It’s OK if you’re a white male conservative of means. Seriously, it is, because everyone knows they have superhuman powers of viral resistance, something to do with The Force or Jaybus or Big Hairy Balls or something. Funny, though, how thin-skinned they are when criticized or called out on their hypocrisy. Then they break down like bratty 2 year olds whose parents won’t give them more candy.
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As was noted earlier, this misses the point entirely. The kid could have a party with his parents and siblings at home. The grandfather could have participated via Zoom or Skype or whatever.
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That must be a pretty important job in Texas what with drilling, ranching and subdivision construction rights being a big thing down there, kind of like zoning commissioner here in NYC or traffic cone commissioner in NJ.
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You know what’s sad, Ralph? I didn’t need a study to tell me that. They’re also Trump voters, without a doubt, who revel in their ignorance. Can’t reach them even at the risk of death.
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Well, isn’t he quite the …
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No, the opposite: McCabe has been a critic of this “judge” for a while …
McCabe “re-tweeted” the photographs originally tweeted by “Buddy Falcon.”
McCabe denies having taken the photographs himself.
More than that I cannot say.
It could have been written more clearly.
For example, it describes the lawyer as “Georgetown defense attorney Robert McCabe,” without clarifying that this particular Georgetown is right there in Texas.
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You’re right, of course, the article did not literally say that. I inferred it from what was written. Here’s my thinking:
McCabe is a defense attorney, so who would hire him but someone needing defending, right? So, who would need defending in this story?.. That would be Buddy Falcon.
And then, a further clue is that this attorney declined to have the photos taken down which raises the question of ‘why would the Judge ask him to do that.’ The answer is because Buddy Falcon is his client.
So, what do you think…am I right or have I read the contextual clues wrongly?
I follow all of the social distancing recommendations, I’m not a jerk or an idiot.
But there’s a difference between voluntary guidelines and the force of law, threatening jail and fines.
That’s the part I find troublesome, and I think will ultimately be found unconstitutional.
We need to be very cautious at times like this that we don’t see our rights eroded, because once they’re gone, they’re gone.
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A county judge in Texas is an administrative post, similar to a mayor, not part of the “judiciary” or court system.
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Yes. The author’s greater point is that we are a divided nation in terms of our attitudes toward solving problems. In my opinion we are also an epistemologically divided nation where the majority of Republicans trust Trump for advice on drugs and covid-19 more than health authorities.
All these challenges require a collective, unified solution, and difficult decisions to protect the entire society and future generations. Yet we are a nation that has become increasingly divided along spatial lines. For decades, Americans have been encouraged to respond to major challenges like urban decline, social unrest, and environmental degradation by isolating themselves in areas that are increasingly segregated by class and by politics.
Covid-19 is exposing the limits of that response, but it also raises a question that is crucial to answer if the United States is going to prosper in the coming decades: In a divided nation, how do we come together — figuratively, for the time being — to solve collective challenges?
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Wait — what? The County Judge violated his own order, called the defense attorney for advice, which the defense attorney gave him, and now the defense attorney is going to sue the judge regarding the subject matter of the call?
What the hell kind of attorneys are they raising in Williamson County?
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Wait, where does it say that in the article?
Thanks, by the way, for clearing up the “Georgetown” thing. That makes a-LOT more sense now.
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Wait, where does it say that in the article?
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The article does not say it …
Hence:
OT: Heck of a job, Trumpie.
What’s interesting in the article is a snippet about a leading British scientist thinking there’s an 80% chance of having a vaccine by September. No detail provided.
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His clown costume was at the cleaners.
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OK good, I thought I was going crazy. But now you have to tell me how you know that! 
Perhaps you live in Texas and you saw the story reported locally and have details that are not in this article here at TPM?
As I went back and read the article again, now I’m starting to think that McCabe IS Buddy Falcon himself… I don’t know 
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My nephew turned 13 yesterday. He had to have a Zoom birthday party with his friends. We Whatsapped with him. This is the new normal, for now. But apparently it doesn’t apply to conservatives, who are oh so conservative in how they live their lives and uphold their oh so conservative standards and morals. Apparently the only thing you need to be a conservative is to call yourself one.
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BBBWWWAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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Yeah, Gov. Useless has bought the “got to re-open the economy” kool-aid. Notice how he never says how he’s going to do so “in a safe way.”
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