…well, the weekend’s over but it looks like some folks haven’t really got past the last few days yet
…there’s really only one problem with him touting the term to his faithful followers…neither he nor they can explain what the hell it is that Obama supposedly did…but it doesn’t stop them grasping for new answers based on a creative interpretation of past events…but we’re talking laughably fucking stupid claims that you’d need to be beyond hope of remedial tutoring before you’d be willing to entertain
…it’s a well-trodden path for the cerebrally-challenged cretin in charge…or indeed for his various protegees & progeny…if in doubt then muddy the waters by levelling accusations against others that mirror offences you know yourself to be guilty of
…the “clever” bit is that because they have to find out you’re guilty before they make their claim (& you know you’re guilty AF from the off because you’re the most transparently criminal asshole ever to be mistakenly awarded the office) you can almost always make your claim first so when your deluded support run across the one against you they can chalk it up to a childish form of tit for tat & choke it down with the rest of the crap you force them to guzzle
…but mostly you just contradict reality on the basis that you in fact are sufficiently craven to rely on your supporters doing the hard work of maintaining their own cognitive dissonance to cleave to your fiction over the abundance of evidence to the contrary
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/17/eric-trump-coronavirus/
…so I guess we know this bit’s pretty true
…the man is positively overcome by his desperation not to admit to himself that he looks like a child next to his predecessor…that however imperfect Obama’s tenure in the White House may have been the fact remains that every aspect of it stands as a rebuke to quite literally the entirety of the shambolic Dolt45 cult…& it is beyond embarassingly obvious that it tears him up
…but arguably it’s worse than that
…& – not to put too fine a point on it…dumber than that…straight up denial of reality levels of stupid with the added bonus of risking lives & livelihoods throughout the nation
…when you get right down to it…the closest anaolgy I can figure if that he’s literally throwing americans on some sort of pyre in the hope that their corpses are going to act as a firebreak to keep him from burning just long enough to scrape that second term
…not that he seems keen to be doing much to help out at the state level
…but then some questions seem like we know the answer before anyone asks
…& some things don’t come easy
…which is why you have to confront the painful numbers if you’re going to know where you really are with this thing
…not piss away your chance to do something contructive to instead fuck about with the old sound & fury routine like you’re nostalgic for the days of mutually assured destruction
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/17/donald-trump-and-xi-jinping-meet-the-new-cold-warriors
…or just flat out can’t spare the time from the full-time job that is covering your ass because you just can’t help the fact that your personal ABC stands for Always Be Criming
…so…given all of that
…I can almost understand this
…& things like these actually make me smile
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/17/martin-shkreli-pharma-bro-release-denied/
…& I’d even be pretty relaxed about this proving to have something to it
…but really it all seems pretty up in the air
And, she’s probably a pro-lifer.
I’m sure. She wants choice for HER body, not other people’s.
Yep
https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-20200504-qjpnujrrpzdtzlxlsavkfanjie-story.html
On the other hand, a college student is sewing masks with clear panels to help people who read lips.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2020/04/07/coronavirus-kentucky-student-makes-masks-deaf-and-hard-hearing/2941791001/
At least I won’t feel bad if she lands in the ICU with CoVID after all it was her “choice.”
I won’t feel bad for her but gd these people are so selfish. Costco workers did not sign up for this bs.
So, I live in a small town adjacent to the blue stronghold of the ATL. Lately, in talking to neighbors – that lean heavily repub(I steer clear of any political talk usually) – I have found that none of them think the virus is that bad. One neighbor thinks that he is healthy enough through having grown up on a farm that he developed an excellent immune system by being around so many animals. My only reply was “That’s an interesting approach.” I literally couldn’t think of anything else to say to that.
The other exchange went like this –
Me: Not enough people are wearing masks.
Neighbor: I’m not wearing a mask. I’m not sick.
Me: Oh? You got a test?
Neighbor: No, I just know I’m not sick.
Me: Well, how do you know you’re not a carrier?
The neighbor then goes into this whole 20 min “scientific” reason that she isn’t wearing a mask because it cuts down on your O2 which is bad and that they also make you continuously breathe the virus back in. It was crazy. Then, trying to be polite –
Me: Well, I guess having a sister that’s an ER nurse in NYC has just made me very aware of what the virus does.
Neighbor: Well, my friend that works in a hospital in Forsythe Co says they’ve only had two cases. Two. We are not NY.
Other neighbor standing with us: It’s all fucking China’s fault.
At which point, I just ceded the battlefield and because I’m petty – I looked up Forsythe Co – they have 400 recorded cases with 10 deaths.
You can’t talk to them. For every comment I made about wearing a mask or people dying – they contradicted me with all of this repub propaganda. It’s like come on people – you are so disappointing. I guess my point is – Does anyone know how to successfully talk to these people without scratching your own eyes out?
‘Does anyone know how to successfully talk to these people without scratching your own eyes out?’
I do not, sorry. And if I were you I wouldn’t even try. Smile & nod as you go from your car to your house and avoid them.
It depends on how many years you’re willing to invest in the project … so no, generally not.
Stay safe. CoVID or not, it is probably best to stay 6 feet or more away from your neighbors for the sake of your sanity.
The Dodo is usually emotional blackmail, but this is cute and probably won’t make you cry
…some of the expressions are priceless…you can almost hear them thinking “I’m looking at the same shit you are & I’m telling you there is no way it’s more interesting than me let alone the shit we could find if we went for a walk right now…how are you not getting this?”
He wore a tan suit. A TAN SUIT!!!!!!!! I’m not sure what more crime you need to see.
Right? Dude besmirched the office of the Presidency with his sartorial insouciance …
Castro?
I don’t think so, but I can’t identify who it is. It’s from a speech Reagan gave about Captive Nations Week in 1983. He trashed-talked the Soviet Union and Cuba during the speech, so I’m pretty sure that’s not Castro. I just like the fact that the Gipper and HW are BOTH in tan suits.
OK, but you definitely can’t find a picture of them in a tan suit saluting incorrectly with a Starbucks cup. CHECK AND MATE.
Or in tan suits being Black!