Crowded House - Don’t Dream It’s Over (Live From Home, 2020)

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On the occasion of the 33rd anniversary of Crowded House reaching #2 in the American charts, I’d like to post this video of us performing individually from home a version of Don’t Dream It’s Over. We recorded it over a few hours between continents day before yesterday. It was for the “Music From The Front Line” benefit concert in Australia / NZ. I really like the way it sounds and the process of flying tapes back and forth was fun… pure and simple… hope you enjoy too. ~ Neil
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Amory Blaine  Apr 26, 2020 • 8:57:35pm

Released yesterday

ANA VIDOVIC Classical Guitar Concert 2020 - Live Chat with Ana Vidovic

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Belafon  Apr 26, 2020 • 9:05:09pm
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Apr 26, 2020 • 9:11:37pm

it’s tweets/article headlines like these that will fuel the conspiracies.
Mostly by fools that don’t bother to even open the article to learn that this occurred in Guayaquil, Ecuador

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 26, 2020 • 9:14:05pm

re: #249 mmmirele

Families were put in quarantine if they had a case of (for example) measles in the house. My mother remembers her family being put in quarantine in 1946 when she had measles. They had to have groceries delivered to the front porch, for example.

My wife and I were put in quarantine when I had scarlet fever in 2008.

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EPR-radar  Apr 26, 2020 • 9:18:21pm

re: #2 Belafon

Republicans have no such concerns. They are as collectively impaired as their god-emperor Trump.

This is just bullshit put out by Republican enablers to help them win in 2020.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 26, 2020 • 9:18:28pm

re: #85 The Pie Overlord!

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Deep State SuperElite Satinist  Apr 26, 2020 • 9:21:13pm

All of a sudden this is the song i feel right now.

The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1 [Official Music Video]

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DodgerFan1988  Apr 26, 2020 • 9:24:40pm

Steven Crowder is a piece of shit. Change my mind.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 26, 2020 • 9:25:57pm

re: #2 Belafon

Yet none of them are willing to come out and say this in public.

I don’t know if any GOPers are saying it in private or not but it doesn’t really matter. In public they are no different than Dr. Birx, trying to cover for him.

They all own this epidemic as the Party of Death.

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Mattand  Apr 26, 2020 • 9:29:36pm

re: #8 DodgerFan1988

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Steven Crowder is a piece of shit. Change my mind.

Nah, you’ve got the evidence on your side.

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EPR-radar  Apr 26, 2020 • 9:30:18pm

re: #8 DodgerFan1988

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Steven Crowder is a piece of shit. Change my mind.

That’s a political version of ”2 + 2 = 4, change my mind.”

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 26, 2020 • 9:34:52pm

re: #259 Dr Lizardo

Probably tuberculosis.

Off to work - back later.

Still today.

That’s one of the things these Astroturf protests are trying to leverage: You only quarantine sick people (nevermind that’s not true either).

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KGxvi  Apr 26, 2020 • 9:35:52pm

re: #5 EPR-radar

Republicans have no such concerns. They are as collectively impaired as their god-emperor Trump.

This is just bullshit put out by Republican enablers to help them win in 2020.

yeah, not believing this until there’s action to back it up

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 26, 2020 • 9:55:30pm

Nebraska’s evening numbers:

Total cases: 3,028 (+299, or nearly 10% of new cases were today)
Deaths: 56 (+6, or over 10% of deaths were today)
nebraska.maps.arcgis.com

In the Panhandle:
Total cases: 44 (+1)
Deaths: 0
Largest age group continues to be 40-49
Women are still 2/3 of all cases
pphd.org

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Apr 26, 2020 • 9:56:42pm

One small victory for me: Was finally to get the IRS Get My Payment site to say I was eligible (it had been stuck in “unable to determine” status.)

Even gave my bank acct info.

Which upon checking Get My Payment appears to have been accepted.

I will declare a major victory once the money is deposited in my account.

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uriel  Apr 26, 2020 • 9:57:57pm

Just as a curiosity, a record player playing this song was the opening of the second episode of “The Stand” miniseries.

(I remember this because I was watching it with a friend who considered herself something of a mystic, and me nothing of the sort. So, when the needle dropped, I blurted out, “It’s ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over.” She completely lost it because I, as a psychic nobody, could never have guessed that. Little did she know I just read the credits for the musical score in the first episode, noticed it was on there, and just figured out that that would be the most cinematic time for them to play it.)

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Sherlock Hound  Apr 26, 2020 • 10:09:25pm

re: #8 DodgerFan1988

“We don’t need an Asshole Day of Visibility. You’re plenty visible. VERY visible. Asshole.”

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EPR-radar  Apr 26, 2020 • 10:19:17pm

re: #17 Sherlock Hound

“We don’t need an Asshole Day of Visibility. You’re plenty visible. VERY visible. Asshole.”

So visible that horrified onlookers can see his tonsils framed by his ass, just like with Trump.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 26, 2020 • 10:29:35pm

re: #8 DodgerFan1988

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Steven Crowder is a piece of shit. Change my mind.

We can tell Steven is in the closet…along with a large stack of Flex magazines!

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 26, 2020 • 10:31:02pm
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Dread Pirate  Apr 26, 2020 • 10:35:16pm

Don’t get cocky, the US only beat them by 15 years.

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sagehen  Apr 26, 2020 • 10:44:52pm

TV rec:

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

The original Penny Dreadful was set mostly in Victorian London; characters included Victor Frankenstein, Dorian Grey, Renfield, Dr Jekyll, a Wild West gunslinger, and a bunch of late 1800’s Brit archetypes.

This one is set in 1938 Los Angeles. The supernatural elements are “obviously” fictitious (Mexican folklore witches that many of us are at least superficially familiar with), but there’s also a whole lot of Real True LA history. Including the the Nazis’ efforts to insinuate themselves in preparation for their eventual takeover, the overtly anti-Hispanic zoning/eminent domain actions to build the Arroyo Seco parkway and other LA highways, I’m sure at some point in later episodes they’ll get to the sort of water issues that the Chinatown plot was based around…

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 26, 2020 • 10:57:48pm

Get ready for meat shortages folks…

msn.com

Almost a third of U.S. pork capacity is down, the first big poultry plants closed on Friday and experts are warning that domestic shortages are just weeks away. Brazil, the world’s No. 1 shipper of chicken and beef, saw its first major closure with the halt of a poultry plant owned by JBS SA, the world’s biggest meat company. Key operations are also down in Canada, the latest being a British Columbia poultry plant.

While hundreds of plants in the Americas are still running, the staggering acceleration of supply disruptions is now raising questions over global shortfalls. Taken together, the U.S., Brazil and Canada account for about 65% of world meat trade.

“It’s absolutely unprecedented,” said Brett Stuart, president of Denver-based consulting firm Global AgriTrends. “It’s a lose-lose situation where we have producers at the risk of losing everything and consumers at the risk of paying higher prices. Restaurants in a week could be out of fresh ground beef.”

Don’t worry, folks! Arby’s will still be open selling it’s Mystery Meat!

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 26, 2020 • 11:08:24pm

Shameless Page Promotion.
Flag Observances for May (goes to the right hand column of Little Green Footballs)

There are a lot of flag observances in May. The article details how each came about.

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uriel  Apr 26, 2020 • 11:25:24pm

re: #22 sagehen

TV rec:

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

I’m super psyched about this. I loved the first season- just everything about it.

Plus, I could watch Natalie Dormer eat an apple in a hammock and find it totally compelling.

Giphy

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nicdanger  Apr 26, 2020 • 11:45:15pm

Tim Pierce,an excellent guitar player,L.A. session man with a great YouTube channel did some guitar work on the original recording.He tells the story in this video

I played Guitar on “Don’t Dream It’s Over” by Crowded House |The Real Story | Guitar Lesson

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Apr 26, 2020 • 11:48:58pm

As I mentioned The Time Tunnel the other day, I thought I would go back and watch it starting from the first episode.

Now the producer/writer was Irwin Allen, famous for his many TV series and movies. He was also doing Lost in Space at the same time as The Time Tunnel.

Given that and the 1960’s culture, the writing is of course atrocious. Among the worst of the character writing is that of the co-lead “Tony”, someone who in story line has a Ph.D. in physics. Yet Tony asks the stupidest questions and acts like a 5 year old. Irwin Allen really had no clue on how to write that character.

But my main beef with the show is the gestalt it embeds. Namely, that the story has to reify American values, such as beliefs in the Christian God, the Bible, etc. Submissive women, etc. etc. etc.

Almost as bad is how the lead characters’ hair never seems to grow.

And how they wear the same clothes for their journey. As in the same identical pieces of cloth that don’t seem to get dirty or tear.

Then the real kicker is when they go to times and places where English would be impossible to be understood, but somehow everyone seems to speak English.

The premise of the story is promising, but the execution is pure 1960’s schlock. Give me Bonanza any day. Or Star Trek, which was on roughly in the same time on US TV.

The Facebook-addicted nostalgia-loving crowd romanticizes the good old days. Some want to go back to the 1960s. My take 50 years on is the 1960s had serious problems, and I don’t want to go back.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 27, 2020 • 12:01:35am

re: #9 Anymouse 🌹🏡

Yet none of them are willing to come out and say this in public.

I don’t know if any GOPers are saying it in private or not but it doesn’t really matter. In public they are no different than Dr. Birx, trying to cover for him.

They all own this epidemic as the Party of Death.

They all came to terms with this in 2016 when they lined up behind Trump as the only candidate among them with a chance of winning them the Presidency.

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goddamnedfrank  Apr 27, 2020 • 12:43:40am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 12:44:03am

I just got an E-mail from a liberal friend in Colorado Springs, wondering if there might be something to Lysol Donnie’s claim that ultraviolet light could kill microbes.

That’s the problem with propaganda, it will even penetrate a rational person’s thinking.

He can be reasoned with, unlike conservatives. Though Donnie doesn’t do logic, “ultraviolet kills microbes” is the fallacy of equivocation (all ultraviolet light is not created equal, but the claim treats it as if it is).

It also takes an order of magnitude of facts to refute a bullshyte claim.

Response to him (long, behind the hide bar):

Click to Reveal

It’s UV-C (100-280 nanometres) which kills microbes, along with extreme ultraviolet (10-121 nanometres or near X-rays, there is some overlap in terms). Both of these are produced by the sun, but are completely screened out by the ozone layer. Neither reaches the Earth’s surface.

UV-C can be created on the Earth’s surface artificially (such as tanning beds, certain city water purification systems, and EPROM erasers).

Some UV-B (280-315 nanometres) reaches the Earth’s surface, but is mostly screened out by ozone and oxygen. UV-B is what causes sunburns and cataracts. It is for that reason (cataracts) opticians now offer ultraviolet filtering for spectacles.

UV-A (315-400 nanometres) completely penetrates the atmosphere. It is the component light of a blacklight. If blacklights could kill microbes, every discothéque in the country would have been germ-free in the Seventies and Eighties.

Moreover, animals originally evolved with tetracromacy (four different types of cones to detect colours, including an ultraviolet cone). Most mammals eventually evolved to lose two of the four cones (thereby losing the ability to see light past violet in the electromagnetic spectrum).

That said, studies indicate about half of women and 8% of men are tetracromats (the genes for eye cones are carried on the X chromosome), which can be shown by people who can discern the colour indigo, and the colour of UV-A—which appears black to trichromats).

An easy way to test it for yourself if you can discern the difference Indigo is to have your computer display what is called “Web Color Indigo” (RGB code 75, 0, 130, with which I encoded the name of the colour if your E-mail client will display colours in E-mails). A tetrachromat (a person with an ultraviolet cone) will see Web Color Indigo (I did it again there) as distinct from either blue or violet. Because so many people cannot see indigo as a distinct colour, it was dropped from the original rainbow of colours named by Isaac Newton.

If any old ultraviolet light could kill microbes, then we would have no microbes (or any other life). Microbes evolved to exist in our current environment which has UV-A and UV-B.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 27, 2020 • 12:48:12am

re: #29 goddamnedfrank

I have never understood the mustard scandal, can anyone explain why it was such a scandal?

He preferred French gray Poupon mustard on his hamburgers, which was seen as elitist. Real Americans prefer French’s yellow mustard.

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Targetpractice  Apr 27, 2020 • 12:55:39am

re: #2 Belafon

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I’ve grown so tired of the “palace intrigue” circuit. We have been fed this BS for years now, that every time Trump slams head-first into a brick wall, Republicans secretly disagree with him but are “afraid” to speak up publicly. Like I said about Dr. Birx yesterday, whatever “good” you think you’re doing by keeping quiet is completely outweighed by all the evil that you allow to go unhindered. And it is the latter for which you will ultimately be judged.

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ericblair  Apr 27, 2020 • 12:58:55am

re: #15 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

One small victory for me: Was finally to get the IRS Get My Payment site to say I was eligible (it had been stuck in “unable to determine” status.)

Even gave my bank acct info.

Which upon checking Get My Payment appears to have been accepted.

I will declare a major victory once the money is deposited in my account.

I live overseas, and file US taxes, so am supposed to get the payment. I’ve gone recently from “unable to determine” to having the system decide that my input information is wrong until it locks me out for a day.

My foreign address, of course, doesn’t look like a US address, and the postal code is completely different format. I have no idea how they code this data internally and assume it’s the slapped-together web app design that can’t deal with any variations from whatever that is.

I assume I’ll get a paper check eventually sometime, and use the accompanying letter for cat litter.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 1:03:24am

re: #27 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I recall a discussion of “Time Tunnel” where people were asking “how come there were no black people on the show?”

That answer was any black person going back in time would be subjected to slavery in the societies they met (or worse). No black person if such technology was available would get within ten miles of it.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 27, 2020 • 1:15:34am

re: #34 Anymouse 🌹🏡

I recall a discussion of “Time Tunnel” where people were asking “how come there were no black people on the show?”

That answer was any black person going back in time would be subjected to slavery in the societies they met (or worse). No black person if such technology was available would get within ten miles of it.

It was also from a time when interracial kiss was scandalous. And interracial dancing was enough to get a show taken off the air.

And even married couples slept in separate twin beds…

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 1:19:01am

Time to watch “Dark Shadows.” We’re up to the Collins family holding a seance which sends Victoria Winters back in time to meet Barnabas and Sarah Collins when they were both alive.

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teleskiguy  Apr 27, 2020 • 1:42:51am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 2:00:45am

My wife is plying me with snickerdoodle cookies she made this evening. I don’t know how long I can resist her charms.

Back to your regularly scheduled conservative hellscape.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 27, 2020 • 2:38:27am

re: #31 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

He preferred French gray Poupon mustard on his hamburgers, which was seen as elitist. Real Americans prefer French’s yellow mustard.

Personally, I’ve always preferred Gulden’s Spicy Brown Mustard. I grew up with that; it was always in my parent’s fridge, and my grandmother always had it at her place as well (well, before she moved back to Sweden).

Guess that must make some kind of super-duper Secret Squirrel coastal elitist or something.

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Dave In Austin  Apr 27, 2020 • 3:28:19am

Gah! Ribbon Candy!

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Dave In Austin  Apr 27, 2020 • 3:32:53am

Pres. MeatMouth ReTweeted……….

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Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2020 • 3:39:34am

Good God, it’s still April.

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Teukka  Apr 27, 2020 • 3:45:55am

re: #42 Decatur Deb

Good God, it’s still April.

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Decatur Deb  Apr 27, 2020 • 3:59:35am

Vignette from The Greatest Ntion on Earth (tm):

I’ve pre-fabbed a birdhouse that the third-grader can nail together and paint for Mother’s Day. The six pieces of 1X6 fit in the postage mailer with room to spare, so I collected up a bunch of things they can use to fill the space. This morning wife said: “Take out the spare clothing, we have to send them a couple rolls of TP”.

We are mailing toilet paper from Alabama to Denver.

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Grunthos the Flatulent  Apr 27, 2020 • 4:08:27am

So I watched the daily Covid-19 media briefing broadcast on TV1 at 1:00pm and this caught my ear.

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Just in case you were wondering how much of a laughing stock Derp Führer is.

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 27, 2020 • 5:00:55am
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ozharas  Apr 27, 2020 • 5:07:36am

re: #45 Grunthos the Flatulent

So I watched the daily Covid-19 media briefing broadcast on TV1 at 1:00pm and this caught my ear.

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Just in case you were wondering how much of a laughing stock Derp Führer is.

And from across the Tasman, a similar response….

Australia’s Chief Medical Officer, Brendan Murphy was asked about President Trump’s comments

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2020 • 5:08:32am

re: #34 Anymouse 🌹🏡

I recall a discussion of “Time Tunnel” where people were asking “how come there were no black people on the show?”

That answer was any black person going back in time would be subjected to slavery in the societies they met (or worse). No black person if such technology was available would get within ten miles of it.

There was a short lived time travel series from a few years ago on NBC that brought it up. And Doctor Who has touched in that more than once in recent years.

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ericblair  Apr 27, 2020 • 5:29:35am

I believe that we will all have to do our part for God and country to fix this problem.

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steve_davis  Apr 27, 2020 • 5:32:46am

re: #36 Anymouse 🌹🏡

Time to watch “Dark Shadows.” We’re up to the Collins family holding a seance which sends Victoria Winters back in time to meet Barnabas and Sarah Collins when they were both alive.

oh hell, another seance? I’m still traumatized by the first one. Barnabas has to be one of the creepiest characters ever devised. In public, he just seems like a slightly foppish, overly mannered fellow. But then there are the occasional scenes where he’s just scary as hell, like early on, when he needs to destroy a blood sample in a doctor’s office and apparently is strong enough (by the next day’s report) to have ripped a door off its hinges to enter. It is almost like the writer and creator wanted to envision what life would be like as a child predator, but figured that would never make it past the Men With Their Big Cigars, so turned their child predator into a vampire and set him loose.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 27, 2020 • 5:38:03am

re: #49 ericblair

WSJ reports that because of covid, millions of kegs of beer are at risk of going stale

Buddy of mine works for a small local brewery in Northern Germany and they have the same problem: the bulk of their sales are in the form of kegs for bars, restaurants and various beer festivals that generally take place in large numbers from April through Oktober, so to speak.

All of which have been duly cancelled.

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steve_davis  Apr 27, 2020 • 5:39:13am

re: #48 Belafon

There was a short lived time travel series from a few years ago on NBC that brought it up. And Doctor Who has touched in that more than once in recent years.

re: #33 ericblair

“I assume I’ll get a paper check eventually sometime, and use the accompanying letter for cat litter.”

Cat: (notices litter lining) “Oh hell no!”
You: (from desk in other room) “Kitty. I never knew you could speak!”
Cat: “It was never necessary before, until some ASSHOLE decided to put this in my litter box!”

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 27, 2020 • 5:44:02am

re: #51 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Buddy of mine works for a small brewery in Northern Germany and they have the same problem: the bulk of their sales are in the form of kegs for bars, restaurants and various beer festivals that generally take place in large numbers from April through Oktober, so to speak.

All of which have been duly cancelled.

Here in Czech Republic, the Staropramen Brewery in Prague announced they’re going to have to dispose of several hundred thousand liters of beer owing to the ongoing pub and restaurant closures.

news.expats.cz

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jeffreyw  Apr 27, 2020 • 5:47:18am

Good morning!

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Apr 27, 2020 • 5:49:59am

re: #8 DodgerFan1988

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Steven Crowder is a piece of shit. Change my mind.

Why?

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2020 • 5:50:29am

re: #34 Anymouse 🌹🏡

I recall a discussion of “Time Tunnel” where people were asking “how come there were no black people on the show?”

That answer was any black person going back in time would be subjected to slavery in the societies they met (or worse). No black person if such technology was available would get within ten miles of it.

There was a CBS show that was cancelled a few years back called Timeless that dealt with time travel and had an African American man as part of the team. One of the ongoing issues that character had to deal with were those very issues - whether it was Jim Crow and segregation, or slavery, depending on the time when they traveled to.

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Jay C  Apr 27, 2020 • 5:54:32am

re: #48 Belafon

There was a short lived time travel series from a few years ago on NBC that brought it up. And Doctor Who has touched in that more than once in recent years.

Timeless, I believe.

And the black character, IIRC, was an engineer/physicist with multiple degrees and the technical ability to design/build/operate a time machine: and was NOT happy about going back in time to various places and having to shuffle around in the background lest he draw too much *attention*…

At least Timeless dealt with the everybody-speaking-English bit by mainly concentrating on American history….

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:02:58am
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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:05:47am

re: #58 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)

By working hard, the right wing spin machine means he’s hardly working. Trump sees himself as the top media critic in the nation, and he’ll attack anyone who says bad things about the thin skinned know nothing bigot.

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John Hughes  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:08:55am

re: #57 Jay C

The amusing part of Timeless was that each episode appeared to a more or less exact copy of a Wikipedia page.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:09:41am

re: #58 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)

LOL Trump has to be, bar none, the laziest sonofabitch to ever inhabit the Oval Office.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:15:05am

re: #61 Dr Lizardo

LOL Trump has to be, bar none, the laziest sonofabitch to ever inhabit the Oval Office.

Certainly the most criminal and corrupt, to say nothing of incompetent and racist/xenophobic.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:17:07am

So, in a bit of news from my neck of the woods, the current state of emergency here in Czech Republic is set to expire on 30 April. The government wants to extend that to 25 May. However, the problem here is they currently don’t have the votes to extend the state of emergency in the Czech Parliament.

Which means that if they fail to rustle up the votes between now and tomorrow evening, the state of emergency will in fact expire at midnight, 30 April….this Thursday. And that mean that come 1 May, bada-bing, everything goes back to normal; everything re-opens, no exceptions.

The problem is that no one trusts the Prime Minister/oligarch/shady businessman, Andrej Babiš - not even members of his own party and coalition partners. It’ll be interesting to see what happens here in the next 24 hours.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:26:01am

re: #63 Dr Lizardo

So, in a bit of news from my neck of the woods, the current state of emergency here in Czech Republic is set to expire on 30 April. The government wants to extend that to 25 May. However, the problem here is they currently don’t have the votes to extend the state of emergency in the Czech Parliament.

Which means that if they fail to rustle up the votes between now and tomorrow evening, the state of emergency will in fact expire at midnight, 30 April….this Thursday. And that mean that come 1 May, bada-bing, everything goes back to normal; everything re-opens, no exceptions.

The problem is that no one trusts the Prime Minister/oligarch/shady businessman, Andrej Babiš - not even members of his own party and coalition partners. It’ll be interesting to see what happens here in the next 24 hours.

Even if the edict expires, people will not be so quick to reopen, because they see what can happen if you get this disease. But some will go out and the cases will continue to simmer and the deaths will rise. The only question is whether we see another wave of cases that threatens to topple health care delivery systems and how bad it will be.

There’s a push here to reopen in the NYC metro area, and while there’s some astroturfing to push it with protests, states are contemplating reopening on a phased basis, with new rules in effect.

It’s a recipe for far more spread and a higher death toll.

For one thing, I don’t know if I’d go to public events anytime soon. Masking up is going to be the norm going forward, and I don’t know about returning to an office from WFH, because the trains are a vector. Rural areas might push to reopen sooner, but once the cases begin in those areas, it’s likely to overwhelm limited ICU beds.

And while NY, NJ cases appear to have plateaued, cases are rising elsewhere.

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:29:17am
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Belafon  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:29:47am
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Belafon  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:30:13am
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Belafon  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:32:11am
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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:32:57am

re: #67 Belafon

GOTV is all that matters, so if they go out and vote for Biden and the Democrats, Democrats win. That’s it. That’s the message. Vote. Vote as if your life depends on it, because it absolutely does. We’re seeing that play out in stark reality.

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The Pie Overlord!  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:33:32am
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mmmirele  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:38:18am

On reopening, this article points out the source of the shock is not government orders. It’s the pandemic. The article gives two examples—Las Vegas and “dinner and a movie.”

thebulwark.com

As long as people are concerned they might be at risk from catching a deadly disease, tempered by the fact that most people have crappy or nonexistent insurance and, depending on what segment of the economy you work in, good, bad or nonexistent paid time off, they’re not going to take a risk for Vegas or dinner and a movie.

I got into an argument with an Calvinista asshat who whined on Friday that he couldn’t take his wife out to dinner and a movie. He was completely unmovable about his FREEDUMBS. It also came out that the only laws he believes exist are the ones in black letter in statute books. He deliberately refuses to understand that governors can issue legally-binding orders, that municipalities can pass legally binding laws (like the ones that govern his outfit’s noise output in front of the Tempe Planned Parenthood) and that courts interpret the law as well. The irony is this guy is nearly half my age and has heart problems to the point that he had surgery last year. But he’s such a nihilist (Calvinism will do that to you) that he doesn’t care if he gets sick and dies, because it’s “god’s will.”

This is what we’re going to have to put up with over the next few months and years. It’s not going to be pleasant—just be prepared to kick some ass when it occurs.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:38:40am

Heh.

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Renaissance_Man  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:40:11am

re: #66 Belafon

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Yeah, I don’t buy it. Historically, the power the US media has to normalise repellent white behaviour is enormous. Fail to challenge this bottomless mouthpiece and I think it more likely that everyone will be drinking bleach by November, rather than voting blue.

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mmmirele  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:42:54am

And this is another problem we’re going to have to face head on if/when we get a vaccine:

US was warned of threat from anti-vaxxers in event of pandemic
FBI-connected researchers suggested biggest threat in controlling outbreak was from ‘those who categorically reject vaccination’

theguardian.com

Such a change from half a century ago, when I remember the entire neighborhood trooping down to the high school to get a rubella shot when the vaccine became available. Even us little kids knew that rubella was bad news and could cause miscarriages and birth defects. *shakes head*

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:43:21am

re: #73 Renaissance_Man

Yeah, I don’t buy it. Historically, the power the US media has to normalise repellent white behaviour is enormous. Fail to challenge this bottomless mouthpiece and I think it more likely that everyone will be drinking bleach by November, rather than voting blue.

Biden is not half as exciting as Trump. With the latter, the media have a 24/7 political reality-scandal shitshow that keeps people tuned in and talking.

They have no commercial interest in seeing Trump voted out of office regardless of the fate of the nation.

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makeitstop  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:49:47am

re: #26 nicdanger

Tim Pierce,an excellent guitar player,L.A. session man with a great YouTube channel did some guitar work on the original recording.He tells the story in this video

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Video

That guy’s great! Have you ever seen the video where he does a tour of his recording? He has an insane rig. I wish I had the gear and the space to do a setup like this.

What amp is BEST! 10 Amp Test | Marshall Vox Diezel Matchless Park Naylor PRS Naylor Tim Pierce

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The Pie Overlord!  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:50:41am

re: #74 mmmirele

And this is another problem we’re going to have to face head on if/when we get a vaccine:

theguardian.com

Such a change from half a century ago, when I remember the entire neighborhood trooping down to the high school to get a rubella shot when the vaccine became available. Even us little kids knew that rubella was bad news and could cause miscarriages and birth defects. *shakes head*

One of my earliest memories is being taken by my parents “to see the kindergarten” I was so excited! We went to the school and there was a big crowd of kids and their parents and we all got a needle stick of the Salk vaccine.

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The Pie Overlord!  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:52:11am

“Hardest working President in the entire history of all time!”

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:52:20am

re: #74 mmmirele

And this is another problem we’re going to have to face head on if/when we get a vaccine:

US was warned of threat from anti-vaxxers in event of pandemic
FBI-connected researchers suggested biggest threat in controlling outbreak was from ‘those who categorically reject vaccination’

Then they should have a choice between vaccination or mandatory quarantine. Time to fire up those FEMA camps!!!

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:52:24am

re: #73 Renaissance_Man

Yeah, I don’t buy it. Historically, the power the US media has to normalise repellent white behaviour is enormous. Fail to challenge this bottomless mouthpiece and I think it more likely that everyone will be drinking bleach by November, rather than voting blue.

It’s easy to do when the white man is put up against a black man or a white woman. But up against another white man?

As someone keeps saying, though, the 2020 Trump is a known quantity. The 2016 Trump hadn’t locked kids in cages, tried to coerce Ukraine into faking a scandal, or botched the response to a pandemic by making it about his feelings.

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lizardofid  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:53:25am

re: #77 The Pie Overlord!

One of my earliest memories is being taken by my parents “to see the kindergarten” I was so excited! We went to the school and there was a big crowd of kids and their parents and we all got a needle stick of the Salk vaccine.

I was lucky, we lined up for the sugar cube!

Oh, good morning everybody!

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makeitstop  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:55:14am

re: #51 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Buddy of mine works for a small local brewery in Northern Germany and they have the same problem: the bulk of their sales are in the form of kegs for bars, restaurants and various beer festivals that generally take place in large numbers from April through Oktober, so to speak.

All of which have been duly cancelled.

We’ve got a local brewer we’ve been using a lot in quarantine. I order the beer online, and they run fresh beer into 4 packs of cans which they run out to the car when I go to get it.

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:55:37am

re: #75 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Biden is not half as exciting as Trump. With the latter, the media have a 24/7 political reality-scandal shitshow that keeps people tuned in and talking.

They have no commercial interest in seeing Trump voted out of office regardless of the fate of the nation.

Biden isn’t going to give OANN, Gateway Pundit, or Daily Caller press passes. He’s going to have a press secretary that talks to reporters.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:56:10am

re: #23 Joe Bacon 🌹

Get ready for meat shortages folks…

msn.com

Almost a third of U.S. pork capacity is down, the first big poultry plants closed on Friday and experts are warning that domestic shortages are just weeks away. Brazil, the world’s No. 1 shipper of chicken and beef, saw its first major closure with the halt of a poultry plant owned by JBS SA, the world’s biggest meat company. Key operations are also down in Canada, the latest being a British Columbia poultry plant.

While hundreds of plants in the Americas are still running, the staggering acceleration of supply disruptions is now raising questions over global shortfalls. Taken together, the U.S., Brazil and Canada account for about 65% of world meat trade.

“It’s absolutely unprecedented,” said Brett Stuart, president of Denver-based consulting firm Global AgriTrends. “It’s a lose-lose situation where we have producers at the risk of losing everything and consumers at the risk of paying higher prices. Restaurants in a week could be out of fresh ground beef.”

Don’t worry, folks! Arby’s will still be open selling it’s Mystery Meat!

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:56:49am

re: #82 makeitstop

We’ve got a local brewer we’ve been using a lot in quarantine. I order the beer online, and they run fresh beer into 4 packs of cans which they run out to the car when I go to get it.

If I could actually taste something other than bitter I would order from a local brewery just down the street from me just to give them business.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 27, 2020 • 6:56:50am

re: #23 Joe Bacon 🌹

Get ready for meat shortages folks…

msn.com

Almost a third of U.S. pork capacity is down, the first big poultry plants closed on Friday and experts are warning that domestic shortages are just weeks away. Brazil, the world’s No. 1 shipper of chicken and beef, saw its first major closure with the halt of a poultry plant owned by JBS SA, the world’s biggest meat company. Key operations are also down in Canada, the latest being a British Columbia poultry plant.

While hundreds of plants in the Americas are still running, the staggering acceleration of supply disruptions is now raising questions over global shortfalls. Taken together, the U.S., Brazil and Canada account for about 65% of world meat trade.

“It’s absolutely unprecedented,” said Brett Stuart, president of Denver-based consulting firm Global AgriTrends. “It’s a lose-lose situation where we have producers at the risk of losing everything and consumers at the risk of paying higher prices. Restaurants in a week could be out of fresh ground beef.”

Don’t worry, folks! Arby’s will still be open selling it’s Mystery Meat!

Someone check quick and see if Jared or other Trumpoids are investing in soylent green plants in the Southwest.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 27, 2020 • 7:01:56am

re: #49 ericblair

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I believe that we will all have to do our part for God and country to fix this problem.

If it’s Coors and the various “making love in a canoe” Budweiser brands it can rot in my opinion.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 27, 2020 • 7:02:38am

re: #83 Belafon

Biden isn’t going to give OANN, Gateway Pundit, or Daily Caller press passes. He’s going to have a press secretary that talks to reporters.

He is going to be too busy governing to hold rallies or just sit on the toilet and tweet outrageous babble.

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 27, 2020 • 7:03:57am

re: #49 ericblair

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I believe that we will all have to do our part for God and country to fix this problem.

Doesn’t alcohol kill germs?
We should be showering our throats with this stuff
Gargling with it…

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makeitstop  Apr 27, 2020 • 7:06:27am

re: #89 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)

Doesn’t alcohol kill germs?
We should be showering our throats with this stuff
Gargling with it…

Even if it doesn’t kill the germs, we can get them good and drunk.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 27, 2020 • 7:07:05am

re: #57 Jay C

Timeless, I believe.

And the black character, IIRC, was an engineer/physicist with multiple degrees and the technical ability to design/build/operate a time machine: and was NOT happy about going back in time to various places and having to shuffle around in the background lest he draw too much *attention*…

At least Timeless dealt with the everybody-speaking-English bit by mainly concentrating on American history….

Neal Stephenson has a novel called _The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O._ that was about time travel.* And as they developed the ability they were specifically recruiting people and training them to pass in the societies they were visiting. (Minor spoiler: One woman agent gets out of trouble by telling someone quite willing to kill them that they are Jewish.)

* - It’s borderline SF since it’s a weird tech/magic (psychic?) combo you need to do it. Plus the complication that you arrive naked.

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Renaissance_Man  Apr 27, 2020 • 7:08:22am

re: #80 Belafon

It’s easy to do when the white man is put up against a black man or a white woman. But up against another white man?

As someone keeps saying, though, the 2020 Trump is a known quantity. The 2016 Trump hadn’t locked kids in cages, tried to coerce Ukraine into faking a scandal, or botched the response to a pandemic by making it about his feelings.

These things are repellent to you and I. These things may also be repellent to many people right now. But the way normalisation works is to continually, insistently, push excuses, and people will find any reason, no matter how flimsy, to justify to themselves why what they are seeing is normal and why they shouldn’t care.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 27, 2020 • 7:10:01am

re: #66 Belafon

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Trump is doing a very good job of making his record as POTUS as a very large hole in the ground. And he’s busy digging it even deeper, and possibly dragging a lot of Republicans into the hole with him.

No reason for the Democrats to step in and stop him, not that they can stop him anyways.

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Apr 27, 2020 • 7:15:03am

re: #54 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

Western good morning!

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makeitstop  Apr 27, 2020 • 7:22:56am

I’m thinking that Trump has never faced the level of ridicule he’s getting once in his life. He seems to be trying to erase what he thinks is generating the ridicule.

But he doesn’t realize that he, himself is what generates the ridicule. He’s gotta be fucking miserable today. Good.

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2020 • 7:24:42am

re: #95 makeitstop

I’m thinking that Trump has never faced the level of ridicule he’s getting once in his life. He seems to be trying to erase what he thinks is generating the ridicule.

But he doesn’t realize that he, himself is what generates the ridicule. He’s gotta be fucking miserable today. Good.

And no matter how hard he tries, he can’t change the subject. Death has a way of concentrating the mind.

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ericblair  Apr 27, 2020 • 7:24:49am

re: #93 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Trump is doing a very good job of making his record as POTUS as a very large hole in the ground. And he’s busy digging it even deeper, and possibly dragging a lot of Republicans into the hole with him.

No reason for the Democrats to step in and stop him, not that they can stop him anyways.

When your opponent is making a false move, it is wise not to disturb him.
-Napoleon, prior to Soult’s assault on the Pratzen Heights at Austerlitz

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jaunte  Apr 27, 2020 • 7:38:10am

re: #86 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Someone check quick and see if Jared or other Trumpoids are investing in soylent green plants in the Southwest.

Just more of the Trump administration’s massive incompetence.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 27, 2020 • 7:39:05am

And….Kevin’s probably out of a job by Wednesday.

Kevin Hassett, a senior economic advisor to President Trump, told CNBC’s Squawk Box Monday that the U.S. is likely to experience a GDP decline of between 20% and 30% in the second quarter.

axios.com

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 27, 2020 • 7:41:41am

re: #83 Belafon

Biden isn’t going to give OANN, Gateway Pundit, or Daily Caller press passes. He’s going to have a press secretary that talks to reporters.

Pity he won’t deny Fox passes as well. A Democratic administration won’t receive anything close to fair treatment from Fox and thus doesn’t deserve a seat at the table until they start acting like journalists again.

I guess we can also expect the Sunday morning shows to convert back to hard-hitting questions and demanding follow-up answers as well.
//

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2020 • 7:43:13am

re: #99 Dr Lizardo

And….Kevin’s probably out of job by Wednesday.

axios.com

What he should have said was that it’s contracting 50% so that when the number is 40% Trump can claim to be making the economy recover. //

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2020 • 7:44:04am

re: #100 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Pity he won’t deny Fox passes as well. A Democratic administration won’t receive anything close to fair treatment from Fox and thus doesn’t deserve a seat at the table until they start acting like journalists again.

I guess we can also expect the Sunday morning shows to convert back to hard-hitting questions and demanding follow-up answers as well.
//

Obama tried that, and the rest of the press corps decided they were news enough to stand up for them.

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TarHellion  Apr 27, 2020 • 7:45:36am

re: #15 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Congratulations! Also finally found success on getting through the portal to input information. FYI to anyone else trying to get in, have your 2018 or 2019 tax return handy. The site will want your AGI and what your payment or refund was for that year. Like you, I’ll be fully satisfied when the money shows up in my bank account.

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jaunte  Apr 27, 2020 • 7:48:58am
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 27, 2020 • 7:49:18am

re: #35 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It was also from a time when interracial kiss was scandalous. And interracial dancing was enough to get a show taken off the air.

And even married couples slept in separate twin beds…

The first show I remember where a married couple slept in the same bed was Green Acres which was truly the most surreal show ever put on network TV. How it got on the air astonishes me…

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makeitstop  Apr 27, 2020 • 7:51:17am

This advice to bishops would apply just as well to, well, anyone.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 27, 2020 • 7:51:53am

re: #105 Joe Bacon 🌹

The first show I remember where a married couple slept in the same bed was Green Acres which was truly the most surreal show ever put on network TV. How it got on the air astonishes me…

There were always those brief windows in TV programming when you could get away with most anything…they are ephemeral and quickly close up.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 27, 2020 • 7:55:36am

re: #102 Belafon

Obama tried that, and the rest of the press corps decided they were news enough to stand up for them.

Yep. Stellar example of the media double standard. We all know the complete conniption *all* the media companies would be going through if Obama (or Biden for that matter) did any of the Trump stunts we’ve seen over the past 4 years. Not to mention the dragging the Senate Majority Leader would be getting if they were a Democrat.

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Sufficient unto the day...  Apr 27, 2020 • 7:56:58am

re: #99 Dr Lizardo

Unless they’re going to pull an “AND ITS ALL BECAUSE THEY MADE US SHUT IT ALL DOWN!”…

…but I doubt any of them are that clever.

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John Hughes  Apr 27, 2020 • 7:57:41am

re: #67 Belafon

Bernie who?

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Citizen K  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:01:04am

re: #108 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Yep. Stellar example of the media double standard. We all know the complete conniption *all* the media companies would be going through if Obama (or Biden for that matter) did any of the Trump stunts we’ve seen over the past 4 years. Not to mention the dragging the Senate Majority Leader would be getting if they were a Democrat.

Yep. Meanwhile, Trump is back on Twitter screaming in all caps about “FAKE NEWS” and “ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE”. And the same journos that he demonizes and literally accuses of being the enemy will continue to coddle him and normalize him as much as possible.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:01:50am

re: #105 Joe Bacon 🌹

The first show I remember where a married couple slept in the same bed was Green Acres which was truly the most surreal show ever put on network TV. How it got on the air astonishes me…

Easy if you look at the elements involved and the base idea of a “fish out of water” comedy. And Green Acres was essentially a spin-off from Petticoat Junction. By the same producer who did The Beverly Hillbillies - which was a “fish out of water” is the reverse mode of Green Acres.

- Zsa Zsa Gabor as an exotic
- Eddie Albert as the straight man well-meaning city slicker in the country
- And then you can have a whole background of stereotype “real American” country folk to play things off of.

And it essentially runs off the same vibe as “Hee-Haw”, “Petticoat Junction”*, and a number of other shows from that period.

* - And Uncle Joe from this was in a way a sort of rural Archie Bunker. A comedic crank, though never developed the seriousness that a lot of people took Archie’s behavior.

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jeffreyw  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:03:53am

I’ve had some venison sitting in the freezer since a neighbor gave it to me after last deer season. I ground it with beef fat and made some garlic pepper summer sausage yesterday. Alas, it will never taste better than still warm from the oven. I had just shy of ten pounds pre-cooked weight.
Started with this recipe.

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:04:07am

re: #108 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Yep. Stellar example of the media double standard. We all know the complete conniption *all* the media companies would be going through if Obama (or Biden for that matter) did any of the Trump stunts we’ve seen over the past 4 years. Not to mention the dragging the Senate Majority Leader would be getting if they were a Democrat.

It’s a double standard, but it’s also that the right is far more willing to manipulate the media than the left. The reason CNN, MSNBC, the Washington Post, and the NYT lose power against Republicans is Republicans can just shift to Fox, OANN, Gateway Pundit, and whoever else they want to decide to be reporters. For a Democratic president to do the same thing, they’d have to do things like invite Daily Kos, The Intercept, and any possible left fringe news organizations. But then there’s also the problem that there are fewer of those than right wing ones.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:06:32am

re: #109 Sufficient unto the day…

Unless they’re going to pull an “AND ITS ALL BECAUSE THEY MADE US SHUT IT ALL DOWN!”…

…but I doubt any of them are that clever.

I actually wouldn’t be at all surprised if the White House tried to pull that.

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:08:52am

re: #112 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

And then came the “rural purge”.

en.wikipedia.org

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Teukka  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:09:55am

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:11:50am

You Go, Big Haired Girl (Goes to Juanita Jean’s)

The wingnut mayor of Beaumont, Texas issued a stay-at-home order which included closing non-essential businesses.

Nevertheless, the mayor needed her nails done. So she went off to one of the closed shops. Unfortunately for her, she got caught in her hypocrisy on camera, and now she’s trying to pass a conservative non-pology.

As a result, the salon and the mayor are being investigated for violating the mayor’s order. We know how this ends: The salon gets fined and the mayor gets off (because Republican).

Juanita Jean’s article describing this is pretty funny (and includes a photo of the mayor getting her nails soaked in the salon).

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Rightwingconspirator  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:16:16am

Well crap. My grocery pickup reflected the news. I had ordered steaks, chops and one whole chicken. Got zip. Nothin. Probably gonna have to gear up and venture out. That or grab a rifle and get a hunting permit…

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:16:29am

re: #116 Dr Lizardo

And then came the “rural purge”.

en.wikipedia.org

Yep, TV execs chasing ratings with the groups that have money to spend - not necessarily based on popularity and viewing numbers. And I noted from that article that this was when the western shows were getting purged as well. (And on a side note James Drury, the star of “The Virginian” died earlier this month.)

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:17:48am

re: #119 Rightwingconspirator

Well crap. My grocery pickup reflected the news. I had ordered steaks, chops and one whole chicken. Got zip. Nothin. Probably gonna have to gear up and venture out. That or grab a rifle and get a hunting permit…

I need to head out for a while too. Picking up food at the vet for Chat Noir, and then will consider hitting Wegmans for a few items since I’ll already have the car out, mask on, etc.

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lizardofid  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:18:31am

Time for a Tele-doc appointment.

Later all!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:19:49am

re: #105 Joe Bacon 🌹

The first show I remember where a married couple slept in the same bed was Green Acres which was truly the most surreal show ever put on network TV. How it got on the air astonishes me…

I remember the “horror” of Lucy Ricardo being obviously preggers.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:21:27am

re: #123 Backwoods_Sleuth

I remember the “horror” of Lucy Ricardo being obviously preggers.

Psycho released in 1960 was the first film I believe to show a gasp flushing toilet.

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:22:10am

How is everyone though? I’ve been good. Just busy using the time off to Zoom with friends and family.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:24:36am

re: #125 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

How is everyone though? I’ve been good. Just busy using the time off to Zoom with friends and family.

Pretty good. Phone conversation with my brother last night to see how the rest of the immediate family was doing. Cats are doing OK (Chat Noir in particular seems to be holding steady in his current state on not-quite-good health.) And I got the herb garden sowed on the pots before the rains came Saturday night.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:25:00am

re: #120 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Yep, TV execs chasing ratings with the groups that have money to spend - not necessarily based on popularity and viewing numbers. And I noted from that article that this was when the western shows were getting purged as well. (And on a side note James Drury, the star of “The Virginian” died earlier this month.)

Then came along shows like Miami Vice, which was not the highest-rated show, but the most popular with the 18-to-34-year-old demographic, which again does not have the highest income, but they do have the highest disposable income, especially for the sort of personal care, fashion and lifestyle products that advertise well on TV.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:25:06am

Residents want 8-year-old YouTuber locked up for constant filming during lockdown (Daily Dot)

An 8-year-old YouTuber in Spain has caused quite the controversy after posting a series of videos in which she goes around town filming the empty streets while her city is on lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Lockdown in Spain has been more intense than in most parts of the world, with people only allowed to leave their homes to buy food or medicine, or go to work if they must—not even walking around outside is allowed.

(more, with a link in the article to her YouTube channel)

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:26:09am

re: #120 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Yep, TV execs chasing ratings with the groups that have money to spend - not necessarily based on popularity and viewing numbers. And I noted from that article that this was when the western shows were getting purged as well. (And on a side note James Drury, the star of “The Virginian” died earlier this month.)

Yep. Even though Petticoat Junction had seen declining ratings by the time of the rural purge, Green Acres was still performing respectably.

BTW, the “Hooterville Cannonball” was the same train seen in the climax of Back to the Future III - and as per Wiki, it’s still around. You can find it in Jamestown, CA at the Railtown 1897 State Historic Park.

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The Pie Overlord!  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:27:17am

re: #105 Joe Bacon 🌹

The first show I remember where a married couple slept in the same bed was Green Acres which was truly the most surreal show ever put on network TV. How it got on the air astonishes me…

Donald Trump & Megan Mullally Green Acres at the Emmys

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:27:56am

re: #128 Anymouse 🌹🏡

Residents want 8-year-old YouTuber locked up for constant filming during lockdown (Daily Dot)

(more, with a link in the article to her YouTube channel)

If you think about it the events of the 2020 Pandemic is very much a defining milestone for populations, and especially young people.

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TarHellion  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:27:57am

re: #121 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Was able to find some hamburger the other day, though the stock was running low. Also grabbed a package of chicken thighs. Even got one of the last 6-packs of paper towels. That being said, the aisles were getting sparser and sparser. And several parts of the frozen food section were barren wastelands.

Also noticed more people getting out and about on Sunday. MrsTarHellion and I have stayed at home throughout all this, with the exception of Saturday or Sunday drives through the backwoods of Western NC. We don’t get out of the car due to our underlying health issues. And not enough people around here wearing masks.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:28:04am

re: #58 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)

If he spends all that time reading the shit people give him, why he so dumb?

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:29:00am

re: #130 The Pie Overlord!

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Keep time travelers away from that clip, otherwise that pitchfork might end up in an unexpected place a’la a game of “Clue”.
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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:29:27am

Good, we didn’t need these douchecanoes coming here.

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BigPapa  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:29:46am

Working on nics for Kaleigh McEnany:

Becky Goebbels
Kaleigh McEnemy

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:29:56am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:30:35am
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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:30:45am

re: #126 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Pretty good. Phone conversation with my brother last night to see how the rest of the immediate family was doing. Cats are doing OK (Chat Noir in particular seems to be holding steady in his current state on not-quite-good health.) And I got the herb garden sowed on the pots before the rains came Saturday night.

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Had a nice group call with my aunt on Saturday. She lives in Colorado so we don’t see her too often even under normal circumstances. Great to hear her.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:31:47am
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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:31:55am

re: #132 TarHellion

Was able to find some hamburger the other day, though the stock was running low. Also grabbed a package of chicken thighs. Even got one of the last 6-packs of paper towels. That being said, the aisles were getting sparser and sparser. And several parts of the frozen food section were barren wastelands.

Also noticed more people getting out and about on Sunday. MrsTarHellion and I have stayed at home throughout all this, with the exception of Saturday or Sunday drives through the backwoods of Western NC. We don’t get out of the car due to our underlying health issues. And not enough people around here wearing masks.

A lot of people around here seem to do their shopping (or get their shopping delivered via app) on Saturday or Sunday. Thus I put off my grocery runs until mid-morning on Tuesday or Wednesday - allow the store a chance to restock and most people to be doing their remote work if they have it to do.

I got 6 lbs of hamburger a trip or so back. And just found another two pounds of dried pinto beans in the pantry. (There are black-eyed peas in the slow cooker right now as well.)

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John Hughes  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:31:56am

re: #77 The Pie Overlord!

One of my earliest memories is being taken by my parents “to see the kindergarten” I was so excited! We went to the school and there was a big crowd of kids and their parents and we all got a needle stick of the Salk vaccine.

So, did you get AIDS?
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makeitstop  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:33:23am

re: #125 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

How is everyone though? I’ve been good. Just busy using the time off to Zoom with friends and family.

Click to Reveal

Not bad. The wife and I are just trying to keep occupied by things other than work. We ordered a kit to build a hurdy gurdy, which we started yesterday but it’s going to take a little time so we’re doing it a little piece at a time.

I started a music project that I’m pretty excited about. I have a small studio in my basement, and I’m producing tracks and getting my friends from the LI music community to sing and play on them. I’m going to build a web site to put up the songs, and include a page with links to organizations to support unemployed musicians and service industry members.

I’m calling it ‘COVID A Go Go.’ Too morbid?

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TarHellion  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:33:54am

re: #105 Joe Bacon 🌹

There was a show called Mary Kay and Johnny that ran from 1947 to 1950 that had them in the same bed. She became visibly pregnant during the run and no other way to explain it. Had always read that The Flinstones was the first TV show to have a couple in bed, with The Brady Bunch being the first live action show with a couple sharing a bed. Never heard of Mary Kay and Johnny until searching this series of tubes known as the internets.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:34:30am

re: #133 Colère Tueur de Lapin

If he spends all that time reading the shit people give him, why he so dumb?

Differences between reading, comprehension, allowing information to bypass preconceived biases, and actually acting on new information in an intelligent manner. (And tossing out a phrase of the information as a talking point and then dancing around any indication that the phrase itself, or consequences thereof, is actually understood does make one look like an idiot.)

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:34:47am

re: #140 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Yeah their attempts to show how “selfless” Trump is in fact expose how poor a leader he is and his team’s entire concept of leadership.

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John Hughes  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:35:18am

re: #91 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Plus the complication that you arrive naked.

Arnie never had any problems with that.

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Deep State SuperElite Satinist  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:35:58am

Happy Hippie Presents: Don’t Dream It’s Over (Performed by Miley Cyrus & Ariana Grande)

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nicdanger  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:36:38am

re: #76 makeitstop

That guy’s great! Have you ever seen the video where he does a tour of his recording? He has an insane rig. I wish I had the gear and the space to do a setup like this.

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Yes I’ve watched just over half his videos.I wish for the gear,and the space to to house it.Oh yeah and the talent too !

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:37:42am

re: #140 Backwoods_Sleuth

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He’s trying to reach Kim Jung-un levels of deity hood. Soon will come the factoid that he’s too busy (or doesn’t need) to shit anymore either.
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:37:50am

Oh I remember when the Salk vaccine came out and it was in 3 doses spaced a month apart. They hurt like CENSORED!

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TarHellion  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:38:51am

re: #141 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Been doing a lot here at store opening on Friday mornings with decent success. But makes sense that stores would be able to restock in the early to middle part of the week. And, yes, MrsTarH is jealous of your black-eyed peas in the slow cooker!

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:39:35am
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danarchy  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:40:09am

re: #118 Anymouse 🌹🏡

You Go, Big Haired Girl (Goes to Juanita Jean’s)

The wingnut mayor of Beaumont, Texas issued a stay-at-home order which included closing non-essential businesses.

Nevertheless, the mayor needed her nails done. So she went off to one of the closed shops. Unfortunately for her, she got caught in her hypocrisy on camera, and now she’s trying to pass a conservative non-pology.

As a result, the salon and the mayor are being investigated for violating the mayor’s order. We know how this ends: The salon gets fined and the mayor gets off (because Republican).

Juanita Jean’s article describing this is pretty funny (and includes a photo of the mayor getting her nails soaked in the salon).

Wasn’t their some hoopla a couple weeks back about Lori Lightfoot going to get her hair done? Do as I say not as I do seems to cross party lines.

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Mattand  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:43:20am

re: #153 lawhawk

Trump took a strong economy and absolutely destroyed it with his incompetent and misguided and failed handling of the covid19 pandemic.

55,000+ dead Americans and multitrillion dollar bailout and unemployment going to 20%. That’s worst economy in 80+ years.

Yet, he still has a strong shot of getting re-elected.

That’s what kills me. You’ve summarized out everything that’s happened over the last 3 years as succinctly as you can. All of this can be verified in mere minutes on Google. Yet people are still like “Nope, he’s our guy, no matter what.”

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:43:58am

re: #152 TarHellion

Been doing a lot here at store opening on Friday mornings with decent success. But makes sense that stores would be able to restock in the early to middle part of the week. And, yes, MrsTarH is jealous of your black-eyed peas in the slow cooker!

burble burble burble
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Joe Bacon 🌹  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:45:07am

re: #155 Mattand

Yet, he still has a strong shot of getting re-elected.

That’s what kills me. You’ve summarized out everything that’s happened over the last 3 years as succinctly as you can. All of this can be verified in mere minutes on Google. Yet people are still like “Nope, he’s our guy, no matter what.”

My home town Ambridge PA worships the ground Trump walks on because they love how he kicks colored people and LGBTQ’s down. Oh and he’s also “pro-life” for white people…

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Mattand  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:45:09am

re: #143 makeitstop

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That title is infectious.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:47:03am

55,000+ dead Americans from covid19 and Trumpists want to claim it as a success.

Reality is that the death toll from covid19 is likely pushing 65,000+ as health experts comb through excess mortality statistics:

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:47:36am

re: #144 TarHellion

There was a show called Mary Kay and Johnny that ran from 1947 to 1950 that had them in the same bed. She became visibly pregnant during the run and no other way to explain it. Had always read that The Flinstones was the first TV show to have a couple in bed, with The Brady Bunch being the first live action show with a couple sharing a bed. Never heard of Mary Kay and Johnny until searching this series of tubes known as the internets.

The show was filmed in their apartment for the Dumont Network.

Mary Kay Stearns died last year. She was ninety-three.

Mary Kay Stearns, 93, a Star of One of TV’s Earliest Shows, Dies (New York Times obituary, January 8, 2019)

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:48:04am

Neighbor cats out and about. (I seem to end up living next door to calicos all the time.) Spencer and Sarah are brother and sister.

Spencer looking about
Sarah passing by
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Mattand  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:48:28am

re: #157 Joe Bacon 🌹

My home town Ambridge PA worships the ground Trump walks on because they love how he kicks colored people and LGBTQ’s down. Oh and he’s also “pro-life” for white people…

Tiny Town by the Dead Milkmen.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:49:08am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:50:13am
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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:51:17am

re: #156 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Made polenta for the first time last night. Riffed on the Jamie Geller method, adding garlic powder and did 2 cups chicken stock and 3 cups water. Had some leftover roasted peppers and added dash of olive oil on finish.

Came out pretty good - and I’ll make the leftovers into polenta fries on the grill tonight or tomorrow.

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:52:37am

re: #95 makeitstop

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I’m thinking that Trump has never faced the level of ridicule he’s getting once in his life. He seems to be trying to erase what he thinks is generating the ridicule.

But he doesn’t realize that he, himself is what generates the ridicule. He’s gotta be fucking miserable today. Good.

grab ‘em didnt really stick
shoot someone on 5th avenue didnt really stick

you know what you cant erase
- impeachment
- the covid response vis-a-vis the calendar (the ads are brutal)
- and more than likely imbleachment will not go away either (yes the president really said this)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:53:43am

re: #164 Backwoods_Sleuth

Newsflash: The food supply chain was already broken. Monopolies like Tyson broke it. Intentionally. And a food supply chain based on exploitation of land, animals and people worked out great for them until it didn’t. Let’s not go back.

cheap foodstuffs are vital if you are going to keep a large share of the population working at subsistence level or just above.

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sagehen  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:56:28am

re: #30 Anymouse 🌹🏡

I just got an E-mail from a liberal friend in Colorado Springs, wondering if there might be something to Lysol Donnie’s claim that ultraviolet light could kill microbes.

That’s the problem with propaganda, it will even penetrate a rational person’s thinking.

He can be reasoned with, unlike conservatives. Though Donnie doesn’t do logic, “ultraviolet kills microbes” is the fallacy of equivocation (all ultraviolet light is not created equal, but the claim treats it as if it is).

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UV kills microbes and viruses ON SURFACES. So your countertops, doorknobs, stairwell guardrails, playground equipment, packaging, the exterior of your car. In a medical setting, it can be used on instruments (if they’re metal).

But only if it’s at an intensity level and duration that would be fatal to organic material (like human beings, pets, livestock).

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:56:29am

re: #165 lawhawk

Made polenta for the first time last night. Riffed on the Jamie Geller method, adding garlic powder and did 2 cups chicken stock and 3 cups water. Had some leftover roasted peppers and added dash of olive oil on finish.

Came out pretty good - and I’ll make the leftovers into polenta fries on the grill tonight or tomorrow.

Might have to give that a shot since I have most of the ingredients. (And I need to get stock/broth in any case for other recipes.) I’ve been doing instant mashed potatoes with the beans for meals - and then frying the leftover potatoes the next morning as part of breakfast with eggs.

The slow cooker beans are coming out fairly spicy since the recipe uses garlic, cumin, cayenne pepper, and a diced jalapeno. About the only thing I’d think about adding is a bit of bacon, or perhaps I’ll just put in a touch of Liquid Smoke.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:57:01am

re: #78 The Pie Overlord!

Never in the history of this country have we had such a whiny baby as preznit.

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Hecuba's daughter  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:57:29am

Am attending my first Zoom funeral this morning. An elderly cousin in her 90’s, who had been ill for over a year, passed away last week.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:57:31am

re: #168 sagehen

UV kills microbes and viruses ON SURFACES. So your countertops, doorknobs, stairwell guardrails, playground equipment, packaging, the exterior of your car. In a medical setting, it can be used on instruments (if they’re metal).

That is some basic science stuff….but some people are desperately grasping at any straw that floats past them.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2020 • 8:58:23am

re: #171 Hecuba’s daughter

Am attending my first Zoom funeral this morning. An elderly cousin in her 90’s, who had been ill for over a year, passed away last week.

My condolences to you and yours and may you be comforted by the memories you shared.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:00:46am

re: #169 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

I have a slow cooker but haven’t used it in a while. Might swap it for an instant pot, which is more versatile and can cook quicker. Have to think about that.

I like the slow cooker for making stews and things like a curried chicken (equivalent of butter chicken, where instead of milk you use coconut or almond milk).

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:02:26am
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John Hughes  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:03:01am

re: #163 Backwoods_Sleuth

Death rate per population lower that many other countries

Well, yes, slightly lower than about 10 other countries, much more than say 130 countries.

would be lower if you don’t count New York

That is true everywhere. Leave out the places where the pandemic hits hardest and you get lower numbers. Weapons grade stupidity.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:03:32am

re: #168 sagehen

UV kills microbes and viruses ON SURFACES. So your countertops, doorknobs, stairwell guardrails, playground equipment, packaging, the exterior of your car. In a medical setting, it can be used on instruments (if they’re metal).

But only if it’s at an intensity level and duration that would be fatal to organic material (like human beings, pets, livestock).

He was referring to surfaces in his E-mail, wondering if ultraviolet light would disinfect things like park benches or other objects outside. (No, it won’t.)

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makeitstop  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:03:42am

re: #158 Mattand

That title is infectious.

I’m afraid that people might take it the wrong way. But it’s an informal project and I don’t want to give it some pretentious title that makes it sound bigger than it is.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:04:09am

re: #174 lawhawk

I have a slow cooker but haven’t used it in a while. Might swap it for an instant pot, which is more versatile and can cook quicker. Have to think about that.

I like the slow cooker for making stews and things like a curried chicken (equivalent of butter chicken, where instead of milk you use coconut or almond milk).

I inherited mine. Started using it for doing slow cooker pulled pork a while back, plus the occasional overnight oatmeal dish. Using it now to work through a noticed large stockpile of dried beans in the pantry, some of which I know are at least twenty years old.

And the cooked beans are a reasonable protein and roughage source. And given social isolation the cats can tough out any gas issues.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:04:52am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:05:14am

re: #163 Backwoods_Sleuth

375 million people? Weapons-grade conserva-stupid also applies to education.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:05:17am

re: #162 Mattand

Tiny Town by the Dead Milkmen.

if we’re picking on Pittsburgh suburbs…

Blood Sucking Monkeys from West Mifflin PA!!!

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Teukka  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:05:57am

re: #177 Anymouse 🌹🏡

He was referring to surfaces in his E-mail, wondering if ultraviolet light would disinfect things like park benches or other objects outside. (No, it won’t.)

And UV-C is the most efficent, but the safety measures you’d need would make it a very expensive proposal…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:07:04am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:07:51am

re: #184 Backwoods_Sleuth

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mmmirele  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:08:11am

Dr. Kelli Ward, the head of the Arizona GOP:

Dr. Kelli Ward, the far-right conspiracy theory-embracing chairwoman of the Arizona Republican Party, encouraged her Twitter followers to don scrubs and personal protective equipment while attending “reopen” rallies to bamboozle the media.

*snip*

The state’s Democratic party ridiculed Ward in a statement.

“If anyone’s status as a health care professional should be questioned it’s Dr. Kelli Ward’s, considering her unwillingness to promote the advice of health experts,” said Matt Grodsky, spokesman for the party. “Irresponsible, shameful tweets like this do nothing to help people afflicted with the virus or the health care heroes who are working to save lives.”

Ward is a doctor of osteopathic medicine.

talkingpointsmemo.com

Most osteopaths are responsible. Some are kooks. As are some MDs, like those two urgent care docs in Bakersfield.

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:08:24am

re: #136 BigPapa

Working on nics for Kaleigh McEnany:

Becky Goebbels
Kaleigh McEnemy

crackpot

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John Hughes  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:08:33am

re: #181 Anymouse 🌹🏡

375 million people? Weapons-grade conserva-stupid also applies to education.

I guess he’s counting about 44 million invisible mexicans.

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:09:09am

re: #137 Backwoods_Sleuth

What exactly do the first two mean?

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sagehen  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:10:12am

re: #56 lawhawk

There was a CBS show that was cancelled a few years back called Timeless that dealt with time travel and had an African American man as part of the team. One of the ongoing issues that character had to deal with were those very issues - whether it was Jim Crow and segregation, or slavery, depending on the time when they traveled to.

But when they had a problem that took them to Houston mission control in 1969, Rufus was the only one who off the top of his head knew who “the smartest person in the building” was, where to find her, and how to persuade Kathryn Johnson to help them with their mission.

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:11:36am

re: #145 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Differences between reading, comprehension, allowing information to bypass preconceived biases, and actually acting on new information in an intelligent manner. (And tossing out a phrase of the information as a talking point and then dancing around any indication that the phrase itself, or consequences thereof, is actually understood does make one look like an idiot.)

and also, he isn’t actually doing the reading

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Teukka  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:13:11am

Engineering pr0n:

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:13:40am

re: #146 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Yeah their attempts to show how “selfless” Trump is in fact expose how poor a leader he is and his team’s entire concept of leadership.

no actual president who showed up to do his day job (and night job) would ever need (or want) his/her staff to put out this kind of nonsense on his behalf

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:14:24am

New York City and parts of New Jersey are some of the most densely populated regions in the entire country. It stands to reason that a virus that spreads most easily in close quarters would gain an easy foothold there.

It would be tough to manage an outbreak in New York in ideal conditions, throw in a President and Administration that is openly hostile to that state and well, you see what’s happening.

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:15:10am

re: #153 lawhawk

President @realDonaldTrump constructed the greatest, hottest economy in modern history and he will do it a second time!

if he has to do it a second time, you’re admitting he wrecked it

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:17:41am

re: #49 ericblair

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I believe that we will all have to do our part for God and country to fix this problem.

They shut the bars down here in PA like 2 days before St. Pat’s day. I heard our local distributor was left holding about 30 1/4 kegs of green beer. Never heard what he did with them.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:17:42am

re: #192 Teukka

There is something immensely satisfying about precision engineering.

I have read about a number of people who enjoy firearms more for the precision mechanics and less for the booms and the social intimidation.

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steve_davis  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:19:53am

re: #90 makeitstop

Even if it doesn’t kill the germs, we can get them good and drunk.

the germs thought about that. some of them specialized and became yeast. their parties are said to be legendary. you get invited backstage to meet the yeast, do it.

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Jay C  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:20:54am

re: #175 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trump campaign officials have grown pessimistic about Michigan and worries are growing about Florida, Wisconsin, Arizona.

Some on campaign are urging Trump to slow down reopening the economy - believing that unnecessary deaths won’t be forgiven by voters

Normally, I’d say that Lemire would be quite correct in his assumptions: but, sadly and disgracefully, I don’t think his last comment is much relevant in the Age Of Trump. Unfortunately there seems to be a solid bloc of diehard MAGAts who appear quite unconcerned about “unnecessary deaths”: as long as those deaths don’t happen to anyone they immediately know, or can be spun as only happening to “Those Others”.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:21:20am
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John Hughes  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:23:54am

re: #198 steve_davis

the germs thought about that. some of them specialized and became yeast. their parties are said to be legendary. you get invited backstage to meet the yeast, do it.

Pedantry alert: yeast don’t drink booze, yeast eat sugar and shit booze.

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:24:59am

re: #181 Anymouse 🌹🏡

375 million people? Weapons-grade conserva-stupid also applies to education.

you gotta count ‘the illegals’

//

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Dave In Austin  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:25:17am

They just don’t get it do they.

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sagehen  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:26:12am

re: #97 ericblair

When your opponent is making a false move, it is wise not to disturb him.
-Napoleon, prior to Soult’s assault on the Pratzen Heights at Austerlitz

When your opponent is drowning, throw the son of a bitch an anvil.
—James Carville

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:26:18am

re: #188 John Hughes

I guess he’s counting about 44 million invisible mexicans.

gmta

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:26:40am
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Belafon  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:27:54am

re: #199 Jay C

Normally, I’d say that Lemire would be quite correct in his assumptions: but, sadly and disgracefully, I don’t think his last comment is much relevant in the Age Of Trump. Unfortunately there seems to be a solid bloc of diehard MAGAts who appear quite unconcerned about “unnecessary deaths”: as long as those deaths don’t happen to anyone they immediately know, or can be spun as only happening to “Those Others”.

65+ is shifting to Biden specifically because the deaths are happening to them.

In the case of Covid-19, the people doing the protests haven’t had anyone they know experience it yet. But, the more they act the way they do, the sooner it will come home to them.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:28:27am
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Belafon  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:28:32am

re: #201 John Hughes

Pedantry alert: yeast don’t drink booze, yeast eat sugar and shit booze.

Yeah, and Van Halen only wanted the brown M&Ms removed to prove that the venues were reading their contracts.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:29:40am

re: #207 Belafon

65+ is shifting to Biden specifically because the deaths are happening to them.

In the case of Covid-19, the people doing the protests haven’t had anyone they know experience it yet. But, the more they act the way they do, the sooner it will come home to them.

I was gonna comment earlier that Trump has managed to alienate a lot of his senior base and the ones he has not alienated are dying at a faster rate than the others…

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:30:44am

re: #201 John Hughes

Pedantry alert: yeast don’t drink booze, yeast eat sugar and shit booze.

wait…
you mean????
aaaaaaaaaaah!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:31:04am

re: #209 Belafon

Yeah, and Van Halen only wanted the brown M&Ms removed to prove that the venues were reading their contracts.

there are a zillion things that can go wrong on a major tour. they figured that if the crews were paying attention to such a minor detail, they did not need to worry about the major ones

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:31:39am

re: #211 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)

wait…
you mean????
aaaaaaaaaaah!

yes, “getting stoned on yeast excrement”, I remember that line from a Kurt Vonnegut novel.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:31:44am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:32:57am

re: #214 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Rick Scott is such a moron

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:33:41am
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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:35:03am

I can already see the conspiracy nuts like Alex Jones freaking out about this.

Can Estrogen and Other Sex Hormones Help Men Survive Covid-19?

Last week, doctors on Long Island in New York started treating Covid-19 patients with estrogen in an effort to increase their immune systems, and next week, physicians in Los Angeles will start treating male patients with another hormone that is predominantly found in women, progesterone, which has anti-inflammatory properties and can potentially prevent harmful overreactions of the immune system.

Glad I got my 6 month supply of Estradiol alraedy.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:35:28am

re: #214 Backwoods_Sleuth

Long part of conservative faith, that California is broke. When a fact is contrary to a religious tenet, the fact must be thrown out to preserve faith.

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:35:29am

re: #214 Backwoods_Sleuth

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so rick, next hurricane no help from FEMA?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:36:11am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:36:22am

re: #217 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

I can already see the conspiracy nuts like Alex Jones freaking out about this.

Can Estrogen and Other Sex Hormones Help Men Survive Covid-19?

Science tells us that women are less susceptible, but yes, expect a lot of righteous RW outrage at this one…

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Rightwingconspirator  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:36:31am

re: #159 lawhawk

55,000+ dead Americans from covid19 and Trumpists want to claim it as a success.

Reality is that the death toll from covid19 is likely pushing 65,000+ as health experts comb through excess mortality statistics:

From my FB

In our history, the nation has needed sacrifice. Perhaps the greatest sacrifice is our young sent to war, sometimes to die there. By the tens of thousands. Right now, 51,000 have died, and the reason it’s not far more and finally slowing down is our sacrifice. We closed. we stay home. we social distance. In a nutshell, stay home and relax a while. It’s money, time and jobs to get back. It’s tens of thousands of lives saved. Not worth it? I disagree. Claim it’s a conspiracy? Gates is trying to chip us all? It’s a war virus? A hoax? The lifespan of posts like that will be mere seconds on my timeline. Or perhaps an extended point and laugh at the sheer idiocy. The willingness to believe the unbelievable without evidence. “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:37:15am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:38:04am
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John Hughes  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:39:39am

re: #211 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)

wait…
you mean????
aaaaaaaaaaah!

Yup. Even worse, yeast eat sugar and shit booze and then die in their own waste, which is why you don’t get much fermented alcohol beyond 13% or so.

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:40:37am

re: #220 Backwoods_Sleuth

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these people only want ‘insurance’ to pay their claims
insurance should never pay anyone else

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BeachDem  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:40:47am

re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Washington Times is the only print pool rep? Wow.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:41:42am

In our history, the nation has needed sacrifice. …. “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”.

Asking people to risk their lives to defend freedom, justice and liberty is one thing. Asking people to risk their lives to defend private property is another.

Granted, we need a robust, functioning economy in order to be able to guarantee the well-being of our citizens. All of them.

How much of the 40% of America that the 1% own is it justifiable to ask them to sacrifice to ensure that those most affected by the pandemic do not suffer or die unnecessarily?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:43:16am
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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:43:34am

re: #225 John Hughes

Yup. Even worse, yeast eat sugar and shit booze and then die in their own waste, which is why you don’t get much fermented alcohol beyond 13% or so.

ok only distilled from now on

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:43:58am

re: #227 BeachDem

Washington Times is the only print pool rep? Wow.

yeah…I’m still gobsmacked

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:44:28am

re: #221 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Science tells us that women are less susceptible, but yes, expect a lot of righteous RW outrage at this one…

I’m not sure that “science” tells us that, but I’m not a scientist. Where I live, two-thirds of the cases are women, but that might be anecdotal.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:46:13am

re: #227 BeachDem

Washington Times is the only print pool rep? Wow.

And VOA is the only radio rep.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:46:18am

re: #232 Anymouse 🌹🏡

I’m not sure that “science” tells us that, but I’m not a scientist. Where I live, two-thirds of the cases are women, but that might be anecdotal.

I mean that men are more likely to die from it than women. That is statistically the case in any case.

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:46:20am

re: #213 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

yes, “getting stoned on yeast excrement”, I remember that line from a Kurt Vonnegut novel.

The entire premise of Dune.

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:47:34am

re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth

They’d contradict Trump’s rants, and he’d be on twitter yelling at them. Trump would be back at the podium the next hour.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:49:29am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:50:51am

re: #217 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

I can already see the conspiracy nuts like Alex Jones freaking out about this.

Can Estrogen and Other Sex Hormones Help Men Survive Covid-19?

Last week, doctors on Long Island in New York started treating Covid-19 patients with estrogen in an effort to increase their immune systems, and next week, physicians in Los Angeles will start treating male patients with another hormone that is predominantly found in women, progesterone, which has anti-inflammatory properties and can potentially prevent harmful overreactions of the immune system.

Glad I got my 6 month supply of Estradiol alraedy.

(0:23)

water makes frogs gay

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:51:13am
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Jay C  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:52:44am

re: #112 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Easy if you look at the elements involved and the base idea of a “fish out of water” comedy. And Green Acres was essentially a spin-off from Petticoat Junction. By the same producer who did The Beverly Hillbillies - which was a “fish out of water” is the reverse mode of Green Acres.

- Zsa Zsa Gabor as an exotic
- Eddie Albert as the straight man well-meaning city slicker in the country
- And then you can have a whole background of stereotype “real American” country folk to play things off of.

And it essentially runs off the same vibe as “Hee-Haw”, “Petticoat Junction”*, and a number of other shows from that period.

* - And Uncle Joe from this was in a way a sort of rural Archie Bunker. A comedic crank, though never developed the seriousness that a lot of people took Archie’s behavior.

Minor correction: it wasn’t Zsa Zsa, but her sister Eva Gabor who played Lisa Douglas on Green Acres. Though they looked and sounded so much alike, some confusion can be forgiven.

And: fluff as so much of it was, Petticoat Junction wasn’t harmed much by being anchored by the veterans Bea Benederet and Edgar Buchanan (Uncle Joe).

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:52:58am

re: #189 Belafon

What exactly do the first two mean?

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:53:22am

my zip code is holding steady
23 total cases
no new cases since 4/20/20

10 sq miles
13k people total

it probably doesnt mean anything

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sagehen  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:54:10am

re: #170 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Never in the history of this country have we had such a whiny baby as preznit.

We don’t know that for sure; who knows how whiny the pre-radio presidents might have been.

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steve_davis  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:54:14am

re: #160 Anymouse 🌹🏡

The show was filmed in their apartment for the Dumont Network.

Mary Kay Stearns died last year. She was ninety-three.

Mary Kay Stearns, 93, a Star of One of TV’s Earliest Shows, Dies (New York Times obituary, January 8, 2019)

I thought fred and wilma had those separate single beds?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:54:31am
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Jay C  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:55:30am

re: #225 John Hughes

Yup. Even worse, yeast eat sugar and shit booze and then die in their own waste, which is why you don’t get much fermented alcohol beyond 13% or so.

I thought only the occasional rock star did that….

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:56:10am

something for the musical lizards:

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:56:16am
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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:58:20am

re: #221 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Science tells us that women are less susceptible, but yes, expect a lot of righteous RW outrage at this one…

Yep. The article clearly states that it is more than hormone levels at play here. Post menopausal women have lower E levels than pre-menopausal women and still have a higher survival rate than men.

If such sex hormones were the primary protective factor for women, then elderly women with Covid-19 would fare as poorly as elderly men, because women’s reproductive hormones plummet after menopause, said Sabra Klein, a scientist who studies sex differences in viral infections and vaccination responses at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

But that’s not the case, she said.

“We see this bias across the life course,” Dr. Klein said. “Older men are still disproportionately affected, and that suggests to me it’s got to be something genetic, or something else, that’s not just hormonal.”

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:58:47am

re: #241 Backwoods_Sleuth

I will have to look at that later (can’t see the document at work). It was seeming to me that SCOTUS was thinking of blocking congressional subpoenas because of the separation of the branches, which was making me wonder how they would expect Congress to investigate the executive, and I was trying to figure out if I was interpreting things correctly. It could also be that since javascript is turned off on my work browser, that I wasn’t seeing all of the tweets, but only half of them.

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2020 • 9:59:55am

re: #248 Anymouse 🌹🏡

Trump: “The No PR Act? You mean I can completely ignore Puerto Rico?”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:01:10am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:01:50am
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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:02:49am

re: #252 Backwoods_Sleuth

Wonkette has the best snark on the Net.

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plansbandc  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:03:42am

So if you haven’t watched “The Wrecking Crew” movie, you should.

Oh, and here’s this. :D

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:03:54am
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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:04:21am

trump vs covid:

First Read: “He can’t threaten it with a primary challenge. He can’t hold a rally against it. And he can’t tweet it away. Instead, the coronavirus has only magnified his shortcomings. Making factually incorrect assertions. Sending mixed signals. Blaming his predecessor. Hawking unproven remedies.”

“And, on Thursday, talking about injecting disinfectant and powerful lights.”

New York Times: “Mr. Trump’s single best advantage as an incumbent — his access to the bully pulpit — has effectively become a platform for self-sabotage.”

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Mike Lamb  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:05:14am

re: #241 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Fuck this Court if they punt on the issue. Fuck them. Particularly when it’s Trump suing to block the subpoenas.

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Jay C  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:05:19am

re: #243 sagehen

We don’t know that for sure; who knows how whiny the pre-radio presidents might have been.

Probably (from all accounts) Andrew Johnson might come close. And, towards the end of his term, Herbert Hoover was reportedly terminally bitter and bitchy. But Trump has to be in a class by himself: worse, because his whining is almost entirely on a personal level: he seems to really think that he is this brilliant business genius who was elevated to the Presidency by a popular landslide with an overriding mandate to do stuff (stupid, primarily negative stuff, but never mind), and can’t get it through his addled skull that the US Presidency really ISN’T “reality TV” with its “ratings” just waiting for a neatly-scripted “save” to appear in the nick of time….

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:06:07am

re: #254 Eclectic Cyborg

Wonkette has the best snark on the Net.

I proudly wear the “Deep State Operator” badge there (moderator). Now if I could just get the back due Sorosbux …

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BeachDem  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:06:35am

re: #240 Jay C

Minor correction: it wasn’t Zsa Zsa, but her sister Eva Gabor who played Lisa Douglas on Green Acres. Though they looked and sounded so much alike, some confusion can be forgiven.

And: fluff as so much of it was, Petticoat Junction wasn’t harmed much by being anchored by the veterans Bea Benederet and Edgar Buchanan (Uncle Joe).

Or, as the discussion went on Sports Night:

NATALIE: I love Ava Gardner.
JEREMY: Casey slept with her in France.
NATALIE: Was that while she was going Green Acres?
JEREMY: That’s Eva Gabor.
NATALIE: I thought they were twins.
JEREMY: That’s Zsa Zsa Gabor.
NATALIE: (TO CASEY) Which one did you sleep with in France?
CASEY: Natalie—
JEREMY: Let me. Ava Gardner is dead. Eva Gabor was on Green Acres. Zsa Zsa
Gabor is her sister. Casey never slept with anybody in France.

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stpaulbear  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:07:09am

re: #220 Backwoods_Sleuth

Erin Banco
@ErinBanco
*
Apr 27, 2020
CUOMO: “If you want to do an analysis of who is a giver and who is a taker…we are the number one giver. No one puts more money into the pot than the state of New York. Who are the taker states? Kentucky.”

The problem with Cuomo saying that about KY is that Mitch thinks that he’s doing his job very well to be bringing in all that federal money. His wife is helping him do it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:08:45am

O_o

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steve_davis  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:09:01am

re: #201 John Hughes

Pedantry alert: yeast don’t drink booze, yeast eat sugar and shit booze.

ah! that would explain that last backstage yeast party I attended. I wasn’t even going to go, but I had an American Express gold card at the time, and it was one of those “members only” experiences.

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plansbandc  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:10:05am

JFC everyone in Iowa is going to die.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:10:12am

re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth

O_o

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And then the dragons came.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:12:34am

re: #258 Mike Lamb

Fuck this Court if they punt on the issue. Fuck them. Particularly when it’s Trump suing to block the subpoenas.

The Political Question Doctrine is settled from 1918. That case involved Congress being opposed to the President’s foreign policy. The court ruled that Congress cannot interfere with the way the Executive Branch handles foreign policy.

Since then, the Court has repeatedly ruled in favour of the Executive Branch on constitutional matters of executive power.

In Nixon v United States, the court extended the ruling to include the Executive Branch could not interfere with Congress’s impeachment powers.

law.cornell.edu

Trump’s lawsuits against Mazars doesn’t seem to apply, but I’m not a lawyer. Trump is suing a private company to prevent it from complying with a Congressional subpoena.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:13:34am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:13:57am

re: #265 plansbandc

JFC everyone in Iowa is going to die.

Close the Nebraska border with Iowa.

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plansbandc  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:14:55am

re: #269 Anymouse 🌹🏡

Damn right. JFC

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stpaulbear  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:15:07am

re: #265 plansbandc

JFC everyone in Iowa is going to die.

MN shares borders with too many moronic governors. We’re lucky WI has a democratic governor despite it’s legislature and courts being so screwed up.

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gocart mozart  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:15:52am

This is true. I have been trying to give the IRS my bank account infor for a couple weeks and every time I tried I got a “account unavailable” message. I just tried with all CAPS and it worked. Hopefully I get my stimulus check soon direct deposited.

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The Pie Overlord!  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:16:00am

BAGEL THREAD

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:16:12am

re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth

O_o

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sagehen  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:18:16am

re: #265 plansbandc

JFC everyone in Iowa is going to die.

They were going to die anyway. Deep-fried butter, y’all.

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teleskiguy  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:18:21am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:19:31am
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Hecuba's daughter  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:21:40am

re: #166 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)

grab ‘em didnt really stick
shoot someone on 5th avenue didnt really stick

you know what you cant erase
- impeachment
- the covid response vis-a-vis the calendar (the ads are brutal)
- and more than likely imbleachment will not go away either (yes the president really said this)

re: #155 Mattand

Yet, he still has a strong shot of getting re-elected.

That’s what kills me. You’ve summarized out everything that’s happened over the last 3 years as succinctly as you can. All of this can be verified in mere minutes on Google. Yet people are still like “Nope, he’s our guy, no matter what.”

From what I can tell from MAGAts in my circle, there is nothing that can sever their ties to Trump. They are Jonestown level acolytes.

They don’t care how many die, even if they are people in their circle — after all it’s all China’s fault and look how many lives Trump saved by his belated, ineffective ban on flights from China! It was that evil mastermind Obama who divided and destroyed this nation — and Trump faces opponents who won’t give him a chance — even when they receive government funds only because Trump fought for them. The pandemic is from China and WHO lied to us — not my fault — not my responsibility!

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gocart mozart  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:21:51am
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teleskiguy  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:22:46am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:22:56am

re: #272 gocart mozart

This is true. I have been trying to give the URS my bank account infor for a couple weeks and every time I tried I got a “account unavailable” message. I just tried with all CAPS and it worked. Hopefully I get my stimulus check soon direct deposited.

The IRS Website works with the USPS standard formatting. My guess is it probably runs the address through the USPS Website to see if the address is good.

The Post Office uses all caps, and recommends when writing an envelope you do so to make it easier to sort or scan.

Probably the best way to make sure you get an address the IRS will accept is to use the USPS format

Address Format

Envelopes with addresses that are unclear or written in the wrong place may not get delivered.

Print addresses neatly in capital letters.
Use a pen or permanent marker.
Do not use commas or periods.
Include the ZIP+4® Code whenever possible.

usps.com

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Dr Lizardo  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:26:35am

re: #261 BeachDem

IIRC, there was an occasional running joke in Green Acres about how Lisa Douglas’ (Eva Gabor’s character) only discernible talent was being frequently mistaken for Zsa Zsa Gabor - or something to that effect.

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Hecuba's daughter  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:26:43am

re: #206 Backwoods_Sleuth

Second time in a couple weeks that Kavanaugh and Roberts lined up with truth and justice. But I wouldn’t bet anything on this trend continuing.

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gocart mozart  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:27:25am
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Charles Johnson  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:28:14am
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Hecuba's daughter  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:29:08am

re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth

Rick Scott is such a moron

He is not a moron. He is a liar and weasel and thief, like the President but with a higher IQ. Repeat lies often enough, get them in wide-enough circulation, and then a majority of voters are persuaded that they are the truth.

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Citizen K  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:32:16am

Warren is coming after Jared’s extortion racket. Lets hope it goes somewhere.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:32:24am
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aatharuv  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:34:01am

re: #277 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I wonder if that means that Las Vegas* is not going to be open for business, and given that Colorado is also joining the Western States pact, that they’re not going to start reopening yet?

*i.e, the actual city of Las Vegas, not the strip.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:35:48am
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Dread Pirate  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:35:54am

re: #288 I Would Prefer Not To

Don’t make me defend Jar Jar!

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Sufficient unto the day...  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:36:27am
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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:38:11am

I’m going to take a nap. See ya in a couple.

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rhuarc  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:39:12am

re: #269 Anymouse 🌹🏡

Close the Nebraska border with Iowa.

I live on the border of Iowa and it’s a big enough urban area that frequent travel back and forth is the norm. I live in Illinois, but work in Iowa (when I have to return to the office). Half of my grocery shopping is done in Iowa (Costco). Not happy about this move by Iowa, but was expected since she’s a moronic Republican.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:40:27am

re: #294 rhuarc

I live on the border of Iowa and it’s a big enough urban area that frequent travel back and forth is the norm. I live in Illinois, but work in Iowa (when I have to return to the office). Half of my grocery shopping is done in Iowa (Costco). Not happy about this move by Iowa, but was expected since she’s a moronic Republican.

Is there another kind?

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John Hughes  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:41:09am

re: #284 gocart mozart

Funny, I thought The Communist Manifesto was published in 1848 not 1963.

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:41:15am

re: #294 rhuarc

I live on the border of Iowa and it’s a big enough urban area that frequent travel back and forth is the norm. I live in Illinois, but work in Iowa (when I have to return to the office). Half of my grocery shopping is done in Iowa (Costco). Not happy about this move by Iowa, but was expected since she’s a ***moronic Republican.***

Referred to the department of redundancy department

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:42:51am

I swear, stamina and persistence are becoming foreign concpets to people.

Most of us have been locked down for five or six weeks now, with plenty of access to food water, mobile phones, computers, video games, streaming services, light, AC/heat and other amenities.

But oh yeah, it’s so tough. We can’t take it any more. Open it back up, blargh.

///

Bunch of freaking pansies.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:44:13am

Because of course they got sick.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:45:19am

re: #299 lawhawk

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Because of course they got sick.

If only someone had warned…

…oh, yeah. Nevermind. Fuck them.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:46:37am

re: #298 Eclectic Cyborg

I swear, stamina and persistence are becoming foreign concpets to people.

Most of us have been locked down for five or six weeks now, with plenty of access to food water, mobile phones, computers, video games, streaming services, light, AC/heat and other amenities.

But oh yeah, it’s so tough. We can’t take it any more. Open it back up, blargh.

///

Bunch of freaking pansies.

I can’t imagine these folks living where I do. No television. No cell service. They’d go bonkers inside a day.

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garzooma  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:46:51am

re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth

Rick Scott is such a moron

Speaking of Rick Scott, in an earlier thread we were discussing the RW talking point of doctor’s fraudulently upcoding deaths in hospitals as covid deaths to defraud Medicare. Guess what Scott’s company was found doing?

Rick Scott ‘oversaw the largest Medicare fraud’ in U.S. history, Florida Democratic Party says
[…]
• The company attached false diagnosis codes to patient records to increase reimbursement to the hospitals;

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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:51:38am

re: #300 Eclectic Cyborg

If only someone had warned…

…oh, yeah. Nevermind. Fuck them.

Audrey Whitlock posted to the ReOpen NC Facebook page early Sunday saying her two-week quarantine was ending. She described herself as an “an asymptomatic COVID19 positive patient.”

and this bit

She says an arrest in that situation would violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.

cbs17.com

Trump was telling the GOP quiet parts out loud when he said he loved the poorly educated.

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Dread Pirate  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:52:02am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:53:10am

re: #304 Dread Pirate

Schrodinger’s arms agreement.

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Hecuba's daughter  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:53:14am

re: #302 garzooma

Speaking of Rick Scott, in an earlier thread we were discussing the RW talking point of doctor’s fraudulently upcoding deaths in hospitals as covid deaths to defraud Medicare. Guess what Scott’s company was found doing?

Florida voters knew that yet they elected him twice as governor and then repeated their mistake by electing him to the Senate. That just demonstrates that the voters of Florida are as dishonest as those they elect to office.

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Jay C  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:54:08am

re: #296 John Hughes

Funny, I thought The Communist Manifesto was published in 1848 not 1963.

That cite mentions movies and television: Karl Marx must have been way more prescient that we thought….

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Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:56:11am

re: #306 Hecuba’s daughter

Florida voters knew that yet they elected him twice as governor and then repeated their mistake by electing him to the Senate. That just demonstrates that the voters of Florida are as dishonest as those they elect to office.

..barely half the voters….

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Hecuba's daughter  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:56:28am

re: #299 lawhawk

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Because of course they got sick.

What a shame — she was asymptomatic, instead of being deathly ill. She believes that spreading the disease was her constitutional right; maybe those who follow her will not be so fortunate.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:56:49am

Sound on for full effect

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Belafon  Apr 27, 2020 • 10:57:04am

re: #299 lawhawk

Because of course they got sick.

Can I ask you to post the tweet you reply to? I can’t see it due to limitations of my work browser and it seems important.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2020 • 11:01:13am

re: #302 garzooma

There’s been a number of studies that showed that at least 1 in 3 death certificates show an incorrect cause of death. Reasons: 1) the attending indicates cardiac arrest (which is how most people actually die, and not the underlying cause), 2) attribute cause to something else; 3) lack of consistent records and lack of training for person making the call outside a hospital setting.

I’ve seen death certificates for people who I know died of one thing attributed as something else entirely. It’s almost random. Someone suffering from metastatic cancer died of the cancer. They didn’t die of respiratory failure. Someone with known DVT/PE issues didn’t die of cancer, but likely stroke. Etc.

Without any kind of consistent exam by medical examiners (who don’t even have to be trained physicians in some places), no way to count on the certificate being accurate.

All of this was true before covid19, but it’s even worse given the volume of cases now.

But we wont fix this system because no one really wants to confront the problems - from families who want to bury a loved one without medical examination to know cause of death, religious reasons (not desecrate the body, haste to bury for religious practices, etc.), lack of personnel who can do the testing/exams, lack of space, resources, lack of money, inconsistent and haphazard rules within state, let alone national standards, etc.

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lawhawk  Apr 27, 2020 • 11:02:18am

re: #311 Belafon

Via Jake Tapper:
ReOpen NC leader says she tested positive for COVID-19 | CBS 17
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) - A leader of the ReOpen NC group revealed in a Facebook post that she tested positive for COVID-19. Audrey Whitlock posted to the ReOpen NC Facebook page early Sunday sa…
cbs17.com

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 27, 2020 • 11:15:55am

re: #240 Jay C

Thanks for the correction.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Apr 27, 2020 • 11:21:11am

re: #276 teleskiguy

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Training vehicles while their actual vehicles are being designed and produced. Katzenpanzer will be a think shortly.

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A Mom Anon  Apr 27, 2020 • 11:24:50am

re: #77 The Pie Overlord!

I got my smallpox vaccine at school along with all the other kids. I was about 6, and because I was a girl I had the option to get the vaccine on my hip because it left a scar. So I did that because my mom insisted. If I look closely I can still see the scar from 1966. Every kid got the shot, there was no protests and our parents and teachers explained why this was a big deal and how important it was to get the shot.

We have lost our sense of community in this country. We aren’t United States by any measure at this point. It sucks and it pisses me off and it’s a big thing I will have trouble forgiving.

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Apr 27, 2020 • 11:53:33am

re: #232 Anymouse 🌹🏡

I’m not sure that “science” tells us that, but I’m not a scientist. Where I live, two-thirds of the cases are women, but that might be anecdotal.

In italy, it was more than two to one the other way. But science does not tell us that, observation does.

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A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!  Apr 27, 2020 • 11:55:31am

re: #242 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)

my zip code is holding steady
23 total cases
no new cases since 4/20/20

10 sq miles
13k people total

it probably doesnt mean anything

My zip code is holding steady at zero so far. I’m fine with that.

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Eventual Carrion  Apr 27, 2020 • 12:40:32pm

re: #174 lawhawk

I have a slow cooker but haven’t used it in a while. Might swap it for an instant pot, which is more versatile and can cook quicker. Have to think about that.

I like the slow cooker for making stews and things like a curried chicken (equivalent of butter chicken, where instead of milk you use coconut or almond milk).

From what I am finding is that if you want to use your Instant Pot as a slow cooker you will need to purchase a special lid. The default pot locking lid doesn’t let steam out like a slow cooker will, so a special lid is needed for that purpose. I checked on the lids and they are about $8 - $15 on Amazon, so not super expensive.


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