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Republicans will spend millions of dollars in the next months on focus groups and polls trying to figure out why they are losing women in huge numbers. When all they have to do is read this tweet. https://t.co/E7uYMFOH86
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) May 7, 2020
“People who have seen the intelligence say there is still NO EVIDENCE to support that theory [the possibility that the virus accidentally escaped the lab]—directly contradicting Pompeo’s characterizations.”
New from @nahaltoosi @NatashaBertrandhttps://t.co/sONxC9zBlh— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) May 6, 2020
She Who Must Be Obeyed plays in a local Americana/Western Swing band (they had a scheduled gig last Saturday at The Green Mesquite on Barton Springs Road, but, well, you know…) and that is one of their usual three farewell songs, along with White Cliffs of Dover and Happy Trails.
That was a lovely piece. Thanks, Charles.
Oh, at about half their gigs, John Burnett (of NPR) sits in as their harmonica player. Right now, he’s the best mouth harp player in town. SWMBO is the best stunt stringed harp player in town across all genres.
Must be the idea of end of show songs, but I have an urge to go listen to Thanks for the Memory.
Every time a person walks by without a mask I feel like they are shouting FUCK YOU right in my face. Because they basically are.
Don’t be an asshole. Wear a mask.— Katie Hill (@KatieHill4CA) May 6, 2020
The Right in 2016: “Fuck your feelings!”
The Right in 2020: “Fuck your health!”
This seems bad. I think it’s bad. Is it bad? https://t.co/GegAgbred6
— Matt Gabriele (@prof_gabriele) May 7, 2020
re: #5 DodgerFan1988
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The Right in 2016: “Fuck your feelings!”
The Right in 2020: “Fuck your health!”
The Right, always and forever: “Fuck you.”
Bad enough Republicans are now the Death Panel Party.
And when you see your relatives reciting the new Frank Luntz tested talking points it scares the ssshhhaaavvviiinnnggg cream out of me!
Whiskey.
Tango.
Foxtrot.
Pennsylvania Man Ploughs SUV Through Crowd of First Responders at ‘Salute to Nurses’ Parade Amid Pandemic https://t.co/ENYhCibJlI
— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) May 7, 2020
Excellent by @MaxBoot:
“Bolsonaro is like a cartoon version of the US president, who is already a cartoon version of a demagogue.”
When Trump was elected I called him “a real-life, human Donald Duck,” but @ForeignPolicy edited that line out. https://t.co/ZIFqGSKLbb— Hussein Ibish (@Ibishblog) May 7, 2020
Despite all the hand-wringing, Democrats couldn’t as to be in a better position for the November election: https://t.co/ccQsb3Tuj6
— Paul Waldman (@paulwaldman1) May 6, 2020
The movies make you think the CIA functions with clockwork-like precision but, in reality, like 95% of their plots go like this.
— ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) May 7, 2020
Correction to the Correction: Video shows burglary suspect, some believe was just a jogger, being shot to death after grabbing local man’s gun when confronted.
— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) May 7, 2020
Vast majority of crimes are intra-racial / white-on-white, black-on-black, etc.
This Georgia case, which is still under investigation, is being used by racists to start more Ferguson style riots.
Don’t fall for it.— Cernovich (@Cernovich) May 7, 2020
Why is the media showing you the photo on the left of #AhmadArbery and not the photo on the right? It’s almost like they want to create a narrative and spark a race war instead of reporting on the facts. pic.twitter.com/yJ7JoQ6ku5
— Liberty Hangout (@LibertyHangout) May 7, 2020
Of course, Conservatives are defending the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery.
re: #13 DodgerFan1988
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Of course, Conservatives are defending the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery.
I don’t want to start a race war, I want one thing: Justice.
Fuck trump and his supporters.
re: #13 DodgerFan1988
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Of course, Conservatives are defending the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery.
“HE WAS NO ANGEL!” DON’T YOU GET THAT MEANS HE WAS A DEVIL AND DESERVE TO BE SLAUGHTERED?!
I’d say that a previous criminal record is considered a death sentence to these folks, but lets be real: black skin is considered deserving of death to them. The criminal record is just justification after the fact.
Here’s the Worldometer (which the White House follows) #’s for today:
Go about 40% down the post to the daily deaths in the US page.
There is the usual Saturday, Sunday, Monday decrease in reported deaths, but Tuesday and Wednesday have blown up to almost 4,900 deaths over the last two days.
This is surprising, given that New Jersey and New York are over the first hump. What it says is the rest of the country is filling in the gap and jumping. Fast.
With numerous States easing restrictions last week, we can expect that number to skyrocket. We may be seeing 3,000 a day, 9/11 numbers, by Friday. Even if it levels off at +/- 3,000 per day for the rest of May, that’s 135,000 by the end of the month and if it continues at that rate, 225,000 by the end of June.
So much winning.
Fuck my life.
This is literally the maddest I’ve ever seen Chelsea get
Someone I love very much lost a family member to #covid19 yesterday. Because of your inhumanity, callousness and incompetence we have a new leading cause of death in our country. That’s not fake news, Mr. President. I wish it were. https://t.co/SHp7PnfeeH
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) May 6, 2020
That is a good headline pic.twitter.com/xb4Q1CSzPo
— Sam Dolnick (@samdolnick) May 7, 2020
re: #19 goddamnedfrank
This is literally the maddest I’ve ever seen Chelsea get
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Just say it Chelsea, he’s the biggest mass murderer this country has ever known.
I’m deleting my tweet about the supposed “coronavirus parties” in Walla Walla, as the county has contacted me and other reporters to retract their comments. They now say the parties were apparently not intentional.https://t.co/m3Jq0eoWMC pic.twitter.com/ZyKr0yMhNg
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) May 7, 2020
re: #13 DodgerFan1988
Perhaps when Black people start shooting unarmed White people for jogging, Rightwingers will get the message that it’s not right. The victim was unarmed and had nothing in his hands so why is he a suspect again?
re: #13 DodgerFan1988
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Of course, Conservatives are defending the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery.
Already starting to spread false information about him as well. Ran into a racist on Twitter claiming he was “12-miles” from home and “wearing flip-flops” so he couldn’t have been jogging and was obviously a burglar. Both claims are false, of course. He was close to home, wearing running shoes. (When I asked how he was supposedly burglarizing homes in flip flops and without a vehicle to put stolen goods in, the guy got very defensive).
re: #24 Ace-o-aces
Already starting to spread false information about him as well. Ran into a racist on Twitter claiming he was “12-miles” from home and “wearing flip-flops” so he couldn’t have been jogging and was obviously a burglar. Both claims are false, of course. He was close to home, wearing running shoes. (When I asked how he was supposedly burglarizing homes in flip flops and without a vehicle to put stolen goods in, the guy got very defensive).
how would the killers know how far he was from home?
re: #25 I Would Prefer Not To
how would the killers know how far he was from home?
It’s just bullshit. Like the people posting pictures of a 30-something rapper and saying that’s what Trayvon Martin really looked like.
Quarantine update: Just got a community wide email blast from a member of the condo board apologizing for an incident at tonight’s Zoom meeting. Apparently an owner was addressing the board and another member, thinking their mics were muted, insulted the absolute shit out of her
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) May 7, 2020
re: #21 austin_blue
Just say it Chelsea, he’s the biggest mass murderer this country has ever known.
Perhaps I went too far, there. Maybe it’s too personal.
Nope. I’ll stick with it. Donald Trump is the biggest mass murderer this country has ever known.
Make it a campaign slogan. Get it out on every media outlet in the country. That rat bastard fuckwit is going to kill us and he doesn’t give a shit.
He’s a fucking monster.
Night all. Terrifying scaly dreams. This is not going to end well, is it?
re: #23 Patricia Kayden
Perhaps when Black people start shooting unarmed White people for jogging, Rightwingers will get the message that it’s not right. The victim was unarmed and had nothing in his hands so why is he a suspect again?
Same reason Trayvon Martin was treated as a suspect: White men saw a black guy, decided he looked “suspicious,” decided they were gonna make an “arrest” and hold him against his will until the cops showed up.
And (of course), the white men are insisting that he attacked them without warning, forcing them to shoot him in “self defense.” And since it’s a white-on-black crime, wingnuts are rushing to muddy the water in order to taint any possible jury pool.
It’s a party at my Twitter. Click and see. @teleskiguy
Bush: I killed a major American city due to incompetence, laziness and greed!
Trump: Hold my adderall!— Uriel (@sickendun2death) May 7, 2020
re: #125 The Pie Overlord!
THIS THREAD
re: #135 Sherlock Hound
re: #149 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
It’s the full circle of No True Scotsman with a little Fuck You thrown in.
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Man arrested after disrupting salute to first responders, waving gun, police said (ABC Philadelphia)
DARBY, Pennsylvania — One man is in custody after police say he disrupted a salute to health care workers and led them on a chase through Delaware County.
According to investigators, the suspect drove an SUV through a parade of first responders who were paying tribute to the staff at Mercy Fitzgerald Medical Center Tuesday night.
Officers said the man threatened to hurt people while waving a gun.
Police said the chase came to an end when the man lost control of the car at Main Street and MacDade Boulevard in Darby.
The name of the man in custody has not been released.
By the way, the “they’re not showing his mugshot!!!” BS is…well…total BS:
Not the same person pic.twitter.com/pq6yIdt1be
— American Patriots (@Patriots20) May 7, 2020
The pic is from 2013, of a guy with a similar name who was 19 at the time and so would be much older than the victim in this case.
re: #35 Targetpractice
By the way, the “they’re not showing his mugshot!!!” BS is…well…total BS:
The pic is from 2013, of a guy with a similar name who was 19 at the time and so would be much older than the victim in this case.
That “Liberty Hangout” account should be reported to Twitter for spreading fake news or targeted harassment.
re: #24 Ace-o-aces
Already starting to spread false information about him as well. Ran into a racist on Twitter claiming he was “12-miles” from home and “wearing flip-flops” so he couldn’t have been jogging and was obviously a burglar. Both claims are false, of course. He was close to home, wearing running shoes. (When I asked how he was supposedly burglarizing homes in flip flops and without a vehicle to put stolen goods in, the guy got very defensive).
Even if the claims were true:
a) It’s not illegal to jog twelve miles from home
b) You’d be amazed to learn you can run in flip-flops
c) Burglary doesn’t carry the death penalty
re: #36 Anymouse 🌹🏡
That “Liberty Hangout” account should be reported to Twitter for spreading fake news or targeted harassment.
Eh, I’d hold off on that, apparently “Patriots20” and I were both thrown by the article having the wrong name. Apparently that is Ahmaud and he was arrested for having a .380 pistol.
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re: #38 Targetpractice
Eh, I’d hold off on that, apparently “Patriots20” and I were both thrown by the article having the wrong name. Apparently that is Ahmaud and he was arrested for having a .380 pistol.
This is where you have to reject the whole framing of the “argument”. Is he stating that anyone with an arrest record is outlaw and can be killed on sight? Because I’d bet a lot of those bubbas have seen the inside of the county lockup. It’s only those with a certain…quality.
ETA: To take this further, is he suggesting that anyone who has violated gun laws can be shot on sight?
I was about to put this behind a private button but then I realized it’s on my public Twitter account. Whatevs.
First time bare faced since 2016.
Before / After pic.twitter.com/Y6nKYkH9mL
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) May 7, 2020
And a pack of birth control pills paid for by her employer
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) May 6, 2020
re: #40 ericblair
This is where you have to reject the whole framing of the “argument”. Is he stating that anyone with an arrest record is outlaw and can be killed on sight? Because I’d bet a lot of those bubbas have seen the inside of the county lockup. It’s only those with a certain…quality.
It’s a case involving a white shooter and a black victim, so the effort is now going to be to give the former a strong case of “self-defense.” Hence dragging in any past criminality activity, even if it’s so much as a warrant for unpaid child support. It’s about playing dime store shrink to insist that a “crook” would act violently when confronted because “they don’t want to go back to jail.” They’ll try to placate any fence-sitters on the jury by acting mournful that Arbery was killed, but insist his own actions are to blame and the men who hunted him down should not be imprisoned for acting to defend themselves.
It’s going to be like this, but less dignified pic.twitter.com/XHhKHWM17x
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) May 7, 2020
your mom https://t.co/SnwJW2VkHN
— New Jersey (@NJGov) May 6, 2020
Well folks, no need to panic, we have a solution the Murder Hornets (sounds like it should be a punk band):
Media: Murder hornets are coming to kill us!
Praying mantis: Imma eat the MF’s head. https://t.co/5pHhIMn8Ok— Devin Nunes’ Alt-Mom (@NunesAlt) May 7, 2020
You’re going to see wingnuts and anti-vaxxers pushing an upcoming “documentary” called “Plandemic,” the trailer of which is being promoted massively across YouTube. (YouTube saying they would take down misinformation about coronavirus? Yeah, that’s a lie—never get between a libertarian and their money. It’s why when atheists first started noticing Covid-19 misinformation and started countering it, resulting in their videos being de-monitised, they named the subject “that subject which cannot be named on YouTube.”)
Dr. Jeff Holiday (a pseudo-medicine and religion counterapologist) takes apart the trailer and every single claim in it. It also shows that it takes an order of magnitude of information to counteract propaganda.
The claim is a physician who was a prominent AIDS researcher (no) was harassed for blowing the whistle on how AIDS research was conducted (no) and was harassed and jailed without charge (no), is persecuted (no), and is now a fearless whistleblower against Dr. Fauci covering up AIDS research (no), showing why Covid-19 is created in a lab (no to creation and lab), and Fauci or “them” are covering this up (no), to get vaccine patents for obscene profits (no, but she’s “entirely” not an anti-vaxxer even though she claims all vaccines are bullshyte and none work).
It’s worth watching though it’s kind of long, so you can go after a wingnut, anti-vaxxer, or libertarian (sometimes these are all the same person) when they make a specific claim which has an origin in this upcoming movie. Every claim in the movie is wrong.
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So, it doesn’t really work when you take your squad of assholes with semi-automatics against SWAT with light armor. Somebody should’ve told ‘em.
SWAT team arrests armed ‘vigilantes’ defying lockdown in Texas bar
nypost.com
“Defying the governor’s orders is one thing, but when you bring a bunch of armed vigilantes in from other parts of the state for a show of force, I just got a problem with that.”
they are actively burying the truth
1.
CNN: “A new oversight panel established by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has yet to get off the ground as Republican leaders weigh boycotting the panel amid accusations it is designed to hurt Trump.”
2.
“A set of detailed documents created by the nation’s top disease investigators meant to give step-by-step advice to local leaders deciding when and how to reopen public places such as mass transit, day care centers and restaurants during the still-raging pandemic has been shelved by the Trump administration,” the AP reports.
“It was supposed to be published last Friday, but agency scientists were told the guidance ‘would never see the light of day,’”
3.
Hours after Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) accelerated plans to reopen businesses, saying the state was “headed in the right direction,” his administration halted the work of a team of experts projecting it was on a different — and much grimmer — course, the Washington Post reports.
re: #34 Anymouse 🌹🏡
Man arrested after disrupting salute to first responders, waving gun, police said (ABC Philadelphia)
That’s near where I go to play cribbage when there are not pandemic virus loose.
The blog “Respectful Insolence” also deals with the bullshyte that “Plandemic” puts out, except in text form. He also deals with the wingnut substitution of Bill Gates for “Teh JOOOOOOOS” even though Gates isn’t Jewish, he’s an atheist (same thing really to a wingnut, we’re both out to subvert society), and Big Pharma is trying to kill you, so are vaccines, &c.
Judy Mikovits in Plandemic: An antivax conspiracy theorist becomes a COVID-19 grifter
ZDoggMD simply mocks her (3:37)
re: #53 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
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Ah, that’s where I recognize the song from…
QE II alluded to it in her recent coronavirus morale-building speech.
re: #51 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
they are actively burying the truth
Truth or facts must be denied to protect religious faith, or you lose your faith.
Never mind that the “Goddless Commies” are “burying the truth” in China according to conservatives. Religious faith doesn’t care about contradictions.
Epoch Times is advertising all over YouTube how coronavirus is really a Communist Plot and a lab creation.
Never get between a libertarian and his money; the whole advert should be banned by the standards YouTube claims they uphold.
“At least three African Americans carrying large rifles” escorted MI State Rep. Sarah Anthony into the State Capitol, a week after armed white men swarmed the building:https://t.co/RxTna1XhoM pic.twitter.com/nRECIIKzV4
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) May 6, 2020
Nebraska has numbers.
For the Panhandle yesterday ( pphd.org ):
Confirmed: 62 (+1, new case in my county)
Recovered: 38
Deaths: 0
Largest age group: 40-49, second-largest now a tie between 10-19 and 20-29
Men are catching up to women: 28 (M) 34 (W)
For the state yesterday:
Confirmed: 6,771 (+311)
Total tested: 37,829 (about 0.5% of the population assuming only one test each)
Deaths: 86 (+8)
nebraska.maps.arcgis.com
re: #41 teleskiguy
I was about to put this behind a private button but then I realized it’s on my public Twitter account. Whatevs.
First time bare faced since 2016.
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without the beard, you definitely look about 3 weeks younger!!
Some crew is outside mowing and trimming the grass - before 8am. Luckily I was already up and drinking my coffee.
re: #49 Anymouse 🌹🏡
You’re going to see wingnuts and anti-vaxxers pushing an upcoming “documentary” called “Plandemic,” the trailer of which is being promoted massively across YouTube. (YouTube saying they would take down misinformation about coronavirus? Yeah, that’s a lie—never get between a libertarian and their money. It’s why when atheists first started noticing Covid-19 misinformation and started countering it, resulting in their videos being de-monitised, they named the subject “that subject which cannot be named on YouTube.”)
Dr. Jeff Holiday (a pseudo-medicine and religion counterapologist) takes apart the trailer and every single claim in it. It also shows that it takes an order of magnitude of information to counteract propaganda.
The claim is a physician who was a prominent AIDS researcher (no) was harassed for blowing the whistle on how AIDS research was conducted (no) and was harassed and jailed without charge (no), is persecuted (no), and is now a fearless whistleblower against Dr. Fauci covering up AIDS research (no), showing why Covid-19 is created in a lab (no to creation and lab), and Fauci or “them” are covering this up (no), to get vaccine patents for obscene profits (no, but she’s “entirely” not an anti-vaxxer even though she claims all vaccines are bullshyte and none work).
It’s worth watching though it’s kind of long, so you can go after a wingnut, anti-vaxxer, or libertarian (sometimes these are all the same person) when they make a specific claim which has an origin in this upcoming movie. Every claim in the movie is wrong.
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i already ran into this on two facebook accounts of people that i haven’t unfriended, whcih means it’s bad, because it’s taking in otherwise stable, decent people. I may create a kind of “english professor’s explanation of why this is bullshit” that I can post somewhere. ah! now that i’ve actually looked at the link, i see this guy beat me to it. well, good! that saves me something constructive to actually do during lockdown.
Texan strikes again. Not only are they going to open, some businesses are requiring employees to be sacrificial lambs.
Reopened restaurant told workers: Don’t wear face masks — or don’t work
That’s what a back-of-the-house employee at a Hillstone Restaurant Group establishment in Dallas was told last week, as restaurants prepared to reopen at 25% capacity, according to CBS Dallas.
That employee, who did not want to be identified publicly, expressed discomfort and was told to think about it — and then was removed from the schedule, the employee told CBS Dallas’ Brooke Rogers.
Another employee said some agreed to work because they were offered a 40-hour work week, but were told if they declined, they wouldn’t be eligible for rehire.
re: #51 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
they are actively burying the truth
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They just want to blame China for everything that’s transpired even though Trump was praising Xi and weakening our ability to respond to this and when that doesn’t work, just use conspiracy bullshit to distract from the reality that Trump has American deaths on his hands.
When this pandemic is over, let’s avoid the partisan blame game, Mitch Daniels writes https://t.co/MN7eW6vkj8
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) May 5, 2020
These gooper assholes know they are going to reap the whirlwind. I plan on making it clear to my congresscritter and senators that all of these idiots and crooks need to go down hard if this country is to survive.
re: #63 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Texan strikes again. Not only are they going to open, some businesses are requiring employees to be sacrificial lambs.
Reopened restaurant told workers: Don’t wear face masks — or don’t work
We need a 21st century labor movement.
re: #65 ericblair
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These gooper assholes know they are going to reap the whirlwind. I plan on making it clear to my congresscritter and senators that all of these idiots and crooks need to go down hard if this country is to survive.
Hey Mitch, talk to Trump about that.
re: #65 ericblair
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These gooper assholes know they are going to reap the whirlwind. I plan on making it clear to my congresscritter and senators that all of these idiots and crooks need to go down hard if this country is to survive.
Jan 2021: “This is supposed to be a happy occasion. Let’s not bicker and argue about who killed who.”
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re: #49 Anymouse 🌹🏡
It’s down. A trumperhoid in my FB feed was having a sad about that.
re: #63 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Texan strikes again. Not only are they going to open, some businesses are requiring employees to be sacrificial lambs.
Reopened restaurant told workers: Don’t wear face masks — or don’t work
The employees said management also told her that face masks don’t complement the restaurant group’s style or level of hospitality.
I’m sure employees hacking their lungs out or dropping to the floor in the middle of their shift complement it even less.
re: #48 Targetpractice
Well folks, no need to panic, we have a solution the Murder Hornets (sounds like it should be a punk band):
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Maybe prayers might do it for this problem
re: #70 Targetpractice
I’m sure employees hacking their lungs out or dropping to the floor in the middle of their shift complement it even less.
That’s just freedumb.
Btw, Vera Lynn, aka “the forces’ sweetheart” during World War II, is still alive. She is 103.
en.wikipedia.org
re: #65 ericblair
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These gooper assholes know they are going to reap the whirlwind. I plan on making it clear to my congresscritter and senators that all of these idiots and crooks need to go down hard if this country is to survive.
We’ll avoid it like you guys did Benghazi, deal?
Interesting thread on covid-19 transmission data.
A lot of discussion recently about transmission dynamics, most of which are extrapolated from viral loads & estimates. What does contact tracing/community testing data tell us about actual probability of #COVID19 transmission(infection rate), high risk environments/age?
[thread]— Dr Muge Cevik (@mugecevik) May 4, 2020
re: #65 ericblair
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These gooper assholes know they are going to reap the whirlwind. I plan on making it clear to my congresscritter and senators that all of these idiots and crooks need to go down hard if this country is to survive.
Nope. People should be held accountable for mishandling the Coronavirus pandemic. This can’t be swept under the rug given all of the unnecessary deaths and damage to our economy. Trump intentionally chose to downplay the seriousness of a highly contagious disease and even now is encouraging idiots to disregard stay at home orders in a vain attempt to “liberate” states from Democratic governors.
The concept of all trump sycophants blaming China does not change the fact that this administration has and continues to botch every single thing they do (or more accurately don’t do) and as a result 10s of thousands of Americans have died and more will.
— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) May 7, 2020
A good read about whats being done wrong and what could be done right
COVID Update May 6: Like many countries we picked a strategy to beat COVID-19. We just decided not to stick to it. 1/
— Andy Slavitt @ 🏡 (@ASlavitt) May 6, 2020
re: #76 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Interesting thread on covid-19 transmission data.
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There is actually useful information in there, somewhat encouraging.
re: #64 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
They just want to blame China for everything that’s transpired even though Trump was praising Xi and weakening our ability to respond to this and when that doesn’t work, just use conspiracy bullshit to distract from the reality that Trump has American deaths on his hands.
Mr. Trump twice declined suggestions from his team in January to press Xi for more transparency about the virus’s causes and symptoms, in one case saying that the criticism could cause Beijing to be less helpful.”
Aaron Blake: “In fact, Trump didn’t just decline the suggestions; he actually went in the opposite direction. Trump repeatedly praised China’s coronavirus response through late February. And on two different occasions, he actually vouched for China’s transparency, despite the advice
re: #65 ericblair
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These gooper assholes know they are going to reap the whirlwind. I plan on making it clear to my congresscritter and senators that all of these idiots and crooks need to go down hard if this country is to survive.
Since we’re gonna get the blame, can we skip the blaming part?
It’s weird how the biggest public health story of 2020 went by almost unnoticed. https://t.co/0N8Jo7HPVE
— Pinboard 😷 (@Pinboard) May 6, 2020
re: #78 Patricia Kayden
Nope. People should be held accountable for mishandling the Coronavirus pandemic. This can’t be swept under the rug given all of the unnecessary deaths and damage to our economy. Trump intentionally chose to downplay the seriousness of a highly contagious disease and even now is encouraging idiots to disregard stay at home orders in a vain attempt to “liberate” states from Democratic governors.
Though I’d note that most of the people in the Trump administration who are mishandling COVID-19 should be held accountable for a lot of other actions as well.
re: #84 Belafon
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Here’s an interesting question.*
If they found a treatment for malaria (or something else) that gave you total immunity, but also gave you much darker skin, how many yahoos do you think would refuse to take it? (Not to mention the total CT shitstorm that it would trigger.)
* - Was playing Jackbox Game’s “Split the Room” last night and hit home with one that connected getting full health care to voting Republican.
re: #69 Colère Tueur de Lapin
It’s down. A trumperhoid in my FB feed was having a sad about that.
It keeps getting reposted. It’s being mirrored all over the platform. Kind of like Nazis, they just can’t write a script for YouTube that searches for the word “Plandemic” in the title or something.
re: #50 Decatur Deb
So, it doesn’t really work when you take your squad of assholes with semi-automatics against SWAT with light armor. Somebody should’ve told ‘em.
SWAT team arrests armed ‘vigilantes’ defying lockdown in Texas bar
nypost.com“Defying the governor’s orders is one thing, but when you bring a bunch of armed vigilantes in from other parts of the state for a show of force, I just got a problem with that.”
I love that story because it shows that no matter how big your guns are, the government’s are bigger.
re: #65 ericblair
These gooper assholes know they are going to reap the whirlwind. I plan on making it clear to my congresscritter and senators that all of these idiots and crooks need to go down hard if this country is to survive.
Had you and the GOP, Mitch, been trying to do the right thing, the investigations would have been about how we could have responded better. But you made it partison by allowing people to get killed just so that you’d have a better chance at reelection or to make a few people richer.
James Carville called it out!
He is 100% correct. Every word. pic.twitter.com/mAG1rR3uaD— 👑😷𝓙𝓮𝔀𝓮𝓵𝓼😷👑 (@JewelsJourneys) May 7, 2020
I’m sick of the conspiracy theory bullshit industry. Speaking from history but a nation that embraces stupidity like this is a nation in peril.
Many Trump supporters cling to their race and skin color because for some that’s all they got. Some know that if opportunities were truly based on talent, skill and intelligence, they would always be at the bottom.
— Country1stAlways (@MichaelHargrov1) May 7, 2020
re: #66 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
We need a 21st century labor movement.
It’s going to take most of us agreeing to it to force the issue.
re: #93 Belafon
It’s going to take most of us agreeing to it to force the issue.
When folks are desperate, someone will take the job
re: #90 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
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All about green as my grandfather used to tell me.
re: #96 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
All about green as my grandfather used to tell me.
When survival’s at stake, yeah
re: #93 Belafon
It’s going to take most of us agreeing to it to force the issue.
It’s going to take some people who are willing to die, just like the last time. Desperation and anger will get you there.
re: #88 Belafon
I love that story because it shows that no matter how big your guns are, the government’s are bigger.
But this at the end:
Open Texas member Philip Archibald — who was not one of those arrested — defended the group’s actions in a Facebook Live video about the protest.
“We are only going to reopen the country by empowering people and helping them stand up and getting them back off their knees,” he said.
No, that’s not how the country is going to reopen Archibald. It’s going to reopen when we get the disease under control, either with a vaccine or wide spread testing. The actions of your compatriots is just going to make it take longer.
re: #98 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
When survival’s at stake, yeah
Yep. I wake up today to see that the Secretary of the Treasury is feuding with Axl Rose and used the Liberian flag emoji. We need a call to public service and away from grifters like Trump, Mnunchin, & others.
re: #100 Belafon
Those guys are not The People. They are just a mob.
“Many people say so” https://t.co/6OkpFfrREk pic.twitter.com/pD1kMYESqS
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) May 7, 2020
Another self-own.
For nearly three years we have been building a juggernaut campaign (Death Star). It is firing on all cylinders. Data, Digital, TV, Political, Surrogates, Coalitions, etc.
In a few days we start pressing FIRE for the first time. pic.twitter.com/aJgCNfx1m0— Brad Parscale - Download our Trump 2020 App today! (@parscale) May 7, 2020
With a mask on, he will look just like Immortan Joe.
“Trump, who is known to be especially cognizant of his appearance on television, has also told confidants that he fears he would look ridiculous in a mask and the image would appear in negative ads” https://t.co/XsvAyezN9T
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) May 7, 2020
Oklahoma City police have confirmed that two 16-year-old McDonald’s employees were shot after two customers became upset when they were told the restaurant’s dining room was closed.Police said they believe they have the suspects - two females - in custody. They are comparing the two people in custody to descriptions they received.
The shooting happened inside the McDonald’s at SW 89th and Pennsylvania Avenue.
re: #105 The Pie Overlord!
Another self-own.
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Juggernaut that hasn’t polled above 50% once. And rallies on bots, red hat morons, butthurt lefter than thou assholes and other misfits.
re: #105 The Pie Overlord!
Another self-own.
Way to play into the Star Wars theme, Brad. The Resistance will be all over it.
re: #111 Anymouse 🌹🏡
Death Stars have internal combustion engines?
They do if they don’t secure their vent ports.
re: #111 Anymouse 🌹🏡
Death Stars have internal combustion engines?
The rebels (resistance) eventually destroy it. I guess Brad fell asleep at the end of the movie.
Heheh. As NSFW as LEGOS can get I suppose…
io4OBd+CWWlCjhji+biRf5BaVxoN1cYC8i4iowlusAXhgEjw3nhc4Dw76QLLdqoc2DDI7qE+LRG8uC/6cRUdxXPjQqBAezFcsaNHsOml/YWrLHfF7hXvs0DudfrNHB8ei2C49u47+wTJY8URFjqCpe6K+43YYUhGJduuO3HP890A0TQtDeXhdMGPgyM36ini+qPi5sYZmnnvqR3HAmuXy3oHnSMPwoghhU3fomQHDopCSBAnx6FS12CJKE9HWk9YL2putV2hbB0fBsWa6ohaY5PQmk2BO8Vwq3wEMkguGftCdEEzDz21P676Oxy7HOIBUIjPi5q/uOky5oxzadc15h+5Ql9grkMIv3vOuomMOAttphiMmWlOofmRkpFrO6D0AP9nhilx7lzYXiwGNkTuIOgQV5YdD8S6So8STxyxh9fUMZuCgjgBTAt010ctDOZf5V+ISQzBhBrgd+huAHXcIY4ReAf+eHL5
WhatTheFuck!?
Coronavirus survivors banned from joining the military
Excerpt:
As the Defense Department negotiates its way through the coronavirus pandemic and its fallout, military entrance processing stations are working with new guidance when it comes to bringing COVID-19 survivors into the services.
A past COVID-19 diagnosis is a no-go for processing, according to a recently released MEPCOM memo circulating on Twitter.
“During the medical history interview or examination, a history of COVID-19, confirmed by either a laboratory test or a clinician diagnosis, is permanently disqualifying …” the memo reads.
So, all new recruits *must* be vulnerable to the newest fastest spreading viral pathogen on the planet. Makes perfect sense, I suppose, if I assume Trump is Putin’s puppet.
re: #91 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I’m sick of the conspiracy theory bullshit industry. Speaking from history but a nation that embraces stupidity like this is a nation in peril.
30+ years of laughing it off or just not responding to it and here we are. All the ‘harmless’ CT’s like Vince Foster murdered to ‘stand down’ orders create an environment where more harmful CT’s can thrive. Putin must be just tickled.
re: #117 BigPapa
30+ years of laughing it off or just not responding to it and here we are. All the ‘harmless’ CT’s like Vince Foster murdered to ‘stand down’ orders create an environment where more harmful CT’s can thrive. Putin must be just tickled.
I’m guilty of that. I thought Alex Jones was a harmless clown.
re: #106 The Pie Overlord!
With a mask on, he will look just like Immortan Joe.
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What with the CDC report being shelved, we may as well take out “recruit” ads for the Trump admin COVID response. “Volunteers To Die For The Economy Now Being Accepted”
re: #101 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Yep. I wake up today to see that the Secretary of the Treasury is feuding with Axl Rose and used the Liberian flag emoji. We need a call to public service and away from grifters like Trump, Mnunchin, & others.
CIA Admits Role In 1985 Coup To Oust David Lee Roth https://t.co/QCBBtGJmPJ pic.twitter.com/Akm0oX6Xps
— The Onion (@TheOnion) May 6, 2020
Fox News is basically done with coronavirus; no indications in its top stories that over 70,000 people have died, instead the pandemic is just a footnote in a couple places pic.twitter.com/NKGGvlLIC1
— John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) May 7, 2020
But by all means “open back up”
Axios: “America’s daily rate climbed faster and higher (due in part to its larger population), but appears to have peaked at around 30,000 new cases per day in the first week of April.”
“But rather than falling, the rate stagnated. Outside of New York (which has bent its curve) the rate is actually continuing to climb.”
“The U.S. continues to record several times as many new cases each day as any other country has at any time during the pandemic
The most 2020 story yet.
Woman killed by alligator in SC was doing homeowner’s nails
The woman attacked and killed by an alligator in a gated community along the South Carolina coast was visiting the homeowner to do her nails and was trying to touch the animal when it grabbed her, authorities said.
After briefly getting away from the alligator Friday, the woman stood in waist deep water in the Kiawah Island pond and said “I guess I wont do this again,” but the alligator grabbed her in its jaws again and took her under, according to a supplemental police report released Tuesday.
re: #49 Anymouse 🌹🏡
I watched the Jeff Holiday video. It was fine, but unfortunately not one I can pass along to the coworker who buys into this stuff. Language…
ZDogg, MD has a much shorter video (less than 4 minutes). I may pass this one along to my coworker.
I feel like they know something we don’t… https://t.co/oNprHBFKLN
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) May 7, 2020
So many people on my FB today all jumped up about ‘Plandemic.’
Either the people I thought were smart are maybe not that smart, or the combination of lockdown and propaganda is warping their brains.
Either way, I told them to cut it the fuck out or I was going to start unfriending.
re: #131 makeitstop
So many people on my FB today all jumped up about ‘Plandemic.’
Either the people I thought were smart are maybe not that smart, or the combination of lockdown and propaganda is warping their brains.
Either way, I told them to cut it the fuck out or I was going to start unfriending.
Yeah I saw some of my FB friends pushing it. It hate the CT industry. It’s sick.
re: #116 unproven innocence
WhatTheFuck!?
Coronavirus survivors banned from joining the military
Excerpt:So, all new recruits *must* be vulnerable to the newest fastest spreading viral pathogen on the planet. Makes perfect sense, I suppose, if I assume Trump is Putin’s puppet.
One way to end our military would be to shut off recruitment.
re: #116 unproven innocence
WhatTheFuck!?
Coronavirus survivors banned from joining the military
Excerpt:So, all new recruits *must* be vulnerable to the newest fastest spreading viral pathogen on the planet. Makes perfect sense, I suppose, if I assume Trump is Putin’s puppet.
There is a specialized medical sector of military intelligence. They probably thought this through. They can’t introduce potential carriers into BCT barracks. I wonder how they will treat the several thousands of current servicemembers like the Roosevelt crew.
re: #101 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Yep. I wake up today to see that the Secretary of the Treasury is feuding with Axl Rose and used the Liberian flag emoji. We need a call to public service and away from grifters like Trump, Mnunchin, & others.
That is peak trump right there.
re: #131 makeitstop
I’m not having it. CT is toxic and it’s time people push back. Innoculate, isolate. It’s a virus.
re: #116 unproven innocence
WhatTheFuck!?
Coronavirus survivors banned from joining the military
Excerpt:So, all new recruits *must* be vulnerable to the newest fastest spreading viral pathogen on the planet. Makes perfect sense, I suppose, if I assume Trump is Putin’s puppet.
All the way down at the bottom of the Military Times article is the answer.
However, given the limited research on COVID-19, there are likely a few factors that military medical professionals are trying to hash out when it comes to recruiting survivors: Whether respiratory damage from the virus is long-lasting or permanent, and whether that can be assessed; the likelihood of recurring flare-ups, even if someone has had two consecutive negative tests; and the possibility that one bout of COVID-19 might not provide full immunity for the future, and could potentially leave someone at a higher risk to contract it again, perhaps with worse complications.
The move comes as the services prepare for a surge of post-graduation recruits during the summer and fall high season.
In recent weeks, new trainees have been 100-percent tested for COVID-19 before starting training. So far, clusters have been discovered at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, the Army and Marine Corps’ biggest initial entry training installations.
re: #106 The Pie Overlord!
With a mask on, he will look just like Immortan Joe.
I imagine if he appeared in a mask, he would be viewed as responsible and the press would start again with “today’s the day he became presidential.”
re: #138 Anymouse 🌹🏡
I imagine if he appeared in a mask, he would be viewed as responsible and the press would start again with “today’s the day he became presidential.”
Then they’d have to report 75K people dead, and that would be the end of that.
Covering his braying lie hole is the last thing Trump would do.
re: #134 Decatur Deb
There is a specialized medical sector of military intelligence. They probably thought this through. They can’t introduce potential carriers into BCT barracks. I wonder how they will treat the several thousands of current servicemembers like the Roosevelt crew.
Yes sir, tons of known unknowns at the moment.
“However, given the limited research on COVID-19, there are likely a few factors that military medical professionals are trying to hash out when it comes to recruiting survivors: Whether respiratory damage from the virus is long-lasting or permanent, and whether that can be assessed; the likelihood of recurring flare-ups, even if someone has had two consecutive negative tests; and the possibility that one bout of COVID-19 might not provide full immunity for the future, and could potentially leave someone at a higher risk to contract it again, perhaps with worse complications.”
Link
re: #37 Anymouse 🌹🏡
Even if the claims were true:
a) It’s not illegal to jog twelve miles from home
b) You’d be amazed to learn you can run in flip-flops
c) Burglary doesn’t carry the death penalty
D) not the police. Call for help and follow at a distance (if you must)
Yes…#FuckTrump! Please RT because…ya know…fuck #Trump! pic.twitter.com/pWZNYjNhjD
— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) April 26, 2020
re: #84 Belafon
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Fuck Trump and Fuck the GOP (my new daily mantra in addition to greets and saluts).
The Trumpists continue to ignore public health and safety, and ignore the rule of law and their very own laws.
So much for the law and order GOP. You don’t care about public safety or public health, so long as businesses can profit. All the burdens shift to customers or the workers.
You are endangering the welfare of all Texans. Cases are rising across state other than in Houston.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 7, 2020
They’re making it out to be voluntary, but forcing employees to work guarantees spread. Ignoring mask and social distancing maximizes spread.
The entire fucking GOP has lost their collective minds. And the replies to my comment show just how fucked up the know nothing GOP are.
(The Hill) - Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose traded barbs with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Wednesday, noting the number of Americans killed during the coronavirus pandemic and saying the Trump Cabinet secretary is “officially an asshole.”
“It’s official!” the rock star and Trump critic wrote on his seldom-used Twitter account.
In a surprise move, Mnuchin responded and asked, “What have you done for the country lately?”
Social media users were quick to note that Mnuchin had initially used the emoji of the Liberia flag, which includes a single star, instead of the U.S. flag.
The Treasury chief quickly deleted his original tweet and replaced it with one featuring the correct flag.
The switch did not go unnoticed by Rose, who sarcastically tweeted that he “didn’t get we’re hoping 2 emulate Liberia’s economic model.”
The musician then elaborated on his initial criticism of the Trump administration, saying he (Rose) was not responsible for more than 70,000 deaths.
Imagine traveling back in time to 2009 and telling someone that in 2020 Donald Trumps Treasury Secretary would get into (and lose) a Twitter spat with Axl Rose in the middle of a Pandemic that had killed 70 000 people.
re: #134 Decatur Deb
There is a specialized medical sector of military intelligence. They probably thought this through. They can’t introduce potential carriers into BCT barracks. I wonder how they will treat the several thousands of current servicemembers like the Roosevelt crew.
The Roosevelt crew has started returning to the ship.
Sailors Begin Returning to USS Theodore Roosevelt After Quarantine Period on Guam (United States Naval Institute)
re: #136 BigPapa
I’m not having it. CT is toxic and it’s time people push back. Innoculate, isolate. It’s a virus.
Bravo.
Karma, please pick up the white courtesy phone….
A member of the US Navy who serves as one of President Donald Trump’s personal valets has tested positive for coronavirus,https://t.co/oPQbq1tmK1
— Kimberley Johnson (@AuthorKimberley) May 7, 2020
NEW from @kaitlancollins - a valet to President Trump has tested positive for coronavirus. Trump has since tested negative. A White House source said the valet, a man who has not been identified, exhibited “symptoms” Wednesday. https://t.co/qrtEhzXYNW
— Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) May 7, 2020
Looks like Trump’s an asymptomatic carrier.
JUST IN: A member of the US Navy who serves as one of President Trump’s personal valets has tested positive for coronavirus, raising concerns about the President’s possible exposure to the virus. https://t.co/dVFWltnJzY
— CNN International (@cnni) May 7, 2020
Is Trump actually letting people stick a swab into his head every time they want to? I don’t think so.
re: #152 jaunte
Is Trump actually letting people stick a swab into his head every time they want to? I don’t think so.
They just check his slime trail.
Federal corruption law is officially dead.
The Supreme Court unanimously threw out the 2016 “Bridgegate” convictions of two associates of former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey. https://t.co/P22X1pud8a
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) May 7, 2020
Unfuck….
Nope, totally fucking believable. And it was unanimous to boot. They noted wrongdoing, but that it didn’t rise to federal crime? Bulkshit on a stick.
re: #146 Eclectic Cyborg
Imagine traveling back in time to 2009 and telling someone that in 2020 Donald Trumps Treasury Secretary would get into (and lose) a Twitter spat with Axl Rose in the middle of a Pandemic that had killed 70 000 people.
They’d probably just laugh, and snark that if the country were stupid enough to elect Donald Trump President, this is no more than you’d expect….
And then shake their heads in doubt that the US could spiral that far downward in under a decade….
re: #150 jaunte
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Trump’s the fucking devil. That’s the only explanation. 😉
re: #157 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Trump’s the fucking devil. That’s the only explanation. 😉
The Antichrist.
re: #145 lawhawk
Fuck Trump and Fuck the GOP (my new daily mantra in addition to greets and saluts).
The Trumpists continue to ignore public health and safety, and ignore the rule of law and their very own laws.
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They’re making it out to be voluntary, but forcing employees to work guarantees spread. Ignoring mask and social distancing maximizes spread.
The entire fucking GOP has lost their collective minds. And the replies to my comment show just how fucked up the know nothing GOP are.
Greg is the guy who was fine with Trump jailing refugee and asylum seekers.
There has been absolutely no screening on domestic flights. Even Trump’s travel ban failed to implement screening for passengers before boarding any flights (domestic or foreign).
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 7, 2020
re: #150 jaunte
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Looks like Trump’s an asymptomatic carrier.
And not just of the Corona virus.
re: #105 The Pie Overlord!
So you’re saying that your campaign has a fundamental design flaw creating a vulnerability which if targeted by the opposition could cause it to self-implode?
Sounds genius. https://t.co/hmsJqzr5g3— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) May 7, 2020
re: #155 lawhawk
Federal corruption law is officially dead.
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Unfuck….
Nope, totally fucking believable. And it was unanimous to boot. They noted wrongdoing, but that it didn’t rise to federal crime? Bulkshit on a stick.
And the rationale being that it couldn’t be a crime because it didn’t involve “money or property”??
So IOW, SCOTUS has just (unanimously) legalized/authorized/removed from legal review ANY sort of “regulatory” harassment or abuse, as long it doesn’t actually involved a cash bribe??
re: #155 lawhawk
Federal corruption law is officially dead.
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Unfuck….
Nope, totally fucking believable. And it was unanimous to boot. They noted wrongdoing, but that it didn’t rise to federal crime? Bulkshit on a stick.
I believe it. IANAL, but it seemed to me that the statute the feds were using wasn’t particularly suited to this — it was mainly aimed at people personally profiting from their actions. We need laws that apply more clearly to abuses of power like this, or the Ukraine scandal.
re: #134 Decatur Deb
There is a specialized medical sector of military intelligence. They probably thought this through. They can’t introduce potential carriers into BCT barracks. I wonder how they will treat the several thousands of current servicemembers like the Roosevelt crew.
The Army is having enough issues (at least at low levels) now with handling BCT. Have to quarantine new recruits when they arrive for two weeks, and probably with their drill sergeants or other NCOs there with them - and probably with limited or no access to areas to do any real work with them. And I expect the officers trying to handle the companies are understaffed, or very limited in how they can shift NCOs about due to exposure risks. And I’d also guess they don’t have PPE or other equipment.
re: #165 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
So Trump is two steps from declaring outright war on China while our military is crippled at all levels of operations.
re: #152 jaunte
Is Trump actually letting people stick a swab into his head every time they want to? I don’t think so.
It’s his favorite party trick to have the swab come out the other side with nothing on it.
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re: #165 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
But according to Pres. MeatMouth, it’s raining PPE.
re: #145 lawhawk
Fuck Trump and Fuck the GOP (my new daily mantra in addition to greets and saluts).
The Trumpists continue to ignore public health and safety, and ignore the rule of law and their very own laws.
They’re making it out to be voluntary, but forcing employees to work guarantees spread. Ignoring mask and social distancing maximizes spread.
The entire fucking GOP has lost their collective minds. And the replies to my comment show just how fucked up the know nothing GOP are.
It was Gov. Abbot’s original order that allowed her to be jailed.
It was ruled a long time ago by the Supreme Court that governments can intervene in matters of public safety.
re: #166 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
So Trump is two steps from declaring outright war on China while our military is crippled at all levels of operations.
Don’t forget Iran.
All while not wearing PPE himself, or PPE for anyone around him. With Trump’s own valet being exposed, he’s potentially exposing everyone in that photo to covid19.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 7, 2020
Intelligence really isn’t their strong point, is it…
Somebody needs to tell “Blaze Pascale” here thar the Death Star was built by the Evil Empire.And it got blown to smithereens.by The Resistance.👀 pic.twitter.com/1FQZj6aiib
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) May 7, 2020
re: #172 Disloyal Archangel
Intelligence really isn’t their strong point, is it…
But they have cookies (just not Girl Scout cookies)
as if 70,000 Americans gasped for air and fell silent…
re: #172 Disloyal Archangel
Intelligence really isn’t their strong point, is it…
ARe we the baddies? //
Death Starring Trump
— medit8now (@medit8now) May 7, 2020
re: #171 lawhawk
Pence is actually lifting five whole pounds of masks!
The Czech National Bank just lowered the key interest rate by 75 basis points. It’s now down to .25; that’s a pretty big cut.
re: #177 Dr Lizardo
The Czech National Bank just lowered the key interest rate by 75 basis points. It’s now down to .25; that’s a pretty big cut.
Basically, just go out and spend your pension savings now before they are worthless.
re: #178 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Basically, just go out and spend your pension savings now before they are worthless.
Yep. Like one of my friends said, “It won’t matter now if we have money in a savings account or at home under the mattress.”
re: #172 Disloyal Archangel
Twice. Resistance blew up the Death Stars twice in the original series. And then blew up the Starkiller base in the sequels, and then the Final Order fleet in the last movie.
It’s not first time. They also likened themselves to Thanos. Who then lost.
re: #179 Dr Lizardo
Yep. Like one of my friends said, “It won’t matter now if we have money in a savings account or at home under the mattress.”
Safer at home, just hide it someplace a bit more engineered.
I have none to hide, but this old farmhouse I live in offers endless possibilities
re: #180 lawhawk
Twice. Resistance blew up the Death Stars twice in the original series. And then blew up the Starkiller base in the sequels, and then the Final Order fleet in the last movie.
It’s not first time. They also likened themselves to Thanos. Who then lost.
Not to mention identifying with the CSA and National Socialism…
re: #180 lawhawk
Twice. Resistance blew up the Death Stars twice in the original series.
And then blew up the Starkiller base in the sequels, and then the Final Order fleet in the last movie.
Yes yes, you’re absolutely right, they did it not only once but twice.
And thankfully nothing more. Could you imagine if they’d gone down that route again?
* Whistles in full denial *
re: #181 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Safer at home, just hide it someplace a bit more engineered.
I have none to hide, but this old farmhouse I live in offers endless possibilities
A lot of Czechs have cash lying around the house - emergency money, like if the car breaks down or the toilet needs to be replaced ASAP. Entirely sensible, IMHO.
re: #183 Disloyal Archangel
Yes yes, you’re absolutely right, they did it not only once but twice.
And thankfully nothing more. Could you imagine if they’d gone down that route again?
* whistles in full denial *
cannot help but be reminded of:
re: #183 Disloyal Archangel
Yes yes, you’re absolutely right, they did it not only once but twice.
And thankfully nothing more. Could you imagine if they’d gone down that route again?
* whistles in full denial *
I don’t know about you would but I wouldn’t care if Mar al Lago got seized by the feds and used as a resort for kids who were stolen from their families to stay until they can be reunited with their families.
re: #184 Dr Lizardo
A lot of Czechs have cash lying around the house - emergency money, like if the car breaks down or the toilet needs to be replaced ASAP. Entirely sensible, IMHO.
Germans will be one of the last modern economies to go cashless. They like money that you can hold in your hand.
re: #185 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
cannot help but be reminded of:
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Beat me to it, was just looking for a link to that… :D
re: #186 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I don’t know about you would but I wouldn’t care if Mar al Lago got seized by the feds and used as a resort for kids who were stolen from their families to stay until they can be reunited with their families.
Used as a cemetery for corona victims who cannot afford a funeral or burial plot.
A new artwork by street artist Banksy, titled “Game Changer,” was unveiled at a British hospital. The framed piece depicts a young boy sitting playing with a nurse superhero toy, while a Batman and Spiderman action figure appear in a waste bin next to him. https://t.co/0EEcfkeJj8 pic.twitter.com/tmaktFisqR
— ABC News (@ABC) May 7, 2020
re: #189 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Used as a cemetery for corona victims who cannot afford a funeral or burial plot.
Ah, kind of like how Arlington National Cemetery was once the property of Robert E. Lee’s family.
re: #191 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Ah, kind of like how Arlington National Cemetery was once the property of Robert E. Lee’s family.
the very thought behind that
re: #189 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Used as a cemetery for corona victims who cannot afford a funeral or burial plot.
Like Robert E. Lee’s plantation became Arlington National Cemetery.
EDIT: Lefty beat me by 11 seconds.
re: #190 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
The nurses are amazing. My dad’s sister is a former nurse. Her granddaughter works for the NHS in the UK. And my mom has cousins on both sides of her family who are nurses.
re: #187 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Germans will be one of the last modern economies to go cashless. They like money that you can hold in your hand.
Even though most people here use debit cards, yeah, cash is definitely still a thing here. Hell, there’s a thriving grey economy of people who work for cash in hand.
re: #186 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I don’t know about you would but I wouldn’t care if Mar al Lago got seized by the feds and used as a resort for kids who were stolen from their families to stay until they can be reunited with their families.
Needs fumigation. Or complete demolition. I don’t want to think of what virii are in that place; that’s just the inanimate variety, never mind those with two legs!
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re: #176 jaunte
Pence is actually lifting five whole pounds of masks!
On a goddamn hand truck. Sheesh.
re: #192 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
the very thought behind that
Works for me. We owe those families big time.
There have been very few Supreme Court cases involving the government’s power to deal with the spread of communicable diseases. The most relevant decision for today was issued in Jacobson vs. Massachusetts in 1905. In that case, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a state law requiring compulsory vaccinations against smallpox. The court declared, “Upon the principle of self-defense, of paramount necessity, a community has the right to protect itself against an epidemic of disease which threatens the safety of its members.”The court explicitly rejected the claim that “liberty” under the Constitution includes the right of individuals to make decisions about their own health in instances where those decisions could endanger others. But the court also made clear that restrictions imposed by the government to control communicable diseases must have a “real or substantial relation” to protecting public health.
Op-Ed: Yes, the government can restrict your liberty to protect public health (Los Angeles Times, more at the link)
re: #196 Sherlock Hound
Needs fumigation. Or complete demolition. I don’t want to think of what virii are in that place; that’s just the inanimate variety, never mind those with two legs!
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Oh yeah, after cleaning it up absolutely. I don’t mind the ANC solution either. Either way, don’t ever let him use it again as his version of the Ravenitte Social Club. That’s what Mar Al Lago is. It’s a crime scene.
re: #183 Disloyal Archangel
Yes yes, you’re absolutely right, they did it not only once but twice.
And thankfully nothing more. Could you imagine if they’d gone down that route again?
* Whistles in full denial *
Why are you denying it? Our real life villains insist on reusing plans that have failed before.
re: #197 makeitstop
On a goddamn hand truck. Sheesh.
And moments after the photo was taken: “Okay, now can someone come over here and get these fucking boxes away from me? I have important things to do!”
re: #166 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
So Trump is two steps from declaring outright war on China while our military is crippled at all levels of operations.
Stable genius.
The Blue Angels did a flyover yesterday, and in a group text, I said that the entire demonstration doesn’t solve anything; if they really wanted to show their appreciation get all the medical workers the equipment they need and pay them more (“hazard pay”); a flyover is not a solution to the problem, etc. My opinion was not well received. But god damn it I was right.
re: #187 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Germans will be one of the last modern economies to go cashless. They like money that you can hold in your hand.
As will the United States, at least until such time as inexpensive Internet service can be extended to the vast parts of the country which doesn’t have it.
NURSE=FEMALE shame on Banksy
— Mike Mercer (@MrMikeMercer1) May 7, 2020
LOL wut?
Female nurses make up 90% of the United Kingdom nursing force.
re: #206 Anymouse 🌹🏡
LOL wut?
Female nurses make up 90% of the United Kingdom nursing force.
Nurses are overwhelmingly female. The Mah Penis Brigade is so fucking tiring.
Tornado siren going off (checks time and day … okay, it’s a test).
President Trump’s personal valet who tested positive for COVID-19 works in the West Wing and serves the president his meals, among other duties, according to a White House official. Valets do not wear masks, this official says.
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) May 7, 2020
Trancing Matilda……… Well, Trancing Nellie anyway. @dog_rates pic.twitter.com/FL3RipfaH1
— And the Wind Cries I Thought I Could Wind It Down (@DaveoutofAustin) May 7, 2020
re: #209 jaunte
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I thought Trump worked so hard that he didn’t eat?
re: #212 b.d. (Follow science, survive and vote!)
And that he weighs 239 lbs.
re: #212 b.d. (Follow science, survive and vote!)
I thought Trump worked so hard that he didn’t eat?
I mean, you can tell - he’s practically skin and bones.
*snerk*
re: #214 Dr Lizardo
I mean, you can tell - he’s practically skin and bones.
*snerk*
Just lots of people’s skins.
I do like this idea, convince Trump he’s the one being conned:
Carville on Trump: “They’re a pack of grifters. His campaign manager got two condos, a Ferrari, a yacht, a Range Rover and they’re all just fleecing the campaign. This is all about making money and they’re going in there and giving him fake polls.”pic.twitter.com/rigtoZHt5w
— PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) May 7, 2020
It’s exactly the pair of RWNJs you’d think.
Woman who accused Fauci of sex assault now says Trump supporters paid her to lie https://t.co/nlSMci8Kf0
— Raw Story (@RawStory) May 7, 2020
re: #218 Teddy’s Person
It’s exactly the pair of RWNJs you’d think.
Wohl and Burkman are the CCJ of James O’Keefe.
Valentina Blackhorse, Navajo Pageant Winner With Dreams, Dies at 28 https://t.co/4zqgNyWFym
— And the Wind Cries I Thought I Could Wind It Down (@DaveoutofAustin) May 7, 2020
re: #218 Teddy’s Person
It’s exactly the pair of RWNJs you’d think.
The Conservative Hoax Machine tried to smear Dr. Anthony Fauci as a sex criminal. But then the alleged victim recanted, saying that Jacob Wohl had “charmed me into taking money to do this.” @NancyRomm has the goods. https://t.co/3NrutePmOe
— Matt Welch (@MattWelch) May 7, 2020
Off for “Dark Shadows.”
Episode 415: Closing the Loop
As we start today’s episode, Sarah Collins is alive. Stay tuned for more updates on this developing situation.
hahahaha:
Ok here is another #ConspiracyTheory pic.twitter.com/PJRPaSFLqW
— elenadreams (@elenadreams2) May 7, 2020
re: #224 b.d. (Follow science, survive and vote!)
hahahaha:
I still think Barr is the baby from Dinosaurs all grown up.
re: #225 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I still think Barr is the baby from Dinosaurs all grown up.
Whut 😮 pic.twitter.com/jrEWlf2DdF
— Crys0604 🐳☀️🌊 (@Crys0604) May 7, 2020
re: #209 jaunte
President Trump’s personal valet who tested positive for COVID-19 works in the West Wing and serves the president his meals, among other duties, according to a White House official. Valets do not wear masks, this official says.
🙏
At some point we have to luck out here.
re: #227 Belafon
What’s in the picture?
How Barr, Bannon, & Trump’s former MD look like they could be the same guy just with different hair and facial hair or there lack of in Barr’s case.
re: #229 b.d. (Follow science, survive and vote!)
Trump’s Doctor, Bannon & Barr
Straight out of central casting!
I just can’t believe it that Trump hasn’t been hospitalized yet.
re: #217 Belafon
I do like this idea, convince Trump he’s the one being conned:
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That should really piss trump off. He’s the one who’s supposed to get the grift money.
And this Start Wars self-own will really piss him off. All and all a good morning.
re: #230 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
How Barr, Bannon, & Trump’s former MD look like they could be the same guy just with different hair and facial hair or there lack of in Barr’s case.
They really do look alike. So funny.
re: #233 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
That should really piss trump off. He’s the one who’s supposed to get the grift money.
And this Start Wars self-own will really piss him off. All and all a good morning.
Poll out with Biden 51, Trump 45%. I’m cautiously optimistic but I think we’re making the right decision going with Biden and I trust him to make a great VP pick.
re: #30 teleskiguy
It’s a party at my Twitter. Click and see. @teleskiguy
A very Happy Birthday!!
Around here, in the time of the plague, children are celebrating this occasion by car parades. And if the fire department doesn’t have a real emergency at the the time, they will send a truck with sirens blaring to honor the child. This morning, a couple blocks from my house, there were over a dozen cars + fire truck + police vehicle lined up ready to start.
Does this idiot realize there will be a serious culling of Fat Donny’s base before they reach that point? That will put a hurt on voter outreach.
— And the Wind Cries I Thought I Could Wind It Down (@DaveoutofAustin) May 7, 2020
re: #195 Dr Lizardo
Even though most people here use debit cards, yeah, cash is definitely still a thing here. Hell, there’s a thriving grey economy of people who work for cash in hand.
I work as a tour guide and musician and I would be (or rather am) screwed without a steady inflow of unofficial cash
re: #205 Anymouse 🌹🏡
As will the United States, at least until such time as inexpensive Internet service can be extended to the vast parts of the country which doesn’t have it.
and Internet access to rural, job-poor areas is one way to help spread employment beyond the urban centers.
re: #40 ericblair
This is where you have to reject the whole framing of the “argument”. Is he stating that anyone with an arrest record is outlaw and can be killed on sight? Because I’d bet a lot of those bubbas have seen the inside of the county lockup. It’s only those with a certain…quality.
ETA: To take this further, is he suggesting that anyone who has violated gun laws can be shot on sight?
They did not know who he was and at the time he was engaged in the perfectly legal act of jogging. So any prior arrest is irrelevant. The Trayvon Martin case has emboldened all these racists itching to kill African-Americans.
re: #242 Hecuba’s daughter
They did not know who he was and at the time he was engaged in the perfectly legal act of jogging. So any prior arrest is irrelevant. The Trayvon Martin case has emboldened all these racists itching to kill African-Americans.
The Civil Rights Movement slowed down their ability to do this, and they’ve been itching to get back to it ever since.
The White House said it was following health experts’ advice. Then we learned it won’t approve a key CDC document.https://t.co/Xcwh0VbO9G
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) May 7, 2020
AP: The 17-page CDC guide to reopening the country “has been shelved by the Trump administration .. It was supposed to be published last Friday, but agency scientists were told the guidance ‘would never see the light of day,’ according to a CDC official.”https://t.co/C525PXD6tj
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) May 7, 2020
Here was our story on the extensive cdc reopening document for churches, restaurants, daycares etc: https://t.co/AXoq2qjnZt And the document itself: https://t.co/d4gt1y750f https://t.co/YJ990DdRqN
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) May 7, 2020
This kind of idiotic, dangerous bullshit is what happens when an entire political party turns its back on science, but still wants to look like they know things. Someone told this moron about herd immunity and he comes out with this half-assed gibberish. https://t.co/YOkvv6ec0g
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 7, 2020
NO FUCKING WAY https://t.co/tnDU83a7JE
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 7, 2020
Wow, that sure would be terrible if he gave Trump the virus. https://t.co/9CiyNVFQHD
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 7, 2020
Confession: hearing @realDonaldTrump was exposed to the virus and is angry about it made me happier than anything in weeks. Not proud, just honest.
— Clay C. (@ClayC1969) May 7, 2020
This is turning into a very bad year for Putin.
Russia confirmed 11,231 new coronavirus infections Thursday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 177,160 and marking a new one-day record rise in infections.
Russia now has the world’s second-fastest rate of new infections behind the United States. It is the fifth most-affected country in terms of infections, surpassing Germany and France on Thursday.
Eighty-eight people died over the past 24 hours, bringing the total toll to 1,625.
I read elsewhere that his polling is tanking, which is perhaps no surprise. Oh well.
Good.
‘I’ve got corona, I’ll cough on you’ — This UK man who coughed on police was sentenced to 11 months in jail pic.twitter.com/QDyke6Ds9L
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) May 7, 2020
re: #245 Charles Johnson
What percentage of the population has to be exposed to get us herd immunity?
50%? 70% 95%?
And that means how many people have to die to get there? Less than 3% of the population has been exposed to date. 75,000 dead Americans. Now, let’s do the fucking math. How many die to get us to herd immunity? 30% gets you 750,000 dead. 60% gets you 1.5 million.
re: #252 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
‘I’ve got corona, I’ll cough on you’ — This UK man who coughed on police was sentenced to 11 months in jail
Was this dickhead unable to comprehend that he was engaging in clearly threatening behavior even if he did not have Corona?
re: #253 lawhawk
What percentage of the population has to be exposed to get us herd immunity?
50%? 70% 95%?And that means how many people have to die to get there? Less than 3% of the population has been exposed to date. 75,000 dead Americans. Now, let’s do the fucking math. How many die to get us to herd immunity? 30% gets you 750,000 dead. 60% gets you 1.5 million.
I read somewhere that we’ll have to be around 70%.
Seatbelts? Speed limits? Park opening and closing times? https://t.co/PIa0uTzhhh
— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) May 7, 2020
re: #253 lawhawk
What percentage of the population has to be exposed to get us herd immunity?
50%? 70% 95%?And that means how many people have to die to get there? Less than 3% of the population has been exposed to date. 75,000 dead Americans. Now, let’s do the fucking math. How many die to get us to herd immunity? 30% gets you 750,000 dead. 60% gets you 1.5 million.
And we don’t even know yet if herd immunity works with this virus. It has not been established that people can’t be reinfected after recovering once.
re: #254 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Was this dickhead unable to comprehend that he was engaging in clearly threatening behavior even if he did not have Corona?
Terrorism. He’s a terrorist. Period.
re: #253 lawhawk
What percentage of the population has to be exposed to get us herd immunity?
50%? 70% 95%?And that means how many people have to die to get there? Less than 3% of the population has been exposed to date. 75,000 dead Americans. Now, let’s do the fucking math. How many die to get us to herd immunity? 30% gets you 750,000 dead. 60% gets you 1.5 million.
and we still are not sure if immunity is 100% nor has the virus been around long enough to determine how long immunity lasts…
it is just another sick ploy on the part of the moneyed classes to get us back to earning them more money at all costs
re: #256 Dread Pirate
All things they dislike.
Try these: Enforcing contracts? Property laws? Assault laws?
If I walked up to you and kept poking you with a knife, you’d be either fighting back or calling the cops. The only difference between those and this is you can’t see the virus.
But for Trump’s complete and total mishandling of this crisis we would not have had an economic collapse or the death toll. Had he engaged in a competent handling of the pandemic, we would not have seen a massive collapse of the economy, widespread shutdowns, and 75,000+ dead.
How do we know? Because South Korea did it. They have a NY sized city. Seoul. They were able to avoid the catastrophic death tolls we have here. They did it with aggressive testing and contact tracing, both of which have been in short supply in the US.
That’s entirely on Trump. All of it.
He done gone and fucked up. And the GOP are fine with the fuckup.
Meanwhile we learn once again that he was convinced that this would disappear and go away. He didn’t want testing because that would make him look bad.
This has been his guiding rationale from day 1. He wanted to keep the counts low because he thought this was how we show that covid19 isn’t dangerous/threat. You don’t have deaths from covid19 if you’re not testing for it.
That continues to this day. He’s still dragging feet.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) May 7, 2020
It always comes back to that. He doesn’t care what happens to anyone else, if it makes him look bad.
Well guess what you fucknut know nothing bigot - this is making you look even worse than being impeached and being an unindicted coconspirator on felony crimes and lusting after your adult daughter and sleeping with an adult film star while your third wife is recovering from giving birth to one of your kids.
Trump owns this fucking disaster like nothing else in his life. This is something he’s actually built that will outlast him.
Where are these lying weasels getting the money to do this evil stuff? https://t.co/vAtH60xaQZ
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 7, 2020
Someone at the CDC needs to leak that reopening document Trump and co. are trying to suppress.
re: #263 Charles Johnson
Several Trump aides say their 2020 campaign will now be chiefly defined by two themes: Trump is the only candidate who can resurrect the economy and that Biden will not be as tough on China https://t.co/TyF71KQ0dR
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 7, 2020
The only reason that last part of the statement is true is if you leave off “than Trump.” Biden probably won’t be as tough on china as Japan was before WW2.
re: #267 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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The Lincoln Project’s next ad to drop showing how Trump really wasn’t tough on China at all.
re: #262 lawhawk
But for Trump’s complete and total mishandling of this crisis we would not have had an economic collapse or the death toll. Had he engaged in a competent handling of the pandemic, we would not have seen a massive collapse of the economy, widespread shutdowns, and 75,000+ dead.
Some serious economic impact and a certain death toll were inevitable.
But Trump’s tunnel vision only saw any economic downturn as a threat to his re-election and failed to recognize (or recognized too late) that people will rally around a strong leader in times of crisis.
Because he has no concept of leadership nor does he have the resources to let others implement it in his name. Now he is trying to turn it into a wartime scenario, because that is something that he can wrap his brain around.
re: #264 Eclectic Cyborg
Someone at the CDC needs to leak that reopening document Trump and co. are trying to suppress.
Already done.
Here was our story on the extensive cdc reopening document for churches, restaurants, daycares etc: https://t.co/AXoq2qjnZt And the document itself: https://t.co/d4gt1y750f https://t.co/YJ990DdRqN
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) May 7, 2020
re: #270 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Some serious economic impact and a certain death toll were inevitable.
But Trump’s tunnel vision only saw any economic downturn as a threat to his re-election and failed to recognize (or recognized too late) that people will rally around a strong leader in times of crisis.
Because he has no concept of leadership nor does he have the resources to let others implement it in his name. Now he is trying to turn it into a wartime scenario, because that is something that he can wrap his brain around.
True enough. We would have seen localized closures and disruptions, but nothing on the scale we’re seeing here.
Whereas other countries are reopening for business and have robust testing in place, we are now the epicenter of the pandemic because of Trump’s failure to act.
Good ad.
Okay the ad is great/savage but the “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” in a minor key playing throughout is what really really got me https://t.co/99ukYd027X
— Fiddler (@cFidd) May 7, 2020
re: #269 Teddy’s Person
The Lincoln Project’s next ad to drop showing how Trump really wasn’t tough on China at all.
The opposite in fact. Trump was the one who stayed silent during the Hong Kong protests. Trump is the one who doesn’t mention the Uyghurs. Trump has praised China’s biggest proxy in Kim Jong Un. And Trump has strengthened China’s geopolitical power through alienating our geographical allies in that part of the world and it started with how he withdrew from TPP and continued to do so. I’m hoping that FP is a top priority of a Biden administration. Trump’s actions internationally have hurt us.
re: #273 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Good ad.
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Great ad. They even called him the Reality TV President. That’s one I’ve felt describes this presidency to perfection.
re: #267 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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OK: so a major theme of that “Death Star” campaign is going to be obsessive China-bashing?
Probably mostly unrelated to real-world policy/diplomacy/economics, but mainly just to try to paint Biden/Democrats as “not tough enough” on their xenophobic Boogeyman-of-the-Month Year?
IMHO, it’s unlikely to work well outside the usual “base” - and (if the D campaign gets it act together, easily refuted): but it’s just indicative of how little the Trump Admin and the GOP really have to run on….
Oh, and “only Trump can fix/revive the economy”: how? By returning to Obama-era economic policies?? Kind of a flaw in that argument, too.
re: #270 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Some serious economic impact and a certain death toll were inevitable.
….
Maybe — and maybe not. If the pandemic team had not been disbanded, if PREDICT were not canceled, if the American epidemiologist embedded in China’s CDC had not been removed — we might have been on this in November when supposedly the first hints of the Wuhan disaster were unfolding and COVID-19 may never have become a pandemic. It might have been possible to stop this early and prevent its worldwide spread.
Yes — there is a problem because it can be transmitted by people who are asymptomatic or who have mild symptoms and therefore perhaps a pandemic was inevitable, but we will never know since we cannot explore the alternative approach. But I’m sticking to the thesis that Trump is responsible for this global crisis.
re: #258 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Terrorism. He’s a terrorist. Period.
Or that he will now go to prison and come out with Corona (not the beer).
re: #276 Jay C
OK: so a major theme of that “Death Star” campaign is going to be obsessive China-bashing?
Probably mostly unrelated to real-world policy/diplomacy/economics, but mainly just to try to paint Biden/Democrats as “not tough enough” on their xenophobic Boogeyman-of-the-
MonthYear?IMHO, it’s unlikely to work well outside the usual “base” - and (if the D campaign gets it act together, easily refuted): but it’s just indicative of how little the Trump Admin and the GOP really have to run on….
Oh, and “only Trump can fix/revive the economy”: how? By returning to Obama-era economic policies?? Kind of a flaw in that argument, too.
Biden can point to that he was more focused on the virus when most people were writing his campaign off than Trump was. Biden was writing an op ed about this in January. People think Joe is off but I see an elder statesman who stays engaged with the world around us. I think that alone is why I easily voted for Biden and think he will be a good president.
re: #277 Hecuba’s daughter
Maybe — and maybe not. If the pandemic team had not been disbanded, if PREDICT were not canceled, if the American epidemiologist embedded in China’s CDC had not been removed — we might have been on this in November when supposedly the first hints of the Wuhan disaster were unfolding and COVID-19 may never have become a pandemic. It might have been possible to stop this early and prevent its worldwide spread.
Yes — there is a problem because it can be transmitted by people who are asymptomatic or who have mild symptoms and therefore perhaps a pandemic was inevitable, but we will never know since we cannot explore the alternative approach. But I’m sticking to the thesis that Trump is responsible for this global crisis.
When SARS hit, we ended up with 13K dead. Not zero, but a pretty good bound on what can be done if you make good decisions on responding. We’re now doing that number each week.
re: #218 Teddy’s Person
It’s exactly the pair of RWNJs you’d think.
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Jesus Fucking Christ it’s BATFART and ROTTEN again!
Jacob Wohl paid a woman to lie that Anthony Fauci assaulted her. https://t.co/8THkq9lHqB
— Jesse Walker (@notjessewalker) May 7, 2020
re: #279 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Biden can point to that he was more focused on the virus when most people were writing his campaign off than Trump was. Biden was writing an op ed about this in January. People think Joe is off but I see an elder statesman who stays engaged with the world around us. I think that alone is why I easily voted for Biden and think he will be a good president.
Agree with you 100% about Biden: but unfortunately, I think qualifications like “engaged with the world” are going to be seen as too subtle for a Trump campaign: their approach is way more likely to be a simpleminded “Us vs. Them” dichotomy: with you-know-who on each “side”.
A University of Maryland analysis of anonymized smartphone data shows that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s lifting of state-ordered business closures has had the predictable, and warned-of, effect: More than 62,000 additional out-of-state visitors are arriving daily. That’s a 13% increase in state-to-state travel.According to The Washington Post’s writeup, almost all of that traffic came from adjacent Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Florida, four states where business restrictions kept restaurants, theaters and other nonessential service businesses closed when Georgia’s reopened. Georgia, then, created a near-perfect scenario for spreading the virus inside and outside the state.
If you’re a parent in need of a break, you’re invited to let @chelseaclinton & me take over for a few minutes of storytime tomorrow. Join us on Instagram at 3pm ET as we read “Grandma’s Gardens” & talk about all the ways love grows. https://t.co/N09gfgmFmN #ReadTogetherBeTogether pic.twitter.com/sapHoqdNvj
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) May 7, 2020
Chester County, PA COVID-19 stats for yesterday:
Confirmed cases: 1716 (+39)
Total Tests: 8021 (+218) —> just nudged past ~1.5% of the county population.
Deaths: 167 (+11)
Township just south of me jumped to 1% of pop as confirmed cases from 0.88% yesterday. Deaths there at 37 as well, which is a jump and now the township with the most. Two townships are now at or over 1% confirmed, and 68 deaths in those locations.
Doubling rate at ~18 days.
sorry you have yet to realize that every gay person is very necessary https://t.co/xTOEcLWryc
— Netflix (@netflix) May 6, 2020
re: #251 Dr Lizardo
This is turning into a very bad year for Putin.
I read elsewhere that his polling is tanking, which is perhaps no surprise. Oh well.
This has been a surprising turn of events to me. I was expecting Putin to conceal this outbreak entirely, and at least minimize the numbers being reported. It is certainly very likely that the numbers are so bad that even Putin could not suppress all the data and that he is releasing a much lower set of cases and deaths than actually occur. And that the defenestrations were a result of doctors pushing to get the real numbers out there.
Trump and his minions are downplaying the extent of the pandemic here and, simultaneously, promoting the notion that the deaths are not important compared to good economic numbers.
My financial analyst (who does hate Trump) keeps posting on how we need to get the economy going. He sees the devastation among small businesses and is also eager to be out again, enjoying friends, theater, etc. But he does have cognitive dissonance — his wife has serious health issues and he is very careful in minimizing risk to her. No one can see that we do have to rethink the way our economy operates — that the libertarian perspective can be disastrous. He had FB posts that included a comparison to the 1968 epidemic as well as a rant against Pritzker’s measured approach.
re: #287 Hecuba’s daughter
No matter how hard you try, you can’t hide the dying.
re: #277 Hecuba’s daughter
If we had done what South Korea had done, we’d be magnitudes better than where we are economically and with the death toll.
South Korea currently has around 10,000 cases and 256 deaths. Their overall population is 51 million. So since the US is 328 million, that’s roughly 6.5 times bigger. We’d expect about 65,000 cases and 1,664 deaths.
Heck, if we were even 10x higher than that (mirroring the H1N1 flu outbreak under Obama, we’d be far better off than with Trump’s disastrous handling).
How to grief pic.twitter.com/kvyR7f5cID
— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) May 7, 2020
re: #282 Jay C
Agree with you 100% about Biden: but unfortunately, I think qualifications like “engaged with the world” are going to be seen as too subtle for a Trump campaign: their approach is way more likely to be a simpleminded “Us vs. Them” dichotomy: with you-know-who on each “side”.
I’m more worried about the voters. I think if people see Biden was writing and talking about this while Trump was doing the rally and daily Twitter resentment. I really think when people see the two campaigns at full blast, we could see a big win. We know Biden will show warmth and empathy to people who have suffered due to the virus. We also know Trump won’t. Hopefully Biden and Trump get a Town Hall debate.
re: #280 Belafon
When SARS hit, we ended up with 13K dead. Not zero, but a pretty good bound on what can be done if you make good decisions on responding. We’re now doing that number each week.
13K dead worldwide.
NO SHIT
First lady Melania Trump’s “Be Best” initiative falls short of goals at its 2nd-year mark https://t.co/uLBc5eJdUS pic.twitter.com/QlfekBQ6FL
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 7, 2020
moron
As you know, I designated this day to be a National Day of Prayer. As our Nation heals, our Spirit has never been Stronger! https://t.co/WWhvzsSDWq
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 7, 2020
….are getting caught doing very evil things, and Republicans should take note. This was grave misconduct by the Obama Justice Department! @GovChristie
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 7, 2020
Fucking concern trolls gotta troll.
Dear Biden supporters,
What reasons brought you to support him? What policies? What’s the appeal? Personally, I can’t find anything to like but maybe I’m just not looking hard enough.
Answer without invoking Trump please. Thanks in advance!#Biden2020 #JoeBiden #joebiden2020— John (@SoberSolidarity) May 7, 2020
re: #297 The Pie Overlord!
Fucking concern trolls gotta troll.
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re: #287 Hecuba’s daughter
This has been a surprising turn of events to me. I was expecting Putin to conceal this outbreak entirely, and at least minimize the numbers being reported. It is certainly very likely that the numbers are so bad that even Putin could not suppress all the data and that he is releasing a much lower set of cases and deaths than actually occur. And that the defenestrations were a result of doctors pushing to get the real numbers out there.
Trump and his minions are downplaying the extent of the pandemic here and, simultaneously, promoting the notion that the deaths are not important compared to good economic numbers.
My financial analyst (who does hate Trump) keeps posting on how we need to get the economy going. He sees the devastation among small businesses and is also eager to be out again, enjoying friends, theater, etc. But he does have cognitive dissonance — his wife has serious health issues and he is very careful in minimizing risk to her. No one can see that we do have to rethink the way our economy operates — that the libertarian perspective can be disastrous. He had FB posts that included a comparison to the 1968 epidemic as well as a rant against Pritzker’s measured approach.
Putin has always been less secure in his leadership than we acknowledge. It’s definitely harder to sell nationalism right now. It would be hilarious to me if Putin’s aid of Trump would ultimately result in his own destruction and I think it’s possible. I’m hoping it results in a liberalizing democratic spring in those parts of the former Eastern bloc that have grown more nationalist in recent years.
re: #297 The Pie Overlord!
Fucking concern trolls gotta troll.
“Do you live in a vacuum, Dude, or just privilege?”
They’re desperate now that accusing him of things isn’t going to work.
I might reply later with “He was the third best candidate running in the Democratic party, but the last one of those three left at the end.”
re: #297 The Pie Overlord!
Any D candidate in a general election will get my vote because they are not the goddamnrepublican in that race.
It really is that simple.
You want to make the case for Biden with mentioning Trump? Alright, let’s start with “history of getting shit done.”
And don’t give me that “Amendment King” horseshit. Bernie has had 30+ years to get major legislation off the ground. The only kingly thing he has done is make plenty of excuses for his failures.
re: #297 The Pie Overlord!
Fucking concern trolls gotta troll.
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They just do things differently in Texas, don’t you know:
Texas governor, state court call for release of jailed salon owner who illegally reopened
AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday ordered Dallas County officials to free salon owner Shelley Luther from jail while its nine judges, all Republicans, weigh an appeal challenging her incarceration as improper.
The emergency order directed county officials to release Luther, who reopened her salon despite state restrictions, on a personal bond with no money required, “pending final disposition of her case.”
County officials also were ordered to file a response to the challenge by 4 p.m. Monday, the same day Luther’s weeklong sentence for contempt of court would have ended.
The order came shortly after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, seeking to end a political firestorm over Luther’s jailing, announced Thursday that local officials will be prohibited from jailing Texans for violating any of his numerous coronavirus-related executive orders.
“Did you notice how quickly Biden was able to organize people around him against a common enemy when that enemy looked like he was going to win?” :)
re: #297 The Pie Overlord!
Fucking concern trolls gotta troll.
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Okay here it is, Republicans think government should exist to help the rich exploit people and resources (anything else is tyranny). Democrats think the government should keep these impulses in check and work for everyone.
re: #306 Citizen K
They just do things differently in Texas, don’t you know:
Texas governor, state court call for release of jailed salon owner who illegally reopened
“Here’s the law, but you’re not going to get in trouble for violating them.”
THAT’S RIGHT I AM A MURDER HORNET DO NOT FUCK WITH ME
AAAHHH! STOP EATING MY HEAD!!!
This has been a timely parable in two paragraphs. https://t.co/I2iGLHg4l2— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 7, 2020
BREAKING: Lead prosecutor Brandon Van Grack withdraws from Michael Flynn case. pic.twitter.com/iXaQy1wmHe
— Spencer Hsu (@hsu_spencer) May 7, 2020
The move bore echoes of the withdrawal of Roger Stone’s original prosecution team, who quit the case as AG Barr and DAG Rosen backed away from their sentencing recommendation for the Trump confidante.
— Spencer Hsu (@hsu_spencer) May 7, 2020
It’s not just the Flynn case.
Van Grack is withdrawing as counsel for the Govt in other cases as well.
I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s it for Van Grack at the DOJ. pic.twitter.com/tfBIrw8rxT— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) May 7, 2020
THAT’S RIGHT I AM A MURDER HORNET DO NOT FUCK WITH ME
AAAHHH! STOP EATING MY HEAD!!!
This has been a timely parable in two paragraphs. https://t.co/I2iGLHg4l2— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 7, 2020
re: #314 Charles Johnson
So, the solution is more praying mantises? I’m down with that?
I welcome our new praying mantis overlords. The matriarchy will rule.
re: #313 Backwoods_Sleuth
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From a bag of seed potatoes. Yes, I know. pic.twitter.com/OL79OjBfdh
— Alice Dreger (@AliceDreger) May 7, 2020
re: #315 lawhawk
So, the solution is more praying mantises? I’m down with that?
I welcome our new praying mantis overlords. The matriarchy will rule.
I found out this morning that, contrary to the video, the situation is usually the reverse and mantises are usually the victims in such encounters. This one just happened to get the drop on its would-be attacker.
The criminal administration is criming again. Trump and his cronies are rapidly turning the US into a dictatorship, and they haven’t even paused for the pandemic. https://t.co/njSPWgbJ0j
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 7, 2020
BREAKING……WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department is dropping criminal case against ex-Trump adviser Flynn, according to court filing obtained by AP.
— Julie Pace (@jpaceDC) May 7, 2020
re: #320 Charles Johnson
There is no Justice Department anymore. There hasn’t been for about 3 1/3 years. It’s the Just Us Department. As in the only people that deserve the benefit of the law is Just Us.
So, what’s the over/under on how many days it will be before Hannity devotes the entire hour of his show to interviewing Gregory and Travis McMichael, as he did with Dog the Bounty Hunter?
This shit keeps happening, and indirectly because of people like Hannity muddying the water enough so there’s no true justice.
And the audacity of that fuckwad to say there’s a “two tiered justice system!”
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department is dropping criminal case against ex-Trump adviser Flynn, according to court filing obtained by AP.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 7, 2020
re: #306 Citizen K
The order came shortly after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, seeking to end a political firestorm over Luther’s jailing, announced Thursday that local officials will be prohibited from jailing Texans for violating any of his numerous coronavirus-related executive orders.
If there are no consequences, why have the orders in the first place??
Make the case for Biden without mentioning Trump?
Alright, two words: BILL BARR!
re: #297 The Pie Overlord!
Fucking concern trolls gotta troll.
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Dear Biden supporters,
What reasons brought you to support him? What policies? What’s the appeal? Personally, I can’t find anything to like but maybe I’m just not looking hard enough.
Answer without invoking Trump please. Thanks in advance!#Biden2020 #JoeBiden #joebiden2020— John (@SoberSolidarity) May 7, 2020
45 RPM recordings were introduced by RCA Victor today 1949: pic.twitter.com/WEK2KnDVJF
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) May 7, 2020
Her reading skills are almost on a level with her husband’s.
And live from New YORK IT’S SATURDAY NIIIIIIIIGHT!!!!! pic.twitter.com/pLj6rUGvX4
— Randy Rainbow (@RandyRainbow) May 7, 2020
re: #295 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Donald J. Trump
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@realDonaldTrump
* 51mCongratulations to former Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, and all others involved, on a complete and total exoneration (with a 9-0 vote by the U.S. Supreme Court) on the Obama DOJ Scam referred to as “Bridgegate.” The Democrats….
Just so we’re clear, Trump doesn’t see anything wrong with abusing children on school buses to go after political opponents.
I always thought the BridgeGate scandal should be used to frame the Ukraine scandal. “Abuse of power” is too vague a term. “Child abuse” is more likely to get people to notice what’s at stake.
“In court documents being filed Thursday, DOJ said it is dropping the case “after a considered review of all the facts and circumstances of this case, including newly discovered and disclosed information.” The documents were obtained by The AP.” https://t.co/bq9RAClUb6
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) May 7, 2020
re: #331 The Pie Overlord!
Her reading skills are almost on a level with her husband’s.
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What is that abomination she is sitting on??
Folks, this 👇 is a bright red blinking WARNING sign.
Brandon has as much integrity as anyone I know.
If he can’t take whatever drug deal is about to go down, we’re all about to see something rotten to its core.
Remember: next DOJ filing due Monday. What will Barr’s DOJ say? https://t.co/LpXa0e4obD— Joshua A. Geltzer (@jgeltzer) May 7, 2020
re: #308 Teddy’s Person
Okay here it is, Republicans think government should exist to help the rich exploit people and resources (anything else is tyranny). Democrats think the government should keep these impulses in check and work for everyone.
D’s believe in liberty and justice for all
Rs believe in liberty and justice for some
re: #333 goddamnedfrank
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“Dropping the case” was pretty much their only option by this point.
The judge wasn’t buying the conspiracy theories that Flynn’s new QAnon counsel was floating for why the plea deal should be circular-filed, and without that happening the only remaining question was how much jail time he was looking at. So by “dropping the case,” the DOJ has just obviated the need for Donny to wait until after sentencing to take action.
re: #334 Eclectic Cyborg
What is that abomination she is sitting on??
I think it’s a prop from The Cheyenne Social Club, a really funny 1970 western.
re: #322 Dr. Matt
Seriously, why isn’t Jacob Wohl in jail yet?
Yeah.
A quote from that asshole’s partner via the Balloon Juice link in #310:
(Burkman pitching that woman to make a false assault claim against Dr. Anthiny Fauci):
“Mother Nature has to clean the barn every so often,” Burkman counters. “How real is it? Who knows? So what if 1 percent of the population goes? So what if you lose 400,000 people? Two hundred thousand were elderly, the other 200,000 are the bottom of society. You got to clean out the barn. If it’s real, it’s a positive thing, for God’s sake.”
Various barnyard epithets come to mind…
Minor shit storm on Facebook among acquaintances and such since many are Pennsylvanians.
Speaker of the House in PA dropped this out last night.
It’s producing the expected pile of We closed the state for no reason!” outcries. And being liked/linked by the usual suspects among my friends.
1. I heavily suspect he cherry-picked the information he was given so that only the statistics that supported his outlook were in the letter.
2. There is concern about controlling COVID-19 spread if it gets into nursing homes because it’s a concentrated group of people who would be more susceptible to it.
3. There’s the usual jump into “look at all the comorbidity factors of the those who died!” point. Without, of course, providing any supporting statistics on how widely these same conditions are in the state population at large.
4. He doesn’t touch on, and the rabid comments are of course overlooking, that if everything was open the virus would be getting to the elderly who are not in nursing homes or assisted care facilities more easily. And then killing them.
5. The final stats on how the PA hospitals are not getting overwhelmed (yet) is good news, but being spun by the rabid ones as another indication that the virus is not a threat. (And of course, it’s a misleading statistic since it doesn’t tell you whether the hospitals in the hot spots like eastern PA near Philadelphia *are* actually close to being overwhelmed while there are lots of empty beds and ICU slots in other parts of the state that are less affected (again, yet.)
In summary, same shit we’ve already seen from the Republicans about COVID-19 already. Seem to be more interested in partisan sniping at the governor than seriously looking into and reporting accurately on what is good for the citizens of the state.
Reminder that Megyn Kelly interviewed Alex Jones and gave him air time to spread lies about Sandy Hook being a hoax because she’s a terrible journalist. https://t.co/OzAq364zdy
— elatticus 😷 (@elatticus) May 7, 2020
re: #326 Eclectic Cyborg
The order came shortly after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, seeking to end a political firestorm over Luther’s jailing, announced Thursday that local officials will be prohibited from jailing Texans for violating any of his numerous coronavirus-related executive orders.
If there are no consequences, why have the orders in the first place??
To make it look like he is doing something.
re: #336 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
D’s believe in liberty and justice for all
Rs believe in liberty and justice for themselves, and only themselves
re: #329 Backwoods_Sleuth
The 45 and the Format Wars begins…
re: #341 Backwoods_Sleuth
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JFC, didn’t NBC pay Kelly a boatload of money to go away? She needs to go away.
re: #337 Targetpractice
“Dropping the case” was pretty much their only option by this point.
The judge wasn’t buying the conspiracy theories that Flynn’s new QAnon counsel was floating for why the plea deal should be circular-filed, and without that happening the only remaining question was how much jail time he was looking at. So by “dropping the case,” the DOJ has just obviated the need for Donny to wait until after sentencing to take action.
Still have no idea how they drop after a fulsome confession, guilty plea and conviction.
re: #309 Belafon
“Here’s the law, but you’re not going to get in trouble for violating them.”
That only applies to Republicans, especially those who are white. Otherwise, if you even mistakenly break the law, they send you to prison for an extended period of time.
re: #315 lawhawk
So, the solution is more praying mantises? I’m down with that?
I welcome our new praying mantis overlords. The matriarchy will rule.
Quatermass and the pit?
re: #327 Targetpractice
Make the case for Biden without mentioning Trump?
Alright, two words: BILL BARR!
Rbg
re: #336 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
D’s believe in liberty and justice for all
Rs believe in liberty and justice forsomeREPUBLICANS
FIFY
re: #257 Charles Johnson
And we don’t even know yet if herd immunity works with this virus. It has not been established that people can’t be reinfected after recovering once.
And if exposure to diseases conferred herd immunity, we wouldn’t have diseases.
Measles infected nearly everyone, yet measles still exists. It was nearly wiped out until the anti-vaxxers helped bring it back.
Mumps was the same way. Thanks to the anti-vaxxer who almost killed me in 2012.
Chickenpox never was wiped out either until a vaccine came along.
Smallpox was around for thousands of years until a vaccine programme wiped it out.
Tuberculosis is still around today and its been around for thousands of years.
Diseases do not confer herd immunity. Vaccines do. Herd immunity depends on the particular disease. We will not have herd immunity from Covid-19 until we have a vaccine; this is the new normal.
re: #253 lawhawk
What percentage of the population has to be exposed to get us herd immunity?
50%? 70% 95%?And that means how many people have to die to get there? Less than 3% of the population has been exposed to date. 75,000 dead Americans. Now, let’s do the fucking math. How many die to get us to herd immunity? 30% gets you 750,000 dead. 60% gets you 1.5 million.
Last estimate that I have read of R-naught (R0) for COVID-19 is actually 5.7 which is huge. This according to: healthline.com
Herd Immunity is figured out from an equation:
Herd Immunity Decimal > 1 - (1/R0)
Via: plus.maths.org (They are estimating 2.5 for R0, which is old info as far as I know)
x > 1-(1/5.7)
x > .825
So in this case herd immunity would require a greater than 82.5% of the population to either be infected & survive or vaccinated. Even if R0 is actually 2.5, that’s still 60%. Relying on herd immunity outside of a vaccine is asinine.
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