CR: COVID-19 --Political Talk

[Grade of D as in David 13253]

56 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said:

Shit, that's nothing. Climate change, Obamacare, there is a long list of stuff that has been changed on the websites. 

Not just websites

[Grade of D as in David 13253]

15 minutes ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

What really goes through your head when you read about evangelical pastors that continue to ask their congregation to gather and pass the hat?

[Anastasis 23398]

15 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

"What Christianity needs right now is more lions."

And also...

 

[Bullneck 19000]

1 hour ago, 4th&Five said:

 

Chances the presidential election will be stolen?

[cactusflinthead 27594]

It's going great 

 

[RPM 26232]

Breadlines

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

[SmokeyTheBear 5562]

1 hour ago, Anastasis said:

To extend the chemo metaphor, we really need targeted treatment.  Like a next gen sequencing technique that selectively targets certain biomarkers for rank stupidity.  

Or, or, properly fund public education. 

[SmokeyTheBear 5562]

26 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

Chances the presidential election will be stolen?

This administration has projection as a major tell, so.......pretty good chance

[cactusflinthead 27594]

 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23362]

The incompetence of Trump on this continues to be depressingly breathtaking.  All the lives he’s passing up the opportunity to save is making this catastrophe feel like an open wound that gets the scab ripped off every day, at around 6PM.

Edited April 4, 2020 by Hugo Stiglitz

[RPM 26232]

We need Jeff Ross to host these briefings.

[elfenix 34184]

41 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

And also...

 

symeon?

[elfenix 34184]

35 minutes ago, RPM said:

Breadlines

 

[WhatTheBuck 28717]

4 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Technically, it was Bolton.

I'm not sure even Trump is stupid enough to admit the teams were gutted just to slay Bolton, though.

You think Bolton did it without Trump's knowledge and approval? I doubt that. 

[henrygandorf 29179]

16 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

The incompetence of Trump on this continues to be depressingly breathtaking.  All the lives he’s passing up the opportunity to save is making this catastrophe feel like an open wound that gets the scab ripped off every day, at around 6PM.

yeah, i only wish i could sleep til 6pm.

[staboner 4959]

2 hours ago, F250 said:

its the second shoe that gives me incredible joy

[staboner 4959]

3 hours ago, Anastasis said:

Olds, kushner, people opposed politically. It's a slope I guess. 

totally agree. wishing death on someone because of politics is awful.

I only wish death on people with different world views and/or people who chew with their mouth open.

[F250 28699]

1 minute ago, staboner said:

its the second shoe that gives me incredible joy

Yeah, the way he just reloaded with the second shoe makes it magnificent.

[Anastasis 23398]

1 minute ago, staboner said:

I only wish death on people with different world views and/or people who chew with their mouth open.

And people who eat their steak well done. 

[Blotto 23434]

2 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

And people who eat their steak well done. 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

So the whole thing w/respect to the stockpile and medical supplies? I never went back to watch the whole press conference after I stopped for dinner but my impression was that the questions were punted around the room by Trump and per his usual never answered. One story that I found interesting concerned Charlie Baker (the Republican governor of Massachusetts), Robert Kraft and a bunch of masks.

Massachusetts has watched its case counts climb and have been scrambling for supplies. They need masks but no masks are to be found. They finally find some overseas, the masks arrive and are seized by the Feds. Governor calls around to people, trying to scrounge up more masks since the others are now in the hands of the Feds. Even trying an end run covert style deal with China. Eventually the Patriots owner Kraft buys masks and flies them back to the States. It's convoluted and a little hard to follow, but I can't even figure out the mask trail or the money trail this particular episode is so messed up. So Jared? Trump? General idiocy? Someone making a bundle? Baker is a Republican so what's the story guys?

 

 

Edited April 4, 2020 by Mrs Whiggins
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[Anastasis 23398]

1 minute ago, Blotto said:

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Oh, I forgot to add, during a press conference with Baker (MA governor) a spokesperson said they haven't received any ventilators from the Feds. The Feds had agreed to send them 1000. So now they're asking for 1400.

 

So now, they won't be receiving 1400 ventilators instead of 1000.

 

 

Thanks Florida!

[bolverk 29414]

2 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Oh, I forgot to add, during a press conference with Baker (MA governor) a spokesperson said they haven't received any ventilators from the Feds. The Feds had agreed to send them 1000. So now they're asking for 1400.

 

So now, they won't be receiving 1400 ventilators instead of 1000.

 

 

Thanks Florida!

In case you missed it, there was an ABC story yesterday about California asking for I-can't-remember-the-sum from the stockpile but only received 300. When they tried to fire them up, they didn't work.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23362]

 

[WhatTheBuck 28717]

2 hours ago, RPM said:

Maybe time to require fingerprints on ballots? I know that could be hacked (anything can be hacked) but at least you'd have an extra level of verification.

Coronal scans. 

[NWBuck 8548]

3 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Coronal scans. 

Put the Vice President in charge of it and go with rectal scans.

[jimmyjazz 45565]

46 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

You think Bolton did it without Trump's knowledge and approval? I doubt that. 

Well, I suspect Trump issued a target cost savings and Bolton executed.  There is no way Trump was briefed on either the details and certainly not the implications of Bolton's cuts.  He just doesn't care and doesn't have the mindset to absorb that kind of information.

Edited April 4, 2020 by jimmyjazz

[Blotto 23434]

16 minutes ago, NWBuck said:

Put the Vice President in charge of it and go with rectal scans.

While this would certainly ensure each and every vote is counted, it does leave us exposed to the possibility that some people will get to vote multiple times.

[Grade of D as in David 13253]

1 hour ago, RPM said:

Breadlines

 

Maybe we will end up eating all of the birds and chasing them down with snow coffee.

[WhatTheBuck 28717]

6 minutes ago, Blotto said:

While this would certainly ensure each and every vote is counted, it does leave us exposed to the possibility that some people will get to vote multiple times.

That's against the law. If someone sends in two ballots, or shows up at the polling place twice, we can charge them with a crime. That's why it rarely happens. 

[TwiceHorn 31304]

3 hours ago, F250 said:

This x100. This is straight up authoritarian behavior and should be a huge deal.

It's Thoughtco shit.  Straight up.

[SaucyJack 3487]

3 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

Whoa whoa whoa!  I just said I wished the president were dead and you're advocating for over a billion?  What about karma?

 

[Anastasis 23398]

Red, gold, and green...

red, gold, and green-een...

[tx 3 putt 76421]

4 hours ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

The government exists to serve the people and this reflects a government that thinks not only otherwise but that the government is never wrong.

The current government exists to serve one Donald J Trump, as he sees fit. It is also here to praise him as much as possible. 

[tx 3 putt 76421]

1 hour ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

 

have you heard this isn't as serious as the flu ? in fact, the flu causes many more deaths without shutting down the entire economy. think about that

have you also heard, more people die in automobile accidents ? we don't shut down the highways !

[JimmyJames 12271]

5 hours ago, Anastasis said:

Wishing death on people seems like a bad karmic move at this point, but I know that some of you guys are really in to it.  Hope that works out well for you. 

I only wish death on people who suffer severe narcissistic personality disorder who are in charge of the most powerful country in history who can affect the lives of millions of people.

Edited April 4, 2020 by JimmyJames

[F250 28699]

44 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

Red, gold, and green...

red, gold, and green-een...

I can't get it out of my head.

[tchookem 3900]

Maybe@Thujone can amend the cartoon frame. Instead of the Trump supporter cooking leaf soup in his MAGA hat, he can sing Trump's praises while sharing a ventilator with 5 other people.

[shnsajax 3589]

39 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

have you heard this isn't as serious as the flu ? in fact, the flu causes many more deaths without shutting down the entire economy. think about that

have you also heard, more people die in automobile accidents ? we don't shut down the highways !

We still need to try a good flu vaccine. Not just an average one, but a good one. 

[NameAlreadyInUse 5106]

41 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

have you heard this isn't as serious as the flu ? in fact, the flu causes many more deaths without shutting down the entire economy. think about that

have you also heard, more people die in automobile accidents ? we don't shut down the highways !

Had occasion to speak with a coworker today that I don’t often interact with. Asked him how he’s holding up, and got to hear about the flu being worse, way worse considering there’s already a vaccine and it still has killed more people THIS YEAR than Covid. Oh and no one under 70 is dying. I had already thought this guy was a dick but never had reason to believe he was also an idiot before. 

[tx 3 putt 76421]

im curious if people will pass over the COVID vaccine like they do the flu vaccine ?

[Burt 4062]

There's still people out there who think this is some New World Order conspiracy shit.  Like Karen:

Well, 19 days after making that post, Karen is no longer with us.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/khucq-help-the-sehlke-family?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cp share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR0lvh6Vo2-gWwlwDP4PmGK1V_nZU00LhevEfVTmEe9jQJ6tL2jm-M255MY

 

Edited April 4, 2020 by Burt

[Burt 4062]

double post

Edited April 4, 2020 by Burt

[FondrenRoad 4378]

1 minute ago, Burt said:

 

$27,490. Why are they begging for money?  Family needs to bootstraps like Karen would have wanted.  

 

[tx 3 putt 76421]

Dying from corona virus to own the libs, that's some dedication.

 

 

[TexLonghorn 5595]

4 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

 

For some perspective of how big the US totals are growing:  7,152 would rank as the 70th-highest crowd at Disch-Falk Field.  If we add the same number tomorrow as we added today, the total would rank as the 2nd-highest crowd ever at Disch-Falk, and we’re talking about having a to add a lot of temporary bleacher seating to get to that total.

Edited April 4, 2020 by TexLonghorn

[SameSame 1692]

Again, do not forget that people like dead Karen are all following their heroes.

 

 

Edited April 4, 2020 by SameSame

[DigDug 1649]

From the Karen post above, this is a standout paragraph.

"You don’t need hand sanitizer, toilet paper, and Lysol. You need common sense, a sense of direction, faith, a will to fight, and of course guns!"

That sums up a lot of what this country is dealing with.  A large portion of the population is simply anti-science.  No matter what some ole fancy schooling doctor or scientist tells them, they know better.  Thoughts and prayers.