Seth takes a closer look at the president suggesting delaying the November election, which would be a flagrant violation of the Constitution and the law but hey, that’s never stopped him before.
Donald Trump can kiss my ass. He can’t move the election. He can go to hell.
Good evening, Lizardim.
I have just found out about the Sydney Annual Duck Fashion Show pic.twitter.com/gOdiKj1Pad
— Rachel (@rachellord22) July 29, 2020
— Rachel (@rachellord22) July 30, 2020
I’m so old, I remember when this country was returning to greatness.
Most staffers in members’ offices—as opposed to committee staff—are twentysomethings starting their careers. They aren’t risking a 30 year career, they’re risking a 3 year career. They choose to work for people who spread murderous disinformation. I feel zero sympathy for them.
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) July 30, 2020
When LaShandra Smith-Rayfield saw a picture circulating on social media of a group of white people with a Confederate flag beach towel hanging on a fence behind them at her local beach in Evanston, Illinois, she decided to go check it out. When she found the group, still with their symbol of hate hanging proudly behind them, it turned into a roughly 10-minute standoff that’s gotten more than 143,000 views on Facebook within a day. Because Smith-Rayfield was not backing down.“That flag right there is my swastika. You put it up on this beach, yes, I’m going to come out every single freakin’ time to tell you they lost the damn war. This is the United States of America, not the Confederacy of America,” she said. While the group did take down their towel so it wasn’t hanging out for all to see, they weren’t apologizing or acknowledging the racist damage they had done, and she wasn’t letting them off the hook for it as long as what they were doing meant “I can’t feel comfortable in my own neighborhood.”
If you are a college basketball fan Galen Center is an underrated palace. USC puts on a good show with dancers, contests and a band in addition to the basketball
Good parking and concessions for a college venue
Very nice people running things. I hope we can return someday
Man it would suck if this cover made its way all over twitter. That would just be awful. pic.twitter.com/gLys0NTrgA
— Tim Fullerton (@TimFullerton) July 31, 2020
USC has adapted in an effort to keep students, staff and local communities safe during the pandemic.
But as students continue to return officially and unofficially, universities face a daunting worry: Can the spread of COVID-19 at colleges be stopped? https://t.co/dTR56XmDTi— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) July 30, 2020
Ammon Bundy supports Black Lives Matter and defunding the police. I guess it shows he’s a libertarian rather than a fascist.
Ammon Bundy comes out in support of BLM and defunding the police. Watch conservatives lose their minds in real time in the replies pic.twitter.com/QNXUPe8iYK
— Bed Ba’ath and Beyond (@TheEpicDept) July 30, 2020
re: #9 Dread Pirate Ron
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re: #11 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Now imagine millions of kids in school in a couple of weeks. My kids are staying home.
Minnesota announced that the state is going to work with each individual district to determine the best course of action. I have every expectation that, as one of the COVID hotspots in our fair state (thanks to the high proportion of maskholes concentrated in this area), we will be told to have school entirely virtually this year.
David Duke has finally been banned from Twitter, it appears. https://t.co/gaPBQ3WUNb
— Peter Fox (@thatpeterfox) July 31, 2020
re: #12 lawhawk
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Peak derpitude: this comment on a friend’s FB thread about Obama’s masterful eulogy today:
Makes a political statement at a solemn occasion….unreal.
Had this guy ever even heard of who John Lewis was?
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re: #12 lawhawk
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Think of how many slogans and ‘messages’ they’ve rolled out and abandoned so far…
NEW: Trump campaign temporarily halts ad spending for review of messaging strategy https://t.co/a15FbjBQdT pic.twitter.com/QPTU2sAku3
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 31, 2020
They’re out of ideas. They can’t even spend all that money they’ve scammed from losers.
this is insane. https://t.co/jq0ctmylbS
— Sterling Gates (@sterlinggates) July 31, 2020
This whole internet backlash thing is starting to get a little ridiculous. Domino’s tries to run a cute little promo that harms nobody and somehow they had to apologize for it?
re: #20 jaunte
It’s the sound of one hand venting with great vengeance and furious anger and way too many typos. That bit offends my sensibilities the most. Will need to cut back on the big posts.
re: #25 lawhawk
It’s the sound of one hand venting with great vengeance and furious anger and way too many typos. That bit offends my sensibilities the most. Will need to cut back on the big posts.
I thought all men already knew how to use a computer with only one hand…
re: #25 lawhawk
It’s the sound of one hand venting with great vengeance and furious anger and way too many typos. That bit offends my sensibilities the most. Will need to cut back on the big posts.
Please tell me you really hurt you arm by breaking it over a non-mask wearing Qanon/confed flag waving/trump supporter. It’s Ok to lie.
re: #27 I Would Prefer Not To
I wish. Mundane shit.
Crap. He’s going to Parler. https://t.co/JhMFz7KPPK
— Peggy O’Brien (@notoriousPOB) July 30, 2020
Dersh is in some shit, y’all.
Allegations against Dershowitz -
Not only did Dershowitz abuse the minor, but he helped draft a non-prosecution agreement that gave Dershowitz immunity.
🧐 pic.twitter.com/qa5p0VUJ2k— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) July 31, 2020
Now that I think of it, he’s been pretty quiet lately. All those threats to sue seem to have gone silent.
re: #19 i(m)p(each)sos
Peak derpitude: this comment on a friend’s FB thread about Obama’s masterful eulogy today:
Had this guy ever even heard of who John Lewis was?
You should post a link to the letter Lewis had the NYT posthumously post.
re: #30 makeitstop
Dersh is in some shit, y’all.
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Interesting. Let’s have all this Epstein pedo crap come out, and every perp pay the price, no matter how rich, famous, or well-connected they are. Also no matter which party they belong to, since such things need to be said explicitly in this degenerate age.
re: #12 lawhawk
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I just saw an ad, and if I could afford one, the Toyota Rav4 Hybrid gets 38mpg highway, 41mpg city.
You know damned well they’re protesting police brutality, excessive force by cops that regularly murder pic. They are seeking equal rights ans protections under law.
You’re a right wing propagandist.— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) July 31, 2020
re: #34 EPR-radar
Interesting. Let’s have all this Epstein pedo crap come out, and every perp pay the price, no matter how rich, famous, or well-connected they are. Also no matter which party they belong to, since such things need to be said explicitly in this degenerate age.
Agree. There’s a reference to Clinton in that thread.
Let the chips fall.
I have been enjoying some Hauser tonight: one of the 2Cellos: Stjepan Hauser. He has been doing Alone, Together internet concerts during COVID-19. This one is over 26 minutes long, and it features some of his favorite music themes. It is set in the old town Dubrovnik, Croatia, with Hauser seated on the old fort facing the sea. It is just stunning. So of course, I had to go on and listen to some more. Love the cello.
re: #10 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Ammon Bundy supports Black Lives Matter and defunding the police. I guess it shows he’s a libertarian rather than a fascist.
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CONFIRMED: FUCKING FINALLY! David Duke, former GRAND FUCKING WIZARD of the FUCKING KKK was just suspended from Twitter.
We’ve only been asking about this for THREE AND A HALF FUCKING YEARS! pic.twitter.com/Ra9nxeX7mE— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) July 31, 2020
Here comes the Right Wing screaming “censorship” in 3…2…1…
re: #42 DodgerFan1988
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he wasn’t kicked off twitter, he was Parlered.
re: #12 lawhawk
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Not gonna thank Twitter for finally ejecting David Duke, because it should have happened years ago and the damage is fucking done now.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 31, 2020
This why he helped Trump with impeachement. So this would stay buried. Omg.
— Bias4Action (@RockStrahanGap) July 31, 2020
re: #23 Patricia Kayden
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it’s July
how many schools are supposed to be open?
affecting how many students?
this is insane. https://t.co/jq0ctmylbS
— Sterling Gates (@sterlinggates) July 31, 2020
Is it bad for Trump that his chief Impeachment lawyer is an accused pedophile & rapist?
— Grudgie the Whale (@grudging1) July 31, 2020
re: #30 makeitstop
Dersh is in some shit, y’all.
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According to Alexander Acosta, the prosecutor Dershowitz was negotiating with, Dershowitz also basically tried to blackmail prosecutors on the case. Acosta wrote in a 2011 letter: “Defense counsel investigated individual prosecutors and their families, looking for personal peccadilloes that may provide a basis for disqualification.”
re: #51 jaunte
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Is it bad for Trump that his chief Impeachment lawyer is an accused pedophile & rapist?
— Grudgie the Whale (@grudging1) July 31, 2020
Um…sure!
Brazilian President Bolsonaro says he has ‘mold’ in lungs https://t.co/nHLuX4Q6nU
— Brooke Binkowski (@brooklynmarie) July 31, 2020
re: #54 bratwurst
A little Clorox every morning should fix that right up.
A guy who signed one of these waivers is dead now. https://t.co/wNIcfz23B3
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) July 31, 2020
Well, I think we know why Fuckface Von Clownstick is going full Muammar Gaddafi on us and acting like a cornered rat in a burning building. These unsealed Ghislaine Maxwell depositions kind of prove she’s the keeper of deep dark secrets on FVC and his friends.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) July 31, 2020
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Hard decision to make of which Pulpit Pimp I want to select for the Vegas Pulpit Pimp Dead Pool!
Donald Trump is a trapped rat. Truth, Decency, Equality and Justice are closing in. Racism and Idiocy don’t stand a chance. For John Lewis and for everyone who believes in freedom and human dignity, vote for a more Perfect Union.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) July 31, 2020
re: #12 lawhawk
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The President delivered a powerful and moving eulogy today
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) July 31, 2020
So I ask a certain relative if they still believe the Q shit now that it turns out that ol’ Dersh is implicated in molesting kids.
Silence.
Just waiting for Trump to get named and check back with the Qbots!
re: #59 🌹UOJB!
Hard decision to make of which Pulpit Pimp I want to select for the Vegas Pulpit Pimp Dead Pool!
How about all of them?
Think about this: International child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested in New Hampshire. She could’ve fled anywhere in the world to avoid prosecution but she thought it was safest in the United States because one of her johns happens to be president* of the U.S.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) July 31, 2020
This is what I want to see reporters doing today. Not ringing up election experts to ask, “can he really do that?” Tracking down Republican office-holders and getting them on the record. https://t.co/EcPnJIJVmz
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) July 30, 2020
For how long?
— Yeah Sure WTF Ever 🇨🇦🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🇨🇦 (@YeahSureWhatev2) July 31, 2020
Why brad? Why would you do this? https://t.co/LaZfGgwlPi
— Andrea (@bootydust17) July 31, 2020
Flammability?
— Fab Miss Em Slayin’ Sleepy Girl Summer (@fabmissem) July 31, 2020
WATCH: Morgan Freeman reads the words of John Lewis’ final essay, which he requested be published in the New York Times on the day of his funeral: “Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation.” https://t.co/FlyZqryW2h
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 31, 2020
We watched this movie last weekend:
lmfao was it suppose to turn itself in? https://t.co/akkZ5CKRnO
— Pardon me whore (@OnCrewsControl) July 30, 2020
In 1997 Alan Dershowitz wrote an oped titled “Statutory Rape Is an Outdated Concept”. He suggested 14 could be a pretty good age of consent. pic.twitter.com/VDEXtsqRW8
— Decoherence (@DecoherenceWave) July 31, 2020
Going to Denver Bears games was another big part of my sports fetish. There was something wildly exciting about driving across town and going to Mile High to see some baseball. As a little girl, I was fascinated with the sights sound and smells of early seventies Mile High.
— Peg (@PFlowerstone) July 31, 2020
Frantic calls to the Oval Office tonight as Alan realizes being ostracized from Martha’s Vineyard could be the least of his concerns in the near future. “WE HAD A DEAL!!!” can be heard from any point in the WH.
Now we also understand why Lindsey and some others kiss his assss for 4 years.
— Vote Dem for the Planet (@Brasilmagic) July 31, 2020
Now THIS is a subtweet https://t.co/SktogCvVVk
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) July 31, 2020
Same energy pic.twitter.com/j069RfFW0u
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) July 31, 2020
re: #12 lawhawk
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1) “universal, unmonitored vote-by-mail” doesn’t exist anywhere — states that send ballots to every registered voter have security measures like ballot tracking, etc (https://t.co/MuXrL2QKO2 2) Jenna Ellis voted by mail in Colorado in 2012, 2013, and 2014 https://t.co/tPdiCntZuK https://t.co/QuFJA0l6VR
— Grace Panetta (@grace_panetta) July 31, 2020
re: #80 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Speaking of voting the City Commissioners called me the other day and asked me if I wanted to work in the fall election. I have talked to anyone else yet regarding the matter. With the COVID numbers still going up I am wary of working in an enclosed area for 13 hours. I also have no idea where I will be working in the city. I will be talking to my neighbors and my ward leader this weekend about it.
Just looking at the Pence accident reports. Apparently the motorcycle escort accident happened on Rt 837 along the Monongahela (‘Mon’) River. Just south of Wilmerding (no kidding) and just east of Kennywood Park, which was open (Pittsburgh joke). The roads in that area used to be fairly crappy. I suspect that they have not improved in the decades since.
By the way, the Turtle Creek-Kennywood area is where Braddock’s Defeat (1755) occurred. Before the area was dredged for barge traffic there used to be a ford just east of Turtle Creek. It was just after crossing that ford and just before Turtle Creek, that the French and Native American forces attacked Braddock’s column. Supposedly there is a small monument that marks the spot.
re: #81 PhillyPretzel
Speaking of voting the City Commissioners called me the other day and asked me if I wanted to work in the fall election. I have talked to anyone else yet regarding the matter. With the COVID numbers still going up I am wary of working in an enclosed area for 13 hours. I also have no idea where I will be working in the city. I will be talking to my neighbors and my ward leader this weekend about it.
Maybe get yourself a face shield. I don’t know who is going to get out and do it, but we are going to need a lot of people working the polling places.
I had to see this bullshit from one of my former classmates, so I’m forcing y’all to see this too. pic.twitter.com/sg2hBiAptO
— 🇯🇲Black🇭🇹Aziz🇳🇬aNANsi🇹🇹 (@Freeyourmindkid) July 31, 2020
re: #47 retired cynic
Beautiful picture and moth.
It reminded me of this song.
I’m not into the anime art, but here is a version of the song Hijo de Luna (Son of the Moon) by the singer Loona. (Great fast/Spanish waltz)
re: #82 ckkatz
Just looking at the Pence accident reports. Apparently the motorcycle escort accident happened on Rt 837 along the Monongahela (‘Mon’) River. Just south of Wilmerding (no kidding) and just east of Kennywood Park, which was open (Pittsburgh joke). The roads in that area used to be fairly crappy. I suspect that they have not improved in the decades since.
By the way, the Turtle Creek-Kennywood area is where Braddock’s Defeat (1755) occurred. Before the area was dredged for barge traffic there used to be a ford just east of Turtle Creek. It was just after crossing that ford and just before Turtle Creek, that the French and Native American forces attacked Braddock’s column. Supposedly there is a small monument that marks the spot.
Back in 1975, the family vacation was by car from Wisconsin to Virginia and back. One of the many sights along that way was the day after the AF Museum in Dayton - Ft Necessity. Braddock’s grave, which is marked, is near there. I don’t know (remember?) the ambush site. I’d have paid more attention now than then to that detail.
re: #83 Belafon
That is why I have to talk to neighbors and my ward leader. If they are giving us some sort of PPE I would like to know about it and another big thing for me is location. If they are going to leave me in my neighborhood that would be good. If not I cannot do it.
re: #81 PhillyPretzel
You’re very smart to be pro-active.
The pandemic is probably not going to get better over the fall and winter. And it is very wise to identify boundaries and best practices sooner rather than later.
Good luck!
re: #77 goddamnedfrank
I’ve been fantasizing a Caligula ending since November 2016.
re: #86 William Lewis
Sounds like it was a long trip. Particularly if done before the Interstate system was completed.
Iirc, the battle site was partially in some housing from the early 1900’s and partially in a US Steel mill. Fort Necessity and the Bushy Run Battlefield were probably much more interesting.
Interestingly, the battle was a meeting engagement rather than an ambush. Braddock’s column was systematically advancing along a trail in a very organized manner. It had a well organized Advanced Guard in front and flanking units on the sides of the column.
The French put some grenadiers and regular infantry in the front of a column and tried a last ditch desperate attack straight up trail into the Brit Advanced Guard. The Advanced Guard massacred them.
The Native Americans and Canadian Militia, who were following the French regulars, decided that they were not interested in trying that and ran up along the sides of the column sniping at it. The dense column, trained in European warfare, couldn’t deploy in the woods and once the column flankers were driven back, the column was screwed.
Apparently many of the Brit flankers were American Militia Companies. Braddock, trained in European warfare didn’t like their open skirmish order and their flexible movements.
Rumor has it that he rode up to one American militia unit and yelling at them to stand fast, used his sword to cut down a private in order get the unit to close order and stand fast. Unfortunately for Braddock, that private’s brother was right behind Braddock with a loaded musket. And ended Braddock’s career right then and there.
re: #84 Belafon
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Funny, that’s not how I remember March going. I remember the folks who now advise people to wear a mask looking at the feeding frenzy and saying that stores not only needed to impose per-person limits on essential items, but that government at all levels needed to get its shit together to organize supplies of said items so people weren’t searching stores in vain.
The former took weeks/months to happen as stores voluntarily imposed their limits, but the latter was totally on an ad-hoc basis and really showed just how shitty the whole idea that “private charities can replace government ‘hand-outs’” is as a talking point.
We can now positively state that the Trump campaign is no longer a crash waiting to happen.
What I DO remember from March is assholes whining now about masks assuring us at the time that Trump was right, the whole thing was a “hoax” but even if it was real it would all be over once things started warming up because look how flu season always ends in the spring. So there was no need for closures, no need to take precautions, this whole thing will burn itself out by summer and the death toll won’t even get higher than 61,000. So all those libruls who are “social distancing” and staying home are just hurting the economy to make Trump look bad.
re: #85 ckkatz
Nice. It gets a lot of play on Chante France, which is how I know it.
FIRST TO REPORT:
Trump’s ICE chief Matt Albence leaving post https://t.co/Pww2KnizTi— Anna Giaritelli (@Anna_Giaritelli) July 31, 2020
Send his ass to the Hague.
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“Plans to retire.” IOW, he’s getting out because he sees this shitshow’s expiration date is fast approaching.
re: #97 Targetpractice
“Plans to retire.” IOW, he’s getting out because he sees this shitshow’s expiration date is fast approaching.
As we draw closer to November 3rd, I wouldn’t at all be surprised if we start seeing more of these “retirements”.
It’d be a textbook example of rats fleeing the sinking ship. Of course, I expect there will be some rats, like Stephen Miller for instance, who will probably choose to go down with the ship.
re: #96 DodgerFan1988
in a way, I find that option especially appealing where the entire world can actually judge this administration for all of the heinous shit that they’ve pulled… I suspect that they’ve already freely admitted to violating international law when it comes to asylum seekers, plus their treatment of journalists (Kashoggi) and all of the dark money that they swim in and with the latest revelations about the crowd that they hang out with also being involved in the international sex trade… in a way, I would be happy to allow the civilized world sit in judgement on them. It would serve two purposes, showing that we’re a nation that intends to rejoin the community of abiding by law and order and showing a new position of admitting that we’re just as culpable as any other country and setting an example that we want to be a partner, not simply in charge.
Moving along at a nice clip
#Isaias is now a hurricane based on data from the Air Force Hurricane Hunters. The intensity forecast shows a stronger storm than before, but the track forecast is unchanged. Go to https://t.co/tW4KeFW0gB for details. pic.twitter.com/tXraiehHMX
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) July 31, 2020
re: #98 Dr Lizardo
As we draw closer to November 3rd, I wouldn’t at all be surprised if we start seeing more of these “retirements”.
It’d be a textbook example of rats fleeing the sinking ship. Of course, I expect there will be some rats, like Stephen Miller for instance, who will probably choose to go down with the ship.
Naaah: even as the SS Trumptanic heads on its way down to Davy Jones’ Locker, a couple of rats will still be floating away on the wreckage, and Miller is likely to be one of them. Not sure IIRC, but didn’t he come to the WH through some existing Wingnut Welfare connection? Which is still likely to be there to provide his evil ass with some sinecure?
Also, I noted how Mr. Albence is yet another “Acting” head of yet another Federal agency: don’t these guys have to join SAG at some point….?
Rob Bliss, a 31-year-old white man from Los Angeles, endured a barrage of hate speech while he stood outside a Walmart Supercenter in Harrison, Arkansas, holding a sign that read, “Black Lives Matter.” https://t.co/mOMiLe9VKn
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) July 31, 2020
re: #103 Dread Pirate Ron
I had forgotten what the show was about, so I’m going back and skimming through the first season before I look at the new season.
Good morning. Here’s a demon pushing a monk off a bridge. pic.twitter.com/5VcAB9T3PN
— Prof F Stavrakopoulou (@ProfFrancesca) July 31, 2020
re: #107 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The local airport in Ostrava is named after him. Nice selection.
re: #80 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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hardware stores aren’t all closed by the state leaving just one store in the area to serve 600,000 people all on the same day
1) “universal, unmonitored vote-by-mail” doesn’t exist anywhere — states that send ballots to every registered voter have security measures like ballot tracking, etc (https://t.co/MuXrL2QKO2 2) Jenna Ellis voted by mail in Colorado in 2012, 2013, and 2014 https://t.co/tPdiCntZuK https://t.co/QuFJA0l6VR
— Grace Panetta (@grace_panetta) July 31, 2020
Michael Steele re Herman cain
( remember him? ex rnc chair)
The reality of it is for those who don’t think this is serious, that those who think this is some made-up China virus that was imported into the country,” said Steele. “You know, live in that bubble and you will die in that bubble. And that’s all that can be said.”
“Folks, we cannot, we cannot stop you from being stupid. We put the information out there,” Steele continued. “We’ve tried to educate and inform. We’ve got the best and brightest scientists in the country that have been summarily dismissed by this administration and particularly this president.”
the sun sentinel op ed too DeSantis
“We’re dying here.
with each passing day, COVID-19 continues to careen out of control in Florida. Your daily upbeat message is hopelessly at odds with what Floridians are going through. You make it sound like everything is headed in the right direction. But it’s not.
79% of Floridians support a mask requirement, including 60% of Republicans. if that’s not a mandate, what is?”
Hong Kong postpones elections for a year ‘over virus concerns’
“What’s good for Xi is good for Thee!”
re: #109 dangerman
If we can stand in line at a grocery store or hardware store, we can stand in line at the polls to vote.
do we have to go there?
if the store is too crowded, you can go to another one or come back at another time
YOU CAN SHOP BY MAIL
the right to shop is not guaranteed by the Constitution nor do your shopping choices play a role in determining who will run government
re: #87 PhillyPretzel
That is why I have to talk to neighbors and my ward leader. If they are giving us some sort of PPE I would like to know about it and another big thing for me is location. If they are going to leave me in my neighborhood that would be good. If not I cannot do it.
With our numbers rising rapidly, I will not volunteer to be a Dem poll watcher in one of our “problem” counties. At our age that’s too close to a suicide mission, and the Alabama results from my usual perch in the firehouse are foregone. We will vote by mail if the option survives GOP rodent romance, but we’ll vote in person if we have to.
The Trump strategy seems at this point to undermine, sabotage or discredit the entire election process so he can claim that he did not lose.
re: #108 Dr Lizardo
The local airport in Ostrava is named after him. Nice selection.
at least it is not named after Franz Kafka
re: #112 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Its almost like they are trolling Trump. Any bad press is a small price to pay to fuel the chaotic behavior of the POTUS.
re: #117 Greup
Its almost like they are trolling Trump. Any bad press is a small price to pay to fuel the chaotic behavior of the POTUS.
That was definitely done to make Trump look like an even bigger dick.
Joe Biden is an intelligent, competent & humane leader. When the rest of the world sees American liberals tweeting that Joe Biden isn’t exciting, we look at you as if there’s a plane on its way to rescue you from a warzone and you’re complaining there won’t be wine on the flight.
— Steve Cavanagh (@SSCav) July 31, 2020
re: #119 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
re: #119 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Joe Biden is an intelligent, competent & humane leader. When the rest of the world sees American liberals tweeting that Joe Biden isn’t exciting, we look at you as if there’s a plane on its way to rescue you from a warzone and you’re complaining there won’t be wine on the flight.
One reason our media go along with Trump and coddle his excesses is that he is ratings gold: he provides them with a 24/7 political reality/crime/sex/scandal show that starts out each morning with outrageous tweets and then goes on to some former aide being sentenced, some outrageous statement at a rally, some political gaffe with a foreign leader, etc…
They have no interest in seeing him replaced with someone more competent but also less exciting…
How many times has “Trump shouldn’t be taken literally” been declared?
Whew. Journalists. So Painful. https://t.co/oh2valP5FQ— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) July 31, 2020
re: #122 Backwoods_Sleuth
How many times has “Trump shouldn’t be taken literally” been declared?
Whew. Journalists. So Painful.
Taking Maggie Haberman as a journalist is also dangerous
re: #123 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Taking Maggy Haberman as a journalist is also dangerous
Jesus Christ.
Just stop it. https://t.co/ptSqeDjPM3— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) July 31, 2020
he found another Black friend to infect
Great to spend time with Mike Singletary while going to Texas. He’s one of the greatest football players ever — A strong man and a really good person. Great being with you Mike! pic.twitter.com/lWsYn4lhOm
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 30, 2020
re: #125 Backwoods_Sleuth
he found another Black friend to infect
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And a couple hours to do it—that’s on Air Force 1.
Trump is running the country like a business.
One of his casinos. https://t.co/UxsahuXcuw— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) July 31, 2020
The word CLAPTRAP, meaning ‘nonsense’, originally referred to a throwaway catchphrase or slogan, intended only to win applause from an audience.
— Haggard Hawks 📚🦅 (@HaggardHawks) July 31, 2020
MAGA!
re: #128 Backwoods_Sleuth
The word CLAPTRAP, meaning ‘nonsense’, originally referred to a throwaway catchphrase or slogan, intended only to win applause from an audience.
the pre-Internet version of “clickbait”.
re: #127 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump is running the country like a business.
One of his casinos.
So is he announcing plans on how to contend with this crisis or just tweeting to his base?
It turns out that completely ignoring a pandemic and having no plan to stop it is bad for the economy https://t.co/2P6GiPU8Ev
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) July 31, 2020
re: #41 Hecuba’s daughter
Pre-coronavirus, Bundy made statements in support of immigration. So — yes — he does appear to be more serious about libertarianism than any of members of the Republican Party who claim that mantle.
The real irony is that the Libertarian dream can only result in authoritarianism at its endgame. Whether power is wielded by warlords or crime bosses, the vacant spaces will be filled quickly by those who seek authority over others by any means possible.
re: #131 Backwoods_Sleuth
It turns out that completely ignoring a pandemic and having no plan to stop it is bad for the economy
The spin is that Liberal Panic led to this, not the disease itself, and that Dr Fauci is hiding reports on how truly effective hydrochloroquaxine really is because he is a tool of Big Pharma.
Did we mention that WHO and CDC are distributing covid-infected masks like smallpox blankets to Red States?
re: #112 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Hong Kong postpones elections for a year ‘over virus concerns’
“What’s good for Xi is good for Thee!”
Hong Kong will never have elections again.
re: #12 lawhawk
2020 cannot suck any worse?
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In local Covid news, 12 new cases were reported in the last two days in the Panhandle, bringing the total to 428, of which 63 are active.
There is no change in the number of deaths (six).
Women and girls remain 2/3 of cases.
More restaurants in the Scottsbluff area have shut down through August due to Covid appearing amongst the employees.
There is an article today from a travel agent in Scottsbluff who speaks about the industry, saying it appears that nothing will be happening until 2021. She notes that airlines have cut most flights, making it difficult for people who need to get one.
An amendment to delete a designation for Indigenous People’s Day was defeated.
Sen. Groene opened on his motion talking about how Columbus “allowed us to mingle races,” and I said from the side, “That was rape!”
Nebraskans…I am sorry that we are not working on the right things in here.
November 3 is soon. For some things there is no solution but to vote. https://t.co/YFnLuFgW58— Senator Megan Hunt 😷 (@NebraskaMegan) July 30, 2020
My useless senator Steve Erdman voted Aye (to delete the amendment).
The vote was Aye-6, Nay-25, Present not voting (they were in the lobby but prepared to save the amendment if needed)-11, Excused from voting-7.
All six Aye votes were Republicans.
re: #12 lawhawk
2020 cannot suck any worse?
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Yup, husband of an old college buddy of mind was in a car accident near Tucson, is in the hospital on a respirator (due to broken ribs).
Sucky year.
re: #134 GlutenFreeJesus
Hong Kong will never have elections again.
Hong Kong has never had what any democratic country would recognise as elections. The system left in place by the British when they left was in no way a real democracy.
What Hong Kong is losing is civil society and the rule of law, not democracy.
Omaha company seeks volunteers for COVID-19 vaccine trial (Omaha World-Herald)
The vaccine is the subject of a large clinical trial that launched Monday. The trial is intended to determine whether the vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and the biotechnology firm Moderna Inc., can safely protect people against the virus.
It is a placebo-controlled trial.
In addition to Meridian’s Omaha location, the sites are in Norfolk and Grand Island, Nebraska; Dakota Dunes, South Dakota; Rockville, Maryland; Savannah, Georgia; Binghamton, New York; and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Meridian Clinical Research and other study sites are recruiting adults 19 and older with no history of COVID-19 infection and who are not pregnant or breastfeeding.
Meridian is looking for people who:
— Are healthy and are out in the community.
— May be in close, regular contact with infected people, which may include but is not limited to healthcare workers, first responders, manufacturing or factory workers, teachers and students and retail, transit and hospitality workers.
— Are age 65 and older.
— Have underlying health conditions, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, asthma or heart conditions.
For more information, sign up at mcrmed.com
re: #12 lawhawk
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re: #134 GlutenFreeJesus
Hong Kong will never have elections again.
I figured there was gonna be a mass exodus out of Hong Kong starting around 2040 or so (seven years before the Hong Kong Basic Law was set to expire).
I think that exodus is probably already underway. Those who can get out, will get out - ASAP.
re: #52 garzooma
Acosta, who Trump named as Labor Secretary. Acosta who gave Epstein a sweetheart deal to avoid any kind of jail. That Acosta.
More local news:
Medicaid expansion as passed by a referendum under the ACA begins open enrollment tomorrow. Governor Ricketts has stopped opposing it.
Under our plan that meets federal requirements, folks who sign up will receive a robust and comprehensive package similar to private insurance that includes physical health coverage, behavioral health coverage, and prescription drugs. Nebraskans who are 19-20 years old, pregnant, or medically frail will receive the comprehensive package noted above, plus dental, vision, and over-the-counter drug coverage.
The Village of Dalton (next town south) has cancelled its Fall Festival due to Covid-19.
The 4-H Chicken Costume Contest at the Scott’s Bluff County Fair was a big success.
Area 4-H’ers dressed up their poultry for a costume contest at the Scotts Bluff County Fair, where Splichal took things to the next level with his Harry Potter-themed outfit. Heidi Latowsky brought in her “dancing unicorn ballerina” chicken, complete with a horn and a tutu. Latowsky also dressed to fit the theme with a unicorn headband.
After protests from Native Americans and health workers, Wyoming has cancelled its one-shot antelope hunt competition. Many famous people have participated in that over the years, including former Vice-President Dick Cheney. Governor Pete Ricketts was invited to attend this year.
re: #143 lawhawk
Acosta, who Trump named as Labor Secretary. Acosta who gave Epstein a sweetheart deal to avoid any kind of jail. That Acosta.
Right. But he claims he was pressured by Dershowitz’s dirty tricks. Dershowitz denies it. But AFAIK, no one has asked Acosta what made him think it happened. It’s a serious accusation. Hopefully the trial will provide an opportunity to question him about it.
re: #143 lawhawk
Acosta, who Trump named as Labor Secretary. Acosta who gave Epstein a sweetheart deal to avoid any kind of jail. That Acosta.
That’s the one.
And how do you craft a “deal” to protect unknown persons? How is that possible?
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re: #140 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Omaha company seeks volunteers for COVID-19 vaccine trial (Omaha World-Herald)
It is a placebo-controlled trial.
Who would do that? Perhaps if they paid a ton of money to my estate.
Appreciate all the warm wishes, prayers, and hopes for a speedy recovery
re: #131 Backwoods_Sleuth
Huh. All those contractions during Republican presidencies. Who’d’ve thunk it.
re: #140 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Omaha company seeks volunteers for COVID-19 vaccine trial (Omaha World-Herald)
It is a placebo-controlled trial.
— May be in close, regular contact with infected people, which may include but is not limited to healthcare workers, first responders, manufacturing or factory workers, teachers and students and retail, transit and hospitality workers.
— Are age 65 and older.
— Have underlying health conditions, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, asthma or heart conditions.
Anyone seeing a problem here?
re: #148 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Who would do that? Perhaps if they paid a ton of money to my estate.
The article in the World-Herald interviews a nurse who is interested.
I think I’ll just stay home a little while longer first. At the moment my town still has no cases.
When they do get the kinks worked out, folks like physicians, nurses, EMTs, police, firefighters, teachers, &c are going to need it first.
re: #152 Decatur Deb
Anyone seeing a problem here?
Not necessarily. Those are the people who seem to be at most risk of dying of the disease.
There have been complaints about medical trials in the past over explicitly excluding people with medical risks, the argument being medical risks confound the data. That argument is also used to exclude women who are fertile in general from trials, except the risk there is it could complicate a pregnancy and the company doesn’t want to get sued.
re: #152 Decatur Deb
Anyone seeing a problem here?
What, you’re not willing to die for… Whatever? //
Sticking to their own side.https://t.co/STdWx4gtvP pic.twitter.com/d5dNVxTHMT
— Tom Toles (@TomTolesToons) July 27, 2020
re: #154 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Not necessarily. Those are the people who seem to be at most risk of dying of the disease.
There have been complaints about medical trials in the past over explicitly excluding people with medical risks, the argument being medical risks compound the data. That argument is also used to exclude women who are fertile in general from trials, except the risk there is it could complicate a pregnancy and the company doesn’t want to get sued.
Uhh…They’re giving a placebo to a big chunk of people who are by definition ignoring the CDC guidelines.
if you’re a reporter who is unable to accurately communicate that senate republicans are the incompetent failures here, then you’re a reporter who can’t do your job any better than they are doing theirs. https://t.co/KMrqEaw4uP
— golikehellmachine (@golikehellmachi) July 31, 2020
re: #142 Dr Lizardo
I figured there was gonna be a mass exodus out of Hong Kong starting around 2040 or so (seven years before the Hong Kong Basic Law was set to expire).
I think that exodus is probably already underway. Those who can get out, will get out - ASAP.
Yeah, and the whole can get out thing was explicitly arranged by the British government (aka Margaret Thatcher) giving fake “British Overseas” nationality to (some of) the people of Hong Kong.
(Had the weird unexpected side effect of being a part cause of the Malvinas/Falklands war).
re: #153 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The article in the World-Herald interviews a nurse who is interested.
[…]
It’s worth posting some of it:
Julie Nichols has seen what COVID-19 can do.
A nurse who lives in Gretna, Nichols has cared for people hospitalized with the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.
So when the chance came, she decided to do something that might help protect vulnerable people and get everyone back to more normal activities.
[…]
“I just want to do something for them,” she said, referring to people like her mother and in-laws, who are in higher-risk age brackets, and her son, who has asthma.
re: #147 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
And how do you craft a “deal” to protect unknown persons? How is that possible?
Dersh knew who they were, isn’t that good enough for you?
Op-ed from the pastor of the Sidney United Methodist Church today in the Sun-Telegraph.
We All Have a Decision to Make
Some people think hell isn’t gonna be all that bad - especially since all their friends are gonna be there!
But here’s the truth of it - hell is eternal darkness and solitude, in eternal flames and agony! Hell is a forever separation from God. Jesus describes Hell as a place where the worms that eat you never die, and the fires that burn you never go out.
Now, it is true - all your friends MIGHT be there with you, but they’re gonna be all alone in everlasting torment just like you, so no, Hell is not just a worse version of this life - Hell is payment for all your sins in this life!
Someone once put it this way: “If I’m wrong about Jesus, I’ve wasted my life. If you’re wrong about Jesus, you’ve wasted your eternity.” Honestly, wouldn’t it make a whole lot more sense to accept Jesus’ offer of payment for your sins instead of havin’ to pay for ‘em yourself? Of course, it does!
(more, mostly preaching)
Oooh, I know the answer to this PRATT: Pascal’s Wager!!! Hey, atheists have never heard that one before.
On the other hand reverend, you’re going to be really surprised when you meet Allah or Kali-ma, you think?
Even Blaise Pascal knew of Islam and Hinduism when he proposed that very flawed wager. He should have stuck to mathematics rather than theology; he created two centuries of Christian apologists who think they have a “gotcha” answer.
There are so many counters besides the one I gave above it’s frankly ridiculous an apologist in the XXI Century still uses it. (Serial killer who sincerely converts on this death bed, off to Heaven with you. Moral upstanding Muslim or Jew or atheist, burn in hell. His god can’t see through an insincere wager.)
re: #148 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Who would do that? Perhaps if they paid a ton of money to my estate.
Anyone. You’re not going to join the trial so you know you’re getting the place bo.
re: #157 Decatur Deb
Uhh…They’re giving a placebo to a big chunk of people who are by definition ignoring the CDC guidelines.
Well, not necessarily ignoring the CDC guidelines, but interacting with other people who are (maskholes).
re: #152 Decatur Deb
Anyone seeing a problem here?
If those bullet points are “anded” we hope there are no available candidates. If they’re “ored” then I don’t see what the problem is.
re: #160 garzooma
It’s worth posting some of it:
There should not be a nurse over 65, with co-morbidiities, in contact with infected patients. If there were a non- GOP administration, its Labor Department would send OSHA up the hospital’s ass with a bronze copy of the general-duty clause.
re: #152 Decatur Deb
You might actually read the article. The person presented in it is younger than 65, but is a health care worker, so she qualifies under the “comes in contact guideline.” They’re not looking for people who are in all three categories. They’re looking for enough people to eliminate the kind of variables you attempt to eliminate in a clinical trial.
re: #165 John Hughes
If those bullet points are “anded” we hope there are no available candidates. If they’re “ored” then I don’t see what the problem is.
Would the research design find the answer if they were “or”?
re: #167 Belafon
There are all kinds of ethical issues with this kind of study. You dont put patients at risk of dying from exposure to test an unproven drug or vaccine. That’s why it isn’t normally done.
re: #169 lawhawk
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After cracking down on Hong Kong, Beijing is turning its attention to Taiwan https://t.co/loyxjaS3tv
— Businessweek (@BW) July 30, 2020
re: #166 Decatur Deb
I don’t think they’re looking for a large test cohort with ALL the above factors. What they’re hoping to find volunteering are older people, people with obesity, people with co-morbidities like diabetes, people who have close contact with likely COVID-19 carriers. They don’t all have to be the same people.
As for it being a placebo trial, this vaccine may not work at all hence the placebo side of things. If it works and some people received the placebo then they can get a tested and validated vaccine later. If they die of COVID-19 in the interim then that’s shitty, yes but without a proved working vaccine their chances of surviving were poor anyway.
In some ways a test vaccine that works in a large test cohort even with placebo reduces the spread of the disease anyway since there are thousands of people out there who got the viable vaccine rather than the placebo and don’t become infectious.
re: #169 lawhawk
There are all kinds of ethical issues with this kind of study. You dont put patients at risk of dying from exposure to test an unproven drug or vaccine. That’s why it isn’t normally done.
That particular drug has been shown to clear the virus in monkeys according to the article, and, after giving two doses, showed a higher antibody count than those that just recovered from the vaccine.
re: #172 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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Hurricane Isaias is now in the southeast Bahamas. Tropical storm watches are extended further north in Florida. Hurricane Warnings may be needed later for North Carolina and Virginia.
re: #172 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Maybe Xi Jinping reckons that Trump would be far less likely to confront China over Taiwan. And I’m sure he knows what’s going on in the US and he can read the tea leaves just as well as anyone. He is not at all a stupid man.
re: #164 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Sounds a little death sentencey to me.
¯\(°_o)/¯ https://t.co/8rN1gQE1Et
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) July 31, 2020
re: #158 Belafon
Do better.
“Republicans having covered themselves in glory once again this week, adjourned the Senate without providing assistance to the American people or boosting the economy”— Yeah Sure WTF Ever 🇨🇦🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🇨🇦 (@YeahSureWhatev2) July 31, 2020
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re: #162 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
So, so, SOOOO many things wrong with this nonsense. But in order to be concise about it…I’d rather go to hell by myself than be stuck in heaven worshiping an almighty unforgiving asshole. At least in hell I would already know I’m condemned. In this pastor’s “heaven,” I’d be waiting for the one word, the one action that I know would turn the almighty vindictive unforgiving asshole against me. And, nope, not interested in that kind of a life.
You don’t even have to believe in an afterlife or a heaven to know this is completely shitty. Maybe some people can continue to live and are able to ignore the psychological pressure of possibly being on the wrong side of a deity (as expressed through his earthly leadership down at the Sidney UMC) but for me, that would (and did) make me crazy.
Which is why I tell people I’d rather go to hell than worship their almighty punitive, vindictive, unforgiving asshole of a god. I’m dead serious about that too.
P.S. This is not the God I believe in. But I know a fuckton of people who do believe in this god.
Been trying to search solid reports on incidence/fatalities among health-care workers. The only thing that’s obvious is that the cloud of bullshit that’s been released makes casual internet searches impossible.
Ok so maybe voter fraud isn’t ENTIRELY a myth. https://t.co/tHhFnSJ3Dx
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) July 31, 2020
re: #187 Backwoods_Sleuth
The conviction was in 2018, but still.
GREELEY, Colo. — The former chairman of the Colorado Republican Party was sentenced to four years of probation and 300 hours of community service for voter fraud. Steve Curtis blamed a “major diabetic episode” for causing him to vote his ex-wife’s absentee ballot in October 2016.
Curtis, 57, told District Judge Julie Hoskins Friday it was “a customary thing” for him to fill out his wife’s ballot and he didn’t know it was illegal, but he said he didn’t remember doing it.
Sure you didn’t know it was illegal, as the party chair of Weld County. And diabetes as the excuse, really? I wasn’t aware diabetes made you vote other people’s ballots. Tell the American Diabetes Association right away.
As many wingnuts are there are in Weld County, I wouldn’t be surprised if the real story here is he wouldn’t let his wife vote.
Here we go: Email from Jeffrey Epstein to Ghislaine Maxwell from Jan. 21, 2015. #MaxwellFiles @CourthouseNews pic.twitter.com/wg0xIwP3oX
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) July 31, 2020
re: #187 Backwoods_Sleuth
So no ramifications, no actual punishment. Nothing to dissuade others from following suit.
Coston asked the judge for a sentence including jail time with probation. Judge Hoskins instead decided on a penalty of four years probation and 300 hours of community service.
Trump ordered federal forces to quell Portland protests. But the chaos ended as soon as they left. https://t.co/bvBTzYQmkt
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 31, 2020
ICYMI: Late night document release details Ghislaine Maxwell’s sexual abuse in orgies with Jeffrey Epstein, minor girls and young Russian & Scandinavian models. https://t.co/SExTu0V3JK
— julie k. brown (@jkbjournalist) July 31, 2020
re: #191 Patricia Kayden
The chaos was caused by those that own the teargas.
ICYMI: “Mr. President, I shouldn’t know this,” Mar-a-Lago’s lounge singer told Trump and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe. Trump shrugged. “It’s just nukes,” he said. “Sing us a song.” https://t.co/C4V1bjkLdU w/ @Blaskey_S @ceostroff @jayhweaver
— Nicholas Nehamas 🏝 (@NickNehamas) July 31, 2020
re: #179 Dr Lizardo
Maybe Xi Jinping reckons that Trump would be far less likely to confront China over Taiwan. And I’m sure he knows what’s going on in the US and he can read the tea leaves just as well as anyone. He is not at all a stupid man.
This is how wars start.
re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth
Running it like a mafia.
Because the people with money and power speak louder than victims.
— julie k. brown (@jkbjournalist) July 31, 2020
re: #190 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
So no ramifications, no actual punishment. Nothing to dissuade others from following suit.
IOKIYAR. Weld County’s sheriff tried to lead a secession movement from Colorado to get away from “liberal Denver.”
In 2019 a criminal reform package was passed in Colorado restoring the voting rights of felons, so he’s good there.
Too bad he loses his guns. You know he had guns.
re: #192 Backwoods_Sleuth
ICYMI: Late night document release details Ghislaine Maxwell’s sexual abuse in orgies with Jeffrey Epstein, minor girls and young Russian & Scandinavian models.
That’s where Trump Modeling Agency came in, I’d bet.
re: #197 Backwoods_Sleuth
Somebody noted with other pages of the release, you could remove the redactions by pasting the document into Windows Notepad. (This government has made that mistake before with other documents.) Perhaps someone can do that with this document too.
re: #199 makeitstop
That’s where Trump Modeling Agency came in, I’d bet.
If we proclaim that every blacked out portion contains the word ‘Trump’, maybe he’ll make them all be uncovered to prove they don’t all say ‘Trump’.
Today’s dick pic:
A copper alloy #Roman figurine from Thorrington, #Essex, representing fertility god #Priapus carrying a bountiful basket of produce on his #PhallusThursday.
📸:© Portable Antiquities Scheme.#RomanBritain #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology pic.twitter.com/Qgug8OQIPG— Roman Britain News (@Roman_Britain) July 30, 2020
re: #199 makeitstop
That’s where Trump Modeling Agency came in, I’d bet.
There could be a universe in which Trump’s junior model shop was a straight-up professional representation operation. There could.
re: #203 Decatur Deb
There could be a universe in which Trump’s junior model shop was a straight-up professional representation operation. There could.
Anything is possible, I guess.
re: #203 Decatur Deb
There could be a universe in which Trump’s junior model shop was a straight-up professional representation operation. There could.
The cynical answer is rich or powerful people can buy their own justice.
A possible pragmatic answer is the redacted sections refer to still-open investigations.
I posted this last night, but it bears repeating.
Trump’s campaign has temporarily paused its television advertising with less than 100 days to go before the election.https://t.co/8BoLU25PNt
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 31, 2020
They’ve hit the wall. They hoped to run a scorched earth campaign against Biden and it isn’t working. And with a complete lack of positive vision for the next four years, they’ve opted to stop buying ads and (probably) trying to pocket the money.
re: #205 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The cynical answer is rich or powerful people can buy their own justice.
A possible pragmatic answer is the redacted sections refer to still-open investigations.
I’m not so much thinking of these documents, just the presence of Trump in this circle, his self-admitted attitude towards glamour talent, and a shaky history at the modelling agency. Old lizards will remember the irony that Trump Juniors first surfaced because a David Duke website ripped off one of the images to illustrate an article on some Herrenvolk Maedchen.
re: #152 Decatur Deb
Anyone seeing a problem here?
I’m guessing your concern is about some participants being less than representative of the general population, with some perhaps being more vulnerable than may be typical. But what is crucial in a proper trial is the assignment, without bias, of each individual participant to either the test group or the control group.
The Administration took 6 weeks to respond on accelerating ventilator shipments, then negotiated a new contract which didn’t speed the process and led to taxpayers overpaying by more than $500 million. Read the article below and our full report here: https://t.co/s1djaUBFLt https://t.co/5E6Jc6lnlm
— Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (@CongressmanRaja) July 31, 2020
I love me a good comma splice, but this single sentence makes my eyes bleed.
— Ked (@SandwichKed) July 31, 2020
Also not a good sign talking about himself in third person.
I am trying to think this through (while I should be finishing up a freelance article so I can pay my bills, but an addled brain makes its own path…)
It was no surprise, obviously, that Orangeanus was going to come out at some point and openly say the election should be delayed or cancelled or whatever. And it was no surprise that he’d trigger a barrage of deep-think “here’s why he can’t legally do that” thumbsucking articles among Very Serious Journamalists.
But… why yesterday? Was his calculation that it would be a Big Enough Deal that it would distract attention from Obama at John Lewis’ funeral, and those horrendous economic numbers, and a death toll over 150,000, including Herman Cain, and so on?
Because while he got some attention, it really wasn’t a LOT, in the grand scheme of things. It’s not at the top of the page on the NYT or WaPo or pretty much anywhere else.
And what I don’t know if he was expecting was how quickly and sharply the whole idea would be shot down by the congressional leaders who’d have to approve it if it were (somehow, ludicrously) to happen.
So now he’s shot off that particular weapon, which I have to believe was basically a single shot. Sure, he’ll keep trotting it out during his incontinent late-night tweetfests, but to what end now?
So… why yesterday of all days? Was there some sort of strategy there I missed? Or is he really just that haphazard and impulsive?
(and get better soon, lawhawk!)
re: #206 makeitstop
I posted this last night, but it bears repeating.
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They’ve hit the wall. They hoped to run a scorched earth campaign against Biden and it isn’t working. And with a complete lack of positive vision for the next four years, they’ve opted to stop buying ads and (probably) trying to pocket the money.
They have no vision and can’t even come up with talking points.
re: #208 unproven innocence
I’m guessing your concern is about some participants being less than representative of the general population, with some perhaps being more vulnerable than may be typical. But what is crucial in a proper trial is the assignment, without bias, of each individual participant to either the test group or the control group.
Most uncomfortable with running groups who are CDC defined as high risk (which I read as multiply-high risk) in a very early placebo trial against a lethal agent.
re: #203 Decatur Deb
There could be a universe in which Trump’s junior model shop was a straight-up professional representation operation. There could.
Only using today’s definition of ‘straight-up professional’. A just universe has no room for people used for looking at.
re: #206 makeitstop
He will restart it when he has decided the new date of the election.
— Pexbo (@The_Pexbo) July 31, 2020
re: #185 mmmirele
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P.S. This is not the God I believe in. But I know a fuckton of people who do believe in this god.
So do I, and they’ve told me I’m going to Hell (almost all of my family, who are also mostly United Methodists).
I realise many Christians aren’t like that, taking the attitude “that’s really up to God to decide, not me.” The New Testament is pretty clear that I’m not welcome though.
The concept of ultimate justice ultimately dehumanises people in this life. God will get ‘em in the end. It ignores the idea you can either punish or forgive without giving ultimatums.
The difference between me and people who view Christianity’s god with that view is if I saw an injustice I could correct, I would do it. That view says “God’s going to watch you rob a widow or rape a child and do nothing” because free will or something (nevermind the free will of the victim) and he’ll punish you later. Meanwhile the victim suffers.
If we saw another person who sat out and did nothing when they could, we would rightly call them a moral monster.
re: #214 wrenchwench
Only using today’s definition of ‘straight-up professional’. A just universe has no room for people used for looking at.
Be happy for now if we can achieve “look, but don’t touch.”
re: #217 Decatur Deb
Be happy for now if we can achieve “look, but don’t touch.”
See Mike Pence at NASA.
re: #217 Decatur Deb
Be happy for now if we can achieve “look, but don’t touch.”
One more ingredient might achieve happiness: Give her the damn money she earned. All of it.
re: #219 wrenchwench
One more ingredient might achieve happiness: Give her the damn money she earned. All of it.
That’s in the renegotiated prenup.
Seems @POTUS watching the House #coronavirus hearing where Dr. Fauci, @HHS_ASH, @CDCDirector and others are testifying. https://t.co/b23WD08Kkq
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) July 31, 2020
re: #213 Decatur Deb
Most uncomfortable with running groups who are CDC defined as high risk (which I read as multiply-high risk) in a very early placebo trial against a lethal agent.
That’s a valid concern.
re: #220 Decatur Deb
Don’t know that presumed atrocity.
Mike Pence Touches NASA Equipment Marked ‘Do Not Touch’ (Time, July 7, 2017)
Mike Pence succumbed to everyone’s secret museum impulse when he reached out and touched a piece of equipment clearly labeled “DO NOT TOUCH.”
The contact with the critical space flight hardware occurred during the Vice President’s tour of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Thursday and was captured by a Reuters photographer. Pence explained why he did it on Friday: Florida Sen. Marco Rubio dared him.
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They behave worse than children.
re: #54 bratwurst
Because an antibiotic will definitely help with a SARS-COV-2 infection.
JFC all the face palms
…..Our massive testing capability, rather than being praised, is used by the Lamestream Media and their partner, the Do Nothing Radical Left Democrats, as a point of scorn. This testing, and what we have so quickly done, is used as a Fake News weapon. Sad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 31, 2020
re: #190 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Compare with black woman, Crystal Mason, who got 5 years for filing a provisional ballot thinking she was entitled to vote.
re: #219 wrenchwench
One more ingredient might achieve happiness: Give her the damn money she earned. All of it.
During one of my incarnations I served a couple terms at a catalog studio in the garment district. We used mostly Eileen Ford models when we could get them. She ran a righteous shop.
(We photographed a famous shot of a fluffy cat stretching the nylon away from a model’s leg. I was making about 50.00/week—the cat was making 60.00/ hour.)
Watching Steve Scalise trying to give Donald Trump a participation trophy for his incredibly dysfunctional coronavirus response is really sad #coronavirushearing
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) July 31, 2020
re: #228 Decatur Deb
You were the cat’s employee.
re: #12 lawhawk
re: #12 lawhawk
2020 cannot suck any worse?
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re: #215 Patricia Kayden
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Am I alone in thinking that Trump’s “different election date” BS will cost him actual votes moving forward?
No one on the center-left of the US political spectrum will fall for that. However, I easily see many of his die-hard, Fox News-guzzling, intelligence-deficient fans believing that election day might not actually be when it’s supposed to be - and not bothering to vote, in notable numbers, when the time comes.
re: #225 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Because an antibiotic will definitely help with a SARS-COV-2 infection.
He’ll need an anti-fungal for the mold. Any athlete’s foot treatment, if snorted, should help.
re: #233 wrenchwench
He’ll need an anti-fungal for the mold. Any athlete’s foot treatment, if snorted, should help.
Get the spray stuff, spray it into a paper bag, and breathe deeply. That should fix it.
So I can say about toxic Christianity is that I’d rather rot in hell for eternity than spend it with those people. Because that would be hell.
re: #227 lawhawk
Compare with black woman, Crystal Mason, who got 5 years for filing a provisional ballot thinking she was entitled to vote.
This * 1000
re: #206 makeitstop
I posted this last night, but it bears repeating.
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They’ve hit the wall. They hoped to run a scorched earth campaign against Biden and it isn’t working. And with a complete lack of positive vision for the next four years, they’ve opted to stop buying ads and (probably) trying to pocket the money.
Or, why spend the money if he is thinking about resigning rather than suffer the humiliation of what might be a monumental election loss. I think Pence would go along with a Nixon type resignation.
re: #211 i(m)p(each)sos
I am trying to think this through (while I should be finishing up a freelance article so I can pay my bills, but an addled brain makes its own path…)
It was no surprise, obviously, that Orangeanus was going to come out at some point and openly say the election should be delayed or cancelled or whatever. And it was no surprise that he’d trigger a barrage of deep-think “here’s why he can’t legally do that” thumbsucking articles among Very Serious Journamalists.
But… why yesterday? Was his calculation that it would be a Big Enough Deal that it would distract attention from Obama at John Lewis’ funeral, and those horrendous economic numbers, and a death toll over 150,000, including Herman Cain, and so on?
Because while he got some attention, it really wasn’t a LOT, in the grand scheme of things. It’s not at the top of the page on the NYT or WaPo or pretty much anywhere else.
And what I don’t know if he was expecting was how quickly and sharply the whole idea would be shot down by the congressional leaders who’d have to approve it if it were (somehow, ludicrously) to happen.
So now he’s shot off that particular weapon, which I have to believe was basically a single shot. Sure, he’ll keep trotting it out during his incontinent late-night tweetfests, but to what end now?
So… why yesterday of all days? Was there some sort of strategy there I missed? Or is he really just that haphazard and impulsive?
(and get better soon, lawhawk!)
Someone (maybe here, maybe on Twitter) made the point that Trump would have gotten the news of both Cain’s death and the GDP numbers before the public, and the fantasizing about delaying the election was probably the most outrageous dodge he could think of at the time.
The irony is that the GDP numbers and Cain’s death were such big stories, they completely overshadowed the election delay story once it was pointed out numerous times that a) he couldn’t do it, and b) GOP bigwigs and members of Congress themselves shot down the idea.
Not good.
Coronavirus: Hong Kong public housing estate evacuated after cluster of Covid-19 infections found (South China Morning Post)
Some residents in a Hong Kong public housing block were evacuated on Thursday after a cluster of Covid-19 infections was found spanning several floors, with authorities investigating whether pipes were spreading the virus.
The move came as six more coronavirus cases were confirmed, five of which involved Hongkongers returning from Bangladesh, while the sixth was a 72-year-old resident of the affected housing block.
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re: #238 Semper Fi
Or, why spend the money if he is thinking about resigning rather than suffer the humiliation of what might be a monumental election loss. I think Pence would go along with a Nixon type resignation.
The day he resigns, some Democrat should announce that you cannot be pardoned for something you haven’t been convicted of.
jeebus, Mark, you couldn’t work the word “LIES” somewhere into that tweet?
WH Sr Policy Adviser Stephen Miller walks by press gaggle after @FoxNews liveshot defending Pres Trump for suggesting delaying the election. Calls it “shocking” that “nobody who mails in a ballot has their identity confirmed.” Says “nobody checks” if they’re even a US citizen. pic.twitter.com/2vPmpkbNwz
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) July 31, 2020
re: #238 Semper Fi
Or, why spend the money if he is thinking about resigning rather than suffer the humiliation of what might be a monumental election loss. I think Pence would go along with a Nixon type resignation.
Who would the RepubliKKKlans nominate if Shithead resigns and gets pardoned?
Three days off in a row was too much to hope for. I got two, and was starting to feel human after my 17-in-a-row of working, but I just got called in on what would have been my third day off.
re: #240 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Not good.
Coronavirus: Hong Kong public housing estate evacuated after cluster of Covid-19 infections found (South China Morning Post)
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I suspect we’ll find out that some people didn’t properly stay where they were supposed to and interacted with each other.
re: #238 Semper Fi
Or, why spend the money if he is thinking about resigning rather than suffer the humiliation of what might be a monumental election loss. I think Pence would go along with a Nixon type resignation.
Nixon and ford did not to my knowledge discuss or negotiate the eventual pardon. Certainly not as a condition of Nixon’s resigning.
If trump/ pence actually orchestrated this, there could be problems.
re: #157 Decatur Deb
Uhh…They’re giving a placebo to a big chunk of people who are by definition ignoring the CDC guidelines.
There have been some papers discussing Covid-19 vaccine trial ethics. Even potentially exposing those trials to intentional exposure which is against trial guidelines if there is not a proven and available therapy. Meridian has to have permission from the proper vetting authorities; this trial is approved. We are in different times
re: #239 makeitstop
Someone (maybe here, maybe on Twitter) made the point that Trump would have gotten the news of both Cain’s death and the GDP numbers before the public, and the fantasizing about delaying the election was probably the most outrageous dodge he could think of at the time.
The irony is that the GDP numbers and Cain’s death were such big stories, they completely overshadowed the election delay story once it was pointed out numerous times that a) he couldn’t do it, and b) GOP bigwigs and members of Congress themselves shot down the idea.
Right - but now that the idea has been shot down, what’s left in his arsenal?
We knew he was going to try this at some point, and now he’s tried it, and it fizzled.
Am I wrong to feel good about that?
re: #213 Decatur Deb
Most uncomfortable with running groups who are CDC defined as high risk (which I read as multiply-high risk) in a very early placebo trial against a lethal agent.
Right now everybody on the planet, near enough is enrolled in a placebo trial against a lethal agent since there is no working vaccine available yet. There have been “cures” put forward by assorted “researchers”, everything from hydroxylquine through to bleach but they’ve not panned out because real researchers did science and statistics and testing on them and proved they were at best placebos themselves. Sadly that didn’t stop some folks, especially at high risk going ahead and using these “cures” to no avail and sometimes harm.
If and when we get workable vaccines we will know they work because we have statistically-significant numbers from placebo vs. non-placebo testing. Vaccines that fail to promote mass immunity from infection are worse than useless, they use up production resources and logistics and when they fail they leave the population believing that any future vaccine is also going to be useless so they’re less likely to come forward to get vaccinated again.
We need the first candidates for mass immunisation against COVID-19 to work at least somewhat, they don’t need to have a 100% success rate or a long-duration immunity effect. There will be better vaccines along later as we science the shit out of this disease and get a better handle on its weak points. We do need to do the science though, and placebo testing is part of that attack method.
re: #232 (((Archangel1)))
Am I alone in thinking that his “different election date” BS will cost him actual votes moving forward?
No one on the center-left of the US political spectrum will fall for that. However, I easily see many of his die-hard, Fox News-guzzling, intelligence-deficient fans believing that election day might not actually be when it’s supposed to be - and not bothering to vote, in notable numbers, when the time comes.
This seems similar to his bogus mail vote fraud bulkshyte. State GOP offices have been sending postcards to their own voters telling them mail voting is safe and secure, and how to do it.
The only thing I can find good about this shyteshow is that he’s causing just as much chaos in the GOP as he is everywhere else.
re: #211 i(m)p(each)sos
I am trying to think this through (while I should be finishing up a freelance article so I can pay my bills, but an addled brain makes its own path…)
It was no surprise, obviously, that Orangeanus was going to come out at some point and openly say the election should be delayed or cancelled or whatever. And it was no surprise that he’d trigger a barrage of deep-think “here’s why he can’t legally do that” thumbsucking articles among Very Serious Journamalists.
But… why yesterday? Was his calculation that it would be a Big Enough Deal that it would distract attention from Obama at John Lewis’ funeral, and those horrendous economic numbers, and a death toll over 150,000, including Herman Cain, and so on?
Because while he got some attention, it really wasn’t a LOT, in the grand scheme of things. It’s not at the top of the page on the NYT or WaPo or pretty much anywhere else.
And what I don’t know if he was expecting was how quickly and sharply the whole idea would be shot down by the congressional leaders who’d have to approve it if it were (somehow, ludicrously) to happen.
So now he’s shot off that particular weapon, which I have to believe was basically a single shot. Sure, he’ll keep trotting it out during his incontinent late-night tweetfests, but to what end now?
So… why yesterday of all days? Was there some sort of strategy there I missed? Or is he really just that haphazard and impulsive?
(and get better soon, lawhawk!)
electoral-vote.com theory:
Trump “is either trying to provoke a reaction or trying to sow doubt about the outcome [of the election].”
We find this unlikely. Occam’s razor says that Trump is very worried about the election so he just tweeted the first thing that popped into his mind: Not hold the election until some indefinite time in the future determined by him. There’s also another possibility. Trump knew that today’s headlines would not be friendly to him, between the bad economy (see below) and the John Lewis funeral (see further below), not to mention being 48 hours removed from passing 150,000 COVID-19 deaths (see even further below).By putting this out there (and it was part of a flurry of outlandish tweets), he may well have been hoping that a bunch of “You can’t do that!” and “What is Donald Trump talking about?” stories would suck up a bunch of real estate and pixels, and would result in less coverage of the really embarrassing stuff.
re: #242 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus, Mark, you couldn’t work the word “LIES” somewhere into that tweet?
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re: #162 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I would rather go to hell with a clean conscience, than go to heaven with a burdened one
re: #249 Nojay UK
One of the risks of placebo is that it changes the overall behavior of the receiving sample. These more vulnerable people are in the wild, and relaxing can be fatal.
re: #249 Nojay UK
Plus trials are voluntary. Meridan isn’t doing this testing in some poor nation in Africa where regulations are weak. They are doing it here in the USA where strong laws exist about informed consent.
Anyone who is going into this should know there is a risk to a faulty or dangerous vaccine (though most dangers should have already been worked out). The law also prohibits exorbitant compensation of volunteers, to prevent the lure of greed to interfere with a person’s weighing of risk versus benefit.
re: #241 Belafon
The day he resigns, some Democrat should announce that you cannot be pardoned for something you haven’t been convicted of.
Yet.
AFAICR (and said recollection MAY be faulty, of course: clarification will be appreciated) - the Ford/Nixon pardon did exactly that: and still hasn’t been legally challenged, and so (IIR) still stands as some sort of precedent.
Unfortunately.
re: #254 Decatur Deb
One of the risks of placebo is that is changes the overall behavior of the receiving sample. These more vulnerable people are in the wild, and relaxing can be fatal.
Except volunteers know that there’s a 50% probability that they could have received it.
I’m curious how you expect any drug to be tested.
re: #242 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus, Mark, you couldn’t work the word “LIES” somewhere into that tweet?
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And that photo - are they the new fun-loving Fashy couple or what?
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re: #256 Jay C
Yet.
AFAICR (and said recollection MAY be faulty, of course: clarification will be appreciated) - the Ford/Nixon pardon did exactly that: and still hasn’t been legally challenged, and so (IIR) still stands as some sort of precedent.
Unfortunately.
As you said, it hasn’t been challenged. It’s not law, it’s an agreement made by people after Nixon because some people didn’t want to pursue it further. It’s exactly the same as the “rule” that says a sitting president cannot be indicated.
This is especially weird/sad from @joniernst because Ringo is a VERY good boy. #IASen #IStandWithRingo #RingoGate pic.twitter.com/QXu5GdC9pv
— Sam Newton #IStandWithRingo (@SamNewton) July 31, 2020
And for the record, Shakespeare stands with Ringo. #IStandWithRingo #IASen pic.twitter.com/IEnt5N1ivF
— Sam Newton #IStandWithRingo (@SamNewton) July 31, 2020
re: #257 Belafon
Except volunteers know that there’s a 50% probability that they could have received it.
I’m curious how you expect any drug to be tested.
On samples drawn from parts of the population that are more likely, not less likely, to survive a positive.
re: #132 Florida Panhandler
The real irony is that the Libertarian dream can only result in authoritarianism at its endgame. Whether power is wielded by warlords or crime bosses, the vacant spaces will be filled quickly by those who seek authority over others by any means possible.
They really object when you suggest countries like Somalia now or Chile under Pinochet is the result of libertarianism.
Heck, even when my wife was a member of the Libertarian Party she acknowledged that was a difficult problem to overcome.
Fingers crossed this works okay. Front yard sprinkler rainbow in slow motion.
re: #261 Decatur Deb
On samples drawn from parts of the population that are more likely, not less likely, to survive a positive.
Therefore you’ve proven the drug works on healthy people. Which does not prove the drug is effective.
The point of testing and getting volunteers from as many type as possible is to eliminate all variables that aren’t related to actually treating the virus.
re: #133 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The spin is that Liberal Panic led to this, not the disease itself, and that Dr Fauci is hiding reports on how truly effective hydrochloroquaxine really is because he is a tool of Big Pharma.
Did we mention that WHO and CDC are distributing covid-infected masks like smallpox blankets to Red States?
Big Pharma keeps my epilepsy and thyroid problems under control. Big Pharma drove my tuberculosis into latency.
I’m a fan of Big Pharma.
re: #248 i(m)p(each)sos
Right - but now that the idea has been shot down, what’s left in his arsenal?
We knew he was going to try this at some point, and now he’s tried it, and it fizzled.
Am I wrong to feel good about that?
They’ve pretty much scraped the bottom of the bag at this point - which I believe plays into that story of shutting down ad buys at this point.
They thought running a completely negative campaign was the way to go. But besides those stupid spots where they were running footage of Trump’s America and trying to blame it on Biden, this country is pretty much burnt out on negative news about now.
I don’t think you’re wrong to feel good about it. I do too. They’ve shot their shot, and their credibility is more trashed now than it’s been in four years.
Their campaign will reduce to ineffectual slaps, and Biden hasn’t even gotten started yet.
re: #264 Belafon
Therefore you’ve proven the drug works on healthy people. Which does not prove the drug is effective.
The point of testing and getting volunteers from as many type as possible is to eliminate all variables that aren’t related to actually treating the virus.
Goal should be to see if it prevents infection overall, not to see if subsequent infection kills you—we know that.
re: #261 Decatur Deb
On samples drawn from parts of the population that are more likely, not less likely, to survive a positive.
And that gets back to my post about ethics in vaccine testing. This is a volunteer program and Meridian is trying (I assume) to skew towards people who are more likely to be exposed. In a more normal time, a trial wouldn’t be selecting for the population that this trial is looking for; it is normally unethical without a therapy to be skewing this way, but this is not a normal time.
re: #260 Backwoods_Sleuth
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So Sen. Ernst is reduced to sniping at her (D) opponent for *taking selfies with her dog*?
She’s probably just jealous: what “pets” would Joni Ernst have around to snap pix of? Gelded hogs?
PS: I’d stand with Ringo, too: he’s cute.
Glad to live in a sane country:
‘Quick rebound’: Canadian economy has recovered almost half of ground lost
Gross domestic product expanded 4.5% in May
*Apologies (how Canadian) to my U.S. friends here, I truly feel for you.
re: #268 Colère Tueur de Lapin
And that gets back to my post about ethics in vaccine testing. This is a volunteer program and Meridian is trying (I assume) to skew towards people who are more likely to be exposed. In a more normal time, a trial wouldn’t be selecting for the polyamide that this trial is looking for; it is normally unethical without a therapy to be skewing this way, but this is not a normal time.
I asked if anyone had a problem. That’s a problem.
So, that K.W. Miller dude who keeps polluting our timelines is basically a career con artist looking to now capitalize on grifting the QAnon dumdums. https://t.co/cUj3V28KDm
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) July 31, 2020
re: #268 Colère Tueur de Lapin
And that gets back to my post about ethics in vaccine testing. This is a volunteer program and Meridian is trying (I assume) to skew towards people who are more likely to be exposed. In a more normal time, a trial wouldn’t be selecting for the population that this trial is looking for; it is normally unethical without a therapy to be skewing this way, but this is not a normal time.
In large part because there is no therepy.
re: #242 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus, Mark, you couldn’t work the word “LIES” somewhere into that tweet?
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And he makes his wife walk in the rain while he hogs the whole umbrella for himself.
Eid Mubarak to my friends celebrating today. For those wondering why there are two Eids, here’s a piece explaining:https://t.co/MkrvbU9QaX
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) July 31, 2020
re: #268 Colère Tueur de Lapin
And that gets back to my post about ethics in vaccine testing. This is a volunteer program and Meridian is trying (I assume) to skew towards people who are more likely to be exposed. In a more normal time, a trial wouldn’t be selecting for the population that this trial is looking for; it is normally unethical without a therapy to be skewing this way, but this is not a normal time.
And (guessing) this method made the approval wonks less uncomfortable than an intentional exposure to SARS-COV-2 that would be completely out of normal trial ethics without a viable therapy.
re: #226 The Pie Overlord!
JFC all the face palms
Somebody please tell Congressman Clyburn, who doesn’t have a clue, that the chart he put up indicating more CASES for the U.S. than Europe, is because we do MUCH MORE testing than any other country in the World. If we had no testing, or bad testing, we would show very few CASES..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 31, 2020
Europe has half again as many people, was hit with it before us, and is still managing better.
Then Fauci says, I’m in no position to comment on that in a relevant way. I would leave that to people who are more in a position to do that.
Jordan: Gov’t is stopping people from going to church.— Brandi Buchman (@BBuchman_CNS) July 31, 2020
Jordan combattively says, “you opine on a lot”
Fauci , tosses his head, and goes, “Yeah, but I’m not going to opine on anything. I’m only going to tell you about the danger, you should stay away from crowds no matter where they are.”— Brandi Buchman (@BBuchman_CNS) July 31, 2020
re: #278 Colère Tueur de Lapin
And (guessing) this method made the approval wonks less uncomfortable than an intentional exposure to SARS-COV-2 that would be completely out of normal trial ethics without a viable therapy.
And that risk could be attenuated by ruling out subjects most likely to take the Big Hit.
Jim Jordan is out here asking Dr. Fauci a series of gotcha questions about the possibility that #BlackLivesMatter protesters are spreading the coronavirus pic.twitter.com/R4473NA5hX
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 31, 2020
When you see the behavior of people like Jim Jordan, one thing that’s clear: Republicans don’t care how many people die or get sick. This is solely about political defense. They don’t want to help, they don’t want answers. Preserving personal power is all that matters to them.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) July 31, 2020
holy fucking shit, is the shouty half-dressed degenerate wrestling coach a member of *every* committee
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) July 31, 2020
re: #272 Decatur Deb
I asked if anyone had a problem. That’s a problem.
And that is a legitimate question. I am amoral on it because I am not a bioethicist nor a vaccine trial risk manager. The wonks that do that ran the risk analysis, came up with a risk-benefit scenario (or many) and made a decision that they would approve that trial. I cannot debate the conclusion because I have no data nor qualifications.
Edit - damn that nor to not typo really changed that sentence.
re: #284 Backwoods_Sleuth
All House Republicans are terrible, but Jim Jordan and Matt Gaetz are absolutely awful on top of being terrible.
Jim Jordan does know that Gohmert has the virus, right? Yet I see no mask anywhere near Jordan.
Maybe he left it with his jacket.— SciFi Prevost (@prevostscifi) July 31, 2020
re: #266 makeitstop
They’ve pretty much scraped the bottom of the bag at this point - which I believe plays into that story of shutting down ad buys at this point.
They thought running a completely negative campaign was the way to go. But besides those stupid spots where they were running footage of Trump’s America and trying to blame it on Biden, this country is pretty much burnt out on negative news about now.
I don’t think you’re wrong to feel good about it. I do too. They’ve shot their shot, and their credibility is more trashed now than it’s been in four years.
Their campaign will reduce to ineffectual slaps, and Biden hasn’t even gotten started yet.
Plus they have Lincoln Project, Republican Voters Against Trump, Meidas Touch, Vote Vets, and others all putting out devastating adverts and statements. The Trump campaign is being attacked from multiple sides at once.
On top of that, he seems to be in this for the money. The Lincoln Project advert against Brad Parscale seems to have gotten to him. He’s not sharing his pot of money with downballot candidates or the party like most normal presidential candidates do when they are well-financed.
He might be planning an exit with the remaining loot, and spending money on adverts won’t help him. I presume he sees internal polling as well.
CDC Director Redfield says he wasn’t told until after a decision was made that hospitals would now be directed to bypass the CDC and send all Covid-19 data straight to a database in Washington instead. He says he never discussed it with Pence or Azar.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) July 31, 2020
While we’re on the topic of Jared Kushner’s incompetence… #HeWentToJared
pic.twitter.com/Nrx38n0Cl7
Ms Ronna Romney McDaniel, who works closely with Jared and Ivanka, has thoughts about nepotism. https://t.co/p4jMdITLFD
— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) July 31, 2020
re: #280 Backwoods_Sleuth
Does Rep. Jordan have another record to play besides but what about the protests? What about closing churches?
Here are the 11 AM EDT 7/31 Key Messages for Hurricane #Isaias as the storm lashes the Turks and Caicos. Conditions deteriorating across the central Bahamas. pic.twitter.com/1qnKgid40c
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) July 31, 2020
11 AM EDT 7/31: A Hurricane Watch and Tropical Storm Warning have been issued for portions of the Florida east coast. More info: https://t.co/tW4KeGdBFb #Isaias pic.twitter.com/i31BRINMnf
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) July 31, 2020
re: #292 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Does Rep. Jordan have another record to play besides but what about the protests? What about closing churches?
masks
he hates masks
Jim Jordan is so shamelessly slimy, he makes Gary Oldman’s character in The Contender look like Mr. Smith. https://t.co/sHlMfOQyy6
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) July 31, 2020
re: #293 Backwoods_Sleuth
The current track moves the storm a bit more left, leading to a possible strike on South Carolina.
#BREAKING Mayor John Cranley said the city will not allow gatherings on the river, beer sales or fireworks. He said this shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone.https://t.co/vnYdyOVtqM
— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) July 31, 2020
re: #295 Backwoods_Sleuth
Jim Jordan is so shamelessly slimy, he makes Gary Oldman’s character in The Contender look like Mr. Smith.
Hell, he makes Oldman’s pill-chomping cop from The Professional look like a nice guy.
re: #299 makeitstop
Hell, he makes Oldman’s pill-chomping cop from The Professional look like a nice guy.
Yeah, but how does he compare to Oldman’s character in the Fifth Element?
Oldman has been my favorite actor, but his politics really soured me.
Dr. Anthony Fauci says 250,000 people have registered on a National Institutes of Heath website to take part in experimental vaccine trials. Fauci is testifying before House lawmakers on the federal response to the pandemic. https://t.co/JU6AWiHyl3
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 31, 2020
re: #300 Belafon
Yeah, but how does he compare to Oldman’s character in the Fifth Element?
Oldman has been my favorite actor, but his politics really soured me.
I hear you. Despite his politics, I’ll forever stand in awe of his portrayal of Sid Vicious. An amazing performance.
re: #291 Backwoods_Sleuth
Don Junior
Eric
Ivanka
Jared
STFU you incompetent git.
Defeat Republicans at all levels down to the local dog catcher.
No Republicans. Anywhere. Ever.— Yeah Sure WTF Ever 🇨🇦🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🇨🇦 (@YeahSureWhatev2) July 31, 2020
This fairly new group “The Imago Dei” is attempting to contact “abortive mothers” via social media if they are getting RU-486 from tele health and harassing them in the DMs. I have lots of questions. https://t.co/jqupwYE3Mo
— LvilleClinicEscorts (@LouClinicEscort) July 31, 2020
Ah, I see what they do now. They troll “abortion support groups” and get private info from posters then harass them “These women meet in abortion support groups online via popular social media platforms and also receive abortion services through online means.”
— LvilleClinicEscorts (@LouClinicEscort) July 31, 2020
Nice weekend (mostly).
#newx #wywx Saturday-Monday Outlook pic.twitter.com/o9sLjgHdDD
— NWS Cheyenne (@NWSCheyenne) July 31, 2020
re: #303 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Are you going to start using your middle name again after we Flush The Turd On November 3rd?
— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) July 31, 2020
re: #292 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Does Rep. Jordan have another record to play besides but what about the protests? What about closing churches?
I’m fairly certain Louie Gohmert didn’t contract Covid from attending a Black Lives Matter protest.
You’re checking the weather over my town to determine what I should be doing?
Look like it’s bourbon-O-clock. https://t.co/4bWzDQZ3Cb— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) July 31, 2020
NEW: The Postal Service is experiencing days-long backlogs of mail across the country after a top Trump donor running the agency put in place new procedures described as cost-cutting efforts, raising alarms for November election.
From me & @jacobbogage: https://t.co/FMStyt6xHa— Michelle Ye Hee Lee (@myhlee) July 31, 2020
re: #309 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m sure Stonekettle would be happy to trade the hurricane for London’s weather, if that nincompoop wants rain.
Rep Maloney enters into record reports that show protests did not increase Covid-19 spread and studies showing no correlation between BLM protests and increased outbreaks or infection.
You can read that here: https://t.co/EZa7UVGCbK— Brandi Buchman (@BBuchman_CNS) July 31, 2020
From Wife’s FB traffic:
“It’s infuriating Trump doesn’t bring in experts to these briefings. If he’s going to talk Covid, Fauci should be there. If he’s talking sex-with-demons, then we should be hearing from Melania.”
re: #311 Backwoods_Sleuth
This also hurts businesses large and small which rely on the Post Office and its track record for being one of the most reliable postal services on the planet.
BURN
Herman Cain politicized this when he refused to put on a mask, following the lead of his President. He put everyone around him at risk to make a sick political point. https://t.co/Xjy90kmmwY
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) July 31, 2020
re: #311 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Another consequence is that it’s going to help Amazon. I can order from a small business and get it through the mail or I can order from Amazon and get it through their delivery trucks.
Family retweeting Q crap about Bill Clinton being revealed by the Maxwell documents as a pedophile…When I reply with stuff about Trump Models and Dersh…”Fake News”…re: #316 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
This also hurts businesses large and small which rely on the Post Office and its track record for being one of the most reliable postal services on the planet.
Not only the Post Office, also UPS said 2 packages would be delivered to me on the 20th…they weren’t delivered until the 29th. 9 days in a row the UPS tracker web page said they were out for delivery…and at 9PM the status shifted back to “preparing for delivery”…
O_o
TRUMP: “You know there are those that say, you can test too much. You do know that.”
SWAN: “Who says that?”
TRUMP: “Oh, just read the manuals, read the books.”
SWAN: “Manuals? What manuals?”
TRUMP: “Read the books, read the books.”
SWAN: “What books?” https://t.co/USEOYwCdKO— Kathryn Watson (@kathrynw5) July 31, 2020
re: #270 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
Western good morning!
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re: #317 Backwoods_Sleuth
BURN
GOP politicized science so they could complain about politicizing tragedy.
— Jared Lipof (@jaredlipof) July 31, 2020
re: #319 🌹UOJB!
Family retweeting Q crap about Bill Clinton being revealed by the Maxwell documents as a pedophile…When I reply with stuff about Trump Models and Dersh…”Fake News”…
Not only the Post Office, also UPS said 2 packages would be delivered to me on the 20th…they weren’t delivered until the 29th. 9 days in a row the UPS tracker web page said they were out for delivery…and at 9PM the status shifted back to “preparing for delivery”…
That I think is a consequence of everyone moving to online ordering, and I don’t think UPS is preparing for it. If we do get a vaccine, then their business would slowly drop off. Why would they want to hire people that they would have to let go in the future.
re: #303 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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Don Junior
Eric
Ivanka
Jared
STFU you incompetent git.
Defeat Republicans at all levels down to the local dog catcher.
No Republicans. Anywhere. Ever.— Yeah Sure WTF Ever 🇨🇦🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🇨🇦 (@YeahSureWhatev2) July 31, 2020
re: #320 Backwoods_Sleuth
O_o
The books he threw out when he took office, the ones Obama and GW Bush left behind? Those books?
re: #213 Decatur Deb
Most uncomfortable with running groups who are CDC defined as high risk (which I read as multiply-high risk) in a very early placebo trial against a lethal agent.
I just don’t see the problem.
If the trial isn’t run then everybody gets the placebo.
If the trial is run without the placebo you can’t really tell if it works.
If the trial is run without at-risk people then you can’t really tell if it works.
The at-risk people on the trial are no worse off than if the trial wasn’t run.
You seem to be operating under the assumption that the vaccine works and so it’s somehow bad to be giving people the placebo if they could have the vaccine. But without the trial we won’t really know if the vaccine works.
And if you’re going to worry about the people in at-risk groups in the trial who are getting the placebo instead of the vaccine why not worry about the people in at-risk groups who are not on the trial and so certainly not getting the vaccine.
re: #318 Belafon
Another consequence is that it’s going to help Amazon. I can order from a small business and get it through the mail or I can order from Amazon and get it through their delivery trucks.
Amazon takes more than a week for me now’
For example, we placed an order on Monday, it hasn’t even shipped yet
re: #319 🌹UOJB!
Family retweeting Q crap about Bill Clinton being revealed by the Maxwell documents as a pedophile…When I reply with stuff about Trump Models and Dersh…”Fake News”…
Not only the Post Office, also UPS said 2 packages would be delivered to me on the 20th…they weren’t delivered until the 29th. 9 days in a row the UPS tracker web page said they were out for delivery…and at 9PM the status shifted back to “preparing for delivery”…
UPS uses the USPS for a good account of their deliveries, even in part. And USPS in full for all remote locations.
re: #328 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
UPS uses the USPS for a good account of their deliveries, even in part. And USPS in full for all remote locations.
This.
Ask yourself, are you better off now than you were four minutes ago? Four weeks? Four months? Four years?
I wonder if he quits before he’s blamed for the pandemic to save Kushner. https://t.co/19uVNQQlZv— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) July 31, 2020
Another coworker has COVID and is now on a respirator.
FUCK YOU AGAIN, TRUMP!
Dear Jim Jordan,
Midland Texas is a current hot spot for the pandemic. We had a small group of BLM protest with masks a month ago. However a huge group of counterprotesters carrying confederate and Trump flags showed up with no masks and spread the disease. pic.twitter.com/xE1CgLM4mN— Sara Spector (@Miriam2626) July 31, 2020
re: #319 🌹UOJB!
Family retweeting Q crap about Bill Clinton being revealed by the Maxwell documents as a pedophile…When I reply with stuff about Trump Models and Dersh…”Fake News”…
Not only the Post Office, also UPS said 2 packages would be delivered to me on the 20th…they weren’t delivered until the 29th. 9 days in a row the UPS tracker web page said they were out for delivery…and at 9PM the status shifted back to “preparing for delivery”…
Sometimes I feel better off than you, because my family just cut me off entirely (that, and none of us are on social media). The only contact with my family is my mother and eldest first cousin.
I’d planned to go to Chicago for my mother’s eightieth birthday this month, but those plans obviously went down the drain with the Trumpdemic.
My wife was doing more planning for an in-state vacation to Smith Falls near Valentine last night. We’re planning to drive through the Sandhills, so if nothing else I can bombard LGF with a lot of photographs.
Fun fact:
Jim Jordan, Devin Nunes, Mick Mulvaney, and Rudy Giuliani all use the same facial expression when they’re lying. pic.twitter.com/yzGrVAcb5V— JRehling (@JRehling) July 31, 2020
re: #328 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
UPS uses the USPS for a good account of their deliveries, even in part. And USPS in full for all remote locations.
We have long delays with UPS in normal times, since they don’t like coming way out here. We don’t use UPS, and prefer companies on-line which offer end-to-end Post Office shipping.
Sending a package by UPS here is a 120-mile round trip to Sidney. The Post Office is a block away.
If you told central casting you needed someone to play an asshole neighbor, they’d send someone that looks and acts like Jim Jordan.
Dunno about you guys, but I’d totally rock some Fyre Festival merch at this point.
not sure who needs to know this but the u.s. marshals are currently auctioning off fyre festival merch seized from billy mcfarland. let me put that another way. the government is selling fyre fest merch https://t.co/yiH0X5Vtnb pic.twitter.com/faHeH7viOl
— Jack Crosbie (@jscros) July 31, 2020
re: #333 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #337 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
We have long delays with UPS in normal times, since they don’t like coming way out here. We don’t use UPS, and prefer companies on-line which offer end-to-end Post Office shipping.
Sending a package by UPS here is a 120-mile round trip to Sidney. The Post Office is a block away.
Not to mention significantly more expensive.
Heh. So I wake up and check my stocks every morning like I do. I noticed Apple went ^ 25 points. I was kinda surprised as a big swing like that really never happens for them. Lo and behold, they announced a 4-1 split coming in late August. Oh boy.
Fuck Trump!
re: #311 Backwoods_Sleuth
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cant find the cite right now
first class mail is not being delayed much
mostly whats delayed are packages magazines, etc
ballots go out to voters first class
completed ballots coming back through the post office go through a kind of early pre sorting when they arrive. separated from all the cable bills, electric bills, birthday cards, etc.
they are bulked together, loaded onto trucks and driven to the election offices.
not too much chance for massive (dare i say meaningful) delays.
the usps does manage to handle 1.3billion xmas cards a year as normal first class mail
if every person voted by mail in 2016, that’s around 128million ballots.
presorted out of the flow it’s about 9% of the volume of christmas cards
re: #326 John Hughes
I just don’t see the problem….
If the trial is run without at-risk people then you can’t really tell if it works.
…
This is the core of the problem, which is touched further up the thread. If the purpose is to develop a preventive, preventing infection in the young healthy sample does the job. If it fails in that sample, the consequences are bad enough, but far less deadly. Nothing much is learned by failing on a sample we know is more brittle.
When I mailed a birthday card a couple days ago to my mother, I used one of the John Oliver stamps I purchased.
The postmistress had never seen stamps from stamps.com before and was unfamiliar with them. She had to look that up to ensure they were legitimate.
In local news, my wife likes her new purchase the plumber helped install, her Ass-blaster 6000 (the bidet with a turbo car wash, heated seat, and death ray).
re: #338 Eclectic Cyborg
If you told central casting you needed someone to play an asshole neighbor, they’d send someone that looks and acts like Jim Jordan.
or rand paul
re: #331 Backwoods_Sleuth
150k dead in 4 months. 450k dead in a year. 1.8m dead in 4 years. GOP. The party of death.
— Oh. My. Glob. (@efuseakay) July 31, 2020
re: #345 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
When I mailed a birthday card a couple days ago to my mother, I used one of the John Oliver stamps I purchased.
The postmistress had never seen stamps from stamps.com before and was unfamiliar with them. She had to look that up to ensure they were legitimate.
In local news, my wife likes her new purchase the plumber helped install, her Ass-blaster 6000 (the bidet with a turbo car wash, heated seat, and death ray).
+ more than 1
#WeWillVote pic.twitter.com/0wT0qDXPU7
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) July 31, 2020
Like Wilson says, ‘Fuck around and find out.’
re: #338 Eclectic Cyborg
If you told central casting you needed someone to play an asshole neighbor, they’d send someone that looks and acts like Jim Jordan.
or Rand Paul
re: #345 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
In local news, my wife likes her new purchase the plumber helped install, her Ass-blaster 6000 (the bidet with a turbo car wash, heated seat, and death ray).
Not to want to give free product plugs or anything, but is this the Japanese-made unit?
re: #344 Decatur Deb
This is the core of the problem, which is touched further up the thread. If the purpose is to develop a preventive, preventing infection in the young healthy sample does the job. If it fails in that sample, the consequences are bad enough, but far less deadly. Nothing much is learned by failing on a sample we know is more brittle.
We will learn more from helping someone in a high risk group gain immunity than a healthy person. And we will learn something if the vaccine works on a healthy group and fails on a more brittle person. The only time we wouldn’t learn something is if it fails in all groups.
re: #343 dangerman
During our 2012 battle to save our post office, one of the things the Postal Service did was prevent many rural post offices from cancelling mail and sorting for local delivery, instead requiring it to go to a regional sorting centre first (for us, North Platte, three day turn around time).
When we were over in Lisco fighting the closure of their post office, the bank president noted there are federal banking laws requiring delivery of certain local pieces of mail within 24 hours.
In our town, the claim was the post office wasn’t making enough money, which had the gun shop owner dump a massive pile of Registered Mail receipts on the table to show they were full of crap. He does thousands of dollars a month in Registered Mail by himself here.
Along the northern tier of the state, the proposal was to close every post office between Chadron and Valentine (about two hundred miles).
Because of a Panhandle-wide effort, every post office was saved, though some had hours cut. (Angora, population 1, even kept their post office.)
They’ve been at this a long time.
It’s what we all knew.
OMG:
“Most troubling of all, perhaps, was a sentiment the expert said a member of Kushner’s team expressed: that because the virus had hit blue states hardest, a national plan was unnecessary and would not make sense politically.”
Kushner and Trump w https://t.co/vfc3ylCMTd— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) July 31, 2020
re: #353 Belafon
We will learn more from helping someone in a high risk group gain immunity than a healthy person. And we will learn something if the vaccine works on a healthy group and fails on a more brittle person. The only time we wouldn’t learn something is if it fails in all groups.
I guess we’ll just have to wait a couple years until the real experts decide the wisdom—a firm of liability lawyers and 12 civil jurors in Nebraska.
re: #355 plansbandc
These people need to be imprisoned.
re: #357 SteelPH
So much blood on their hands.
re: #356 Decatur Deb
I guess we’ll just have to wait a couple years until the real experts decide the wisdom—a firm of liability lawyers and 12 civil jurors in Nebraska.
I wonder if we could get Anymouse on that jury?
/
re: #355 plansbandc
Jared’s Secret Plan?
Why the fuck would a plan like that NEED TO BE SECRET?
National security considerations?
re: #353 Belafon
We will learn more from helping someone in a high risk group gain immunity than a healthy person. And we will learn something if the vaccine works on a healthy group and fails on a more brittle person. The only time we wouldn’t learn something is if it fails in all groups.
Actually, we do learn something if it fails in all groups: that vaccine didn’t work.
Not much comfort to those in the trial, but we’re back to everyone in a trial is a volunteer and if they’re being treated honestly, they should be told what risks they are assuming.
Vaccine trials which went bad, or actual deployments of approved vaccines which did, though rare, fuel anti-vax sentiment. The original diphtheria vaccine wound up with a fungus growing in it, killing some people, which caused manufacturers to use thimerisol as a preservative. That was latched onto much later by anti-vaxxers as “poison” (because diphtheria is so much better).
Ever since Jenner first developed his smallpox vaccine there has been questions about ethics, efficacy, and safety (and anti-vaxxers).
If some people who are at elevated risk for coronavirus volunteer to test potential vaccines, is it unethical? Particularly if they know the risks going in and still agree? That’s a tough one for me. There’s no question of the risks with no vaccine at all.
re: #359 Eclectic Cyborg
I wonder if we could get Anymouse on that jury?
/
Swear him in on a Marvel comic.
As much as I await a corona vaccine, I do not at all look forward to the ensuing vaccine debate that will ensue when it is introduced…
re: #357 SteelPH
These people need to be imprisoned.
They’re also morans. Blue states now mostly have this under control. More rural red states squandered the hard-won knowledge from the early outbreaks in New York and New Jersey because their religious faith of conservatism demanded they ignore the problem.
Secretary Pompeo released 0 documents to Congress during the impeachment process, which was predicated on eye-witnesss accounts of Trump’s betrayal. Yet he’s released more than 16,000 documents to support the Senate’s efforts to malign the Bidens. That’s pure politicization. https://t.co/KeZDxlzg60
— Ned Price (@nedprice) July 31, 2020
re: #313 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Because the protesters wear masks. And they’re outdoors. And they keep it moving.
re: #364 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
They’re also morans. Blue states now mostly have this under control. More rural red states squandered the hard-won knowledge from the early outbreaks in New York and New Jersey because their religious faith of conservatism demanded they ignore the problem.
Their faith caused them to see it as Divine Justice and to believe that God would spare them, the Righteous.
re: #363 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
As much as I await a corona vaccine, I do not at all look forward to the ensuing vaccine debate that will ensue when it is introduced…
my goal is to protect me and mine
once it’s known to be safe and effective, we will get it as soon as we can
i dont care (right now) what other people dont do
i’ll worry about the greater societal problem after
re: #355 plansbandc
It’s what we all knew.
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Its time to stop confusing malevolence with incompetence
Donald Trump wants the pandemic to be as bad as possible. He has a financial incentive to keep hospitalizations sky high. I’ve laid out my arguments belowhttps://t.co/mNUccAQODc— Banks (@BanksPatriot) July 31, 2020
re: #365 Backwoods_Sleuth
When he refuses, inherent contempt is in order. If anything upsets me about the Democratic response to this, it’s the unwillingness to put these asshats in the clink for refusing Congressional subpoenas.
re: #344 Decatur Deb
This is the core of the problem, which is touched further up the thread. If the purpose is to develop a preventive, preventing infection in the young healthy sample does the job.
Disagree. It would show that it prevents infection in young, healthy people.
You’re still going to have to test it on “brittle” groups to see if it works there.
If it fails in that sample, the consequences are bad enough, but far less deadly. Nothing much is learned by failing on a sample we know is more brittle.
Assuming that by “fails” you mean provides no significant protection then I don’t see how the consequences are bad. The people on the trial are no worse off than the people not on the trial, assuming they haven’t been indulging in risky behaviour because they think the vaccine will protect them. The trial should certainly emphasise that half the people on the trial are on a placebo.
If by “fails” you mean “kills the people on the trial stone dead” then I don’t see why it matters whether the people are in the “brittle” group or not.
If you don’t test the potential vaccine on the “brittle” group and it turns out the vaccine works then you’ve withheld the vaccine from some people who could have been helped.
Anyway, it’s clear we disagree on this one, so I’m going to shut up now.
re: #368 dangerman
my goal is to protect me and mine
once it’s known to be safe and effective, we will get it as soon as we cani dont care (right now) what other people dont do
i’ll worry about the greater societal problem after
yes, I want to see my people protected, but a lot of people who cannot be vaccinated are going to get sick because people fear 5G nanoprobe tracers…
Nope, they weren’t. pic.twitter.com/vk0dFbtNfs
— Naveed Jamali (@NaveedAJamali) July 31, 2020
One more. pic.twitter.com/pOL263fd6G
— Naveed Jamali (@NaveedAJamali) July 31, 2020
re: #362 Decatur Deb
Swear him in on a Marvel comic.
“I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me Iron Man.”
re: #365 Backwoods_Sleuth
The thing that Republicans don’t seen to get is that most Americans would vote for a ham sandwich over trump right now. Most people in Texas know someone personally who has or died from COVID19. There’s no spinning that.
Herman Cain died.
Wilbur Ross? If it goes the way Cain did…
Gohmert? Please go with God.
re: #375 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
The thing that Republicans don’t seen to get is that most Americans would vote for a ham sandwich over trump right now. Most people in Texas know someone personally who has or died from COVID19. There’s no spinning that.
Herman Cain died.
Wilbur Ross? If it goes the way Cain did…
Gohmert? Please go with God.
I am beginning to wonder if Gohmert is faking it so he can then claim a miracle cure with hydrochloroquackazine
re: #355 plansbandc
“Most troubling of all, perhaps, was a sentiment the expert said a member of Kushner’s team expressed: that because the virus had hit blue states hardest, a national plan was unnecessary and would not make sense politically.”
Fuck, not only are these guys evil, they’re also stupid.
“had hit blue states hardest”.
“Had”, you morons. That means “in the past”. Why did you assume (incorrectly as it turned out) that the future would be the same as the past? You really thought the virus checked people’s political affiliation?
re: #362 Decatur Deb
Swear him in on a Marvel comic.
I’ll use a copy of the Constitution. I did that when I affirmed my office on the village board.
re: #376 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I am beginning to wonder if Gohmert is faking it so he can then claim a miracle cure with hydrochloroquackazine
More likely that he has it but it’s the asymptomatic kind. The HCQ is a given though. But he’s still preaching to the choir. Most doctors won’t hand it out like candy. No matter what, it’s more some big win.
re: #377 John Hughes
Evil and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
re: #368 dangerman
my goal is to protect me and mine
once it’s known to be safe and effective, we will get it as soon as we cani dont care (right now) what other people dont do
i’ll worry about the greater societal problem after
On such an offer Wife and I would probably choose to take it, but the risk decision would come after a good bit of digging into the testing and into the background of whatever developers. There is a reason McConnell is insisting on liability relief in the second stimulus bill.
You do know this is the country with 30,000 gun deaths every year, right? https://t.co/rrVYHUlbQH
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) July 31, 2020
I mentioned guns in a passing aside.
This guy comes rolling 30 seconds later in waving his di … er, pistol. Excuse me! Point of order! Excuse me!
It’s like they just sit in front of the computer running continuous searches for “gun” pic.twitter.com/aGogK4YFzt— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) July 31, 2020
re: #373 Backwoods_Sleuth
Why is there a week long funeral for John Lewis when Americans from all walks of life are forbidden to gather to say good by to their loved ones who’ve died? This is not right @Jim_Jordan.
— Carrie Says: 🗣HCQ Saves Lives (@carrieksada) July 31, 2020
Because you’re an idiot. Everything about Rep. Louis’s funeral included the best knowledge to stave off the virus, including social distancing and masks.
Hey, they look like law enforcement officers, and not cosplay commandos
— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀😷 (@FormerDirtDart) July 31, 2020
re: #383 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s like they just sit in front of the computer running continuous searches for “gun”
See also a) Jordan Peterson fans when his ideas are attacked, and b) libertarians when theirs are.
I swear someone has created some sort of scanning program to look for that.
re: #339 makeitstop
Dunno about you guys, but I’d totally rock some Fyre Festival merch at this point.
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Damn, I see some of the hats bid up to $115.00 WTF
At this point Trump is just using “fake news” in these interviews like a boxer trying to get in a clinch and stop the punches https://t.co/KYabJcIsXM
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) July 31, 2020
Federal Agents Drive 3 Hours Away From Portland Before Realizing Abducted Protester Still In Backseat https://t.co/ehXVY0AyBc pic.twitter.com/lOuZ5eQuFP
— The Onion (@TheOnion) July 31, 2020
re: #380 plansbandc
Evil and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
< Jared > Works for my Father in Law < /Jared >
re: #381 Dr Lizardo
I was pleasantly surprised to see this on YouTube - a review of the 2021 Škoda Octavia station wagon.
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It is a very good car.
We saw a ton of Škodas when we were in Brussels. Most of the taxis were Škoda.
The new Mary Poppins sucks. pic.twitter.com/FWXvF8Twl2
— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) July 31, 2020
re: #385 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
You pulled most of the goons out, and things calmed down.
Masks won’t be required in Omaha, Douglas County health director says (Breaking at the Omaha World-Herald)
Douglas County’s health director said Friday that the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office challenged her ability to implement a mask requirement in Omaha, so she is backing off her plan to do so.
Adi Pour said she will continue to review data every day, “but for now, I have to trust everybody in this community to do the right thing moving ahead.”
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Good luck with that.
The state government is still continuing to threaten lawsuits and withholding of federal aid if any sort of health initiative is adopted contrary to conservative religious orthodoxy. Omaha mayor Jean Stothert (R) previously noted the city charter allows the combined city-county health board to impose emergency health measures.
re: #387 Eventual Carrion
Damn, I see some of the hats bid up to $115.00 WTF
Okay, I’m not that into rocking that shit. :)
re: #381 Dr Lizardo
I was pleasantly surprised to see this on YouTube - a review of the 2021 Škoda Octavia station wagon.
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It is a very good car.
That’s a pretty nice car. Not the prettiest but functionally sound. I like it.
re: #394 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I want genocide trials. Not a truth and reconciliation commission.
re: #382 Decatur Deb
On such an offer Wife and I would probably choose to take it, but the risk decision would come after a good bit of digging into the testing and into the background of whatever developers. There is a reason McConnell is insisting on liability relief in the second stimulus bill.
If accept liability relief for drug manufacturers but not general business.
re: #391 makeitstop
We saw a ton of Škodas when we were in Brussels. Most of the taxis were Škoda.
They’re very good cars. It’s too bad they don’t sell them in the US. A friend of mine came to visit a few years back and she rented a Škoda Octavia and she fell in love with it. She called it “the ultimate commuter car.”
re: #396 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
That’s a pretty nice car. Not the prettiest but functionally sound. I like it.
It’s a practical car, a daily driver. As much as I love sports cars or even old Toyota pickups, if I had the money, I’d go with something like that Škoda.
re: #399 Dr Lizardo
They’re very good cars. It’s too bad they don’t sell them in the US. A friend of mine came to visit a few years back and she rented a Škoda Octavia and she fell in love with it. She called it “the ultimate commuter car.”
I personally love station wagons. I grew up with them, and my 2002 Ford Focus was really a miniature one. It did exactly what I needed it to do: drive and carry stuff. It just felt like it had more room than even my wife’s current SUV.
re: #398 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
If accept liability relief for drug manufacturers but not general business.
“If” Typo? The threat of liability is even more important in an environment of relaxed FDA/Gov oversight, critical rush, and vast monetary reward.
re: #400 Dr Lizardo
The big problem with Skodas is that if you’re driving around in a city centre in the UK at night and you stop at traffic lights, a couple of drunks will open the back door and try to get in. They’re the default mini-cab car over here — cheap, reliable four-door cars, economical to fuel and to run.
re: #401 Belafon
I personally love station wagons. I grew up with them, and my 2002 Ford Focus was really a miniature one. It did exactly what I needed it to do: drive and carry stuff. It just felt like it had more room than even my wife’s current SUV.
I love ‘em too. My all-time favorite car that I owned was a 1991 Volvo 740 wagon.
Just a quick anecdote re: mail in voting and the nonsense that it is not monitored or regulated: We moved to Colorado in the summer of 2016. We registered to vote shortly after arriving. For those unaware, Colorado has 100% mail in voting. The November presidential election rolls around, and my wife and I mailed in our ballots. My wife’s ballot was not counted because the signature on her envelope was apparently somewhat different than the copy of the signature the voting commission had on file (at least that was the suspicion, as we both put our ballots in the same drop box).
On top of that, in Colorado, you don’t drop the ballots in any particular mail receptacle. There are specific drop boxes exclusively for ballots. While I understand that states that don’t have wide spread mail in balloting might have difficulty rolling out that feature, the point is that it allows for rapid and secure collection of mail in ballots. (And of course, a sane country that actually care about people’s safety during a pandemic AND cared about election integrity would be sending money to states in order to set up mail in ballot drop boxes).
I’m going to bow out and take a nap. Catch y’all later.
re: #403 Nojay UK
The big problem with Skodas is that if you’re driving around in a city centre in the UK at night and you stop at traffic lights, a couple of drunks will open the back door and try to get in. They’re the default mini-cab car over here — cheap, reliable four-door cars, economical to fuel and to run.
Heh. One of my students has a 2018 Octavia wagon and she swears by it. She’ll run it until the wheels fall off.
If you need something to watch that will warm the cockles of your black black heart, watch “Love on the Spectrum” on Netflix.
I just started watching it and OMG. I love every person in the show.
I cannot recommend it highly enough.
re: #402 Decatur Deb
“If” Typo? The threat of liability is even more important in an environment of relaxed FDA/Gov oversight, critical rush, and vast monetary reward.
I’d. Sorry.
I get what you’re saying but pharma especially needs to have some kind of relief because your always have X percent of people who have adverse reactions, etc.
There’s a fine line for drugs because of that.
With that said, I wouldn’t trust anything that has any relation to anything Republican because we are all expendable to them.
If that @VanityFair article on Kushner shitcanning a national coronavirus plan because only blue states were affected is confirmed, that ghost child-looking motherfucker needs to be arrested for manslaughter.
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) July 31, 2020
She’s baaaack (for a limited time engagement).
Kellyanne Conway’s daughter returns to social media with searing takedown of ‘racist homophobe’ Donald Trumphttps://t.co/ySnruBA4W0
— PinkNews (@PinkNews) July 31, 2020
Asks AOC to adopt her.
@AOC adopt me
— CLAUDIA CONWAY (@claudiamconwayy) July 30, 2020
Bill Barr Has Done This Before https://t.co/ZRJB0Wnznx pic.twitter.com/iurcvZnxJa
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) July 31, 2020
re: #385 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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Wow, that dog quit biting me once I quit poking it in the eye. Will wonders never cease.
Coming over the wires that British film maker Alan Parker has died at the age of 76. Some of his more notable films were Angel Heart, Pink Floyd -The Wall, Midnight Express Angela’s Ashes and Mississippi Burning.
RIP.
re: #414 Dr Lizardo
Coming over the wires that British film maker Alan Parker has died at the age of 76. Some of his more notable films were Angel Heart, Pink Floyd -The Wall, Midnight Express Angela’s Ashes and Mississippi Burning.
RIP.
and The Commitments
I’m an ornithologist and actually I can confirm that birds don’t need to flap their wings to fly, they only do it when humans are watching because they don’t want to make us feel uncomfortable https://t.co/lXJfI6zhKL
— Chris 🐝 (@cactusgrlx) July 29, 2020
re: #403 Nojay UK
The big problem with Skodas is that if you’re driving around in a city centre in the UK at night and you stop at traffic lights, a couple of drunks will open the back door and try to get in. They’re the default mini-cab car over here — cheap, reliable four-door cars, economical to fuel and to run.
Oh well, charge them a few bucks and take them where they want to go.
re: #355 plansbandc
It’s what we all knew.
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I read that article yesterday. Jared runs everything likes it’s a group project for Business 101, fully expecting someone else to do the work.
May 21: https://t.co/DHvolBgXjc
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) July 31, 2020
Trump is having a normal one pic.twitter.com/pX72TilcHj
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 31, 2020
Trump on November’s election: “This is going to be the greatest election disaster in history.” pic.twitter.com/t8nitX4wGv
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 31, 2020
re: #414 Dr Lizardo
Coming over the wires that British film maker Alan Parker has died at the age of 76. Some of his more notable films were Angel Heart, Pink Floyd -The Wall, Midnight Express Angela’s Ashes and Mississippi Burning.
RIP.
Pants
I really like his work. Saw Angel Heart in the cinema when I was 17.
re: #420 Backwoods_Sleuth
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fwiw, trump is losing in a lot of the disreputable polls too
Trump delusionally claims that “Democrats are going to lose the election. You see what’s going on with the polls right now.” (Trump is handily losing to Biden in reputable polls.) pic.twitter.com/LqBQsthxhh
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 31, 2020
RECOVERY OPERATIONS: @AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug will remain inside the capsule while teams from @SpaceX and our @Commercial_Crew Program approach and hoist the capsule onto the recovery ship. pic.twitter.com/E0N5doucn6
— NASA (@NASA) July 31, 2020
re: #420 Backwoods_Sleuth
Well, Trump may not be completely wrong here: this election IS shaping up to be a historic disaster.
For him personally, and the GOP……
re: #422 makeitstop
He seems a little pissy.
more and more people are going to start pointing out, to his face, that he’s losing (badly)
One day later. pic.twitter.com/UE91NKqqH0
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) July 31, 2020
so it’s permanent
Duke’s Twitter account was “permanently suspended” for violating the company’s policy against hateful conduct, a spokesperson for the social network says.
re: #420 Backwoods_Sleuth
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In 300 years “beaten like a Trump” will be a proverbial figure of speech for what we call a righteous ass-whupping. Audiences will break into giggles at the mere mention of “two-thousand twenty Republicans.”
I married the love of my life yesterday. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/jDcWdzAyjl
— Caroline Orr Bueno 💍 (@RVAwonk) July 31, 2020
As someone who’s covered a lot of one-sided football games in my career, these are unmistakably the words of someone who knows he’s already lost. https://t.co/Gsr0HXgXB4
— Matt Scalici (@MattScalici) July 31, 2020
Asked for his thoughts on Hong Kong delaying its election, Trump says, “Ahh. I want to right now focus on this election. I’ll have a statement about that soon. I heard that, that they did the delay in Hong Kong, and we’ll have a statement about that. But I want to focus on this.” pic.twitter.com/1GLEzX0EYo
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 31, 2020
re: #427 dangerman
more and more people are going to start pointing out, to his face, that he’s losing (badly)
The White House staff probably can’t even manipulate their internal polls enough to soothe his fragile ego.
Someone needs to sit him down and explain, “You’re gonna get your ass handed to you. Seriously, Mr. President, this is gonna be a whuppin’ that’s gonna go down in the history books. Your name is going to be up there with Walter Mondale and Michael Dukakis. You’re going to the shit kicked out of you, and there’s nothing you can do, nothing you can say, that will prevent that. Your presidency is over, for all intents and purposes and you have no one to blame but yourself.”
Of course, I’m almost 100% sure that no one, not even Ivanka, has the guts to do it.
Just in: Senate Intel Committee Dems demanding answers from DHS’ Office of Intelligence and Analysis on its activities in Portland, suggesting it has not been providing info proactively despite it being subject to congressional intel committees’ oversight https://t.co/jHcWtDligV
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) July 31, 2020
re: #420 Backwoods_Sleuth
I read somewhere that Republicans have stopped internal polling on Trump. So he might not know what’s actually going on because they might be lying to him.
Democide. That’s the term you’re looking for to describe Kushner’s covid19 plan. He was using a pandemic to harm Trump’s political rivals. The result is homicide of 155k and counting.
…”the intentional killing of an unarmed or disarmed person by government agents acting in their authoritative capacity and pursuant to government policy or high command”.[2] According to him, this definition covers a wide range of deaths, including forced labor and concentration camp victims; killings by “unofficial” private groups; extrajudicial summary killings; and mass deaths due to governmental acts of criminal omission and neglect, such as in deliberate famines, as well as killings by de facto governments, i.e. civil war killings.
Time for our annual National Mutt Day “World’s Most Adorable Mutt” Photo Contest! You can post on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Please read the rules on our Facebook or IG pages, both @NationalMuttDay #NationalMuttDay pic.twitter.com/bt1f7z0PSw
— National Mutt Day™ (@NationalMuttDay) July 31, 2020
Trump youth group begins deleting tweets mocking COVID-19 after co-founder dies from the virus https://t.co/6chpxuGk8M
— Robert holgate (@415holgate) July 31, 2020
re: #438 Belafon
I read somewhere that Republicans have stopped internal polling on Trump. So he might not know what’s actually going on because they might be lying to him.
Genuinely curious, but why on earth would they do something so dumb? I’d imagine they’d want to know where they stand.
Who knows….maybe they find it all too depressing to face.
re: #436 Dr Lizardo
The White House staff probably can’t even manipulate their internal polls enough to soothe his fragile ego.
Someone needs to sit him down and explain, “You’re gonna get your ass handed to you. Seriously, Mr. President, this is gonna be a whuppin’ that’s gonna go down in the history books. You’re name is going to be up there with Walter Mondale and Michael Dukakis. You’re going to the shit kicked out of you, and there’s nothing you can do, nothing you can say, that will prevent that. Your presidency is over, for all intents and purposes and you have no one to blame but yourself.”
Of course, I’m almost 100% sure that no one, not even Ivanka, has the guts to do it.
Ivanka’s not going to do it ‘cause she’s still got some grifting to do. Once she feels she and Jared have hovered up all the cash they can, she’ll leave DC and daddy to fend for himself.
I read an interview with that comedian (Noel something) who worked on the Apprentice. He said Ivanka is the same if not worse than her father, and she knows how to manipulate him. He said that breathy baby voice she uses is for her father. Most times her voice was an octave lower, and she swore like a sailor (not that there’s anything wrong with that).
re: #424 dangerman
fwiw, trump is losing in a lot of the disreputable polls too
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So Democrat’s are going to lose, but it’s going to be “the greatest election disaster in history”? Wait…I guess that tracks…
re: #441 Backwoods_Sleuth
For a moment there, I thought Charlie Kirk had died from Covid.
A reporter explains to Trump that the military votes absentee and they send in their votes via mail.
Trump: “You didn’t understand me, I said absentee ballots are actually a very good thing.”
Reporter: “They’re the same.”
They are the same. pic.twitter.com/AuabvFB6W3— The American Independent (@AmerIndependent) July 31, 2020
re: #355 plansbandc
It’s what we all knew.
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they are truly this vile and amoral.
and truly this dumb?
thinking the virus would hop over red states and respect the borders of blue states?
it’s an extra special kind of dumb.
OMG:
“Most troubling of all, perhaps, was a sentiment the expert said a member of Kushner’s team expressed: that because the virus had hit blue states hardest, a national plan was unnecessary and would not make sense politically.”
Kushner and Trump w https://t.co/vfc3ylCMTd— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) July 31, 2020
So the governor of Wisconsin has finally made indoor masks mandatory.
And of course, the GOP senate majority leader is already shrieking about passing legislation to override it because not enough voters will die if they wear masks.
FreeDUMB.
re: #417 Eventual Carrion
Oh well, charge them a few bucks and take them where they want to go.
Not if they puke all over your back seat and then punch you in lieu of a fare
re: #299 makeitstop
Hell, he makes Oldman’s pill-chomping cop from The Professional look like a nice guy.
re: #434 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #434 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Asked for his thoughts on Hong Kong delaying its election, Trump says, “Ahh. I want to right now focus on this election. I’ll have a statement about that soon. I heard that, that they did the delay in Hong Kong, and we’ll have a statement about that. But I want to focus on this.” pic.twitter.com/1GLEzX0EYo
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 31, 2020
re: #434 Backwoods_Sleuth
Asked for his thoughts on Hong Kong delaying its election, Trump says, “Ahh. I want to right now focus on this election. I’ll have a statement about that soon. I heard that, that they did the delay in Hong Kong, and we’ll have a statement about that. But I want to focus on this.”
“What’s good for Xi is good for me!”
At least 260 campers out of 597 at an overnight camp in Georgia got COVID19 for an “attack rate” of about 44%. It was 51% for those aged 6–10 years, 44% among those aged 11–17 years, & 33% among those aged 18–21 years. (Campers not required to wear masks)https://t.co/wkq9dIDonP
— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) July 31, 2020
re: #439 lawhawk
A legal question(s), Sorry if these have been asked and answered. Or if it’s me being a doofus.
Does the US have anything in place that allows for a Truth And Reconciliation type mechanism of handing this? Or something, anything that allows for exposing the depth of these crimes to the American people? I guess it could look like a Grand Jury on steroids (considering how many people are involved) only it would be a public and not behind closed doors.
Then there’s the matter of actual criminal trials. Since Barr is leading the Justice Dept for now, that puts a stop to anything on a federal level for awhile. Could states or groups of states bring charges? What would those charges be? There have to be a bunch to choose from. As a layperson I have trouble grasping how they keep getting away with this shit with zero consequences.
Trump would get in these moods on ‘Apprentice’ he’d start throwing a tantrum and Vanky would ask Keith Schiller to ‘tend to his needs please’ this meant a Depends change and more Adderall, sometimes w/ a Benzo chaser. Bet you see him slurring later today. @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/r08BrU9yjK
— NoelCaslerComedy (@CaslerNoel) July 31, 2020
re: #446 Backwoods_Sleuth
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as long as people keep saying “they’re the same”, he’s gonna have to drop this nonsense argument
Trump says his voting by absentee ballot is okay but then claims (falsely) that mail-in ballots are a problem. He then says he has a “friend” who had a son who “died seven years ago” who received a ballot.
Trump has often made up stories about “friends.” pic.twitter.com/1LComTnc9c— The American Independent (@AmerIndependent) July 31, 2020
re: #313 Backwoods_Sleuth
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This just doesn’t compute for me. If the protests did not increase the spread of covid then what is the reason for limiting any outdoor activity? Why would it spread more effectively on a beach for instance?
Where is Rudy? pic.twitter.com/Zep7pRQbNY
— Chas Della Silva (@AffinityImage) July 31, 2020
re: #458 danarchy
This just doesn’t compute for me. If the protests did not increase the spread of covid then what is the reason for limiting any outdoor activity? Why would it spread more effectively on a beach for instance?
wearing masks
re: #458 danarchy
This just doesn’t compute for me. If the protests did not increase the spread of covid then what is the reason for limiting any outdoor activity? Why would it spread more effectively on a beach for instance?
people are not keeping six feet apart on the sand
plus - waiting in lines -
congregating around where food is sold
bathrooms
in the water
on and on
Luetkemeyer has a BA in political science and has never worked any job other than being a politician.
He’s attempting to mansplain immunology to one of the world’s foremost immunologists.
This is basically everything wrong with our government right here. https://t.co/mY48grO57J— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) July 31, 2020
re: #461 Backwoods_Sleuth
wearing masks
Images from the protests show almost universal mask wearing.
re: #458 danarchy
This just doesn’t compute for me. If the protests did not increase the spread of covid then what is the reason for limiting any outdoor activity? Why would it spread more effectively on a beach for instance?
I don’t think that going to the beach is all that dangerous. For instance, this risk estimator puts it at a 5 on a 1-9 scale.
re: #464 Belafon
I can’t tell, but was the camp mentioned in #454 indoor or outdoor?
from the link:
Camp A adopted most† components of CDC’s Suggestions for Youth and Summer Camps§ to minimize the risk for SARS-CoV-2 introduction and transmission. Measures not implemented were cloth masks for campers and opening windows and doors for increased ventilation in buildings. Cloth masks were required for staff members. Camp attendees were cohorted by cabin and engaged in a variety of indoor and outdoor activities, including daily vigorous singing and cheering.
re: #468 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
They had cabins, with indoor and outdoor activities. Cadre wore masks, campers did not
The paper is very short, you should read it
Thanks. I will later.
Kayleigh McEnany said from the White House podium that the postponement “undermines the democratic processes and freedoms that have underpinned Hong Kong’s prosperity, and this is only the most recent in a growing list of broken promises by Beijing.”
Asked for his thoughts on Hong Kong delaying its election, Trump says, “Ahh. I want to right now focus on this election. I’ll have a statement about that soon. I heard that, that they did the delay in Hong Kong, and we’ll have a statement about that. But I want to focus on this.” pic.twitter.com/1GLEzX0EYo
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 31, 2020
re: #458 danarchy
This just doesn’t compute for me. If the protests did not increase the spread of covid then what is the reason for limiting any outdoor activity? Why would it spread more effectively on a beach for instance?
I would offer that the spike in infections occurring with beaches reopening had more to do with the activity of “going to the beach” and all that ensues than “being on a beach”
re: #469 garzooma
I don’t think that going to the beach is all that dangerous. For instance, this risk estimator puts it at a 5 on a 1-9 scale.
if people take reasonable precautions, I would agree ,but the photos I’ve seen of beaches have people packed in so much you can barely see the sand.
not to mention lots of alcohol…
re: #469 garzooma
That scale is… how does it rate running naked and screaming through an intensive-care hospital ward full of sick COVID-19 patients? Is that an 8 or a 9?
Basically doing anything you don’t absolutely have to do that rates a 5 is crazy, especially since beach-going is not the sort of thing you wear protection for (other than sunblock and shark repellent). Even a 3-level activity would have me wrapped up like a mummy and breathing through a mask that makes me sound like Darth Vader.
re: #458 danarchy
This just doesn’t compute for me. If the protests did not increase the spread of covid then what is the reason for limiting any outdoor activity? Why would it spread more effectively on a beach for instance?
You’re missing one main component of the scenario, masks.
re: #476 Nojay UK
That scale is… how does it rate running naked and screaming through an intensive-care hospital ward full of sick COVID-19 patients? Is that an 8 or a 9?
Basically doing anything you don’t absolutely have to do that rates a 5 is crazy, especially since beach-going is not the sort of thing you wear protection for (other than sunblock and shark repellent). Even a 3-level activity would have me wrapped up like a mummy and breathing through a mask that makes me sound like Darth Vader.
100%
Republican senators as people who hated dogs ~ a thread ~
Joni Ernst - IA #IStandWithRingo pic.twitter.com/ZYvNmLclQD— Anthony J. Zarzycki (@anthonyzarzycki) July 31, 2020
re: #475 Backwoods_Sleuth
if people take reasonable precautions, I would agree ,but the photos I’ve seen of beaches have people packed in so much you can barely see the sand.
not to mention lots of alcohol…
This. Being outdoors is typically very low risk since the vast majority of time you have plenty of room to space out. It’s when you’re in an area packed tight like sardines for an extended period that outdoor transmission becomes a significant risk. Throw in some cheering and yelling and…
Also, with regards to the Portland protesters, three important points:
1. Most all wore masks
2. Very few stayed in one place for a prolonged period of time
3. They did a good job of keeping distance from one another.
re: #481 Eclectic Cyborg
Even the nude protester wore a mask.
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re: #480 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Why would anyone link Cruella to Phony Joni?
That’s an insult to poor innocent Cruella!
This is Buddy. He found a phone in the park and decided to leave a selfie on it. 12/10 pic.twitter.com/PgWejKeghu
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) July 30, 2020
Welp she just lost her phone/Twitter privileges again. But what a glorious burn it was.
yes it is sad but wasn’t your administration complicit in his death ?? yikes
— CLAUDIA CONWAY (@claudiamconwayy) July 31, 2020
re: #483 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Damn deleted retweets
Outplayed ✔ pic.twitter.com/ZyyykYAGcq
— 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅𝑾𝒊𝒅𝒆𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒔™🌍 (@WorldWideCarsTM) July 30, 2020
With all that data seeming to show that all the protests haven’t significantly contributed to the rise in COVID infection, I’m surprised DHS isn’t making the anecdotal claim the CS might kill the virus
/s/
Sulu weighs in on the existential debate of heaven and hell.
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— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) July 31, 2020
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— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 31, 2020
re: #485 Backwoods_Sleuth
I love him so so much.
I was cleaning my coffee maker this morning and discovered a dead spider hidden inside one of the pieces, so I guess I’ve been drinking arachnid-flavored coffee for who knows how long?
I hope at least it was radioactive so I can have some spidey powers.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 31, 2020
It’s not safe for Paul Manafort to be in prison, it’s not safe to vote, it’s not safe to protest, but it’s perfectly fine to send our kids to die at school 🤬 #Trumpocrite https://t.co/DZ4NyCFhyd
— Tara Dublin Doesn’t Want You to Get Sick 😷 (@taradublinrocks) July 31, 2020
re: #476 Nojay UK
That scale is… how does it rate running naked and screaming through an intensive-care hospital ward full of sick COVID-19 patients? Is that an 8 or a 9?
Basically doing anything you don’t absolutely have to do that rates a 5 is crazy, especially since beach-going is not the sort of thing you wear protection for (other than sunblock and shark repellent). Even a 3-level activity would have me wrapped up like a mummy and breathing through a mask that makes me sound like Darth Vader.
the common theme in all the stories - churches, bars, parties, beaches, tulsa, etc, is not merely the defiance in not taking the appropriate precautions (distance, masks, washing).
it is that coupled with a total unwillingness, or inability, or refusal to accept and understand the risks involved and then soberly assessing and evaluating if your actions are worth the risk. (going to work; maybe a necessary risk. the beach, the bar? never). These people dont see or understand that their number one objective is to keep their people alive.
the virus is spreading. it will continue to for a very long time. it’s not stopped, it is not controlled.
These are the risks - NOTHING has changed:
Anyone can get it
Anyone can survive it
Anyone can die from it
doesn’t matter where you live, who your parents are, how much money you got, where you went or go to school, what your job is, your politics, gender, race, color, age, vegan or gluten status, how ‘in shape you are’, what your favorite tv show is, what the #1 movie was the year you turned 18…
the virus doesn’t care why you’re congregating in a group - whether it be church, bar or beach or whatever.
re: #492 Charles Johnson
You might have discovered a whole new delicious and nutritious brew!
re: #487 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
No WAY.
re: #458 danarchy
This just doesn’t compute for me. If the protests did not increase the spread of covid then what is the reason for limiting any outdoor activity? Why would it spread more effectively on a beach for instance?
How many of those beachgoers got there in a carpool? Then passed around the bottle or the pipe with the whole group.
the orange moron just retweeted this
Can’t go to church.
Can’t go to work.
Can’t go to school.
Even Dr. Fauci says protesting is dangerous.
But Democrats encourage people to riot and protest in the streets. pic.twitter.com/78Dyjkt6D6— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) July 31, 2020
and, no, Dr. Fauci did not say that
re: #492 Charles Johnson
Spider-Charles,
Spider-Charles,
Does whatever a spider….
Not really sure to go with that.
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re: #481 Eclectic Cyborg
This. Being outdoors is typically very low risk since the vast majority of time you have plenty of room to space out…
i dont wear a mask when i run
one of the benefits of the county turning the park down the street into a testing station - people arent hanging around the park anymore. i have my running routes all to myself now.
before that, i could pass 10 or more people in a morning (even before 7:am) and had very mixed feeling about how close to get / how far to stay. i ended up giving almost everyone a very wide berth.
who has it? who doesnt? can you tell by looking? are athletes less prone? (no). what if someone i see every morning says “i’m ok you dont have to cross the road…” (i dont care i do it anyway)
p.s. today my running streak hit 112 days
re: #495 plansbandc
You might have discovered a whole new delicious and nutritious brew!
Somehow I don’t think “Brown Recluse” is going to be a popular handle
for a coffee blend….
re: #486 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Welp she just lost her phone/Twitter privileges again. But what a glorious burn it was.
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they wont be doing thanksgiving for a while, right?
Herman Cain led a remarkable life and will be missed. He loved his family, the country and the Lord. He triumphed in business, beat cancer and was a voice for freedom. God bless you and yours, Herman.
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) July 30, 2020
re: #501 Jay C
Somehow I don’t think “Brown Recluse” is going to be a popular handle
for a coffee blend….
good name for a quarantine blend, though
re: #496 Eclectic Cyborg
Oh yes, very clearly a fake — where did the audio come from on what looks like a regular traffic surveillance camera? Who was tracking the camera to follow the escaping car? Did you notice how fast the Jeep-type vehicle headed off, accelerating like a Formula 1 race car? Cute though.
Pastor tests positive for coronavirus one week after attending round table event with Trump https://t.co/awJ0ULSNh5
— Raw Story (@RawStory) July 31, 2020
re: #492 Charles Johnson
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this very thing happened to me years ago
no powers - im guessing i got a defective spider
I was cleaning my coffee maker this morning and discovered a dead spider hidden inside one of the pieces, so I guess I’ve been drinking arachnid-flavored coffee for who knows how long?
I hope at least it was radioactive so I can have some spidey powers.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 31, 2020
re: #501 Jay C
Somehow I don’t think “Brown Recluse” is going to be a popular handle
for a coffee blend….
“Bold Recluse” might work. Run it by the focus group.
re: #502 dangerman
they wont be doing thanksgiving for a while, right?
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If they do, it’ll be on the bit awkward side I imagine.
re: #505 Nojay UK
Oh yes, very clearly a fake — where did the audio come from on what looks like a regular traffic surveillance camera? Who was tracking the camera to follow the escaping car? Did you notice how fast the Jeep-type vehicle headed off, accelerating like a Formula 1 race car? Cute though.
I was thinking more on the lines of some sort of stunt from a movie instead of a fake. The SUV appeared to be intentionally spinning to hit the back of the trailer before impact..
re: #501 Jay C
Somehow I don’t think “Brown Recluse” is going to be a popular handle
for a coffee blend….
“Black Widow”…….it’s the coffee that bites back.
re: #511 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
There are other things that don’t add up — the vehicle transporter doesn’t show any sign of reacting to being hit by the SUV, for example. The video was shot in the United Kingdom given the “driving on the correct side of the road” deal plus things like the “dual carriageway” sign and road markings visible in the clip. The police car, though, doesn’t have ID markings on its roof as they all do, as far as I can tell (for observation from police helicopters during a pursuit, typically).
re: #465 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
Also being careful about social distancing.
Did you watch the protests? there was no social distancing. Mask usage certainly wasn’t ubiquitous, although probably more than beach goers
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