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Mississippi Is #1 In Something

by Four Seasons Total Landscaping mistermix|  November 16, 201912:30 pm| 38 Comments

This post is in: Healthcare, Bring on the Brawndo!

And it doesn’t involve sports, illiteracy or obesity:

More than half the states in America have seen a decline over the past decade in the take-up rates among kindergarten children of vaccines against diseases such as measles, mumps, hepatitis B and polio, as unfounded anti-vaccination theories have spread.

A new study by Health Testing Centers has found between 2009 and 2018 27 of the 50 US states experienced a drop in the percentage of vaccinated kindergarten-age children. In Georgia and Arkansas, the decline was more than 6%.

The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR), which is the focus of much activity by the so-called anti-vaxxer movement, is especially vulnerable. Alarmingly, the study finds that more than half of the states – 26 in total – have vaccination rates that have fallen below the target of 95% which experts state is needed to provide maximum protection against the diseases.

Three states – Colorado (88.7%), Kansas (89.1%) and Idaho (89.5%) – have rates that have fallen below the 90% that scientists say renders populations particularly vulnerable to a measles outbreak.

[…] Mississippi stands at the top of the league table for MMR, with 99.4% of its kindergartners vaccinated.

States other than Mississippi can send their thank you cards and other plaudits to Robert Kennedy Jr and some crank named Larry Cook, cc Mark Zuckerberg, since Kennedy and Cook have purchased the majority of the anti-vaxx ads on Facebook, which, of course, accepts them since they have no corporate policy other than the creation and maintenance of stupidity among users of their shitty app.

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Shep Smith Out at Fox News

by Four Seasons Total Landscaping mistermix|  October 11, 20194:51 pm| 123 Comments

This post is in: Bring on the Brawndo!

As you can see by Cavuto and Roberts’ reaction, it was a carefully coordinated and long-planned move:

Neil Cavuto and John Roberts clearly blind-sided by Shep Smith departure pic.twitter.com/36ijhC8th6

— Nicole Lafond (@Nicole_Lafond) October 11, 2019


Speculation is rampant, but apparently Barr met with Rupert Murdoch a couple of days ago. You fill in the blanks.

As with Chris Wallace, I think Smith got a lot of bonus points for his mere existence at a propaganda outlet. And his presence didn’t keep Fox addicts from getting a massive dose of lies from Hannity and the rest of the opinion numbskulls. Still, it’s too bad that there will one less decent guy at that hellhole.

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Saturday Morning Open Thread: Must Be Autumn, Already

by Anne Laurie|  September 14, 20196:11 am| 255 Comments

This post is in: C.R.E.A.M., Open Threads, All Too Normal, Bring on the Brawndo!, Our Failed Political Establishment

By now we trust you've heard… BUT HERE IT IS ANYWAY. pic.twitter.com/JH8PxaIKiC

— MillerCoors (@MillerCoors) September 13, 2019

I realize this isn’t La Colombe’s brand positioning but you could sell a *lot* of this in pumpkin spice

— Josh Barro (@jbarro) September 13, 2019

Kids today: "you mean the 'save' button represents some kind of physical storage disk? OMG"

Me today: "you mean 'upper case' and 'lower case' refer to the physical cases where printers kept their letters? OMG" pic.twitter.com/whMIBpyLMm

— Benjamin Molineaux (@benmolineaux) September 13, 2019

Collins cast deciding vote to let Trump take money from military families for his wall https://t.co/Cs1iJeqdsh

— Leila Price ? (@Leila_Price) September 14, 2019

NEW: Congress set to ignore Trump's wall request in new short-term spending deal https://t.co/J2nfYlRVzl pic.twitter.com/2s3ZGlVxk7

— The Hill (@thehill) September 13, 2019

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Open Thread: Speaking of Media Village Idiocies…

by Anne Laurie|  August 25, 20196:27 pm| 203 Comments

This post is in: Election 2020, I Can No Longer Rationally Discuss The Sanders Campaign, Open Threads, Assholes, Bring on the Brawndo!, DC Press Corpse

NEW from San Francisco: I was surprised how much concern I heard about the prospect of a contested convention at the DNC Summer Meeting so I wrote about it. https://t.co/YCBlymqPGe

— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) August 25, 2019

Bernie-sympathetic media figure speaks to Sanders supporters, hears what he wants to hear…

Longtime DNC member Jim Zogby: “Unless something cataclysmic happens, I think we're looking at a contested convention…I think we're not going to get to the convention with an outright winner." https://t.co/YCBlymqPGe

— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) August 25, 2019

… All the top campaigns are taking the possibility of a contested convention seriously and have begun wooing the party’s 700-plus super delegates, who thanks to a new rule will only get to weigh in on a nominee if next year’s primaries and caucuses fail to produce a clear winner.

On the sidelines of the DNC meeting, senior campaign aides charged with hunting for delegates could be seen stalking the halls and schmoozing with super delegates into the wee hours of the mornings, keeping close track of lists of people they wanted to connect with in person. Behind the scenes, candidates have been making calls to super delegates for months and took time at the meeting to make the rounds to gatherings of delegates…

The last time Democrats went into their convention without a presumptive nominee already having a majority of delegates was 1984. And you have to go all the way back to 1952 to find the last time it took multiple rounds of ballots to pick the standardbearer.

But this time, it might happen again, according to many of the nearly two dozen state party chairs, DNC members, campaign delegate counters and other officials surveyed here by NBC News, most of whom did not want to speak for the record about the sensitive subject…

While Republican primaries are winner-take-all, Democrats’ are not. Any candidate who gets at least 15 percent of the vote can earn delegates from a primary or caucus, so its not uncommon for candidates to split each state’s delegate haul.

Some worry that the first four states (Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina) will deliver a split decision, and California and other Super Tuesday states will fracture, giving multiple candidates a reason to stay in the contest and the money to do so, thanks to energized grassroots donors…

BREAKING NEWS: Professionals prepare for possible outcomes, no matter how slim the chances.

The actual “news” here, IMO, is that Bernie Sanders will once again hang on until & after the convention, even after it’s mathematically impossible for him to win, even if that means guaranteeing a Repub win. Or, if you prefer to be as kind as possible, Sanders’ staff and supporters intend to keep Bernie in the race until & after the convention, because that’s where their checks & egoboo are. This is my (not hardly) shocked face, people.

I think that superdelegates ending up deciding our nominee despite the rule change would be sweet schedenfreude.

I never called for that stupid rule change.

— Jay Robertson (@IJefTomI) August 25, 2019

They're a handy punching bag when you're railing against 'the establishment' but Bernie has always relied on undemocratic measures to win, from caucuses to trying to trick opposing delegates into not showing up. Bernie ASKED the superdelegates in 2016 to overturn the popular vote

— Seamus the Shank Engine (@warmh20penguin) August 25, 2019

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Friday Morning Open Thread: Traditional Silly-Season Fare

by Anne Laurie|  August 16, 20194:55 am| 120 Comments

This post is in: Dolt 45, Open Threads, All Too Normal, Bring on the Brawndo!

As August comic subplots go, this one is pretty solid. https://t.co/o2N9p3AUpM

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) August 16, 2019

To be fair when I’m down in the dumps and feel like no one likes me I go shopping too https://t.co/fXOv1pmfyd

— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) August 15, 2019

Of course he hasn’t got the funds to indulge in the traditional upper-class-male mortality-panic status goods, like cars or yachts, but couldn’t Melania introduce him to Funko Pops or Magic: the Gathering cards?

Per the Washington Post:

… The presidential request has bewildered aides, some of whom continue to believe it isn’t serious, but Trump has mentioned it for weeks. The two people with knowledge of the presidential demand spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to reveal such White House planning.

As with many of Trump’s internal musings, aides haven’t told him the idea is preposterous and instead are waiting for more direction before they decide how seriously they should look into it.

Among the things that have been discussed is whether it is even legal, what the process would be for acquiring an island that has its own government and population, and where any money to purchase a giant landmass would originate…

We joke now, but in six months buying Greenland will be a litmus test on the right.

— Brendan Buck (@BrendanBuck) August 15, 2019

Why does Putin want Trump to have the US purchase Greenland?

— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) August 16, 2019

Someone has explained to Trump that Greenland isn't nearly as big as it looked on the Mercator projection, right?

Right?

— Sean T at RCP (@SeanTrende) August 16, 2019

pic.twitter.com/A0NW0cBpjP

— Nick Bryner (@bryner_nick) August 16, 2019

Honored sirs, I am PRINCE KIELSEN and I am contacting you with exciting opportunity. I recently inherited an island but need a small amount of cash. Send a money order for $600,000,000 to my account and I will give you “Greenland.”

— Yoni Appelbaum (@YAppelbaum) August 15, 2019

GREENLAND IS WHERE WE WILL RESETTLE THE FERAL PIGS

— Jacob T. Levy (@jtlevy) August 15, 2019

Watch
there's gonna be some patreon for a filibuster expedition with a hyper-aggressive vetbro Erik the Red logo before next week.

— Zeddy (@Zeddary) August 15, 2019

Wait. We've… tried this before? https://t.co/96jkakOo2f.

— Ali Rogin (@AliRogin) August 15, 2019

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Open Thread: Arabian Dreams of A 1930s Future…

by Anne Laurie|  July 27, 20191:50 pm| 37 Comments

This post is in: C.R.E.A.M., Open Threads, Bring on the Brawndo!, Our Awesome Meritocracy

Mohammed bin Salman's plan for Saudi Arabia's $500bn city of the future sound like the ramblings of a 8-year old who's just been to Epcot for the first time. https://t.co/Q5Eo9Eu3BE pic.twitter.com/YiRDLdOWrW

— Mike Bird (@Birdyword) July 26, 2019

After all, the neighbors built themselves a whole palm-tree-shaped luxury-resort island! Worth reading the comments, for once…

"To develop Neom, the Saudi government plans to forcibly relocate more than 20,000 people….Boston Consulting Group consultants advised following World Bank standards for forcible relocations.”

Wow you really can pay BCG and McKinsey enough for anything huh

— tysonbrody (@tysonbrody) July 26, 2019

The samurai robots can double as state executioners to behead protesters.

— Alastair_wut (@AlastairWut) July 26, 2019

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Open Thread: Murphy the Trickster God Bless America

by Anne Laurie|  July 6, 20194:03 pm| 44 Comments

This post is in: Free Markets Solve Everything, Hail to the Hairpiece, Open Threads, Popular Culture, Bring on the Brawndo!, Riveted By The Sociological Significance Of It All

Oh sheesh #anthrocon pic.twitter.com/wOJdEOemXh

— Chef Anthrocongoose (@ChefMongoose) July 3, 2019

They tried, I appreciate it, it was just way clumsy. :)

— Chef Anthrocongoose (@ChefMongoose) July 4, 2019


 
And there are many entertaining tweets under the hashtags #ColonialAirports, but this IMO is the best:

My dearest Martha:

I have just emerged from something called “secondary” at the Philadelphia Airport security checkpoint, and let’s just say the guy seemed extremely interested in exactly how I am endowed by our Creator.#ColonialAirports

— RammedTheRampartsHat (@Popehat) July 5, 2019

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