Stumbling, Whispering Biden Demands That States and Localities Stop and Undo Their Reopening Efforts, and Reimpose Mask Mandates

There is no correlation between mask mandates and covid spread -- or, perhaps, there is, but one opposite than the one intended.

States with mask mandates are seeing covid rates increase while several states without mask mandates are seeing covid rates plummet.

But, like AllahPundit at the "conservative" Hot Air says (approvingly), this isn't about "correlations" between infringements of liberty and health, this is about "signaling" and "sending a message" that covid is still around.

If you compare the list of states where mask mandates have been lifted to the Times’s list of states where cases are high, you don't find any obvious correlation.
But for Biden, this isn't about correlations.
It’s about signaling to people that it's still too soon to let down their guards. Rochelle Walensky made that point as well this morning in an oddly personal way and now here's Biden openly pleading with governors to change their policies. The message in both cases is the same: We're not out of the woods yet, even if it feels in some parts of the country like we are.

So many NeverTrump "anti-authoritarians" now support the wholescale repeal of American liberty for laughably-weak reasons such as "sending a message" about complacency.

So, that's the "conservatarian" position now, eh? That the government can take away your liberty to send a fucking message?

If it's now constitutional to impose restrictions on the general population merely to send a message, then there's really no liberty left in America, is there?

We're seeing a lot of this with the alleged "libertarians" who are closely aligned with the establishment ruling class. Turns out that the Ruling Class Libertarians are a lot more pro-Ruling Class than pro-liberty.

Or, as I've put it before: Conservatives used to say they were champions of "ordered liberty."

Since Trump, and since covid, we're seeing a very sharp divide between those are who pro-liberty, and those who are pro-order -- pro-rule, pro-restriction, pro-mandate, pro-imposition -- over everything else.

As long as it "sends a message" to the public, you can strip Americans of all their most basic liberties to move, speak, congregate, and engage in commerce freely.

REPORTER: "Do you believe states should pause their reopening efforts?"

BIDEN: "Yes" pic.twitter.com/Ef5U4C5m0Q
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) March 29, 2021

President Biden calls on states/localities that have lifted mask mandates to reinstate them:

"This is not politics. Reinstate the mandate if you let it down." pic.twitter.com/phZUOtM7Oa
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) March 29, 2021

Biden, looking tired and slurring his words, starts whispering at the end of remarks on Covid vaccines: "We have an obligation, a patriotic obligation. Washing your hands. Stay socially distanced. Wear a mask as recommended by the CDC." pic.twitter.com/7OUK63CXTw
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 29, 2021

Note that the states that are the most tyrannical about mask use are seeing covid cases increase, while states which have lifted mask mandates continue to see them fall:

I’m legitimately unsure if Biden’s aware of what’s going on at this point, but let’s look at what’s happened in what he described as the “Neanderthal” states that lifted mask mandates vs Michigan, New Jersey & New York, which all follow science & kept their mandates.

Whoops! https://t.co/Mom0Gy7GJu pic.twitter.com/xNB9AHjdEg
— IM (@ianmSC) March 29, 2021

Posted by: Ace at 05:53 PM

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1 Burn it all down. Salt the ashes.

Posted by: David, Insurrectionist and founder of RAGE, Resistance of the American Government in Exile at March 29, 2021 05:54 PM (bGP4p)

2 Oh, and FIRST.

Posted by: David, Insurrectionist and founder of RAGE, Resistance of the American Government in Exile at March 29, 2021 05:54 PM (bGP4p)

3 Top 5

Posted by: callsign claymore at March 29, 2021 05:55 PM (mtc0L)

4 Eh GFY ShittyShorts

Posted by: Guv DeSantis at March 29, 2021 05:56 PM (pUDQf)

5 Neanderthals strike back.

Posted by: 4 at March 29, 2021 05:56 PM (KnJdm)

6 *Grabs Package*

I got a message for you.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 05:56 PM (tjH1M)

7 Oh boy. Savannah's Mayor Van Cuomo Johnson will be all over the idea of shutting the city down. *(^%*

Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at March 29, 2021 05:57 PM (ptqGC)

8 Then it's patriotic to close the d@mn border and stop DHS from sending covid-infected non-citizens into our communities!!!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 29, 2021 05:57 PM (bDqIh)

9 How bout no. And go fuck yourself.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 29, 2021 05:57 PM (iFTZX)

10 Biden is asshoe!

Shit all retard!

Posted by: Archer at March 29, 2021 05:57 PM (gmo/4)

11 Not lifting shit here, Big Guy!

Posted by: Mike DeRINO at March 29, 2021 05:57 PM (iydjf)

12 I'm fucking tired of my life being on hold because of some stupid flu-like virus I had in January of last year.

I've lost a whole year.

Gone.

Nothing to show for it but some Steam achievements and another 10 pounds of weight packed around my gut.

This has to end.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at March 29, 2021 05:57 PM (J+mig)

13
Fook off, Rutabaga Brain.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2021 05:57 PM (pNxlR)

14 He needs to chase his dog again. Down a flight of steep steps.

Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at March 29, 2021 05:58 PM (ptqGC)

15 Correlations sounds like some kinda white guy science. Biden ;is all about restorative SCIENCE!

Posted by: Motionview at March 29, 2021 05:58 PM (D+PnF)

16 Revenge of the Neanderthals!!

Posted by: Archer at March 29, 2021 05:58 PM (gmo/4)

17 I'm beginning to genuinely hate this demented cocksucker.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at March 29, 2021 05:58 PM (sWM8x)

18 Open up the entire country today. We need to get back to normal now. Flu season has been over for a long time out here in the Real World.

Oh, and Joe, go fuck yourself.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at March 29, 2021 05:58 PM (HaL55)

19 This guy can run his pudding pop hole from now until the second coming for all I care.
Idiots will hang on his every word.

Posted by: navybrat, flooring it at March 29, 2021 05:58 PM (w7KSn)

20 We never had a mask mandate in GA, but the Dem mayors in our major cities imposed them.

Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at March 29, 2021 05:58 PM (ptqGC)

21 Since Trump, and since covid, we're seeing a very sharp divide between those are who pro-liberty, and those who are pro-order -- pro-rule, pro-restriction, pro-mandate, pro-imposition -- over everything else.

That certainly sums things up better than the Left or Right, liberal or conservative.

I have nothing in common with the people who call themselves libertarian now. Nothing.

Posted by: alexthechick - Boobs and hysteria at March 29, 2021 05:59 PM (GbPPJ)

22 The word is "inverse-correlation."

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 29, 2021 05:59 PM (2BZBZ)

23 Is the appropriate response make me or GFY?

Posted by: Only Context at March 29, 2021 05:59 PM (QZ/dC)

24 Shambling off into the future...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2021 05:59 PM (EZebt)

25 If the border is open, then the mandates and lockdowns are lifted.

That's it. That's all there is to say.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 29, 2021 05:59 PM (bDqIh)

26 How 'bout you stop letting COVID infected SA peasants in Joe.

Posted by: Archer at March 29, 2021 05:59 PM (gmo/4)

27 hiya

Posted by: JT at March 29, 2021 05:59 PM (arJlL)

28

Indianapolis Star editorial: Republican politics quashed the mask mandate

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 29, 2021 05:59 PM (63Dwl)

29 >>How bout no. And go fuck yourself.

This guy makes a good argument.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 05:59 PM (tjH1M)

30 Turn those machines back on!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at March 29, 2021 05:59 PM (ifmtJ)

31
I SEE NO PRESIDENT HERE

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2021 05:59 PM (hxWs0)

32 And that's all it's going to take for my asshole ought-to-swing governor to lock the damned state down again.

But you know what, IDGAF. Hope every damned small business in this shithole state closes down and goes bankrupt.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 29, 2021 05:59 PM (2JVJo)

33 Like I said earlier, message to 'President' Spongebrains Shartpants:

I DO NOT CONSENT.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at March 29, 2021 06:00 PM (ZSK0i)

34 Won't close the border or test all the illegals flooding in from South America but definitely wants to stop every state from any movement.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 29, 2021 06:00 PM (pUDQf)

35 Got to keep the sheeple in their pens

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2021 06:00 PM (Cxk7w)

36 willard from last thread....

Wanna trade governors ?

Posted by: JT at March 29, 2021 05:47 PM (arJlL)

This has something to do with spiders...I just know it.
Posted by: Tami

Not at all.....but PA has a shitty governor.
Posted by: JT

Posted by: JT at March 29, 2021 06:00 PM (arJlL)

37 Compliance is all that is required, citizen.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2021 06:00 PM (EZebt)

38 inverse-correlation? Did you out on your Klan good to type that?

Posted by: Motionview at March 29, 2021 06:00 PM (D+PnF)

39 Then it's patriotic to close the d@mn border and stop DHS from sending covid-infected non-citizens into our communities!!!!!
Posted by: Lizzy at March 29, 2021 05:57 PM (bDqIh)

The totally closed border saw a lot of illegals in my valley here in SE AZ this weekend. CPB/Sheriff was real busy.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado - Tempus belli) at March 29, 2021 06:00 PM (N3El/)

40 But, like AllahPundit at the "conservative" Hot Air says (approvingly), this isn't about "correlations" between infringements of liberty and health, this is about "signaling" and "sending a message" that covid is still around.

Is there anybody on the planet who is unaware of that? Maybe some natives in Papua New Guinea with bones through their noses, but that's about it.

If they want to "signal" and "send a message," may I suggest people wear sandwich board signs?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2021 06:00 PM (bPfBs)

41 Biden got knocked over by a gust of wind. Three times. This guy is like a fly speck in a bowl of gruel.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 29, 2021 06:01 PM (03n3v)

42 Little known fact.

We plague Doctors didn't wear that get-up for any reason other than to scare people into understanding that the plague was still around.

It was easy for them to forget. Besides the piles of bodies in the street, there was nothing to remind them.

Same with the flagellants.

Posted by: Guy de Chauliac at March 29, 2021 06:01 PM (LWu6U)

43 Funny how Democrats like 'Patriotic Obligations' when they make you kneel and cower in fear.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at March 29, 2021 06:01 PM (ifmtJ)

44 It's about signaling to people that it's still too soon to let down their guards
____________________

But it's not too soon to allow hundreds of thousands (or more) of illegal aliens, half of whom are actively infected with Covid-19, to swarm our southern border!

Because . . . science!

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at March 29, 2021 06:01 PM (k4dH2)

45 "Come And Take It" - 1836

"Come And Put It On Me" - 2021

Posted by: Count de Monet Super de Duper Straight at March 29, 2021 06:01 PM (4I/2K)

46 Secession now. Secession tomorrow. Secession forever. Time to cut blue USA loose.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at March 29, 2021 06:01 PM (2V9+0)

47 NY broke ( by their counting) 50,000 Covid deaths yesterday

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2021 06:01 PM (Cxk7w)

48 Some will hang on to their talisman diaper to the bitter end.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 29, 2021 06:01 PM (W4eKo)

49 @DeAngelisCorey 9m

BREAKING: Kentucky House just voted to override Governor Andy Beshear's veto of a bill to fund students instead of systems.

Posted by: Tami at March 29, 2021 06:01 PM (cF8AT)

50 There was no Corn Pop.
Bi den is the thug with the chain and straight razor.

Posted by: torabora at March 29, 2021 06:01 PM (IC04I)

51
Is there any correlation between the percentage of obese people in a state and coronavirus? Maybe there needs to be a 'stay at home order' for those calorically enhanced individuals.

I know, 'worse then Hitler'.

Posted by: Bill from Attainder at March 29, 2021 06:01 PM (N/gDA)

52 Fuck off MUMR

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at March 29, 2021 06:01 PM (ifmtJ)

53 CDC director predicts DOOM

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 29, 2021 06:02 PM (63Dwl)

54 The city council in my small city in SC extended the mask mandate another 30 days. (from March 1

.

Idiots.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 29, 2021 06:02 PM (2BZBZ)

55 Biden's brain really must have the consistency of guacamole by now.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2021 06:02 PM (bPfBs)

56 Get on the cart, Joe.

Posted by: Archer at March 29, 2021 06:02 PM (gmo/4)

57 I'm recommending reinstating the mandate to wear plastic head bags.

Posted by: China Joe 🤡 at March 29, 2021 06:02 PM (vGJY7)

58 How is NY on those mask laws?

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2021 06:02 PM (Cxk7w)

59 Facemasks in the COVID-19 era: A health hypothesis

Online: 2020 Nov 22; Med Hypotheses. 2021 Jan

https://tinyurl.com/h58jcs3y

Posted by: 4 at March 29, 2021 06:02 PM (KnJdm)

60 NY broke ( by their counting) 50,000 Covid deaths yesterday

That's a Peace Prize!

Posted by: t-bird at March 29, 2021 06:02 PM (lIIT7)

61 53 CDC director predicts DOOM
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 29, 2021 06:02 PM (63Dwl)

Get back in there!! Turn that DOOM back on!!!!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 29, 2021 06:02 PM (pUDQf)

62 @DeAngelisCorey 9m

BREAKING: Kentucky House just voted to override Governor Andy Beshear's veto of a bill to fund students instead of systems.
Posted by: Tami at March 29, 2021 06:01 PM (cF8AT)

Great news! Die, teachers' unions, die!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2021 06:03 PM (bPfBs)

63
GFY, Joe
have some pudding; stay in your lane

Posted by: DB- just DB at March 29, 2021 06:03 PM (iTXRQ)

64 I'm beginning to genuinely hate this demented cocksucker.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist

Welcome to the party pal. I've hated him for decades.

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 29, 2021 06:03 PM (VYjdj)

65 The message is there's really no liberty left in America.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 29, 2021 06:03 PM (63Dwl)

66 CDC director predicts DOOM

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 29, 2021 06:02 PM (63Dwl)

I, personally, am waiting for the impending, catastrophic, Xtreme! super-doom version, before I panic.

Posted by: 4 at March 29, 2021 06:04 PM (KnJdm)

67 >>I'm beginning to genuinely hate this demented cocksucker.

I would like to see Justice Thomas take him out behind the Gym.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 06:04 PM (+AZBk)

68 Getting a whiff of "Turn those d@mn machines back on" here.

You can't stop the momentum, Joe, life has moved on from the covid scare days and you lost.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 29, 2021 06:04 PM (bDqIh)

69 No Democrats will virtue signal over this Asian guy getting a beatdown on the subway in New York.

http://bitly.ws/cpmm

Fucking animals.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at March 29, 2021 06:04 PM (sWM8x)

70 I had two statistics classes in college. One in Econ and the other in Comp Sci. It was great. Same material in both.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 29, 2021 06:04 PM (2BZBZ)

71 Know what keeps a hell of a lot of people from getting the shot, Biden? Telling people to get the shot BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO BE LOCKED DOWN AND CAN'T GO WITHOUT YOUR MASK AND CAN'T GATHER WITH YOUR LOVED ONES.

GOD. DAMN. THIS IS SO FUCKING OBVIOUS.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 29, 2021 06:05 PM (UW2ZS)

72 >>Fucking animals.

People are perverted.

Posted by: Toaster Fucker at March 29, 2021 06:05 PM (+AZBk)

73 Need the pandemic to keep control. If things look normal, they can't get their social credit score vaccine passport system built by Google and Microsoft in place.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 29, 2021 06:05 PM (pUDQf)

74 Guy de Chauliac, watch out! Once you get those flagell ants in your house, they're never leaving.

Posted by: callsign claymore at March 29, 2021 06:05 PM (mtc0L)

75 36 willard from last thread....

Wanna trade governors ?

Posted by: JT at March 29, 2021 05:47 PM (arJlL)

This has something to do with spiders...I just know it.
Posted by: Tami
Not at all.....but PA has a shitty governor.
Posted by: JT at March 29, 2021 06:00 PM (arJlL)

Oh him...nah. I'll take the spiders.

Posted by: Tami at March 29, 2021 06:05 PM (cF8AT)

76 46 Secession now. Secession tomorrow. Secession forever. Time to cut blue USA loose.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at March 29, 2021 06:01 PM (2V9+0)
============
Fauci face diapers now, Fauci face diapers tomorrow. Fauci face diapers forever.

He's a god don't you know. At least according to fakebook & tweeker.

Posted by: I'm the Honey Badger, BITCH! at March 29, 2021 06:06 PM (DV/hr)

77 But, like AllahPundit at the "conservative" Hot Air says (approvingly), this isn't about "correlations" between infringements of liberty and health, this is about "signaling" and "sending a message" that covid is still around.

Behold the Greatest Communicator in the World....who thinks that sackcloth and ashes is a hip medium. I'm a Papist and I realize that this is shite.

Posted by: Papist Bograt at March 29, 2021 06:06 PM (VYjdj)

78 So is Sundowner saying the vaccine doesn't do anything?

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2021 06:06 PM (Cxk7w)

79 California is screwing the poor. Again. Check out these vaccination distribution numbers, listed by wealthy versus poor areas.

https://tinyurl.com/7zsxk6nz

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at March 29, 2021 06:06 PM (s9+KW)

80 Junta Leader makes mouth noises and farts, AP notices approvingly and moons over his leadership.

Fixed your post for you Ace.

Posted by: whig at March 29, 2021 06:07 PM (pO7gM)

81 No Democrats will virtue signal over this Asian guy getting a beatdown on the subway in New York.

http://bitly.ws/cpmm

Fucking animals.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at March 29, 2021 06:04 PM (sWM8x)

Let me guess: the Asian guy got some diversity up close and personal?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2021 06:07 PM (bPfBs)

82 >> CDC director predicts DOOM

And the Sec. of Education says it's uncertain in person school will return next fall.

They are on the same page, but completely out of step with institutions outside of the Execuitive branch.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 29, 2021 06:07 PM (bDqIh)

83 Biden, looking tired and slurring his words

Well, it is a day ending in "y".

Posted by: spindrift at March 29, 2021 06:07 PM (nCgJ/)

84 Count me among the Neanderthals.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at March 29, 2021 06:07 PM (II3Gr)

85 > I had two statistics classes in college. One in Econ and the other in Comp Sci. It was great. Same material in both.

I had to take Business Statistics and Big Boy Statistics for my CS degree. Business Stats was like your Mom holding your hand and telling you you're handsome. Regular Stats was like a kick in the nuts.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 29, 2021 06:07 PM (UW2ZS)

86
CDC director predicts DOOM
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

That reminds me, I miss Monty.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 29, 2021 06:07 PM (n+4am)

87 Hey, a great many in the GOP and "conservative" movement brought this about by helping defeat Orange Man Bad and installing Obama's Meat Puppet.

Or alternatively...

If the GA elections were clean as the driven snow, then why is the GA GOP instituting election reforms?

Tertiary...

The GOP is a useless pile of dogshit.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 29, 2021 06:07 PM (M47S1)

88 MUMPS

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 29, 2021 06:07 PM (iFTZX)

89 I had two statistics classes in college. One in Econ and the other in Comp Sci. It was great. Same material in both.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 29, 2021 06:04 PM (2BZBZ)

I had a few. An intro, and an engineering intro, and P-Chem. Then, in professional life, we learned how to really use it when results actually mattered in the real world. That last one was the most useful.

Posted by: 4 at March 29, 2021 06:08 PM (KnJdm)

90 Fauci face diapers now, Fauci face diapers tomorrow. Fauci face diapers forever.

He's a god don't you know. At least according to fakebook & tweeker.
Posted by: I'm the Honey Badger, BITCH! at March 29, 2021 06:06 PM (DV/hr)

But keeping bathhouses open in the 80s was just following the science, amirite?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2021 06:08 PM (bPfBs)

91 "...Asian guy getting a beatdown on the subway in New York. "

Lots of people standing around watching.
Not a chance anyone will assist.

Posted by: navybrat, flooring it at March 29, 2021 06:08 PM (w7KSn)

92 Facemasks in the COVID-19 era: A health hypothesis

Online: 2020 Nov 22; Med Hypotheses. 2021 Jan

https://tinyurl.com/h58jcs3y
Posted by: 4 at March 29, 2021 06:02 PM (KnJdm)

Science is catching up to me.

I've been calling them Facial Fomites for a year now.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at March 29, 2021 06:08 PM (J+mig)

93 "He's a god don't you know."

All false gods are demons.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 29, 2021 06:08 PM (2BZBZ)

94 NY broke ( by their counting) 50,000 Covid deaths yesterday

That's a Peace Prize!
Posted by: t-bird

Another emmy? Or enema?

Posted by: Papist Bograt at March 29, 2021 06:09 PM (VYjdj)

95 Jill Biden belongs in prison for elder abuse, not that I care at all about Demented Joe.

Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at March 29, 2021 06:09 PM (ptqGC)

96 Quality stuff as always, Ace.

Any Governor who wants to even remain relevant, nevermind run for President, has to be clear: the decrepit piece of shit in the White House had nothing to do with their success.

There is nothing President Trump, last of the honest kings, could have done to overcome Dominion cheating. But job one should have been firing that ghastly little dwarf the second his advice on masks went tits up.

Posted by: trev006 at March 29, 2021 06:09 PM (fiLV1)

97 You know who else was sending a message?

Posted by: ShainS at March 29, 2021 06:09 PM (LXjOm)

98 Never trust utopians, whether Socialist or Libertarian.

Posted by: aelfheld at March 29, 2021 06:09 PM (Zy9Yy)

99 Did you receive the Covid vaccine in 2021-2025, and are you suffering from;
acne
arthritis
headaches
myalgia
cancer
melencholia
heartburn
psoriasis?

If so, YOU could be due COMPENSATION. Call our office immediately for more FREE information.

Posted by: Future late night TV guy at March 29, 2021 06:09 PM (LWu6U)

100 "But for Biden, this isn't about correlations."

Well if that's not sciencey, then I don't know what is.

First, Biden doesn't know where he is, so anything he reportedly states is irrelevant.

Second, those puppeting for Biden know they aren't using science either, so anything they say is irrelevant, too. I mean in an analytical sense.

What matters is what they will impose outside of the science they don't really believe.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at March 29, 2021 06:10 PM (aXxgO)

101 Fuck Joe Biden. Fuck the power brokers who pushed Joe Biden onto the country as *president.* Fuck the GOP for helping it happen and for failing to fight for anything that isn't a corporate tax cut or the carried interest deduction.

Posted by: Revenant at March 29, 2021 06:10 PM (qVRSW)

102 As far as I can tell, California has been splitting the baby.

The reopenings are well underway (amazing what a recall election can do to light a fire under Governor Hairgel) but I believe most of the mask mandates are still in place.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 29, 2021 06:10 PM (L2ZTs)

103 >>Quality stuff as always, Ace.

It really is hard to believe that his formal training is in Shelving.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 06:10 PM (+AZBk)

104 I see this as impotent flailing.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 29, 2021 06:10 PM (jOcSX)

105 Puppet Biden says what?

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 29, 2021 06:10 PM (DQP0t)

106 Did you receive the Covid vaccine in 2021-2025, and are you suffering from;

. . .

If so, YOU could be due COMPENSATION. Call our office immediately for more FREE information.

Posted by: Future late night TV guy at March 29, 2021 06:09 PM (LWu6U)

You forgot death.

Posted by: 4 at March 29, 2021 06:10 PM (KnJdm)

107 Whose arm is up Allahpundit's ass making him say and write all this bullsh!t?

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 29, 2021 06:11 PM (L2ZTs)

108 >>Never trust utopians

Are those the Tampons without the Applicators?

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 06:11 PM (+AZBk)

109
"Come And Take It" - 1836

"Come and Get It" - 1969

"Come And Put It On Me" - 2021

Posted by: Count de Monet Super de Duper Straight at March 29, 2021 06:01 PM (4I/2K)

FIFY

Posted by: naturalfake at March 29, 2021 06:11 PM (dWwl8)

110 I had to take Business Statistics and Big Boy Statistics for my CS degree. Business Stats was like your Mom holding your hand and telling you you're handsome. Regular Stats was like a kick in the nuts.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 29, 2021 06:07 PM (UW2ZS)

...

Gets through student's T distribution, starting to feel like maybe I can handle statistics...and then the course really starts.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 29, 2021 06:11 PM (ohOLP)

111 New York Times wanted to get ahead of todays Propaganda effort, so they wrote a scare piece trying to undermine Florida's success.

Of NY, NJ, Michigan and Florida, who is by far the best? Well, let's get radical and look at a handy, dandy graph of the numbers! And, fuck you, NYT.

https://tinyurl.com/25rhhcst

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at March 29, 2021 06:11 PM (s9+KW)

112 > Lots of people standing around watching.
Not a chance anyone will assist.

If you read any pro gun forums on Reddit, their dominant thinking goes like this, "Not my circus, not my monkeys. I carry to protect myself and my family."

Any time a CCer steps in, they'll mock him/her for "going full sheepdog" or some similar comment.

You're on your own out there.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 29, 2021 06:11 PM (UW2ZS)

113 garrett: *underwater* shelving!

Ace was even more talented in his youth...

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 29, 2021 06:12 PM (L2ZTs)

114 Did an all-caps troll just accidentally post something that I agree with 100%?

Posted by: Rusty Nail at March 29, 2021 06:12 PM (2V9+0)

115 98 Never trust utopians, whether Socialist or Libertarian.
Posted by: aelfheld at March 29, 2021 06:09 PM (Zy9Yy)

Utopians are cancer.

Perfection is unattainable.

The quest for perfection ends up becoming the enemy of all that is good, since good doesn't measure up.

What the blind fools put in to replace the good things we used to have is neither perfect, nor good.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at March 29, 2021 06:12 PM (J+mig)

116 CDC director predicts DOOM

Cool! I loved that game! Wasted many hours playing it!

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 29, 2021 06:12 PM (DQP0t)

117 Oh him...nah. I'll take the spiders.
Posted by: Tami

I was going thru a box of stuff yesterday and there was a good sized spider at the bottom.

I asked him if Tami sent ya.

Posted by: JT at March 29, 2021 06:12 PM (arJlL)

118 LOLGFY you old senile fuck...

Posted by: SturmToddler at March 29, 2021 06:13 PM (8D42x)

119 Second, those puppeting for Biden know they aren't using science either, so anything they say is irrelevant, too. I mean in an analytical sense.

What matters is what they will impose outside of the science they don't really believe.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at March 29, 2021 06:10 PM (aXxgO)

It's really just an exercise in marketing, brought to you by the same types that thought it was a great idea to portray their razor customers as racists and rapists, and they are failing to reach their intended audience, just the same.

Posted by: 4 at March 29, 2021 06:13 PM (KnJdm)

120 >>Never trust utopians

Let's just Kill all the Consequentialists and let the chips fall where they may.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 06:13 PM (+AZBk)

121 @ForAmerica

According to the human traffickers on the border, business is booming.

Thanks, Joe Biden!

Video: https://tinyurl.com/yg7pfop4

Posted by: Tami at March 29, 2021 06:13 PM (cF8AT)

122 93 "He's a god don't you know."

All false gods are demons.
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 29, 2021 06:08 PM (2BZBZ)

....

the crowd chanting "the voice of a god and not a man" managed to get Herod struck down and eaten by worms.

It's worth a shot.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 29, 2021 06:13 PM (ohOLP)

123 You know who else was sending a message?
Posted by: ShainS

Liberace ?

Posted by: JT at March 29, 2021 06:13 PM (arJlL)

124 > But keeping bathhouses open in the 80s was just following the science, amirite?

Did y'all see that Fauci claims he "went undercover" to some bathhouse(s) to "understand the problem better?" Yeah, sure dude. THAT'S why you went.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 29, 2021 06:14 PM (UW2ZS)

125 Whose arm is up Allahpundit's ass making him say and write all this bullsh!t?
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 29, 2021 06:11 PM

It doesn't HAVE to be up his ass necessarily, but he pays extra for it.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at March 29, 2021 06:14 PM (2V9+0)

126 >>You know who else was sending a message?

STING

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 06:14 PM (+AZBk)

127 Meade Lux Lewis: "I'm beginning to genuinely hate this demented cocksucker."

I reached that state decades ago when he was a mere plagiarist and mob boss posing as a Senator.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at March 29, 2021 06:14 PM (aXxgO)

128 CDC director predicts DOOM

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

That reminds me, I miss Monty.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 29, 2021 06:07 PM (n+4am)
==================== the video of her melting into a fright bag should be enough to induce him to write a One Night Only Return "Doom!"
It's a beautiful thing watching the Bidenski's confront their incompetence.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at March 29, 2021 06:14 PM (s9+KW)

129 As completely incompetent as completely incompetent gets.
As if we didn't have a lifetime of this from him to measure this.
And the racism and pedophilia.
I mourn for our nation.

Posted by: Orange Man Bad (Rhees Be Upon Him) at March 29, 2021 06:14 PM (jV+aN)

130 #ClownWorld

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at March 29, 2021 06:14 PM (YiTfq)

131 Pence is another one who torched his own political career. What was he thinking in turning on Trump?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2021 06:15 PM (bPfBs)

132 You know who else was sending a message?

Posted by: ShainS

Liberace ?

Posted by: JT at March 29, 2021 06:13 PM (arJlL)

The Police?

Posted by: 4 at March 29, 2021 06:15 PM (KnJdm)

133
Utopian?

No, from the penis like usual.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 29, 2021 06:15 PM (dWwl8)

134 If we just need to send a message, why not a Covid awareness ribbon?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 29, 2021 06:15 PM (0UNjH)

135 These fcking imbeciles really think they're SMAHHHRT don't they? How sad they will be when they realize this is not true.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 29, 2021 06:15 PM (EBg3T)

136 Biden, looking tired and slurring his words, starts whispering at the end of remarks on Covid vaccines: "We have an obligation, a patriotic obligation. Washing your hands. Stay socially distanced. Wear a mask as recommended by the CDC."

I think i see the problem. Eff the cdc, and shitty mcshart pants.

Posted by: BifBewalski - good night at March 29, 2021 06:16 PM (bVLDQ)

137 I'm beginning to genuinely hate this demented cocksucker.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at March 29, 2021 05:58 PM (sWM8x)

at this point i wouldn't shed a tear were the Harris faction to martyr biden.

Posted by: SturmToddler at March 29, 2021 06:16 PM (8D42x)

138 As an atheist, did i mention before that i'm an atheist, i follow science. Science says an obvious dementia patient knows more about science then actual data.
Now, about those Trumpturds looking at data - that's so irksome and uncouth.

Posted by: AllahSpundit at March 29, 2021 06:16 PM (nyQyG)

139 Count me among the Neanderthals.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at March 29, 2021 06:07 PM (II3Gr)

-----

Don't the Neanderthals deserve reparations most of all?

Posted by: ShainS at March 29, 2021 06:16 PM (LXjOm)

140 Pence is another one who torched his own political career. What was he thinking in turning on Trump?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2021 06:15 PM (bPfBs)

That he might be the future Vice President for President JEB!, probably.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at March 29, 2021 06:16 PM (J+mig)

141 Zastava Arms AK-47 ZPAP M70 with Fixed Triangle Stock; $1100; https://bit.ly/3dd9pzU

Posted by: bonhomme at March 29, 2021 06:16 PM (UW2ZS)

142 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at March 29, 2021 06:17 PM (ifmtJ)

143 I have hated Biden for 20 years. Evil POS from the time I met him

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 29, 2021 06:17 PM (0UNjH)

144

I gave up listening to my Dad about 20 years ago.

This chunkhead is barely conscious, why should anyone listen to him.

Posted by: Senator Rev. Dr. E Buzz Miller, Lesbian at March 29, 2021 06:17 PM (NuVOb)

145 Asian guy getting a beatdown on the subway in New York. "

Lots of people standing around watching.

Not a chance anyone will assist.
--------
Have you seen the vid of a 13 and 14 year old girls carjack an Uber driver? They taze him as he's holding on to the steering wheel half out of the door. She takes off and hits a pole with the door he's hanging out of and ends up flipping it killing the guy. All one kid is worried about is finding her phone, no help.

Posted by: dartist at March 29, 2021 06:17 PM (+ya+t)

146 Instead of a mask I am going to start wearing a Lab Coat and Carrying a Clipboard.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 06:17 PM (+AZBk)

147 >Cool! I loved that game! Wasted many hours playing it!
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 29, 2021 06:12 PM (DQP0t)

RIP AND TEAR

Sounds awesome, CDC flack!!!

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at March 29, 2021 06:17 PM (DXFDM)

148 That he might be the future Vice President for President JEB!, probably.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at March 29, 2021 06:16 PM (J+mig)

Only if those two run for office in an HOA.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2021 06:17 PM (bPfBs)

149 131 Jay, Pence was probably thinking that the GOP was dogshit too because he did not get the Presidency he was promised by GOPe removal of Trump via the 25th or impeachment by special counsel.

Posted by: whig at March 29, 2021 06:17 PM (pO7gM)

150 Emergency Poll: Check the box next to the name of the doctor you trust:

[ ] Doctor Pepper

[ ] Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman

[ ] Doctor Doom

[ ] Doctor Fauci

Posted by: callsign claymore at March 29, 2021 06:18 PM (mtc0L)

151 >>>You know who else was sending a message?

Vasili?

Posted by: 4 at March 29, 2021 06:18 PM (KnJdm)

152 132 You know who else was sending a message?

Posted by: ShainS

Liberace ?
The Police?

Genesis?

Posted by: TexasDan at March 29, 2021 06:18 PM (ohOLP)

153 > Pence is another one who torched his own political career. What was he thinking in turning on Trump?

Probably something like, "Trump's out the door, everyone hates him, I need to create some separation to save my career."

Posted by: bonhomme at March 29, 2021 06:18 PM (UW2ZS)

154 California is screwing the poor. Again. Check out these vaccination distribution numbers, listed by wealthy versus poor areas.

https://tinyurl.com/7zsxk6nz

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at March 29, 2021 06:06 PM (s9+KW)

Don't know if it was statewide, but LA teachers cut to the front of the vaccination line, thanks to their union and Garcetti/Newsom.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at March 29, 2021 06:18 PM (uhPTO)

155 CDC director predicts DOOM

Cool! I loved that game! Wasted many hours playing it!
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 29, 2021 06:12 PM (DQP0t)

The remake might be even better.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at March 29, 2021 06:18 PM (ifmtJ)

156 I was going thru a box of stuff yesterday and there was a good sized spider at the bottom.

I asked him if Tami sent ya.
Posted by: JT at March 29, 2021 06:12 PM (arJlL)

He didn't answer right? I've trained them not to respond.

Posted by: Tami at March 29, 2021 06:18 PM (cF8AT)

157 [] Dr. Thunder

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 29, 2021 06:18 PM (0UNjH)

158 >>Posted by: dartist at March 29, 2021 06:17 PM (+ya+t)

Those two should have been culled from the population right there on the sidewalk.

That was one of the most horrific murders I have ever seen.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 06:18 PM (+AZBk)

159 RIP AND TEAR

Sounds awesome, CDC flack!!!

Rick from AZ knows all about rippin' and tearin'.
https://youtu.be/tYXFIXWw8Ro

Posted by: bonhomme at March 29, 2021 06:19 PM (UW2ZS)

160 You know who else was sending a message?
Posted by: ShainS at March 29, 2021 06:09 PM

I am told that John Kasich's father sent so many messages, it earned him the nickname "The Mailman".

Posted by: Rusty Nail at March 29, 2021 06:19 PM (2V9+0)

161 Posted by: callsign claymore at March 29, 2021 06:18 PM (mtc0L)

[X] Doctor Demento

https://youtu.be/cn73Wtem0No

Posted by: 4 at March 29, 2021 06:20 PM (KnJdm)

162 @153

I guess there's big money in "Think Tanks," because he had to know he had no political career after his Brutus reincarnated act.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 29, 2021 06:20 PM (M47S1)

163 Despite my state ending the mask mandate back in Feb, our county sees fit to have mask at least until June 15. I suspect with Xiden in the WH, our county will just extend it for the entire year.

Manager at local Pancheros was on the phone with 911 because I would not put on a mask, despite a doctor's note. Yeah, we won't be back to that store.

Posted by: Swingin' for the Downs at March 29, 2021 06:20 PM (0/7Nj)

164 Joe Biden needs a mask consisting of a rubber ball and duct tape up his yam chute.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 29, 2021 06:20 PM (R/m4+)

165 Nyah?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2021 06:20 PM (pY50j)

166 You know who else was sending a message?

Posted by: ShainS

Liberace ?
The Police?

Genesis?
Posted by: TexasDan at March 29, 2021 06:18 PM (ohOLP)

Dionne Warwick?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 29, 2021 06:20 PM (2JVJo)

167 >>>103 >>Quality stuff as always, Ace.

It really is hard to believe that his formal training is in Shelving.
Posted by: garrett

...

1. Thank you very much. 2. Haha!

Posted by: ace at March 29, 2021 06:20 PM (5+1A/)

168 153 > Pence is another one who torched his own political career. What was he thinking in turning on Trump?

Probably something like, "Trump's out the door, everyone hates him, I need to create some separation to save my career."
Posted by: bonhomme at March 29, 2021 06:18 PM (UW2ZS)

Great political instincts. Kristi Noem nods.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2021 06:20 PM (bPfBs)

169 "Put on your seatbelt, it will save lives!"
"Wear a helmet, it will save lives!"
"Put collision airbags in all cars, it will save lives!"
"Put a warning sticker on everything, it will save lives!"
"Stay at home, it will save lives!"
"Put on a mask, it will save lives!"
"Get the COVID vaccination, it will save lives!"
"Give up your guns, it will save lives!"

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 29, 2021 06:20 PM (2SdPm)

170 My 'End' button isn't working. I now have to hit 'ctrl'+'fn'+'end' to get to the bottom of the page. I use to just be able to hit one button, 'end'.

Why does weird stuff like that happen?

Posted by: Tami at March 29, 2021 06:20 PM (cF8AT)

171 146 Instead of a mask I am going to start wearing a Lab Coat and Carrying a Clipboard.
Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 06:17 PM (+AZBk)

...

I had an ultrasound on my legs today (vascular stuff. It's possible I'm actually older than 29 and in some sort of weird denial.) I have one of those neck gaiter things--the lady made me change it.

I told her her mask was too tight. Did she have another? After some hesitation she gave me one with strings to tie. She said 'its the same size".

I told her I wasn't talking about the acreage in the front. And i tied those strings so loose it was barely staying on. Congrats lady you ended up with less filtration in my case than before.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 29, 2021 06:21 PM (ohOLP)

172 SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE SHIT MY PANTS!

Posted by: Joe Biden at March 29, 2021 06:21 PM (iFTZX)

173 124 > But keeping bathhouses open in the 80s was just following the science, amirite?

Did y'all see that Fauci claims he "went undercover" to some bathhouse(s) to "understand the problem better?" Yeah, sure dude. THAT'S why you went.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 29, 2021 06:14 PM (UW2ZS)

-----

Hey, those viral infection sites aren't going to probe themselves you know.

Posted by: ShainS at March 29, 2021 06:21 PM (LXjOm)

174 Dionne Warwick?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 29, 2021 06:20 PM (2JVJo)
-----------

Harry Houdini tried, from the afterlife, but, as near as anyone can tell, he failed.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 29, 2021 06:21 PM (2SdPm)

175 Those two should have been culled from the population right there on the sidewalk.

That was one of the most horrific murders I have ever seen.
Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 06:18 PM (+AZBk)

Yep. And they were what? 13 or 14? Yow.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2021 06:21 PM (bPfBs)

176 How is it that politicians are not being hunted in the streets?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 29, 2021 06:21 PM (kTF2Z)

177 CDC director says she's scared.

Quit and go hide in your basement, honey. Put someone in charge with some backbone and who knows science.

Posted by: Roy at March 29, 2021 06:22 PM (Ti+Tv)

178 Outlaw abortion! It will save lives!!
*crickets chirping*

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 29, 2021 06:22 PM (0UNjH)

179 bonhomme: "Probably something like, 'Trump's out the door, everyone hates him, I need to create some separation to save my career.'"

I guess it depends on his career. If it is as lobbyist or Board of Directors/Chamber of Commerce flunky, I could see that. If it is as politician, yeah, he detonated the pillars of that avenue.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at March 29, 2021 06:22 PM (aXxgO)

180 Posted by: callsign claymore

[x] My friend the witch Doctor.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at March 29, 2021 06:23 PM (LWu6U)

181 How is it that politicians are not being hunted in the streets?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 29, 2021 06:21 PM (kTF2Z)

They've convinced two halves of the population that the other half is more their enemy than the pricks that are robbing them blind and trying to complete the slide to despotism.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at March 29, 2021 06:23 PM (J+mig)

182 >Manager at local Pancheros was on the phone with 911 because I would not put on a mask, despite a doctor's note. Yeah, we won't be back to that store.
Posted by: Swingin' for the Downs at March 29, 2021 06:20 PM (0/7Nj)

They can't let anyone be exempt, or the dam will break and all of the deplorables will be insisting on no masks.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at March 29, 2021 06:23 PM (DXFDM)

183 How is it that politicians are not being hunted in the streets?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 29, 2021 06:21 PM (kTF2Z)

==================
Maybe because they have 5,000 troops standing at the razor wire protective barrier.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at March 29, 2021 06:23 PM (s9+KW)

184 Pence is another one who torched his own political career. What was he thinking in turning on Trump?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2021 06:15 PM (bPfBs)

It's trying to avoid the short-term pain, but at the cost of more pain long-term. Think about the person who gets themselves deeper and deeper into debt trying to avoid making lifestyle changes or selling the house they can no longer afford. The GOPe knows that the system is rotted and falling apart, but they don't have the courage to accept it. So, instead, they reflexively try to play the part of "dignified statesmen," attack anyone pushing for change, and agree to compromises that keep everything afloat for another year or two, another term, whatever, until everything starts over.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 29, 2021 06:23 PM (jOcSX)

185 You know who else was sending a message?

Posted by: ShainS

Does the bat signal count?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2021 06:23 PM (bPfBs)

186 Bring back the mask ma.....ma...mask....that kid in the movie mask was a freak.

....I'd stick my finger in his ma, though.

Posted by: Joe Biden at March 29, 2021 06:23 PM (ehv8D)

187 >>>You know who else was sending a message?

Carrier pigeons?

Posted by: 4 at March 29, 2021 06:23 PM (KnJdm)

188 He didn't answer right? I've trained them not to respond.
Posted by: Tami

He died soon after.

Posted by: JT at March 29, 2021 06:23 PM (arJlL)

189 Old Joe sounded like he was ready to collapse and suck his thumb. Now is not the time to celebrate.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 29, 2021 06:24 PM (03n3v)

190 The CDC DIrector should stop taking Bill Gates' phone calls. She will be a happier soul.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at March 29, 2021 06:24 PM (s9+KW)

191 Probably something like, "Trump's out the door, everyone hates him, I need to create some separation to save my career."
Posted by: bonhomme at March 29, 2021 06:18 PM (UW2ZS)

I think a lot of them did hope that, once Trump was gone, things would calm down and return to "normal."

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 29, 2021 06:24 PM (jOcSX)

192 Nyah?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Hiyah.

Posted by: JT at March 29, 2021 06:24 PM (arJlL)

193 I, personally, am waiting for the impending, catastrophic, Xtreme! super-doom version, before I panic.

My panic goes to 11!

Posted by: Nigel Tufnel at March 29, 2021 06:24 PM (vGJY7)

194 His eyes have finally disappeared.

Posted by: wth at March 29, 2021 06:24 PM (v0R5T)

195 >Those two should have been culled from the population right there on the sidewalk.

That was one of the most horrific murders I have ever seen.
Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 06:18 PM (+AZBk)

And yet the NG just stood around with their thumbs up their asses, not even having detained said perps. Helluva country.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at March 29, 2021 06:25 PM (DXFDM)

196 Never trust utopians, whether Socialist or Libertarian.
Posted by: aelfheld

Give us the power, and we'll get there.

Posted by: Utopia is no more than 250 million deaths away at March 29, 2021 06:25 PM (2nFxy)

197 Just to be clear, Ace -

I quoted the compliment.

No idea what this Thread is about...
but I am sure it is artfully constructed with a proper Zinger or two.

I scanned it quickly. Failed to see the word 'Snizz' and lost what little interest I was feigning for your benefit.

The shelving thing though. I meant all of that.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 06:25 PM (+AZBk)

198 Instead of a mask I am going to start wearing a Lab Coat and Carrying a Clipboard.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 06:17 PM (+AZBk)

I got an actual face colander (hockey mask). I can't wait to wear it.

Posted by: 4 at March 29, 2021 06:25 PM (KnJdm)

199 You know who else was sending a message?

Carrier pigeons?
Posted by: 4 at March 29, 2021 06:23 PM (KnJdm)

Samuel Morse?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 29, 2021 06:25 PM (iFTZX)

200
They can't let anyone be exempt, or the dam will break and all of the deplorables will be insisting on no masks.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at March 29, 2021 06:23 PM (DXFDM)

...

apparently my local Sams' is allowing customers freedom of choice. This intel from a staffer complaining to me. Except now I know.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 29, 2021 06:25 PM (ohOLP)

201 And then there were 9!

@Breaking911 4m

#BREAKING: Ninth Woman Accuses Cuomo of Sexual Misconduct

https://tinyurl.com/ydvl5at7

Posted by: Tami at March 29, 2021 06:25 PM (cF8AT)

202 Unelected Falling Object is full of shit. Film at 11.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 29, 2021 06:26 PM (mzC78)

203 I think a lot of them did hope that, once Trump was gone, things would calm down and return to "normal."

After the past year, that is some magical thinking.

Posted by: Unkaren at March 29, 2021 06:26 PM (vGJY7)

204 One nation, under Karen...

Posted by: The Pledge of Malfeasance at March 29, 2021 06:26 PM (W4eKo)

205 >>>You know who else was sending a message?

Jan. 6 Insurrectionistas?

Posted by: 4 at March 29, 2021 06:27 PM (KnJdm)

206 Never trust utopians, whether Socialist or Libertarian.
Posted by: aelfheld

RA was a heck of an album, though

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at March 29, 2021 06:27 PM (YiTfq)

207 He died soon after.

Posted by: JT at March 29, 2021 06:23 PM (arJlL)

You'll be hearing from his relatives....

Posted by: Tami at March 29, 2021 06:27 PM (cF8AT)

208 201 And then there were 9!

@Breaking911 4m

#BREAKING: Ninth Woman Accuses Cuomo of Sexual Misconduct

https://tinyurl.com/ydvl5at7
Posted by: Tami at March 29, 2021 06:25 PM (cF8AT)

Drip. Drip. Drip.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2021 06:27 PM (bPfBs)

209 >>You know who else was sending a message?

Bob Marley?
Everythings gonna be alright!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 29, 2021 06:27 PM (bDqIh)

210 Yep. And they were what? 13 or 14? Yow.
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They've got to start trying more of these kids as adults. It's not innocent to bring a taser to a car jacking. Was it the Gov that suggested people do more to ensure their cars are not car jacked?

Posted by: dartist at March 29, 2021 06:27 PM (+ya+t)

211 Kristi Noem probably tealizes by now that she was set up by Big Democrat. She should anyway. Whoever her closest political advisor is was turned, and betrayed her. Told her it was the smart move post Trump, set her up for an expanded donor pool, etc. She fell for it.. But she should at least feel a little pride.. They sized her up as a real threat. Had to be taken out. Big D plays for keeps.

Posted by: occam's brassiere at March 29, 2021 06:27 PM (8HvsU)

212 After the past year, that is some magical thinking.
Posted by: Unkaren at March 29, 2021 06:26 PM (vGJY7)

It is, but remember that the political class over the past few generations has been bred to be good at gaming the system, not actually developing the skills to be leaders. They mostly rely on cultural and institutional inertia, along with the bureaucracy, to keep things running.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 29, 2021 06:28 PM (jOcSX)

213 I saw Unelected Falling Object open for The Pursuit Of Happiness at the Capitol in '95

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at March 29, 2021 06:28 PM (YiTfq)

214 I think a lot of them did hope that, once Trump was gone, things would calm down and return to "normal."
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 29, 2021 06:24 PM (jOcSX)

After the past year, that is some magical thinking.
Posted by: Unkaren at March 29, 2021 06:26 PM (vGJY7)

Because appeasing a bully always gets them to leave you alone, and never immediately start bullying again to see what else they can get from you.

These people have no idea how humanity works. They aren't fit to lead a cleanup detail, let alone a nation.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at March 29, 2021 06:28 PM (J+mig)

215
Reminder: We weren't even supposed to have a vaccine for this bullshit hoax "pandemic" for 2-5 years!

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at March 29, 2021 06:29 PM (ALE60)

216 202 Unelected Falling Object is full of shit. Film at 11.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 29, 2021 06:26 PM (mzC7

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I saw Unelected Falling Object open for the Crash Test Dummies at Wake Forest U. Body parts everywhere.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 29, 2021 06:29 PM (dfRN6)

217 Drip. Drip. Drip.

Ewww.

Posted by: Harvey Weinstein's Ficus at March 29, 2021 06:29 PM (2nFxy)

218 Fuck off, you Paste-Eating Imbecile Joe!

It's a fucking COLD virus.

Posted by: Sharkman at March 29, 2021 06:29 PM (QARMO)

219 And nobody went to help the old man as he lay dying.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 29, 2021 06:29 PM (0UNjH)

220 Because appeasing a bully always gets them to leave you alone, and never immediately start bullying again to see what else they can get from you.

As a nation we've gone from "stand up to bullies" to "tell a teacher" and it shows.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 29, 2021 06:29 PM (jOcSX)

221 How is it that politicians are not being hunted in the streets?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 29, 2021 06:21 PM (kTF2Z)

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"Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose."

At some point, some people of our ilk will reach that point (I'm astonished it didn't happen last year). First slowly ... then all at once.

Posted by: ShainS at March 29, 2021 06:29 PM (7PV5I)

222 Fuck if you want any other proof just look at what happened this winter. Everywhere was forcing people behind masks, yet cases skyrocketed. Talk about proof of their worthlessness.

Posted by: buzzion at March 29, 2021 06:29 PM (vMCab)

223 @Breaking911 3m

The accuser, 55-year-old Sherry Vill, said @NYGovCuomo grabbed her face and kissed her in a "highly sexual manner" in front of her son in 2017 while touring flood damage on her property.

Da fuq?

Posted by: Tami at March 29, 2021 06:29 PM (cF8AT)

224 To paraphrase L.B. Mayer: "If you want to send a message, use your email ap".

Posted by: muggedbyreality at March 29, 2021 06:29 PM (1Ic6/)

225 It is, but remember that the political class over the past few generations has been bred to be good at gaming the system, not actually developing the skills to be leaders. They mostly rely on cultural and institutional inertia, along with the bureaucracy, to keep things running.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 29, 2021 06:28 PM (jOcSX)

And unfortunately for them, the inertia they were depending on is running out. The culture is in tatters and the institutions are decayed.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at March 29, 2021 06:30 PM (J+mig)

226 I think she's right about not letting our guard down.

Posted by: The 2A at March 29, 2021 06:30 PM (mO8tz)

227 I saw Unelected Falling Object open for The Pursuit Of Happiness at the Capitol in '95

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at March 29, 2021 06:28 PM (YiTfq)

I saw Unelected Falling Object open for Crash Test Dummies at Hal Holmes Center 96

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at March 29, 2021 06:30 PM (DjiZK)

228 191 Probably something like, "Trump's out the door, everyone hates him, I need to create some separation to save my career."
Posted by: bonhomme at March 29, 2021 06:18 PM (UW2ZS)

I think a lot of them did hope that, once Trump was gone, things would calm down and return to "normal."
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 29, 2021 06:24 PM (jOcSX)

...

I think Trump was completely surrounded by syncophants.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 29, 2021 06:30 PM (ohOLP)

229 >>And nobody went to help the old man as he lay dying.

I think that guy was well and truly dead.

What floored me was nobody helped him on the street. Just filmed him getting murdered.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 06:30 PM (+AZBk)

230 "leaders."
It's the flu, some will get sick, some will die. Now get out of my face about it.

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at March 29, 2021 06:30 PM (r1z5A)

231 They've got to start trying more of these kids as adults. It's not innocent to bring a taser to a car jacking. Was it the Gov that suggested people do more to ensure their cars are not car jacked?
Posted by: dartist at March 29, 2021 06:27 PM (+ya+t)
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Happened in DC, right?

So, according to Heller, DC is issuing handgun permits right and left, correct?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 29, 2021 06:30 PM (2SdPm)

232 I'm now getting a "Connie Stevens is 82 and has to live like this" ad. It shows a picture of a much younger CS, bent over something, and looking like she's getting reamed. It's not unlike the ads I used to get advertising some sort of stretch, with a woman likewise looking like she was being taken by someone at the backdoor. What exactly is the target audience here?

Posted by: pep at March 29, 2021 06:30 PM (v16oJ)

233 Utopia, as it turns out, is indeed a perfect place. For the 1% in charge. Just ask Kim Jong Un.

Posted by: No Longer Amused at March 29, 2021 06:31 PM (vTW2/)

234 People are perverted.
Posted by: Toaster Fucker at March 29, 2021 06:05 PM (+AZBk)

So you are the asshole who broke MP4's cherished vintage toaster. Have you no shame, sir?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 29, 2021 06:31 PM (mzC78)

235 >>>this is about "signaling" and "sending a message" that covid is still around<<<

COVID WILL ALWAYS BE AROUND! (As will be the flu, bubonic plague, Ebola, you name it.)

Are we to wear masks and cower from COVID forever, AllahPundit????

The "experts" give us nothing about what numbers, percentages, anything, when the COVID risk will be considered ACCEPTABLE. Hell, based on an honest analysis of costs and the lives lost due to lockdown-caused depression, versus deaths and people suffering long-term effects from COVID, we likely long, long ago crossed over to the lockdown effects risk being worse than the COVID disease effects risk.

You'll never hear anyone in the Dem-Media Complex talk about any kind of COVID-related lockdown vs disease risk assessment, though. And that is a totally anti-scientific position to take.

Posted by: Gref at March 29, 2021 06:31 PM (AMIL/)

236 223 Tami,
She has and has released pictures. Also, she is repped by Gloria Allred.

It is now official, the Dem establishment wants Cuomo gone or at least neutered so as to not be able to run in 2022.

Posted by: whig at March 29, 2021 06:32 PM (pO7gM)

237 Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at March 29, 2021 06:30 PM (DjiZK)

Horde Mind - it's a marvel, aye?

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at March 29, 2021 06:32 PM (YiTfq)

238 215
Reminder: We weren't even supposed to have a vaccine for this bullshit hoax "pandemic" for 2-5 years!

That's what they were hoping for. Now sadz. New excuses needed. Fauxi probably as an order in to his pals at Wuhan U. to send over a new flu.

Posted by: Dusty Boomer at March 29, 2021 06:32 PM (jBF9t)

239
I can end this vaccination bullshit with one simple question:

You're telling me I absolutely, definitely need a vaccination for china-19 virus, but aren't you also screaming about "variants" and different strains that the vaccine won't knock out?

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at March 29, 2021 06:32 PM (ALE60)

240 >>The accuser, 55-year-old Sherry Vill, said @NYGovCuomo grabbed her face and kissed her in a "highly sexual manner"

eeeeew

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 06:32 PM (nZgpo)

241 I suggest we send Allahpundit to China and send him through the anal swab line.

All in favor?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 29, 2021 06:32 PM (2SdPm)

242 It will eventually be found that covid "rates" are exactly equal to the test's false-positive rates. And that the whole damn time we've been doing nothing more than tracking the floor of the test's error statistics. A serious nation would have a sample of positives requested for in-depth testing to see if the patients, any of the patients actually have covid. And more importantly, if they actually just test positive for any number of flu strains. But we are not a serious nation.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 29, 2021 06:33 PM (K15O3)

243 I think Trump was completely surrounded by syncophants.
Posted by: TexasDan at March 29, 2021 06:30 PM (ohOLP)

And his chief fault - a fatal one. We can't afford to trust that again.

Posted by: No Longer Amused at March 29, 2021 06:33 PM (vTW2/)

244 Horde Mind - it's a marvel, aye?

Posted by: Doctor.Boom at March 29, 2021 06:32 PM (YiTfq)

*fistbump* aye it is.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at March 29, 2021 06:33 PM (DjiZK)

245 And unfortunately for them, the inertia they were depending on is running out. The culture is in tatters and the institutions are decayed.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at March 29, 2021 06:30 PM (J+mig)

Yup. Not just in the US, but all over the West.

I compare it to a business whose founders spent decades building up strong balance sheets, lots of good investments, a strong reputation and brand loyalty. Then successive generations of managers leverage all that economic and social capital to try and expand the company in new directions, implement reorganizations and new management theories, and try out whatever crack-brained theories are in vogue this week. For a while it works: early investments are modest and sensible, sometimes an idea pays off, etc. Even when they don't, a good economy papers over losses. But eventually the company becomes fragile, and some day you're staring at massive debt payments, a customer base fleeing, and employees with no loyalty to the company.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 29, 2021 06:34 PM (jOcSX)

246 Sundown is just the symtom of the evil that is gripping the U.S. it is fooking scary that the FNM propped him up as a candidate. WHO told them to do it?

Slight chance that just on their own they felt that sundown had the best chance to get enough votes for the fraud to succeed because name recognition. But I think they could have created as much name recognition as they needed to. Why didn't FNM pick one of the seeming moderates and boost the heck out of them?

Now add in how thoroughly the FNM is pushing "insurrection of Jan 6" SNORT. First unarmed, and non-organized insurrection in history. What in the wide wide world of sports is the end goal of all this lying and propaganda? Nothing good for the country, nor for 'western' values across the world. Lots of bad for Christians and Jews, but also for atheists that want the scientific method rather than worship of 'scientists' who are obediently pushing the globalists? CCPs? narrative.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at March 29, 2021 06:34 PM (Aashi)

247 "this is about "signaling" and "sending a message" that covid is still around."

Yeah, so is the common cold and hay fever.

Posted by: Cate at March 29, 2021 06:34 PM (B4a7u)

248 >And nobody went to help the old man as he lay dying.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 29, 2021 06:29 PM (0UNjH)

Yes. Again, the NG was right there. The man didn't die until he got to the hospital. I didn't even see anyone check a pulse on him or anything. Like I said before, lot of ruin in a country.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at March 29, 2021 06:34 PM (DXFDM)

249 I have to wear a mask at work, because blue state. I did it and caught the Covid anyway. Masks don't do anything.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Biden Is Not My President at March 29, 2021 06:34 PM (qoNQ/)

250 > What floored me was nobody helped him on the street. Just filmed him getting murdered.

I just watched the video. I shouldn't have.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 29, 2021 06:34 PM (UW2ZS)

251 Have to go find the Connie Stevens is 82 and getting reamed thing

Posted by: Y5 at March 29, 2021 06:35 PM (AHcCm)

252 Excuse me, but what president isn't surrounded by sycophants?

Posted by: navybrat, flooring it at March 29, 2021 06:35 PM (w7KSn)

253 They've got to start trying more of these kids as adults. It's not innocent to bring a taser to a car jacking. Was it the Gov that suggested people do more to ensure their cars are not car jacked?
Posted by: dartist at March 29, 2021 06:27 PM (+ya+t)

Definitely. And I don't want hear any liberals or minorities bleating that "they're just kids."

Taser, carjacking, murdering the driver, worrying only about her phone = adult criminals in my mind.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2021 06:35 PM (bPfBs)

254 228 Texas Dan, it appears the opposite, Fauci, Birx, his own Sec. of Defense, Joint Chiefs, McConnell, Ryan, all of them told Trump to get stuffed.

Read Patrick Byrne's posts, his own legal people in the WH were surrendering in front of him.

The DC GOP, bureaucracy, Courts, and Dems, hated him and wanted him destroyed. Only a few people were at least supportive in public.

Posted by: whig at March 29, 2021 06:35 PM (pO7gM)

255
What floored me was nobody helped him on the street. Just filmed him getting murdered.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 06:30 PM

Lawyers pay money for good cell phone footage. It's better then getting a real job. Did you see the person running down the street who captured the initial footage, race to where the car crashed?

Record time. If they hustled like that on a real job they've be 'Employee of the Month' every month. But McJobs don't pay as much as ambulance chasing lawyers.

Posted by: Bill from Attainder at March 29, 2021 06:35 PM (N/gDA)

256 It can't be that the mask mandates increases infection rates. Masking does nothing to decrease infections, but it shouldn't increase them.

So infection rate increases have to be caused either by flakey testing or perhaps that the vaccines are causing the increase. A family member got the vaccine and began to have strange symptoms.

I wonder if people have vaccine rates by state?

Posted by: Wade Hampton at March 29, 2021 06:35 PM (Su9Le)

257 At some point, some people of our ilk will reach that point (I'm astonished it didn't happen last year). First slowly ... then all at once.
Posted by: ShainS at March 29, 2021 06:29 PM (7PV5I)

I hope you're right. I'm at the point where I want actual lynching of politicians.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 29, 2021 06:35 PM (2JVJo)

258
These fascist totalitarians in the media are using "variants" and "new strains" as a fake-hoax weapon by saying the Republican Governors in Red States are CAUSING the creation of new strains.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at March 29, 2021 06:35 PM (ALE60)

259 I compare it to a business whose founders spent decades building up
strong balance sheets, lots of good investments, a strong reputation and
brand loyalty. Then successive generations of managers leverage all
that economic and social capital to try and expand the company in new
directions, implement reorganizations and new management theories, and
try out whatever crack-brained theories are in vogue this week. For a
while it works: early investments are modest and sensible, sometimes an
idea pays off, etc. Even when they don't, a good economy papers over
losses. But eventually the company becomes fragile, and some day you're
staring at massive debt payments, a customer base fleeing, and employees
with no loyalty to the company.
**shifty eyes**

Posted by: Levi's at March 29, 2021 06:35 PM (v16oJ)

260 Did a lot of dark enlightenment reading on the road trip - trying to reconcile Moldbug's ideas of neocameralism (the not altogether new idea that the government should be run more like a company, with a CEO, board and shareholders) with the rise of woke corporatism. The assumption was that a profitable government has no reason to abuse its citizens (or "customers") and that free exit would allow there to be something of a marketplace of nation states. But it seems to me the last decade has shown that people, even businessmen who are supposed to ruthlessly pursue the bottom line, desire creating castes more than they do making their companies more profitable.

Posted by: Broseidon at March 29, 2021 06:36 PM (icI8A)

261 >>Taser, carjacking, murdering the driver, worrying only about her phone = adult criminals in my mind.

I'd like to see the parents right there with them.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 06:36 PM (b8I6m)

262 What exactly is the target audience here?

Posted by: pep at March 29, 2021 06:30 PM (v16oJ)

Otters.

Posted by: 4 at March 29, 2021 06:36 PM (KnJdm)

263 You're telling me I absolutely, definitely need a vaccination for china-19 virus, but aren't you also screaming about "variants" and different strains that the vaccine won't knock out?

Stop making sense. It's unbecoming.

Posted by: A Scold of Karens at March 29, 2021 06:36 PM (W4eKo)

264 >I suggest we send Allahpundit to China and send him through the anal swab line.

All in favor?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 29, 2021 06:32 PM (2SdPm)

He'll probably moan in a combination of pain and pleasure that will even creep out the Chicom handlers assigned to him.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at March 29, 2021 06:36 PM (DXFDM)

265 **shifty eyes**
Posted by: Levi's at March 29, 2021 06:35 PM (v16oJ)

That's just it: the people in our government are the same ones running all these corporations, so the behavior is the same.

People who have never failed at anything because they always figure out how to game the system, cover up mistakes, and bail before the results become known.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 29, 2021 06:37 PM (jOcSX)

266 And nobody went to help the old man as he lay dying.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 29, 2021 06:29 PM (0UNjH)

Maybe they thought he was Falkner?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at March 29, 2021 06:37 PM (ifmtJ)

267 From around the web see Fouci is now the self proclaimed vaccine savior. Did it all himself whole President Trump begged him to make it.

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2021 06:37 PM (Cxk7w)

268 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 29, 2021 06:31 PM (mzC7

I did get some repair advice from pawn, so will try that first and if not, it's going out to be repaired, somewhere, somehow. I am not going to throw it away.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 29, 2021 06:37 PM (2JVJo)

269 @243...disagree. Trump was not completely surrounded by sychophants. More than a couple backstabbers in the inner ring, fake sycophants who drove the shiv in at crucial times. Trump was, believe it or not, too nice a guy. Not cynical enough.

Posted by: occam's brassiere at March 29, 2021 06:38 PM (8HvsU)

270 @208

He's already said he's not quitting and even though the media is reporting on it, they are not doing the typical "drum beat of scandal" that they do for GOP politicians.

If he's not removed by either the AG or impeachment, the meatball will survive.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 29, 2021 06:38 PM (M47S1)

271 I think Trump was completely surrounded by syncophants.
Disco pachyderms?

Posted by: Levi's at March 29, 2021 06:38 PM (v16oJ)

272 >>>Maybe they thought he was Falkner?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Wow, that's beautiful.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Biden Is Not My President at March 29, 2021 06:38 PM (qoNQ/)

273 >>And nobody went to help the old man as he lay dying.

In their defense :
He wasn't wearing a mask.

Posted by: DC Mayor at March 29, 2021 06:38 PM (b8I6m)

274 Here's a nice innocent palate cleanser.
Grease - "You're the one that I want"

https://youtu.be/7oKPYe53h78

Posted by: bonhomme at March 29, 2021 06:38 PM (UW2ZS)

275 Masks increase contagiousness.
Masks supposedly catch your virus laden droplets that would float around and infect others. The heavier the droplet, the shorter the float, and vice versa. As you wear a mask a lot of virus laden moisture collects within the mask, which is then forced out through the mask into smaller droplets. Smaller droplets will travel further than the usual sized droplets.
The further the droplets travel, the more likely to infect.

Posted by: davidt at March 29, 2021 06:38 PM (WoQnt)

276 I'd like to see the parents right there with them.
Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 06:36 PM (b8I6m)

At least their mothers. Their fathers are probably long gone, if they were even ever known.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2021 06:39 PM (bPfBs)

277 You mean the national guardsmen who was screaming to "call it in" then started saying to hold the girls when he got to the car?

Saw him.

Posted by: Y5 at March 29, 2021 06:39 PM (AHcCm)

278 But it seems to me the last decade has shown that people, even businessmen who are supposed to ruthlessly pursue the bottom line, desire creating castes more than they do making their companies more profitable.
Posted by: Broseidon at March 29, 2021 06:36 PM (icI8A)

People who seek power, really want power. They won't settle for anything less unless forced away from it.

I almost don't think the form of government matters: so long as you're ruled by power-seeking assholes, you're going to get proper fucked.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at March 29, 2021 06:39 PM (ifmtJ)

279 CDC director predicts DOOM

And the Sec. of Education says it's uncertain in person school will return next fall.

They are on the same page, but completely out of step with institutions outside of the Execuitive branch.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 29, 2021 06:07 PM (bDqIh)

If no school, no need of a Dept of Education. Defund and layoff everyone there till schools reopen.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 29, 2021 06:39 PM (eoQWY)

280 But it seems to me the last decade has shown that people, even businessmen who are supposed to ruthlessly pursue the bottom line, desire creating castes more than they do making their companies more profitable.
Posted by: Broseidon at March 29, 2021 06:36 PM (icI8A)

Some people, the moment they gain an iota of power, turn into petty dictators.

This is every bit as true in business as it is in government.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at March 29, 2021 06:39 PM (J+mig)

281 I think that guy was well and truly dead.

What floored me was nobody helped him on the street. Just filmed him getting murdered.
Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 06:30 PM (+AZBk)

Including Nat'l Guards.

Posted by: Tami at March 29, 2021 06:39 PM (cF8AT)

282 254 228 Texas Dan, it appears the opposite, Fauci, Birx, his own Sec. of Defense, Joint Chiefs, McConnell, Ryan, all of them told Trump to get stuffed.

...

I meant the inner circle who ought to have been reliable, and shared his convictions.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 29, 2021 06:40 PM (ohOLP)

283 >>The further the droplets travel, the more likely to infect.

I covered aspiration from inadequate masking about 12 months ago...

but the Science. She's a fickle mistress.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 06:40 PM (b8I6m)

284 >>You know who else was sending a message?

Bob Marley?
Everythings gonna be alright!
Posted by: Lizzy at March 29, 2021 06:27 PM

"That's why we're gonna be
Burning and looting tonight..."

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at March 29, 2021 06:40 PM (OssQ4)

285 The accuser, 55-year-old Sherry Vill, said @NYGovCuomo grabbed her face and kissed her in a "highly sexual manner" in front of her son in 2017 while touring flood damage on her property.

Da fuq?
Posted by: Tami

Now I want to know where the line is between kissing in a "sexual manner" and a "highly sexual manner". Officially.

Was he tracing out the alphabet on her uvula?

Posted by: mikeski at March 29, 2021 06:41 PM (P1f+c)

286 Some people, the moment they gain an iota of power, turn into petty dictators.
Most people. Money isn't the source of all evil, power is.

Posted by: pep at March 29, 2021 06:41 PM (v16oJ)

287 Did a lot of dark enlightenment reading on the road trip - trying to reconcile Moldbug's ideas of neocameralism (the not altogether new idea that the government should be run more like a company, with a CEO, board and shareholders) with the rise of woke corporatism. The assumption was that a profitable government has no reason to abuse its citizens (or "customers") and that free exit would allow there to be something of a marketplace of nation states. But it seems to me the last decade has shown that people, even businessmen who are supposed to ruthlessly pursue the bottom line, desire creating castes more than they do making their companies more profitable.
Posted by: Broseidon at March 29, 2021 06:36 PM (icI8A)

Bejamin Graham, the father of value investing, wrote a whole chapter in The Intelligent Investor about shareholder oversight. When he updated the book decades later, he cut most of it and basically said, "yeah, none of this work."

What we're seeing is the behavior inherent to any large organization. Shareholders can only have oversight if there are few enough of them to influence decisions.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 29, 2021 06:41 PM (jOcSX)

288 Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling
https://youtu.be/ovo6zwv6DX4

Posted by: bonhomme at March 29, 2021 06:41 PM (UW2ZS)

289 But keeping bathhouses open in the 80s was just following the science, amirite?

Did y'all see that Fauci claims he "went undercover" to some bathhouse(s) to "understand the problem better?" Yeah, sure dude. THAT'S why you went.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 29, 2021 06:14 PM (UW2ZS)

Not just in the 80s. In Michigan I think, bathhouses were deemed 'essential' and open all thru Covid. Probably other states too.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 29, 2021 06:41 PM (eoQWY)

290 Worried about Covid? Drink more Brawndo.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at March 29, 2021 06:41 PM (s9+KW)

291 Maybe they thought he was Falkner?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Wow, that's beautiful.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Biden Is Not My President at March 29, 2021 06:38 PM (qoNQ/)

You're too kind, sir.
I hope you heal up, soon.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at March 29, 2021 06:41 PM (ifmtJ)

292 Basically, the only science that supports mask mandates is this: 1) A guy has a pandemic model that has a parameter that says X number of people will catch COVID from each person infected; 2) Guy runs the model for X = Y, says that's the "No Mask Mandate" case; 3) Guy runs the model for X

But ask the guy why he chose any particular values of X and he can only honestly say, "To make the pretty graph to convince people to wear masks."

Posted by: The Ghost of Pandemic Present at March 29, 2021 06:41 PM (dYe5S)

293 Fuck you 46*. Fuck you good and hard.

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 29, 2021 06:41 PM (nxdel)

294 Good news!

The daffys have dilled.

Spring has burst forth onto the land and soon the mosquitoes will plague the earth like mini flying karens remind people to coat their bodies in DEET.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at March 29, 2021 06:41 PM (LWu6U)

295 Taser, carjacking, murdering the driver, worrying only about her phone = adult criminals in my mind.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2021 06:35 PM (bPfBs)
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"Starship Troopers" wherein our hero, don't remember his name, was in a class where the instructor mentions raising a pooch, not disciplining the pet at all, and, all of a sudden, a few years down the road, realizing the dog is out of control, so, one day, just up and shoot it in the head."

If memory serves, the instructor then went on to ask the class what happens if one were to raise a child in the same fashion.

Same class, the instructor even handed out a participation medal, I think.

RAH was really ahead of his time in some ways. Others, well, just a tad nuts.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 29, 2021 06:42 PM (2SdPm)

296 >>Now I want to know where the line is between kissing in a "sexual manner" and a "highly sexual manner". Officially.

I think the later includes grinding your salsiche on her leg while rubbing your nipple piercings.

I think.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 06:42 PM (b8I6m)

297 I don't suppose anyone has clarified whether the referenced increase in infection rates is only in "cases," i.e., positive tests, as opposed to symptomatic cases, hospitalizations or deaths.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at March 29, 2021 06:42 PM (0V/8D)

298 But it seems to me the last decade has shown that people, even businessmen who are supposed to ruthlessly pursue the bottom line, desire creating castes more than they do making their companies more profitable.
Posted by: Broseidon at March 29, 2021 06:36 PM (icI8A)

People who seek power, really want power. They won't settle for anything less unless forced away from it.

...

I have seen my own boss pivot from a hungry guy who played hard and fair to having a "different perspective" when he got to a net worth of about $10M. Doors open up and people seem to get new visions for things like power when before that they were satisfied with hard work and financial reward.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 29, 2021 06:43 PM (ohOLP)

299 Reg u lation is what you need
Reg u lation is what you need

Hey! You wanna be regular don't you?
_Yeah, it feels good to be regular.

Well, as you know
It's good to go
So take it from me and buy into
Old Uncle Joe and his medicine show

Reg u lation is what you need
It's Reg u lation. _ In Deed!

Posted by: Braenyard, starving the beast at March 29, 2021 06:43 PM (lJMoP)

300 Why hasn't Pedo Joe simply put out a National Executive Mask Mandate?

Posted by: kytten at March 29, 2021 06:43 PM (tjZg/)

301 Mark, his contention is that democracy will always lead to the broken set of affairs we have now, partially because parties in power have no reason to permanently improve things - in fact, the more resources they squander, all the better for sabotaging those who come next.

Posted by: Broseidon at March 29, 2021 06:43 PM (icI8A)

302 But it seems to me the last decade has shown that people, even businessmen who are supposed to ruthlessly pursue the bottom line, desire creating castes more than they do making their companies more profitable.
Posted by: B

That is nothing new. Their job is to earn $ not to worry about other things. It is easier for to go along to get along than to stand for something. There is also a bias towards efficiency not understanding that it is inefficiency that is protecting their businesses.

Posted by: Y5 at March 29, 2021 06:43 PM (AHcCm)

303 De Santis is running in '24. Count on it. The only way I don't see that happening is if Trump runs again.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 29, 2021 06:43 PM (JZT2F)

304 > "Starship Troopers" wherein our hero, don't remember his name

Juan Rico. He was a Filipino.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 29, 2021 06:44 PM (JZT2F)

305 @275

Masks cannot and will not stop the spread of a virus in a general population of 2, 22k, 22m, or 7 billion people.

From an engineering and epidemiological perspective, habitual mask wearing is harmful.

And that's what the actual science said which is why the CDC said in the beginning not to wear mask.

You used to be able to read the scientific white papers on the CDC and WHO websites, until they decided to weaponize masks.

But this was all known and said by myself and others over a year ago.

So, there's that.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 29, 2021 06:44 PM (M47S1)

306 Posted by: A Scold of Karens at March 29, 2021 06:36 PM (W4eKo)

That nic will be stolen and used elsewhere by me. Sorry for your loss.

Posted by: Bill from Attainder at March 29, 2021 06:45 PM (N/gDA)

307 Trump should run concurrent with DeSantis.

Be perfectly complimentary of him and ruthless toward all others and then bow out and endorse him wholeheartedly.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 06:45 PM (b8I6m)

308 Now I want to know where the line is between kissing in a "sexual manner" and a "highly sexual manner". Officially.

Was he tracing out the alphabet on her uvula?
Posted by: mikeski at March 29, 2021 06:41 PM (P1f+c)

...

I bet he was making sounds.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 29, 2021 06:45 PM (ohOLP)

309 >>Now I want to know where the line is between kissing in a "sexual manner" and a "highly sexual manner". Officially.

I don't want to know anything about what sexual behavior by A. Cuomo rates what adjectives.

Posted by: Gref at March 29, 2021 06:45 PM (AMIL/)

310 "Don't let your guard down?" That's what I have been saying! One of these days Spain is going to get revenge for 1898!

Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet sponsors White Man: Threat or Menace? This Year Only! at March 29, 2021 06:45 PM (s+u6b)

311 Posted by: The Ghost of Pandemic

This is very true. I work with mathematical models and they are mostly only useful for verifying that your math model matches the experimental data. They have no predictive value.

This is excruciatingly true for pandemic models because until last year, they were only used to look backwards at what must have happened. The idea of using a model to justify a lockdown is just glorified tarot card reading.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at March 29, 2021 06:45 PM (LWu6U)

312 Sycophants, my ass, PDT was surrounded by enemies and traitors.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 29, 2021 06:45 PM (K65Kq)

313 Hey, I din int take it oouut!

What youse gonna doo?

Bada boom, bada bing.....

Posted by: Andy Cuomo, WOP at March 29, 2021 06:45 PM (R/m4+)

314 Mark, his contention is that democracy will always lead to the broken set of affairs we have now, partially because parties in power have no reason to permanently improve things - in fact, the more resources they squander, all the better for sabotaging those who come next.
Posted by: Broseidon at March 29, 2021 06:43 PM (icI8A)

Well, he's not wrong. It comes down to incentives and balance of power. The American Republic failed because the checks and balances failed. We never nailed the incentive issue, possibly starting once the money started to flow in the early 20th century.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at March 29, 2021 06:46 PM (ifmtJ)

315 I think the later includes grinding your salsiche on her leg while rubbing your nipple piercings.

You are correct, sir.

Posted by: Deshaun Watson at March 29, 2021 06:46 PM (W4eKo)

316 Now I want to know where the line is between kissing in a "sexual manner" and a "highly sexual manner". Officially.

I think the later includes grinding your salsiche on her leg while rubbing your nipple piercings.

I think.

==

Tongue action and ass grab.

Posted by: runner at March 29, 2021 06:46 PM (zr5Kq)

317 Juan Rico. He was a Filipino.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 29, 2021 06:44 PM (JZT2F)
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Ah, yes. Thanks.

Too lazy to look it up.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 29, 2021 06:46 PM (2SdPm)

318 I'd rather Trump run again, and DeSantis remain in Florida for another four years. Trump has been burned, which would hopefully make him wary of a lot of the scumbags in DC. The risk with DeSantis is that as an outsider he'll fall for the same lines that Trump did.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 29, 2021 06:46 PM (jOcSX)

319 I think.

Posted by: runner at March 29, 2021 06:46 PM (zr5Kq)

320 dilled.

Spring has burst forth onto the land and soon the mosquitoes will plague the earth like mini flying karens remind people to coat their bodies in DEET.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at March 29, 2021 06:41 PM (LWu6U)
_-----------------

It's also termite swarm time.
Check around our foundation for tell tail signs like those little mud channels.

Posted by: Braenyard, starving the beast at March 29, 2021 06:47 PM (lJMoP)

321 Patriotic to be muzzled you horrid old jerk wrong again

Posted by: Summer of Love at March 29, 2021 06:47 PM (lWTpS)

322 Yep. And they were what? 13 or 14? Yow.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2021 06:21 PM (bPfBs)

Yep. Undeveloped festering brains can be blown out just as well as adult ones can be.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 29, 2021 06:47 PM (mzC78)

323 The gun-grabbing bill ginned up by the House Dems is reportedly DOA in the Senate.

Still remains to be seen what Dopey Joe will try to do by executive order.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 29, 2021 06:47 PM (JZT2F)

324 They've got to be pumping Biden full of whatever they gave RBG.

Posted by: G. Gnome, Redneck Queen at March 29, 2021 06:48 PM (OQcPl)

325 310 Spain getting revenge for 1898. At the rate the left is ruining the military, the Dons should be able to get the job done with a couple squads of Guardia Civil.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at March 29, 2021 06:48 PM (I58tH)

326 Hey Biden. Ron DeSantis called. He said fuck you.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 29, 2021 06:48 PM (UkAUe)

327 DEET.

Useta have a 8oz bottle of 100% deet, it lasted many many years of camping

Posted by: Getting the banned back together at March 29, 2021 06:48 PM (hdQB2)

328 >Why hasn't Pedo Joe simply put out a National Executive Mask Mandate?
Posted by: kytten

he has, for all federal facilities
buildings, courts, parks, lands, etc

Posted by: DB- just DB at March 29, 2021 06:48 PM (iTXRQ)

329 I'm at the point where I want actual lynching of politicians.Posted by: MPPP

I'm on it Boss *Perks up*.... Of course there will be the parading around of said politicians in carts beforehand to afford the long suffering populace an opportunity to throw rotten vegetables at them and poke them with sharp sticks., right?

Get yur sharp sticks and rotten vegetables right chere....Half off sale today only at Satan's Tool Rental. Don't forget to ask about our extensive assortment of ropes and lamp posts.

Posted by: Satan's Tool Rental at March 29, 2021 06:49 PM (cCxiu)

330 They realize of course that more testing is being done and less people are dying- right?

Fun with math!

Posted by: Marcus T at March 29, 2021 06:49 PM (UkAUe)

331 Now I want to know where the line is between kissing in a "sexual manner" and a "highly sexual manner". Officially.

I think the later includes grinding your salsiche on her leg while rubbing your nipple piercings.

I think.

==

Tongue action and ass grab.

Posted by: runner

Slow down, I'm trying to take notes.

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at March 29, 2021 06:49 PM (r1z5A)

332 317 Juan Rico. He was a Filipino.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 29, 2021 06:44 PM (JZT2F)
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Ah, yes. Thanks.

Too lazy to look it up.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 29, 2021 06:46 PM (2SdPm)

He and his family lived in Rio de Janeiro (sp?) in the novel.

Posted by: Gref at March 29, 2021 06:49 PM (AMIL/)

333 A nearby dysfunctional school district will be receiving COVID relief that works out to over $10k per student. they have yet to reopen, and have no plans. There is a cluster of graft and stupidity about to take place.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 29, 2021 06:49 PM (ZM5Yx)

334 I fear if Trump were to run again, there would be attempts on his life

Posted by: DB- just DB at March 29, 2021 06:50 PM (iTXRQ)

335 I don't want to know anything about what sexual behavior by A. Cuomo rates what adjectives.
Posted by: Gref

Awwww c'mon !

What if you're on Jeopardy and its one of the subjects ?

Posted by: JT at March 29, 2021 06:50 PM (arJlL)

336 I do find some of his conclusions a bit fatuous, but I think he perfectly predicted that "Universalism" - whether called humanism, progressivism, 'the arc of history', the shifting zeitgeist towards things improving (sort of the Whig view of history) - would invariably be neo-Puritanism and would be the dominant mode of the elites and would filter down memetically, especially through the school system.

Posted by: Broseidon at March 29, 2021 06:50 PM (icI8A)

337 B

That is nothing new. Their job is to earn $ not to worry about other things. It is easier for to go along to get along than to stand for something. There is also a bias towards efficiency not understanding that it is inefficiency that is protecting their businesses.

Posted by: Y5 at March 29, 2021 06:43 PM (AHcCm)
-----------------------

Wouldn't you really rather be a Brahman
a big ol' Brahman
and make all the rules
and break all the rules
and screw all the lower casts?

Posted by: Braenyard, starving the beast at March 29, 2021 06:50 PM (lJMoP)

338 My Daffys all came out today, and its sunny but not that warm.

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2021 06:50 PM (Cxk7w)

339 I agree that DeSantis should remain as governor. The only chance to get any sanity back is to capture the states. DC is cursed. They showed that when they went all out to "elect" Biden.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 29, 2021 06:50 PM (OU+8W)

340 He and his family lived in Rio de Janeiro (sp?) in the novel.
Posted by: Gref at March 29, 2021 06:49 PM (AMIL/)
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Nuked by the bugs, got mom, but not dad, right?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 29, 2021 06:50 PM (2SdPm)

341 see, if you are harassing a woman it's totally ok to remove your mask https://bit.ly/2PhhYlk

Posted by: Pudding Brain Biden at March 29, 2021 06:50 PM (nyQyG)

342 Prosecuting innocent patriots for crimes, using FBI/Dem concocted fake evidence ... that indeed "sends a message" ... that tyranny has come to America, and taken root in the corrupt DC underworld (aka DeepState shadow cartel)

Posted by: illiniwek at March 29, 2021 06:50 PM (Cus5s)

343 328 I was at the post office today paying some box rent, and nobody, help or customers was masked.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at March 29, 2021 06:50 PM (I58tH)

344 Juan Rico. He was a Filipino.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 29, 2021 06:44 PM (JZT2F)

...

At the copa.
Copacabana

Posted by: TexasDan at March 29, 2021 06:50 PM (ohOLP)

345 davidt, it's called "nebulization" - basically the mask causing droplets to be made smaller/lighter and have longer sedimentation times (gravity pulling them to earth), and also more infectious mechanical characteristics (smaller droplets reaching further into the lungs). Some industrial hygienists joined the fray back last summer to point out that there was a distinct risk of this - one actual expert, whose field is *creating* "nebulized" droplets of things (medicines, other things) for therapeutic purposes, to get agents deeper into the lungs intentionally, sort of led the charge.

70 years or randomized controlled trials (RCT), nearly a century of observational data, and a big (N = 6,000) RCT in Denmark over the summer all line up: no significant benefit in limiting transmission outside use of actual respirators in a clinical environment (and even there, it's small).

But we're in a post-scientific, post-common sense, post-constitutional, post-American America. Enjoy!

Posted by: rhomboid at March 29, 2021 06:50 PM (OTzUX)

346 Kamal laughing at inappropriate moments, this time at parents who want their kids in school:

https://tinyurl.com/zcmvs3c7

Posted by: Lizzy at March 29, 2021 06:51 PM (bDqIh)

347 Pence is another one who torched his own political career. What was he thinking in turning on Trump?
--------

He was a plant like Daddy Bush all along.

Posted by: ... at March 29, 2021 06:51 PM (uEbPt)

348 You worry about climbing the stairs, big guy. We'll worry about the virus.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 29, 2021 06:51 PM (UkAUe)

349 340 He and his family lived in Rio de Janeiro (sp?) in the novel.
Posted by: Gref at March 29, 2021 06:49 PM (AMIL/)
--------------

Nuked by the bugs, got mom, but not dad, right?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 29, 2021 06:50 PM (2SdPm)

Yup, and his dad joined-up, in the Mobile Infantry. No more spoilers from me.

Posted by: Gref at March 29, 2021 06:51 PM (AMIL/)

350 Mask required at work, anywhere else I HAVE to go I wear one. Other than those two conditions, I'm in America being a maskless American.

Posted by: Eromero at March 29, 2021 06:52 PM (0OP+5)

351 They're afraid that we will go back to life as normal and then notice people are not dropping like flies from Covid. If we notice, it will be harder to re-impose restrictions.

Posted by: Emmie at March 29, 2021 06:52 PM (ofYez)

352 Biteme is going to have a difficult time closing those places that have opened up and a more difficult time with those that never shut down.

This Is A Test.

Posted by: Braenyard, starving the beast at March 29, 2021 06:52 PM (lJMoP)

353 >>Pence is another one who torched his own political career.

His only real talent was his ability to squint.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 06:52 PM (aY2sU)

354 Yup, and his dad joined-up, in the Mobile Infantry. No more spoilers from me.
Posted by: Gref at March 29, 2021 06:51 PM (AMIL/)
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Yeah, pretty cool ending, I must say.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 29, 2021 06:52 PM (2SdPm)

355 >>> I was at the post office today paying some box rent, and nobody, help or customers was masked.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at March 29, 2021 06:50 PM (I58tH)

You're in AR?

Posted by: banana Dream at March 29, 2021 06:53 PM (K15O3)

356 Kamal laughing at inappropriate moments, this time at parents who want their kids in school:
It's not much of a distraction from her inability to answer a question, but she's very much a one-trick pony.

Posted by: pep at March 29, 2021 06:53 PM (v16oJ)

357 > He and his family lived in Rio de Janeiro (sp?) in the novel.

Nope. His mother was killed while visiting Rio, but they didn't live there. They were Filipinos.

Johnny (Juan) quotes Ramon Magsaysay as a hero of his country at one point.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 29, 2021 06:53 PM (JZT2F)

358 > Johnny (Juan) quotes Ramon Magsaysay as a hero of his country at one point.

Also Johnny explicitly says that his native tongue is Tagalog.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 29, 2021 06:53 PM (JZT2F)

359 356 Pep, you left the door wide open with one trick pony and her.

Posted by: whig at March 29, 2021 06:54 PM (pO7gM)

360 @243...disagree. Trump was not completely surrounded by sychophants. More than a couple backstabbers in the inner ring, fake sycophants who drove the shiv in at crucial times. Trump was, believe it or not, too nice a guy. Not cynical enough.
Posted by: occam's brassiere at March 29, 2021 06:38 PM (8HvsU)

If there is ever a GOP president again, they need a private security force, answerable only to them. President gives an order and the JCS says fuck you? Your security force shoots them.

And keep shooting until you find the bastard who will obey.

And no, I don't think I'm kidding anymore.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 29, 2021 06:54 PM (2JVJo)

361 His only real talent was his ability to squint.

Posted by: garrett
Don't underestimate the value of being able to bore a hole through granite.

Posted by: pep at March 29, 2021 06:54 PM (v16oJ)

362 I was at the post office today paying some box rent, and nobody, help or customers was masked.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at March 29, 2021 06:50 PM (I58tH)

You're in AR?
Posted by: b

He was getting g a hookr at the usps so it should be obvious he is in ar

Posted by: Y5 at March 29, 2021 06:54 PM (AHcCm)

363 Kamal laughing at inappropriate moments, this time at parents who want their kids in school:

https://tinyurl.com/zcmvs3c7

Posted by: Lizzy at March 29, 2021 06:51 PM (bDqIh)
........

My money is on the Devil's Weed.

Posted by: wth at March 29, 2021 06:54 PM (v0R5T)

364 COVID is a lot of people's crack. It gives them power they would never otherwise have. They aren't going to give it up until there is a consequence to pay for their actions.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 29, 2021 06:54 PM (UkAUe)

365 I see lots of people, alone on the streets wearing masks here in se Pa

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2021 06:54 PM (Cxk7w)

366 Save the planet! Save lives! Die!

Posted by: ... at March 29, 2021 06:54 PM (uEbPt)

367 There's obviously some debate over what the organizing principle of a gov't should be - maximizing liberty? Having the most prosperous citizenry? Or the happiest?

For example, take a hypothetical law against pornography - obviously that would infringe on some liberties. But doesn't a gov't have some right to have certain "social hygiene" laws if it leads to a healthier society? But where's the line?

Posted by: Broseidon at March 29, 2021 06:55 PM (icI8A)

368 > The only chance to get any sanity back is to capture the states.

Not just the states, but the counties and cities.

The communists want "sanctuary cities". Let's show them how that works out in practice.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 29, 2021 06:55 PM (JZT2F)

369 CO schools are reducing testing requirements because they know many students are dumb and have learned little to nothing

Posted by: DB- just DB at March 29, 2021 06:55 PM (iTXRQ)

370 "To the everlasting glory of the Infantry,
shines the name, shines the name of Rodger Young !"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 29, 2021 06:55 PM (K65Kq)

371 Ho Harris laughs to cover upper utter stupidity on subjects

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2021 06:55 PM (Cxk7w)

372 And no, I don't think I'm kidding anymore.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 29, 2021 06:54 PM (2JVJo)

When were you kidding?

Posted by: ... at March 29, 2021 06:56 PM (uEbPt)

373 I did get some repair advice from pawn, so will try that first and if not, it's going out to be repaired, somewhere, somehow. I am not going to throw it away.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 29, 2021 06:37 PM (2JVJo)

I sent you an email. There is a vintage toaster shop in NYC. Do a DDG search for "vintage toaster parts".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 29, 2021 06:56 PM (mzC78)

374 In May 2020 the CDC (spit) itself published a meta-study looking at 7 decades of RCTs on mask use and influenza transmission, which concluded there was very limited value to masks, only actual respirators properly fitted and worn, in clinical settings. With a few months, the clown CDC director and whichever hacks now work there came out with a literally comical anecdotal story about a hair dresser's shop in MO. THIS was the basis for junking decades of science and experience.

Pathetic country.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 29, 2021 06:56 PM (OTzUX)

375 "But where's the line?"
That's easy, wear a mask when having sex.

Posted by: navybrat, flooring it at March 29, 2021 06:56 PM (w7KSn)

376 Kamal laughing at inappropriate moments, this time at parents who want their kids in school Posted by: Lizzy
..........

She laughs like that because she wants to appear soft and non-threatening when she's showing parents exactly how little say they have in their children's lives. I think no one has told her that it just makes her look crazy.

Posted by: G. Gnome, Redneck Queen at March 29, 2021 06:56 PM (OQcPl)

377 367 Rousseau had the best measure, you will see a positive birth rate at least at the replacement level, you will see the average person (or per capita) improving in income, etc.

Countries are to be run for the benefit of those who live there, not the world community nor the rulers.

Posted by: whig at March 29, 2021 06:56 PM (pO7gM)

378 > But doesn't a gov't have some right to have certain "social hygiene" laws if it leads to a healthier society?

The First Amendment says no.

The only exception is where the material cannot be produced without inherently committing a crime (e.g., child pornography.... but simulated child pornography is apparently legal).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 29, 2021 06:57 PM (JZT2F)

379 I see lots of people, alone on the streets wearing masks here in se Pa
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2021 06:54 PM (Cxk7w)

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Here in Bakersfield, masks aren't really much of a thing. Yeah, people put them on walking through the parking lot to the store, but, in general, one doesn't see people wearing them while driving, walking, etc.

2 hours west of here, Morro Bay, it is normal to see people wearing masks, whether driving, walking, whatever.

It's bizarre.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 29, 2021 06:57 PM (2SdPm)

380 My daughter was big into masks. Wore them all.the.time.

Guess who just got covid?

Posted by: Tami at March 29, 2021 06:57 PM (cF8AT)

381 I got nothing done this evening

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2021 06:57 PM (Cxk7w)

382 351 They're afraid that we will go back to life as normal and then notice people are not dropping like flies from Covid. If we notice, it will be harder to re-impose restrictions.

Posted by: Emmie at March 29, 2021 06:52 PM (ofYez)

Yup, plus Fauci and many others are waiting to get the final US flu season data to use it as more ammunition for mask-wearing forever. As of March 20, the official CDC status of flu is:
Seasonal influenza activity in the United States remains lower than usual for this time of year.

Posted by: Gref at March 29, 2021 06:57 PM (AMIL/)

383
I see lots of people, alone on the streets wearing masks here in se Pa

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2021 06:54 PM

Infection rate statistics are climbing again in Chester County, PA while we're exiting 'flu season'. But as Mark Twain said, 'There's lies, damn lies, and statistics."

Posted by: Bill from Attainder at March 29, 2021 06:59 PM (N/gDA)

384 >>Guess who just got covid?

WyattEarp

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2021 06:59 PM (aY2sU)

385 nood

Posted by: DB- just DB at March 29, 2021 06:59 PM (iTXRQ)

386 Hackers have reverse-engineered both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, by sequencing the dregs left behind in vaccine vials.

Here are the RNA sequences, in case anyone wants to try brewing up their own vaccine in the bath tub.

https://tinyurl.com/vaccine-rna

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 29, 2021 06:59 PM (JZT2F)

387 My daughter was big into masks. Wore them all.the.time.

Guess who just got covid?
Posted by: Tami

Ouch !

Prayers up.

Posted by: JT at March 29, 2021 07:00 PM (arJlL)

388 They are purposely counting influenza deaths as COVId related. They need to keep the lie alive. Influenza did not magically disappear. What they are overseeing defies all known statistics and pathologies.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 29, 2021 07:00 PM (UkAUe)

389 There's obviously some debate over what the organizing principle of a gov't should be - maximizing liberty? Having the most prosperous citizenry? Or the happiest?

I go with a "triangle model" of politics, where the conflict is between maximizing three different principles: stability, equality, and personal freedom. The more you maximize one, the less you can emphasize the others. The right has long been based around maximizing personal freedom, while the left focused on equality, and both sought "conservatives" whose interest was in maximizing stability.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 29, 2021 07:00 PM (jOcSX)

390 380 My daughter was big into masks. Wore them all.the.time.

Guess who just got covid?
Posted by: Tami at March 29, 2021 06:57 PM (cF8AT)
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Best outcome is a good recovery; mentally and physically. I'll put in a word for her.

Posted by: Braenyard, starving the beast at March 29, 2021 07:00 PM (lJMoP)

391 rhomboid,
Burnham predicted this in his Managerial Revolution book.

What he did not get, as a reforming Communist, is that the Managers of the society are incompetent and basically recreating feudalism. Being of a scientific bent, Burnham was incapable of seeing that managers themselves will figure out how to make their class into a new aristocracy. Thus, the counterbalance to an aristocracy is a king that crushes the aristocrats in favor of the people. And so it goes. I am not sure, like Codevilla, exactly how you would get back to the government of the Framers because decadent people cannot recreate it nor can they run a government of separate institutions even if it was revitalized somehow.

Posted by: whig at March 29, 2021 07:02 PM (pO7gM)

392 But doesn't a gov't have some right to have certain "social hygiene" laws if it leads to a healthier society?

Want your neighbor infringing on your personal vices, via as effortless a personal investment as casting a vote ?

Because what you outline is EXACTLY what many Leftists truly believe they are doing - making a healthier society via government action.

Posted by: Night Moves at March 29, 2021 07:02 PM (784ZQ)

393 She laughs because even she thinks it's hysterical she has gotten this far.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 29, 2021 07:02 PM (EZebt)

394 Some form of Zona Roja seems reasonable.

Posted by: Braenyard, starving the beast at March 29, 2021 07:03 PM (lJMoP)

395 Thanks JT & Braenyard!

Garrett...it was worth a try.

Posted by: Tami at March 29, 2021 07:03 PM (cF8AT)

396 here's obviously some debate over what the organizing principle of a gov't should be - maximizing liberty? Having the most prosperous citizenry? Or the happiest?

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Organizing principle - To establish a society that will allow one to evolve to highest form of being. Is liberty key ? Yes, but not to extent that it will encroach on your next door neighbor's. Prosperity? Maybe, if that will contribute to one's evolution.

Posted by: runner at March 29, 2021 07:03 PM (zr5Kq)

397 cultural zona roja

Posted by: Braenyard, starving the beast at March 29, 2021 07:03 PM (lJMoP)

398 371 Ho Harris laughs to cover upper utter stupidity on subjects

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2021 06:55 PM (Cxk7w)

Future Oval Office address to the Nation by POTUS Harris -

"Twelve hours ago, China launched an invasion of Taiwan. I guess this means no more stuff labeled "Made in Taiwan!" Ha ha ha ha ha snort ha ha ha!"

Posted by: Gref at March 29, 2021 07:03 PM (AMIL/)

399 Perhaps red states had a better vaccine rollout too...probably already started

Posted by: N at March 29, 2021 07:04 PM (Ea5EC)

400 nood

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I hate to be interrupted in mid thought....

Posted by: runner at March 29, 2021 07:05 PM (zr5Kq)

401 "Want your neighbor infringing on your personal vices, via as effortless a personal investment as casting a vote ?

Because what you outline is EXACTLY what many Leftists truly believe they are doing - making a healthier society via government action.
Posted by: Night Moves at March 29, 2021 07:02 PM (784ZQ)"

Yes, the perils of going too far down this path are obvious. But there are also perils to only maximizing liberty.

Posted by: Broseidon at March 29, 2021 07:06 PM (icI8A)

402 Countries are to be run for the benefit of those who live there, not the world community nor the rulers.

Posted by: whig

Sure.

Posted by: G. Soros at March 29, 2021 07:06 PM (P1f+c)

403 >>She laughs like that because she wants to appear soft and non-threatening when she's showing parents exactly how little say they have in their children's lives. I think no one has told her that it just makes her look crazy.

It seemed to be a laugh at the irony of parents allegedly not recognising the value of public schools until they had to take care of them at home instead. That is the attitude of public ed. people, such as that LA school board (IIRC) zoom call that unintentionally broadcast them making fun of parents begging them to open schools. They think it's funny that people now need them, they delight in how they can leverage this need tp re-open schools.

Not only is this not funny, but it is completely incorrect. Parents are upset at how this isolation is affecting their kids, and it is showing them how little these arrogant public school "educators" care about students and doing their job vs. politics.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 29, 2021 07:07 PM (bDqIh)

404 Yes, the perils of going too far down this path are obvious. But there are also perils to only maximizing liberty.

If only we had a multi-faceted system - where various groups could pick for themselves. And freedom where people could pick which little mini-government they preferred. Liberty lovers over here - order addicts over there.

Nah - never work.

Posted by: Night Moves at March 29, 2021 07:08 PM (784ZQ)

405 I'm sending a GFY to Gropin' Joe, Kammie, Fauci and the cuck with a severe case of sand in his mangina, Allapussypundit....

Posted by: Pimp Daddy Welfare at March 29, 2021 07:11 PM (q1jrd)

406 "If only we had a multi-faceted system - where various groups could pick for themselves. And freedom where people could pick which little mini-government they preferred. Liberty lovers over here - order addicts over there.

Nah - never work.
Posted by: Night Moves at March 29, 2021 07:08 PM (784ZQ)"

Can't work if those mini-goverments are essentially subservient to a larger entity. And there are arguments about how well it worked before then.

Posted by: Broseidon at March 29, 2021 07:13 PM (icI8A)

407 Can't work if those mini-goverments are essentially subservient to a larger entity. And there are arguments about how well it worked before then.

Break it up the - because people around are way more Libertarian than to tolerate any talk of "govt promoting a healthy society". And way too distrustful of anything West Coast or NorthEast to bow to them.

There is no system that can keep this shit show together.

Posted by: Night Moves at March 29, 2021 07:18 PM (784ZQ)

408 Screw you Basement Boy

Posted by: Aud at March 29, 2021 08:06 PM (uBywd)

409 Thanks for putting "libertarian" in quotes. Someone should tell Kevin D Williamson that being gay does not make you a libertarian.

Posted by: Stout at March 29, 2021 09:21 PM (EHSFD)

410 So, that's the "conservatarian" position now, eh? That the government can take away your liberty to send a fucking message?

I'm getting The Message, that's for sure.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 29, 2021 09:25 PM (emxxF)

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