December 2020 Current Events: Rue Britannia! Waive the rules!

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

MazelTovCocktail posted:

Well he got Herman Cain off this planet.

# ¿ Dec 2, 2020 03:02

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 01:51

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

facialimpediment posted:

Lmao

# ¿ Dec 2, 2020 23:14

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

Zamujasa posted:

They chose the path they're walking. A lot of the people they target didn't get to choose. Being black isn't a choice. Being gay or trans isn't a choice. Being a racist piece of poo poo cop (but I repeat myself) is a choice, and one that they have stood by even as their fellow men do reprehensible poo poo.

gently caress em.

# ¿ Dec 6, 2020 16:34

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

Sacrist65 posted:

Point: this disease is a really lovely way to die and we really shouldnt wish that on anyone

I wish it on Rudy. I hope it's as bad as it gets.

# ¿ Dec 6, 2020 22:51

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

Nick Soapdish posted:

https://twitter.com/parkerbutler10/status/1335708706701512704?s=20

This is most R Senators who want to be Culture Warriors owning the libs on social media instead of doing policy whatnot

Cool. They should ask Ossof if he supports marijuana legalization or single payer.

# ¿ Dec 7, 2020 02:40

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

Pine Cone Jones posted:

It will be like Mike Tyson boxing a random dude off the street. It's a possibility that Logan Paul could die.

Basically Mayweather could kill him if he decided to

# ¿ Dec 7, 2020 12:19

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

LongDarkNight posted:

Amtrak One coming soon?

Uber 1

# ¿ Dec 7, 2020 22:54

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

McNally posted:

Trump gave someone the Medal of Freedom yesterday.

He then got bored and wandered out of the room in the middle of the ceremony.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/12/watch-trump-walk-out-of-medal-of-freedom-ceremony.html

The vid is hilarious.

https://twitter.com/KevinlyFather/status/1336099660314755072

# ¿ Dec 8, 2020 23:37

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

Grip it and rip it posted:

Can't really tell if that's a net loss or gain for the guy getting honored.

Biden should invite him back for something more substantial. Seems like easy points to score with wherever he's from

Trump actually brought him out at a rally in Ohio where he's from and famous to announce that he was giving him the medal of freedom. But now when he actually has to give it to him he doesn't care

# ¿ Dec 9, 2020 00:42

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

mlmp08 posted:

lol. I�ve been following COVID news perhaps too much and had never heard of her until the search video. Looking at her twitter, it had a lot of weird ted flags.

She was interviewed on NPR mid-summer or so about the time that covid started to spike in FL. Initially FL didn't do as bad as NY, WA and LA had but once it started picking up across the south FL went up fast. DeSantis initially made a lot of metrics for shutting things down etc but then when it looked like they were going to blow right past them the state basically went to the FL DoH and was pressuring them to change the numbers or call a lot of different ones ambiguous. She (according to her interview on NPR) eventually got told point blank to change some of the numbers because an independent auditing group (presumably hired by the FL state gov) was telling the DoH that they were overcounting. Magically each county that was close to getting shutdown had their numbers go lower once they stepped in.

She got fired pretty abruptly after refusing to change stuff and then set up an independent portal based on data from her individual contacts in counties etc.

That Works fucked around with this message at 01:21 on Dec 9, 2020

# ¿ Dec 9, 2020 01:17

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

bird food bathtub posted:

While it had many other problems it feels like the space shuttle was a much better solution to reusable space craft than trying to land a pencil on its eraser only the eraser has millions of pounds of thrust/boom if things go bad. Am I missing something about this particular solution that makes it a better choice?

You're launching a lot more weight for a large flying reentry vehicle vs recouping the expensive first stage engines.

It ends up being a lot cheaper and easier to refurb between launches and you launch a lot more payload into orbit because you're not launching wings and poo poo

# ¿ Dec 10, 2020 00:38

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

MazelTovCocktail posted:

Space X stuff is cool, but goddamn is Elon Musk an annoying turd who nerds/chuds/etc irrationally worship/defend.

Yeah

# ¿ Dec 10, 2020 00:41

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

Milo and POTUS posted:

Surprising at all that reagan would give a poo poo about the grid

Well actually it was a big part of the factors in nuclear warfare an-- ... oh... ohhhhhh drat

# ¿ Dec 10, 2020 13:56

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

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/providing-police-military-gear-reduce-crime-protect-officers/story

quote:

Two independent studies have drawn the same conclusions: billions of dollars in surplus military equipment, including armored vehicles and high-powered rifles, that have been transferred by the federal government to thousands of U.S. police departments have not reduced crime or increased officer safety.

[sic]

"The collective assessment of the two studies is that ... the distribution (of military equipment) to local law enforcement doesn�t seem to affect one way or the other. It doesn�t reduce crime, it doesn�t lead to an increase in crime. It doesn�t seem to reduce officer injuries. It doesn�t seem to increase them either," Clark said.

[sic]

Lowande said he examined 3.8 million archived inventory records for his study and found that much of the equipment sat unused, malfunctioned or was given away to other law enforcement agencies and no longer properly accounted for.

"When you look at those types of police department�s crime rates over time, you don�t see any differences," Lowande said.

He said that after the Obama administration's rollback on the 1033 program -- which he described as mostly "symbolic" -- there was no evidence it impacted the crime rate.

�So, if this equipment was playing a big role in reducing crime in those areas, you would have expected to see crime go up and it just didn�t," Lowande said.

Clark said his team's study found that due to lax record-keeping, it was difficult to determine how much of the equipment was actually being used by police departments.

"Our findings suggest this program, which is roughly 30 years old, isn�t actually contributing to public safety," Clark told ABC News.

# ¿ Dec 10, 2020 14:07

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

Notahippie posted:

It appears to have been a quid-pro-quo to get Morocco to recognize Israel.

I was gonna guess Morocco gave Kushner a loan but yeah

# ¿ Dec 10, 2020 17:43

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

facialimpediment posted:

I'd say lower than most think. Donnie's demanding credit for the vaccines, so he won't shut up about them.

It's possible that the chuddy class still rejects getting it, but the Donnie class is going to be calling it the Trump Vaccine for years.

It'll probably be the usual antivaxx folks (lefty UNPURE and righty GOVERNMENT GET OUT REEEE), plus some skeptical people until the healthcare folks get the first doses and turn out fine.

That's a growing demographic. I'd bet at minimum you're looking at 20% of the adult population opting not to vaccinate and I'd put money on it being closer to 30-35%

# ¿ Dec 12, 2020 04:05

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

facialimpediment posted:

I essentially agree, with the caveat that most of that new skeptic class just doesn't want to be first, from what I've seen. They don't like the accelerated development schedule, but they're not antivaxxers, so they'd rather wait for a few months to see what happens to the first people getting doses.

Yeah that's fair and honestly up until a couple weeks ago I would be one of them as well despite being in the biotech field.

Sadly though the larger antivaxx group has been growing rapidly especially since 2016. Having Kennedy and other idiots being elevated in status and having a literal antivaxxer in charge of the country has quickened the pace of a lot of harm there.

# ¿ Dec 12, 2020 04:14

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

lightpole posted:

I've been seeing things with countries talking about requiring some sort of vaccine proof for travel. I know India required shotcards with proof of polio since we were traveling from Pakistan so this wouldn't be too far fetched.

I hope they do tbh

# ¿ Dec 12, 2020 04:57

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

https://news.yahoo.com/louisville-protester-kris-smith-fatally-030406257.html

Protest leaders in Louisville just keep ending up shot dead in their cars :iiam:

# ¿ Dec 12, 2020 21:48

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

https://twitter.com/girlsreallyrule/status/1337553508103548933

This real?

# ¿ Dec 12, 2020 23:12

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

I'm more just surprised that no one else posted in here before now, did I miss it?

# ¿ Dec 13, 2020 00:08

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

This is amazing and terrible.

https://twitter.com/DanCrenshawTX/status/1338184981684908033

# ¿ Dec 14, 2020 15:43

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

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

Pornhub nuked all their user uploaded videos this morning. RIP jerkin' it, I guess.

shame on an IGA posted:

The thing about offensive cyber is you have to assume your weapons only work once, so if you've got the capability to melt their power grid, blowing it on "sending a message" is less than prudent

# ¿ Dec 14, 2020 21:33

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

This is a good thread breaking down a lot of the stuff about the current vaccines.

https://twitter.com/meganranney/status/1338841290100903937

excerpts but the whole thing worth a read

https://twitter.com/meganranney/status/1338841296950226944?s=20

https://twitter.com/meganranney/status/1338841304185376768?s=20

# ¿ Dec 15, 2020 14:51

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

It's more that they're gonna work good for some stuff, and not as good as just injecting a protein (or carbohydrate) antigen for others.

Comes down to things like where you need the antigen produced, how much those cells can take that mRNA and crank out antigen before they are inactivated / turn over etc.

It's great that they work here, but we have a lot of different vaccine types still in use for a reason and that's because that each disease is different and there's no 'one size fits all' immune response to find.

# ¿ Dec 15, 2020 16:47

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

If Pete was calculating to that extent it would have been easier to be a Republican

# ¿ Dec 16, 2020 11:37

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

https://twitter.com/BeachLife_The/status/1339950825364402176?s=20

quote:

Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller ordered a Pentagon-wide halt to cooperation with the transition of President-elect Biden, shocking officials across the Defense Department, senior administration officials tell Axios.

Behind the scenes: A top Biden official was unaware of the directive. Administration officials left open the possibility cooperation would resume after a holiday pause. The officials were unsure what prompted Miller's action, or whether President Trump approved.

Why it matters: Miller's move, which stunned officials throughout the Pentagon, was the biggest eruption yet of animus and mistrust toward the Biden team from the top level of the Trump administration.

What happened: Meetings between President Trump's team and the Biden team are going on throughout the government, after a delayed start as the administration dragged its feet on officially recognizing Biden as president-elect.

Then on Thursday night, Miller � who was appointed Nov. 9, when Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper right after the election � ordered officials throughout the building to cancel scheduled transition meetings.

Pentagon official response: A senior Defense Department official sought to downplay the move, calling it "a simple delay of the last few scheduled meetings until after the new year."

Nothingburger or nah?

# ¿ Dec 18, 2020 16:32

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

Fallom posted:

Why is it always the anesthesiologists with the billing scam? Does their school tell them they can get away with it because they only see patients at their most vulnerable?

Just spitballing here but I would guess it's because for even simple procedures with a general anesthesia they are another MD in the room and depending on the type of hospital / system will float between different clinics / wards meaning that their billing and pay structure are probably different than that of whatever doctor you're being operated on by.

The most annoying ones are the "bill from the hospital" followed weeks or months later by the "bill from the doctor". Had one of those that was the exact same amount and both came on the same letterhead so I assumed it was a duplicate until I started getting some really angry voicemails from collections people.

# ¿ Dec 21, 2020 15:01

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

Hot Karl Marx posted:

https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1341540295645810688

lmao

# ¿ Dec 23, 2020 01:44

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

What state was it that just showed like half or more of their budget for covid unemployment poo poo didn't get paid out because its too difficult for people to actually get the paperwork approved?

# ¿ Dec 23, 2020 14:53

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

shame on an IGA posted:

oh hey we got our twitter star of the day already

https://mobile.twitter.com/Louchristian21/status/1342486738866987008

E: Video from scene trickling in

https://twitter.com/RyanEGraney/sta...ingawful.com%2F

Already gone, what was it?

# ¿ Dec 25, 2020 17:44

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

ded posted:

Called it

# ¿ Dec 27, 2020 13:22

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

Milo and POTUS posted:

Didn't Donny hop on the 5g conspiracy bandwagon after making a lot of noise about how great it was

Not that I ever saw but they drummed up a lot of poo poo about it being a war to win vs China or some other poo poo. Looks like its a real turd right now though:

https://www.publicknowledge.org/blog/the-trump-administration-goes-to-war-on-5g-with-itself/

# ¿ Dec 27, 2020 14:25

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

Sacrist65 posted:

https://twitter.com/mishmei/status/1343149664518819840?s=21

"Bunk beds in a 1BR apartment and a girlfriend named Kalya" levels of divorced dad energy here.

Excellent followup imo

https://twitter.com/MishMei/status/1343163988427698176?s=20

# ¿ Dec 28, 2020 15:21

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

Hard to take Ossof as seriously about concerns over the plight of the commoners when he pretty enthusiastically slammed the door on medicare for all.

# ¿ Dec 31, 2020 00:27

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

Nystral posted:

Source? All I know about Ossof is that he failed to get the house seats in 18 and this campaign now.

https://www.ajc.com/politics/politi...PJN5PD3XJUJBQA/

"Ossoff and Sanders differ on key policy debates – notably, the Georgian opposes the Green New Deal climate change plan and the Medicare for All healthcare proposal that Sanders championed."

# ¿ Dec 31, 2020 00:47

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 01:51

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

Wasabi the J posted:

I loving hate this country more and more I realize it doesn't stack up to it's own bullshit fanfiction I believed.

This

# ¿ Dec 31, 2020 17:11

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