With over a thousand sheriffs up for election this year, John Oliver discusses how much power – and how little accountability – they have.
Its funny because it’s true. pic.twitter.com/2QrpCxXV4B
— 💙 Koko 🥁 💙 (@Kokomothegreat) March 9, 2020
Six o’clock, T.V. hour, don’t get caught in foreign tower
Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn
Lock him in uniform, book burning, bloodletting
Every motive escalate, automotive incinerate
Light a candle, light a motive, step down, step down
Watch your heel crush, crush, uh oh
This means no fear, cavalier, renegade and steering clear
A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies
Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives and I decline
It’s the end of the world as we know it (I had some time alone)
It’s the end of the world as we know it (I had some time alone)
It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (time I had some time alone)
I feel fine (I feel fine)
Copper prices dropped off a cliff at the end of January. It’s been slowly trending downward since. (High of $2.84 on January 22, currently $2.50, off 0.1% today.)
Copper is an important benchmark due to all its industrial and electrical uses. The demand for copper falling indicates a broad slowdown in manufacturing.
BREAKING: White House invites top Wall Street executives to meet amid economic fallout from coronavirus, 2 sources tell @costareports & mehttps://t.co/vFbDryEdyc
— Jeffrey S. Stein (@JStein_WaPo) March 9, 2020
Trump only cares about what the Coronavirus does to Wall Street, not Main Street.
re: #4 b.d. (We’re gonna win)
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Trump only cares about what the Coronavirus does to Wall Street, not Main Street.
Let ‘em all go. Meet, shake hands, cheek kiss. Do it.
re: #4 b.d. (We’re gonna win)
Seems like it would be a better idea to meet with actual doctors and epidemiology experts than a bunch of greedy fucks.
“Doctors? Fuck doctors. I don’t care about Doctors! Get those Wall Street guys in here!”
re: #6 Ace Rothstein
Seems like it would be a better idea to meet with actual doctors and epidemiology experts than a bunch of greedy fucks.
Doctors and epidemiology experts would want to preserve life. What’s the profit for Wall Street in that?
STOCK HOLDERS AND THE POTUS ARE THE REAL VICTIMS OF THE CORNAVIRUS!!
We’re only making plans for Nigel
He has his future in British Steel
We’re only making plans for Nigel
Nigel’s whole future is as good as sealed, yeah
re: #6 Ace Rothstein
Seems like it would be a better idea to meet with actual doctors and epidemiology experts than a bunch of greedy fucks.
He’s frantically flailing. If the economy tanks between now and November, his presidency is finished - and the only thing protecting him from the slammer is the Oval Office and he damn well knows it.
Also, he will be remembered as a failed President and maybe, for Trump, that’s worse. Being remembered as a schmuck.
All gains in the market from the last fifteen months have been wiped out in six days.
This shouldn’t be a problem at all.
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Israel requires all international arrivals to go into two weeks of quarantine https://t.co/33whZDKLJ2
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 9, 2020
re: #11 Dr Lizardo
He’s frantically flailing. If the economy tanks between now and November, his presidency is finished - and the only thing protecting him from the slammer is the Oval Office and he damn well knows it.
Also, he will be remembered as a failed President and maybe, for Trump, that’s worse. Being remembered as a schmuck.
That ship, too, has sailed
re: #11 Dr Lizardo
He’s frantically flailing. If the economy tanks between now and November, his presidency is finished - and the only thing protecting him from the slammer is the Oval Office and he damn well knows it.
Also, he will be remembered as a failed President and maybe, for Trump, that’s worse. Being remembered as a schmuck.
I’d prefer he be remembered as the failed president who spent his final years in prison. Along with his children.
I hope some of the Wall Street execs will have the stones to say Trumps incompetence is only adding to the problems driving the market down.
re: #16 Eclectic Cyborg
I hope some of the Wall Street execs will have the stones to say Trumps incompetence is only adding to the problems driving the market down.
HAHAHAHA!
Identified cases have essentially doubled in NJ: 6 to 11 in 24 hours. There’s a bunch of pending cases too. 24 of those.
Except that’s the problem. We’re still not testing enough people.
re: #15 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I’d prefer he be remembered as the failed president who spent his final years in prison. Along with his children.
First president to go to jail.
re: #13 b.d. (We’re gonna win)
This shouldn’t be a problem at all.
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Where the hell do they expect to put all those people?
re: #3 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Copper prices dropped off a cliff at the end of January. It’s been slowly trending downward since. (High of $2.84 on January 22, currently $2.50, off 0.1% today.)
Copper is an important benchmark due to all its industrial and electrical uses. The demand for copper falling indicates a broad slowdown in manufacturing.
Gah. Right after I bought a metric ton for the shop.
re: #16 Eclectic Cyborg
I hope some of the Wall Street execs will have the stones to say Trumps incompetence is only adding to the problems driving the market down.
The temper tantrum that would result from that would be one for the ages. And it would become public knowledge very quickly.
re: #18 lawhawk
Identified cases have essentially doubled in NJ: 6 to 11 in 24 hours. There’s a bunch of pending cases too. 24 of those.
Except that’s the problem. We’re still not testing enough people.
Exactly because we don’t have ENOUGH TESTS.
Meanwhile here in the Old West:
Two Suspects Wanted in 2017 Horse Rustling Case Arrested in Maryland (Goes to Sweetwater Now)
The article is sparse, but the Montgomery County, Md. sheriff arrested two people on an outstanding felony warrant from Sublette County, Wyo. for horse rustling.
Assistance from the Montgomery County Police Department was requested due to information gathered during the investigation that the two wanted individuals were in Montgomery County, MD working.
Thomas Hickman and Katherine Entsminger are wanted on warrants stemming from a case in 2017, where it is alleged that the two rustled horses from a Sublette County Business.
They are awaiting an extradition hearing. They are charged with horse rustling and theft.
re: #16 Eclectic Cyborg
I hope some of the Wall Street execs will have the stones to say Trumps incompetence is only adding to the problems driving the market down.
They aren’t there to talk! They’re going to listen to Trump whine the entire time.
re: #6 Ace Rothstein
Seems like it would be a better idea to meet with actual doctors and epidemiology experts than a bunch of greedy fucks.
You’re talking a man who declared last week that he can hire those sorts of experts on a moment’s notice “when we need them.” Like they’re a bunch of day-laborers sitting outside clinics and hospitals, just waiting somebody to show up with a pick-up and some cash in hand.
re: #20 Eclectic Cyborg
Where the hell do they expect to put all those people?
Time for some new settlements!!
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None of that stops anyone who was exposed at CPAC.
None of that stops anyone exposed at AIPAC.
None of that stops anyone exposed at Biogen conference.
All of those exposures were here in the US.
This admin is deficient in every way imaginable to contain the spread.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 9, 2020
Georgia:
#BREAKING: Fulton County Schools says one of their employees was just diagnosed with Corona Virus. They’re dismissing the entire school immediately and will hold a news conference at 3:30. #11Alive will be there.
— Kaitlyn Ross 11Alive (@kaitlynross1) March 9, 2020
re: #11 Dr Lizardo
He’s frantically flailing. If the economy tanks between now and November, his presidency is finished - and the only thing protecting him from the slammer is the Oval Office and he damn well knows it.
Also, he will be remembered as a failed President and maybe, for Trump, that’s worse. Being remembered as a schmuck.
I still believe that he will never go to jail. That just doesn’t happen to presidents, no matter how corrupt they are.
re: #27 b.d. (We’re gonna win)
They aren’t there to talk! They’re going to listen to Trump whine the entire time.
They are really there to repeat back to him anything he tells them. He doesn’t want actual ideas for how to handle the crisis, he just wants them to sign off on his.
re: #30 lawhawk
Yet another example of breathtaking incompetence.
One thing I heard this morning was that it is very likely that people who test positive for COVID-19 after they have recovered from it are testing positive for the virus’s RNA, not live virus as most tests don’t test for the live virus. It was likened to DNA at a crime scene, it doesn’t mean the person who left it is still there.
re: #20 Eclectic Cyborg
Where the hell do they expect to put all those people?
I imagine the threat of being put into quarantine for fourteen days will cause a drop off of travellers to Israel: That might be the goal.
Plus I’m sure those with the right connexions can avoid that quarantine.
Tell me again about how concerned the GOP is about politicians’ kids monetizing their parent’s name:
“Ms. Guilfoyle confronted Parscale: Why were her checks always late? Contrite, Parscale promised the problem would be sorted out promptly, by his wife.”https://t.co/hn4bjaFEgx— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) March 9, 2020
re: #35 calochortus
One thing I heard this morning was that it is very likely that people who test positive for COVID-19 after they have recovered from it are testing positive for the virus’s RNA, not live virus as most tests don’t test for the live virus. It was likened to DNA at a crime scene, it doesn’t mean the person who left it is still there.
Interesting.
Trump has three options left, two of which are dead certainties to be implemented.
1) Force the Fed to cut the Fed Funds rate to zero, or less.
2) Give an emergency tax cut to his richest supporters.
3) Start a war.
re: #32 Skip Intro
I still believe that he will never go to jail. That just doesn’t happen to presidents, no matter how corrupt they are.
OK, I’ll settle for his kids going to jail.
re: #37 jaunte
LOL it’s all just one big grift now.
Abe Lincoln could power the entire Eastern seaboard and the Upper Midwest with how fast he must be spinning.
re: #39 Skip Intro
Trump has three options left, two of which are dead certainties to be implemented.
1) Force the Fed to cut the Fed Funds rate to zero, or less.
2) Give an emergency tax cut to his richest supporters.
3) Start a war.
There’s an option 4) Beg Congress for a stimulus bill.
This is Riley. She was legally blind, and her parents just found out around Christmas time last year. This is her putting on glasses for the first time!
She didn’t stop running around the house looking at everything since she put them on! 😭
Twitter needs this! 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/Z6b5WhwnVM— Buitengebieden backup (@BuitengebiedenB) March 9, 2020
re: #39 Skip Intro
Trump has three options left, two of which are dead certainties to be implemented.
1) Force the Fed to cut the Fed Funds rate to zero, or less.
2) Give an emergency tax cut to his richest supporters.
3) Start a war.
#3 and send all the old people to die gloriously in battle.
re: #41 Dr Lizardo
Imagine the gall of complaining your check from skimmed political contributions was running late.
re: #45 jaunte
Imagine the gall of complaining your check from skimmed political contributions was running late.
What do you expect for them to do? Get a job?
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re: #45 jaunte
Imagine the gall of complaining your check from skimmed political contributions was running late.
Yeah, exactly. The absolute nerve of these petty con-artists.
Kurt Eichenwald is a Daily Kos member, and felt it was important enough to correct a diary there that he wrote one himself: Ambulance personnel should NOT wear masks.
Odds are Trump’s gonna come out in the next week or so and “request” that Congress come up with a stimulus bill to shore up the economy. If only so he can then bitch when Dems balk at the suggestions of more tax cuts, further deregulation, and big chunks of change going to Republican donors.
re: #32 Skip Intro
I still believe that he will never go to jail. That just doesn’t happen to presidents, no matter how corrupt they are.
He wants to be first at something.
re: #16 Eclectic Cyborg
I hope some of the Wall Street execs will have the stones to say Trumps incompetence is only adding to the problems driving the market down.
They will be accused of being part of the Democrat Plot to ruin him
“The Deep Market”
re: #33 Targetpractice
They are really there to repeat back to him anything he tells them. He doesn’t want actual ideas for how to handle the crisis, he just wants them to sign off on his.
These are Wall Street guys. I”m thinking they don’t see themselves as there to agree with everything Trump says. They all have strong ideas and they all know Trump is AN ABSOLUTE FUCKING MORON. I’m hoping one of them kicks down the wall and starts screaming back at him. That’s my wish, anyway.
re: #51 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They will be accused of being part of the Democrat Plot to ruin him
“The Deep Market”
Along with calls for boycotts of their companies, which is something that will really help the country in the midst of an unfolding recession.
re: #53 stpaulbear
These are Wall Street guys. I”m thinking they don’t see themselves as there to agree with everything Trump says. They all have strong ideas and they all know Trump is AN ABSOLUTE FUCKING MORON. I’m hoping one of them kicks down the wall and starts screaming back at him. That’s my wish, anyway.
Yet, for some reason, even the smartest guys in the room always fall in line with Trump. I wish I was going to live long enough to read the historical analysis of this horrible period of American history, but that won’t happen for another 50 years or so.
Jesus F’n Christ. I’m in the urgent care (twisted my ankle badly last night) and some lady is talking about how the flu is the problem—that coronavirus is a biological weapon. Then she said “they say you’re supposed to bring your own pen to sign documents but that’s communism; at least in America we’re still free, thank god.”
re: #50 Belafon
He wants to be first at something.
I’m wondering if this will be the fastest starting recession ever
Then he’s got that
re: #53 stpaulbear
These are Wall Street guys. I”m thinking they don’t see themselves as there to agree with everything Trump says. They all have strong ideas and they all know Trump is AN ABSOLUTE FUCKING MORON. I’m hoping one of them kicks down the wall and starts screaming back at him. That’s my wish, anyway.
Problem is that he’s still president for at least the next 10 months, which means he retains options to fuck with them and their businesses until such time as he finally relinquishes the Big Chair to the next president. Jeff Bezos can testify to how much of a vindictive prick the man can be if he feels you’ve slighted him.
re: #53 stpaulbear
These are Wall Street guys. I”m thinking they don’t see themselves as there to agree with everything Trump says. They all have strong ideas and they all know Trump is AN ABSOLUTE FUCKING MORON. I’m hoping one of them kicks down the wall and starts screaming back at him. That’s my wish, anyway.
That was basically my thought process earlier.
re: #49 Targetpractice
Odds are Trump’s gonna come out in the next week or so and “request” that Congress come up with a stimulus bill to shore up the economy. If only so he can then bitch when Dems balk at the suggestions of more tax cuts, further deregulation, and big chunks of change going to Republican donors.
No stimulus without offset from the tax scam.
re: #58 Targetpractice
Problem is that he’s still president for at least the next 10 months, which means he retains options to fuck with them and their businesses until such time as he finally relinquishes the Big Chair to the next president. Jeff Bezos can testify to how much of a vindictive prick the man can be if he feels you’ve slighted him.
Which kind of makes one wonder why any of them want to meet with Trump.
re: #61 calochortus
Which kind of makes one wonder why any of them want to meet with Trump.
I’m sure large, unmarked bags of money are involved.
re: #60 Anymouse 🌹🎃
No stimulus without offset from the tax scam.
Maybe we should get an Epidemic response team organized first before we start thinking about stimulus.
/
re: #56 Barefoot Grin
Jesus F’n Christ. I’m in the urgent care (twisted my ankle badly last night) and some lady is talking about how the flu is the problem—that coronavirus is a biological weapon. Then she said “they say you’re supposed to bring your own pen to sign documents but that’s communism; at least in America we’re still free, thank god.”
Tell her something’s infected her frontal lobes. Probably brainworms.
re: #61 calochortus
Which kind of makes one wonder why any of them want to meet with Trump.
Because he’s a wannabe mob boss, which means he’ll view even a refusal to attend when he calls as an insult.
re: #64 Dr Lizardo
Tell her something’s infected her frontal lobes. Probably brainworms.
Hey, that’s one of my favorite scenarios in Plague, Inc.
re: #58 Targetpractice
Problem is that he’s still president for at least the next 10 months, which means he retains options to fuck with them and their businesses until such time as he finally relinquishes the Big Chair to the next president. Jeff Bezos can testify to how much of a vindictive prick the man can be if he feels you’ve slighted him.
But they’re going to be sitting there listening to absolute nonsense while billions of their dollars are flying out the window. I hope somebody in the room snaps (Trump has already snapped).
re: #56 Barefoot Grin
Feel better… and hope that you recover quickly.
Sounds like your recovery will be easier than that woman who suffers from the brain worms. A tin hat might solve her conundrum though.
Coronavirus in US: Family of Mo. woman who tested positive for COVID-19 violated quarantine by visiting school dance, officials say https://t.co/4NT9TYTUaL via @ABC7NY
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 9, 2020
re: #35 calochortus
One thing I heard this morning was that it is very likely that people who test positive for COVID-19 after they have recovered from it are testing positive for the virus’s RNA, not live virus as most tests don’t test for the live virus. It was likened to DNA at a crime scene, it doesn’t mean the person who left it is still there.
Reference? The half-life for RNA is short.If the test is for RNA it does mean the virus is there and generating RNA.
re: #68 lawhawk
Feel better… and hope that you recover quickly.
Sounds like your recovery will be easier than that woman who suffers from the brain worms. A tin hat might solve her conundrum though.
Thanks. The dog yanked me over some uneven pavement. That, at least, will get better with time.
This is great. https://t.co/pHdzIYTjW5
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 9, 2020
The Grand Princess cruise ship passes under the Golden Gate Bridge as it prepares to dock in Oakland amid coronavirus outbreak. https://t.co/Bm3elVvU3f pic.twitter.com/I4YlnmlplL
— ABC News (@ABC) March 9, 2020
re: #43 plansbandc
I’m not crying, you’re crying!
re: #67 stpaulbear
But they’re going to be sitting there listening to absolute nonsense while billions of their dollars are flying out the window. I hope somebody in the room snaps (Trump has already snapped).
Unless they’re all private owners of their companies, then they’re gonna be guys who are beholden to their boards. And those boards are in turn gonna be under the grip of investors who are gonna want some assurance that they’ll get their money. So if Trump’s offering them any sort of “deal” that will protect them while hosing consumers, they’ll nod along to it.
re: #70 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Reference? The half-life for RNA is short.If the test is for RNA it does mean the virus is there and generating RNA.
Sorry, I can’t provide a reference beyond the fact that I was listening to NPR while cleaning the house this morning. I’m not sure what the half life would be, but we’re talking about people being tested shortly after being symptomatic.
re: #76 Disloyal Archangel
Well there’s the death blow for my recently-rescheduled-for-the-second-time Tuesday evening flight to NYC…
…from which I was supposed to return via San Fransisco…
oh dear
re: #77 calochortus
Sorry, I can’t provide a reference beyond the fact that I was listening to NPR while cleaning the house this morning. I’m not sure what the half life would be, but we’re talking about people being tested shortly after being symptomatic.
Coronavirus is an RNA virus; detection of its genome means that there is replicating virus present. Or, culturable virus from the sample.
Is LGF all screwed up for anyone else? I wonder if this is a reprise of the problem that shut down the Board last week.
Remember how Trump lied & lied during his campaign and we said, “Hey, he lies too much to be President,” & the media wrote headlines like “Trump Challenges Assertion Water is Wet,” except now he’s lying about a global pandemic & they’re still running those same fucking headlines.
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) March 9, 2020
re: #78 b.d. (We’re gonna win)
oh dear
Indeed.
My interactions with United Airlines over the previous mess involving this particular flight were already a royal pain, one brought up in previous threads (the arrival was originally via Lufthansa, which cancelled all flights to/from Israel last week).
I can only imagine what tomorrow’s headache is gonna be like after going at it again now that the official statement has been made…
re: #73 Dread Pirate
That inspires a great “zombie apocalypse” scenario for this would-be screenwriter.
A cruise ship is overwhelmed by the zombie virus, and it’s headed towards a major port. Of course, being as everyone on the ship, including the crew, is now the undead, no one can raise communications. After two attempts to ferry over a pilot to safely steer the ship end in deadly failure, the Navy decides to torpedo the ship to sink it to prevent it from reaching land and unleashing its now zombified passengers on the populace.
The Navy successfully sinks the ship….only to realize a couple of hours later that it was a futile gesture, as the undead passengers make their way out of the sunken ship and come ashore to feast on the hapless locals.
re: #80 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Is LGF all screwed up for anyone else? I wonder if this is a reprise of the problem that shut down the Board last week.
I haven’t noticed any stutters.
re: #80 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Is LGF all screwed up for anyone else? I wonder if this is a reprise of the problem that shut down the Board last week.
It was, but a screen refresh fixed it for me.
re: #69 lawhawk
Returned from Italy, flew into Chicago O’Hare, took the Amtrak to St. Louis.
Then defied self-quarantine.
Perfect. Just perfect.
For all those saying Trump Administration is overwhelmed or caught off guard by coronavirus, let me remind you he subscribes to Bannon’s philosophy of destroying the system of the US. This is not incompetence.
— Jenn Budd ✊🏻 (@BuddJenn) March 9, 2020
Some men just want to watch the world burn.
This is true. https://t.co/soO7ft9NW9
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) March 9, 2020
re: #87 DodgerFan1988
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Some men just want to watch the world burn.
If the administration is “overwhelmed,” it’s because they shit-canned the people trained to handle these issues and willfully handcuffed those who they kept around to avoid bad press.
Shorter version: because Obama. https://t.co/IQ6lW7kIQe
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 9, 2020
re: #80 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Is LGF all screwed up for anyone else? I wonder if this is a reprise of the problem that shut down the Board last week.
Haven’t seen any issues on this side.
re: #90 Charles Johnson
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Seems more like he still thinks that you only need people to respond to a crisis when the crisis is actively occurring, that you can just fire those people in the down times and expect to call them back to action at a moment’s notice.
re: #92 Targetpractice
Seems more like he still thinks that you only need people to respond to a crisis when the crisis is actively occurring, that you can just fire those people in the down times and expect to call them back to action at a moment’s notice.
I believe he said something to that account, like why keep these people about if they are not needed at the moment?
because to Trump the ideal economy is made up of all gig workers
A bit of humor:
I know a lot of you are upset and worried about the world. Please, I implore you: this is not the time to try bangs.
— Duchess Goldblatt (@duchessgoldblat) March 9, 2020
re: #39 Skip Intro
Trump has three options left, two of which are dead certainties to be implemented.
1) Force the Fed to cut the Fed Funds rate to zero, or less.
2) Give an emergency tax cut to his richest supporters.
3) Start a war.
4) Play more golf
BTW, with all due respect for those Lizards who don;t want to see LGF turned into a stock ticker: it looks like the equity-market indices have rebounded a bit from their intraday lows: so even if there is an hour left in trading, barring a last-minute selloff frenzy, it appears the Orange Monday Crash may leave the markets with *only* a 7% drop for the day.
Small favors……
re: #92 Targetpractice
Seems more like he still thinks that you only need people to respond to a crisis when the crisis is actively occurring, that you can just fire those people in the down times and expect to call them back to action at a moment’s notice.
Perhaps he thinks epidemiology works like Uber.
re: #80 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Is LGF all screwed up for anyone else? I wonder if this is a reprise of the problem that shut down the Board last week.
It loaded very strangely for me. It was all text and looked like it was coded in HTML by a first year undergrad in 1999.
By the way, that outage a few days ago was caused by a “major network incident” - it wasn’t just LGF. The whole hostingmatters network was offline.
re: #90 Charles Johnson
Trump saying “Well, I just don’t think — I just don’t think…”
I want to see this on a loop in a Biden ad.
re: #97 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Perhaps he thinks epidemiology works like Uber.
He’s a guy who regularly hired contractors for jobs on his properties, then either stiffed them or offered them way less with threats to sue them into bankruptcy if they tried to enforce the contracts he reneged on.
So yeah, it’s entirely possible that he believes epidemiologists can be hired through an app.
re: #98 Dr. Matt
It loaded very strangely for me. It was all text and looked like it was coded in HTML by a first year undergrad in 1999.
That’s what happens when the CSS doesn’t load.
re: #102 The Pie Overlord!
That’s what happens when the CSS doesn’t load.
Would that be from my end then?
re: #99 Charles Johnson
By the way, that outage a few days ago was caused by a “major network incident” - it wasn’t just LGF. The whole hostingmatters network was offline.
I suspect more consequential ‘hiccups’ in the Matrix will increase over the next few months as shit happens, as it does, but people are out sick or staffing is abnormally low.
We’ll make it through. I’m not letting these fuckers get away with this.
re: #18 lawhawk
Identified cases have essentially doubled in NJ: 6 to 11 in 24 hours. There’s a bunch of pending cases too. 24 of those.
[…]
Princeton is going to virtual classes.
re: #87 DodgerFan1988
Some men just want to watch the world burn.
Bannon may have seen Trump as a vehicle for destroying everything, but Trump just thinks he can do it all.
re: #105 BigPapa
I suspect more consequential ‘hiccups’ in the Matrix will increase over the next few months as shit happens, as it does, but people are out sick or staffing is abnormally low.
We’ll make it through. I’m not letting these fuckers get away with this.
Well, guess that means I’ll finally be getting my gaming backlog addressed.
re: #103 Dr. Matt
Would that be from my end then?
Sometimes, the connection can close before all of the necessary files get downloaded. Not common, but can happen occasionally.
re: #105 BigPapa
I suspect more consequential ‘hiccups’ in the Matrix will increase over the next few months as shit happens, as it does, but people are out sick or staffing is abnormally low.
We’ll make it through. I’m not letting these fuckers get away with this.
If we’re all home, trying to work from home on non-business connections, things are going to get real slow.
re: #92 Targetpractice
Seems more like he still thinks that you only need people to respond to a crisis when the crisis is actively occurring, that you can just fire those people in the down times and expect to call them back to action at a moment’s notice.
imagine if the fire department operated like that.
My Loopy case is cleavable, too. I checked with them.
News you can you use: Apple says its OK to clean your iPhone with Clorox Disinfecting Wipes. https://t.co/GyX42jCg2H
— Frank Pallotta (@frankpallotta) March 9, 2020
Last week there was one day on which the market lost hundreds of points over the last half hour of trading. So it could still end up with a 2k+ loss today.
“I sat here and booked a flight.” –@David_Bossie flying in the face of coronavirus to own the libs, immediately before coughing loudly into his clenched fist. 👀 https://t.co/yO4EuThbBg pic.twitter.com/1JoJH1Boua
— Bad Fox Graphics (@BadFoxGraphics) March 9, 2020
re: #113 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
My Loopy case is cleavable, too. I checked with them.
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Cleavable? How is that possibly an autocorrect of cleanable??
re: #103 Dr. Matt
Would that be from my end then?
Server reads the request.
Server parses the request.
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Then javascript executes.
OH is latest state to declare an emergency over the covid19 outbreak.
This afternoon we learned that three Ohioans have tested positive for #COVID19. It’s important for us to take aggressive action to protect Ohioans, and therefore, I have declared a state of emergency in #Ohio.
— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) March 9, 2020
Besides stuff breaking or not working as well, we have to be patient with each other and empathize with the plight of others IRL and online. A longtime belove Lizard had a rough time over the weekend and the Coronavirus worries no doubt contributed.
I’m also going to spout out loud on FB about ‘innoculation’ against disinformation, the spread of it, etc. Bad information can kill, be very careful about what you forward without checking first.
re: #13 b.d. (We’re gonna win)
This shouldn’t be a problem at all.
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@washingtonpost
Israel requires all international arrivals to go into two weeks of quarantine
re: #20 Eclectic Cyborg
Where the hell do they expect to put all those people?
Breaking News: The State of Georgia has identified Hard Labor Creek State Park in Morgan County as an isolation site for coronavirus patients. No patients are scheduled to go there right now. #gapol #covid19ga @MorganCitizen pic.twitter.com/fYRxB2mZgt
— Rahul Bali (@rahulbali) March 9, 2020
re: #114 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Last week there was one day on which the market lost hundreds of points over the last half hour of trading. So it could still end up with a 2k+ loss today.
Looks more like a “closing rally” today, but there are still 35 minutes to go…..
A Frisco man has tested “presumptive positive” for the coronavirus. This would be the first North Texas case. wfaa.com
Nebraska lurching along …
On Friday, I convened my cabinet to direct them to review continuity of operations plans, and to prepare to have teammates work from home if it becomes necessary.
— Gov. Pete Ricketts (@GovRicketts) March 9, 2020
Additionally, we are asking all public and private employers to review their leave and work-from-home policies, and to ensure that any employees that are showing symptoms of illness remain at home. Employers without a leave policy should work to develop a plan.
— Gov. Pete Ricketts (@GovRicketts) March 9, 2020
This afternoon, I was notified by CPAC that they discovered a photo of myself and the patient who has tested positive for #COVID19.
While I am not experiencing any symptoms, I have decided to self-quarantine out of an abundance of caution.
Full statement → pic.twitter.com/74oeaYOBYR— Rep. Doug Collins (@RepDougCollins) March 9, 2020
re: #122 Belafon
A Frisco man has tested “presumptive positive” for the coronavirus. This would be the first North Texas case.
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I’m so old, I remember when wingnuts insisted that there were no cases in “red states” and thought it an indictment of “socialism.”
Watch live: Bernie Sanders holds coronavirus roundtable at Detroit Metro Airport https://t.co/Uxd6DJ6Xxl
— Local 4 WDIV Detroit (@Local4News) March 9, 2020
re: #125 jaunte
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Wait, where’s all those assurances that it’s no worse than the flu? Or the rugged manliness that says you can just keep working if sick?
I’ve been thinking of the irony that the scourge of Russian disinformation that has caused us so much problems might have helped create some level of innoculation with Corona disinformation.
Thanks a lot Vladimir.
Michigan has not reported any COVID19. The 2 people who were tested were negative.
Were there tears streaming down his face? https://t.co/LldX6uVfHs
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 9, 2020
I guess it wasn’t a DEMOCRAT HOAX, huh?
Will you forego your paycheck as most Americans will have to do?— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) March 9, 2020
re: #125 jaunte
Why doesn’t the patient just come out and say who he is? Are people going to blame him for coronavirus?
— Boomieleaks (@Boomieleaks) March 9, 2020
This is CPAC we’re talking about. If that patient came out in public, some nutbar would probably assassinate him.
re: #130 The Pie Overlord!
Michigan has not reported any COVID19. The 2 people who were tested were negative.
Thank goodness. I’ve been crossing regularly but will likely stop once cases start popping up.
I can’t get over how Trump’s base is getting sick and literally dying because of him to own the libs.
I remember my Granny used to hum “Let’s Get It Started WUT” to me as she rocked me to sleep in her arms.
— Aisling Bea (@WeeMissBea) March 9, 2020
I dunno; she was actually active in the teens.
But Amy Winehouse died before Tapper’s kid was born, so I’m sure she thinks that’s out of date (though what station, streaming OR terrestrial, has either her or Peas OFF THE PLAYLIST ENTIRELY?)— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) March 9, 2020
re: #126 Targetpractice
I’m so old, I remember when wingnuts insisted that there were no cases in “red states” and thought it an indictment of “socialism.”
They were lying. There were cases in this red state from almost the beginning.
re: #132 Charles Johnson
So, at a time when you should have health experts advising you and at least appear to be focused on covid19 response, Trump brings in a former football player Brian Urlacher? I mean it’s great for an SNL skit, but real world and real lives depend on this, and Trump decided to use some of his time to meet with Urlacher?
re: #135 Anymouse 🌹🎃
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This is CPAC we’re talking about. If that patient came out in public, some nutbar would probably assassinate him.
Or want him arrested as a Chinese spy who was no doubt spreading their bioweapon in order to kill the Republican leadership.
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Food for thought: If HRC was POTUS right now, the right would be claiming she released the virus as way to prevent the 2020 elections.
re: #139 Anymouse 🌹🎃
They were lying. There were cases in this red state from almost the beginning.
They were saying this shit when the earliest confirmed cases were in WA, CA, and OR. All that shit went quiet when they suddenly started finding cases in “red states.”
re: #142 Dr. Matt
Food for thought: If HRC was POTUS right now, the right would be claiming she released the virus as way to prevent the 2020 elections.
FEMA WALMART DEATH CAMPS JADE HELM ZOMG!!!
re: #98 Dr. Matt
It loaded very strangely for me. It was all text and looked like it was coded in HTML by a first year undergrad in 1999.
That can happen is the connection is interrupted for some reason. Usually means the HTML code has loaded but not the CSS that makes everything look purty.
Cpac’s Legacy is getting more and more complicated https://t.co/J9H3C7jLot
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) March 9, 2020
re: #142 Dr. Matt
Food for thought: If HRC was POTUS right now, the right would be claiming she released the virus as way to prevent the 2020 elections.
I guess that “food for thought” is a nutbar: I’ve seen a few online claims that Trump has done that very thing…
So, #COVID19 is in this great bastions of blue; Texas, Kentucky and Georgia.
Ohio just called for a state of emergency.
Have y’all owned the libs yet?— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) March 9, 2020
re: #145 Dr Lizardo
FEMA WALMART DEATH CAMPS JADE HELM ZOMG!!!
AND 30,00,0 OBAMA-FEMA GUILLOTINES!11!!!
re: #149 Jay C
I guess that “food for thought” is a nutbar: I’ve seen a few online claims that Trump has done that very thing…
A few online. Yes, I believe it. But if HRC was in office, it would be featured on FNC, Daily Caller, Drudge, Freeperville, Rush, etc., etc.,
“… The White House has yet to give the green light …”
Former US officials and counterterrorism analysts say the top candidate for the designation is the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen, which has offshoots across Europe. The designation would allow law enforcement to more easily track and charge suspected members. https://t.co/MVRCCsbRX3
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) March 9, 2020
Paranoia strikes deep…
Trump is privately ‘melting down’ and fears journalists will contract coronavirus to infect him on Air Force One: report https://t.co/AuNSHTfCbg
— Raw Story (@RawStory) March 9, 2020
“Stories about Trump’s coronavirus fears have spread through the White House. Last week Trump told aides he’s afraid journalists will try to purposefully contract coronavirus to give it to him on Air Force One,” Sherman writes. “… The source also said Trump has asked the Secret Service to set up a screening program and bar anyone who has a cough from the White House grounds. ‘He’s definitely melting down over this,’ the source said.”
re: #149 Jay C
I guess that “food for thought” is a nutbar: I’ve seen a few online claims that Trump has done that very thing…
Couldn’t even do it if he wanted to. I guess if the EC’s existence has a saving grace, it’s that it is there is 50 state elections along with DC rather than a national election that could be headed by an agency or commission filled with Trump appointed cronies in charge. That said, it’s only going to get more desperate if the economy goes downhill. Trump always has had a tough road to re-election but the economy as a playing card was one he looked to have. He loses that and I think he grows even more unhinged.
re: #153 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
“… The White House has yet to give the green light …”
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Trump will never allow his “good people” to be labeled as the terrorists they are.
re: #153 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Law enforcement might wind up tracking Stephen Miller.
re: #154 Targetpractice
Paranoia strikes deep…
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He’s this close to going full on Howard Hughes.
re: #154 Targetpractice
Paranoia strikes deep…
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This isn’t going to end well for him.
Ah, whew, maybe it will be Anne Finucane from Bank of America, Yay. 🙄
— Karl Marx 2.0 ☭ (@Karlmarxhd) March 9, 2020
Because ANYONE, even Bernie, would appoint the Marxist Studies chair at #ReedCollege instead.
Pull the other one.— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) March 9, 2020
A reminder that @TedCruz is being paid $174,000/yr, $14,500/month, $3,346/wk, $669/day to be on Paid Sick Leave but wants YOU to believe that providing Paid Sick Leave to anyone earning $7.25/hr, $290/wk, $1,255.70/month, $15,080/yr is Socialism.
Also @TedCruz gig is PART-TIME. https://t.co/0HdhCIFmkw— Private Joker, USMC (@Infantry0300) March 9, 2020
Been thinking about life and mortality today. I’d rather die gloriously in battle than from a virus. In a way it doesn’t matter. But it kinda does. pic.twitter.com/jcgIHdW8Oa
— David Neiwert (@DavidNeiwert) March 9, 2020
re: #153 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
“… The White House has yet to give the green light …”
Can’t alienate the Republican base.
re: #143 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
It actually looks like a nice little state park.
I would mention it appears to be around 25 miles away from the nearest hospital
So, that doesn’t actually seem ideal
More reassurance:
Spend The Night At Georgia’s Most Haunted Campground For A Truly Terrifying Experience
Are you the type of person who loves a good thrill? If so, then we have the experience for you. Spending the night at Georgia’s most haunted campground isn’t for the faint of heart. Especially once the sun sets, the noises start from deep inside the woods, and the fire begins to die down. Eventually you’re in complete darkness in the middle of the woods, accompanied by the ghosts that haunt the park for fun.
At first sight….Hard Labor Creek State Park is beautiful.
Generally, I don’t care much about Trump’s work ethic/golfing addiction.
But seriously, man. The virus is spreading, the markets are plunging, the Saudis are tanking the oil markets, Syria is on fire.
This was a work weekend, dammit.https://t.co/i3wK7F2Myr— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) March 9, 2020
re: #161 Chrysicat
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Remind the Berner that Trump made the same promises about how he wasn’t going to hire a bunch of lobbyists to work for him because he wasn’t in it for the money and they bought that shit!
re: #167 Anymouse 🌹🎃
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And yet, it is still a matter of dogma to wingnuts that Obama spent more of his time on vacation than actually presidenting.
re: #164 Dread Pirate
Been thinking about life and mortality today. I’d rather die in bed from a heart attack brought on by having hours of vigorous sex with a pair of sexy swimsuit models than from a virus. In a way it doesn’t matter. But it kinda does.
re: #162 jaunte
Good article.
Good article today. It should be on Judd Legum’s page if you can’t open it. https://t.co/Zxf85aYsnv
— AUTISM: WHAT’S IT LIKE? (@bren2915) March 9, 2020
re: #168 Targetpractice
Remind the Berner that Trump made the same promises about how he wasn’t going to hire a bunch of lobbyists to work for him because he wasn’t in it for the money and they bought that shit!
I can only think of one qualified person outside Warren who may get in a Bernie cabinet and that’s Robert Reich.
re: #169 Targetpractice
And yet, it is still a matter of dogma to wingnuts that Obama spent more of his time on vacation than actually presidenting.
In their eyes, the only black men on a gold course should be the caddies…
NEW: Because we can’t get a straight answer from the Trump Administration, I have checked with lab companies.
The best estimate is it will be 8 weeks before we have all the nationwide testing we need.— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) March 9, 2020
GF tells me her colleague came down with flu symptoms in Düsseldorf, went to see his doctor, who has already tested 300 patients, all negative so far.
In other words WHAT A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY!!!
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re: #174 Charles Johnson
In eight weeks, we’ll be looking at “OHDEARGODIT’SNIGHTOFTHELIVINGDEAD!!” numbers.
re: #174 Charles Johnson
8 weeks? That’s absolutely pathetic. And it means that resources at the local level will get stressed as cases increase across communities.
Remember when CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp sent out a veiled threat against Mitt Romney about not being able to guarantee his physical safety?
Looks like Coronavirus and Karma joined forces to tell him to go straight to hell.— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) March 9, 2020
re: #176 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
GF tells me her colleague came down with flu symptoms in Düsseldorf, went to see his doctor, who has already tested 300 patients, all negative so far.
In other words WHAT A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY!!!
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Yeah, but when #301 turns out to COVID-19 positive……….
In 8 weeks I’ll have my samurai sword pretty sharp with mad skillz to boot.
re: #135 Anymouse 🌹🎃
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This is CPAC we’re talking about. If that patient came out in public, some nutbar would probably assassinate him.
if we started calling the CPAC patient zero ‘the whistleblower’ they’d out him in 5 minutes
This afternoon, I was notified by CPAC that they discovered a photo of myself and the patient who has tested positive for #COVID19.
While I am not experiencing any symptoms, I have decided to self-quarantine out of an abundance of caution.
Full statement → pic.twitter.com/74oeaYOBYR— Rep. Doug Collins (@RepDougCollins) March 9, 2020
8 weeks? That’s like 8 years in Trump time.
re: #179 lawhawk
Remember when CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp sent out a veiled threat against Mitt Romney about not being able to guarantee his physical safety?
Looks like Coronavirus and Karma joined forces to tell him to go straight to hell.— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) March 9, 2020
He was telling the truth after all! Mitt should be grateful.
re: #182 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
if we started calling the CPAC patient zero ‘the whistleblower’ they’d out him in 5 minutes
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Wonder if it’s a big name in right wing circles or just some rando.
re: #148 lawhawk
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Cpac’s Legacy is getting more and more complicated https://t.co/J9H3C7jLot
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) March 9, 2020
re: #28 Targetpractice
You’re talking a man who declared last week that he can hire those sorts of experts on a moment’s notice “when we need them.” Like they’re a bunch of day-laborers sitting outside clinics and hospitals, just waiting somebody to show up with a pick-up and some cash in hand.
Yeah, or standing on the side of the intersection, holding signs that read “Will appendectomy for food!”
This wingnut who infected all of these people at CPAC, shouldn’t we know who he is?
If he hung around CPAC he obviously interacted with other people not in the bubble?
re: #176 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
GF tells me her colleague came down with flu symptoms in Düsseldorf, went to see his doctor, who has already tested 300 patients, all negative so far.
In other words WHAT A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY!!!
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That seems…odd.
re: #171 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
“In 2016, Darden, McDonald’s and the National Restaurant Association successfully lobbied for a law that prevented cities in North Carolina from passing mandatory sick leave legislation.”
Darden Board of Directors
darden.com
re: #184 Dread Pirate
Dow closes down 2k pts.
In my opinion, it’s a great time to buy stocks or into your 401K. I would be all in… let’s see if I’m right…
— Eric Trump (@EricTrump) February 28, 2020
Just wait til more people from CPAC report symptoms or are identify as coming in contact with the person who did. And those people who are asymptomatic aren’t tested because they think they’re okay but instead are carriers - spreading it to others. That’s the scenario now - because we don’t have enough testing.
Now expand that out to baseball season. We’re still in spring training, but just a few weeks from now the season starts, and you get 40-60k people rubbing shoulders and eating and drinking and coming into contact with each other.
There’s a reason that SXSW cancelled due to the disease. The risk of spreading is high. But will the league take action, or will Trump pressure them to act as though everything is normal? I’m betting Trump is twisting arms to make it appear everything is normal, when it is anything but.
re: #188 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Wonder if it’s a big name in right wing circles or just some rando.
I’ve don’t think some rando would have been “In The Room” this person was in with the people he was with. They also said it may be the AIPAC person who’s infected. I’m thinking just below Adleson level.
And it’s a couple, BTW. Any guesses?
re: #191 b.d. (We’re gonna win)
This wingnut who infected all of these people at CPAC, shouldn’t we know who he is?
If he hung around CPAC he obviously interacted with other people not in the bubble?
Here’s a tidbit, I guess…..
The infected attendee has not been named, but it appears the man had access to many of the conference’s highest-profile guests. Matt Schlapp, head of the American Conservative Union, has said he shook hands with him.
Schlapp, as the event’s face, shook hands with hundreds of other people, including Trump. And Cruz, Gosar, and Collins were all in contact with the infected individual as well — Gosar said in his statement he shook hands with the man “several times,” while Collins said he was in a photo with him.
Sounds like he (and according to the article, it’s a man) was some high-profile type. Maybe one of the conference organizers?
re: #184 Dread Pirate
Dow closes down 2k pts.
All over something that’s no worse than the common cold.
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DOW melts down in final minutes, losing 2,013 points for a 7.78% loss on the day.
So “closing rally” didn’t happen: more-or-less final figures:
DJIA: 23,849.20 - 2,017.15 (- 7.79%)
S&P 500: 2,774.84 - 197.53 (- 6.66%) *
NASDAQ: 7,950.64 - 624.94 (- 7.29%)
*actually 6.65%, I just rounded up for the lolz……
re: #202 NO SMOCKING GUN!
DOW melts down in final minutes, losing 2,013 points for a 7.78% loss on the day.
Another record?
re: #197 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I’ve don’t think some rando would have been “In The Room” this person was in with the people he was with. They also said it may be the AIPAC person who’s infected. I’m thinking just below Adleson level.
And it’s a couple, BTW. Any guesses?
No idea tbh.
re: #202 NO SMOCKING GUN!
DOW melts down in final minutes, losing 2,013 points for a 7.78% loss on the day.
Faux headline tonight: “Liberals celebrate stock market fall, hate capitalism and America!”
re: #197 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
And it’s a couple, BTW. Any guesses?
BTW, I say a couple because He (whomever He is) shared a hotel room with someone, the assumable Mrs, per an article I read yesterday.
re: #208 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
BTW, I say a couple because He (whomever He is) shared a hotel room with someone, the assumable Mrs, per an article I read yesterday.
After further consideration, it’s CPAC, The other person could be the pool boy.
re: #192 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
That seems…odd.
It just indicates that Germany is set up for testing and people who have suspicious symptoms can come in and be tested right away.
Life comes at you fast pic.twitter.com/i9wznH559h
— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀😷 (@FormerDirtDart) March 9, 2020
re: #171 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
A server at the Indianapolis Yard House, another Darden restaurant chain, told Popular Information that restaurant staff “do not get paid sick leave” and get “written up” if they fail to call in sick at least two hours in advance. According to the Indianapolis-based server, since the coronavirus outbreak, the company sent out a message encouraging sick employees to stay home. But it has not offered to pay these employees for missing time. The server has observed many coworkers reporting to work sick because they could not afford to miss a shift.
An Olive Garden server reports that, at a North Dakota location, employees are “not allowed to stay home sick” unless they can find someone to cover their shift or produce a doctor’s note. But many of the workers lack insurance to see a doctor. In December, the server says, several members of the staff worked with a persistent cough.
American capitalism, fuck yeah!
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re: #211 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It just indicates that Germany is set up for testing and people who have suspicious symptoms can come in and be tested right away.
Yeah. And they have more than 1100 confirmed cases, do maybe not odd at all.
Dow finishes with a loss of over 2000. The tantrums from the White House will be epic.
Can someone explain why people who came in contact with the CPAC attendee are doing self quarantine instead of getting a #coronavirus test? Wouldn’t we want to know ASAP if anyone that attendee interacted with now has the virus? https://t.co/MKoCMA0eDb
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) March 9, 2020
re: #213 Eclectic Cyborg
A server at the Indianapolis Yard House, another Darden restaurant chain, told Popular Information that restaurant staff “do not get paid sick leave” and get “written up” if they fail to call in sick at least two hours in advance. According to the Indianapolis-based server, since the coronavirus outbreak, the company sent out a message encouraging sick employees to stay home. But it has not offered to pay these employees for missing time. The server has observed many coworkers reporting to work sick because they could not afford to miss a shift.
An Olive Garden server reports that, at a North Dakota location, employees are “not allowed to stay home sick” unless they can find someone to cover their shift or produce a doctor’s note. But many of the workers lack insurance to see a doctor. In December, the server says, several members of the staff worked with a persistent cough.
American capitalism, fuck yeah!
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This is the service industry in a nut shell: “We encourage you to stay home if sick, but realize if you do so that your pink slip will be mailed to you.”
re: #166 ckkatz
That’s kind of a neat Website—it has all sorts of little tidbits about each state.
The 14 Absolute Best Things about Living in Nebraska
It’s easy to think of Nebraska as a “fly-over state” - that’s the only way a lot of people ever get close to the Cornhusker State, after all. But if you slow down and take a while to explore, there are plenty of things to love about this Midwestern gem.
I’m not sure I would have put Runza on the list, but it is Nebraska’s fast food joint.re: #178 lawhawk
8 weeks? That’s absolutely pathetic. And it means that resources at the local level will get stressed as cases increase across communities.
Can’t use those furrin’ WHO kits. Some conservative donor can’t make money off those.
re: #216 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Well, Ted, the fact that we don’t have enough tests may have something to do with it.
I just called Kaiser to set an appt for a very minor cough I’ve had for months. Like, a few times a day teeny bit of phlegm. Almost enough to ignore. But I figure might as well get it checked now in case it’s any stressor to immunity. And, I won’t be able to get it checked out for several months while they are slammed. I haven’t been sick for years but caught a bug in early Jan, seemed like a good cold.
They want to call me back.
The reality is I should get tested, even though I’m a remote possibility. Ain’t gonna happen. Probably give me a run of antibiotics and shoo me. I did get a flue shot less than two weeks ago.
UPDATE: 4 members of Congress and ACU Chairman Matt Schlapp are self-quarantining over contact with coronavirus carrier.
Trump has:
-Shaken 1 of their hands at CPAC
-Toured CDC with 1
-Had 1 of them on Air Force One today— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) March 9, 2020
re: #215 Eclectic Cyborg
Dow finishes with a loss of over 2000. The tantrums from the White House will be epic.
Even just a few points higher would have been a hell of a lot better, talking point, momentum and morale wise for him. Being the only POTUS to earn the Red 2K label has got to hurt him
re: #216 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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And these are people who have the money and the insurance to afford a test, yet they’re all choosing to go into quarantine (read: stay at home) rather than be tested.
Something tells me they’re scared shitless of what it will mean for their standing with Donny if one of them turns out to have been infected.
re: #217 Targetpractice
This is the service industry in a nut shell: “We encourage you to stay home if sick, but realize if you do so that your pink slip will be mailed to you.”
And of course…
Darden did not have an issue improving the compensation and benefits of its CEO, Gene Lee. In 2018, Lee made $15.7 million, more than twice his 2017 salary. The deal included “a $1 million base salary, $2 million in bonuses and more than $12.3 million in stock option grants.” Lee benefits package alone is worth $430,000 and includes “a company car, an executive physical, insurance, and reimbursements for financial counseling.
Who is the #SniffleBlower ?
— Crit (@CritzRole) March 9, 2020
re: #203 Jay C
Just to be thorough: these are likely the final finals today:
DJIA: 23,851.02 - 2,013.76 (- 7.79%)
S&P 500: 2,745.32 - 227.01 (- 7.64%) *
NASDAQ: 7,950.64 - 624.94 (- 7.29%)
*no 6.66%, damn…..
re: #164 Dread Pirate
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I can’t shake the feeling that these are very similar conditions, regarding a seemingly-healthy society looking at permanent changes where death clearly stalks us all, as those that shaped #HieronymusBosch. What kind of art, drawn and written, will it inspire in US? https://t.co/FNNMhCvtIq
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) March 9, 2020
Here is Rep. Matt Gaetz exiting the Beast and entering Air Force One in Florida today. pic.twitter.com/BSmVuV3MdZ
— Maegan Vazquez (@maeganvaz) March 9, 2020
Not just Air Force One, but The Beast as well.
re: #224 Eclectic Cyborg
And of course…
Darden did not have an issue improving the compensation and benefits of its CEO, Gene Lee. In 2018, Lee made $15.7 million, more than twice his 2017 salary. The deal included “a $1 million base salary, $2 million in bonuses and more than $12.3 million in stock option grants.” Lee benefits package alone is worth $430,000 and includes “a company car, an executive physical, insurance, and reimbursements for financial counseling.
Welcome to late stage capitalism, where your worth to society is not seen in what you produce or what you know, but how big a paycheck you take home.
re: #228 jaunte
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Not just Air Force One, but The Beast as well.
LOL Trump is filling his Depends even as I type this.
The 20 largest drops in Dow history occur when the GOP occupy the white house. Sometimes associations are causal.
1. 2020-03-09 23,851.02 -2,013.76 -7.79
2. 2020-02-27 25,766.64 −1,190.95 −4.42
3. 2018-02-05 24,345.75 −1,175.21 −4.60
4. 2018-02-08 23,860.46 −1,032.89 −4.15
5. 2020-02-24 27,960.80 −1,031.61 −3.56
6. 2020-03-05 26,121.28 −969.58 −3.58
7. 2020-02-25 27,081.36 −879.44 −3.15
8. 2018-10-10 25,598.74 −831.83 −3.15
9. 2019-08-14 25,479.42 −800.49 −3.05
10. 2018-12-04 25,027.07 −799.36 −3.10
11. 2020-03-03 25,917.41 −785.91 −2.94
12. 2008-09-29 10,365.45 −777.68 −6.98
13. 2019-08-05 25,717.74 −767.27 −2.90
14. 2008-10-15 8,577.91 −733.08 −7.87
15. 2018-03-22 23,957.89 −724.42 −2.93
16. 2001-09-17 8,920.70 −684.81 −7.13
17. 2008-12-01 8,149.09 −679.95 −7.70
18. 2008-10-09 8,579.19 −678.92 −7.33
19. 2018-02-02 25,520.96 −665.75 −2.54
20. 2019-01-03 22,686.22 −660.02 −2.83
re: #228 jaunte
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Not just Air Force One, but The Beast as well.
Meanwhile, Donny is convinced that the biggest danger of infection to himself…is the press pool.
What an “interesting” time to air a segment with Corey Lewandowski laughing it up while Matt Gaetz jokes about his gas mask pic.twitter.com/Dfv4UtEiBT
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) March 8, 2020
Gaetz is now pretending the gas mask was to “show concern.”
Apparently Trump didn’t re: #234 jaunte
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Gaetz is now pretending the gas mask was to “show concern.”
Hillary eh? Can’t even do a stupid Biden is senile segment.
re: #226 Jay C
Just to be thorough: these are likely the final finals today:
DJIA: 23,851.02 - 2,013.76 (- 7.79%)
S&P 500: 2,745.32 - 227.01 (- 7.64%) *
NASDAQ: 7,950.64 - 624.94 (- 7.29%)*no 6.66%, damn…..
That’s a sign.
re: #234 jaunte
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Gaetz is now pretending the gas mask was to “show concern.”
I like to take moments like these to remind folks that Gaetz once got kicked in the balls as he was being thrown out of a bar for being a drunk asshole.
re: #216 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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Because we have like 10 total test kits for the country and we have to be able to auction them off to the highest bidder…
re: #228 jaunte
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Not just Air Force One, but The Beast as well.
Well, since this is still the REAGAN-designed AF1, it DOES have aerial refueling to allow them to stay out of contact with anyone until the quarantine expires. OTOH, it’s literally *AF1*, not just a VC-25, so the odds that 45 gets out w/o a med emergency would be slim. 🤔
— (((Chrysi Cat))) [no, Karen is STILL my sister!] (@chrysicat) March 9, 2020
re: #237 Targetpractice
I like to take moments like these to remind folks that Gaetz once got kicked in the balls as he was being thrown out of a bar for being a drunk asshole.
He’s an asshole when he’s not drunk. I can only imagine how hostile and belligerent he is when he is drunk.
re: #232 Dr. Matt
The 20 largest drops in Dow history occur when the GOP occupy the white house. Sometimes associations are causal.
1. 2020-03-09 23,851.02 -2,013.76 -7.79
2. 2020-02-27 25,766.64 −1,190.95 −4.42
3. 2018-02-05 24,345.75 −1,175.21 −4.60
4. 2018-02-08 23,860.46 −1,032.89 −4.15
5. 2020-02-24 27,960.80 −1,031.61 −3.56
6. 2020-03-05 26,121.28 −969.58 −3.58
7. 2020-02-25 27,081.36 −879.44 −3.15
8. 2018-10-10 25,598.74 −831.83 −3.15
9. 2019-08-14 25,479.42 −800.49 −3.05
10. 2018-12-04 25,027.07 −799.36 −3.10
11. 2020-03-03 25,917.41 −785.91 −2.94
12. 2008-09-29 10,365.45 −777.68 −6.98
13. 2019-08-05 25,717.74 −767.27 −2.90
14. 2008-10-15 8,577.91 −733.08 −7.87
15. 2018-03-22 23,957.89 −724.42 −2.93
16. 2001-09-17 8,920.70 −684.81 −7.13
17. 2008-12-01 8,149.09 −679.95 −7.70
18. 2008-10-09 8,579.19 −678.92 −7.33
19. 2018-02-02 25,520.96 −665.75 −2.54
20. 2019-01-03 22,686.22 −660.02 −2.83
% drop is probably a better gauge than point drop
re: #123 b.d. (We’re gonna win)
What a pretty sounding place….
Still a better place than Solitary Confinement Bluff State Park.
re: #216 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
God and Trump (I might be repeating myself) would be disappointed if they contracted it.
There is a Tweet for everything. #TrumpVirus #TrumpSlump #TrumpCrash pic.twitter.com/q9V5P91eHq
— Jules Morgan (@glamelegance) March 9, 2020
re: #244 Belafon
God and Trump (I might be repeating myself) would be disappointed if they contracted it.
Yeahbutt I’d be happy as a clam.
re: #245 Disloyal Archangel
You got Poe-law’d:
Fake tweet..AND LOL with the *Dow JOANS*…🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/pldKAbnmIn
— Twila 🖕ImpeachTheMF🖕 (@NotRedy2MakNice) March 9, 2020
re: #245 Disloyal Archangel
It’s a fake tweet
Please stop sharing it. It doesn’t helphttps://t.co/mMCe06IBhO— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀😷 (@FormerDirtDart) March 9, 2020
re: #226 Jay C
15 of 20 of the worst point losses for the Dow are on Trump’s watch.
Today was the 11th worst all time percentage loss on the Dow.
re: #248 Dr. Matt
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Just undershot the biggest point drop of the Great Recession, but is above two others from the same time period.
That certainly bodes well…/////
By the way, note that not one of those point drop records happened between 2009 and 2016, aka “A period of unparalleled economic carnage!!!” according to wingnuts.
re: #242 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
% drop is probably a better gauge than point drop
True this (Jay puts on the jaunty homburg that is Technical Market Guy Hat): we note today’s drop is the second-highest %-wise on that list: and that only four of the top-20 all-time-day-loss figures are from before the last couple of years: when the market index has been in the 22-29M range: and just on the size of the index, one would expect bigger swings than from a smaller “base”. That said, a drop of 7.79% in a single day’s trading is definitely not good news. Especially as, if it seems, this is NOT just a “trading correction”, but a harbinger of a poorly-performing economy to come. (Or at least the expectations of it: often the same to the equity markets)
re: #252 Targetpractice
By the way, note that not one of those point drop records happened between 2009 and 2016, aka “A period of unparalleled economic carnage!!!” according to wingnuts.
Got news for them too. Being sandwiched between Bush and Trump will make Obama look even better in history.
By the way, if you value your sanity, don’t check out the usual suspects about how they’re responding to today’s crash. Those who aren’t convinced that Donny’s right about all this being over when it warms up and the market shooting up like a rocket are convinced that the oil war between Russia and the House of Saud can only lead to good things for the domestic economy.
Thread, twelve tweets. This fellow is a Navy veteran, gun safety law advocate, and passionate supporter of Elizabeth Warren. He explains why he’s now a Joe Biden supporter.
I endorsed Elizabeth Warren 10 months ago. I am ride or die until she tells me she has other plans than the White House.
If Liz drops, I can tell you one thing with certainty… I’ll walk my happy, sober ass right over to Joe.
Bernie had my support in 2016, he lost it in 2020.— Travis Akers🩸🦷 (@travisakers) March 4, 2020
Ear Worm 🍊🤡 pic.twitter.com/5lau2ukEvC
— Andrei Rublev ▶️ @Wmxdesign (@IconsRublev) March 9, 2020
But come on… Every single person reading it was thinking… Yeah, that’s totally Trump. 😂🤣
— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) March 9, 2020
If Bernie gets whipped tomorrow, possibly even swept, it would sure be nice if he conceded and endorsed Biden so that we can focus on defeating Trump and gaining control of Congress.
Anyone else having a problem with the comments page CSS not loading? My comments page looks like 1995 over here.
thegreatpoolpondconversion - 200308 edition —————————————>
(Bailed out and tucked in)
Lre: #260 NO SMOCKING GUN!
If Bernie gets whipped tomorrow, possibly even swept, it would sure be nice if he conceded and endorsed Biden so that we can focus on defeating Trump and gaining control of Congress.
I sure hope so.
re: #261 makeitstop
Anyone else having a problem with the comments page CSS not loading? My comments page looks like 1995 over here.
Ah, submitting that comment bounced me to the home page, and now CSS is back. Weird.
Just posted this over on Adam Silverman’s excellent It’s The End of the World As We Know It thread on Balloon Juice:
Here’s something of concern to me that I haven’t yet seen addressed: the impact on the 2020 US Census, scheduled for next month. I worked as a Census Enumerator in the fall, confirming mapping and demographic data. This is the first time the Census Bureau is attempting to get the census mostly completed online. However, a huge temporary workforce of Enumerators are currently being hired to work for 6-8 weeks going door-to-door, to every single residence in the entire country where the residents have not completed the census online. Are we really about to send 100,000 temporary workers physically to every neighborhood in America during April and May? In the middle of a likely pandemic with quarantines? Will the census be delayed? That’ll be yet another huge economic hit (I like many am counting on the work as a backstop) and also have enormous political ramifications.
Not the most encouraging week for job searching, I gotta tell ya.
re: #261 makeitstop
Anyone else having a problem with the comments page CSS not loading? My comments page looks like 1995 over here.
Dr. Matt mentioned a similar problem earlier - nothing looks wrong here. Does it fix if you refresh?
There may be some kind of issue in the Internet pipes that’s causing connections to drop prematurely.
VA to Stop GI Bill Benefits at 5 Colleges https://t.co/J5pngyjJfo
American InterContinental University,
Bellevue University,
Colorado Technical University,
University of Phoenix,
Temple University (WTF?)
re: #268 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
American InterContinental University,
Bellevue University,
Colorado Technical University,
University of Phoenix,
Temple University (WTF?)
Thanks for your service. //
I’m still stuck on who to vote for in our May primary. Perhaps the next two months will clear that up.
I don’t really want to see a brokered convention, so if it’s close, Joe Biden becomes a no-brainer.
If Biden is running away with it by May, then Elizabeth Warren might be my choice … adding pledged delegates to her total gives her more power at the convention.
re: #260 NO SMOCKING GUN!
If Bernie gets whipped tomorrow, possibly even swept, it would sure be nice if he conceded and endorsed Biden so that we can focus on defeating Trump and gaining control of Congress.
Yeah, I don’t see that happening. He’s gonna drag this out until the convention, convinced that he’s somehow gonna manage to force a vote past the first ballot, where he will then use his magical salesman skills to get the superdelegates to vote for him because “ONLY I CAN WIN AGAINST TRUMP!!!”
re: #256 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Thread, twelve tweets. This fellow is a Navy veteran, gun safety law advocate, and passionate supporter of Elizabeth Warren. He explains why he’s now a Joe Biden supporter.
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his money quote:
“We can only move left with victories at the polls.”
re: #269 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Thanks for your service. //
The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced it will soon suspend new veteran enrollments at five colleges that engaged in illegal practices, unless they come into compliance with the law.
“After careful review and consideration of findings provided by the Federal Trade Commission and State Attorneys General Offices, [we have] concluded there is sufficient evidence to support a finding that these schools have utilized advertising, sales, or enrollment practices that are erroneous, deceptive, or misleading either by actual statement, omission, or intimation against GI Bill beneficiaries, in violation of the law,” the VA said in a news release.
In other words, they were ripping off veterans and the government.
vox.com
re: #271 Targetpractice
Yeah, I don’t see that happening. He’s gonna drag this out until the convention, convinced that he’s somehow gonna manage to force a vote past the first ballot, where he will then use his magical salesman skills to get the superdelegates to vote for him because “ONLY I CAN WIN AGAINST TRUMP!!!”
He really wants to make himself into a political martyr.
Save us from fragile white men, scared of losing privilege.
— Becky Brunton (@BeckyIB) March 9, 2020
re: #268 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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American InterContinental University,
Bellevue University,
Colorado Technical University,
University of Phoenix,
Temple University (WTF?)
Considering University of Phoenix on that list, I imagine they’re going after confirmed or suspected diploma mills.
NEW from @SecArmy: “Commander of U.S. Army Europe, along with several staff members, may have been exposed to COVID-19 during a recent conference.” pic.twitter.com/o5JikOtOLW
— Haley Britzky (@halbritz) March 9, 2020
re: #276 Targetpractice
Considering University of Phoenix on that list, I imagine they’re going after confirmed or suspected diploma mills.
Temple though. That’s an accredited and public university at that.
re: #270 Anymouse 🌹🎃
I’m still stuck on who to vote for in our May primary. Perhaps the next two months will clear that up.
I don’t really want to see a brokered convention, so if it’s close, Joe Biden becomes a no-brainer.
If Biden is running away with it by May, then Elizabeth Warren might be my choice … adding pledged delegates to her total gives her more power at the convention.
it was way too early to start talking ‘brokered convention’.
as the wise V&Z say at electoral-vote.com “In short, until a year comes that a contested convention remains possible until (at least) late May, you should ignore such talk.”
Bernie’s down in Michigan, Florida, and Washington. He’s losing the Rust Belt, the old white vote, and the coastal elite vote. Unless he pulls off a miracle in at least two of those states, I don’t see how he has any path to the nomination past March.
re: #260 NO SMOCKING GUN!
If Bernie gets whipped tomorrow, possibly even swept, it would sure be nice if he conceded and endorsed Biden so that we can focus on defeating Trump and gaining control of Congress.
Yeah, a nice notion, but we’re dealing with Bernie Sanders (and his bro-bot cultists) - he’s way more likely to deal with a defeat/sweep by simply bitching bitterly about “the establishment” and “corporatists” and “rigged games” and carrying on his campaign into even MORE losing contests - all the while boosting his ego (and those of his “base”) by assuring them of how Overridingly Righteous they all are, and vowing to Carry On The Revolution [from the safety of his Senate seat]….
And “endorsing Biden”? You mean like he “endorsed” Hillary in 2016? Support which IIRC scarcely rose even to level of “lackluster”???
re: #281 Targetpractice
Bernie’s down in Michigan, Florida, and Washington. He’s losing the Rust Belt, the old white vote, and the coastal elite vote. Unless he pulls off a miracle in at least two of those states, I don’t see how he has any path to the nomination past March.
He benefited from two of the first three states being caucuses and the lone primary being his state’s neighbor. The media both on and off TV missed this because they refused to accept that Bernie running negatively towards Obama would not result in negative feedback from the country’s first heavily African-American bloc.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Non-Trump voting white dude.
re: #283 Jay C
Yeah, a nice notion, but we’re dealing with Bernie Sanders (and his bro-bot cultists) - he’s way more likely to deal with a defeat/sweep by simply bitching bitterly about “the establishment” and “corporatists” and “rigged games” and carrying on his campaign into even MORE losing contests - all the while boosting his ego (and those of his “base”) by assuring them of how Overridingly Righteous they all are, and vowing to Carry On The Revolution [from the safety of his Senate seat]….
And “endorsing Biden”? You mean like he “endorsed” Hillary in 2016? Support which IIRC scarcely rose even to level of “lackluster”???
Although he’s gotten a lot of younger people into politics, I have no problem saying this about Bernie, he’s the worst thing that’s happened to the political left in a long time. I really mean that. And it’s because his isn’t a campaign of positivity which drew so many towards Obama, it’s about resentment. And honestly I’m tired of hearing about how his is the only true grassroots campaign when he relies on celebrity names to distract from the fact that your average American really doesn’t want him.
re: #118 lawhawk
OH is latest state to declare an emergency over the covid19 outbreak.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WKRC) - Three people in Ohio have tested positive for COVID19. That’s according to Gov. Mike DeWine who has declared a state of emergency.
DeWine said all three cases are in Cuyahoga County, in the Cleveland area. The people who tested positive were still being notified.
The governor also said polling places at nursing homes will need to be moved. He also encouraged early voting.
All non-essential state employee travel has been canceled.
The state of emergency allows departments and agencies to coordinate their response.
re: #281 Targetpractice
Bernie’s down in Michigan, Florida, and Washington. He’s losing the Rust Belt, the old white vote, and the coastal elite vote. Unless he pulls off a miracle in at least two of those states, I don’t see how he has any path to the nomination past March.
even with all the numbers, polls, trends, etc against them, theyre gonna hold on to ‘he can still theoretically win’ as long as they can.
Person 1: You’re asking us to believe…
Person 2: The odds are a million-to-one….
Person 3 (the advocate) It’s possible!
Person 4: But not very probable.
re: #285 Eclectic Cyborg
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Non-Trump voting white dude.
I’m just saying. Bernie chose to ignore the fact that a majority of registered Democrats were happy with Obama. Fuck Bernie and his attempts to tear down our party and country”s first African-American nominee/president, first woman nominee, and first openly gay candidate. ,
They are really going to inflict this misinformation on the country and pretend it’s legit, knowing it isn’t. They are bought and sold— to Trump as middleman and ultimately to Putin. It would be so god-awful boring if it weren’t so pernicious. https://t.co/49LwQfqW79
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) March 9, 2020
Presented without comment. pic.twitter.com/8tT3OcNVyu
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 9, 2020
re: #264 makeitstop
Ah, submitting that comment bounced me to the home page, and now CSS is back. Weird.
LGF is working fine for me.
Apparently it works better with two-cans-and-a-string Internet service. /s
re: #292 Charles Johnson
Life comes at you fast.
re: #284 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
He benefited from two of the first three states being caucuses and the lone primary being his state’s neighbor. The media both on and off TV missed this because they refused to accept that Bernie running negatively towards Obama would not result in negative feedback from the country’s first heavily African-American bloc.
What’s really gonna hurt him is that Washington switched from a caucus to a primary. Which means the results will be more representative of the state’s electorate than it was last go around.
re: #267 Charles Johnson
Dr. Matt mentioned a similar problem earlier - nothing looks wrong here. Does it fix if you refresh?
There may be some kind of issue in the Internet pipes that’s causing connections to drop prematurely.
I posted that comment and it bounced me to the home page. Then I clicked through to see if my comment posted and all was well.
Whatever it was (or wasn’t) seems to have gone away.
I keep on trying to find a word that expresses this era. TBH confusion is something I’ve felt a lot of since Trump became president.
JFC, all of Italy is now in quarantine.
Owing to Coronavirus, the government has extended restrictions to all of Italy. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has updated the framework of government measures to contain the coronavirus emergency: “Italy will be in a protected area: there will no longer be single zones, but all movements, they will be possible only out of necessity, for work or for health reasons. And, then, a ban on aggregation. They are more stringent rules to protect the health of all citizens”, says the premier who adds that these rules will be contained in a new decree which will be published in the Official Journal tonight and the rules will come into force tomorrow morning. Giuseppe Conte then said he had informed the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella of the new rules .
Original, in Italian (autoplay vid embedded at link): ilmessaggero.it
re: #292 Charles Johnson
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So is a reporter gonna ask Donny if he thinks these members of his party should be in Congress, doing their jobs, rather than staying at home on the taxpayer’s dime?
re: #295 Targetpractice
What’s really gonna hurt him is that Washington switched from a caucus to a primary. Which means the results will be more representative of the state’s electorate than it was last go around.
I really think if some of his younger supporters knew how scummy he can be when the stakes are against him, they would see Bernie for what he increasingly is revealing himself to be, Trump with a left wing twist. Said it early on in the process. I want the anti Trump to be the nominee. That’s Biden of those who have been viable.
re: #297 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I keep on trying to find a word that expresses this era. TBH confusion is something I’ve felt a lot of since Trump became president.
The Age of Unreason.
re: #301 Dr Lizardo
The Age of Unreason.
Someone’s going to write a book about all this one day. I hope it will be remembered as a blurb rather than the beginning of something darker.
re: #290 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I’m just saying. Bernie chose to ignore the fact that a majority of registered Democrats were happy with Obama. Fuck Bernie and his attempts to tear down our party and country”s first African-American nominee/president, first woman nominee, and first openly gay candidate. ,
he got a huge signal boost in 2015/16 because there were only 2 candidates.
ok, this is politics, he was there, and he capitalized on the circumstances he faced.
he squandered that spotlight(?) celebrity(?) by not spending the next 4 years building on it.
his strategy this time is “I don’t care give a damn what 70% of the Democratic party wants”
re: #298 Dr Lizardo
JFC, all of Italy is now in quarantine.
Original, in Italian (autoplay vid embedded at link): ilmessaggero.it
Trying to quarantine Lombardy over the weekend was a total shitshow, because the media got hold of the plans before they were in effect. So, lots of people decided to light off for their relatives in Rome or Naples or whatever before the curtain came down, and boom. They tried to quarantine the escapees off of the trains and such this morning, but I guess that didn’t work.
Italy has a very good medical system, but a lot of old people, and the people tend to be pretty social (and loud, yup).
re: #303 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
he got a huge signal boost in 2015/16 because there were only 2 candidates.
ok, this is politics, he was there, and he capitalized on the circumstances he faced.he squandered that spotlight(?) celebrity(?) by not spending the next 4 years building on it.
his strategy this time is “I don’t
caregive a damn what 70% of the Democratic party wants”
Yes, he benefited from a lot of people not having an easy feeling about HRC and I have to admit that I was one of them that fall when he was just “No one cares about your emails.” Disappointing that Marty O’Malley didn’t do better because he would have been a great alternative to HRC but not a jerk that would have created a cultist movement.
re: #306 Eclectic Cyborg
Italians being loud? Never would have guessed.
//
I can prove it. Come to my house at Xmas. Louder than an AC/DC concert.
re: #268 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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American InterContinental University,
Bellevue University,
Colorado Technical University,
University of Phoenix,
Temple University (WTF?)
The only one of those I’ve heard of is University of Phoenix; they do a lot of TV advertising. It’s an on-line, set your own schedule “university”.
“Been thinking about life and mortality today. I’d rather die gloriously in battle than from a virus. In a way it doesn’t matter. But it kinda does.” pic.twitter.com/pwXVLyeF98
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) March 9, 2020
Clorox closed up again.
finance.yahoo.com
It’s up more in the after-hours trading.
Can’t imagine why.
re: #311 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Clorox closed up again.
finance.yahoo.comIt’s up more in the after-hours trading.
Can’t imagine why.
the dow’s been stable for like the last hour and a half //
Shit’s gettin’ real…
Kiss have canceled all meet-and-greets over coronavirus worries https://t.co/QBpY2bmgc9 pic.twitter.com/mAGDl7HThk
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) March 9, 2020
“Roughly one in five Republican voters in Maine’s largest towns left President Trump’s oval blank or wrote in another name during Tuesday’s presidential primary,” the Portland Press Herald reports.
re: #313 makeitstop
Shit’s gettin’ real…
March Madness and Opening Day this month too for college hoops and MLB.
re: #314 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
I’m hoping that while I know Trump will be renominated that enough pissed off Republicans prevent him from being nominated unanimously. That would be a huge blow to his ego.
re: #305 ericblair
Trying to quarantine Lombardy over the weekend was a total shitshow, because the media got hold of the plans before they were in effect. So, lots of people decided to light off for their relatives in Rome or Naples or whatever before the curtain came down, and boom. They tried to quarantine the escapees off of the trains and such this morning, but I guess that didn’t work.
Italy has a very good medical system, but a lot of old people, and the people tend to be pretty social (and loud, yup).
Heh. The NYT had the following headline on the front page of their print edition this morning:
Italy Begs Citizens Not to Thwart Rules on Virus
and my first thought was: “This is ITALY! They’ve had how many centuries of practice in perfecting the art of ‘thwarting rules??”
re: #314 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
“Roughly one in five Republican voters in Maine’s largest towns left President Trump’s oval blank or wrote in another name during Tuesday’s presidential primary,” the Portland Press Herald reports.
add to that
- A new Quinnipiac poll shows Joe Biden crushing Bernie Sanders among Democrats nationally in the race for the presidential nomination, 54% to 35%.
AND
- In a general election match up, Biden leads President Trump by double-digits, 52% to 41%.
oh and
- Both Biden and Sanders beat Trump on the question of who would do a better job handling a crisis. Biden beats Trump 56 - 40 percent on this question, while Sanders tops Trump 50 - 44 percent.
“Perhaps most troubling for the Trump camp in these numbers is the comparative assessment of which candidate can handle a crisis: it is Biden hands down. Couple that with an approval rating frozen in the low forties and comparatively terrible numbers on leadership, honesty, and empathy for fellow Americans, and team Trump has a formidable fight ahead,” Malloy added.
re: #298 Dr Lizardo
JFC, all of Italy is now in quarantine.
Original, in Italian (autoplay vid embedded at link): ilmessaggero.it
Magic 8 Ball isn’t giving a lot of clarity on my late June trip to Italy…
re: #318 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
add to that
- A new Quinnipiac poll shows Joe Biden crushing Bernie Sanders among Democrats nationally in the race for the presidential nomination, 54% to 35%.
AND
- In a general election match up, Biden leads President Trump by double-digits, 52% to 41%.
oh and
- Both Biden and Sanders beat Trump on the question of who would do a better job handling a crisis. Biden beats Trump 56 - 40 percent on this question, while Sanders tops Trump 50 - 44 percent.
This could be a landslide guys if we unite and do it right. i just hope that the voters will be patient and not turn on Joe and the Dems if we don’t fix everything immediately.
BREAKING: #Madrid is closing all schools due to #coronavirus. My sister who teaches there said they were all ordered to stay home. https://t.co/WiB7Rl1a5y
— Alexis Zotos (@alexiszotos) March 9, 2020
re: #265 Ferdinand
Just posted this over on Adam Silverman’s excellent It’s The End of the World As We Know It thread on Balloon Juice:
Not the most encouraging week for job searching, I gotta tell ya.
For states which have Covid=19 outbreaks and poor penetration of Internet service (cough, mine), it would seem beneficial for those states to heavily promote the mail-in form.
Watching YouTube, I’ve had a bunch of adverts from Missouri (because my ISP is there) pushing why it’s so important for people to fill out the form, whether on-line, the paper form, or enumerators.
Speaking of enumerators, there’s no guarantee someone coming to my house isn’t bringing the virus with them.
We’ll fill out the paper form.
re: #313 makeitstop
Gene Simmons should keep his tongue.. tied.
Top 8 Largest Dow Jones Drops in American History.
1. Trump, 3/9/20
-2,014
2. Trump, 2/27/20
-1,191
3. Trump, 2/5/18
-1,175
4. Trump, 2/8/18
-1,032
5. Trump, 2/24/20
-1,031
6. Trump, 2/25/20
-879
7. Trump, 10/10/18
-831
8. Trump, 08/14/19
-800
WINNING.#TrumpCrash— Andrea Junker (@Strandjunker) March 9, 2020
re: #281 Targetpractice
Bernie’s down in Michigan, Florida, and Washington. He’s losing the Rust Belt, the old white vote, and the coastal elite vote. Unless he pulls off a miracle in at least two of those states, I don’t see how he has any path to the nomination past March.
Now his team is saying Wisconsin will be their firewall.
re: #317 Jay C
You know the one question I have is….what if this fails? What if this extraordinary step by Italy, putting the whole country on lockdown, what if this doesn’t work?
What then? Does the world then choose, let’s say, the UK’s approach (basically, just let COVID-19 burn through the population and let the chips fall where they may)?
I wish the Italians the best of luck. They’re gonna need it.
re: #325 Joe Bacon 🌹
Now his team is saying Wisconsin will be their firewall.
What happens when Biden wins Wisconsin?
Posted for “amusement”, not as an endorsement: the prediction market PredictIt now says that Hillary Clinton, not Bernie Sanders, is the 2nd-most-likely Democratic nominee. https://t.co/aARP5GdoRC pic.twitter.com/d7qs0GSyfV
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) March 9, 2020
re: #325 Joe Bacon 🌹
Now his team is saying Wisconsin will be their firewall.
Now, where did we put those goalposts?
/
re: #329 calochortus
Now, where did we put those goalposts?
/
Milwaukee I guess. I wish Bernie would just swallow his fucking pride here. Dude you’re not going to be the nominee. As I said, the man is the worst thing to happen to the left in my life.
re: #329 calochortus
Now, where did we put those goalposts?
/
They’re over there ———>
No wait!
<————— they’re over THERE!
re: #315 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
March Madness and Opening Day this month too for college hoops and MLB.
NBA and NHL playoffs start next month.
Reminder that @JoeBiden published a coronavirus response plan - in January! https://t.co/2NuegbyRTw
— Chris B (@ChrisBEsq) March 9, 2020
re: #313 makeitstop
Shit’s gettin’ real…
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Well they must be in the neighborhood of 70 years old.
re: #332 Eclectic Cyborg
NBA and NHL playoffs start next month.
Yep. That’s a lot of revenue lost. NFL draft is a pretty big deal too.
re: #334 Backwoods_Sleuth
another tidbit: the person also attended the CPAC Shabbat dinner
Sheldon Adelson?
re: #333 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
I can’t wait to have a President who listens to experts again.
re: #333 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
But he’s senile, some guy on YouTube told me so!
re: #267 Charles Johnson
Dr. Matt mentioned a similar problem earlier - nothing looks wrong here. Does it fix if you refresh?
There may be some kind of issue in the Internet pipes that’s causing connections to drop prematurely.
Perhaps there’s an intermittent triode or bad relay somewhere in the Internet.
re: #338 Eclectic Cyborg
I can’t wait to have a President who listens to experts again.
I can’t wait to have a President who chooses his advisers based on competency not their lips proximity to his ass. I really feel that Biden is going to try to do the team of rivals thing here and try to create the best possible team he can to deal with the problems we face as a nation should he win.
Please let the CPAC coronavirus guy be Charlie Kirk.
Please let the CPAC coronavirus guy be Charlie Kirk.
Please let the CPAC coronavirus guy be Charlie Kirk.
Please let the CPAC coronavirus guy be Charlie Kirk.
Please let the CPAC coronavirus guy be Charlie Kirk.— TBogg (@tbogg) March 9, 2020
CPAC: Conservatives Passing Around Coronavirus
Been thinking about life and mortality today. I’d rather die gloriously in battle than from a virus. In a way it doesn’t matter. But it kinda does. pic.twitter.com/i6Zve4LFEo
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) March 9, 2020
The stock market has been shut down, turned off or, technically, “halted.” Well folks, Trump has made good on his promise to run our country the way he ran his businesses.
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) March 9, 2020
re: #342 gocart mozart
That would be some epic Karma for sure.
Conservatives
Providing
All-day
Coronavirus.
re: #325 Joe Bacon 🌹
Won’t happen.
New Wisconsin poll released today: Yahoo News/YouGov
Biden 49
Sanders 38
The worm has turned…
re: #349 terraincognita
Won’t happen.
New Wisconsin poll released today: Yahoo News/YouGov
Biden 49
Sanders 38The worm has turned…
Bernie’s turned back into the rotting pumpkin he’s always been as an effective politician. I wanted to scream when he told his largely under 30 audience that he led the opposition to the war in Iraq on Super Tuesday. I’ll be the first to say Biden got Iraq wrong but Bernie fucking lied about his role in the opposition to it and as someone who was involved in the opposition to the war, I greatly resent him taking advantage of the fact that his base are full of people with no political memories of 2002-3.
re: #327 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
What happens when Biden wins Wisconsin?
Nebraska and Kentucky become his firewall.
re: #352 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Nebraska and Kentucky become his firewall.
Rhetorical question. I’ll have to buy bourbon for that.
Ghost has officially unveiled Papa Emeritus IV:
For the uninitiated, “Papa Emeritus”, or more recently “Cardinal Copia”, who has apparently been elevated to papal status, is Swedish singer/songwriter Tobias Forge in a mask. It’s an interesting gimmick….and as dad once told me, “To succeed in showbiz, you gotta have a memorable gimmick.”
it’s raining
on our pond
right now
and we dont care
no more:
tarps
rafters
sandbags
worries or fears
just a beautiful rubber liner catching all that wonderful rainwater
one could say we already have a pond
a rather shallow one
how much water makes it ‘official’?
At least tomorrow’s primaries will give us something other than ineptitude, death and financial ruin to talk about.
re: #355 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
one could say we already have a pond
a rather shallow one
how much water makes it ‘official’?
Depends on whether you’re a frog or a duck.
Observed today here at lgf, usually when a deleted tweet is rendered, I don’t see the whole tweet, just like a text-type filler. Now, I see the whole tweet as it was sent and when I click on it, it shows that it’s been deleted.
re: #357 calochortus
Depends on whether you’re a frog or a duck.
Or, considering your location, an alligator.
Yeah, the CSS isn’t loading for me either
I hate American conservatives almost more than I love life itself, but it seems that Biden is in a good place to welcome the least objectionable into the fold, as he has said in the past.
re: #329 calochortus
Now, where did we put those goalposts?
/
Trump has rented them out for the month.
I just had the CSS fail to load too. Reloading the page fixed it. I blame Verizon.
re: #362 Amory Blaine
I hate American conservatives almost more than life itself, but it seems that Biden is in a good place to welcome the least objectionable into the fold, as he has said in the past.
I like that he has a lot of experience passing legislation. I think that’s something that a lot of people have slept on. Plus I think he’s going to be great for the downticket races. I’m in a purple district that I know the GOP would love to get back.
Breaking News!
“70% of the Democratic Party’s primary voters are party elite”
- Cosplay socialist hanging out at mom and dad’s pool in the Hamptons. pic.twitter.com/UPfrLXjbHj— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) March 9, 2020
re: #366 gocart mozart
“WE”RE THE REAL DEMOCRATIC BASE” but also we like using any excuse possible to not actually vote for the Dem nominee. The real Democratic base aren’t some college kids who are getting some theory critical of capitalism for the first time. They’re people who support the Democrats in good and bad times. I don’t want to toot my horn but I’ve voted Democratic even when I knew the party wasn’t doing well. I remember the last big hurrah of the GOP here in Virginia. A lot of Virginia fell for Bob McDonnell’s smooth talking bs. I gladly voted for Creigh Deeds that year.
Attendees of DC Church Told to Self-Quarantine Due to Possible Coronavirus Exposure
Priest infected, 550 people exposed.
re: #364 dharmamark
I just had the CSS fail to load too. Reloading the page fixed it. I blame Verizon.
Could this be a browser problem, or an operating system problem? I’m having no trouble with Firefox/Windows 10.
Philadelphia Meeting Termination FAQ (Goes to the American Chemical Society, they have cancelled their conference March 22-26). Thousands attend this conference.
Their meeting page noted that due to the state governor’s declaration of a state of emergency and input from Philadelphia and CDC officials that this was the best course of action.
I’m not saying y’all should stand near Trump cabinet officials and cough very loudly in their direction until the CDC has it’s funding restored, but…
— 🇯🇲Black🇭🇹Aziz🇳🇬aNANsi🇹🇹 (@Freeyourmindkid) March 9, 2020
Wow.
Fears of coronavirus cause Boston to cancel St. Patrick’s Day parade
— Aaron Katersky (@AaronKatersky) March 9, 2020
Got in the car on my favorite local radio station, KKXT, and they’re playing “Gaslighter” by the Dixie Chicks.
Quite a few people I follow on Twitter for reasons that have nothing to do with politics are turning out to be hardcore Bernie or Bust-ers. Lemme just say: these fuggin guys, ya know wat I mean??
To them, everything that isn’t Bernie! is part of the international communist elite conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids. About half of them apparently have no idea how the US government actually works, i.e. no clue about the importance of the judiciary, why the House & Senate matter, etc. Of course, many others do know and are quite well informed. But in any case they’re really tiresome. They seem impossible to reach. They want many things that I more or less also want, but they want them right the fuck now and refuse to consider that what they want doesn’t necessarily map onto hard cold reality.
A side effect is that, while it’s not necessarily Sanders’ fault, his most hardcore followers are really souring me on Sanders himself. If they’re doing that for me, a mostly-liberal who wanted to vote for Elizabeth Warren, I can only imagine the damage to Bernie’s campaign they’re doing in the eyes of people who are sick of Trump but significantly to my right politically. You know, the ones we need to vote D.
re: #369 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Could this be a browser problem, or an operating system problem? I’m having no trouble with Firefox/Windows 10.
Philadelphia Meeting Termination FAQ (Goes to the American Chemical Society, they have cancelled their conference March 22-26). Thousands attend this conference.
Their meeting page noted that due to the state governor’s declaration of a state of emergency and input from Philadelphia and CDC officials that this was the best course of action.
AACR (American Association for Cancer Research) has postponed two of their special interest meetings: aacr.org
But, their main annual meeting in San Diego is still on for the end of April (but, most people believe they will have to postpone that one considering the number of institutions forbidding travel increases by the day).
In moments of crisis, presidential leadership is even more important. But time and time again, Donald Trump has proven just how incapable he is of rising to the occasion. He is dangerously unfit to lead our country through a global health challenge. https://t.co/UIIk2gh4ht
— Joe Biden (Text Join to 30330) (@JoeBiden) March 9, 2020
With the spread of coronavirus, we have already seen people hit with massive medical bills, simply for doing the right thing by getting tested.
Others may face massive bills for hospitalization, treatment and quarantine if they need it.
This must end.
We need Medicare for All.— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) March 9, 2020
So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
PEOPLE LISTEN:
On February 27th, Italy had 600 people infected with coronavirus.
Today, it has 10,000 cases and the entire country is on lockdown.
That was *11 DAYS AGO.*
Guess how many the US has right now: 600.
THAT is exponential growth. Do the math.— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) March 9, 2020
While oil plummeted in price, so did oil shares, all down more than 30%, some down more than 50%.
money.cnn.com
re: #367 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I’m so very embarrassed to say that after 2000, I bought into the “opposite sides of the same coin” bs and started voting Green Party. I voted Green in 2004 because I was righteous and voted my conscience instead of my fear.
And I lost my house in 2010 to foreclosure in large part due to the great recession. And none of the Green Party candidates I voted for in down-ballot races came anywhere near getting elected to office.
But I finally grew up and got over myself and figured out that I was being bamboozled into throwing my vote away. Better late than never.
re: #367 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
“WE”RE THE REAL DEMOCRATIC BASE” but also we like using any excuse possible to not actually vote for the Dem nominee. The real Democratic base aren’t some college kids who are getting some theory critical of capitalism for the first time. They’re people who support the Democrats in good and bad times. I don’t want to toot my horn but I’ve voted Democratic even when I knew the party wasn’t doing well. I remember the last big hurrah of the GOP here in Virginia. A lot of Virginia fell for Bob McDonnell’s smooth talking bs. I gladly voted for Creigh Deeds that year.
That is too reminiscint is Sarah Palin’s Real Americans bullshit.
re: #370 gocart mozart
In re: to above I noticed, this deleted tweet is rendering in plain text, like it usually is. *Shrug
re: #376 Anymouse 🌹🎃
While oil plummeted in price, so did oil shares, all down more than 30%, some down more than 50%.
money.cnn.com
Oil shares go up by 30%, price at the gas pump increases by 50 cents/gallon. Oil shares go down by 30%, prices at the pump decreases by 2 cents/gallon.
Recently with chrome, all my machines have been fucky lately. Sometimes when I open a page, the whole browse will freeze up for like 10 seconds before being responsive. Might have to try another one.
re: #375 gocart mozart
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I understand what Jollett is saying, but that needs to have a HUGE caveat that Italy had 600 known cases 11 days ago. Testing on this has lagged most everywhere, mostly because lots of people had mild cases. Now, most sane countries are testing just about everyone so we have better data to work with—I think calling it “exponential” growth is somewhat premature.
re: #382 Amory Blaine
Chrome (on my Mac) is also slowing down on many pages. So I use Opera if I have to.
re: #377 Flying Squirrel Girl
I’m so very embarrassed to say that after 2000, I bought into the “opposite sides of the same coin” bs and started voting Green Party. I voted Green in 2004 because I was righteous and voted my conscience instead of my fear.
And I lost my house in 2010 to foreclosure in large part due to the great recession. And none of the Green Party candidates I voted for in down-ballot races came anywhere near getting elected to office.
But I finally grew up and got over myself and figured out that I was being bamboozled into throwing my vote away. Better late than never.
I’ve always been and remain a fairly hard lefty. But much of what I read by Mike Harrington dicussed the fragmented and ineffective history of the Left in America. When progress has been made since Teddy Roosevelt, it has been by a) a Democratic President and b) incrementally, indeed, almost baby steps. I’ll admit I would rather have slightly longer baby steps from a Warren administration but Biden will suffice.
re: #383 Mike Lamb
I think calling it “exponential” growth is somewhat premature.
Growth of replicating things do indeed grow exponentially, if the replicating thing can replicate more than once.
However, has you noted, it is uncertain as to when the first victim was infected in Italy, and how many people truly were infected a couple of weeks ago.
re: #383 Mike Lamb
I understand what Jollett is saying, but that needs to have a HUGE caveat that Italy had 600 known cases 11 days ago. Testing on this has lagged most everywhere, mostly because lots of people had mild cases. Now, most sane countries are testing just about everyone so we have better data to work with—I think calling it “exponential” growth is somewhat premature.
Though, for the US, they CAN’T test everyone…they’re talking a delay of 8 weeks until we get close to there…
re: #382 Amory Blaine
Recently with chrome, all my machines has been fucky lately. Sometimes when I open a page, the whole browse will freeze up for like 10 seconds before being responsive. Might have to try another one.
Did you just switch to Windows 10? My institution migrated everyone onto Windows 10 and it’s causing a shit ton of problems.
Request, is there a hotkey I could use so that when I open lgf, it will take me into the top thread?
re: #388 Dr. Matt
Nahh I’ve been on it a while. It even does it on my Android phone and it’s been going on at least a month.
re: #382 Amory Blaine
Recently with chrome, all my machines has been fucky lately. Sometimes when I open a page, the whole browse will freeze up for like 10 seconds before being responsive. Might have to try another one.
Are you on Windows? The beta of MS Edge that is based on Chromium and webkit is much better than the current version of chrome.
re: #387 gwangung
Though, for the US, they CAN’T test everyone…they’re talking a delay of 8 weeks until we get close to there…
Yep, because Trump is the king of heel dragging.
Judd Legum doing God’s work.
10. UPDATE: About 10 hours after Popular Information’s piece on the lack of paid sick leave at @olivegarden and other @darden restaurants published the company has announced it WILL OFFER PAID SICK LEAVE TO ALL 170,000 HOURLY RESTAURANT
EMPLOYEES https://t.co/DQSzlwWaqr— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 9, 2020
re: #385 William Lewis
I’ve always been and remain a fairly hard lefty. But much of what I read by Mike Harrington dicussed the fragmented and ineffective history of the Left in America. When progress has been made since Teddy Roosevelt, it has been by a) a Democratic President and b) incrementally, indeed, almost baby steps. I’ll admit I would rather have slightly longer baby steps from a Warren administration but Biden will suffice.
I have always voted for Democrats when I was allowed to vote.
The old D for Drive and R for Reverse applies.
re: #326 Dr Lizardo
You know the one question I have is….what if this fails? What if this extraordinary step by Italy, putting the whole country on lockdown, what if this doesn’t work?
What then? Does the world then choose, let’s say, the UK’s approach (basically, just let COVID-19 burn through the population and let the chips fall where they may)?
I wish the Italians the best of luck. They’re gonna need it.
I’m not sure what their definition of success is, but I suspect it’s not going to “work,” by most values of “work.” (Speaking as someone with no credentials.) We need to assume that covid-19 is everywhere, and everyone we run in to has it. Take rational precautions to reduce your chance of getting it or transmitting it (wash your hands before leaving for the latter, when you get home for the former), fist-bump or Vulcan salute instead of handshakes (just returned from Star Trek cruise), try not to get too close in groups. Eat healthy, get enough sleep and exercisee.
Also remember that if you do so much hand washing or disinfecting that your hands Crack and bleed, crack and bleed, you you are increasing your risk, not reducing it.
re: #380 Dr. Matt
Oil shares go up by 30%, price at the gas pump increases by 50 cents/gallon instantly. Oil shares go down by 30%, prices at the pump decreases by 2 cents/gallon over a month’s time.
re: #393 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Judd Legum doing God’s work.
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That’s good news, but the fact that it took a public shaming for the company to actually do this gets limited praise from me.
re: #396 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
Oh yeah, it’s all a fucking game.
re: #397 Eclectic Cyborg
That’s good news, but the fact that it took a public shaming for the company to actually do this gets limited praise from me.
Oh don’t get me wrong, all the props were to Judd. Fuck Darden.
Gonna call it a day. Have fun, Lizards. Stay healthy.
re: #391 William Lewis
I’ll try that one, thanks!
re: #325 Joe Bacon 🌹
Now his team is saying Wisconsin will be their firewall.
To soon be followed by a metric based on volume of Tweets per follower.
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Chicken kreplach. Thank goodness for kosher wonton wrappers! 🥟 #Purim pic.twitter.com/SUOhUSWWzX
— Lemon Harangue Pie (@Pie_Overlord) March 9, 2020
new Quinnipiac national poll on prospective Trump vs Biden matchup:
white men
Trump 58%, Biden 34%
everyone else
Biden 60%, Trump 32%— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) March 9, 2020
The President is extremely unwell
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) March 9, 2020
Dr Deborah Birx is dressed like Marvel villain
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) March 9, 2020
I just got back from my election lessons. A review of the machine. There are some new rules to contend with and an expanded role for the machine inspector. My ward leader will want a short text message of what happened. I do not think I can cram two hours of material into a few words.
re: #405 Patricia Kayden
I’m a proud member of the 34%.
re: #405 Patricia Kayden
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lol, How do the white male Bernie Bros poll out on that?
re: #405 Patricia Kayden
As a white man, that makes me fucking sick.
re: #412 Amory Blaine
As a white man, that makes me fucking sick.
On the plus side, we outnumber the economically anxious racists about 2 to one.
re: #412 Amory Blaine
I’m tired of constantly having my most negative opinions validated.
I’m tired of hearing the stupid racist jokes. My opinion is seeing as the default for Americans when it really isn’t.
Our economy was already showing cracks before the coronavirus. But an incompetent administration leading the response, engaged in magical thinking, is only making this crisis worse. pic.twitter.com/n6H0zJ6BGa
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) March 9, 2020
The guy leading the Coronavirus situation for the entire nation doesn’t know the answer to this question?
Pence says he will tell us by tonight whether the president has been tested for coronavirus. He says he’s personally received no guidance that he should do so.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) March 9, 2020
Comment over at Balloon-Juice on Mr. Cole’s concern over vast change in the USA in the next few months:
Ok, doomer.
re: #415 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
I’m tired of constantly having my most negative opinions validated.
re: #418 b.d. (We’re gonna win)
The guy leading the Coronavirus situation for the entire nation doesn’t know the answer to this question?
He’s the Vice-President. I’m sure he has been tested.
I’d hate to have to be the poor bastard who has to test Trump for the virus.
re: #421 Anymouse 🌹🎃
He’s the Vice-President. I’m sure he has been tested.
Pence said he hasn’t and wasn’t sure if his boss had
re: #421 Anymouse 🌹🎃
He’s the Vice-President. I’m sure he has been tested.
You’re assuming competence.
re: #422 Eclectic Cyborg
I hope it’s a 50mm rectal swab.
The president can’t be tested because he’s under audit.
— Eric Bloom (@ericdbloom) March 9, 2020
re: #422 Eclectic Cyborg
I’d hate to have to be the poor bastard who has to test Trump for the virus.
CAN’T YOU JUST SWAB THIS PIECE OF BIG MAC?
re: #425 Amory Blaine
I hope it’s a 30mm rectal swab.
“We’re going to have to do a trans-rectal ultrasound, Mr. President.”
75,000….. https://t.co/s4HIy55MOr
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) March 9, 2020
On Friday my county said they could test 40 a day. There are 12 cases of Covid in the county.
re: #418 b.d. (We’re gonna win)
Narrator: “He never told us.”
I still maintain that we will find out one day that Trump and his family members took appearance fees for showing up at inauguration events. https://t.co/N18dxdisiZ
— David Waldman-1, of Yorktown LLC™ (@KagroX) March 9, 2020
re: #423 b.d. (We’re gonna win)
Pence said he hasn’t and wasn’t sure if his boss had
And if Trump tested positive, would the propagandists in the White House allow that to be released? I don’t think so.
That would be on helluva Democratic hoax if Trump did catch it.
I’m not sure if the time has been long enough to detect the virus though. I’m not a doctor.
Interesting Pence said he needed “guidance” though. I thought he was nominally in charge of this. Guidance from whom? Trump? Paula White?
People walking into the @JoeBiden rally in Detroit are being given hand sanitizer upon entry. Same was offered to the press corps. pic.twitter.com/sWLPbm8vxs
— Sarah Mucha (@sarahmucha) March 9, 2020
Great advice, but I can only refill my arthritis pain meds for 30 days at a time.
Older Americans should “stock up” on groceries and medications as coronavirus spreads, CDC warns https://t.co/wBBUYCj5Xv pic.twitter.com/fgVwN9btQg
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 9, 2020
re: #429 Dread Pirate
On Friday my county said they could test 40 a day. There are 12 cases of Covid in the county.
Wow, 0.02% of the nation.
NBA, NHL, MLB, MLS are closing their locker rooms to media members. Here is the joint statement tonight
Now we come up on March Madness (68 teams), which will be played Tournament locations.
On top of that MLB will be opening its season up shortly, and the NBA and NHL will have their playoffs starting in a few weeks.
AND you have proms and graduations from grade school to University right around the corner.
My sons have asked my daughter to delay her trip to Denver to visit, and my one sons company has lost about 40% due to uncertainties in the future. My daughter is scheduled to begin working in 4 or 5 weeks and she’s not sure they will bring her on board because of the uncertainty of it all.
Because of fucking emails and hate and fear and loathing and willful ignorance people will suffer and some will die. And Trump and the GOP are still trying to kill the ACA and leave millions with no coverage.
Deplorable was much too kind a word.
This is jaw-dropping. The Trump administration is actively sabotaging efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus in immigration courts. https://t.co/zvlAYylmal
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) March 9, 2020
re: #434 The Pie Overlord!
Great advice, but I can only refill my arthritis pain meds for 30 days at a time.
I can only refill my epilepsy medication thirty at a time. I already called the VA, the answer was “we don’t answer to the CDC, we answer to the DEA.”
Here are links to the English language versions of the offending flyers:https://t.co/UKv0sFFxx4https://t.co/HVzmE0g7SF
— Immigration Judges (NAIJ) (@Imm_Judges_NAIJ) March 9, 2020
re: #408 PhillyPretzel
I just got back from my election lessons. A review of the machine. There are some new rules to contend with and an expanded role for the machine inspector. My ward leader will want a short text message of what happened. I do not think I can cram two hours of material into a few words.
pretty much what you posted here should do it^^
re: #439 jaunte
That’s offensive? Not in my book. Instructive yes.
re: #440 Backwoods_Sleuth
lol. If I were to give him that he would bitterly complain that I did not give enough information to him.
re: #441 PhillyPretzel
Coming from the people who argued that caged, asylum seeking children had no right to clean themselves with soap.
There are only a few comments on that CBS thread about stocking up on meds, talking about people who can’t afford that.
There are no comments about people not being able to lawfully stock up, because controlled substance.
re: #26 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Meanwhile here in the Old West:
They are awaiting an extradition hearing. They are charged with horse rustling and theft.
I don’t get it. All the people I saw arrested for rustling in films were hung on the spot. What is this “extradition” namby-pambyism?
Posse preparing to hang two rustlers, sheriff asks them “Wanna tell us your names so we can tell the folks back home?”
Boss rustler answers: “Nope, folks back home knows us names”.
re: #446 John Hughes
I don’t get it. All the people I saw arrested for rustling in films were hung on the spot. What is this “extradition” namby-pambyism?
Posse preparing to hang two rustlers, sheriff asks them “Wanna tell us your names so we can tell the folks back home?”
Boss rustler answers: “Nope, folks back home knows us names”.
I imagine the Montgomery County, Md. sheriff was probably flummoxed over a warrant for felony horse rustling. I’m not sure horse rustling was ever a thing in Maryland.
Good luck with that virus thing. See ya. pic.twitter.com/W1H6OevEQ9
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) March 9, 2020
Tax cuts. Because of course. pic.twitter.com/UvZrC0AknM
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 9, 2020
Damn, tax cuts are an article of religious faith. They’re like prayer.
Republicans asking for tax cuts in response to coronavirus is kinda like when I get a very mild headache and conclude the only possible cure is ice cream. https://t.co/gtiL5SnYcl
— Greg (@waltisfrozen) March 9, 2020
re: #433 The Pie Overlord!
I was offered a hand sanitizer sheet last Friday at Wal-Mart when I had frustration setting up the hanging plastic bags at checkout, and had to resort to wetting my thumb first (but only for those I’d be using). I said thanks.
Translation: The ni*CLANG isn’t in office any more, and we have more tax cuts to pass.
I have made the decision to seek re-election to another term as your Senator from Oklahoma. Here’s why:
Right now, our nation is at a crossroads. Three years into President Trump’s first term, we have reversed much of the devastation that eight years of Obama brought us. pic.twitter.com/B1r6kMAexI— Jim Inhofe (@inhofeforsenate) March 5, 2020
I would have made the meme here but there’s no fun button on my Android! (Hint)
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Surprised lil’ Stevie hasn’t ordered a vaccine test program on caged prisoners yet.
re: #453 Anymouse 🌹🎃
The Snowball Man is now the Upside Down Snowball Man.
re: #443 PhillyPretzel
lol. If I were to give him that he would bitterly complain that I did not give enough information to him.
if he did not attend, how would he know?
;)
Please use the servants exit on your way out.
A handful of us from the press pool spotted Gaetz getting off the back of the plane at JBA Andrews, where he was then escorted to a waiting car.
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) March 9, 2020
re: #456 BigPapa
The Snowball Man is now the Upside Down Snowball Man.
He’s eighty-five.
His opponent is Abby Broyles.
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re: #457 Backwoods_Sleuth
This is the first time I have been to the election classes before my ward leader. He asked me to give him a complete report on what reviewed and introduced at the session.
re: #35 calochortus
One thing I heard this morning was that it is very likely that people who test positive for COVID-19 after they have recovered from it are testing positive for the virus’s RNA, not live virus as most tests don’t test for the live virus. It was likened to DNA at a crime scene, it doesn’t mean the person who left it is still there.
Here, for example is the Institut Pasteur test:
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/real-time-rt-pcr-assays-for-the-detection-of-sars-cov-2-institut-pasteur-paris.pdf?sfvrsn=3662fcb6_2
re: #460 PhillyPretzel
This is the first time I have been to the election classes before my ward leader. He asked me to give him a complete report on what reviewed and introduced at the session.
that’s actually pretty sad on his part
They want as much death and chaos so that they have an excuse to say, “The electoral college couldn’t meet” — let’s chose via the House of Representatives voting by state.
re: #458 Dread Pirate
Please use the servants exit on your way out.
Forgot his gas mask, did he?
Trump was complaining the press would expose him. I guess that’s what you get when you value sycophants over experts.
He didn’t self isolate, his ass got kicked to the back of the plane.
re: #465 Amory Blaine
He didn’t self isolate, his ass got kicked to the back of the plane.
I wonder how well that works with an aircraft’s recirculating air.
re: #462 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yes. And he is addicted to texting. I do not know how many times I have had to tell him to clear out his voicemail via text.
I wonder which part of the hotel industry Trump will funnel relief money to first. https://t.co/DGdf1gUIfc
— Danielle Blake (@abradacabla) March 9, 2020
He never passes up an opportunity to steal taxpayer money.
re: #466 Anymouse 🌹🎃
I wonder how well that works with an aircraft’s recirculating air.
The virus itself is not airborne. It can go as far a a respiratory droplet can and the filtration systems on planes ought to be able to filter that.
Looks like this off-broadway show got cancelled:
Officially divorcing @GeorgePapa19 after the months of abuses and ultimately the huge disrespect he showed this morning in his podcast. I am tired of him and playing his wife . He is a monster t
— Simona Mangiante (@simonamangiante) March 9, 2020
re: #116 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Cleavable? How is that possibly an autocorrect of cleanable??
Image of Yeah Sure holding Grognak’s Axe above his phone…
re: #116 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Cleavable? If it is a diamond it can be done four ways.
re: #458 Dread Pirate
Regarding your issues with Folding@Home from earlier thread(s), you may want to explore (and tweek) some config options.
Folding@Home Wants Your CPU Cycles for Coronavirus Research (Goes to bleepingcomputer[dot]com)
If you are configured to support research fighting ‘Any Disease’ then your CPU cycles will be randomly select among different projects, including Coronavirus/COVID-19 research.
You can determine what project you are contributing to by looking at the project number and looking it up here.
If you are contributing to projects 11741, 11742, or 11743 then your donated CPU cycles are being used for Coronavirus research.
Don’t worry everyone. If the virus becomes a problem the president has a bold plan to take your tax money and courageously and decisively give it to himself. https://t.co/2aNyXFPUwe
— Alex Wild (@Myrmecos) March 10, 2020
Twitter trending #2: Trumpdemic (with #TrumpCrash)
The National Association for Immigration Judges says the Executive Office for Immigration Review, which is an office of DOJ, has ordered immigration court staff to remove CDC posters designed to slow spread of coronavirus. https://t.co/VfOBmnApCP
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) March 10, 2020
re: #478 goddamnedfrank
Evil bastards. They want brown people to get sick.
Can’t imagine how that can go wrong for the white people.
Rep. Gohmert is still giving tours despite his contact with someone who tested positive for coronavirus.
He explained to the group of several dozen kids and parents about his conversation with the doctor, that he didn’t have any symptoms, and that he wouldn’t shake hands pic.twitter.com/9WP1cnjLpm— Jeremy Herb (@jeremyherb) March 9, 2020
Look out, Northeast Texas.
The dogs in Seattle are amazed by the sudden spike in walks.
— Charles Mudede (@mudede) March 10, 2020
re: #473 PhillyPretzel
You tube selection of Diamond Cleaving.
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Trump Fails To Stop Coronavirus Because He Can’t Come Up With Mean Nicknamehttps://t.co/vKr7UJOME4 by @DoktorZoom
— Wonkette (@Wonkette) March 9, 2020
“Baloney-virus … crummy corona … weak like the beer, I wouldn’t know, I don’t drink …
Hey! Jared! How about turd flu? Should I call it turd flu?”
“It’s not the flu. Uh, sir.”
“I like it! TURD FLU!” https://t.co/Uz7Ek9gPZf— Doktor Zoom (@DoktorZoom) March 9, 2020
New Yorkers urged to avoid the subway amid virus outbreak -
Top New York officials Monday urged locals to avoid the subway as the number of coronavirus cases in the state climbed into the triple digits. -New York Daily News https://t.co/lxYwGcaPTQ— Ｍｉｎｅｒｖａ 🦉🌿 (@milesawaycu) March 9, 2020
Good luck with that.
Spokesman for Mark Meadows says he may have encountered coronavirus victim at CPAC. Says he is quarantining at home until Wednesday but has already tested negative for disease.
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) March 10, 2020
Is that really a quarantine, though.
In press: “Aerosol & surface stability of #SARSCoV2 compared to SARS-CoV-1” finds:
-viable virus in aerosols for up to 3 hrs
-up to 4 hrs on copper
-up to 24 hrs on cardboard
-up to 2-3 days on plastic & stainless steel
- 1/2 life = 13 hrs on steel, 16 hrs on polypropylene— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) March 9, 2020
re: #487 Dread Pirate
I am not surprised about the copper numbers. Copper kills viruses. :)
re: #483 PhillyPretzel
You tube selection of Diamond Cleaving.
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Diamond cutters always show some cleavage. :-)
Concerns over coronavirus affecting tourism for sandhill cranes’ spring migration to Nebraska (Scottsbluff Star-Herald)
Tourism is only a little down from last year (that had bitter cold and extensive flooding), but they are concerned for the tourist season in general. Nebraska is 50th of fifty states, primarily due (according to multiple out-of-state studies) of the view this is a “fly-over state” generally not worth visiting.
The US corona virus count (624) on worldmeter hasn’t changed since this morning. Did the US stop releasing the numbers?
re: #469 jaunte
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And it will be relief to the companies running the hotels. With not a care whether any of it makes it down to the employees.
so a payroll tax cut.
without a rate cut it’s totally bogus
just a timing difference you’ll have to pay back on 4/15
Pelosi and company should counter with a comprehensive public health bill to prevent the next crisis. Money to be taken from the galactically bloated military budget.
after all if there are billions for a stupid wall, there are billions for American’s health.
better yet, repeal the last tax cut and use that money.
I’m trying so hard to not be snarky about this. Nobody wants anybody to get sick. But man, it’s hard. https://t.co/iLhgHx0Y9c
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 10, 2020
I just said I’m trying not to be snarky about this situation and then you do this to me Scott? https://t.co/OX1mwjw6So
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 10, 2020
re: #487 Dread Pirate
Idea— Dissolve a bit of copper wire in an ounce or so of vinegar. Mix solution with Calamine lotion. (Re-label appropriately.) Apply to hands/fingers occasionally, as after some (all?) routine washings.
What if I told you it was the presidents job to govern? https://t.co/V6XcIbvgQD
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) March 10, 2020
You *really* should know better than to rely on the word of an inveterate know-nothing like Charlie Kirk, but the Obama administration declared a public health emergency in April of ‘09. https://t.co/8BZy21gkI0 pic.twitter.com/hTDY7WDjrU
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) March 10, 2020
This evening, NJ declared a state of emergency over covid19. My BIL’s school district closed schools after worker tested positive (over on Long Island).
Cases are going up, in part because the state is testing more rigorously, but I fear we’re on pace to follow the Italy example - and we are not going to see the kinds of closures they’re doing there (Italy just enacted a nationwide closure through April to try and contain the spread).
Trump’s dumbassery got people killed, and continues to get people infected due to inadequate testing and trying to convince people that this isn’t so bad.
OMG, Tucker is directly talking to the president and he’s talking Vvvvverrrryyyy slowly so that trump can understand. https://t.co/oD6cyKMx9r
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) March 10, 2020
…@mattgaetz - maybe you should have worn your ridiculous gas mask device to the cpac conference. Enjoy your self-quarantine paid for by the constituents you mock.
— Mz. Chievous ™️ (@CCLcaribecrew) March 10, 2020
re: #494 Charles Johnson
They should pray to their god, Mammon, to cure them.
Good morning, Asia. https://t.co/2QQypjl9YD
— Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) March 10, 2020
The TOP TRENDING coronavirus story on Facebook right now is this Fox News piece parroting Trump’s statements that it’s really no big deal and the flu is much worse and life goes on pic.twitter.com/cuH2O5IXFM
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 9, 2020
re: #57 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
I’m wondering if this will be the fastest starting recession ever
Then he’s got that
That’s like: One day it’s Bull and the next it’s Crap.
Pentagon to award contract for truck-mounted small nuclear power plant for “remote towns, military bases, and other isolated infrastructure.” What could possibly go wrong?@AaronMehta has great background article https://t.co/Fikuw4WHOK https://t.co/AGHxDrnfR5
— Hans Kristensen (@nukestrat) March 9, 2020
South Korean worker linked to US military in Daegu tests positive for coronavirus, lies to get on base (Goes to Stars & Stripes)
SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean construction worker who tested positive for the new coronavirus lied about his health to gain access to the U.S. military base where he worked in Daegu, the garrison commander said Monday.
The man, who was a contracted construction worker on Camp Walker, was the eighth confirmed case linked to U.S. Forces Korea, the command said in a press release.
He “is currently in isolation at his off-base residence” as directed by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it said.
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Americans: if you are sick with fever/cough/ flu symptoms, please don’t go to work!
Employers: PLEASE understand giving your employees flexibility and (paid) sick leave will save you money in the long run- it’s much cheaper than shutting down because everyone else gets sick!— U.S. Surgeon General (@Surgeon_General) March 8, 2020
For those friends that keep asking why not make it permanent? No sh*t if I could do that I would, but the likely hood of that passing is non existent. Might as well try to fix the problem on hand.
— Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) March 9, 2020
The city of Rockwall, in John Ratcliffe’s district, put this up on next door:
There have been numerous reports in the media about novel coronavirus, COVID-19, including news that Texas residents are currently being monitored in various parts of the state. While there has been one resident of Frisco identified and monitored as “presumptive positive” for COVID-19, health officials there say the immediate risk of transmission remains low. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends taking everyday preventive steps to limit exposure and reduce the risk of transmission:
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth.
• Stay home when you are sick.
• Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash.
• Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces using a regular household cleaning spray or wipe.
• Follow CDC’s recommendations for using a facemask.
• Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after going to the bathroom; before eating; and after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing.
• If soap and water are not readily available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol. Always wash hands with soap and water if hands are visibly dirty.
• Consult CDC’s travel website for any travel advisories and steps to protect yourself if you plan to travel outside of the US.According to the CDC, reported COVID-19 illnesses have ranged from mild to severe symptoms, including fever, cough and/or shortness of breath, which may appear between 2-14 days after exposure. There is currently no vaccine to prevent COVID-19, and the best way to prevent illness is to avoid being exposed. For more information on COVID 19, please refer to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: cdc.gov.
Within the last few weeks, the Rockwall Police Department and the Rockwall Fire Department have enacted precautions for residents and first responders to help mitigate the potential spread of COVID-19. First responders have personal protective equipment (PPE) available, and have established response protocols for the use of that PPE when appropriate. In addition, the departments have implemented screening questions for callers to 9-1-1 to identify individuals who may be experiencing symptoms consistent with the virus. The police and fire personnel have attended briefings by Rockwall County Office of Emergency Management and the Texas Division of Emergency Management, and will receive the latest information available upon its release by these agencies.
re: #510 Anymouse 🌹🎃
BuT mUh PrOfITs!
Which will be non-existent when there are thousands of less consumers.
re: #505 Anymouse 🌹🎃
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When shit is a all fucked up and shit, Chef Andre is there:
We @WCKitchen are up & running in Oakland for the #GrandPrincess! #ChefsForCalifornia pic.twitter.com/UGfDIOcqbt
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) March 9, 2020
This was sent to me by a friend from Naples, Italy. The “protezione civile” (civil protection service) has been sending cars (even late at night) with loud speakers urging residents to stay indoors and not leave the house unless it’s absolutely necessary. #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/0F6W460xcQ
— Valerio Esposito (@ValerioEsposito) March 9, 2020
Melting of Juneau Icefield Rapidly Accelerating, Study Concludes The melting of Southeast Alaska’s Juneau Icefield, source of more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating, shrinking 4.6 times faster than it was in the 1980s, according to a new study. Researchers tracked snow levels in the nearly 1,500-square mile ...
Cheechako
Trump Allies Test a New Strategy for Blocking Election Results They Don’t Like When a member of Georgia’s Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections refused to join her colleagues as they certified two primaries this year, she claimed she had been denied her right to examine a long list of election ... Cheechako
US Military M17 & M18 Pistols Causing Unintentional Discharges Documents detail U.S. soldiers shot by their own Sig Sauer guns; military says no reason for concern Around lunchtime on Feb. 8, 2023, inside an administrative office at Fort Eustis in Virginia, a sergeant with the Army’s 221st Military ...
William Lewis
The Cause of the Rain Here? dryad, in Greek mythology, a nymph or nature spirit who lives in trees and takes the form of a beautiful young woman. Dryads were originally the spirits of oak trees (drys: “oak”), but the name was later applied to ... William Lewis
Uncommon US Flags #3: Storm Warning Flags Indianola, Texas after the Civil War became the principal port for the state, due to its location on Matagorda Bay. The town steadily grew as commerce, tourism, and agriculture expanded. In 1875, a powerful Category 3 hurricane struck Indianola, ...
Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
A Friday at the Tail End of SpringJust out and about for a bit. First a walk downtown where the two rivers meet, then a short drive just outside of town. William Lewis
