CR: COVID-19 --Political Talk

[henrygandorf 29,191]

6 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

Yeah, a bit more light hearted I thought. 

eh, that movie was depressing as shit.

[jimmyjazz 45,957]

49 minutes ago, Nivek said:

Designs exist. We need builders.

There is no hybrid trebuchet/guillotine.  I have the patent.  I even trademarked "Trebutine (TM)" and "Guillochet (TM)". 

I'm working on a version that flings the head in one direction and the body in the opposite direction.  Ha ha, suck on that, losers.

[Anastasis 23,469]

1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

There is no hybrid trebuchet/guillotine.  I have the patent.  I even trademarked "Trebutine (TM)" and "Guillochet (TM)". 

I'm working on a version that flings the head in one direction and the body in the opposite direction.  Ha ha, suck on that, losers.

Kinda shocked the british didn't already tread this ground...

[cactusflinthead 27,598]

Just stack heads like Tamerlane. Or go full Vlad the Impaler.

[Horn Under a Bad Sign 20,400]

 

[Nivek 16,930]

46 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

There is no hybrid trebuchet/guillotine.  I have the patent.  I even trademarked "Trebutine (TM)" and "Guillochet (TM)". 

I'm working on a version that flings the head in one direction and the body in the opposite direction.  Ha ha, suck on that, losers.

You are getting into the rube-goldberg territory.   Just tie a cord around the neck and stretch a cloth around the head of Mitch.  let the weight drop do the work.   Or just launch the whole fucker head first into a minefield.  We can then start a gambling pool on whether they set off a charge or not.

[UpperWestside 6,165]

33 minutes ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

 

I have to say that amongst a litany of grievances that we all could and should have with the enablers of Trump and his cult, seeing people who repeatedly said the virus is a hoax getting this vaccine is pretty high up the list. I am okay with politicians getting it who were actually out there supporting the CDC and setting a good example this year on social distancing measures. I think there is value in people who have gained the public’s trust through being honest getting it. The party doesn’t matter to me if they were not among those downplaying the pandemic. 
 

 

[Js1 85,338]

12 minutes ago, UpperWestside said:

I have to say that amongst a litany of grievances that we all could and should have with the enablers of Trump and his cult, seeing people who repeatedly said the virus is a hoax getting this vaccine is pretty high up the list. I am okay with politicians getting it who were actually out there supporting the CDC and setting a good example this year on social distancing measures. I think there is value in people who have gained the public’s trust through being honest getting it. The party doesn’t matter to me if they were not among those downplaying the pandemic. 
 

 

Shut up, plebe 

[Anastasis 23,469]

42 minutes ago, Nivek said:

We can then start a gambling pool on whether they set off a charge or not.

In. 

[NWBuck 8,568]

50 minutes ago, Nivek said:

You are getting into the rube-goldberg territory.   Just tie a cord around the neck and stretch a cloth around the head of Mitch.  let the weight drop do the work.   Or just launch the whole fucker head first into a minefield.  We can then start a gambling pool on whether they set off a charge or not.

I think that having the person hurled via trebuchet towards the huge blade would impart the appropriate amount of terror and remorse for them during the flight. 

If we miss the mark and only sever a limb (pretty rudimentary targeting system on this thing), no worries. Just load it up and try again. Hell, the wagering on the accuracy would certainly increase the entertainment factor, and if you make all of this a pay per view we can wipe out the national deficit. 

The only real question would be finding a counterweight heavy enough to hoist the Orangutan in Chief to his prime time reward. He'd probably love to know that the ratings would be huuge. 

Edited December 21, 2020 by NWBuck

[Anastasis 23,469]

6MM doses from Moderna to be delivered this week.  That is pretty amazing. More than double Pfizer's initial launch. 

[LurkingHorn 1,066]

2 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

6MM doses from Moderna to be delivered this week.  That is pretty amazing. More than double Pfizer's initial launch. 

Really wouldn't have guessed Moderna was going to be able to produce and deliver more than Pfizer off the bat. 

[Anastasis 23,469]

1 minute ago, LurkingHorn said:

Really wouldn't have guessed Moderna was going to be able to produce and deliver more than Pfizer off the bat. 

Agree.  I very much misjudged MRNA.  They are still run like a clown show, but they are delivering. 

[Anastasis 23,469]

Biggest surprise to me tbh is Astra Zeneca/Oxford. 

[Biff Tannen 45,687]

Biden got his.

[Bama Chick 28,596]

I’ll let y’all make the many, many responses needed for this nonsense.

[UpperWestside 6,165]

1 minute ago, Biff Tannen said:

Biden got his.

Way to skip the line Biden!

[UpperWestside 6,165]

1 minute ago, Bama Chick said:

I’ll let y’all make the many, many responses needed for this nonsense.
 

 

 

Oh what a wicked web they weave.

[Anastasis 23,469]

All these bitches need to be at the back of the line until all HCWs and high risk LTC residents have had their chance. 

[DDD Dad 14,339]

23 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

I could design a trebuchet that flings the just-separated head into the crowd, if anyone is interested in funding the development.

 

2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

There is no hybrid trebuchet/guillotine.  I have the patent.  I even trademarked "Trebutine (TM)" and "Guillochet (TM)". 

I'm working on a version that flings the head in one direction and the body in the opposite direction.  Ha ha, suck on that, losers.

 

1 hour ago, Nivek said:

You are getting into the rube-goldberg territory.   Just tie a cord around the neck and stretch a cloth around the head of Mitch.  let the weight drop do the work.   Or just launch the whole fucker head first into a minefield.  We can then start a gambling pool on whether they set off a charge or not.

 

56 minutes ago, NWBuck said:

I think that having the person hurled via trebuchet towards the huge blade would impart the appropriate amount of terror and remorse for them during the flight. 

If we miss the mark and only sever a limb (pretty rudimentary targeting system on this thing), no worries. Just load it up and try again. Hell, the wagering on the accuracy would certainly increase the entertainment factor, and if you make all of this a pay per view we can wipe out the national deficit. 

The only real question would be finding a counterweight heavy enough to hoist the Orangutan in Chief to his prime time reward. He'd probably love to know that the ratings would be huuge. 

Not sure why, but this discussion made me think of this.

[DDD Dad 14,339]

 

 

Damned dp

Edited December 21, 2020 by DDD Dad

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

Damn

[Longhorn_Fan68 33,871]

I wonder if someone at NYT has a sense of humor when creating their covid graphics. this one looks amazingly like 45's signature.


also, jfc @Anastasis, stfu. You really don't think the fucking incoming president should get a shot for a vaccine that has killed 300K+ people in this country?

Edited December 21, 2020 by Longhorn_Fan68

[DDD Dad 14,339]

Just now, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Damn

Russia seems like a place where you'd want to stay away from windows.  Especially on upper floors.

[Brisketexan 105,142]

Just now, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

I wonder if someone at NYT has a sense of humor when creating their covid graphics. this one looks amazingly like 45's signature.


also, jfc @Anastasis, stfu. You really don't think the fucking incoming president should get a shot for a vaccine that has killed 300K+ people in this country.

Yeah, I definitely diverge from Anastasis on that point - I believe that the current top of the line of succession (POTUS, VP, Speaker) should get the vaccine - because their health is literally a matter of national security.  And the same goes for the POTUS and VP-elect.  We're talking 6-8 people by my reckoning, so it's minimal.  But the top of the exec branch is the CINC and reasonably likely CINCs.  National security says those people get vaccinated.

[Nivek 16,930]

2 minutes ago, DDD Dad said:

Russia seems like a place where you'd want to stay away from windows.  Especially on upper floors.

Even the Empire has a better safety record.

[Anastasis 23,469]

2 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

also, jfc @Anastasis, stfu. You really don't think the fucking incoming president should get a shot for a vaccine that has killed 300K+ people in this country?

Biden should get a shot.  Rubio needs to get his ass to the back of the fucking bus. 

[Anastasis 23,469]

1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

Yeah, I definitely diverge from Anastasis on that point - I believe that the current top of the line of succession (POTUS, VP, Speaker) should get the vaccine - because their health is literally a matter of national security.  And the same goes for the POTUS and VP-elect.  We're talking 6-8 people by my reckoning, so it's minimal.  But the top of the exec branch is the CINC and reasonably likely CINCs.  National security says those people get vaccinated.

We don't disagree.  I can see an argument for the immediate line of succession.  Lindsay Graham and Rubio and Ernst can fuck right off though.   

[Brisketexan 105,142]

Just now, Anastasis said:

We don't disagree.  I can see an argument for the immediate line of succession.  Lindsay Graham and Rubio and Ernst can fuck right off though.   

Ok then.  Agreed.  We're good.  On this topic at least.

[bolverk 29,675]

Umm...shouldn't we start to consider canceling flights from the UK at this point? I mean, 30 other countries have already done so and UK scientists are estimating this new variant is like 70% more contagious.

It's just a thought.

[4th&Five 41,554]

Just now, bolverk said:

Umm...shouldn't we start to consider canceling flights from the UK at this point? I mean, 30 other countries have already done so and UK scientists are estimating this new variant is like 70% more contagious.

It's just a thought.

Dotard will wait another week then brag how he was first. 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33,871]

Just now, bolverk said:

Umm...shouldn't we start to consider canceling flights from the UK at this point? I mean, 30 other countries have already done so and UK scientists are estimating this new variant is like 70% more contagious.

It's just a thought.

*motions vaguely toward current administration*

[Anastasis 23,469]

Just now, bolverk said:

Umm...shouldn't we start to consider canceling flights from the UK at this point?

 

BTW, how your folks doing?

[Anastasis 23,469]

Well, I decided that
I'd get my cowboy hat
And go down to Marble Arch Station
'Cause when a Texan fancies
He'll take his chances
Chances will be taken
That's for sure

And them limey eyes
They were eyein' the prize
That some people call manly footwear
And they said "You're from down South
"And when you open your mouth
"You always seem to put your foot there"

[bolverk 29,675]

6 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

 

BTW, how your folks doing?

Mom is recovered. Sister did an excellent job in getting her taken care of and has now gone back to Denver.

Dad is still in the hospital where they expect him to be a couple of more weeks. At 83, I'm afraid it's going to be a slow process and am pretty sure he'll need some PT to build back up some of his muscle strength after lying in a hospital bed for a little over three weeks now.

[Horn Under a Bad Sign 20,400]

One of my friends on Facebook has posted quite often that the virus is a hoax and that the vaccine is, too, and that it's all about the fact that "they"  want to control us.  Today she breathlessly posted that AOC had just received the vaccine before millions of at risk people.  I said "why do you care? As we know, both the virus and the vaccine are hoaxes, so why do you care if she takes a phony drug for a phony hoax?"

No response so far.

[jimmyjazz 45,957]

19 minutes ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

One of my friends on Facebook has posted quite often that the virus is a hoax and that the vaccine is, too, and that it's all about the fact that "they"  want to control us.  Today she breathlessly posted that AOC had just received the vaccine before millions of at risk people.  I said "why do you care? As we know, both the virus and the vaccine are hoaxes, so why do you care if she takes a phony drug for a phony hoax?"

No response so far.

Some Trump supporter from my hometown was scolding me that my opinion about Trump's efforts to effect world peace was "shit" because I haven't served.  I asked him about Trump's service.  Crickets.

[elfenix 34,241]

joni ernst can get fucked with a rusty fork, tho

 

 

 

edit: guess i clicked last page instead of first new

Edited December 21, 2020 by elfenix

[Pancho 44,804]

Like I posted on twitter, why are the politicians who downplayed COVID and called it fake the first people to get the vaccine?  

[wildcat09 29,354]

4 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Like I posted on twitter, why are the politicians who downplayed COVID and called it fake the first people to get the vaccine?  

We never should have expected anything different. They're good with other people dying, not with themselves dying.

[Anastasis 23,469]

20 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

We never should have expected anything different. They're good with other people dying, not with themselves dying.

And hopefully it doesn't interrupt any dinners at French Laundry or Cabo honeymoons. 

Edited December 21, 2020 by Anastasis

[Jive Turkey 12,598]

1 hour ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Damn

In Soviet Russia, you don't get vaccine shot.  You get vaccine stab.

 

[washparkhorn 9,939]

2 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Damn

It's Russia . . . it happens. Winters cold; Vodka cheap. you slip and . . . boom.

51 minutes ago, elfenix said:

joni ernst can get fucked with a rusty fork, tho

 

 

47 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Like I posted on twitter, why are the politicians who downplayed COVID and called it fake the first people to get the vaccine?  

Yep.

When the deniers/downplyers get it . . . it looks like a taped confession of wrongdoing.  More please. 

Edited December 21, 2020 by washparkhorn

[yoladu 4,094]

On 12/19/2020 at 2:02 PM, Js1 said:

 

more like "quite the sentence".

[Neonmoon 38,129]

5 hours ago, bolverk said:

Umm...shouldn't we start to consider canceling flights from the UK at this point? I mean, 30 other countries have already done so and UK scientists are estimating this new variant is like 70% more contagious.

It's just a thought.

 

5 hours ago, Anastasis said:

 

Don’t worry, I’m sure these tests won’t provide false negatives. 

 

[Bama Chick 28,596]

Still waiting to see if I’m on the vaccine list this week. Shipment won’t be here till tomorrow - word is we’re getting 1,100 doses this week but some of those are to be allotted to local LTC staff and residents.

We lost 6 C19 patients today.

Was walking around the block around the hospital this afternoon to get some air between meetings and saw one of our ED docs.

I recruited her and she’s been with us since September. She’s a superstar and everyone has been raving about her. We got so lucky that she fell in love with a boy from our area in undergrad and they decided to settle here. Moved her mom (her only family) up here from South Alabama too. We’ve gotten to be friends.

I have a very protective feeling for most of the docs I recruit that sign with us. I’m the first person that they get to know, I get to know their families, I’ve helped most of them look for homes and find community members with common interests. They’re my “babies” - especially the younger ones.

She was sitting on a curb behind the doctors’ parking lot crying. I ended up spending 30 minutes with her. These docs and nurses and RTs and techs etc. are going through very real trauma. The lasting effects of this pandemic are going to be with us a long time and manifest in ways we aren’t even aware of yet.

Y’all hug the necks of any those folks in your lives. Bring them a meal or something they enjoy and tell them thanks. They’re exhausted and traumatized and are taking shit from strangers at times; all while literally risking their lives.

Tell them “Thank you”.

[Born to Run 6,569]

And hopefully it doesn't interrupt any dinners at French Laundry or Cabo honeymoons. 

This post is so perfectly Ana...

[Nivek 16,930]

Y’all hug the necks of any those folks in your lives. Bring them a meal or something they enjoy and tell them thanks. They’re exhausted and traumatized and are taking shit from strangers at times; all while literally risking their lives.

Tell them “Thank you”.

Well now I am in jail.

I also like how the intro had nothing to do with your point.

[Anastasis 23,469]

2 hours ago, Born to Run said:

11 hours ago, Anastasis said:

And hopefully it doesn't interrupt any dinners at French Laundry or Cabo honeymoons. 

This post is so perfectly Ana...

Did not fully optimize the sanctimonious twattery, imo. 

Edited December 22, 2020 by Anastasis

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]