Everything posted by Juliajms
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Coronavirus/Covid-19 Discussion Thread
We are living in a nation where about 30% of the population has been poisoned by disinformation. Today I was again at my volunteer job at the nursing home when a couple came in with their 20 something son. The couple chose to get tested while the son refused. The father came up positive. So we give them an info packet on what to do next and show them all the door. On the way out the son says to his dad " THIS IS WHY YOU DON'T GET TESTED". Luckily I didn't compose myself in time to answer that. Really, you selfish little bastard?? Thank God his father had more sense and did the right thing before he exposed a whole wing of elderly people. @TaoboiI feel what you are going through. Even in the middle of a crisis people are entitled fools. So many people are putting themselves first without any thought of society as a whole. The selfishness is unreal. How we manage to survive as a species I don't know.
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Coronavirus/Covid-19 Discussion Thread
If we survive this pandemic, it is despite a good percentage of the population. I spent 9 hours volunteering at a nursing home Christmas Day. My job was letting visitors in and giving antigen tests to the people who are visiting their loved ones. There was no one else on the front end, so just me and the nurses/CNAs. Not even a manager on duty. It was a complete comedy as I ran around the place like a chicken with its head cut off, but I digress. This one couple hands me a package and leaves, which they are allowed to do without a test or screening. The nurses don't have time to deal with sort of thing, so I ran it back to that resident's "neighborhood". The charge nurse isn't at the desk, no surprise, so I leave the package at the nurses station. About an hour later she comes out to tell me those people had covid ( I assume the resident told her) . They brought a package to their elderly mother at a NURSING HOME WHILE THEY KNEW THEY HAD AN ACTIVE CASE OF COVID!! The nurse told me she wanted to burn the package, but we were probably ok. The amount of stupid I encountered last weekend could fill pages.
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The Politics Thread
The nerve of this man. Of course there will always be bad actors, but that is not a good reason to punish all poor children. I guess it must be easier to live with yourself if you believe people are poor because of moral failings. I think we are well past this issue. Now we are lurching towards being a completely failed democracy and no one with power knows how to fight it. It's not hard to imagine being under repressive Republican rule for a very long time to come no matter what the majority of people want. Meanwhile, you know who is out there and waiting for another chance in 2024.
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The Politics Thread
I feel terrible for all the kids who will sink back into poverty and all the old people who won't get the additional benefits they need. Really, I'm just disgusted by the greed of some of these people. It's endless.
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GH: Actor sues over mandate!
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GH: Actor sues over mandate!
😆 I was thinking something similar. They are dropping like flies from covid after all.
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GH: Actor sues over mandate!
Even those hypocritical nuts cases over at Fox are required to be vaccinate!! 🤣 Maybe he'll end up one of those far right radio hosts howling at the moon.
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The Politics Thread
I'm so embarrassed for this Court.
- Oh no, ANOTHER Mass Shooting in the U.S. SMH
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Coronavirus/Covid-19 Discussion Thread
I'm wishing you well Vee. Get the booster as soon as you can. I know of so many breakthrough cases at this point.
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The Politics Thread
^ As always they take hypocrisy to the next level. I'm almost used to the shamelessness of it.
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The Politics Thread
This is so laughable. Really this is all you got? Sure, I hate that very wealth people waste money, while other people starve (looking at you Elon), but this just isn't it. Just about every upper middle class person buys high end pots, never mind someone of her status. So stupid.
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The Politics Thread
I agree. How on Earth did 12 people decide that little bastard was innocent? Not that this is the first or last time it will happen. The obsession this country has with gun owner rights is insane. Too many don't care who is murdered as long as they can keep their precious guns, which has been obvious since Sandy Hook at least.
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GH: Rumors regarding the vaccine mandate
Yes, Ingo really did unwittingly make this situation easier for ABC and the press.
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GH: Rumors regarding the vaccine mandate
I agree with all of this. I mean, GH isn't exactly brimming over with talent these days. I always thought it was silly that they had so many women choosing a violent life with Sonny over Jax. Also he was very right when he called out that juice scam. I wonder if he was red pilled at some point or if he was always a jack ass? Not that it matters in the end. I feel sorry for the people who had to work with him and put up with his disdain these last few years. That clip of him and MB talking about NLG was an eye opener.
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The Politics Thread
^ I'm glad they at least got the infrastructure bill passed. I hate to even say this, but I'm glad she's going to prison. She probably won't even do the full two months, but entitled people like this need to learn their place.
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The Politics Thread
Apparently Tucker Carlson has been calling white people "legacy Americans" over on Fox 🤣🙃. You cannot make this crazy up. The not funny part is how many people are listening to this charlatan.
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The Politics Thread
I can't believe it's legal. It would be nutty and cruel to keep that many cats in a large house never mind some little apartment. The sanitation issues alone would be a nightmare. It's been the better part of a year since I felt that way. Then yesterday with that CNN front page of little girls being sold to old men for food money. The suffering in this world is horrific. If you want to live you have to block most of it out, but there are just days when it's impossible. Hang in their Carl.
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The Politics Thread
This sounds like a good way to stay sane. I need to try it.
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The Politics Thread
If it were just about the money it wouldn't matter as much. Unfortunately the power and influence that comes with that kind of money is pretty worrying. At the same time, Manchin and company show just how little it takes to buy some of these bastards out. Also China showed us via Jack Ma that pretty much no one is untouchable. Happily he's resurfaced alive. I just worry that these billionaire business men are go to buy out any hope of climate change mitigation in pursuit of their greed.
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The Politics Thread
Seriously. All I can think of is some elderly person who can't afford dental care sitting alone in godawful pain. The lack of empathy is appalling. Seriously. It's easy to pay for these things. We need a wealth tax. Bezos is going to be a trillionaire in a few years. We need to slow the dystopia and corruption that is going to come with a trillionaire class. It's probably too late, but we should try.
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The Politics Thread
The Republicans will do anything to discredit Fauci just because he is in favor of vaccination. It's beyond the pale. I very much doubt that someone at his level is involved in these run of the mill experiments. Meanwhile, would these same people even care or raise a fuss if they couldn't drag his name into it? If Nancy Mace really cares why not introduce legislation to make it illegal? I agree. I don't care much for Alec Baldwin on a personal level, but I hope he is being looked after carefully and getting immediate mental health care. These monsters always target the vulnerable.
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The Politics Thread
I agree. WTF? I wouldn't give Trump the benefit of the doubt on this and I can't give it to Biden either. Some of these folks made the trip all the way from Chile apparently, so I can only imagine how futile it all seems being put on a plane and sent back in hours. Isn't there some temporary program for migrants when their home country is in disarray? Yes. There should be some international effort to rebuild Haiti, led by Haitians and funded by the international community. It probably won't happen, but it should.
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The Politics Thread
This is such backward thinking by Manchin. As if children should be punished because their parents can't/won't work.