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You are here: Home / Politics / Glibertarianism / Friday Morning Open Thread: Readership Capture

Friday Morning Open Thread: Readership Capture

by Anne Laurie|  March 27, 20207:03 am| 195 Comments

This post is in: Glibertarianism, NANCY SMASH!, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat, Republican Stupidity

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Today’s ad, hot off the griddle.
Someone did see it coming. pic.twitter.com/ziS3R4gkkJ

— Ben Wexler (@mrbenwexler) March 27, 2020

Been quite the year, this week, hasn’t it? And in the latest cliffhanger, another ‘libertarian’ Repub has decided to play vandal for the cameras:

… Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said Thursday that he opposed the bill, approved unanimously by the Senate on Wednesday, as it would add to the national debt. The libertarian lawmaker also is concerned that voting without a quorum present — the majority of the House chamber — would violate the Constitution. He said he has yet to decide whether to press the issue, which could delay a House vote until late Saturday or Sunday…

Pelosi indicated that any future effort would involve all four leaders in Congress. She intends to hunker down in Washington to work on the next steps, rather than heading back to her home in San Francisco, even though the House is not expected to be in session for weeks to come…

SOMEBODY has to be the grown-up in the room, after all. And the Repubs can’t even keep their own team in line.

Testing. Masks. Ventilators.

It’s not a mystery – we need many more.

The President must invoke the Defense Production Act to immediately mass produce and coordinate distribution of these vital supplies. #FamiliesFirst

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) March 26, 2020

It’s hard to believe this has to be said, but if I’m elected president, I will always lead the way with science. I will listen to the experts and heed their advice. I will do the opposite of what we’re seeing Donald Trump do every day.

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) March 26, 2020

Congress is about to finish its third coronavirus package. It’s not time for us to go home. It’s time for us to dramatically increase coronavirus testing capacity. I’ve outlined the steps to move us toward this long overdue goal. https://t.co/BMBD1gGFwn

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) March 26, 2020

This is not the time for Congress to go on recess. Our work isn’t done. We need to force Trump to use the Defense Production Act to ramp up the development of tests and necessary equipment for health care professionals. And we need to do more to help struggling families.

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) March 26, 2020

Before sending anyone back to their jobs, @realdonaldtrump, you should try doing yours. https://t.co/mQ6BgU2uqX

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) March 26, 2020

Donald Trump is suing to take this off TV. You guys know what to do. https://t.co/MixFNN4ARf

— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) March 26, 2020

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  1. 1.

    WereBear

    March 27, 2020 at 7:06 am

    Apparently, this is what it would take to uproot the poison ivy of Republicans from our national garden. And nothing less.

  2. 2.

    Baud

    March 27, 2020 at 7:11 am

    Ok weird. I see more tweets with the ad blocker on than with it off.
    The Hillary and Schatz tweets don’t show up.

    ETA: The last Schatz tweet shows up. Not the others.

  3. 3.

    Jo Jo las Orejas

    March 27, 2020 at 7:11 am

    Hola hola? ¿Está encendido esto? Jo Jo las orejas aquí.

  4. 4.

    debbie

    March 27, 2020 at 7:12 am

    Great ad, but who’s putting it out and where are they putting it?

  5. 5.

    Jo Jo las Orejas

    March 27, 2020 at 7:13 am

    @Baud: He oído de ti de mi mamá. Me alegra conocerlo.

  6. 6.

    OzarkHillbilly

    March 27, 2020 at 7:14 am

    A little bit down in one of those tweet threads: You wanted a reality show host as president, well now you are on Survivor.

  7. 7.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    March 27, 2020 at 7:16 am

    I have the misfortune of living at the far west end of Massie’s sprawling red pustule of a House district, but work in John Yarmuth’s glorious blue KY-03. I’m actually going to pay a visit to his local office (I was surprised to learn he bothered, but it is a huge geographic spread from Ashland to the Cincy suburbs to the Louisville exurbs) to scream at them until I’m removed by law enforcement. I’ll let you all know how it goes; I want them to hate their jobs.

  8. 8.

    OzarkHillbilly

    March 27, 2020 at 7:16 am

    @Baud: My adblocker lets me see 9 tweets, how many do you see?

  9. 9.

    Baud

    March 27, 2020 at 7:16 am

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    You didn’t want over prepared….

  10. 10.

    debbie

    March 27, 2020 at 7:18 am

    @Baud:

    I see fewer with an ad blocker. Some disappear when the graphics display.

  11. 11.

    Baud

    March 27, 2020 at 7:18 am

    @Baud:

    I SEE FOUR TWEETS!

     

     

    I see nine with the ad blocker ON.  I’ll check how many I see with it off.

    ETA: five with the ad blocker off.

  12. 12.

    CliosFanBoy

    March 27, 2020 at 7:18 am

    quick q: “Superman: Red Son.”  Worth watching?

  13. 13.

    OzarkHillbilly

    March 27, 2020 at 7:19 am

    @Baud: Heaven forbid…. Being overprepared is just the absolutely worst thing in the world one can be! Imagine being ready for anything.

  14. 14.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    March 27, 2020 at 7:21 am

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    That needs to be the epitaph on Chuck Todd’s career.

  15. 15.

    Quinerly

    March 27, 2020 at 7:22 am

    Can someone free Jo Jo las Orejas from moderation? He’s barking up a storm. I’m afraid he will wake his neighbors in his new home. 😎

  16. 16.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    March 27, 2020 at 7:22 am

    I have to also say how much better msnbc is without Tweety.

  17. 17.

    OzarkHillbilly

    March 27, 2020 at 7:22 am

    @Baud: I need to note, I don’t actually see embedded tweets, I see tweet text only. I thought this was normal but listening to others makes me think they see the graphics too. The only way I see the graphics is if I click on the tweet and go to it.

  18. 18.

    Quinerly

    March 27, 2020 at 7:24 am

    Boris Johnson is positive for COVID-19.

  19. 19.

    Anne Laurie

    March 27, 2020 at 7:24 am

    @Baud: My post included one tweet (with video ad) from Ben Wexler, a WaPo extract, a Nancy Pelosi tweet, a Joe Biden tweet, a nested double-tweet from Elizabeth Warren, and a Brian Schatz tweet (with a different video ad).

    If you’re getting more than that, well… could they be some kind of furtive scams / ads?

  20. 20.

    ThresherK

    March 27, 2020 at 7:24 am

    I have never heard of T. Massie (R) from KY, but it appears they just grow these dipshits in labs somewhere.

    Hey, someone’s got to be the next Ginny Fox.

  21. 21.

    Biff Baxter

    March 27, 2020 at 7:24 am

    Boris Johnson tested positive

  22. 22.

    debbie

    March 27, 2020 at 7:24 am

    @Baud:

    I see five with the ad blocker on, one of which has a tweet inside it. So, 5.5.

  23. 23.

    Jeffro

    March 27, 2020 at 7:24 am

    I’ve kind of had enough of this asking-nicely stuff re: the Defense Production Act.

    Step up, national Dems!  Tell the Ill Douche that if he won’t invoke it, it will be the first line out of their mouths in every speech they give (and every TV ad they run) going forward, even as cases skyrocket and people start dying for lack of ventilators.

  24. 24.

    WereBear

    March 27, 2020 at 7:26 am

    @Jeffro:

    I’ve kind of had enough of this asking-nicely stuff re: the Defense Production Act.

     

    We need to make a great big noisy fuss.

    We are all Ramona Quimby now.

  25. 25.

    tokyocali (formerly tokyo expat)

    March 27, 2020 at 7:26 am

    My son just came in to say that the UK PM tested positive. Trump is probably freaking about this. It’s coming his way!

    ETA: And I see others beat me to it!

  26. 26.

    burnspbesq

    March 27, 2020 at 7:27 am

    @Quinerly:

    See? There is a God, and She will provide.

  27. 27.

    Quinerly

    March 27, 2020 at 7:27 am

    @Anne Laurie: Hi Anne! Can you restore Jo Jo las Orejas comments? He is not spam or troll. He’s just a little bi lingual puppy wanting to make the morning crew smile. Water Girl told him earlier in the week he could comment off of my account. 😏

  28. 28.

    Ten Bears

    March 27, 2020 at 7:27 am

    Looks more and more everyday like an outright case of waging biological warfare on the American people, that this “pandemic” is no different than Christians handing out smallpox laced blankets to the natives. The Trump Virus because Trump brought it here and turned it loose to kill off a bunch of us.

    This goes beyond providing aid and comfort …

  29. 29.

    OzarkHillbilly

    March 27, 2020 at 7:28 am

    @Quinerly: There is a pack of beagles down in the valley that spends most of it’s time “stuck in moderation”. As bad as their barking/howling gets, it’s worse when they get out.

  30. 30.

    Anne Laurie

    March 27, 2020 at 7:29 am

    @Quinerly: Damn!  I’m so tired, I accidentally trashed two Jo Jo comments as spam… and had to go fish them out from between multiple multi-screen copypasta screeds from ‘bible believers’ going blog-to-blog.  Sorry, Jo Jo!

    (And now: to bed… )

  31. 31.

    Baud

    March 27, 2020 at 7:29 am

    @Anne Laurie:

    I see a second Schatz, a Hillary,a Schumer, and a second Warren (not the double tweet, but a second tweet).

  32. 32.

    germy

    March 27, 2020 at 7:30 am

    congrats america. now we’re all the central park five. we’re all the stiffed vendors. we’re all the abused women. we’re all puerto rico. we’re all the kids in cages. now everyone gets know how it feels to be his tortured plaything. well done.

    — kilgore trout, stonks autographer (@KT_So_It_Goes) March 27, 2020

  33. 33.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 27, 2020 at 7:31 am

    @Quinerly: Link?

  34. 34.

    WereBear

    March 27, 2020 at 7:31 am

    @Quinerly: So being an asshole IS no protection!

  35. 35.

    Quinerly

    March 27, 2020 at 7:32 am

    @Anne Laurie: he is very smart and thought he had it set up as a morning surprise with Watergirl. He was up early wanting to be the first commenter and to meet Baud! Bi lingual puppies are challenging.

  36. 36.

    germy

    March 27, 2020 at 7:33 am

    Trump says he's having a big problem with "the young, a woman governor, you know who I'm talking about, from Michigan."

    — Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 27, 2020

    Hi, my name is Gretchen Whitmer, and that governor is me 👋

    I've asked repeatedly and respectfully for help. We need it. No more political attacks, just PPEs, ventilators, N95 masks, test kits. You said you stand with Michigan — prove it. https://t.co/FtWlTLZdqW

    — Governor Gretchen Whitmer (@GovWhitmer) March 27, 2020

  37. 37.

    OzarkHillbilly

    March 27, 2020 at 7:36 am

    @Anne Laurie: post included one tweet (with video ad) from Ben Wexler, (check) (but no video)
    a WaPo extract, (check)
    a Nancy Pelosi tweet, (check)
    a Joe Biden tweet, (check)
    a nested double-tweet from Elizabeth Warren, (shows as 2 seperate tweets)
    and a Brian Schatz tweet (with a different video ad). (I have 2 Schatz tweets sandwiched around a Hillary tweet)

  38. 38.

    Jo Jo las Orejas

    March 27, 2020 at 7:37 am

    @Baud: ¿Me considerarás tu compañero de fórmula en 2028? Me encanta correr.

  39. 39.

    Baud

    March 27, 2020 at 7:38 am

    @Jo Jo las Orejas:

    Mucha gusta conocerlo, Señor Jo Jo. Su madre es demasiado simpatica.

  40. 40.

    debbie

    March 27, 2020 at 7:41 am

    @tokyocali (formerly tokyo expat):

    The Universe is a true proponent of karma.

  41. 41.

    Patricia Kayden

    March 27, 2020 at 7:41 am

    Unfortunately this does have to be said @JoeBiden. This is what a President should do. Unfortunately, the current occupant of the White House is not capable of being Presidential. His failures to listen to the experts is already killing people. https://t.co/j8HepDy6g2— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) March 27, 2020

  42. 42.

    Jo Jo las Orejas

    March 27, 2020 at 7:42 am

    @Baud: Estoy tan feliz. Espero no tener el síndrome de Happy Tail.

  43. 43.

    WereBear

    March 27, 2020 at 7:42 am

    I was told the free market would solve all these problems!

  44. 44.

    Baud

    March 27, 2020 at 7:45 am

    @Jo Jo las Orejas:

    ¿No quieres correr contra Joe Biden en la primaria democrática en 2024?

  45. 45.

    germy

    March 27, 2020 at 7:45 am

    @WereBear:

    Turns out it is not the comma, but capitalism, that is the difference between “let’s eat, grandma!” and “let’s eat grandma!”

    — Derek Heckman (@herekdeckman) March 25, 2020

  46. 46.

    Jo Jo las Orejas

    March 27, 2020 at 7:45 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: Hola. He sabido de ti por tía Roja.

  47. 47.

    Anne Laurie

    March 27, 2020 at 7:45 am

    @Baud: Okay… thought I’d transferred a couple of those into the coronavirus thread, so I tried hand-loading them again, and some of them now show up for me, but some don’t.

    Gonna blame it on the FYWP gremlin that chimera’d Betty’s and Dave’s posts yesterday morning!

  48. 48.

    germy

    March 27, 2020 at 7:47 am

    If he survives the pandemic, there's no doubt that the cracker governor of Mississippi will be an enduring star for the new-look "everybody dies" GOP. Only 45, yet looks both 31 and 67. pic.twitter.com/cC1PR1bb8F
    — The Left (@norbiznesss) March 26, 2020

  49. 49.

    Anne Laurie

    March 27, 2020 at 7:47 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: F! Y! W! P!

  50. 50.

    Baud

    March 27, 2020 at 7:49 am

    I hate when they interview little kids about the coronavirus because they are all more articulate than I am.

  51. 51.

    Amir Khalid

    March 27, 2020 at 7:50 am

    @WereBear:

    No, no. no. The free market doesn’t exist to solve problems. It exists to profit from problems, sometimes by solving them but not necessarily.

  52. 52.

    JPL

    March 27, 2020 at 7:50 am

    Was anyone else watching the Today show?   After an interview with Drew Brees, Hoda had a teary moment.   It was an expression that we all feel.   \

  53. 53.

    germy

    March 27, 2020 at 7:50 am

    .@MeghanMcCain criticizes lawmakers who were grouped together on the Senate floor for “blatantly ignoring” social distancing guidelines: “You have to lead by example!” https://t.co/f8u2wbJuik pic.twitter.com/PRG14Qyuzb— The View (@TheView) March 26, 2020

    Her husband’s website ran an article about hosting coronavirus “parties” where people are voluntarily infected https://t.co/1YVfhtNXEz— Rafi Schwartz (@TheJewishDream) March 26, 2020

  54. 54.

    Baud

    March 27, 2020 at 7:50 am

    @JPL:

    I saw it.

  55. 55.

    Jo Jo las Orejas

    March 27, 2020 at 7:54 am

    @Baud: Yo creo que no. No tendré edad suficiente.

  56. 56.

    germy

    March 27, 2020 at 7:54 am

    when all else fails, you can always return to “look at the government giving YOUR MONEY to NEGROES” https://t.co/ShX8bhrq3O— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) March 26, 2020

    “We’d rather Americans die of the plague than give money to a black medical institution to stop it” is some real Florida in the 1870s shit. pic.twitter.com/4lrEigEpp4— Adam Serwer🍝 (@AdamSerwer) March 26, 2020

  57. 57.

    JPL

    March 27, 2020 at 7:54 am

    @Baud: It was painful for me to watch, because that is where we are at.  We know that the president would not be capable of expressing any type of empathy.

  58. 58.

    debbie

    March 27, 2020 at 7:56 am

    @germy:

    BoJo’s American Cousin.

  59. 59.

    MJS

    March 27, 2020 at 7:57 am

    I am in favor, if it’s safe, for all Dems to stay in Washington while all the Republicans take a recess. No need to meet – just pick two Dems, each day, to do a press briefing, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, explaining what the Democrats’ plans are, and pointing out that the Republicans are nowhere to be found.

  60. 60.

    germy

    March 27, 2020 at 7:57 am

    I think about the thousands of Puerto Ricans who died after Maria, whose bodies rotted in trailers, whose deaths were uncounted, and I think that what the empire does in the colony, they will eventually do in the empire’s heart https://t.co/qY3twq3n2r
    — Molly Crabapple🇵🇷 (@mollycrabapple) March 26, 2020

  61. 61.

    rikyrah

    March 27, 2020 at 7:57 am

    Good Morning, Everyone 😄😄😄

  62. 62.

    Betty Cracker

    March 27, 2020 at 7:57 am

    I didn’t watch the latest episode of the Trump Reality Show: Coronavirus Survivor last night, but I’ve seen some disturbing recaps from epidemiologists about Dr. Birx’s contributions.

  63. 63.

    debbie

    March 27, 2020 at 7:58 am

    @Anne Laurie:

    I see them all now. Thanks!

  64. 64.

    rikyrah

    March 27, 2020 at 8:00 am

    @Jo Jo las Orejas:

    Hi 🤗

  65. 65.

    germy

    March 27, 2020 at 8:00 am

    @Betty Cracker:  Yes.  I was hoping she was one of the good people, but lately she’s been disappointing.

    The one comment by Birx that worried me that she’s trying to present an overly rosy picture.

    She’s a number cruncher // surely she knows that 20/50 mostly lower-pop states isn’t equivalent to 40% of the country’s population https://t.co/oED4eJyWeL

    — Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) March 26, 2020

  66. 66.

    Baud

    March 27, 2020 at 8:01 am

    @rikyrah: 
    Good morning.

  67. 67.

    Gin & Tonic

    March 27, 2020 at 8:01 am

    @Quinerly: But is it pronounced “Joe Joe” like in American, or “Jo Jo”as in the español?

  68. 68.

    Jo Jo las Orejas

    March 27, 2020 at 8:01 am

    @rikyrah: Hola. ¡He estado esperando toda la mañana para darte los buenos días! Mi mamá dijo que te gustaran los perritos.

  69. 69.

    Patricia Kayden

    March 27, 2020 at 8:01 am

    DOCTORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE FURIOUS. The things we are learning about the lack of U.S. preparedness are truly alarming. And after weeks of ringing alarm bells, we still don't have the tests, PPE, and support we need on the front lines. Here is what we know right now. (1/16)— Committee to Protect Medicare (@cmteetoprotect) March 26, 2020

  70. 70.

    Ohio Mom

    March 27, 2020 at 8:02 am

    Le Comte de @7: Just go to Masse’s web site and keep scrolling until you find the list of his offices with their phone numbers. Then everyday, call the interns who answer the phone.

    Ask them their names, and refer to them by their names, often. Ask them questions to see if they truly understand the facts (I had to explain what per capita meant to one of my Rep’s underlings who said the numbers from Italy didn’t count because they are a much smaller country than the US).

    I always tell them I don’t expect my call to sway their incorrigible boss but that they are young, have their whole lives ahead of them, and I want them to have good lives, doing good things, and they can change the path they are on.

    You can take a different approach to your phone calls, but please stay home, this is no time to not socially distance. Plus, you will get to annoy them many times rather than just once.

  71. 71.

    cliosfanboy

    March 27, 2020 at 8:03 am

    @germy: trump ruins everything he touches

  72. 72.

    Baud

    March 27, 2020 at 8:06 am

    @Jo Jo las Orejas:

    Ay no. No podemos esperar para mover la ventana Overton.

  73. 73.

    Ohio Mom

    March 27, 2020 at 8:07 am

    [email protected]: What a wonderfully pithy observation about the Free Market existing to profit off of problems. I writing that down to use the rest of my life.

  74. 74.

    Patricia Kayden

    March 27, 2020 at 8:08 am

    The U.S. government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been confusing, inconsistent, and counterproductive. @DrDaronAcemoglu writes that institutional decay under the Trump administration is at the root of the United States’ inadequate response:https://t.co/Z8zHhBvukp— Foreign Affairs (@ForeignAffairs) March 27, 2020

  75. 75.

    Cameron

    March 27, 2020 at 8:09 am

    @germy: Maybe she meant 40% of the Electoral College.

  76. 76.

    Quinerly

    March 27, 2020 at 8:09 am

    @Gin & Tonic: The vet in Espanola, New Mexico who fostered him while he was recovering from a badly fractured left hindleg (fractured before he was 6 weeks old) named him Joey. I didn’t care for it. Changed it to Jo Jo. Pronounced “Joe Joe.” Obviously I did not realize that he mostly understood Spanish when he rescued me.

  77. 77.

    rikyrah

    March 27, 2020 at 8:10 am

    Dr. Deborah Brix is pathetic. History will view her very unfavorably for her gaslighting nonsense. Why are white women still on a suicide mission for the white male patriarchy which gives less than a damn about them? https://t.co/jilC3IPG0H— And The Tweet Goes On (@lacadri34) March 27, 2020

  78. 78.

    germy

    March 27, 2020 at 8:10 am

    Trump Cabinet’s Bible teacher says gays cause ‘God’s wrath’ in COVID-19 blog post
    Environmentalists and people with “depraved minds” are also igniting “God’s wrath,” according to Rev. Ralph Drollinger.

    I blame Balloon-Juice.

  79. 79.

    Amir Khalid

    March 27, 2020 at 8:11 am

    @Ohio Mom:

    You are very kind.

  80. 80.

    germy

    March 27, 2020 at 8:11 am

    @Cameron:  The tumbleweed has shown remarkable immunity.

  81. 81.

    SFAW

    March 27, 2020 at 8:12 am

    @Ten Bears:

    This goes beyond providing aid and comfort …

    Disclaimer: not a lawyer, nor Constitutional expert. But I don’t think the definition of “Treason” currently includes “aiding and abetting the deaths of shitloads of Americans from COVID-19.”

    Check and mate, libtard.

  82. 82.

    comrade scotts agenda of rage

    March 27, 2020 at 8:13 am

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    When we moved to the Millennial Epicenter, aka Denver, I’ve been overwhelmed by the urban dog population.  It’s a residency requirement it seems.

    But no beagles.  Meanwhile, for 22+ years living back in Misery, I learned to hate beagles because everybody had em and it was more or less as you describe.  It’s unfair to blame the beagles when it was their dumbass bubba owners.

  83. 83.

    Baud

    March 27, 2020 at 8:13 am

    @germy:

    I’m more inclined to believe it’s God’s wrath for the Senate acquitting Trump.

  84. 84.

    Jo Jo las Orejas

    March 27, 2020 at 8:14 am

    @Baud: Me gusta mirar por la ventana. A veces ladro cuando veo una ardilla. ¿Te gusta el queso? Me gusta el queso americano. Me siento para el queso. Aprendí esa semana ladt.

  85. 85.

    OzarkHillbilly

    March 27, 2020 at 8:15 am

    @Anne Laurie: I’m pretty sure the adblocker is having some fun at our expense. I have long assumed as much, don’t ask me why because I’m sure I did not come up with that idea on my own. Some techie geek had to have planted that seed in my Luddite brain.

  86. 86.

    Baud

    March 27, 2020 at 8:16 am

    @Jo Jo las Orejas:

    ¿El queso no te das el gas?

  87. 87.

    SFAW

    March 27, 2020 at 8:16 am

    @WereBear:

    I was told the free market would solve all these problems!

    It is. It’s just that the “free market” definition of “all these problems” is somewhat different from that used by a rational/compassionate human being.

  88. 88.

    NotMax

    March 27, 2020 at 8:17 am

    @OzarkHillbilly

    Ditto on text only and on nine.

  89. 89.

    OzarkHillbilly

    March 27, 2020 at 8:17 am

    @Amir Khalid: It exists to profit from problems, sometimes by solving them but not necessarily.

    But only after the pain of sickness and death have sufficiently raised the profit margins.

  90. 90.

    Jo Jo las Orejas

    March 27, 2020 at 8:19 am

    @comrade scotts agenda of rage: Hola. Soy un cachorro urbano Aprendí muy rápidamente cómo pavonear mis cosas de cachorro con una correa. Mi mamá y yo también nos unimos a un parque para perros. Estoy haciendo amigos

  91. 91.

    NotMax

    March 27, 2020 at 8:21 am

    @Quinerly

    Making you…

    Jo Jo Ma.

  92. 92.

    evodevo

    March 27, 2020 at 8:21 am

    @ThresherK: Yes.  I hated her.  The two of them have a LOT in common.

  93. 93.

    OzarkHillbilly

    March 27, 2020 at 8:22 am

    @Jo Jo las Orejas: You know, if you keep this up my pidgin Mexican Spanish is gonna come back to me.

  94. 94.

    Jo Jo las Orejas

    March 27, 2020 at 8:23 am

    @Baud: Me tiro un pedo y corro. Si mi mamá me atrapa, le doy ojos de cachorro. Ella no sabe que yo sé que está mal.

  95. 95.

    Jo Jo las Orejas

    March 27, 2020 at 8:24 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: 💙

  96. 96.

    SFAW

    March 27, 2020 at 8:25 am

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    Jo Jo is a dog, not a bird. Must I mansplain everything to you?

  97. 97.

    Gin & Tonic

    March 27, 2020 at 8:25 am

    @NotMax: Go away. Don’t come back.

  98. 98.

    Immanentize

    March 27, 2020 at 8:27 am

    @Baud: You and JoJo better be careful, that kinda talk got Ola Azul kicked off the site.  And C’mon — you 💖 the Overton Window!

  99. 99.

    Amir Khalid

    March 27, 2020 at 8:28 am

    @Gin & Tonic:

    How dare you shoo away The Master of Cringe!

  100. 100.

    Immanentize

    March 27, 2020 at 8:28 am

    @Quinerly: He is a sweet pup, but does he bark like that all night long?

  101. 101.

    Immanentize

    March 27, 2020 at 8:29 am

    @NotMax: oh my God.  Does your brain work like that non stop?

  102. 102.

    Jo Jo las Orejas

    March 27, 2020 at 8:30 am

    @SFAW: Adiós. Me voy de paseo. Por favor, diles a Subaru Diane y Elizabelle que los estaba buscando. Los veré luego. Me gusta este lugar. Volveré. Me gusta hacer sonreír a los humanos.

  103. 103.

    Jo Jo las Orejas

    March 27, 2020 at 8:31 am

    @NotMax: Adiós.

  104. 104.

    Immanentize

    March 27, 2020 at 8:32 am

    @Baud: They had their chance to rid us of this pestilence.

  105. 105.

    NotMax

    March 27, 2020 at 8:33 am

    @OzarkHillbilly

    In today’s coronavrius post, I count 33 separate tweets. 15 presses of the Page Down button on keyboard before getting to first comment. You as well?

  106. 106.

    Steeplejack

    March 27, 2020 at 8:33 am

    @WereBear:

    Apparently it is, just not in a way we like!

  107. 107.

    OzarkHillbilly

    March 27, 2020 at 8:35 am

    @comrade scotts agenda of rage: It really ticks me off when they show up here hot on the trail of some deer that passed thru 3 hrs ago, lose the trail and then spend the rest of the day and night trying to make me feel guilty for not taking them in and forcing me to keep my 2 hounds inside. Sometimes they are gone by morning but more often not.

    They are well fed, but that is the only good thing I can say for their treatment.

  108. 108.

    OzarkHillbilly

    March 27, 2020 at 8:38 am

    @NotMax: Ouch.

  109. 109.

    NotMax

    March 27, 2020 at 8:39 am

    @Immanentize

    ¡Sí cómo no!

  110. 110.

    Immanentize

    March 27, 2020 at 8:39 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: There used to be this guy in NYC who would come on a Subway car with his sax.  He would pass the hat and get little, then he would blow like a crazed and trapped Ornette Coleman for about two minutes.  Then he would say, would you spare a little to get me to leave?  And pass the hat again.

    Sounds like your neighborhood beagle plan.

  111. 111.

    OzarkHillbilly

    March 27, 2020 at 8:41 am

    @NotMax: First or 2nd covid post?

  112. 112.

    Immanentize

    March 27, 2020 at 8:42 am

    @NotMax: my all time favorite Spanish phrase outside of “Si, pero no.”

  113. 113.

    NotMax

    March 27, 2020 at 8:44 am

    @OzarkHillbilly

    The post immediately below this one on the front page, time stamped 6:47 a.m.

  114. 114.

    OzarkHillbilly

    March 27, 2020 at 8:46 am

    @Immanentize: One does not plan with beagles. They are a force of nature unto themselves. If you have never seen this video spend a minute and 49 secs watching: Beagle Escape.

  115. 115.

    germy

    March 27, 2020 at 8:46 am

    Is Tara Reade going to be the next big story?

    I don’t know much about the situation.  I don’t trust much of what I read on the subject.

  116. 116.

    OzarkHillbilly

    March 27, 2020 at 8:49 am

    @Immanentize: My all time favorite Spanish phrase has always been “Lo siento, mi no hablo mucho Espanol.” Well, that and “Cerveca fria por favor!”

    ETA depending on circumstances, “Donde es el bano?” can be #1.

  117. 117.

    NotMax

    March 27, 2020 at 8:51 am

    @Immanentize

    Kind of partial to “se pongo se.”

  118. 118.

    Immanentize

    March 27, 2020 at 8:51 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: You shared that before — but I am always happy to watch it again and again.  Smart dogs.

  119. 119.

    Immanentize

    March 27, 2020 at 8:55 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: I once counted and back in the late 90s I had picked up the ability to say, Two beers, please! In 8 languages.  9 if you include saying it in Scotland.

  120. 120.

    Gin & Tonic

    March 27, 2020 at 8:58 am

    @Immanentize: I found the Vietnamese word for beer easy to remember.

  121. 121.

    NotMax

    March 27, 2020 at 8:59 am

    @Immanentize

    Easy to remember in Scotland.

    “The usual, lassie.”

    :)

  122. 122.

    Baud

    March 27, 2020 at 8:59 am

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    , “Donde es el bano?” can be #1.

    También Numero dos.

  123. 123.

    Immanentize

    March 27, 2020 at 9:00 am

    @Gin & Tonic: beer?

  124. 124.

    Immanentize

    March 27, 2020 at 9:01 am

    @Baud: you have been NotMax infected!

  125. 125.

    Sab

    March 27, 2020 at 9:02 am

    @Quinerly: I had a rescue dog year ago in Las Vegas NV. He was found running loose in a parking lot. He was obviously from a loving home. We ran found dog ads but no luck. A couple of years later I was out walking him when I stopped to chat with our new Puerto Rican neighbor. Turns out the dog understood Spanish and responded to Spanish commands.

    We’d been running the ads in the wrong papers. Should have had them in the Spanish papers.

  126. 126.

    OzarkHillbilly

    March 27, 2020 at 9:07 am

    @Immanentize: HA!

  127. 127.

    raven

    March 27, 2020 at 9:07 am

    @Sab: I found an Aussie once and named him Pepper. He’d ride in the back of my truck, (I know, don’t do that)  watch through the windshield for oncoming cars and bit at them as they passed! After about 2 months I was at a grocery store and a kid came up and said “hey, that’s my dog”. I gave him back.

  128. 128.

    OzarkHillbilly

    March 27, 2020 at 9:08 am

    @Baud: That all depends on how much Montezuma hates me. ETA, Numero uno was always done behind the back wall, one does not waste water

  129. 129.

    raven

    March 27, 2020 at 9:08 am

    @Betty Cracker: The five o’clock follies is what they were called in Vietnam.

  130. 130.

    Baud

    March 27, 2020 at 9:09 am

    @Immanentize: I’d rather have COVID-19.

  131. 131.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    March 27, 2020 at 9:14 am

    So Boris Johnson has COVID19, Trump doesn’t believe NY needs all those ventilators, and Rudy G is apparently just experimenting with whatever drugs he has in his medicine chest, getting ready to cure us with some combination he discovers.

    The good news is, the day can only get better from here.

    I saw the cover for The Wysman, the book coming out in June. I’m not sure if I like it but it’s too late now. And I do think the book is not bad. I guess that’s my morning good news.

    Have we really been in lockdown for only a week?

  132. 132.

    OzarkHillbilly

    March 27, 2020 at 9:16 am

    @Baud: I’ve had them twice. Once in a little mountain village during a monsoonal downpour at 6 AM. Came flying out of my sleeping bag and barely got my pants down before the gushing began in the middle of the dirt road. Looked up and saw a small child watching me from the door of her hut. I could only imagine what she was thinking about the gringo loco.

    The bright side? I didn’t need to wipe, the world was my bidet.

  133. 133.

    germy

    March 27, 2020 at 9:16 am

    Mark Blum, Star of ‘Desperately Seeking Susan’ and ‘You,’ Dies at 69 Due to Coronavirus Complications 

  134. 134.

    NotMax

    March 27, 2020 at 9:17 am

    @Baud

    It’s sheer dumb luck there wasn’t an episode of Star Trek which began thusly:

    “Stardate 54321 point oh. Orbiting planet Covid 19.”

    ;)

  135. 135.

    schrodingers_cat

    March 27, 2020 at 9:18 am

    @germy: Putin is beta testing attacks he will use on Biden in fall through the BS campaign. Just like he did in 2016.

  136. 136.

    NotMax

    March 27, 2020 at 9:21 am

    @Dorothy A. Winsor

    Rudy doubtless doggedly tracking down rumors the virus was cooked up in a lab in Tehran funded by Burisma.

  137. 137.

    germy

    March 27, 2020 at 9:26 am

    Bob Dylan has a new song out.  About JFK.  Murder Most Foul

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NbQkyvbw18

  138. 138.

    raven

    March 27, 2020 at 9:26 am

    @NotMax: When we went fishing in Mexico in 72 we took Ralphie,    

    There were roadblocks every 50 miles or so and the federales always tried to buy “Lassie”!

  139. 139.

    NotMax

    March 27, 2020 at 9:29 am

    @raven

    Wow. Purple haze, dude.

  140. 140.

    raven

    March 27, 2020 at 9:33 am

    @NotMax: We took a couple of quarters of great red Lebanese . We camped on the beach where they filmed Catch 22 and had a ball. They last day we still had a good bit left and you didn’t want to go north in Mexico holding so we smoked it all! We got about 10 miles and hit one of the roadblocks. I got out and dealt with the feds and the other folks sat in the car staring at the Mexican soldiers with their 30 cals pointed at them. I was fine but they were scared shitless!

  141. 141.

    Jeffro

    March 27, 2020 at 9:34 am

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: Rudy G is apparently just experimenting with whatever drugs he has in his medicine chest,

     

    Yeah but isn’t that kind of always the case with Rudy 911?

  142. 142.

    germy

    March 27, 2020 at 9:35 am

    Greetings to my fans and followers with gratitude for all your support and loyalty across the years.

    This is an unreleased song we recorded a while back that you might find interesting.

    Stay safe, stay observant and may God be with you.

    Bob Dylan

  143. 143.

    Emma from FL

    March 27, 2020 at 9:37 am

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: Let us know as soon as the pre-order is up on Amazon!

  144. 144.

    NotMax

    March 27, 2020 at 9:38 am

    @raven

    Those were the days, my friend
    We thought they’d never end
    We’d sing and dance forever and a day
    We’d live the life we choose
    We’d fight and never lose
    For we were young and sure to have our way

  145. 145.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    March 27, 2020 at 9:40 am

    @Emma from FL: Thanks. I will.

  146. 146.

    Fair Economist

    March 27, 2020 at 9:41 am

    @Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes: Let us know if you need bail support.

  147. 147.

    Baud

    March 27, 2020 at 9:44 am

    Via Reddit, heh.

  148. 148.

    Just One More Canuck

    March 27, 2020 at 9:45 am

    @Jo Jo las Orejas: Tendrás 35 años en años de perros?

  149. 149.

    Gin & Tonic

    March 27, 2020 at 9:46 am

    One here for raven.

    A rapidly growing rate of coronavirus infections has the southwest Georgia city of Albany under siege. Its main hospital is so overrun with sick and dying patients, the administration turned to the underground market to find essential supplies. #gapol https://t.co/hndHLbjNi1
    — Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) March 27, 2020

  150. 150.

    raven

    March 27, 2020 at 9:47 am

    @NotMax:
    While riding on a train goin’ west
    I fell asleep for to take my rest
    I dreamed a dream that made me sad
    Concerning myself and the first few friends I had
    With half-damp eyes I stared to the room
    Where my friends and I’d spent many an afternoon
    Where we together weathered many a storm
    Laughin’ and singin’ till the early hours of the morn
    By the old wooden stove where our hats was hung
    Our words were told, our songs were sung
    Where we longed for nothin’ and were satisfied
    Jokin’ and talkin’ about the world outside
    With hungry hearts through the heat and cold
    We never much thought we could get very old
    We thought we could sit forever in fun
    But our chances really was a million to one
    As easy it was to tell black from white
    It was all that easy to tell wrong from right
    And our choices they was few so the thought never hit
    That the one road we traveled would ever shatter and split
    How many a year has passed and gone?
    Many a gamble has been lost and won
    And many a road taken by many a first friend
    And each one I’ve never seen again
    I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
    That we could sit simply in that room again
    Ten thousand dollars at the drop of a hat
    I’d give it all gladly if our lives could be like that

  151. 151.

    OzarkHillbilly

    March 27, 2020 at 9:49 am

    @raven: Heh. On my first trip to Mexico, we got stopped in the mountains by a small army convoy. They made us all get out and lined all 8 of us up on the side of the road while they strip searched the Suburban. I knew it wasn’t a big deal but I still felt this almost over powering urge coming over me to get up and start running down the road, just like in so many movies, and in my mind’s eye ending with my bullet riddled body laying in the middle of the road, of course.

    They were really quite nice and polite. One of us had gotten some bad burns on his rib cage the night before (2nd degree bordering on 3rd) and when the commander saw it he called a medic over to treat him.

    35 years ago and I still remember it like it was yesterday.

  152. 152.

    NotMax

    March 27, 2020 at 9:49 am

    @NotMax

    For the uninitiated.

  153. 153.

    germy

    March 27, 2020 at 9:50 am

    Twas’ a dark day in dallas, november ’63
    the day that would live on in infamy
    President Kennedy was a-ridin’ high
    good day to be livin and a good day to die

    being led to the slaughter like a sacrificial lamb
    he say wait a minute boys you know who i am
    of course we do, we know who you are
    then they blew off his head while he was still in the car
    shot down like a dog in broad daylight
    was a matter of timing and the timing was right
    you got unpaid debts we’ve come to collect
    we gonna kill you with hatred, without any respect
    we’ll mock you and shock you and we’ll put it in your face
    we’ve already got someone here to take your place

    the day they blew out the brains of the king
    thousands were watching no one saw a thing

  154. 154.

    WereBear

    March 27, 2020 at 9:55 am

    @Ohio Mom: Wanted you to know there is brilliance in your strategy!

  155. 155.

    NotMax

    March 27, 2020 at 9:55 am

    @raven

    As the years have flown by, Is That All There Is has become not only more poignant but more prescient.

  156. 156.

    NotMax

    March 27, 2020 at 9:59 am

    @NotMax

    Linky.

  157. 157.

    OzarkHillbilly

    March 27, 2020 at 10:00 am

    @Ohio Mom: @WereBear: My problem is I can never get past, “FUCK YOU, YOU FUCKING FUCKS!!!!”

  158. 158.

    mad citizen

    March 27, 2020 at 10:02 am

    @germy: Oh my, I’ve never heard this one.  By google it appears to be something new.  Can’t listen to it all until I have non-work time, but the first minute and a half has me tearing up.  Thanks Bob and germy!

  159. 159.

    Immanentize

    March 27, 2020 at 10:04 am

    @germy: Thanks!  Classic Bob.  Lots of cliches then moments of absolute brilliance.

  160. 160.

    raven

    March 27, 2020 at 10:10 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: Oh yea! On our last trip 20 years ago my rod holder was a “Bazuka”.

    They were VERY interested in that!

  161. 161.

    NotMax

    March 27, 2020 at 10:12 am

    @Immanentize

    Did someone say cliches?

    :)

  162. 162.

    Ohio Mom

    March 27, 2020 at 10:16 am

    WereBear @153, as a Jewish Mother, it is my heritage to lay on guilt.

    [email protected]: if you lose it and start cussing, they do as trained: “I don’t have to listen to this, CLICK!” I admit, sometimes their thick-headedness gets to me. They tend to be on the not-so-smart, not-well-educated side, walking examples of the kind of white privilege Republicans champion.

  163. 163.

    Cheryl from Maryland

    March 27, 2020 at 10:17 am

    @germy: He was also excellent as “Union Bob” in the TV show “Mozart in the Jungle.”

  164. 164.

    NotMax

    March 27, 2020 at 10:20 am

    @Cheryl from Maryland

    A brilliant show which lost its way and never found the path back.

  165. 165.

    OzarkHillbilly

    March 27, 2020 at 10:33 am

    @Ohio Mom: I actually never have called, for the plain and simple reason that #1; I know for a fact I could never get past “FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING FUCKS!!!” and #2, I don’t believe in abusing people over the phone, no matter how much they may deserve it. So I write, and rewrite and rewrite until I finally get something down that is at least somewhat respectful. It’s still gonna hit the round file, but hopefully they read it first and at least I tried.

  166. 166.

    Another Scott

    March 27, 2020 at 10:36 am

    17,224 new COVID-19 cases in the USA yesterday according to https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

    Twice that of Spain. More than twice that of Germany or Italy.

    SP Warren is right – the only way forward is more testing, extended social isolation, and people following the recommendations to Wash Your Hands!!

    Hang in there, everyone.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  167. 167.

    OzarkHillbilly

    March 27, 2020 at 10:39 am

    @Another Scott: Where are you getting that number? Your link says 327. ETA Never mind, I found it.

    ETA2 : Seems awfully high for at this point, I wonder where it is coming from (as in old cases of it newly counted etc)

  168. 168.

    japa21

    March 27, 2020 at 10:40 am

    @Another Scott: In addition to there being far more cases that we don’t know about due to lack of testing, the same is true of deaths.

    JH has the US with 1301 deaths, but it may be close to double because it only officially counts when an official diagnosis has been confirmed.

  169. 169.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    March 27, 2020 at 10:41 am

    @raven:

    I always wondered whether the service at the Rex was as good as it was when we went there and sat on the roof – delightfully crisp Grey Goose martinis delivered quickly,  some sort of awesomely spiced peanut snacks to nibble on while we looked at the towers a of a gigantic Asian city devoted to piles and piles and piles of money.

    All as we listened to a cover band playing “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” from The Lion King. Knowing the history of the Follies, I had to chuckle.

  170. 170.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    March 27, 2020 at 10:44 am

    BTW – yesterday, I entered the brave new world of trying to mediate a case (I was the mediator) where everyone appeared electronically.  I never liked it when one side did it in the past – and this was triply bad, and doomed to fail.

    Some things really require some physical presence, all you introverts notwithstanding.

  171. 171.

    NotMax

    March 27, 2020 at 10:46 am

    Cutting to the bone.

    Starting Sunday, Hawaiian’s long-haul transpacific network will consist of one daily nonstop flight between Honolulu (HNL) and Los Angeles (LAX) and San Francisco (SFO), and one weekly flight connecting Hawai‘i to its Pacific island neighbor of Pago Pago, American Samoa (PPG). All routes will be operated with wide-body Airbus A330 aircraft. Source

  172. 172.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    March 27, 2020 at 10:48 am

    @Betty Cracker: I’ve seen some disturbing recaps from epidemiologists about Dr. Birx’s contributions.

    she also went on  Pat Robertson’s network to praise the president

    Dan Diamond @ddiamond 16h
    White House coronavirus coordinator DEBORAH BIRX touts Trump’s response in Q&A yesterday on Christian Broadcasting Network. CBN HOST: How would you describe the job President Trump is doing? BIRX: He’s been so attentive to the scientific literature and the details and the data.

    Reminds me of Karen Hughes going on TV during the controversy over stem-cell research, to hold up the great big books Our Only President had really and truly read.

  173. 173.

    Miss Bianca

    March 27, 2020 at 10:48 am

    @germy: One of my favorite movies, and he was so great in it. RIP, Mark. : (

  174. 174.

    raven

    March 27, 2020 at 10:50 am

    @Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes: I drove by the joint on the way to the Mekong Delta a few times!

  175. 175.

    danielx

    March 27, 2020 at 10:52 am

    BIRX: He’s been so attentive to the scientific literature and the details and the data.

    Donald Trump, attentive to any kind of data aside from the stock market? Really?

    My bullshit detectors burned bright red for so long the bulbs have burned out.

  176. 176.

    NotMax

    March 27, 2020 at 10:54 am

    @danielx

    “Cool! I can make lots of paper airplanes from this.”

  177. 177.

    schrodingers_cat

    March 27, 2020 at 10:54 am

    @danielx: I don’t trust the blonde scarf lady.

  178. 178.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    March 27, 2020 at 10:56 am

    @raven:

    It is pretty well dwarfed now by all the big money towers in the vicinity.

    I wouldn’t have minded staying there for the nostalgia (we were at the Intercontinental, which was, as they are in every location,  beautiful, modern and stylish).

  179. 179.

    Tenar Arha

    March 27, 2020 at 10:56 am

    I’ve got arthritis & a herniated disc, so I try not to power walk my hills every day, but I’m actually contemplating breaking that schedule bc I’m so angry about that fuckhead & his criminal clan in the WH right now.

    The news about his treatment of Gov. Whitmer (gee I wonder what’s different about her from the other governors) & the shoulda-been-sperm-dribbles’ balking at the cost of the ventilator contract bc there might have been a surplus, well that broke me last night & I’m still furious.

    On an semi-unrelated note, as part of my spring cleaning I found where I’d stashed my lightweight dumbbells & my Thermabands (resistance bands). So if anyone has a suggestion for online resources for orthopedically gentle weight training, feel free to recommend.

  180. 180.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    March 27, 2020 at 10:57 am

    I don’t know if instituting DPA could put a stop to this, but it strikes even my cynical, skeptical self as something an effective use of the bully pulpit could address

    Lacy M. Johnson @lacymjohnson 5m
    This morning I read that the mayor of Houston is struggling to secure masks for our healthcare workers. Normally they pay 50 cents a mask. He offered $4 to one supplier, but the company rejected the offer because they had another bidder willing to pay more.

  181. 181.

    germy

    March 27, 2020 at 10:58 am

    @schrodingers_cat:

    If you are tweeting #IBelieveTara without realizing that she praised Putin, got caught and then deleted her praise of him, and then attacked Mueller in a Russian language blog post, maybe you should change your attention to the 19 women Trump sexually harassed and/or assaulted.— Ms. Krassenstein (@HKrassenstein) March 25, 2020

    This is a blog post that Tara Reade posted in 2018. She then deleted it before she began accusing Biden of these allegations. She literally said she loves Putin. #IBelieveTara is a Trump/Russia smear campaign. pic.twitter.com/pJMUsycTHV— Ms. Krassenstein (@HKrassenstein) March 25, 2020

  182. 182.

    JPL

    March 27, 2020 at 10:59 am

    @Gin & Tonic: I saw the number out of Albany yesterday.   They are rapidly catching to the county I live in, but there is a major difference.    Fulton Cty has over a million and Dougherty Cty has under 100,000

  183. 183.

    NotMax

    March 27, 2020 at 11:00 am

    @japa21

    Oops. State Recalls Initial COVID-19 Related Death as Test Proves to be Negative

  184. 184.

    catclub

    March 27, 2020 at 11:02 am

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Birx is a holdover from the Obama admin, where she was a global  AIDS coordinator.

     

    She is known to be ‘diplomatic’ – maybe she thinks staying and doing her job is important.

  185. 185.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    March 27, 2020 at 11:03 am

    Twitler turned the firehose of hate onto baby-faced nutbag Massie.  Every single line is busy, and has been busy for quite a while this morning.

    Wonder how it feels to have both left AND right unified against you in abject hatred? And how stupid do you have to be to be dumber than Louie Gohmert?

    Charlie Manson, Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy probably claimed more fans.

  186. 186.

    raven

    March 27, 2020 at 11:05 am

    @Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes: I stayed in a Nookie factory on Tu Do Street once. They stole my wallet.

  187. 187.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    March 27, 2020 at 11:07 am

    @catclub: that’s what I tell myself about Fauci, too, and I doubt it was her idea to go on CBN, and yet….

  188. 188.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    March 27, 2020 at 11:09 am

    Oh, fuck – I don’t know how to embed tweets, but here’s what John Kerry had to say:

    Breaking news: Congressman Massie has tested positive for being an asshole. He must be quarantined to prevent the spread of his massive stupidity. He’s given new meaning to the term #Masshole. (Finally, something the president and I can agree on!)

  189. 189.

    NotMax

    March 27, 2020 at 11:09 am

    @JPL

    Absolutely irrelevant. Only memories have of a trip to Albany are uniformly negative except dining at (now history) Keeler’s.

  190. 190.

    raven

    March 27, 2020 at 11:12 am

    @JPL: My bride has health department contacts there and they trace this to a funeral and subsequent gathering. The entire area is still really in bad shape from the hurricane. We drive through there on the way to the beach.

  191. 191.

    sdhays

    March 27, 2020 at 11:13 am

    @catclub: Well, keeping the public well-informed should be part of the job she’s trying to hold, so we know she’s failing at that. And there’s no real evidence that what she’s doing behind the scenes is all that important since Dump continues to do absolutely nothing.

  192. 192.

    Citizen Alan

    March 27, 2020 at 11:17 am

    @germy: I am livid over this transparent bullshit. I don’t hate Bernie and his cult more than Shitgibbon and the MAGAts, but damned if it’s not nearly as much.

  193. 193.

    NotMax

    March 27, 2020 at 11:21 am

    @Citizen Alan
    Livid is the new baseline.

  194. 194.

    Cedichou

    March 27, 2020 at 1:11 pm

    Can anyone get through Biden’s team and tell them to NEVER use “if I’m elected,” but “WHEN  I’M ELECTED.” There should be no doubt from him that he’s going to win. He MUST win.

  195. 195.

    SteverinoCT

    March 27, 2020 at 2:15 pm

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    My all time favorite Spanish phrase has always been…

    I was flipping ahead in my Spanish I book and found what became my favorite phrase (and it worked when I used it on Sra. Perez!): ¿Qué sé yo? — How should I know?

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