Like the rest of America, Stephen Colbert and the staff of A Late Show spent Friday, October 2nd waiting for news of President Trump’s health after learning he had tested positive for Covid-19 and was taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for treatment. #Colbert #ALateShow #Monologue
Cunningham’s relationship with his wife is none of my business and if she’s upset, I respect that
But let me say these are the tamest sexts I’ve ever read in my life. I was expecting some really steamy stuff but this is like “oh my gosh, would i love to kiss you darling”
LMAO https://t.co/mVI1tjeo3a— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) October 3, 2020
re: #299 teleskiguy
Applying the “everything that comes out of Trumpworld is a lie” rule, you get this.
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Wasn’t the word earlier that he insisted on going to Walter Reed today because he wanted to do it while he was still able to walk to Marine One?
Oops, truncated this at end of last thread.
Remdesivir is 2 doses the first day and a dose per day for 5 days. It reduces mortality by 62%.
Every person the White House has admitted tested positive for COVID is supposedly “experiencing mild symptoms”.
They aren’t disclosing the asymptomatic cases.
Likely they’re hoping to bury other known cases by saying the people are quarantining “out of an abundance of caution.”— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) October 3, 2020
I’m an atheist and I’m getting a real Wrath of God vibe from all this…
Cardinals Hall of Famer Bob Gibson dies at 84 after bout with cancer https://t.co/Him2oNBLKw
— St. Louis Post-Dispatch (@stltoday) October 3, 2020
Good reply to any MAGAts in your life who are now demanding you “pray” for Trump: “Why do I need to pray for him to get better from a hoax that is no worse than the flu? Is he so low energy that he can’t fight off the flu?”
One GOP official tonight told me a big concern right now is “we have no clue what the blast radius is at this point.”
Every hour that passes seems to keep proving exactly that https://t.co/y3Ro2DRAxC— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) October 3, 2020
Wow Susan Page hosted an off-the-record party to celebrate Trump’s cabinet members. Did @SusanPage disclose this to @debates before she was chosen to moderate the VP debate? Susan should politely back the fvck out. https://t.co/E7MZhW0V6R pic.twitter.com/HX7oACW6c1
— Schrödinger’s Snowflake (@SchrodSnoFlake) September 11, 2020
The earlier report I cited that Chris Christie tested positive was not true. I deleted the tweet earlier when I found it was unconfirmed by anyone outside that one reporter. But I now know it’s incorrect.
— Kurt “Mask Up, Vote Early” Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) October 3, 2020
re: #9 jaunte
Please let Eric, Don Jr, and Ivanka be in the blast zone. They were such smug assholes at the debate.
re: #9 jaunte
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So what they’re saying is the schadenfreude may last longer than 4 hours. I may need to consult a doctor.
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This photo is now, or will soon become, iconic.
Taken at the WH last week when more than 200,000 people in the US had already died of #COVID19 in previous months.
No masks, no distancing, no accountability, no oversight, no morals, and NO FUCKING CLUE.#TrumpHasCovid pic.twitter.com/aZA83PHagR— MFW (@MadFckingWitch) October 3, 2020
Singing. Into the same mic.
These people are to stupid too survive.
Fwiw the story has a picture of Mn House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt & Trump; Daudt wasn’t at the singalong. Plenty of Republican bigwigs were.
— David Brauer (@dbrauer) October 2, 2020
Food for thought: What if the WH had been successful at keeping Hope Hicks’ infection secret? How would they be handling Donny’s deteriorating condition? And how would the world be viewing his suddenly going silent just two days after bombing at the first debate?
re: #6 teleskiguy
I’m an atheist and I’m getting a real Wrath of God vibe from all this…
I’ll wait til people actually start dropping dead, as long as they all just have a mild cough maybe it is just the wrath of Phil
re: #12 stpaulbear
Please let Eric, Don Jr, and Ivanka be in the blast zone. They were such smug assholes at the debate.
heard they have all tested negative
Oops, from the last thread.
Never let @electmarkcurran forget he said “death comes for us all” because his son’s high school football season was canceled pic.twitter.com/omDZ1DGhXh
— Friday Night Music Party (@BereftOfTheDial) October 3, 2020
WH debate prep room so far with Covid-19:
President Trump: Positive
Kellyanne Conway: Positive
Bill Stepien: Positive
Hope Hicks: Positive
Chris Christie (tbd)
Rudy Giuliani (tbd)
Jason Miller (tbd)
Stephen Miller (tbd)— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) October 3, 2020
Sept. 9, 2020:
“…The president has dismissed the typical debate preparations he participated in four years ago, joking to aides and allies that he’s been preparing for debates since he was born. His ability to fire back at an opponent in real time, he’s argued, “isn’t something you have to practice.”
nbcnews.com
Lre: #17 Targetpractice
Food for thought: What if the WH had been successful at keeping Hope Hicks’ infection secret? How would they be handling Donny’s deteriorating condition? And how would the world be viewing his suddenly going silent just two days after bombing at the first debate?
Definitely worth pondering. Do we know how Hicks’ diagnosis became known outside the WH?
re: #2 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Yashar Ali 🐘
@yashar
Cunningham’s relationship with his wife is none of my business and if she’s upset, I respect thatBut let me say these are the tamest sexts I’ve ever read in my life. I was expecting some really steamy stuff but this is like “oh my gosh, would i love to kiss you darling”
LMAO
What is wrong with these men? Why do they engage in this inappropriate conduct while running for office? Is it just that they get thrills by trying to avoid detection while they violate rules? Don’t they have any sense? We desperately need every Senate seat we can capture and now Cunningham will lose it for us by being a jerk. At least there are no allegations that the recipient of the text is underage.
re: #21 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Oops, from the last thread.
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There’s a good reason why he’s a former sheriff.
re: #17 Targetpractice
well…. if they had kept Hicks illness under wraps, then we would have had more attention thrown at Kimmy G’s sordid past, leading to additional questions about how she fits into the campaign and questions to the Trump boys on if she reminds them of Dad’s current squeeze….
speaking of whom, then having the media use her statements about not giving a fuck about immigrants a nice long healthy chew
then we could have skipped down to the GOP Senate STILL not passing anything that resembles help to the US on the whole to deal with COVID but can spend time infinitum to get their next SCOTUS justice in the pipeline… as in you people can keep on starving, we’re busy tilting the playing field for the future…
so if nothing else, there were still plenty of scandalicious shit to chew on and with this group, who knows what gets uncovered on Monday.
re: #23 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
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Definitely worth pondering. Do we know how Hicks’ diagnosis became known outside the WH?
I haven’t heard, but I have heard that she was absolutely livid at being blamed for Donny’s infection, especially considering she was not at the Rose Garden this past weekend.
re: #27 Targetpractice
I haven’t heard, but I have heard that she was absolutely livid at being blamed for Donny’s infection, especially considering she was not at the Rose Garden this past weekend.
Yeah it appears of those in the inner circle, she took it the most seriously and was even mocked.
Ousted federal vaccine expert and whistle blower Dr. Rick Bright is the one who fast-tracked the Covid treatment Trump received —> https://t.co/pPu9irWF8f
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) October 2, 2020
re: #10 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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Old story (9/10) and Margaret Sullivan examined it pretty well on 9/15
Washington’s cozy media-political cocktail circuit needs a cooling-off. Now is the perfect time.
The Trump campaign tonight. It is imploding under the staggering weight of its’ lying and corruption. The staffers are enraged about the recklessness of their leadership. It’s all going down. You can feel it. This is the week that finished the Trump presidency. The end is near
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) October 3, 2020
Along for the ride 😬 pic.twitter.com/oCD3xZicj5
— CCTV_IDIOTS (@cctv_idiots) October 2, 2020
This tickled me because, as I mentioned, I flew home with my new cat Pekoe in a C-182 a couple of weeks ago. She was in a carrier, though, and not running around loose, let alone climbing out on a wing. She seemed bored with the whole business and is adapting well to life here in the xenoburbs.
re: #7 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
One of the nastiest pitchers in baseball history. I was too young to have ever seen him pitch, but my grandfather loved him. Fun fact: He was so un-hittable in 1968, MLB lowered the mound five inches the next season.
re: #33 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
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This tickled me because, as I mentioned, I flew home with my new cat Pekoe in a C-182 a couple of weeks ago. She was in a carrier, though, and not running around loose, let alone climbing out on a wing. She seemed bored with the whole business and is adapting well to life here in the xenoburbs.
I believe that cat was actually walking around ‘inside’ the wing
“Trump thought he could go to the fundraiser and keep it secret that Hicks had it,” Republican donor Dan Eberhart said.
— Shane Harris (@shaneharris) October 3, 2020
En route back to the White House, Trump acknowledged Hicks’s diagnosis to his traveling team and said he was going to be tested, people with knowledge of his comments said.
— Shane Harris (@shaneharris) October 3, 2020
McDaniel, who then spent two days with the president before beginning to show symptoms earlier this week, tested positive for the virus on Wednesday. She told the president about her infection on Friday morning, although she had notified some White House officials before then.
— Shane Harris (@shaneharris) October 3, 2020
re: #31 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
The one person on board who certainly noticed something had gone horribly wrong was the ship’s designer, Thomas Andrews.
IIRC, the ship started to develop an almost imperceptible starboard list within minutes of the impact with the iceberg. Based on an inspection of the damage, it didn’t take long for Andrews to conclude with “mathematical certainty” that the Titanic was doomed. He even estimated it would take a little over two and a half hours for the ship to sink completely.
But then again, Andrews was an expert - the average passenger knew nothing about ship design. And from what I’ve read, once Andrews told Captain Smith the ship was going down and nothing could prevent it, Captain Smith went into something of a state of shock….because he realized there simply weren’t enough lifeboats for all on board and a horrific maritime disaster was now staring him right in the face.
re: #34 Ace Rothstein
1.12 ERA in 1968. Absolutely phenomenal!
A pro-life potential angel of GOP death…
If true, ironic on so many levels…
Hope Hicks, is reporting she’s been made the “Fall Guy” for Spreading Virus, she wasn’t at WH Event. Experts believe it was Justice Barrett, who had been infected past summer & was at WH for her announcement. Experts say she could be a Super Spreader. pic.twitter.com/4DnOj28Yp6
— jespanol (@nypapajoe) October 3, 2020
1reporter who covered ceremony said journalists were confined to penlike enclosure w/little space btw them.
Almost none of guests wor masks https://t.co/NHsLKlxesF— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) October 3, 2020
re: #39 (((Archangel1)))
A pro-life potential angel of GOP death…
If true, ironic on so many levels…
Why can’t trump be the super spreader? He’s the common denominator
— Hootilarious (@HootyHi) October 3, 2020
#SuperSpreader is that a name of a porn or an 80’s rock band? Asking for a friend
— berendmckenzie (@baddmm) October 3, 2020
Was Mike Pompeo at that event before he went to Rome to play dis tracks at the Pope?
re: #4 Dread Pirate Ron
Oops, truncated this at end of last thread.
Remdesivir is 2 doses the first day and a dose per day for 5 days. It reduces mortality by 62%.
62%? You sure about that number? It’s better than a placebo, but not by much.
re: #39 (((Archangel1)))
Yes, I’m somewhat bored trying to fall asleep here… :D
“A pro-life judge,
With a far-right mind,
Infected her own party,
Endangered her own kind.
She wanted her whole damn life,
To dictate other people’s fate,
And as the President’s people fell ill,
She thought, ‘Well isn’t this just great’.
🎶 It’s like ray-eee-ain…” 🎵 https://t.co/4skQpYVZhv— Disloyal Arch (@Arch_LGF) October 3, 2020
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We think fall colors should be a National Holiday. Get out and enjoy this.
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re: #39 (((Archangel1)))
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Pretty sure no experts think someone who recovered a couple months ago is spreading the virus.
Now, the EVENT - that’s different. The event was a regular “Masque Of The Red Death”.
re: #47 Blind Frog Belly White
Pretty sure no experts think someone who recovered a couple months ago is spreading the virus.
Now, the EVENT - that’s different. The event was a regular “Masque Of The Red Death”.
Obviously not spreading the virus she got months ago. But folks can be infected repeatedly with COVID, so if she was exposed to it again (a strong possibility with this administration of morons), she could well have been a super spreader without realizing it at an event…
Trump has been campaigning for the last four years. How much more time does he need?
— yntbe (@yntbe) October 3, 2020
re: #47 Blind Frog Belly White
Pretty sure no experts think someone who recovered a couple months ago is spreading the virus.
Now, the EVENT - that’s different. The event was a regular “Masque Of The Red Death”.
They put out she was diagnosed in “late Summer.” Summer ended ten days ago.
re: #47 Blind Frog Belly White
Pretty sure no experts think someone who recovered a couple months ago is spreading the virus.
Now, the EVENT - that’s different. The event was a regular “Masque Of The Red Death”.
Unless she was re-infected at some point between her recovery and now.
re: #51 Dr Lizardo
Unless she was re-infected at some point between her recovery and now.
Maybe Barrett should be tested just to check out whether she could have the virus.
I didn’t know this. @Laurie_Garrett - the smartest journalist on pandemics - says that, if ACB had COVID in the summer, even if she felt well she could still have been shedding virus. If she is the one who was the initial infector, everyone who spoke to her could be infected.
— Kurt “Mask Up, Vote Early” Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) October 3, 2020
re: #49 I Would Prefer Not To
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This is just a precursor to these folks demanding in a couple weeks that the election be cancelled altogether.
re: #51 Dr Lizardo
Unless she was re-infected at some point between her recovery and now.
Well, there were several dozen maskless people all hugging and shaking hands, not only in the Rose Garden, but also packed into a series of meetings and receptions. You don’t need to imagine somebody got RE-infected - which is a REALLY low probability. It could have been any of the guests. They got the ‘instant test’ - the low accuracy one - and then were told they didn’t need masks.
“I said to my people, slow the testing down, please” https://t.co/UZyhm9BjMV
— Michael Edison Hayden (@MichaelEHayden) October 3, 2020
re: #56 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
What’s faster than exponential?
This was going to happen SOMETIME, as cavalier as the WH has been about the whole thing. Clearly, even the stories about testing Trump multiple times a day and being really cautious were bullshit, or more likely, they just got lazy and careless.
The real crime is flying to Bedminster to grip-and-grin, KNOWING one of the people closest to him was symptomatic so she could have been spreading it for several days.
Of course, the stories are now coming out that Trump himself seemed a bit ‘off’ on Wednesday, too, so more likely they got it at the same time.
But Hicks didn’t go to the ACB celebration, as I understand it.
To mix memes:
Karma has a liberal bias: Embattled GOP senator tests positive for COVID — only 32 days before Election Day - https://t.co/U8kVapHEX4
— Greg Pinelo (@gregpinelo) October 3, 2020
re: #55 Blind Frog Belly White
Well, there were several dozen maskless people all hugging and shaking hands, not only in the Rose Garden, but also packed into a series of meetings and receptions. You don’t need to imagine somebody got RE-infected - which is a REALLY low probability. It could have been any of the guests. They got the ‘instant test’ - the low accuracy one - and then were told they didn’t need masks.
Yeah, all very good points - and as Anymouse pointed out, summer only ended 10 days ago. So when they say Barrett was diagnosed positive in “late summer”, hell that could’ve been 12 days ago, or two weeks ago or something.
This is just breathtaking stupidity.
don’t worry about jim, he’s good at being exposed to terrible things and not taking action https://t.co/FAfg5EbjhL
— kilgore trout, acting president (@KT_So_It_Goes) October 2, 2020
trump campaign manager is this era’s al qaeda number 2 https://t.co/HGDXk1oPe1
— kilgore trout, acting president (@KT_So_It_Goes) October 3, 2020
re: #62 Belafon
Nancy Pelosi needs to ban these asshats from the Capitol if they test positive, if for no other reason than the continuity of government.
I lost count years ago of the number of times twitter told me racists explicitly wishing death on me and all Muslims weren’t actually violating their terms of service https://t.co/krmk1fYhx5
— Saladin Ahmed (@saladinahmed) October 3, 2020
These senators think they’re better than us. https://t.co/g5kAZtUmrC
— Idaho Covid Project (@IdahoCOVID) October 3, 2020
Did you write this plot? Fess up!@SaraGideon https://t.co/6tQ2Ihiran
— Colorado patriot (@COPi314) October 3, 2020
re: #67 Belafon
Heh, yeah, a very Stephen King-like plot. In an earlier time, Edgar Allan Poe.
It looks like the nomination ceremony for Judge Barrett was the epicenter. It’s almost if God said, “nope, nah, thou shall not take away women’s rights to choose and healthcare from millions.”I mean if you’re the kind of person who believes God sends huricanes, earthquakes and tornados to punish people you don’t like.
That’s a good question: why do you think God is punishing the people who attended Trump’s SCOTUS pick announcement?
re: #70 🌹UOJB!
Well…Who’s Next??????
Apparently Big Chicken is waiting til later this morning to find out the results of his own test.
Typhoid Mary never showed symptoms and was a spreader her entire life. It could happen again. Maybe Barrett’s pestilence.
re: #66 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Was Roger Wicker at the superspreader event?
re: #75 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Did Roger Wicker attend the superspreader event?
He met the Typhoid Fairy!
@SenatorWicker attends what appears to be the WH super spreader event.@Delta I chose to fly with you because of your COVID policies. How do you respond to this?!? https://t.co/xSmncgLKd3
— Queen_of_Bartz (@CarrieBartz) October 3, 2020
So Trump is receiving Regeneron’s polyclonal antibody cocktail coming from the same genetically modified humanized mice I had once used in my own research that got me subpoenaed by Congress and isn’t taking hydroxychloroquine that his Demon Semen doctors push for the rest of us.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) October 2, 2020
Take no prisoners:
Why would Biden delay or suspend his campaign when we know Trump would’ve had ads up by noon today ridiculing Biden for testing positive?
Get it together.— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) October 3, 2020
I never would’ve imagined it - and I certainly wasn’t expecting him to be the last one standing after the primaries - but Joe Biden was made for this moment.
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) October 3, 2020
re: #65 The Ghost of a Flea
So… you mean to tell us you could‘ve done this the whole time? https://t.co/7OmgEYjWnI
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 3, 2020
Amy Coney-Barrett exposed *all of her children* to the coronavirus by bringing them to the Rose Garden ceremony and indoor receptions *with no masks*. What is with these people? That’s child endangerment, all to please the stupid president.
— The Resistance - 8645110320 (@TaritaC) October 3, 2020
Since we’re not allowed to say we hope Tang the Conqueror dies, are we allowed to say we hope he survives as long as Herman Cain?
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) October 3, 2020
re: #79 Belafon
Take no prisoners:
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We wish the President and First Lady a speedy recovery, and hope for the safety of the White House staff, the Secret Service, and others putting their lives on the line.
This pandemic has affected so many. We must continue to protect ourselves, our families, and communities.— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 3, 2020
Michelle and I hope that the President, First Lady, and all those affected by the coronavirus around the country are getting the care they need and are on the path to a speedy recovery.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 2, 2020
George W. Bush is not on Twitter. He may have given well-wishes in another fashion, which the Wingnut from Rifle doesn’t know, because Bush doesn’t have to check in with her first.
And she’s a liar.
Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama nor George W. Bush have wished POTUS & Melania well.
— DeAnna Lorraine 🇺🇸 (@DeAnna4Congress) October 2, 2020
White supremacists didn’t commit multiple acts of terror in France killing 300 people since 2015. They didn’t massacre an editorial board of a satirical magazine for “insulting” their god. 75% of their youth didn’t tell pollsters this year that their laws are above the French law
— Alex Beck (@aalex_beck) October 2, 2020
Assclown.
re: #76 geekmom
This was what popped into my head when I heard the diagnosis:
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My late husband and I may have attended that play. We went to Stratford every year from 1980 (when we met) until 1999 (when he was ill).
Speaking of remdesivir:
The EU’s medicines regulator has said it is investigating reports of possible “acute” kidney damage in patients taking the coronavirus drug remdesivir, made by US pharma giant Gilead.
“EMA’s safety committee has started a review […] to assess reports of acute kidney injury in some patients with Covid-19 taking Veklury (remdesivir),” it said in a statement.
The regulator said it had “not been determined whether there is a causal relationship” between remdesivir and kidney problems, but that the issue “warrants further investigation”.
Covid-19 itself could also cause kidney injuries, the regulator noted, according to AFP.
EU regulator probes possible kidney damage from coronavirus drug (Dawn’s live blog on coronavirus)
Someone on the previous thread was concerned that Trump was being treated by a Doctor of Osteopathy. Here in Arizona, two of our five medical schools (A.T. Still and Midwestern University) grant D.O. degrees and these are just as legit as MD degrees. The gastroenterologist I see has D.O. and he works in a practice with doctors with MDs. (The other schools are UA Tucson, UA Phoenix and a branch of the Mayo Clinic set to graduate its first class in 2021. ASU is in the planning stages of a medical school.)
The tl;dr is that a Doctor of Osteopathy, at least in Arizona, is a legit medical degree.
A lurid Tom Clancy type thriller could start off with a foreign adversary detonating a stealthy biological weapon on the White House grounds, with the aim of decapitating the executive branch. But I’m sure he would have had the dirty deed done by a foreign agent sneaking past security etc.
Who could imagine that this foreign agent is the president himself? Who is too stupid to realize he is being used by Putin to achieve this end — as the intersection of willful Trumpish/Republican stupidity and a relentless virus comes to this inevitable conclusion.
re: #91 mmmirele
Someone on the previous thread was concerned that Trump was being treated by a Doctor of Osteopathy. Here in Arizona, two of our five medical schools (A.T. Still and Midwestern University) grant D.O. degrees and these are just as legit as MD degrees. The gastroenterologist I see has D.O. and he works in a practice with doctors with MDs. (The other schools are UA Tucson, UA Phoenix and a branch of the Mayo Clinic set to graduate its first class in 2021. ASU is in the planning stages of a medical school.)
The tl;dr is that a Doctor of Osteopathy, at least in Arizona, is a legit medical degree.
My paediatrician was a D.O. The last time I saw him was when I returned from Spain and came down with pneumonia in Michigan in the middle of the winter. Although he was then part of a health maintenance organisation, he agreed to see me mostly because I had no physician in Michigan.
Osteopaths in the United States are trained to medical doctor standards with what is described as additional pseudo-scientific training.
If you’re still an undecided voter with less than 40 days left to go, I’d like to congratulate you for still being alive, honestly. I’m not sure how you didn’t starve to death standing in your pantry trying to decide between eating Raisin Bran or rat poison.
— bettemidler (@BetteMidler) September 25, 2020
The number of senior level Republican government officials who have contracted the coronavirus is growing by the hour. I don’t think there’s a parallel in the developed world to what the United States is going through right now.
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) October 3, 2020
re: #84 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
It wasn’t even 8 AM when she posted that.
re: #93 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
My paediatrician was a D.O. The last time I saw him was when I returned from Spain and came down with pneumonia in Michigan in the middle of the winter. Although he was then part of a health maintenance organisation, he agreed to see me mostly because I had no physician in Michigan.
Osteopaths in the United States are trained to medical doctor standards with what is described as additional pseudo-scientific training.
I suspect that since DOs have to pass the same boards as MDs, they probably pay less attention to the psedoscientific quackery. I can say that the treatment I’ve had for GERD and the colonoscopies (2) and endoscopies (3) I’ve endured have been very professional and not even a whisper of quackery involved.
re: #93 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
My paediatrician was a D.O. The last time I saw him was when I returned from Spain and came down with pneumonia in Michigan in the middle of the winter. Although he was then part of a health maintenance organisation, he agreed to see me mostly because I had no physician in Michigan.
Osteopaths in the United States are trained to medical doctor standards with what is described as additional pseudo-scientific training.
My Niece is a D.O. So was my Grandfather, and two of my Great Grandfathers. And yeah, they get trained like MDs. Plus some other stuff.
But you should read what Osteopathy promised in the late 19th Century…..
re: #95 Dread Pirate Ron
Lordy, I think I’mma overdose on schadenfreude here.
As a relatively decent human being, yeah, it sucks that these people are getting sick, because if there’s one universal among humans, it’s that no one likes being sick, even with trivial illnesses like the common cold, to say nothing of more serious diseases and every person on the planet who’s ever lived can certainly relate to that.
But, as Forrest Gump said, “Stupid is as stupid does” and in this particular instance, well…..they reap what they sow.
Be back later. Off to do some meatworld things.
Five hours ago, polling porn.
Chamber poll shows Joe Biden winning Florida by 5 points (Florida Chamber of Commerce poll)
It turns out killing your constituents isn’t a good strategy for being elected.
Joe Biden holds a solid lead among likely Florida voters, according to the latest poll from the Florida Chamber of Commerce.
A survey by Cherry Communications for the Chamber shows if the election were held today, former Vice President Biden would beat President Donald Trump by 5 percentage points in Florida.
The Chamber was guarded about the details, not even releasing the level of support for each candidate or the number of undecided voters still in play.
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I discovered early in the evening that as much as I would prefer not to be stuffing myself full of analgesics (1 500 mg Tylenol and 2 200 mg Advil every six hours per the dentist’s instructions, in addition to the nasty antibiotic), failure to do just that means the right side of my face starts hurting. On top of that, my right ear is stuffed up. I can’t tell if this has to do with the infection in the tooth or if something else is going on. I’m not *miserable* but it did impede my enjoyment of very loud Friday music.
re: #98 Blind Frog Belly White
My Niece is a D.O. So was my Grandfather, and two of my Great Grandfathers. And yeah, they get trained like MDs. Plus some other stuff.
But you should read what Osteopathy promised in the late 19th Century…..
Consumption? Definitely a different time, with the wild unregulated free market.
They didn’t make a claim for epilepsy in that advert, perhaps that was too tough for them.
re: #83 Targetpractice
What’s more telling is that Biden showed basic humanity in pulling negative ads and wishing Trump well…and the response from Trump’s campaign has been to ratchet up the negativity while accusing Biden of being responsible.
They are who we knew they were.
re: #100 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Five hours ago, polling porn.
Chamber poll shows Joe Biden winning Florida by 5 points (Florida Chamber of Commerce poll)
It turns out killing your constituents isn’t a good strategy for being elected.
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There’s no realistic scenario right now where Biden takes Florida and Trump still has a path to reelection.
re: #104 Targetpractice
There’s no realistic scenario right now where Biden takes Florida and Trump still has a path to reelection.
Honestly… there’s no realistic scenario right now where Trump wins, and there hasn’t been for a few weeks. Even cheating and stealing the election is far fetched (but not impossible) right now, assuming he even make it to November with what’s going on now.
Remember MIS-C, the #covid-19 related syndrome in kids? Adults can get it, too, the CDC finds https://t.co/u83GaUNcRk
— Maggie Fox (@maggiemfox) October 2, 2020
Until 50 years ago there were no Muslims in France. However, you just want to be polemical, not remembering Charles Martel , Philip IV, Gallicanism, the French Revolution, in short the history of France and its relationship with religions.
— Michele Magistretti (@MicheleMagistr3) October 2, 2020
Guess all the Algerians killed in Paris in 1961 were fake news then.
re: #105 Jack Burton
Honestly… there’s no realistic scenario right now where Trump wins, and there hasn’t been before a few weeks. Even cheating and stealing the election is far fetched (but not impossible) right now, assuming he even make it to November with what’s going on now.
Personally, I’ve been of the opinion since at least the convention (if not earlier) that the race was pretty much lost to Trump and the question now is just how badly he gets his ass kicked at the polls. Trump needs too much to go right for himself and too much to go wrong for Biden at this point to have a hope of winning.
New: Retired General Stanley McChrystal, former head of US & International forces in Afghanistan, endorses Joe Biden for President. #AmericaOrTrump pic.twitter.com/O6lncyjGxr
— Republicans for Joe Biden (@RepsForBiden) October 1, 2020
re: #108 Targetpractice
If there was no chance of ratfuckery and cheating/stealing the election I wouldn’t have been worried at all since it became obvious that his handling of COVID was a clusterfuck. I think it’s been legitimately lost to him for several months. I was very much worried about shenanigans though, but even now that’s looking less like it will happen, and even less like it would work, even if I ignore the non-zero chance of Trump dying of COVID in the next few weeks.
Worst thing I could see possibly happening is the dirtbag left and BernieBros seeing Trump incapable of winning and they start writing in Bernie or voting for Howie. Hell I know at least 4 people myself I suspect might just do that the second they think Trump can’t win.
To the bunch of people attacking me for some reason for posting Trump’s public schedule: I’ve been posting his schedule for two years and nine months. The White House releases it, I post it, the end. https://t.co/SRZeBU7NFp
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 3, 2020
Sasha Baron Cohen trolling … (video, 0:35)
Congratulation to great friend of the Kazakh people @realDonaldTrump for winning debate today! Impressive and amazing result for a strong premier who always put America and Kazakhstan first! pic.twitter.com/qLljQ8b5UU
— Republic of Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 (@KazakhstanGovt) September 30, 2020
New from @reuters: The inside story of how the Justice Department under President Trump disarmed the primary federal program designed to address police abuse in the United States. https://t.co/LPRapdfD6E
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) October 2, 2020
Also, during a summer of unrest over perceived police abuses, DOJ convened a group made up mostly of law enforcement that was planning to recommend as a solution sweeping new powers for the police. (A court enjoined it for being secretive and one-sided.)https://t.co/BpyytCCaqR
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) October 2, 2020
After Trump took office, DOJ tried to marshal evidence that its civil rights investigations didn’t work. A statistical review didn’t support that position. Neither did one of the experts the department hired, who said court-ordered reforms were mostly effective and appropriate. pic.twitter.com/83mrC4fKEX
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) October 2, 2020
re: #107 electrotek
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Guess all the Algerians killed in Paris in 1961 were fake news then.
And the Battle of Algiers didn’t happen.
(As the trailer mentions, this film was actually banned in France)
re: #107 electrotek
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Guess all the Algerians killed in Paris in 1961 were fake news then.
Well, it was treated as such at the time (IIRC, the Paris police didn’t allow journalists near the march they so brutally broke up, and released no statements afterwards, even as bodies were recovered floating in the Seine)
re: #22 jaunte
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NEW: Trump’s 2020 campaign manager Bill Stepien has tested positive for Covid-19.
One month from Election Day, the president, the chair of the RNC and the head of Trump’s campaign are all hobbled to varying degrees by the coronavirus. https://t.co/OLE5mYtzJB— Sudeep Reddy (@Reddy) October 3, 2020
re: #27 Targetpractice
I haven’t heard, but I have heard that she was absolutely livid at being blamed for Donny’s infection, especially considering she was not at the Rose Garden this past weekend.
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Time for “Dark Shadows.” Catch y’all later, as I go back to an alternative timeline of 1897 and Susan Collins’s ancestors.
re: #49 I Would Prefer Not To
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Should the election be delayed by two weeks to allow @realDonaldTrump more time to campaign?
— Jacob Heilbrunn (@JacobHeilbrunn) October 2, 2020
re: #84 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama nor George W. Bush have wished POTUS & Melania well.
— DeAnna Lorraine 🇺🇸 (@DeAnna4Congress) October 2, 2020
re: #107 electrotek
Guess all the Algerians killed in Paris in 1961 were fake news then.
And the Grande Mosquée de Paris appears not to have been built in 1926 in whatever timeline he’s writing from.
re: #121 dangerman
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She’s a wingnut Q liar.
re: #114 Alephnaught
The idiot was claiming that there were no Muslims in France before 50 years ago.
In 1960 (i.e. 50 years ago) Algeria was France.
And of course there was quite a large Muslim population in Metropolitan France too.
What a dummy.
re: #119 dangerman
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Y’know, I’m gonna bypass the immediate responses that come to mind and instead say that I admire his optimism, that he believes Trump is gonna be in any shape to campaign in two weeks.
re: #115 Jay C
In front of my mairie there is a two sided monument. On one side it commemorates the Jews and others deported (and mostly murdered) during the 2nd world war. On the other the Algerians killed by the police in 1961.
From the IR satellite image one can see the very prominent eye of major hurricane Marie in the east Pacific, and newly formed tropical storm Gamma off of Yucatan.
Gamma is expected to hug the coast all the way around Yucatan and end up in the Bay of Campeche:
The growing body of evidence is that even persons who are asymptomatic or suffer mild symptoms still end up with evidence of organ damage that will take months or years to repair itself depending upon the age and relative health of the subject. Likewise, 1/3 to 1/2 of patients who end up on ventilators ultimately die due to complications. So the idea that he’s gonna walk out on the stage in two weeks, hale and hearty, ready to get back to campaigning is laughable.
More likely scenario? If he survives, it will be after CV-19 has beat his ass like he owes it money. The fact that they carted his ass off to Walter Reed within 48 hours of the first symptoms tells me that we’re not going to see him strutting out onto the stage on Election Night to bellow that he will not be conceding the race.
Pretty sure Trump boarded Marine One with a portable oxygen concentrator in his pocket with the nasal cannula going up his back, hidden in his hair and tucked under his mask. He is not as well as they say. Liar in chief… pic.twitter.com/P3nwy90sYH
— fisch (@kakkiman) October 3, 2020
Who knows, but here you go.
re: #128 Targetpractice
The growing body of evidence is that even persons who are asymptomatic or suffer mild symptoms still end up with evidence of organ damage that will take months or years to repair itself depending upon the age and relative health of the subject. Likewise, 1/3 to 1/2 of patients who end up on ventilators ultimately die due to complications. So the idea that he’s gonna walk out on the stage in two weeks, hale and hearty, ready to get back to campaigning is laughable.
More likely scenario? If he survives, it will be after CV-19 has beat his ass like he owes it money. The fact that they carted his ass off to Walter Reed within 48 hours of the first symptoms tells me that we’re not going to see him strutting out onto the stage on Election Night to bellow that he will not be conceding the race.
This morning, I had one of those shower thoughts….imagine the docs over at Walter Reed have to put Trump in a medically-induced coma. Of course, the 25th kicks in at that point, and Pence assumes the office of the Presidency for the duration, however long that lasts.
Biden handily defeats caretaker POTUS Pence in the election - and then Donnie is taken out of the medically-induced coma, let’s say, mid-December. Only to find out he (and Pence) got whipped like a red-headed stepchild.
re: #130 Dr Lizardo
This morning, I had one of those shower thoughts….imagine the docs over at Walter Reed have to put Trump in a medically-induced coma. Of course, the 25th kicks in at that point, and Pence assumes the office of the Presidency for the duration, however long that lasts.
Biden handily defeats caretaker POTUS Pence in the election - and then Donnie is taken out of the medically-induced coma, let’s say, mid-December. Only to find out he (and Pence) got whipped like a red-headed stepchild.
Given his risk factors, even if Trump doesn’t die there is a high likelihood he will be incapacitated for the remainder of the campaign, if not his presidency. He should resign from office and let Pence take over during the transition.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) October 3, 2020
re: #108 Targetpractice
Personally, I’ve been of the opinion since at least the convention (if not earlier) that the race was pretty much lost to Trump and the question now is just how badly he gets his ass kicked at the polls. Trump needs too much to go right for himself and too much to go wrong for Biden at this point to have a hope of winning.
Defeating Trump and Pence is half the battle. We need such a rout that GOP dogcatchers become rare. If we crush him by 12, I want 14. We are 2 points behind.
re: #128 Targetpractice
The growing body of evidence is that even persons who are asymptomatic or suffer mild symptoms still end up with evidence of organ damage that will take months or years to repair itself depending upon the age and relative health of the subject. Likewise, 1/3 to 1/2 of patients who end up on ventilators ultimately die due to complications. So the idea that he’s gonna walk out on the stage in two weeks, hale and hearty, ready to get back to campaigning is laughable.
More likely scenario? If he survives, it will be after CV-19 has beat his ass like he owes it money. The fact that they carted his ass off to Walter Reed within 48 hours of the first symptoms tells me that we’re not going to see him strutting out onto the stage on Election Night to bellow that he will not be conceding the race.
This is a perfect opportunity for Trump to avoid a humiliating defeat, drop out of the campaign and let the RNC replace him with a Pence/Haley ticket. That way, if Trump survives, he will forever be able to claim that if not for the infection, he would’ve won, and Pence is to blame for losing.
re: #132 Decatur Deb
Defeating Trump and Pence is half the battle. We need such a rout that GOP dogcatchers become rare. If we crush him by 12, I want 14. We are 2 points behind.
I want Doug Jones reelected, and 13 new Democratic senators to give them a filibuster proof majority. fivethirtyeight.com says its possible!
re: #133 NO SMOCKING GUN!
This is a perfect opportunity for Trump to avoid a humiliating defeat, drop out of the campaign and let the RNC replace him with a Pence/Haley ticket. That way, if Trump survives, he will forever be able to claim that if not for the infection, he would’ve won, and Pence is to blame for losing.
Indeed. And given Trump’s raging, out-of-control narcissism, that’s probably exactly what he’d do. It doesn’t take much imagination to hear Trump saying, “I woulda won, but Pence, let me tell you folks, he’s a loser, big-time loser.”
re: #132 Decatur Deb
Defeating Trump and Pence is half the battle. We need such a rout that GOP dogcatchers become rare. If we crush him by 12, I want 14. We are 2 points behind.
re: #133 NO SMOCKING GUN!
This is a perfect opportunity for Trump to avoid a humiliating defeat, drop out of the campaign and let the RNC replace him with a Pence/Haley ticket. That way, if Trump survives, he will forever be able to claim that if not for the infection, he would’ve won, and Pence is to blame for losing.
That really would be the ultimate “FUCK YOU!” to Mike, being sent in as the sacrificial lamb at the very last second.
re: #135 Dr Lizardo
Indeed. And given Trump’s raging, out-of-control narcissism, that’s probably exactly what he’d do. It doesn’t take much imagination to hear Trump saying, “I woulda won, but Pence, let me tell you folks, he’s a loser, big-time loser.”
I heard that in my head in Trump’s voice; it’s exactly what he would say.
re: #137 Targetpractice
That really would be the ultimate “FUCK YOU!” to Mike, being sent in as the sacrificial lamb at the very last second.
And the lovely part is that Pence would know he was being led to slaughter, and there would be nothing he could do about it. Its not like he could refuse if Trump quit.
Everyone in the country should read this article, as it perfectly captures the toxic mix of arrogance, ignorance, incompetence, and cruelty that is the Trump Administration. The past week was a microcosm of the last four years. An American tragedy.https://t.co/V4kPK25Bqq
— Greg Olear (@gregolear) October 3, 2020
I think our hearts should be big enough to hold love for even those who hurt us.
OMG. I’m kidding. I got an itchy rash even typing that.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) October 2, 2020
If the VP debate proceeds as scheduled, there should be no audience allowed, because you know that, even now, those evil fucking Republicans won’t wear their masks.
re: #13 Targetpractice
So what they’re saying is the schadenfreude may last longer than 4 hours. I may need to consult a doctor.
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Schadenfreude is the best kind of Freude
The Trump campaign tonight. It is imploding under the staggering weight of its’ lying and corruption. The staffers are enraged about the recklessness of their leadership. It’s all going down. You can feel it. This is the week that finished the Trump presidency. The end is near
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) October 3, 2020
THEY SANG KARAOKE AT THE TRUMP FUNDRAISER https://t.co/9PItIwdhVm
— David Brauer (@dbrauer) October 2, 2020
Fwiw the story has a picture of Mn House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt & Trump; Daudt wasn’t at the singalong. Plenty of Republican bigwigs were.
— David Brauer (@dbrauer) October 2, 2020
Not satisfied with decapitating the national GOP, he was working on the state party in Minnesota as well.
We’re waiting for comment from Minnesota political officials known to have been in close proximity to President Trump this week and whether they are seeking tests or taking precautionary action. @tomemmer @RepHagedorn @PeteStauber @paulgazelka @kdaudt @LewisForMN among them.
— Brian Bakst (@Stowydad) October 2, 2020
Given how clearly and insistently they have talked about how Minnesotans know how to best protect themselves, I feel confident that each of these men wore masks, remained in well-ventilated spaces, and observed other safety procedures. They should be fine.
— Alex Schieferdecker (@alexschief) October 2, 2020
For that matter, he might be going after South Dakota’s GOP as well. At the same event ($200,000 per couple for donors):
“Staff and guests lingered after the president was there,” Olson told host Dave Lee Friday morning. “They sang karaoke, they had their arms around each other.” Among those pictured: South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Olson said, citing images of a private Instagram account. pic.twitter.com/X8f6Th1mZ7
— 213,345 it is what it is (@MicheleelehciM) October 2, 2020
And now for something different than the hellscape conservatives are forcing us to live in, a sheep jumping on a trampoline.
Woolly jumper of the day. pic.twitter.com/X1hJJjCaJY
— Dick King-Smith HQ (@DickKingSmith) April 19, 2020
so every supreme court nomination under trump will have been a shit show
gorsuch / garland
kavanaugh
barrett
Tara Reade goes on “60 Minutes Australia” to tell a completely different story about her claims of assault.
Her story has been thoroughly debunked. I see they have no fact checkers at 9News Australia either (or they are going for sensationalism)
This Sunday @60Mins: never before seen footage inside Joe Biden’s Senate office from Tara Reade, who says the Presidential candidate sexually assaulted her. “He’s a blue Trump”.@9NewsAUS pic.twitter.com/WMPl0QW05I
— Alexis Daish (@LexiDaish) October 1, 2020
re: #133 NO SMOCKING GUN!
This is a perfect opportunity for Trump to avoid a humiliating defeat, drop out of the campaign and let the RNC replace him with a Pence/Haley ticket. That way, if Trump survives, he will forever be able to claim that if not for the infection, he would’ve won, and Pence is to blame for losing.
i would have won if i didnt quit?
nah - a dnf is a dnf
besides - why did you quit? too weak to make it 30 days? sad
re: #152 dangerman
i would have won if i didnt quit?
nah - a dnf is a dnf
besides - why did you quit? too weak to make it 30 days? sad
“Sleepy Donnie”.
Breaking: David Sirota is still a moran. Thread, three tweets.
Idea for House Dems: pass a declaration of war on COVID that requires a Capitol-wide quarantine. Structure it as a war resolution so the bill under Senate rules could be privileged, take up significant Senate time & be automatically prioritized over a SCOTUS nominee.
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) October 3, 2020
should trump come out of this relatively ok and relatively quickly he just tossed any “see, it’s no big deal’ argument out the window
forget that he’s the prez and has the best healthcare coverage
and that he’s at walter reed vs your hometown hospital/clinic
he went straight to unproven experimental drugs awfully quickly
for ‘its just the flu’ and everyone gets over it, that’s an awfully drastic approach
and since there’s no way to know whether it actually did anything or not, the ‘i rode it out, it was nothing” argument is gone too
and no, he doesnt get to play Dr Ehrlich and claim some altruistic ‘i sacrificed myself for the magic bullet’. science doesnt work like that.
he’s probably invested in Regeneron or negotiating a kickback.
Eric Trump asked for prayers for his “true warrior” father, who was diagnosed a day earlier with the novel coronavirus.Tweeted Trump: “He will fight through this with the same strength and conviction that he uses to fight for America each and every day. I ask you to join me in praying for his recovery. I have never been more proud of someone and what they have had to endure.”
he’s a warrior weenie who ran for the experimental drugs
but i’ll take a prayer right out of fiddler on the roof:
may god bless and keep donald trump
far away from us
New positive cases associated with the White House: 23
New cases yesterday in Australia + Thailand combined: 23
Population of Australia + Thailand: 94 million people https://t.co/Wl7lJ6Ajkj— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) October 3, 2020
re: #100 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Five hours ago, polling porn.
Chamber poll shows Joe Biden winning Florida by 5 points (Florida Chamber of Commerce poll)
It turns out killing your constitue
nts isn’t a good strategy for being elected.
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I drove down the I-4 corridor last night from Tampa to Cape Canaveral. The view from I-4 is typically farmland. Especially Plan City and Lakeland areas. Usually you see a lot of cows and trump signs.
My kids and I were shocked when we saw a Biden sign! Then another and another. We counted 6 Biden signs and 3 trump signs. One said “rural but not stupid”.
We were all pretty excited by that.
The Space X Laugh was cancelled with 2 seconds on the clock so that was a bummer.
re: #158 Axolotl
I drove down the I-4 corridor last night from Tampa to Cape Canaveral. The view from I-4 is typically farmland. Especially Plan City and Lakeland areas. Usually you see a lot of cows and trump signs.
My kids and I were shocked when we saw a Biden sign! Then another and another. We counted 6 Biden signs and 3 trump signs. One said “rural but not stupid”.
We were all pretty excited by that.
The Space X Laugh was cancelled with 2 seconds on the clock so that was a bummer.
I’ve been in that area, though it’s been quite a while.
I lived in Dade City from 1984 to 1985, during the break in my Navy service. I worked at a telephone equipment manufacturer which is no longer in business, in Lakeland, as an audio equipment technician and draftsman.
I met and married my first wife in Bartow.
re: #125 Targetpractice
Y’know, I’m gonna bypass the immediate responses that come to mind and instead say that I admire his optimism, that he believes Trump is gonna be in any shape to campaign in two weeks.
He was trolling. If you read the guys feed he is having fun with everyone. He is not a trump supporter.
Breaking wingnuts: They’re back on this again. They really have nothing. (Caution for even more derp in the comments.)
Don’t talk about Trump’s mask.
Where was Nancy’s mask at the hair salon?— LORI HENDRY (@Lrihendry) October 3, 2020
Last night on Tucker Carlson’s White Power Hour, we learn that #MattGaetzIsATool (video, sixty-six seconds)
Matt Gaetz is on Fox arguing that Trump getting COVID is proof that social distancing measures are ultimately futile and we should just continue reopening. pic.twitter.com/KtBA3pDYhF
— nikki mccann ramírez (@NikkiMcR) October 3, 2020
re: #161 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Your worldview is collapsed under the weight of Trump’s malicious idiocy. Now you have nothing but projection of your own failings.
Trump is a failure as President (as he has been in so many other things.) Run from reality you will. But reality will catch you.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) October 3, 2020
re: #161 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Breaking wingnuts: They’re back on this again. They really have nothing. (Caution for even more derp in the commentS
Don’t read the thread, I did, and now I feel Ill that people are impressed with his “walking like a champ” to Marine 1.
The University of Nebraska at Lincoln has quarantined an entire dormitory floor due to Covid-19.
The university reported that as of Thursday, 17 cases were found out of 266 tests, for a positivity rate of 6.4%.
UNL has had 801 cases since Aug. 12 out of 6,387 tests, for a positivity rate of 12.5%.
Governor Ricketts will continue to force schools to stay open, even if it kills your children.
The entire GOP is a party of genocidaires.
re: #166 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
LOL
It wouldn’t matter anyway. You’re brainless so I imagine the virus will just bounce around in your head until it falls out.
— Max (@Max66278948) October 3, 2020
It’s noteworthy that the GOP hasn’t said much of anything about the First Lady since the Trump tweet went out saying they both had fallen ill.
Sen. Ron Johnson tests positive for COVID.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 3, 2020
Happy Banned Book Week!
American Library Association spotlights banned books (Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald)
What do the books “Fifty Shades of Grey” and the Bible have in common? They both made American Library Association’s top 10 most challenged books and the top 100 most challenged books in the last decade.
ALA published its list of top 100 most challenged books of the decade earlier this week in honor of Banned Books Week, which is a an annual observance spotlighting censorship and informing the public about their intellectual freedom, according to Deborah Caldwell Stone, director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom.
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The Lied Scottsbluff Public Library has a display at the front of the building where you can check out books from the banned books list. The Goshen County [Wyo.] Library has been posting on social media ALA’s list of banned, or challenged, books and even providing recommendations for what banned books people should read.
“We’re giving people a broader picture of literature,” Goshen County library director Christine Braddy said. “Sometimes people stick within their own preferred genre, but reading broadly and outside that is one of the ways to develop empathy. Books are great way for doing that, and banned books are even better because they can go further outside your lived experience.”
Gering librarian Sherry Preston said that while the United States government does not ban books any more, there are still plenty of books that are challenged, typically within school systems. She said it’s often because the books have content that makes parents feel uncomfortable.
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Ron Johnson, the third GOP senator to test positive. If the three - Tillis, Johnson and Lee - remain out this month, it would effectively prevent Barrett from being confirmed until they return, which could be a lame-duck session. (Collins and Murkowski are expected no votes) pic.twitter.com/4bMHc3X81y
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 3, 2020
🚨🚨BREAKING … SEN. RON JOHNSON has Covid. 3rd Senate Republican to test positive
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) October 3, 2020
re: #173 HRH Stanley Sea
Collins and Murkowski will be forced back into line by McConnell. Their word is worthless. They are conservatives, they must grasp more power in the name of their faith.
McConnell will sacrifice anyone he has to.
If there were any Republicans with a sense of decency, they could oust the Majority Leader in the next session. None will, not even Romney from his very safe seat.
re: #167 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Don’t read the thread, I did, and now I feel Ill that people are impressed with his “walking like a champ” to Marine 1.
Ramps
Drinking from a glass
Senior cognitive test
Walking
Could the bar be any lower?
re: #176 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I thought Collins already stated she’s going to go ahead with the vote?
Murkowski is probably just playing hard-to-get again, forcing McConnell to throw more $$$ to Alaska.
Another conservative genocidaire.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Says Closing Schools In Spring A Mistake (CBS Miami)
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) - Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday that closing school campuses in the spring as the coronavirus pandemic took hold might have been one of the nation’s biggest “public health mistakes.”
And, while appearing on the Drew Steele radio show, DeSantis equated people fighting the return of students to classrooms as the “flat earthers of our day.”
It’s projection with these asshats always.
“And I think even Europe has said we shouldn’t have closed up.” In the interview with the conservative talk-show host, DeSantis said that as the virus surged in Florida in July, he fought against people who didn’t want to reopen schools because he expected the outbreak to abate and because children “are not vectors” for spreading the coronavirus.
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“Europe” said no such thing. You’re a liar.
Ron Johnson tested positive.
Ron Johnson.
Good had a sense of humor.
re: #177 dangerman
Ramps
Drinking from a glass
Senior cognitive test
WalkingCould the bar be any lower?
There is no bottom to conservatism. It can always go lower.
Fighting theocracy in ‘bama:
Atheists Sue Alabama for Making Them Swear an Oath to God in Order to Vote https://t.co/JHI9e3Frug pic.twitter.com/i3bru5QXnr
— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) October 2, 2020
counterpoint: the trump campaign didnt even have a private, secret contingency / disaster plan ready in case this (or really any disaster) happened
they really were too stupid to know they were playing with fire
they believed their own idiocy - no masks, no distancing, no nothing
“You arrogant ass. You’ve killed us”
For the first time I’m thankful that Republicans are the petulant little shits they are.
It seems excluding Democrats from meetings and in-person information wound up saving a lot of Democrats from illness. pic.twitter.com/kUbPAwEuZ5— Yeah Sure WTF Ever 🇨🇦🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🇨🇦 (@YeahSureWhatev2) October 3, 2020
Morning Lizardim. What fresh hell awaits on this cold and cloudy Saturday?
A reporter will break the story that the 25th/transfer to the VP has been applied, not our govt.
Zero faith in how they are handling this.
re: #186 HRH Stanley Sea
A reporter will break the story that the 25th/transfer to the VP has been applied, not our govt.
Zero faith in how they are handling this.
Mike Pence is probably worried he might come down with this as well.
Batter up: Nancy Pelosi.
The fact that the Republicans have been petty throughout this, excluding Democrats from meetings and such, turns out to be a good thing for the Democrats.
We’re told the President was admitted out of an ‘abundance of caution’.
When I hear that I can’t stop thinking about the tough triage in NYC during the peak here.
Sick people sent home because they weren’t sick enough. Not enough capacity. Limited testing. Hope for the best.— Craig Spencer MD MPH (@Craig_A_Spencer) October 3, 2020
re: #177 dangerman
Ramps
Drinking from a glass
Senior cognitive test
WalkingCould the bar be any lower?
I could make a suggestion about breathing and autonomic life-skills, but he may not even be doing that on his own right now.
⚠️ We’re investigating the incident & will provide updates as soon as the information can be released. https://t.co/th21MdQ8DQ
— Giant Military Cats (@giantcat9) October 3, 2020
The fact is that there STILL isn’t enough PPE in some parts of the country,that our first responders are not always being fairly compensated for their risk and time and are getting sick and dying (and suffering from anxiety and depression, making them more susceptible to suicide) , and there seems to be NO move to repair that. This is a right wing conservative problem. No one else’s. I hope one of Joe’s first moves is to remedy these key things. Hospitals are overwhelmed and if we keep losing healthcare professionals, who will replace them?
re: #171 HRH Stanley Sea
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I wake up and see Josh’s tweet about Russian Ron Johnson getting Covid…and DAMN I didn’t have him on my dead pool as the next one to get it…C’mon Steven Miller! Be next!
re: #191 A Mom Anon
The fact that there STILL isn’t enough PPE in some parts of the country,that our first responders are not always being fairly compensated for their risk and time and are getting sick and dying (and suffering from anxiety and depression, making them more susceptible to suicide) , and there seems to be NO move to repair that. This is a right wing conservative problem. No one else’s. I hope one of Joe’s first moves is to remedy these key things. Hospitals are overwhelmed and if we keep losing healthcare professionals, who will replace them?
Aren’t there day work medical professionals hanging around the local pharmacies? tRump said they are pretty much like that. Gig work, go pick them up to do things for a day or so.
re: #187 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Mike Pence is probably worried he might come down with this as well.
Batter up: Nancy Pelosi.
The fact that the Republicans have been petty throughout this, excluding Democrats from meetings and such, turns out to be a good thing for the Democrats.
If Pence goes hors de combat, it could get more nuts. I remember reading that Barr has argued that the Presidential Succession Act is unconstitutional, since it specifies members of Congress in the succession but the Constitution specifies that an “Officer” shall act as President. And he is going to do everything he can to make sure Pelosi doesn’t succeed Pence.
So, Barr would immediately argue that Pompeo should be installed. I can imagine Pelosi being sworn in, because that’s the law, and then some hack swearing in Pompeo as well because Barr says Pompeo’s President. Now we have duelling Presidents. Following the law would mean following Pelosi’s orders until ordered otherwise by the courts, but who knows what the DHS or other highly Trumpy organizations would do.
I assume that the Dems have gamed this out, but I would wonder what kind of talks Pelosi has been having with Roberts.
Roy Moore for the plaintiffs:
Gov. Kay Ivey, Public Health Officer Scott Harris sued over mask order, other coronavirus measures
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Say what will will about the Alabama governor, at least she’s smarter than Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi governors.
It’s really unimaginable how few people showed up for his man last night when he was hospitalized. If it were a beloved leader thousands would be there for a candlelight vigil. He had 10 Proud Boys show up with no masks. https://t.co/DHSxLGkeja
— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) October 3, 2020
re: #197 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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When I saw the post upthread about people gathering with flags outside Walter Reed, I was actually worried that there was a serious crowd. That actually brings a smile to my face this morning.
Fuck the sychophants trying to shame us into sympathy. Just more of their bullshit attention whoring and scammery. No tolerance for that.
re: #182 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Fighting theocracy in ‘bama:
Atheists Sue Alabama for Making Them Swear an Oath to God in Order to Vote
Screw that. Sign the damn voter registration. If there is no goddess, she won’t mind.
re: #201 Decatur Deb
Screw that. Sign the damn voter registration. If there is no goddess, she won’t mind.
I’m with you. I’m rapidly approaching that mercenary point where I will agree to anything, even falsely, if it means an end to the madness.
re: #198 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
When I saw the post upthread about people gathering with flags outside Walter Reed, I was actually worried that there was a serious crowd. That actually brings a smile to my face this morning.
Yet another metaphor for this admin
re: #198 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
When I saw the post upthread about people gathering with flags outside Walter Reed, I was actually worried that there was a serious crowd. That actually brings a smile to my face this morning.
Their guy isn’t supposed to get sick, it’s a sign of weakness to them.
Seriously.
What does it say about the last week that this happened a day ago and this is the first I’m hearing of it.
— Erin Bartram (@erin_bartram) October 3, 2020
re: #191 A Mom Anon
The fact is that there STILL isn’t enough PPE in some parts of the country,that our first responders are not always being fairly compensated for their risk and time and are getting sick and dying (and suffering from anxiety and depression, making them more susceptible to suicide) , and there seems to be NO move to repair that. This is a right wing conservative problem. No one else’s. I hope one of Joe’s first moves is to remedy these key things. Hospitals are overwhelmed and if we keep losing healthcare professionals, who will replace them?
In NYC alone, 70 cops have died from corona, 16 firefighters, 101 transit workers, 39 nurses, 13 doctors. I couldn’t find a number for paramedics (unless they’re included in the fire department #s?).
BREAKING: Senator Ron Johnson has tested positive for useful idiocy.
In War of the Worlds, the evil side was overcome by a virus.
re: #210 jaunte
BREAKING: Senator Ron Johnson has tested positive for useful idiocy.
If necessary, I hope he gets a Russian ventilator.
re: #198 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
When I saw the post upthread about people gathering with flags outside Walter Reed, I was actually worried that there was a serious crowd. That actually brings a smile to my face this morning.
Now compare it to the vast hordes that showed up at the Supreme Court for RBG.
So it’s true. Trump knew Hope had it and intentionally placed his donors, his supporters, and his staff at risk. https://t.co/QrbbqrAAPJ
— Kaz Weida (@kazweida) October 3, 2020
re: #198 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
When I saw the post upthread about people gathering with flags outside Walter Reed, I was actually worried that there was a serious crowd. That actually brings a smile to my face this morning.
Can’t even say “tens of people showed up” it was ones of people…less than 10.
I just put this up on Facebook:
It’s pretty clear to me that God doesn’t want Barrett on the Supreme Court.
re: #216 Belafon
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The fact that Mike & Karen Pence haven’t contracted COVID makes me think that beards help contain the spread. @VP
— NoelCaslerComedy (@CaslerNoel) October 3, 2020
re: #217 BigPapa
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I guess we’ll know how seriously ill Trump is when they gradually lower Confederate flags at half-mast.
#InstantDarwin gonna get you
Gonna knock you right on the head
You better get yourself together
Pretty soon you’re gonna be dead
Why in the world do you make a fuss
Laughing at the coronavirus
What on earth you tryin’ to do
It’s up to you, yeah you https://t.co/bPk6R5VQxz— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) October 3, 2020
re: #214 jaunte
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Oct. 2, 2020 was an amazing year for news.
— John Bresnahan (@BresPolitico) October 3, 2020
re: #214 jaunte
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It fits perfectly with his apparent belief that if you ignore it, it will just go away on its own, like a bad dream.
I got annoyed at one of my gamer buddies last night when he said it’s “just a glorified flu.” No, it’s really not, and your cavalier attitude will put your young family at risk.
During the #SpanishFlu #pandemic, those refusing to #WearAMask were referred to as “dangerous slackers.” pic.twitter.com/RKEp8CRE0z
— cassandracarolina (@cassandra17lina) October 3, 2020
.@brithume is sharing anti-mask propaganda from a group which regularly theorizes that HIV doesn’t cause AIDS.
How many people are you trying to kill, Brit? Does that make you feel strong? https://t.co/F4ecc02dRl— Pé (@4everNeverTrump) October 3, 2020
The analogy doesn’t make sense at all, but if you want to learn how chess works, we will be happy to assist 🙂
— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) October 3, 2020
🚨BREAKING🚨
Senator Rick Scott has tested positive for COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/ZA2rtmMLY4— DeMarcus 🛹 (@semperdiced) October 3, 2020
Looking at all of them talk up close with no masks really hammers home how they weren’t trying to fool the masses, they genuinely believed the virus was fake or overblown.
— Tentin Quarantino (@agraybee) October 3, 2020
re: #229 jaunte
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So how many Republican Senators have been tested Corona-positive now?
Are they close to getting a quorum?
Per @mkraju Sen. Rick Scott is NEGATIVE for COVID-19. He misspoke in an interview this morning, per his office.
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) October 3, 2020
“Oh, did I say positive, I mean the opposite.”
re: #233 Jay C
So how many Republican Senators have been tested Corona-positive now?
Are they close to getting a quorum?
Senate Republican COVID Committee
re: #229 jaunte
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Voldemort just cast a healing spell, works every time.
edit for catching-up.
i’ve gotten hotter “sexts” from my doctors office reminding me of an upcoming appointment https://t.co/g34DxAVMvL
— David Zhou (@dz) October 3, 2020
re: #229 jaunte
God damn, I gotta get another Covid Bingo Card. C’mon Steven Miller, I need you for that Bingo!!!!
Well, it looks like the Trumpers have finally started to show up
the tik tok video looks to primarily be ‘bikers for Trump’ types
Meanwhile, Trump supporters have been gathering, without masks, to offer up group prayers for his health.https://t.co/WnEXNeB89B
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) October 3, 2020
re: #240 🌹UOJB!
May he have a long life surrounded by Hispanic caregivers.
re: #171 HRH Stanley Sea
Sen. Ron Johnson tests positive for COVID.
Where’s the setting to write ‘yes!’ in 128 point font size? My youngest sister will be dancing.
re: #241 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Well, it looks like the Trumpers have finally started to show up
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They had to get over the hangover first.
The President has a deadly disease bc he was reckless and his DOJ is bragging about making a swing state more vulnerable. https://t.co/mEY0isEQVt
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) October 3, 2020
Would COVID Bingo be distasteful or uncouth? Asking for several 10’s of millions of friends.
Forgiveness is for debt not for mass graves of Americans.
— Tina Dupuy (@TinaDupuy) October 3, 2020
Just resting 😊❤️🤗 pic.twitter.com/71bvmLkwts
— 🐶 (@Cutemp4) October 2, 2020
The GOTV game is really good. I’ve had volunteers text and call me a few times now.
re: #246 BigPapa
Would COVID Bingo be distasteful or uncouth? Asking for several 10’s of millions of friends.
I won’t forget 2016 when my brainwashed Xtian family cheered when Hillary got sick with pneumonia and they prayed for her death.
re: #250 🌹UOJB!
I won’t forget 2016 when my brainwashed Xtian family cheered when Hillary got sick with pneumonia and they prayed for her death.
Admittedly, the idea of praying for Trump’s death is distasteful to me as well. However, I have come to terms with my feelings - I have no compunction about feeling satisfied that justice has been served.
A hacker who locked computer servers in Las Vegas’ Clark County School District with ransomware released documents with Social Security numbers, grades, and other stolen private data after officials refused to pay the ransom. The district is the largest known to be hit by hackers during the Covid-19 crisis, and marks an escalation in tactics for hackers who exploit schools heavily dependent on online learning and technology. Some school districts have made online learning their sole educational option during the pandemic; experts said this compounds the impact of ransomware and attackers’ demands. Threat analyst Brett Callow at cybersecurity company Emsisoft said, “A big difference between this school year and last school year is they didn’t steal data, and this year they do.”
re: #141 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Paywall.
Note: please don’t give me a link that a a avoids the paywall, I respect their right to limit their wisdom to the people who pay for it.
It’s just that I don’t respect the wisdom of people who want to be paid for it.
re: #250 🌹UOJB!
I won’t forget 2016 when my brainwashed Xtian family cheered when Hillary got sick with pneumonia and they prayed for her death.
And the people that were praying for RBGs death.
I don’t want anybody to die. Especially when indictments are likely.
re: #241 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Well, it looks like the Trumpers have finally started to show up
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Trump should go out and meet them. If he doesn’t wear a mask, they lose. If he does wear a mask, he loses.
Death? Nah. Discomfort after they totally played this down and mocked people like Biden for trying to be safe? Yes. And yes indictments too.
re: #255 BigPapa
I don’t want anybody to die. Especially when indictments are likely.
I want him awake, alert, and aware on Nov 4.
More COVID in the NFL
Patriots’ QB Cam Newton tested positive and is out for Sunday’s game vs. Kansas City, per @FieldYates and me.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 3, 2020
re: #260 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
More COVID in the NFL
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“Nobody could have seen this coming,” say the people who literally listened to us tell them this was coming.
Bezos level of irony here:
Hannity: You would think it’s not a time for divisive politics. Certainly not a time for bizarre conspiracy theories and endless speculation. It might be a time to actually be somewhat decent pic.twitter.com/laAnZUYDc0
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) October 3, 2020
re: #262 BigPapa
Bezos level of irony here:
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re: #255 BigPapa
I don’t want anybody to die. Especially when indictments are likely.
Wasn’t it Mark Twain who said something like:”I’ve never wished death on anybody, but I’ve read a lot of obituaries with pleasure?”
re: #262 BigPapa
Bezos level of irony here:
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Ask Seth Rich’s family about that. Lumpy should volunteer to be buried with his pharaoh when he dies.
re: #262 BigPapa
Bezos level of irony here:
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I’ll accept lessons on decorum from Hannity. I’ve had sex education from a nun and ethics training from Army lawyers.
re: #264 Jay C
Wasn’t it Mark Twain who said something like:”I’ve never wished death on anybody, but I’ve read a lot of obituaries with pleasure?”
Him or Ambrose Bierce.
A U.S. House of Representatives panel warned that the Pentagon is still using weapons systems rendered irrelevant by technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing, space, and biotechnology. The Future of Defense Task Force is focusing on the next three to five decades, and concluded that the U.S. Department of Defense and Congress should be “focused on the needs of the future and not on the political and military-industrial loyalties of the past.” They recommended the U.S. follow an AI initiative modeled after the Manhattan Project, and overcome cultural resistance to the implementation of new technologies. The panel urged every major military acquisition program to assess at least one AI or autonomous alternative before funding, and for the nation to spearhead development and ratification of a Geneva Convention-like global AI pact.
I’ve listened to Limbaugh attack the left and media for 30 years. Along with the rest of those propaganda cretins there should be no surprise there are millions of people who would not care or actually partake in giving the rest of us prison, the wall, or helicopter rides. But I don’t want the same for them. I’m not them, though I utterly detest them.
They should be removed from power and ostracized. Shamed into the closet. If they break laws, imprisoned. But there will be no reckoning until we understand that we lost a generation to paranoia and hate then develop a plan to resolve and carry it through. Defeating Trump will dodge a bullet but the gun is still there with more bullets in it.
Goddamn. They’ll never learn. In case any of you naively thought this would be the GOP’s Ebenezer Scrooge moment… nope. https://t.co/3tD5Vt8GQn
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) October 3, 2020
Titans/Steelers game this weekend has already been postponed. And, that was after days of testing and isolation.
Hard to see how league can allow the Patriots to play tomorrow
Patriots were scheduled to leave for KC at about 1 ET; trip now is on standby as they await more test results and guidance from the NFL.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 3, 2020
re: #270 jaunte
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I KNEW IT. I called that shot. There was no way this was going to derail them from doing whatever the hell they wanted.
I laughed out loud:
Having COVID was the worst experience of my life. Every moment was just the most appalling suffering and pain, fighting for breath, doubled over coughing. Please exhibit a moment of human empathy and imagine how much he may be suffering, because it fucking rules
— David Mowatt (@ducklingsmith) October 2, 2020
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Yeah I imagine Covid survivors are probably the people who are least empathetic towards him given his whole response to this.
😂😂😂 … Wait for it! https://t.co/dUAqBbPKI3
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) October 3, 2020
Chernobyl, but the entire Politburo goes on a public tour of Pripyat. https://t.co/SPc81O50XK
— James Palmer (@BeijingPalmer) October 3, 2020
Garuda Indonesia airline released a video on social media showcasing how it painted a face mask on its aircraft to encourage people to wear their own pic.twitter.com/HYmmXW63za
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 3, 2020
re: #276 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Sadly, the video is old and about electronic music, not Trump.
re: #278 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
In 30 years we’ll be watching a miniseries on Covid.
At least we will able to fast-forward through it….
re: #278 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
In 30 years we’ll be watching a miniseries on Covid.
The documentary about 2020 will take three years to watch completely.
re: #281 Belafon
The documentary about 2020 will take three years to watch completely.
The Ken Burns documentary of the Trump Era will take 750 Scaramuccis to watch.
Biden: “It’s not just the folks in the White House, or who travel with me that deserve regular testing. It is folks in the meat packing and food processing plant, grocery store workers, every single American deserves safety and peace of mind.”
— Johnny Verhovek (@JTHVerhovek) October 2, 2020
I’m not going to take empathy lessons from the people who raised 500k for Kyle Rittenhouse on Christian GoFundMe.
— The Irish Atheist (@Irish_Atheist) October 2, 2020
New COVID elegibility requirement: you have to have had COVID to play.
We’re about to have our first RonaSuperb Owl.
re: #284 Belafon
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Joe gets it. He’s gotten it from the start of this mess. And he was warning about pandemics this time last fall when Trump was still yammering about the “perfect phone call.”
I just received word that I am positive for COVID-19. I want to thank all of my friends and colleagues who have reached out to ask how I was feeling in the last day or two. I will be receiving medical attention today and will keep the necessary folks apprised of my condition.
— Governor Christie (@GovChristie) October 3, 2020
re: #268 Belafon
The panel urged every major military acquisition program to assess at least one AI or autonomous alternative before funding, and for the nation to spearhead development and ratification of a Geneva Convention-like global AI pact.
If we were to go down this road, what you have done is codified that computer code is law.
Do you really want to go down that road?
re: #290 BeachDem
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At this point, anyone who doesn’t agree that masks and social distancing are effective deserve what they get. The rapid spread of the disease among prominent Republicans who were close to the White House staff at the Amy Coney Barrett nomination event is absolute proof of the disease’s infectiousness.
The jig is up. A freeper has discovered the Garden Party conspiracy—it was the Jesuits.
re: #290 BeachDem
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Aw shit he’s on my COVID BINGO card but I STILL Need Steven Miller for that BINGO!
No worse than the flu. No big deal at all. pic.twitter.com/MEN4rw8W2b
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) October 3, 2020
Woah. https://t.co/hNinmvSfDy
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) October 3, 2020
re: #278 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
In 30 years we’ll be watching a miniseries on Covid.
A mini-series on the last 24 hours.
re: #290 BeachDem
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what possible commonality could explain all these infections?
I just received word that I am positive for COVID-19. I want to thank all of my friends and colleagues who have reached out to ask how I was feeling in the last day or two. I will be receiving medical attention today and will keep the necessary folks apprised of my condition.
— Governor Christie (@GovChristie) October 3, 2020
MR.PRESIDENT, STAY POSITVE 🙏🏼
— APRILcarrion (@ApriLcarrion) October 2, 2020
re: #293 Decatur Deb
The jig is up. A freeper has discovered the Garden Party conspiracy—it was the Jesuits.
Going old school with that one. Holy Ghost Fathers like Uncle Bill never get any conspiracies.
re: #291 Eric The Fruit Bat
If we were to go down this road, what you have done is codified that computer code is law.
Do you really want to go down that road?
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The global AI pact is to say that AI systems won’t be used in combat.
re: #296 BigPapa
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That’s the multi-disciplinary team taking care of the president. It’s the first time Trump has experienced discipline.
re: #302 Belafon
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The global AI pact is to say that AI systems won’t be used in combat.
This is an autonomy issue, not AI. There is very limited autonomy in weapon systems (consider close-in anti-missile defense for ships), but it is not clear how far this should go and under what conditions, so it is an active issue for research and policy development.
AI can be used as decision support, and generally will, but not make command decisions. Where the human is in the loop is another active issue.
Some of you didn’t live through a president who denied the existence of an epidemic and contributed to the death of millions while secretly suffering from a judgment-impairing disease before being asked to treat his legacy with respect and decency and it shows.
— shana (@shananaomi) October 2, 2020
re: #307 HRH Stanley Sea
More questions than answers. Typical.
It’s clear the doctors are intentionally being obtuse & vague. They will not answer the Qs in a way that is open & it seems like they are hiding things even though it seems unlikely they need to be.
Like oxygen-they keep answering in this weird talking point for no reason— Rachel “The Doc” Bitecofer 📈🔭🍌 (@RachelBitecofer) October 3, 2020
re: #304 wrenchwench
That’s the multi-disciplinary team taking care of the president. It’s the first time Trump has experienced discipline.
That he hasn’t paid extra for.
So if Kellyanne Conway went to med school, this is what she’d sound like.
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) October 3, 2020
re: #123 ericblair
They all did, of course, expect W who doesn’t use social media. The same time Obama tweeted his well-wishes the Trump campaign was sending out lock-Obama-up election emails.
She’s a wingnut Q liar.
Her tweet is time stamped many hours earlier than theirs, so she was not a liar at the time FOR THAT, but she is still a wingnut Q liar and they are good peeps (at least the Obamas and Clintons). I still keep W at more than arm’s length.
So was Trump huffing oxygen like Frank Booth from the film Blue Velvet?
re: #304 wrenchwench
That’s the multi-disciplinary team taking care of the president. It’s the first time Trump has experienced discipline.
What’s the safe word?
re: #11 jaunte
The earlier report I cited that Chris Christie tested positive was not true. I deleted the tweet earlier when I found it was unconfirmed by anyone outside that one reporter. But I now know it’s incorrect.
— Kurt “Mask Up, Vote Early” Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) October 3, 2020
re: #290 BeachDem
I just received word that I am positive for COVID-19. I want to thank all of my friends and colleagues who have reached out to ask how I was feeling in the last day or two. I will be receiving medical attention today and will keep the necessary folks apprised of my condition.
— Governor Christie (@GovChristie) October 3, 2020
Stuff keeps happening. And not happening. And then happening.
re: #315 wrenchwench
Stuff keeps happening. And not happening. And then happening.
We literally can’t trust anything and it’s terrifying.
Regarding the discussion on social media of the reactions to Donald Trump and his peers testing positive for Covid-19…
By a strange coincidence, on Thursday night (Around 2100 GMT), I was re-watching the Star Trek: Deep Space 9 episode “In the Pale Moonlight”, generally regarded as one of the best episodes of that series, indeed one of the best of Star Trek as a whole.
I hadn’t watched it since it was broadcast on Sky One a few months after it was broadcast in the US, so when re-watching it, I realised I had I missed a lot when I watched it on first broadcast in the UK. It’s an excellent episode, exemplifying the morally ambiguous elements that ST: DS9 became famous for.
And, here is how this episode ended:
What are we, up to 26 cases from the Typhoid Amy event?
What a shame, huh? Damn shame.
CNN flipping out over the medical press conference not giving straight answers, letting slip that the first diagnosis was supposedly 72 hours ago. Which would mean Trump went to NJ and did other stuff wed/thurs while knowing he had it.
That would totally explain why Hicks was so pissed off.
re: #316 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
We literally can’t trust anything and it’s terrifying.
Yet our society depends on trusting our hamburger flipper is not a serial killer. What it will take to restore needed levels of trust is also going to be terrifying.
The doctors just *cannot* Baghdad Bob their way through the president’s active and ongoing hospitalization.
That smiling “He’s not on oxygen right now” dance??
It’s a *bad thing* for the US if the world knows reports on the president’s condition can’t be trusted.
Shameful.— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) October 3, 2020
re: #316 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
We literally can’t trust anything and it’s terrifying.
Folks, none of these negative tests mean anything for at least a week or so. It’s called incubation.
— Heidi Przybyla (@HeidiNBC) October 2, 2020
re: #302 Belafon
The global AI pact is to say that AI systems won’t be used in combat.
If you believe that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale.
re: #316 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
We literally can’t trust anything and it’s terrifying.
We have more information to deal with than our species has ever had before. And it’s never enough.
Time will help. And we can’t stop it.
re: #325 wrenchwench
We have more information to deal with than our species has ever had before. And it’s never enough.
Actually, that’s the problem right there - not the lack of info, but too much of the wrong kind.
re: #305 ericblair
This is an autonomy issue, not AI. There is very limited autonomy in weapon systems (consider close-in anti-missile defense for ships), but it is not clear how far this should go and under what conditions, so it is an active issue for research and policy development.
AI can be used as decision support, and generally will, but not make command decisions. Where the human is in the loop is another active issue.
Thanks for putting in the details, that’s what I was trying to say in a few words. I can tell you from personal knowledge that machine learning is being developed for decision making. It is the autonomous systems for combat purposes that the act is supposed to be for.
It’s looking more and more that President Trump was the superspreader in both the Rose Garden Supreme Court Justice announcement — most of the other confirmed cases from that event were front-row in the audience, facing him as he stood and spoke at the podium — and the debate prep session where several of the participants, including now Gov. Christie have subsequently had confirmed positive tests.
If this is true then it looks like he was infected but asymptomatic during the earlier SJ selection announcement so it’s possible it’s actually been more than a week since he was himself infected, not just a couple of days.
It’s possible, perhaps, to determine the route of the infection by testing the genetics of the various viruses being expressed by the President and those with positive results around him. I don’t know if this is being done though.
re: #326 Interesting Times
Actually, that’s the problem right there - not the lack of info, but too much of the wrong kind.
The right kind can be separated out.
Nixon got caught by having new recording technology that he could not keep to himself. His attempt to keep it is what got him in the biggest trouble,
For the timeline reference
Are they going to walk back the 72 hour statement?
President Trump’s doctor says he’s 72 hours into the diagnosis. Another physician says Trump received a special antibody therapy “about 48 hours ago.” The public found out 36 hours ago that Trump was positive — only after it was revealed an aide had tested positive.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 3, 2020
re: #330 HRH Stanley Sea
For the timeline reference
Are they going to walk back the 72 hour statement?
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He traveled to Minnesota since his diagnosis. He failed to tell Biden about his diagnosis.
Donald Trump is the Scottie Pippen to the Coronavirus.— ᴀʀᴛ 🇺🇸 (@__Arthur_Dent__) October 3, 2020
re: #324 Eric The Fruit Bat
If you believe that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale.
I think we’re a long way past the time when missile defense systems can be operated without AI, and realistically someone is going to put together airborne defense systems that rely on AI in the next decade.
The danger is not the AI “waking up”, the problem is that complex systems making complex decisions in complex environments can be unpredictable. Friendly fire, and bystander kills.
re: #326 Interesting Times
Actually, that’s the problem right there - not the lack of info, but too much of the wrong kind.
to put a fine point on ‘the wrong kind’ it’s ‘stuff’ masquerading as information
So basically no one knows what the fuck is going with the Presidents health right now?
re: #331 Belafon
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You have no idea how pissed off I am at that lying fat fuck for deliberately invading my state while diseased. I know he hates us all for refusing to play along with his cocked-up coronavirus “response”, but he doesn’t have to come here and infect us all just to satisfy his petty revenge.
Trump has not tweeted for 12 hours, and once in 17 hours.
re: #180 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Ron Johnson tested positive.
Ron Johnson.
Good had a sense of humor.
“O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”
He chortled in his joy.
re: #330 HRH Stanley Sea
For the timeline reference
Are they going to walk back the 72 hour statement?
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I picture the ‘walk-back’ being uphill, backwards, in slippery mud, resulting in a butt-plant in the mud.
re: #336 BigPapa
Trump has not tweeted for 12 hours, and once in 17 hours.
Someone tweeted. No proof that he did it.
re: #316 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
We literally can’t trust anything and it’s terrifying.
Check the dates on those tweets. Assuming everyone is telling the truth — which Eichenwald would, and Christie, in this instance, probably is — then E. heard something he couldn’t then confirm — which later turned out to be true (or became true when another test result was received). We may not be getting all the details, but I think we have a pretty clear picture of what happened, when, and who was infected by it (a still growing list).
You can’t trust everything, but by now you should have a short list of reliable sources, and some practice in sifting the news. (I grew up during the cold war, it’s always been like this. The Obama years were the exception, not the rule.)
That’s two Week Four Sunday games postponed due to COVID+ pic.twitter.com/IQwJvkESVV
— Rich Eisen (@richeisen) October 3, 2020
re: #338 wrenchwench
I picture the ‘walk-back’ being uphill, backwards, in slippery mud, resulting in a butt-plant in the mud.
In heels!
re: #340 A hollow voice says, Beware the strongman con
Yeah, I know.
re: #317 Alephnaught
“In the Pale Moonlight” is definitely one of the greatest episodes across all the Star Trek franchises - especially with the reference to the episode’s title to the first Batman movie:
Mike Allen: “Some top GOP operatives, privy to data from swing states, tell me that this week’s chaotic presidential debate had a calamitous effect on Republican chances in tight Senate races.”Said on GOP insider: “The bottom is falling out everywhere. Everyone knew Trump was capable of this kind of behavior. But these voters had never had 90 straight minutes of that behavior thrust in their faces.”
“This insider said the debate didn’t faze hardcore Trumpers. But he said it turned off ‘open to Trump’ swing voters, especially women in suburbs.”
axios
after the debate,
before all the medical
re: #317 Alephnaught
Regarding the discussion on social media of the reactions to Donald Trump and his peers testing positive for Covid-19…
By a strange coincidence, on Thursday night (Around 2100 GMT), I was re-watching the Star Trek: Deep Space 9 episode “In the Pale Moonlight”, generally regarded as one of the best episodes of that series, indeed one of the best of Star Trek as a whole.
I hadn’t watched it since it was broadcast on Sky One a few months after it was broadcast in the US, so when re-watching it, I realised I had I missed a lot when I watched it on first broadcast in the UK. It’s an excellent episode, exemplifying the morally ambiguous elements that ST: DS9 became famous for.
And, here is how this episode ended:
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I’m not sure what that has to do with DT, covid-19 and Twitter, but I agree about In the Pale Moonlight (which, as was my practice, I saw four times the season it came out — the two times my UPN station broadcast it in the first run, and twice again in summer reruns). I’ve watched it again since then.
re: #317 Alephnaught
Fun fact: There was a novel released a few years after that episode that was a kind of sequel to it. In the book, the Romulans ultimately find out that Sisko and Garak rigged that whole thing (and killed a prominent Romulan senator and his entourage as a result) and get REALLY pissed about it to the point of almost going to war with the Federation.
NYT-Siena poll:
Pennsylvania: Likely voters
Joe Biden 49%
Donald Trump 42%
Florida: Likely voters
Joe Biden 47%
Donald Trump 42%— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 3, 2020
re: #327 Belafon
Thanks for putting in the details, that’s what I was trying to say in a few words. I can tell you from personal knowledge that machine learning is being developed for decision making. It is the autonomous systems for combat purposes that the act is supposed to be for.
Yep. Things are going to get more complicated when you’re facing armed drone swarms of hundreds of drones coming over the ridge. There has to be some sort of autonomy, or we’re going to have to hire all the high score champions from arcade Missile Command.
Apparently dolphins and sloths are down with each other and this is good. pic.twitter.com/5mqek6HulR
— Pamela Herd (@pamela_herd) October 3, 2020
re: #349 dangerman
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Trump seems to really struggle getting beyond the early 40’s in swing states polls.
re: #340 A hollow voice says, Beware the strongman con
Check the dates on those tweets. Assuming everyone is telling the truth — which Eichenwald would, and Christie, in this instance, probably is — then E. heard something he couldn’t then confirm — which later turned out to be true (or became true when another test result was received). We may not be getting all the details, but I think we have a pretty clear picture of what happened, when, and who was infected by it (a still growing list).
You can’t trust everything, but by now you should have a short list of reliable sources, and some practice in sifting the news. (I grew up during the cold war, it’s always been like this. The Obama years were the exception, not the rule.)
For us common folk, it’s not quite as serious if we post something that turns out to be untrue, because we were in a hurry to be first to report some breaking event or clever bon mot. It’s different for Eichenwald — he is serious about retaining credibility, unlike RW “journalists” who are eager to traffic in the CT du jour, with no apologies, unless they lose a lawsuit.
re: #336 BigPapa
Trump has not tweeted for 12 hours, and once in 17 hours.
And that last one is highly suspect. A tweet from tRump ending in LOVE is ripe for a Biden C’mom Man response.
re: #337 Hecuba’s daughter
“O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”
He chortled in his joy.
Barr is still on my list, as is Moscow Mitch. Realistically, we can’t expect either of them to be hanged for treason, so I’m hoping for poetic justice as a second choice.
re: #354 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I’m for a Dolphin-Sloth unity ticket.
Dolphin/Sloth 2020
Be Smart, Take It Slow
If anyone wants to watch Jaime Harrison debate Lindsey Graham tonight:
Watch Graham and Harrison debate live on WIS News 10 on Saturday, Oct. 3 at 8 p.m.
The debate will also be live streamed on facebook.com on wistv.com
Several sister stations will also carry the debate on TV and online: WMBF, WCSC, WTOC, WRDW and NBC affiliate WYFF. It will also air on C-Span.
Allen University will host the debate, which will not have a live audience due to COVID-19 concerns.
Trump’s team showed up late for the debate because they knew he had it. Was Trump yelling at Biden for 90 minutes because he was purposefully trying to give Joe coronavirus?
re: #359 BeachDem
If anyone wants to watch Jaime Harrison debate Lindsey Graham tonight:
Watch Graham and Harrison debate live on WIS News 10 on Saturday, Oct. 3 at 8 p.m.
The debate will also be live streamed on facebook.com on wistv.com
Several sister stations will also carry the debate on TV and online: WMBF, WCSC, WTOC, WRDW and NBC affiliate WYFF. It will also air on C-Span.
Allen University will host the debate, which will not have a live audience due to COVID-19 concerns.
Hopefully Jamie pulls away tonight. I really like him.
re: #356 A hollow voice says, Beware the strongman con
Barr is still on my list, as is Moscow Mitch. Realistically, we can’t expect either of them to be hanged for treason, so I’m hoping for poetic justice as a second choice.
100% onboard with you!! Nothing would be more pleasing than to see the entire administration felled by this virus. Of course, over the previous months, many politicians and their families have become ill and recovered. For these people, it would be pleasant to see them all become long-haulers.
A White House official clarifies Dr. Conley’s timeline. He says Conley meant to say it’s Day 3, not 72 hours in—the diagnosis was made Thursday night—and that Garibaldi meant to say it’s been two days, not 48 hours, since the Regeneron was administered on Thursday night.
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) October 3, 2020
re: #360 stpaulbear
Trump’s team showed up late for the debate because they knew he had it. Was Trump yelling at Biden for 90 minutes because he was purposefully trying to give Joe coronavirus?
He was yelling at Biden because that is the ONLY way he knows how to behave.
totally cribbed:
For those keeping score…
High-profile Democrats testing positive - 0
Biden and Harris: On the campaign trailHigh-profile Republicans testing positive - I’ve lost count
Trump and Pence: Hiding in the basement of Walter ReedDemocratic fundraising: Wow
Republican fundraising: LolDemocratic senate hopefuls: Happy (we’ll see about Cunningham)
Republican senate hopefuls: Not so happyDemocratic House prospects: Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Republican House prospects: See aboveDemocratic party looks like: America
Republican party looks like: Leisure World
So…..re: #328 Nojay UK
It’s looking more and more that President Trump was the superspreader in both the Rose Garden Supreme Court Justice announcement
I doubt that.
It seems that everyone caught it at the announcement, and people who are going to have symptoms all began showing symptoms on or after Wednesday.
If Trump had it earlier, it seems quite unlikely that he would be asymptomatic from Saturday to Tuesday, but have had enough viral load in him on Saturday to spread it to the others.
My theory is either Amy Barrett was still contagious, or some of her kids were, but have been completely asymptomatic.
And for Trump to need to go to hospital less than 2 days after his first symptoms is a really bad sign.
Why the fuck is the WH putting this out on background? https://t.co/nVE6Q2fsE0
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) October 3, 2020
re: #348 Eclectic Cyborg
Fun fact: There was a novel released a few years after that episode that was a kind of sequel to it. In the book, the Romulans ultimately find out that Sisko and Garak rigged that whole thing (and killed a prominent Romulan senator and his entourage as a result) and get REALLY pissed about it to the point of almost going to war with the Federation.
Do you have a title? Or author?
re: #364 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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“white house official correcting doctor” is not my idea of a comforting headline
A White House official clarifies Dr. Conley’s timeline. He says Conley meant to say it’s Day 3, not 72 hours in—the diagnosis was made Thursday night—and that Garibaldi meant to say it’s been two days, not 48 hours, since the Regeneron was administered on Thursday night.
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) October 3, 2020
re: #360 stpaulbear
Trump’s team showed up late for the debate because they knew he had it. Was Trump yelling at Biden for 90 minutes because he was purposefully trying to give Joe coronavirus?
This is definitely something that needs to be investigated; that is an absolutely chilling possibility. Didn’t someone here say that because of their late arrival, they were not tested at the venue and instead the venue relied on their reporting of their status?
Trump yelling is so on brand for him that he wouldn’t need a virus to engage in such behavior.
re: #354 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I’m for a Dolphin-Sloth unity ticket.
I, for one, welcome our new dolphin and sloth overlords.
re: #360 stpaulbear
Trump’s team showed up late for the debate because they knew he had it. Was Trump yelling at Biden for 90 minutes because he was purposefully trying to give Joe coronavirus?
It’s his normal behavior, so I doubt it.
re: #347 A hollow voice says, Beware the strongman con
I’m not sure what that has to do with DT, covid-19 and Twitter, but I agree about In the Pale Moonlight (which, as was my practice, I saw four times the season it came out — the two times my UPN station broadcast it in the first run, and twice again in summer reruns). I’ve watched it again since then.
“I am an accessory to murder. But the most damning thing of all… I think I can live with it. And if I had to do it all over again, I would. […] So, I will learn to live with it… Because I can live with it….. I can live with it…….”
Twitter is on fire
I move that in honor of the Notorious RBG, the council formally adopt the nickname “Contagious ACB” and utilize it in all aspects moving forward. All those in favor say aye.
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) October 3, 2020
re: #367 dangerman
totally cribbed:
My Spidey-sense wishes that Joe would go back to virtual events until he has a couple more negative tests under his belt. He’s (and we’re) not out of the woods yet.
re: #182 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Fighting theocracy in ‘bama:
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I’m actually surprised this hasn’t been an issue before, because Quakers refuse to swear oaths, and they have Jesus to back them up. (Matthew 5:34-37) Of course, biblical literacy is not a thing in the Bible Belt.
re: #369 Danack
So…..
I doubt that.
It seems that everyone caught it at the announcement, and people who are going to have symptoms all began showing symptoms on or after Wednesday.
If Trump had it earlier, it seems quite unlikely that he would be asymptomatic from Saturday to Tuesday, but have had enough viral load in him on Saturday to spread it to the others.
My theory is either Amy Barrett was still contagious, or some of her kids were, but have been completely asymptomatic.
And for Trump to need to go to hospital less than 2 days after his first symptoms is a really bad sign.
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Given the care and attention repugs pay to masking and social distancing, the spreader could have been almost anyone there. Or several someones. We may never know, and at the least it will take quite a while to figure it out. And real scientists doing the figuring.
re: #379 A hollow voice says, Beware the strongman con
Given the care and attention repugs pay to masking and social distancing, the spreader could have been almost anyone there. Or several someones. We may never know, and at the least it will take quite a while to figure it out. And real scientists doing the figuring.
AND assholes cooperating with the scientists.
I really dislike the dunking being done as though we know Barrett is the source of all the infection. The long-after-infection spreader thing in particular is not supported by any documented cases I’m aware of.
Now, the event where she was nominated was almost certainly where a lot of this got around, but it could have been anyone - even SS (who have had an ongoing bad time with C19) or event staff.
re: #316 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
My approach is just expect the worst. It sucks, but with the complete lack of integrity it’s about the only choice I feel like I have.
re: #182 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I will say this can’t they use the term affirm. It is used almost every time when someone in PA has to be sworn in. A good example is when someone is serving on a board of elections.
2 died of Ebola: They said Obama should resign.
4 died in Benghazi: They had Hillary testify for 11 hours, held 33 hearings, and launched a multiyear probe.
213,543 died thanks to Trump’s malevolence: They cheered him at the Rose Garden superspreader event. #RoseGardenMassacre— Andrea Junker ® (@Strandjunker) October 3, 2020
re: #378 mmmirele
I’m actually surprised this hasn’t been an issue before, because Quakers refuse to swear oaths, and they have Jesus to back them up. (Matthew 5:34-37) Of course, biblical literacy is not a thing in the Bible Belt.
That’s why the AL registration includes the word “affirm”.
re: #328 Nojay UK
It’s looking more and more that President Trump was the superspreader in both the Rose Garden Supreme Court Justice announcement — most of the other confirmed cases from that event were front-row in the audience, facing him as he stood and spoke at the podium — and the debate prep session where several of the participants, including now Gov. Christie have subsequently had confirmed positive tests.
If this is true then it looks like he was infected but asymptomatic during the earlier SJ selection announcement so it’s possible it’s actually been more than a week since he was himself infected, not just a couple of days.
It’s possible, perhaps, to determine the route of the infection by testing the genetics of the various viruses being expressed by the President and those with positive results around him. I don’t know if this is being done though.
That’s why I worry about Joe and Jill!
they never learn
Attorney General William Barr is choosing not to quarantine after recently coming in close contact with members of President Trump’s inner circle who have tested positive for Covid-19, CNN reports.
And yes one can tell from my previous answer I went to my elections class today. Everyone had on a mask and we were socially distanced. They are going to supply us with the necessary PPE and of course I will be bringing my own stuff in if needed.
Lots going on. Mark Meadows apparently is the on background guy who said the 🍠 is not doing so well.
We’re going to find out everything from reporters, not from the admin.
re: #364 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Doctors don’t make mistakes like that. 48 hours means 48 hours.
re: #351 plansbandc
Asked why they refuse to mention Herman Cain’s death they fall back on the reflex answer “He should’ve stopped resisting the police.”
— jelani cobb (@jelani9) October 3, 2020
A great one-two combo above on the sloth theme.
re: #381 NetworkKed
Imagine if she was like Typhoid Mary, though. We were thinking about it, and got off on a dark thread: she is, and Republicans get her on the court, only to have her wipe out all of the other justices with Biden as president. Gonna have my dark humor where I can.
August Browne: The Nigeria-born man who joined the Polish resistancehttps://t.co/KVO2PptS6p
— Andrej Matisak (@matisaksk) October 3, 2020
I was late getting to the notice of Bob Gibson’s death from pancreatic cancer (DAMMIT!), but wanted to share this from St Louis Today:
But, he had leapt to the national forefront in 1964 when he worked five times, 40 innings’ worth, in a 14-day span, four of them starts, as he helped the Cardinals win the National League pennant by one game and then starred as the Cardinals beat the New York Yankees four games to three in the World Series, the Cardinals’ first Series crown since 1946.
Gibson pitched 27 innings in three Series games. One of the starts went eight innings but his second went 10 as he won Game Five, 5-2. Then he came back on two days’ rest and worked a complete-game 7-5 win in Game Seven.
“That last game … I was tired,” admitted Gibson.
The Cardinals held a 7-3 lead into the top of the ninth and manager Johnny Keane had lefthander Ray Sadecki warming up in the bullpen.
“In the ninth inning, I wasn’t pitching, I was throwing,” Gibson had said. “Before the inning started, Keane said, ‘I don’t want you to try to be fancy. Just throw it over the middle of the plate. I don’t believe they’re going to hit four home runs.’
“They hit two, by Clete Boyer and Phil Linz. And Phil Linz couldn’t hit home runs. Clete knocked the crap out of it and then they did it again.
“I had good stuff. I didn’t just lay it in there, but I looked in the dugout and Johnny wasn’t anywhere to be found,” Gibson said.
At this point, Gibson said he thought he would try a different approach.
“I thought maybe I should start pitching instead of just throwing,” said Gibson, who got Bobby Richardson to pop to second baseman Dal Maxvill for the final out.
re: #364 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
and that Garibaldi meant to say it’s been two days, not 48 hours, since the Regeneron was administered on Thursday night.
Glad they cleared THAT up…..
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re: #319 NetworkKed
CNN flipping out over the medical press conference not giving straight answers, letting slip that the first diagnosis was supposedly 72 hours ago. Which would mean Trump went to NJ and did other stuff wed/thurs while knowing he had it.
That would totally explain why Hicks was so pissed off.
Someone asked how we found out Hicks was positive. I’d bet she leaked out herself. She seems to be the only one there who took it seriously.
re: #400 Jay C
Glad they cleared THAT up…..
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As clear as mud.
This virus has a very bad habit of acting like acute radiation sickness: You start to seem fine, you even think you’re past the worst of it, and then it drop-kicks your ass and drags you through the lower levels of Hell before it’s all over.
You could define “monsters” as anyone whose negligence directly caused the deaths of tens of thousands of people and that would solve the problem. https://t.co/5DxxUQoQLe
— Joshua Holland 🔥 (@JoshuaHol) October 3, 2020
re: #391 retired cynic
We’re now at the point where Trump-land is starting to sound like Gospel debates, whether in the story Jesus was resurrected on the third day or after the third day….
re: #387 dangerman
they never learn
I hope that the D’s are doing EVERYTHING they can to stay isolated from any air that any R’s exhale. How can both parties even show up for meetings and hearings right now when the R’s don’t give a shit about masks and distancing - even after the prez goes down sick. The R’s are still violating safety measures just for a laugh. just to own the libs.
re: #403 jaunte
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This is just the same damned “If you start calling people [insert label], then evil people will use that [label] to justify their evil.”
The counter-argument: Nothing stops evil people from doing the very thing you think you’ll stop by gently fondling their balls.
re: #401 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Someone asked how we found out Hicks was positive. I’d bet she leaked out herself. She seems to be the only one there who took it seriously.
Bloomberg. Jennifer Jacobs.
Probably got a call from Hope.
re: #407 Targetpractice
It’s the Matt Bors “OK fine, I’ll BE a Nazi if you want to call me that” cartoon.
re: #408 HRH Stanley Sea
Bloomberg. Jennifer Jacobs.
Probably got a call from Hope.
Soft as the voice of an angel
Breathing a lesson unheard
Hope with a gentle persuasion
Whispers her comforting word…
Irresponsible to the end.
Seriously, someone tell me why they haven’t had Trump sign a letter giving Pence temporary power. He is clearly having a medical problem at the moment.
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) October 3, 2020
re: #411 jaunte
Irresponsible to the end.
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Because he thinks his superior Aryan good genes are gonna save his ass.
re: #411 jaunte
Irresponsible to the end.
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Donny’s so out of it, he keeps thinking it’s the kids trying to get him to sign a new will.
re: #413 Targetpractice
Donny’s so out of it, he keeps thinking it’s the kids trying to get him to sign a new will.
And it might be.
re: #414 Decatur Deb
And it might be.
“Dad, the doctors say they need you to sign this form to get the treatment.”
He or someone tweeted from his account a few minutes ago.
Doctors, Nurses and ALL at the GREAT Walter Reed Medical Center, and others from likewise incredible institutions who have joined them, are AMAZING!!!Tremendous progress has been made over the last 6 months in fighting this PLAGUE. With their help, I am feeling well!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 3, 2020
If it isn’t him, someone nailed the random word capitalization.
re: #416 danarchy
He or someone tweeted from his account a few minutes ago.
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Hmmm….seems too coherent for a typical Trump tweet.
re: #416 danarchy
He or someone tweeted from his account a few minutes ago.
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lol, he didn’t write that!
Here’s what he would right.
THE DOCTORS ARE AMAZED AT HOW GREAT I AM DOING! I WILL STAY HERE AND AS AN INSPIRATION TO OUR TROOPS AND DOCTORS THOUGH I AM IN GREAT SHAPE. I AM IN BETTER SHAPE THAN SLEEPY JOE WHO EVERYONE HERE HATES
I just watched the documentary “Harlan County USA.” I had seen it years ago, but had forgotten how powerful it is.
Yeah, I’m a bit lost here. We’ve heard from multiple people that the medical facilities at the WH are top-notch and the only reason to move a patient from there to Walter Reed is if their condition is simply too complicated to handle with the equipment there. So if his condition was so tame that he could be put on IV drips and recover practically overnight, what was the point of moving him?
re: #421 Targetpractice
Yeah, I’m a bit lost here. We’ve heard from multiple people that the medical facilities at the WH are top-notch and the only reason to move a patient from there to Walter Reed is if their condition is simply too complicated to handle with the equipment there. So if his condition was so tame that he could be put on IV drips and recover practically overnight, what was the point of moving him?
re: #416 danarchy
He or someone tweeted from his account a few minutes ago.
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If it isn’t him, someone nailed the random word capitalization.
Doesn’t call it CHINA-virus.
re: #421 Targetpractice
Yeah, I’m a bit lost here. We’ve heard from multiple people that the medical facilities at the WH are top-notch and the only reason to move a patient from there to Walter Reed is if their condition is simply too complicated to handle with the equipment there. So if his condition was so tame that he could be put on IV drips and recover practically overnight, what was the point of moving him?
They’re lying about his condition
Or sympathy optics
Sad we have to think this way and have no way of knowing
re: #425 dangerman
But Trump’s tweet from mere minutes ago says he’s fine!
re: #370 A hollow voice says, Beware the strongman con
Do you have a title? Or author?
The story that follows “In the Pale Moonlight” is part of this collection:
How this all plays out… will depend upon the virus in the basic sense.
But it is quite evident that the image from the Trumpers will be how powerful Trump is in the face of danger, and how amazing it is that he’s done all that he’s done even while sick.
The person who has Trump’s phone does not get the capitalization scheme.
OUR GREAT USA WANTS & NEEDS STIMULUS. WORK TOGETHER AND GET IT DONE. Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 3, 2020
Trump had the best med care now. Even if dire they will keep him alive for as long as possible. When your cult is built around a man then he must be preserved at all costs.
OK who has the phone—Ivanka or Eric. We know it can’t be Don Jr because he’s coked up!
re: #430 mmmirele
The person who has Trump’s phone does not get the capitalization scheme.
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Thank you? Not trump.
Reality slaps these people in the face and they are left stunned and tangle footed
NYT
“The outcome appeared shocking but also inevitable in a West Wing that assumed that rapid virus tests for everyone who entered each morning were substitutes for other safety measures, like social distancing and wearing masks.”
“But the outcome was also a byproduct, former aides said, of the recklessness and top-down culture of fear that Mr. Trump created at the White House and throughout his administration. If you wanted to make the boss happy, they said, you left the mask at home.”
Idiots sacrificed their health to make the boss happy
Let alone their possible lives or the rest of the country
re: #411 jaunte
Irresponsible to the end.
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I think that was the purpose of Meadows offering the more dire statement on background. To get through to Pence et al.
I suggest a plausible explanation for why Hicks’ infection was “leaked” that is entirely in-line with what we know about this admin. Namely that Trump tested positive early in the week, possibly as early as Monday, and the staffers gambled that he would remain asymptomatic for the duration of the infection. But once he started developing a fever and cough, they knew the jig was up. If he just suddenly canceled all his public appearances for 2 weeks and went into isolation, it would be impossible to come up with a plausible explanation and eventually his condition would leak.
So they picked Hicks, who has been receiving negative responses for her insistence upon wearing masks and maintaining distancing, as the scapegoat for his condition. The hope (pun not intended) was that they could spin it as “He was around her recently, she just tested positive, they tested him out of ‘an abundance of caution,’ hence she infected him.” What they didn’t really count on was people turning up infected who were nowhere near her in recent days but were around him.
Hence why we now have a trainwreck of a timeline: They don’t know which lie to go with.
re: #430 mmmirele
The person who has Trump’s phone does not get the capitalization scheme.
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This does not count as “work”
OUR GREAT USA WANTS & NEEDS STIMULUS. WORK TOGETHER AND GET IT DONE. Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 3, 2020
Who is currently tweeting as THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE OZ?
re: #438 jaunte
Good question. I have no idea.
re: #436 Targetpractice
They are often confused as to which lie to go with.
Recent example: Proud Boys.
I’m sure Ivanka could imitate his Twitter style pretty closely.
The Donald J. Trump Skincare Treatment Facility.
— Ed Mix (@TheEdMix) October 3, 2020
A few hours before the Amy Coney Barrett superspreader event in the Rose Garden, thousands of people descended on the National Mall for a prayer march with Franklin Graham and Pence, both of whom also attended the White House confab.
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) October 3, 2020
If you thought pictures of the Rose Garden event were bad, look at pictures from the march. pic.twitter.com/1EusJ0EJCV
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) October 3, 2020
The nakedness of voter suppression in Texas can’t be ignored.
The obvious reason is obvious: Abbott doesn’t want the densely populated areas, which are Democratic areas, to have enough drop off spots for absentee ballots in order to discourage people dropping off ballots. Also the poorest areas near the border where there are fewer cars per people means those without vehicles can’t get to the single spots in their county. Same for the older and poorer folk in Houston and Dallas.
re: #425 dangerman
They’re lying about his condition
Or sympathy opticsSad we have to think this way and have no way of knowing
Actually, “excess of caution” works. We know a covid patient can deteriorate suddenly and rapidly, and they wouldn’t ever want to carry DT to a helicopter in a stretcher.
Not saying that’s true, saying it could be. (I think I have the essentials: DT et al. have covid, DT is hospitalized. No other confirmed information, and I’m not going to spend my weekend parsing unreliable sources. Even if we don’t really have weekends any more.)
re: #422 🌹UOJB!
Actual best version recording while at death’s door. Near the end you can hear him say “let me in”
re: #443 jaunte
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To paraphrase New Yorkers: “If you’re praying with Pence, you’re praying with the Sixth Fleet.”
re: #446 A hollow voice says, Beware the strongman con
Actually, “excess of caution” works. We know a covid patient can deteriorate suddenly and rapidly, and they wouldn’t ever want to carry DT to a helicopter in a stretcher.
Not saying that’s true, saying it could be. (I think I have the essentials: DT et al. have covid, DT is hospitalized. No other confirmed information, and I’m not going to spend my weekend parsing unreliable sources. Even if we don’t really have weekends any more.)
That’s the prudent answer
You can understand why I missed it
re: #443 jaunte
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And Franklin Graham sat right next to the Notre Dame covid-y guy in the Rose Garden, and was standing close to Kellyanne and Barr when they were chatting.
re: #427 Eclectic Cyborg
The story that follows “In the Pale Moonlight” is part of this collection:
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Thanks — I actually found it too. (Since it’s a throwaway line in a short story I’d forgotten, I forgive myself for forgetting it.)
(Actually, the sequel, if there is a sequel, of ItPM is Hollow Men. If anyone cares…)
re: #451 BeachDem
And Franklin Graham sat right next to the Notre Dame covid-y guy in the Rose Garden, and was standing close to Kellyanne and Barr when they were chatting.
*blast* I knew about the super spreader event at the Mall on Saturday, because one of my bête noires (Sean Feucht, an anti-masker spreading this bullshit up and down the West Coast) was there. I knew it was a Graham event, but I didn’t realize he was going to be in the thick of it. I bet other people in the Rose Garden were also at the event.
Idiots, every single one of them.
ETA: The Friendly Atheist is reporting:
Over the past two weeks, in Shasta County, California, there have been nearly 100 COVID cases among people in their 20s. But that seems rather unusual since the two major colleges in the area, Shasta College and Simpson University, have reported only eight cases total.
Where are the rest of the cases coming from?
Well, it turns out Shasta County is also home to Bethel Church, which is home to the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry, which is also known as “Christian Hogwarts,” and which is the home base for COVID-denying preacher/singer Sean Feucht.
That school won’t reveal how many cases of COVID there are among its students… but it’s not nothing.
I am SURE some of the Bethel students went to DC for Sean’s thing. Idiots, every single one of them.
And as an average American who has followed Dr. Fauci’s guidelines and haven’t hugged my grandkids since March, I say fuck them
— Cheryl Zavatsky (@czway) October 3, 2020
Travel in time with me once more, for I’m taking you back 110 years to Thursday 11th August 1910. I have Babelised this wonderful autochrome by Auguste Léon of travellers in Sweden awaiting their train to Fagernes in Norway. It was taken in colour and hasn’t been colourised 😍 pic.twitter.com/z9eQsdAIJX
— BabelColour 🎞 (@StuartHumphryes) October 3, 2020
re: #455 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
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24, now that Chris Christie has tested positive. Maybe 25 if the news on Senator Johnson gets straightened out.
re: #456 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
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I love the colorization of old photographs. I have one of my Nana’s mother. She died when my Nana was young so my dad, aunts, & uncles never knew her.
Jesus, these people can’t get anything straight. Holy crap, if this went on at the evil, too big to fail employer, heads would roll.
Even the White House doctors memo saying he was incorrect and what he said this morning is incorrect. A Regeneron spokesperson tells CBS News: “It is two monoclonal antibodies. It was incorrect in the physician’s letter.” It is incorrect to call them polyclonal antibodies. https://t.co/WmQ4kwdNKw
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) October 3, 2020
If Sean Conley reminds you of Ronny Jackson, there’s good reason. As @albamonica and I reported in May: Two sources with direct knowledge said “Jackson handpicked Conley as his successor and that Conley is viewed by many within the Medical Unit as having been unfairly promoted.”
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) October 3, 2020
ten tenets of Trumpism
1. Never tell the truth
2. Never protect others
3. Control the press
4. Ignore science
5. Free health care for us not you
6. Cheat on taxes, golf & wives
7. Mock the sick (unless it’s you)
8. Loot the Fed
9. Do whatever it takes to win
10. Praise Putin— Nell Scovell (@NellSco) October 3, 2020
re: #459 mmmirele
Jesus, these people can’t get anything straight. Holy crap, if this went on at the evil, too big to fail employer, heads would roll.
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Crikey. I’m wondering if we will ever know the actual truth.
Trump and his family recklessly endangered the lives of Joe Biden and his family, along with countless others, by refusing to wear masks at the debate, and ideologues will still pretend there’s symmetrical “partisan fighting” at play. (Yes, people who do this are ideologues.) https://t.co/zTfVPnFYIY
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) October 3, 2020
re: #452 A hollow voice says, Beware the strongman con
Thanks — I actually found it too. (Since it’s a throwaway line in a short story I’d forgotten, I forgive myself for forgetting it.)
(Actually, the sequel, if there is a sequel, of ItPM is Hollow Men. If anyone cares…)
Yeah, the episode itself is pretty controversial in fan circles, particularly if you’re one of those folks who hold strictly to the “Gene would never approve of it!” philosophy that says Roddenberry’s idealized future where humans are paragons of all that is good and right is law. The idea that a Starfleet officer would not only condone, but actively participate in an assassination and cover-up, would probably have caused Gene to dissolve into a screaming fit.
So imagine the novel that acts as a sequel to the episode, where Starfleet does find out…but they won’t punish Sisko publicly because doing so would not just mean making his acts public, but could give the Dominion the leverage they need to turn the Romulans against the Federation. If Gene wasn’t already dead, such a novel being written in “his” universe might have done the job.
re: #462 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Crikey. I’m wondering if we will ever know the actual truth.
Like I’ve said before, we’ll know the truth when some hapless White House staffer informs the world that President Trump has shuffled off this mortal coil - despite that tweet from “Trump” 15 minutes earlier saying he was feeling great.
How ignorant do you have to be to think that a person my age (71) would have personal memories of World War II?
In fact, the person who asked me about those “memories” (and knew how old I was) also thought we could have won the Vietnam war by deploying all of the Iowa class battleships there, since “the whole country is within range of their 16 inch guns” (which is 23 miles.) Er, no.
There is an explanation though: This person is a Ron Paul lepertarian.
He’s in the “bargaining” stage of grief. We saw denial and anger when he first learned he had Covid this week. Now he thinks if he’s kind he will not die. That’s the 3rd stage. Bargaining. Likely he’ll skip depression and acceptance and go straight to cry-begging
— Ann Leary (@annleary) October 3, 2020
Just heard that the traitorous fucker Ron Johnson is on the list of positive GOP senators now too. Good.
re: #468 William Lewis
Just heard that the traitorous fucker Ron Johnson is on the list of positive GOP senators now too. Good.
Is it official? I saw a walk-back of that statement shortly afterward.
re: #463 jaunte
WW2 was a bipartisan fight between those that wanted to kill Jews and those who didn’t.
— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) October 3, 2020
re: #465 Dr Lizardo
Like I’ve said before, we’ll know the truth when some hapless White House staffer informs the world that President Trump has shuffled off this mortal coil - despite that tweet from “Trump” 15 minutes earlier saying he was feeling great.
Listen for Fox and OAN to interrupt their usual propaganda with Lee Greenwood on a loop.
(h/t Sherlock Hound)
re: #467 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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We forgive you divine Czar Donald Fredvitch!
re: #454 mmmirele
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re: #463 jaunte
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The only “crisis” I see Dems grappling with right now is the uncertainty over who is in charge and what the line of succession is if Donny croaks. It’s Repubs who are flipping the fuck out because it’s becoming clearer by the hour that their plans for the next month have been sidelined by Dear Leader’s sudden exit from the battlefield which seems to be dragging just enough of them with him to put any votes they wished to hold in doubt.
re: #469 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Is it official? I saw a walk-back of that statement shortly afterward.
I think you’re getting him mixed up with Rick “Voldemort” Scott, who allegedly “misspoke” about testing positive when he meant negative. Russia Ron Johnson still being reported as a positive case:
Sen. Ron Johnson has tested POSITIVE for COVID. He is 3rd senator to do so but was not at WH SCOTUS event.
He was in quarantine until 9/29 after being exposed to someone who tested positive & came to DC. He was then exposed a second time to another person who tested positive.— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) October 3, 2020
re: #475 Interesting Times
Ah, crap, you’re right, I mixed up the names in my head. Thank you for the correction.
re: #475 Interesting Times
I think you’re getting him mixed up with Rick “Voldemort” Scott, who allegedly “misspoke” about testing positive when he meant negative. Russia Ron Johnson still being reported as a positive case:
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Yeah Johnson is official. Scott is officially not positive as of now.
re: #476 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Ah, crap, you’re right, I mixed up the names in my head. Thank you for the correction.
Can’t tell the players apart without a scorecard!
Doctors, Nurses and ALL at the GREAT Walter Reed Medical Center, and others from likewise incredible institutions who have joined them, are AMAZING!!
— Donald Trump.
Yay for socialist medicine!
re: #464 Targetpractice
Yeah, the episode itself is pretty controversial in fan circles, particularly if you’re one of those folks who hold strictly to the “Gene would never approve of it!” philosophy that says Roddenberry’s idealized future where humans are paragons of all that is good and right is law. The idea that a Starfleet officer would not only condone, but actively participate in an assassination and cover-up, would probably have caused Gene to dissolve into a screaming fit.
So imagine the novel that acts as a sequel to the episode, where Starfleet does find out…but they won’t punish Sisko publicly because doing so would not just mean making his acts public, but could give the Dominion the leverage they need to turn the Romulans against the Federation. If Gene wasn’t already dead, such a novel being written in “his” universe might have done the job.
I always liked it. Then, I also considered Gene’s take to be the ideal - kind of like how Americans at their best try to live up to a set of ideals, his were the ones they tried to live up to. Sometimes they succeeded, other times, like ITPM, not so much.
Seems to me this other famous scene from DS9 shows how others may have seen Gene’s Universe…
re: #469 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Is it official? I saw a walk-back of that statement shortly afterward.
WPR reported it moments ago and that he was asymptomatic but quarantining.
re: #468 William Lewis
Just heard that the traitorous fucker Ron Johnson is on the list of positive GOP senators now too. Good.
Never too soon for this. I am going to gloat and celebrate about these evil fuckers falling victim to their own murderous policies. They have killed over 200,000 people, caused millions to suffer a horrible disease, wrecked the economy, empowered masses of vicious right-wing terrorists; and they have done all this for the benefit of a foreign power. They deserve Covid.
re: #469 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Is it official? I saw a walk-back of that statement shortly afterward.
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