President Biden calls on companies to require COVID vaccine for employees following FDA’s full Pfizer approval:
“I call on you now to do that. Require it.” pic.twitter.com/kwCLlCXW7w
— The Recount (@therecount) August 23, 2021
U.S. administers 363.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC https://t.co/gUAGFuc98p pic.twitter.com/haPlPO2YRb
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 24, 2021
BREAKING: After reviewing 340,000 pages and record amount of data, the FDA has given full approval to the Pfizer vaccine.
— Andy Slavitt ??? (@ASlavitt) August 23, 2021
And there go the goalposts https://t.co/Zt4aWCuNkP
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 23, 2021
USA Today-Ipsos poll:
Americans 72%-28% called mask mandates "a matter of health and safety," not an infringement on personal liberty
Americans 61%-39% endorsed requiring vaccinations except for those with a medical or religious exemption
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 23, 2021
Republican Congresses have hollowed out the government. This article is an argument for the government to carry out functions like response to a pandemic.https://t.co/NaKop4Fn68
— Cheryl Rofer (@CherylRofer) August 23, 2021
BREAKING: Pentagon will now mandate all troops be vaccinated against Covid-19, following the FDA's full approval of the Pfizer shot, says @PentagonPresSec
— Lara Seligman (@laraseligman) August 23, 2021
OSD still working review of the policy for Austin's signature, says defense official. SecDef may request a waiver from the president for the other two vaccines: the Moderna and the J&J. But details still being worked out.
— Lara Seligman (@laraseligman) August 23, 2021
— Jared Keller (@jaredbkeller) August 23, 2021
Anyway I dunno why MAGA land is freaking out, they've been telling us there's all sorts of good paying jobs with great benefits in the service industry that inexplicably can't find workers so I'm sure anyone who gets booted will land on their feet
— Mike Black (@MikeBlack114) August 23, 2021
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WHO's @DrTedros: "Instead of moving to boosters, it's better to share with other countries to increase their first or second coverage. That's why we call for a two-month moratorium" https://t.co/5fJZG2Ppta pic.twitter.com/DTD3zTBhno
— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) August 23, 2021
Next tweet on my timeline…
"It’s a race between the virus and your immune system."@profshanecrotty of the La Jolla Institute for Immunology explains how #Covid booster shots may help fight the Delta variant. More @business: https://t.co/gwG0RYM61m pic.twitter.com/F9gOJn3Gcd
— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) August 23, 2021
IMO, Dr. Tedros is probably right — for those of us among the vaccinated who don’t have other health issues — but he’s unlikely to change peoples’ minds…
Asia's robust economic recovery from last year's coronavirus low is losing momentum as a surge in COVID-19 cases sees shops empty again and factories close, dimming prospects for corporate profit growth after a blockbuster half year https://t.co/nUetAht4Km
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 24, 2021
How A Vial Of COVID-19 Vaccine Travels From A Lab In Missouri To An Arm In Bangladesh https://t.co/2Cp20dVgkF
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) August 23, 2021
As Sri Lanka's death toll from COVID-19 surges, some are opting for cardboard coffins when they cremate their loved ones https://t.co/2Y1Q1sLZgq pic.twitter.com/ypZ8HwFqY1
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 24, 2021
Vietnam says Cuba to supply COVID-19 vaccine, transfer technology https://t.co/lsO8U0XGoP pic.twitter.com/gB8llWYPIP
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 24, 2021
Australia pandemic panel backs reopening targets despite Sydney outbreak https://t.co/ZbXyvE87py pic.twitter.com/fSZPJHo0WK
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 24, 2021
To the overseas folks who find watching New Zealand’s Covid-19 response encouraging, Kia Ora. It’s Day 7 of lockdown. In the past 1 week, genomic sequencing has traced the outbreak to single person who went thru MIQ on 7th August.
We have stopped 107 chains of transmission /1
— Jin Russell (@DrJinRussell) August 23, 2021
The short timeframe: 10 days only, between 7th and 17th August when the lockdown was announced means that we caught the outbreak relatively early. The Devonport man who got himself tested (sentinel case) when he became symptomatic is publicly praised for his actions /3
— Jin Russell (@DrJinRussell) August 23, 2021
While you might see negative pieces from a tiny minority of commentators, the vast majority of New Zealanders support this. Very soon, we will have vaccinated to the same level as other countries, achieving similar immunity without deaths and hospital overwhelm.
Wish us luck x
— Jin Russell (@DrJinRussell) August 23, 2021
Less than a month into a COVID-19 vaccine booster drive, Israel is seeing signs of an impact on the country's high infection and severe illness rates fuelled by the fast-spreading Delta variant, officials and scientists say https://t.co/qLGZQa04PG pic.twitter.com/u4wtgkX0Dr
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 24, 2021
UK orders 35 million more Pfizer vaccine doses https://t.co/epi7CVAUma
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 23, 2021
Kenya reports the delivery of 880,460 doses of Moderna mRNA vaccine, which arrived in Nairobi through COVAX. The intn'l vax sharing program is a joint venture of WHO, the Center for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovation, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and UNICEF https://t.co/vzbmfoYjvF
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 23, 2021
#Rwanda this morning rolled out its third mass vaccination campaign against #Covid19, this time with everyone aged 18 eligible for the jab.
As the government continues to reopen the economy, it's hoped that 90% of Kigali adult population will be vaccinated in two weeks' time. pic.twitter.com/Iwd41z5sKb
— The New Times (Rwanda) (@NewTimesRwanda) August 23, 2021
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Incredible video by Sophie-Marie Aicher & Dr. Delphine Planas showing SARS-CoV-2 causing syncytia (cell fusion that is part of its evasion of the immune system in humans) and cell death (red) in bat brain cells.
Honorable mention Nikon Small World competition. pic.twitter.com/K5aZ7D0RES
— Dr Alexandra Phelan (@alexandraphelan) August 23, 2021
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Please blast far and wide: the story that Rice was experiencing an unexpectedly high rate of Delta spread among a population vaccinated in the mid-90% range led to panic and despondency across Twitter. Nearly all the troubling results were false positives https://t.co/KNAzqIlOto
— Peter A. Shulman ? (@pashulman) August 23, 2021
I’d been sent the initial story multiple times. The fear and expectation of the worst is very real. But an overwhelmingly vaccinated campus, plus other safety measures, for now like masking, are the right moves. This can be a safe semester.
— Peter A. Shulman ? (@pashulman) August 23, 2021
“This is really a dire situation.” Once a coronavirus success story, Oregon is being hammered by the delta variant and hospitals are stretched to the breaking point. The state currently has more people hospitalized with COVID-19 than ever before. https://t.co/ofYicjd9Qs
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 23, 2021
Hawaii governor urges visitors to stay away amid COVID surge https://t.co/BltMiWAhLv pic.twitter.com/nvkge3vDZw
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 24, 2021
All #NavajoNation government employees are facing COVID-19 vaccination and testing mandates following an executive order the tribal president and attorney general signed late last week. https://t.co/Asl8hRwYZk
— Noel Lyn Smith ? 3️⃣2️⃣2️⃣7️⃣6️⃣ (@nsmithdt) August 23, 2021
It's time to check in on South Dakota, which has seen a 200% increase in Covid-19 cases in the past two weeks — the highest growth rate in the nation. What happened two weeks ago? The Sturgis motorcycle rally. Quick thread on the data: pic.twitter.com/sAgVjJpNnf
— Benjy Renton (@bhrenton) August 23, 2021
This is nonsense. Vermont is *the very best of any state* in its Covid hospitalization situation, per this data – 4 per 100,000! (Florida is at 80 per 100,000.) Vermont has a 141% increase because it went from…11ish total people hospitalized to 26. https://t.co/KZIDFTeUeF
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 23, 2021
73% support mask mandates
hope GOP runs on this next yr! https://t.co/a4oRp0VvvE
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) August 23, 2021
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY: 126 new cases on 8/22/21.
Deaths still at 1357.
60% of the county is fully vaccinated and 63.9% had at least 1 shot.
Over the last week we had 97 cases in children under 10,
118 cases in children between 10 and 19, 207 cases in 20 year olds and 177 cases in 30 year olds. Ages 40-49. 50-59 and 60-69 averaged 110 cases each last week.
Monroe County has 145 COVID cases in hospitals and 30 in the ICU.
soapdish
Frankly I’m surprised I’d hadn’t heard “Gestapelosi” before.
YY_Sima Qian
On 8/23 China reported 1 new domestic confirmed cases (0 previously asymptomatic) & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
Yunnan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 4 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 35 active domestic confirmed cases there. 1 community at Ruili remains at High Risk. 1 Medium Risk village has been re-designated as Low Risk. 1 village at Ruili remains at Medium Risk.
Jiangsu Province did not reported any new domestic positive cases. 38 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 531 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Hunan Province did not reported any new domestic positive cases. There are currently are 100 active domestic confirmed (including 3 serious) & 13 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Henan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case. 5 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 120 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Hubei Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 82 active domestic confirmed (36 mild, 45 moderate & 1 serious) & 60 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Shanghai Municipality did not report any new positive cases (all mild). There currently are 6 active domestic confirmed cases in the city, 5 airport workers & a medical staff at a hospital. 5 residential compounds remain at Medium Risk.
Alashankou border crossing in Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 3 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
Imported Cases
On 8/22, China reported 34 new imported confirmed cases (5 previously asymptomatic), 9 imported asymptomatic cases, 1 imported suspect case:
Overall in China, 96 confirmed cases recovered (46 imported), 20 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (19 imported) & 3 were reclassified as confirmed cases (all imported), & 2,426 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 1,634 active confirmed cases in the country (722 imported), 19 in serious condition (8 imported), 491 active asymptomatic cases (405 imported), 2 suspect cases (both imported). 35,246 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 8/22, 1,961.893M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 14.939M doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 8/23, Hong Kong reported 7 new positive cases (all asymptomatic), all imported (from Indonesia, the Philippines & the UAE, 4 of whom had been fully vaccinated).
WereBear
Agreed. Then again, they have put shackles on their brains with delusional thinking. As a result, they are not that bright.
Mary G
The video of the bat brain cells being demolished is scary.
Glad for Imm and the Immp that Rice’s outbreak was a false alarm!
New Deal democrat
Sorry, but I am going to disagree with the post’s take on the comparison between South Dakota and Vermont -at least as to cases. The right way to measure this is on a per capita basis. Further, the 200% increase in cases for South Dakota started with a very low number and so is distorted (e.g., an increase from 1 to 3 is 200%, while an increase from 100 to 180 is only 40%)
On July 28, both SD and VT had a weekly average of 4.5 new cases per 100,000 per day. As of yesterday, South Dakota had an average of 27.4. And Vermont had 25. Very similar trajectories.
A separate but more important trend: fully 1/3 of all States + DC now show flat or declining new cases over the past 7 days.
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Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Director-General of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 20,837 new Covid-19 cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 1,593,602 cases. He also reports 211 new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 14,553 deaths — 0.91% of the cumulative reported total, 1.09% of resolved cases.
As of yesterday, the seven-day running average of Malaysia’s nationwide Rt was 1.01.
There are currently 262,713 active and contagious cases; 1,063 are in ICU, 511 of them on ventilators. Meanwhile, 18,613 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 1,316,336 patients recovered – 82.60% of the cumulative reported total.
34 new clusters were reported today, for a cumulative total of 4,506 clusters. 1,446 clusters are currently active; 3,060 clusters are now inactive.
20,815 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 4,631 local cases: 361 in clusters, 2,312 close-contact screenings, and 1,958 other screenings.
Sabah reports 3,376 cases: 164 in clusters, 2,094 close-contact screenings, and 1,118 other screenings.
Penang reports 2,054 cases: 274 in clusters, 684 close-contact screenings, and 1,096 other screenings.
Kedah reports 1,772 cases: 31 in clusters, 1,152 close-contact screenings, and 589 other screenings. Johor reports 1,743 cases: 338 in clusters, 897 close-contact screenings, and 508 other screenings. Sarawak reports 1,543 cases: 356 in clusters, 819 close-contact screenings, and 368 other screenings.
Kelantan reports 1,422 cases: 106 in clusters, 975 close-contact screenings, and 341 other screenings. Kuala Lumpur reports 1,280 local cases: 19 in clusters, 508 close-contact screenings, and 753 other screenings. Perak reports 1,242 cases: 132 in clusters, 496 close-contact screenings, and 614 other screenings.
Pahang reports 521 cases: 80 in clusters, 346 close-contact screenings, and 95 other screenings.
Melaka reports 396 cases: 108 in clusters, 111 close-contact screenings, and 177 other screenings. Terengganu reports 383 cases: 37 in clusters, 266 close-contact screenings, and 80 other screenings. Negeri Sembilan reports 347 local cases: 19 in clusters, 139 close-contact screenings, and 189 other screenings.
Perlis reports 74 cases: 29 in clusters, 20 close-contact screenings, and 25 other screenings. Putrajaya reports 27 cases: 17 close-contact screenings and 10 other screenings. Labuan reports four cases: three close-contact screenings and one other screening.
22 new cases today are imported: 14 in Selangor, fout in Kuala Lumpur, and four in Negeri Sembilan.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 396,578 doses of vaccine on 23rd August. As of midnight yesterday, the cumulative total is 31,792,363 doses administered: 18.4 million first doses and 13.3 million second doses. 56.6% of the population have received their first dose, while 40.8% are now fully vaccinated.
Punchy
Mayor of Lake Ozark openly (per FB) requesting ivermectin for his very sick friend (cant link). Openly, publically asking, despite the FDA’s very overt “GTFOH” stance on its use in humans.
These people are absurd. There’s literally no fake cure they wont endorse…
WereBear
@Punchy: OMG.
Instantly, my mind flashes back to all the maskless partying I have seen online…
New Deal democrat
@New Deal democrat:
Ok here is hospitalization data for the last 2 weeks for both SD and VT:
Source – https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/public-health/states-ranked-by-covid-19-hospitalization-rates-august-2.html
South Dakota
14-day change: 86 percent increase
Hospitalizations per 100,000 people: 7
Vermont
14-day change: 425 percent increase
Hospitalizations per 100,000 people: 3
Per my prior comment, I would ignore the rate of increase, because of the small numbers involved. Focus just on the per capita number.
Only 3 other States – MA, ME, and NH – have hospitalization rates lower than SD.
satby
@Punchy: Not only asking, but saying he will try to smuggle it in to give to his sick friend in the hospital. And asking for people to “pray that the doctors and nurses do the right thing” and allow his friend to take it.
Insane.
rikyrah
AL,
I hope that you see this.
Our explainer is back ☺️
https://twitter.com/sjs856/status/1429878788179972136?s=19
rikyrah
@Punchy:
Saw that bullshyt ?
Phucking crazy
charon
@New Deal democrat:
So you inspired me to take at the NYT tabulation I often use.
Results: SD: 27/100K +352% in last 14 days (7-day rolling average).
VT: 25/100K , +105% 7 day avg
VT number of +105% pretty middle of the pack.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html?name=styln-coronavirus®ion=TOP_BANNER&block=storyline_menu_recirc&action=click&pgtype=LegacyCollection&variant=1_Show&is_new=false
SiubhanDuinne
FOX News: Was the approval process rushed?
Also FOX News: What took so long?
Sloane Ranger
Monday in the UK we had 31,914 new cases. This is an increase of 13.4% in the rolling 7-day average and some cases may not have been included due to the weekend office closures. New cases by nation,
England -24,158 (down 1794)
Northern Ireland – 1320 (down 165)
Scotland – 3189 (up 1)
Wales – 3247 (up 1621 but probably some of these cases relate to them not reporting on Saturdays.)
Deaths – There were 40 deaths within 28 days of a positive test reported yesterday but, again, remember weekend office closures means there is a delay in reporting. This is an increase of 12.3% in the rolling 7-day average. 29 deaths were in England, 9 in Northern Ireland and 2 in Wales. No deaths in Scotland.
Testing – 679,665 tests were conducted on Sunday, 22 August. The rolling 7-day average for testing is down 2.6%. The PCR testing capacity reported by labs on that date was 722,898.
Hospitalisations – Not updated.
Vaccinations – As of Sunday, 22 August, 47,690,741 people had received 1 shot of a vaccine and 41,810,753 had had both. This means that, as of this date, 87.7% of all UK residents aged 16+ had had 1 shot and 76.9% were fully vaccinated. Just heard that 3 in 10 people aged under 30 are unvaccinated or only partially vaccinated. To some extent this can be explained by the fact they were the last group vaccinations were rolled out to so many will be waiting for their 2nd jab, but there is some evidence that a lot of younger people aren’t getting their 1st jab, because they think they are at low risk of getting sick, as was suggested even by experts at the start of the pandemic. The issue seems to be that, once people get an idea fixed in their mind, it cannot be removed, even by new evidence and new expert advice. Makes you wonder about the accuracy of the term “Homo Sapiens”.
Personal – If anyone is interested, my PCR test came back as negative so I’m out and about again.
New Deal democrat
@charon: Thanks, good to see the NYT (I refuse to register) and 91-divoc are showing the same thing.
i do agree that Sturgis is the absolute acid test of whether SD stumbled into something close to herd immunity.
randy khan
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Chevron is adopting a vaccine mandate for some employees. (Not people at the gas stations, since those are franchises, not owned by the company.)
charon
@charon:
+352% is tippy-top highest of any state BTW, runner up is West Virginia at +160%.
Ken
And heading to a place where they have people who can officially determine that. Not that I think we’ll be hearing “After the subject became violent and was subdued by hospital security, I ordered him held for a three-day psychiatric evaluation” but it’s nice to imagine.
Brachiator
@New Deal democrat:
Totally agree with your take on this.
Also, I wish that the CDC would have tried to track and follow up with Sturgis rally attendees. Maybe they are able to do some of this. Follow them for 10 to 12 weeks. Test them. See how many travel out of state.
Ken
I was hoping for mention of Radley Balko‘s genius plan:
New Deal democrat
@charon: Again, the big problem with citing %age increases is when they start off with a very low number.* In this case, it is also complicated by the fact that SD was only reporting once a week until 13 days ago, so during a rising trend the count from 14 days ago would be a big undercount. To get the best comparison, you have to use one of the days on which SD was actually posting its weekly update. That would be either July 28 or August 4 to predate Sturgis.
*ETA: And in this case, before Sturgis SD had the lowest rate of infections per capita of any State in the Union, so even a small absolute increase would give you a big %age increase.
Quinerly
@Punchy:
Iooks like the sick man’s son has weighed in
https://www.krmsradio.com/mayor-of-lake-ozark-advocates-for-alternative-covid-19-medicine/
Robert Sneddon
@New Deal democrat: Most of this back-and-forth is a bad example of “torturing the data until it confesses”. Stop it. Now.
Robert Sneddon
Scotland — 4,323 new cases of COVID-19 reported, a significant increase with ten new reported deaths of someone who had tested positive. Test positivity rate is 14.5%, trending upwards. Hospitalisations and ICU bed occupancy numbers are only slightly up — 43 ICU beds occupied and 364 people in hospital with confirmed cases of COVID-19. For comparison with US states, Scotland’s population is about 5.5 million people. There are no specific reports of pediatric hospitalisation numbers.
Just under 18,000 vaccinations were administered in Scotland yesterday (Monday) with just over 15% of those vaccinations being first doses. 80.6% of the 18+ adult population are now fully vaccinated with another 10.3% having received their initial dose of vaccine. 16 and 17 year olds are now at 40.6% first dose and 8.3% second dose.
Speculation on my part — we’re seeing a significant increase in positive test results here in Scotland now that a lot of restrictions on social distancing, capacity limits for hospitality venues and so on have been removed and the football season has started with full occupancy of the stadiums being permitted. However we’re not seeing a corresponding big upswing in hospitalisations and ICU bed occupancy. This is, I think, due to the relatively high vaccination rate in Scotland and the UK generally, with over 95% of adults over the age of 40 being fully vaccinated now. People are catching this disease and testing positive for it but for a lot of these breakthrough cases it’s a “bad flu” which they’re dealing with by staying at home and suffering rather than filling hospital beds. This may be the start of the “Living with COVID” period of this epidemic.
H.E.Wolf
Limbaugh and his loathsome ilk coined “Feminazi” decades ago. This new epithet is likewise from the sexist and antisemitic slime pit. :-p
New Deal democrat
@Robert Sneddon: Hard disagree. But won’t pursue it further.
smith
@New Deal democrat: This is complicated by the fact that SD, though red, is not a really low-vax state. They are currently 32nd in the % of population with at least one shot, at 55.2%. On the other hand, Meade County, where Sturgis is located, currently has an infection rate of 68.8/100k, a positivity rate of 33.8%, and a vax rate of 27.9% with at least one shot, so make of that what you will.
smith
@New Deal democrat: I disagree. Looking through the data to generate hypotheses is a time-honored tradition. The problem comes if you state mistaking those hypotheses for conclusions.
Scout211
@Ken:
It actually does have a weird name now. Look for it in their television ads coming soon. “Ask your doctor if Comirnaty is right for you.”
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/24/1030538074/pfizer-biontech-vaccine-comirnaty-name-pronounce
marklar
I’ve heard that after taking ivermectin, people suffering from COVID will be Okey-Donkey.
I’ll be here all week.
New Deal democrat
@smith: I understand your point.
I will just counter with the fact that in a pandemic with exponential movements, by the time you have the data needed for scientifically acceptable conclusions, the pandemic has already wreaked havoc. So hypothesizing on the fly with not the best data sets is the only real possibility in real time.
StringOnAStick
It should be understood that most of the people who attended the Sturgis rally are not from SD! They went there, reports of 500,000 to 600,000 attendees, mingled without masks and likely had a very low vaccination rate, and then went back to where they came from, no doubt bringing Delta with them. The infection rate shown for SD is for the local residents; what about all the visitors who have now dispersed back to their homes all over the US?
glc
Side note
https://twitter.com/VPrasadMDMPH/status/1429919113774698500
(NB: This has nothing to do with the data discussion in this thread – quite the opposite.)
Ken
@StringOnAStick: I do admit to some admiration for the people handling logistics for Sturgis. It can’t be easy to nearly double a state’s population, or more concretely increase a town’s population by a factor of nearly 100.
quakerinabasement
@Ken:
Haven’t you heard? Pelosi and the other elites only pretended to get the Pfizer vaccine. They secretly got Hydroxyiverzinc and that’s why they don’t get sick. They keep it a secret because it’s the real antidote from the Wuhan lab and there’s not enough to go around! They only give it to illegal immigrants who register to vote.
quakerinabasement
@StringOnAStick: Wait for it…
Yutsano
Please note that I did not have Jerry Jones on the side of the good guys here.
rikyrah
@Yutsano:
He’s not letting anything phuck up his $$$ for two years straight.
MAGA bullshyt stops at his bank account.
Dan B
@rikyrah: Drew Comments is fine, better than fine! He’s brains, brawn, funny, witty, and generally 5 stars+ in so many categories. Puts a true smile on my face.