Derek Trucks performs “Little Martha” with special guest Jerry Douglas, live at the Ryman Auditorium on February 29, 2020.
How many locations is Bernie going to lose where he held a rally - before journalists realize crowd size means nothing.
Bernie lost EVERY location he held a rally in 2016 (outside NH/VT) https://t.co/1QeVcHtGp5— BlueSteelDC (@BlueSteelDC) March 7, 2020
So clear indication of seroconversion. We will be immune to infecion once we recover.
As is the case for other virus infections. https://t.co/N0S4sQgSLl— ɪᴀɴ ᴍ ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ 🦠🤧🧬🥼🦟 (@MackayIM) March 8, 2020
44 precincts in Dallas did not have their votes counted last Tuesday: wfaa.com
You know what’s a sign of a disorganized federal response?
When labs are announcing on Twitter that they can take cases. https://t.co/PEAi4Awy1O— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) March 8, 2020
re: #3 retired cynic
WHEW!
That’s not proven. And there is no “perdurable” timeframe as to how long, of at all, immunity lasts.
There’s a good sub-thread where she’s answering questions.
Plus… mutations.
Worse, the body appears to attack the virus too aggressively making the patient sicker. Didn’t AIDS do that? It’s been a long time since I’ve read AIDS info.
Perfect.
Re-reading @joelansdale’s “The Thicket” for the first time since it was released - such a moving story. Looking forward to the upcoming film.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 8, 2020
re: #7 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Worse, the body appears to attack the virus too aggressively making the patient sicker.
Which makes this disease really weird. Because of this, they’d think more younger people with robust immune systems would be harder hit, but that’s not the case.
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re: #10 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Could there be something older people were infected with years ago that was related enough to this that it triggers a major immune response? That younger people haven’t, in most cases, been exposed to? I have no idea what I am talking about.
re: #2 Belafon
Reading through some of the information she’s stated, immunosupressors seem to help with the cytokine storm.
re: #11 retired cynic
Could there be something older people were infected with years ago that was related enough to this that it triggers a major immune response? That younger people haven’t, in most cases, been exposed to? I have no idea what I am talking about.
That actually makes sense to me. No idea of it’s right or not but hey… 🙂
re: #13 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
That actually makes sense to me. No idea of it’s right or not but hey… 🙂
Well, if it makes any kind of sense at all, they will have thought of that in the first few minutes.
re: #12 Belafon
Reading through some of the information she’s stated, immunosupressors seem to help with the cytokine storm.
But they have negative side effects. (What doesn’t?)
I’m not a doctor and had she not explained a lot of it, it would have gone right over my head.
re: #12 Belafon
Reading through some of the information she’s stated, immunosupressors seem to help with the cytokine storm.
Interesting. My Spanish flu research, just a teeny bit, showed that Spanish was nasty because of the cytokine repsponse, that’s why it got healthy people. Lungs looked like ‘exposure to mustard gas.’
They’re are still people taking cruises (or going to Italy, for that matter)?? Talk about tempting fate.
BREAKING: Italy’s prime minister imposes restrictions on the movement of about a quarter of the country’s population, in a sweeping coronavirus quarantine aimed at containing a widening outbreak. https://t.co/lms5QsRKh1
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 8, 2020
re: #10 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Which makes this disease really weird. Because of this, they’d think more younger people with robust immune systems would be harder hit, but that’s not the case.
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Although likely, I don’t feel comfortable making those conclusions based on the information given. I would want more information.
— Dr. Krutika Kuppalli (@KrutikaKuppalli) March 8, 2020
This is a novel version of a coronavirus, meaning it has not been seen before in humans. I suppose it is possible that many years ago this virus has first mutated and lived in other animals and occasionally infected humans, but apparently such events if occurred did not get registered.
If the older generations had been exposed to this and became immune, then they wouldn’t be at such a high risk of death once infected. Evidence is that the 60+ demo are at high risk.
I just got back from taking my kids to dinner (Tom’s dinner). The restaurant and the subway were much less populated than one would expect for a Saturday Night in NYC. Not sure what this means, but I think that people are going out less. Also, the drug store in Manhattan was out of most cold medicines.
A Tasmanian Student With Coronavirus Went To Work At A Hotel Instead Of Self-Isolating
Tasmanian director of Public Health Services Mark Veitch said that the man, in his 20s, had returned from Nepal via Singapore and Sydney on February 26.
Although he experienced cold-like symptoms, he continued to work at the Hotel Grand Chancellor and attend the Australian Ideal College, both in Hobart.
On March 6 he contacted a hotline as his symptoms worsened, but ignored advice to self-isolate while he waited for results.
He tested positive for the coronavirus the next day and is currently in a stable condition at the Royal Hobart Hospital.
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He probably went back to work because he had to. Few people have the luxury of taking 3 weeks off.
I wonder what will happen in this country as more people are infected who live paycheck to paycheck?
re: #20 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Sweden is paying people who self-isolate. That’ll never happen here.
re: #20 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
You know what is going to happen. We just can’t seem to wrap our minds around it.
Looking forward to the free market and rugged individualism to kick Corona’s ass.
re: #22 retired cynic
You know what is going to happen. We just can’t seem to wrap our minds around it.
I can. And it scares the shit out of me.
Just wait for church services tomorrow when the Disciples of Trump flock to the megachurches…and exposure spreads unchecked…
Warren’s on Saturday Night Live. She’s pretty funny.
re: #25 Joe Bacon 🌹
Just wait for church services tomorrow when the Disciples of Trump flock to the megachurches…and infections spread unchecked…
And with Easter just a few weeks out, there’s plenty going on at Churches in the next little while.
re: #27 Eclectic Cyborg
And with Easter just a few weeks out, there’s plenty going on at Churches in the next little while.
but trump never goes to church…
re: #28 I Would Prefer Not To
but trump never goes to church…
BUT the MAGATS who believe Trump is Gawd’s Anointed King will go to church whether they’re sick or not to praise him…even those exposed to the virus…or have an active infection…
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re: #31 plansbandc
No, no! What kind of area do you live in? What might work to help find him? I’m so sorry!
re: #32 retired cynic
What if someone finds him? He’s going to need you!
re: #31 plansbandc
Our dog ran off on a regular basis. But walking with a treat and calling his name sometimes worked. Otherwise we would drive through the neighborhood until we tracked him down.
Joni Ernst’s poll numbers have dropped from 57% last year to 47% now: rawstory.com.
re: #31 plansbandc
Who do you know who can help you look for him?
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re: #11 retired cynic
Could there be something older people were infected with years ago that was related enough to this that it triggers a major immune response? That younger people haven’t, in most cases, been exposed to? I have no idea what I am talking about.
As people age, immune response decreases. This is why old people die from common flu more than healthy young people. They get pneumonia. Back in the day before antibiotics, pneumonia was a major cause of death among the olds. Viral pneumonia, on the other hand, can’t be treated with antibiotics. It’s a double tap.
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re: #38 austin_blue
Exactly.
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Things like this happen to all of us and yes, they suck, but it’s not your fault the dog slipped the harness.
re: #11 retired cynic
Could there be something older people were infected with years ago that was related enough to this that it triggers a major immune response? That younger people haven’t, in most cases, been exposed to? I have no idea what I am talking about.
Until the early 70’s, smallpox was part of routine childhood vaccines; then they stopped doing that. People born before 1968 probably had that, and people born after that probably don’t.
re: #39 goddamnedfrank
I urge you to call someone and talk about this. Talking helps. If you need to, call a hotline and talk about it. We all care about you!
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re: #45 retired cynic
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I’ve notified Charles via message/email. I don’t know where she is or a phone or authorities close by. But I’mma keep trying.
re: #12 Belafon
Reading through some of the information she’s stated, immunosupressors seem to help with the cytokine storm.
If immunosupressers help… then my arthritis medication should provide some protection.
re: #31 plansbandc
Can you call the police station? Tomorrow call nearby animal shelters. You will get him back.
re: #42 sagehen
Until the early 70’s, smallpox was part of routine childhood vaccines; then they stopped doing that. People born before 1968 probably had that, and people born after that probably don’t.
Military vaccinated us till the mid 80’s for everyone and still does special operations people.
re: #42 sagehen
Until the early 70’s, smallpox was part of routine childhood vaccines; then they stopped doing that. People born before 1968 probably had that, and people born after that probably don’t.
I asked to get my kids vaccinated, they were born in the 90s. I was shocked that it was impossible to get the vaccination any more.
re: #44 BigPapa
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There is so much beauty in the world pic.twitter.com/0qtR3wqZlY
— Khary Penebaker (@kharyp) October 31, 2018
Because Japan has banned public gatherings for sporting events, teams and troupes are having to improvise.
Women pro wrestlers doing it best:
.@emblem_saki555 is going to take poor Mayu on a tour of Korakuen Hall from top to bottom! #スターダム #NoPeopleGate
➡️ https://t.co/OuWSIBxP31 pic.twitter.com/OPyMWy7Z4r— TDE Wrestling (@tde_wrestling) March 8, 2020
re: #38 austin_blue
As people age, immune response decreases. This is why old people die from common flu more than healthy young people. They get pneumonia. Back in the day before antibiotics, pneumonia was a major cause of death among the olds. Viral pneumonia, on the other hand, can’t be treated with antibiotics. It’s a double tap.
Here’s another thing. There’s a reason this virus is called “novel”. It’s brand spanking new. While the people most at risk for it seem to be the olds, even a relatively young doctor who sounded the alert in China was killed by it. It’s possible that this flavor of caronavirus (heh) sheds more virus from infected patients and overwhelms the immunity systems of health workers.
That’s a scary concept.
“We are tracking at this point a ship that may have shared crew with the #DiamondPrincess or the Grand Princess and we’ve taken decisive action to hold until we do a full medical assessment of the crew on that ship,” said @Mike_Pence https://t.co/Dq0L2MQiCt
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) March 7, 2020
Cool, cool.
The #Israeli Economy Ministry announced that there is no shortage of food products due to the #coronavirus, @Celia_Jean_H reports.https://t.co/3fofsAbdHP
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) March 7, 2020
Notice they don’t mention TP!
Berners are not only assholes, they are ableist assholes!
There are no words for how fucking much I hate this primary and this ableist ass shit https://t.co/eqPVBOaEtV
— Save Roe Spice (@queer_spice) March 8, 2020
Progressive revolutionaries hate disabled people.
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re: #59 BigPapa
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I called the Suicide Hotline # to alert them about the Tweet but I have no further info to go on. We get these calls at work where I can trace a call and get help. But at home I’m unable to do anything else…
re: #56 Dread Pirate
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Great. 1347 plague ships. And we have one off of San Fransisco, on which thy won’t test everyone for the virus. This is not a public health decision, this is a political expediency decision, and it’s going to result in more infections and deaths.
How I wish for a return to the Obama administration’s level of competence in reaction to an emergency response situation. The Trumpers have no clue.
re: #60 Hecuba’s daughter
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re: #63 BigPapa
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re: #64 Hecuba’s daughter
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Night Lizards, may choirs of angels sing thee to thy rest.
I’m not a Theist, but I entertain the existence of our better angels.
re: #57 Dread Pirate
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I was thinking about this with shipping and curbside pickup. You could order things from Amazon and have them delivered without ever seeing a person. With a whole lot of stores offering some type of curbside pickup, you could get things like food without going in. And some already offer delivery to the home. That minimizes a lot of people interaction, except for three groups: the source of the item, the delivery to stores, and those who do the collection in say Walmart, Target, or Kroger.
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re: #68 Charles Johnson
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re: #70 Hecuba’s daughter
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— The Korea Times (@koreatimescokr) March 5, 2020
“This evolving virus could have developed a symbiotic relationship with common bacteria found everywhere ― in homes, in metro stations, in restaurants, on airplane seats and others,” Dr. Djaballah told The Korea Times. “The virus has now turned some of these harmless bacteria into pathogenic bacteria or virulent bacteria, and it has gone into stealth mode, living undetected and protected by them.”
Pointing out a growing list of unexplained cases, he said the most probable explanation is that these patients came in contact with these pathogenic bacteria harboring the SARS-CoV2 virus.
re: #17 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
That’s big news here in Europe, to say the least. And we should bear in mind that the parts of Italy now in lockdown are basically the economic engine of the country.
Italy’s economy is fucked. I can say with a fairly high degree of confidence they’re now headed for a serious recession.
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson keeps calm but Whitehall plans for worst
Ministers are preparing for a potential coronavirus death toll as high as 100,000 as they try to brace the country for months of upheaval without spreading panic.
Boris Johnson will chair his second meeting of the Cobra emergency committee tomorrow, where medical experts are expected to recommend that the government move formally into the second “delay” phase of the government’s response.
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re: #72 Dread Pirate
“The virus has now turned some of these harmless bacteria into pathogenic bacteria or virulent bacteria, and it has gone into stealth mode, living undetected and protected by them.”
Count me as skeptical. But, yes, viruses can take up home anywhere the DNA/RNA replication machines exist.
In case not already mentioned:
RIP: Rosalind P. Walter (June 25, 1924 – March 4, 2020)
Well-known philanthropist, and perhaps not so well known as the real-life Rosie-the-Riveter, from the 1940s.
DEVELOPING: Coronavirus: Princess cruise ship kept offshore now allowed to dock in Oakland. https://t.co/gjabgV1XTO
— KTVU (@KTVU) March 8, 2020
BREAKING: Change of plans. Princess cruise line now says ship will dock in Oakland on Monday. The disembarking process might take several days https://t.co/rx8f4sYSv4
— KTVU (@KTVU) March 8, 2020
re: #1 Belafon
How many locations is Bernie going to lose where he held a rally - before journalists realize crowd size means nothing.
Because we are conditioned to think that (announced) crowd size is everything.
re: #21 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Sweden is paying people who self-isolate. That’ll never happen here.
we will never become a socilist hellhole
I started Folding@Home again because they said it would help analyze SARS CoV 2 virus to help with COVID-19 pandemic. So far it’s done everything but. My current work units are on…
Halorubrum lacusprofundi is a microorganism found in the extremely cold and hypersaline Deep Lake, Antarctica. This microorganism has a polyextremophilic β-galactosidase that works to break down carbohydrates. Recent work from the DasSarma group identified six key amino acid residues in β-galactosidase which, when mutated with amino acids conserved in homologs from mesophilic haloarchaea, induced significant changes to the catalytic efficiency of the enzyme and its temperature dependence
Fucking bait-and-switch motherfuckers.
re: #75 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson keeps calm but Whitehall plans for worst
You know, given the thinly-veiled Social Darwinism that lies at the heart of the Tory ideology, I’m a bit surprised they haven’t gone with a presser like this:
“We’ve decided that, in regards to COVID-19, we’re just gonna let ‘er rip. I mean, let’s be blunt here; who’s most likely to be affected? The old and the weak, and they’re not exactly the most ‘economically viable’ groups, now are they? We’ve decided that we’ll let nature take its course. And instead of thinking of this as a tragedy, let us think of it as, well, a ‘great cleansing’ of our great nation. Thank you, and God Bless.”
Sumo tournament begins without spectators for 1st time it its history
Wrestlers will maintain the time-honored tradition of offering a ladle of “chikara mizu” or power water to another wrestler but will only go through the motions and not put their mouth to the ladle.
Yet major Christian denominations are still planning on using shared cups/spoons.
And like magic, all my clocks jump ahead an hour.
…except my watch which hasn’t received it’s WWV update yet.
re: #86 Dread Pirate
And like magic, all my clocks jump ahead an hour.
Still a few weeks to wait for that bit of magic here in Europe - the jump to Summer Time is the last Sunday in March.
In our Modern Media Reality we seem to have two ways to react to any problem: ignore/deny vs. panic/hoard toilet paper.
And this makes it hard to express serious and scientifically well-founded concerns without being labeled a panic-monger by ignore/deny crowd, and without setting off more panic-hoarding among the others.
re: #88 Dr Lizardo
Still a few weeks to wait for that bit of magic here in Europe - the jump to Summer Time is the last Sunday in March.
Hopefully for the last time? Last I heard, the EU had voted to go with Endless Summer.
I grew up in Indiana and Arizona, two states that did not change their time (Indiana has since adopted Daylight Savings Time) and it just annoys the f*ck out of me.
I don’t even mind losing an hour in the spring, I tend to wake up earlier naturally, but the shift back to standard time in October just leaves me listless.
The Sands of Modesto (SNL), due to the corona virus the staging of certain scenes has been altered for the actors’ safety.*
re: #84 Dr Lizardo
You know, given the thinly-veiled Social Darwinism that lies at the heart of the Tory ideology, I’m a bit surprised they haven’t gone with a presser like this:
“We’ve decided that, in regards to COVID-19, we’re just gonna let ‘er rip. I mean, let’s be blunt here; who’s most likely to be affected? The old and the weak, and they’re not exactly the most ‘economically viable’ groups, now are they? We’ve decided that we’ll let nature take its course. And instead of thinking of this as a tragedy, let us think of it as, well, a ‘great cleansing’ of our great nation. Thank you, and God Bless.”
Same problem though as the US Republicans: that’s their electoral base. Same older, small-town demographics.
re: #90 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Hopefully for the last time? Last I heard, the EU had voted to go with Endless Summer.
I grew up in Indiana and Arizona, two states that did not change their time (Indiana has since adopted Daylight Savings Time) and it just annoys the f*ck out of me.
I don’t even mind losing an hour in the spring, I tend to wake up earlier naturally, but the shift back to standard time in October just leaves me listless.
It’ll be up to the national governments whether they go with Standard Time or Summer Time - Czech Republic will probably go with whatever Germany decides on the matter.
re: #92 ericblair
Same problem though as the US Republicans: that’s their electoral base. Same older, small-town demographics.
Good point; the rural/semi-rural older demographic are vital to Tory success….if they started dying off in significant numbers, they’d be addressing that ASAP.
I had a bad dream last night. I dreamt that Trump was using the coronavirus crisis to send troops to all the major cities.
Because so much is on the plate, so to speak, I have not followed up on the MBS story and the supposed arrests of his competitors for the throne.
But Al Jazeera just ran this:
Saudi crackdown widens amid reports of further arrests of royals
A roundup of royals and aides has widened in Saudi Arabia, according to several reports, in what is believed to be the latest crackdown by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), the kingdom’s de facto ruler, against potential challengers to his power.
On Saturday, a day after it was reported that two senior members of the royal family were detained over an alleged coup plot, US media outlets said Prince Nayef bin Ahmed, a former army head of intelligence, was also among those being held.
[…]
I expect other dictators to use the pandemic as a way to take actions and not be noticed.
re: #96 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I thought MBS was supposed to be so progressive and open minded. I guess not. He’s as horrible as any other Saudi dictator — he’s just younger and more photogenic.
DNA test shows Taiwanese woman likely caught COVID-19 in Egypt
Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Sunday said DNA testing showed that a Taiwanese woman was most likely infected with the COVID-19 virus while traveling in Egypt last month and not necessarily the source of infection for 12 workers on a Nile cruise.
[…]
Speaking during a CECC press event Sunday, National Taiwan University (NTU) Department of Microbiology Professor Yeh Shiou-hwei (葉秀慧) said her team has sequenced and analyzed the complete genome of the coronavirus found in the female patient to determine the source of the virus.
Yeh said doing a DNA sequencing test on a virus is like doing a “paternity test” to determine its source; by comparing its sequence with other coronavirus clades found around the globe.
An analysis of genome sequencing of all the 45 confirmed COVID-19 patients in Taiwan shows basically four sub-clades of coronavirus.
However, the DNA sequencing of the 39th patient indicates that the virus strain she was infected with has little similarity with the virus strains found in the other Taiwanese patients.
It is closer to those found in coronavirus infection samples in Europe, including those in Italy, Brazil and Nigeria, according to Yeh.
[…]
Replicating DNA/RNA introduces changes. For example, you have both point mutations and insertions/deletions that your parents do not have.
Given the COVID-19 disease now has several different (non-functional) variations in the underlying virus, enough to trace, I wonder how long it will be until a variation happens that affects function.
This is going to be tough to handle. If a vaccine is developed for one strain its efficacy on other strains may be different. Analogous to flu vaccines, which can be concoctions that address several flu variants.
re: #93 Dr Lizardo
It’ll be up to the national governments whether they go with Standard Time or Summer Time - Czech Republic will probably go with whatever Germany decides on the matter.
Sudeten Time
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Good thread about a woman exhibiting covid-19 symptoms who was denied testing because she wasn’t in S. Korea long enough.
The final thought from my brother’s ex who cannot be tested at this time:
“Do I have Covid-19? Who knows. Do we have a broken public healthcare system that is utterly failing during a health pandemic? Absolutely.” /10— 🗽 Liz Gumbinner (@Mom101) March 7, 2020
re: #101 A Mom Anon
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re: #97 Patricia Kayden
I thought MBS was supposed to be so progressive and open minded. I guess not. He’s as horrible as any other Saudi dictator — he’s just younger and more photogenic.
He is modernizing Saudi Arabia’s treatment of women. But he is also a brutal dictator.
Two more cases in Poland.
The Ministry of Health confirmed that two new cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Poland. “The results concern a woman from the Mazowieckie voivodship and a man from Silesia” - it was reported.
If it’s in Silesia, Poland - which is only a few kilometers from where I live - then as I suspect, it’s already here in my part of Czech Republic (Moravian Silesia).
Original, in Polish: wiadomosci.wp.pl
re: #90 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Hopefully for the last time? Last I heard, the EU had voted to go with Endless Summer.
I grew up in Indiana and Arizona, two states that did not change their time (Indiana has since adopted Daylight Savings Time) and it just annoys the f*ck out of me.
I don’t even mind losing an hour in the spring, I tend to wake up earlier naturally, but the shift back to standard time in October just leaves me listless.
When I worked in Evansville back in 1989, they changed the clock, but most of the state didn’t. So I never knew what time it was in Indianapolis.
re: #108 NO SMOCKING GUN!
When I worked in Evansville back in 1989, they changed the clock, but most of the state didn’t. So I never knew what time it was in Indianapolis.
Although Arizona does not change its clocks, the Navajo reservation does, as it extends into parts UT,CO and NM.
But the Hopi reservation, surrounded entirely by Navajo land, does not, so you can change clocks four times travelling from Flagstaff to Gallup.
re: #108 NO SMOCKING GUN!
When I worked in Evansville back in 1989, they changed the clock, but most of the state didn’t. So I never knew what time it was in Indianapolis.
A few places in the western part—particularly Chicago-adjacent—went with Illinois and a few in the east—particularly closer to the Columbus-Cincinnati corridor were on EST, as I recall. It was hard enough to get our kids to sleep in the summer, but I remember when Mitch Daniels went to EST and it was light until practically 10PM it became that much harder.
re: #105 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
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re: #51 Dread Pirate
I asked to get my kids vaccinated, they were born in the 90s. I was shocked that it was impossible to get the vaccination any more.
Smallpox is extinct in the wild. Here’s hoping Putin never decides to use it as a bio-weapon.
BWS posted this a few downstairs’s ago
I’ve never wanted a cat and then I saw this video and now I want a cat pic.twitter.com/sBVwjiIjGK
— Oliver Sachgau (@sachgau) March 7, 2020
just showd Mrs dm and she said
“that’s the best thing in the world. that right there”
re: #112 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Smallpox is extinct in the wild. Here’s hoping Putin never decides to use it as a bio-weapon.
My terror is a construction project digging up a Native American community that was killed by infected blankets and starting a major outbreak.
Seventh victim dies from the Diamond Princess. That makes 7 out of 696 who tested positive. These patients are getting first world medical care in Japan, as well as the remaining 32 in serious or critical condition. Some of them may die too.
This all reinforces that the mortality is around 1%.
Purim is on Monday night & Tuesday. It’s a joyful holiday with dressing up in costumes (“Jewish Halloween”) and sharing gifts of food and drink with your family and neighbors.
I have always enjoyed it, but last year there was a measles outbreak and the kosher bodega where most people in the community shop was “Ground Zero.” The measles affected adults in their 30’s and 40’s who did not receive a booster when they entered high school.
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As for the food gifts, I am giving out all packaged products. No home-baked mini-pies & sweet rolls like in previous years.
In honor of Purim, here’s some Flora:
re: #115 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Seventh victim dies from the Diamond Princess. That makes 7 out of 696 who tested positive. These patients are getting first world medical care in Japan, as well as the remaining 32 in serious or critical condition. Some of them may die too.
This all reinforces that the mortality is around 1%.
1% assuming good medical care. So, here in Texas, it’ll be closer to 3%.
More of “the establishment” //:
.@JoeBiden has served our country with dignity and we need him now more than ever. I will do everything in my power to help elect him the next President of the United States. pic.twitter.com/DbB2fGWpaa
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) March 8, 2020
re: #118 Belafon
1% assuming good medical care. So, here in Texas, it’ll be closer to 3%.
There’s a very real problem in this country of under-served communities, mostly due to lack of money.
This needs to be said a lot, out loud:
We are entering the disruption phase of #coronavirus response plans. In the absence of presidential leadership, we will need to find other voices — mayors, doctors — who can help guide public. Trump is incapable of managing this; he will not change. We move on. @cnntonight @cnn pic.twitter.com/7Kfrvf8SR7
— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) March 7, 2020
As the numbers increase and friends and family actually get sick, either people will realize what’s going on and Turn on Trump or he will do something out of survival.
re: #108 NO SMOCKING GUN!
When I worked in Evansville back in 1989, they changed the clock, but most of the state didn’t. So I never knew what time it was in Indianapolis.
I was working a power house build in Indiana. I lived in Illinois and came home on the weekend. One Monday afternoon I looked at my watch and told my fitter that we had better hurry because we were gonna be late for quitting time. We coiled the lead, gathered the tools in a bucket, locked the gang box, and headed down. I noticed that we seemed to be the only ones doing so. Time difference! Doh! Illinois was on DST and Indiana wasn’t.
so Brazil reported their first covid-19 case right in the middle of Carnaval like two weeks ago and that was the last we’ve heard of any cases there, just putting tha tout there https://t.co/nzy2frYU4v
— local jack please ban the nazis person (@pleizar) March 8, 2020
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Oh Please oh Please oh Please….
“ACU chairman Matt Schlapp told WaPo on Saturday that he himself interacted with the infected person at the event. The precise chronology could not be learned, but Schlapp did shake Trump’s hand on the stage on the last day of the conference.” https://t.co/6L8SikbuLi
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 8, 2020
re: #126 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Thoughts and prayers.
I know it’s a little heartless, but fuck him. And I don’t have much sympathy for anyone who goes to his stupid rallies if they get sick at one, but I do hate the idea that they’ll go home oblivious as always and spread it to innocents.
This fucking guy.
What a weird argument to make! I thought he wanted it to be “down to two?” Called himself the front-runner. Now he laments lack of a crowded field and blames the “establishment” - aka black Dems and suburban women? 🤔 https://t.co/ItrFeQAYE6
— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) March 8, 2020
It’s all about him, always:
We have a perfectly coordinated and fine tuned plan at the White House for our attack on CoronaVirus. We moved VERY early to close borders to certain areas, which was a Godsend. V.P. is doing a great job. The Fake News Media is doing everything possible to make us look bad. Sad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 8, 2020
And there is really a Tweet For Everything:
Obama just appointed an Ebola Czar with zero experience in the medical area and zero experience in infectious disease control. A TOTAL JOKE!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 17, 2014
re: #127 Barefoot Grin
I know it’s a little heartless, but fuck him. And I don’t have much sympathy for anyone who goes to his stupid rallies if they get sick at one, but I do hate the idea that they’ll go home oblivious as always and spread it to innocents.
Fuck them all. The list of CPAC members in attendance is like a who’s who of PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE 🙏.
Agree on the Innocents.
re: #124 Flying Squirrel Girl
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re: #130 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Fuck them all. The list of CPAC members in attendance is like a who’s who of PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE 🙏.
Agree on the Innocents.
Let Jesus sort ‘em out.
Fauci: Those ‘vulnerable’ to coronavirus should limit travel and crowd exposure
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, recommended Sunday that elderly and vulnerable Americans limit their exposure to travel and large crowds as the world fights the coronavirus outbreak.
Wait till Trump hears this.
re: #113 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
BWS posted this a few downstairs’s ago
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“that’s the best thing in the world. that right there”
We already have cats
Makes me want to get a piano
Some fine fiddlin’ and finger pickin’ goin’ on here.
re: #128 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
This fucking guy.
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These arguments all distill to the same thing
Bernie woulda won more states if more people voted for him.
They didn’t.
re: #120 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
There’s a very real problem in this country of under-served communities, mostly due to lack of money.
This is from a letter posted on today’s electoral-vote.com
In The Atlantic, Marc Lipsitch, a leading epidemiologist at Harvard, reported that “that within the coming year, some 40 to 70 percent of people around the world will be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19.” This was last week [as of 2/29] and while ridiculed at the time, his assumptions are now the generally accepted position among epidemiologists.”
Taking the low end above, 40% of the US population times 20% would be 26 million people needing hospital beds in 2020. There are under 1 million hospital beds in the US as of 2017, with that number declining over time. Also note that said hospital beds are 80-100% utilized in normal times, for all the other reasons that people need hospitals
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re: #126 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Thoughts and prayers.
We’re sad that some diseases have to sacrifice themselves in the name of our country, but we can honor them in many ways.
re: #136 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
These arguments all distill to the same thing
Bernie woulda won more states if more people voted for him.
Now I see his problem. 😂
re: #140 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Now I see his problem. 😂
As I’ve said, he calls himself a democratic socialist, I haven’t seen the democratic much. He thinks we should just give the party and nomination to him. Nope Bernie.
re: #62 austin_blue
Great. 1347 plague ships. And we have one off of San Fransisco, on which thy won’t test everyone for the virus. This is not a public health decision, this is a political expediency decision, and it’s going to result in more infections and deaths.
How I wish for a return to the Obama administration’s level of competence in reaction to an emergency response situation. The Trumpers have no clue.
More likely some have a clue, but political needs are more important to them than human lives other than their own.
I forget this asshole was still around.
Pressed on plans to handle 3,500 people on board the Grand Princess Cruise ship where 21 passengers tested positive for COVID-19, Sec. Carson tells @GStephanopoulos he doesn’t “want to preview the plan right now.” https://t.co/Nnmkn5yDtv pic.twitter.com/oHChuUX1NB
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) March 8, 2020
re: #16 BigPapa
Interesting. My Spanish flu research, just a teeny bit, showed that Spanish was nasty because of the cytokine repsponse, that’s why it got healthy people. Lungs looked like ‘exposure to mustard gas.’
it got young healthy people because older people had survived an earlier flu pandemic with many of the same characteristics, and hence had some resistance to the worst of it. at least, that’s what I seem to recall from some pbs documentary i watched years ago.
re: #138 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
The Trumpers all wagging FLU!!! on social media are in full denial. It doesn’t dawn on them that the impact of a more lethal virus will complicate the entire American health care scene.
re: #128 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
This fucking guy.
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re: #128 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
This fucking guy.
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Bernie’s basically admitting the only way he could win the nomination was in a crowded field. Which is not the admission of a campaign that thinks its ideas are gold and people are clambering to make this man their new king.
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re: #134 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
We already have cats
Makes me want to get a piano
My cats would have been on the keyboard itself since that was the current focus of attention. Nice of that cat to be polite about direct interference, but they still understood that the general location was a place to get attention.
I see the same behaviors among the Tripli-cats. They turn up in certain places during certain activities since they can get attention there on a dependable basis.
God came to me, big God, with the muscles, lightning, flowing robes, very powerful beard, the whole bit. Tears running down his face. Sir! Sir! he was crying, can you please close the “boarders” before all the people get the plague that I sent? Also, possibly locusts. https://t.co/9bjqeN7NIA
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 8, 2020
Yre: #133 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Fauci: Those ‘vulnerable’ to coronavirus should limit travel and crowd exposure
Wait till Trump hears this.
He was on press the meat; this wasn’t a break from the admin.
re: #129 The Pie Overlord!
We have a perfectly coordinated and fine tuned plan at the White House for our attack on CoronaVirus. We moved VERY early to close borders to certain areas, which was a Godsend. V.P. is doing a great job. The Fake News Media is doing everything possible to make us look bad. Sad!
Remember he told us he had a plan to defeat ISIS, which turned out to be “Sit down with generals and come up with a plan”?
The thought of particulates disbursing simply won’t leave my thoughts.
10 people have died and 23 are missing after a hotel housing people quarantined because of the coronavirus collapsed in the Chinese city of Quanzhou, authorities say. https://t.co/JBoBRgvATW
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 8, 2020
NEW: Washington state Governor Inslee says he’s considering “mandatory measures” to stop the spread of coronavirus pic.twitter.com/7zsW7dBeeZ
— BNO Newsroom (@BNODesk) March 8, 2020
re: #148 steve_davis
i’ve been told that when this happens, don’t run after the dog. he thinks that’s enormous fun. instead, run in the opposite direction. the dog will follow you because that’s also fun, and because he’s a dog, he likes to have a buddy to play with, and you will do.
Or, fall down and moan like you’re in pain. Doggo will run too you.
re: #95 Barefoot Grin
That’s not a bad dream, that’s going to happen.
re: #61 Joe Bacon 🌹
I called the Suicide Hotline # to alert them about the Tweet but I have no further info to go on. We get these calls at work where I can trace a call and get help. But at home I’m unable to do anything else…
re: #109 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Although Arizona does not change its clocks, the Navajo reservation does, as it extends into parts UT,CO and NM.
But the Hopi reservation, surrounded entirely by Navajo land, does not, so you can change clocks four times travelling from Flagstaff to Gallup.
like that humorous section heading to chicago where, thanks to the river, I got to see a welcome to ohio sign three times traveling along the same piece of interstate.
re: #155 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Or, fall down and moan like you’re in pain. Doggo will run too you.
I remember when AFN radio reported a St Bernard puppy that had escaped and was at large at the Rhine-Main Airbase. I phoned in and suggested that the best thing would be to just hunker down in a snowdrift and wait for him to show up…
I’m glad our Lizard is still here. We have Trump, now Corona virus. Some of us already dealing with a lot of bullshit or already struggling to keep it together will be pushed over the top the next several months. We have to just hunker down and take care of each other.
We have an Orange Motherfucker and Banana Republicans to electorally annihlate. I could be in a hospital bed on a breathing machine and I will stick it to those bastards with my last burst of energy.
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Virginia Department of Health investigating second “presumptive positive” case of coronavirus
by: Keyris Manzanares
Posted: Mar 8, 2020 / 08:32 AM EDT / Updated: Mar 8, 2020 / 08:57 AM EDT
Excerpt (about first confirmed case):
On Saturday, VDH confirmed the first case of the coronavirus in Virginia. The Department released a statement saying a U.S. Marine tested positive for COVID-19 and is being treated at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital.
re: #157 steve_davis
like that humorous section heading to chicago where, thanks to the river, I got to see a welcome to ohio sign three times traveling along the same piece of interstate.
Or Busingen, Germany, which is can only be reached by going through Switzerland.
That’s not why people are saying your dad has dementia, Bateman. It’s literally everything he’s ever said — endlessly looping through the same stock phrases over and over, not knowing or understanding things everyone else knows, calling hurricanes “water dumps,” shit like that. https://t.co/Y39oLiQUnV
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) March 8, 2020
Well…at least he was honest. 😬 pic.twitter.com/2Uv8G7KOha
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) March 8, 2020
re: #130 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
If coronavirus can be the neutron bomb of pandemics….
I’d call that karma.
These are people who have inflicted their callousness on everyone who isn’t them.
It is amazing. We expect Democrats to be competent and coherent, so any slip-ups on their part are portrayed as “symptoms of cognitive dissonance”.
We expect Trump to be incoherent, offensive, obnoxious and provocative, so he can say anything any way he wants to and get away with it.
Uhm…
Disney World and Universal Orlando Resort in Florida are still open. https://t.co/lqhV07xVvS
— BoZaza (@BoZaza) March 8, 2020
re: #166 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Or as my dad put it to me on the phone this week in regards to Trump: “I expect ineptness.”
My local PBS station WHYY has the latest information on the virus with a heavy emphasis on the Greater Delaware Valley.
Man, Glen’s timeline is just an absolute trainwreck. Every single post is about Biden having dementia. Half the things are just outright lies, like this one. https://t.co/qOIl75iPAS
— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) March 8, 2020
This is what happens when 62 million suckers decide to elect a shrieking TV weirdo just because it’ll piss off liberals. Now, the whole thing is crashing and burning while the shrieking TV weirdo hides under his bed, paralyzed in the face of a global crisis. https://t.co/xm4jFC3dbl
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) March 8, 2020
re: #170 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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He hasn’t been hiding away at all. He’s just not a needy old man who needs to be worshipped.
re: #22 retired cynic
You know what is going to happen. We just can’t seem to wrap our minds around it.
Yes, we’re going to learn a great deal from this (virus) experience. Even if we manage to avoid the illness.
re: #171 Backwoods_Sleuth
“…shrieking TV weirdo”.
That’s one of the most apt descriptions of Trump ever.
New York governor announces 16 newly confirmed cases in his state: pic.twitter.com/2PtciBoqLv
— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts) March 8, 2020
re: #128 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
This fucking guy.
Meet the Press -
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Sanders “The Establishment” = Trump “Deep State”
re: #176 Deep State SuperElite Satinist
Sanders “The Establishment” = Trump “Deep State”
It’s so fucking tedious.
They’re flying them across the country.
For those that don’t know, Dobbins is in Marietta GA, a north western suburb of Atlanta. Just outside the 285 loop.
Have a friend in the USAF Reserve whose unit is there, and she lives in the immediate area with her 4 kids
Cruise ship passengers to be quarantined at Dobbins Air Reserve Base; US Army stops all travel to and from South Korea, Italy amid coronavirus concerns https://t.co/gzOFTJZhiN pic.twitter.com/e4b3vbHBqm
— Military Times (@MilitaryTimes) March 8, 2020
re: #171 Backwoods_Sleuth
Carson simply doesn’t know. Not in the loop. And, they sent him out there.
This fucking administration only cares about one thing. Being the “administration”
A cruise ship docked in Kona yesterday. Locals are like WTF Skippy?
re: #180 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Carson simply doesn’t know. Not in the loop. And, they sent him out there.
This fucking administration only cares about one thing. Being the “administration”
at least he is a PhD, but that does not make him an expert on disease control
re: #133 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Fauci: Those ‘vulnerable’ to coronavirus should limit travel and crowd exposure
Wait till Trump hears this.
If Trump’s people stop him from doing big rallies, he’s going to demand that they set up visits to retirement communities just so he can have an audience.
To him, potential death of his audience is a small price to pay for getting the message of his greatness out to his followers. He’s a mentally sick man.
Oh, this is quite good. https://t.co/CyHCWAEag6
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) March 8, 2020
If by “almost…choosing” you mean Bloomberg getting a total of one delegate, sure, ok, almost then.
— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) March 8, 2020
I just went to the City Commissioner’s office to check to see if my lessons for primary day have been cancelled. Tomorrow’s classes have not yet been listed. I will call them tomorrow to see if the classes are still going to take place.
A coronavirus potters field. https://t.co/WZby7Dja7L
— David Neiwert (@DavidNeiwert) March 8, 2020
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 8, 2020
re: #184 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
There is a “Blue Trump”, Xiggy, but you won’t like hearing who it is…
re: #170 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Man, Glen’s timeline is just an absolute trainwreck. Every single post is about Biden having dementia. Half the things are just outright lies, like this one.
Biden just finished speaking at a huge rally in St. Louis pic.twitter.com/pkyMRKhxq1
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) March 7, 2020
…
It seems Bernieworld, Trumpworld, and the Russian media are all lost and freaking out after Super Tuesday. We were warned by the intelligence community about social media manipulation regarding it, and I sure as shit felt like I was taking crazy pills with all the pro-Bernie spin everywhere.
It didn’t work, and now they’re panicking. I don’t think Bernie is personally involved, but I think his surrogates are bought and paid for by foreign powers and Bernie is too shitty and self absorbed a manager to control any of them.
re: #184 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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All those folks are still on the ballots. People are going to vote for them. I would expect Bloomy to be viable, and earn delegates in Florida at least
re: #189 ericblair
It seems Bernieworld, Trumpworld, and the Russian media are all lost and freaking out after Super Tuesday. We were warned by the intelligence community about social media manipulation regarding it, and I sure as shit felt like I was taking crazy pills with all the pro-Bernie spin everywhere.
It didn’t work, and now they’re panicking. I don’t think Bernie is personally involved, but I think his surrogates are bought and paid for by foreign powers and Bernie is too shitty and self absorbed a manager to control any of them.
I have no idea but Bernie’s campaign is exactly why he would make a terrible president. He doesn’t delegate leadership well.
Kate McKinnon as Laura Ingraham AND Elizabeth Warren WITH the real Elizabeth Warren is everything.
♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ pic.twitter.com/BORE0DhOdI— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) March 8, 2020
I wonder how many people/pundits who are presently highlighting Biden’s gaffes spent the first several years of Obama’s presidency calling him “Osama” — or calling Osama “Obama.” I should do some research on that.
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) March 8, 2020
re: #164 BigPapa
You wanna play rough, huh? Say hello to my little friend!
re: #193 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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re: #102 jeffreyw
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Good morning!
It looks great!
Unfortunately, for me, I would have to toss everything but the eggs. However, if you have salted the eggs they would have to go as well. Cuz, my Doc would kick my ass if he saw me eating a wonderful breakfast like that.
re: #193 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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I was laughing until I felt a little tear running down my face.
One of these twitters is “everything is a plot against me” and the other is “we’re a stronger and better nation together” and I personally know which I am tired of and which I am hoping to see restored. pic.twitter.com/KRJG5hzQ1b
— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) March 8, 2020
Happy International Women’s Day
Go on Mummy….#internationalwomensday #offtheleash pic.twitter.com/PgCCEL2W9v— Off The Leash & On The Prowl (@RupertFawcett) March 8, 2020
re: #195 TarHellion
You wanna play rough, huh? Say hello to my little friend!
Some of that John Wayne toilet paper. Rough, tough and doesn’t take shit off of anyone.
re: #200 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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Biden respects his former rivals. Bernie just sees them as pawns.
re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Wanna know who else slipped and referred to Obama as Osama?
Senator Ted Kennedy in 2007, when making a statement officially welcoming the incoming freshman senator to the Senate.
re: #202 Eventual Carrion
Some of that John Wayne toilet paper. Rough, tough and doesn’t take shit off of anyone.
That’s what they have at work…which is why a lot of folks bring their own or use Preparation H wipes…
re: #17 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
They’re are still people taking cruises (or going to Italy, for that matter)?? Talk about tempting fate.
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One of my coworkers was going on an Italian cruise next month. I haven’t talked to him, but I’m thinking it’s “was going” rather than “is going.”
re: #202 Eventual Carrion
Some of that John Wayne toilet paper. Rough, tough and doesn’t take shit off of anyone.
Made me think of the song we used to sing to the theme of the cowboy tv show “Branded”:
“Stranded, stranded on the toilet bowl. What do you do when you’re stranded…
and you can’t find a roll.”
You haven’t got shit. https://t.co/NE6g1hOc5O
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) March 8, 2020
re: #204 A Three Hour Tour
Wanna know who else slipped and referred to Obama as Osama?
Senator Ted Kennedy in 2007, when making a statement officially welcoming the incoming freshman senator to the Senate.
Maybe not the best example, he had a brain tumor…
re: #203 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Biden respects
his former rivalsmembers of the Democratic Party. Bernie just sees them as pawns.
FTFY
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re: #115 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Seventh victim dies from the Diamond Princess. That makes 7 out of 696 who tested positive. These patients are getting first world medical care in Japan, as well as the remaining 32 in serious or critical condition. Some of them may die too.
This all reinforces that the mortality is around 1%.
Confirms that it’s at least 1%. There remain 444 active cases from the ship.
re: #208 Backwoods_Sleuth
Stephen King has a way with words. :)
It’s like they don’t understand how viruses spread.
Here’s Ben Carson saying that if you’re healthy, “there’s no reason you shouldn’t go” to a crowded Trump rally.
“I’m confused by the message you’re sending right now,” Stephanopoulos replies. pic.twitter.com/AMPhjqNfWq— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 8, 2020
re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth
I wonder how many people/pundits who are presently highlighting Biden’s gaffes spent the first several years of Obama’s presidency calling him “Osama” — or calling Osama “Obama.” I should do some research on that.
again, a matter of expectations
we expect Trump to be blubbering and hyperbolic, we expect Biden to be coherent and competent.
further signs of how much closer we are to Full Idiocracy
I hope the loogy content of their dinners matched their collective level of tyranny. https://t.co/L0gv6GfAFr
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) March 8, 2020
re: #214 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
It’s like they don’t understand how viruses spread.
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What I don’t understand is why Ben Carson is being asked about this. Retired pediatric neurosurgeon and HUD Sec. Why not just have me on for my opinion? M.S. in geology and housewife.
re: #218 calochortus
What I don’t understand is why Ben Carson is being asked about this. Retired pediatric neurosurgeon and HUD Sec. Why not just have me on for my opinion? M.S. in geology and housewife.
Because you have not signed an NDA
re: #217 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Ooh, great! Now I’ll be checking my toilet rolls for menacing arachnids.
re: #218 calochortus
What I don’t understand is why Ben Carson is being asked about this. Retired pediatric neurosurgeon and HUD Sec. Why not just have me on for my opinion? M.S. in geology and housewife.
He is a member to the administration COVID-19 response task force
re: #221 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Administration Spokesman: “I am not the spokesman.”
re: #219 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Because you have not signed an NDA
Because I have nothing to disclose anyway?
re: #221 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
He is a member to the administration COVID-19 response task force
I had forgotten that.
I am sure putting him on the task force makes sense in some world.
re: #17 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
While Princess cruise ship with confirmed cases on board is set to dock in Oakland tomorrow, officials are looking at yet another cruise ship that may have staffers/passengers who might have gotten exposed as well.
It was also pointed out that the CDC previously scored the Princess ship with a 98 on its sanitary ratings - which should worry anyone even thinking of taking cruises - if this can happen on a ship that is known to be diligent on cleanliness, just imagine what happens on other ships.
I’m no fan of cruising (I got sick on my one and only cruise, and that does cloud my view of the trip - before then, I was having a good time, even if we weren’t as free to do off-shore stuff as we wanted).
A plan that good you don’t need to have. https://t.co/ut37ZdXy6c
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) March 8, 2020
More of this propaganda again? Did Adams see the video of Trump at the CDC? He’s shaped like the Shmoo in a stupid hat, if the Shmoo were suffering from some sort of inflammatory condition. https://t.co/ASw50egNoD
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) March 8, 2020
hello bosses, paid sick leave works like this: https://t.co/Glpx9Lew3r
— Dr Sarah Taber (@SarahTaber_bww) March 8, 2020
The two crew members awaiting testing last worked on a separate ship that is now undergoing a COVID-19 outbreak.https://t.co/7h6rwcp8xa
You can’t make it up with these people. These “yellow vests” are PRECISELY the same as the bogus Russian Active Measure in France. I hope @BernieSanders is proud. https://t.co/Uxo9Kc1kbi
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 8, 2020
re: #225 lawhawk
You couldn’t pay me enough to take a cruise. Aside from my extreme motion sensitivity, my idea of a vacation leans heavily toward cabin-in-the-middle-of-nowhere.
I do know people who love cruising, including someone who is booked on a Disney cruise in a couple weeks. So far they’re still planning on going.
I’m thinking Princess is headings for bankruptcy.
re: #231 calochortus
You couldn’t pay me enough to take a cruise.
I cannot handle the notion of a vacation with a fixed itinerary. I understand that certain things need to be booked in advance but not a whole vacation’s worth.
Excellent BBC interview of WHO expert on Coronavirus just returned from China. https://t.co/ktcpai7Lrk
— Barry R McCaffrey (@mccaffreyr3) March 8, 2020
Amazing how the sycophants will state how healthy Derp Leader is while he’s mentally not all there and pissing his pants.
Welp…..
At least 70 staffers at the nursing facility in Washington state that’s become the epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak have shown symptoms and been asked to stay home.
“We cannot make any promises that further exposure in the center is not happening,” Tim Killian, a spokesperson for Life Care Center, said at a press conference on Saturday.
re: #224 calochortus
I had forgotten that.
I am sure putting him on the task force makes sense in some world.
What do these guys do all day other than identify and fire everyone who knows how shit gets done?
re: #238 stpaulbear
What do these guys do all day other than identify and fire everyone who knows how shit gets done?
I guess someone has to do it.
/
Matt Schlapp said Mitt Romney wouldn’t be safe at CPAC, turns out he was right.
— Covie (@roper_93) March 8, 2020
Master weaver #CarrieBethel used natural materials to create incredible, multicolored backgrounds and designs. ⬇️ This large-scale basket from 1929 took her 3 years to complete!
See it in #ArtofNativeAmerica in Gallery 631. Learn more: https://t.co/A1z8Ip81AH pic.twitter.com/gPo6SI2xjI— The Metropolitan Museum of Art (@metmuseum) March 8, 2020
re: #208 Backwoods_Sleuth
Stephen King
✔
@StephenKing
You haven’t got shit.
That’s probably the one thing DT DOES have!
re: #235 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
@mccaffreyr3
Excellent BBC interview of WHO expert on Coronavirus just returned from China
OK, link really wasn’t visible with the shared tweet.
13 and a half minutes
re: #224 calochortus
I had forgotten that.
I am sure putting him on the task force makes sense in some world.
No. Not even in bizarro-land does it make any sense. It’s a task force meant to do one thing. Shield the orange shit-goblin from bad press.
I was going to see how the Freepers were taking things this morning, but FR is down. Last seen they were still busy pointing out that fewer people have died from COVID-19 at this point than have died from the flu. Because as long as additional deaths are fewer than some arbitrary number, it’s not going to be a problem. Or something.
The only time they worry about deaths is when they note that evil libtards are happy to see a bazillion people die to take out Trump.
DSA member IMs me asking if I will now support Bernie.
My answer—No thanks.
DSA member—We DEMAND you support Bernie.
My reply—I’m a man, not a jockstrap. Because of your asinine remark I’m for Biden and now I will give $25 to Biden’s campaign.
re: #246 Joe Bacon 🌹
DSA member IMs me asking if I will now support Bernie.
My answer—No thanks.
DSA member—We DEMAND you support Bernie.
My reply—I’m a man, not a jockstrap. Because of your asinine remark I’m for Biden and now I will give $25 to Biden’s campaign.
Literally?
re: #234 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I cannot handle the notion of a vacation with a fixed itinerary. I understand that certain things need to be booked in advance but not a whole vacation’s worth.
I think it depends on what you do. We were livestock farmers, and we worked physically all the time, 7 days a week. I would have given all my eyeteeth for a Caribbean cruise where we relaxed in the sun and read. People who work primarily with their minds want to go and DO things. And physically disabled people, like me now, would like a cruise because they couldn’t keep up hiking and touring. So I can understand the allure. I just can’t afford to do it. For those who can, power on!
re: #245 calochortus
I was going to see how the Freepers were taking things this morning, but FR is down. Last seen they were still busy pointing out that fewer people have died from COVID-19 at this point than have died from the flu. Because as long as additional deaths are fewer than some arbitrary number, it’s not going to be a problem. Or something.
The only time they worry about deaths is when they note that evil libtards are happy to see a bazillion people die to take out Trump.
Which is sort of a meaningless view when put in the context of how the US hasn’t even tested 1% of those tested in countries like China, Japan, or South Korea. Since we’re not testing people, and are unlikely to conduct autopsies on every person presumed to have died of “influenza,” it’s pretty much impossible to have an accurate count of US deaths due to this virus to date.
Biden: “We can only re-elect Donald Trump if in fact we get engaged in this circular firing squad here. It’s gotta be a positive campaign.”
The video going around: “We can only re-elect Donald Trump.” (Ends)
More than six million views. https://t.co/2f6pq29JO1— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 8, 2020
re: #249 Targetpractice
Which is sort of a meaningless view when put in the context of how the US hasn’t even tested 1% of those tested in countries like China, Japan, or South Korea. Since we’re not testing people, and are unlikely to conduct autopsies on every person presumed to have died of “influenza,” it’s pretty much impossible to have an accurate count of US deaths due to this virus to date.
That too.
re: #250 Backwoods_Sleuth
Shit is getting ridiculous.
The Free Press is the watchdog of liberty, which is why it’s the ONLY private enterprise given enumerated rights in the Constitution.
It’s Fake Presidents that are the enemy of the people. https://t.co/HXS1TJzxNY— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 8, 2020
re: #250 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Biden being bracketed by two troll campaigns, one conducted by his future opponent, the other conducted by his current one.
FFS
re: #124 Flying Squirrel Girl
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re: #247 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Literally?
Should have taken a screenshot of the message but that really pushed me over the edge. At the point I’m almost ready to quit DSA.
Other Berniebots posting they hope Hillary dies from coronavirus…just SMDH at how deluded they are!
re: #248 retired cynic
I think it depends on what you do. We were livestock farmers, and we worked physically all the time, 7 days a week. I would have given all my eyeteeth for a Caribbean cruise where we relaxed in the sun and read. People who work primarily with their minds want to go and DO things. And physically disabled people, like me now, would like a cruise because they couldn’t keep up hiking and touring. So I can understand the allure. I just can’t afford to do it. For those who can, power on!
When this is over they are going to be a lot cheaper to get people to cruise.
re: #233 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I’m thinking Princess is headings for bankruptcy.
Its parent company is Carnival Corporation & PLC (ticker symbol CCL). On January 17, its stock was trading at $51.90 and had been trading in a range from $44 to $54 for the previous year. It closed on Friday at $27.15. The stock didn’t slid out of its generally historic zone until February 20. Since then, it’s been just sliding down. I expect that tomorrow it will crater. Along with the stocks of other cruising companies.
Along those lines, I watched a recording of a sumo match from earlier today and it was eerie. This was the top tier wrestling, there were very few people in the arena and the lights had been darkened on where the crowd would have been sitting. It didn’t help that my guy lost. One of the commenters suggested that Enho might have a hard time this basho because he really does take energy from his supporters cheering him on. Supporters are not allowed, however.
re: #243 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Thanks for that video. That doctor was good in explaining what is going on and what to do. And thankfully he made sense of the junk that is coming out of Washington, DC.
re: #257 Joe Bacon 🌹
Other Berniebots posting they hope Hillary dies from coronavirus…just SMDH at how deluded they are!
Deluded but also sadistic. I fucking despise Bernie at this point but I don’t want him sick or dead.
re: #257 Joe Bacon 🌹
They are deluded. Hilly will get the best care, and of course being retired, if she’s at risk, she can just stay home and have whatever she needs delivered and her doctor could just do house calls.
Online the whole Bernie/Biden thing is looking like a particularly bad breakup.
re: #264 CarolJ
They are deluded. Hilly will get the best care, and of course being retired, if she’s at risk, she can just stay home and have whatever she needs delivered and her doctor could just do house calls.
Online the whole Bernie/Biden thing is looking like a particularly bad breakup.
They’re losing it because they know they’re never going to hijack the Democrats the way the Trumpians did the Republicans.
re: #250 Backwoods_Sleuth
Biden: “We can only re-elect Donald Trump if in fact we get engaged in this circular firing squad here. It’s gotta be a positive campaign.”
The video going around: “We can only re-elect Donald Trump.” (Ends)
More than six million views.
I hate to have to say it, but they should be careful about saying anything that can be twisted around like that and viralized.
But then again, anything and everything they say will be given that treatment…
“Pay me, Daddy.” https://t.co/K5VhXciXhQ
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 8, 2020
re: #254 Targetpractice
Biden being bracketed by two troll campaigns, one conducted by his future opponent, the other conducted by his current one.
FFS
Same thing Hillary had to contend with.
And don’t think that there is not a bit of overlap between the two troll campaigns…
re: #257 Joe Bacon 🌹
Other Berniebots posting they hope Hillary dies from coronavirus…just SMDH at how deluded they are!
I’m thinking there’s Russian ratfucking going on there.
re: #252 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Shit is getting ridiculous.
Gee I wonder who it was that decided to take that out of context.
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re: #271 SteelPH
Gee I wonder who it was that decided to take that out of context.
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I’ve seen a lot of it. A lot of the shit directed about Biden is reminding me of people picking on me for having a lisp as a kid and a slight stutter. And the armchair senility diagnoses too. Meanwhile we were supposed to act like Bernie having a heart attack was no big deal and not even speak of it. I’ve never been so disgusted with a candidate seeking the Democratic nomination. And note I said seeking the nomination not a Democrat themselves.
Pharmacist who works at CVS in Queensbury, NY has been quarantined after testing positive for #coronavirus https://t.co/7taWpsx6Ac
— COVID19 / CORONAVIRUS ALERTS ⚠ (@COVlDI9) March 8, 2020
This is what happens when an anesthesiologist is put in as Surgeon General…
Surgeon General Adams can’t give Tapper a straight answer (or any answer at all) about how many Americans have been tested for coronavirus pic.twitter.com/3G0mmVAUEM
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 8, 2020
re: #250 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Predictably, replies to Dale’s tweet are suggesting the full clip is proof of Biden’s all-encompassing dementia and how absolutely unfit he is for everything and anything. The fact that this has taken off on all sides seems pretty indicative instead of the absolute ratfucking we’re going to face in November. I’m absolutely terrified of this shit. They’re truly wiling to burn the entire Dem party down and hand the election to Trump for the purity of their ‘revolution’, just because they think they’ll get to build from the ashes.
re: #243 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
OK, link really wasn’t visible with the shared tweet.
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Minor nitpick, that’s Channel 4 not BBC. Not all British TV is BBC
My ex wife is driving me crazy. Again? She doesn’t want our daughter to fly to London and visit her friend. I think there is risk, but there is risk staying in NY and going out with friends. She’s 23, in grad school. I don’t fucking know what to say. I’m not for this trip, but it doesn’t seem that we are at a point that all trips should be cancelled. (My biggest fear is that she gets stuck there. You may not be aware but the POTUS is a fucking idiot who may try to ban travel—because of a hoax).
I think that sometimes you just have to let people do what they need/want to do.
re: #274 Joe Bacon 🌹
This is what happens when an anesthesiologist is put in as Surgeon General…
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Accurate headline: “Surgeon General admits he’s in terrible health, nation worried.”
Again, the EXPLICIT PLAN of Bernie’s campaign was to hope that a bunch of candidates would remain viable enough after NH to split the black vote but not viable enough win, so he could win with 30% of the party. I blame Elizabeth Warren. https://t.co/vAMMIrNlVI pic.twitter.com/OUKDbgmeMN
— Scott Lemieux (@LemieuxLGM) March 8, 2020
re: #277 I Would Prefer Not To
My daughter flew to Guatemala yesterday for a month long clinical rotation. She’s 30.
You have to live in the world.
re: #274 Joe Bacon 🌹
This is what happens when an anesthesiologist is put in as Surgeon General…
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Look on the bright side; the Health Minister of the Czech Republic is a 33-year-old media lawyer with a degree in media and communications - and his other claim to fame is that he was a participant in SuperStar, a talent show, as a singer/songwriter.
Yep.
ok this is legendary
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 8, 2020
The responses to AOC on saying a nice thing about Elizabeth Warren sum up every reason why people think online Sanders supporters are just awful. These people seem to forget that even if Bernie was president, the closest person to him in the Senate would be Elizabeth Warren. https://t.co/5XfBUFVSxl
— Erik Loomis (@ErikLoomis) March 8, 2020
They truly eat their own. Maybe I’m being a bit unfair, since AOC at least seems to have a good enough head on her shoulders to to not be reflexively anti-anyone vaguely ‘establishment’, but it still stands that al it took was a compliment like this to Warren to get the dogs sicced on her.
re: #279 Joe Bacon 🌹
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The Sanders campaign intended to run a Trump campaign: Do little to expand your base and instead gamble that the rest of the field would so fragment the “Not-Bernie” vote that he could arrive at the convention with a “plurality” of the pledged delegates.
re: #282 Citizen K
They truly eat their own. Maybe I’m being a bit unfair, since AOC at least seems to have a good enough head on her shoulders to to not be reflexively anti-anyone vaguely ‘establishment’, but it still stands that al it took was a compliment like this to Warren to get the dogs sicced on her.
That’s why their movement is doomed ultimately. I wasn’t as sold as some were on Warren’s candidacy. However, I enjoyed her appearance both with Colbert and on SNL. She’s a great advocate for progressive policy and a good person whose presence is the race was a positive. If one looks at what Biden has been doing with former rivals versus Bernie, it’s easy to see why this race has changed.
Understand this: It’s not that people simply mean “you were rude to me so I won’t vote for your guy.”
It’s that people mean, “your movement doesn’t seem to want me, and your coalition doesn’t seem to be open to me.
I’m worried the execution of your policy will be the same.”— brittany packnett cunningham (@MsPackyetti) March 8, 2020
re: #282 Citizen K
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They truly eat their own. Maybe I’m being a bit unfair, since AOC at least seems to have a good enough head on her shoulders to to not be reflexively anti-anyone vaguely ‘establishment’, but it still stands that al it took was a compliment like this to Warren to get the dogs sicced on her.
There is no doubt that if Biden wins the nomination AOC will be working overtime to get him elected. She wants the party to move left but she is definitely a member of the party, as are the rest of the squad. And Ayanna Pressley was a Warren supporter.
re: #281 Dr Lizardo
Look on the bright side; the Health Minister of the Czech Republic is a 33-year-old media lawyer with a degree in media and communications - and his other claim to fame is that he was a participant in SuperStar, a talent show, as a singer/songwriter.
Yep.
Well, I would imagine (hope?) that that media degree would at least mean he has some sort of handle on how to communicate to the public in handling a potentially fatal pandemic. A talent I haven’t seen evinced in anybody from the Trump Administration so far.
The #coronavirus in Italy
Day1 14cases/1dead
2 76/2
3 153/3
4 231/7
5 374/12
6 528/17
7 821/21
8 1128/29
9 1577/34
10 1835/52
11 2263/79
12 2706/107
13 3296/148
14 3916/197
15 5061/233
16 6387/366
622 recovered
25% home quarantine no symptoms
40k test
32.6k negative— Tancredi Palmeri (@tancredipalmeri) March 8, 2020
re: #283 Targetpractice
The Sanders campaign intended to run a Trump campaign: Do little to expand your base and instead gamble that the rest of the field would so fragment the “Not-Bernie” vote that he could arrive at the convention with a “plurality” of the pledged delegates.
Hell I see it when his supporters get called out. “Well it worked for Trump.” I really thought going in the eventual winner would prove him or herself as the man or woman who distinguished themselves the most from Trump. Trump’s problems we know fall beyond mere policy but also towards basic competence and decency. I’ll admit it. Biden wasn’t my choice originally but when I see him interact one on one with people and how he’s able to talk up former rivals, that’s the person I think is best to beat Trump. Someone who truly gets that one person or set of policies alone even will help us repair the damage from Trumpism and more forward as a nation.
Well shitfire. No trips to Toronto for us in the foreseeable future.
#Breaking: Ontario confirms 29th case of novel coronavirus COVID-19. More to come. https://t.co/o1QvPdxnhu
— Toronto Star (@TorontoStar) March 8, 2020
re: #288 Jay C
Well, I would imagine (hope?) that that media degree would at least mean he has some sort of handle on how to communicate to the public in handling a potentially fatal pandemic. A talent I haven’t seen evinced in anybody from the Trump Administration so far.
He’s out of his depth. The only reason he’s the Health Minister is because he was a hotshot lawyer for Czech PM Andrej Babiš’ MAFRA Media Group (yes, the PM here owns the two biggest daily newspapers in the country).
Toadyism, in other words.
“When POTUS was [at] CPAC, I saw him scrub down his hands more than once … my wife was squirting Purell in my hands” — Matt Schlapp calls in to Fox & Friends from a secure location hours after news broke that he shook hands with a coronavirus patient at CPAC, but downplays it pic.twitter.com/pBivX2Qaz1
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 8, 2020
tfw people tellin you not to panic about corona but this is the mindset of literally every food service GM in america pic.twitter.com/hwQvhNYpO6
— bacon flaps (@bacon_flaps) March 7, 2020
re: #178 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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re: #293 The Pie Overlord!
And as our bizarre timeline would have it, Fox and Friends has a guy who doesn’t believe in washing his hands because he doesn’t believe in viruses.
re: #260 mmmirele
Along those lines, I watched a recording of a sumo match from earlier today and it was eerie. This was the top tier wrestling, there were very few people in the arena and the lights had been darkened on where the crowd would have been sitting. It didn’t help that my guy lost. One of the commenters suggested that Enho might have a hard time this basho because he really does take energy from his supporters cheering him on. Supporters are not allowed, however.
It’s Japan; you’d think the spectators could still put on their VR headsets at home and their holograms appear in their arena seats.
re: #289 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
133 new dead today. Things are getting bad.
re: #299 Joe Bacon 🌹
That manager is truly taking his life in his hands. Too bad he’s doing the same for his customers.
re: #286 Hecuba’s daughter
There is no doubt that if Biden wins the nomination AOC will be working overtime to get him elected. She wants the party to move left but she is definitely a member of the party, as are the rest of the squad. And Ayanna Pressley was a Warren supporter.
And that’s the approach I absolutely respect. She, unlike so many other Berners, doesn’t want to let perfect be the enemy of good and wants to make as much progress as the reality on the ground will allow. Unfortunately, we seem to be seeing just how many Bernie supporters want to necessarily make perfect the enemy of good, and want to hand Trump another 4 years if they can’t get all their ponies immediately.
So the DEMOCRAT HOAX infected CPAC?
— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) March 8, 2020
re: #294 jaunte
That “you must find a cover for your shift” nonsense is some of the most ridiculous bullshit. You’re the manager, so manage. Fuckin’ assholes.
re: #305 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
Yeah, I was wondering about that. I’ve never told my employees to find someone to cover their projects when they’re out sick.
re: #306 jaunte
Yeah, I was wondering about that. I’ve never told my employees to find someone to cover their projects when they’re out sick.
But that has been the standard procedure ever since I started working for the Government. Someone has to cover for you when you’re out. Depending on the manager if you don’t have someone covering for you all hell breaks out.
re: #294 jaunte
And in the thread ..
Capitalism responsible for the demise of civilization because sick workers afraid of losing their job spread pandemic is not something I had on my bingo card. Then again I should’ve.
— Comfortably Numb (@YGalanter) March 8, 2020
re: #305 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
That “you must find a cover for your shift” nonsense is some of the most ridiculous bullshit. You’re the manager, so manage. Fuckin’ assholes.
It is way too fucking common in the service industry. Corporate bean-counters will analyze “data” sent in by a location’s management, then send back the number of “hours” that management can allocate to staffing. They don’t give a flying fuck about the needs of the property, just about squeezing as much blood from the stone as possible. So management is often left running the location understaffed, training one person per shift for multiple jobs, and then forcing them to pressure said person to show up under threat of punishment/termination for failure to show.
What happens if management fails to do this or tries to actually run things as needed rather than as corporate says they should? The lucky ones get “transferred” (read: demoted) to another location, the unlucky ones just get outright shitcanned and someone management has faith in to bust balls brought in.
re: #257 Joe Bacon 🌹
Other Berniebots posting they hope Hillary dies from coronavirus…just SMDH at how deluded they are!
The line between the Trumpbots and the Berniebots is blurrier and blurrier as the election nears.
re: #308 Hecuba’s daughter
Multiply times number of low income households relying on multiple earners with no one home to prepare dinner.
re: #305 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
That “you must find a cover for your shift” nonsense is some of the most ridiculous bullshit. You’re the manager, so manage. Fuckin’ assholes.
Every retail job I worked was like that. Employees were responsible for finding their own replacement.
Hell, at the last job I worked at our team was only given a certain bucket of PTO hours every day. So if the bucket was say 24 hours, only three of us could take off that day. The rest of us had to work even if we had a bunch of PTO left on our annual allotment.
re: #307 Joe Bacon 🌹
But that has been the standard procedure ever since I started working for the Government. Someone has to cover for you when you’re out. Depending on the manager if you don’t have someone covering for you all hell breaks out.
Sure, but it doesn’t make sense to put that responsibility on the sick person.
re: #303 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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I’d bet that it’s probably standard operating procedure for glad-handing events for the POTUS or other official to periodically scrub down with at least hand sanitizer. And that it dates to well before the current issue with COVID-19.
re: #313 jaunte
Sure, but it doesn’t make sense to put that responsibility on the sick person.
It does if the Republican goal is to drown government in a bathtub by demoralizing the workforce to the point that they quit…which a lot of former coworkers have done under Republicans!
Today in weird coronavirus educator qsituations: trying to figure out how long viruses might persist on tarantulas used in school programs. (I already have an answer; just wanted to share the weirdness) pic.twitter.com/pbMQ7cDUmW
— Gwen Pearson (@bug_gwen) March 8, 2020
How To Wash Your Tarantula
re: #308 Hecuba’s daughter
And in the thread ..
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And just as a reminder: Mary (“Typhoid Mary”) Mallon worked as a cook freelance food-service contractor for years. And still insisted til her demise (after decades of isolation), that she was being persecuted for nothing (she was asymptomatic)….
re: #313 jaunte
Sure, but it doesn’t make sense to put that responsibility on the sick person.
It’s management’s way of saying “I can’t be bothered.” They expect the sick employee to play phone tag, calling every other employee they know and beg them to take the shift, usually on short notice as most people aren’t going to know they’re too sick to work until shortly before their shift. And depending upon the business, showing up sick with the expectation that you’ll just be sent home can still lead to being penalized for “early leave.”
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A big 82-year old Asian duck.— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) March 8, 2020
re: #193 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
You could tell Kate was having trouble staying in character.
Laura: Are you going to endorse a candidate?
Warren: I might be like the New York Times and endorse both of them.
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re: #305 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
That “you must find a cover for your shift” nonsense is some of the most ridiculous bullshit. You’re the manager, so manage. Fuckin’ assholes.
They look on these people as gig workers, working shift to shift like uber drivers work fare to fare or UPS package to package.
This is the price of the unregulated Free Market
You know, I think a lot of the attitude surrounding the coronavirus in the USA has to do with American Exceptionalism. We are the country where this shit just doesn’t happen to us, because we’re a bunch of temporarily embarrassed millionaires who have managed to glide through Really Bad Things in the past because we’ve been Blessed by Gd Almighty Who Will Surely See Us Through This Unscathed.
Ah, erm, no, that’s not how it’s going to happen. Especially with the clowns at the top of our government.
re: #321 PhillyPretzel
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re: #198 Semper Fi
It looks great!
Unfortunately, for me, I would have to toss everything but the eggs. However, if you have salted the eggs they would have to go as well. Cuz, my Doc would kick my ass if he saw me eating a wonderful breakfast like that.
And Trump, too! You poor bastard.
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