Imagine telling people in 1945 that, within the span of a lifetime, Germany would have a better functioning democracy than America. https://t.co/xJn8xt5yW4
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) April 5, 2020
Well when the “leader” of the us resembles the leader of Germany in 1945…
That is how I read it, too. Don’t also forget that the citizens of the localities who paid for the confiscated gear paid for it (or will pay for it) with their taxes (or user fees or what ever euphemism for taxes the Guardians of Pestilence prefers now).
If anyone wants to make your own mask without any sewing…here’s a how to video:
You can use a bandana, rubber bands or those hair scrunchies. Or any material you have about the same size. One could put a coffee filter in for extra protection. There’s a lot of other DIY tutorials with this method on the internet.
As was said of another prominent character in this thread,
When someone shows you who they are, believe them.
Ya know, there’s an 800 pound elephant in the room, one that seems just so obvious that no one’s really said anything. When a decision - REAL decision - one that involves laying it on the line - Trump chokes. Each and every time. Like with using the NDC. Waffle, weasel, say you’re going to but don’t . . . When it comes right down to it, when the rubber meets the road, all those hoary metaphors regarding taking a situation and dealing with it, Trump chokes. Bigtime.
He can weasel and scheme and plot and engage in vendettas, conspire with his cronies to enrich themselves and promote their agendas with the very best of them. But when it comes time to step up and do the job for which he was elected, he folds like an origami sex toy. He cannot lead. When presented with a challenge that DEMANDS leadership, he’s all over the place.
Seriously. All of the ‘decisions’ he made during his term were someone else’s ideas, which he diddled with. But when it comes down to actually making a life and death decision where everyone is telling him different things, he chokes. His trust in Jared to control the outbreak blew up in his face, the only people the media and the public trusts are subtlety making him look like a fool, and he hates them. He’s left with nothing but his stable genius and infallible gut to see him through.
For the first time in his life, he’s facing something that can’t be bought, bluffed, blustered, browbeaten, blackmailed, threatened, sued, intimidated, twitterbombed (please consult your local thesaurus). And he’s flummoxed. Literally. This. Has. Never. Ever. Happened. To. Him. Before. Never.
Every time before this, he could take an abject defeat and spin it into a colossal win for him, and the media would buy into it. He learned that if he pretended to be something, people would think it was real. Vide: The Apprentice.
Every time he lost, he lied his way to a win. And now? A force. An implacable force. One that doesn’t even bother to take notice of him. Who only regards him as a host. To make more viruses, not host a show . . .
And he’s lost. Totally, completely, utterly lost. All he has is spin at this point. This isn’t as much a case of the Wizard of Oz being exposed by Toto pulling back the curtain as it is the Wizard being exposed as the curtain bursts into flames behind him. This is someone who is in too far over his head, knows nothing, and yet believes he is the greatest authority on literally every subject imaginable. Who has Jared Kushner as his chief henchman, sidekick, and buttboy.
More than that, he’s desperate for an adoration fix . . . he hasn’t held a rally where he could publicly mainline all that sweet, sweet worship in just WAY too long. The press conferences give him a bit of a flattery fix, which he needs, but that’s like Methadone compared to the pure, white horse he was riding for the last 3 years.
And . . . he’s not making any money. THIS is why he wants to re-open everything, so he can get guests booked into his resorts. Or his buddies book a couple of floors for a few months
We are SO screwed.
“I heard people with lupus aren’t as effected by the virus. Maybe that’s true, maybe that’s false, you’ll have to check it out.”
Listen, Orange Bad Hair Bozo - may I call you that, sir? You’re the guy with the professional staff - you’d have even more of them if you hadn’t foolishly fired many of them - but you still have some. Anyway - you’re the guy with the professional staff who can “check out” whether what you heard is true and report their conclusions to you. Then you, in turn, can communicate their findings to the public. So, why don’t you just do that, Orange Bad Hair Bozo, sir, instead of spending 2 hours a day vomiting nonsense to we, the people? We shouldn’t have to “check it out” because you’re supposed to have done that already! That’s your job, you fucking Orange Bad Hair Bozo moron!
Even the one thing that the Dotard did that could be construed as a step towards containing the visus was a complete and utter fuckup. A PR stunt to fool the rubes…
If I start wearing a mask, this will be why. I’ve read the available literature on SARS-COV-2 and masks. The evidence is contradictory, but I think it mostly indicates that cloth masks are ineffective in preventing spread and increase the wearer’s chances of infection.
That said, if I can get one I will probably start wearing it.
Yeah, because the most important thing on the minds of those people is meeting Orange Bad Hair Bozo so he can regurgitate bullshit at them. personally.
I’ve just had my accusation of “failure of imagination” written in WaPo. This is a good historical piece that lays out what should be obvious, Trump didn’t plan, Trump didn’t pay attention to plans that were prepared prior to his presidency, and that each any every President has been tested by crisis. My number 1 take away don’t ever fire the “Cassandras” in an organization, they’re there to serve as institutional memory.
And something else that I just thought of, who in Trump’s administration do you think is the “designated survivor”?
In acquitting Trump over Ukraine, I was willing to characterize the GOP Senate as corrupt. Now everyone knows that they let loose a murderer.
Q: How many people have to die before it is genocide?
“I think that 10,000 is genocide,” said Charny. “If that’s not genocide, what is? You have 10,000 unarmed civilians of religion X who were murdered by adherents of religion Y. What is that? Political murder? I think that’s genocide.”
Note: US death toll as of this comment Apr5th 8:10am = 8,503
That right there is what a decent human being ought to do. Imaging what could be done if billionaires worked in concert. What big business could do banded together. And the advertising that would be obvious
Or he’ll keep on dancing while corpses are piled high enough for everyone to see.
Slightly OT, but relevant: I Just saw SecDef interviewed on CNN. He had good answers mostly, but seemed from beginning to end to be angry and defensive.
You are so right, and the proof is in his past tweets. He’s for it, he’s against it, but when the shit is getting real he doesn’t want any out come of a decision attached to his name.
Yet one that I wish Its goddamned followers would take whole heartedly and try out.
Asked? No, we need to demand it. The folks that paid for the equipment need to bring lawsuits. These seizures need to be run on the news every day. The bright light of truth needs to scatter these cockroaches and bring the truth to bear.
No. I’m not asking anything. If I buy something, it’s mine. If someone else buys something, it’s theirs. No seizing anything. Nope, nope, nope.
‘I’m not responsible’.
That’s a Democratic campaign spot right there.
If I buy something, something that is quite legal, and someone else comes along and “seizes” it…
Just sayin’
Ok …done yelling
I’ll let myself out
The democrats have no shortage of material for campaign ads this time around and since folks are house bound and the tube is on a lot they should be pounding the airwaves pointing out trump lies, theft of legally bought goods, refusal to open up stockpikes (that is on Kushner but what the hell) and trying to poison folks with hydroxychloroquine while knowing its a dangerous drug… these points are just off the top of my head. There is so much more.
Kids in cages
An impeached president
The lies