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Kirstie Alley has traded one cult for another. Neither of them will change that she hasn't been relevant since Zack Morris was still in acid wash.

I saw that CBS was repeating the debut of the Late Late Show with James Corden. Beyond doing a double take at how dated various segments already are (hello Lena Dunham...), I was horrified that they included a long comedy segment starring Les Moonves. They are clearly desperate for material to repeat with everything going on, but that they still gave him such a positive platform after full exposure of everything he did tells you again just how depraved the people at the top of CBS are. 

17 minutes ago, Khan said:

 

Start the clock: Donald Trump gives Dr. Fauci the heave-ho in five, four, three, two....

And it won't be for the reasons Maggie Haberman, eternal shill, gives. It's down to boy wonder (what a surprise Maggie wouldn't mention the Kushners).

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/03/as-the-crisis-escalates-trump-experiments-with-a-pivot

I want to hear how many Fox News viewers are willing to die, right now, for the country. 

Jim Cramer, always on the frontlines of suffering and pain in the name of lining his pockets, suggests that people have to be given a "star" as they are forced to return to work. Gee, I wonder what that is referencing.

44 minutes ago, xtr said:

I know people are worried and scared, but the "He's going to kill us all" stuff is not going to happen. It's not. We're not all going to die from this. Most of us are not going to die from this. More people have died and will die from other things than coronavirus. Even taken into consideration that it's more contagious than other illnesses. There are things right now killing more people and will kill more people this year and in the future than coronavirus. People being concerned and scared is very understandable, but I do believe that most people in this country will survive in spite of this illness being around.

I'm sure there are some, like Cuomo, who will try to thread the needle between people going back to work and loss of life - the loss of life that men like this see as worthwhile, anyway:

Trump's White House, on the other hand, is full of people who believe if they bring about the end of the world. they will meet Jesus and be ascended to Heaven. 

Pence, Pompeo and Barr are all fine with killing us. That's what they have spent much of their lives being told is the endgame. That's what Dominionism is all about.

4 minutes ago, I Am A Swede said:

^^

I'm so glad I'm not on any social media.  

That stuff is now being posted here as well, in this thread. It ends up being everywhere. It's disturbing.

5 minutes ago, JaneAusten said:

I work out of my home for the most part - visiting clients as needs warrant it - I was notified last week I was exposed to someone with COVID-19 the week before last when I was at a client site in a meeting with that person. So I have been self isolating. Which even as a home worker and with a senior mom who lives in a retirement community yet sort of depends on me is hard. You know what I could do if testing was available to everyone - get tested. But I can't because while I have been exposed to someone, I don't have any symptoms. I guess I am only speaking for myself but if I could test and find out I don't have it it would be a weight off my mind and I can now work on protecting myself and those around me more thoroughly. 

Sorry to hear that. I hope everything will turn out fine for you. 

8 minutes ago, I Am A Swede said:

Does anyone even care?  

The conspiracy lunatics do, as they will tell us it's all part of a grand plan to kill him for his silence. These people just flood all over social media spewing complete nonsense and poison, and are just sick. They spread utter insanity as the gospel, like claiming Tom Hanks is actually under some sort of house arrest. 

2 minutes ago, xtr said:

I also saw some one post a statistic, that there are actually more homes than homeless people. (I think it's like a 6:1 ratio or something like that.) That is shameful and more needs to be done to help them during and after this pandemic.

A lot of people buy up empty houses and then leave them, as they are just for tax purposes. Some activists in California have begun squatting in the houses (although they don't call it that anymore). It will probably end soon enough, but the idea is sound.

Just now, DramatistDreamer said:

The only problem with that strategy of setting aside centers for recuperation of mild and moderate symptoms possibly failing in a place like the U.S. is that you have places like Darien, CT that have rabid NIMBY-ism.  It's the reason why the U.S. has such a vicious cycle of homelessness.

In an ideal world, the policies Newsom is making about rehousing the homeless would be used even after all this is over, but they won't.

6 minutes ago, xtr said:

 

The more you learn.... (And I wouldn't be surprised if more stuff comes that out that would contradict the less try and force as many people to stay at home idea that people are pushing).

 

Honestly, this makes more sense than trying to force most people to remain cooped up at home. Regardless of whether they have the virus, showing symptoms, or are even live/usually interact with higher risk people. 

 

I think China was literally sealing people up in their homes at various points. 

It's difficult for me to gauge their success because they lie so much. 

8 minutes ago, xtr said:

 

I can understand why people are upset about Trump's leadership and weary of decisions he wants to make that. That being said while I don't agree with Trump when it comes to a lot of things, but I do think that evaluating things after a couple weeks is actually a good idea. Though, I don't know what/how definitive decisions can be made at that time. I think that people need to take things a bit slower here, especially since there is still things we don' t know about the virus. I do feel like are trying to make long terms decisions and that those decisions could will have long term and devastating ramifications for people and the economy. Things that could end up being more damaging than even the impact of the virus.

I think this is a complicated situation and I agree with those who say the current economic situation isn't sustainable. Unfortunately I don't see this as evaluating, I see it as tantruming because the stock market is his baby and he will do anything to try to not be known as the President who caused another depression. There's been no effort to give people money through the crisis, which even center-right countries like El Salvador seem to be proposing. What we will get here is people continuing to be broke, many of them not being paid for the time off, many of them forced back into work at a peak time of contagion. He won't implement these plans in a way that minimizes harm, because he doesn't know how and he doesn't care and he doesn't let anyone who does care have any say in decisions. 

He is willing to kill millions of people to get what he wants. 

This is the type of death fuel that is being endorsed by the White House. It's what Dominic Cummings and Boris Johnson tried their best to do in the UK. 

24 minutes ago, Chris B said:

I muted him on Twitter to avoid seeing things like that, but it does seem dire. The irony is that republicans in the senate seem to be the ones having to quarantine and seem to be in more danger because they simply aren't taking this seriously. I worry with the Senate that things will get worse for all of them due to the lack of pre cautions being taken. Then so many people are still taking this too lightly assuming they'll get government checks. I havent' been counting on that because we know how full of it these people are. As we can see by the bill they're trying to pass, it's likely most Americans won't get anything and the businesses will be the ones saved. If that happens I can't imagine how Americans will react.

Bots on Twitter are setting them up to blame Pelosi and the Democrats. And many will. Dumbasses on the left went out of their way to make sure people would blame Pelosi and Democrats too. It's sad. The left is increasingly fond of Trump and will support him over Biden in many cases, while the right continues to worship him. The more deranged he gets the more this triggers a positive response in so many of the sick, depraved people in this country. 

I never thought we were getting a check. It's a setup for a blame game. And so many, many people fell for it, most of all the media. Look at this nonsense about the realignment of the parties and how the Republicans now want the government to help people. No basis in truth, but people will lap it up, because it makes them feel good.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/23/coronavirus-rewiring-republican-democratic-parties-141298

I don't normally post Trump tweets but I saw this one and my heart went to my throat. He's going to try to kill us all.

Thanks for the kind words. I know this isn't the right type of place for that stuff but just had to vent.

Anyway, here's the full version of the Rosie special.

A family friend called today - their father was older and had been hospitalized, touch and go. They hadn't been able to see him, and he died without them there. Now they will have to plan a funeral with this in mind as well. It's one of those moments where you sort of feel this coming closer and closer to your everyday life.

14 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

ABC and CBS cut his press conference today and went to regular programming . NBC is the only ones that didn't .

What a surprise, considering how hard Andrew Lack worked to get him elected.

2 hours ago, Wendy said:

So, I guess we're stuck with seeing and hearing the orange arsehole EVERY FREAKING DAY now... (On now.)  I can't take him. AT ALL.

I'd read that the networks may start fact checking him, but I'll believe it when I see it. 

The sad part is he is doing what propaganda people do in countries like NK. The main difference is he doesn't even trust anybody enough to do that for him. He has to suck up the attention himself. 

The only time I've felt this ashamed of our President was Iraq and after Katrina.

Rosie O'Donnell is currently having a livestream return of her show for Broadway Cares. Judith Light is currently on (although they can't hear her...).