COVID FAFO Roll Call

[The Dog 44,051]

6 hours ago, C-Man said:

There's no doubt Marjorie Taylor Greene is vaccinated.

Agreed - she went from not saying her status to now saying she isn't but I think she's full of shit. Self-preservation is priority #1 for people like her so she's almost definitely had the shot and boosted. 

[Guest Lobo]

I think somebody finally told her, "You can't just yell back at reporters asking about your vaccination status, 'AHHH...HIPAA VIOLATION!'  That's not how HIPAA works." 

So she's playing it safe with her base and saying she's not.  But she is.  Until she's not.  Then she was.  But she will be.  

One thing I know, if we keep writing about this...Imma's gonna get a cease and desist letter from her office saying the entire site is in violation of her HIPAA rights.  

[Pato del Muerto 52,498]

I’m sure someone explained to her that her refusal to state her status is a de facto admission of vaccination, since everyone knows that if she wasn’t vaxed she wouldn’t feel the need to hide that fact.   The obvious solution being to just lie about it. 

Edited January 14, 2022 by Pato del Muerto

[DaysOff 7,951]

6 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

“if anything happens to me, you tell every woman i’ve ever gone out with that i was talking about her at the end. that way they’ll have to reevaluate me.”

 

 

Broadcast News?

[GopherRock 1,765]

On 1/10/2022 at 4:56 PM, atomheartbevo said:

I'd have to dig it up again, but the Army said they are keeping unvaccinated soldiers in, making them serve their full term, but they are ending their careers - not eligible for promotions and I think they are getting stuck with really shitty jobs, and they may also get a loss of some benefits. Forgot what all it was, but basically the Army was going to make sure a bunch of idiots didn't use the vaccine as a way to get out early.

Shoveling shit in Louisiana has a nice ring to it.

[ouflak 60]

5 minutes ago, GopherRock said:

Shoveling shit in Louisiana has a nice ring to it.

Closest I could find was this: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/16/us/politics/military-vaccine-mandate.html

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The Senate passed final legislation this week that would prohibit the service branches from dishonorably discharging any member who refused to get the coronavirus vaccine. The measure, which was supported by Republicans in the House and the Senate, allows those who declined the vaccine to receive certain benefits after leaving the military.

 

 

[Gatorubet 30,238]

There's no doubt Marjorie Taylor Greene is vaccinated.

“She was vaxxed….look what it did to her toes!”

[C-Man 27,225]

I’m sure someone explained to her that her refusal to state her status is a de facto admission of vaccination, since everyone knows that if she wasn’t vaxed she wouldn’t feel the need to hide that fact.   The obvious solution being to just lie about it. 

That was the exact moment I knew she was vaxxed.

[MC Fresh Breath 4,074]

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My bile rises as I’m asked to move my dying cancer patient out of ICU to make room for an unvaccinated man with Covid

Entire op Ed is worth a read 
 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/13/my-bile-rises-as-im-asked-to-move-my-dying-cancer-patient-out-of-icu-to-make-room-for-an-unvaccinated-man-with-covid

Edit: on computer now so can cut and paste

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I understand that for a chance at survival, the Covid patient needs a ventilator, but in a career filled with ethical dilemmas, this one really tugs at me

‘No doctor wants to be in the invidious position of deciding whether to save you or the next patient.’ 

“I don’t know how you do your job,” is a common sentiment oncologists hear from those who assume that treating cancer must be uniformly depressing. But this is not the whole truth. The real gratification comes from accompanying patients on a tough journey and staying the course.

Which is why I rush to intensive care when I hear that one of my long-term patients has been admitted overnight.

While I was away, her disease progressed. She had begun aggressive chemotherapy and days later, she fell ill. Expecting a conversation about a temporary setback, I encounter a gravely ill woman who is intubated, with failing organs, on maximal life support.

Her family has been allowed in for a glimpse. Our long association makes the exchange hard. I tell them that the next 24 hours will be critical and even if she survives, there is difficulty ahead.

The misgivings have already begun – should she have had the chemo? How could a person go from working to dying in a matter of days? Did we or they miss a red flag? Her husband and children ask probing questions, but they are polite, restrained and incredibly gracious.

We’re so glad you’re back, the husband says. She missed you. I sense genuine affection but also the silent hope that now that I am back I will unravel the disaster. The responsibility feels enormous. Behind the masks and shields, our eyes are moist.

A few hours later, the intensive care doctor calls.

She’s very unwell, he says before getting to the real point.

“I am asking you if we can make an early call to palliate and discharge her from ICU.”

“When?”

“Now.”

My disbelief must be open because it prompts the rueful explanation that a Covid patient needs an intensive care bed.

The pieces fall together instantly. With intensive care at capacity, I am being asked to move my patient to make room for another. “After all, your patient does have incurable cancer.”

My bile rises. And even as I know it’s a petty question, I can’t help asking: “Is the Covid patient vaccinated?”

“No,” he says wearily. “That’s why he is so sick.”

Recriminations flood my mind, but this is no time for argument. I have deep regard for an old colleague who feels ethically conflicted and is asking for my help. I am torn between respecting his predicament and honouring my patient.

He agrees that absent a pandemic, if I had suggested withdrawing care, he would have counselled hanging on a little longer. And he concedes that while many of my patients die prematurely, it is important for the family to know that we did all we could. To change course merely hours after our bedside conversation would multiply this family’s grief. In turn, I understand that for a chance at survival, the Covid patient needs a ventilator.

“So, let’s make your position really clear for the night shift.”

By nature, I seek consensus and I’d like nothing more than to relieve my colleague’s obvious stress. But in a career filled with ethical dilemmas, this one really tugs at me. Only my word stands between the trajectory of a patient’s life and how her family will forever recall the experience. I am staggered by a power that I never sought, and it makes me queasy.

Keeping my voice steady, I say: “If you are asking for my permission to withdraw care tonight, I can’t give it. My patient may have cancer, but she deserves a chance.”

As I worry about alienating him, his voice breaks.

“I hope that if asked, my parents’ oncologist would make the exact same decision.”

The revelation leaves me speechless but with patients to see, there will have to be another time to ask after him.

Much is being said about the courage and sacrifice of health professionals to keep the healthcare system running but almost all of us would rather be on the frontline than anywhere else. When we enter the profession, we consecrate ourselves to serving humanity – there could not be a better time to do this. From the students rolling up their sleeves to the specialists redirected to treat Covid patients, not to mention all the nurses, paramedics and service staff sustaining a threatened workforce, this is an extraordinary and privileged time to be on the frontline.

But truth be told, we will spare the kitchen orchestra and the free drinks in exchange for a genuine reckoning with the difficulties we are facing. Often, medicine, needs to fix up its own troubles. But this time, there is something every individual has the power to do.

There is strong evidence of the efficacy of vaccines in protecting against severe illness and death. Even with the more infectious Omicron variant, the fully vaccinated are less unwell and have a greater chance of leaving hospital for home.

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The collective request from a concerned and tired workforce to the public is: get vaccinated, get your booster and keep up sensible precautions. No one wants to be in the invidious position of deciding whether to save you or the next patient. (Yes, rationing happens everywhere but it doesn’t have to be as egregious.)

My patient died quickly in intensive care. When we spoke, her family was grateful for our compassion and care and could not fault the system.

We don’t know what happened to the other patient. If he endured a prolonged wait, his family might feel let down by the delay, though his certain extended stay in intensive care will impact the next patient.

I doubt this will be any consolation to anyone, least of all those who must actually make the difficult decisions.

 

 

Edited January 15, 2022 by MC Fresh Breath

[Brisketexan 105,139]

My bile rises as I’m asked to move my dying cancer patient out of ICU to make room for an unvaccinated man with Covid

Entire op Ed is worth a read 
 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/13/my-bile-rises-as-im-asked-to-move-my-dying-cancer-patient-out-of-icu-to-make-room-for-an-unvaccinated-man-with-covid

But it’s my freedoms! My choice!

Again, people who shout the word “liberty”…..but have zero idea what it actually means. “On Liberty,” John Stuart Mill - pick it up, read it, and then shove your antivax “freedoms” up your sorry ass.

If your choice harms another person by taking up a precious resource that they need, you didn’t exercise freedom or liberty. You exercised toddler-level selfishness and irresponsibility, and you are a drain on society. If you do that, I’m fine with you dying, gasping for breath, as someone who was NOT a petulant toddler gets the ICU bed.

[Gil Bang 25,957]

Assembly candidate Benjamin Yu wasn’t vaccinated when he spent New Year’s in Las Vegas. A week later, when he was back home, the Lake Forest resident was so sick with COVID-19 and his oxygen levels so dangerously low that a local hospital admitted him to intensive care.

The previously healthy 39-year-old said he’s lost “weight, stamina and strength” over the past two weeks. Family and friends who helped take care of Yu also have become sick. At times, he said he’s wanted to bump his head against the wall to “relieve the pain and hopelessness.”

As of Thursday, Yu was still on oxygen at home and struggling to speak. But he used written messages to communicate that he believes he’s now on the path to recovery.

In “hindsight,” Yu said he realizes that being vaccinated “may possibly reduce the severity or duration of the episode.” (Data shows unvaccinated adults are 13 times more likely to end up hospitalized and 20 times more likely to die from the virus.) Yu said he’s considering getting vaccinated when he’s well, “possibly after a few months.” And he’s encouraging others to wear N95 masks and practice good hygiene as the Omnicron variant surges.

“It’s not only for ourselves but for others,” Yu said.

As news of Yu’s condition spread online over the past week, the Republican’s brush with severe COVID became the latest flashpoint in the partisan battle over this public health crisis.

Some on the left seized on Yu’s hospitalization — which came just days after the death of local GOP activist Kelly Ernby, who also wasn’t vaccinated and who Yu called a “great friend” — as the latest example of someone suffering consequences of a poor decision that mirrors misinformation coming from the right.

While Yu has occasionally shared posts on social media that questioned conventional medical advice about COVID-19, he rejects the label “anti-vaxxer.” He said he just had a “wait-and-see attitude” because he felt the vaccines were developed quickly and he wasn’t considered to be at high risk for serious illness. (Decades of studying coronaviruses and developing mRNA vaccines combined with a global sense of urgency sped development of the vaccines, which federal health officials now recommend for most people age 5 and older.)

Meanwhile, some figures on the right also capitalized on Yu’s struggle to circulate more misinformation.

Amy Phan West, a Republican who in 2020 lost a bid for Congress and is running again this year, said via Facebook that Yu, who she identified as a friend, was being pressured but had refused to let hospital doctors treat him with remdesivir. Though the antiviral drug has been clinically proven to help reduce the duration and severity of COVID-19 in patients, West’s page blew up with comments from supporters calling remdesivir “a path to a ventilator” and saying it “should be criminal to use it.”

Remdesivir has been targeted by some on the right ever since it gained support from Dr. Anthony Fauci, who many Republicans feel undermined President Donald Trump when it came to the need for coronavirus safety measures. Fauci announced in April of 2020 that the drug showed promise and it since has gained FDA approval.

Dr. Shruti Gohil, associate medical director for epidemiology and infection prevention at UC Irvine’s School of Medicine, on Thursday described remdesivir as a sometimes “lifesaving” drug for COVID-19 patients. While there may have been some conflicting studies about remdesivir and many other treatments in the early days of the pandemic, Gohil pointed to nearly two years of solid evidence that it can help reduce the length and severity of COVID-19 cases. The drug was given to Trump, among others, and Gohil describes it as a “mainstay” of treatment protocols.

Yu said West is wrong about him being pressured to use remdesivir. He said he never had a conversation with her about his medical decisions, and added that he still doesn’t understand the “political fuss” over remdesivir. He said he follows recommendations from the professionals when he goes to a hospital.

“I don’t mix politics into my health,” he said. “Please don’t put words into my mouth. I can speak for myself.”

West didn’t respond to a request to speak for this story. The Westminster resident is running for Congress in the new coastal 47th District against Rep. Katie Porter, D-Irvine, and other GOP candidates.

West previously declined to answer a question about whether she’s vaccinated. She and Ernby both were speakers in December at an Irvine rally against vaccine mandates. She also regularly shares social media posts that cast doubt about the efficacy of pandemic-related prevention and treatment methods, falsely claiming that masks don’t work against COVID. In November, she posted: “I remember when we treated a virus with warm soup, vitamin C, and plenty of rest…instead of Communism.”

Yu, who’s Chinese American, has peppered his campaign appearances with references to “the Democratic Party’s slide toward socialism, which reminds many of us of the communism we fled in China.” But on Thursday he said, “COVID, like past flus, seems stuck with us for (a) long time to come. The difference is COVID is severe, more contagious and generally more lethal, particularly to high risk groups, so we just have to face and deal with it from a general public and individual (standpoint).”

Yu grew up in New York and joined the Army in the aftermath of Sept. 11. He now serves on the Lake Forest Traffic and Parking commission and the boards of several community organizations while pursuing public office.

In 2020, Yu ran for the 68th Assembly District seat against GOP incumbent Steven Choi and two Democratic challengers but failed to make it out of the March primary. He also lost a November run for Saddleback Valley Unified School District’s board of directors.

This year, Yu is again running for Assembly against a fellow Republican. Following once-in-a-decade redistricting, he’ll challenge Newport Beach Councilwoman Diane Dixon for the new 72nd Assembly seat, which covers north coastal Orange County and stretches east through his hometown of Lake Forest. He hopes to start campaigning again once he’s well.

Yu said he’s not sure how he contracted the virus. He said he felt tired and some other common symptoms while he was in Las Vegas over the holidays, so he visited the Veterans Affairs hospital emergency room, where he tested positive for COVID-19. A doctor administered an IV, then told him to rest. He later went back to the VA emergency room in Vegas, where he received a steroid.

After coming home to Orange County about a week ago, he started feeling worse. He said he was briefly admitted to the ICU at Saddleback Medical Center for low oxygen levels. He asked to be sent home with an oxygen machine so he could recover with his family and his dog Max while letting the hospital use its resources for those who need them the most.

As for the attention his battle with COVID-19 has gathered online, drawing tweets such as “I’ve tested negative for sympathy,” Yu said, “Social media is not a fun public square.” He said he’s changed some of his past posts so only close friends can see them. But he said he’s also received lots of well wishes and prayers, which he said “gives me great comfort and strength to relax and recover.”

The deaths of two Orange County residents were reported Thursday, according to county health department data. Another 1,072 people were hospitalized, with 168 people in the ICU. Nearly 6,000 people have died of COVID-19 in Orange County since the pandemic began.

Orange County residents can get information about free COVID-19 vaccinations, boosters, testing and other resources at occovid19.ochealthinfo.com.

[Brisketexan 105,139]

Assembly candidate Benjamin Yu wasn’t vaccinated when he spent New Year’s in Las Vegas. A week later, when he was back home, the Lake Forest resident was so sick with COVID-19 and his oxygen levels so dangerously low that a local hospital admitted him to intensive care.

The previously healthy 39-year-old said he’s lost “weight, stamina and strength” over the past two weeks. Family and friends who helped take care of Yu also have become sick. At times, he said he’s wanted to bump his head against the wall to “relieve the pain and hopelessness.”

As of Thursday, Yu was still on oxygen at home and struggling to speak. But he used written messages to communicate that he believes he’s now on the path to recovery.

In “hindsight,” Yu said he realizes that being vaccinated “may possibly reduce the severity or duration of the episode.” (Data shows unvaccinated adults are 13 times more likely to end up hospitalized and 20 times more likely to die from the virus.) Yu said he’s considering getting vaccinated when he’s well, “possibly after a few months.” And he’s encouraging others to wear N95 masks and practice good hygiene as the Omnicron variant surges.

“It’s not only for ourselves but for others,” Yu said.

As news of Yu’s condition spread online over the past week, the Republican’s brush with severe COVID became the latest flashpoint in the partisan battle over this public health crisis.

Some on the left seized on Yu’s hospitalization — which came just days after the death of local GOP activist Kelly Ernby, who also wasn’t vaccinated and who Yu called a “great friend” — as the latest example of someone suffering consequences of a poor decision that mirrors misinformation coming from the right.

While Yu has occasionally shared posts on social media that questioned conventional medical advice about COVID-19, he rejects the label “anti-vaxxer.” He said he just had a “wait-and-see attitude” because he felt the vaccines were developed quickly and he wasn’t considered to be at high risk for serious illness. (Decades of studying coronaviruses and developing mRNA vaccines combined with a global sense of urgency sped development of the vaccines, which federal health officials now recommend for most people age 5 and older.)

Meanwhile, some figures on the right also capitalized on Yu’s struggle to circulate more misinformation.

Amy Phan West, a Republican who in 2020 lost a bid for Congress and is running again this year, said via Facebook that Yu, who she identified as a friend, was being pressured but had refused to let hospital doctors treat him with remdesivir. Though the antiviral drug has been clinically proven to help reduce the duration and severity of COVID-19 in patients, West’s page blew up with comments from supporters calling remdesivir “a path to a ventilator” and saying it “should be criminal to use it.”

Remdesivir has been targeted by some on the right ever since it gained support from Dr. Anthony Fauci, who many Republicans feel undermined President Donald Trump when it came to the need for coronavirus safety measures. Fauci announced in April of 2020 that the drug showed promise and it since has gained FDA approval.

Dr. Shruti Gohil, associate medical director for epidemiology and infection prevention at UC Irvine’s School of Medicine, on Thursday described remdesivir as a sometimes “lifesaving” drug for COVID-19 patients. While there may have been some conflicting studies about remdesivir and many other treatments in the early days of the pandemic, Gohil pointed to nearly two years of solid evidence that it can help reduce the length and severity of COVID-19 cases. The drug was given to Trump, among others, and Gohil describes it as a “mainstay” of treatment protocols.

Yu said West is wrong about him being pressured to use remdesivir. He said he never had a conversation with her about his medical decisions, and added that he still doesn’t understand the “political fuss” over remdesivir. He said he follows recommendations from the professionals when he goes to a hospital.

“I don’t mix politics into my health,” he said. “Please don’t put words into my mouth. I can speak for myself.”

West didn’t respond to a request to speak for this story. The Westminster resident is running for Congress in the new coastal 47th District against Rep. Katie Porter, D-Irvine, and other GOP candidates.

West previously declined to answer a question about whether she’s vaccinated. She and Ernby both were speakers in December at an Irvine rally against vaccine mandates. She also regularly shares social media posts that cast doubt about the efficacy of pandemic-related prevention and treatment methods, falsely claiming that masks don’t work against COVID. In November, she posted: “I remember when we treated a virus with warm soup, vitamin C, and plenty of rest…instead of Communism.”

Yu, who’s Chinese American, has peppered his campaign appearances with references to “the Democratic Party’s slide toward socialism, which reminds many of us of the communism we fled in China.” But on Thursday he said, “COVID, like past flus, seems stuck with us for (a) long time to come. The difference is COVID is severe, more contagious and generally more lethal, particularly to high risk groups, so we just have to face and deal with it from a general public and individual (standpoint).”

Yu grew up in New York and joined the Army in the aftermath of Sept. 11. He now serves on the Lake Forest Traffic and Parking commission and the boards of several community organizations while pursuing public office.

In 2020, Yu ran for the 68th Assembly District seat against GOP incumbent Steven Choi and two Democratic challengers but failed to make it out of the March primary. He also lost a November run for Saddleback Valley Unified School District’s board of directors.

This year, Yu is again running for Assembly against a fellow Republican. Following once-in-a-decade redistricting, he’ll challenge Newport Beach Councilwoman Diane Dixon for the new 72nd Assembly seat, which covers north coastal Orange County and stretches east through his hometown of Lake Forest. He hopes to start campaigning again once he’s well.

Yu said he’s not sure how he contracted the virus. He said he felt tired and some other common symptoms while he was in Las Vegas over the holidays, so he visited the Veterans Affairs hospital emergency room, where he tested positive for COVID-19. A doctor administered an IV, then told him to rest. He later went back to the VA emergency room in Vegas, where he received a steroid.

After coming home to Orange County about a week ago, he started feeling worse. He said he was briefly admitted to the ICU at Saddleback Medical Center for low oxygen levels. He asked to be sent home with an oxygen machine so he could recover with his family and his dog Max while letting the hospital use its resources for those who need them the most.

As for the attention his battle with COVID-19 has gathered online, drawing tweets such as “I’ve tested negative for sympathy,” Yu said, “Social media is not a fun public square.” He said he’s changed some of his past posts so only close friends can see them. But he said he’s also received lots of well wishes and prayers, which he said “gives me great comfort and strength to relax and recover.”

The deaths of two Orange County residents were reported Thursday, according to county health department data. Another 1,072 people were hospitalized, with 168 people in the ICU. Nearly 6,000 people have died of COVID-19 in Orange County since the pandemic began.

Orange County residents can get information about free COVID-19 vaccinations, boosters, testing and other resources at occovid19.ochealthinfo.com.

Here’s a plain and clear position: fuck that guy. He marketed and sold a position that had gotten people killed. He may end up being one of them. Fuck him.

[TheStoicPaisano 9,922]

Oh, the OC Lake Forest. I’m an idoit.

But could totally see the McCaskeys doing this.

Edited January 15, 2022 by TheStoicPaisano

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19,101]

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/01/15/sports/djokovic-australia

Djokovic deported.  Good.  Fuck him.

[Underdog 28,630]

Would like to see other Tournaments/sites follow suit.  I had forgotten about his tantrum hitting a Line Judge with a ball.  

[HenryJames 66,052]

1 hour ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/01/15/sports/djokovic-australia

Djokovic deported.  Good.  Fuck him.

[DDD Dad 14,339]

Well bye.gif

[HenryJames 66,052]

@PenelopeWitherspoon must have been pissed to have her dinner interrupted like this.

[Bama Chick 28,596]

Serves Novaxx Djcovid right.

And Australia has a law that if you’re deported because you lied on the visa paperwork to get in, you aren’t only deported - you get barred from entering Australia for three years.

Could be his last AO for a bit.

[DDD Dad 14,339]

[mention=550]PenelopeWitherspoon[/mention] must have been pissed to have her dinner interrupted like this.

That it was an Olive Garden is the chef’s kiss. “Today Olive Garden. Tomorrow we conquer Applebees!”

[tx 3 putt 76,956]

1 minute ago, DDD Dad said:

That it was an Olive Garden is the chef’s kiss. “Today Olive Garden. Tomorrow we conquer Applebees!”

[JimmyJames 12,271]

Getting arrested at an Olive Garden to own the Libs! Absolutely perfect. 

[Brisketexan 105,139]

What I personally enjoy is that the people championing him as some freedom fighter hero, and Australia MUST let him stay there to pursue his livelihood….are largely the exact same people who say over and over again “a country has laws and has to control its borders - if you aren’t willing to follow the rules, then you don’t get to come in!”

So which is it, fellas?

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,512]

Novak showed bureaucracy problems in that he was initially given special permission for who he was, and then made an example because who he was.

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19,101]

2 hours ago, HenryJames said:

@PenelopeWitherspoon must have been pissed to have her dinner interrupted like this.

Lol.  What a bunch of idiots.  Especially the young white dude saying that this is like the Civil rights from the 60s.

They miss the massive distinction of they are choosing not to be vaccinated whereas the people who have asked for equality all do it for things outside of their control, like race, sex, gender (they are two different things), or sexual orientation.   What a fucking moron the guy in that video is.  I hope he gets doxxed.

Edited January 16, 2022 by PenelopeWitherspoon

[DDD Dad 14,339]

34 minutes ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

Lol.  What a bunch of idiots.  Especially the young white dude saying that this is like the Civil rights from the 60s.

They miss the massive distinction of they are choosing not to be vaccinated whereas the people who have asked for equality all do it for things outside of their control, like race, sex, gender (they are two different things), or sexual orientation preference.   What a fucking moron the guy in that video is.  I hope he gets doxxed.

FIFY

[Guest Lobo]

That's awesome.  If the CR Liberal Cabal spent a week trying to draw up an ironic plan of putting anti-vaxx Qanon MAGA dipshits on full moronic display for the world to see...nobody would have come up with anything as pitch perfect as 'Maskless patriots hold lock-in, a cappella sing-along at Times Square Olive Garden in tribute to Trump!"

I mean, maybe the Orlando Airport Chili's but I think the simulation got it dead to rights this time.  

[Horn Under a Bad Sign 20,400]

2 hours ago, HenryJames said:

@PenelopeWitherspoon must have been pissed to have her dinner interrupted like this.

Yeah because when I think of Rosa Parks and the brave African Americans who sat at lunch counters demanding to be served the very next thing that comes to mind is some fat, unvaxxed fuck who's too stupid to get a free vaccine that would save his life and who just can't wait to get another bottomless bowl of spaghetti. 

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19,101]

20 minutes ago, DDD Dad said:

FIFY

Thanks.  Was blanking on the phrase.  😆

[JimmyJames 12,271]

Did they at least get to eat some of the bread before getting arrested?

Also I liked time square better back in the 80s when it was filled with hookers, drug dealers and porno shops. This Olive Garden version of Times Square sucks. 

[Gatorubet 30,238]

Yeah because when I think of Rosa Parks and the brave African Americans who sat at lunch counters demanding to be served the very next thing that comes to mind is some fat, unvaxxed fuck who's too stupid to get a free vaccine that would save his life

Maga trees bear a strange fruit
Horse paste on the leaves and bleach at the root
Obese bodies wanting New York pardons
Strange fruit hangin' from the Olive Gardens…

[Underdog 28,630]

39 minutes ago, JimmyJames said:

Also I liked time square better back in the 80s when it was filled with hookers, drug dealers and porno shops.

F

 

[Gil Bang 25,957]

3 hours ago, HenryJames said:

@PenelopeWitherspoon must have been pissed to have her dinner interrupted like this.

 

3 hours ago, DDD Dad said:

That it was an Olive Garden is the chef’s kiss. “Today Olive Garden. Tomorrow we conquer Applebees!”

 

3 hours ago, JimmyJames said:

Getting arrested at an Olive Garden to own the Libs! Absolutely perfect. 

Somebody on twitter said it like when the protesters grandfathers liberated Sicily, but with unlimited salad and breadsticks.

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12,301]

this simulation is getting funnier.

[JimmyJames 12,271]

The revolution will include breadsticks. 

[Beau Vine 54,226]

4 hours ago, HenryJames said:

@PenelopeWitherspoon must have been pissed to have her dinner interrupted like this.

Jesus Christ, imagine being in NYC and deciding to eat at fucking Olive Garden...The DUMBEST fucking people.

[RDCanecutter 26,442]

39 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Jesus Christ, imagine being in NYC and deciding to eat at fucking Olive Garden...The DUMBEST fucking people.

Chain restaurants in NYC are good for when you need someplace to piss. I didn't know people ate food at them.

[jimmyjazz 45,948]

9 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

Chain restaurants in NYC are good for when you need someplace to piss. I didn't know people ate food at them.

I used to go visit my sister many times a year.  She lived in various rent-controlled hovels just inside of Harlem.  One trip, a buddy tagged along, and we decided to see a show at CBGB, so we picked a night when up-and-comers Soul Asylum were playing.  Great show, but I digress.

We drank a shit ton of beer and tried to avoid CBGB's grotesque downstairs bathroom as much as we could.  Then, we found ourselves walking north through what seemed like an urban wasteland at 2:30 in the morning to catch a train uptown.  Problem was, we were floating kidneys with beer, so we kept having to get off the subway to find a bar and piss.  Being good guys, we couldn't just use the pisser, we had to drink a beer before getting on the next train.  Classic 1st/4th quadrant positive-feedback controls theory in action.  It was as if we were real-life reenacting the old logic puzzle of "if you cut your step size in half each step, how long will it take you to run into the wall?".  I think we made it to my sister's place around 6 AM.

Good times.  So, Olive Garden?  Jeez, at least go Famous Ray's.

[RDCanecutter 26,442]

37 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

I used to go visit my sister many times a year.  She lived in various rent-controlled hovels just inside of Harlem.  One trip, a buddy tagged along, and we decided to see a show at CBGB, so we picked a night when up-and-comers Soul Asylum were playing.  Great show, but I digress.

We drank a shit ton of beer and tried to avoid CBGB's grotesque downstairs bathroom as much as we could.  Then, we found ourselves walking north through what seemed like an urban wasteland at 2:30 in the morning to catch a train uptown.  Problem was, we were floating kidneys with beer, so we kept having to get off the subway to find a bar and piss.  Being good guys, we couldn't just use the pisser, we had to drink a beer before getting on the next train.  Classic 1st/4th quadrant positive-feedback controls theory in action.  It was as if we were real-life reenacting the old logic puzzle of "if you cut your step size in half each step, how long will it take you to run into the wall?".  I think we made it to my sister's place around 6 AM.

Good times.  So, Olive Garden?  Jeez, at least go Famous Ray's.

Kinda my experience at Mardi Gras-- drinking over-priced beer I didn't really want so I could stand in line for bathrooms I wouldn't have needed.

[Nivek 16,929]

Lol.  What a bunch of idiots.  Especially the young white dude saying that this is like the Civil rights from the 60s.
They miss the massive distinction of they are choosing not to be vaccinated whereas the people who have asked for equality all do it for things outside of their control, like race, sex, gender (they are two different things), or sexual orientation.   What a fucking moron the guy in that video is.  I hope he gets doxxed.

Patron Saint of Lost Causes award is for you if you think those morons can not moron.

[JimmyJames 12,271]

2 hours ago, RDCanecutter said:

Chain restaurants in NYC are good for when you need someplace to piss. I didn't know people ate food at them.

Whenever I see an Applebee’s I always stop there to take a dump. Not so much with Olive Garden 

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7 hours ago, HenryJames said:

@PenelopeWitherspoon must have been pissed to have her dinner interrupted like this.

7 hours ago, DDD Dad said:

That it was an Olive Garden is the chef’s kiss. “Today Olive Garden. Tomorrow we conquer Applebees!”

7 hours ago, JimmyJames said:

Getting arrested at an Olive Garden to own the Libs! Absolutely perfect. 

3 hours ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

this simulation is getting funnier.

I was saying it last year - you have all of these prepper types who are armed to the teeth, have their Jim Bakker buckets of food, were prepared for the Russians or North Koreans or Arabs to invade or whatever Red Dawn fantasy was running through their brains, had their Alex Jones male supplements, some even had bunkers or places out in the country with water wells and solar panel setups, had their buried gold coins, they had shitloads of videos on YouTube talking about how when shit hit the fan, they were ready to "go off the grid".

And then a pandemic hits, where everybody is encouraged to stay home when possible, get out as little as possible.

And we found out that these motherfuckers who were prepped to repel an invasion from another country couldn't handle going without SuperCuts or Applebees or Chilis for a month.

 

 

 

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9 hours ago, HenryJames said:

Wait, the Tonga Volcano erupted?

[atomheartbevo 89,665]

Oh wait, that's Tonga, not Toba.

[Beau Vine 54,226]

Found out today that my Trumpiest, batshit craziest former friend had covid in the fall and nearly died.  And of course she wasn't vaccinated.  @jimmyjazz knows who I'm talking about.

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19,101]

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/no-vaccine-no-french-open-djokovic-says-french-sports-ministry-2022-01-17/

Go France!  Fuck Djokovic.

Quote

The French Sports Ministry said on Monday there would be no exemption from a new vaccine pass law approved on Sunday, which requires people to have vaccination certificates to enter public places such as restaurants, cafes and cinemas.

"This will apply to everyone who is a spectator or a professional sportsperson. And this until further notice," the ministry said.

"As far as Roland Garros is concerned, it's in May. The situation may change between now and then and we hope it'll be more favourable. So we'll see but clearly there's no exemption."

I hope they keep it through May.  Fuck him.

[jimmyjazz 45,948]

47 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Found out today that my Trumpiest, batshit craziest former friend had covid in the fall and nearly died.  And of course she wasn't vaccinated.  @jimmyjazz knows who I'm talking about.

Glad she pulled through, regardless of my general disdain for that particular demographic.

[Anastasis 23,469]

40 minutes ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/no-vaccine-no-french-open-djokovic-says-french-sports-ministry-2022-01-17/

Go France!  Fuck Djokovic.

I hope they keep it through May.  Fuck him.

This is all a bit insane. Not your post. Just the way that some of these countries are dealing with this. 

[HenryJames 66,052]

54 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Found out today that my Trumpiest, batshit craziest former friend had covid in the fall and nearly died.  And of course she wasn't vaccinated.  @jimmyjazz knows who I'm talking about.

Eskimo brothers?

[High Plains Drifter 11,049]

On 1/16/2022 at 9:52 AM, Bama Chick said:

Serves Novaxx Djcovid right.


 

 

I see what you did there.

 

 

On 1/16/2022 at 3:20 PM, RDCanecutter said:

Chain restaurants in NYC are good for when you need someplace to piss. I didn't know people ate food at them.

 

i thought that was why they put a Starbuck's on every corner.