Juliajms

I admit I see her general point, but it's self fulfilling thanks to our horrible leaders. We could have shut everything down for a few months and given everyone stimulus payments for the duration. Instead we did a half assed lock down in most places and the working class and blue collar middle class can't pay for food and rent unless we reopen. We have truly screwed ourselves for no good reason. Now as a society we are all going to have to learn the hard way unless there is some sort of miracle.

Things are getting crazier by the day. Clerks getting shot or assaulted for asking people to wear masks. Then this idiot wearing a Klan hood. I wish someone had beaten his sorry ass. #sorrynotsorry. At the same time I do feel sorry for the store employees. They did try to stop him, but having to confront people like this seems above the pay grade of retail workers. $12 bucks an hour and risking covid19 to deal with these violent freaks. https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/05/us/man-wore-kkk-hood-grocery-trnd/index.html

That's great. I bet you are healthier for it. I don't eat pork either. I doubt I could get my husband to give up beef forever, but he's onboard with eating much less meat due to these workers being all but forced to risk themselves. Eating more beans, nuts and fish for a few months will be a good change. I have nothing but time to work on new recipes these days anyway. I've even started a few tiny gardening projects.

If you can, eat less meat. It's unconscionable the way workers in that industry are being treated as disposable. https://journalstar.com/opinion/columnists/local-view-no-one-protecting-the-workers/article_185164bb-7289-541d-898f-977bcbe89abf.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_Lincoln_Journal_Star&fbclid=IwAR2tAOBfT7Wa9Prkob51xN947VugD2OkxSZJ0AuwPWvjDCbrqDnfiKQ8mio

How much do you want to bet Elon Musk is supposed to be on meds and isn't taking them? I'm not making a joke of that, I think there is something wrong and someone needs to intervene ASAP. It's been ongoing though and it's pretty clear that the people around him don't want to say no. Sound familiar? Pressuring people to work in these slaughter houses is really unconscionable. Most people still like to eat meat, but going a few months without is not going to kill anyone. Our priorities are all screwed up.

I don't believe it either. Still, what if it were true? It won't change my vote. I can't think of anything that could at this point.

And wealthy beyond belief. That's a key element. I don't know why we are still paying attention to these "masters of the universe". I've started to accept that it's not going to change in my lifetime. Only something like 40% of people disapprove of how Trump is handling his crisis. It's unreal.

Yikes. For awhile I was impressed with how NE was handling the virus. There wasn't an actual lock down, but our schools were closed before NYC's and we had very few cases at the time. So while we weren't technically sheltering in place almost nothing was open, including libraries, parks, playgrounds. I couldn't believe it because Ricketts is a complete Trumpian jackass. I cannot stand him, but I had to give him some credit. Then all of a sudden when we are at our peak outbreak and have the highest transmission rate in the country he decides to open restaurants, salons and retail back up. It started a couple of weeks ago when one of his rich contributors decided he wanted to open his outdoor mall back up. That didn't work out because the national chains did not want to be associated with this mess. Part of me can't believe the stupidity, but then again, it's all about the money for these people. It's clear to me that he is bowing to the pressure from the business community and it is just gross to watch.

^ I agree the GOP is actively trying to undermine SS. I don't necessarily think they will get away with it, but we'll see. Notice how quickly so many people decided that the elderly are expendable during the pandemic? It's really pretty shocking. I see people straight up saying things like "The people who die are over 70" and " the death rate is only 2% (!!!)". Neither of those things are true, but damn, some people are just jumping on the crazy train. We would be awash in bodies if the death rate were really 2%, instead we are just awash in ignorance and apathy. I suppose since these people don't mind if the elderly die from Covid, they also won't mind them dying on the street for lack of SS money. BTW, has anyone seen the video of the Covid test going around on the internet? I can only hope that's fake because I'm pretty sure I can't even bare to take the test, never mind survive the disease.

There is also the possibility of effective therapeutics/antivirals. We have tamiflu for the flu. They will eventually come up with something for this. Notice a lot of these experts seem to think this will follow the pattern of the flu and be with us seasonally for a long time to come. The flu doesn't really disappear in summer after all, it just isn't as prevalent. Would it surprise any of us if we come up with a vaccine that is similar to the flu vaccine in the sense that they have to figure it out every year and it's often only 40-70% effective? Then we have the people who are either anti vaxx or just too lazy to go get it. We should make these vaccines (and the flu one) free and easy to get as soon as they become available too. I doubt we will though because socialism is bad. I'm not sure what to think on this topic. When you look at the projected number of people who are going to starve thanks to this plague the numbers are pretty grim. I mean world wide, not the US. I feel like all we can do is rely on experts to figure it out. It's not like the US will help these people in any case as long as 45 is in charge.

Yeah and a case of wishful thinking too. I've definitely been hoping it was true, but all along experts have been warning it might not be. Some people just refuse to listen and rely on science.

Like others have said, just because these fools are taking a risk that doesn't mean you have to go along. I don't know your situation, so you may have to work. You don't have to go to a salon, a movie or a restaurant and you shouldn't. Let all these people out on the streets screaming about their liberty be the lab rats.

The ignorance!

The same reason all people who gain major positions of power do it. They are very ambitions and feel that gaining that power is worth what you have to go through to get it. They also have very thick skin, even Chelsea Clinton has that and she never asked for what she's gone through. Ambition is still seen as an insult when applied to women, but that's the personality type it takes to even enter that arena, never mind win. Etsy or (god forgive me for recommending it), Nextdoor app. Someone a few blocks from you is probably crafting them right now in her living room.

He just tweeted this. WTF!? He really has lost it or he's been hacked.

Oh yeah. The one who said she could now drop the democrat in front of socialist. 🙄 How helpful at a time when we need people to wake up and strengthen the social safety net. In reality I suppose it's too late and there is going to be a lot of pain for many people. I really feel bad for older millennials. They were screwed when they graduated and they are about to be screwed again. I guess you could say that is true of everyone who was around during the last economic crisis, but that generation had a hard time even getting their footing and here we go again.

This is the kind of thing that drives me nuts, it's so counter productive. The woman leaves a living, warmly dressed baby on a doorstep where she knew people were at home and they charge her and put her in jail.Oh, and shame her before the community of course. Now let's be surprised and outraged when the next one ends up in a dumpster. Yes, she should have left the baby at a hospital, but she probably didn't even know that was an option. https://www.omaha.com/news/crime/omaha-woman-accused-of-leaving-newborn-baby-on-porch-is-charged-with-two-misdemeanors/article_f80c5dd9-bbbb-58e5-ae93-6a2b82f52f7c.html

I have to admit I don't even know who most of his surrogates are (AOC and Susan Sarandon excepted). I haven't seen cable news in forever. I actually miss it during election time because I'm interested in politics, but not enough to seek it out the way I would have to now. I also tuned out of the primary pretty early on for the sake of my sanity. I'm just glad he actually stepped aside this early on. I feared it would drag out to the bitter end again. I wish we could wrap Biden and RBG in a protective life force shield right now. I feel wrong for saying that because I know their lives are more than politics, but damn. Please let them stay safe for the sake of the greater good.

He had an incredibly toxic online army. I've never believed that Bernie is as bad as Trump, but I do believe his hard core followers are as bad as the MEGAs. They hurt him much more than helped because reasonable people run from that kind of behavior.

This thread is so true, but you may as well try to reason with the MAGA's.

Shameless. At least one of them had a conscience, I guess.

WTF? As long as they are not referring to themselves as medical doctors they are not doing anything wrong. Hundreds of years of academic tradition isn't going to change because these yahoos want it to.

We don't have one in NE either, although I haven't left home in about three weeks. There are a bunch of Midwestern states that don't. It's nuts!

^ She's right. It's not on Asian Americans to prove anything and trying to do so will not work. You can't fix stupid. Maybe we can put it in jail though with harsher penalties for hate based harassment. Maybe putting more people in jail isn't the answer idk, but there has to be something decent society can do to slow these nitwits down. I want to say I can't believe how insane things are getting with the Trump admin, but that ship has long passed. I do believe it. Putting Kushner in charge sure does put the cherry on the cake though.

I don't see the connection. Marking people safe to get on an airplane is hardly the same as making people wear a star and putting them in cattle cars to concentration camps. Why wouldn't we want to test people before putting them in a highly contagious situation? It's apples and oranges to say the least.