaping assholes. Trump is such a singularity of vileness that it’s easy to forget that the whole damn party is fucking deplorable.
Illinois covid 19 stats:
Wednesday 4/15 116,929 tested (6,313 new), 24,593 positive (1,346 new), 948 deaths (80 new)
Local counts are unchanged. Knock wood.
re: #258 Backwoods_Sleuth
Recess appointments…Ah HAH!!!
If the Turtle & Co. roll over and allow this particular gambit I think things will rapidly get out of hand from there in a number of ways.
re: #258 Backwoods_Sleuth
Recess appointments…Ah HAH!!!
I remember another president who got into the big trubs on that..
Things stores are out of:
1. Toilet paper.
2. “Canary Yellow” hair coloring. pic.twitter.com/toO7pYSaO7— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) April 15, 2020
I don’t know who needs to hear this right now, but here’s a video of our new puppy snoring. pic.twitter.com/b2SAdLFK14
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) April 15, 2020
re: #235 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Evening Lizardim from the freezing cold, but finally sunny, wild north country. New numbers: 1001 new tested, up to 40242; 114 new cases, up to 1809; 8 new dead, up to 87. I learned a lot about my adoptive home state today:
* MN passed a powerful insulin affordability bill, which Governor Walz signed in a ceremony prior to his coronavirus live update;
* Among the first in the country, MN has extended its unemployment insurance benefits by an additional 13 weeks;
* The University of Minnesota has earned the first FDA approval for a low-cost (read: printable) ventilator, and plans will shortly be published online.We here in the North Star State are leading the charge, and I couldn’t be more proud. How go things among the lizardfolk on this frigid early spring evening?
Per the StarTrib
The mother of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has died from COVID-19 complications, bringing the pandemic close to home for a state official directly involved in fighting virus related scams and price gouging.
Ellison’s mother, Clida, died March 26 from complications of the COVID-19 virus. She was 82.
re: #171 ckkatz
I was wondering if the bank waits until midnight (or some similar zero dark thirty) to clear and post funds from the previous day.
I can speak to this from personal experience! We got the umpity jillion transactions we had to process in several batches over the weekend. Last night/this morning they were put through our system and successfully posted to accounts. I verified by seeing some money posted in my account. I would note that there is a percentage—about 1 percent or so, that are going to reject for some reason or another (things like, that account is closed now, etc.), and a LOT of people were brought in to do reject repair today.
I’d also note that there are supposed to be two, smaller transaction dumps this coming weekend and the weekend after that, with posting again on the following Wednesdays (April 22, April 29). I do not know what it takes to end up in the following batches. We just process what we get from the Fed. Hope this helps.
I would also point out that my evil too big to fail employer is getting hammered across all channels with people wanting information. Probably every bank is.
On the home front, my mother set a bag of popcorn on fire by leaving it in the microwave too long. Nothing serious burnt up (except the bag of popcorn). My brother says the house smells like smoke and death. He’s got every window open to air the place out. Thank God it didn’t happen in July! I’m going to have to go over there tomorrow and have a chat with her, I suppose.
How embarrassing for the @KYGOP.
As Andy Beshear announces 7 new deaths today from COVID-19, they are loudly protesting to “re-open Kentucky.”
How disrespectful to these families. Do better.— Kenny Colston (@Kenny_Colston) April 15, 2020
re: #266 Backwoods_Sleuth
Nancy will not let that happen
The House alone doesn’t have absolute power to stop nonsense like this.
E.g., McConnell could insist on some absurd date for the next adjournment of Congress and not budge from that. There’s the disagreement that would let Trump act, and way too many in the media would both-sides the shit out of it.
re: #259 thecommodore
Trump says he can shut down Congress. Is that true?
He can force them to Adjourn if they can’t agree on when to Adjourn to.. Adjourn means to ‘break until a future date.’ To do this, he needs to Convene congress then they have to not be able to agree on a time to return from Adjournment.
Which means he has no clue what any of that means and things he can shut down Congress because he’s the emperor.
He doesn’t only have no clothes, he has no brains.
Okay, Imma need details you guys.
An enormous rat just ran behind @realDonaldTrump in the Rose Garden. You cannot make this stuff up.
— Ebony Bowden (@ebonybowden) April 15, 2020
Trump has apparently blamed governors for not stocking up on ventilators (he’s had NO NATIONAL PLAN to get them what they need, which FEMA should do), but he’s saying he’s going to help MOSCOW get them.
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) April 15, 2020
re: #277 EPR-radar
The House alone doesn’t have absolute power to stop nonsense like this.
E.g., McConnell could insist on some absurd date for the next adjournment of Congress and not budge from that. There’s the disagreement that would let Trump act, and way too many in the media would both-sides the shit out of it.
Nancy will still not allow that to happen
Regarding Trump’s glorious Economic Revival gang of CEOs:
Vince McMahon is on the council (remember, his wife runs a major Trump dark money PAC).
Today WWE released a whole bunch of talent.
So the Economic Revival gang member just unemployed a bunch of people.
Quite the Revival, eh?
re: #279 makeitstop
Okay, Imma need details you guys.
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Yikes. A rat just scurried by on the steps behind the President in the Rose Garden pic.twitter.com/MerxMQpmca
— jonkarl (@jonkarl) April 15, 2020
Nancy Pelosi holding parties in CHYNATown!!!
WTF
re: #261 retired cynic
The Rs sure gave Obama heck about recess appointments, by refusing to adjourn at all. Faking it by keeping one person on hand, or something like that.
That’s how Moscow Mitch got away with blocking Merrick Garland.
these days i feel way more comfortable and confident handling the mess of a raw chicken in my kitchen than picking up a box of pasta in the grocery story
If Trump were to get curb stomped, I would not be upset.
Trump, who attended a weekend-long party at Mar-a-Lago in March that became a coronavirus vector, attacks Nancy Pelosi for not taking the virus more seriously in February, when he was saying it was going to miraculously go away on its own pic.twitter.com/9Nv8H4Hczn
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
FYI, you can’t come back, https://t.co/sJzX87EVMM
— Bakari Sellers (@Bakari_Sellers) April 15, 2020
So far this briefing is full of lies and fighting. @realDonaldTrump has not answered one question truthfully. He is using the questions as instruments to promulgate his lies.
— Mika Brzezinski (@morningmika) April 15, 2020
Excuse the fuck out of me but did Trump just threaten to shut down both Congress and Senate because his nominees keep getting blocked?!?! Is anyone else seeing this?!?! pic.twitter.com/YJ14slvWE5
— 🇯🇲Black🇭🇹Aziz🇳🇬aNANsi🇹🇹 (@Freeyourmindkid) April 15, 2020
re: #290 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
Thanks, Trump. We couldn’t have done it without you, you putrid motherfucker.
re: #292 Backwoods_Sleuth
1000:1 odds that he is one of those god-bothering “patriots”.
re: #290 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
this says a lot about ‘the greatest country in the world’
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To be fair, our total population is greater than the combined population of the next 5 countries.
re: #297 Hecuba’s daughter
To be fair, our total population is greater than the combined population of the next 5 countries.
I have confidence that Trump and the Republicans will get the US into the toilet on covid19 deaths and cases per capita.
re: #179 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
No kidding.
It says that the IRS cannot determine my eligibility?
WTF
Nor me, either.
re: #299 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Nor me, either.
Yeah. Literally says it cannot determine my eligibility, not that the status is unknown.
I’ll try to efile 2019 in the next couple of days and see if that makes any changes.
The Strategic National Stockpile has sent out 19.1 million tablets of hydroxychloroquine to cities around the country, a FEMA spokesperson confirmed. About 10.1 million are going to the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. https://t.co/sDB9I03LN4
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) April 15, 2020
re: #297 Hecuba’s daughter
To be fair, our total population is greater than the combined population of the next 5 countries.
New York State alone is in that population ranking/cases
re: #292 Backwoods_Sleuth
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A little background on this guy, he was run out of office Years ago due to some indiscretions with prostitutes. He finally won a an election in a small area outside of Atlanta where no-one else ran. It’s not surprising he’s endorsing 45. I’m surprised he hasn’t been caught again.
— …. just Heather (@imanmarie2000) April 15, 2020
re: #226 Backwoods_Sleuth
I used TurboTax for many years. They pissed me off, so I switched to TaxAct, who also pissed me off eventually when they started charging big big bucks just to file small dollar Sch C and Sch F with my return.
Eclectic Cyborg turned my onto TaxHawk last year for my 2018 return and I totally love them.
Fed return is free, state return is $14.99. Their online customer assistance/tax advice is outstanding.I cannot recommend them enough.
Awesome. Thanks. Gonna check it out this weekend.
Supreme Court rebukes Obama on recess appointments
By Robert Barnes June 26, 2014
re: #305 Mattand
Awesome. Thanks. Gonna check it out this weekend.
really, I believe you will like it
I am so glad that Chris Matthews got canned before the plague hit. Can you even imagine his coverage?
re: #306 BigPapa
Supreme Court rebukes Obama on recess appointments
By Robert Barnes June 26, 2014
Yeah, but they’ll think it’s okey dokey for Republicans…
re: #252 Joe Bacon 🌹
Downton Abbey re-runs.
The worst thing for me about this crisis has been the daily absolute shitshow that is Donald Trump and his merry band of fellow assholes.
There’s no one in charge of our country right now.
And it’s fucking over all of us.
Bigly.
— Bodega Cats (@Bodegacats_) April 15, 2020
Waiting for Trump to complain about the treatment of Merrick Garland like…. pic.twitter.com/S4UC21okql
— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) April 15, 2020
“We don’t want to be the suckers anymore” — Trump goes on a tirade against the WHO, then abruptly ends the news conference pic.twitter.com/NpsGCifKXy
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
such a freaking moron
REPORTER: Why do we have 20 percent of the world’s deaths from the coronavirus with only 4 percent of the population?
TRUMP: “Well you don’t know what you have. Do you think you’re getting honest numbers from some of these countries? … we report everything.” pic.twitter.com/t6AZSZoKu4— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
During his coronavirus daily briefing, President Trump claimed he can force Congress to adjourn to make recess appointments for certain positions.
WATCH: @Yamiche fact checks the president using an Obama-era Supreme Court ruling: https://t.co/j6v6KpxmIw pic.twitter.com/z4Bv7RE2vP— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) April 15, 2020
re: #319 Backwoods_Sleuth
G-d bless PBS for fact checking. They are definitely getting more money from me for this information.
Imagine the frothing at the mouth among Republicans were Obama to have implied he had the authority to shut down congress.
re: #318 Backwoods_Sleuth
such a freaking moron
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Well, mirabile dictu the Mango Moron actually made half a point! While I’m far from certain that “we” are 100% “reporting everything”, it’s also fairly certain that some countries are definitely not. China, for one: that cases no. of 83,000+ sounds suspiciously low. Iran, too; and Brazil only scarcely credible because they seem to have tried to ignore CV as much as possible….
Wasn’t this the episode where Glenn was trapped in a revolving door and forced to watch as the zombies tore Noah apart right in front of him? https://t.co/w6CyyTgPlk
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 15, 2020
re: #171 ckkatz
I was wondering if the bank waits until midnight (or some similar zero dark thirty) to clear and post funds from the previous day.
My small (local, 3 branches) does it that way. I think around 1 am they do the previous days transactions of credits.
re: #318 Backwoods_Sleuth
such a freaking moron
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I mean, China’s numbers can’t be trusted. Then again, the odds are that the total number of deaths are much higher than what is being reported (even with NY’s recent revision) are basically 100%.
Nationally syndicated Texas moron says what?
I tried to warn all you people in the DC/NYC bubble that a storm was coming. Nobody listened. You sat in your apartments and didn’t miss a paycheck and told everyone to shut up and stay inside.
It’s coming. Open this country. And soon. https://t.co/vl6NL1G6HO— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) April 15, 2020
Saw this in response to something I posted elsewhere:
“Since it’s the memo line someone could write “lost to Hillary Clinton” after his name and it would still be cashed.”
When you get your Trump-stamped check, how will you colorfully (& truthfully) deface it before cashing it? pic.twitter.com/Hua38WIS1q— Windthin ~ Rebel Scum & Snark Jedi🇵🇷🏳️🌈🌊❄️ (@windthin) April 15, 2020
re: #330 Backwoods_Sleuth
I got mine electronically so I cannot do that with mine but I agree 1000%
re: #330 Backwoods_Sleuth
- sucks
- can go fuck himself
- can have his name associated with 26,000+ death certificates
- is a failure
- gave adult film actresses more money than this
- sexually assaulted women, and I got this lousy check
The possibilities are endless.
What’s sad is that 80% of Americans will get this via EFT, and not a paper check. And those who get paper checks had those checks delayed so Trump could get his signature on them.
bunch of bratty children
The Senate Wednesday night did not confirm former Gov. Matt Bevin’s appointment of Brett Gaspard to the Kentucky Lottery board. Gaspard, of Northern Kentucky, had been Bevin’s appointments chief. ^JB
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) April 15, 2020
So, another unqualified Manafort/Stone hack who lacks the experience to weigh in on a public health crisis, but Trump listens to him, so that’s all that matters.
Trumpworld: a hive of scum and villainy.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 15, 2020
A confederate battle flag with an assault rifle. In Michigan.
In 1861, when Virginia invited Michigan to secede, the Michigan legislature responded:
“Resolved: That concessions and compromise are not to be entertained or offered to traitors” pic.twitter.com/wET3eqhLBy— Chad Loder (@chadloder) April 15, 2020
Let the Michigan Republican Party @MI_Republicans know what you think of their endorsement of this cruel, pointless, and dangerous blockade. If you want these people gone, follow and support @MichiganDems while you’re at it. https://t.co/0Wz0gcfWwP
— Chad Loder (@chadloder) April 15, 2020
Let the identification begin. pic.twitter.com/iDD2O7O30c
— Chad Loder (@chadloder) April 15, 2020
Will be forever haunted by this image of protestors in Ohio demanding the governor open businesses back up. pic.twitter.com/JB1Xdpd2Wq
— Daniel Benneworth-Gray (@gray) April 15, 2020
re: #330 Backwoods_Sleuth
“When you get your Trump-stamped check, how will you colorfully (& truthfully) deface it before cashing it?”
I’d be tempted by ‘sucks wet farts out of dead pigeons’.
re: #336 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I really need to whip up a die for making anti-vehicle caltrops out of narrow gauge steel tubing
Ohio, Michigan. I’m assuming my state of Texas will be next.
It’s bizarre to hear pundits say things like, “It’s illegal for Trump to sign Treasury checks because that would seem political. So he’s putting his name on the memo line instead.” Ahh, guys. That is worse. It proves he knows it’s entirely improper, but he’s doing it anyway.
— Elizabeth de la Vega (@Delavegalaw) April 15, 2020
re: #339 goddamnedfrank
I really need to whip up a die for making anti-vehicle caltrops out of narrow gauge steel tubing
I actually went on Grainger and was like “hmmm, I could definitely pull this off.”
re: #336 Backwoods_Sleuth
Bastards. All of them.
Does anyone know how to save a screen cap on Windows 10? I figured out how to take one with their idiotic Snip and Sketch “app” (and fuck this brain-dead cell phone shit sideways anyway), but I see no way to save it. I have been struggling for half an hour to figure it out. A google search reveals only that it saves to the clipboard, but how do I access the clipboard to save the file?
re: #330 Backwoods_Sleuth
Umm, maybe they should have hidden their identity and address before posting that.
re: #344 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Does anyone know how to save a screen cap on Windows 10? I figured out how to take one with their idiotic Snip and Sketch “app” (and fuck this brain-dead cell phone shit sideways anyway), but I see no way to save it. I have been struggling for half an hour to figure it out. A google search reveals only that it saves to the clipboard, but how do I access the clipboard to save the file?
The clipboard is where stuff you copy goes until you paste it.
Open a program that takes image pastes, like paint or wordpad, and hit control-v
“King Bershear….if he wants to save the lives of Kentuckians, he needs to shut down the abortion clinic.”
— LvilleClinicEscorts (@LouClinicEscort) April 16, 2020
Again, this has more to do with a popular Democrat Governor than anything. This is just the same show that gets dragged out.
— LvilleClinicEscorts (@LouClinicEscort) April 16, 2020
re: #344 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Without firing up my Windows box, I think they move the ‘file’ dialog menu to the top right, which is why you probably can’t find it.
Because forget 40 years of UI convention.
re: #344 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Does anyone know how to save a screen cap on Windows 10? I figured out how to take one with their idiotic Snip and Sketch “app” (and fuck this brain-dead cell phone shit sideways anyway), but I see no way to save it. I have been struggling for half an hour to figure it out. A google search reveals only that it saves to the clipboard, but how do I access the clipboard to save the file?
I use LightShot
This whole adjourning Congress to get his appointments approved is not something he would devise on his own. So who gave him this idea — one of his pals on Faux News? some commentator on OANN? Jared? Bill Barr? Anyone know?
I don’t really care if all these MAGA shitheels get the virus and die but they are going to get a lot of innocent people killed too.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) April 16, 2020
A friend sent a bunch of one-liners, from which I have selected a few:
• The world has turned upside down. Old folks are sneaking out of the house, and their kids are yelling at them to stay indoors!
• Day 7 at home and the dog is looking at me like, “See? This is why I chew the furniture!”
• When this is over what meeting do I attend first — Weight Watchers or AA?
• 2019: Stay away from negative people. 2020: Stay away from positive people.
First on @TheLeadCNN:
A woman who suffered from severe Covid-19 complications and gave birth while in a medically induced coma met her baby for the first time Wednesday as she left the hospital, surrounded by cheering hospital workers. pic.twitter.com/o7fpcRuJ9K— Sonia Moghe (@soniamoghe) April 15, 2020
The team decided to put the mom in a medically-induced coma in order to put her on a ventilator, and perform an emergency c-section.
The baby, a boy named Walter, was born on April 3 and taken to the NICU. He tested negative for the virus.— Sonia Moghe (@soniamoghe) April 15, 2020
Because the mom was in a medically-induced coma when her baby was delivered on April 3, she didn’t meet him until today when she left the hospital.
Healthcare workers at Northwell Southside Hospital lines the halls to cheer for her as she left.
This was her view: pic.twitter.com/iCuRLuPqwY— Sonia Moghe (@soniamoghe) April 15, 2020
re: #346 NetworkKed
The clipboard is where stuff you copy goes until you paste it.
Open a program that takes image pastes, like paint or wordpad, and hit control-v
I know what the clipboard is. The problem is that the image had not been appearing in the snip and sketch window. It just did this last time. Have no idea what the problem has been. As far as I could see, I would take a shot and it would disappear into thin air. It would not paste into paint either. It is just incredible that this is so much harder to use and more complicated than the snip program, er, excuse the fuck out of me, app, that they have had for decades.
We’ll never know exact result of protest today but it absolutely put people at risk @GovWhitmer to Erin Burnett on Cnn Our powers are inherent in our offices (Governors) (re> Trump’s stmnt: we can close them down ‘We need ro be on the same page to defeat this enemy says Governor’
— Kristen’s Kulture (@paz4u) April 16, 2020
re: #290 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)
this says a lot about ‘the greatest country in the world’
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It also has the population of the next 5 combined though.
MAGATs are willing to die for Gawd’s Anointed King.
Be my guest!!!
Some Trump supporters say they’re willing to die to reopen economy: ‘When it’s my time to go, God’s going to call me home” https://t.co/10cE83vDoY
— ☘️ Hoof Hearted? (@darndifino) April 15, 2020
re: #358 Joe Bacon 🌹
MAGATs are willing to die for Gawd’s Anointed King.
Be my guest!!!
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They sure are willing to climb over broken glass to go back to work, aren’t they?
re: #359 retired cynic
They sure are willing to climb over broken glass to go back to work, aren’t they?
A lot of them look like they might be retired.
re: #360 calochortus
A lot of them look like they might be retired.
So they are willing for OTHER people to crawl over broken glass to go back to work!
re: #356 Backwoods_Sleuth
I know a D governor can’t say this, but the virus is a natural disaster. Republicans are the enemy.
re: #361 retired cynic
So they are willing for OTHER people to crawl over broken glass to go back to work!
True heroism* is being completely impervious to other peoples’ pain.
(*) wingnut fantasy version, of course
re: #355 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I know what the clipboard is. The problem is that the image had not been appearing in the snip and sketch window. It just did this last time. Have no idea what the problem has been. As far as I could see, I would take a shot and it would disappear into thin air. It would not paste into paint either. It is just incredible that this is so much harder to use and more complicated than the snip program, er, excuse the fuck out of me, app, that they have had for decades.
Yeah, I’m still using the “snipping tool” which is the older version still in Windows 10… unless a recent patch removed it. Haven’t looked at “snip and sketch” yet.
The other trick in Windows is simply the print screen key on you keyboard - it sends the entire display output to the clipboard. …this is less helpful because it’s the ENTIRE display output, even if you have multiple monitors, and you’ll inevitably need to edit it down.
I’ve seen a couple of these appeals for consideration and civility from the usual suspects today. Must be some new talking point from the Genocide Party’s leadership.
Melody is a public figure, btw, the very active wife of Wade Wilkes, the Trumpster owner of KRFE Radio in Lubbock. Another yokel Trumpster, lawyer/radio talker Chad Hasty, was complaining about the meanies on Facebook who tore him into like a pack of wolves, and even accused him of wanting to harm people (!), every time he just suggested opening up business and getting the economy going again.
re: #362 EPR-radar
I know a D governor can’t say this, but the virus is a natural disaster. Republicans are the enemy.
Following up on this enemy business, I’ve been pondering this historical what-if: What if 21st century Republicans were the opposing party to FDR during WWII?
re: #351 Hecuba’s daughter
This whole adjourning Congress to get his appointments approved is not something he would devise on his own. So who gave him this idea — one of his pals on Faux News? some commentator on OANN? Jared? Bill Barr? Anyone know?
Navarro or Jared would be my guess.
re: #358 Joe Bacon 🌹
MAGATs are willing to die for Gawd’s Anointed King.
Be my guest!!!
Some Trump supporters say they’re willing to die to reopen economy: ‘When it’s my time to go, God’s going to call me home” https://t.co/10cE83vDoY
— ☘️ Hoof Hearted? (@darndifino) April 15, 2020
I suppose it’s grotesque how funny all this is, but, damn, it really is hilarious, a brief Golden Age of humor. Before we all die.
re: #365 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
How the hell can people convince themselves that Trump has done anything, ever, that was not 100% driven by Trump’s unholy lust for his kind of validation.
re: #369 EPR-radar
Still Trumpers found in my Facebook timeline. They are mostly quiet these days, posting the usual diversions found on Facebook. But just scratch them a bit and they start whining.
When you make the capture in Snip and Sketch, there’s a screen with highlighter pen icons. The save icon is on the right.
re: #369 EPR-radar
How the hell can people convince themselves that Trump has done anything, ever, that was not 100% driven by Trump’s unholy lust for his kind of validation.
They kiss Trump’s ass because Trump kicks down colored people and queers. MAGATS get off on that. It’s their sole reason for living. It’s the sole joy in their lives.
re: #369 EPR-radar
How the hell can people convince themselves that Trump has done anything, ever, that was not 100% driven by Trump’s unholy lust for his kind of validation.
Because they are (1) as venal as he is, (2) brainwashed from a constant bombardment of lies from Faux news et al , and/or (3) fond of racist bullies and totally in line with their agenda.
How in the fuck can Gov. Desantis ever, EVER be reelected?
re: #373 Hecuba’s daughter
Because they are (1) as venal as he is, (2) brainwashed from a constant bombardment of lies from Faux news et al , and/or (3) fond of racist bullies and totally in line with their agenda.
I think most of the people in my life, the ones that I know personally, are in category (2). The others I deliberately keep out of my life!
For some probably idiotic reason #RecallGavinNewsom is trending.
Many though are having a hoot at the word “recall”.
re: #371 Sherlock Hound
When you make the capture in Snip and Sketch, there’s a screen with highlighter pen icons. The save icon is on the right.
I haven’t seen that. The cap just fades. Last time, it did appear on the snip and sketch window (with the save icon), but that was a first after many tries.
“The move is designed to assert more White House control over Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, whom officials believe has been behind recent critical reports about President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.” https://t.co/V27LWOnyld
— Heidi Przybyla (@HeidiNBC) April 15, 2020
…..you can literally do all of this https://t.co/nToYJCSttj
— Alex Thomas (@AlexThomasDC) April 16, 2020
re: #354 Backwoods_Sleuth
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That hospital is about 3 miles from my house! They took care of my wife with her anemia issues just before COVID went wide. Good for them!
hold up right there, spanky…
A close down?
DT: “We have the right to do whatever we want. But we wouldn’t do that. But no, we would have the right to close down what they’re doing if we want..But we don’t want to do that, & I don’t think there’ll be any reason to do that. But we have the right to do that.”— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) April 15, 2020
The Navy is looking into whether it can reinstate Capt. Brett Crozier, who was removed from command of the carrier Theodore Roosevelt after he pleaded for more help fighting a coronavirus outbreak aboard his ship, Defense Department officials said https://t.co/jD2Bkyy3Li
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 15, 2020
re: #355 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
I know what the clipboard is. The problem is that the image had not been appearing in the snip and sketch window. It just did this last time. Have no idea what the problem has been. As far as I could see, I would take a shot and it would disappear into thin air. It would not paste into paint either. It is just incredible that this is so much harder to use and more complicated than the snip program, er, excuse the fuck out of me, app, that they have had for decades.
Try Function-Print Screen then open Paint and Control-V to paste it there.
Meet our #wcw Frances Morris (R)—the first woman to work at The Met.
Morris worked part-time at The Met for nine years before being offered a full-time job in 1905.
During her 33-year career, she cataloged all of the Musical Instrument and Textile collections. 🧶 🎶 #Met150 pic.twitter.com/Njq12EyHQv— The Metropolitan Museum of Art (@metmuseum) April 16, 2020
I live in Michigan and I have planted 35 baby trees in the last week, several of which I purchased from retail outlets 🤓
Rep. Justin Amash is teasing running for President on the libertarian ticket.
President Email Lady wouldn’t be ranting like a fucking lunatic right now, is all I’m saying
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) April 15, 2020
re: #302 Dread Pirate
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So it has been a big payday for the manufacturer no matter if it is found effective or not.
re: #384 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Try Function-Print Screen then open Paint and Control-V to paste it there.
Thanks. Control-V is working with both GIMP and Paint now, without having to open the accursed snip and sketch app. It wasn’t before.
re: #354 Backwoods_Sleuth
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That is very much most definitely a wonderful story: but with one curious twist:
Mom was diagnosed with COVID-19 to the point of having to be comatized and ventilator-ed: but her baby tested negative after “birth”? It’s a good thing, of course; but I had thought viruses could pass the placental barrier: I’ll be glad to be proved wrong…
Donald Trump just stood on stage and said that the United States is a “developing country.” This is the terminology that replaced the phrase “third world country.”
Trump just literally announced that the United States is a third world country.— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) April 15, 2020
re: #377 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Try this:
- Click “New”
- Select Snip Now
- There will be a top bar with five icons. Click on the fullscreen icon; this is the fourth from the left.
- The window with your snip will appear. This can be annotated and highlighted.
- If you click the “windows” icon in the top center by mistake, just click on the window under it. The capture will then appear.
I have uploaded an image to show you. When you’ve captured the screenshot, you should see something like this.
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) April 16, 2020
late night in Yorkshire…
🎶In the middle of the night, we go walking in our sheeeeeeeeep 🎶 #staypositive #smile #night #lambs #nightshift #adoption #family pic.twitter.com/a9nX6PtFkd
— YorkshireShepherdess (@AmandaOwen8) April 16, 2020
I’ve been fond of comparing the GOP gentry to the French aristocracy of the Revolutionary period, and I think it holds, but I do wonder how many of them could be as brave and composed as Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette both were when they were on the scaffold to be guillotined?
Louis made a well reasoned, though necessarily brief, speech in his own defense, while Marie was composed and dignified the whole way and even apologized when she accidentally stepped on the executioner’s foot.
re: #393 Dread Pirate
Today’s stats, up from yesterday.
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good news is that it is probably not because things are getting worse, more likely reporting is getting better.
Michigan Republican comes out in opposition to Democratic Gov. Whitmer’s life-saving measures:
“[Coronavirus] is not as serious as they made it out to be.”
“I see you’re wearing a mask, so you appear to have some level of concern.”
“Yes.”
You truly can’t make this up. pic.twitter.com/IqEfGu7eiV— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) April 15, 2020
re: #205 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The IRS is confusing me. It says if you have filed for 2018 or 2019 (and meet the other requirements ) one is eligible.
But on the Get My Payment page, it instructs me that if I filed for 2018 but not 2019 that I need to electronically file for 2019 if I have not already done so.
I have not done 2019 yet (intentionally put it off). Perhaps this is why the Get My Payment is telling me it can’t determine my eligibility?? Even though the top page instructions says “or” 2018??
This is so confusing.
Maybe I’ll just electronically file anyway and see what happens. (Glad I didn’t do paper this year as the IRS is now saying it can’t process paper.)
I ALWAYS do old-fashioned paper (except for 2017 when we had a pro do our taxes) and mailed off 2019’s last week. We got our Trumpbucks deposited in our checking account late last night.
something positive to head to sleep with tonight:
behold @JoeBiden’s new all-star ad pic.twitter.com/O5kcLdtvMk
— Florida Chris (@chrislongview) April 15, 2020
re: #364 NetworkKed
The other trick in Windows is simply the print screen key on you keyboard - it sends the entire display output to the clipboard. …this is less helpful because it’s the ENTIRE display output, even if you have multiple monitors, and you’ll inevitably need to edit it down.
Holding down the ALT key whilst pressing Print Screen sends the output of the currently active window to the clipboard rather than the whole screen. From there it’s easy to run Windows Paint, (which is part of Windows 10) and do Control-V to retrieve the screengrab, and then save it.
re: #391 Jay C
Mom was diagnosed with COVID-19 to the point of having to be comatized and ventilator-ed: but her baby tested negative after “birth”? It’s a good thing, of course; but I had thought viruses could pass the placental barrier: I’ll be glad to be proved wrong…
Can, but don’t always.
With appropriate medical intervention, women with AIDS often have children without.
Remember that “great deal” Trump managed for the new Air Force One? The one they saved money buying used, no mid ir refueling? Yeah the one that will not fit in the hangar so it gets an expensive new roost. Oh and THIS.
Just Boeing’s Manuals For New Air Force One Jets Cost A Whopping $84 Million
It is hard to really get one’s head around the fiscal scale of the Air Force One recapitalization program. the program’s total price tag, including things like new hangars and other ancillary items, comes in at $5.3B. The aircraft themselves will cost $4.7B, making them the most expensive planes ever made. This runs counter to the claims by President Trump that he personally slashed the cost of the jets. You can read more about this cost breakdown here.
New toy news undercover…
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re: #405 Rightwingconspirator
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Remember that “great deal” Trump managed for the new Air Force One? The one they saved money buying used, no mid ir refueling? Yeah the one that will not fit in the hangar so it gets an expensive new roost. Oh and THIS.
Just Boeing’s Manuals For New Air Force One Jets Cost A Whopping $84 Million
“Nothing is cheap in aviation and especially when it comes to flying the President, but an F-35’s worth of manuals is amazing to comprehend.”
Boeing better not get any bailout money after that.
FYI
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Does it surprise anyone that while Trump and Friends pretended there was no crisis, the White House was scrambling to find masks for themselves? https://t.co/FeS42JjCmc pic.twitter.com/K7eOyQUeRR
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) April 16, 2020
re: #405 Rightwingconspirator
Hopefully he never gets to fly in it and Joe can change the color scheme.
re: #411 Dave In Austin
Hopefully he never gets to fly in it and Joe can change the color scheme.
And be subject to endless howling from GOPers about “wasting government money”, no doubt…
re: #407 Dread Pirate
“Nothing is cheap in aviation and especially when it comes to flying the President, but an F-35’s worth of manuals is amazing to comprehend.”
Boeing better not get any bailout money after that.
Had to take some classes on cradle-to-grave procurement processes at Defense Acquisition University. An instructor claimed that the documentation for a particular cargo lifter would not fit inside the plane. Or so I remember.
re: #400 A Three Hour Tour
I ALWAYS do old-fashioned paper (except for 2017 when we had a pro do our taxes) and mailed off 2019’s last week. We got our Trumpbucks deposited in our checking account late last night.
Well, the IRS website now says they are not accepting paper.
Should maybe start calling this time period the crucible because many people are being reduced down to their core element and it’s revealing who they really are
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) April 16, 2020
They’re psychologically preparing the cult for human sacrifice https://t.co/rAGyCdHkVn
— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) April 16, 2020
re: #415 goddamnedfrank
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That’s damned appropriate. This is real humanity, right here. Who are you, hero or villain?
Name game.https://t.co/O2HhdddZSO pic.twitter.com/OXoDqCbLyP
— Tom Toles (@TomTolesToons) April 15, 2020
IRS urges taxpayers to use electronic options; outlines online assistance
Paper Tax Returns: All taxpayers should file electronically through their tax preparer, tax software provider or IRS Free File if possible. The IRS is not currently able to process individual paper tax returns. If you already have filed via paper but it has not yet been processed, do not file a second tax return or write to the IRS to inquire about the status of your return or your economic impact payment. Paper returns will be processed once processing centers are able to reopen. This year, more than 90% of taxpayers have filed electronically.
re: #416 jaunte
Pretty soon, comparisons between Republicans and Nazis will be insults to the Nazis.
— ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) April 16, 2020
My best friend got her #stimuluspayment today, but when I checked my bank account… pic.twitter.com/JftKxFl0f4
— Old School Radio 🔠 (@kickitoldschool) April 15, 2020
re: #420 EPR-radar
Pretty soon, comparisons between Republicans and Nazis will be insults to the Nazis.
“Yeah, but at least the Nazis only killed 10 million people.”
FEMA gave a $55,000,000 no-bid contract to a bankrupt company with no employees for N95 masks – which they don’t make or have – at 7x the cost others charge.https://t.co/59IXV4c1y3
— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) April 16, 2020
re: #424 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
“Yeah, but at least the Nazis only killed 10 million people.”
“say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos”
re: #400 A Three Hour Tour
I ALWAYS do old-fashioned paper (except for 2017 when we had a pro do our taxes) and mailed off 2019’s last week. We got our Trumpbucks deposited in our checking account late last night.
If you filed in 2018 and had a return amount direct deposited, then the IRS probably used that information, not the 2019 filing.
re: #425 jaunte
Obviously the owners of this company have corrupt Republican connections.
re: #428 EPR-radar
Apparently they’ve been flying under the radar for years, scamming the DoD.
re: #428 EPR-radar
Obviously the owners of this company have corrupt Republican connections.
Are there any other kind?
Madddow: If [Joe Biden] asked you to be his running mate, would you say yes?
Warren: Yes. pic.twitter.com/5EIofG2TNt— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) April 16, 2020
I guess I’ll do an electronic filing by Monday, and see if that makes a difference in my Get My Bucks website.
Always wanted to do paper. Maybe it’s nostalgia, but the ritual is more impressing that sitting at a website for a few minutes and everything else being invisible.
Chris’s wife Christina has COVID19 too — 🙏 prayers for quick recovery https://t.co/5OtoyH4B1R
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 16, 2020
re: #431 gocart mozart
I’m hoping Biden chooses a young person of color. So I’m not onboard with Maddow pushing Warren. If the Dems retake the Senate, Warren is needed to head up a committee or two.
re: #432 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I guess I’ll do an electronic filing by Monday, and see if that makes a difference in my Get My Bucks website.
Always wanted to do paper. Maybe it’s nostalgia, but the ritual is more impressing that sitting at a website for a few minutes and everything else being invisible.
I use a desktop tax-prep program. It’s the best of both worlds; the speed and ease of e-filing, but the ritual procedure of carefully putting in all the right numbers, double-checking the forms, dotting i’s, crossing t’s, and then… hitting the Submit button.
At least the corpses will be well-kempt:
Shelby County barbershop plans to reopen Friday, flouting Kay Ivey’s order
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re: #426 EPR-radar
“say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos”
The Nazis at least had principles; detestable, insane principles to be sure; but principles nevertheless and they actually tried to adhere to them.
re: #437 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
The Nazis at least had principles; detestable, insane principles to be sure; but principles nevertheless and they actually tried to adhere to them.
Lawful Evil.
re: #421 Dread Pirate
I bet you’d be fun to drop acid with.
Maybe, have never done hallucinogens because of my omnipresent trust issues.
re: #434 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I’m hoping Biden chooses a young person of color. So I’m not onboard with Maddow pushing Warren. If the Dems retake the Senate, Warren is needed to head up a committee or two.
I wouldn’t get too hung up on the idea of a Warren vice presidency. She’s needed in the Senate, and she can’t give up her seat because it would be filled by an appointment by a Republican governor. Charlie Baker is a very decent Republican, as such things go, but he’s still going to put a Republican in that seat if given the chance.
re: #433 Dread Pirate
Well shit. We can assume they were careful
re: #425 jaunte
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Obviously some of that 55m went to ? as thanks for the contract.
I shouldn’t think that way…please forget what I said.
re: #438 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Lawful Evil.
Trump and the GOP are the epitome of Neutral Greedy. Don’t give a fuck about laws or chaos (freedom!) as long as either can be exploited for their own gain. Don’t have them as Chaotic as they understand about sticking together enough to mutually benefit to some degree.
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