Seth takes a closer look at Trump’s lies about the coronavirus outbreak, showing what it’s like when a lifelong scam artist is in charge of responding to a public health crisis.
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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.
Yes, the Storm Prediction Center drew a penis over us on tomorrow’s map.
11:15am CDT #SPC Day1 Outlook https://t.co/GtEvHQ3UxE pic.twitter.com/0ScHEu6Tn6
— NWS SPC (@NWSSPC) March 8, 2020
Officials at NOAA were “sick” and “flabbergasted” about how the agency handled the fallout of President Trump’s comments about Hurricane Dorian last year, newly released internal emails show. https://t.co/QqKxBcKu3n
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 3, 2020
re: #4 Rightwingconspirator
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Corona Cone for Trumpfluenza. Aka cone of shame. But it is hard not to touch your face. This outta do it. ;-)
And, as you’re plotting to murder everyone around you, you can blame the look on your face on the cone.
Melania Trump cancels fundraiser, cites scheduling conflict (goes to KBSA)
Melania Trump was to do a fundraiser in Beverly Hills.
Stephanie Grisham, the first lady’s spokeswoman, cited an unspecified “scheduling conflict” as the reason on Monday. The cancellation comes as organizations and groups around the country are scrapping large gatherings amid an outbreak of the new coronavirus.
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign had been asking supporters to make a donation for a chance to meet the first lady in California.
“Win a trip to meet first lady Melania Trump in Beverly Hills,” campaign literature said. A date for the event was not included, though it was believed to have been set for mid-March.
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Posted to Facebook: In these times when i’m feeling mortal, i remind myself that clint eastwood was my age in 1984, and since then he’s killed gene hackman, wiped out a bunch of rapists, failed to save jack kennedy, and acted as a drug mule for a cartel. Things are only going to get more interesting from here.
MV Grand Princess passengers are going to be quarantined at Joint Base San Antonio/Lackland.
California residents will be quarantined at Travis AFB and MCAS Miramar.
The Department of Defense is working with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support passengers returning to the United States on the Grand Princess cruise ship.
Upon docking, passengers will be medically screened by HHS/CDC at the port and then only asymptomatic passengers will be transferred to federal military installations for COVID-19 testing, and a 14-day quarantine.
HHS informs us that nearly 1,000 passengers who are California residents will likely complete the mandatory quarantine at Travis Air Force Base and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, and residents of other states will likely complete their mandatory quarantine at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland or Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Georgia.
The final list of DoD locations and the numbers of passengers at each base are still being worked, and we will update this information as soon as the details are finalized.
For additional information on quarantine operations, please contact the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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
So I got my box from Vista Print today.
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We’re so screwed when we need a PSA like this.
When did we get so bloody stupid?— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) March 10, 2020
The Obama administration put in place some of the vital infrastructure to address a viral outbreak like this.
Donald Trump took a wrecking ball to that infrastructure.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 10, 2020
re: #8 Anymouse 🌹🎃
MV Grand Princess passengers are going to be quarantined at Joint Base San Antonio/Lackland.
California residents will be quarantined at Travis AFB and MCAS Miramar.
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What do they do with the ones with symptoms, shoot them?
“I’m a dentist, OK. So I read body language very, very well.” pic.twitter.com/68aCG6Ht1x
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) March 10, 2020
re: #13 Dread Pirate
ixnay on the ootingshay.
Trump and Gaetz are both imbeciles.
I just spoke to Rep. Gaetz, who said he was put into a “closed up room” on AF1 after he found out he might have been exposed to Covid19.
After landing, Trump “coaxed” him up front before leaving.
“He was not hyper cautious about being in the same space that I was in.”— Ben Terris (@bterris) March 9, 2020
Gaetz said: “I refused to go into his office, I stood outside the door. I told him he could talk from that distance. ”
— Ben Terris (@bterris) March 9, 2020
He also said: “I’ve been with the president for the last three days….. I was at a fundraiser with the president this afternoon and we he was shaking hands, taking pictures, just like he always does.”
— Ben Terris (@bterris) March 9, 2020
Since we don’t have a functional government.
Shia militias now a greater threat than ISIS in the Middle East, says Canadian commander https://t.co/pw96gKiL8M #hw #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/uSq3ad0tj3
— CBC Politics (@CBCPolitics) March 9, 2020
This afternoon went to the local supermarket… and the paper isle was even more bare than yesterday.
I guess people just by tp when they are afraid?
COVID-19 is not reported to be diarrhea causing. It’s a respiratory disease. If you’re going to horde anything that hand tissues and cold medicines. Maybe people use tp instead of kleenex… I do. But how much do you need? And cheap store-brand alternatives to the brand Kleenex are not more expensive than tp.
Anyway, strong warm wind from the south and humid. It’s going to rain here soon, quite a bit. First decent rain this year. Unfortunately northern California is not going to get much out this storm, so drought concerns remain.
re: #19 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
We haven’t been to the store since we were at the Commissary at FE Warren AFB a few days ago.
We don’t have any need to go into town for the next couple weeks unless something comes up, so I don’t know if the store in the county seat is suffering from tp deficiency.
LOUIE https://t.co/YZf99gsWYR
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 10, 2020
If it helps at all Rep. Gosar, you get roasted in committee almost every week so that’s kind of the same thing https://t.co/FgNrT5MqzV
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 10, 2020
— Trump is Nero (@McTgm404) March 9, 2020
Biden has been getting great polling leading up to not so super Tuesday tomorrow, so fivethirtyeight.com has upped his odds of winning the nomination to 99%. Sanders should concede and endorse Biden if he gets his butt kicked tomorrow, as expected. Sanders said the plurality winner should be the nominee, and Biden could virtually clinch the plurality tomorrow.
Gonna be a lot of this…
Pearl Jam have postponed their upcoming Gigaton U.S. tour due to the coronavirus. The risk is “simply too high” they wrote in a statement https://t.co/vmZrEZsoei pic.twitter.com/6d5I8rb0c2
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) March 10, 2020
Wow someone is very fervent in the obligation to “Curse Haman”
Translation: “Really enraged at Haman, but to use such language in synagogue!”
געפערליך גערעגט אויף המן, אבער פארוואס רעדן אזוי אין שיהל? pic.twitter.com/Phh6jrirnk
— Hasidic2 (@hasidic_1) March 10, 2020
re: #19 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
This afternoon went to the local supermarket… and the paper isle was even more bare than yesterday.
I guess people just by tp when they are afraid?
COVID-19 is not reported to be diarrhea causing. It’s a respiratory disease. If you’re going to horde anything that hand tissues and cold medicines. Maybe people use tp instead of kleenex… I do. But how much do you need? And cheap store-brand alternatives to the brand Kleenex are not more expensive than tp.
Anyway, strong warm wind from the south and humid. It’s going to rain here soon, quite a bit. First decent rain this year. Unfortunately northern California is not going to get much out this storm, so drought concerns remain.
I scored a 12-pack of TP today, from shelves nearly empty of paper products. But I attribute that to the fact that that building is going to be demolished, so the store will close any day now.
Yay! Comments are back to normal.
https://t.co/GTMH8uFiMR pic.twitter.com/R6kocmTDlE
— Greg (@waltisfrozen) March 10, 2020
Our high school band is still planning on going on its NYC trip on Spring Break. Unless the government bans travel, we can’t get a refund.
New phishing alert from Secret Service: “Cyber criminals are exploiting the Coronavirus through the wide distribution of mass emails posing as legitimate medical and or health organizations.” pic.twitter.com/2HGAS0uYlg
— Alex Mallin (@alex_mallin) March 9, 2020
This fuckery… 🤷🏽♂️ pic.twitter.com/2y6xWaLvfa
— Khary Penebaker (@kharyp) March 10, 2020
re: #13 Dread Pirate
What do they do with the ones with symptoms, shoot them?
Only after checking their voter registration cards.
//
I’m guessing you’re a rodent copulator, not a liberal.
I’m a liberal and I agree my party is trying to spread fear. The rest of the country can see how pathetic our party is.
— TrumpIsGuanoLoco (@tweetyll66) March 10, 2020
I’m going to become a little old lady hermit for awhile. I wish I could get my husband and son to stay out of restaurants and stores though. I do not want this shit, it could also kill my husband with all his health issues. There’s gotta be other stuff to do when you’re bored besides go to places stuffed with humans. My son goes to tons of concerts and small music venues, I worry about the shit coming in the door with him. I really am hoping for cancellations, so far none.
Look who’s angry.
And there it is. Already known yesterday by many. Now Corona-PAC-er has been named: Dr. Alan Berger. CPAC @mschlapp refused to confirm, but multiple of my sources verified, incl. those tied to Capitol Hill folks he met there.https://t.co/X6uGZpyLcn#CPACVirus #DonorClass
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 9, 2020
I have surgery scheduled for Thursday. Don’t feel like doing any celebrating tonight…
We all know Bolsonaro and Trump are cut from the same cloth:
Bolsonaro says virus threat is “overstated”
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday minimized the threat of the new coronavirus — which has killed nearly 4,000 people in more than 60 countries and tanked global financial markets — saying its destructive power has been “overstated.”
The fall of world markets “basically has to do with the price of oil, which sank 30 percent, and with the coronavirus issue too,” said the ultra-right wing president to a crowd of about 200 Brazilian supporters in Miami, where he is visiting in an effort to drum up foreign investment.
“In my opinion, that virus’s destructive power is overstated. Maybe it is even potentially being exaggerated for political reasons,” Bolsonaro said.
[…]
re: #36 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Look who’s angry.
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“Did you test positive?”
“Yes.”
“Were you at CPAC?”
“Yes.”
How long would this have lasted?
Less than 24 hours later: https://t.co/qIXsTfqnFt https://t.co/1PRJNYueT5
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) March 10, 2020
Everything you need to know about the Chinese coronavirus can be found on one, regularly-updated website: https://t.co/nGCCDVqcqe
— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) March 9, 2020
I’m going to hell for relishing in this.
Whatever.
Also: @mschlapp & @cpac keep minimizing condition of Corona-PAC-er 55-year-old Dr. Berger of Englewood NJ as being “self-isolated,” when reports of 55-year-old Corona patient from Englewood disclose he has been hospitalized. Material difference.https://t.co/X6uGZpyLcn pic.twitter.com/BI0mMauZQe
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 9, 2020
“prolonged close contact” does he think COVID19 is only passed on by fucking?
President Trump has not been tested for coronavirus, White House press secretary says:
“He has neither had prolonged close contact with any known confirmed COVID-19 patients, nor does he have any symptoms.” https://t.co/aSMWS1GPsg— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 10, 2020
re: #41 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Stop it with the Chinese part, you xenophobic idiot. It’s no more Chinese than you are a patriot.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) March 10, 2020
re: #40 Belafon
“Did you test positive?”
“Yes.”
“Were you at CPAC?”
“Yes.”How long would this have lasted?
Apparently you can’t get tested without explicitly stating the name of who you were around that’s tested positive. They’re all pissed as hell. Cassandra Fairbanks. The whole thread is angry conservatives.
This, I cannot dispute. https://t.co/SrxzYB7RIi
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 9, 2020
re: #29 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Our high school band is still planning on going on its NYC trip on Spring Break. Unless the government bans travel, we can’t get a refund.
Can you at least get the hotel to reduce your rate?
re: #46 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Apparently you can’t get tested without explicitly stating the name of who you were around that’s tested positive. They’re all pissed as hell. Cassandra Fairbanks. The whole thread is angry conservatives.
I’m just noticing the part where they won’t release the name because he could sue them into oblivion and wondering how that would actually work.
Man, Mulvaney was a freakin’ mess at CPAC.
Stephen Moore of the The Heritage Foundation had better hope Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney didn’t contract COVID-19 prior to CPAC… just saying. No sound, no duplicate clips, real time. pic.twitter.com/F8jrZrtlFF
— UsHadrons (@ushadrons) March 10, 2020
re: #49 Belafon
I’m just noticing the part where they won’t release the name because he could sue them into oblivion and wondering how that would actually work.
Likely won’t work. It’s in the wild now.
Of course, grain of salt and all that. They’re not exactly arbiters of reality.
re: #51 makeitstop
Man, Mulvaney was a freakin’ mess at CPAC.
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Jeez, I’m grossed out just looking at that.
If he’s got it everyone he came in contact with (handshakes y’all) is gonna get it.
re: #37 The Pie Overlord!
My 9-year-old grandson is Deadpool.
Hopefully without most of the language :D
re: #51 makeitstop
Man, Mulvaney was a freakin’ mess at CPAC.
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Might that be the reason he was canned as CoS? Gets him out of the spotlight.
Hey, I wonder why @DrJillStein is trying to make a hashtag about Biden’s mental health start trending. Eight tweets in a row raising the issue in one day.
It’s a mystery, really.— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) March 9, 2020
2…in other words, they
STILL refuse to address a public health crisis, still see it as PR problem, and are spinning it so they can have their ever-so-necessary people for conservatives to blame and to hate…— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) March 10, 2020
re: #44 The Pie Overlord!
“prolonged close contact” does he think COVID19 is only passed on by fucking?
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By ‘prolonged close contact’ do they mean sexual relations?
Oh, Richard Marx. RIP your mentions…
Please. Not. Bernie.
— Richard Marx (@richardmarx) March 10, 2020
BREAKING: Qantas to ground most of its A380 fleet, reducing international capacity by almost a quarter for next six months. CEO will take no salary for the rest of the fin year. All because of #coronavirus https://t.co/mAQMPX65DD
— Madeleine Morris (@Mad_Morris) March 9, 2020
Amid coronavirus-driven market turmoil, SEC becomes first major federal agency to ask all headquarter employees to work from home https://t.co/sJQYAbLmMb
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 10, 2020
Wow. Makes sense though.
Ireland cancels St. Patrick’s Day parades over coronavirus fearshttps://t.co/BQ0MbR1HGd
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 10, 2020
re: #61 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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If Qantas flew any routes my family takes, I would book them when things get back to normal. Good on the CEO.
re: #57 Belafon
I wonder if #CPAContravirus could become a thing?
re: #42 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I’m going to hell for relishing in this.
Whatever.
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Karma will get that evil witch.
Damn. This thread. Just. Damn.
Read the whole thing.
From a well respected friend and intensivist/A&E consultant who is currently in northern Italy:
1/ ‘I feel the pressure to give you a quick personal update about what is happening in Italy, and also give some quick direct advice about what you should do.— Jason Van Schoor (@jasonvanschoor) March 9, 2020
5/ Patients above 65 or younger with comorbidities are not even assessed by ITU, I am not saying not tubed, I’m saying not assessed and no ITU staff attends when they arrest. Staff are working as much as they can but they are starting to get sick and are emotionally overwhelmed.
— Jason Van Schoor (@jasonvanschoor) March 9, 2020
re: #65 stpaulbear
I wonder if #CPAContravirus could become a thing?
A lot of people are saying it’s the Trump Coronavirus. Or the #Trumpdemic. A lot of people are saying that. You never hear it as anything else. It’s my hunch this will always be the #Trumpdemic
— Erin (@EchoSierrah) March 10, 2020
re: #53 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Washing your hands is a myth~ some conservative douchebag I forget
re: #70 Amory Blaine
Washing your hands is a myth~ some conservative douchebag I forget
Pete Hegskith who happens to be on Trumps favorite show.
re: #54 William Lewis
Hopefully without most of the language :D
Last year he was a Detroit Lions quarterback.
Nah bro, we’re calling it the Trump International Lung Crud
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) March 10, 2020
re: #46 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Apparently you can’t get tested without explicitly stating the name of who you were around that’s tested positive. They’re all pissed as hell. Cassandra Fairbanks. The whole thread is angry conservatives.
Odds they will turn on Trump and Republicans rather than the Democrats and the imaginary Deep State.
re: #46 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Apparently you can’t get tested without explicitly stating the name of who you were around that’s tested positive. They’re all pissed as hell. Cassandra Fairbanks. The whole thread is angry conservatives.
Yeah, the CDC, in their infinite wisdom of not accepting the WHO test, has created an artificial shortage of tests, and therefore is having to ration it out.
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) March 10, 2020
re: #76 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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/ kinda
re: #74 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Odds they will turn on Trump and Republicans rather than the Democrats and the imaginary Deep State.
Not a chance. They’re also pissed that their “great president” is at risk.
re: #78 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Not a chance. They’re also pissed that their “great president” is at risk.
Oh. And it looks like they’re blaming Cruz. I guess he’s close with the Doc… Or something.
re: #10 William Lewis
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It’s too late to call it silly names now. You should have called it the Obamavirus two months ago. Then your toddler leader would have hit it with everything the federal government has.
— Alan Stacey (@AlanVRK) March 10, 2020
HERE IS A BLAST-O FROM THE PAST-O
President Obama has a personal responsibility to visit & embrace all people in the US who contract Ebola!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 15, 2014
re: #67 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Damn. This thread. Just. Damn.
Read the whole thing.
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Similar to the account here https://t.co/TfHawBmDub I am worried this sounds like a warzone
— Danny Wong (黄永年) (@dannyjnwong) March 9, 2020
“Wheel of Fortune” will begin taping episodes without an audience indefinitely, a source close to the show tells CNN.
“Jeopardy,” which like “Wheel of Fortune” is produced by Sony, is considering a similar move, according to multiple reports.— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) March 10, 2020
Biden Beats Sanders, Trump (Goes to Rammussen Reports, LOLOLOLOL)
re: #60 makeitstop
Oh, Richard Marx. RIP your mentions…
He’s an unfairly forgotten musician. I always enjoyed his works and I regret the trouble his sanity will cause him ;)
re: #84 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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re: #80 Dave In Austin
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God. Another Dr in Italy thread. Horrible.
1/ I may be repeating myself, but I want to fight this sense of security that I see outside of the epicenters, as if nothing was going to happen “here”. The media in Europe are reassuring, politicians are reassuring, while there’s little to be reassured of. #COVID19 #coronavirus
— Silvia Stringhini (@silviast9) March 9, 2020
re: #87 Belafon
We’ve noticed a couple of times watching the show where Alex’s cancer is starting to get to him. The other day, when he was doing the interaction with the contestants after the first break, he was using the podiums to hold himself up.
I’ve noticed the periodic cognitive slip, as well.
re: #89 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
God. Another Dr in Italy thread. Horrible.
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And far too many people in either thread calling them fiction. Italy could do a great service to the world by sending in cameras and showing what’s going on.
re: #60 makeitstop
Oh, Richard Marx. RIP your mentions…
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I looked through Richard Marx’s mention. He likes to dish it out to the cons. Lots of support for his anti Bernie tweet. I approve.
It has been an instructive few weeks on which TV anchors and politicians were pro-death panel all along. https://t.co/bW19EXx0C3
— zeddy (@Zeddary) March 10, 2020
LOL
Some of ya’ll really do not understand how LOSING works. Is that why so many white people have confederate flags still waiving?
— KD (@Fly_Sistah) March 10, 2020
The United States is last in the world per capita in coronavirus testing https://t.co/YHiTq1WoUq
— Steven Mazie (@stevenmazie) March 9, 2020
🦠 Big news. Amherst College is closing down. Remote learning will begin after spring break. Kids must be out by Monday. They’ve been told to pack up as if they’re going home for the summer. #COVID2019
— Jennifer Taub (@jentaub) March 10, 2020
Both the University of Kentucky (my oldest’s school) and the University of Texas at Dallas (my middle’s school) have asked students to fill out a form detailing where they are going to travel to if they plan on traveling next week, spring break for both schools.
Edit: Also faculty.
My high school cancelled classes today and tomorrow.
re: #95 William Lewis
I think that this movie may make her choice in Endgame far more understandable…
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That also seems like more of a Marvel movie than the first trailer, which seemed really focused on the funny scenes. Marvel movies to me have generally had the right balance of funny and serious.
I am beating a dead horse but it is ***fucking insane*** that Federalist types like Sean Davis are accusing the media of “trying to tank the markets” because they are accurately reporting on coronavirus and the stock market crash. These people are sycophantic psychopaths. pic.twitter.com/NBLCtkPx20
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) March 9, 2020
Bros gonna Bro
This Biden rally was supposed to be a show of force in Michigan. It started like an hour late and has been interrupted by protestors for 10 minutes straight, with Biden basically unable to give his speech
— Molly Hensley-Clancy (@mollyhc) March 10, 2020
re: #100 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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Lysenkoism will be the death of the conservative movement.
Glenn hates voters. period https://t.co/r7jSXF6fwi
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) March 10, 2020
re: #102 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Bros gonna Bro
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Berniebots can’t help themselves. Acting like spoiled brats.
re: #104 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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Glenn making even more of an asshole himself than usual.
Asked Pelosi if she thinks Trump should be tested after his interactions with Doug Collins and Matt Gaetz.
Pelosi: “Tested for what?”
me: coronavirus
Pelosi: “Oh, I thought he should be tested for a long time now.”
And she walked off— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 9, 2020
re: #37 The Pie Overlord!
My 6 year old grand niece is Queen Esther and her 4 year old brother is Poe Dameron, a Resistance fighter in the last set of Star Wars films.
re: #48 sagehen
Can you at least get the hotel to reduce your rate?
Doubt it. We have already paid, and they are probably looking at steep losses as travel plans are canceled.
re: #29 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Our high school band is still planning on going on its NYC trip on Spring Break. Unless the government bans travel, we can’t get a refund.
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re: #67 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Damn. This thread. Just. Damn.
Read the whole thing.
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This is frightening.
Man, seems like only yesterday it was “… 15 cases, soon going down to zero …”
738 cases in the US, 26 deaths
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re: #115 William Lewis
From a different moment on youtube:
Margus Linnakivi
2 years ago (edited)
If earth is 4 billion years old and you have co-existed with David Bowie, listening to his songs , you can consider yourself a lottery jackpot winner.
re: #97 Belafon
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Both the University of Kentucky (my oldest’s school) and the University of Texas at Dallas (my middle’s school) have asked students to fill out a form detailing where they are going to travel to if they plan on traveling next week, spring break for both schools.
Edit: Also faculty.
A lot of University of Kentucky fans planning on traveling for the SEC Tournament this week and the NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT next week, along with tens of thousands of other colleges basketball fans.
re: #104 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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I watched a few seconds of the White Power Hour tonight. They are mad that the libs are trying to hide the fact that covid-19 originated in communist China.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) March 10, 2020
re: #120 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I watched a few seconds of the White Power Hour tonight. They are mad that the libs are trying to hide the fact that covid-19 originated in communist China.
From now on, I will always prefix smallpox with European.
re: #111 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Doubt it. We have already paid, and they are probably looking at steep losses as travel plans are canceled.
Room upgrades?
I wonder when the first internet provider will tout their service as big enough to handle all your internet needs while you’re quarantined at home.
re: #110 Hecuba’s daughter
My 6 year old grand niece is Queen Esther and her 4 year old brother is Poe Dameron, a Resistance fighter in the last set of Star Wars films.
Makes sense; Poe Dameron is very Ahashuerus-y,
Nero is being recognized more and more these days.
Except by him. pic.twitter.com/roKJyajibh— Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755) March 8, 2020
Here’s @JaneoSanders a year ago, salivating on FoxNews, pleading w/ the FBI to hurry up and nail Hillary before Bernie had to admit he lost. pic.twitter.com/Cw1NhJ05Y2
— Ryan Adams 🎞️🏳️🌈 (@filmystic) April 19, 2017
re: #94 Belafon
LOL
I have a neighbor with a flagpole in his front yard, flying the dixie flag. If ever I get a chance to speak to him, my message will be “Not WHITE enough!”, and if I then have his attention, I will point to his flag.
re: #122 NO SMOCKING GUN!
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re: #100 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
The old “conservatism can’t fail, it can only be failed.”
If the government is not able to respond to an epidemic, it can’t be due to conservative policy. It must be something else.
Dear conservatives: The Coronavirus was at CPAC because God hates you for touching yourselves. You brought this on yourselves, sinners.
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) March 9, 2020
No but if you stay home an open a can of La Choy you’re in trouble…
— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) March 10, 2020
Your cash, your enemy:
Coronavirus forces UNK to cancel study abroad to Czech Republic (Goes to UNK news site)
KEARNEY - The University of Nebraska at Kearney has canceled an upcoming study abroad program as the coronavirus continues to spread across the world.
UNK notified students Wednesday that it is canceling its spring study abroad program at Palacky University in the Czech Republic. The decision impacts 11 students and one faculty member who were scheduled to participate beginning March 16.
The decision to cancel study abroad spring trips was made by UNK following a directive from University of Nebraska leadership.
“This decision is not made lightly, but student health and safety is our primary concern,” said Tim Burkink, assistant vice chancellor for international affairs.
In accordance with University of Nebraska system policy, travel to certain countries under advisories or warnings by the Centers for Disease Control or the U.S. Department of State has been restricted over the past month.
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re: #135 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Your cash, your enemy:
That’s why I launder all my money, usually with OxyClean. /s
We’re kind of screwed here since so few places take credit cards.
re: #137 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Move to all coins. $1 coins are not popular but are useful in times like these.
University continues to address coronavirus challenges (goes to the University of Nebraska Lincoln news site)
In a March 5 message to campus, Chancellor Ronnie Green announced the suspension of all university-related student travel outside of the United States for the remainder of the spring semester. The message also outlined the launch of a task force that is evaluating additional steps, the creation of a webpage to deliver coronavirus-related information to campus, and an email address for related questions.
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re: #138 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Move to all coins. $1 coins are not popular but are useful in times like these.
I already get stacks of $2 bills (which are rarely circulated and usually new) when I get money from the bank (they’re sort of like my calling card around here). $1 coins would be useful too.
Not only is the $1 bill (Treasury note) obsolete, but so is the $5 and $10 bills. Who uses $10 bills regularly? I don’t.
The US Mint needs to come out with replacement coins for those denominations.
When I lived in Japan, the 500 Yen coin was very useful. The 100 Yen coin is standard for stores.
For many years the US minted higher value coins. Sure, they were gold, but still, it’s far past time to dump the paper.
introverts vs. coronavirus pic.twitter.com/e5b4g4CE19
— ✨ d o d a i ✨ (@dodaistewart) March 10, 2020
re: #141 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Not only is the $1 bill (Treasury note) obsolete, but so is the $5 and $10 bills. Who uses $10 bills regularly? I don’t.
The US Mint needs to come out with replacement coins for those denominations.
When I lived in Japan, the 500 Yen coin was very useful. The 100 Yen coin is standard for stores.
They can’t eliminate the $1 for the same reason they can’t eliminate the 1¢: Too much pressure from business and vending machine industries.
Additionally, the government won’t make $1 coins in the proper size (the size of silver dollars) so they get confusing (especially Susan B. which looks too much like a quarter).
Around here the largest coin which commonly circulates is 50¢ piece. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a dollar coin here.
We do see $10 bills but not as commonly as $5 or $1. $50 and $100 circulate here more commonly than other places because so little penetration of credit cards.
re: #144 Anymouse 🌹🎃
They can’t eliminate the $1 for the same reason they can’t eliminate the 1¢: Too much pressure from business and vending machine industries.
Additionally, the government won’t make $1 coins in the proper size (the size of silver dollars) so they get confusing (especially Susan B. which looks too much like a quarter).
Machines can tell the difference.
re: #141 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Not only is the $1 bill (Treasury note) obsolete, but so is the $5 and $10 bills. Who uses $10 bills regularly? I don’t.
The US Mint needs to come out with replacement coins for those denominations.
When I lived in Japan, the 500 Yen coin was very useful. The 100 Yen coin is standard for stores.
I use 5s and 10s all the freakin time. Whenever I go through a fast food drive through.
Any time I have to tip a bartender, delivery driver or wait staff. Stop in at the convenience store for a bottle of water and a power bar. I already have way too much change in my pockets I don’t need more coins.
The current $10 face value US coin is a quarter ounce gold. Obviously trading value is much higher than that.
There is no reason not to make five and ten dollar coins in base metals.
re: #144 Anymouse 🌹🎃
The Susan Anthony dollar was a mistake in regards to shape/size. Current $1 coin is better.
The Mint can make five and ten dollar coins slightly larger than the quarter, so blind people can tell the difference. You can make the five and ten the same size but put a whole in the middle of the five so again the blind can tell. Plus one can use a fancier bronze for the ten dollar coin to give it a prettier color.
re: #146 Belafon
Machines can tell the difference.
Yes but there was a very negative reaction to both the Susan B Anthony and the gold dollar coins especially with the Religious Right who attacked the golden coins because “In God We Trust” was stamped on the coin edge instead of on the coin face.
re: #147 danarchy
That’s another reason the government won’t make proper-size $1 coins: Many people complained they were too large.
re: #150 Anymouse 🌹🎃
That’s another reason the government won’t make proper-size $1 coins: Many people complained they were too large.
That was the negative reaction to the Ike dollar coins!
re: #149 Joe Bacon 🌹
Yes but there was a very negative reaction to both the Susan B Anthony and the gold dollar coins especially with the Religious Right who attacked the golden coins because “In God We Trust” was stamped on the coin edge instead of on the coin face.
Then they need to print more. :)
re: #150 Anymouse 🌹🎃
re: #151 Joe Bacon 🌹
Way back in my grandparents’ day they used coins. The dollars (silver) were large. They didn’t use paper money for most things. The old Treasury bills (when they said Treasury) were around but people still used coins.
The penny has no use today (see other countries who have done in the tiny denominations). And no one uses the 50 cent pieces any more. We could have 5 cent, 10 cent, 25 cent, $1, $5, and $10 coins.
Frankly, I’d rather use electrons anyway.
re: #153 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
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Frankly, I’d rather use electrons anyway.
Electrons leak out of my wallet. /s
50¢ pieces circulate here regularly, but that’s more because of the casinos in Deadwood, SD.
An intersting article on normalcy bias during disasters
The frozen calm of normalcy bias https://t.co/pwR15IDM4z
— Michi (@cbn2) March 10, 2020
re: #144 Anymouse 🌹🎃
They can’t eliminate the $1 for the same reason they can’t eliminate the 1¢: Too much pressure from business and vending machine industries.
Additionally, the government won’t make $1 coins in the proper size (the size of silver dollars) so they get confusing (especially Susan B. which looks too much like a quarter).
New Yorkers used to treat subway tokens as if they were $1 coins; then the MTA switched to swipe-cards.
I’m going to hit the hay now. Catch y’all later.
re: #34 A Mom Anon
I’m going to become a little old lady hermit for awhile. I wish I could get my husband and son to stay out of restaurants and stores though. I do not want this shit, it could also kill my husband with all his health issues. There’s gotta be other stuff to do when you’re bored besides go to places stuffed with humans. My son goes to tons of concerts and small music venues, I worry about the shit coming in the door with him. I really am hoping for cancellations, so far none.
In my case, two weeks without work means homelessness. The possibilities for me to simply teach my local students online isn’t here and if I don’t work, I literally don’t eat and won’t have a place to live.
It well and truly is hand-to-mouth for me and in my case, a quarantine means I end up in the street. Credit cards? LOL in Czech Republic, that’s for the rich (the income requirements for a credit card here are insane) so that won’t work for me. Food deliveries? There’s only one grocery delivery service in my city and they’ve announced they’ll take a hiatus in the event of a quarantine situation.
That’s my worry.
I went into the office after nearly a week away (elective paid time off, use it or lose it). I discovered how many surfaces I touch just leaving our enclosed, badge access only room to go to the bathroom.
In mid-morning, an email went out stating a Bay Area employee had tested positive for coronavirus. So that person’s entire close staff is now self-quarantined and the entire building (several hundred people) is being disinfected.
I prefer not to work at home, because I personally function better when I’m in the office. But I’ll be honest, I have to admit I’m using up a LOT of brain CPU cycles trying to decide the politics of staying home versus setting an example as a manager and going into the office. I have to go in tomorrow because we’re bringing on a new person, I’m one of her trainers and she was told she needed to work in the office this week with me. (I love being volunteered.)
Oh, and by the way, there’s nothing like waking up just before the alarm, checking the news and discovering that the chairperson of the board and another person were forced out by criticism from the House Financial Services committee.
My 401K is going to be toast. F*** Donny.
We are making some very big mistakes.
By “we” I mostly mean Trump, his goons, and state elected officials.
Looking at this latest variant of Sars-Cov virus (at least four variants, albeit not known to be functionally different):
1) China gets credit for acting decisively, but this was only after the problem erupted in Wuhan, even though some locals had already alerted that too many people were falling ill.
2) Italy only locked down after it had been clear for several days that the community was spreading the virus around the county and outside the country via travelers.
3) The Trump administration ignored the problem for weeks, then delayed sounding the alarm about testing large numbers of people.
And here we are now on 10 Mar and governors still have not implemented mandatory shutdown of public gatherings, even though it is clear that there are community hot beds of the virus.
Sure, some colleges are closing voluntarily, and some local school districts are making similar efforts. But these are too few. All, as in literally all, public gatherings need to be curtailed. Shopping needs to be done with the utmost care. Travel in closed surrounds (planes, trains, buses) should only be allowed for those who pass strict tests.
But we won’t do that.
And so we are rushing the death of a great many elderly people, who might otherwise continue to live for years. And also we are rushing the end of life for those immune-compromised people, of which there are many in our society for a large number of reasons.
Until treatments are rolled out for the infected, and vaccines proven to work are provided to the whole society, we need to slow down the spread.
But it appears our society is too much into denial.
Locally:
Travel-Related COVID-19 Case Confirmed in San Diego County
A San Diego County resident who recently traveled overseas is the region’s first presumptive positive COVID-19 and is being treated at an area hospital, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency announced Monday.
The patient, a woman in her 50s, developed symptoms while traveling overseas and was in the hospital before she tested presumptive positive for the virus, according to Eric McDonald, Medical Director with the County Epidemiology Immunization Branch.
The patient had contact with one person in her home and that person is under self quarantine, but there was no suspected contact with the general public, McDonald said.
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How can a person not have contact with people other than the one person with whom they live? Unless the infected has truly holed up in their dwelling, I don’t think it’s possible to avoid contact with others.
Also, the story errs in saying this is the first case in the county. The article even lists others. There were two from the first cruise ship that were treated at UCSD.
As the article notes, the headline-case detailed data is not being given to the public, so we don’t know where she traveled.
File under locking-the-barn-door-after-the-horses-escape:
Austria recommends citizens return home from Italy
Austria advised citizens to return home from Italy, its southern neighbour that plans a nationwide lockdown until next month in a new attempt to beat the coronavirus in Europe’s worst-affected country.
“Austrian travellers are urgently advised to return to Austria,” the foreign ministry said on its website on Tuesday.
How many of those Austrians are already infected, and returning home will simply make them vectors for more infections in Austria?
Currently Austria reports only 131 cases, no deaths.
right after me and Frank Stallone debate over who’s benefitted the least https://t.co/fvHXPdgbco
— Matt Oswalt (@MattOswaltVA) March 9, 2020
Looks like the Coachella Music Festival might be postponed until October:
Organizers of the Coachella Music and Arts Festival are in talks to postpone the festival amid the growing coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., multiple sources tell Rolling Stone.
The annual festival was originally scheduled to take place over two back-to-back weekends — April 10th, 11th, and 12th, followed by April 17th, 18th, and 19th — at Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, about two hours outside of Los Angeles. A newly reunited Rage Against the Machine was set to headline alongside Travis Scott and Frank Ocean. Coachella and its sister festival Stagecoach together bring in some $1.4 billion in profits each year, and an estimated 250,000 people attend the former each year.
Several artist managers have been in talks with Goldenvoice for the last week discussing postponement of the festival, a source familiar with the situation told Rolling Stone Monday night, adding that the cancelation of SXSW and the recent outbreak of cases in California’s Riverside County “really changed everyone’s tune.” Another source said Coachella “confirmed” postponement with their agency on Monday night, but did not provide further details. A third source close to the situation said the talks are ongoing and not finalized yet.
I see the rats have started to flee the sinking ship. https://t.co/8L4aatoF8Y
— ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) March 10, 2020
I’m pleased that California has made testing for the coronavirus free to all Californians who require one. The federal government should follow California’s lead and ensure that no American experiencing coronavirus symptoms skips testing because they can’t afford it. pic.twitter.com/WiqeP5LAKW
— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) March 9, 2020
Does anyone have that news item on cash carrying the virus without those &$#@ pop-ups?
Upstream gdf posted a link to an article discussing our bias towards normalcy. In other words, even when faced with a crisis many people will pretend like nothing is happening.
It was only a couple of days ago that Dr. Fauci made his statement about older people avoiding large gatherings, etc. At that time it seemed rather bold of Dr. Fauci to contradict Trump.
But Fauci also said that he thought a lock-down, as in Italy, and China (and even South Korea), was not needed, and that it wouldn’t work here.
The more I reflect on it, Fauci is playing to this need for normalcy.
Even though it may be true that Americans will balk at a “lock down”, the extreme measures taken in China, and Korea, and even in Japan (closing down sports gatherings), is exactly what is needed.
East Asians are culturally adapted to living in crowded places. The old saying about a nail sticking up will get hammered down being a good example of how people in East Asia have internalized the idea that they need to conform for the good of the whole society.
Here, though, we’re still believing in “rugged individualism”, and the myth of American exceptionalism.
We will know by next Sunday, one week after Fauci made his latest statement, how well we are doing. And a week after that it will be clear if we are foolish for not having gone under “lockdown”. That is all it will take - 14 days - to get a clear picture on how bad it will be here in the US.
The need for normalcy in Australia:
re: #167 PhillyPretzel
Does anyone have that news item on cash carrying the virus without those &$#@ pop-ups?
The &$#@ sources I checked say both yes and no. But I think the answer is credit cards and coins yes, paper money not so much. But disease transmission by money is very rare. (Wash your hands, avoid touching your face.)
Here’s what Snopes has to say about it
The need for normalcy:
Coronavirus: Brits flying from Italy stunned not to be screened as death toll hits 463
People coming to the UK from even the hardest hit, Milan, not being checked.
re: #171 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The need for normalcy:
Coronavirus: Brits flying from Italy stunned not to be screened as death toll hits 463
People coming to the UK from even the hardest hit, Milan, not being checked.
Meanwhile, here in Czech Republic, there’s a good possibility that community spread is underway in Prague. Additionally, several thousand Czechs came home from Italy on Saturday, so they could avoid the mandatory (if unenforceable) 14-day home quarantine. In a few more days (most likely), if they’re infected they’ll be showing symptoms - and in the meantime, if they are infected, they’re probably spreading it to their co-workers, family, friends, people around them on the subway/trams/buses/commuter trains, etc. Taking the tram home yesterday from work, I tell you what, it sounded like a goddamn tuberculosis ward. Half those people on the tram were coughing so hard, they could probably see their esophagus.
re: #156 sagehen
New Yorkers used to treat subway tokens as if they were $1 coins; then the MTA switched to swipe-cards.
Not when the fare was 35 cents
Am I dating myself?
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re: #11 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
We’re so screwed when we need a PSA like this.
When did we get so bloody stupid?
Because in the New Media Reality, all “facts” are weighted not by any objective merit but by how many times they have been re-tweeted/posted
Did anyone else see that Press Conference where Trump explained to the Millionaires and Billionaires how the #coronavirus was gonna make them richer?
With some payroll tax cuts,
maybe some bail outs…
& don’t worry we’ll throw some crumbs at your workers so it won’t cost ya.— Alison Greene (@GrassrootsSpeak) March 10, 2020
re: #166 Dread Pirate
I’m pleased that California has made testing for the coronavirus free to all Californians who require one. The federal government should follow California’s lead and ensure that no American experiencing coronavirus symptoms skips testing because they can’t afford it.
This all makes it crystal clear that COVID-19 is just a Democrat hoax to force socilized medicine on us!!!
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One thing I haven’t seen discussed yet is the role the environment plays in differentiating the 1918 Flu pandemic from COVID-19. The century plus of human driven global warming is likely to exacerbate transmission in areas of high heat and humidity.
Second order effects are hell— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) March 10, 2020
Breaking news out of Czech Republic - via Google Translate.
The government, with effect from Tuesday at six in the evening, has banned all mass events over one hundred people, including cultural and sporting events. All schools throughout the country will be closed effective on Wednesday. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš announced the latest measures of the State Security Council against the spread of the new coronavirus. The measures are in effect until further notice. The Czech Republic has 40 confirmed cases of infection.
Original, in Czech: idnes.cz
Shit just got real. All schools will be closed effective tomorrow and gatherings of over 100 people are prohibited indefinitely.
re: #177 goddamnedfrank
I live in Atlanta, this was something that occurred to me too.We’ve had a very warm winter here, also not a help. I’m wondering when the food supply chain is going to get disrupted, that won’t be pretty either.
Yup:
You probably need this this morning https://t.co/9WN0HRv4q1
— Aidan McGlynn (@AidanMcGlynn) March 10, 2020
re: #181 Flying Squirrel Girl
I like the tiled and carpeted ceilings, especially the ones with electrical outlets mounted near them…
(party pooper)
re: #183 Dr Lizardo
re: #173 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Not when the fare was 35 cents
Am I dating myself?
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I just found my month’s pass tickets from the Moscow subway,
September 1993: price 600 Rubles
October 1993: price 1200 Rubles.
The price was still about the same in dollars, it’s just that the inflation rate had gone from 300 rubles to the dollar to 600.
It peaked at 700 that year, at which point they just lopped off two zeros, from which it has been working its way back up.
After the latest oil price collapse, it is back to up 70 rubles to the dollar…
Morning. We have owl egg this morning.
Rachel laid her 1st egg last nights. We are anticipating 4. #EasternScreechOwl #Owl #LakeTravis #TEXAS pic.twitter.com/RL0O3FeP2l
— And the Wind Cries “TEST THE MONSTER SHIP!!!” (@DaveoutofAustin) March 10, 2020
re: #155 goddamnedfrank
That kinda dovetails with a tv show I saw a long time ago about how people react in their heads…some get an almost tunnel vision that slows time for them so they can deal with whatever it is; seconds seem to turn into minutes for them and it allows them to think through “options”, while others simply cannot process what is happening. They always seem to use the plane crash scenario (I think this was surrounding the plane that bottomed out in San Fran some years ago). This show was talking with survivors and how they were dealing with what happened in the moment and they all said that it was like time stood still for them.
I listened to a bit of the Patriot Channel on Sirius XM this morning, and shit is getting real. Instead of the usual propaganda I can usually only listen to a few seconds of, a guy was on talking about coronavirus as though it was a real serious problem rather than a Soros funded hoax. And apparently Trump had a press conference yesterday, in which he proposed socialism (paid sick leave to keep infected workers home) to combat the virus? Yikes!
— Guns N’ Roses (@gunsnroses) March 9, 2020
re: #188 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I listened to a bit of the Patriot Channel on Sirius XM this morning, and shit is getting real. Instead of the usual propaganda I can usually only listen to a few seconds of, a guy was on talking about coronavirus as though it was a real serious problem rather than a Soros funded hoax. And apparently Trump had a press conference yesterday, in which he proposed socialism (paid sick leave to keep infected workers home) to combat the virus? Yikes!
Maybe it’s finally sinking in for the Red Hat Brigade that they’re the demographic most at risk from COVID-19.
re: #186 Dave In Austin
Morning. We have owl egg this morning.
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I have watched some of the videos…could you give me an overview of how this went down? I assume this is a wild owl. Did you build this for them? How did you get to this point?
re: #159 mmmirele
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While this isn’t true & Greenwald is just tossing around BS, I wish it was true, coz that’s called LEADERSHIP & leadership is sorely needed in the US right now.
There is a global crisis going on & we have a toddler at the helm, previously the Leader of the Free World.— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) March 10, 2020
re: #190 Dr Lizardo
Maybe it’s finally sinking in for the Red Hat Brigade that they’re the demographic most at risk from COVID-19.
You cannot expect any logic to be applied here, only myopic self-interest.
re: #191 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I have watched some of the videos…could you give me an overview of how this went down? I assume this is a wild owl. Did you build this for them? How did you get to this point?
We have put up a nest box for Kestrels and Eastern Screech owls 4 yrs ago. We have had 4 successful clutches so far.
This year I built a new box and installed ARLO security cams to watch the progress inside the box as well as out.
These are the same owls…… We anticipate 4 eggs this year as she is an experienced mature owl.
re: #193 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Here’s Glenn Greenwald on Tucker Carlson’s show accusing Obama of pulling strings behind the scenes to impose “creepy-like discipline” in getting Democrats to “snap into line” behind Biden.
It fits the “Democrats are not democratic” narrative, so it will be hyped and shouted from the pulpits and hilltops all over Fox-Land
Asked my son in Shanghai how things were going.
To leave or enter his building, he has to show a card that proves that he lives there.
Temperature is taken by hand held gun going in or out.
He has to wear a mask going out in public.
Things seem to be slowly getting back to normal, though Shanghai was not hard hit.
China does not have daylight savings time. He was going to play Dungeons and Dragons with some people here, was glad for the info that we just changed.
As I work at a major research university, we are being asked to come up with contingency plans for online only education.
Coronavirus: 45% of people infected with virus show ‘no or minimal symptoms’, new figures indicate
Almost half of those who have tested positive for coronavirus in Italy show “no or minimal symptoms”, new figures have revealed.
Data released by the country’s National Institute of Health (ISS) on Monday shows 45 per cent of patients do not exhibit anything more than mild symptoms.
One in ten people with the illness display no symptoms at all.
The data also reveals that 22 per cent of infections have been detected in people aged between 19 and 50.
[…]
Those who want to minimize the seriousness of COVID-19 always want to point out that the case numbers undercount the actual infectious count.
Well yes, everybody expects that.
But if 45% of the infected show no or few symptoms, then even if that is true globally, then that means 55% do show symptoms severe enough to get noticed. That means the current serious condition + death fraction of the total infected is only about half that which is calculated from the case load… which means that COVID-19 is much more lethal than this year’s flu strains.
re: #46 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Apparently you can’t get tested without explicitly stating the name of who you were around that’s tested positive. They’re all pissed as hell. Cassandra Fairbanks. The whole thread is angry conservatives.
Good. Those fuckers have put so many others lives at risk with their lies. How does it feel to happen to you bitch?
re: #200 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Louie Gohmert won’t Self Quarantine to own the Libs……..
re: #200 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Have they been able to determine whether all people who test positive are transmitters?
re: #202 Dave In Austin
Louie Gohmert won’t Self Quarantine to own the Libs……..
If he gets the entire congressional GOP infected, the libs will be so angry! Show those libs Gohmert!
re: #201 Eventual Carrion
Good. Those fuckers have put so many others lives at risk with their lies. How does it feel to happen to you bitch?
Trump told them it was a DEMOCRAT HOAX (which they are now twisting to say he meant that dems are politicizing it, because protect the moron at all costs), but now that it may affect them, it’s not a hoax any longer.
Nothing ever matters to them until it affects them personally. Nothing.
I am not crying for them.
The Berners have pushed #BernieSurge to the top of the twitter trends.
They are going to be disappointed tonight.
I wonder who they’ll blame then?
re: #206 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The Berners have pushed #BernieSurge to the top of the twitter trends.
They are going to be disappointed tonight.
I wonder who they’ll blame then?
I have no idea but they continue to create inevitable disappointment by lying about political reality. I think there’s a better possibility Bernie loses every state tonight than him winning more than two states. I think he might win Idaho and Washington at best.
It would look prescient if he wasn’t making the point that you don’t have to be a savant to predict the republican response to everything no matter what:
“Feel a cold coming on? Take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations and call us in the morning.”
Barack Obama | 2012 DNC pic.twitter.com/fnSfQyulNa— Matt Rogers 🎙 (@Politidope) February 28, 2020
re: #209 Barefoot Grin
It would look prescient if he wasn’t making the point that you don’t have to be a savant to predict the republican response to everything no matter what:
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They literally have had to sign Norquist’s stupid pledges.
re: #205 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Trump told them it was a DEMOCRAT HOAX (which they are now twisting to say he meant that dems are politicizing it, because protect the moron at all costs), but now that it may affect them, it’s not a hoax any longer.
It does not matter what Trump SAID, only what he currently SAYS.
You can show them past tweets or other documented proof and it bounces right off them.
re: #46 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Apparently you can’t get tested without explicitly stating the name of who you were around that’s tested positive. They’re all pissed as hell. Cassandra Fairbanks. The whole thread is angry conservatives.
This is what you get when you have a reactionary know nothing in charge of the WH, everyone lies to tell Trump what he wants to hear, not what he needs to hear, and everyone lies all the way down because they can’t get the tests needed because there aren’t enough to go around to help people make health decisions.
Everyone at CPAC is at risk here, precisely because Trump’s dumbfuckery has left us in mortal peril. That wingnuts like Malkin are kvetching over this is ironic. They all had this coming and the comeuppance isn’t going to be pretty as we learn still more people are infected and spread the disease without realizing it.
We are no where near close enough to containing the spread in the US. We’re on the Italy trend line, and Italy just locked down the entire country in an attempt to curb the spread.
They were at 600 cases just a week or so ago. We’re just past 600 cases as of last night. The more tests that are done, the numbers will climb all while Trump is busy lying that things are under control.
Heck, just last night his cronies were claiming that 2.1 tests were available or about to be shipped. “About to be shipped” is doing all the heavy lifting, since we’ve barely tested 10,000 people, let alone a million.
World War Z was a cautionary tale - and everything Trump is doing is so much more idiotic than anything described in the book at trying to contain a pandemic that we’re going to have dire real world consequences for a long time to come.
Trump’s solution to all this? Tax cuts. Payroll tax cut. Tax breaks for hotels (which he directly benefits from).
Tax cuts wont get people commuting into work or reopens schools.
My commute saw significantly fewer people on the train. Normally, it’s SRO. Today? 20-30 open seats on a train with 150 seats. Businesses are telling everyone to work from home and are instituting their business continuity plans (BCP). They don’t want to lose their employees to the disease, and containment is going to come from businesses being more proactive than Trump.
Trump, instead of focusing on the disease containment, is tweeting about polling and doing his media critic bulkshit this morning. He doesn’t care. No one in Trumpworld does. He’s ruined the CDC ability to get ahead of the outbreak, and no one can trust anyone in Trumpworld to tell the truth about the situation.
But hey, the markets are up 1,000 points on bargain hunting (which will last only as long as people don’t realize that the underlying fundamentals are no different than yesterday and the cases will increase significantly today).
They’re going for the kill. They want Michigan to end it. https://t.co/2fEoxIfqPm
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) March 10, 2020
Since we have a serious lack of leadership at all levels of American government, it would be good to have someone advising the populace.
People need to know. Ideally from competent government officials but we don’t have any of those.— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) March 10, 2020
Obama saved the economy in 2009, so I assume this means Biden will cure coronavirus and then you’ll shit on him for a decade because he didn’t implement free college. https://t.co/8cNCDyD7NR
— Malarkey Delenda Est (@agraybee) March 9, 2020
Ezra isn’t wrong, but another factor here is that a lot of white voters saw a black man do the job for eight years, convinced themselves he was a literate vegetable capable of little more than reading a teleprompter, and concluded the dumbest white man could do it better https://t.co/jhvwEFLSsQ
— Adam Serwer🍝 (@AdamSerwer) March 9, 2020
re: #215 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Meant to post this one.
More likely the fact that the top levels of government are not taking it seriously (because it reflects badly on trump), and instead of saying “Please don’t go anywhere where crowds gather” FROM DAY ONE, we have Carry On, All Is Well.
The US is severely behind the curve on this.— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) March 10, 2020
re: #217 Belafon
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And then opposed not only a qualified woman but one of the most qualified people period to run.
re: #220 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
And then opposed not only a qualified woman but one of the most qualified people period to run.
Because misogyny. It’s clear now that a lot of white men voted for Sanders in 2016 because he was the only alternative to Clinton.
re: #221 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Because misogyny. It’s clear now that a lot of white men voted for Sanders in 2016 because he was the only alternative to Clinton.
Yep. Exactly. And we’re living with that.
We don’t have a president. https://t.co/f3sxxlyjGI
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) March 10, 2020
Mexico might now actually pay for the wall.
To keep Americans from coming in and bringing covid19 with it.
Trump’s projecting like IMAX as always. Mexico isn’t the threat to the US and our public health.
Trump is, by failing to contain the spread with aggressive testing.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 10, 2020
re: #223 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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We haven’t had one since the morning of 1/20/17. We instead have a brat who thinks the Presidency is his personal soapbox to whine about everything he dislikes.
re: #224 lawhawk
Trump is, by failing to contain the spread with aggressive testing.
more widespread testing would reveal the extent of the virus and Trump made it clear that he likes it better when the statistically reported numbers stay low.
Apparently, this guy has known all along that Donald Trump is, as he calls him, “deranged” — but he voted for the ocher abomination in 2016 anyway.He reasoned that Trump’s derangement might lessen as the gravity of his office became more apparent. As we all know, the opposite happened. And now, Sterling Heights, Michigan, Mayor Michael Taylor, a lifelong Republican, is endorsing Joe Biden.
“I think Joe Biden is the candidate who can unify all of the Democrats and he’s the candidate who can appeal to moderates and Republicans like me who don’t want to see four more years of President Trump,” Taylor told the Chicago Tribune. “I remember thinking this Trump thing is insane, but when it was down to him and Hillary, I kind of said, ‘Well, you are a Republican, and yeah he’s nuts, but maybe he’ll get better and you know he’s going to lower taxes. I slowly talked myself into it. ‘He can’t seriously be this deranged once he gets in there,’ and he’s even more deranged now than I thought then. So, I take the blame. I voted for him.”
Oh, he can be — and is — that deranged. It’s been kind of like watching The Shining, except there was no act I or II. It’s been nothing but ax-swinging and talking to ghosts from the get-go.
So is there any chance the compact fluorescent light bulb is coming on for other Republicans, now that Trump is melting down faster than a Nazi’s face at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark?
Whether you support Joe Biden or not (I myself was resolutely Team Warren until she dropped out), it’s becoming increasingly likely that he’ll be our nominee. And if Republicans are willing to pull the lever for him, hey, I’ll take it. After all, what good is Medicare for All and free college if no one’s alive to enjoy it?
Saudi Arabia says it will increase oil production in response to Russia’s refusal to reduce its output — a move that led to a 25 per cent plunge in the price of crude on Monday.https://t.co/w0qBWMESh3
Dow is up 785 points.
Why? Because Saudi Arabia increased oil production?
re: #229 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
New: Dow Futures are set to open up more than 900 points today, based largely on the promise of a #coronavirus economic relief plan that White House officials tell @EamonJavers does not exist yet.https://t.co/tmsoMIbuyu
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) March 10, 2020
re: #230 jaunte
You have got to be kidding me? Tax cuts to fix COVID19?
Fuck me. Rich people need to die off. They are too fucking stupid to survive.
re: #229 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Dow is up 785 points.
Why? Because Saudi Arabia increased oil production?
Buying after a 2000 point drop. People went to bed, and dreamed about cheap stocks.
re: #232 Belafon
Buying after a 2000 point drop. People went to bed, and dreamed about cheap stocks.
just “normal” volatility
re: #233 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
just “normal” volatility
There’s always someone out there who will pick through the rubble thinking there’s something to sell.
re: #234 Belafon
There’s always someone out there who will pick through the rubble thinking there’s something to sell.
computer gaming companies, video streaming companies, hand-sanitizer companies, etc…
BREAKING: Harvard classes will move online starting March 23 due to a growing global coronavirus outbreak, University President Lawrence S. Bacow announced in an email Tuesday morning. The University has asked students not to return from spring break. https://t.co/rKkapq50nt
— The Harvard Crimson (@thecrimson) March 10, 2020
NOT NOW, BEARS https://t.co/2wbLnH0KSG
— Helen Thomas (@helentbbc) March 9, 2020
re: #236 Belafon
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My youngest brother and his friend are all home for Spring Break. I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re next.
re: #238 Flying Squirrel Girl
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We had a bear sighting in my neighborhood a couple weeks back.
NEW: A DOJ spokesman tells me, “The signs should not have been removed. The matter is being rectified.”
Thus, DOJ is saying immigration court staff should NOT have removed CDC posters designed to slow spread of coronavirus from immigrants on courts.— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) March 10, 2020
Once again they got caught and had to backtrack.
three stories:
Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Wuhan for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak
an indication it’s ‘safe enough’ to visit?
———-
Amazing! What South Korea is doing is really bending their #Covid19 epidemic curve. Only 131 new cases today, versus 909 on Feb. 29.
It’s not just China. This clearly can be done. https://t.co/sueAO9XLF7 pic.twitter.com/Bw7WX1s9nM— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) March 10, 2020
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while here
“Immigration court staff nationwide have been ordered by the Trump administration to take down all coronavirus posters from courtrooms and waiting areas,” the Miami Herald reports.
aside from the pettiness of the thing…
the virus doesnt know an ‘american’ from a foreigner / asylum seeker/refugee etc.
what about all the judges, lawyers, family, witnesses (ie actual americans) in the building?
conclusion: other countries will get this under control, yes sometimes with drastic measures
it will continue to build and spike in the US because of idiots at the top
re: #241 jaunte
Once again they got caught and had to backtrack.
Example x of why they go after the press.
re: #232 Belafon
Buying after a 2000 point drop. People went to bed, and dreamed about cheap stocks.
Good morning everyone!
re: #231 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
You have got to be kidding me? Tax cuts to fix COVID19?
Fuck me. Rich people need to die off. They are too fucking stupid to survive.
a payroll tax cut is not a tax cut.
its misdirection
they got nothing
Awww, daddy, why?
Kremlin says Trump cannot visit Russia for Victory Day in May https://t.co/3hrzmQX2dd
— concerned citizen (@concit1USA) March 10, 2020
re: #208 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I have no idea but they continue to create inevitable disappointment by lying about political reality. I think there’s a better possibility Bernie loses every state tonight than him winning more than two states. I think he might win Idaho and Washington at best.
Let’s hope not. I was going to vote Warren, but will now be casting my vote for Biden.
Today on the morning show on our rock radio station we had a “health expert” who:
-Told the audience not to worry about the Corona Virus because really the flu is much more dangerous. We’ve hardly had any deaths from the Corona virus, but we’ve had thousands of deaths due to the flu.
-Basically don’t take any precautions, because the whole thing is being politicized to hurt the “president”.
-Just build up your immune system with a bunch of Vitamin C,
-Annnd… His final words of wisdom? “My mother taught me not to run with the herd because you’ll get stampeded off the cliff!”
Jesus Fucking Christ
cool, cool
Coronavirus is the ‘ultimate threat’ to president Trump, former Secret Service agent says amid outbreakhttps://t.co/J0yJ3jLAzY#COVID2019 #COVIDー19
— National Post (@nationalpost) March 10, 2020
re: #246 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Awww, daddy, why?
Because he’s infected. If you think Trump is paranoid, imagine being a guy who’s actually in charge of his country due to his ruthless tactics.
re: #247 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Let’s hope not. I was going to vote Warren, but will now be casting my vote for Biden.
That’s a very generous estimate for Bernie. I think it’s very likely Biden goes six for six tonight.
re: #208 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Last I saw, there was going to be a rout against Bernie in WA. He won it last time but he is down by double digits now.
re: #248 plansbandc
Today on the morning show on our rock radio station we had a “health expert” who:
-Told the audience not to worry about the Corona Virus because really the flu is much more dangerous. We’ve hardly had any deaths from the Corona virus, but we’ve had thousands of deaths due to the flu.
-Basically don’t take any precautions, because the whole thing is being politicized to hurt the “president”.
-Just build up your immune system with a bunch of Vitamin C,
-Annnd… His final words of wisdom? “My mother taught me not to run with the herd because you’ll get stampeded off the cliff!”
Jesus Fucking Christ
“So, what you’re saying is that the cougar that just jumped out of the bushes isn’t a threat?”
re: #252 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Last I saw, there was going to be a rout against Bernie in WA. He won it last time but he is down by double digits now.
Right, I gave a best case scenario for Bernie and I gave a realistic case. I think Biden goes six for six tonight.
re: #247 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Let’s hope not. I was going to vote Warren, but will now be casting my vote for Biden.
data for progress has biden over sanders 59/38 in michigan
- they also have Biden up four points in Idaho (Sanders won the caucus by 57 points in 2016)
- and biden up 6 in Washington, 30 in Missouri, and 55 in Mississippi
re: #255 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
data for progress has biden over sanders 59/38 in michigan
- they also have Biden up four points in Idaho (Sanders won the caucus by 57 points in 2016)
- and biden up 6 in Washington, 30 in Missouri, and 55 in Mississippi
Yeah I think Biden is going 6 for 6 tonight. Bernie’s consistently underachieved in his poll results.
re: #253 Belafon
“So, what you’re saying is that the cougar that just jumped out of the bushes isn’t a threat?”
well it hasnt killed anybody yet….
these people have no idea how to assess risk, or probabilities etc
re: #257 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
well it hasnt killed anybody yet….
these people have no idea how to assess risk, or probabilities etc
They apparently don’t even know how to wash their hands, hence so many articles on how to do it properly.
The great irony in this is that the GOP has been trying to use socialism as a campaign weapon against the Democrats, and now they’re about to embrace socialism to try and stave off a recession.
Oh my god, CNN is doing a report from Florida, interviewing seniors. Lots of them are saying the Coronavirus scare is overdone. So long as they don’t shake hands, they’re fine going to events with all seniors. Just wow.
— John Aravo🐍is 🇺🇸 (@aravosis) March 10, 2020
re: #261 Eclectic Cyborg
Fucking this fucking Administration so fucking much.
And fuck Fox News too.
Both of them have blood on their hands. Scummy fuckers.
re: #259 Ace Rothstein
The great irony in this is that the GOP has been trying to use socialism as a campaign weapon against the Democrats, and now they’re about to embrace socialism to try and stave off a recession.
‘it’s not socialism when we do it’ //
Michael Taylor (R), mayor of the city of Sterling Heights, Michigan, told the Chicago Tribune that he has abandoned “deranged” President Trump and thrown his support behind Joe Biden instead.
Said Taylor: “I think Joe Biden is the candidate who can unify all of the Democrats, and he’s the candidate who can appeal to moderates and Republicans like me who don’t want to see four more years of President Trump.”
He added: “When it was down to him and Hillary, I kind of said, ‘Well, you are a Republican, and yeah he’s nuts, but maybe he’ll get better and you know he’s going to lower taxes.’ I slowly talked myself into it. ‘He can’t seriously be this deranged once he gets in there,’ and he’s even more deranged now than I thought then. So, I take the blame. I voted for him.”
re: #248 plansbandc
Today on the morning show on our rock radio station we had a “health expert” who:
-Told the audience not to worry about the Corona Virus because really the flu is much more dangerous. We’ve hardly had any deaths from the Corona virus, but we’ve had thousands of deaths due to the flu.
-Basically don’t take any precautions, because the whole thing is being politicized to hurt the “president”.
-Just build up your immune system with a bunch of Vitamin C,
-Annnd… His final words of wisdom? “My mother taught me not to run with the herd because you’ll get stampeded off the cliff!”
Jesus Fucking Christ
The MLM quacks will kill you. The new administration’s FDA needs to take a close look at them, just another item on the “Great Cleanup” agenda.
re: #213 lawhawk
We are no where near close enough to containing the spread in the US. We’re on the Italy trend line, and Italy just locked down the entire country in an attempt to curb the spread.
Good point, but I’d take issue a bit with the following:
They were at 600 cases just a week or so ago. We’re just past 600 cases as of last night.
Our population is something over 5x Italy’s, so we need to reach 3000 to get where Italy was when it was at 600.
That said, it may well happen in a week or two.
re: #260 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
sounds familiar. https://t.co/v0F32WDqpx
— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) March 10, 2020
re: #264 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
Great minds…see 227.
re: #266 garzooma
Good point, but I’d take issue a bit with the following:
Our population is something over 5x Italy’s, so we need to reach 3000 to get where Italy was when it was at 600.
That said, it may well happen in a week or two.
This is why the 600 comparison is significant:
Here’s what the last 5 days of #COVID19US growth look like mapped to the Italian epidemic starting 2/22. Trajectory looks awful similar. pic.twitter.com/JvMcVZOlpA
— Eli Pariser (@elipariser) March 9, 2020
re: #263 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
‘it’s not socialism when we do it’ //
e.g., farmer bailouts.
re: #229 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Dow is up 785 points.
Why? Because Saudi Arabia increased oil production?
Bargain hunting. After yesterday’s bloodbath, investors are looking for relative bargains among the wreckage. They are looking for stocks that were hard hit that probably shouldn’t have been hammered nearly as much.
It allows people to get a false sense of security too - especially when the pundits couch this as a response to Trump proposing tax cuts as a solution (tax cuts don’t get people traveling again, and they don’t get people to not work from home).
re: #260 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Cull the old and weak seems like a poor plan for health care.
re: #272 lawhawk
Bargain hunting. After yesterday’s bloodbath, investors are looking for relative bargains among the wreckage. They are looking for stocks that were hard hit that probably shouldn’t have been hammered nearly as much.
It allows people to get a false sense of security too - especially when the pundits couch this as a response to Trump proposing tax cuts as a solution (tax cuts don’t get people traveling again, and they don’t get people to not work from home).
I despise the stock market so much. It’s gambling and confidence games. So much based on feeling and narrative with the real possibility of financial ruin for millions based off what amounts to bluffs on the turn.
Yet another private citizen, among millions, stepping up when the President of the United States won’t.
(Customer email from Harbor Freight Tools)
As communities begin to feel the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19), I want to share with you the steps we’re taking at Harbor Freight Tools to help protect the health and safety of our customers and associates, which is always our top priority.
We’re closely monitoring local and national reports on the evolving impact of COVID-19 and, based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the World Health Organization and applicable public health agencies, we’ve developed plans and established a task force that will allow us to respond timely and appropriately.
Our housekeeping and sanitization efforts in our stores have been greatly expanded. We’re frequently disinfecting often-touched surfaces such as door handles, countertops, keypads, restroom surfaces, shopping carts and baskets. We’re asking all of our associates (and we urge everyone) to follow the CDC guidelines to prevent the spread of the infection.
We feel deeply for those who have been affected. Thankfully, as of now, we’re not aware of any associate contracting COVID-19. But we have implemented guidelines that instruct any associate who may develop symptoms or come into contact with infected individuals to stay home and follow the CDC’s instructions. And impacted associates will be compensated for their missed work hours.
At this time, all of our stores are open for business during their regular hours to meet the needs of our customers. If we become aware of any condition in any store that would make it unsafe, please rest assured that we’ll close the store until those conditions have been addressed.
Again, the health and safety of our customers and associates are our top priority and we’re committed to doing our part to help keep you safe.
Thank you,
Eric Smidt
Owner and Founder
Harbor Freight Tools
re: #266 garzooma
I think you’re confusing cases as a percentage of the population versus the cases identified - we’re going to follow the same trajectory (or worse) on case instances because of the failure to contain the spread of the disease. So while Italy may see spread of cases slow due to their drastic and draconian measures to lock down the entire country, it’s not likely to happen here given Trump’s dumbfuckery at every step of the crisis. That means we’ll likely see far more cases, and far more dead Americans as a result of Trump thinking that lying about numbers and test availability to minimize the numbers is the solution.
re: #269 Belafon
This is why the 600 comparison is significant:
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I don’t think that is an accurate comparison, because of maths.
The US has a higher population, so the number of cases needs to be scaled by that factor first, and then compared in it’s growth.
The good news is that probably gives the US an extra week to limit transmission, for which limiting proximity to other people is the main thing.
The bad news, is that I don’t think the US is going to use that time effectively.
Exhibit A: rodeohouston.com
re: #276 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Yet another private citizen, among millions, stepping up when the President of the United States won’t.
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in the end, democracy is the people
re: #273 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Cull the old and weak seems like a poor plan for health care.
It’s a poor plan if you value human life; pretty good plan if money is your top priority.
re: #248 plansbandc
Today on the morning show on our rock radio station we had a “health expert” …
again, in this age of New Media Reality, we assess and disseminate “facts” based on how many re-tweets or re-postings they receive, not on their merit or verifiability.
We are about to pay a very high price for that level of utter gullible stupidity.
Remember the story about the posters advising how to stop the spread of the virus that were taken down “by accident” yesterday and ordered to be put back up?
An email obtained by the @MiamiHerald shows the Trump administration has ordered all immigration courts to immediately remove coronavirus posters from all its premises. https://t.co/xOtc05bdqp
— Monique O. Madan (@MoniqueOMadan) March 10, 2020
As many point out in the comments, this has Stephen Miller’s fingerprints all over it: Remove the posters, blame Mexicans for spreading the virus, build the wall.
re: #279 Danack
I don’t think that is an accurate comparison, because of maths.
The US has a higher population, so the number of cases needs to be scaled by that factor first, and then compared in it’s growth.
The good news is that probably gives the US an extra week to limit transmission, for which limiting proximity to other people is the main thing.
The bad news, is that I don’t think the US is going to use that time effectively.
Exhibit A: rodeohouston.com
It’s the rate of growth that matters, because it tracks with Italy, and not the total numbers driving that rate. Assuming the curve holds, our higher population means there’s just more room on the chart for the curve to go up and up.
re: #272 lawhawk
Bargain hunting. After yesterday’s bloodbath, investors are looking for relative bargains among the wreckage. They are looking for stocks that were hard hit that probably shouldn’t have been hammered nearly as much.
It allows people to get a false sense of security too - especially when the pundits couch this as a response to Trump proposing tax cuts as a solution (tax cuts don’t get people traveling again, and they don’t get people to not work from home).
Yep.
OK,the market has only been open a couple of hours, but so far the trading trend seems to be a steady slide downwards from the day’s opening high: maybe not crash-and-burn like yesterday’s disaster, but hardly a sign of a firm market.
re: #273 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Cull the old and weak seems like a poor plan for health care.
“Let them die and decrease the surplus population!”
re: #279 Danack
I don’t think that is an accurate comparison, because of maths.
The US has a higher population, so the number of cases needs to be scaled by that factor first, and then compared in it’s growth.
The good news is that probably gives the US an extra week to limit transmission, for which limiting proximity to other people is the main thing.
The bad news, is that I don’t think the US is going to use that time effectively.
Exhibit A: rodeohouston.com
Yes, the fact that we’re significantly bigger means our numbers should be bigger for a one-to-one comparison of the percentage of the population infected. OTOH, it’s effective in pointing out that we’re tracking pretty similar on the rate of infection and discovery, and that that the rate of increase is not constant but accellerating.
A large population would mean that we could track it’s growth sooner.
re: #282 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
again, in this age of New Media Reality, we assess and disseminate “facts” based on how many re-tweets or re-postings they receive, not on their merit or verifiability.
We are about to pay a very high price for that level of utter gullible stupidity.
CBS had an article that drinking bleach won’t help with COVID19.
gullible and stupid. It’s going to kill us. Survival of the fittest, I suppose.
re: #283 Flying Squirrel Girl
Remember the story about the posters advising how to stop the spread of the virus that were taken down “by accident” yesterday and ordered to be put back up?
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As many point out in the comments, this has Stephen Miller’s fingerprints all over it: Remove the posters, blame Mexicans for spreading the virus, build the wall.
Anything to justify the idea that immigration is the greatest evil of all time and must be stopped. Xenophobia as national policy.
re: #288 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
CBS had an article that drinking bleach won’t help with COVID19.
gullible and stupid. It’s going to kill us. Survival of the fittest, I suppose.
again, because #TrendingonTwitter is a news item in and of itself, and too many people rely on social media feeds for news and information about anything other than what your friends and family are up to…
re: #288 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
CBS had an article that drinking bleach won’t help with COVID19.
gullible and stupid. It’s going to kill us. Survival of the fittest, I suppose.
apparently neither will cocaine
re: #288 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
CBS had an article that drinking bleach won’t help with COVID19.
gullible and stupid. It’s going to kill us. Survival of the fittest, I suppose.
Darn it. Why is CBS trying to help these people? /////
re: #289 Citizen K
Anything to justify the idea that immigration is the greatest evil of all time and must be stopped. Xenophobia as national policy.
because viruses recognize nationality
re: #279 Danack
I don’t think that is an accurate comparison, because of maths.
The US has a higher population, so the number of cases needs to be scaled by that factor first, and then compared in it’s growth.
The good news is that probably gives the US an extra week to limit transmission, for which limiting proximity to other people is the main thing.
The bad news, is that I don’t think the US is going to use that time effectively.
Exhibit A: rodeohouston.com
You’re measuring two separate things.
Cases growing in a population will grow regardless of the size of the population. It’s doing a doubling along known scales that the experts can measure and predict.
The difference is when it becomes a tipping point and breaks the health care system - it comes much sooner in Italy than the US due to smaller size, fewer hospitals, doctors, and potentially available resources.
We are likely to see the same case progression here in the US as in Italy, and while Italy may contain due to the lockdown, it doesn’t appear anyone in Trumpworld is willing to go against Trump who demands we just get on with our lives without caring about the consequences of doing nothing.
re: #293 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
because viruses recognize nationality
And the greatest method of stopping any disease is a great big wall. That stops everything!
re: #294 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
And then we have this cheery ad from gun nut superstore Cheaper than Dirt:
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Actually, prices are going up fast, as suburban consumer units have more reason than ever to fear the inner city zombie hordes that will swarm out to loot and pillage “when the welfare checks stop.”
They’re nothing if not predictable. Playing on people;s fears. One of the biggest reasons why I know Sanders is full of shit is he talks tough on every corporation there is except the gun lobby.
re: #290 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
again, because #TrendingonTwitter is a news item in and of itself, and too many people rely on social media feeds for news and information about anything other than what your friends and family are up to…
This information in this:
Oh my god, CNN is doing a report from Florida, interviewing seniors. Lots of them are saying the Coronavirus scare is overdone. So long as they don’t shake hands, they’re fine going to events with all seniors. Just wow.
— John Aravo🐍is 🇺🇸 (@aravosis) March 10, 2020
from #260 didn’t come from everyone watching Fox. These people were sharing this information.
You rely a bit too much on the idea that the www is causing people to do things they didn’t do before. The statement “A lie can travel half way around the world before truth can get it’s pants on” predates the internet.
re: #295 lawhawk
You’re measuring two separate things.
Cases growing in a population will grow regardless of the size of the population. It’s doing a doubling along known scales that the experts can measure and predict.
Not much use trying to humansplain to this person.
Either he is so fucking stupid and ideologically blindered that your reasoning will just not permeate his skull, or he really knows better and is just blowing up rhetorical smoke because he is the sort of attention-craving contrarian sociopath who enjoys doing such things
re: #298 Belafon
You rely a bit too much on the idea that the www is causing people to do things they didn’t do before. The statement “A lie can travel half way around the world before truth can get it’s pants on” predates the internet.
Now that lie can travel around the world, have its own hashtag and get picked up by the MSM before the truth can even reach for the wardrobe…
Another one for the dock at that future tribunal.
A modest proposal, Telegraph? https://t.co/nYg7kV2vyq
— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) March 10, 2020
We do see edited video of Trump quite often. The prob is that usually those edits are done on the part of the news orgs for ‘clarity’, cutting out his tangents & crazy shit and interpreting his speeches into normalized edicts.
They edit Trump to be more cogent than he is.— Impeached K (@Citizen_Kryptik) March 10, 2020
re: #261 Eclectic Cyborg
So very very many people are going to die because of them.
re: #302 Citizen K
We do see edited video of Trump quite often. The prob is that usually those edits are done on the part of the news orgs for ‘clarity’, cutting out his tangents & crazy shit and interpreting his speeches into normalized edicts.
They edit Trump to be more cogent than he is.
One key moment during the 1991 Soviet counter-coup against Gorbachev is when the TV stations refused to zoom in so as not to show the shaking, unsteady hands of the members of the Extraordinary Committee when they made a public announcement after being up 24 hours wired on adrenaline and vodka…
Anybody else concerned the Coronavirus may become the Reichstag Virus? Cuz that Trish Reagan fuckery yesterday makes me think that these cultists need to be removed from power ASAP. They belong in the backwoods dancing with snakes where they can’t hurt anybody but themselves.
I am watching a show on wombats and I just have to say that they are some of the cutest creatures around.
I’ve seen edited videos of Biden twice now. The first was the circular firing squad one and the latest was his appearance on Lawrence O’Donnnell. This is the thing that Trump has made acceptable to parts of the left. Using lies and dishonest tactics to go after your opponents and yeah I definitely blame a certain Vermont senator’s campaign and its allies for this shit.
Delta executives said the airline will cut its international flights between 20% to 25%, and 10% to 15% in domestic flights, due to decline in bookings. #coronavirus
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) March 10, 2020
re: #308 lawhawk
Due to a decline in bookings.
Priceless.
Vs…
BREAKING: Qantas to ground most of its A380 fleet, reducing international capacity by almost a quarter for next six months. CEO will take no salary for the rest of the fin year. All because of #coronavirus https://t.co/mAQMPX65DD
— Madeleine Morris (@Mad_Morris) March 9, 2020
Look at that dead cat bounce…
And….it’s gone.
The Dow is now red and the S&P 500 isn’t far behind.— Eddy Elfenbein (@EddyElfenbein) March 10, 2020
re: #294 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
And then we have this cheery ad from gun nut superstore Cheaper than Dirt:
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Actually, prices are going up fast, as suburban consumer units have more reason than ever to fear the inner city zombie hordes that will swarm out to loot and pillage “when the welfare checks stop.”
if i were in the ammo business i wouldnt care if anyone ever used one bullet
just as long as they keep buying them
so yeah, i’d milk every sales opportunity for all it’s worth
re: #311 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
if i were in the ammo business i wouldnt care if anyone ever used one bullet
just as long as they keep buying them
so yeah, i’d milk every sales opportunity for all it’s worth
because unlike food, bullets have no expiration date and you can never own too many, especially if you are a MAGA survivalist xenophobe fascist white supremacist and/or inveterate hoarder
re: #302 Citizen K
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there’s no need to edit trump videos to make him look bad
interesting that we don’t see manipulated videos of Trump https://t.co/CjiJrtGmaS
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) March 10, 2020
re: #306 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I am watching a show on wombats and I just have to say that they are some of the cutest creatures around.
Their namesake band ain’t too bad, either. :)
They think this makes him look *bad*?
Detroit auto worker: “You are actively trying to diminish our Second Amendment right and take away our guns.”
Joe Biden: “You’re full of shit.”
Biden staffer: “Alright, thank you guys—”
Biden: “No, shush! Shush!”pic.twitter.com/j1fIE5c0HN— Matt Wolking (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@MattWolking) March 10, 2020
Go Joe!
re: #315 Flying Squirrel Girl
Joe not in mood for Malarkey.
A guy my brother works with, a micro-chip designer by trade, has 2 million rounds of ammunition in his personal stash. That’s as much as an infantry division uses in several days of heavy combat. Obviously he plans to trade it for fuel, food, drugs, and other stuff that will make him a feudal lord when the proverbial stuff hits the fan.
re: #306 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I am watching a show on wombats and I just have to say that they are some of the cutest creatures around.
They look like Ewoks.
re: #315 Flying Squirrel Girl
They think this makes him look *bad*?
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Go Joe!
That guy is full of shit. I don’t blame Biden for getting frustrated with the same Republican bullshit about the 2A that’s been pushed for decades.
In other words you are the ones who are actually politicizing the corona virus.
— David Weissman (@davidmweissman) March 10, 2020
re: #320 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
That guy is full of shit. I don’t blame Biden for getting frustrated with the same Republican bullshit about the 2A that’s been pushed for decades.
the NRA has been greatly diminished in its power to influence both Congress and the general public.
re: #321 DodgerFan1988
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We should build a firewall around Charlie Kirk’s house so he doesn’t tweet out stupid shit like this. God I hate these grifting pieces of shit like him who offer nothing to the conversation but the same bullshit we’ve been hearing from right wingers for years.
re: #305 BigPapa
The one thing going for us is these cultist morons are really just dumb. Nazis and others pulled it off, for some period of time, before it collapsed. Information is harder to contain nowadays. But Trump is too stupid to take advantage of his cunning, which is his best attribute. He’s not smart, nor wise, merely cunning. But he gets in his own way because he’s obsessive, paranoid, and an idiot.
We’re lucky he’s dumb. I hope it’s enough.
re: #322 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
the NRA has been greatly diminished in its power to influence both Congress and the general public.
Depends on your state. It has here in Virginia thankfully.
re: #317 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
A guy my brother works with, a micro-chip designer by trade, has 2 million rounds of ammunition in his personal stash. That’s as much as an infantry division uses in several days of heavy combat. Obviously he plans to trade it for fuel, food, drugs, and other stuff that will make him a feudal lord when the proverbial stuff hits the fan.
2 million rounds?
That’ll make a nice haul when someone with a long rifle and scope takes the dumbass out as the zombie hoards are approaching. /Chairborne Ranger Private First Class Zim.
re: #319 Eclectic Cyborg
So, someone made a Super Mario Bros. knockoff game with Bernie Sanders in the starring role:
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That sums up Bernie Sanders, 32 bit in a 32 GB world
re: #317 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
A guy my brother works with, a micro-chip designer by trade, has 2 million rounds of ammunition in his personal stash. That’s as much as an infantry division uses in several days of heavy combat. Obviously he plans to trade it for fuel, food, drugs, and other stuff that will make him a feudal lord when the proverbial stuff hits the fan.
Or he’ll painstakingly take the bullets apart to amass a big enough pile of gunpowder to do an Oklahoma City.
Confirmed cases:
* US: 755
* Mexico: seven. https://t.co/WwIMNuiUq5— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) March 10, 2020
755 cases.
It was crossing 600 cases yesterday. 30% increase in cases in a day. Some of the increase is due to more testing.
re: #305 BigPapa
Anybody else concerned the Coronavirus may become the Reichstag Virus? Cuz that Trish Reagan fuckery yesterday makes me think that these cultists need to be removed from power ASAP. They belong in the backwoods dancing with snakes where they can’t hurt anybody but themselves.
we don’t want them and neither do our snakes
re: #255 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
data for progress has biden over sanders 59/38 in michigan
- they also have Biden up four points in Idaho (Sanders won the caucus by 57 points in 2016)
- and biden up 6 in Washington, 30 in Missouri, and 55 in Mississippi
I refuse any optimism until after the votes have been counted. Just recall that Hillary was up 20+ points over Bernie in the Michigan primary and she lost to him. People get overconfident and then don’t vote or think they can vote for a candidate who has withdrawn and suddenly the landslide win turns into a narrow loss and the election narrative changes again.
I see that the gold bugs are doing their thing again. A hedge against social collapse you see. I still don’t know how that is supposed to work though.
“Hey, you with the gun! I’ll give you a solid gold Krugerrand for that stray cow you just shot.”
“Er, no thanks. Got any barbecue sauce?”
I’m guessing all the early gains in the Dow are now wiped out because Donnie opened his mouth?
BREAKING: DC Circuit holds that @HouseJudiciary can access portions of the Mueller Report that were redacted as grand jury materials. Judge Rogers writes majority. Judge Griffith writes concurrence. Judge Rao dissents. Opinion to follow. pic.twitter.com/tSdl0MRU9I
— Ashwin Phatak (@aphatak) March 10, 2020
re: #336 Dr. Matt
I’m guessing all the early gains in the Dow are now wiped out because Donnie opened his mouth?
just the aforementioned dead cat bounce…bottom feeders are now sated
Facts matter. Truth matters. The US should be the champion of that idea. We’ve seen what happens when authoritarian approaches prevail. https://t.co/7QP8Nx66mr
— Sean Casten (@SeanCasten) March 10, 2020
re: #336 Dr. Matt
I’m guessing all the early gains in the Dow are now wiped out because Donnie opened his mouth?
It’s up and down…up 330 right now.
re: #317 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
A guy my brother works with, a micro-chip designer by trade, has 2 million rounds of ammunition in his personal stash. That’s as much as an infantry division uses in several days of heavy combat. Obviously he plans to trade it for fuel, food, drugs, and other stuff that will make him a feudal lord when the proverbial stuff hits the fan.
In the meantime he has spent tens of thousands of dollars on something he can never use or need. Fucking stupid.
If Biden is the nominee, and there are actually going to be debates, the moment Biden tells Trump to his face “You’re full of shit” is the moment Biden will McGovern that fat tub of lard.
I am really sick & tired of this stupid-ass simulation of “How Fucking Absurd & Stupid Can America Get?”
Can we go back to normality now?
INT. PRODUCER’S OFFICE:
Hack Screenwriter: “… and then, just after they mock the pandemic, they all come down with it and start dropping like flies!”
EXT. SAME
WINDOW SHATTERS as Hack Screenwriter is thrown out to bounce on the pavement, still desperately pitching— Surreal painters were just ahead of the curve (@MutatedReality) March 10, 2020
re: #341 I Would Prefer Not To
In the meantime he has spent tens of thousands of dollars on something he can never use or need. Fucking stupid.
If it makes him happy…
re: #317 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
A guy my brother works with, a micro-chip designer by trade, has 2 million rounds of ammunition in his personal stash. That’s as much as an infantry division uses in several days of heavy combat. Obviously he plans to trade it for fuel, food, drugs, and other stuff that will make him a feudal lord when the proverbial stuff hits the fan.
My wingnut sister and BIL have stocked up on 8+ months of food and water….and they are having “competitions” with other wingnuts to see who can prep more. Not kidding.
re: #345 Dr. Matt
My wingnut sister and BIL have stocked up on 8+ months of food and water….and they are having “competitions” with other wingnuts to see who can prep more. Not kidding.
Having a supply of food and water makes some sense. Disasters do happen. But two million rounds of ammo is just sick in my opinion. It’s just a stupid investment.
Bernerbotswarms are now fakenewsing that Joe Biden will veto “Medicare for All” even if Congress passes it.
re: #342 Ace Rothstein
If Biden is the nominee, and there are actually going to be debates, the moment Biden tells Trump to his face “You’re full of shit” is the moment Biden will McGovern that fat tub of lard.
Biden’s not going to let Trump get away with lying about the Obama-Biden record.
re: #345 Dr. Matt
My wingnut sister and BIL have stocked up on 8+ months of food and water….and they are having “competitions” with other wingnuts to see who can prep more. Not kidding.
They are likely looking forward to a “competition” to see who can survive the longest in the upcoming post-Apocalyptic hellscape.
re: #349 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They are likely looking forward to a “competition” to see who can survive the longest in the upcoming post-Apocalyptic hellscape.
They believe the Walking Dead is a documentary.
re: #347 The Pie Overlord!
Bernerbotswarms are now fakenewsing that Joe Biden will veto “Medicare for All” even if Congress passes it.
Except Biden’s response to McDonnell’s question on that issue certainly can be interpreted that way. Let’s just hope that BernieBots don’t succeed and that Joe emerges victorious from today’s elections nationwide.
Ever wonder where Trump got this idea?
A historic moment in Moscow. Russia looks set to allow Putin to stay in power at least until 2036, when he’ll be 84.
Putin is due in the Duma to address lawmakers in a few minutes. https://t.co/144cdk75o5— max seddon (@maxseddon) March 10, 2020
re: #351 Hecuba’s daughter
Except Biden’s response to McDonnell’s question on that issue certainly can be interpreted that way. Let’s just hope that BernieBots don’t succeed and that Joe emerges victorious from today’s elections nationwide.
It was actually a pretty good answer. I’m sick of Bernie promising shit without a plan to pay for it.
re: #339 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Rather than acting on these recurrent warnings and bolstering America’s ability to respond to an outbreak, the Trump administration has instead cut back money and personnel from pandemic preparedness. In May 2018, Trump’s aides dismissed the National Security Council’s global health security staff and moved to cut its budget. The White House also cut the budgets of the Centers for Disease Control and the Department of Health and Human Services, and closed the federal government’s $30 million Complex Crises Fund.
Because that’s how Trump rolls.
re: #347 The Pie Overlord!
Bernerbotswarms are now fakenewsing that Joe Biden will veto “Medicare for All” even if Congress passes it.
They’ve learned from Trump. I see it every day.
re: #317 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
A guy my brother works with, a micro-chip designer by trade, has 2 million rounds of ammunition in his personal stash. That’s as much as an infantry division uses in several days of heavy combat. Obviously he plans to trade it for fuel, food, drugs, and other stuff that will make him a feudal lord when the proverbial stuff hits the fan.
Other that or he’s got a teeny tiny penis…
And can we please stop being afraid of the Sanders supporters. There are more of us than them.
re: #246 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Awww, daddy, why?
Kremlin says Trump cannot visit Russia for Victory Day in May https://t.co/3hrzmQX2dd
— concerned citizen (@concit1USA) March 10, 2020
See, that twitter title makes it seem like Russia isn’t allowing Trump to attend. But, the actual article linked has a quite different title
“Trump has told Russia he cannot visit for Victory Day in May, says Kremlin”
re: #358 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
See, that twitter title makes it seem like Russia isn’t allowing Trump to attend. But, the actual article linked has a quite different title
“Trump has told Russia he cannot visit for Victory Day in May, says Kremlin”
Maybe advisers persuaded him that it would be a very bad look politically for him to be celebrating this occasion with Putin? Ivanka and Jared are probably astute enough to understand that.
re: #359 Hecuba’s daughter
Maybe advisers persuaded him that it would be a very bad look politically for him to be celebrating this occasion with Putin? Ivanka and Jared are probably astute enough to understand that.
Assumes facts not in evidence.
And who knows how many of Trumpworld figures will be sickened and out of commission due to covid19 by then?
Mohammed bin Salman and Trump spoke by phone before the Saudi crown prince **escalated** the oil-price war by increasing production.
Though it wasn’t immediately clear if MBS informed Trump about his plans.https://t.co/ty9IVK03YL— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) March 10, 2020
New York state reports 31 new cases of coronavirus, raising state’s total to 173. Schools and other places where people gather inside a one-mile radius in New Rochelle will be closed, governor says
— BNO Newsroom (@BNODesk) March 10, 2020
re: #145 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Around here the largest coin which commonly circulates is 50¢ piece. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a dollar coin here.
We do see $10 bills but not as commonly as $5 or $1. $50 and $100 circulate here more commonly than other places because so little penetration of credit cards.
$20, $10, $5 pretty commonly used. A lot of places here have signs up that they will not take $50 or $100 bills.* Don’t see $2 or the $1 coins** very often. We probably should get rid of the $0.01 - but I imagine the massive outcry from a lot of people seeing the rounding to the nearest $0.05 or $0.10 as “big business” or “big government” trying to rip them off.
* - I presume either fear of counterfeits or that giving change for one will drain their ability to have change for other people. (Which is a concern for some businesses that do stuff like lunch crowds.) As for the counterfeits, if you get one and turn it in, do you get compensated by the bank of government?
** - Back when I got stamps from a vending machine in the post office it gave change in $1 coins.
As for the penny, my best anecdote for that is that a manager once paid for his football pool square ($1) in pennies. If he had won I would have paid him off in pennies. :)
(Yea, an asshole thing to do perhaps, but he was a bit of an ass himself.)
“All the insurance companies here today have agreed to waive all copays for coronavirus testing and extend coverage for coronavirus treatment in all their benefit plans,” Pence said. https://t.co/vAih3L3r5J
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) March 10, 2020
Look at how Fox News covered Ebola vs Coronavirus. This is why Democrats should shun the network. It is literally Trump’s propaganda arm. https://t.co/pFyUqTc1Dn
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) March 10, 2020
UPDATE: There are an additional 31 confirmed cases of #Coronavirus in NYS, bringing total to 173.
Westchester: 108
NYC: 36
Nassau: 19
Rockland: 6
Saratoga: 2
Suffolk: 1
Ulster: 1
We continue to expect more positive cases as we test.— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) March 10, 2020
re: #317 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
A guy my brother works with, a micro-chip designer by trade, has 2 million rounds of ammunition in his personal stash. That’s as much as an infantry division uses in several days of heavy combat. Obviously he plans to trade it for fuel, food, drugs, and other stuff that will make him a feudal lord when the proverbial stuff hits the fan.
Forgive me, but when I haer about guys like this, I think “Wouldn’t it be sumpthin’ if his shed caught on fire?”
Japan to punish reselling of masks for profit with year in prison, ¥1 million fine — or both https://t.co/ysOCCv6Umz
— The Japan Times (@japantimes) March 10, 2020
re: #367 stpaulbear
Forgive me, but when I haer about guys like this, I think “Wouldn’t it be sumpthin’ if his shed caught on fire?”
Shed? With that much ammo (and, presumably, the firearms to use it), it’s probably stored in a nice deep bunker with steel doors and biometric locks……
I made a video this morning about the importance of voting and then got turned away because I wasn’t in the system even though I’ve voted there for 11 years, including for myself four times! Go figure, but that’s okay. We’ll be back later today! #Vote #KCMO pic.twitter.com/3mYNrO6jmC
— Mayor Q (@QuintonLucasKC) March 10, 2020
re: #346 I Would Prefer Not To
Having a supply of food and water makes some sense. Disasters do happen. But two million rounds of ammo is just sick in my opinion. It’s just a stupid investment.
Growing up in Cali, EVERYBODY had an earthquake kit.
a week of food, water and medication. A first aid kit. Blankets/sleeping bags (you might have to move outside). Flashlights, battery-operated radio, a bunch of extra batteries. And the little tool the gas company hands out to turn off the gas line to your house.
BREAKING: NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo announces containment zone around New Rochelle, lasting until 3/25; National Guard to be deployed to assist in food delivery, cleaning.
“This is the single greatest public health challenge we have in the state right now.” https://t.co/waOLY1RvC9 pic.twitter.com/ubq6lFo0yH— ABC News (@ABC) March 10, 2020
.@LtGovOliver and I are sad to report the first death in a case of #COVID19 in New Jersey. Our prayers are with the family during this difficult time. We remain vigilant to doing all we can — across all levels of government — to protect the people of New Jersey. pic.twitter.com/NPGH8anMFp
— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) March 10, 2020
Trump’s acting intelligence chief declines to meet with Congress for election threats briefing https://t.co/z6qhbGi2rD
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 10, 2020
re: #364 Backwoods_Sleuth
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broad cross section of … looking at notes, the health insurance industry https://t.co/HPGPaJm8tn
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 10, 2020
re: #364 Backwoods_Sleuth
“All the insurance companies here today have agreed to waive all copays for coronavirus testing and extend coverage for coronavirus treatment in all their benefit plans,” Pence said.
That is positive news.
re: #296 Citizen K
And the greatest method of stopping any disease is a great big wall. That stops everything!
And tax cuts, can’t forget tax cuts.
re: #375 Backwoods_Sleuth
“ill-prepared”.
What a soft way to say he doesn’t know what the fuck he’s doing.
re: #378 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That is positive news.
It is, but I’ll believe it when I see it.
“We have bought a considerable amount of time according to all the health experts” says Mike Pence.
Is that what *all* the health experts say? It’s not what they’re telling me.— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) March 9, 2020
It’s just a matter of time before Donnie starts rage tweeting at the stock market.
re: #382 Dread Pirate
To Pence, the “health experts” are whatever medical people Fox News trots out.
Spanish authorities have announced that there’s 782 cases clustered around Madrid. They also indicated that all events involving 1,000 people or more are cancelled. That includes concerts and sporting events.
Every thing is fine
There is nothing to worry about
The US has performed five coronavirus tests per million people, compared with South Korea’s 3,692 tests per million people.https://t.co/mzQQJhXI5W
— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) March 10, 2020
Trumpworld has a metric shit ton of vacant positions along with a bunch of acting positions instead of confirmed people in a whole host of key public health and safety positions.
It’s by design of course. Trump’s actively sabotaging functioning government and his incompetence is taking care of the rest.
Another Asshole For Bernie®
Civil rights activist Phillip Agnew, who announced he is joining the 2020 presidential hopeful’s campaign team on March 7, said, “I am not my tweets from 2009,” after his old posts emerged following his appointment.
In one tweet from October 2009, Agnew wrote: “Random thought while standing on Gas Station: Michel Obama is an odd looking woman… I’d call her ugly but I don’t want the backlash.”
In another post two months later, Agnew added: “Michelle Obama is just not pretty… I’ve tried to look at her from every angle possible.”
Civil rights activist Phillip Agnew, who announced he is joining the 2020 presidential hopeful’s campaign team on March 7, said, “I am not my tweets from 2009,” after his old posts emerged following his appointment.
In one tweet from October 2009, Agnew wrote: “Random thought while standing on Gas Station: Michel Obama is an odd looking woman… I’d call her ugly but I don’t want the backlash.”
In another post two months later, Agnew added: “Michelle Obama is just not pretty… I’ve tried to look at her from every angle possible.”
re: #352 makeitstop
Ever wonder where Trump got this idea?
This is a Great Idea, My idea actually. It’ll be really great. Why does Bernie like the autocrats in Cuba so much? Very Bad.
Trump says the cruise industry and airline industry are great industries and “we’ll be helping them through this patch.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 10, 2020
don’t worry…it’s just a patch…
Gah.
Thank you @SenateGOP! pic.twitter.com/XysOvXbTMF
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 10, 2020
re: #373 Backwoods_Sleuth
MORE: All schools in the area will close, and large gatherings have been canceled.
People can go in and out of the containment zone, and small businesses can remain open, Cuomo says. https://t.co/C52QecrBnU pic.twitter.com/vtjKBEMocI— ABC News (@ABC) March 10, 2020
re: #394 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Umm, if people can go in and out, what exactly is contained?
Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm says she expects to find more coronavirus cases now that the state is testing more people.
The number one thing people can do is stay home when they’re sick, she says. #mnleg— Theo Keith (@TheoKeith) March 10, 2020
Malcolm calls the legislative response “unprecedented” and says Monday’s unanimous House and Senate votes were important to show Minnesotans “this is how government can work.”
— Theo Keith (@TheoKeith) March 10, 2020
re: #392 Eclectic Cyborg
Gah.
At least he’s focusing on the very serious matter of a health crisis. Oh wait….
re: #391 Backwoods_Sleuth
don’t worry…it’s just a patch…
We’re going to bailout the airline industry that continues to fuck us by charging us to check a bag, reduce leg room, and reduce number of flight options.
re: #393 Sir John Barron
“bought a considerable amount of time”?
What does that mean?
Baffling with bulkshit.
He wants people to think that his actions have given public health experts time to contain the disease. The reality is just the opposite. It makes containment more difficult, and we’ve lost critical time to contain the disease because of the lack of aggressive testing.
re: #388 lawhawk
Trumpworld has a metric shit ton of vacant positions along with a bunch of acting positions instead of confirmed people in a whole host of key public health and safety positions.
It’s by design of course. Trump’s actively sabotaging functioning government and his incompetence is taking care of the rest.
I can only hope Trump loses the election in Nov and afterward finds that his entire experience as President bites him bites him in the ass real hard.
re: #394 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
It’s not Yonkers, but it’s close. /Max Brooks.
That really needs to be the focus right now. Get as many test kits out here as humanly possible. The larger our capacity to test, the more quickly we know where the virus is and can take countermeasures.
He took no questions from reporters going into the GOP Senate lunch.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) March 10, 2020
Avancements in art is incredible pic.twitter.com/XeZmhFixMb
— Dog Solution (@DogSolutions) March 10, 2020
re: #403 Backwoods_Sleuth
“To talk with Republicans”.
Because apparently Democrats don’t fucking matter anymore.
Cat playing theremin you’re welcome pic.twitter.com/1rYdenoFW8
— WYLIE CABLE (@WylieCable) March 8, 2020
re: #403 Backwoods_Sleuth
He took no questions from reporters going into the GOP Senate lunch.
His only answer is “we’ll see.”
re: #405 Eclectic Cyborg
“To talk with Republicans”.
Because apparently Democrats don’t fucking matter anymore.
To Trump and the GOP they never have….
I wish people were as outraged about 100 gun deaths per day & 250 people wounded by gun fire as they are about @JoeBiden’s language. As you’re clutching your pearls, think about the families whose loved ones have been impacted by gun violence #GoodForJoe pic.twitter.com/XPZlD7OZMg
— Khary Penebaker (@kharyp) March 10, 2020
re: #402 Eclectic Cyborg
That really needs to be the focus right now. Get as many test kits out here as humanly possible. The larger our capacity to test, the more quickly we know where the virus is and can take countermeasures.
I mentioned earlier: GF tells me that her colleague in Düsseldorf came down with flu symptoms and went to the doc immediately for testing. His doc tole him that he had already tested over 300 patients, all negative to date, but those were not a waste of time and resources.
Germany currently has around 1100 confirmed cases with 2 fatalities.
Dropped by a Walgreen’s to pick up some allergy medicine because the annual cedar pollen fog is beginning, and overheard an employee taking a call.
“No, we don’t have any hand sanitizer in stock.
…
No, none in the back, either.”
The new phone book is here. The new phone book is here… I’m somebody now! - Navin R. Johnson and @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/oeILqV5Xjz
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) March 10, 2020
re: #387 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Every thing is fine
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Apparently Italy is only reporting symptomatic cases, by the way. That, and their high percentage of olds (22%) explains the high death rate compared to infections.
Can confirm. Seattle’s hospitals and ER’s are overrun by people who have the flu and/or are testing positive for #coronavirus. Our nurses are pulling so many double-shifts that they are getting sick and have to be quarantined while traveling nurses are flooding into the state. https://t.co/0itO7p1m3W
— Holly Figueroa O’Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) March 10, 2020
More Woke Joe.
I strongly disagree with Biden’s stance on guns, but I very strongly disagree with those who say this exchange makes Biden look bad. It makes Biden look great. I love the back & forth he has with this guy. And btw, when has Trump ever engaged with voters who disagreed with him? https://t.co/BsHtXicWfl
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) March 10, 2020
Brave Sir Donald is running away from reporters and shoving Pence out front to take heat.
re: #405 Eclectic Cyborg
“To talk with Republicans”.
Because apparently Democrats don’t fucking matter anymore.
Hasn’t this administration been doing a lot of this — meetings with GOP legislators only? the whole GOP is fine with this. Either we take back the government this November or it will be lost to us forever, with a GOP-only SCOTUS that will approve every despotic act implemented by the administration.
⚠️US researchers say that it takes an average of 5 days for #COVID19 symptoms (fever, cough, shortness of breath) to appear in #coronavirus-infected people.
Anyone symptom-free by day 12 is unlikely to get symptoms, but may still be infectious carriers.https://t.co/Rf8d83wKE1— Dr. Dena Grayson (@DrDenaGrayson) March 10, 2020
re: #413 Backwoods_Sleuth
Donnie is so fucking desperate.
This is the future liberals want.https://t.co/DpGB2obFqQ
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) March 10, 2020
re: #403 Backwoods_Sleuth
They’ve got to come up with the right slur that they can all agree on. “Chinese cornavirus” or “Wuhan virus” or maybe something about slant eyes.
re: #411 jaunte
Dropped by a Walgreen’s to pick up some allergy medicine because the annual cedar pollen fog is beginning, and overheard an employee taking a call.
Two parts isopropyl alcohol, one part glycerin or aloe vera, essential oil (a few drops) optional for scent. Stir well and put in a squirt bottle.
re: #405 Eclectic Cyborg
“To talk with Republicans”.
Because apparently Democrats don’t fucking matter anymore.
President Obama is so divisive….
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re: #416 Backwoods_Sleuth
This is the kind of thing that needs to making the news rounds.
re: #423 Belafon
They’ve got to come up with the right slur that they can all agree on. “Chinese cornavirus” or “Wuhan virus” or maybe something about slant eyes.
It was never called Chinese coronavirus — that is a new racist name developed by the GOP. Certainly Wuhan coronavirus was used for weeks — but I think most non-racists have settled on the very non-specific coronavirus in informal communications.
Here’s a question.
Will Trump allow them to be repatriated?
It has been announced that the US policy is that non-Americans on the Grand Princess will be returned to their parent countries
Shouldn’t that mean other countries can send Americans home?— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀😷 (@FormerDirtDart) March 10, 2020
Fox anchor Ed Henry on coronavirus deaths in Florida: “There have been 18 cases of COVID-19, two people, sadly, have died, but both of those residents were elderly and had traveled internationally. So when you hear the context, it’s not quite as scary” pic.twitter.com/5aRW09WP1S
— Lis Power (@LisPower1) March 10, 2020
re: #429 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
“It’s ok folks. It’s not like the disease can travel from person to person.”
re: #429 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
“I’m sure you miss your father after his recent passing, but when you consider he was really up there in age, you’ll get over it soon.”
re: #346 I Would Prefer Not To
Having a supply of food and water makes some sense. Disasters do happen. But two million rounds of ammo is just sick in my opinion. It’s just a stupid investment.
And if not properly stored ammo *can* go bad. Especially if the primers start to break down.
I’ve seen old ammo jam a gun. Insufficient oomph from bad propellant and the bullet hung up in the barrel. Owner told me it was a complete bitch later on to get the bullet out.
In a just world, this would be Trump’s Katrina, except he’s already had 3-4 Katrinas that should have sunk him, and neither Republican Voters nor the slavishly Stockholm’d media have held his feet to the fire on any of it, so he’s skating by invincibly on it forever and anon.
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re: #377 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I got an email from my provider that the copay for testing would be waived. Nice of them to not charge me money for doing something in both my personal interest and that of the country as a whole.
re: #429 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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And after all, Florida is a youthful place with a small population of retirees…. ///
Relatives say they have faith in God and their faith shields them…
I have faith in God, but I’m keeping a healthy stock of sanitizer and disinfectant all the same.
791 cases in US. 27 deaths (John Hopkins site). That’s 3.4% - pretty much in line with the WHO levels.
re: #433 Citizen K
In a just world, this would be Trump’s Katrina, except he’s already had 3-4 Katrinas that should have sunk him, and neither Republican Voters nor the slavishly Stockholm’d media have held his feet to the fire on any of it, so he’s skating by invincibly on it forever and anon.
This has never been a just world. And, after the election of Trump and the spread of authoritarianism, the little justice out there seems to be in retreat. But, who knows? Maybe this “Katrina” will lead to an overwhelming Democratic victory in November — or the disease will run its course in the next month and Trump skates again as he has throughout his entire life, escaping consequences for his bad decisions.
re: #437 Joe Bacon 🌹
Relatives say they have faith in God and their faith shields them…
God: Why didn’t you listen to my messengers, the biologists, the physicians, the professionals who knew what to do?
re: #370 Jay C
Shed? With that much ammo (and, presumably, the firearms to use it), it’s probably stored in a nice deep bunker with steel doors and biometric locks……
And fricken’ sharks with lasers.
re: #432 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
And if not properly stored ammo *can* go bad. Especially if the primers start to break down.
I’ve seen old ammo jam a gun. Insufficient oomph from bad propellant and the bullet hung up in the barrel. Owner told me it was a complete bitch later on to get the bullet out.
aw…
re: #384 Dr. Matt
It’s just a matter of time before Donnie starts rage tweeting at the stock market.
There’s no “face” of the stock market he can focus his wrath on
re: #437 Joe Bacon 🌹
Relatives say they have faith in God and their faith shields them…
God helps those who help themselves…
;)
re: #410 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I mentioned earlier: GF tells me that her colleague in Düsseldorf came down with flu symptoms and went to the doc immediately for testing. His doc tole him that he had already tested over 300 patients, all negative to date, but those were not a waste of time and resources.
Germany currently has around 1100 confirmed cases with 2 fatalities.
Negative results *are* data
re: #403 Backwoods_Sleuth
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He took no questions from reporters going into the GOP Senate lunch.
That’s because all you fuckers are carriers of the hoax virus.
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re: #422 gocart mozart
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Anybody here ever watch Jeremiah?
In that apocalypse, a pandemic had taken out everybody past the age of puberty. The show is set 15 years later (starring Luke Perry and Malcolm-Jamal Warner, show runner J. Michael Straczynski).
“our” team’s headquarters is in the old Stargate Command; made for some pretty good crossover fanfic when SG-1 gets sent to the parallel universe.
re: #291 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
apparently neither will cocaine
Well, there goes my plan!
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re: #437 Joe Bacon 🌹
Relatives say they have faith in God and their faith shields them…
“He who made kittens
Put snakes in the grass”
- Jethro Tull
Well, not THOSE health care experts (you know, actual experts). THOSE experts are not being heard. And Trump/Pence have no idea what they are doing. Winging it won’t work this time.
— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) March 10, 2020
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