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The One Year Anniversary of Fifteen Days to Flatten the Curve
This is a fantastic point: The general lockdowns weren't general lockdowns. As a friend said, we didn't have a lockdown, we had poor people delivering shit to rich people.
Instead of protecting the people really at risk, the Ruling Class -- the "Zoom class," the people who can work completely remotely -- protected itself, and killed half a million people. But let's listen to them some more!Martin Kulldorff
@MartinKulldorff
Rather than #FocusedProtection of high-risk older people, lockdowns protected the Zoom class while throwing low-income workers under the bus. Politicians, journalists and scientists protected themselves instead of the most vulnerable. That is not public health.
Dr. Tannahill Glen
@tannahillglen The ENTIRE response to COVID ('work from home,' lockdowns of the outdoors, school closures) has been tailor-made for middle/high SES [socio-economic status, I assume -- ace] populations, who have online jobs, Peletons & takeout. It's as if low SES group didn’t even exist.
WHAT IF the entire response to COVID was instead tailored to vulnerable, disadvantaged lower SES populations? What would it look like? Serious questions.
SUPERCUT from @scrowder: Longest 15 days... ever.
— BlazeTV (@BlazeTV) March 16, 2021
Happy one year anniversary of 15 days to slow the spread! ✅ pic.twitter.com/JFM1W9Wyaf
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at March 16, 2021 12:23 PM (HaL55)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at March 16, 2021 12:23 PM (HaL55)
Posted by: Gov PartyTits at March 16, 2021 12:24 PM (oJZyY)
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Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at March 16, 2021 12:26 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at March 16, 2021 12:26 PM (ifmtJ)
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Posted by: ace at March 16, 2021 12:26 PM (5+1A/)
Posted by: Northern lurker at March 16, 2021 12:26 PM (lgiXo)
didn't have a lockdown, we had poor people delivering shit to rich
people.
Don't forget for the elites there was still plenty of partying going on - almost every blue state governor got caught eating out, traveling, having affairs, etc.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 16, 2021 12:26 PM (qlFIA)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 16, 2021 12:27 PM (CEvGm)
Posted by: Just wondering at March 16, 2021 12:24 PM
Pretty much.
Posted by: Elliot Page at March 16, 2021 12:26 PM (16vTQ)
*groan*
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at March 16, 2021 12:27 PM (ifmtJ)
gropin' aides
Posted by: ace at March 16, 2021 12:27 PM (5+1A/)
Posted by: Northern lurker at March 16, 2021 12:27 PM (lgiXo)
How come they are not being treated as hazmat waste?
Posted by: Diogenes at March 16, 2021 12:27 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: exdem13 at March 16, 2021 12:27 PM (W+kMI)
i was up at the crack of 9:20!!!
Posted by: ace at March 16, 2021 12:26 PM (5+1A/)
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And you didn't stomp the morning threads?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at March 16, 2021 12:27 PM (LvTSG)
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She doesn't want the answer. She thinks she does, but she's wrong. She's wrong because she'll find the answer unacceptable. If the COVID response had been tailored to the working class, then the response would have been, "try to protect the institutionalized elderly population but otherwise do nothing and continue embracing Trumpism."
Because Trumpism is the only shot in the arm that the working class has gotten since at least the Nixon administration.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2021 12:28 PM (Jsjd7)
"New surcharges: $25 for us to explain to you why masks are mandatory. $50 to listen to you explain why you disagree."
I shot back, "Thanks for this. Nice to know when a company goes out of its way to tell me they don't want my business."
Repeat after me, children (and yes, don't bother to remind me I'm venting "feelings" and not "facts"): Masks are never going away!
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 16, 2021 12:28 PM (2JVJo)
Good Times.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at March 16, 2021 12:28 PM (jvt6t)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 16, 2021 12:28 PM (CEvGm)
How come they are not being treated as hazmat waste?
that's a really good question.
Posted by: ace at March 16, 2021 12:28 PM (5+1A/)
Posted by: Taqiyyologist (bofa/deez) at March 16, 2021 12:28 PM (OssQ4)
Posted by: Just wondering at March 16, 2021 12:24 PM
Pretty much.
Posted by: Elliot Page at March 16, 2021 12:26 PM (16vTQ)
*groan*
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at March 16, 2021 12:27 PM
What can I say? Moron. Low-hanging fruit.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 16, 2021 12:28 PM (16vTQ)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at March 16, 2021 12:28 PM (o2MD2)
Posted by: Brie Larson at March 16, 2021 12:28 PM (Ojki1)
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You say that like it's a bad thing.
Posted by: Fauci 2024! at March 16, 2021 12:29 PM (WqPYg)
Posted by: exdem13 at March 16, 2021 12:29 PM (W+kMI)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 16, 2021 12:29 PM (H5knJ)
Posted by: Caliban at March 16, 2021 12:29 PM (HgGBT)
Posted by: Summer of Love at March 16, 2021 12:29 PM (FJrl0)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 16, 2021 12:29 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: will choose a nic later at March 16, 2021 12:29 PM (r4bSV)
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2021 12:29 PM (6bCXd)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at March 16, 2021 12:29 PM (I58tH)
. . . after the rich people had fled to their country/vacation homes (or rentals) far outside the cities they left to be ruined by the policies they promoted.
New York's economy, its small businesses destroyed? Oh well, I can still get awesome take out here in the Hamptons/Nantucket/Telluride/wherever.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 16, 2021 12:30 PM (bDqIh)
Posted by: Caroljeanne at March 16, 2021 12:30 PM (efMXe)
What would it look like? Serious questions.
A lot of starving people as food didn't get distributed/delivered.
That myth about grocery stores having 3 days worth of stuff? Yeah. A myth. Try 1.5 days. If you're lucky.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 16, 2021 12:30 PM (OCTRt)
Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at March 16, 2021 12:30 PM (7OrCI)
Which means the lockdowns were always about getting Tyrant Biden installed.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 16, 2021 12:30 PM (qlFIA)
Posted by: Just wondering at March 16, 2021 12:24 PM
Just ask St. Pancakes
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The curve is biased against High Elf Archers.
Posted by: exdem13 at March 16, 2021 12:30 PM (W+kMI)
Posted by: ShainS at March 16, 2021 12:30 PM (WqPYg)
Within that first two weeks (maybe four weeks if we're being extremely generous), it became entirely clear that this was not going to engender a hospital capacity crisis. The initial reason for the response was a non-issue. The moment that became clear, then pivoted to new (and impossible) goals of "stopping the spread" and other justifications. That is also the moment that this became an op.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2021 12:30 PM (Jsjd7)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 16, 2021 12:29 PM (H5knJ)
Have any dolphins died because its blowhole got plugged with discarded masks?
Posted by: Northern lurker at March 16, 2021 12:30 PM (lgiXo)
Posted by: ELLIOT PAGE at March 16, 2021 12:30 PM (r4bSV)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 16, 2021 12:30 PM (45fpk)
How come they are not being treated as hazmat waste?
that's a really good question.
Posted by: ace at March 16, 2021 12:28 PM (5+1A/)
Imagine the uproar if someone were to dump a few hundred used masks in front of the fence in DC?
Posted by: Diogenes at March 16, 2021 12:30 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at March 16, 2021 12:31 PM (o2MD2)
Posted by: ELLIOT PAGE at March 16, 2021 12:30 PM (r4bSV)
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Your lesbian wife left you because she's a bigot.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at March 16, 2021 12:31 PM (LvTSG)
I'll consider a public shaming of the homunculus Fauci to be a first step for Wu Flu reparations.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 16, 2021 12:31 PM (pNxlR)
Otherwise known as "the best fucking year of their life".
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2021 12:31 PM (6bCXd)
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at March 16, 2021 12:31 PM (flINI)
Not whining. My job means I need to be working, but the point about the Zoom class is spot on.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Fire Disney at March 16, 2021 12:31 PM (qoNQ/)
that's a really good question.
Posted by: ace
I've been asking that question since the start. Its because: they're not hazmat waste and this is all a buncha bullshit.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist (bofa/deez) at March 16, 2021 12:31 PM (OssQ4)
Posted by: Just wondering at March 16, 2021 12:24 PM
Just ask St. Pancakes
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 16, 2021 12:28 PM (CEvGm)
Well, my ass certainly is.
Posted by: Captain Marvel at March 16, 2021 12:31 PM (VcFUs)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 16, 2021 12:31 PM (CEvGm)
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It was 15 BIBLICAL days ... and we're still in Day One.
Posted by: ShainS at March 16, 2021 12:32 PM (WqPYg)
Posted by: New sparkly batman at March 16, 2021 12:32 PM (VcFUs)
Another full year and it ain't over yet
Posted by: Tennessee Ernie Fraud at March 16, 2021 12:32 PM (VVEnO)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 16, 2021 12:32 PM (yQpMk)
I am a 5 foot 2 inch, 105 pound bad ass dude now.
now stand back and watch me enter this bar fight like bros do !!
Posted by: ELLIOT PAGE at March 16, 2021 12:32 PM (r4bSV)
Posted by: Brain Dead Flat Earther at March 16, 2021 12:32 PM (VcFUs)
"As it should be"
--Bill Gates, etc
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 12:32 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Just wondering at March 16, 2021 12:24 PM
Pretty much.
Posted by: Elliot Page at March 16, 2021 12:26 PM (16vTQ)
*groan*
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at March 16, 2021 12:27 PM
What can I say? Moron. Low-hanging fruit.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 16, 2021 12:28 PM (16vTQ)
She only got her tits removed. They haven't announced her getting that surgery yet.
Posted by: Buzzion at March 16, 2021 12:32 PM (G2zl5)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 16, 2021 12:29 PM (H5knJ)
Wasn't Uprising enough to be done with the franchise?
Posted by: Bete at March 16, 2021 12:32 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: ace at March 16, 2021 12:26 PM (5+1A/)
*****
Who's 9:20?
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at March 16, 2021 12:32 PM (flINI)
Posted by: ELLIOT PAGE at March 16, 2021 12:33 PM (r4bSV)
How many lives were "saved" to make up for this cost?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 16, 2021 12:33 PM (qlFIA)
At least the troll is getting better with its nic acronyms.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 16, 2021 12:33 PM (16vTQ)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 16, 2021 12:33 PM (VpIIl)
Posted by: Just wondering at March 16, 2021 12:24 PM (jYQlA)
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This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Kiera Knightly at March 16, 2021 12:33 PM (2SdPm)
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The average American respects and trusts authority, grammie. This will teach them to join us on the skepticism train. Of course, the me of 1994 would've been behind the government 100%. I was younger then and still was a Midwestern Liberal Candide. Good times...
Posted by: exdem13 at March 16, 2021 12:33 PM (W+kMI)
Posted by: grammie winger
Dennis Prager related this to Nazi Germany. More and more people started going along with rules and regulations which severely curtailed their freedom. The U.S. was no better, sadly.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Fire Disney at March 16, 2021 12:33 PM (qoNQ/)
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2021 12:33 PM (6bCXd)
Posted by: Northern lurker at March 16, 2021 12:33 PM (lgiXo)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 16, 2021 12:34 PM (WsidB)
Posted by: Northern lurker at March 16, 2021 12:33 PM (lgiXo)
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She has always been a white male, comrade.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at March 16, 2021 12:34 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at March 16, 2021 12:34 PM (o2MD2)
Posted by: Northern lurker at March 16, 2021 12:34 PM (lgiXo)
Oh, and I'm pretty sure Spicoli still thinks you're a dick.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 16, 2021 12:34 PM (16vTQ)
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at March 16, 2021 12:34 PM (+OZts)
Posted by: Just wondering at March 16, 2021 12:24 PM
Pretty much.
Posted by: Elliot Page at March 16, 2021 12:26 PM (16vTQ)
*****
YOU BITCH! ... BASTARD! ... ummm
Posted by: Brie Larson at March 16, 2021 12:35 PM (flINI)
Posted by: Lysenko - donate your guns to a no questions, records, or receipts gun buy back at March 16, 2021 12:35 PM (XTk1T)
Posted by: ELLIOT PAGE at March 16, 2021 12:30 PM (r4bSV)
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Your lesbian wife left you because she's a bigot.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at March 16, 2021 12:31 PM (LvTSG)
A super straight lesbian?
Posted by: Bete at March 16, 2021 12:35 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 16, 2021 12:35 PM (yQpMk)
Spray bottles of... something, haphazardly arranged, a torn up roll of paper towels, other assorted garbage laying about and the used mask, tissue or whatever on the table as well.
Like I'm going to use any of that.
Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at March 16, 2021 12:35 PM (3H9h1)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 16, 2021 12:35 PM (VpIIl)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at March 16, 2021 12:35 PM (5HBd1)
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I always fund it interesting that when the "teavhers" were being protected about reopening schools, no one could ever say how it was safer for the low income walmart or home depot or kroeger worker to deal with the public 8-12 hours a day but teachers couldn't. even in a more controlled environment.
Posted by: SturmToddler at March 16, 2021 12:35 PM (8D42x)
Posted by: Suburban Wine Moms at March 16, 2021 12:36 PM (vtcmf)
Posted by: Eli Cash at March 16, 2021 12:36 PM (SScvq)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 16, 2021 12:33 PM (qlFIA)
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Zero. The data demonstrate that pretty clearly. When you take the date of a mandate (lockdown, mask, both, either) and then examine the two-week period before and after it, you will find that the infection rate (as determined by test positivity - imperfect and flawed, but consistent) shows zero change at scale. Neither lockdowns nor mask mandates make a bit of difference in the aggregate. No correlation and no statistical significance. Some areas show improvement, some shows degradation, but it all averages out to zero.
The better question is, "how many more lives have been lost to the response than would have been lost to the disease, had the response been effective?" Now, that's harder because there are a lot of variables and assumptions - but my nickel says "a shit-ton more."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2021 12:36 PM (Jsjd7)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 16, 2021 12:30 PM (45fpk)
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I often wondered how the Nazi were able to take over Germany.
After this last year, I no longer wonder.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 16, 2021 12:36 PM (2SdPm)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Fire Disney at March 16, 2021 12:33 PM (qoNQ/)
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That's what I'm seeing in the Seattle area. After Biden was installed, more people than ever were wearing masks: outside by themselves and while driving a car alone. The fear is more internalized than before.
Posted by: fly gal at March 16, 2021 12:36 PM (JGX9O)
Posted by: Buzzion at March 16, 2021 12:32 PM (G2zl5)
The tits are some of the best parts. She's maiming herself permanently. This is officially beyond cosplay and into mental illness.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at March 16, 2021 12:36 PM (ifmtJ)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at March 16, 2021 12:36 PM (I58tH)
And certainly after the State started saying race rioting was good for public health, but protesting the lockdowns spread COVID, even 6 year old me would have been like "yeah this definitely feels like bullshit".
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2021 12:36 PM (6bCXd)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 16, 2021 12:36 PM (45fpk)
Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at March 16, 2021 12:37 PM (7OrCI)
Posted by: Eli Cash at March 16, 2021 12:36 PM (SScvq)
This is correct.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 16, 2021 12:37 PM (WsidB)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 16, 2021 12:26 PM
You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I dislike them myself. Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health. Milk and apples (this has been proved by Science, comrades) contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig. We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organization of this farm depend on us.
Posted by: Squealer at March 16, 2021 12:37 PM (awtm/)
Posted by: Ziba at March 16, 2021 12:37 PM (S1hrL)
Texas and FL have lifted their mask requirements, yes? Are stores and restaurants complying? Or, if I take a road trip to either state, will I have to battle officious morons at the gates?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 16, 2021 12:37 PM (uk/oG)
If no President Trump, it would have been swept under the rug.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 16, 2021 12:37 PM (vQkRp)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 16, 2021 12:38 PM (pcsoT)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2021 12:28 PM (Jsjd7)
Is Reagan already forgotten? If so congratulations Rove.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at March 16, 2021 12:38 PM (y7DUB)
Texas and FL have lifted their mask requirements, yes? Are stores and restaurants complying? Or, if I take a road trip to either state, will I have to battle officious morons at the gates?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 16, 2021
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"morons" with a small "m" -- not the people here, of course!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 16, 2021 12:38 PM (uk/oG)
And yet they still needed those 3am injections of Biden votes on 11/4 to get the curve under control.
Posted by: t-bird at March 16, 2021 12:38 PM (B2mhs)
Lockdowns are/were only used at one time to describe when the entire prison/facility would be shut with no one in or out and all inmates secured either in their cells/rooms or in designated areas tightly controlled and under 24/7 observation.
Usually done because an inmate escaped, got loose, a riot was going on or developing or suspected to be or some other situation that needed a strict accounting of all inmates and personnel.
That they use that word says all you need to know about what's involved.
Posted by: jakee308 at March 16, 2021 12:38 PM (OikrH)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2021 12:30 PM (Jsjd7)
I think it became--officially-- an OP is when Trump talked about re-opening for last Easter.
THAT'S when it went into overdrive.
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 12:38 PM (HrMC1)
Posted by: Eli Cash at March 16, 2021 12:36 PM (SScvq)
I think I've been where you are since the early 80's in Germany during the cold war. What caused you to reach this position? Interested, not being snarky at all.
Posted by: BifBewalski - What was your trigger? at March 16, 2021 12:38 PM (VcFUs)
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at March 16, 2021 12:38 PM (W2Pud)
Otherwise known as "the best fucking year of their life".
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My Twenties-era self would've hated it. Being confined with the 'rents at home, working stupid job with stupid Covid rules, no anime club meetings, no RPG nights or library visits for two, TWO months! And the conflict between my public school and state university indoctrination of the wonderfulness of Progressive Big Government and this harsh reality! Or I could've remained the over-educated young ass who voted for Bill the Molester and his fascist wife.
Posted by: exdem13 at March 16, 2021 12:39 PM (W+kMI)
Everything is open, but some places still have mask mandates.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at March 16, 2021 12:39 PM (jvt6t)
American Marksman has 125 rounds of factory 2nds .308 for $100. Lake City brass.
"Factory 2nds: These rounds passed all of our rigorous quality control standards but may contain blemishes that do not affect the performance of the round including, but not limited to scratches, minor dents, dings, discoloration, etc."
Posted by: Lysenko - donate your guns to a no questions, records, or receipts gun buy back at March 16, 2021 12:39 PM (XTk1T)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 16, 2021 12:38 PM (pcsoT)
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The very same people who decry big business had no problem with big business getting even bigger.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 16, 2021 12:39 PM (2SdPm)
If no President Trump, it would have been swept under the rug.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 16, 2021 12:37 PM (vQkRp)
Exactly.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 16, 2021 12:40 PM (45fpk)
Posted by: fly gal
It's Seattle, and most people there "trust" their "president." So they'll double mask and follow Dear Leader*. Biden is literally the worst person to be president during this time.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Fire Disney at March 16, 2021 12:40 PM (qoNQ/)
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at March 16, 2021 12:38 PM (y7DUB)
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Reagan wasn't as good for the working class as Trump was. Reagan was better for the economy overall than his predecessors or immediate followers and a rising tide lifts all boats, but in terms of returning employment on the home front (especially blue-collar employment) and actual real wage rises, Trump outperformed even Reagan.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2021 12:40 PM (Jsjd7)
Posted by: Count de Monet Super de Duper Straight at March 16, 2021 12:40 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at March 16, 2021 12:38 PM (W2Pud)
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We just used a pizza box and slid you under the door, dear.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 16, 2021 12:40 PM (2SdPm)
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at March 16, 2021 12:40 PM (uhPTO)
AND THEY FAILED. Trump won, by more votes than any presidential candidate in American history. That's what makes me so sad. So many lives ruined and for what? They had to cheat at insanely massive proportions to win anyway.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 12:41 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2021 12:30 PM (Jsjd7)
It was an op/scam from the beginning. You're a fool if you think otherwise.
Posted by: Justsayin' at March 16, 2021 12:41 PM (Fs5vw)
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Compared to Cow Girl, Sorceress, Guild Girl, Sword Maiden, random female adventurer in background shot... Anvil is (no) justice!
Posted by: exdem13 at March 16, 2021 12:41 PM (W+kMI)
How come they are not being treated as hazmat waste?
that's a really good question.
Posted by: ace
We asked that question on week 6. Where's the hazmat disposal if this is so dangerous.
Also, look up the OSHA required masks/re-breathers/PPE for various industries. Mining, painting, chemical/biological and then the homemade used undershirt mask for Covid.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 16, 2021 12:42 PM (OCTRt)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 16, 2021 12:42 PM (bDqIh)
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Yep. Did anyone ever get any final numbers on the percent of deaths that were in nursing homes?
Posted by: Lysenko - donate your guns to a no questions, records, or receipts gun buy back at March 16, 2021 12:42 PM (XTk1T)
the moment it became an op was when Rosie's sister or whomever at the CDC started bleating about how we all MUST PANIC!
that's when I knew the Bureaucracy was up to something. but even I couldn't imagine how huge it actually was.
it was ALWAYS an op.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 16, 2021 12:42 PM (j9HX3)
Posted by: Just wondering at March 16, 2021 12:24 PM (jYQlA)
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This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Kiera Knightly at March 16, 2021 12:33 PM (2SdPm)
nope, just your "rack"...
as it were...
Posted by: SturmToddler at March 16, 2021 12:42 PM (8D42x)
Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at March 16, 2021 12:42 PM (7OrCI)
Posted by: Northern lurker at March 16, 2021 12:42 PM (lgiXo)
Posted by: will choose a nic later at March 16, 2021 12:42 PM (r4bSV)
It was already in the pipeline, the next bullet in the chamber.
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 12:42 PM (HrMC1)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at March 16, 2021 12:42 PM (HaL55)
Everything is open, but some places still have mask mandates.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at March 16, 2021
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Which state are you in? I can imagine the big bluish cities like Miami and Houston are still invested in this nonsense, but how about smaller towns?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 16, 2021 12:42 PM (uk/oG)
The people who were all in at the beginning and wouldn't let their kids go to a playground or go outside because they were afraid.
Now, a year later, they're pretending they weren't whimpering simps.
In a few months they'll be saying they were against it from the start.
The Peloton Class
Posted by: MJ at March 16, 2021 12:43 PM (gAMkn)
THAT'S when it went into overdrive.
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 12:38 PM (HrMC1)
Yes! Rev being a Rev and all, Easter is the high mark of the year. When Trump said "I want this done by Easter" - we had such hope. We really thought we would be in church on Easter Sunday. Instead we were sitting at home in our bathrobes. I think it was one of the lowest days of my life. The light at the end of the tunnel became an oncoming train.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 16, 2021 12:43 PM (45fpk)
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Well, I hope they're not Italian because then they'd be guinea pigs.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 16, 2021 12:43 PM (VVEnO)
I often feel that way at least once a day. Where will it end? Very few options left.
Posted by: Ziba at March 16, 2021 12:43 PM (S1hrL)
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My favorite is that we're keeping a running total of cases and deaths.
You know. Like we've done with heart disease, the flu, and car crashes.
Posted by: Lysenko - donate your guns to a no questions, records, or receipts gun buy back at March 16, 2021 12:43 PM (XTk1T)
yeah well Christopher they were TOO BIG TO FAIL
Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 16, 2021 12:43 PM (j9HX3)
Posted by: Jay in PA at March 16, 2021 12:43 PM (ar94c)
Posted by: Northern lurker at March 16, 2021 12:42 PM (lgiXo)
*****
Yes
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at March 16, 2021 12:43 PM (flINI)
9/11 was 20 years ago this sept.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2021 12:44 PM (U605+)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 16, 2021 12:44 PM (VpIIl)
Posted by: Lysenko - donate your guns to a no questions, records, or receipts gun buy back at March 16, 2021 12:44 PM (XTk1T)
that's when I knew the Bureaucracy was up to something. but even I couldn't imagine how huge it actually was.
it was ALWAYS an op.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 16, 2021 12:42 PM (j9HX3)
You have a great memory.
This followed the Dow going down like 3,000 points over a two day period in February '20
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 12:44 PM (HrMC1)
It's officious morons all the way down here. I live in a city though and am hoping sanity is prevailing elsewhere.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 16, 2021 12:44 PM (1lKRm)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
Trump at least was smart enough to realize that Islamic terrorism wasn't just isolated, lone-wolf, random attacks.
We'd be living in a much better world if Reagan had known what even Churchill knew, and acted on it. But no.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist (bofa/deez) at March 16, 2021 12:44 PM (OssQ4)
Posted by: grammie winger
Our Bishops really let the flock down. Very few instances of pushback. Cowards.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2021 12:44 PM (Rvt88)
Texas and FL have lifted their mask requirements, yes? Are stores and restaurants complying? Or, if I take a road trip to either state, will I have to battle officious morons at the gates?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
It's hit and miss. Big box stores are bending the knee. Smaller stores aren't. My vet did until the mask mandate was lifted.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 16, 2021 12:45 PM (OCTRt)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at March 16, 2021 12:45 PM (HaL55)
and no end in sight here in Colorado
Posted by: DB- just DB at March 16, 2021 12:45 PM (iTXRQ)
.....
Disheartening and stupid.
Posted by: Ziba at March 16, 2021 12:46 PM (S1hrL)
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I would hazard that as many people in Ohio died of lockdown-related suicide, and as many again ruined their lives with drugs & booze, as there were deaths related to Wuhan Flu. Haven't seen the statistics (seems to be a lack of comparative studies) but I wouldn't be surprised.
Posted by: exdem13 at March 16, 2021 12:46 PM (W+kMI)
Every single place I have been to since last Wednesday when the Governor lifted the mask mandate except the Kwikcheck has put up new signs saying masks are still required to enter.
A huge new red one popped up at the Tractor Supply store this morning. No one said a word when I walked in without a mask.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at March 16, 2021 12:46 PM (JUOKG)
Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at March 16, 2021 12:46 PM (7OrCI)
but hey, Texas rangers are arresting 65yo women for not masking after the lifting,
Posted by: will choose a nic later at March 16, 2021 12:46 PM (r4bSV)
Christianity in America faced its first great crisis of religious freedom and obedience to God vs the state... and failed. Now the state knows it can kneel on the neck of Christians and we'll tend to go along.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 12:46 PM (KZzsI)
yes? Are stores and restaurants complying? Or, if I take a road trip
to either state, will I have to battle officious morons at the gates?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 16, 2021 12:37 PM
I'm a Texan from up in the sparsely populated Panhandle. Some people wear them, some don't and it has been that way for months. I haven't heard of any dustups.
Posted by: huerfano at March 16, 2021 12:46 PM (DzhEB)
How come they are not being treated as hazmat waste?
Posted by: Diogenes at March 16, 2021 12:27 PM (axyOa)
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I commented on it earlier, but I've been to three separate Sam's Clubs that have a package of pandemic-stopping masks on a table just inside the entrance for their customers.
Self.
Serve.
Posted by: Lysenko - donate your guns to a no questions, records, or receipts gun buy back at March 16, 2021 12:46 PM (XTk1T)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2021 12:40 PM (Jsjd7)
I'd agree with that except I think Slick was the last donk President to even pretend to care about the working class, and Gaylord's actions were pointedly antagonistic. Top Men in the GOP were too committed to the Gas Chamber of Krony Kapitalism which created a huge opportunity for DJT.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at March 16, 2021 12:46 PM (y7DUB)
The independent audit was "unable to produce evidence of fraud!"
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2021 12:46 PM (U605+)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at March 16, 2021 12:46 PM (5HBd1)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 16, 2021 12:46 PM (VpIIl)
It's officious morons all the way down here. I live in a city though and am hoping sanity is prevailing elsewhere.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 16, 2021
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There goes my road trip
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 16, 2021 12:46 PM (uk/oG)
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Well, I hope they're not Italian because then they'd be guinea pigs.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 16, 2021 12:43 PM (VVEnO)
I denounce myself for laughing at that.
Posted by: BifBewalski - bad A-Wrecks, T-Rex Wrangler at March 16, 2021 12:46 PM (VcFUs)
mental health, their social skills, etc. is still not being measured.
They've hid it under the guise of "we saved lives". No, no you really
didn't. You have destroyed more than you saved, and they are still
politically weaponizing COVID to kill more and in the interim rob the
U.S. Treasury. What a puddle of shit.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 16, 2021 12:44 PM (VpIIl)
Yes. I could weep.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 16, 2021 12:47 PM (45fpk)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 16, 2021 12:43 PM (45fpk)
Trump had mentioned Easter in a way as it had always been to Christians---"a time of rebirth" or a "new beginning--I don't remember his exact phrase.
But this was the first time he met resistance
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 12:47 PM (HrMC1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at March 16, 2021 12:47 PM (7OrCI)
Posted by: CN at March 16, 2021 12:47 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: fly gal
As far as I can see it is nearly completely internalized in my red state. I still 95% mask compliance everywhere.
Posted by: Homo Viator at March 16, 2021 12:47 PM (H8QX8)
KTY has a friend whose grandparents are retired high-ranking CCP members.
When this all startec she asked how they were handling it.
Apparently they had two servants - one outside servant who did all the shopping, and one indoor servant who prepared food and interacted with them
At no time did they interact with the outside servant.
Posted by: vmom super straight stabby stabber stabalot at March 16, 2021 12:47 PM (nUhF0)
Posted by: Elric Blade at March 16, 2021 12:48 PM (enXj9)
Posted by: DB- just DB at March 16, 2021 12:45 PM
*waves from the Peoples' Democratic Republic of Maskachusetts*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 16, 2021 12:48 PM (16vTQ)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 16, 2021 12:48 PM (VpIIl)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 16, 2021 12:46 PM (VpIIl)
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Those dumb bitches need to read some Scienz because the stupid fake Nazi idea that masks have the ability to restrict your breathing or oxygen intake has been debunked repeatedly.
Posted by: Lysenko - donate your guns to a no questions, records, or receipts gun buy back at March 16, 2021 12:48 PM (XTk1T)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3RsOxKHr6k
Posted by: exdem13 at March 16, 2021 12:48 PM (W+kMI)
Our mayor Van Cuomo Johnson is still threatening to shutter restaurants and businesses if they don't obey his precious mask mandate. He's loving being able to let his tyrant flag fly.
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at March 16, 2021 12:48 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: will choose a nic later at March 16, 2021 12:48 PM (r4bSV)
Posted by: Justsayin' at March 16, 2021 12:41 PM (Fs5vw)
I'd say a good 75% of people in this country are fools, then.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 16, 2021 12:48 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: Mister Scott
They weren't wearing them at Fix-n-Feed when I was in Friday.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 16, 2021 12:48 PM (OCTRt)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2021 12:44 PM (Rvt8
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Church bulletin continues to print BS about wearing mask and for heaven's sake, NO SINGING. Capacity capped at 150/mass. Must make reservation. The soprano in the choir loft sings wearing a mask.
Posted by: Ziba at March 16, 2021 12:49 PM (S1hrL)
Kindly stop repeating this tired drivel.
Seventeen states never had, or have now rolled back their mask mandates.
Posted by: spindrift at March 16, 2021 12:49 PM (q37N8)
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at March 16, 2021 12:49 PM (puu6v)
Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at March 16, 2021 12:49 PM (7OrCI)
Posted by: Homo Viator at March 16, 2021
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Same here, or nearly so. I wouldn't care except that every time I consider going into a new store, or even an old one, I worry I'll have to battle them to let me in even with my doctor's letter. Lousy-ana specializes, indeed takes pride, in truly stupid private sector employees.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 16, 2021 12:50 PM (uk/oG)
It was already in the pipeline, the next bullet in the chamber.
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 12:42 PM (HrMC1)
It was also right after China had to cave and sign a new trade deal. They had it out for Trump too. And with as many of the DC swamp we now know was in bed with China, it would've been easy to coordinate.
Posted by: Justsayin' at March 16, 2021 12:50 PM (Fs5vw)
mental health, their social skills, etc. is still not being measured.
They've hid it under the guise of "we saved lives". No, no you really
didn't. You have destroyed more than you saved, and they are still
politically weaponizing COVID to kill more and in the interim rob the
U.S. Treasury. What a puddle of shit.
***
Go speak to a principal who will talk to you candidly. Only about 25% of students stayed at grade level.
The dirty secret is that the kids who do good in school did fine out of school, too. It's a mystery.
Posted by: Lysenko - donate your guns to a no questions, records, or receipts gun buy back at March 16, 2021 12:50 PM (XTk1T)
yes? Are stores and restaurants complying? Or, if I take a road trip
to either state, will I have to battle officious morons at the gates?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 16, 2021 12:37 P
You'll be expected to wear a mask in South Florida.
Posted by: mr tmz at March 16, 2021 12:50 PM (m/Gc2)
Fasci later said he lied. He was lying when he said he lied. He was telling the truth in March.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 16, 2021 12:50 PM (Bmy3R)
They wanted me to know that they now offer a fully breathable mask that won't inhibit respiratory function during workouts.
The model was a Karen, of course.
They know how dumb their customers are.
Bravo NB.
Posted by: MJ at March 16, 2021 12:50 PM (gAMkn)
Posted by: Shooter McGavin at March 16, 2021 12:50 PM (0uQEd)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 12:46 PM (KZzsI)
Just another point on the continuum of Big Religion rendering to Caesar that which isn't rightfully his.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at March 16, 2021 12:50 PM (y7DUB)
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I still want to know why them bitches waited this long to end respiratory illnesses.
Posted by: Lysenko - donate your guns to a no questions, records, or receipts gun buy back at March 16, 2021 12:50 PM (XTk1T)
The left refused to cooperate and in fact set up so many roadblocks and refusals to comply that it's a testament to the american people that we came through all that intact.
And now that they truly have "taken" power they expect there to be no opposition and will react to any as if those opposing have armed themselves and are preparing to attack. By doing so they have insured that that is what will happen because they've given no other outlet to protect ourselves from that which we believe is dangerous to ourselves, our families and our nation.
They've already taken the first steps by incarcerating anyone that gained access to the Capitol on Jan 6 and are persecuting them with charges of terrorism and treason while the looters and burners of last summer were let go without charges.
Posted by: jakee308 at March 16, 2021 12:51 PM (OikrH)
Yep. Tell that to the guy at the gym I peeled off the floor because he passed out doing an intense cardio workout with an N95. I saw the eye roll, but was too late.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 16, 2021 12:51 PM (VpIIl)
Gates has a record on this, in Africa and India (I think), and some of the Davos crowd must be thinking the world is getting too crowded, especially at the cool places they want to hang out without tourist overcrowding perhaps. So they had their private parties at fine restaurants, and fewer cruise ships jamming Mediterranean ports. ... it would fit their selfish thinking to kill off upwardly mobile middle America (and middle Europe). ... but the shutdown alone did enough damage.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 16, 2021 12:51 PM (Cus5s)
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Eh heh heh heh heh. Wait 'til you get home then watch this anime Goblin Slayer. Old school D&D fantasy setting with some commentary on the threat level of low-level monsters.
Posted by: exdem13 at March 16, 2021 12:51 PM (W+kMI)
Posted by: CN at March 16, 2021 12:51 PM (ONvIw)
Kindly stop repeating this tired drivel.
Seventeen states never had, or have now rolled back their mask mandates.
Posted by: spindrift at March 16, 202
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Florida and Texas have rolled things back -- and yet when I asked above, one of the posters pointed out that some stores still have the silly mandates. That is the opposite of "going away."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 16, 2021 12:51 PM (uk/oG)
- Jesse Kelly, Twitter 1/25/21
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 16, 2021 12:51 PM (Bmy3R)
Texas. Small towns like mine are mostly mask free. Austin and some others, not so much, but the gates have been opened. Just dead-enders resisting freedom.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at March 16, 2021 12:52 PM (jvt6t)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 16, 2021 12:48 PM (16vTQ)
Did you see Chaaaaaaallie just sent 500 more MA NG stormtroopers down to join the occupying force in DC?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 16, 2021 12:52 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: Lysenko - donate your guns to a no questions, records, or receipts gun buy back at March 16, 2021 12:52 PM (XTk1T)
Posted by: jakee308 at March 16, 2021 12:52 PM (OikrH)
That right there gives Trump GA. And that's just one county.
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at March 16, 2021 12:52 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2021 12:44 PM (Rvt8
I'm hesitant to paint the clergy with a broad brush of coward. I know what we personally did to keep our church open. We literally struggled each day all day long. Meetings and petitions and home visits and mayoral conferences and Synod conferences and everything short of standing in our underwear out in the church parking lot, handing out communion. We tried. And tried. Still, we couldn't pull it off till July. But not for lack of trying.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 16, 2021 12:52 PM (45fpk)
You just skip past this dilemma and eat her ass. That seems to be what all the kids are into now, based on the way they talk. The human sewer as buffet.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 16, 2021 12:53 PM (H5knJ)
NYS still will not allow close contact between nursing home patients and their family - even if they are all vaccinated. If you had your shots, and so did your parent/grandparent -- you can visit just once a week for 30 minutes. You can't hug them or get near them. And the nursing home will have someone watching you during your entire visit.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 16, 2021 12:53 PM (N39Ws)
Fasci later said he lied. He was lying when he said he lied. He was telling the truth in March.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 16, 2021 12:50 PM (Bmy3R)
Either way, he revoked his right to be believed
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 12:53 PM (HrMC1)
Posted by: Lysenko - donate your guns to a no questions, records, or receipts gun buy back at March 16, 2021 12:53 PM (XTk1T)
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That was certainly a big part of it. But there was an underlying and sinister component to it, as well. Maybe it didn't start off as anything more than bludgeoning Trump's chances and his immensely successful economy. But early on, people like Gates began to realize it was the perfect opportunity to push some kind of "vaccine" into the arms of the entire world. People like Gates, who think it's his job to depopulate earth. People like Gates, who think his $billions should allow him to tinker with things he knows nothing about. Or tinker with things he has no right to. Like our medical records. Like China's database. I make no mistake that, as far-fetched as it sounds, that's the ultimate goal. Or, let me amend that to say it's one of the ultimate goals. I think it all started to take shape early on, when this virus became a twofer of possibilities: get rid of Trump and get ahold of the keys to population control and medical records.
Alright, alright...I'll loosen my Reynolds hat.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 16, 2021 12:53 PM (O+I8R)
yes? Are stores and restaurants complying? Or, if I take a road trip
to either state, will I have to battle officious morons at the gates?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 16, 2021 12:37 P
You'll be expected to wear a mask in South Florida.
Posted by: mr tmz at March 16, 2021
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I'd never willingly go to S. Florida at any time of year, especially summer, which began 3 weeks ago. But how is that a "rollback"?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 16, 2021 12:53 PM (uk/oG)
These are crimes - serious crimes - let's call them what they are.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 16, 2021 12:54 PM (Bmy3R)
yes? Are stores and restaurants complying? Or, if I take a road trip to either state, will I have to battle officious morons at the gates?
If you are coming to any major urban area in Texas, you'll need a mask.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 16, 2021 12:54 PM (H5knJ)
Posted by: t-bird at March 16, 2021 12:54 PM (8eSmR)
Posted by: Jak Sucio at March 16, 2021
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Any idea about Bryan-College Station? I bugged out there for Katrina, and haven't been back since. Thought it was nice.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 16, 2021 12:54 PM (uk/oG)
The State of Texas is suing Austin over their draconian measures. The fight continues.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at March 16, 2021 12:54 PM (jvt6t)
Posted by: The Ghost of Pandemic Present at March 16, 2021 12:55 PM (dYe5S)
Posted by: Musical Moron at March 16, 2021 12:55 PM (rRn4O)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 16, 2021 12:55 PM (VpIIl)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 16, 2021
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Then there is no lifting of requirements.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 16, 2021 12:55 PM (uk/oG)
Trump said "I want this done by Easter" - we had such hope. We really
thought we would be in church on Easter Sunday. Instead we were sitting
at home in our bathrobes.
Posted by: grammie winger
Our Bishops really let the flock down. Very few instances of pushback. Cowards.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2021 12:44 PM (Rvt8
100% agreed. But they let us down on a lot of issues recently. You may get a great homily on Sunday morning, but when it comes to what happens after you walk out the doors -- you are on your own. I'm a very frusted and disillusioned Catholic, right now.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 16, 2021 12:55 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2021 12:44 PM (Rvt
They were caught between --to use the cliche--a rock and a hard place. Church membership skews older anyway and if word got out that someone went to Mass, caught the flu and died, it would have had the same effect.
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 12:55 PM (HrMC1)
With A&M being there, prolly a lot of scared libs, but they are outnumbered by normals.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at March 16, 2021 12:55 PM (jvt6t)
Posted by: fly gal
you can pretty much audit the vote by who is and who isn't wearing masks where they are not mandated. my count shows Joe lost big time, except with middling attractive and less women.
Posted by: x4 at March 16, 2021 12:55 PM (oA+QO)
Seventeen states never had, or have now rolled back their mask mandates.
Posted by: spindrift at March 16, 2021 12:49 PM (q37N
I'll repeat whatever I damned well want to repeat.
A year from now - two years - five years from now - mask mandates will still be in effect. Perhaps not nationwide, perhaps not even in some blue states - but they will still be there in various cities, stores, restaurants and public transportation hubs. Because masks have gone beyond mere palliative medical objects. They are now fashion items and religious totems.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 16, 2021 12:56 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 16, 2021 12:48 PM
I don't recall ever seeing a single person wearing a mask at Fix n Feed this entire time. There or the Lone Star pawn shop.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at March 16, 2021 12:56 PM (JUOKG)
Posted by: Ziba at March 16, 2021 12:56 PM (S1hrL)
These Karens would be more than willing to load us into cattle cars. I've made note of all of the ones I see and the ones who post their "THE SCIENCE" crap on Nextdoor.
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at March 16, 2021 12:56 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at March 16, 2021 12:56 PM (ifmtJ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 16, 2021 12:55 PM (uk/oG)
Exactly. I am sick to fkcing DEATH of "reopenings" that are not reopenings, "Free states" that are not free. "Lifted mandates" that are not lifted.
It's all fcking bullshit.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 16, 2021 12:56 PM (Bmy3R)
Posted by: Musical Moron
Hero. ^
Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Fire Disney at March 16, 2021 12:56 PM (qoNQ/)
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You're going to get in trouble if anyone finds out you're giving practical lessons on freedom.
Posted by: Lysenko - donate your guns to a no questions, records, or receipts gun buy back at March 16, 2021 12:56 PM (XTk1T)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 16, 2021 12:48 PM (2JVJo)
Sounds about right. One casualty of Covid has been my plummeting regard for my fellow citizens. I suppose that was also a goal of the schemers -- social enmity and division.
Posted by: Homo Viator at March 16, 2021 12:56 PM (H8QX8)
No more social distancing via chair placement. From what I can tell, our pastor thinks people can figure out how to social distance, if they are so inclined, without the help of the church.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 16, 2021 12:57 PM (2SdPm)
The State says Open/No Masks. The local communities that are governed by leftists? Mask up forever!!
Posted by: Jak Sucio at March 16, 2021 12:57 PM (jvt6t)
Posted by: will choose a nic later at March 16, 2021 12:57 PM (r4bSV)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2021 12:44 PM (Rvt8
This... I've been disgusted by Christian clergy being (with a few notable exceptions) cowardly. I changed churches because the pastor at my (now former) church refused to have in-person services... STILL isn't having in-person services. These are fundamentally unserious people who apparently don't care about or understand their spiritual leadership responsibilities.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 16, 2021 12:57 PM (pcsoT)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 16, 2021 12:57 PM (VpIIl)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at March 16, 2021 12:56 PM (ifmtJ)
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I don't know...
I watched The Wolf of Wall Street last night...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at March 16, 2021 12:57 PM (LvTSG)
The State says Open/No Masks. The local communities that are governed by leftists? Mask up forever!!
Posted by: Jak Sucio at March 16, 2021
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Oh, well. It was getting too hot for a road trip anyway. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 16, 2021 12:58 PM (uk/oG)
On the other hand he's seeing commercial properties reconfigure. He's not selling furniture en masse to new offices, rather people working from home, setting up offices. Most of his biz has been FB, Goolag, eBay.
3:5 homes I shoot are people leaving the state. How long can this be maintained? Who's moving in to take these places? No idea. I'm not seeing a decline even on the lower end townhouses/condos. I'm guessing the techs who were living 5 to a condo are now getting their own places, while those in Silicon Valley proper are fleeing to the once rural areas, buying big homes. Nope, nobody here on the mid-high end hurting one little bit.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at March 16, 2021 12:58 PM (46GDR)
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They're so terrified of the super contagious COVID virus that they not only casually go to Publix but will not hesitate to approach an unmasked carrier.
Posted by: Lysenko - donate your guns to a no questions, records, or receipts gun buy back at March 16, 2021 12:58 PM (XTk1T)
You have to pick your spots. We walk around our neighborhood unmasked. But if you go to the local Publix, you will probably be denied admission if you you refuse to wear a mask.
My neighbor who took a road trip thru North Florida (Jax-Tally) tells me hardly anyone was wearing a mask there.
Posted by: mr tmz at March 16, 2021 12:58 PM (m/Gc2)
And one marked for Trump. See! Both sides!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2021 12:58 PM (U605+)
Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at March 16, 2021 12:49 PM (7OrCI)
++++
Far worse, and far different, and for the same reason that COVID restrictions require draconian enforcement, Polio vaccine trials *didn't.* Polio was actually that bad. If COVID were actually that bad, we wouldn't need draconian enforcement because people would take required steps all on their out of self preservation.
For an indication of how bad Polio was, here's a clue. When Dr. Salk was working on his vaccine and needed kids to test on, he asked for permission from the parents to administer the experimental vaccines to their kids while at school. Those parents - a lot of them upper middle class or wealthy (or at least affluent) agreed to it. My mother was one of the test subjects and she got something like six or seven shots from Salk's team in Pittsburgh. And she was from a well-to-do Jewish family at a good a school.
That's how bad Polio was. They got parents to hand their kids over to Dr. Salk for experimentation.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2021 12:58 PM (Jsjd7)
Posted by: jakee308 at March 16, 2021 12:52 PM (OikrH)
Frightened, more than complicit. Frightened for their lives, or just frightened that people will realize just how corrupt and fraught with cheating and fraud our system really is....
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 12:58 PM (HrMC1)
Posted by: Musical Moron
Good points and - Welcome you young Whippersnapper!
Be careful here - our joints hurt, we'd had to deal with a*holes our entire lives, and we start off the day 3/4 pissed off.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2021 12:58 PM (Rvt88)
Posted by: exdem13 at March 16, 2021 12:58 PM (W+kMI)
Its not just the Roman Catholic Church. I used to attend a Christian Reformed Church, since I was 11 years old. Now, at 55, I am not able to attend due to health issues. I have had exactly one visit and one email from the pastor. Nobody else at church who claimed to like me and love my Sunday School Classes has contacted me. I basically have disappeared from the earth as far as they are concerned.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 12:58 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 16, 2021 12:59 PM (VpIIl)
Do you really think Starbucks is going to let their people out? No way. And the employees will want to be masked.
I can imagine basically the entire corporate service sector masked for years to come.
Posted by: MJ at March 16, 2021 12:59 PM (gAMkn)
Last Easter, our then pastor wouldn't even consider a sunrise service outdoors on the river. I refused to watch the virtual service because I was angry and heartbroken.
We have a wonderful new interim pastor now, and we're having not only a sunrise service on the water, but an indoor service.
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at March 16, 2021 12:59 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: noname1 at March 16, 2021 12:59 PM (0p10U)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 16, 2021 12:57 PM (VpIIl
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Dolley wears them as much as possible out of the house. Not in the car, she's not that bad, but every public venue.
This weekend I think made it clear to her that I only wear it because I'll get kicked out of places if I don't. I took it off every time I could at Legoland and Universal. My example is going to end her mask wearing at some point. I mean, what's the point of her wearing a mask if I don't while we sleep next to each other every night?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at March 16, 2021 12:59 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Bete at March 16, 2021 12:59 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 16, 2021 12:59 PM (WGara)
we destroyed a country for NOTHING
the greatest policy blunder in the last 100 years
I don't know what was worse
our gov't response, or the people who meekly went along with this
There should have been mass riots/uprisings over this --
nothing
fuck my life
Posted by: Big Star at March 16, 2021 01:00 PM (pvJV4)
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 16, 2021 01:00 PM (O+I8R)
Depending how frightened she is of this stuff, there's always the couch for you, too.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:00 PM (KZzsI)
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That's probably pleasantly, optimistically high.
I'd put it closer to 86%. Wasn't 14% the number that could name all three branches of the federal government? Not what they did or who was in office, just the names of the branches.
Probably that number is very close to the "not fools" amount.
Posted by: Lysenko - donate your guns to a no questions, records, or receipts gun buy back at March 16, 2021 01:00 PM (XTk1T)
Posted by: Tonypete
Hey, screw you, pal!
See? He's not lying.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Fire Disney at March 16, 2021 01:00 PM (qoNQ/)
Posted by: Mark Zuckerigger at March 16, 2021 01:01 PM (3aI0K)
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I see you are a fellow man of culture.
Posted by: exdem13 at March 16, 2021 12:58 PM (W+kMI)
Well I know what I like.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at March 16, 2021 01:01 PM (ifmtJ)
Posted by: Jak Sucio at March 16, 2021
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Yes, Bryan was more working-class, as I recall. Well, I'm certainly not going to drive 7 hours only to find out my hotel or any restaurant or coffee shop I want to go to insists on this drivel. People generally honor my doctor's letter here -- I can just imagine what a distant community would do. And part of the fun would be seeing people's faces. (Though a lot of humans ought to cover their pans, anyway.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 16, 2021 01:01 PM (uk/oG)
Posted by: fly gal
It's Seattle, and most people there "trust" their "president." So they'll double mask and follow Dear Leader*. Biden is literally the worst person to be president during this time.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Fire Disney at March 16, 2021 12:40 PM
We who live outside Seattle just point and laugh.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 16, 2021 01:01 PM (axyOa)
to have in-person services... STILL isn't having in-person services.
Still?? Whoa
Posted by: grammie winger at March 16, 2021 01:01 PM (45fpk)
Posted by: Lysenko - donate your guns to a no questions, records, or receipts gun buy back at March 16, 2021 01:01 PM (XTk1T)
I am quite sure SerialRapist would never rule that his OWN tax returns should be hand-delivered to his political enemies.
That gin-blossomed entitled fuckface stabbed Trump in the back.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 16, 2021 01:01 PM (Bmy3R)
Posted by: Musical Moron
Welcome! Just be careful to stay off some of our lawns.
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at March 16, 2021 01:02 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: noname1 at March 16, 2021 12:59 PM (0p10U)
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Probably so. I think the Japan data terrified them and there haven't been a lot of disclosures since then. During the Autumn, Japan published preliminary numbers that showed that excess suicides post-lockdown met or exceeded the number of COVID dead.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2021 01:02 PM (Jsjd7)
Posted by: Mark Zuckerigger
Damn. Was also great in Homicide: Life on the Street and Midnight Run.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Fire Disney at March 16, 2021 01:02 PM (qoNQ/)
Yes, there is a huge religious dimension. Odd how the Newer New Age Religions always benefit billionaires and their consigliere and punish workers and the lower middle class, particularly Whites. Every religion has its devil and rewards.
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at March 16, 2021 01:02 PM (puu6v)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 16, 2021 12:52 PM
Couldn't miss it. The news readers sounded so excited about it.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 16, 2021 01:02 PM (16vTQ)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at March 16, 2021 01:02 PM (I58tH)
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They're so terrified of the super contagious COVID virus that they not only casually go to Publix but will not hesitate to approach an unmasked carrier.
Posted by: Lysenko - donate your guns to a no questions, records, or receipts gun buy back at March 16, 2021 12:58 PM (XTk1T)
You're welcome to use my standard response.
"You had best step back to that six foot social distance to prevent me from ripping your brassier off and choking you to death with it. Fook. Off. Karen"
Posted by: BifBewalski - Try this on at March 16, 2021 01:02 PM (VcFUs)
Posted by: will choose a nic later at March 16, 2021 12:57 PM (r4bSV)
And when a MAYOR can take your rights, are they rights?
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 16, 2021 01:02 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at March 16, 2021 12:59 PM (LvTSG)
This is logic many men have tried to use.
And in response they have gotten to enjoy couples therapy of the company of a divorce lawyer.
Posted by: Bete at March 16, 2021 01:03 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at March 16, 2021 01:02 PM (ptqGC)
How is Mr Doh's head this AM after the cucumber martinis?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 01:03 PM (LNVrA)
Posted by: Mark Zuckerigger at March 16, 2021 01:03 PM (3aI0K)
You have to pick your spots. We walk around our neighborhood unmasked. But if you go to the local Publix, you will probably be denied admission if you you refuse to wear a mask.. . .
Posted by: mr tmz at March 16, 2021
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Then I might as well stay in The Pesthole. I've got a few stores and restaurants where they don't worry about all this.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 16, 2021 01:04 PM (uk/oG)
Posted by: Mark Zuckerigger at March 16, 2021 01:01 PM (3aI0K)
Also Dr Kananga in Live And Let Die.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 16, 2021 01:04 PM (2JVJo)
I loathe that overpaid bureaucrat gnome more every single day.
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at March 16, 2021 01:04 PM (ptqGC)
Texas and FL have lifted their mask requirements, yes? Are stores and restaurants complying? Or, if I take a road trip to either state, will I have to battle officious morons at the gates?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 16, 2021 12:37 PM (uk/oG)
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Nothing has changed. All the stores are requiring masks independent of the gov'nahs order, and police will arrest you for trespassing (and have done) for not wearing a mask.
Maybe some non-urban areas you're good to go?
Posted by: TexasDan at March 16, 2021 01:04 PM (yL25O)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:04 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Bete at March 16, 2021 12:59 PM
I spoke to each of my grandkids and told them this is an opportunity to excel. Do the homework. Study the lesson. Send emails to the teacher asking questions.
All of them had advanced their grades. Two were pretty much straight A kids anyway, and the other two are catching up.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 16, 2021 01:04 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: Lina Inverse at March 16, 2021 01:04 PM (Ojki1)
You must be about my age because I remember all of that. I was also in school with an unfortunate person whose legs were ruined because of polio. The Salk vaccine was a Godsend.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at March 16, 2021 01:04 PM (y7DUB)
Posted by: noname1 at March 16, 2021 12:59 PM (0p10U)
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Probably so. I think the Japan data terrified them and there haven't been a lot of disclosures since then. During the Autumn, Japan published preliminary numbers that showed that excess suicides post-lockdown met or exceeded the number of COVID dead.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2021 01:02 PM (Jsjd7)
Its one of the reasons the CDC is hiding the Death counts from 2020.
Because anyone who looks at the actual data, will be PISSED.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 16, 2021 01:04 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: Lysenko - donate your guns to a no questions, records, or receipts gun buy back at March 16, 2021 01:04 PM (XTk1T)
@nypost
GoFundMe to pay off Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's mortgage goes bust
https://tinyurl.com/yef7eo73
Posted by: Tami at March 16, 2021 01:05 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at March 16, 2021 01:05 PM (M0HX9)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 01:05 PM (LNVrA)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at March 16, 2021 01:05 PM (I58tH)
I'm hesitant to paint the clergy with a broad brush of coward. I know what we personally did to keep our church open. We literally struggled each day all day long. Meetings and petitions and home visits and mayoral conferences and Synod conferences and everything short of standing in our underwear out in the church parking lot, handing out communion. We tried. And tried. Still, we couldn't pull it off till July. But not for lack of trying.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 16, 2021 12:52 PM (45fpk)
Try try try try. If anyone had any balls in that church, they would have kept having services as usual. Yup, there'd be sacrifices and fines and mixups with the law. But it's like everything else with the American populace; they want someone else to do the sacrificing. So most just "tried".
Posted by: Justsayin' at March 16, 2021 01:05 PM (Fs5vw)
Posted by: ELLIOT PAGE at March 16, 2021 01:05 PM (r4bSV)
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I see you are a fellow man of culture.
Posted by: exdem13 at March 16, 2021 12:58 PM (W+kMI)
Well I know what I like.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at March 16, 2021 01:01 PM (ifmtJ)
Tits that allow 1st person motor boating are best tits.
Posted by: BifBewalski - Point of order at March 16, 2021 01:05 PM (VcFUs)
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 16, 2021 01:05 PM (2BZBZ)
The game was given up when the Dems served up this wish list of blue-state goodies instead. If no government worker (teacher, fire, police, sanitation, etc.) had to be furloughed or laid off for the last year, why do these state coffers get replenished first, before the average worker they displaced? For the transformation to the party of the working class, it's galling that no Republican is advocating for this. It seems like an eternity ago when Reagan said that the worst sentence to hear was 'We're from the government, and we're here to help.' Only too true these days.
Posted by: Yo! at March 16, 2021 01:05 PM (hKTv8)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at March 16, 2021 01:05 PM (hKTv8)
@nypost
GoFundMe to pay off Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's mortgage goes bust
https://tinyurl.com/yef7eo73
Posted by: Tami at March 16, 2021 01:05 PM (cF8AT)
It's good to be the Princess and the Prince?
Posted by: Thrawn at March 16, 2021 01:05 PM (9Ovst)
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 16, 2021 01:06 PM (O+I8R)
Our sanctuary never really closed, though, we went to online services for a bit, then by June of last year, I think we were back to in person services, masks optional.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 16, 2021 01:06 PM (2SdPm)
Drug and alcohal deaths are probably off the charts too
Posted by: will choose a nic later at March 16, 2021 01:06 PM (r4bSV)
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 16, 2021 01:05 PM (2BZBZ)
But, to be fair, dude had some mean tweets.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 01:06 PM (LNVrA)
Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at March 16, 2021 01:06 PM (7OrCI)
Posted by: noname1 at March 16, 2021 12:59 PM (0p10U)
Probably so. I think the Japan data terrified them and there haven't been a lot of disclosures since then. During the Autumn, Japan published preliminary numbers that showed that excess suicides post-lockdown met or exceeded the number of COVID dead.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2021 01:02 PM (Jsjd7)
Its one of the reasons the CDC is hiding the Death counts from 2020.
Because anyone who looks at the actual data, will be PISSED.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 16, 2021 01:04 PM (oHd/0)
One day , all of this---and the truth of the election--is going to come out, all of it.
The truth can't be hidden forever.
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 01:06 PM (HrMC1)
Posted by: Diesel Jones at March 16, 2021 01:06 PM (Vu7A1)
I cannot believe this is happening, and I'm glad my parents aren't around to witness it.
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at March 16, 2021 01:07 PM (ptqGC)
Yep.
I think I read it costs 500 billion to give every American 1400$. Alright. Where is the rest of the 1.4 trillion going?
People are dumb to not ask this question or even care.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at March 16, 2021 01:07 PM (qnynz)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 16, 2021 12:52 PM
Hey Hey!
Hee Hee!
Lets get out troops
Out of D.C.!
Posted by: Diogenes at March 16, 2021 01:07 PM (axyOa)
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My daughter was PISSED when we were going through her lessons at her own pace and she realized how much time her class wastes on the bottom 25% of the class trying to figure out how to do the material.
"Dad, why can't they pull them out and put them in classes by themselves while we move on?"
"Well, dear..."
Posted by: Lysenko - donate your guns to a no questions, records, or receipts gun buy back at March 16, 2021 01:07 PM (XTk1T)
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 16, 2021 01:07 PM (O+I8R)
If one looks at the news of the day exactly a year ago, this is so crystal clear I don't know how anyone can't see it.
Post-Shampeachment II bump, soaring numbers with people of color, roaring economy (NO sitting POTUS loses with a roaring economy)...heck, we were here discussing how MUCH of a landslide it was going to be, how many states Trump would add to his column, and who his successor would be, Pence or someone else.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 16, 2021 01:07 PM (Bmy3R)
Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at March 16, 2021 01:08 PM (7OrCI)
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at March 16, 2021 01:04 PM (y7DUB)
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I suspect I am much younger. I have only ever known two people who had Polio, and it left both of them partially disabled. One was my grandmother and the other was my friend's adopted sister. She came from Kazakhstan originally and they hadn't yet quashed Polio there. She is younger than me.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2021 01:08 PM (Jsjd7)
I think you are likely to see exit poll data from 2020 before you ever see any honest Covid numbers.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 16, 2021 01:08 PM (H5knJ)
Florida and Texas have rolled things back -- and yet when I asked above, one of the posters pointed out that some stores still have the silly mandates. That is the opposite of "going away."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
It was Texas where a woman was pushed to the floor and handcuffed in a bank for not wearing a mask.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 16, 2021 01:08 PM (63Dwl)
I loathe that overpaid bureaucrat gnome more every single day.
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at March 16, 2021 01:04 PM (ptqGC)
Unbelievable. If masks even worked, there would be no need to socially distance in the first place.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at March 16, 2021 01:08 PM (hKTv8)
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 16, 2021 01:08 PM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: will choose a nic later at March 16, 2021 01:06 PM (r4bSV)
I'd wager divorce rates as well.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 16, 2021 01:08 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 16, 2021 01:08 PM (45fpk)
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Have the news agencies released all those comprehensive demographic studies they always do on who voted how in the 2020 election?
Posted by: Lysenko - donate your guns to a no questions, records, or receipts gun buy back at March 16, 2021 01:08 PM (XTk1T)
GoFundMe to pay off Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's mortgage goes bust
https://tinyurl.com/yef7eo73
Posted by: Tami at March 16, 2021 01:05 PM (cF8AT)
I cannot believe that racist, entitled nitwit is considering running for President. Yet nothing surprises me now.
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at March 16, 2021 01:09 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: bill in arkansas
I would say soon, but since we're already at 102 homicides for the year, most of us are entirely too busy to slap the DA around.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Fire Disney at March 16, 2021 01:09 PM (qoNQ/)
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hahaha, you've got to be joking. This has to be a joke.
Posted by: Lysenko - donate your guns to a no questions, records, or receipts gun buy back at March 16, 2021 01:09 PM (XTk1T)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 16, 2021 01:09 PM (6xjA0)
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 16, 2021 01:05 PM (2BZBZ)
yet, the still had to cheat massively.
My blood boils when I think of Joe Biden staying in his basement and hardly doing any campaigning at all, while Trump criss--crossed the country , energetically carrying his message to throngs of enthusiastic citizens.
Yeah, Joe won fair and square.
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 01:09 PM (HrMC1)
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at March 16, 2021 01:07 PM (ptqGC)
I feel exactly the same regarding my parents, like I let them down by having this happen on my watch.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at March 16, 2021 01:09 PM (y7DUB)
Posted by: Serious Cat at March 16, 2021 01:09 PM (700n7)
I am old enough to remember when it was a federal crime to wear a mask in a bank.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:10 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 16, 2021 01:06 PM (O+I8R)
They all did.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at March 16, 2021 01:10 PM (ZSK0i)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 01:10 PM (LNVrA)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 16, 2021 01:01 PM (45fpk)
I know, right? He posted a video in February in which he stated that they MIGHT start meeting in small groups outside... but these would NOT replace the Sunday Zoom "service" (sigh).
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 16, 2021 01:10 PM (pcsoT)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Fire Disney at March 16, 2021 01:09 PM (qoNQ/)
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If you guys are going to slap around a DA, I've got one in LA for you to work on too.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 16, 2021 01:10 PM (2SdPm)
Posted by: will choose a nic later at March 16, 2021 01:06 PM (r4bSV)
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There is actually a term for this (increases in drug/alcohol deaths, suicides, etc.) that groups all of it together: "deaths of despair." And I would bet everything I own that they are way, *way* up in 2020 as compared to years previous, and much higher than the generally increasing trend since 2008 would indicate.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2021 01:10 PM (Jsjd7)
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hahaha, you've got to be joking. This has to be a joke.
Posted by: Lysenko - donate your guns to a no questions, records, or receipts gun buy back at March 16, 2021 01:09 PM (XTk1T)
He actually said this.
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 01:10 PM (HrMC1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at March 16, 2021 01:08 PM (7OrCI)
Fun Fact: Yaphet Kotto was a member of The Tribe. JJS would like that one.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at March 16, 2021 01:10 PM (hKTv8)
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 16, 2021 01:10 PM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 16, 2021 01:10 PM (O+I8R)
I am old enough to remember when it was a federal crime to wear a mask in a bank.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:10 PM (KZzsI)
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The masks are here to stay. The face scanners can see through them.
Posted by: TexasDan at March 16, 2021 01:10 PM (yL25O)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:11 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Lysenko - donate your guns to a no questions, records, or receipts gun buy back at March 16, 2021 01:11 PM (XTk1T)
Posted by: noname1
My division is way, way up in suicides and overdoses. I'm sure Philly's numbers are astronomical.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Fire Disney at March 16, 2021 01:11 PM (qoNQ/)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 01:11 PM (LNVrA)
It's also where Meal Team 6 showed up to shut down a bar or something. To say this state has been a disappointment on this issue does not fully capture it.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 16, 2021 01:11 PM (H5knJ)
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at March 16, 2021 01:09 PM
Publicity stunt.
Just shows she has a tin ear when it comes to politics and a really shitty marketing plan.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 16, 2021 01:11 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at March 16, 2021 01:04 PM (y7DUB)
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I suspect I am much younger. I have only ever known two people who had Polio, and it left both of them partially disabled. One was my grandmother and the other was my friend's adopted sister. She came from Kazakhstan originally and they hadn't yet quashed Polio there. She is younger than me.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
Correct me if I'm wrong, but with the Salk vaccine, you didn't get polio a little bit while your body fought it off and you couldn't pass on the virus if you'd gotten the vaccine, correct?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 16, 2021 01:11 PM (OCTRt)
Posted by: will choose a nic later at March 16, 2021 01:06 PM (r4bSV)
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There is actually a term for this (increases in drug/alcohol deaths, suicides, etc.) that groups all of it together: "deaths of despair." And I would bet everything I own that they are way, *way* up in 2020 as compared to years previous, and much higher than the generally increasing trend since 2008 would indicate.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2021 01:10 PM (Jsjd7)
I see lots of youngish people in the obits lately. it doesn't give the cause of death, but you kind of know.....
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 01:11 PM (HrMC1)
Posted by: Shooter McGavin at March 16, 2021 12:50 PM (0uQEd)
.........
Obviously sports bras work better than masks.
Posted by: wth at March 16, 2021 01:11 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at March 16, 2021 01:11 PM (ZSK0i)
Posted by: Serious Cat at March 16, 2021 01:09 PM (700n7)
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Because being so fucked up mentally that you think you have the wrong reproductive parts, but can only get facsimiles of the parts you think you should have, is bound to make anyone happy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at March 16, 2021 01:12 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker
ROAD TRIP!
Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Fire Disney at March 16, 2021 01:12 PM (qoNQ/)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 16, 2021 01:11 PM (OCTRt)
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As far as I know, it was a real vaccine, yes.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2021 01:12 PM (Jsjd7)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at March 16, 2021 01:12 PM (I58tH)
Posted by: The Duke Boys at March 16, 2021 01:12 PM (LNVrA)
Well, other than Sigourney panties, I mean Weaver.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:11 PM (KZzsI)
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Read about the original scripted ending?
Ripley gets killed by the xenomorph in the escape pod, and the xenomorph speaks into the flight recorder in Ripley's voice.
I've never known if I've loved that idea or hated it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at March 16, 2021 01:13 PM (LvTSG)
people of color, roaring economy (NO sitting POTUS loses with a roaring
economy)...heck, we were here discussing how MUCH of a landslide it was
going to be, how many states Trump would add to his column, and who his
successor would be, Pence or someone else.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 16, 2021 01:07 PM (Bmy3R)
Trump DID win in a landslide. The commies and the Deep State (BIRM) stole it and will continue to do so. That link from JJ this morning made me physically ill. Be sure to read "The Sovereign Crime of Industrial Scale Vote Fraud" from American Thinker. It will boil your blood and terrify you.
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at March 16, 2021 01:13 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 16, 2021 01:13 PM (6xjA0)
both have kids in High school or middle school
Posted by: will choose a nic later at March 16, 2021 01:13 PM (r4bSV)
Posted by: CN at March 16, 2021 01:13 PM (ONvIw)
i'm just disappointed that the wikipedia filmography doesn't list the 7-up commercials.
Posted by: Comrade Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at March 16, 2021 01:13 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 16, 2021 01:07 PM (O+I8R)
Anastasia Hanson, 56, of California told Britain's The Sun that she started the fundraising effort because she seriously felt sorry for the multimillionaire royal couple -- after Harry publicly whined to Oprah Winfrey about being financially cut off by the Palace.
Harry seems to have conveniently left out the part where he got MILLIONS from his mother's estate. Where'd that money go Harry?
Posted by: Tami at March 16, 2021 01:13 PM (cF8AT)
Well it would have been a really interesting ending but a lot less satisfying. I think what we got was a better movie.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:14 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 01:10 PM (LNVrA)
With a bamboo screen on the top, to keep him from climbing out or standing up, and the depth too shallow so he has to hunch and twist his head to breath so he doesn't drown. He also has to eat the scraps poured into the water he is shitting a pissing into, shared with the rats that are hungry enough to eat his nose.
That kind of hole filled with water? because I can totes get behind that for him.
Posted by: BifBewalski - Point of order at March 16, 2021 01:14 PM (VcFUs)
I was stunned speechless. We don't talk about politics anymore.
They get all their news from the corporate media. They don't have or at least don't take the time to seek out other outlets to check and see if there are conflicts in the various stories.
Whatever was reported about Trump was accepted as fact. This despite knowing that Biden being elected would ruin the country.
Guess my friends gender.
Posted by: jakee308 at March 16, 2021 01:14 PM (OikrH)
Posted by: Big Star at March 16, 2021 01:14 PM (pvJV4)
Well it would have been a really interesting ending but a lot less satisfying. I think what we got was a better movie.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:14 PM (KZzsI)
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Alien is one of my all time favorite movies, so I don't want it messed with. But...that's just such an intriguing idea that I can't let go.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at March 16, 2021 01:14 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Joe Mannix
That's what I've been trying to educate folks about.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 16, 2021 01:14 PM (OCTRt)
Posted by: Mishdog at March 16, 2021 01:15 PM (cqAUI)
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 01:15 PM (HrMC1)
No, that was a different guy: Geoffrey Holder who also was great.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:15 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 16, 2021 01:07 PM (O+I8R)
Isn't that hilarious? They shut it down after it raised almost nothing. Why would anyone contribute to retire the mortgage on someone else's 18M house?
Posted by: CN at March 16, 2021 01:15 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Comrade Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at March 16, 2021 01:13 PM (v3pYe)
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I think you're thinking of Geoffrey Holder for the 7-Up commercials.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 16, 2021 01:15 PM (WGara)
Posted by: Xi Jinping at March 16, 2021 01:15 PM (dWwl8)
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 16, 2021 01:15 PM (O+I8R)
I see lots of youngish people in the obits lately. it doesn't give the cause of death, but you kind of know.....
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 01:11 PM (HrMC1)
Covid, because you heathens don't wear the holy mask what will save us all!
Posted by: Karen what loves science sexually at March 16, 2021 01:15 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: Tami
Probably to the gold-digger.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Fire Disney at March 16, 2021 01:15 PM (qoNQ/)
Posted by: Tami at March 16, 2021 01:05 PM (cF8AT)
The person who set that up cannot possibly have two brain cells to rub together. And she votes. There is no hope for society.
Posted by: DJ at March 16, 2021 01:15 PM (O3/K+)
As a book its a better, solid sci fi horror ending, but the movie was done just right.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:15 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 16, 2021 01:15 PM (H5knJ)
Posted by: jakee308 at March 16, 2021 01:16 PM (OikrH)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 16, 2021 01:16 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:16 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2021 01:08 PM (Jsjd7)
You're surely right. I remember regular tree spraying with massive amounts of DDT (eat shit, Rachel Carson) to keep mosqitos from spreading it during the non winter months. Those went away after the Salk vaccine. I pretty much ignored most things that preoccupied my parents but even I could detect a constant sense of worry for me.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at March 16, 2021 01:16 PM (y7DUB)
Posted by: The cat in Alien at March 16, 2021 01:16 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: Tami at March 16, 2021 01:13 PM (cF8AT)
And from the Queen Mother's estate. They are such leeches, of course they are Obama "friends".
Posted by: CN at March 16, 2021 01:16 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Big Star at March 16, 2021 01:14 PM (pvJV4)
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And when they pitched the scheme - closing schools, social distancing, lockdowns, etc. - to Bush 43 for the avian flu, the CDC and the executive immediately rejected it as far too costly and unknown to be fathomable in real terms. Obama's teams did the same thing when they brought it up for H1N1. Trump's CDC went all-in, though, along with virtually every other country in the world.
Helluva turnaround in opinion, no?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2021 01:17 PM (Jsjd7)
Posted by: Tami
All those Vegas hotel rooms I trashed.
Posted by: Prince Harry at March 16, 2021 01:17 PM (OCTRt)
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 16, 2021 01:17 PM (2BZBZ)
Same. My Dad died in the midst of RussiaGate but was confident justice would prevail. I told him hopefully that would happen, knowing full well the country he fought for was long gone. I was unable to tell that to a man so proud of his service
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at March 16, 2021 01:17 PM (puu6v)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at March 16, 2021 01:17 PM (I58tH)
Posted by: jakee308 at March 16, 2021 01:16 PM (OikrH)
It's cool when a donk does it, part of the liberal kink.
Posted by: CN at March 16, 2021 01:17 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: wth at March 16, 2021 01:18 PM (v0R5T)
RIP Yaphet Kotto, Parker in Alien
Posted by: Mark Zuckerigger at March 16, 2021 01:01 PM
another grim milestone for the biden administration
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 16, 2021 01:18 PM (WgWW9)
Posted by: Prince Harry at March 16, 2021 01:17 PM (OCTRt)
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Didn't you also have to pay off Epstein?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 16, 2021 01:18 PM (2SdPm)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
The boat chase scene was terrific, plus Jane Seymour.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp - Fire Disney at March 16, 2021 01:18 PM (qoNQ/)
It was deliberate murder.
Posted by: torabora at March 16, 2021 01:18 PM (Y274z)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at March 16, 2021 01:17 PM (I58tH)
Me, too and I'm 63. I recall lining up in the gym to get my paper cup with the sugar cube.
Posted by: CN at March 16, 2021 01:19 PM (ONvIw)
Talk about gruesome death.
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 01:15 PM (HrMC1)
Kotto said he never liked the movie. He found its portrayals of blacks very racist and thought his death scene was absurd.
The original novel is miles better than the movie. Even with the luscious Jane Seymour.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 16, 2021 01:19 PM (2JVJo)
It was deliberate murder.
Posted by: torabora at March 16, 2021 01:18 PM (Y274z)
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"How uncouth! We want nothing to do with you!"
-GOPe
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at March 16, 2021 01:19 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 16, 2021 01:18 PM (WgWW9)
Kotto passed away in the Philippines...
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at March 16, 2021 01:19 PM (ZSK0i)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:16 PM (KZzsI)
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Me, I think it's kind of cringey for attempting to follow the "Blaxploitation" films of the day.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 16, 2021 01:19 PM (WGara)
She stayed incredibly yummy for like 30 years.
The only weak scene in the movie was the Kanaga balloon death sequence, that was just silly.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:19 PM (KZzsI)
Oh, I know Trump won, I was just agreeing on the original purpose of the Plandemic
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 16, 2021 01:19 PM (Bmy3R)
I know we hate Fox, but that's stunning. I hope she freaks out the entire family and eventually turns conservative. She lives in Austin, TX though.
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at March 16, 2021 01:19 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 16, 2021 01:19 PM (6xjA0)
Ripley gets killed by the xenomorph in the escape pod, and the xenomorph speaks into the flight recorder in Ripley's voice
--
Then Jonesie kills Xenomorph, sets auto pilot and curls up for a nap.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 16, 2021 01:19 PM (O+I8R)
Posted by: torabora at March 16, 2021 01:18 PM (Y274z)
Yep. Many dead was better than a second Trump term.
Posted by: CN at March 16, 2021 01:19 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 16, 2021 01:20 PM (2BZBZ)
The people who were protected were people who work for major corporations, people who are stay at home wine moms, and government employees. You know, all the important people.
The rest of us ... not so much. A good friend of mine is definitely "wealthy"(ish), but he's a project manager for a commercial construction company. He couldn't just "zoom it in." But he's not an important person.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 01:20 PM (UPoLF)
Posted by: torabora at March 16, 2021 01:18 PM (Y274z)
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Deliberately ran up the body count to get rid of PDT plus cower the population into voting against PDT, and, when that didn't work, theft.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 16, 2021 01:20 PM (2SdPm)
Posted by: itsacookbook at March 16, 2021 01:20 PM (yPxXc)
It was great, all the books are better than you expect. Fleming had a gift for combining the slightly absurd (Pussy Galore as a name???) with the very gritty.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:20 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:16 PM (KZzsI)
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Me, I think it's kind of cringey for attempting to follow the "Blaxploitation" films of the day.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 16, 2021 01:19 PM (WGara)
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That franchise chases trends, never making them. That's kind of what happens when you are producer driven and your producer doesn't really have much interest in storytelling.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at March 16, 2021 01:20 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 01:20 PM (LNVrA)
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at March 16, 2021 01:20 PM (puu6v)
It does have a distinct Blaxploitation feel to it. I don't think that makes it bad per se. But then again I actually like Blacula. So I'm maybe not the right guy to ask.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 16, 2021 01:20 PM (H5knJ)
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Wow, Jane. If that's really true, I find that amazing. Maybe it portends something. Something not good for their side.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 16, 2021 01:20 PM (O+I8R)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at March 16, 2021 01:17 PM (I58tH)
Yes. I'm a year older.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at March 16, 2021 01:20 PM (y7DUB)
Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at March 16, 2021 01:21 PM (7OrCI)
You could tell they were a size or two too small. For the effect.
It was blatant. And quite a weird affect to be getting a boner while that Alien thingy is scaring the crap out of her.
Posted by: jakee308 at March 16, 2021 01:21 PM (OikrH)
Posted by: bill in arkansas,
58 here. Found my baby book with my infant shots and shot schedule. Got my smallpox blanket AFTER my smallpox shot.
That's how we rolled in the early 60's.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 16, 2021 01:21 PM (OCTRt)
Turns out he was secretly a super powerful alien that swallows an infinity stone and claws out the eyeball of a man who then isn't bothered at all by it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:21 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at March 16, 2021 01:21 PM (5HBd1)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 16, 2021 01:21 PM (Bmy3R)
You could tell they were a size or two too small. For the effect.
It was blatant. And quite a weird affect to be getting a boner while that Alien thingy is scaring the crap out of her.
Posted by: jakee308 at March 16, 2021 01:21 PM (OikrH)
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I mean...have you seen the design of the xenomorph?
Like...at all? You should look up H.R. Giger.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at March 16, 2021 01:21 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 01:20 PM (UPoLF)
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I tried pointing out to my lefty daughter how this lockdown crap was destroying small business and making big business richer and her comeback was, "well, better that than you or mom dying."
Sigh.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 16, 2021 01:21 PM (2SdPm)
I would see the name Yaphet Kotto in the credits and think "I don't remember a Japanese guy."
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict
FBI Agent Alonzo Mosely in "Midnight Run".
"I'm Mosely!!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 16, 2021 01:22 PM (pNxlR)
It was deliberate murder.
Posted by: torabora at March 16, 2021 01:18 PM (Y274z)
I think our "elite class" is just full of clueless idiots who got where they are because of nepotism, who frankly don't give a shit about anyone that's not "of their class." And for them, as ace points out, "lock downs" made perfect sense. Stay at home, and make poor people run all of their errands for them and deliver everything to their houses.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 01:22 PM (UPoLF)
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at March 16, 2021 01:22 PM (puu6v)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 01:22 PM (LNVrA)
Blacula is a damned good movie, and it is a crying shame that William Marshall was not given more work. Amazing actor, huge voice.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:22 PM (KZzsI)
He actually changed around the author listings in this paper: "Salk, JE, JS Younger, and EH Ward. 1954. Use of color change of phenol red as the indicator in titrating poliomyelitis virus or its antibody in a tissue-culture system." to make himself 1st author of this paper, depriving Dr. Julius Younger of credit for doing most of the work on it. Remember that this was the 50's, so there was usually just one typed manuscript and Salk also went behind Younger's back to make sure that the author listings were published as you see them.
Younger and Salk didn't talk for about 25-30 years after this incident. The point? Brilliant people, scientists or otherwise, can have a bit of a nasty side. So don't elevate them up to the level of deities who can not be questioned.
Posted by: Thrawn at March 16, 2021 01:23 PM (9Ovst)
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at March 16, 2021 01:22 PM (puu6v)
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It might have been the real target. There is nothing more subversive than successful small or family business, and nothing more useful than concentrating everything into affiliated and aligned megacorps.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2021 01:23 PM (Jsjd7)
Turns out he was secretly a super powerful alien that swallows an infinity stone and claws out the eyeball of a man who then isn't bothered at all by it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:21 PM (KZzsI)
*Twitch*
God, I hate the MCU after Infinity War.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Marcus Brasswang at March 16, 2021 01:23 PM (ifmtJ)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 16, 2021 01:20 PM (H5knJ)
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Blaxploitation done right could be good, cf. "Shaft" or "Coffy". LaLD was, well "off".
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 16, 2021 01:23 PM (WGara)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 16, 2021 01:19 PM (WGara)
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That franchise chases trends, never making them. That's kind of what happens when you are producer driven and your producer doesn't really have much interest in storytelling.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at March 16, 2021 01:20 PM (LvTSG)
Live and Let Die was a nod to blaxploitation, while the follow-up, Golden Arm nodded toward Martial arts films and white-trash southern flicks with a wink at mob movies
Moonraker was of course, Star Wars.
Bond films are meant to be fast-paced frothy entertainment.
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 01:24 PM (HrMC1)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 01:24 PM (LNVrA)
Sigh.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 16, 2021 01:21 PM (2SdPm)
Is it though? I know when we talk about "economic costs" it sounds like "greedy capitalism" talk to people of that mindset, but what we're really saying is "people's personal financial and mental well being."
As in, this year long lockdown is going to cost real people a lot in terms of their life span, their life savings, their career paths, their mental health, their relationships. Like it sucks for us as adults, but I can't help but feel like we'll be dealing with the repercussions from this for kids currently in school for decades to come. It's going to cost us as a society many "life years."
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 01:24 PM (UPoLF)
That franchise chases trends, never making them. That's kind of what happens when you are producer driven and your producer doesn't really have much interest in storytelling.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at March 16, 2021 01:20 PM (LvTSG)
Are you saying having a black woman become 007 isn't being done because the awesome story is driving the idea?
Posted by: Bete at March 16, 2021 01:25 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 01:25 PM (HrMC1)
shame that William Marshall was not given more work. Amazing actor,
huge voice.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:22 PM (KZzsI)
Concure, Blackenstein on the other hand.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at March 16, 2021 01:25 PM (k/TB6)
Posted by: Bete at March 16, 2021 01:25 PM (Ojki1)
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Surprisingly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at March 16, 2021 01:25 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:22 PM (KZzsI)
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He was very good in the ST:TOS episode "The Ultimate Computer".
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 16, 2021 01:25 PM (WGara)
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 16, 2021 01:20 PM (O+I8R)
I'm pleased and shocked. I think witnessing her nutty family's politics her whole life has also affected her. *fingers crossed*
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at March 16, 2021 01:25 PM (ptqGC)
Midnight Run (recommend if you haven't seen it)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 16, 2021 01:25 PM (bDqIh)
I still trust Didier Raoult more than Fauci.
Posted by: CN at March 16, 2021 01:25 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at March 16, 2021 01:22 PM (puu6v)
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It might have been the real target. There is nothing more subversive than successful small or family business, and nothing more useful than concentrating everything into affiliated and aligned megacorps.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2021 01:23 PM (Jsjd7)
I wish I could believe this wasn't the case.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at March 16, 2021 01:25 PM (y7DUB)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 16, 2021 01:26 PM (03n3v)
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at March 16, 2021 01:26 PM (puu6v)
C\apt. Al Giardella on "Homicide". Ended up running for mayor and being assassinated.
Posted by: Shooter McGavin at March 16, 2021 01:26 PM (0uQEd)
Posted by: The Curve at March 16, 2021 01:26 PM (UiLV5)
Peoples weddings couldn't happen, dating couldn't happen, careers aren't progressing, jobs are being lost, anecdotally pretty much everyone around me is drinking a lot more and smoking more weed etc.
That cannot be healthy for a society.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 01:26 PM (UPoLF)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at March 16, 2021 01:27 PM (I58tH)
Actually ace, haven't read more of Kulldorf's thing here - he was one of the many I read and followed for months before giving up on the society and the topic - but the whole class-based thing, while absolutely legit as far as it goes, *also* is off the mark.
The mark being the logical and epidemiological reality that you *cannot contain a highly contagious prevalent virus in a society like this, "mitigation" doesn't work, and the focus needs to be on therapies and possibly Kulldorf's "focused isolation" of most vulnerable cohorts.
It's not just that the whole response was socially/economically incredibly disparate in impact (heh), it's that it *was almost certainly doomed to be ineffective*.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 16, 2021 01:27 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Dr. Bone
Fart molecule is larger than Covid molecule.
Square that mask circle.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 16, 2021 01:27 PM (OCTRt)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 01:26 PM (UPoLF)
The virus panic has nothing to do with healthy.
Posted by: CN at March 16, 2021 01:28 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:22 PM (KZzsI)
It really is good. The sequel, not so much.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 16, 2021 01:28 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 16, 2021 01:28 PM (2BZBZ)
Dave Landau: "I don't even think sign language is real. That's a lot of hand movement for so few words."
He's not wrong.
95% of the "sign language" we see on tv is three-quarters bullshit.
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 16, 2021 01:28 PM (Eu8vb)
The Texas State Parks org also sent out a letter basically saying they're increasing capacity and not requiring masks (they did say strongly encourage). So, that's good. Not that I was wearing a mask in a STATE PARK anyway.
Posted by: Mrs. Peel - Texas Morons, Support HB 1359 at March 16, 2021 01:28 PM (G6Lqs)
Posted by: Jane D'Oh #Impeach Foady Six! at March 16, 2021 01:28 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: bill in arkansas
It was dismissed because Fauci and the powers that be wanted to hurt Trump. No medical reasons.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 16, 2021 01:28 PM (OCTRt)
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 16, 2021 01:28 PM (O+I8R)
After that he was in Alien, Brubaker, The Star Chamber, The Running Man, Midnight Run, and a lot of TV shows and movies like The Puppet Masters and I Love You To Death.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:29 PM (KZzsI)
Square that mask circle.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 16, 2021 01:27 PM (OCTRt)
........
That's why you should light them.
Posted by: wth at March 16, 2021 01:29 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: CN at March 16, 2021 01:29 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 16, 2021 01:29 PM (Eu8vb)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at March 16, 2021 01:29 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Suburban Wine Moms at March 16, 2021 01:29 PM (vtcmf)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 01:30 PM (UPoLF)
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 16, 2021 01:30 PM (Eu8vb)
One of the worst aspects of the lockdowns has been how they've brainwashed kids to believe that they might kill their parents and grandparents if they don't follow strict guidelines. This has generated an intense amount of anxiety for them. I have a niece who has been frightened out of her mind she'll 'literally murder' one of her grandparents.
It's evil the way they've weaponized their concern for loved ones against them.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 16, 2021 01:30 PM (bDqIh)
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 16, 2021 01:30 PM (O+I8R)
Posted by: Dr. Bone
Fart molecule is larger than Covid molecule.
Square that mask circle.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 16, 2021 01:27 PM (OCTRt)
If a "karen" wants me to mask up -- I'd tell her to put 2 masks on. One for her, one for me. Same result, right?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 16, 2021 01:31 PM (N39Ws)
That falls under they "why in the hell??" category. It was a dumb, silly short story that was made into a dumb, silly movie that was about what it should have been for the plot and setting.
UpLEEEK CODE!!!!
Lord I can't stand Maria Conchita Alonso. For a while she was in everything and obnoxious every time.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:31 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: CN at March 16, 2021 01:29 PM (ONvIw)
Whatever Trump said, the opposite was true to the media.
That's why i laugh when they say Trump should have implored people to "mask up" earlier.
If he'd told them to wear a mask, they WOULDN'T have.
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 01:31 PM (HrMC1)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 01:22 PM (LNVrA)
The original title for "Alien" was -
"Death Penis 2000"
Posted by: naturalfake at March 16, 2021 01:31 PM (dWwl8)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:22 PM (KZzsI)
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He was very good in the ST:TOS episode "The Ultimate Computer".
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 16, 2021
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He was in 2 Man From U.N.C.L.E. episodes, including the pilot. But he'll always be remembered as Dr. Daystrom.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 16, 2021 01:31 PM (uk/oG)
Also: cheap, readily available because off patent (or whatever the proper term is).
Posted by: Lizzy at March 16, 2021 01:32 PM (bDqIh)
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 16, 2021 01:28 PM (Eu8vb)
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75% x 95% = 71.25%
71.25% + 5% = 76.25%
So you're saying that it's 23.75% non-bullshit?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 16, 2021 01:32 PM (WGara)
The media "experts" should be strung up, alongside the tv "scientists."
Also, the CDC and NIH are wholly corrupt, just like the FBI and DOJ and DHS.
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 16, 2021 01:32 PM (Eu8vb)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2021 01:32 PM (U605+)
Somehow still haven't seen it. I don't mind nudity. But I avoid porn (people fucking).
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 16, 2021 01:32 PM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: CN at March 16, 2021 01:32 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 16, 2021 01:28 PM (OCTRt)
Yeah, I mean we're starting to see some results from actual scientific testing of HCQ to fight covid overseas, and it certainly doesn't seem to HURT the outcome. Unsure of how affective it is, but there doesn't seem to be a downside to taking it.
Well, there is a big downside -- it's been generic for decades, so big pharma can't make any money off of it. Plus Trump mentioned it at a press conference, so...
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 01:32 PM (UPoLF)
Posted by: grammie winger at March 16, 2021 01:33 PM (45fpk)
"I'm Mosely!!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars
LOL !!!
Posted by: JT at March 16, 2021 01:33 PM (arJlL)
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Garrett Morris did a better job.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 16, 2021 01:33 PM (O+I8R)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:33 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2021 01:33 PM (U605+)
**yawn**
In other news, bread can now be bought sliced.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 16, 2021 01:34 PM (axyOa)
It would have eliminated the danger of the disease by treating victims early on and saving their lives. And that would stop the panic and help Trump.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:34 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2021 01:35 PM (U605+)
Also, the CDC and NIH are wholly corrupt, just like the FBI and DOJ and DHS.
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 16, 2021 01:32 PM (Eu8vb)
Yeah, no surprises there. A lifelong government bureaucrat is a bureaucrat first, and a doctor second. Shocking.
Also, I don't think he's actually practiced medicine for half a century, so I'm not sure why we should be listening to him about anything anyways. When he was last practicing, lobotomies were the cure for depression. So...
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 01:35 PM (UPoLF)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:33 PM (KZzsI)
Watch a pirated version though. you don't wanna give that rat bastard Raging Bull with the mole on his face any income from residuals.
Posted by: BifBewalski - cheat him, he's a lefty at March 16, 2021 01:35 PM (VcFUs)
Posted by: Elliot Page at March 16, 2021 01:35 PM (Vu7A1)
Posted by: will choose a nic later at March 16, 2021 01:35 PM (r4bSV)
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 16, 2021 01:35 PM (Eu8vb)
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 01:35 PM (HrMC1)
I'm so angry when I think about that sweet little girl that I want to explode.
Posted by: Mrs. Peel - Texas Morons, Support HB 1359 at March 16, 2021 01:35 PM (G6Lqs)
Posted by: CN at March 16, 2021 01:35 PM (ONvIw)
I've actually lost weight - a lot of it. 18 lbs at the worst though I've gained some back. I was not overweight to begin with and I'm average height so 18 lbs is a lot.
Depression can do that to you.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 16, 2021 01:35 PM (Bmy3R)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 16, 2021 01:32 PM (WGara)
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Check that. It should be 33.75% non-bullshit.
I shouldn't try to do math on this blog...
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 16, 2021 01:35 PM (WGara)
Heh, Midnight Run has no sex or nudity. I assume the R is for language. It's about a bounty hunter's trek across a few states to bring in a mob accountant turned witness. It's funny.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 16, 2021 01:36 PM (bDqIh)
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Garrett Morris did a better job.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 16, 2021 01:33 PM (O+I8R)
Richard Crenna in Hot Shots (I think)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 16, 2021 01:36 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: wth at March 16, 2021 01:36 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 16, 2021 01:37 PM (j9HX3)
https://twitter.com/EsotericCD/status/1371810717930811394
Here's the text for those too smart to Twat:
Jeff B: You, who are Trump-sympathetic followers, will scoff at this and say "duh, moron" but this story really shakes my confidence in the MSM - whose biases are obvious but whose solid hard news reporting I've tended to trust in for years - more than even the Russian hoax stuff.
(He is quoting and responding to this by Becket Adams) You all are missing the real story re: WaPo's correction of its Trump/GA investigations chief "scoop." The real scandal is that a bunch of newsrooms claimed at the time they "confirmed" the details of the "scoop" with their own anon sourcing.
Posted by: alexthechick - Boobs and hysteria at March 16, 2021 01:37 PM (GbPPJ)
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Pretty sure Spicoli thinks you're a dick.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 16, 2021 01:37 PM (WGara)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 16, 2021 01:37 PM (3QAtO)
Oh.
I never think in terms of racial slurs. Thanks Mom and Dad, for this among many other things.
Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at March 16, 2021 01:37 PM (7OrCI)
You get this long chain of gibberish "alien" and the subtitles say "thank you". Then there's this little quip of a few syllables and the subtitles are a Shakespearean speech.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:38 PM (KZzsI)
Yikes. As someone with mild allergies, I can say not being around pets, and trying to live somewhere with as few carpets as possible (and buying a cheap carpet cleaner) is living changing.
Also, yeah, regular testing, using hepa filters in the furnace, changing those monthly, etc.
I would think that would be anyones first step they have "severe respiratory issues."
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 01:38 PM (UPoLF)
Posted by: Garrett Morris at March 16, 2021 01:38 PM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Mrs. Peel -
Aw, don't explode; we'd miss ya.
Posted by: JT at March 16, 2021 01:38 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Mr. Kidd at March 16, 2021 01:38 PM (2BZBZ)
Get the fuck outta here.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 16, 2021 01:39 PM (WsidB)
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at March 16, 2021 01:26 PM (puu6v)
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Yeah, CA did their best to put their mom and pop rentals out of business but couldn't quite pull it off. Covid seems to have done the trick. Or, at least, soon will.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 16, 2021 01:39 PM (2SdPm)
Renowned cocksucker and ex-"musician" puts cocksucking "pope" On Blast for speaking against men having "husbands."
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 16, 2021 01:39 PM (Eu8vb)
Common sense? Gone. 100 years of epidemiology science and observational history? Gone. Constitution? Gone. American mindset with even a trace of skepticism and self-reliance? Gone.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 16, 2021 01:39 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 01:39 PM (UPoLF)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:38 PM (KZzsI)
If you watch any Japanese, Korean or Chinese movies,
pretty much the same.
Posted by: naturalfake at March 16, 2021 01:39 PM (dWwl8)
Posted by: Mr. Kidd at March 16, 2021 01:40 PM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: Mrs. Peel -
Aw, don't explode; we'd miss ya.
Posted by: JT at March 16, 2021 01:38 PM (arJlL)
Just lift a leg and fart loudly, in public. Enjoy the hostile looks. It's surprisingly stress reducing and anger relieving. Try it.
Posted by: BifBewalski - come on, try it. at March 16, 2021 01:40 PM (VcFUs)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:38 PM (KZzsI)
It gains something in the translation.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 16, 2021 01:40 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at March 16, 2021 01:40 PM (Bmy3R)
So you're saying that it's 23.75% non-bullshit?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 16, 2021 01:32 PM (WGara)
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Check that. It should be 33.75% non-bullshit.
I shouldn't try to do math on this blog...
Posted by: Captain Obvious
Yeah!
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 16, 2021 01:40 PM (Eu8vb)
LOLGFY, demented idiot.
LOL.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 16, 2021 01:40 PM (ufFY8)
The book of Diamonds Are Forever is even less pleasant about homosexuality and the charactrers of Wint and Kydd. Its not one of Fleming's strongest but its still better than the movie, the worst of Sean Connery's Bond films. Even Never Say Never Again was better.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:41 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 16, 2021 01:41 PM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: Mr. Kidd at March 16, 2021 01:38 PM (2BZBZ)
If there's one James Bond film you can get on DVD or Blue-ray, get Live and let Die. Not because it's the best Bond-- it's not--but because it's the one most likely to be "altered" in the future.
It's portrayal of blacks is....uncomfortable.
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 01:41 PM (HrMC1)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 16, 2021 01:41 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 01:39 PM (UPoLF)
Who knows. Q is BS, like quod verum's continuous "Space Force will save the day" shit that continues today. It's all bad fiction.
Posted by: CN at March 16, 2021 01:41 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: BifBewalski - come on, try it. at March 16, 2021 01:40 PM (VcFUs)
AHHH...I remember when the Malls were open and crop dusting was a thing.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 16, 2021 01:42 PM (axyOa)
yeah, I'm shocked that the media would make up sources and confirmations to stories.
Next they'll tell us that Trump didn't actually call WWII soldiers who died in France "losers" or whatever multiple media outlets confirmed he said. And I'll have to put on my "ultra shocked" face that the media lied to us about THAT, too!
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 01:42 PM (UPoLF)
wait-
what percentage of the time is it non-BS every time?
Posted by: DB- just DB at March 16, 2021 01:42 PM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 16, 2021 01:42 PM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: callsign claymore at March 16, 2021 01:42 PM (UiLV5)
Posted by: Soothsayer
What did Bruce Springsteen say this time?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 16, 2021 01:42 PM (OCTRt)
Square that mask circle.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 16, 2021 01:27 PM (OCTRt)
........
That's why you should light them.
hmm. new product idea: underpants with a pilot light
Posted by: Comrade Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at March 16, 2021 01:42 PM (sGtp+)
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I still have a ... spot for Jill St. John entering wearing mostly Jill St. John.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 16, 2021 01:42 PM (WGara)
When somebody like Newsom gets caught dining out / socializing in violation of their own restrictions, it is often with donors/cronies. It's part of maintaining and cultivating political power, so of course they're not going to stop. Living by a different set of rules than the peasants, flaunting it, is a part of that cultivation of power.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 16, 2021 01:43 PM (zCde3)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 16, 2021 01:41 PM (OTzUX)
No, no, he's a brilliant political commentator who we should all totally listen to because he's much smarter then us and deserves to have a major platform to explain things to the dumb rubes whose tinybrains make them believe in silly things like "conspiracy theories."
Duh.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 01:44 PM (UPoLF)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 16, 2021 01:44 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 16, 2021 01:44 PM (2BZBZ)
Even though its word salad, the Live and Let Die theme was one of the best for Bond. Diamonds Are Forever was yawn.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2021 01:44 PM (KZzsI)
Well I threw that ol' speedball right by that Pope...Woah ohh-Woahhhhharghgagspithack
Posted by: Broose Shitstain at March 16, 2021 01:44 PM (Bmy3R)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 16, 2021 01:42 PM (WGara)
Lana Wood as Plenty O'Toole for the win
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 01:44 PM (HrMC1)
You had "confidence" in the MFM, Jeff?
Trust me, "duh, moron" is way, way down on the list of things I would say to you.
Here's a nickel. Buy yourself a new set of kneepads.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 16, 2021 01:44 PM (2JVJo)
Oh honey, why don't you sit down and examine why it took that long to have your faith shaken. Maybe try watching CSPAN for a given DC event (confirmation hearing, speech) and then compare it to your favorite new sources coverage. Repeat this a few dozen times.
Next, apologize to all the stupid, brainwashed cultish Trump supporters for what you have said about their concern over fake news. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at March 16, 2021 01:45 PM (bDqIh)
Posted by: DB- just DB at March 16, 2021 01:45 PM (iTXRQ)
Saw that and my jaw hit the floor. What a tool.
He also said:
To have gotten this wrong -- in a really critical way that completely changes the valence of the story -- and to just quietly tack on a correction with a low-key piece months later is...they unwittingly denounce themselves with this. I am beginning to alter my default mode.
I don't like it when people writing stories whose thrusts I disagree with are being lazy or irresponsible with the facts.
But I hate it *even more*, in fact feel genuinely betrayed, when that is done on stories whose thrusts I DO agree with. I feel suckered, like a fool.
Posted by: Tami at March 16, 2021 01:45 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Archer at March 16, 2021 01:45 PM (gmo/4)
It does stop droplets of liquid, which are way more infectious than individual airborne viruses. I'm sure any of us having surgery would prefer the OR to be masked up. So it does do some good, but it's not the ultimate answer.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 16, 2021 01:45 PM (3QAtO)
and Lana Wood
Posted by: DB- just DB at March 16, 2021 01:45 PM (iTXRQ)
Lana ( induces) Wood
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 01:46 PM (HrMC1)
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 01:44 PM (HrMC1)
"I didn't know there was a pool..."
Posted by: DB- just DB at March 16, 2021 01:46 PM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: DB- just DB at March 16, 2021 01:47 PM (iTXRQ)
At least he has enough self-awareness to realize that we laugh at him to his face.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 16, 2021 01:47 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: DB- just DB at March 16, 2021 01:47 PM (iTXRQ)
Heh, Midnight Run has no sex or nudity. I assume the R is for language. It's about a bounty hunter's trek across a few states to bring in a mob accountant turned witness. It's funny.
Posted by: Lizzy
From IMDB - The word "fuck" is used one hundred nineteen times in the movie.
That said, the soundtrack by Danny Elfman (Mr. Bridget Fonda) is also excellent.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 16, 2021 01:48 PM (pNxlR)
Well I threw that ol' speedball right by that Pope...Woah ohh-Woahhhhharghgagspithack
Posted by: Broose Shitstain at March 16, 2021 01:44 PM (Bmy3R)
Fuck Bruce.
I was a fan a long time ago and I remember an interview he did where he described himself as "aggressively heterosexual"
Now he wants to act like he was Born to Woke
Posted by: JoeF. at March 16, 2021 01:49 PM (HrMC1)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 16, 2021 01:56 PM (6xjA0)
Instead of protecting the people really at risk, the Ruling Class -- the "Zoom class," the people who can work completely remotely -- protected itself, and killed half a million people."
It's not wrong that this benefited the Zoom class, but... nobody was going to protect the old people. You can't. Nursing homes are some of the worst, lowest paying healthcare gigs you can get, and you will *never* have effective infection control in that setting from that population of workers. Especially in the really lousy facilities located out in bumblefuck.
Those people got nuked because the CDC, WHO, and Dem-controlled MSM shat all over the effective preventative measures and treatments, and because some blue state and local governments pursued policies of stuffing COVID patients in them to inflate mortality. The lockdowns had nothing to do with it either way.
Posted by: somedood at March 16, 2021 01:56 PM (3oiFl)
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 16, 2021 02:01 PM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 16, 2021 02:03 PM (2BZBZ)
Florida managed to protect the elderly in nursing homes. You should read up about it. All NY needed to do was keep infected residents out of their nursing home until they recovered. Instead, they forced them back into the homes. And many of the care workers traveled to more than one home for their jobs.
And yes, I've worked in nursing homes before. But there are still simple things that could be done and weren't, in many states.
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