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I wouldn’t characterize people that support Fauci as democrats. People that support(ed) Fauci were concerned about minimizing the effects of a global pandemic. If you characterize people that heed the advice of the CDC and virologists and science exclusively as democrats, that probably says more about you. At this point, Fauci is a symbol of pragmatism that stands against the legion of conspiracy minded morons.

I think the Republicans obsession with him is far, far weirder. We experienced an unprecedented pandemic. The guy who was essentially the Michael Jordan of infectious diseases became the face of the fight against it. Republicans realized early-on that they needed a boogeyman to pin the horror of 2020 on (and couldn't pick the leader of the country, for obvious reasons) so they settled on this guy. There should be absolutely no reason anyone is still talking about him in 2024, let alone calling him before congress to yell at him.

Why are people who aren't science deniers siding with one of the world's foremost scientists against science deniers? Yeah, that's a real thinker.

Here ya go. Use it with extreme prejudice.

Need to make corporate ownership of single family homes illegal. There's just no good reason for that.

This. And note that this approach also allows for the conclusion of "and maybe he got some of the response wrong, even way-wrong." Because people were figuring this shit out on the fly, and coming up with the best solutions they thought applicable in the moment. And there were indeed alternate/counter-approaches that were out there that they opted against -- correctly, wrongly, and sometimes still undetermined. And on top of THAT, the choices were often "bad choice A" vs. "bad choice B," and they had to pick the less bad one. And then get attacked for "look at this! The option he picked was bad!" No shit. ALL options are bad. And finally, the lambasting him as some evil mastermind director of some sinister conspiracy is the thing that pisses me off the most. Over my not-short life, I've had to deal with countless government bureaucrats, functionaries, administrators, and sometimes quite senior folks in that respect. My old man was a federal regulator in the field; I have had to deal with regulators at various levels throughout my career; I have friends and family who have been and are involved at all levels of the government (including people who are on a first-name basis with senators and presidents). And through all of that, I HAVE met a few "true believers." For example, I had to deal with an old hippie gal at the EPA who wouldn't let go of an issue, with little vision of the practicality of things. But 99.9% of the time....these people are just fucking people, man. They have no sinister agenda, no secret plan. They have a mission/purpose that is no secret (Fauci worked for the infectious disease agency....which deals with...infectious diseases). They pursue that mission using the best available information, with good intentions, to the best of their ability. We don't really hear about it when they succeed, and YES, sometimes they fail (like literally every other human being, public or private sector). Was Fauci involved in research of coronoaviruses? Shit, it would have been criminally stupid and impossible to explain if he HADN'T BEEN - they had long ago been flagged as a key infectious disease risk in the wake of our human experience with SARS and MERS. "A-HA! Fauci was involved in researching coronaviruses [because they were a known fucking risk of giving rise to a pandemic] and waddaya know, a coronavirus caused a pandemic! DO THE MATH, SHEEPLE!" I worked closely with lots of people in official positions responding to the pandemic. There was no secret agenda, no hidden plan. People were dying, resources were strained, solutions were hard to find. They did the best they could. The fucking psychotic Republican need to find a demon everywhere they look (gee, every accusation is a confession) is fucking infuriating, assholish, and flat-out evil. It's one of several things I hate them for. Fauci may have done a great job, he may have done a terrible job....odds are, he did a job that was something in between. But characterizing him as an evil mass murderer and shit is psychotic, twisted, and sick. And people who do that are psychotic, twisted, and sick. And I hate them. A lot.

Don't forget that Dr. Fauci had the temerity to contradict their orange diety when he said stupid shit like the government should experiment on people by injecting bleach or Lysol into them. The Fauci-haters that I worked with mainly objected, and I quote one of them directly, "He thinks he's smarter than the President. He can't contradict the President!"

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Which one of you is this?

Put this in the enshitting thread because it certainly applies.

This is the good shit. Bo Davis having sway with (but not yet actually flipping) a guy he got to commit to Texas is a clear sign he’s recruiting at a much higher level at LSU than he was at Texas. Nevermind that he hasn’t actually gotten any commitments and he just completely struck out on landing a single quality DT transfer on a team whose DT depth chart is in more trouble than the buttons on one of Elko’s blazers.

Saw this on Reddit is am surprised it took me this long to realize it. The Electoral College is Affirmative Action/DEI for Republican presidential candidates.

Gerry Brandon Brown: The Latest OnTexasFootball reported Monday that Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian and defensive line coach Kenny Baker were scheduled to speak with 4-star defensive line commitment Brandon Brown (Melbourne, Fla./eau Gallie) and family members Monday around 6 p.m. central. That call did in fact happen, and it went well for the Texas staff. Notes: 1. Steve Sarkisian and Kenny Baker spoke with Brown, his mother, older brother and another person very close to the recruitment. 2. As OTF reported Monday, Brown is visiting Tennessee, Texas and likely Miami the remainder of June. 3. Brown has the longest standing relationship with Bo Davis. LSU made a very big push over the weekend. Brown, mother and brother were impressed. 4. Brown's older brother is expected to make the June 14-16 visit to Texas, which he did not in March. 5. Brown is expected to go through the visit process, and make a final decision. 6. Gird up your loins ... SEC recruiting isn't for the faint of heart.

Lol

We're in New York right now. Wifey spotted this on the B Train 34th St. subway stop:

I think we need private equity / venture capital reform tbqh. not sure they should be in health care, single family housing, prisons, I'm sure there's a few others.

The Surly equivalent is "If Vic would ride, better move aside."

What if Michelle Obama tried to encourage children to eat healthier? You are bringing sane solutions to an insane country.

Immamac's posts are just another explanation of how "moderate/undecided/disengaged" voters require perfection of any democrat from solely their individual perspective, and if that doesn't happen (which is literally impossible), well I guess I'll just vote for the angry one who says government sucks, or just won't vote because "both sides suck" which usually results in right wingers who do nothing winning elections. There's no solution to that problem for democrats, the majority of American's have full on brain rot, to the fucking core, there is nothing that will ever be enough for these people.

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This was a regular occurrence in my 1970s NM childhood. Carter needed more speed and to pop the front wheel a little when he went over the edge.

Speaking of Pokoloko and doing your own research, I bet he aced this:

CNBC with a headline story that Tesla had a $500m order of AI chips from NVIDIA, and Elon personally decided to have them rerouted to Twitter. Delays Tesla's receipt of another order by months at least. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/04/elon-musk-told-nvidia-to-ship-ai-chips-reserved-for-tesla-to-x-xai.html This is why you don't let your CEO run other companies. He decides the priorities between the companies to his own benefit.

My favorite thing about all this, other than the orange shitstain Trump being a convicted felon, is that all these Trumpies are "boycotting" NYC. My response:

He isn’t gonna holster his gun up your butt, Lady Bug

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I see pokoloco has dropped in for his bi-annual, vapid observation. good talk, russ

Florida dugout is stunned at the antics