DRW50
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11 minutes ago, Khan said:
If we end up re-electing that a-hole in November after THIS mess, then I'm perfectly prepared to stow away on a boat or plane, leave behind my loved ones and head for a nation with more responsible leaders. Seriously. I'm not gonna f**king die, because my fellow Americans are a rotten electorate.
If I could I probably would too (although at this point I don't think anybody wants us unless we're packing Jeff Bezos type cash).
I was just thinking about what you said about not focusing so much on social media. I've seen some beautiful images recently, from people in Spain and Italy showing solidarity, yet all I see with Americans is so many dumbasses who are bragging about going out.
So many people here just don't care. They are so nihilistic, they've given up. They don't care if they die and they don't care if we die. If you don't see this, you see those idiots who go on Twitter talking about boomer removers or even bragging about how their 9 or 10 year old children are talking about boomer removers.
This country is so full of sick people, days like today it's hard to have any hope. All I can hope is that these monsters are in a minority and not able to do real damage.
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12 minutes ago, OzFrog said:
Anne Sward and Scott Bryce always brought it in any scenes together. There was a May 1984 episode I watched a while ago where Lyla came to visit Craig in prison and ask his forgiveness for her not supporting him during his trial. That was one of the most heart-wrenching scenes I had ever watched.
I remember that. I know Anne was a bit too young to play their mother, but she always had such believable connections with HBS and Scott Bryce. You truly felt like you were watching a mother and her kids. The Montgomery/Dixon family had such strong casting through most of the '80s, that quality superseded any writing issues.
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4 minutes ago, Aback said:
the second tweet must be a hoax right? Tel me it’s a hoax.Generally if something is being pushed by groups that are tied to the DSA I don't believe it.
There's also stuff going around those circles about how China, Venezuela and Cuba are all teaming up with cures and bwahaha to America, those socialist and communist countries are showing you how wretched you are. I don't believe that either.
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6 minutes ago, xtr said:
My pregnant co-worker was upset today because her husband was out shopping for the and he said that the store was out of diapers. She's six months pregnant and was really worried about that, because she also has an 18 month old at home and she only had one pack of diapers left. Thankfully when someone went on break, they were able to go out and find a pack of a diapers for her, in one of the stores. (Though, my other co-worker stated it was one of the few packs left and it was a small pack)
That's so awful. I hope everything works out for your co-worker.
In one of Newt Gingrich's rare bits of sanity:
John Cornyn is trolling, as the sociopath Republicans who hate us and want us to die do. I'd say give money to his opponent, but there's little chance he's going to lose, so just use that money to stay safe, and maybe just tell people you know in Texas about the race instead.
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9 minutes ago, wingwalker said:I think we are just starting to find out how dangerous or not this virus is. Most information about it was based off data from China, which I'm not sure can be 100% trusted. A lot of our medical experts have been saying only 2% of people who get this will die, because that's what happened in China. South Korea's is way lower than that, but Iran's death rate is 4.8% and Italy's death rate is at 6.8%. They have been saying it mostly affects older people because that's what the data from China showed, but both Italy and France have announced people under 60 are also in the ICU. Today France said 50% of their people in the ICU due to this virus is UNDER 60. I think the more data we get from other countries the more we'll know if this is overblown or not.
Given the state of health care and of the common person's health in the US I'm expecting the worst. The sad part is nothing will change. McConnell is still dragging his feet. The bill passed was important but still nowhere near enough. And Trump is as popular as ever.
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2 minutes ago, I Am A Swede said:
The malaria comparison might not have been the most relevant, but the point I was trying to make was that it feels like everyone's panicking over this. It's not the bubonic plague. Entire countries shutting down, closing borders, cancelling all sporting events, restaurants, theatres and cinemas closing etc....
In Norway, Denmark and Sweden together we've had somehere between 2,500 and 3000 confirmed cases so far, and 5 deaths combined. All of them elderly people with prior health issues.
It's not a death sentence if you catch this virus, but people are acting like it is. For the vast majority it will probably be like a bad case of the flu, or even less than that.
I'm not saying we should completely ignore it, of course not, but let's not get carried away.
I think part of this is because of poor leadership making people feel they have no real hope or answers. The UK and the US have abominably bad leaders, as does Australia.
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8 minutes ago, sivad40 said:
I know you're probably being sarcastice but Trump doesn't give rat's ass if people die. He couldn't care less. He is concerned with one thing and one thing only: How he is viewed by his base. His ego is so large he thinks of this only in terms of how it will affect his popularity. He has no care for the human element in this. This is why he only speaks about this in terms of the Dow, because his entire presidency hinges on people believing he has created this mega-economy.
I didn't mean he cared about them as people - I meant they are his voters so he needs them for reelection.
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13 minutes ago, Aback said:
As for the shoppers, I don't see what's so strange about panicking and wanting to stockpile. It's very human to get worried and provide for one's loved ones. It's the owners of the shops who should put a limit on purchases (let's say 2 hand sanitizers per person). The same goes for mask producers. There's a high demand for masks, then produce more. I know it's not that simple, but the narrative here has been pretty confusing.
Someone in the replies to the tweet works at a store and said if they have limits, a person will leave the store, then come back not long after and buy more. It's better than someone buying a thousand things at once, but only marginally so.
I think there's a point where if you are buying dozens and dozens of rolls of toilet paper and you are only taking care of yourself or a few other people, then you should consider leaving some behind.
Unfortunately most masks are not made in the US and the few who make them are in heavy demand. A Chinese businessman is donating a million masks, but those will go very quickly.
A great deal of the lack of supplies is because this country has shuttered so many of our businesses and factories. And that isn't likely to change, sadly.
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I was reading about some of the shitfaces who mass bought hand sanitizer and other products to sell at hugely inflated prices (the New York Times, surprise surprise, gave one of them a glowing profile, complete with a "cute" photo where he's embracing his wife and baby). Enraging. These people should be put in jail.
In more positive news (for now, anyway - unless action is taken these places will just double down into burning everything once this is over [if it's over...]).
And also this, which is mostly just something that needs to be said over and over and over:
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1 minute ago, Faulkner said:
I was wary too, as the right-wing media are trying to make hay out of this. I saw the Times story and figured it was at least relevant for discussion here.
Oh you're right - it quickly went further than just her blog. That Dyson guy has also been interviewed, briefly (behind an adwall).
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This seems like a much more fun version of that Master twist in The End of Time that annoyed the hell out of me.
https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/doctors/a31439201/doctors-joe-pasquale-episode-reactions/
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It's always:
- voter suppression
- rigging (the exit polls show it's true!)
- they don't have time to vote because their lives are too hard
AOC is trying to distance herself while also keeping up appearances. It's going to get her burned at both ends, although she is still faring better than Rashida Tlaib (who I think really badly hindered herself long-term careerwise) and Ilhan Omar (who seems to be known solely for love life dramas these days).
Meanwhile, Bernie and his people continue to excel at wasting money and at spitefulness (Scranton is very dear to Biden).
@Faulkner I saw that too but was wary initially because Candace Owens was spreading the story (and even put out Gillum's home address before deleting it). Apparently one of the men there, Dyson, has the same name as a guy whose profiles on social media just went down. Let's just say that Dyson was...very, very, very generous with letting everyone see his body.
Gillum is such an important activist, I'm sorry to see him dragged into this stuff, and I'm sorry for his family most of all.
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11 hours ago, Faulkner said:
Of course useless David Sirota is taking the opportunity to make it all about how much he hates the Democrats (in between talking about how they don't want Bernie to win because he works for Bernie).
4 hours ago, Khan said:I'd believe it!
The thing is, Donald Trump is afraid high numbers will hurt his chances for reelection, but what good does it do him to allow this virus to spread throughout the country when everyone's too sick or dead to go to the polls in November? Not too bright, Donald! Not too bright!
He'd just get to cancel the election.
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3 hours ago, Khan said:
Well, at the very least, someone in that administration should've had the guts and the brains to "break glass" on the 25th Amendment when it was clear how badly Donald Trump and Mike Pence were handling this thing. Our president and vice president should never be allowed to politicize something like a pandemic out of a need to improve their chances of reelection.
They don't really care. They're just mad he's making them look bad. A lot of people will never forget the name of anyone working in this administration.
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I guess I was just thinking of all the people standing in line spreading the virus, but you're right, I wish they'd done it another way and clearly they don't want to do so as it doesn't fit their agenda.
It's ego/vanity. And Bernie probably does believe if only he can say this stuff again people will finally go along, as they helped make him a star in 2015. Unfortunately for him, many of the cultists have already moved on - to the latest outrage about Nancy Pelosi not getting everything they wanted, to reminding everyone again and again and again that they will never support Biden even if Bernie asks them, and to bizarre, pathetic stunts like paying the washed up To Catch A Predator guy to smear Biden. They were just using Bernie...and making him very rich in the process.
I keep seeing some people peddle his "fireside chat" to show how Presidential he is compared to Biden. I certainly can't say very much about Biden's stature these days, but poor Bernie looked very very frail and hesitant in the video. I think anyone who is passing that around may want to think twice.