March 2020 Current Events Thread: The revolution lives on

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Flying_Crab: Apr 12, 2002

Milo and POTUS posted:

In a display of bipartisanship,

Either way his term expires on Inauguration Day. President Pelosi :gritin:

# ? Mar 16, 2020 21:24

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# ? May 23, 2024 13:38

SimonCat: Aug 12, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo; College Slice

LingcodKilla posted:

Maybe I should stop putting money in my TSP account.

Sigh, this is why I'm toughing out the next couple years till my 20. :p

# ? Mar 16, 2020 21:25

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

https://twitter.com/JulieZauzmer/status/1239202486147219456

# ? Mar 16, 2020 21:26

Thwomp: Apr 10, 2003; BA-DUHHH; Grimey Drawer

This is what not failing conservatism looks like. Just blind belief in their side and commitment to the bullshit.

# ? Mar 16, 2020 21:27

CRUSTY MINGE: Mar 30, 2011; Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur

Milo and POTUS posted:

https://twitter.com/JulieZauzmer/status/1239202486147219456

Can "let them lick floor" be new "let them eat cake"?

# ? Mar 16, 2020 21:27

ded: Oct 27, 2005; Kooler than Jesus

don't worry guys we have the biglyest best president ever in the history

# ? Mar 16, 2020 21:31

bloops: Dec 31, 2010; Thanks Ape Pussy!

loving let those dorks lick floors

In other news, the US company president said he worked through 9/11, the recession and now this. He believes the corona virus to be worse than 9/11, which is incorrect.

# ? Mar 16, 2020 21:32

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

LingcodKilla posted:

Maybe I should stop putting money in my TSP account.

No, keep putting money in. Or, at least the matching minimum.

The key to 401ks/TSPs is that you don't know where the bottom of the market is and you don't know where the top of the market is. Sure, you could potentially move your poo poo to the G fund at any time (the theoretical top), then back to stonks (the theoretical bottom), but that poo poo's impossible.

If you leave your poo poo in, you still get all the hidden benefits of money staying in, like dividends and poo poo that drive up the per-share value of the TSP funds, even if they stay stagnant. Not to mention that your money going in is untaxed (if traditional TSP).

Even if you're retiring now (like my mom), as long as you don't completely cash out right now, and as long as the economy recovers in the future, it pays to stay in. Plus, if poo poo completely crashes and your 401k/TSP is still hosed in a few years, we'll all be worried about things way worse than retirement plans.

lol if you actually fully read this for investment advice though

# ? Mar 16, 2020 21:32

stackofflapjacks: Apr 7, 2009; Mmmmm

Now my question as a resident of San Francisco is, do I flee back home to Alaska before the border closes so I can ride this out in a normal caring community that will not eat it's own? Or do I shelter in place in San Francisco with 7 million other idiots where the chances of falling through the cracks and dying are rising by the day.

# ? Mar 16, 2020 21:34

shame on an IGA: Apr 8, 2005

LingcodKilla posted:

Maybe I should stop putting money in my TSP account.

noooooooo

https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2014/02/worlds-worst-market-timer/

# ? Mar 16, 2020 21:34

Godholio: Aug 28, 2002; Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?

bloops posted:

He cannot. Congress sets the date.

What's the process for this? Standard legislation, or is it a senatorial ~~rubberstamp~~ advise and consent, or something else?

# ? Mar 16, 2020 21:37

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

facialimpediment posted:

No, keep putting money in. Or, at least the matching minimum.

The key to 401ks/TSPs is that you don't know where the bottom of the market is and you don't know where the top of the market is. Sure, you could potentially move your poo poo to the G fund at any time (the theoretical top), then back to stonks (the theoretical bottom), but that poo poo's impossible.

If you leave your poo poo in, you still get all the hidden benefits of money staying in, like dividends and poo poo that drive up the per-share value of the TSP funds, even if they stay stagnant. Not to mention that your money going in is untaxed (if traditional TSP).

Even if you're retiring now (like my mom), as long as you don't completely cash out right now, and as long as the economy recovers in the future, it pays to stay in. Plus, if poo poo completely crashes and your 401k/TSP is still hosed in a few years, we'll all be worried about things way worse than retirement plans.

lol if you actually fully read this for investment advice though

Goddamn it I did.

I put in like 1 % more than the minimum for matching. With the market plummeting like this I thought it might be better to stop and just put it towards my mortgage instead.

# ? Mar 16, 2020 21:39

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

stackofflapjacks posted:

Now my question as a resident of San Francisco is, do I flee back home to Alaska before the border closes so I can ride this out in a normal caring community that will not eat it's own? Or do I shelter in place in San Francisco with 7 million other idiots where the chances of falling through the cracks and dying are rising by the day.

Considering how libertarian SV tends, you might be the most dangerous game before you know it

# ? Mar 16, 2020 21:39

McNally: Sep 13, 2007; Ask me about Proposition 305

Do you like muskets?

Godholio posted:

What's the process for this? Standard legislation, or is it a senatorial ~~rubberstamp~~ advise and consent, or something else?

I think it's standard legislation.

# ? Mar 16, 2020 21:39

Nostalgia4Butts: Jun 1, 2006; WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

Godholio posted:

What's the process for this? Standard legislation, or is it a senatorial ~~rubberstamp~~ advise and consent, or something else?

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/RL32471.pdf

quote:

It would appear that, under Article I, �4, cl. 1, Congress would have broad
authority to postpone elections so as to account for emergency situations. The
Supreme Court and lower courts have interpreted the language of Article I, � 4, cl.
1 to mean that Congress has extensive power to regulate most elements of a
congressional election. For instance, the Supreme Court has noted that the right to vote for Members of Congress is derived from the Constitution and that Congress
therefore may legislate broadly under this provision to protect the integrity of this
right.4
The Court has stated that the authority to regulate the �times, places and
manner� of federal elections:

and for presidential

quote:

While the power of Congress to regulate Presidential elections is not as
extensive as the power over House and Senate elections,7
Article II, �1, cl. 4 does
provide that Congress may determine the �time� of choosing presidential electors.
The Congress has established this date, by statute, as the �Tuesday next after the first
Monday in November, in every fourth year succeeding every election of a President
and Vice President.�8
Although the Congress does not have the explicit authority to regulate other
aspects of Presidential elections beyond time, case law does indicate that the
Congress may have powers extending beyond establishing the time of choosing the
electors. For instance, the Supreme Court has allowed congressional regulation of
political committees which seek to influence Presidential elections, arguing that such
legislation is justified by the need to preserve the integrity of such elections. In
Burroughs v. United States,
9
the Supreme Court reasoned that:
[w]hile presidential electors are not officers or agents of the federal government,
they exercise federal functions under, and discharge duties in virtue of authority
conferred by, the Constitution of the United States. The President is vested with
the executive power of the nation. The importance of his election and the vital
character of its relationship to and effect upon the welfare and safety of the
whole people cannot be too strongly stated. To say that Congress is without
power to pass appropriate legislation to safeguard such an election from the
improper use of money to influence the result is to deny to the nation in a vital
particular the power of self protection. Congress, undoubtedly, possesses that
power, as it possesses every other power essential to preserve the department
and institutions of the general government from impairment or destruction,
whether threatened by force or by corruption.10
The power of Congress to protect the integrity of the Presidential election,
combined with its authority to set the time of election, would also seem to provide
the Congress the power to postpone elections because of a national emergency

# ? Mar 16, 2020 21:40

Casimir Radon: Aug 2, 2008

I wondered how Two Scoops would be able to cope with a 9/11ish disaster, and didn't have any optimistic thoughts. It's worse than I imagined.

Edit: Though the chances of the 25th getting invoked are probably higher than ever since the rich are losing money.

# ? Mar 16, 2020 21:41

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

# ? Mar 16, 2020 21:46

MrYenko: Jun 18, 2012; #2 isn't ALWAYS bad...

I transferred 100% of my TSP to the G fund two days before the bottom fell out. I intend on getting back in when this hits rock bottom. Short term, I�m hosed anyway, but this is the least hosed I can make myself, particularly in the long term.

# ? Mar 16, 2020 21:48

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

There was talk at work of us possibly getting furloughed for two weeks, and I really hope we'd get paid if we did; there was also talk of admin leave, but who loving knows.

# ? Mar 16, 2020 21:50

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

The admins will certainly be paid, don't worry citizen

# ? Mar 16, 2020 21:51

EBB: Feb 15, 2005

big mood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Giebe-uzPFg

# ? Mar 16, 2020 21:54

McNally: Sep 13, 2007; Ask me about Proposition 305

Do you like muskets?

My fever has finally broken and from a contagion perspective I'm okay to return to work on Wednesday.

But I'm being told that the park is probably getting shut down this week so lol.

I wonder if I get paid if the park is closed.

# ? Mar 16, 2020 21:58

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

EBB posted:

big mood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Giebe-uzPFg

# ? Mar 16, 2020 22:02

lightpole: Jun 4, 2004; I think that MBAs are useful, in case you are looking for an answer to the question of "Is lightpole a total fucking idiot".

stackofflapjacks posted:

Now my question as a resident of San Francisco is, do I flee back home to Alaska before the border closes so I can ride this out in a normal caring community that will not eat it's own? Or do I shelter in place in San Francisco with 7 million other idiots where the chances of falling through the cracks and dying are rising by the day.

Just look to Italy. Nothing new under the sun, some as old as spring, &c &c

# ? Mar 16, 2020 22:11

Burning Beard: Nov 21, 2008; Choking on bits of fallen bread crumbs
Oh, this burning beard, I have come undone
It's just as I've feared. I have, I have come undone
Bugger dumb the last of academe

So in jolly South Dakota I went shopping. Not a grain of TP in sight. No 9mm ammo either. None. Because I mostly own milsurp I did pick up .303 and M1 Carbine ammo. Bought some 12 gauge rounds too. My university is on second Spring Break right now but we are going on-line after that for two weeks. It's going to be a complete shitshow. I already know how I'm going to teach and my method will work great for me. But I have no idea how the rest of campus will work being that it's primarily a Engineering school. If you're in school and it's going on-line (and it should) it's going to be a mess.

I am completely shocked that Mike DeWine of all people has taken a great lead on this. My RWNJ facebook people already hate him and call him a RINO, so now they double hate him and think he's going to send the Ohio Natty Guard out to enforce and shoot people, or something. As an Ohio boy who grew up in the Ohio GOP, seeing this weeny little poo poo actually take the reins and provide a semblance of leadership is pretty amazing. The governor of this state, Moron Barbie, also known as Kristie Noem, is slow and hesitant to really do anything even though COVID is most definitely here.

My kid's goddamn Karate has not closed down yet. WTF? Just seems super irresponsible to stay open, especially at this stage.

It was weird that last weekend I was in DC for a Academic Seminar on spreading social justice from the classroom to the community and saw the COVID cases encroach on the city in real time. Hit DC proper as we all flew out last Sunday. That's about a week from "oh, it will be fine" to "SHUT IT ALL DOWN". The Indian chicken curry I had though, loving excellent. You guys who live in DC, holy poo poo is there some good food there.

# ? Mar 16, 2020 22:13

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

This genre of video is incredibly my poo poo.

https://twitter.com/maxbrooksauthor/status/1239624352305303552?s=19

# ? Mar 16, 2020 22:14

Burning Beard: Nov 21, 2008; Choking on bits of fallen bread crumbs
Oh, this burning beard, I have come undone
It's just as I've feared. I have, I have come undone
Bugger dumb the last of academe

McNally posted:

My fever has finally broken and from a contagion perspective I'm okay to return to work on Wednesday.

But I'm being told that the park is probably getting shut down this week so lol.

I wonder if I get paid if the park is closed.

NPS? Nope. My wife worked NPS for a few years. What park are you at?

# ? Mar 16, 2020 22:14

SquirrelyPSU: May 27, 2003

Pennsylvania pulled the e-brake around 3 hours ago. All non-essential businesses are closed for 14 days as of midnight, except for the liquor store, which is closed tomorrow afternoon indefinitely. I will be donning my polo and gym shorts tomorrow morning for the next two weeks.

# ? Mar 16, 2020 22:15

McNally: Sep 13, 2007; Ask me about Proposition 305

Do you like muskets?

Burning Beard posted:

NPS? Nope. My wife worked NPS for a few years. What park are you at?

Gettysburg.

But I don't work for NPS, I'm working for Conservation Legacy.

# ? Mar 16, 2020 22:17

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

facialimpediment posted:

This genre of video is incredibly my poo poo.

https://twitter.com/maxbrooksauthor/status/1239624352305303552?s=19

Wholesome as gently caress.

Welp, that's enough of that poo poo, have this
https://twitter.com/JordanUhl/status/1239294295598870530

# ? Mar 16, 2020 22:17

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

Milo and POTUS posted:

Welp, that's enough of that poo poo, have this

I unironically think that poo poo stops quickly. Their god-emperor Trump just told everyone to limit gatherings above 10.

Although it could be a 50-50 chance that they just say THE CUCK SHILLS GOT HIM and they keep on going like that weird ROK religious sect that basically trades spit while praying.

# ? Mar 16, 2020 22:19

Woofer: Mar 2, 2020

facialimpediment posted:

I unironically think that poo poo stops quickly. Their god-emperor Trump just told everyone to limit gatherings above 10.

Although it could be a 50-50 chance that they just say THE CUCK SHILLS GOT HIM and they keep on going like that weird ROK religious sect that basically trades spit while praying.

Somewhere throughout the last few years Hannity or someone on Fox News floated the idea that the deep state was poisoning trump to make him seem dumb... or something.

# ? Mar 16, 2020 22:21

shame on an IGA: Apr 8, 2005

Courtesy of the aeronautical insanity thread in AI:

FBS posted:

https://twitter.com/flightradar24/status/1239547180148576256

# ? Mar 16, 2020 22:25

SimonCat: Aug 12, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo; College Slice

I watched the debate last night and wanted to know if my memory is incorrect. Biden has repeatedly stated that after Obama was elected that Obama turned to him and said "get those troops out of Iraq." I thought the reason we left was that we didn't negotiate a SOFA that would have allowed US troops to stay.

# ? Mar 16, 2020 22:35

pantslesswithwolves: Oct 28, 2008

Milo and POTUS posted:

Wholesome as gently caress.

Welp, that's enough of that poo poo, have this
https://twitter.com/JordanUhl/status/1239294295598870530

I hope people like this get their wish to go play with their imaginary friend soon, but please don�t take the rest of us with them when they do.

Woofer posted:

They gave some bullshit about how millennials need to help because we are the most asymptomatic. Sorry, you�ve poo poo on millennials for a long time talking about how we have killed every stupid thing.

We don�t have to kill you, but we don�t have to save you either.

I sent out an email to my condo building to see if any of our elderly residents need help with picking up groceries or prescriptions and to collect volunteers who�d be interested and able in assisting with the former. It doesn�t really have to be a huge thing to be an asset to our communities.

# ? Mar 16, 2020 22:38

Burning Beard: Nov 21, 2008; Choking on bits of fallen bread crumbs
Oh, this burning beard, I have come undone
It's just as I've feared. I have, I have come undone
Bugger dumb the last of academe

McNally posted:

Gettysburg.

But I don't work for NPS, I'm working for Conservation Legacy.

I'm jealous! Always been a dream to work in or around Gettysburg. Even applied for a job at Gettysburg College. Hell, just being able to conduct a Staff Ride there would be amazing. If you ever go to the Little Big Horn, let me know, I'll give you my staff ride guide. I wrote it and am trying to get it published. The Army didn't want it because I suspect the guy who runs the Staff Ride group disagrees with some of my history. Don't you have a 45-70 Trapdoor?

# ? Mar 16, 2020 22:39

Nostalgia4Butts: Jun 1, 2006; WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

McNally posted:

Gettysburg.

But I don't work for NPS, I'm working for Conservation Legacy.

i read that too fast and read it as confederation legacy

# ? Mar 16, 2020 22:41

PookBear: Nov 1, 2008

LingcodKilla posted:

Maybe I should stop putting money in my TSP account.

I mean the economy is either going to recover or money is going to be useless

# ? Mar 16, 2020 22:47

Nostalgia4Butts: Jun 1, 2006; WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

perfect

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1239637550828064769

# ? Mar 16, 2020 22:49

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# ? May 23, 2024 13:38

McNally: Sep 13, 2007; Ask me about Proposition 305

Do you like muskets?

Burning Beard posted:

I'm jealous! Always been a dream to work in or around Gettysburg. Even applied for a job at Gettysburg College. Hell, just being able to conduct a Staff Ride there would be amazing. If you ever go to the Little Big Horn, let me know, I'll give you my staff ride guide. I wrote it and am trying to get it published. The Army didn't want it because I suspect the guy who runs the Staff Ride group disagrees with some of my history. Don't you have a 45-70 Trapdoor?

I do, but it's a Model 1888.

# ? Mar 16, 2020 22:50

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