…seems like forever ago that they put her away…& let her out…& put her away again…but guess who’s out again?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/12/chelsea-manning-jail-release-virginia
…& speaking of speaking truth to power
…if it takes one to know one then maybe being told you’re asleep at the wheel by sleepy-joe might wake the fucker up?
…or maybe Mr P the VP of not getting the memo might work?
…because while he’s planning his next fucking rally, at least the Dems are finally figuring out they don’t actually need to work that hard to make tangerine twittler look like a floundering whale with no water in sight
…particularly when both men seem to have reached the same part of the hymn sheet
…which is more than some supposed allies can say this week
…though of course, there were some convenient exemptions
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/12/trump-coronavirus-travel-europe-resorts-126808
…but much as it might be nice to contemplate that orange head on a spike what we actually need is to flatten that fucker out
…now…if someone could just tell that damned dotard that
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/11/donald-trump-us-coronavirus-address
As a former presidential speechwriter, my careful rhetorical analysis is that he’s gonna get us all killed.
David Litt (Obama speechwriter)
…no, really…he needs to STFU more & listen to what people who know shit are trying to tell him
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/12/america-national-security-viral-threat-126574
…but thanks to the delights of high-frequency algorithmic trading & the miracles of disaster capitalism it’s a good bet there’s some others with their ears to the ground making a killing
…meanwhile, way the hell off in look-over-here news
…of course first off he’s going to get a bunch of other folks killed
…& hey, I’m no military genius but if the point is to make some sort of point to Iran…they may have other things on their mind right now?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/iran-coronavirus-outbreak-graves/
…guess things look different from space…but then it is all about perspective, isn’t it?
…I may owe someone some sort of apology…I had one piece of arguably positive news that I totally meant to include…& then forgot
no march madness? we have white house madness!
Trump’s Best Word: The Bracket Tournament | The Daily Show
Isn’t this a play on “retard” which isn’t cool” “dotard”
“Dotard” is a very old word. Shakespeare and Chaucer both used it. So did Tolkein.
Thank you, I was wrong.
…apologies…in most respects I wouldn’t take my lead from North Korean press releases but where the Orange Alert is concerned…if the cap fits, wear it?
You know what else is a big contributor to the difference in responses to the virus? Most of the other countries affected have real universal healthcare. If people can’t afford to go to the doctor then they’re just not going whether they’re insured or not.
And paid sick leave. My daughter sent me a meme yesterday that read
Concerts: cancelled
Schools: cancelled
Flights: cancelled
St Patrick’s Day: cancelled
Countries: on lock-down
WORK: be here by 7:05
I actually live in a state that has paid sick leave…in 2021.
Saw this on GT last night, posted by VulcansAreHeartbreakers. And it’s some shit.
https://news.ballotpedia.org/2020/03/11/georgia-cancels-state-supreme-court-election-after-sitting-justice-announces-retirement-gov-kemp-will-appoint-replacement/
I saw on Twitter that Herb Spanfeller has started up Deadspin again with scab writers. I haven’t looked to see what it’s like.
It’s another genius move by the guy who gave up all of the election year traffic and ad revenue for Splinter — now he has a stick to sprots site when every major sportsball is shut down.
It’s mindboggling to me how vulture capitalists champ at the bit to fire workers in the name of cutting costs, but leave this idiot and his network of overpaid executive hacks in place.
Excellent business plan!
The site’s back up, and there are stories (yeah, I threw three clicks their way), but the dumbfucks have no commenting available.
And while, *on the one hand* that is quiiiite reasonable, because the comments would ALL be about ripping Herb and the Vulture Capatalists,
The Motherfuckers STILLLLLLLLLLLLL don’t apparently understand that ot was *THE INTERACTION* between the writers and the commentors,not *JUST* the writing that those of us who filled the Kinjaverse loved.
Ww refreshed the pages ALL day, every day, to see the *new comments* dumbasses, NOT because we loved to read each story 20-100 times over the course of the day🤨😑🙄🙄🙄
Poor Herby-Herb…
Dumbfuck STILL doesn’t *get it,* and he apparently never will.
With the kind of articles they have over there right now, they aren’t putting anything *new* out into a world full of eyeballs seeking info & freaked out by fear.
And with the fact that they’ve been down 3 1/2-4 months, they also don’t get that those of us who sought the connections we’ve made have already found other places (Here, Discord, Reddits, etc😉), or in plenty of cases *at least* walked away in disgust from Kinja.
Also, THANK YOU, *again!* to all of y’all who have made this site possible💖💗💓💞💕
It hasn’t been until the last few weeks, that I’d realized how much I (personally!) have missed the kinja sites & subs that were originally what made me lurk–Jez, Deadspin, The Powder Room, The Muse, Lifehacker, & GT. I’ve mostly been on GT the last couple years, but even that place has gone quieter after the main pages quit linking many of their subs.
It’s been AWESOME,to be able to read the *wide* variety of things that folks want to talk about & are interested in again.
So THANK YOU ALL!!💖💖💖
I’m glad you’re here Emmer! 😊
I’m so glad you all are here, too. I would honestly, I think, be a total WRECK in meatspace, if this place wasn’t around.
With GT down to the shell it’s been, Lochaber** and a bunch of others*** gone from there, or commenting very little, I’d be stressing OUT, if this wasn’t a place where I could see good folks discussing the… upside-downness(?) that has taken over so many parts of the world, since 2016.
Hardly anyone but my roommates seem concerned about the big things happening in the world (until the recent panic-buying, anyway!), and y’all keep me sane-ish😉😁🤗💖
(**I’ve pm’ed him over on Reddit, he’s ok, just not going back to Kinja–I’m trying to get him to join us over here, because I feel like he’d fit😉)
(***is Eisen ok & has he landed safely elsewhere?, he used to post & comment on the regular, but I haven’t seen him around since the exodus, and there are others, too, who appear to have dissipated–i know Mrs. F and OWYAC are irl friends, so I’m not *quite* as worried about not seeing Mrs. F’s comments as often, but *you know,* I worry ’bout our longtime interwebs friends💗💖💞)
I hope Lochaber comes here, he was one of my favorites at GT. He would totally fit in here,tell him I said hello. I feel like Eisen stopped coming around much because of the trolls who were harassing him. I hope he’s OK.
The world may be a dumpster fire but it’s still Fur Face Friday!
https://backtalk.kinja.com/fur-face-friday-1842252072?_ga=2.141452658.1946009374.1580951448-1032764444.1576978491
…not a moment too soon…thank you