March 2020 Current Events Thread: The revolution lives on

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

Internet Wizard posted:

Meanwhile one of my sisters who is a nurse just got fired because

So now her and her coworkers are fully capable medical professionals who are just sort of sitting at home on standby and having to file for unemployment

Nurses are always in demand everywhere especially now. She can get another job if she wants to..

# ? Mar 31, 2020 19:21

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# ? Apr 27, 2024 15:53

davecrazy: Nov 25, 2004; I'm an insufferable shitposter who does not deserve to root for such a good team. Also, this is what Matt Harvey thinks of me and my garbage posting.

https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt/status/1245049526093778947?s=21

# ? Mar 31, 2020 19:27

ASAPI: Apr 20, 2007; I invented the line.

ded posted:

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/california-protective-equipment-shortage-pushes-nurses-consider-drastic-action-n1168976

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2020/03/23/bay-area-kaiser-nurses-protest-lack-of-personal.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/health-care-workers-protest-lack-of-protective-equipment-2020-03-28/

The guidelines the CDC gave to the hospitals is not what they put out in the news. The hospitals did not go out of their way to buy proper PPE when they saw this coming because of it.

My knowledge of this is not some 5th hand bullshit or conspiracy nonsense. Up until the Kaiser nurses had a massive protest in the bay area the official stance was you do not need masks and gowns for every patient, and we will not accept donations of PPE nor can you use your own PPE.

My wife has been working with people doing donations from overseas to get critically needed PPE to the hospitals that need it. In addition to working long as hell hours at her own hospital.

I saw some of those stories about the nurses working for Kaiser. It's interesting how different areas are handling this. My area led off with, "send us your stuff, we are going to need everything we can get our hands on." Queue all the neighborhoods setting up sweatshops to make masks and 3d printers making face shield holders.

Other areas seem to be firmly in the camp of, "gently caress you, all of you can die"

# ? Mar 31, 2020 19:27

A Bad Poster: Sep 25, 2006; Seriously, shut the fuck up.

If I was a medical worker, and I was not being provided the proper PPE for work, I wouldn't show up. Can't help more people if you're out sick or dead.

# ? Mar 31, 2020 19:36

Radical 90s Wizard: Aug 5, 2008; ~SS-18 burning bright,
Bathe me in your cleansing light~

PookBear posted:

All I'm trying to say is that its a lovely situation and that I personally wouldn't blame anyone for refusing to risk their health or the health of their loved ones due to preventable risk factors.

Tbh this is how I interpreted what you said. Like, people shouldn't have to operate in those conditions. Of course the reality is that most of those people will always put themselves at risk to help others. But I didn't take that as you suggesting otherwise.
It feels like people's general stress & anxiety is bleeding through into the thread and everyone is way more ~outraged~ than usual.

# ? Mar 31, 2020 19:51

Handsome Ralph: Sep 3, 2004; Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!

PookBear posted:

All I'm trying to say is that its a lovely situation and that I personally wouldn't blame anyone for refusing to risk their health or the health of their loved ones due to preventable risk factors.

Then why not say as much instead of trying to edgelord post about it?

Radical 90s Wizard posted:

It feels like people's general stress & anxiety is bleeding through into the thread and everyone is way more ~outraged~ than usual.

It's also this, though you've still got a couple of people continuing with the white-noise bad faith posting and that poo poo doesn't really help.

# ? Mar 31, 2020 20:09

Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

Handsome Ralph posted:

Then why not say as much instead of trying to edgelord post about it?

It's also this, though you've still got a couple of people continuing with the white-noise bad faith posting and that poo poo doesn't really help.

Being a drunk rear end in a top hat is pooki's thing

# ? Mar 31, 2020 20:18

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?

Guess what week it is?

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1245000074167541761

# ? Mar 31, 2020 20:20

Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

Decades long awaited?
Phase 4?

# ? Mar 31, 2020 20:23

bloops: Dec 31, 2010; Thanks Ape Pussy!

If y�all want to party, go check out the comments on LinkedIn on the Whole Foods/Instacart/Amazon strike.

loving yikes.

# ? Mar 31, 2020 20:26

M_Gargantua: Oct 16, 2006; STOMP'N ON INTO THE POWERLINES; Exciting Lemon

I am outraged at capital and politics, and it keeps surprising me at how much more I can muster on top of what has already been building

On one hand I can't see how healthcare workers and EMTs are going to get paid what they are owed without a strike, and on the other I can understand why the people who work in healthcare are not the sort of people to put themselves over the people they help which means a strike really can't happen.

# ? Mar 31, 2020 20:26

bird food bathtub: Aug 9, 2003; College Slice

Milo and POTUS posted:

Guess what week it is?

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1245000074167541761

Whoa whoa whoa, I've been told in no uncertain terms for decades that some kind of administration about works and the public is doing a socialism. We can't just be going down that path it means we'll lose ARE FREEDOMS.

....but nah who am I kidding Republicans are immune to hypocrisy.

# ? Mar 31, 2020 20:27

egyptian rat race: Jul 13, 2007; Lowtax Spine Fund 2019; Ultra Carp

A Bad Poster posted:

If I was a medical worker, and I was not being provided the proper PPE for work, I wouldn't show up. Can't help more people if you're out sick or dead.

I'd gravitate towards this stance personally. In commercial diving it is ultimately up to the diver (not the boss) to make the call on sketchy conditions or unsafe developments. Why no, I do not want to put anyone in the water during a 50-yr flood event with a dynamic mooring set-up. I'm sorry you told the client we could do it, but that was bullshit.

E: I get some of the reasons why healthcare is different... It's an awful position to be put in as a frontline worker

# ? Mar 31, 2020 20:28

M_Gargantua: Oct 16, 2006; STOMP'N ON INTO THE POWERLINES; Exciting Lemon

Handsome Ralph posted:

It's also this, though you've still got a couple of people continuing with the white-noise bad faith posting and that poo poo doesn't really help.

The white noise at least lets me know that i'm not the only one desperately angry at the world around me yet feeling an impotent ability to affect change to make peoples lives less terrible.

# ? Mar 31, 2020 20:28

Vincent Van Goatse: Nov 8, 2006; Enjoy every sandwich.; Smellrose

Comrade Blyatlov posted:

Decades long awaited?
Phase 4?

# ? Mar 31, 2020 20:52

Hyrax Attack!: Jan 13, 2009; We demand to be taken seriously

bloops posted:

If y�all want to party, go check out the comments on LinkedIn on the Whole Foods/Instacart/Amazon strike.

loving yikes.

I believe it, what are they saying?

# ? Mar 31, 2020 20:53

windshipper: Jun 19, 2006; Dr. Whet Faartz would like to know if this smells funny to you?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L6ro1snGFkU

# ? Mar 31, 2020 21:08

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

A Bad Poster posted:

If I was a medical worker, and I was not being provided the proper PPE for work, I wouldn't show up. Can't help more people if you're out sick or dead.

cool

# ? Mar 31, 2020 21:10

hobbesmaster: Jan 28, 2008

A Bad Poster posted:

If I was a medical worker, and I was not being provided the proper PPE for work, I wouldn't show up. Can't help more people if you're out sick or dead.

Based on some interviews I've been hearing from people that work in ERs it sounds like if that was your standard then you wouldn't be a medical worker in the US.

# ? Mar 31, 2020 21:22

Doc Hawkins: Jun 15, 2010; Dashing? But I'm not even moving!

caregivers are always threatened with the fate of their charges and accused of selfishness when they resist exploitation.

supporting them isn't about posting the right thing, or insulting someone who isn't posting the right thing.

as far as strikes, anyone in food distribution is probably in a better position right now.

# ? Mar 31, 2020 21:26

Nick Soapdish: Apr 27, 2008

https://twitter.com/BCAppelbaum/status/1245083510366449664?s=20

Christ is this administration full of assholes

# ? Mar 31, 2020 21:27

shame on an IGA: Apr 8, 2005

yes

# ? Mar 31, 2020 21:36

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?

Nick Soapdish posted:

https://twitter.com/BCAppelbaum/status/1245083510366449664?s=20

Christ is this administration full of assholes

It's this nation, hth.

# ? Mar 31, 2020 21:51

windshipper: Jun 19, 2006; Dr. Whet Faartz would like to know if this smells funny to you?

I appreciate reading about my job and my wife�s job and how we should walk away from taking care of our communities. This is dumb, move on.

# ? Mar 31, 2020 21:52

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 Postal service is going byebye

# ? Mar 31, 2020 21:59

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

Milo and POTUS posted:

The Postal service is going byebye

Not happening. The CARES act (the $2t/$6t bill) authorized the Postal Service to get a loan of $10B from the National Reserve to keep on operating. That will make the USPS operational until Congress comes back and fixes it long-term.

The postal service is a heavy, heavy need for rural communities, as the private shippers don't make much money there (I think). Conservatives yell a lot about the USPS not having a good business model, but they won't let the USPS outright shut down. Nobody else would take up those rural routes.

# ? Mar 31, 2020 22:15

Wasabi the J: Jan 23, 2008; MOM WAS RIGHT

Bro it's 2020. The chuds have been cutting off their noses to own the libs for at least 4 years.

# ? Mar 31, 2020 22:32

egyptian rat race: Jul 13, 2007; Lowtax Spine Fund 2019; Ultra Carp

Did President Deals just say the administration is holding back the ventilator supply?

# ? Mar 31, 2020 22:38

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?

Wasabi the J posted:

Bro it's 2020. The chuds have been cutting off their noses to own the libs for at least 4 years.

lol I almost want to bet him.

egyptian rat race posted:

Did President Deals just say the administration is holding back the ventilator supply?

He has to campaign somehow

# ? Mar 31, 2020 22:43

Proud Christian Mom: Dec 20, 2006; READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD

windshipper posted:

I appreciate reading about my job and my wife�s job and how we should walk away from taking care of our communities. This is dumb, move on.

with all the shifts you're pulling im surprised you had to energy to make a mountain out of this molehill

# ? Mar 31, 2020 22:47

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

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2020/03/31/mcconnell-impeachment-diverted-attention-from-coronavirus-concerns/23966488/

quote:

enate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Tuesday suggested that the January Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump distracted from crucial early efforts to respond to the emerging coronavirus pandemic.

During an appearance on conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt's radio show, McConnell was asked about a POLITICO article published Monday that pointed to Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., as one of the first people on Capitol Hill to sound warnings on coronavirus. The article quoted Cotton as blaming impeachment for diverting the government's focus away from the threats.

When asked about Cotton's early warnings, McConnell said: "It came up while we were tied down on the impeachment trial. And I think it diverted the attention of the government, because everything every day was all about impeachment."

McConnell also praised his Senate colleagues from pivoting �from the most partisan thing you could possibly be involved in, the impeachment of a president, to a unanimous vote on a $2 trillion dollar package all within a couple of months.�

McConnell also said he would look at any future coronavirus response bill produced by the House majority "like Reagan suggested we look at the Russians � trust, but verify."

"I�m not going to allow this to be an opportunity for the Democrats to achieve unrelated policy items that they would not otherwise be able to pass," McConnell said.

The Senate leader also accused Democrats of wanting to "turn the President�s handling of all this into a political liability for him."

# ? Mar 31, 2020 22:49

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

egyptian rat race posted:

Did President Deals just say the administration is holding back the ventilator supply?

He's doing the same thing he yelled at Cuomo about. We have no idea where, exactly the ventilators will do the most good, so it makes sense to hold back some *for now*. Cuomo has a few thousand in reserve, the problem is that he (and us) need a few hundred thousand in reserve.

Remember, Trump is barely doing ANYTHING in this whole thing. He's watching Fox News, talking to randos on the phone, and demanding random praise from Governors (while Pence actually does the stuff). He's trying to *look* busy.

# ? Mar 31, 2020 22:51

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

That Works posted:

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2020/03/31/mcconnell-impeachment-diverted-attention-from-coronavirus-concerns/23966488/

Wow, I didn't know AOL is still up and going.

# ? Mar 31, 2020 22:56

bird food bathtub: Aug 9, 2003; College Slice

facialimpediment posted:

He's doing the same thing he yelled at Cuomo about. We have no idea where, exactly the ventilators will do the most good, so it makes sense to hold back some *for now*. Cuomo has a few thousand in reserve, the problem is that he (and us) need a few hundred thousand in reserve.

Remember, Trump is barely doing ANYTHING in this whole thing. He's watching Fox News, talking to randos on the phone, and demanding random praise from Governors (while Pence actually does the stuff). He's trying to *look* busy.

He's also furiously delegating everything to everyone else and dancing like a ballerina around having to make any actual decisions so he always has a few good scapegoats around for everything that goes wrong. Ego preservation is one of the single most important things to him as a malignant narcissist, if other people don't further that goal they either don't exist or are enemies that must have every single thing used to attack them full force at all times and drat the consequences.

# ? Mar 31, 2020 22:57

Hekk: Oct 12, 2012; 'smeper fi

facialimpediment posted:

Not happening. The CARES act (the $2t/$6t bill) authorized the Postal Service to get a loan of $10B from the National Reserve to keep on operating. That will make the USPS operational until Congress comes back and fixes it long-term.

The postal service is a heavy, heavy need for rural communities, as the private shippers don't make much money there (I think). Conservatives yell a lot about the USPS not having a good business model, but they won't let the USPS outright shut down. Nobody else would take up those rural routes.

I went to the Grand Canyon a few years back and saw a postal workers loading donkeys to walk them down the trail to a Native American reservation around the bottom of the canyon. There is no way a business would serve a community like that without jacking prices up so high no one could afford to ship anything to that location.

# ? Mar 31, 2020 22:57

Internet Wizard: Aug 9, 2009; BANDAIDS DON'T FIX BULLET HOLES

It infuriates me when conservatives criticise a government agency providing a public service for "not having a good business model" and "operating at a loss". It SHOULD be operating at a loss! It shouldn't NEED to generate a profit, it shouldn't NEED a good business model, because it's not a business!

# ? Mar 31, 2020 23:06

Casimir Radon: Aug 2, 2008

Their new god has never had a good business model, ever, and they love him.

# ? Mar 31, 2020 23:08

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?

That Works posted:

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2020/03/31/mcconnell-impeachment-diverted-attention-from-coronavirus-concerns/23966488/

If this fucker dies from Roni it might renew my belief in a just universe

# ? Mar 31, 2020 23:11

MrMojok: Jan 28, 2011

Moscow Mitch, realizing trying to defend the GOP administration's Covid-19 response is a losing battle, now decides to blame the Dem impeachment for the slow response.

So while totally distracted by impeachment, to the point that he couldn't do his job at all, Trump held rallies on:
1/9
1/14
1/28
1/30

He golfed on:
1/18
1/19
2/1

After his acquittal, he held more rallies on:
2/10
2/19
2/20
2/21
2/28

and golfed on:
2/15
3/7
3/8 (the date of the "I'm not worried about it" comment)

It goes without saying that every single rally was a public health hazard that likely infected hundreds of people.

As an aside, it was in February that Burr/Inhofe/Loeffler/Feinstein sold their stocks after a Covid-19 briefing.

# ? Mar 31, 2020 23:12

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# ? Apr 27, 2024 15:53

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?

Hekk posted:

I went to the Grand Canyon a few years back and saw a postal workers loading donkeys to walk them down the trail to a Native American reservation around the bottom of the canyon. There is no way a business would serve a community like that without jacking prices up so high no one could afford to ship anything to that location.

Again, this is a plus for the republicans

# ? Mar 31, 2020 23:12

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