facialimpediment posted:

The current governor (he) flew down to the Republican Governors Association meeting in Tennessee. By Idaho law, the Lieutenant Governor (she) gets full power of the governor's office until he gets back.

Wingnut Ninja posted:

loving what? Is there some practical reason for this, or is this some kind of holdover from the days before telephones when a governor needed to be physically sitting on the Potato Throne in Boise in order to govern?

Handsome Ralph posted:

Big Y I K E S here
https://twitter.com/bellingcat/status/1398266757924667397

facialimpediment posted:

Idaho is a solidly Republican, R+33 state without a statewide mask mandate, but local mandates are allowed.

The current governor (he) flew down to the Republican Governors Association meeting in Tennessee. By Idaho law, the Lieutenant Governor (she) gets full power of the governor's office until he gets back.

Well, she's Trumpy as gently caress and is running to primary the current governor. So, while he's gone, she decides to make an executive order banning all non-hospital local mask mandates, then posts a fundraising message about it. The state goes all , decides to wait it out a few days, and he gets back and immediately reverses the mandate ban.

https://twitter.com/HayatNorimine/status/1398323639070519297?s=19

That Works posted:

Texas banned all mask mandates right?

I know my friend down there (pediatric ID doc) was furious about it because the kids have like 2 more weeks in school and in Houston the latest india covid variant is already circulating.

Wingnut Ninja posted:

loving what? Is there some practical reason for this, or is this some kind of holdover from the days before telephones when a governor needed to be physically sitting on the Potato Throne in Boise in order to govern?

Handsome Ralph posted:

Big Y I K E S here
https://twitter.com/bellingcat/status/1398266757924667397

facialimpediment posted:

Sequels usually have a high probability of sucking.

https://twitter.com/mercoglianos/status/1398310336965513221?s=19

https://gcaptain.com/maersk-emerald-briefly-grounds-in-suez-canal-triggering-flashbacks-of-ever-given/

facialimpediment posted:

https://twitter.com/HayatNorimine/status/1398323639070519297?s=19

A Bad Poster posted:

You should look into the history of Idaho. Boise kind of stole being the capitol from another city and a bunch of other weird stuff happened back when it was just a bunch of drunk prospectors and fur traders.

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

Yeah, I thought it might be a Hedgehog depth bomb at first, but that's apparently what those practice bombs look like.

Laughing Zealot posted:

https://twitter.com/RepDanCrenshaw/status/1398362620974014464?s=20

McNally posted:

"Bombard his whistleblower site with tips about the time Crenshaw engaged in a smear campaign against someone who tried to whistleblow about sexual assault at the VA as can be found at this link: https://www.newsweek.com/rep-dan-crenshaw-linked-smear-campaign-female-vet-led-va-secretary-watchdog-says-1553928" is probably not something I can encourage as a mod.

So, as a mod, I am not encouraging anyone to do the above.

Let me be on the record as saying that I am not encouraging anyone to go to the website of Congressman Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2) and bombard his whistleblower page with tips stating that Crenshaw himself was involved in a smear campaign designed to quiet and intimidate a veteran who suffered a sexual assault at the VA.

Comrade Blyatlov posted:

You stripped my IK powers so I have no compunction in recommending people do exactly what he's telling you not to.

McNally posted:

"Bombard his whistleblower site with tips about the time Crenshaw engaged in a smear campaign against someone who tried to whistleblow about sexual assault at the VA as can be found at this link: https://www.newsweek.com/rep-dan-crenshaw-linked-smear-campaign-female-vet-led-va-secretary-watchdog-says-1553928" is probably not something I can encourage as a mod.

So, as a mod, I am not encouraging anyone to do the above.

Let me be on the record as saying that I am not encouraging anyone to go to the website of Congressman Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2) and bombard his whistleblower page with tips stating that Crenshaw himself was involved in a smear campaign designed to quiet and intimidate a veteran who suffered a sexual assault at the VA.

pantslesswithwolves posted:

I was already planning on just filling it up with the plots to Apocalypse Now, the Dirty Dozen and Platoon but this also works

Iain posted:

Not sure if this is right the place or the resources thread to post this since it is limited time, but Ancestry and Fold3 are offering free military records searches until Monday.

https://go.fold3.com/freeaccess?xid=2690

I found my grand fathers WW2 registration card which was pretty neat. Godamn we were both 20 when we joined

Iain posted:

Not sure if this is right the place or the resources thread to post this since it is limited time, but Ancestry and Fold3 are offering free military records searches until Monday.

https://go.fold3.com/freeaccess?xid=2690

I found my grand fathers WW2 registration card which was pretty neat. Godamn we were both 20 when we joined

McNally posted:

And I certainly can't stop you from doing so!

SMEGMA_MAIL posted:

I will definitely not write a script to automate this later this week and post it here

SMEGMA_MAIL posted:

I will definitely not write a script to automate this later this week and post it here

quote:

The CDC said at the time that it was merely following the science for masking. The agency and its director, Rochelle Walensky, highlighted fresh, real-world studies demonstrating COVID-19 vaccines’ high efficacy and ability to lower transmission risks. But the update was also part of an overt effort to encourage vaccination among the vaccine hesitant by emphasizing the perks of being vaccinated—like not needing to wear masks anymore and reclaiming other bits of normal life.

The mask update immediately generated confusion and controversy given the reversal and its abruptness. And according to fresh polling data, the guidance failed spectacularly at convincing unvaccinated people to get vaccinated.

In new results from the Kaiser Family Foundation’s ongoing COVID-19 vaccine monitoring poll, 85 percent of unvaccinated people said the CDC’s loosened mask guidance for fully vaccinated people made “no difference” to their vaccination plans. Only 10 percent said the change made them “more likely” to get vaccinated and a final 4 percent or so said the change made them “less likely” to get a shot.
It gets worse. The poll broke unvaccinated people into three groups: people who said they would “definitely not” get vaccinated, people who would get vaccinated “only if required,” or people who would “wait and see.” Those most resistant to getting vaccinated were the least likely to be swayed by the CDC’s latest guidance. Among the “definitely not” group, 98 percent said the change made no difference to them and the remaining 2 percent said they were less likely to get vaccinated—zero percent said they were more likely to get a vaccine. For the “only if required” group, 89 percent said the CDC change made no difference.

Overall in the poll—which collects data on a nationally representative sampling of adults—62 percent said they had already gotten their vaccine (which tracks with CDC vaccination data), 12 percent said they would wait and see about vaccination, 7 percent said they would only get vaccinated if they were required, and 13 percent said they would “definitely not” get vaccinated. That “definitely not” portion has largely remained the same throughout the polling, which stretches back to December.

While the CDC’s loosened masking guidance was clearly not persuasive to the unvaccinated, the poll explored other tactics that could boost vaccination. The two ideas that seemed to have the most sway were: 1) if the Food and Drug Administration grants a vaccine full approval, rather than the current Emergency Use Authorizations (EUA); and 2) if employers provided paid time off to get vaccinated and recover from any side effects, like feeling under the weather the day after a dose.

Stultus Maximus posted:

Pressure from Biden? Cluelessness? Still trying to rebuild competency after Trump? Who knows, but it's still going to be a long road to a functional federal government!

Stultus Maximus posted:

Poll finds CDC just as clueless and counterproductive as you thought.
Pressure from Biden? Cluelessness? Still trying to rebuild competency after Trump? Who knows, but it's still going to be a long road to a functional federal government!

That Works posted:

Iain posted:

Not sure if this is right the place or the resources thread to post this since it is limited time, but Ancestry and Fold3 are offering free military records searches until Monday.

https://go.fold3.com/freeaccess?xid=2690

I found my grand fathers WW2 registration card which was pretty neat. Godamn we were both 20 when we joined

Basticle posted:

I know literally nothing about my grandfather's time in WW2 (as he unsurprisingly never talked about it) other than he was a machine gunner in Europe.



what the

facialimpediment posted:

Didn't have this development on my bingo board!

https://twitter.com/axios/status/1398730607337771008?s=19