106° degrees today. It’s supposed to cool off to 100° tomorrow. Yay.
In respect for the strong recommendations of our fearless government, I fashioned a mask to wear when I go out (which is every day, since work has not slowed down). I apparently upset the bouncer guarding the door at Trader Joe’s, who was there to insure that instead of dying from Wuhan, we’d all die of heatstroke waiting outside. He was not amused that my mask was made from two rubber bands and a sanitary napkin. I pointed out, to no avail, that it wasn’t a used one. They really do a shit job of hiring friendly bouncers.
Anyway, let’s look at today’s birthdays first, comme m’habitude. They include a famous horsewoman; the patron saint of Zionism; Francisco d’Anconia’s spirit animal; the family member who DID have emotion; a guy who actually could out-drink Spud and me; and a guy who really sucked.
Oh yes, news.
There is literally nothing you can do that doesn’t make you a shitlord. Of course the writer’s name is Caren.
When you see Californians protesting against government overreach, you know it’s gone too far. And of course, Ted Lieu never misses an opportunity to beclown himself.
I hope they have lampposts and woodchippers in New Mexico.
I have a simple solution for this.
World’s smallest violin. A lesbian violin.
Old Guy Music is a can’t-miss. I mean, Billy Strings, holy shit. If you don’t love this, you’re dead inside.
Fuck off.
That is the correct response.
This. Did she really think there was a way to write that without coming off as a massive douche?
Happily, a glance at the responses show she’s getting her prissy ass reamed.
*unzips*
The avatar really makes the reply “pop”!
Translation: You’re preventing me from feeling superior to all you lowlife who don’t cook and eat as sanctimoniously as I do.
What good is being a member of The Elect if you don’t get to preen about it in the faces of the damned?
Most people are happy when their hobby becomes more mainstream. They get to share their passion with more people and benefit from the innovations that occur from more people taking part. And then there’s this ass who’s self worth and identity is defined by the oddity of her hobby so she can be so unique.
I also grow my own popcorn, but that’s a topic for another day.
Maybe you should consider growing wheat, Caren. Or, you know, what western said.
I do take some solace in the fact that this woman is getting pilloried in the comments.
Her name is ACTUALLY Karen! LoL! That piece if fucking priceless!
FTA
LOL
Karen vs. Karen death match!
I can’t believe it’s real. The name Caren is too much.
WOW I’ve never seen a snake swallow its own tail this way. “I’m entitled to organic foods so you need to stop buying MY ingredients for your own families.” I bet, I just BET you’re anti-vax, too, and depend on herd immunity to keep your kids from getting sick with communicable diseases.
I find this response interesting. You see this kind of “argument” often where some bad-think is attributed to the other person with no evidence. It only serves as an anchor for the Commenter to give themselves a sense of superiority that they lack, and feel they need.
I think it is often a reaction when someone just knows the other person is wrong, but doesn’t know why, so they pick something else that they know is wrong and attack them for that. It’s beyond strawman.
Not just Caren, the name is Caren White. This is satire.
^^^That.
If it is satire it is a good one. I did not know Medium did satire.
That’s why it’s brilliant. Medium would totally and unironically let that piece stand.
I don’t know. If you look at some of her other works, I am going with it is legit. She has numerous articles there. No I didn’t read them the headline tells all.
Not intentionally, but they let anyone write there.
It’s an unsophisticated version of Glibs
Well, minus the articles they scrubbed for being critical of the lockdown
Yes, it’s organic. There’s carbon in it.
Counter point.
The very first bullet point:
Criticism of China’s virus response does not equal support for Trump
“Please withhold your slavering TDS for the duration of this article.”
That’s where you are wrong. Support for Trump is something other people decide you do. That’s what makes it so powerful. You could actively disagree with him on a lot but if you make a wrong step, the mob can decide that that means you support Trump.
^^^That
I can’t say one effing word to dispute anyone spreading stupid shit or else I’m a trumptard. So I say nothing because I am a coward and I own it and I’m almost totally okay with that.
Michael Malice calls people like that binary thinkers. Not sure if that’s a real thing.
I’ve definitely stopped replying to people who seem to be enjoying the freakout.
A whole lot more people do that than I’m comfortable with.
Binary means the complete lack of thought.
Coward? Nah. Unless you take correcting people from thinking stupid shit is a moral principle. Your being prudent. Discretion is the better part of valor.
I’ve always wondered what the worst parts of valor are…
Foolhardiness?
“Whatcha doin’?!”
“Self-realization. I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, when he said, ‘I drank what?'”
[…]
“You HAVE to get back at Dr. Hathaway. It’s a moral imperative!”
Anyone, and I do mean *anyone* who tries that shit with me gets it shoved right back in their face for them to eat.
Detective Assmann?
??
https://youtu.be/WFdhkvLX72c
“a famous horsewoman”
Was expecting Sarah Jessica Parker.
“Horsewoman,” not “horse-woman.”
Subtle distinction, but absolutely correct.
Not the “Excellent horse-like lady?”
Wifey is actually out at the acreage horse-sitting as we speak.
*hahahahaha*
$400 for a freakin’ hair dryer??? No, thanks. I’ll stick to this indulgence that allows me to style with gravity and the prevailing winds.
I already go with gravity and the prevailing winds, sans any product.
But then again, I’m a dude, and you know we aren’t that bright.
When I was in county jail, my girlfriend told me they wouldn’t let her in for a visit because she was wearing a spaghetti strap shirt. She had to go home and come back with something more modest. The far from petite young lady in the window next to her turned around and touched her toes for the jailbird next to me.
Go on….
That’s like being dropped into a middle chapter of a Bukowski story.
far from petite young lady in the window next to her turned around
**lights the Tres Cool signal**
*perks up*
“huh?”
Fucking disturbing that the woman’s son can be seen in the room while she defiles herself.
Hey, she didn’t ask him to hold the vibrator for her…. it ain’t like she’s got no couth….
I was finding that story delightfully amusing until I hit that detail. Ugh.
Old guy music ?
Yeah. That kid is solid.
Not just great chops, he plays music.
Ok, have some funny tweets.
https://mobile.twitter.com/jordylancaster/status/1256319412669427714
And another.
https://mobile.twitter.com/iowahawkblog/status/1256372324472848385
Customer service hell.
https://mobile.twitter.com/AdrianRMG/status/1254742269686624257
That was inspired!
I never knew they hired look-alike actors to play the friends. That’s so scary….. if they could do that with Phoebe, they could do it with anyone….
2,000 pleasure women…. that’s how you dictator.
i mean, what’s the point, otherwise?
“obvious that we lack the leadership that can only be possible if the key countries in the world, the key powers in the world, are able to come together.”
I can’t decide if these members of global organizations are knowingly saying platitudes to push their agenda, or if we’ve gotten so far that they actually believe them and don’t realize they are empty rhetoric.
I know that at least Millennials were taught this kind of vacuous mindset throughout their education and so the younger generation most likely believes it.
I hope they have lampposts and woodchippers in New Mexico.
No kidding. This may be the biggest over reach yet. They have had 19 deaths in the county. Not exactly stacking them like cord wood out back of the hospital, and I got a crisp freshly printed 20 most if not all came out of assisted living homes or the hospice program.
They also apparently have zero ICU beds left, which seems to have prompted that, not the deaths. None of those patients could be transferred nor additional resources be brought to Gallup?
https://navajotimes.com/coronavirus-updates/gallup-shutdown-begins-at-noon/
It’s also next to the Navajo rez
https://www.npr.org/2020/04/24/842945050/navajo-nation-sees-high-rate-of-covid-19-and-contact-tracing-is-a-challenge
The Navajo “President” can go fuck himself for his ‘we aren’t treated like US citizens’ bullshit. If he wants that, first thing is ending the Indians racist pseudo governments.
I was looking at the NM stat page. They leave all that out. Good find. And ya, I am not sure why they can’t get more resources there. Cuomo got everything he asked for and most of it is sitting unused. They built/setup over flow centers here but the crisis never materialized at all. 2 people in the hospital in my area. The Res I could see as having a big problem with this so I am unsure why it wasn’t expected and the only thing they can do is lock down Gallup. That makes no sense.
It also doesn’t make sense to do it for three days (other than the time limits of this riot act). Figure ~10 days from exposure to hospitalization, this weekend blockade isn’t going to do squat to stop that.
“Fresh 20, hot off my press. Uh, *the* press. Did I say my press? Silly.”
Old Guy Music for the people bitching in last night’s thread
May the record show that I was most definitely NOT bitching at you last night.
I think teDs like it a little rough, Mojo.
Festus likes it a little rough, and you better not disagree
Obscure slap. I’ll live…
No, I was thinking of this comment and the replies.
That’s why I love this place! *Strzok Shimmy*
Catchy title.
Fagottkonzert
No thanks, Ted!
I saw plenty of woodwinds but no skin flute.
Noice! Of course, I like it REALLY old.
*dumps cat off of lap*
Fuck you, Spock! You ruined every generation since the fifties. Asshoe!
It it only logical
Pretty awesome sign seen at the California protest.
That is pretty great!
LOL. I like it.
Yeah that’s excellent.
The guy was elected, wasn’t he?
Fuck California.
Yeah, it isn’t as if he wasn’t a known quantity going in….
USWNT logic: “we have vaginas and we are unhappy”.
Penis envy.
“we are unhappy”
*raises hand*
I know how to fix that.
?
Five thumbs up!
Let me turn that frown 90 degrees.
Bread lady can choke on a stale baguette. Entitled garbage (K)aren.
Cat anus solicitation*: I hate doing bodywork, but any “guy” I go to will charge in the ££££s and somehow manage to do a worse job than I do.
*what’s the cut-off? An hour?
Since you asked:
^(^
(*)
But I think you’re OK – OT after half an hour is as long as this crowd can be expected to wait.
Thanks, GT. I’ll do my British talking about the weather to bring you another rain song, although it hasn’t yet rained today. I’m pretty sure it’s going to.
Thanks! Naturally reminded me of this one.
You’ve never crafted me one of those…
All you need to do is ask…
Or do something to deserve it. Your choice. ; )
*small boy voice* “I’ll be good.”
“The Riot Control Act allows the state’s governor to enact temporary restrictions under a state of emergency, including prohibiting residents from being on public streets and the use of certain streets and highways.”
No, it doesn’t.
This is the supreme law of the land: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
You fuckers better start sacking up.
The only law is that the powerful do what they can and the weak endure what they must.
Endeavor to persevere?
Then declare war.
‘
Miyamoto Musashi:
“Bother no one. If someone comes to bother you, ask them to stop. if they don’t stop, destroy them.”
‘
Somewhere around here is a copy of Go Rin No Sho.
I haven’t read it in 30 years but I do remember the passing cut.
Yeah, but HB is not Melos and Sacramento is not Athens, as they are about to find out.
Maybe this is the lesson that the average Californian needed to learn about their govt?
The enemy always comes from within.
You guys haven’t been paying attention to every case from the courts and every law passed by the legislature. The US Constitution clearly has an invisible “unless it is really important” clause.
We have restrictions on political speech for elections, don’t we? Does that comport with “shall make no law”? No, it doesn’t. “Unless it is really important”, bitches!
We have restrictions on what kinds of guns you can own and what accessories you can have. Does that comport with “Shall not be infringed”? No, it doesn’t. “Unless it is really important”, bitches!
Is there any language in the constitution granting the federal government the right to take money from me and just give it to other people on a “because we think they need it” basis? No, there isn’t. And “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.”.. you know…. “Unless it is really important”, bitches!
Reliving Austin life by making some migas for breakfast. Discovered another pro and another con about the salsa.
Pro: it has one of those pepper mixes that makes coffee taste better. So much better that I decided to make a jug of cafe de olla to full get the experience. Which brings me to the
Con. This stuff is one of those things that makes you crave more of it, so I’ve already overeaten and it’s only 8:30. And in less than 48 hours I’ve downed more than a pint of this at $40/quart.
Holy salsa fiend batman. If the salsa in the coffee is really good it could start a movement.
If the salsa is spicy, that could be a bit painful.
You don’t put the salsa in the coffee. you have a cup of coffee with breakfast, and you notice that when you take a sip after having eaten some of the salsa, the coffee is better.
It’s one of those things like cheese with wine.
It is because the peppers over-stimulate your taste receptors, shutting them down for a while. That way, when you drink the coffee you can’t tell that it tastes like burnt monkey-butt.
Kopi luak is not from monkeys! It’s from civets!
This is one of the reasons I vary our (wife and I) morning omelet about once a week with a nice, spicy Huevos Ranchero. Just spicy enough to enhance the coffee flavor.
Migas were my favorite part of Austin. Sitting outside at Trudy’s with their migas and a margarita is one of the great pleasures in life.
One of my most vivid memories is of sitting on the patio at Mi Madre’s having breakfast. It was SXSW, so there was a band playing.
Then I got on a plane and flew here for my first interview. When I got off the plane the first thing I saw was a guy wearing a peacoat, and I thought “oh, this could be bad.”
I absolutely hate when a story comes up that makes me think Holmes wasn’t all wrong in Buck v. Bell.
que? Which story you talking about? “Three generations of imbeciles are enough”, fits into most news stories these days.
The virtual sex show for the guy in jail. I inadvisedly clicked the link and nearly instantly regretted the decision. Those are two people that a sane society would keep from procreating, either with each other or with anyone else.
She’s clearly not part of “sane society”.
Chick has options. And that’s how she’s spending her time?
As they say… there’s no accounting for stupid….
Hmmm. I think I am going to buy a couple of cases of this stuff: https://www.spam.com
I understand it has a shelf life of 40 years. What could it hurt to have it on hand?
You’d have to eat it at some point?
You’d WANT to eat it at some point. FTFY
Spam is made from pork shoulder, a really good cut of meat. I don’t know how it ended up with a reputation for being crap meat. It isn’t.
I ate it when I was younger. It deserves its reputation.
I will say again – prepared foods in packages are not fully prepared. They are bases.
You aren’t supposed to just slice spam and eat it.
There were times when I took a can or two of Spam into the field as a Marine just to have something to eat other than C-Rations. Under those conditions it was delicious.
Our Sunday morning breakfast is usually Spam, eggs, rice, and Spam.
We’re having Spam, Sausage, Spam, Spam, Spam, Bacon, Spam, Tomato and Spam.
You’re too good for Spam musubi?
Black beans cooked in chicken stock and drowned in bbq sauce (brown sugar, molasses, onion, garlic, hot V-8, a dash or two of Worcestershire, white pepper) a few pickled jalepenos and generous amounts of seared pork shoulder.
Dont stand between anyone that talks down Spam and a pot of those.
Veteran of raw spam sandwiches with Miracle Whip for lunch. I do not like it , Spam I am.
I’d rather eat the uni and I hate uni.
‘During a law enforcement review of Fields’s jailhouse calls, an investigator “came across” the March 25 video…’
How unprofessional. I hope the investigator at least waited until they got home first.
That was my primary take-home…. It certainly seems like voyeuring on prison video calls is kind of an accepted practice around there.
Today is the first day of Bee Season. Pick up and install the bees in their new home and stand out of the way. On the 3rd Sunday of Sep we’ll see if they have had a good summer, ’cause I’m sure we’ll be having fun, regardless. Mark your calendars
Awesome! Bee season is upon us here as well because the annual postal worker freak-out is happening. Funny that nearly every worker on the floor is deathly “allergic” to bee stings and needs to shelter in place (the lunchroom) until those bad old bees are gone.
Well, I flew the idea of the Honey Harvest past Mr. Mojeaux, and as soon as I said “bees” he noped right out of the conversation.
My lilacs are blooming fabulously and there are bumblebees everywhere. My cat saw one through the door and was pacing and meowing in consternation that she wasn’t allowed outside.
Mr. Mojeaux has not seen the bumblebees nor does he know they are there. I want to pet one. They are so fuzzy.
You can pet them and they seem to enjoy the sensation.
“Baking bread is a way of life for me, not a hobby. Not something to do just to pass the time. I don’t eat store-bought bread. I rarely eat prepared foods of any kind. If you visited my kitchen, you would find food but nothing to eat because I only stock ingredients. I do all of my own cooking and baking. On Saturday nights, I don’t order pizza, I make it. From scratch. Including the crust. I also grow my own popcorn, but that’s a topic for another day.”
Holy moly gotta go down as among one of the most insufferable collection of words I’ve ever read. Sheesh.
Makes me want to run down to the Farmer’s Supply and buy up all the corn seed.
She probably artisanally reporposes the peanuts from her own shit.
Fuck a duck
In Italian dialect we say, ‘Na’ pazz” She’s a crazy.
I thought we were all making small sacrifices? She should be protesting the panic response, not the people who bought her precious flour.
Apparently, I *heard* Orange Country voted GOP and so this is why Newsome is being a mean-spirited dick.
Seriously, this guy is low IQ. I watch and listen to him and say to myself, ‘at best he files papers for me.’
Orange County used to be solidly red. Now it’s deep bruise bluish purple. But Newsom is still a bridge too far.
That would require her to go against father government and “SCIENCE!!11!!”…….
I’m guessing this is the last woman in the world who would allow herself ungoodwrongthink.
Damn it…..that was supposed to be in response to @ Lady Z
Oh so now the UN is going to play that game? Useful idiots rejoice!
I truly hope this pisses off countries. I agree our response is borne from incompetence to some extent and our doubling down on the lockdown points to the poor quality of leadership we have but…..THEY STARTED. Nye, nyeh. China and the WHO – They’re the main culprits.
“The virus has caused many deaths, stretched medical facilities and resources to their capacity, and adversely impacted the welfare of the city of Gallup,” he wrote on Thursday. ”
Not. True. Maybe in some countries and cities it did but for the most part? Not overwhelmed.
Nobody is wearing masks or gloves here. It’s almost like people don’t feel threatened at all and are just moving on with their day. Funny that.
It’s 50/50 here but more pant-shittingyish. Costco the Cult announced if you want to have the honour of shopping in their hallowed stores you must wait in long lines and wear a mask (why you don’t want to wear the ribbon?!). One of my buddy’s said fuck them. He’s a huge Costco client but he has limits. He’s not sheep. For now, he’s more than happy to patron places that won’t hassle him. I just hope other stores won’t follow their shitty lead. Alas, my wife said her friend actually did it and went with the theater.
I told her are people that addicted to Costco so as to allow themselves to be treated like sheep? Do they actually believe the masks work?!
Costco is a great company but I hate all their little annoying rules so I don’t bother.
I love bluegrass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9jwGansp1E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upZ9xlxk71s
Beat that.
Sweet:) when my daughter got married in Owensboro, KY, I thought I had some time to kill while the girls were getting ready so I hit the Bluegrass Hall of Fame. After 15 minutes I get a text to go PU pizza for the girls:(. I need to go back sometime to see more of it.
That’s on my playlist. Love them. Even convinced my Hippy buddy from work to listen and he digs it too!
I am partial to some Texas Swing https://youtu.be/KvX8MijgeW8
And this https://youtu.be/ZFef08YZ6qk
“I used my only phone call to contact my daddy. Got twenty long years for dust in a baggy.”
Sounds like more than just bluegrass.
Mornin’ Gaijin!
Morning/G’night.
“This is a hybrid. This is a cross bluegrass, Kentucky bluegrass, featherbed bent, and northern California sinsemilla. The amazing stuff about this is that you can play 36 holes on it in the afternoon take it home and just get stoned to the bejeezus-belt at night on this stuff.”
So. As you know, the piece of shit seized his moment and banned guns without opening Parliament because he’s a weak, little shit wannabe dictator. Would it surprise you to know the murderer was known to police and had a rap sheet as long as my….finger….and still passed background checks? Another case of the RCMP being incompetent and we gotta pay the price for it. A lot of the guns banned are antiques and out of production he’s such a stupid fuckhead him and that other colossal douchebag Bill Blair. The entire Liberal party is made up of Karens. Anyway, my BIL was saying about all this talk about high capacity damage and all that jargon, that if someone is proficient with a lever-action Marlin shot gun they can do more damage than most of the guns on the list.
Anyway, there’s still slight hope. It’s a Minority government. He has no popular support. He passed it unilaterally. And I’m actually surprised people are angry about it because they understand a) all the guns go underground now and b) this is an outlier and in fact the government messed up.
Hopefully, the Conservatives get their act together and maybe there’s a chance this can be over turned. Pray for us!
In my opinion? Trudeau and Tam should be investigated for how they’ve handled the pandemic. Zero trust in these two.
No one ever, in the history of the world, wanted you to be unable to defend yourself for your own good. Never happened, never will.
No one is going to hand in those 82 000 guns. Some may and get their ‘fair compensation’ but it’ll be interesting to see what the compliance rate will be. At which point jerk-off Moist will have to decide if he continues his tyrannical streak and sic the RCMP on people or the thing just peters out. This is what happened in Quebec. When they asked people to voluntarily register their guns, the compliance rate was 20%. So far, they haven’t bothered to make it mandatory.
The thing is Quebec has a MASSIVE northern hinterland. Go look at it. It’s nothing but Siberian-lite space. You think for one second people living in these remote spots where most of the guns are, will ever consent? They’re living in harsh conditions unlike us. This gun laws are made by and for the dips hit left-wing urban pant-shitter who couldn’t care less about the safety of people who can be in danger without their guns as protection. They’re sociopaths.
these gun laws
Same up here. Damn near every household had a deer rifle and a shotgun in Dad’s closet. We’re in the bush. Wildlife is just outside the window.
Siberia-lite my ass.
I envy people that live there but my problem is that I have Louisiana in my blood. Below 20 degrees F is considered freezing-ass cold here. 100+F and 90+ humidity in mid summer is just called a day that ends in Y. I dont think I could hack it in the northern hinterland.
Lol. Yeah. Meant in total land mass but yes, the conditions are hard.
The Cree are impressive. I think they’re the most ‘Westernized’ and capitalist of all all the tribes. They even own their own airline.
https://www.aircreebec.ca/fr/voler-avec-nous/horaire-des-vols/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI9tO8mLWV6QIVl47ICh3AbApoEAAYASAAEgIJ8PD_BwE
During the weather report, my radio station always reads the conditions in Eureka, Nunavut. I guess to make us feel better or something.
I saw a tweet earlier (that I can’t find now) that claimed some of the guns on the list aren’t even guns but rather facebook groups and one website.
He’s a lying son of a bitch.
I pray Karma is real.
Yep. Ladies and Gentlemen, behold the rank insanity of our Betters in Canada, who have just declared the following website(s) to be “prohibited weapons”:
Straight from the Canada Gazette page in which the list of prohibited weapons is published. And for those people who claimed that the Ruger Mini-14 is not mentioned, sadly, you are incorrect:
And here’s one article from The Rebel:
https://www.rebelnews.com/trudeau_bans_website_and_facebook_group_as_part_of_firearm_ban
Truly, our Moral and Intellectual Betters™ tower above us mere mortals.
And that ban will be all the justification for Google to remove it from search results, Cloudflare to drop them as a client, their ISP to kick them off, and ICANN to remove their registry.
82,000 ?
That’s like a decent sized gun show in PA.
When it comes to gun ownership per capita in the world, Canada is in the top 10 or 12 (once you get passed the war torn places that need it and more than most places with gun control) despite the gun laws. May not be a lot in total numbers but if we didn’t have gun control we’d be right behind the USA.
Grant Parish La – average of 48 guns per person. That’s just the ones on the books.
I thought the New Dictators were worse on guns.
Re U.S. soccer decision rendered by the judge.
Megan Rapinoe wants to speak to the manager.
legit lol
Some animals more equal than others.
If there’s one thing I can sympathize about the crazy bread lady Caren, is this.
As the incredible undue secondary unintended consequences as a result of the self-induced and irrational lockdowns rises by the day, people who are clueless are watching #CanadaTogehter and baking bread while posting the results on Instagram with all sorts of #sweetmoments and #themallthingsinlife and #annfrankwouldbeproud etc., and getting a paid vacation while STILL TO THIS DAY cheering on whatever stupid excessive and ineffective idea comes out of the mouths of sociopath medical bureaucrats.
Anyway, this is the most comprehensive article discussing the damage we’ve done to date that I’ve seen to date. The U.S., and this is shocking, has shed all the jobs created since the Great Depression. I’m starting to wonder if we’re even going to come out of this any time soon.
And we STILL hear stupid things like ‘we may have to social distance until 2022’. Doctors lack logic. Their precautionary principle theory is crossing over into malice.
Leaders have to stop listening to them.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cost-special-r/special-report-how-the-covid-19-lockdown-will-take-its-own-toll-on-health-idUSKBN21L20C
Just to add, a doctor I know, drops all sorts of passive-aggressive comments about Sweden. He wants them to fail.
It’s staggering to think but not unsurprising. The medical community has invested so much energy and staked their reputation on the lockdowns being necessary. In comes Sweden to challenge their assumptions and this threatens their egos and ambitions. At least, in part, this is what I think is going on.
It is remarkable to me how many people wish harm on others for the sake of their own egos.
My memory is unclear (no surprise) but there was some Saint….Ignacius?…who claimed that one of the joys of heaven was looking down on the sufferings of people in hell. Christ, what a sadist. But sadly it seems to be part of human nature…some people’s nature anyway.
Q for all: If you found the magic lamp and rubbed it what would be your first wish?
A million monkey’s paws.
Oh, C’mon. Just one answer?
Option 1 – a couple of squillion dollars
Option 2 – the power to heal others
Smart option – keep your mouth shut, write down all you want and wish it all true
I would be happy with #2 but include it in #3
I would be very careful about how I phrased everything, and tacked on terms and conditions, but here’s the gist:
1. my books to sell like Stephen King’s
2. to be granted my ideal body
3. to give my husband my last wish
To make everyone read Bastiat.
Something something horses something water.
Guy frees a djinni from a magic lamp. The djinni grants him 3 wishes, Guy thinks for a wile and says I want a beer stein that’s always filled with the best beer in the world. POOF there’s a beautiful beer stein filled with delicious beer. Guy drains it and POOF the stein is full again. “This is great” says the guy ” give me two more of these”
If Sweden had done a better job of protecting their retirement communities, they undoubtedly would have come out way ahead.
They still might, as they are going to watch this thing burn out many, many months before the rest of us.
And if China is to be believed, they clamped it off with draconian quarantine measures. But they are connected to the rest of the world. So it will just come right back around and they’ll have to do it again.
You don’t sound optimistic.
I’m already disheartened as it is.
Yesterday there was a news story on NBC talking about people suffering from depression and anxiety due to the lockdowns.
They featured some people talking about their fears, not being able to pay their bills or buy food.
The “expert” psychologists they interviewed told us that feeling anxiety was normal in stressful situations…. and we should use that anxiety. We should keep a routine, exercise, keep in touch with friends and family…. and use the anxiety to form a plan. Plan for your future… use this anxiety to improve your situation going forward.
Nice. Way to stick to the textbook answer.
Exactly how are you supposed to plan your way around a government imposed lockdown? I know! I’ll spruce up my resume and go into management!
What a tool. (and I’m talking about the editor who greenlit that piece of shite story)
When people start getting no-shit hungry things are going to change quickly.
They won’t for a while. More money will start getting chucked at them.
At the point there is no food to buy with the money, THEN things will start getting real.
Prepare now. It’s like rent. The clock is ticking and it will arrive like the sunrise.
I was thinking about things I could plant that I would actually eat and the only things that came up were green beans and potatoes.
I could probably get a few pounds of potatoes out of a container “garden”.
Potatoes are easy peasy. I regularly take potatoes that have been in the kitchen too long and just plunk them in the dirt in my grow beds. I haven’t bought potatoes in…two years?
Green onions are the same. Bought onions are cut about two inches from the root bulb and planted. They grow like mad.
Oh, excellent! Thank you!
I forgot about onions (any type).
I usually get tuna and canned chicken by the flat at Aldi’s. They’re limiting everything to 2 cans. I think this is what makes my head explode. 2 cans of tuna is lunch.
I’m expanding my garden.
We’re gardening again this year whether out of necessity or Wifey’s boredom remains to be seen. Gotta get the tiller running.
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All part of the plan to persuade us to be happy in our captivity. Look how much leisure time you have when you’re unemployed!
If I had known that $4 trillion was on the table, I would have told them to simply quarantine all the old people. You could have done that for way, way, way less than a trillion bucks….. and the rest of the world could have kept on spinning. You could have tested everyone coming in contact with the oldsters, and kept the workers there isolated… rent out a local hotel to sequester them, whatever you needed to do. A trillion bucks goes a very long way.
Unless you just take it out in the front yard and set it on fire, which is what it appears we have done….
You could probably give everyone 60 and up full SS benefits and tell them to stay home. Most are eligible or already retired anyways. Pay for extra staffing at nursing homes to implement better sanitation. That takes care of 92% of the deaths.
That wouldn’t even cover my alimony, much less rent.
But you wouldn’t be locked down.
Me being locked down is exactly what you’re proposing, unless I’m missing something.
I guess when I say tell someone to stay home, I don’t mean order someone to stay home.
$4 trillion? Before this is over that may look like chump change. The pressure to bail out the revenue shortfalls of all the state governments is going to be tremendous and will be a big campaign issue. I’m afraid the Trumpster will cave in order to ensure re-election or, if he doesn’t, several of the swing states will go back to being blue. Florida is already in jeopardy as their unemployment comp system appears to be in tatters and pissing off lots of pro-Trump,pro-Republican voters.
What I find most disappointing is the layabouts that won’t go back to work because Sam’s titty is just so yummy. I’ve lost faith in my fellow citizens.
There really do appear to be some people who are making more on unemployment.. which makes no sense. I thought unemployment was tethered to your pay.
But if I had to take a pay cut to go back to work, it would be really hard to take that route. I might just go do odd jobs for cash under the table until the free money ran out.
Unemployment benefits are.
The extra $600/week is not, and it’s not part of the UE program; it’s just the most efficient way to identify unemployed people.
I saw somewhere probably more than 10 years ago that welfare benefits in Hawaii were like over 30K a year.
Yeah, but in Hawaii, 30k doesn’t cover peanut butter sandwiches.
You had faith in them before?
No. My job-sites are Postal plants. I know people are inherently lazy. I’ve always been the foreman or the lead hand. There’s a certain percentage of people that just show up and a much smaller number that want to get the job done as efficiently as possible.
It is a perfectly rational act.
Missouri is actively encouraging independent contractors and gig workers to file for unemployment (which will be denied), but the $600/week federal assistance would go into effect because it’s not part of that.
I started the process, and then thought, “You know, this is going to come back and bite me on the ass if I do this. Hard.” So I didn’t.
I’m curious why you say they will be denied. Why will it come back to bite you? Paying taxes on it? Needing to pay it back somehow?
My wife finally convinced me to apply yesterday. I didn’t want to since I don’t pay UI as an individual freelance consultant and I figured this would be over once cooler heads prevailed. I also hate getting money for no work. But nearly all my planned work for the field season is cancelled, which happens to be the bulk of my income fo the year. Unfortunately most of the forestry work around here is done by governments. Very little private land and even less is actively managed. So I’m pretty stuck. I’m a proud man, but frankly I’m stupid not to take advantage. Why should my family and I suffer for this incompetence?
The STATE unemployment insurance and the FED $600 are two entirely different things. The UI will be denied. The fed $600 will not.
Yes, that’s what I’m afraid of. Even though I am a freelance/gig worker, I am technically a small business. I don’t have employees, though. Sometimes I engage subcontractors.
I understand they are separate. Even the 600/week is better than nothing. I’m pretty much out of what I had saved from last year so we’re getting pretty desperate. I’ll take having to pay some back once shit gets somewhere near normal if I can feed my family now.
I’m also technically a small business. No subs for me to this point, and don’t plan on any.
Right now, it pays better, I don’t make the rules, but I’ll play the Funny money game, it’s gonna crash soon, spend it now,
More power to you, then. I used to work seasonally and spent about 3-4 months a year on UI.
Yes. I’m starting to see these lame ass generic answers. I have a friend insisting I try Qigong.
Yes, he’s still making six figures through all this.
People are just detached. But apparently I’m the ’emotional’ one for being really concerned about the fall out.
Mental illness runs rampant in my family. I know about it first hand.
Her *advice* is so inaccurate she should be forced to rescind whatever rag diploma she has.
Talk about being daft and idiotic.
People gripped by depression are a little beyond ‘bake a bread to feel good.’
Speaking from first-hand knowledge, that shit don’t feature. What a cunte.
Pork shoulder on the smoker:) Hickory and Apple.
I did an apple-rosemary smoked chicken last night…it was delightful
57 in CBus right now.
77 in BhC, headed to 99, going to be a nice warm day, playing in the sunshine…..
Yeah, we’re headed to 76 around 5pm so perfect day really. Guess I should shower and sit on the porch and drink beer while my pork butt smokes:)
Forescore: I have always had an enormous affection for bees on par with my affection for dogs.
You should write an article about bees. I think everyone here would eat it up.
*I think I put too many frames in my swarm trap. I am going to take out all but one and put a new drop or two of lemon grass oil in it today.
Bees are awesome. I would read the shit out of such an article.
Hives are on my list for when we end up in a long-term abode with some acreage.
I could write a great article about hanging swarm traps and not catching anything.
All I have to do is take my article about going fishing and not catching anything and do a search and replace. I’m really good at not catching stuff.
I laughed.
My brother could cast a line in my front yard grass and catch a damned bass.
I sit in the back of the boat and sulk.
We’re all in this together
The White House has blocked key Trump administration health official Dr. Anthony Fauci from testifying at a House hearing on the U.S. coronavirus response next week.
The House Appropriations Committee’s subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies wanted Fauci, who has emerged as one of the most trusted voices on the virus, to appear at a Wednesday morning hearing on how the government has handled the pandemic. The panel was “informed by an administration official that the White House has blocked Dr. Fauci from testifying,” committee spokesman Evan Hollander said in a statement
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As the White House faces backlash for its early efforts to slow the outbreak’s spread and ramp up production of coronavirus tests and medical supplies, it has chafed at most efforts to oversee its actions. On top of regular committee hearings in the House, Democrats also set up a select committee to monitor how the administration implements an unprecedented series of rescue packages that contains more than $2.5 trillion in federal spending.
What is President Cartoon Villain trying to hide?
“…one of the most trusted voices on the virus…”
Ugh. Horseshit. I guessed CNN but no, it is CNBC. What a shock.
The fact is even this far down the road we know jackety-fuckin’-shit about this disease. Most of what we hear is people talking out of their asses.
https://youtu.be/sdQCPlAZjbY
I lave lost complete trust in all these doctors. Fauci, Tam….they’re all Dr. Nick Rivera to me now.
And Fauci is liking his time in the limelight a tad too much.
They’re all compromised as far as I’m concerned.
They are totally muzzling that guy who does an hour or two of TV interviews per day!!!!
Silicone Saturday sez YOU WILL STAY INSIDE AND LIKE IT.
http://archive.li/Hatvg
Sundress is the best dress. This is known.
Every time I hear the word Sundress I think Anne XXXXX. Physiology, senior year. We were learning how to do EKG’s and I got to hook her up. That young woman was the most lovely shaped, soft skinned….I shouldn’t be talking like this, I am married. She frequently wore sundresses and the day we did the EKG’s I discovered that she had an aversion to panties. And she was a real natural blonde.
We dated a bit but she graduated and moved away one semester before I did.
I can’t complain. I am twenty….uh….something years into a very happy marriage but I still remember Anne.
*Sigh*
I crack myself up. I really am getting old.
Her name was Kim, not Anne. Anne was her friend that always seemed to be around.
I just ruined that story, didn’t I?
I picture it as if it happened to me. Yesterday. Go on…
I have one of those.
One of what? Old girlfriend? Sundress? Blonde snatch?
Heh.
A person of the opposite sex who still means something to me 30+ years later, whom I think of with wistful, vague wishes.
It would have been a disaster. Yet he’s still there.
Hmmm. I have one of those, we’re still friends, but nothing wistful.
I think we all have one or two hidden away. I think of mine whenever I’m doing a particular task at work and the other when I hear a certain song.
#metoo
But we were an unstoppable force meeting an unmovable object. Like you said…total disaster waiting but yet still there
Yup. I had One Who Got Away, and I carried a torch for him for years…until I finally connected with him through Facebook and saw a recent pic of him. Cleared that right up.
Kim and I would not have been a disaster. She was one of the smartest, most level headed people I have known. No drama ever.
There are three kinds of people
1. People who like talking about themselves
2. People who like talking about other people
3. People who like talking about ideas.
Kim was #3. I never tired of her company. Still, in the end it all turned out for the best. As I said, the twenty…five? years I have spent with my wife have been the best years of my life.
Same here. I broke up with her because it occurred to me that marrying her would be a flat-out shitshow (not the least because her brothers and her were estranged at the time and to this day still are, plus there was something . . . odd going on between her and her father that kinda creeped me out [and I didn’t clue in to until late in the relationship’s duration]).
Body and face like a Playboy model, though. First time I saw her naked I had this silly grin on my face, and when she saw my expression she said “What’s wrong?” I replied “absolutely nothing.”
To this day, can’t believe I lucked out to have a relationship with someone who looked like that.
Sadly, it was the opposite for me.
I decided I didn’t need any real-life encouragement. Generally speaking, I don’t stalkerbook people from my past.
I don’t want to know what people I admire think, and the same goes for people in my past.
I should point out that, quelle surprise, her looks did not last. Saw a photo of her on the ‘Net somewhere a couple of years ago (after her husband of 25 years had died of a brain tumour), and she had become twice the woman I remembered. Possibly three times.
Do not marry someone based on looks alone! They always fade away (‘cept for Elizabeth Hurley, who may, in fact, be a space alien).
All of the above? *fapping intensifies*
I’d say the “S” at the beginning is superfluous and unnecessary
Playboy pictorials were sexier when they left something to the imagination. Hence the sundress>yoga pants. Yes, I’m old.
Ravaged
By April 27, the CDC received data on coronavirus cases among meat processing employees from 19 of 23 states where at least one case in the industry was reported. The CDC found that there were 115 meat or poultry processing facilities with COVID-19 cases, with a total of 4,913 workers diagnosed with COVID-19.
The CDC said that 17 states reported the number of workers in their affected facilities, with 3 percent of 130,578 workers testing positive for COVID-19. Twenty COVID-19–related deaths were reported among workers.
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Notably, the CDC outlined several reasons these outbreaks have become prevalent in meatpacking facilities. Structural and operational problems, such as the close proximity in which employees work, play a role in the virus spread, as well as socio-cultural and economic challenges. CDC researchers specifically mention that language and cultural barriers, as well as employees living in crowded spaces and being encouraged to work while ill, are all factors that make meat processing plants a breeding ground for COVID-19 outbreaks.
Am I missing something?
Three per cent tested positive (no mention of severity of symptoms), and we have to completely shut down?
Yeah, fine. Figure out how to mitigate risk, but it’s not like Smithfield locked everybody in and set the building on fire.
“Judge rules US Women’s National Soccer Team has insufficient evidence for unequal pay case”
LOL you dumb whores.
People gripped by depression are a little beyond ‘bake a bread to feel good.’
“Snap out of it!”
Now that the subject of bluegrass has come up this isn’t off topic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWIaeQFcbYg
A little bit of much-needed scrutiny
While New York has weathered the brunt of coronavirus infections and deaths, the state’s apparent hoarding of medical supplies, and the millions spent on equipment that never arrived, as well as unused hospitals and beds, have some questioning what went wrong.
Early to mid-March projections of the spread of COVID-19 had the state scrambling to bolster its hospital bed capacity to more than double its 53,000 maximum status-quo. Subsequently, hospitals statewide were ordered to discharge patients to free up beds, and forced to add new ones as non-emergency procedures were canceled.
In addition to a bevy of state orders, Gov. Andrew Cuomo made desperate overtures to the federal government to step in. In response, and in record time, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers scrambled to erect at least four field hospitals, and the Navy deployed its USNS Comfort hospital ship to Manhattan.
However, those efforts – and the many millions of dollars spent on them – have largely been deemed a waste, even as New York has battled a soaring a death toll and is maintaining stay-at-home orders. So what happened?
“[The models] have been extremely inaccurate,” Dr. David Samadi, a New York-based surgeon, told Fox News. “These models gave a horrifying prediction that suggested COVID-19 could kill anywhere from 200,000 to 1.7 million Americans. Currently, it looks to be more like 60,000 to 65,000 deaths. While any American life lost to this virus is a shame, the death and infection rate is looking not quite so bleak as it was in the beginning.”
——he process has led to frustration for hospital officials tasked with hurriedly boosting bed counts and equipping these new facilities, yet have watched as city hospitals endured overcrowding of coronavirus patients while their own ready-to-go medical centers have sat mostly empty, at the taxpayer’s expense.
For one, construction firms earned $136 million to quickly erect the Stony Brook field hospital – paid for from the Army Corps of Engineers budget. The original contract with Manhattan-based Turner Construction Co., as noted by Newsday, was initially for an amount not to exceed $101 million – yet “the number was increased on April 8 to an amount not to exceed $136 million once it became clear that more money was needed,” even with the lack of patients. Still, it has hardly been used, officials said.
Mister Know-it-all? More like Hair-on-fire. Cuomo really made good use of his resources. We should all be more like him.
Ladies and gentlemen… your next President of the United States!
(don’t believe me, just turn on CNN)
Well, I just arrived back from New Hampshire.
Due to the short notice, I was unable to arrange to meet any new england glibs. I did spend an ungodly amount at the groecery store to fill in that part of my stock that had been depleted. I now have chicken, beef, pork, corned beef, cheese, and stuff to make tacos.
You put your habit of waking up early to good use. I guess there wasn’t an issue with stores not being open yet?
It took me two hours to get there, so senior hour had wrapped up by the time I arrived.
More bluegrass with exceptional vocalists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU9BObi1GVw
A further $100 million, as per federal monitoring figures, was allocated for additional field hospitals. But those plans have now been scrapped. Yet hundreds of millions of dollars later, and the doomsday predictions have fallen short, and hospitalizations statewide have started dropping.
“I believe the main reason for numerous hospitals having far lower hospitalized patient counts with the virus was due to the fact the majority of people who contracted the infection, did not require hospitalization,” Samadi said. “Either they were asymptomatic, or their symptoms were not life-threatening and could be carefully managed quarantined at home.”
Lamest plague ever.
Oh, just wait. It’s coming.
Look, everybody! See how much I care!
Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah on Friday proposed a temporary pay raise for essential workers who are working during the coronavirus pandemic.
Called “Patriot Pay,” the plan would institute a temporary bonus of up to $12 per hour in May, June and July for a total of $1,920 per month.
The plan goes on to outline: “One-quarter of this bonus would be paid by their employer, and three-quarters would be paid by the federal government, funded by a refundable payroll tax credit.”
“Health care professionals, grocery store workers, food processors, and many others—the unsung patriots on the frontline of this pandemic—every day risk their safety for the health and well-being of our country, and they deserve our unwavering support,” Romney said in a press release.
Fuck you, Romney. Give them your own money if you care so much.
So everyone is in on the ‘I will give you more free shit than those other guys’ game.
This is what the real apocalypse looks like.
“There is literally nothing you can do that doesn’t make you a shitlord. Of course the writer’s name is Caren.”
No one needs more than one kind of bread.
The entitlement and smug superiority really is baffling. These people exist. This is why secession down to an individual level is, nay; must be, an inalienable natural right.
I’m sure bible-thumping DeWine would love nothing more than to take every liquor license in Ohio.
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/german-village-restaurant-owner-backs-off-on-plan-to-allow-dine-in-customers/
Tucker Carlson agrees!
In fact, I don’t think DeWine will ever open bars until he’s forced to.
If he’s a teetotaler, that would explain a lot about his behavior
My genius governor just revealed his plan, bars won’t be open at full capacity until mid-late summer. I await the shitshow of waiting for hours in line to get in to the few places that haven’t been shuttered.
Fuck our rulers.
“According to Veliu, the plan was to only use one table per room, have everyone using masks and gloves”
Sure, it’s easy to eat with a mask on.
Media already pushing the next panic
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/02/health/coronavirus-second-wave-fall-season/index.html
We really do just need to do a world-wide Jonestown. It’s the only way to stop this plague.
Didn’t Michael Moore release a documentary about that very idea?
“and here’s what we need to do”
Lock down everything, everywhere, on Nov 1 and have the election by mail in ballot only. Mail those to Broward County, FL, don’t worry, we already have honest folk who will count those.
I am thinking ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’. Are we worth it?
People are capable of the most incredible stupidity and the most remarkable beauty at the same time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw6vMpbppUg
On my third cup of coffee here and going for number four after 11 hours of sleep that was sorely needed. I did seven jobs yesterday all around the city. Everyone but one was not doing the mask thing and highly fed up with the bullshit. The first one the old owner even shook my hand when I arrived, which was the first time that has happened in two months. Second job featured a guy who was laid off from his restaurant job. I told him I’m sorry for his troubles and he laughed and said he is making an extra 300 a week now from the unemployment increase. The third job I got into a wall safe of a guy who died. Massive diamond ring in there, I’m always surprised when people leave me alone to open those, I’m never going to take anything, but still. I saw a bum taking a shit on the sidewalk in front of my sixth job, next to a filthy encampment next to a building. The mayor and the governor can close businesses, but can’t order vagrants to not camp, shit and shoot up on the sidewalks. The seventh job was for a regular customer, a Polish woman in her 90’s with a series of numbers tattooed on her left forearm. “This is all stupid, ridiculous, I can’t believe people are falling for this.” I couldn’t agree more ma’am.
Your stories are colorful and I look forward to them with much anticipation.
The naive idiot side of me wants to think we are on the edge of the tipping point, not that people are going to rise up in rebellion, but that they are going to ignore all these petty tyrants and simply resume their lives.
But then the realist in me says ” you know that won’t happen.” Even among the most discontented everyone is afraid to be the nail that sticks up. No business owner wants to be the first to open and be made an example of.
The foot stamping on our faces is wearing loafers at the moment and nobody wants to risk it being switched out for the golf spikes.
I’m believe we will see mass noncompliance. We already have, to be honest, but it’s mostly on the downlow. The next wave though will be much more public.
I’ve had enough. I’m bringing both of my fabricators back to work next week. I have customers with money that want to buy things. Fuck Inslee.
Well shit, Brooks’d and wrong page
a bunch of dilettante bakers who care nothing for anyone but themselves.
Wow. AMC Theater group is in talks with her to create new, high-powered movie projection hardware.
“You should go garden instead”….is NJ one of the states that banned those sales? Well, if you’d saved your artizinal heirloom seeds from last year you wouldn’t have that problem, would you, you fucking deplorable baking shitlords.
Meanwhile, I can’t scrub my toilet the way I’ve always preferred, dump half a cup of bleach in the bowl, let set for 10mins, come back and scrub. Thanks, you dilettante bleach splashers, for depriving me of my usual sanitation procedures!