Where's the petri dish thread?

[zsn]

CnB FTW!!

I was just watching a whole bunch of Shaqtin' a Fool reruns and Marcus Smart flopping was front and center on each and every episode!

Hope he and others around him are OK

[ChalkRocker]

I really like Marcus Smart.

He posted, and replied to pms, on this board (iterations of the same).

A genuine guy; wish him all the best

[TDub]

So. The whole state of california is on lockdown now? I know wash and or govts have been in meetings today. i bet the west coast is all on lockdown by the weekend

[Shirley]

CnB FTW!! ...

^^^

Finally answers the question everyone's been asking:

Why TF is she marrying him?

[seahawk]

Followup story about the Kinsa thermometers with current map showing literal "hot spots" around the country.

https://hotair.com/archives/allahpundit ... rmometers/

Map: https://healthweather.us

[Deleted User 89]

bats are not to blame, humans are...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/health/c ... index.html

(seems like i said this already lol)

[Shirley]

Can anyone give me a good reason why Trump won't use the emergency war powers he invoked Wednesday to immediately press U.S. industry to accelerate the production of medical supplies to fight the coronavirus? Why not? I read that 8% of the people in Italy with COVID-19 infections are health care workers. In fact, in Italy it's so bad, they are letting 10,000 medical students skip their final exams so they can help deal with the pandemic without delay. Ireland is doing something similar.

The US is already becoming overwhelmed, and it's going to get much worse before it gets better. Multiple states are already asking doctors and nurses to come out of retirement and are waving state licensing requirements. Pence said Wednesday that the federal government was going to do so on a national scale, but so far, it hasn't been done.

Considering that everything about this pandemic is made worse, multiplied, by indecision and delay, what is Trump waiting for?

[Shirley]

bats are not to blame, humans are...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/health/c ... index.html

(seems like i said this already lol)

I'm not going to open that link in case it's videos of people having sex with bats.

Trad, you are one sick human being!

[Deleted User 89]

Can anyone give me a good reason why Trump won't use the emergency war powers he invoked Wednesday to immediately press U.S. industry to accelerate the production of medical supplies to fight the coronavirus? Why not? I read that 8% of the people in Italy with COVID-19 infections are health care workers. In fact, in Italy it's so bad, they are letting 10,000 medical students skip their final exams so they can help deal with the pandemic without delay. Ireland is doing something similar.

The US is already becoming overwhelmed, and it's going to get much worse before it gets better. Multiple states are already asking doctors and nurses to come out of retirement and are waving state licensing requirements. Pence said Wednesday that the federal government was going to do so on a national scale, but so far, it hasn't been done.

sure seems odd, particularly considering he feels like a war-time president

wonder how Wilson, Roosevelt, Eisenhower or Truman would’ve handled all this

[Shirley]

Can anyone give me a good reason why Trump won't use the emergency war powers he invoked Wednesday to immediately press U.S. industry to accelerate the production of medical supplies to fight the coronavirus? Why not? I read that 8% of the people in Italy with COVID-19 infections are health care workers. In fact, in Italy it's so bad, they are letting 10,000 medical students skip their final exams so they can help deal with the pandemic without delay. Ireland is doing something similar.

The US is already becoming overwhelmed, and it's going to get much worse before it gets better. Multiple states are already asking doctors and nurses to come out of retirement and are waving state licensing requirements. Pence said Wednesday that the federal government was going to do so on a national scale, but so far, it hasn't been done.

sure seems odd, particularly considering he feels like a war-time president

wonder how Wilson, Roosevelt, Eisenhower or Truman would’ve handled all this

Did someone say, "war-time"?

[twocoach]

it’s sad that anyone, and in particular potus, thinks this is any sort of us vs. them, in any regard besides humanity vs. the virus.

Everything he does is a cultivation of this "us vs. them" shtick he has leveraged to solidify his base votes.

[twocoach]

Can anyone give me a good reason why Trump won't use the emergency war powers he invoked Wednesday to immediately press U.S. industry to accelerate the production of medical supplies to fight the coronavirus? Why not? I read that 8% of the people in Italy with COVID-19 infections are health care workers. In fact, in Italy it's so bad, they are letting 10,000 medical students skip their final exams so they can help deal with the pandemic without delay. Ireland is doing something similar.

The US is already becoming overwhelmed, and it's going to get much worse before it gets better. Multiple states are already asking doctors and nurses to come out of retirement and are waving state licensing requirements. Pence said Wednesday that the federal government was going to do so on a national scale, but so far, it hasn't been done.

Considering that everything about this pandemic is made worse, multiplied, by indecision and delay, what is Trump waiting for?

From what I understand, he has already reached formal agreements with several companies to change and increase their production of supplies such as masks, etc... there are things to complain about regarding Trump and his handling of things but this feels like seeking something arbitrary to complain about.

[jfish26]

But even taking that to be true - that should have been done in January!

[Deleted User 89]

But even taking that to be true - that should have been done in January!

^^^^^^

right, it’s not like all of a sudden there was a realization that we were gonna be short

[jfish26]

But even taking that to be true - that should have been done in January!

^^^^^^

right, it’s not like all of a sudden there was a realization that we were gonna be short

In a just world, before getting hauled off to prison, those Senators that cashed out should have to donate the proceeds to the cause.

[Deleted User 89]

But even taking that to be true - that should have been done in January!

^^^^^^

right, it’s not like all of a sudden there was a realization that we were gonna be short

In a just world, before getting hauled off to prison, those Senators that cashed out should have to donate the proceeds to the cause.

truth

but as we were so eloquently reminded by trump when asked about the rich and famous having access to testing...that’s just the way the world works

[jfish26]

^^^^^^

right, it’s not like all of a sudden there was a realization that we were gonna be short

In a just world, before getting hauled off to prison, those Senators that cashed out should have to donate the proceeds to the cause.

truth

but as we were so eloquently reminded by trump when asked about the rich and famous having access to testing...that’s just the way the world works

I would also say that any shot at justice being served here went out the window when it became apparent that the number of R Senators doing this is at least enough to threaten the R majority.

[jfish26]

Burr and Loeffler’s Corona Cash Out

https://thebulwark.com/burr-and-loeffle ... -cash-out/

[W]hat we have here is a tale that perfectly encapsulates the Trump era in Washington:

* Trump’s solipsistic focus on ensuring that everyone testifies to how wonderful he is led him into a grotesquely irresponsible public relations centered approach to dealing with the pandemic.
This approach was solely focused on maintaining the rising stock market that is central to his self-worth and his reelection prospects.

* As always, Trump refused to brook any opposition to his party line that concern about the virus was being overblown by an evil media who was exaggerating the crisis because they were hell-bent on taking out the the strong, brilliant, stable-genius who, through no fault of his own, has been continually thwarted by his own staff and other assorted dopes, weaklings, and Never Trumpers.
In the face of this, two Republican senators realized, through their briefings with government experts, that the president’s line was wrong and that America was in great danger.

* However, they were afraid of finding themselves on the receiving end of mean tweets from Trump. So they not only refused to tell their constituents what they knew publicly, but they actively participated in Trump’s gaslighting.

* Meanwhile, they took the time to protect their families’ riches from the consequences that would follow once the crisis manifest on America’s shores.

* All of which adds up to a scam where officials with inside knowledge of the truth sold their stocks to protect themselves while the president, his son, and his chief economic advisor were telling the public that everything was wonderful and that they should be buying stocks. All right before the market cratered and decimated—actually, much more than decimated—the savings of any marks who had signed on with Trump University’s White House stock market masterclass.

* But the best part—the cherry on top, really—is that Burr and Loeffler betrayed their country and their constituents in order to help sell Trump’s disinformation. And yet the moment they became liabilities, Trump’s posse on Twitter and Fox—and reportedly the President himself—turned on them. They let Trump hide his tax returns, they protected him from impeachment, they humiliated themselves defending him—only to be stiffed like a couple of Trump hotel contractors.

This is the story of what happens when you put a career scam artist in charge of the indispensable nation and he finds himself in a historic crisis. That’s on Trump and the voters who chose him.

But the other half of the scandal is that the people in a position to stand up to Trump and protect the American people from the impending crisis were too worried about their pocketbooks, access, or Twitter mentions to do anything about it. This is a story not about Trump, but about the total and complete corruption of the Republican party itself.

[chiknbut]

Spit it out.

He's gonna get away with it.

#BITFD

Very possible. One would hope that come re-election time, they won't get away with it anymore.

[CrimsonNBlue]

Burr and Loeffler’s Corona Cash Out

https://thebulwark.com/burr-and-loeffle ... -cash-out/

[W]hat we have here is a tale that perfectly encapsulates the Trump era in Washington:

* Trump’s solipsistic focus on ensuring that everyone testifies to how wonderful he is led him into a grotesquely irresponsible public relations centered approach to dealing with the pandemic.
This approach was solely focused on maintaining the rising stock market that is central to his self-worth and his reelection prospects.

* As always, Trump refused to brook any opposition to his party line that concern about the virus was being overblown by an evil media who was exaggerating the crisis because they were hell-bent on taking out the the strong, brilliant, stable-genius who, through no fault of his own, has been continually thwarted by his own staff and other assorted dopes, weaklings, and Never Trumpers.
In the face of this, two Republican senators realized, through their briefings with government experts, that the president’s line was wrong and that America was in great danger.

* However, they were afraid of finding themselves on the receiving end of mean tweets from Trump. So they not only refused to tell their constituents what they knew publicly, but they actively participated in Trump’s gaslighting.

* Meanwhile, they took the time to protect their families’ riches from the consequences that would follow once the crisis manifest on America’s shores.

* All of which adds up to a scam where officials with inside knowledge of the truth sold their stocks to protect themselves while the president, his son, and his chief economic advisor were telling the public that everything was wonderful and that they should be buying stocks. All right before the market cratered and decimated—actually, much more than decimated—the savings of any marks who had signed on with Trump University’s White House stock market masterclass.

* But the best part—the cherry on top, really—is that Burr and Loeffler betrayed their country and their constituents in order to help sell Trump’s disinformation. And yet the moment they became liabilities, Trump’s posse on Twitter and Fox—and reportedly the President himself—turned on them. They let Trump hide his tax returns, they protected him from impeachment, they humiliated themselves defending him—only to be stiffed like a couple of Trump hotel contractors.

This is the story of what happens when you put a career scam artist in charge of the indispensable nation and he finds himself in a historic crisis. That’s on Trump and the voters who chose him.

But the other half of the scandal is that the people in a position to stand up to Trump and protect the American people from the impending crisis were too worried about their pocketbooks, access, or Twitter mentions to do anything about it. This is a story not about Trump, but about the total and complete corruption of the Republican party itself.

Maybe I'm naive and a little oversensitive at the moment, but this pisses me right the fuck off.