April Current Events: "I just dont trust anything the white house says"

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Brute Squad: Dec 20, 2006; Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEwVgZxLLIE

I don't think this article got posted last thread, but it's a fun read. Well, fun's not the right word, more like watching someone being accused of showing their whole rear end to the world stripping down and streaking through the community. It's a train wreck in a good way.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-contrarian-coronavirus-theory-that-informed-the-trump-administration

In the article, Isaac Chotiner interviews a prominent NYU law professor Richard A. Epstein about his article titled "Coronavirus Perspective". An article where Epstein, one of the most cited legal scholars in the country, downplays the extent of the spread and the threat of the disease. Color commentary for the interview is provided by several infectious disease and epidemiology experts throughout the text. It goes about as well as expected.

https://twitter.com/parul_sehgal/status/1244407730183507975?s=20

# ¿ Apr 1, 2020 05:54

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 00:50

Brute Squad: Dec 20, 2006; Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

Some levity in these trying times.

https://twitter.com/zhaldeman/status/1245804539493695488?s=20

Would 100% watch that 30 Rock episode.

# ¿ Apr 2, 2020 22:50

Brute Squad: Dec 20, 2006; Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

Icon Of Sin posted:

I was more referring to the azithromycin included in the study. I�m fairly certain most of us here have experience with some flavor of chloroquine, and none of it fun or good.

Azithromycin has some anti-inflammatory effects on airways in addition to its usefulness as an antibiotic. Meaning that while the chloroquine was working on the virus, it suppressed the immune response in the lungs, reducing respiratory distress. At least that's the gist I got from my MD/PhD dad and reading some pharm studies.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2020 19:16

Brute Squad: Dec 20, 2006; Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

some levity then? this popped up on my twitter feed.

https://twitter.com/Reductress/status/1247947578618060801

# ¿ Apr 8, 2020 20:08

Brute Squad: Dec 20, 2006; Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

CRUSTY MINGE posted:

Colorado is going blue no matter what, so I'm still writing in Bigfoot for president. Now the VP, I'm still hammering out who to write in. Leaning towards Mothman as of late.

I'll take my sweet rear end time researching all the down ballot folks and vote as progressively as possible, thanks to my ability to sit on my rear end and mail my ballot in (thanks CO). Frankly, down ballot is just as important, if not moreso, especially if you live in a conservative suck town like Colorado Springs like my dumb rear end. I can't imagine trying to research all those candidates for local gov positions again while voting in a goddamn booth. And I'll happily vote against a conservative for judge or sheriff or whatever.

the google doc in the OP may have some suggestions too:
https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3914989

# ¿ Apr 8, 2020 22:37

Brute Squad: Dec 20, 2006; Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

Simple, he trained with the best.

:edit:

Just noticed my favorite legal reporter is back from maternity leave.

https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1245338813901266945

# ¿ Apr 9, 2020 19:28

Brute Squad: Dec 20, 2006; Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

All I get in my mailbox are bills and ads.

Florida woman put 400 Easter eggs filled with porn in mailboxes, deputies say.

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2020/04/09/florida-woman-put-400-easter-eggs-filled-with-porn-in-mailboxes-deputies-say-heres-why

quote:

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. � Multiple Flagler County residents recently found little plastic Easter eggs placed inside their mailboxes, but instead of being filled with treats, the eggs were hiding pornographic images and fish-shaped crackers. Authorities say a 42-year-old Florida woman is responsible.

Jail records show Abril Cestoni, 42, was arrested early Thursday after deputies received tips that a woman was going around a neighborhood placing the pornographic eggs in mailboxes. Deputies said that based on the tips they received and home surveillance video, they were able to conduct a traffic stop on Cestoni, who later admitted to making the porn on a computer program.

Deputies said they determined Cestoni worked at a Publix grocery store nearby and would �deliver� the eggs after her shift ended.

Jail records show Abril Cestoni, 42, was arrested early Thursday after deputies received tips that a woman was going around a neighborhood placing the pornographic eggs in mailboxes. Deputies said that based on the tips they received and home surveillance video, they were able to conduct a traffic stop on Cestoni, who later admitted to making the porn on a computer program.

Cestoni told deputies she put messages inside the eggs because she said she wanted to educate people on the need for churches and pastors to give money to less fortunate.

�Abril stated she was �a church� and had a business license. Abril said she was conducting research on local clergy and people deserved to know the truth,� the arrest report read.

Body camera video shows she said she is not a fanatic.

According to records, Cestoni delivered 400 of the pornography-filled eggs in total since Monday.

�Our team did a great job in tracking this deranged offender down and taking her into custody,� Sheriff Rick Staly said. �Thankfully she did not appear to be sick with COVID-19 symptoms, but she certainly needs some help. This again proves that �see something, say something� works and we thank the community for being part of our guardianship policing philosophy.�

In each of the cases, residents reported noticing that the flag on their mailbox was in the up position and when they checked to see why, they found the egg, which contained a fish-shaped cracker, a sheet of toilet paper, a powdered drink mix and a crumbled up pornographic image.
Cestoni is being charged with violating the statewide stay-at-home order issued by Gov. Ron DeSantis and at least 11 counts of distributing obscene material. She is being held on $7,000 bond, according to the Flagler County Jail.

A real hero.

# ¿ Apr 9, 2020 20:12

Brute Squad: Dec 20, 2006; Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

I recognized Smoka from YOSPOS. They're a pretty decent shitposter, and posts a lot of interesting youtube videos in the YOSPOS pics thread. Dunno how serious their QQCS thread was, but I lol'd at it.

In somewhat happier news, Missouri will not be left behind in the arena of "re-open our state" protests.

Here Are the Mental Giants Planning a Protest to Reopen Missouri Next Week
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2020/04/17/here-are-the-mental-giants-planning-a-protest-to-reopen-missouri-next-week

The reporter is over it all.

my favorite line posted:

Now before we go any further, let me say: I almost didn't write this post. To a degree, I understand that a lot of these people are scared, and this willful denial of science and defiant chest-beating amount to a coping mechanism. It is far, far more comforting to believe that uh George Soros and uh I dunno "the media" is teamed up with pfffft maybe Hillary or Obama or some poo poo I dunno in a dastardly plot to utterly sink the economy that is responsible for all of their wealth than it is to believe that an invisible pathogen that doesn't give a gently caress about you or your political leanings is legitimately and indiscriminately infecting and killing people at an alarming rate.

At the same time, you are endangering the rest of us. Not to mention:

https://twitter.com/guillotineshout/status/1250799880228032521?s=20

quote:

So please beg pardon while I drag these people mercilessly.

# ¿ Apr 18, 2020 04:45

Brute Squad: Dec 20, 2006; Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

Acebuckeye13 posted:

You know, when Morgan Freeman said "Get busy living, or get busy dying" in The Shawshank Redemption, I'm pretty sure that's not what he meant.

I mean the problem the Democrats have consistently faced is that Trump and most members of his administration are far too deluded and/or insane to recognize the need for long-term solutions, and Mitch McConnell absolutely refuses to do anything to put pressure on the White House. So while the Democrats should have the leverage to force changes to a must-pass bill, they don't because the Republicans are happy to play chicken with both the economy and people's lives rather than provide even mild concessions. Like, hell, the fact that the Democrats have to fight at all just to get funding for testing is completely insane.

e: also what facialimpediment said

Not just happy to play chicken, a substantial part of their base wants to play chicken with the economy. Rand Paul may be an outlier in the Senate, but his opinions are not outliers in the GOP's electorate. Unfortunately, Rand Paul's still an outlier in the Senate, so Mitch McConnell has 0 reason to court senate Dems to votes to counter GOP defections. Dems flat out don't have any leverage in the Senate.

Them not using the media to poo poo on the GOP for holding this up is all on them though. Their messaging has been poo poo throughout this whole process. Put your hard lines in the sand, and sell that message. Stand your ground.
"We will not support the Republicans using this national crisis to enrich their billionaire friends on the coffins of the workers of this country."
GOP & Fox gonna vilify you no matter what you do, might as well look like you're showing some backbone for your electorate.

# ¿ Apr 21, 2020 23:20

Brute Squad: Dec 20, 2006; Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

Best Friends posted:

So the republicans wanted this bill very badly, and were afraid democrats would impede it...but the dems did not have leverage? That's not how negotiations work. The most you can say is that dems were not willing to use that leverage, in which case, we are agreed. They didn't fight and did not even consider actually fighting, which would have involved credibly threatening to not vote for this bill.

The original GOP bill was $250 billion just for the PPP. Dems got that up to $310 billion, including a doubling of the EIDL grants to $20 billion, a new $75 billion fund for HHS grants to health providers dealing with this, an additional $25 billion for specifically for testing, and another $50 billion for SBA loans. "Not fighting" got $100 billion for health care support and an additional $110 billion for small business support.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/21/politics/read-congressional-bill-to-help-small-businesses/index.html

Could they have fought for more? Sure. Would they have gotten it? Probably not. Why? Because there is a large enough contingent in the GOP electorate and party apparatus that doesn't support any kind of bailouts or support whatsoever. For as dumb and bad as the Dems are, they're negotiating with a death cult at the federal level. The GOP flat out doesn't care if their electorate lives or dies, and their electorate will still support them.

# ¿ Apr 22, 2020 02:53

Brute Squad: Dec 20, 2006; Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

But... but... all the cool kids say that the Dems are bad and nothing matters.

Good thing I've never been cool.

*puts on shades, pokes self in eye instead*
*tries to kick flip a skateboard, just breaks it in two*

# ¿ Apr 22, 2020 03:20

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 00:50

Brute Squad: Dec 20, 2006; Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

Try reading more than a headline. Like the article or what others have posted. Cause I'm pretty sure nobody but you has been saying those things. It's a bandaid bill that covered necessary support to businesses for payroll that the dems were able to get some additional concessions on for health care that they are able to push through with UC. Sometimes things can just be mediocre. There's plenty of better reasons to poo poo on the dems for stuff than this mediocre bill.

# ¿ Apr 22, 2020 06:38

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