The fallout continues from John Bolton’s tell-all book on Trump, including details of his dirty dealings with Ukraine, China, Saudi Arabia, and more. #DailyShow #TrevorNoah #JohnBolton
New study: 60% of those with the asymptomatic virus have radiological evidence of lung damage.
— K. Sennholz MD (@MtnMD) June 18, 2020
Thank you! Here’s the link, for anyone who wants ithttps://t.co/7ugmcbgKMJ
— Matthew Lennig (@MatthewLennig) June 18, 2020
Full of shit
Ugly as sin
Corrupt as all hell
King of lies
Terrible leader
Rampaging narcissist
Unhinged asshole
Mighty small hands
Petty and whiny
re: #2 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Always more crazy shit around the corner in 2020.
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SHA256 sum of our favorite opening comment
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Take that Mr. Googs
Ladies and Gentlemen…Bill Dance. 🎣 pic.twitter.com/cKpEWNaWcb
— Fred Schultz (@fred035schultz) June 18, 2020
It’s time Trump spent more time 10 to 20 with the rest of his family.
For all those wondering, this is my son Yoda. We share no blood but he is my life. He came from Dagobah (legally, of course) six years ago and lives with me in Malibu.
I am so proud of him and raising him has been the best, most rewarding thing I’ve done in my life. pic.twitter.com/ddWtGW7jm7— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) June 19, 2020
Abysmal people. All of them. Harmful to the country & disgraceful. Shitshow administration. As though the American people have nothing better day after day than to deal with their incivility & BS. Gang of over-privileged pricks every damn day. Who do they think they are? Enough. https://t.co/QBqDj9LiLe
— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) June 19, 2020
CLed
I’ve always had a feeling, perhaps wishful thinking, that American conservatism would end in a sudden (by historical standards) disaster and collapse, something like the 1920s ku klux klan, which collapsed with amazing speed after a kluxer overlord was convicted of rape and murder in Indiana.
This might be it, with consistent mishandling of the Corona pandemic and racial justice issues, much of it a direct result of half-baked conservative ideology, spiraling out of control and reaching the level of catastrophe by election day. It will bad enough that all the grifter cunning from Pharoah’s wizards to Alex Jones will not be able to conceal it.
I never dreamed their Armageddon would be this bad or this sudden, though, and I could very well not survive it myself. Oh, well, if that happens, please ask your children to remember me in the twenty-second century.
re: #11 jaunte
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He’s not even denying what Bolton alleges. Just spouting out a defense of Trump. These guys need to be permanently defined by Trump. Every last one of them.
there is currently a mutiny on my flight to tulsa (via dallas) because a guy is refusing to wear a mask and the flight can’t take off
— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) June 17, 2020
Hahaha this Red Pill dingdong rewrote history to make himself look witty and didn’t know @AsteadWesley was sitting next to him pic.twitter.com/sZdr3WoeaW
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) June 17, 2020
Why are we acting like Klobuchar wasn’t already off the list tho’?
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) June 19, 2020
re: #16 goddamnedfrank
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Because there were people that supported her since she was from the midwest.
re: #17 Belafon
Because there were people that supported her since she was from the midwest.
She definitely did seem to be the Midwest’s favorite. I’m still in favor of Harris. I think she’s not only the best choice for the campaign but to govern. I like Bottoms, Demings, Rice, & Lujan- Grisham but I feel Harris has the best overall skill set.
re: #18 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
She definitely did seem to be the Midwest’s favorite. I’m still in favor of Harris. I think she’s not only the best choice for the campaign but to govern. I like Bottoms, Demings, Rice, & Lujan- Grisham but I feel Harris has the best overall skill set.
Yes. Young, mixed race, former Cali AG, and holds a decidedly D Senate seat in Cali.
Not the best campaigner, a bit stiff on the stump, but will hand Pence’s ass to him in the debates.
And what a weird surreal day. This whole Gaetz thing is bizarre and creepy. The argument that Bolton’s book should not be released because the lies in it are classified. The DACA ruling that means that they are going to have to do that whole shitshow over again by the rules, which they don’t have time to do.
I’m for the rack. Sweet dreams, all.
re: #19 austin_blue
Yes. Young, mixed race, former Cali AG, and holds a decidedly D Senate seat in Cali.
Not the best campaigner, a bit stiff on the stump, but will hand Pence’s ass to him in the debates.
And what a weird surreal day. This whole Gaetz thing is bizarre and creepy. The argument that Bolton’s book should not be released because the lies in it are classified. The DACA ruling that means that they are going to have to do that whole shitshow over again by the rules, which they don’t have time to do.
I’m for the rack. Sweet dreams, all.
Yeah she’s got a lot of positives that I like. And yeah a very weird day. Wonder what tomorrow brings.
re: #20 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Yeah she’s got a lot of positives that I like. And yeah a very weird day. Wonder what tomorrow brings.
Cthulhu. Or Godzilla.
re: #2 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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re: #21 Targetpractice
Cthulhu. Or Godzilla.
Oh is Cthulhu going to replace Justice Roberts? Since Trump seems to think he can fire judges.
re: #23 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Oh is Cthulhu going to replace Justice Roberts? Since Trump seems to think he can fire judges.
The court’s decisions won’t change much, though the janitorial bills from dealing with all the blood will be huge.
re: #20 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Yeah she’s got a lot of positives that I like. And yeah a very weird day. Wonder what tomorrow brings.
I’ve been to two Kamala events and I thought she was great on the stump. Took questions, answered sincerely, mingled with the crowd, talking personally with people. A few pics:
re: #29 BeachDem
I’ve been to two Kamala events and I thought she was great on the stump. Took questions, answered sincerely, mingled with the crowd, talking personally with people. A few pics:
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I think she’s only stiff when the media (who are monochromatic) cover her.
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I think she’s only stiff when the media (who are monochromatic) cover her.
The two times I talked to her—first time I mentioned Emerge (for which she was one of the inspirations) and she got all excited that somebody knew the story. The second time, I was working on a project for some remote California counties and told her that was why I could write her a check—she laughed and said it was fun to talk to somebody who’d even heard of those places.
When she spoke to the crowd, she was extremely engaging, and at the one-on-one meetup times, she really got into it. She was my first choice in the beginning, and it was really nice to meet her and not be disappointed. She’s definitely my first choice for VP.
re: #31 Amory Blaine
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re: #31 Amory Blaine
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Cue wingnut outrage:
University of Georgia’s band to no longer play ‘Tara’s Theme’ from ‘Gone with the Wind’ after games https://t.co/NZqJw56BFb pic.twitter.com/uvaX44EzTS
— WPTV (@WPTV) June 18, 2020
Kamala Harris would also be great as the Attorney General or as a Supreme Court Justice. I have no clue who should be his VP choice, especially if they are to be a two term President after.
CNN did cover this story - exactly as it happened. Just as we reported your positions on race (and poll numbers). We’ll continue working with facts rather than tweeting fake videos that exploit innocent children. We invite you to do the same. Be better. https://t.co/T1nBtejZta
— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) June 19, 2020
I have had a lot of flies around my monitor tonight, like 100,000x increase. I’ve killed 4 and another just showed up. electric bug swatter FTW.
re: #44 Dread Pirate
You’re going to need a bigger swatter.
SEC tells Mississippi it has to change its flag, or risk losing host rights for championship events https://t.co/20ELp8mo3E
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 19, 2020
re: #47 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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These have to be very confusing times for wingnuts. 3 years ago, they thought they’d finally succeeded in turning back the culture wars, that they’d put a man in the White House who was going to put a stop to all that “socialist” business and return America to “greatness.” Yet here we are, 3 years hence, and they’re losing ground at an even greater pace.
A red triangle that marked ‘political prisoners’ was the most common category of prisoners registered at the German Nazi #Auschwitz camp.
In August 1944, political prisoners constituted 95 percent of camp prisoners’. A letter inside the triangle could mark the nationality. pic.twitter.com/jBuNn0xmL1— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) June 18, 2020
the fat dim potus
tweets conspiracy theories
as innocents die
re: #50 thecommodore
the fat dim potus
tweets conspiracy theories
as innocents die
I fear we ain’t seen nuthin’ yet…
hannity assists
violent racist police
for fun and profit
re: #15 Belafon
The moran in question:
I was just removed from my flight for not wearing a mask. 1st time this has happened. Not a federal law. @AmericanAir staff standing over me telling me it’s THE LAW. So much for “please respect those who can not wear a mask”. When I pointed out this wasn’t a law I was removed.
— Brandon Straka (@BrandonStraka) June 17, 2020
Yes there is a federal law. Federal law requires passengers to obey the commands of ship or aircraft crews.
However, as a conservative who works for Newsmax, I would expect he knows nothing about laws.
He’s getting one helluva ratio though.
re: #49 Teukka
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Every time I see bits like this, I remember all those Bernouts telling me that the Trump campaign was going to run rings around the Biden campaign, while the fine-tuned Sanders campaign couldn’t be beat so easily.
re: #39 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
OK, I’m sure it’s probably a mercy, but I have not been able to get Trump’s “fake CNN” “racist toddler” video to play. Can someone please give me a brief description?
I saw the “original”, and it was adorable, btw.
re: #53 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The moran in question:
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Yes there is a federal law. Federal law requires passengers to obey the commands of ship or aircraft crews.
However, as a conservative who works for Newsmax, I would expect he knows nothing about laws.
He’s getting one helluva ratio though.
Much like “FREEZE PEACH!!!” and social media, it is totally lost on wingnuts that privately owned businesses can pick and choose who they serve. If they say “You have to wear a mask” and you can’t give a legitimate reason why you can’t, then they can refuse to let you use their service. They are not required to put up with your bullshit because you think “FREEDOM!!!” means you can do whatever the fuck you want.
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The launch of space shuttle Challenger on STS-7 on June 18, 1983, photographed by John Young from the Shuttle Training Aircraft. This was the first of Sally Ride’s two space flights. pic.twitter.com/uZbBDHIXXz
— Jason Major (@JPMajor) June 18, 2020
re: #55 Jay C
OK, I’m sure it’s probably a mercy, but I have not been able to get Trump’s “fake CNN” “racist toddler” video to play. Can someone please give me a brief description?
I saw the “original”, and it was adorable, btw.
Never mind. I found it.
Not sure which is the stupider shit: somebody trying to edit this touching video into “racist” BS, or the actual POTUS retweeting like it makes him look smart or whatever…
I mean JFC, it was actually labeled “manipulated media”….
Tonight’s Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald poll:
Gov. Pete Ricketts announced this week that government entities requiring masks at buidlings won’t qualify for federal CARES Act funding. Do you think that local entities should be able to decide mask requirements on their own?
Currently running about 75% “yes”
Omaha resident physician accused of killing her husband during argument along I-80 (Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald)
TL;DR, she is a resident physician at University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
She and her husband are in the process of moving to Scottsbluff. On a trip from Scottsbluff to Omaha, they had an argument. Hub pulled over to the side of I-80, she claims he raised his arm to strike her, she grabbed a gun from the centre console of their truck and shot him twice in the chest, killing him.
She is charged with second-degree murder, and is in the Dawson County jail with no bail.
Their two children were in the back seat. They are now wards of the state.
re: #56 Targetpractice
…it is totally lost on wingnuts that privately owned businesses can pick and choose who they serve.
Not entirely: discrimination by race, gender or religion is forbidden, but businesses are free to apply other restrictions.
And that also messes with their minds. I recall that Rand Paul really stepped in it over that aspect of the Civil Rights Act.
Panhandle Public Health District Covid-19 Dashboard
Confirmed cases: 231 (+3)
Recovered: 142
Most by age: 10-19, then 20-29
Most by county: Scott’s Bluff (184), then Morrill (14)
Women are 2/3 of cases
Cumulative positive rate: 5.1%
Hospitalised: 5
Cumulative: 27
Available beds: 56%
Deaths: 2 (no change)
Jury trials will resume in the Panhandle. Such trials were delayed due to CDC guidelines, but with new so-called Directed Health Measures from Gov. Pete Ricketts (R-Ameritrade), they will now resume.
re: #61 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Omaha resident physician accused of killing her husband during argument along I-80 (Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald)
The takeaway here: Men, make sure your weapons are secured before striking your wife!
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re: #60 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Part of the Trumpification of the GOP means not only not caring about people (a trait the GOP picked up back in Reagan’s time) but also now about being extremely stupid.
re: #65 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Part of the Trumpification of the GOP means not only not caring about people (a trait the GOP picked up back in Reagan’s time) but also now about being extremely stupid.
even if they are smart, they feign stupidity, like the bit with the red triangle symbol.
Looks like the Oklahoma Supreme Court is hearing a case as to whether Trump’s rally should go ahead. The lawsuit against it cites (obviously) public health concerns.
Even the arena management agrees on the public health concerns part, they’re worried about their contractual obligations with the Trump campaign (an understandable concern, especially given Trump’s litigious history).
re: #67 Dr Lizardo
Looks like the Oklahoma Supreme Court is hearing a case as to whether Trump’s rally should go ahead. The lawsuit against it cites (obviously) public health concerns.
I see some serious liability concerns: Trump can get attendees to sign a waiver, but not everyone who might come into contact with them afterward.
re: #69 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I see some serious liability concerns: Trump can get attendees to sign a waiver, but not everyone who might come into contact with them afterward.
Exactly. Getting an attendee to sign a waiver is no biggie, but what if a third party comes down with COVID-19 as the result of exposure to someone who attended the rally? They sure as hell didn’t sign that waiver. They could turn around and sue the arena and/or the Trump campaign. If I were the plaintiffs, that’s something I’d certainly mention in my argument.
re: #58 teleskiguy
Damn but those SRB’s left a filthy plume.
re: #69 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I see some serious liability concerns: Trump can get attendees to sign a waiver, but not everyone who might come into contact with them afterward.
He also can’t sign away the rights of people who work for the arena.
Matt Gaetz is still milking his newly revealed page son.
Rep. Matt Gaetz Appears on Fox News With His Newly Revealed Son: ‘Nestor is the Light of My Life’ (WATCH) (Goes to Towleroad)
Florida GOP Congressman Matt Gaetz appeared Thursday night on Fox News with his newly revealed “son,” 19-year-old Nestor Galban.
Both Gaetz and Galban took the opportunity to slam Democratic Congressman Cedric Richmond of Louisiana for a heated exchange during a House Judiciary Committee meeting this week. During a markup of a policing reform bill, Gaetz and Richmond sparred after the Democrat suggested that Republicans don’t know what it’s like to worry about non-white children.
“You’re claiming you have more concern for my family than I do. Who the hell do you think you are?” Gaetz told Richmond during the exchange.
One day later, Gaetz claimed on Twitter that Nestor is his son — even though he has not formally adopted him, and he has previously referred to him in social media posts as a “helper,” a “House page,” and a “local student.”
(more at the link, plus the video)
re: #73 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
He also can’t sign away the rights of people who work for the arena.
They cannot expect to violate safety standards just so big baby can throw a sandbox party.
re: #75 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They cannot expect to violate safety standards just so big baby can throw a sandbox party.
I can see these getting shut down by insurance companies which cover large arenas and such.
“No liability insurance for you” would be a powerful motivator to any such place to say “no thanks” to Trump.
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One of Trump’s biggest voting blocs is the elderly. I wondered why hasn’t anyone made an ad for them? So I fucked around and made one pic.twitter.com/Ri7G4t3EP0
— cinematic genius (@itsmrfungible) June 13, 2020
re: #77 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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Anyone over 60 who votes for Trump is suicidal and criminally insane. They will not be missed if they contract the virus at a Trump suicide rally or a franchise theme eatery. They have no right to take the rest of us with them though.
I will no longer wear a mask inside any business. It’s unconstitutional to enforce. Let’s make this bullshit stop now! Who’s with me? #coronavirus
— Aubrey Huff (@aubrey_huff) June 15, 2020
2016 - “Fuck Your Feelings!
2020 - “Fuck Your Life!”
re: #80 DodgerFan1988
2016 - “Fuck Your Feelings!
2020 - “Fuck Your Life!”
2016 - “Private property owner rights!”
2020 - “Owners have no rights!”
re: #80 DodgerFan1988
Here in Czech Republic, when emergency measures required masks at all times in public, there were serious fines for non-compliance. The equivalent of $500 for not wearing a face mask, payable on the spot - the cops would take you to the nearest ATM machine to withdraw the money and pay up and of course, issue you a receipt that you’d paid the fine.
Not one fine had to be issued; all the cops had to do was simply remind people to put on their masks or pay the penalty. While $500 may not sound like much to many Americans, for about half the population here, that’s one-third of monthly wages. Yeah….that’ll hurt.
So go ahead - let them not wear their required face masks. Fine them on the spot and if they refuse to pony up, issue them a fine for $10,000 and/or ten days in the slammer….their choice.
It’s not just Trump. The World worries America is broken — Protests against police brutality and systemic racism highlight what is seen as the United States’ accelerated decline
By @columlynch https://t.co/jHgeNTq4Ec— Alfons López Tena (@alfonslopeztena) June 19, 2020
re: #82 Dr Lizardo
Here in Czech Republic, when emergency measures required masks at all times in public, there were serious fines for non-compliance. The equivalent of $500 for not wearing a face mask, payable on the spot - the cops would take you to the nearest ATM machine to withdraw the money and pay up and of course, issue you a receipt that you’d paid the fine.
Did you not publish an article on Czech nude sunbathers being forced to wear masks?
re: #53 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The moran in question:
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However, as a conservative who works for Newsmax, I would expect he knows nothing about laws.
He’s getting one helluva ratio though.
Pro-Trump personality Brandon Straka, the leader of the conservative “Walkaway” movement, hates wearing masks so much, he’ll get kicked off a plane for it. But he’s not above selling masks for a hefty $20 each on his website. pic.twitter.com/eSYacTQBDa
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) June 17, 2020
Three years later and this tweet is still up.
Congratulations and thanks to MPD motorcycle officers John Balcerzak and Dennis Wallich. Retirement after a combined 61 yrs. of service! pic.twitter.com/ZIpQDG50rF
— Milwaukee Police (@MilwaukeePolice) June 15, 2017
fucking DeSantis
Florida added another 3,207 coronavirus cases Thursday, shattering the previous daily record as the state emerges as an alarming hot spot among places grappling with a resurgence of the disease,” the Tallahassee Democrat reports.
CNN reports the Sunshine State has “all the markings of the next large epicenter of coronavirus transmission,” and risks being the “worst it has ever been,” according to projections from a model by scientists at the University of Pennsylvania
Republican for the Twentieth Legislative District in Nebraska.
Immigration is GOOD for our economy and is a cause ALL Republicans should champion. Immigration is associated with overall increases in GDP and higher standards of living.
Let us all reject the regressive jingoism of Donald Trump and fight for true American values. pic.twitter.com/M80IwZKAOR— Senator McCollister (@SenMcCollister) June 19, 2020
re: #85 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Did you not publish an article on Czech nude sunbathers being forced to wear masks?
Indeed. They were ordered by police to put on their masks. LOL. Only in Czech Republic.
But the news was full of it at the time—do they think we’re stupid? https://t.co/PrfN18GJmF
— Mary Hamer (@mary_hamer) June 19, 2020
re: #53 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Yes there is a federal law. Federal law requires passengers to obey the commands of ship or aircraft crews.
Why the airlines don’t state/print their Contract of Carriage (which gives them the right to enforce safety aboard their aircraft) is beyond me.
re: #90 Dr Lizardo
Indeed. They were ordered by police to put on their masks. LOL. Only in Czech Republic.
When New York City’s Outdoor Co-ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society goes out in public, they wear masks. They don’t need the cops to tell them though.
re: #92 Eric The Fruit Bat
Why the airlines don’t state/print their Contract of Carriage (which gives them the right to enforce safety aboard their aircraft) is beyond me.
They are printed on the backs of physical tickets (if you live in a backwater like I do where you go to an actual travel agent to purchase tickets).
Otherwise, such contracts are available on the Website of the airline, or when you click “I agree” on purchasing passage.
As for third-party sellers like Expedia, I don’t know how they do it.
re: #88 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
fucking DeSantis
Jesus. Meanwhile, in the wild north country, Minnesota is still reporting less than 400 new positives per day, an approximately 4% positive rate per new test conducted. Both the absolute number and the percentage have drastically dropped from our highs around ~750 and 15%, while our testing has ramped up from ~5000 to ~10000 in the same time period. Be like Governor Walz - say, “Fuck you, state Republicans, and fuck you in particular, Donald Trump.”
re: #94 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
They are printed on the backs of physical tickets (if you live in a backwater like I do where you go to an actual travel agent to purchase tickets).
Otherwise, such contracts are available on the Website of the airline, or when you click “I agree” on purchasing passage.
As for third-party sellers like Expedia, I don’t know how they do it.
Third-party sellers usually have in their “I agree” fine print, “By checking this box, you agree to all the terms and conditions imposed by the Carriers; for more information, please contact them directly.”
if anyone’s ever wondered how they weigh a koala… pic.twitter.com/ieI6SLX2kk
— Sophie Kalagas (@skalagas) June 19, 2020
re: #95 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Jesus. Meanwhile, in the wild north country, Minnesota is still reporting less than 400 new positives per day, an approximately 4% positive rate per new test conducted. Both the absolute number and the percentage have drastically dropped from our highs around ~750 and 15%, while our testing has ramped up from ~5000 to ~10000 in the same time period. Be like Governor Walz - say, “Fuck you, state Republicans, and fuck you in particular, Donald Trump.”
It’s been two days since Nebraska updated its information on the statewide site. Our highest number reported was on May 6, with 677 cases.
Testing here is fouled up with the no-bid contract Pete Ricketts went into with the Utah company with no experience in testing.
“I’m really not a racist…” pic.twitter.com/RGnntLTeRi
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) June 19, 2020
The New York City Council passed six bills that include requiring officer badge numbers to be visible, an official ban on chokeholds or any other maneuver that restricts blood or air flow and a bill requiring oversight of the NYPD’s surveillance technology https://t.co/rXDdEwbizx
— CNN (@CNN) June 18, 2020
I’m off to bed. This came across my computer though.
Coronavirus was already in Italy by December, waste water study finds (BBC)
Italian scientists say sewage water from two cities contained coronavirus traces in December, long before the country’s first confirmed cases.
The National Institute of Health (ISS) said water from Milan and Turin showed genetic virus traces on 18 December.
It adds to evidence from other countries that the virus may have been circulating much earlier than thought.
Chinese officials confirmed the first cases at the end of December. Italy’s first case was in mid-February.
In May French scientists said tests on samples showed a patient treated for suspected pneumonia near Paris on 27 December actually had the coronavirus.
Meanwhile in Spain a study found virus traces in waste water collected in mid-January in Barcelona, some 40 days before the first local case was discovered.
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Area weather for Scottsbluff and surrounding region.
bbc.com
Rain, with thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. High 21°Commie (70°Fahrenheit).
Winds SE at 16 mph.
(I find it strange that the UK uses centigrade for temperatures and miles for distances and wind speeds.)
re: #102 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I’m off to bed. This came across my computer though.
Coronavirus was already in Italy by December, waste water study finds (BBC)
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Who are the lucky folks that get to run the wastewater tests?
re: #19 austin_blue
Yes. Young, mixed race, former Cali AG, and holds a decidedly D Senate seat in Cali.
Not the best campaigner, a bit stiff on the stump, but will hand Pence’s ass to him in the debates.
And what a weird surreal day. This whole Gaetz thing is bizarre and creepy. The argument that Bolton’s book should not be released because the lies in it are classified. The DACA ruling that means that they are going to have to do that whole shitshow over again by the rules, which they don’t have time to do.
I’m for the rack. Sweet dreams, all.
I like Kamala, but I’m not sure how many votes she adds to the ticket.
re: #102 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I’m off to bed. This came across my computer though.
Coronavirus was already in Italy by December, waste water study finds (BBC)
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I wonder what happened to make it spread as it did when it did. If this is true, what was the delay or trigger?
re: #104 Mike Lamb
Who are the lucky folks that get to run the wastewater tests?
Well, since they were specifically looking for coronavirus, I imagine it would be lab techs under the direction of epidemiology researchers.
I can’t speak for other countries (or even other towns), but we don’t test wastewater. We only test freshwater at the wellheads and in homes and sampling stations around the village.
re: #84 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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This cold civil war has been in the works for some time. I don’t know what we will look like when this is over, but I think that if those of us on the right side of things stay strong, we’ll be a better country. There aren’t that many countries with the ratio of races (for lack of a better term) than us.
re: #106 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I wonder what happened to make it spread as it did when it did. If this is true, what was the delay or trigger?
Well, they say they detected it in wastewater sampled in Milan and Turin from 18 December, and the first cases erupted in Italy at the end of December (two weeks later).
Since there is a long incubation period before the symptoms from the disease erupt, that might explain the delay.
Spain says they detected the novel coronavirus in wastewater from mid-January in Barcelona about forty days before the first case there, so that may be the same thing (or maybe the first few cases were misdiagnosed as something else unintentionally, or were not sufficiently severe to cause people to go to the doctor).
re: #108 Belafon
This cold civil war has been in the works for some time. I don’t know what we will look like when this is over, but I think that if those of us on the right side of things stay strong, we’ll be a better country. There aren’t that many countries with the ratio of races (for lack of a better term) than us.
When we were in Poland, my wife was chatting with a woman at the public library in Gdansk, who asked her why we would want to return to the USA (as she was predicting a civil war for our country back in 2015).
It turns out Poland is not in great shape with the Law and Justice Party in charge there now though.
re: #105 Mike Lamb
I like Kamala, but I’m not sure how many votes she adds to the ticket.
She will get African Americans excited. But I think she’s the most ready of the not-Warren (who is too old for VP) group to be president.
re: #110 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
It turns out Poland is not in great shape with the Law and Justice Party in charge there now though.
They want all of the financial benefits of belonging to the EU but none of that meddlesome liberal Human Rights legislation…
re: #37 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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Maybe they can play Clara’s theme (from Doctor Who) instead.
Just coming over the wires that British actor Ian Holm has died at the age of 88.
Ian Holm, the versatile actor who played everything from androids to hobbits via Harold Pinter and King Lear, has died in London aged 88, his agent confirmed to the Guardian.
“It is with great sadness that the actor Sir Ian Holm CBE passed away this morning at the age of 88,” they said. “He died peacefully in hospital, with his family and carer,” adding that his illness was Parkinson’s related. “Charming, kind and ferociously talented, we will miss him hugely.”
Holm’s final days were documented in a series of pastel portraits by his wife, Sophie de Stempel.
Malala Yousafzai graduates from Oxford University (BBC)
The 22-year-old, who survived a shot to the head by Taliban soldiers, studied politics, philosophy, and economics at Lady Margaret Hall.
Tweeting earlier, she said: “I don’t know what’s ahead. For now, it will be Netflix, reading and sleep.”
re: #103 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
(I find it strange that the UK uses centigrade for temperatures and miles for distances and wind speeds.)
Generally, like most other sensible countries the UK uses metric units and Centigrade/Kelvin. The one big exception is miles for distance measurement. We use SI metres for things like construction, manufacturing etc. with some odd results, like the standard 4 foot by 8 foot panel of sheet wood or plasterboard being listed by suppliers as 1220mm x 2240mm. Saying that, go into a store and ask for a dozen four by eights of 12mm weatherboard and the guy at the shop counter will know what you’re wanting.
Road speed limits are set in British law in miles per hour (30, 60 or 70 depending) hence wind speeds are often reported in mph too. There’s a switch on the BBC’s weather website that allows a change to report wind speeds as kph if required (divide by 3.6 for SI metres per second).
re: #112 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They want all of the financial benefits of belonging to the EU but none of that meddlesome liberal Human Rights legislation…
Czech Republic pretty much views the EU as nothing but a cash cow, a source of subsidies for infrastructure improvement.
Vladimir Putin remarked a few months back that once Czech Republic, Poland, etc., go from being net beneficiaries of EU cash to net contributors to the EU budget….they’ll probably invoke Article 50 and leave.
I think Putin’s probably entirely correct in his assessment, sad to say.
re: #115 Dr Lizardo
Just coming over the wires that British actor Ian Holm has died at the age of 88.
He did not die, he just set off from the Grey Havens…
re: #117 Nojay UK
Generally, like most other sensible countries the UK uses metric units and Centigrade/Kelvin. The one big exception is miles for distance measurement. We use SI metres for things like construction, manufacturing etc. with some odd results, like the standard 4 foot by 8 foot panel of sheet wood or plasterboard being listed by suppliers as 1220mm x 2240mm. Saying that, go into a store and ask for a dozen four by eights of 12mm weatherboard and the guy at the shop counter will know what you’re wanting.
Road speed limits are set in British law in miles per hour (30, 60 or 70 depending) hence wind speeds are often reported in mph too. There’s a switch on the BBC’s weather website that allows a change to report wind speeds as kph if required (divide by 3.6 for SI metres per second).
When I lived in Spain, I noticed that Gibraltar posts speed limits in kilometres per hour, I presume because of the huge influx of tourists to the colony every day.
re: #117 Nojay UK
and Imperial pints and gallons…
Someone explained why they have to stick with pints (0.56 liter):
The great British piss artist tradition was always to hit the pub at 5pm and drink seven pints: one per hour, and then one just before 11 pm closing time.
If they switched that to seven half-liters, that would leave you nearly a pint short (0.42 liters) at the end of the evening and that would be just wrong
re: #121 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
and Imperial pints and gallons…
Someone explained why they have to stick with pints (0.56 liter):
The great British piss artist tradition was always to hit the pub at 5pm and drink seven pints, one per hour, and then one just before 11 pm closing time.
If they switched that to seven half-liters, that would leave you nearly a pint short (0.42 liters) at the end of the evening and that would be just wrong
priorities!
re: #118 Dr Lizardo
Czech Republic pretty much views the EU as nothing but a cash cow, a source of subsidies for infrastructure improvement.
Vladimir Putin remarked a few months back that once Czech Republic, Poland, etc., go from being net beneficiaries of EU cash to net contributors to the EU budget….they’ll probably invoke Article 50 and leave.
I think Putin’s probably entirely correct in his assessment, sad to say.
The argument that Germany gives is that its export trade benefits indirectly from the money it spends on the EU, making it a worthwhile investment.
But as long as nations continue to elect Trumpoid zero-sum-gamers to positions of power, they will not be able to see past the bottom line.
Dean of the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
#NewSARS. Today I officially debut a new term and hastag: #antimaskers. Known to hang with #antivaxxers, #climatechange deniers & #flatearthers. The politicization of this disease must STOP. Believe it or not, test or not. Policy choices are leading to 200 new deaths every day.
— Dr. Ali Khan (@UNMC_DrKhan) June 19, 2020
The Trump regime paid millions for test tubes — and got unusable mini soda bottles that don’t fit the racks used to analyze samples.
The company, Fillakit, was formed by a telemarketer with a 2-decade history of fraud just 6 days before the contract. https://t.co/0mLpq2r6Ct— Windthin ~ Rebel Scum & Snark Jedi🇵🇷🏳️🌈🌊❄️ (@windthin) June 18, 2020
re: #123 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The argument that Germany gives is that its export trade benefits indirectly from the money it spends on the EU, making it a worthwhile investment.
But as long as nations continue to elect Trumpoid zero-sum-gamers to positions of power, they will not be able to see past the bottom line.
Not to mention that Czech Republic leaving the EU would be nothing short of economic suicide for the country; it’s biggest trade partner is Germany - so much so that a running joke here is that Czech Republic is Germany’s unofficial 17th Bundesland.
re: #120 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
When I lived in Spain, I noticed that Gibraltar posts speed limits in kilometres per hour, I presume because of the huge influx of tourists to the colony every day.
The UK’s motorway network is measured in metres and kilometres, there are marker posts every 100 metres. The speed limit on the motorways is still 70 mph generally with some “smart” motorway speed limits reduced 60 mph, 50 mph or lower if there’s congestion or other problems. The “distance to next exit” sign numbers are also in miles.
I missed this one earlier this month:
Meet Rob Palley of Granite Realty Partners in Chicago, IL. He attacked a woman in the parking lot of a Jewel Osco after calling her a “Black bitch” who “couldn’t speak English” and this is the reason “Black people are dying.”
pic.twitter.com/6OlJzfgRMh— Resist Programming 🛰 (@RzstProgramming) June 4, 2020
Rob is a prominent real estate developer in Oak Park, Illinois. A brief search reveals that he is involved in a couple of lawsuits alleging various kinds of suburban real estate sleaze. You’ll be glad to learn that he is in much deeper shit now.
Felony hate charges brought against RF resident in alleged racial battery in Jewel lot
A statement from the village of River Forest on June 4 announced that resident Rob Palley has been charged with one count of a hate crime and one count of aggravated battery by the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office after an incident yesterday in the Jewel parking lot.
After an investigation by the River Forest Police Department and prosecutors, the Cook County Felony Review Unit recommended the charges.
“Mr. Palley is alleged to have committed a battery against a female, African-American woman in the parking lot of a Jewel Foods store (7525 W. Lake St.) following a verbal exchange that, according to the victim and witnesses, was racially-motivated,” reads the statement.
re: #125 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Dean of the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
Deep-Cornhusker State Soros payroll stooge!
re: #53 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
NYTimes is now reporting that said person is now permabanned from flying on American.
All I can say is: “Good”. Now we’ll see if he pulls the same stunt on another carrier.
re: #131 Eric The Fruit Bat
NYTimes is now reporting that said person is now permabanned from flying on American.
All I can say is: “Good”. Now we’ll see if he pulls the same stunt on another carrier.
Given the way carriers share/cross flights I wonder how it works if he books a different carrier but it puts him on an American flight. (So a lot might depend on what airport he usually uses.)
re: #31 Amory Blaine
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re: #129 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Meet Rob Palley of Granite Realty Partners in Chicago, IL. He attacked a woman in the parking lot of a Jewel Osco after calling her a “Black bitch” who “couldn’t speak English” and this is the reason “Black people are dying.”
Clear case of Self Defense and Stand Your Ground. That woman’s fingernails were lethal weapons!
“As #Florida health officials report another record single-day increase in cases of the novel #coronavirus, new data shows hospitals across the state have filled most or all available beds in their respective intensive care units.” #DeSantisBetrayedFlorida https://t.co/4egiukuned
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) June 19, 2020
On the radio right now is Ann Wilson’s rendition of Immigrant Song. It sounds like it was made for the theater. Pretty cool.
Atheists less likely to die from Covid-19 than believers, research finds (The Times of London)
People without religious faith are less likely to die from Covid-19 than believers, according to the first analysis of its kind from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The highest death rates were among Muslims, with Hindus and Sikhs also seeing more deaths than Christians.
Those increased risks were largely explained by factors including race, sociodemographic characteristics and population density, the ONS said, but an increased risk for Jewish people remained even after they were taken into account.
Separate figures released by the ONS showed that men and women with disabilities were at increased risk of dying from Covid-19 when compared with those without.
People who reported having “no religion” in the 2011 census had the lowest rate of death involving Covid-19.
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So, the end of an era in Czech Republic. Next year, public telephone booths will cease to exist. The Czech Telecommunications Office has decided to stop subsidizing then and O2, the fixed-line provider, will no longer operate them. The last of them will be decommissioned by March of 2021.
Guess if Superman ever comes to Prague and his services are needed, he’s just gonna have to find somewhere else for a quick change.
re: #139 Dr Lizardo
Oops….make that decommissioned by the end of 2021. Currently, there’s about 1,100 public phone booths still in operation here - way down from the peak of 30,000+ about 20 years ago. O2 stated that it costs more to maintain them than the revenue they generate as cellphones are ubiquitous here.
re: #132 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Given the way carriers share/cross flights I wonder how it works if he books a different carrier but it puts him on an American flight. (So a lot might depend on what airport he usually uses.)
The domestic majors don’t code share, and the only way he could get on an American-branded flight is via a different regional airline - but since American regional carriers appear to be 100% owned-and-operated by American Airlines Group, I think his days on flying American are over.
So, at the beginning of this year I was “Police need reforms, and to be less militarized” kind of person.
Right now, I’m at “Fire all the cops, we’d be safer without them” because of shit like this.— jay (@random__name) June 19, 2020
re: #138 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Atheists less likely to die from Covid-19 than believers, research finds (The Times of London)
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I could well imagine that has more to do with church attendance that what they believe or do not believe in…
re: #139 Dr Lizardo
So, the end of an era in Czech Republic. Next year, public telephone booths will cease to exist. The Czech Telecommunications Office has decided to stop subsidizing then and O2, the fixed-line provider, will no longer operate them. The last of them will be decommissioned by March of 2021.
Guess if Superman ever comes to Prague and his services are needed, he’s just gonna have to find somewhere else for a quick change.
A unisex toilet?
ANY non-Republican AG will strike like an avenging angel at the massive malfeasance and treason of the GOP. The traitors are terrified of what is coming, and they will do literally anything to hang on to power. Rough times ahead. Be ready.
— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) June 19, 2020
re: #139 Dr Lizardo
So, the end of an era in Czech Republic. Next year, public telephone booths will cease to exist. The Czech Telecommunications Office has decided to stop subsidizing then and O2, the fixed-line provider, will no longer operate them. The last of them will be decommissioned by March of 2021.
Guess if Superman ever comes to Prague and his services are needed, he’s just gonna have to find somewhere else for a quick change.
He can come to my town to use the pay telephone booth, then fly to the Czech Republic.
re: #145 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
ANY non-Republican AG will strike like an avenging angel at the massive malfeasance and treason of the GOP. The traitors are terrified of what is coming, and they will do literally anything to hang on to power. Rough times ahead. Be ready.
Just as any non-GOP-controlled Senate would have tossed Trump out on his ear over charges of conflict of interest, obstruction of justice and violations of the Emoluments Clause.
welcome to week 25 in the year of our lord, 2020.#QuarantineSketches pic.twitter.com/e7cWtpGcYj
— ᑕᕼᑌᑎK (@chunkled) June 18, 2020
I’m really off to bed now. It’s a couple hours past sunrise already. G’night, y’all.
re: #139 Dr Lizardo
So, the end of an era in Czech Republic. Next year, public telephone booths will cease to exist. The Czech Telecommunications Office has decided to stop subsidizing then and O2, the fixed-line provider, will no longer operate them. The last of them will be decommissioned by March of 2021.
Guess if Superman ever comes to Prague and his services are needed, he’s just gonna have to find somewhere else for a quick change.
Public toilet? Hope he carries some coinage.
re: #144 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
A unisex toilet?
Heh. There are public toilets (not enough of them IMO) but so far, the only unisex one I’ve ever seen here is in a tiny hole-in-the-wall café in Ostrava’s city center.
re: #141 Eric The Fruit Bat
The domestic majors don’t code share, and the only way he could get on an American-branded flight is via a different regional airline - but since American regional carriers appear to be 100% owned-and-operated by American Airlines Group, I think his days on flying American are over.
Only until when the Pandemic is over… Whenever that might be. That’s what American said.
re: #147 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Just as any non-GOP-controlled Senate would have tossed Trump out on his ear over charges of conflict of interest, obstruction of justice and violations of the Emoluments Clause.
I hope there’s the ability to clawback money from the trump organization.
re: #149 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I’m really off to bed now. It’s a couple hours past sunrise already. G’night, y’all.
You be sparkling?
re: #152 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
So, given the antivaxxers…he’s probably never flying American again…
re: #116 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
We sang a song about her in chorus.
re: #142 Sufficient unto the day…
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Balcerzak? I know that name. He’s one of the cops that gave a victim back to Jeffrey Dahmer.
re: #152 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Only until when the Pandemic is over… Whenever that might be. That’s what American said.
That could be a while, I suspect.
re: #158 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Balcerzak? I know that name. He’s one of the cops that gave a victim back to Jeffrey Dahmer.
It’s worse than that! Two black women called the cops and they didn’t listen to them and they threathened to arrest the two women if they didn’t “butt out”
So 3 POC vs 1 serial killing white man whose apartment had a bad stench!https://t.co/7AWu2K6Qis— Esha (@eshaLegal) June 19, 2020
re: #160 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I remember that. Balcerzak should’ve been fired for gross incompetence.
Language. Be sure to watch the whole thing.
I don’t think I could explain why, but goddamnit this really moves me. Watch the whole thing. Please.pic.twitter.com/ybPIexlRPR
— Ken Olin (@kenolin1) June 18, 2020
re: #159 Eric The Fruit Bat
That could be a while, I suspect.
He got in another flight later that day. No weird about whether he wore a mask or not (probably did).
All this happened after American did a review of the situation.
Good for them. They know that their industry is in deep trouble and this is what they have to do to keep people flying (I wouldn’t fly now for almost anything).
re: #160 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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Glad I’m not the only one who saw that. One of the women was recently interviewed for an ID special on Dahmer. She said the whole experience definitely informs how she views the cops and who can blame her. Balcerzak’s partner I understand is now a chief in a Milwaukee burb.
re: #164 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Glad I’m not the only one who saw that. One of the women was recently interviewed for an ID special on Dahmer. She said the whole experience definitely informs how she views the cops and who can blame her. Balcerzak’s partner I understand is now a chief in a Milwaukee burb.
Of course.
re: #161 Dr Lizardo
I remember that. Balcerzak should’ve been fired for gross incompetence.
The poor Sinthasomphone family. My heart obviously breaks for all of Dahmer’s victims families but that family twice was victimized by him. MPD really fucked that up due to homophobia and racism. It’s my understanding that Milwaukee was one of the most informally segregated cities in the country at one point.
re: #156 plansbandc
PUPPY PILE!!
They were all in a rescue shelter so I call it a Pick-A-Puppy pile.
re: #152 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Only until when the Pandemic is over… Whenever that might be. That’s what American said.
and that will not be over until there is a vaccine, a treatment/cure and/or widespread reliable testing.
re: #162 Dave In Austin
Language. Be sure to watch the whole thing.
“Shit’s changed and you have to adapt!”
Those are some words to live by.
re: #126 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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I hope they’re not worried about being prosecuted by the Biden admin because I want to see the shock on their faces when it happens.
re: #163 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
They know that [the airline] industry is in deep trouble and this is what they have to do to keep people flying (I wouldn’t fly now for almost anything).
Yup. A lot of people are thinking that right now. And that means that the industry is not going to return to pre-Covid levels until this all blows over…
re: #48 Targetpractice
These have to be very confusing times for wingnuts. 3 years ago, they thought they’d finally succeeded in turning back the culture wars, that they’d put a man in the White House who was going to put a stop to all that “socialist” business and return America to “greatness.” Yet here we are, 3 years hence, and they’re losing ground at an even greater pace.
This is why I try to calm others by pointing out that liberalism is not in a war with conservatism. Liberalism won that war 70 years ago. Even with the judges people are moaning about, there are ways to deal with that. If congress passes robust enough legislation, there’s actually very little the courts can do about it.
re: #173 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Yup. A lot of people are thinking that right now. And that means that the industry is not going to return to pre-Covid levels until this all blows over…
The new normal may wind up never getting back to pre-Covid levels as many large businesses are finding out they don’t need to spend all that money on Class A business buildings and traveling for meetings, and all of that resulting knock-out effects.
Today is my 60th solar return, but more importantly, it’s the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth. The National Archives has found what is probably the first original copy of General Order No. 3.
Here’s a story from the Washington Post, with pictures in a military copybook.
re: #174 steve_davis
This is why I try to calm others by pointing out that liberalism is not in a war with conservatism. Liberalism won that war 70 years ago. Even with the judges people are moaning about, there are ways to deal with that. If congress passes robust enough legislation, there’s actually very little the courts can do about it.
Let us not take any of those gains for granted. There are people working actively to overturn them.
re: #175 Eric The Fruit Bat
The new normal may wind up never getting back to pre-Covid levels as many large businesses are finding out they don’t need to spend all that money on Class A business buildings and traveling for meetings, and all of that resulting knock-out effects.
all of those elbow-to-elbow events that make up a lot of popular culture (and are major industries) like sports, concerts, cruises, cineplexes, amusement parks, etc., are going to see a major downturn in business until Covid is brought under control.
re: #176 mmmirele
Today is my 60th solar return, but more importantly, it’s the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth. The National Archives has found what is probably the first original copy of General Order No. 3.
Here’s a story from the Washington Post, with pictures in a military copybook.
A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!
AND
HAPPY JUNETEENTH EVERYONE
re: #176 mmmirele
Today is my 60th solar return, but more importantly, it’s the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth. The National Archives has found what is probably the first original copy of General Order No. 3.
Here’s a story from the Washington Post, with pictures in a military copybook.
Congrats, I still remember that day myself…heh, heh heh.
re: #175 Eric The Fruit Bat
The new normal may wind up never getting back to pre-Covid levels as many large businesses are finding out they don’t need to spend all that money on Class A business buildings and traveling for meetings, and all of that resulting knock-out effects.
My large employer is worried that we’re not going to get as much done at home as we do at work. Plus, for many large companies, there is always the worry that someone will steal their IP. And there are plenty of people that are actually itching to get back with their coworkers because they need the contact.
Meet Lindsay Clarke. The criminal, convicted prostitute, porn star, and self-proclaimed Republican who thought it would be a good idea to record a video of threatening to kill and enslave Blacks.
Lindsay Clarke: “Burn the flag? Burn a Black person I say”.
re: #176 mmmirele
Today is my 60th solar return, but more importantly, it’s the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth. The National Archives has found what is probably the first original copy of General Order No. 3.
Here’s a story from the Washington Post, with pictures in a military copybook.
Fascinating stuff. Especially seeing the original document.
Though I’m still wondering how/if, in the 2-1/2 years between the effective date of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation (1/1/1863) and “Juneteenth”, NO slaves in Texas ever got wind of the abolition of slavery?
Or was Granger’s order just intended as a formal confirmation of facts that were already known, I.e. intended as much as a reminder to the (now-former) slaveholders, as to (now) freemen?
re: #181 Belafon
My large employer is worried that we’re not going to get as much done at home as we do at work. Plus, for many large companies, there is always the worry that someone will steal their IP. And there are plenty of people that are actually itching to get back with their coworkers because they need the contact.
I would be happy to return to a normal of going in to ‘the office’ for certain meetings. The in-person non-verbal feedback that I get from face-to-face meetings makes for a more productive me. Beyond that, there is no reason that I need to be anywhere specific, so home is good. I do get something from hallway convrrsations to bounce ideas off others, it’s more convenient than the phone, sort-of.
Human contact is for the weak. 1/2 /s
re: #182 Dr. Matt
Meet Lindsay Clarke. The criminal, convicted prostitute, porn star, and self-proclaimed Republican who thought it would be a good idea to record a video of threatening to kill and enslave Blacks.
Lindsay Clarke: “Burn the flag? Burn a Black person I say”.
I watched and now I feel Ill. What is wrong with people?
re: #185 Colère Tueur de Lapin
I watched and now I feel Ill. What is wrong with people?
Conservatism is a mental disorder. Clearly.
I can’t imagine waking up thinking it would be a good idea post not 1, not 2, but 3 racist videos threatening to kill and enslave Black people. She should be arrested. Hard Stop. This is terrorism.
One of my coworkers has decided that since the antibody test is only 60% reliable, that there must not be any actual asymptomatic people, though my telling him about the lung damage study has changed his mind a little.
re: #181 Belafon
My large employer is worried that we’re not going to get as much done at home as we do at work. Plus, for many large companies, there is always the worry that someone will steal their IP. And there are plenty of people that are actually itching to get back with their coworkers because they need the contact.
I’ll confess that I have a hard time getting things done while working from home. I’m used to the kind of distractions that happen in the office setting but at home it’s a completely different distraction set. Also, because I’m retiring in a few weeks, the urge to just check out has been horrible while working from home. It feels like my career is kind of sputtering to a close here alone at home. No in-person goodbyes, no party, just show up on my last day to return my computer and pick up all my personal stuff in my cubicle.
re: #188 Belafon
One of my coworkers has decided that since the antibody test is only 60% reliable, that there must not be any actual asymptomatic people, though my telling him about the lung damage study has changed his mind a little.
Does that mean that they believe that the virus is 5-10% lethal based on the confirmed case numbers? Or that the entire thing is a hoax to cover up a couple hundred thousand deaths by some other means?
re: #188 Belafon
One of my coworkers has decided that since the antibody test is only 60% reliable, that there must not be any actual asymptomatic people, though my telling him about the lung damage study has changed his mind a little.
“Only” around 15% of smokers get diagnosed with lung cancer. Yeah, so, smoke up.
re: #190 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Does that mean that they believe that the virus is 5-10% lethal based on the confirmed case numbers? Or that the entire thing is a hoax to cover up a couple hundred thousand deaths by some other means?
I think he’s accepted that the virus is real, but that a lot of the requirements were overblown. I had an argument with him back in April over whether churches should be closed.
He also thinks that dark matter discredits most astrophysics and it’s just there so scientists can earn their Nobel prizes.
re: #190 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Does that mean that they believe that the virus is 5-10% lethal based on the confirmed case numbers? Or that the entire thing is a hoax to cover up a couple hundred thousand deaths by some other means?
My BiL just posted this, seems like a reasonable explanation.
Grampires.
re: #183 Jay C
Fascinating stuff. Especially seeing the original document.
Though I’m still wondering how/if, in the 2-1/2 years between the effective date of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation (1/1/1863) and “Juneteenth”, NO slaves in Texas ever got wind of the abolition of slavery?
Or was Granger’s order just intended as a formal confirmation of facts that were already known, I.e. intended as much as a reminder to the (now-former) slaveholders, as to (now) freemen?
Word didn’t travel as fast in those days especially in rural areas. The last battle of the Civil War was fought in Texas too.
re: #192 Belafon
He also thinks that dark matter discredits most astrophysics and it’s just there so scientists can earn their Nobel prizes.
Yes, let us listen to a YouTube watching maroon who thinks that astrophysics is something you can pick up and comment on competently after browsing the web.
re: #183 Jay C
Fascinating stuff. Especially seeing the original document.
Though I’m still wondering how/if, in the 2-1/2 years between the effective date of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation (1/1/1863) and “Juneteenth”, NO slaves in Texas ever got wind of the abolition of slavery?
Or was Granger’s order just intended as a formal confirmation of facts that were already known, I.e. intended as much as a reminder to the (now-former) slaveholders, as to (now) freemen?
At the time of the Emancipation Proclamation, Texas wasn’t part of the US. None of the Southern states were.
re: #196 Belafon
At the time of the Emancipation Proclamation, Texas wasn’t part of the US. None of the Southern states were.
And still four more days until the anniversary of the last Confederate military group of any size surrendering in 1865. (Stand Watie surrendering his brigade of cavalry in what is now Oklahoma.)
This article, by the author of The Family. The people he is writing about are not ever going to be in the real world, and they are going to be a trouble to our country and our world as long as they live. I have to hope that not all of DT’s base are not like these. In fact, the ones I know are not. These people have enough money to be able to travel the country, attending his “rallies.” Oh, so scary. Not sane. But surely a small percentage of Americans. Surely?
“He’s the Chosen One to Run America”: Inside the Cult of Trump, His Rallies are Church and He is the Gospel, Vanity Fair.
The gospel of Thomas—the doubting one—does not, of course, reside with Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John in your King James. But then, Trump doesn’t read the Bible. He doesn’t need to. Rule books are for losers. Reading is for losers. The gospel of Trump, like that of Thomas—noncanonical, antiestablishment—is gnostic, a form of secret knowledge reserved for the faithful, a “truth” you must have the eyes to see in order to believe.
Gnosticism, which dates at least to the second century A.D., is the path Christianity did not take, its texts destroyed as heretical, its ideas mostly forgotten until the 1945 discovery in Egypt of 13 ancient books in a sealed clay jar. Or maybe not so much forgotten as woven over the centuries into countless conspiracy theories, the deep-seated belief that there exist truths they—there is always a they in gnosticism, from the bishops and bureaucrats of the early church, coastal elites of the ancient world, to the modern media peddling fake news—do not want us, the people, to perceive.
There’s something almost democratic about gnosticism, in its American distortion. “Recognize what is before your eyes,” the gospel of Thomas advises, “and that which is hidden will be revealed.” One needs no diplomas to know truth, no “data” contrived by “experts.” Knowledge lies not in scholarship or information but within, “the gut,” as Trump has long maintained, or “right here,” as he said more recently at one of his coronavirus briefings, tapping his temple to show us “the metric” by which he would know when it was safe for us to go outside, when we could gather again by the thousands to adore him.
…
Every tweet, every misspelling, every typo, every strange capitalization—especially the capitalizations, says Dave—has meaning. “The truth is right there in what the media think are his mistakes. He doesn’t make mistakes.” The message of the shirt to Dave is: Study the layers. “Trump is known as a five-dimension chess player,” Dave says later. And he’s sending us clues. About the Democrats and Ukraine and his plans. “There are major operations going on,” Dave tells me months later, suggesting that Trump is using COVID-19 field hospitals as “a cover” to rescue children from sex trafficking.
re: #194 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Word didn’t travel as fast in those days especially in rural areas. The last battle of the Civil War was fought in Texas too.
Yes, I realize that in the 1860s, Texas was huge, remote, thinly settled and poorly developed (and part of the Confederacy). But even back then, I think “word got around” - especially among black folks - faster and wider than a lot of slaveholders would have liked.
Juneteenth is still a good cause for celebration, though….
re: #181 Belafon
My large employer is worried that we’re not going to get as much done at home as we do at work. Plus, for many large companies, there is always the worry that someone will steal their IP. And there are plenty of people that are actually itching to get back with their coworkers because they need the contact.
I work for a heeeuuuuge company and there was a completely interesting discussion on a tech management call that I couldn’t go to because I was working (heh heh). Basically, my evil too big to fail employer found that it was saving something like $11,000 a person (!!! didn’t get a breakdown but I assume it includes a lot of building costs!!!) every six months by having people work from home. AND they have learned that productivity has increased. The guy reporting it was the guy who was (prior to the beginning of March) all in on the synergies and getting everyone to work in the office.
I don’t know what this means for the future, but if the numbers hold up, I can’t see us going back to the status quo ante. Things will change because the lure of saving money is just too much. I’ve learned two things in the two decades I’ve worked here: 1) the bank does not hand out samples of the merchandise and 2) if there’s a way to save money, we’re going to do it. Even if it’s dumb, like dumping well-trained people in Country A to save a buck and move over to Country B, we’re going to do it. (That said, Country A is slightly more politically unstable than Country B, which may factor into it.)
re: #185 Colère Tueur de Lapin
I watched and now I feel Ill. What is wrong with people?
They feel empowered by their bigoted President and his racist administration.
Projecting like an IMAX per usual:
Why are the Democrats allowed to make fake and fraudulent ads. They should be called out. They did nothing when they had the chance. I have done FAR more than any President in first 3 1/2 years!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 19, 2020
A new ad that’s set to air on Fox News in Tulsa features longtime Oklahoma Republican voters who say that President Donald Trump does not deserve to be reelected.
re: #200 mmmirele
Most studies have shown that people are far more productive working from home. People get personal stuff done at home and tend to lose sight of work hours so they work longer hours.
I’ve done it for 20 years and I can attest to working 10-12 hour days as the norm.
re: #198 retired cynic
This article, by the author of The Family. The people he is writing about are not ever going to be in the real world, and they are going to be a trouble to our country and our world as long as they live. I have to hope that not all of DT’s base are not like these. In fact, the ones I know are not. These people have enough money to be able to travel the country, attending his “rallies.” Oh, so scary. Not sane. But surely a small percentage of Americans. Surely?
“He’s the Chosen One to Run America”: Inside the Cult of Trump, His Rallies are Church and He is the Gospel, Vanity Fair.
So I am exactly right to tell these people to stop worshiping Trump as a god. He’s a false idol. Still thinking about picketing the venue of Trump’s Tuesday rally, but not on Tuesday. On Sunday. Because it’s a megachurch on the north side of Phoenix. But I need to come up with a pithy sign. I’m not sure “Welcome to Trump Temple” is going to cut it.
re: #202 Eclectic Cyborg
Projecting like an IMAX per usual:
His constant whining is just boring at this point. Jack just needs to delete his account. This is just ridiculous at this point.
I hate breakups :(
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 19, 2020
record unemployment, 120,000 dead Americans, and you think the FoxNews poll is phony 🤣 pic.twitter.com/BSQzza3dvT
— Al Stewart (@trawetsla) June 19, 2020
re: #199 Jay C
Yes, I realize that in the 1860s, Texas was huge, remote, thinly settled and poorly developed (and part of the Confederacy). But even back then, I think “word got around” - especially among black folks - faster and wider than a lot of slaveholders would have liked.
Juneteenth is still a good cause for celebration, though….
oh, word got around.
But until heavily armed union troops showed up to enforce it, a proclamation from DC didn’t carry a lot of weight. You know what Texans are like.
re: #207 sagehen
oh, word got around.
But until heavily armed union troops showed up to enforce it, a proclamation from DC didn’t carry a lot of weight. You know what Texans are like.
You’ve just described how a national order to wear masks will go here in Texas.
re: #200 mmmirele
I don’t know what this means for the future, but if the numbers hold up, I can’t see us going back to the status quo ante. Things will change because the lure of saving money is just too much.
They may need that $11k/head every 6 month savings over the coming years as losses start to mount and write-offs begin to spool-up.
At least this crises doesn’t involve truly toxic weapons of financial destruction (Collateralized debt obligations), but it’ll still cause carnage nonetheless.
re: #206 Dr. Matt
LOL at “President Dopey Don”
re: #206 Dr. Matt
His constant whining is just boring at this point. Jack just needs to delete his account. This is just ridiculous at this point.
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I wish jack would. It’s his personal account FFS.
Well, POS45 having a Twitter tantrum because they labeled his fake CNN video “manipulated media”
Why are the Democrats allowed to make fake and fraudulent ads. They should be called out. They did nothing when they had the chance. I have done FAR more than any President in first 3 1/2 years!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 19, 2020
re: #161 Dr Lizardo
I remember that. Balcerzak should’ve been fired for gross incompetence.
He was fired! The union got him his job back and the police chief who fired him was forced out. Then he became head of the police union.
I can’t believe how radicalized I have become in a few weeks. I was in favor or training and review boards and body cams, and I am all ACAB and defund the police.
re: #212 The Pie Overlord!
Well, POS45 having a Twitter tantrum because they labeled his fake CNN video “manipulated media”
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He has done a lot. A lot to destroy American credibility.
re: #213 Charmingly Persistent
He was fired! The union got him his job back and the police chief who fired him was forced out. Then he became head of the police union.
That I didn’t know about. Sadly, all too typical.
re: #202 Eclectic Cyborg
Trump’s done far more than anyone else. This is true.
He’s done more to destroy our economy, kill Americans, and enrich the millionaires than any other American in our history, let alone any occupant of the WH.
Trump inherited a strong and stable economy with 4.9% unemployment rate and growth of about 2-2.5% a year. Trump’s idiotic trade war slowed the growth and the TCJA enriched billionaires while everyone else saw scraps.
Then covid19 hit, and not only did Trump fail to use the pandemic prevention plan Obama left for him, he did the exact opposite of what health experts said he should do.
The result? Instead of being near zero cases by end of March, we’re at 120,000 dead Americans and an unemployment rate that’s 3 times higher than what he inherited from Obama. The economy is in shambles and the Fed and CBO both warn the economy will take years to fully recover. The National Restaurant Federation warns that 25% of restaurants will never reopen thanks to covid19 - that’s millions of jobs that wont come back.
That’s all on Trump and that’s one fucking record alright.
People are starting to wake up to the realization that an incompetent know nothing who has failed at everything, including his core competency of real estate, should never have been in office. Of course a majority of Americans knew this - it was an archaic EC, foreign interference, and voter suppression that helped the GOP win in 2016. They’ll be at it again in 2020, and Trump’s repeatedly shown a willingness to extort foreign powers to influence the outcome of our elections.
He and the GOP don’t stand a chance if Americans vote. That’s what they’re afraid of. That’s what they want to avoid. That’s why they oppose mail in voting. That’s why they oppose any effort to secure our elections or protect voters from having their votes suppressed. It’s why the GOP seeks to reduce numbers of polling places, make it harder to get ID that they claim is necessary to prove ID to vote, and wanted FL felons to pay a poll tax to have the right to vote despite clear law stating that was illegal and unconstitutional.
The GOP don’t care about anything but their power and control, and will continue to support the most corrupt and criminal admin in our history.
Make them pay for their support. GOP delenda est.
re: #216 lawhawk
The GOP merits an extinction level election event.
It should become a mark of shame to be a Republican, one well earned.
Watch the ad that @realDonaldTrump is whining about https://t.co/VxwkoIhQcQ pic.twitter.com/K8Phd1V9jJ
— Adrienne Watson (@Adrienne_DNC) June 19, 2020
If the police are defunded, how do the laws get enforced?
I’m asking a serious question here. I’m not quite sure how this works.
re: #218 jaunte
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Joe knows what he’s doing. He’s playing this like a grandmaster. and really sticking the shiv up Mango Mussoweeney’s ass!
re: #218 jaunte
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Trump can demand that Clinton be locked up but don’t you dare focus on his shitty record.
re: #136 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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so….NOT just ‘increased testing’
“As #Florida health officials report another record single-day increase in cases of the novel #coronavirus, new data shows hospitals across the state have filled most or all available beds in their respective intensive care units.” #DeSantisBetrayedFlorida https://t.co/4egiukuned
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) June 19, 2020
re: #222 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Trump can demand that Clinton be locked up but don’t you dare focus on his shitty record.
It’s not a shitty record.
It’s a fucked-up 45!
re: #223 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
so….NOT just ‘increased testing’
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Watch DeSADIST flap his fucking arms around again saying this is fake news.
DeSADIST needs to be impeached.
“I have stolen FAR more than any President in first 3 1/2 years!”
re: #224 Joe Bacon 🌹
It’s not a shitty record.
It’s a fucked-up 45!
It’s a good ad. Trump benefited from hatred of Clinton that was being fermented when he was making unnecessary movie and tv cameos.
Because clean drinking water is for libs. https://t.co/Tw086kW47B
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) June 19, 2020
re: #219 Eclectic Cyborg
If the police are defunded, how do the laws get enforced?
I’m asking a serious question here. I’m not quite sure how this works.
It’s not “get rid of everything”, it’s remove the military gear, reduce their numbers, and get them to do their job efficiently. Instead of swarming neighborhoods that are poor to get easy tickets, they’ll have to do their job where the CRIMINALS are at.
And then move the money saved into things like social programs that cause there to be LESS crime.
re: #170 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“Shit’s changed and you have to adapt!”
Those are some words to live by.
pretty much the only commandment we need is
“don’t be a dick”
Boogerloo shot a policeman last night.
For a change police are beating a white ass in the Booogerloo Hawaiian shirt…
re: #31 Amory Blaine
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Donald Trump said sacrifice grandma for the economy and my grandma just died. Fuck you Donald. Fuck your whole crime syndicate family. Fuck all of the Republican Party that enabled you. You are the death panel. Fuck you and your ugly ass dead mammy.
— 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 Matt Behnke 🇮🇪 🇬🇧 🌊 (@MadeaMattie) June 19, 2020
re: #231 Joe Bacon 🌹
I don’t approve of police brutality…however, if it HAD to happen, I would approve of it happening to them.
re: #229 Sufficient unto the day…
It’s not “get rid of everything”, it’s remove the military gear, reduce their numbers, and get them to do their job efficiently. Instead of swarming neighborhoods that are poor to get easy tickets, they’ll have to do their job where the CRIMINALS are at.
And then move the money saved into things like social programs that cause there to be LESS crime.
I’ll note
A) It’s hard to summarize this strategy in a catchy meme, and
B) NOBODY PAID ANY ATTENTION to things like “Reform the police” or “Transform the police.”
We’re all reaping what’s been sewn.
re: #234 Sufficient unto the day…
I don’t approve of police brutality…however, if it HAD to happen, I would approve of it happening to them.
What do we know about Boogaloo? I’ve heard them come up.
re: #176 mmmirele
I am off from work today because the PPA is honoring Juneteenth. This is the first time they have done it and like most people I am very surprised they let us have off.
re: #198 retired cynic
This article, by the author of The Family. The people he is writing about are not ever going to be in the real world, and they are going to be a trouble to our country and our world as long as they live. I have to hope that not all of DT’s base are not like these. In fact, the ones I know are not. These people have enough money to be able to travel the country, attending his “rallies.” Oh, so scary. Not sane. But surely a small percentage of Americans. Surely?
“He’s the Chosen One to Run America”: Inside the Cult of Trump, His Rallies are Church and He is the Gospel, Vanity Fair.
“He’s the Chosen One to Run America”: Inside the Cult of Trump, His Rallies are Church and He is the Gospel, Vanity Fair.”
if by ‘chosen’ you mean only based on the electoral college…
re: #219 Eclectic Cyborg
If the police are defunded, how do the laws get enforced?
I’m asking a serious question here. I’m not quite sure how this works.
The Right Wing really wants to make it sound like BLM wants to take over and send armed Mau-Mau rape/revenge gangs into our neighborhoods.
We have been defunding education for years. We have been defunding social programs, public parks, museums and public broadcasting for years.
Defunding is leverage to be used when police departments refuse to change and compromise. As they have been doing for literally decades…
re: #230 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
pretty much the only commandment we need is
“don’t be a dick”
re: #229 Sufficient unto the day…
It’s not “get rid of everything”, it’s remove the military gear, reduce their numbers, and get them to do their job efficiently. Instead of swarming neighborhoods that are poor to get easy tickets, they’ll have to do their job where the CRIMINALS are at.
And then move the money saved into things like social programs that cause there to be LESS crime.
defund came up organically and sounded good as a rallying cry
the ‘funding’ part really means ‘reroute the money elsewhere’
Think the Green Party cares about this?
Nope. They want Trump re-elected!
Green Party doesn’t care https://t.co/Rjo6noGF1B
— Fuck Conservatives (@FuckCons) June 19, 2020
re: #237 PhillyPretzel
I am off from work today because the PPA is honoring Juneteenth. This is the first time they have done it and like most people I am very surprised they let us have off.
raised awareness can move mountains
Trump has ordered up a safe space in which his supporters can peacefully infect each other.
The city of Tulsa announced a last-minute curfew that began Thursday night and will continue Friday and Saturday, restricting people from a large area surrounding the arena where Trump will hold his campaign rally. https://t.co/88xc0VchU9
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 19, 2020
re: #243 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
It certainly can.
re: #224 Joe Bacon 🌹
It’s not a shitty record.
It’s a fucked-up 45!
Well everyone knows a 45 spins faster than a regular LP.
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re: #219 Eclectic Cyborg
If the police are defunded, how do the laws get enforced?
I’m asking a serious question here. I’m not quite sure how this works.
The defunding is really meant to apply to the current police. The only people who don’t actually believe we need some type of law enforcement are the SovCit types. But we can’t just say “do your jobs better” to the current group. We need a complete from the ground rebuilding of most police forces in the US.
re: #228 jaunte
Every time a Trump administration official issues a ruling, a lobbyist get’s his wings.
re: #248 stpaulbear
Every time a Trump administration official issues a ruling, a lobbyist get’s his wings.
Drain the swamp with swamp monsters.
re: #236 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
What do we know about Boogaloo? I’ve heard them come up.
Boogaloo’s are a very disparate group that want to start a new Civil War. Apparently because they believe that their quality of life will somehow be enhanced by their squatting on the smouldering rubble of civilization.
Beyond the desire to start a war and the need to own firearms, as a group they do not appear to have any central unifying ideology or belief system. Many seem to be ‘libertarian’ in some shape, degree, or form. And many of their ideas seem to have come from that arena.
As a group, they tend to show up at protests heavily armed, wearing Hawaiian shirts and physically aligning themselves with the alt-right side. Although, again, some boogaloo bois have apparently sided with the BLM protesters.
Rude Pundit is great but that visual made me throw up in my mouth.
Man, Trump’s desperation is so palpable that you can smell the flop sweat dripping down his bloated orange man-tits. https://t.co/dYEkcR9CbN
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) June 19, 2020
re: #244 jaunte
Trump has ordered up a safe space in which his supporters can peacefully infect each other.
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Protests wouldn’t be violent unless Trump supporters get involved. But the virus will be.
re: #250 ckkatz
Boogaloo’s are a very disparate group that want to start a new Civil War. Apparently because they believe that their quality of life will somehow be enhanced by their squatting on the smouldering rubble of civilization.
Beyond the desire to start a war and the need to own firearms, as a group they do not appear to have any central unifying ideology or belief system. Many seem to be ‘libertarian’ in some shape, degree, or form. And many of their ideas seem to have come from that arena.
As a group, they tend to show up at protests heavily armed, wearing Hawaiian shirts and physically aligning themselves with the alt-right side. Although, again, some boogaloo bois have apparently sided with the BLM protesters.
Thanks. JFC
Melania Trump commemorates the end of slavery from a gilded White House room while the president tweets threats at protesters https://t.co/BZOPMVZYWC
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) June 19, 2020
re: #254 Patricia Kayden
Now THAT is a fookin lede.
re: #244 jaunte
Trump has ordered up a safe space in which his supporters can peacefully infect each other.
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The city of Tulsa announced a last-minute curfew that began Thursday night and will continue Friday and Saturday, restricting people from a large area surrounding the arena where Trump will hold his campaign rally.
What does that mean for these losers?
re: #231 Joe Bacon 🌹
Boogerloo shot a policeman last night.
For a change police are beating a white ass in the Booogerloo Hawaiian shirt…
Where was this?
re: #250 ckkatz
Boogaloo’s are a very disparate group that want to start a new Civil War. Apparently because they believe that their quality of life will somehow be enhanced by their squatting on the smouldering rubble of civilization.
Like most anarchists, they seem to think they’ll be the ones in power afterwards instead of the historical reality that they will used by the already powerful and then executed afterwards.
re: #241 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
defund came up organically and sounded good as a rallying cry
the ‘funding’ part really means ‘reroute the money elsewhere’
FiveThirtyEight has an article showing that the ideas behind “defund” are much more popular than the slogan. In particular, people oppose “Defund the police” 58-31%. However “proposals to move some money currently going to police budgets into better officer training, local programs for homelessness, mental health assistance, and domestic violence” completely changes to supporting it 76-22%.
re: #244 jaunte
Trump has ordered up a safe space in which his supporters can peacefully infect each other.
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I still believe that the protesters should just stay the fuck away from the rally. Put up a lot of signage at overpasses coming into the city that tell rally attendees they are entering a death zone. Make it obvious that no one else wants to be within a mile of their rally. Let them infect each other without infecting protesters. Give it all to them.
re: #257 BeachDem
What does that mean for these losers?
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People outside the BOK Center on Wednesday, three days before a Trump campaign in Tulsa, Okla.Christopher Creese / Bloomberg via Getty Images
Trumpstock looks boring.
re: #260 William Lewis
Like most anarchists, they seem to think they’ll be the ones in power afterwards instead of the historical reality that they will used by the already powerful and then executed afterwards.
I agree with you on both your points.
Hold my beer while I show off my car. pic.twitter.com/BtltyX1QW3
— Hold My Beer (@holdmyale) June 19, 2020
This very thing happened to my dad and me while we were test driving an Opel Kadett that was a candidate for my first car. We weren’t pushing it so hard though. It blew up, caught fire, and burned out to a charred shell before the local fire department (of which my dad was later chief) could put it out. We returned to the dealership and reported that the Kadett had failed the test drive and we would look elsewhere.
re: #267 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Trumporama
Shared this on FB, with the comment “Aww. The President is thinking about us! Sweet. We protesters, agitators, and lowlifes who already live in Oklahoma understand quite well how we are treated here. The scene here at the moment centers on the incredible thunderstorms rolling in. I suspect he is the one most likely to be surprised by how tomorrow shapes up.”
I totally understand why “Defund the Police” is a toxic political slogan, one so bad I’m almost afraid it was planted by right-wing ratfuckers.
Any real politician needs to distance themself from it. But to the protestor in the street being harassed by out-of-control over-militarized gonzo racist cops, it sounds like profound truth. Fortunately there are enough people who understand the optics that it’s not become as wide a rallying cry as I feared.
…all that said, sensible Americans do need to keep “Defund the (x) Police” as a tool in their kit. There are departments out there which are such bad actors, removing them and starting from scratch is the only answer.
re: #261 garzooma
Should be “Audit the Police”.
re: #270 NetworkKed
I totally understand why “Defund the Police” is a toxic political slogan, one so bad I’m almost afraid it was planted by right-wing ratfuckers.
They might not have planted it, but they certainly ran with it: we had Tucker Carlson warning us that “gangs of armed young men” would soon be invading our neighborhoods.
Mau-Mau time.
re: #271 GlutenFreeJesus
Should be “Audit the Police”.
I prefer “Rebuild the Police”. Audits don’t mean anything is going to get done.
re: #270 NetworkKed
I totally understand why “Defund the Police” is a toxic political slogan, one so bad I’m almost afraid it was planted by right-wing ratfuckers.
Any real politician needs to distance themself from it. But to the protestor in the street being harassed by out-of-control over-militarized gonzo racist cops, it sounds like profound truth. Fortunately there are enough people who understand the optics that it’s not become as wide a rallying cry as I feared.
…all that said, sensible Americans do need to keep “Defund the (x) Police” as a tool in their kit. There are departments out there which are such bad actors, removing them and starting from scratch is the only answer.
Susan Sarandon was pushing it.
re: #257 BeachDem
What does that mean for these losers?
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People outside the BOK Center on Wednesday, three days before a Trump campaign in Tulsa, Okla.Christopher Creese / Bloomberg via Getty Images
They choose to be assholes.
But I WON’T forgive them for being so stupid that they get infected and spread the virus to innocent people.
And that goes double for the fools I graduated with in high school who drove from Western PA to worship their Master…the same assholes who confess that they are Trump groupies!
re: #276 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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Is it ok if it becomes a world holiday?
Attn: Anymouse: Flag protocol ahead:
Today I announced that I’ve ordered all state flags to fly at half staff from sundown today through sundown Saturday in observance of Juneteenth.https://t.co/ex6dsOZp8w
— Michelle Lujan Grisham (@GovMLG) June 19, 2020
British actor Ian Holm has died at the age of 88.
With a grounding in classical theater, he became beloved by movie fans around the world, especially for his role as Bilbo Baggins in the “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy and “The Hobbit.”https://t.co/VH3mnTNam1— NPR (@NPR) June 19, 2020
re: #276 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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Not only has KKKatie been suspended. She’s now been banned according to the Huff Post.
Katie Hopkins has had her Twitter account permanently banned for “hateful conduct”, the social media giant has confirmed.
re: #281 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
RIP Mr Holm
re: #270 NetworkKed
I totally understand why “Defund the Police” is a toxic political slogan, one so bad I’m almost afraid it was planted by right-wing ratfuckers.
In fact, it probably was. The Defund hashtag isn’t new, it’s actually been around for a few years, and one of the accounts that was spamming it is now a Qcumber
re: #281 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
I don’t know if the article mentions it, but he was Frodo in the radio production of the Lord of the Rings.
Horace’s Home Repair Axioms:
1. The primary goal is not to fix that which is broken. It is to avoid breaking that which is as of yet unbroken.— Medical Axioms (@medicalaxioms) June 19, 2020
re: #270 NetworkKed
I totally understand why “Defund the Police” is a toxic political slogan, one so bad I’m almost afraid it was planted by right-wing ratfuckers.
Any real politician needs to distance themself from it. But to the protestor in the street being harassed by out-of-control over-militarized gonzo racist cops, it sounds like profound truth. Fortunately there are enough people who understand the optics that it’s not become as wide a rallying cry as I feared.
…all that said, sensible Americans do need to keep “Defund the (x) Police” as a tool in their kit. There are departments out there which are such bad actors, removing them and starting from scratch is the only answer.
Like I said…folks weren’t listening before. Now they are.
I prefer “Raze and Rebuild”, but then again, I’m not riding the crest of a huge wave that promises to change society.
Nice to know the anti-Vaxxer asshole governor of Oklahoma won’t support mandating masks at the Tulsa KKKlanbake!
Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt on why he doesn’t support mandating masks at the Trump rally in Tulsa: “We are going to follow the president and the vice president’s lead on that … my question back to all the folks that say you shouldn’t have a rally — when is the right time?” pic.twitter.com/DzbcjMD4A0
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 19, 2020
re: #275 Belafon
Susan Sarandon was pushing it.
Which is all the proof anyone needs that it’s a bad idea.
re: #118 Dr Lizardo
Vladimir Putin remarked a few months back that once Czech Republic, Poland, etc., go from being net beneficiaries of EU cash to net contributors to the EU budget….they’ll probably invoke Article 50 and leave.
That may have been true pre Brexit, but when the see what happens to a country that saves less than 1% of its GDP by leaving the EU only to lose up to 30% of its GDP by leaving the EU they’ll probably think again.
re: #288 Joe Bacon 🌹
Based on that earlier post on lung damage in 60% of asymptomatic infected, I’d imagine that come sooner than they expect, Tulsa will need that attached convention center to treat all COVID19-affected patients - and that the winter will probably kill (SWAG) 5% of its population due to COVID19 asymptomatic complications.
re: #286 wrenchwench
LOL. Ain’t that the truth. Yesterday I was having to clean out an AC vent located on the ceiling just above my wifes brand new 65 inch TV.
You better believe I was RIDICULOUSLY slow and careful maneuvering around that thing.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly.
re: #265 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
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This very thing happened to my dad and me while we were test driving an Opel Kadett that was a candidate for my first car. We weren’t pushing it so hard though. It blew up, caught fire, and burned out to a charred shell before the local fire department (of which my dad was later chief) could put it out. We returned to the dealership and reported that the Kadett had failed the test drive and we would look elsewhere.
My first car, a used Corvair, waited until we paid for it, and then it blew its engine on the way home. I was 18. Was NOT speeding!
re: #136 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
As #Florida health officials report another record single-day increase in cases of the novel #coronavirus, new data shows hospitals across the state have filled most or all available beds in their respective intensive care units.”
And now the dying starts.
When various regions of France (Alsace-Loraine, Ile de France, Guyane) reached this stage the only way to avoid massive jumps in the death rates was to arrange cross-region evacuation of intensive care patients — special medicalised TGV trains, military air transports, convoys of ambulances and medicalised long distance coaches, helicopter flights to nearby Switzerland and Germany.
How is that going to work in the US?
Trump is right, Fauci has nothing to do with the NFL. But the dude is an INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST. So if he’s talking about Coronavirus, I’m GOING TO FUCKING LISTEN.
re: #294 John Hughes
And now the dying starts.
When various regions of France (Alsace-Loraine, Ile de France, Guyane) reached this stage the only way to avoid massive jumps in the death rates was to arrange cross-region evacuation of intensive care patients — special medicalised TGV trains, military air transports, convoys of ambulances and medicalised long distance coaches, helicopter flights to nearby Switzerland and Germany.
How is that going to work in the US?
It won’t. The wingnuts still start shooting before most of that can even happen.
re: #279 SerialUpDinger
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Thank you for the Eva Cassidy link - I would never have heard of her - makeitstop - thank you!
Such a beautiful voice. I never knew her, but I miss her.
Lre: #288 Joe Bacon 🌹
Nice to know the anti-Vaxxer asshole governor of Oklahoma won’t support mandating masks at the Tulsa KKKlanbake!
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Oh I dunno. Maybe not when your state is peaking in new cases. But I’ll defer to you, Mr. I’m scared of Trump making fun of me on Twitter and to his golf buddies.
re: #294 John Hughes
And now the dying starts.
When various regions of France (Alsace-Loraine, Ile de France, Guyane) reached this stage the only way to avoid massive jumps in the death rates was to arrange cross-region evacuation of intensive care patients — special medicalised TGV trains, military air transports, convoys of ambulances and medicalised long distance coaches, helicopter flights to nearby Switzerland and Germany.
How is that going to work in the US?
“Let the governors work that out, we’re not a travel agency!”
re: #290 John Hughes
That may have been true pre Brexit, but when the see what happens to a country that saves less than 1% of its GDP by leaving the EU only to lose up to 30% of its GDP by leaving the EU they’ll probably think again.
Hopefully - but Czechs can be a stubbornly and quietly nationalistic bunch. And I mean good old-fashioned xenophobic ethno-nationalism. It’s deeply ingrained in their cultural identity and it’s going to take a long, long time to extirpate it.
DEVELOPING: Police say there are reports of “multiple victims” after gunshots fired in Toronto. https://t.co/GC1Fa5I5f0
— ABC News (@ABC) June 19, 2020
re: #294 John Hughes
How is that going to work in the US?
It won’t - you start importing patients from out of area into smaller hospitals and their immediate area goes hot, it’s game over.
What’s really sad is that many convention centers were converted to field hospitals, but were way underutilized. But if you look at it from previous pandemics, they jumped the gun - these should have been built once a second wave started to show it’s tail.
Now that Beijing is in the throws of an outbreak, I haven’t seen anything about them constructing temporary hospitals - either they hav enough beds to handle this outbreak or they are going to be royally screwed. If I were a US airline that flies to Beijing, my last flight would have been two days ago.
re: #300 Dr Lizardo
Hopefully - but Czechs can be a stubbornly and quietly nationalistic bunch. And I mean good old-fashioned xenophobic ethno-nationalism. It’s deeply ingrained in their cultural identity and it’s going to take a long, long time to extirpate it.
Goes back to ‘38 and ‘68 from what I understand. I’m thankful that Slovakia’s President is a liberal. My family in the SR are Slovak nationals but not ethnically so when President Caputova speaks in Rusyn, it’s like when Spanish is spoken here.
Indeed I can’t think of another President who killed 120k Americans and destroyed 45 million jobs in such a short time frame! https://t.co/Rvpyid2FF8
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) June 19, 2020
Oklahoma.
Look at the latest data point there on the right. https://t.co/Eey5amv59t pic.twitter.com/i9W2EAigzq— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) June 19, 2020
re: #291 Eric The Fruit Bat
Based on that earlier post on lung damage in 60% of asymptomatic infected, I’d imagine that come sooner than they expect, Tulsa will need that attached convention center to treat all COVID19-affected patients - and that the winter will probably kill (SWAG) 5% of its population due to COVID19 asymptomatic complications.
Welcome all my friends to the show that never ends...UNTIL YOU’RE TAKING A DIRT NAP FOR WALL STREET!
re: #304 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Goes back to ‘38 and ‘68 from what I understand. I’m thankful that Slovakia’s President is a liberal. My family in the SR are Slovak nationals but not ethnically so when President Caputova speaks in Rusyn, it’s like when Spanish is spoken here.
If my Sudetendeutsch maternal Grandmother had not emigrated to the US around the turn of the last century, she would have been deported from Czechoslovakia at the end of WW2.
re: #309 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
If my Sudetendeutsch maternal Grandmother had not emigrated to the US around the turn of the last century, she would have been deported from Czechoslovakia at the end of WW2.
Does she give you a way to German citizenship? If it were something you wanted to pursue…
re: #309 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
If my Sudetendeutsch maternal Grandmother had not emigrated to the US around the turn of the last century, she would have been deported from Czechoslovakia at the end of WW2.
Yeah I was just reading about the expulsion in Bloodlands. Americans too often think Europe is a mono-ethnic place. It’s never been that way. If ethnicity were simply related to nationality, nationalism as we know it is a much older phenomenon than it is.
re: #304 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Goes back to ‘38 and ‘68 from what I understand. I’m thankful that Slovakia’s President is a liberal. My family in the SR are Slovak nationals but not ethnically so when President Caputova speaks in Rusyn, it’s like when Spanish is spoken here.
Probably further than that. I’d say - at least - to the Hussite Wars of the 15th century. As one of my Czech friends explained, “For centuries, every time foreigners have shown up here, they did not come in peace and it always ended badly for us, in misery and death. So we’re usually a little worried about foreigners, even when they say they’re our friends.”
re: #308 Joe Bacon 🌹
Sweet jesus that hurts my eyeballs.
re: #310 wrenchwench
Does she give you a way to German citizenship? If it were something you wanted to pursue…
Not that I am aware of. She died before I was born, but I guess that might be an option, especially if Trump manages to get re-elected.
So, among all the online chat about Trump’s upcoming Plague-o-rama rally in Tulsa; a thought occurred to me: what plans are the Biden campaign/DNC making for Democratic campaign events/rallies this year? Not to mention the Convention?
I realize the “front porch campaign” is a longstanding (if not recent) American political tradition, but I’m not sure how that is going to play in the 21st Century.
re: #308 Joe Bacon 🌹
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We are so fucked. The dying will continue for dog knows how long, because the wingnuts will not social distance, wear face masks, or get vaccinated once a vaccine is available. They’ll just keep insisting it’s a mild flu.
re: #312 Dr Lizardo
Probably further than that. I’d say - at least - to the Hussite Wars of the 13th century. As one of my Czech friends explained, “For centuries, every time foreigners have shown up here, they did not come in peace and it always ended badly for us, in misery and death. So we’re usually a little worried about foreigners, even when they say they’re our friends.”
Ah good point. But yeah the Czechs always have had an interesting relationship with Western Europe and by extension the US.
Officer Brett Hankison to be fired from Louisville police after Breonna Taylor shooting
finally
re: #318 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
Officer Brett Hankison to be fired from Louisville police after Breonna Taylor shooting
finally
Fired and then arrested, I hope.
re: #314 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Not that I am aware of. She died before I was born, but I guess that might be an option, especially if Trump manages to get re-elected.
Old info rattles around in my head… I had a German-descended grandmother who I heard was all the blood connection my brother needed to pursue citizenship. He prefers his Undocumented Earthling status.
re: #317 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Ah good point. But yeah the Czechs always have had an interesting relationship with Western Europe and by extension the US.
Yeah - it’s always been a complicated relationship between Czechs and their fellow Europeans. BTW, the Hussite Wars happened in the 15th century…I corrected that in my original comment.
Lindsey Graham ‘stunned’ at SCOTUS decision on Dreamers: I didn’t think Trump admin could lose
re: #320 wrenchwench
Old info rattles around in my head… I had a German-descended grandmother who I heard was all the blood connection my brother needed to pursue citizenship. He prefers his Undocumented Earthling status.
My ex-GF has the option to obtain Italian citizenship through her paternal grandparents. I do suppose that if I got the paperwork together and found a birth certificate and various other documents for Maria Schultz that I could use it to apply for citizenship.
re: #322 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
Lindsey Graham ‘stunned’ at SCOTUS decision on Dreamers: I didn’t think Trump admin could lose
re: #315 Jay C
So, among all the online chat about Trump’s upcoming Plague-o-rama rally in Tulsa; a thought occurred to me: what plans are the Biden campaign/DNC making for Democratic campaign events/rallies this year? Not to mention the Convention?
I realize the “front porch campaign” is a longstanding (if not recent) American political tradition, but I’m not sure how that is going to play in the 21st Century.
He’s up by 8 to 13 points. Whatever he’s doing, he’s doing it correctly.
re: #322 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
Lindsey Graham ‘stunned’ at SCOTUS decision on Dreamers: I didn’t think Trump admin could lose
I was stunned also, but a very happy stunned. I had the best mood since last year, for part of the day.
Did Trump really say that some people wear masks just to show their personal disapproval of him? That will all but guarantee no masks at his rally.
re: #326 wrenchwench
I was stunned also, but a very happy stunned. I had the best mood since last year, for part of the day.
I “hope” Roberts didn’t do this to “balance the scales ” re trumps taxes and abortion next week
re: #330 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
I “hope” Roberts didn’t do this to “balance the scales ” re trumps taxes and abortion next week
Egad, that sounds entirely plausible.
re: #63 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Panhandle Public Health District Covid-19 Dashboard
Confirmed cases: 231 (+3)
Recovered: 142
Most by age: 10-19, then 20-29
Most by county: Scott’s Bluff (184), then Morrill (14)
Women are 2/3 of cases
Cumulative positive rate: 5.1%
Hospitalised: 5
Cumulative: 27
Available beds: 56%
Deaths: 2 (no change)Jury trials will resume in the Panhandle. Such trials were delayed due to CDC guidelines, but with new so-called Directed Health Measures from Gov. Pete Ricketts (R-Ameritrade), they will now resume.
Interesting — 2 deaths out of 231 cases. Certainly can buy the view that the real death rate is less than 2%, perhaps close to 1% overall, though this probably reflects the age distribution of the patients, which is clearly much younger than in other communities.
re: #307 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
No matter what he says about the virus being a hoax, I bet Trump is filling his Depends about this spike in OK. The state supreme court is going to rule today as to whether this event is too dangerous to hold, and I bet Trump is hoping to Putin that they cancel it so he doesn’t have to go. Then he can Tweet to the rafters about how UNFAIR this is to him. The worst case scenario for him is that he has to show up.
I AM an Oklahoman. Born in Tulsa, reside in OKC. And I am disgusted that @realDonaldTrump believes that the Tulsa Police Department is going to be his personal goon squad. I don’t want ANY violence in my hometown.
— Jeremy Johnson (@JERemyJ2199) June 19, 2020
re: #334 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Egad, that sounds entirely plausible.
sad isn’t it?
Not sure they blinked much. They’ll require masks for all employees nationwide, but will not require guests to wear them where it isn’t required by local measures. Though, they will encourage them
AMC blinked. Masks will be required when theaters reopen https://t.co/eT4kWEbgwP
— Ryan Parker (@TheRyanParker) June 19, 2020
re: #336 stpaulbear
No matter what he says about the virus being a hoax, I bet Trump is filling his Depends about this spike in OK. The state supreme court is going to rule today as to whether this event is too dangerous to hold, and I bet Trump is hoping to Putin that they cancel it so he doesn’t have to go. Then he can Tweet to the rafters about how UNFAIR this is to him. The worst case scenario for him is that he has to show up.
nailed it
re: #339 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Not sure they blinked much. They’ll require masks for all employees nationwide, but will not require guests to wear them where it isn’t required by local measures. Though, they will encourage them
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re: #338 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
sad isn’t it?
So Trump’s pouting about SCOTUS liking gays and Mexicans better was just part of the show to make it look better when they give him a pass on his tax returns?
re: #84 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
….
It’s not just Trump. The World worries America is broken — Protests against police brutality and systemic racism highlight what is seen as the United States’ accelerated decline…
I lived through the 1960’s — there was widespread turmoil in the streets then too. If Biden is elected and if the Democrats regain custody of the Senate and keep control of the House, World opinion will change overnight.
President Trump just stared in silence when CBS News asked him why he keeps hiring “wackos” and “liars,” his own label for former national security adviser John Bolton.
Among those he’s smeared after the fact are former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, ex-Defense Secretary James Mattis, former Chief of Staff John Kelly and one-time Attorney General Jeff Sessions
re: #176 mmmirele
A very Happy 60th Birthday!! And hoping this year will bring the best birthday present of all: the elimination of the Trump regime and a Democratic restoration!
re: #344 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
Someone should ask him which former cabinet member he feels served the best. The answer would be revealing imo because he doesn’t see the cabinet as his partners in administrating the executive branch, he sees them as pawns in his show.
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— I’ve Pet That Dog (@IvePetThatDog) June 19, 2020
note the percentage of rs that voted for a senator and did not vote for the unopposed trump
Trump handed out this chart showing him performing better then Senate Rs in their home state primaries. A not so subtle threat that they shouldn’t back away from him pic.twitter.com/pCRk0uXzyF
— Alex Isenstadt (@politicoalex) June 19, 2020
re: #343 Hecuba’s daughter
I lived through the 1960’s — there was widespread turmoil in the streets then too. If Biden is elected and if the Democrats regain custody of the Senate and keep control of the House, World opinion will change overnight.
I definitely think so too. Biden has a lot of international credibility. I can see him and Merkel working well together.
re: #350 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Biden is well respected in Europe. That will help to repair our image.
re: #351 PhillyPretzel
Biden is well respected in Europe. That will help to repair our image.
That will do wonders to counter Xi’s soft power tactics. I’m definitely going to be watching Biden’s international policies with hope and optimism.
re: #336 stpaulbear
No matter what he says about the virus being a hoax, I bet Trump is filling his Depends about this spike in OK. The state supreme court is going to rule today as to whether this event is too dangerous to hold, and I bet Trump is hoping to Putin that they cancel it so he doesn’t have to go. Then he can Tweet to the rafters about how UNFAIR this is to him. The worst case scenario for him is that he has to show up.
I wonder what will happen if the OKSC cancels it?
Will the Red Hats protest? Stage a riot, maybe?
Wouldn’t that be a kick in the ass?
re: #325 Belafon
He’s up by 8 to 13 points. Whatever he [Biden]’s doing, he’s doing it correctly.
So far so good.
But it’s still only June: we actually haven’t gone very far.
I agree that Joe and the Dems are polling quite well, and it is getting obvious - even to the “MSM” - that there is a vast reservoir of political energy out there that may very well spill over into a “blue tsunami”; though they will (of course, and as usual) try to do their best to downplay it it favor of the tried-and-true “Dems in Disarray” and “Radical Left” boilerplate; and conversely, ignore the Trump Administration’s blatant incompetence and corruption as much as possible (which, thankfully, seems to be getting to be an uphill task).
But I think the real campaign hasn’t begun as yet: and the GOP is going to be getting increasingly desperate to wring every single vote they possibly can out of their shrinking 2016 base.
So it is likely to be getting REAL ugly. Real soon.
re: #354 makeitstop
I wonder what will happen if the OKSC cancels it?
Will the Red Hats protest? Stage a riot, maybe?
Wouldn’t that be a kick in the ass?
Trump will then regale us with his soulful rendition of:
— elisabeth (@elisabethnicula) June 19, 2020
Playbook: “Not only is the topline of the latest Fox News national poll troubling for President Trump — he’s down 12 — but if you dig deeper, you see that Trump is leading Joe Biden by only 9 points among rural voters. In 2016, Trump won that segment of the population by nearly 30 points
Far-right commentator Katie Hopkins has been suspended from Twitter. pic.twitter.com/QIyJNT5abs
— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) June 19, 2020
Hallelujah!
re: #219 Eclectic Cyborg
If the police are defunded, how do the laws get enforced?
I’m asking a serious question here. I’m not quite sure how this works.
From what I am reading, it goes like this. Police are drastically downsized and are only used to respond to serious crimes. The funding goes to other groups, who are the people you call when someone has a mental health crisis, or for minor/nonviolent crimes, or for accidents.
Ideally, you dissolve your current police department (killing the police union) and lease state cops while you gear up.
re: #361 makeitstop
I just now learned that that song is a Bachrach-David composition.
Makes sense, though. Structurally, it’s very similar to ‘Do You Know The Way to San Jose?,’ which they wrote for Dionne Warwick.
I was a huge Gene Pitney fangirl back in the day. He was quite a songwriter himself, and, ironically, one he wrote, He’s a Rebel, kept another Bacharach-David song he recorded, Only Love Can Break a Heart, from reaching #1 in 1962.
re: #330 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
I “hope” Roberts didn’t do this to “balance the scales ” re trumps taxes and abortion next week
It’s likely. This is the guy who saved Obamacare while destroying the Voting Rights Act.
Tax forms may be in the constitutions favor but no way he’ll not restrict abortion further.
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