President Trump is in the Oval Office with Mark Meadows, Dan Scavino and Jared Kushner, all three of whom are wearing “full PPE,” a senior White House official tells @PeterAlexander.
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) October 8, 2020
Somebody coughs and they all freeze. Then, the intern vying for Chris Wray’s job runs out of the room wailing, a deputy assistant to the president shoves his head in one of the burn bags to start chewing documents, and a man nobody knows kicks the desk where Jared likes to hide.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) October 6, 2020
Meanwhile, the Replacement-in-Waiting:
The fact that Pence did 10 points better than him is gonna BUG the fuck out of Trump. https://t.co/Zq2UF23Uuz
— Daily Trix (@DailyTrix) October 8, 2020
you'd think they'd save this for closer to E-Day when there's a better chance they'll be alive in two weeks. https://t.co/OXW9CrvRrR
— Zeddy (@Zeddary) October 7, 2020
Polls: Seniors pretty much hate Trump now.
Ruffini: Haha! That’s not it. It’s just that the ones who like him are dead and the ones who don’t like him are alive.
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) October 8, 2020
randal m sexton
“I aint dead yet ” — Boomer who wants to outlive the OrangeAssitude.
smike
@randal m sexton:
Ramen, brother, ramen.
FelonyGovt
I love the idea of these staffers (particularly Jared) in space suits, terrified of getting COVID from the Orange Plague Rat.
HumboldtBlue
Desus and Mero talk Trump — “nobody who’s a leader would not do what I did”
Jay
We buried Samaya today.
The 7 of us, dug her grave by hand, because we share a work bubble, so it’s sort of safe. There is a backlog on funerals and grave digging. Her faith required she be buried within 24 hours.
The Syrian Cultural Centre donated the grave site.
I washed and anointed her body, while Dr. Mohammed Arif said the ritual words, via cell phone, then I wrapped her in her shroud. Then plastic. After that, I washed, changed clothes and PPE, sterilized the room and her bag, then made sure I stayed at least 20 feet away from my coworkers and others. I didn’t get to carry her to her grave, because now I am a risk. My coworkers did.
The Company has given us the time, and free PPE for those willing to attend.
They carried her out and lowered her into the ground, and then I climbed in and cut away and removed the plastic barrier. So much stuff now that is now a biohazard.
Praise was said, handfuls of dirt tossed. Roughly a hundred and fifty showed up. Coworkers, members of DERA, members of the Syrian Community, a bunch of Street Medics and Community Activists. About 25 unhoused. Some of my Wife’s people from the Centre. All socially distanced, all masked.
Can’t even really gather and tell stories. That will happen some other year, because those who knew her, will never forget her. We will remember those we lost, and when it is safe, we will gather, and remember together.
My coworkers finished filling in the grave, sodded it and put up a simple marker, Paul in Hardware made. Her life story told in two sentences. Granite and verse.
Such a loss, a young, vibrant, strong woman with an amazing life ahead of her, wasted.
So now, I’m in a motel, away from my wife and cats, for the next 14 days, using up some of my sick time.
Fall came in hard today. Wind, rain, cold, grey. And we buried a beautiful, vibrant summer flower far too soon.
As has now become the tradition, with Covid Victims and other lives cut short, SFU is giving her an Honorary Degree. She would have been so brilliant.
The Company is sending a team tomorrow, to deep clean her apartment and take care of her estate. All her things will be cleaned, sanitized, then sent to Charities for the Unhoused and Refugees as she wanted.
23 years old.
guachi
Isn’t Hoarse Whisperer the guy who stated with certainty Trump would never nominate someone to replace Ginsburg?
Yes. Yes, he is.
columbusqueen
@Jay: I’m so sorry, Jay. You’ve done a beautiful thing in helping her to final rest. Bless you.
featheredsprite
@Jay: I’m so sorry for your loss. A memorial of some sort would be nice. It doesn’t lessen the pain, but know that you do not grieve alone.
HumboldtBlue
@Jay:
There is love to share so please let us share some with you.
piratedan
@guachi: tbf, I think Trump could give a shit because its not really about him… now Mitch McConnell, he gives a shit and and will kiss Trumps ass until Covid-Amy is in place… so I kinda have the feeling that Trump doesn’t care other than its being seen as he, DJT, is enabling the GOP wet dream.
Sab
@Jay: I am so sorry Jay.
Noskilz
@Jay: Sorry for your loss. Hopefully things will go as well as they can for her friends and family.
Amir Khalid
@Jay:
From God Samaya came, and to God she returns. Someday in the After Time, you and your friends will again be able to sit and share your memories of her, and they will bring a smile to everyone’s face.
Emma from FL
@Jay: Oh Jay. I don’t cry much, but this… this makes it impossible not to. What a beautiful thing you all did. The sense of community, of caring for each other… this is what we all should aim for, even if we fail.
Steeplejack (phone)
@Jay:
Condolences. Jay. “Surely we belong to Allah, and to Him shall we return.” ?
Felanius Kootea
@Jay: Sorry for your loss.
prostratedragon
“Ah George, We Hardly Knew Ya,” Don Pullen
Jay
@Noskilz:
The Syrian Civil War robbed her of her family, she just had us.
@columbusqueen:
@featheredsprite:
@HumboldtBlue:
@Sab:
@Amir Khalid:
The Doctor was originally offended that a man was washing a woman’s body.
I pointed out that philosophically, I was Buddhist, and washing the body, then sitting with it for 7 days, just in case they had something to say, was tradition.
And that not a lot of people were willing to be with someone who died of Sars-Covid 19 immediately.
She was love.
HumboldtBlue
We can always sing.
Citizen Alan
@guachi: There is no shame in being unable to predict the actions of someone incapable of decency or character. Psychopaths cannot truly be understood by non-psychopaths.
Sebastian
@Jay:
I am so sorry Jay.
Brachiator
@Jay:
Very sorry for your loss.
Thank you for sharing some of your memories.
Odie Hugh Manatee
@Jay:
I’m sorry to hear of your loss, Jay. You and everyone else there honored your friend and her life.
My condolences to all.
PIGL
@Jay: Very sorry to hear this. And that you had to do this work. I live just up the hill from there.
Mai Naem mobile
@Jay: I am sorry for your loss. I am glad Samaya had you as a friend to help take care of these rituals.
raven
@Jay: I’m so sorry.
ThresherK
@Jay: Condolences from our home to yours. It was very touching to read this.
frosty
@Jay: Thank you for sharing this. You and your friends did well by her. I am so sorry for the loss of her. We all forget the grief and loss that’s been caused by mismanaging the response. This brings it home.
Wag
@Jay: You are truly honorable. Thank you.
gbbalto
@Jay: So sorry. It is good that she had such great friends to honor and remember her.
Tom Levenson
@Jay: The thread is quiet, I know, but to add:
What a loss. So sorry. May her memory be a blessing.
laura
@Jay: you carried her to her journey’s end with respect dignity and caring. You’ll carry her in your soul and remind the world of her promise to the future and the measure of her loss. Be well in your waiting and rejoin your loved ones safely.
Yutsano
@Jay: Jay…I have no words to assuage your grief. May her light be a light to others in a time of shadows. Would you feel up to giving a dictation about her life to someone? Her story is important, and I think anyway it needs to be shared.
Aleta
{{{ @Jay: }}} ?
( Keep yourself nourished while you’re separated from your loved ones. ? ? ? )
jackmac
@Jay: So sorry for your loss. Blessings to you and the many people who helped and attended her burial.
Betty
@Jay: I am joining the others in saying how very sorry I am for your loss and that of he community. She blessed your lives for a short while. Savor the memories.
Bill Arnold
@Jay:
You are a good person. Thank you for writing this so well and for sharing it.
The Lodger
@Jay: Thank you for the work you all put into honoring your friend and sharing it with us. 23 years old.
J R in WV
@Jay:
So sorry for your loss.
Our loss.
Her loss.
Your story of the community caring for her after her death is very moving. Hand digging a grave is a moving experience under any circumstances. It is so hard when they are so young!
Take care as you shelter in place, we are hoping you will be safe.
Please keep in touch.
BroD
Wonderful post!
I’m 78 and my goal this year was to live long enough to vote against Trump and donate a hefty slice of my grand-kids inheritance (which I inherited from elders who would have hated Trump) to Democrats across the US. To quote James Brown, “I feel Good!“