The Ever-Evolving Lies of Donald Trump

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As you probably know, yesterday the crazed egomaniac playing at being president suggested to Dr. Deborah Birx that researchers should look into possibly injecting bleach into people’s lungs to fight the coronavirus. His “reasoning” probably went something like: if it kills the virus on a countertop, why wouldn’t it work inside the lungs the same way?

Let’s go to the video!

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This is why he’s the most tremendous stable genius in the history of history.

But this is also one of those rare occasions when he blathered out something so monumentally stupid that some way had to be found to walk it back or excuse it.

And as with so many of these dumbass right wing statements, when the stupid is undeniable, they run with the ever-popular sarcasm excuse.

UPDATE at 4/24/20 11:38:41 am by Charles Johnson

But wait, there’s more! In the same press event today, Trump proceeded to make it very clear he was not being sarcastic!

The perfect conclusion to this tale told by an idiot.

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312 comments
1
I Would Prefer Not To  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:30:59am

Still waiting to get better and for trump to die.

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mmmirele  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:33:10am

I got CL’ed but this is relevant.

Holy Christ on the Cross, I HATE BEING RIGHT.

Revealed: leader of group peddling bleach as coronavirus ‘cure’ wrote to Trump this week

Mark Grenon wrote to Trump saying chlorine dioxide ‘can rid the body of Covid-19’ days before the president promoted disinfectant as treatment

theguardian.com

Miracle Mineral Solution IS chlorine dioxide. Holy shit.

3
Omar Comin’ Yo  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:33:19am

re: #1 I Would Prefer Not To

Still waiting to get better and for trump to die.

First thing I check for when awakening.
In other news………….
Trump releases Dr. Faust and announces new appointee.

1971 Ty D Bol Commercial

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lawhawk  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:35:32am

re: #2 mmmirele

Trump’s staff are letting him see all the crap spewed by cranks from all over the world so long as they fit his know nothing worldview. He doesn’t listen to his own experts or attend the briefings based on actual facts and info.

His staff are complicit in all of this.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:36:14am

Phrase I never want to hear again in politics. He was just being sarcastic to trigger his opposition. Just shut the fuck up. There’s a time and place for sarcasm but it’s not a press briefing during a pandemic and secondly Trump doesn’t know sarcasm from his asshole.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:36:58am

re: #4 lawhawk

Trump’s staff are letting him see all the crap spewed by cranks from all over the world so long as they fit his know nothing worldview. He doesn’t listen to his own experts or attend the briefings based on actual facts and info.

His staff are complicit in all of this.

I hope they never work in Washington again. And some of them I hope go to prison.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:37:47am

And of course I CLed this.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:38:07am

re: #4 lawhawk

Trump’s staff are letting him see all the crap spewed by cranks from all over the world so long as they fit his know nothing worldview. He doesn’t listen to his own experts or attend the briefings based on actual facts and info.

His staff are complicit in all of this.

Not just his staff, but the whole GOP with few exceptions. The Senate could have removed him. Even Mitt Romney only voted guilty on one of the two articles.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:38:49am

But wait, there’s more! In the same press event today, Trump proceeded to make it very clear he was not being sarcastic!

The perfect conclusion to this tale told by an idiot.

10
jeffreyw  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:38:54am
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:40:20am

This little UV Light of mine, I’m gonna make it shine…

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:40:35am

re: #9 Charles Johnson

But wait, there’s more! In the same press event today, Trump proceeded to make it very clear he was not being sarcastic!

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The perfect conclusion to this tale told by an idiot.

He was just being sarcastic that he wasn’t being sarcastic. Seriously this man has single handily dumbed down the presidency.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:40:51am

re: #10 jeffreyw

Once you deep fry them how do you tell the cardinals and woodpeckers apart?
//// ;P

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:41:05am

re: #10 jeffreyw

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Coleslaw definitely is.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:41:52am

Florida has exceeded 30,000 total cases, and 1,000 total deaths

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jaunte  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:42:20am

re: #12 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

He has some vague sense that saying you were being sarcastic gives you a pass on being questioned. But then he went right back to the same just asking questions about an idiotic “solution.”

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:42:54am
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Dr Lizardo  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:43:00am

re: #2 mmmirele

I got CL’ed but this is relevant.

Holy Christ on the Cross, I HATE BEING RIGHT.

theguardian.com

Miracle Mineral Solution IS chlorine dioxide. Holy shit.

I got CL’d on my reply - that my suspicions earlier today that one of the bleach-drinkers must’ve put that idea in his empty head were right.

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lawhawk  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:43:06am

re: #10 jeffreyw

Sure, but why have it with fried shrimp? Cocktail sauce is the preferred condiment there (and probably would be better than ketchup for all those fried goodies).

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:43:42am

re: #10 jeffreyw

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Now why am I so hungry for Howard Johnson’s Tendersweet® Fried Clams?

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:43:42am

re: #10 jeffreyw

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According to my eldest sister it’s a satanic abomination straight from the deepest pit of hell.

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jeffreyw  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:44:00am

re: #13 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Once you deep fry them how do you tell the cardinals and woodpeckers apart?
//// ;P

Woodpecker tongue is longer.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:44:00am

re: #16 jaunte

He has some vague sense that saying you were being sarcastic gives you a pass on being questioned. But then he went right back to the same just asking questions about an idiotic “solution.”

Remember when he asked Denmark for Greenland. Shit, if Biden wins this thing. He’s going to be beloved overseas because he’s not Trump.

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lawhawk  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:44:27am

re: #20 Joe Bacon 🌹

Now why am I so hungry for Howard Johnson’s Tendersweet® Fried Clams?

Or the HoJo ice cream sundae they’d give as a birthday freebie?

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:45:03am

re: #24 lawhawk

Or the HoJo ice cream sundae they’d give as a birthday freebie?

HoJo Chocolate Marshmallow ice cream!!!!

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:45:49am
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Dr. Matt  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:46:03am
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jeffreyw  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:46:41am

re: #19 lawhawk

Sure, but why have it with fried shrimp? Cocktail sauce is the preferred condiment there (and probably would be better than ketchup for all those fried goodies).

The ketchup is cut with habanero sauce. Mrs J was hogging the cocktail sauce at her end of the table.

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jeffreyw  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:47:27am

re: #21 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

According to my eldest sister it’s a satanic abomination straight from the deepest pit of hell.

So.. perfect for fries?

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:48:02am

re: #9 Charles Johnson

But wait, there’s more! In the same press event today, Trump proceeded to make it very clear he was not being sarcastic!

The perfect conclusion to this tale told by an idiot.

Schrödinger’s sarcasm.

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lawhawk  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:49:42am

re: #29 jeffreyw

I’m a ketchup guy. Love it on potatoes (whether it’s chips or fries). Got that from my mom. It’s the combo of sweet and salty. But those manufactured chips that bake the ketchup into the chips? Those are devil’s work.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:49:50am
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jaunte  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:49:51am

Schrödinger is an example of somebody who’s done an amazing job and is being recognized more and less.

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Dr. Matt  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:50:41am

BK is trolling Donnie:

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:51:33am

re: #32 Anymouse 🌹🏡

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I really really want this shitgibbon on trial. See what he says about the ratings then.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:51:38am

four-ply microfiber cloth

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:51:55am

re: #26 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Still working to alienate the military and veteran vote from the GOP, while simultaneously working to further endanger personnel.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:52:17am

re: #34 Dr. Matt

BK is trolling Donnie:

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If I’ve lost the Burger King, I’ve lost Middle Hamburguica.

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Belafon  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:52:59am

re: #21 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

According to my eldest sister it’s a satanic abomination straight from the deepest pit of hell.

Geoffrey Zakarian, chef that is on Food Netowork’s “The Kitchen” and refused to open a restaurant in one of Trump’s hotels, says that ketchup is OK for cooking because it’s basically tomato paste.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:53:30am

re: #35 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

I really really want this shitgibbon on trial. See what he says about the ratings then.

Hell, I’d sign up for satellite TV service (and buy a TV) to see that on pay-per-view.

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lawhawk  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:53:38am
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Belafon  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:53:47am

re: #34 Dr. Matt

BK is trolling Donnie:

I need to hear from the Steakums account.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:53:51am

re: #29 jeffreyw

So.. perfect for fries?

yep and tots and hamburgers. NOT OK on hotdogs. Spicy brown Mustard, onions and DILL relish only on the hotdogs.

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Rightwingconspirator  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:54:44am

Next cooking project. Chili but with a Northern Mexico/California edge. One of those things that come together when some canned goods are getting dated if not used. Seared up “stew meat” beef that was in the freezer. Garlic, onion, chili powder, cumin powder all together in some bacon fat. That goes into the slow cooker with crushed tomato, a little red enchilada sauce, tomato sauce. Deglazed the iron pan with beer into the chili. Past that I added black and kidney beans, corn kernels. Going slow this is Sundays dinner. The slow cooker is surrounded by various half-empty cans so I can adjust over the next 24hours.

In the next grocery pickup, I hope to have the ingredients of Coq Au Vin. That will fill a whole day or more. Hands on. And enough food to give away or trade with friends.

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lawhawk  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:55:39am

re: #43 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Hot dogs: spicy brown mustard and cole slaw. I’m not a fan of sauerkraut, even though I love various vinegar based slaws and salads. It’s a texture thing.

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Omar Comin’ Yo  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:56:56am
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:57:04am

re: #19 lawhawk

Sure, but why have it with fried shrimp? Cocktail sauce is the preferred condiment there (and probably would be better than ketchup for all those fried goodies).

Oh no. Got to be tartar sauce with shrimp…or those long lost Tendersweet® Fried Clams!

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:57:54am

re: #39 Belafon

Geoffrey Zakarian, chef that is on Food Netowork’s “The Kitchen” and refused to open a restaurant in one of Trump’s hotels, says that ketchup is OK for cooking because it’s basically tomato paste.

Ummmmmmm……… no.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 24, 2020 • 11:58:01am

re: #42 Belafon

I need to hear from the Steakums account.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:00:22pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:00:22pm

re: #42 Belafon

I need to hear from the Steakums account.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:01:50pm
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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:01:57pm

re: #45 lawhawk

Hot dogs: spicy brown mustard and cole slaw. I’m not a fan of sauerkraut, even though I love various vinegar based slaws and salads. It’s a texture thing.

Never tried using slaw and the only thing kraut goes with in my opinion is on a Reuben or Kielbasa.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:02:03pm

re: #50 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

If he is in fact reinstated as the commanding officer, I imagine the applause and cheers will dwarf those from when he departed the ship—with video uploaded seconds after he is piped aboard.

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jeffreyw  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:02:56pm

re: #31 lawhawk

I’m a ketchup guy. Love it on potatoes (whether it’s chips or fries). Got that from my mom. It’s the combo of sweet and salty. But those manufactured chips that bake the ketchup into the chips? Those are devil’s work.

I’ve not had any of those, I buy salt and vinegar Utz chips, and nacho chips, plain and nacho cheese. I’m a pickle, onion, and mustard guy on burgers but I treasure those last few bites that I mop through the salt and pepper laced ketchup from under the french fries.

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lawhawk  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:04:08pm

re: #53 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Even if I do a Reuben style sandwich, I’d go with slaw instead of kraut. I like the bite of the slaw.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:05:18pm

Well we knew the little Nazi was getting his way…

Stephen Miller has long-term vision for Trump’s ‘temporary’ immigration order, according to private call with supportersTrump senior policy adviser Stephen Miller told White House supporters in a private call this week that the president’s new executive order curbing immigration will usher in the kind of broader long-term changes to American society he has advocated for years, even though the 60-day measures were publicly characterized as a “pause” during the coronavirus pandemic.

Miller, the chief architect of the president’s immigration agenda and one of his longest-serving and most trusted advisers, spoke to a group of Trump surrogates Thursday in an off-the-record call about the new executive order, which had been signed the night before. Though the White House had seen the move as something that would resonate with Trump’s political base, the administration instead was facing criticism from immigration hard-liners who were disappointed that the order does not apply to temporary foreigner workers despite Trump pitching it as helping to protect jobs for Americans.

Miller told the group that subsequent measures were under consideration that would restrict guest worker programs, but the “the most important thing is to turn off the faucet of new immigrant labor,” he said, according to a recording obtained by The Washington Post. Miller indicated that the strategy was part of a long-term vision and was not seen only as a stopgap.

Yeah, Little Nazi. Let more crops rot in the fields…

washingtonpost.com

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Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:06:05pm
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Omar Comin’ Yo  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:06:29pm

re: #3 Omar Comin’ Yo

Dr. Fauci

geeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:08:32pm

A thread on critical thinking, ten tweets.

Steak-umms social media person has come out in the past to point out their own social media account is a certain kind of propaganda (adverts), which builds an affinity toward their brand because they are being open and honest on their social media accounts.

They’ve even said you should critically think about why they put such information on a frozen meat product’s social media; it’s to get you to feel favourable towards their brand, even if you’re a vegetarian (they don’t mind if vegetarians retweet their information to others).

I don’t know who in their marketing department let their social media people go like this, but it sure is getting them a lot of buzz, even in the press.

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jeffreyw  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:09:08pm

Chicago dogs

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gocart mozart  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:10:18pm

Best bleach blues song

Larkin Poe | Bleach Blonde Bottle Blues (Official Video)

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:10:35pm

re: #61 jeffreyw

ago_dogs

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Now THAT’s a Chicago Hot Dog!

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Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:11:12pm
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:12:36pm

Step in the tube and test it Bill! And do include your pal SMOTI too!

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Rightwingconspirator  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:14:47pm

Gavin Newsom is making so much sense. Has the ring of truth, a dash of optimism based on working with the real experts. Very specific stuff about restaurants and seniors etc.

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:15:05pm

re: #32 Anymouse 🌹🏡

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did she say no?

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danarchy  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:15:09pm

re: #39 Belafon

Geoffrey Zakarian, chef that is on Food Netowork’s “The Kitchen” and refused to open a restaurant in one of Trump’s hotels, says that ketchup is OK for cooking because it’s basically tomato paste.

Guess it depends what you are cooking. It is basically tomato paste and vinegar. Good base for BBQ sauce.

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:15:44pm

re: #34 Dr. Matt

BK is trolling Donnie:

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waiting for the definitive on this from steak-ums

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jeffreyw  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:16:04pm

re: #45 lawhawk

Hot dogs: spicy brown mustard and cole slaw. I’m not a fan of sauerkraut, even though I love various vinegar based slaws and salads. It’s a texture thing.

Curly Dog!
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Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:16:12pm
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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:16:47pm

re: #68 danarchy

Guess it depends what you are cooking. It is basically tomato paste and vinegar. Good base for BBQ sauce.

Western Carolina BBQ that is. I actually prefer the Eastern vinegar based. I don’t mind ketchup on dogs though. I do prefer mustard and kraut though.

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:17:28pm

re: #41 lawhawk

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where we are is the actual need for a sane voice telling us not to drink bleach

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:17:38pm

re: #42 Belafon

I need to hear from the Steakums account.

gmta!

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:19:02pm

Even if we pry Donald Trump out of the White House, we still have to deal with his voters.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:20:09pm
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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:20:19pm

re: #58 Charles Johnson

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Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:22:31pm
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:22:41pm
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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:22:45pm

re: #64 Charles Johnson

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it’s not the outside air ya dingus
someone walks into the room and coughs
your system is contaminated and toast

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:23:32pm

And now people around the world are having to refute Trump’s claim about disinfectants. (video, 1:03)

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:24:11pm

re: #70 jeffreyw

oy

a hot dog on a round bun

here we go…

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:26:13pm

TikTok user @rebabeba (or Rebecca) was captivated by one such Karen who revealed her extensive undyed roots to a cameraperson and insisted that Whitmer’s stay-at-home orders kept her from fixing her hair. Rebecca had a hard time believing somebody’s roots could go so haywire in just a few weeks, so she did some calculations to get to the bottom of it.

Michigan’s stay-at-home order began on March 24, or 28 days before Rebecca uploaded her video to Tiktok (April 21). She calculated the average monthly hair growth (half an inch) and the average length of a woman’s pointer finger (108 mm) for scale. Using these figures, Rebecca measured the approximate length of the woman’s roots and estimated that she hadn’t gotten her hair dyed since October. (more)
dailydot.com

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:26:25pm

re: #79 Joe Bacon 🌹

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that there is just boredom

and george carlin
you nail together two things that have never been nailed together before and some schmuck will buy it from you

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Dr. Matt  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:26:52pm
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jeffreyw  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:27:18pm

re: #82 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)

oy

a hot dog on a round bun

here we go…

I’d love to go! Where to?
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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:27:42pm

re: #81 Anymouse 🌹🏡

And now people around the world are having to refute Trump’s claim about disinfectants. (video, 1:03)

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sure everyone in the world talks about him
it’s not cause he’s ‘famous’
it’s infamous

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:28:26pm
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Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:29:40pm
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cat-tikvah  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:30:17pm

Homage to Philly’s Dead Milkmen:

The Dead Milkmen - Bleach Boys (CovIdiot-In-Chief)

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:30:40pm

re: #89 Charles Johnson

It may very well come down to that for some.

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lawhawk  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:30:47pm

re: #89 Charles Johnson

Not sarcasm?? My sarcasm detector is totally frakked at this point.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:31:08pm
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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:32:07pm

re: #86 jeffreyw

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you eyeballin’ me?

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Dr. Matt  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:32:58pm

re: #93 Charles Johnson

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As a former Navy man….it’s rare. I can’t think of such an instance in recent history.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:34:32pm

Would be fitting to see President Biden promote him to Admiral Crozier.

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:36:10pm

re: #93 Charles Johnson

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maybe they’re reading the polls and looking at the calendar

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Belafon  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:36:54pm

re: #83 Anymouse 🌹🏡

I’m now in need of a new pair of shoes. The problem is that most of the shoe stores themselves have been declared non-essential, and are closed.

While hair isn’t exactly needing-the-right-medicine, you don’t normally plan your purchases or grooming habits around a possible pandemic.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:37:52pm

re: #93 Charles Johnson

It is rare, but it happens. For example, this article from Task & Purpose:

Naval Officer Who Lost Job Over Anti-War Sentiments Reinstated (first reported in The Virginian Pilot)

Cmdr. John F. Sharpe, a former lieutenant commander and public affairs officer assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, was reinstated in February 2016 by the Board for Correction of Naval Records, according to personnel records.

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Belafon  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:38:39pm

re: #93 Charles Johnson

What it does indicate is that he doesn’t have control of the military he thinks he does.

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jeffreyw  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:38:59pm

re: #94 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)

you eyeballin’ me?

If the look fits..

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Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:39:18pm
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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:39:42pm

Make Bleach Great Again.

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So Cal Greek Hippie  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:40:11pm

re: #66 Rightwingconspirator

The Newsom administration has been very good. His team, including First Partner have been on point and message. I also credit the San Francisco mayor’s early action to cancel Warriors’ games as a key early factor waking me to the risks of Covid19.

Also should note for the record was that at nearly the same time I was on the phone with conservative Texas business colleague who does computer models. He was early into tracking Covid19. He had a strong early visceral reaction that was the second key factor to prompt my to shelter in place as much as possible

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Khal Wimpo (not drinking damn fish tank cleaner)  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:40:32pm

I seriously Can’t Even Today, Part Trumpus Fucknuttius MCMXLII:

I am going to snap. Please, sweet meteor of death, come soon…

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Khal Wimpo (not drinking damn fish tank cleaner)  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:42:09pm

In case any of the rest of you have relatives who are as pig-ignorant as mine, or just want to explore the origins of the latest Trump idiocy, the UV light portion is debunked over at Science-Based Medicine

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:42:48pm

re: #103 GlutenFreeJesus

Make Bleach Great Again.

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So Cal Greek Hippie  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:43:56pm

And one other notion regarding the California Covid19 response: Jerry Brown ran such a lean operation and he was kind of a grouch, so it’s not clear if his team could be as successful communicating. However, I will concede Sutter served with honor as First Dog

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:45:27pm

So Michigan extended shelter-at-home to May 15 today.

The state fired off Emergency Notifications via the ENS - what was spooky is that I have a phone that has no SIM in it - and it displayed the notification.

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Khal Wimpo (not drinking damn fish tank cleaner)  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:45:29pm

re: #85 Dr. Matt

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:48:02pm

re: #110 Khal Wimpo (not drinking damn fish tank cleaner)

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I’m just waiting for Maggie Haberman to put out a Times article alleging Hillary’s e-mails indicated she would have fired Captain Crozier…

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:48:04pm

re: #104 So Cal Greek Hippie

The Newsom administration has been very good. His team, including First Partner have been on point and message. I also credit the San Francisco mayor’s early action to cancel Warriors’ games as a key early factor waking me to the risks of Covid19.

Also should note for the record was that at nearly the same time I was on the phone with conservative Texas business colleague who does computer models. He was early into tracking Covid19. He had a strong early visceral reaction that was the second key factor to prompt my to shelter in place as much as possible

My wife and I paid close attention to what Gov. Newsom and others in sane states were saying about this. We decided early on that we would stay indoors.

As my town’s Public Information Officer (I wear a bunch of hats around here), I publicise official information from credible sources on the town trap line (public places to post information; here that’s the village park, the general store, the gun shop, the post office, and the village hall). The village board has excused me from attending meetings as they are concerned about my wife and my own risks.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:49:54pm

re: #102 Charles Johnson

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:50:53pm

re: #109 Eric The Fruit Bat

So Michigan extended shelter-at-home to May 15 today.

The state fired off Emergency Notifications via the ENS - what was spooky is that I have a phone that has no SIM in it - and it displayed the notification.

I’d be really worried if a message popped up on my rotary dial phone. /s

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:52:20pm

re: #113 goddamnedfrank

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:53:28pm

re: #115 Anymouse 🌹🏡

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Ah the Screw York Times endlessly kisses Trump’s ass.

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Khal Wimpo (not drinking damn fish tank cleaner)  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:55:34pm

re: #42 Belafon

I need to hear from the Steakums account.

New Nummy Taste! Perfect for all your Jonestown gatherings!

Evil thought: If “The Lamestream Media” starts really pushing how all the smart liberal experts agree that drinking bleach/Drano/Lysol is BAD, but heroic Trump is standing up to all those know-it-all smartypants …

… how many wingnuts can we rid this planet of between now & November?

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:56:03pm

Stand by for Nebraska’s cases to skyrocket.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:58:37pm
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Dr. Matt  Apr 24, 2020 • 12:59:00pm
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Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:01:08pm
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Dr. Matt  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:01:35pm

FFS

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:02:00pm

re: #120 Dr. Matt

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Shouldn’t that map be shaded in…RED??????

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Mike Lamb  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:02:07pm

re: #118 Anymouse 🌹🏡

Stand by for Nebraska’s cases to skyrocket.

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That last one is just a giveaway to restaurants. I mean, if someone is obeying the 50% capacity and social distancing, what fucking difference does it make if they are just boozing it up?

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:02:37pm

I’m off to bed. Catch y’all later.

Thread, four tweets.

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:03:23pm

re: #117 Khal Wimpo (not drinking damn fish tank cleaner)

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Evil thought: If “The Lamestream Media” starts really pushing how all the smart liberal experts agree that drinking bleach/Drano/Lysol is BAD, but heroic Trump is standing up to all those know-it-all smartypants …

… how many wingnuts can we rid this planet of between now & November?

not enough

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:05:44pm

re: #120 Dr. Matt

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abetted by a group of idiotic R governors

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b.d. (Follow science, survive and vote!)  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:05:54pm

re: #121 Charles Johnson

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IF WE ALL DRANK BLEACH THEN THE DEATH RATE FROM CORONAVIRUS WOULD GO WAAAY DOWN!!! LIBS CAN’T DEAL WITH FACTS!!!

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Belafon  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:09:59pm

re: #128 b.d. (Follow science, survive and vote!)

Those sneaky libs might blame these deaths on Trump as well. He just can’t win. //

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LadyBehir  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:13:32pm

whoever suggested that the address the IRS had might be slightly different - Rd vs Road for example, THANK YOU! I think that must have been the snag. Direct Deposit now will be sent. Thank you again.

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:14:42pm

re: #130 LadyBehir

whoever suggested that the address the IRS had might be slightly different - Rd vs Road for example, THANK YOU! I think that must have been the snag. Direct Deposit now will be sent. Thank you again.

damn COBOL //

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:16:07pm
NBC News: “As Trump went off script to suggest people with the virus could be cured by UV rays or disinfectants ‘by injection inside,’ White House officials began texting one another to ask where he got that idea because they thought, as one adviser put it, ‘this was going to be bad.’”

“None of them seemed to know, as Trump did not consult with any task force members or administration officials before making his impromptu statement.”

so none of them knew it was ‘sarcasm’?

and i thought i was the king of forgetting to use sarc tags

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:18:04pm

the guardian

” The leader of the most prominent group in the US peddling potentially lethal industrial bleach as a “miracle cure” for coronavirus wrote to Donald Trump at the White House this week.

In his letter, Mark Grenon told Trump that chlorine dioxide - a powerful bleach used in industrial processes such as textile manufacturing that can have fatal side-effects when drunk - is “a wonderful detox that can kill 99% of the pathogens in the body”. He added that it “can rid the body of Covid-19”.

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:18:55pm
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Barefoot Grin  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:25:32pm

It’s 4:25 here, but you know what? Fuck it, I’m having a beer.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:27:05pm

re: #135 Barefoot Grin

You’re late.

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jaunte  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:27:32pm

Maybe this is why Trump was so attracted.

Sodium hypochlorite (NaClO) is produced by a process known as the Hooker process, which is the method used for a large-scale production of NaClO.
study.com

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Barefoot Grin  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:28:00pm

re: #136 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

You’re late.

That’s what I like to hear!

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:32:00pm

re: #131 I Don’t Take Responsibility At All (dangerman)

COBOL

People who take shots at a 60 year old language that is still is the core language in many critical systems fail to understand one key truth:

Software doesn’t rot.

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Belafon  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:33:43pm

re: #139 Eric The Fruit Bat

People who take shots at a 60 year old language that is still is the core language in many critical systems fail to understand one key truth:

Software doesn’t rot.

We also don’t know exactly how the pyramids were built (I don’t mean slave vs merchant labor, but how they made it as tall and wide). Software doesn’t but languages do.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:33:43pm

re: #130 LadyBehir

whoever suggested that the address the IRS had might be slightly different - Rd vs Road for example, THANK YOU! I think that must have been the snag. Direct Deposit now will be sent.

Pitney Bowes sells the FINALIST product, which is used to standardize addresses, and is used by just about every financial institution in the country.

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So Cal Greek Hippie  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:33:52pm

re: #139 Eric The Fruit Bat

Truth. But software can be rotten

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:36:38pm

re: #140 Belafon

Software doesn’t but languages do.

You would be surprised at the latest COBOL compilers from Fujitsu, Micro Focus, and IBM: IBM’s Enterprise COBOL natively supports object-oriented programming, dynamic memory management, and natively supports JSON.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:39:50pm

re: #142 So Cal Greek Hippie

But software can be rotten

Yes - but that’s a separate issue.

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Belafon  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:41:21pm

re: #143 Eric The Fruit Bat

You would be surprised at the latest COBOL compilers from Fujitsu, Micro Focus, and IBM: IBM’s Enterprise COBOL natively supports object-oriented programming, dynamic memory management, and natively supports JSON.

So does Visual Basic.

Edit to add: I don’t know about JSON.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:43:00pm

..on hold….on hold…..on hold…..on hold…..on hold…..on hold…..on hold…..on hold…..on hold…

Insurance company doing it’s thing to make stuff complicated…

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:43:41pm

re: #146 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

They always do.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:46:04pm
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PhillyPretzel  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:48:16pm

re: #148 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

And of course DT will push the opening date to as soon as possible.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:51:51pm
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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:52:36pm

re: #145 Belafon

I don’t know about JSON

JSON is the latest in a long line of silver bullets for systems interfacing.

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Dave In Austin  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:52:52pm

Question:
Have you ordered carry out from your favorite restaurant. Did you tip?
Same as usual, more? Or less?
I tip 50-100% at our favorites (Tex-Mex).

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gocart mozart  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:53:15pm
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NO SMOCKING GUN!  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:53:29pm
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Belafon  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:54:28pm

re: #151 Eric The Fruit Bat

JSON is the latest in a long line of silver bullets for systems interfacing.

Sorry, I meant I don’t know if VB supports it natively.

And my poke is that I’m not learning VB either.

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Belafon  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:55:27pm

re: #152 Dave In Austin

Question:
Have you ordered carry out from your favorite restaurant. Did you tip?
Same as usual, more? Or less?
I tip 50-100% at our favorites (Tex-Mex).

Yes, Yes, and more, probably closer to 50%.

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Belafon  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:56:16pm

re: #154 NO SMOCKING GUN!

I see an SNL ad.

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KGxvi  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:56:51pm

re: #146 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

..on hold….on hold…..on hold…..on hold…..on hold…..on hold…..on hold…..on hold…..on hold…

Insurance company doing it’s thing to make stuff complicated…

re: #147 PhillyPretzel

They always do.

Somewhere along the way, the point of insurance became to make things as complicated as possible, with the goal of the insurer being able to tell the insured that they are not covered. After way too long practicing law, there are few things I dislike more than insurance.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:58:02pm

re: #120 Dr. Matt

Interactive map and scatter plot: The South is vulnerable to a coronavirus nightmarehttp://axios.com …

Hope your map is being sarcastic. Vulnerability index .84, most of the counties we serve—much higher.

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 24, 2020 • 1:58:46pm

re: #158 KGxvi

You are not the only one. Having worked for a health insurance company I got to know some of the tactics they use to slow up or stop from paying out a claim.

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KGxvi  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:01:09pm

re: #160 PhillyPretzel

You are not the only one. Having worked for a health insurance company I got to know some of the tactics they use to slow up or stop from paying out a claim.

Among insurance defense counsel it’s known as “triple D”

Deny
Delay
Deduct

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:02:17pm

re: #161 KGxvi

Yes. That is exactly what they do.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:02:45pm

…

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sagehen  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:09:15pm

re: #37 Anymouse 🌹🏡

Still working to alienate the military and veteran vote from the GOP, while simultaneously working to further endanger personnel.

between the West Point speech, removing Captain Crozier, abandoning the Kurds and demanding a Coat Guard Admiral back him up on that Alabama hurricane thing… do we still need the Air Force to make it a bingo for the military never supporting Republicans again?

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The Pie Overlord!  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:13:21pm

Dr. Birx sits just like the girl in the Norman Rockwell painting, except that she (Dr. Birx) is not happy about the black eye Trump gave her.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:16:24pm

re: #158 KGxvi

Good news is that the insurance company actually came through with my claim request.

But yes, these things seem far too complicated and involved for what should be a simple push of a couple of buttons.

Software is probably written in COBOL …

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So Cal Greek Hippie  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:17:07pm

re: #152 Dave In Austin

Yes. See photo of Greek takeout 🥡 = 12/10
Yes
More 30-40% in cash usually

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William Lewis  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:17:17pm

re: #152 Dave In Austin

Question:
Have you ordered carry out from your favorite restaurant. Did you tip?
Same as usual, more? Or less?
I tip 50-100% at our favorites (Tex-Mex).

Yes. I still tip the usual 20% because I can’t afford more.

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:19:10pm

Heh

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Ace Rothstein  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:20:56pm

It’s impossible for Trump to engage in sarcasm because he has no sense of humor and he murdered irony a week ago when he called a reporter a “blabbermouth.”

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jaunte  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:21:04pm
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goddamnedfrank  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:23:58pm
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Dave In Austin  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:24:16pm

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jaunte  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:25:28pm
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Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:27:22pm
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stpaulbear  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:28:51pm

re: #152 Dave In Austin

Question:
Have you ordered carry out from your favorite restaurant. Did you tip?
Same as usual, more? Or less?
I tip 50-100% at our favorites (Tex-Mex).

I’ve been tipping 25% for curbside pickup.

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sagehen  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:33:17pm

re: #122 Dr. Matt

FFS

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maybe he’s disputing the “million” part of the sentence? It was about 120,000.

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Mattand  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:33:51pm

What’s amazing about Trump telling people to inject bleach is that fo the “sane” conservatives I know, this still isn’t enough for them to admit that they have to vote for Biden.

The President of the United States is recommending people inject bleach into their bodies. Jesus Fucking Christ.

I can hear Putin’s orgasm all the way from Russian.

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Charles Johnson  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:34:06pm
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sagehen  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:35:55pm

re: #124 Mike Lamb

That last one is just a giveaway to restaurants. I mean, if someone is obeying the 50% capacity and social distancing, what fucking difference does it make if they are just boozing it up?

because they get clumsy and bump into other people.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:37:23pm

re: #165 The Pie Overlord!

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Dr. Birx sits just like the girl in the Norman Rockwell painting, except that she (Dr. Birx) is not happy about the black eye Trump gave her.

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That painting has always left me wondering what the other person looked like if she’s smiling like that after getting that shiner.

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Omar Comin’ Yo  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:38:00pm

re: #181 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

That is the look of the winner.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:41:11pm

re: #179 Charles Johnson

There’s no way that will get passed as law. Trump may do an executive order but any business counting on that long term “protection” deserves to go under.

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stpaulbear  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:41:20pm

re: #180 sagehen

because they get clumsy and bump into other people.

They probably stay longer too.

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Belafon  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:42:26pm
A growing number of white-hat hackers are offering their skills to thwart cybercriminals attempting to exploit healthcare organizations’ increased reliance on networks during the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, the nonprofit COVID-19 CTI League counts more than 1,400 volunteers throughout 76 nations, who are applying their experience in information security, telecommunications, and law enforcement to defend hospitals treating COVID-19 patients. An initial progress report from the CTI League indicated that members have assisted law enforcement in eliminating almost 3,000 cybercriminal assets online and identified more than 2,000 cyber vulnerabilities at hospitals, healthcare groups, and supporting facilities. Chris Krebs at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said the CTI League “has helped disseminate indicators of compromise to network defenders, improve vulnerability management in the nation’s medical infrastructure, and manage supply-chain risks in the medical sector.”

thehill.com

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Targetpractice  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:43:07pm

re: #179 Charles Johnson

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That’s what we “essential” employees have dealt with for weeks now: “We’re recommending that you come in swathed in a mask, gloves, and a hazmat suit if you can work with it on. If you don’t do all that and get sick, it’s your own fault.”

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BigPapa  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:43:10pm

There is actual peer reviewed science on injecting detergent. Stolen from Darth:

Peer Reviewed Detergent Injection Study
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PhillyPretzel  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:45:44pm

re: #187 BigPapa

Trapper John?

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Dr. Matt  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:45:52pm

re: #177 sagehen

maybe he’s disputing the “million” part of the sentence? It was about 120,000.

He was having a hissy fit about false equivalency, i.e., China internment ≠ US internment

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:46:28pm

re: #187 BigPapa

Trapper John, M.D. - Snork

Edit - PhillyPretzel beat me - sad face

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Dr. Matt  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:46:31pm

re: #187 BigPapa

Trapper John. lol

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:47:00pm

re: #182 Omar Comin’ Yo

That is the look of the winner.

Oh yeah. If you also look closer at the faces of the Principle and Secretary you’ll see his eyes are wide open as if in shock while hers is a very disapproving/pissed off look.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:48:19pm

re: #188 PhillyPretzel

Trapper John?

Merideth Gray (Gray’s Anatomy)

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:50:56pm

re: #193 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Was just going to ask that, that you.

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Omar Comin’ Yo  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:51:32pm

re: #192 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Oh yeah. If you also look closer at the faces of the Principle and Secretary you’ll see his eyes are wide open as if in shock while hers is a very disapproving/pissed off look.

She cracked a boy so hard he’ll never live it down.

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sagehen  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:52:20pm

re: #188 PhillyPretzel

Trapper John?

Meredith Grey is from Grey’s Anatomy, played by Ellen Pompeo.

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William Lewis  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:52:54pm

Puttering around with the shots from my trip to the state park earlier this week. An attempt at what my old standard of Plus-X might have looked like…

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William Lewis  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:54:52pm

re: #187 BigPapa

Ahem. That’s John Francis Xavier McIntyre, MD sir!

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Apr 24, 2020 • 2:56:16pm

This is popular in right wing world today.

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The Pie Overlord!  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:01:22pm

re: #181 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

That painting has always left me wondering what the other person looked like if she’s smiling like that after getting that shiner.

The implication is that she kicked some boy’s ass.

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John Hughes  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:03:39pm
Amazing how quickly the right wing talking points evolved from “he didn’t say it” to “he said it but he meant something else” to “it was taken out of context” before settling on “he was being sarcastic to own the libs.”

Do you have children? Because this is exactly how young (very young) children argue.

And, of course, people suffering various kinds of dementia.

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BigPapa  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:04:51pm

re: #198 William Lewis

Ahem. That’s John Francis Xavier McIntyre, MD sir!

That’s not the only problem with this supposed study. No Dr Doogie M Howser, Dr Dre, Dr Pepper, or Dr Hook.

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The Pie Overlord!  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:05:56pm
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Targetpractice  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:07:03pm

re: #202 BigPapa

That’s not the only problem with this supposed study. No Dr Doogie M Howser, Dr Dre, Dr Pepper, or Dr Hook.

Or Dr. Leonard McCoy, Dr. Beverly Crusher, or Dr. Julian Bashir.

/

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Dave In Austin  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:07:18pm

Another question…….

Cash Money…… Are you using it?

I keep an envelope in the truck that all cash goes into. 95%of my transactions are plastic.

The weed market must be hating this.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:07:27pm

Lol they’ve latched onto the “formaldehyde is a disinfectant and is in vaccines, therefore Trump is right!” angle. Already making rounds on FB trumperverse:

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Dave In Austin  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:08:23pm

re: #203 The Pie Overlord!

He wants this to disappear quickly.

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John Hughes  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:08:43pm

re: #4 lawhawk

His staff[The republican party] are complicit in all of this.

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Targetpractice  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:08:58pm

re: #206 GlutenFreeJesus

Lol they’ve latched onto the “formaldehyde is a disinfectant and is in vaccines, therefore Trump is right!” angle. Already making rounds on FB trumperverse:

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calochortus  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:08:59pm

I don’t know if this has been posted yet but, this makes a lot of sense.
CES convention may have spread coronavirus.

Would explain why Silicon Valley was hit harder than San Francisco, among other things.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:09:20pm

Evening Lizardim from the glorious wild north country. Today’s numbers are a reflection of the updated reality of increased testing: 2239 tested, up to 53787; 243 new positives, up to 3185; 21 dead, up to 221. How go things among the lizardfolk on this picturesque spring evening?

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:09:45pm

re: #206 GlutenFreeJesus

Lol they’ve latched onto the “formaldehyde is a disinfectant and is in vaccines, therefore Trump is right!” angle. Already making rounds on FB trumperverse:

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Formaldehyde is a PRESERVATIVE, not a DISINFECTANT. Jeez.

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Ace Rothstein  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:10:45pm

President Trump advises people to inject disinfectant, right wingers say it’s sarcasm and taken out of context. Michelle Obama advises children to eat more vegetables and it’s the end of the fucking world as we know it.

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The Pie Overlord!  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:11:16pm

re: #204 Targetpractice

Or Dr. Leonard McCoy, Dr. Beverly Crusher, or Dr. Julian Bashir.

/

Dr. Gregory House

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:13:00pm

re: #214 The Pie Overlord!

Dr. Gregory House

Oh, are we playing the “who do we trust more than Dr. Oz” game again?

/

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The Pie Overlord!  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:14:28pm

re: #215 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Oh, are we playing the “who do we trust more than Dr. Oz” game again?

/

Dr. Dré

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Flying Squirrel Girl  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:14:37pm

For the Ween fans here (I know there are a smattering), and oh wow how I want one of these:

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:15:02pm

This is the same bullshit we’ve been hearing for weeks now. 🙄

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Targetpractice  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:15:27pm

re: #214 The Pie Overlord!

Dr. Gregory House

Dr. Percival Cox or Dr. Robert Kelso.

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:16:46pm

Okay, to take everyone’s minds off of disinfectants abd (shudder) ketchup…

PINK FLOWER DAY!

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:17:23pm

Moar pinker:

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John Hughes  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:17:34pm

re: #12 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

He was just being sarcastic that he wasn’t being sarcastic. Seriously this man has single handily dumbed down the presidency.

There is nothing single handed about this. Trump is the symptom, not the cause. About 35% of the American population are mentally ill (no surprise, it’s about the same everywhere). The problem is that usually authoritarian leaders harness authoritarian followers to get what they want, which is evil, but not necessarily stupid. The US authoritarian leader class has, for some unknown reason decided to let the crazies run the asylum.

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Omar Comin’ Yo  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:18:15pm
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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:18:42pm

Moving toward red:

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:19:33pm

re: #214 The Pie Overlord!

Dr. Gregory House

Doctor Kildare.
Dr. Marcus Welby, MD.

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Targetpractice  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:19:34pm

re: #218 Eclectic Cyborg

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This is the same bullshit we’ve been hearing for weeks now. 🙄

And the economy is gonna boom “any day now.”

Also, the check is in the mail, I’ll pay you back first chance I get, and I’ll totally respect you in the morning.

//

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:21:22pm

Also, Dr. Soul:

Dr. Soul

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:23:48pm

re: #181 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

That painting has always left me wondering what the other person looked like if she’s smiling like that after getting that shiner.

Well, if he (that’s my inference, and I’m sticking to it) were able, he’d be sitting next to her.

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Alephnaught  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:27:08pm

From the official Twitter account of a local council in Scotland.

Some nice replies:

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JC1  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:28:28pm

re: #60 Anymouse 🌹🏡

A thread on critical thinking, ten tweets.

Steak-umms social media person has come out in the past to point out their own social media account is a certain kind of propaganda (adverts), which builds an affinity toward their brand because they are being open and honest on their social media accounts.

They’ve even said you should critically think about why they put such information on a frozen meat product’s social media; it’s to get you to feel favourable towards their brand, even if you’re a vegetarian (they don’t mind if vegetarians retweet their information to others).

I don’t know who in their marketing department let their social media people go like this, but it sure is getting them a lot of buzz, even in the press.

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A good friend of mine is the face on many Steak-Umms advertisements.
They’ve got this whole social media thing nailed.

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Dread Pirate  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:29:40pm
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Targetpractice  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:30:26pm

re: #231 Dread Pirate

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…what?

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stpaulbear  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:31:16pm

re: #205 Dave In Austin

Another question…….

Cash Money…… Are you using it?

I keep an envelope in the truck that all cash goes into. 95%of my transactions are plastic.

The weed market must be hating this.

I used a Dairy Queen drive thru yesterday to buy a malt (pineapple!) and there were multiple signs saying that cash wasn’t accepted. The only place I’m using cash since the epidemic hit is at the grocery store. I’ve been in the habit of only using my debit card to get cash from my bank’s ATM. I should probably start using it at the grocery store too.

I was bummed out at the DQ to see that there were three people at a workstation that was at most 8’ wide. I mentioned it to the server and he was kind of nonchalant about it. He didn’t have much choice.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:32:03pm

re: #212 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Formaldehyde is a PRESERVATIVE, not a DISINFECTANT. Jeez.

Yup mom trying to find the CDC page that he has a screenshot of on the right. I could only find this:

cdc.gov

Clearly states it’s used IN disinfectants. No mention of it BEING a disinfectant.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:32:04pm

re: #160 PhillyPretzel

You are not the only one. Having worked for a health insurance company I got to know some of the tactics they use to slow up or stop from paying out a claim.

Don’t get me started about Anthem Blue Cross fucking me for 10 months refusing to pay claims for IV’s I needed when I was diagnosed with RA in 1997…

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:32:26pm

re: #231 Dread Pirate

re: #232 Targetpractice

DT is looking for some sort of quick way of killing this virus and it appears he is going off the deep end.

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Weaselone  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:34:40pm

re: #212 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Formaldehyde is a PRESERVATIVE, not a DISINFECTANT. Jeez.

Formaldehyde is classified as a residual inactivating ingredient. It’s used to kill viruses or inactivate toxins during the manufacturing process. There’s generally a residual amount left after processing, but less than what’s normally in the body naturally (it’s created in small amounts by metabolic processes).

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:34:57pm
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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:36:23pm

re: #206 GlutenFreeJesus

Lol they’ve latched onto the “formaldehyde is a disinfectant and is in vaccines, therefore Trump is right!” angle. Already making rounds on FB trumperverse:

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As always and repeat after me - The. Dose. Makes. The. Poison.

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makeitstop  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:36:26pm

re: #196 sagehen

Meredith Grey is from Grey’s Anatomy, played by Ellen Pompeo.

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Douglas Hauser = Doogie

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Targetpractice  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:36:46pm

re: #236 PhillyPretzel

DT is looking for some sort of quick way of killing this virus and it appears he is going off the deep end.

He bet it all on hydroxychloroquine, that was going to be his “cure” that would not only get people back to work, but would get him accolades for finding the “silver bullet” that his experts told him didn’t exist. Why wait a year or more for a vaccine when all people needed were a few pills?

Now he’s fighting against the reality, trying to find something new to latch onto, because the alternative is the dawning realization that he’s totally fucked his reelection chances. Because he was sure there was a quick “cure” out there, he treated mitigation efforts as an attack on his authority. And now those chickens are coming home to roost.

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makeitstop  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:38:53pm

re: #240 makeitstop

Douglas Hauser = Doogie

Oops. misread, my bad.

Althopugh I believe ‘Andre Young’ is AKA Dr. Dre.

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The Pie Overlord!  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:39:50pm

Trumporrhoids suck at everything.

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:39:59pm

re: #241 Targetpractice

Exactly. Now he is grasping at straws.

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Mike Lamb  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:40:42pm

re: #234 GlutenFreeJesus

Yup mom trying to find the CDC page that he has a screenshot of on the right. I could only find this:

cdc.gov

Clearly states it’s used IN disinfectants. No mention of it BEING a disinfectant.

And these aren’t formaldehyde injections. The amounts of formaldehyde are minute. Oh, and formaldehyde occurs naturally in the body. Christ…why the fuck do we have to be in this stupid timeline where we actually have to chase down every fucking rabbit hole?

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I Would Prefer Not To  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:41:52pm

re: #243 The Pie Overlord!

Trumporrhoids suck at everything.

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Watching the video of trump supporters was worse than having the Corona Virus.

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The Pie Overlord!  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:42:39pm
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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:42:47pm

re: #231 Dread Pirate

Back early in the day, when surgeons were starting to learn (very slowly) that a sterile surgical suite was a Good Thing(tm), one technique used was to spray aerosolized phenol into the room to act as a disinfectant. I think t the orange shit-goblin should go into a room with 50000 ppm (number grabbed ed at random) lung sterilizer and try it out, for a week or so.

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The Pie Overlord!  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:43:18pm

Joe Biden should start holding daily press conferences, or maybe a daily podcast.

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stpaulbear  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:43:34pm

re: #231 Dread Pirate

“Can we use a solid-fuel rocket to sterilize people?”

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Targetpractice  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:44:00pm

re: #247 The Pie Overlord!

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Translation: Someone finally got into the dumbass’ head that these pressers are doing nothing but damage to his poll numbers.

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Teddy's Person  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:47:25pm

re: #247 The Pie Overlord!

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So these pressers aren’t giving Trump the adulation fix he needs. He sees the “re-open” protests and doesn’t see supporters but people stealing his limelight. He’s going to start holding rallies again soon. He can hold the first one at Stone Mountain.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:47:38pm

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Targetpractice  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:49:28pm

re: #252 Teddy’s Person

So these pressers aren’t giving Trump the adulation fix he needs. He sees the “re-open” protests and doesn’t see supporters but people stealing his limelight. He’s going to start holding rallies again soon. He can hold the first one at Stone Mountain.

He wants so badly to restart the rallies because he gets all the adulation he wants without dealing with the press. Plus he remains convinced that they are the key to his reelection bid, if only because he believes the press will cover them from end to end.

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Dread Pirate  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:49:38pm
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Renaissance_Man  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:50:34pm

re: #212 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Formaldehyde is a PRESERVATIVE, not a DISINFECTANT. Jeez.

It is, but it has antimicrobial activity. The argument is still nonsensical and stupid, especially because it comes from nonsensical and stupid people arguing in bad faith.

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Teddy's Person  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:52:02pm
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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:52:07pm

re: #245 Mike Lamb

And these aren’t formaldehyde injections. The amounts of formaldehyde are minute. Oh, and formaldehyde occurs naturally in the body. Christ…why the fuck do we have to be in this stupid timeline where we actually have to chase down every fucking rabbit hole?

I deal with this shit constantly, but from the food additive angle. What? You can put X in food, it’s used as Y in industry. Classic example -ZOMG phosphoric acid in Coke, they use that to clean toilets. A recent flare up - Azodicarbonamide (a dough conditioner, used in baking) holyfuck,they use that When making yoga mats. The list is endless. People are fucking morons led by the nose by people that know better. Just like the astroturfing going on with the get back to work BS.

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stpaulbear  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:52:41pm

re: #160 PhillyPretzel

You are not the only one. Having worked for a health insurance company I got to know some of the tactics they use to slow up or stop from paying out a claim.

I’ve worked at several architectural offices that did a lot of work for hospitals. They would sit on an invoice for as long as possible and then invent an issue and have us resubmit the invoice. One of the offices wound up folding because the cash flow issues became so severe. They screw everybody.

One of the firms I worked for did some residential architecture for health care administrators. They were the biggest asshole clients, and if their wife was at the meeting, they’d wind up berating her in front of all of the architects. We’d leave the office to go get coffee.

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John Hughes  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:53:19pm

re: #64 Charles Johnson

You are unkind, it is a reasonable question. My gut feeling is no! because it takes longer exposure in water, but it’s not entirely insane. After all he isn’t proposing shooting poison directly into your veins.

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Dr. Matt  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:55:06pm

re: #243 The Pie Overlord!

Trumporrhoids suck at everything.

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I saw these fuckers in Sterling Heights last year. Hicks. East side hicks.

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2020 Blue Wisconsin  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:56:33pm

re: #214 The Pie Overlord!

Dr. Gregory House

Honestly, I would love to see Hugh Laurie do some social distancing PSAs in character as House. I think they’d probably be pretty effective.

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John Hughes  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:56:50pm

re: #68 danarchy

Guess it depends what you are cooking. It is basically tomato paste and vinegar. Good base for BBQ sauce.

Tomato paste. And Vinegar. And SUGAR!

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Teddy's Person  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:59:02pm

re: #263 2020 Blue Wisconsin

Honestly, I would love to see Hugh Laurie do some social distancing PSAs in character as House. I think they’d probably be pretty effective.

There’s this…

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Omar Comin’ Yo  Apr 24, 2020 • 3:59:03pm

Need some Neil Young. With orchestra.

Later.

The Loner (2009 Remaster)

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BeachDem  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:00:43pm

re: #246 I Would Prefer Not To

Watching the video of trump supporters was worse than having the Corona Virus.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:01:17pm

re: #257 Renaissance_Man

Indeed. It’s used IN some disinfectants. It’s not a disinfectant in and of itself.

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Ace Rothstein  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:02:18pm

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:04:10pm

re: #264 John Hughes

Tomato paste. And Vinegar. And SUGAR!

Right. Tell an Italian that ketchup == tomato paste. He’ll, tell any cook that and you should be laughed out of the kitchen. Recall the last scene in Goodfellas when Henry Hill is recounting his experience of finding a good pasta sauce in the middle of nowhere. It tastes like ketchup.

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Mike Lamb  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:04:13pm

re: #247 The Pie Overlord!

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He finally said something so stupid that there is a hint of embarassment.

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teleskiguy  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:04:33pm

re: #217 Flying Squirrel Girl

I ordered two, one for me, one for my mother. Yes, my 72-year-old mother is a Ween fan.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:04:47pm

re: #243 The Pie Overlord!

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:05:09pm

re: #271 Mike Lamb

He finally said something so stupid that there is a hint of embarassment.

Nope. He’s not embarrassed, he cunning enough to know he should last low for a while.

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:05:12pm
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I Would Prefer Not To  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:05:44pm

re: #267 BeachDem

[Embedded content]

And the song is all about “being in the same boat” If that were true assholes you would not be bitching about having to stay home. Fucking cult members have me pissed off.

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HRH Stanley Sea  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:05:56pm

Watching tomorrow for sure

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John Hughes  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:06:38pm

re: #109 Eric The Fruit Bat

So Michigan extended shelter-at-home to May 15 today.

The state fired off Emergency Notifications via the ENS - what was spooky is that I have a phone that has no SIM in it - and it displayed the notification.

It’s part of the euro-weenie GSM specification — emergency services (alerts, 911 calls &c) must work, even if you have no sim, or don’t know the unlock code.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:07:04pm

re: #272 teleskiguy

I ordered two, one for me, one for my mother. Yes, my 72-year-old mother is a Ween fan.

your mother rocks. I think I’ve said this before, cause it’s true..

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Targetpractice  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:07:57pm

re: #275 Patricia Kayden

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It’s been my theory for over a month now that he was going along with the BS from Beijing because he lived in absolute fear that Xi was gonna announce that the trade talks were off and the trade war resumed. It certainly explains why he was so willing to ship 18 tons of medical gear and equipment to the Chinese in the dead of night.

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:08:20pm

re: #277 HRH Stanley Sea

It is a good idea. The most respected programs on TV.

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The Pie Overlord!  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:11:26pm
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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:11:47pm

re: #218 Eclectic Cyborg

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This is the same bullshit we’ve been hearing for weeks now. 🙄

You’ll get your flying car first.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:12:15pm

re: #282 The Pie Overlord!

Wow. With the spin on that, you could fool a Major League Baseball player into taking a swing.

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Teddy's Person  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:15:01pm

re: #275 Patricia Kayden

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The timing of those intelligence reports are around the same time as Trump’s unexplained trip to Walter Reed (Nov. 16). I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump’s first, narcissistic reaction was to get himself checked out. Has there ever been an explanation for that trip other than the feeble first part of his yearly checkup.

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Renaissance_Man  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:15:12pm

re: #268 GlutenFreeJesus

Indeed. It’s used IN some disinfectants. It’s not a disinfectant in and of itself.

Well, depends how you think of a disinfectant. Activated formaldehyde solutions are bacteriocidal and virucidal, and it is the active agent in at least one commonly prescribed antibacterial medication (methenamine). But again, the whole argument is in bad faith. You can’t inject virucidal medications into people to sterilise things the way you use surface disinfectants. It’s quite obvious that his deranged ramble was not some sort of insight into the possibility of using common virucidal cleaners in vivo. These people are bad faith actors trying to retroactively justify the burblings of a moron.

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:18:17pm

re: #285 Teddy’s Person

No explanations that I’m aware of.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:21:13pm
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John Hughes  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:21:37pm

re: #139 Eric The Fruit Bat

Software doesn’t rot.

Well, yes it does. (I’ve just spent a whole week fixing software rot).

Obviously programs dont spontaneously stop working because of age.

But no piece of software works in a vacuum.. Programs talk to programs.

If programs a,b, and c talk to programs p, q and r and “q” gets updated in some incompatible way then a, b and c need updating. But it turns out that “c” is rarely used, so the update is put off. Until, at some urgent point we discover “c” is needed but it doesn’t work.

Software rot is the biggest problem in the real world. Yes, the name is misleading, software rot is actually poor change control.

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:22:01pm

re: #247 The Pie Overlord!

Because the President (the most powerful man in the world) advocating the injection of bleach into human bodies to cure the Coronavirus is something that shouldn’t be overblown. Yeah, right.

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John Hughes  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:25:28pm

re: #155 Belafon

Any language that supports nonsense like JSON, YAML or XML “natively” will be obsolete in weeks.

Use a fucking library guys. Nothing stops me from working with keyword du jour in BCPL.

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John Hughes  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:27:09pm

re: #165 The Pie Overlord!

he was still digesting that information

And spewing it out over the world.

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retired cynic  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:29:52pm

Trump administration considers leveraging emergency coronavirus loan to force Postal Service changes, WaPo

Guess what: Mnuchin wants to take oversight over USPS from Congress. In exchange for money.

Amazing.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:30:01pm

re: #265 Teddy’s Person

There’s this…

[Embedded content]

And regarding HQC he’d definitely rule out that it was lupus.

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gwangung  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:30:33pm

re: #293 retired cynic

Trump administration considers leveraging emergency coronavirus loan to force Postal Service changes, WaPo

Guess what: Mnuchin wants to take oversight over USPS from Congress. In exchange for money.

Amazing.

THAT is not gonna happen.

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John Hughes  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:31:12pm

re: #175 Charles Johnson

Dawn of the dead.

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retired cynic  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:31:26pm

One country, one system: The week that China shredded its promise on Hong Kong, WaPo. While our backs were turned. Or thinking about covid-19, or bleach.

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Teddy's Person  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:32:07pm

re: #293 retired cynic

Trump administration considers leveraging emergency coronavirus loan to force Postal Service changes, WaPo

Guess what: Mnuchin wants to take oversight over USPS from Congress. In exchange for money.

Amazing.

I think the Trump Campaign should lead by example and pay retail postage for all their mailers and swag.

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Sherlock Hound  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:32:15pm

re: #278 John Hughes

It’s part of the euro-weenie GSM specification — emergency services (alerts, 911 calls &c) must work, even if you have no sim, or don’t know the unlock code.

I have a brand new GSM phone, and set it to French (I’ve done that for years.) The unlock screen has “URGENCES” down at the bottom. Now I know.

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retired cynic  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:33:04pm

Judd Legum claims some scalps: UPDATE: Ruth’s Chris returns $20 million

On Thursday morning, facing increasing public backlash about the administration of the program, the Treasury Department published new guidance about the Paycheck Protection Program. Specifically, the Treasury Department said that it is “unlikely” that any public company “with substantial market value and access to capital markets” qualifies for the loans. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said there would be “severe consequences” for companies that did not return the money by May 7.

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:35:05pm

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retired cynic  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:36:13pm

“I Take That as a Threat”: Big Pharma Is Meddling in the Race for a COVID-19 Treatment
A Yale researcher poised to start a crucial clinical trial received an ominous email from a pharmaceutical company. “There is undoubtedly a financial motivation,” he said—and there could be millions on the line.
by Diana Falzone, Vanity Fair

In New Haven, meanwhile, Dr. Joseph Vinetz, an infectious disease doctor at Yale School of Medicine, is seeking to launch a clinical study of the drug camostat mesylate, a generic medication approved in Japan to treat chronic pancreatitis that he hopes can be approved and marketed to treat COVID-19. If the trial succeeds, he said, this could be “a total game changer.” But the process is proving fraught. Within hours of registering his trial on a National Institutes of Health website on April 20, he received an email from a large U.S. pharmaceutical company. “They are trying to take my project and engulf it for their proprietary [financial] gain,” Vinetz told me. “I take that email as a threat.”

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jaunte  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:36:57pm
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PhillyPretzel  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:38:46pm

re: #303 jaunte

OMG People actually believe what DT says to do.

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jaunte  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:39:48pm

re: #304 PhillyPretzel

“I heard it from that ‘people are saying’ guy.”

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:40:40pm

Bolsonaro is busy ripping apart his own government as well.

dw.com

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:42:42pm

re: #283 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

You’ll get your flying car first.

Wasn’t Michelle the one requesting, nay demanding, a flying car?

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Apr 24, 2020 • 4:47:56pm

I had a quick visit to see my doctor today (follow-up to a procedure last month) and we talked about the bleach thing. I felt better for the commiseration.

My doctor’s office is also starting to offer antibody tests (through Quest/LabCorp). I’m probably not going to try for it anytime soon but I won’t lie, it would be nice to know one way or another. There’s a bunch of reasons why it’s very plausible that I could have been asymptomatic if I were exposed. (I don’t really have a history of illness that makes me think that I have had even a very mild case of it.)

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dell*nix  Apr 24, 2020 • 5:34:43pm

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plansbandc  Apr 24, 2020 • 5:56:45pm

re: #167 So Cal Greek Hippie

NOM

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Belafon  Apr 24, 2020 • 6:03:28pm

re: #304 PhillyPretzel

OMG People actually believe what DT says to do.

As someone was saying in an earlier thread, people are doing a lot more cleaning, a d exposing themselves that way.

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 24, 2020 • 6:32:50pm

re: #16 jaunte

He has some vague sense that saying you were being sarcastic gives you a pass on being questioned. But then he went right back to the same just asking questions about an idiotic “solution.”

Aaahhh, wishing back to the days when we were just going to buy Greenland.


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