Coronavirus

[bannination]

[billy.pilgrim]

Future criminal defendants in court will be grateful to Trump for setting the standard for the soon to be famous "Sarcasm Defense" ...

if only Julius and Ethel had known

[1 CAT FAN]

Yes, Satan and the fools who are influenced by him are going to fail.

And, of course, Trump==Satan...

Nah, demons of little lulu's foolish influence are a better fit.

[Whack9]

I may break down and send this to the sisters. They would never forgive me.

Actually, assuming that your sisters are at least as bright as their brother and not dimbulbs, I'd be interested in what they thought about Trump's "injection" comments. Assuming they didn't believe him literally, did they find it an appropriate/helpful/harmful thing to say? What about even if he clearly "didn't mean it" but large numbers of the public believed him and started looking into injecting disinfectant? Was it poor judgement at the time? Can they manage to say something at all critical of the president*? If not, delete the first sentence, above.

I did some social media sleuthing. Basically, people will say:

1) Technically he is correct, as things like chemotherapy can be considered a disinfectant of sorts.
2) There's research and evidence of UV light therapy useful for ending viral infections.
3) He was brainstorming
4) He never technically said we should all inject ourselves with disinfectants. He was simply shooting up the pros with ideas, hoping they'd get hooked.

They'll split hairs until they've reached the subatomic level.

All of these excuses got blown to shit when Trump said he was being sarcastic.

[billy.pilgrim]

I may break down and send this to the sisters. They would never forgive me.

Actually, assuming that your sisters are at least as bright as their brother and not dimbulbs, I'd be interested in what they thought about Trump's "injection" comments. Assuming they didn't believe him literally, did they find it an appropriate/helpful/harmful thing to say? What about even if he clearly "didn't mean it" but large numbers of the public believed him and started looking into injecting disinfectant? Was it poor judgement at the time? Can they manage to say something at all critical of the president*? If not, delete the first sentence, above.

I did some social media sleuthing. Basically, people will say:

1) Technically he is correct, as things like chemotherapy can be considered a disinfectant of sorts.
2) There's research and evidence of UV light therapy useful for ending viral infections.
3) He was brainstorming
4) He never technically said we should all inject ourselves with disinfectants. He was simply shooting up the pros with ideas, hoping they'd get hooked.

They'll split hairs until they've reached the subatomic level.

All of these excuses got blown to shit when Trump said he was being sarcastic.

Pay attention, nothing is blown up ever.

They were being sarcastic when they said:
1) Technically he is correct, as things like chemotherapy can be considered a disinfectant of sorts.
2) There's research and evidence of UV light therapy useful for ending viral infections.
3) He was brainstorming
4) He never technically said we should all inject ourselves with disinfectants. He was simply shooting up the pros with ideas, hoping they'd get hooked

You see, there was/is no problem. Nothing blew up.

[O Really]

I did some social media sleuthing. Basically, people will say:

1) Technically he is correct, as things like chemotherapy can be considered a disinfectant of sorts.
2) There's research and evidence of UV light therapy useful for ending viral infections.
3) He was brainstorming
4) He never technically said we should all inject ourselves with disinfectants. He was simply shooting up the pros with ideas, hoping they'd get hooked.

OK, let's say any or all of those are true. Is it still not really poor judgement to be "brainstorming" or "shooting up the pros with ideas" at what is supposed to be a national briefing on a pandemic? Would it not be expected by any normal person that such remarks could and probably would be widely misunderstood? And having said something widely misunderstood, would not any normal person issue a plausible explanation or an "opps"? I'm just trying to find some point at which the cultists might say, "he's my man, but (something) was not a good thing..." I have no problem personally finding issues to criticize for for any Dem President or candidate I've ever voted for.

[Whack9]

I did some social media sleuthing. Basically, people will say:

1) Technically he is correct, as things like chemotherapy can be considered a disinfectant of sorts.
2) There's research and evidence of UV light therapy useful for ending viral infections.
3) He was brainstorming
4) He never technically said we should all inject ourselves with disinfectants. He was simply shooting up the pros with ideas, hoping they'd get hooked.

OK, let's say any or all of those are true. Is it still not really poor judgement to be "brainstorming" or "shooting up the pros with ideas" at what is supposed to be a national briefing on a pandemic? Would it not be expected by any normal person that such remarks could and probably would be widely misunderstood? And having said something widely misunderstood, would not any normal person issue a plausible explanation or an "opps"? I'm just trying to find some point at which the cultists might say, "he's my man, but (something) was not a good thing..." I have no problem personally finding issues to criticize for for any Dem President or candidate I've ever voted for.

Not only that, is it really appropriate for the President to be "sarcastic" during these briefings? Ok, some joking is alright. I understand this and it's human nature to want to lighten the mood here and there. But there's an art to being funny and sarcastic and Trump completely failed at it. It's obvious it was a cop out.

[neoplacebo]

I did some social media sleuthing. Basically, people will say:

1) Technically he is correct, as things like chemotherapy can be considered a disinfectant of sorts.
2) There's research and evidence of UV light therapy useful for ending viral infections.
3) He was brainstorming
4) He never technically said we should all inject ourselves with disinfectants. He was simply shooting up the pros with ideas, hoping they'd get hooked.

OK, let's say any or all of those are true. Is it still not really poor judgement to be "brainstorming" or "shooting up the pros with ideas" at what is supposed to be a national briefing on a pandemic? Would it not be expected by any normal person that such remarks could and probably would be widely misunderstood? And having said something widely misunderstood, would not any normal person issue a plausible explanation or an "opps"? I'm just trying to find some point at which the cultists might say, "he's my man, but (something) was not a good thing..." I have no problem personally finding issues to criticize for for any Dem President or candidate I've ever voted for.

I agree, but with trump and the cultists, it just doesn't work that way. Cultists like the cat fan conflate trump with their religious and or moral beliefs and thus by that very fact, they cannot criticize or find fault in any way with the cult leader. Should they do so, they would in effect be questioning their very core convictions, and this is something they and all other cult members will never do. They will all kill themselves before questioning or expressing doubt in the cult leader. Or failing that, they will seize on any little factoid or rumor that will serve them in the attempt to reflect blame or responsibility from the cult leader to any convenient anti cult figure that presents itself; the cult leader himself does this and demonstrates it for the cult members.....nothing is EVER trump's fault; it's always something else; the media, Democrats, the deep state, the "never trumpers" or China. Or Little Lulu. Or Rahm Emanuel. Cultists will ALWAYS flail rather than fail.

[Vrede too]

... They will all kill themselves before questioning or expressing doubt in the cult leader....

Literally with CV-19 exposure or the fake treatments for the disease.

[billy.pilgrim]

... They will all kill themselves before questioning or expressing doubt in the cult leader....

Literally with CV-19 exposure or the fake treatments for the disease.

More likely their actions will spread the virus indiscriminately and often intentionally (see deodorant licker and numerous others trying to spread the virus)

Now that the virus has a strong foothold is the worst time to reopen and expose people to more intentional and unintentional virus spreaders.

[Whack9]

[billy.pilgrim]

Love the guy who gets passersby to cough in his conspiracy believing face.


Edit: I may be off a word or 2, but someone said,
"I love his broad shoulders because he is carrying the weight of the world"

[1 CAT FAN]

Was that in California?

[GoCubsGo]

These people are too stupid to live anyways.

[billy.pilgrim]

Here's Cody

https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/hea ... f3934.html



I notice too that the same escambia county that closed all beaches to everyone is still running countywide bus service - including to Pensacola Beach.

Okay, we closed all beaches (better to crowd hotels, bars and restaurants than the big open beach) because it was easier than making reasonable plans. Now, after a month to plan how to reopen the beaches to the public, they have figured out yet another way to make things worse. We are going to address all the pent up beach demand by opening the beach for 4 hours a day.

Ain't it great to have bankers and developers in charge of local government.

[billy.pilgrim]

Was that in California?

Go lick something

[1 CAT FAN]

These people are too stupid to live anyways.

You shouldn't say that about enlightened Californians.

[O Really]

We've had a few pre-fabricated "protests" around here, interestingly enough not generally including those who actually use beach access the most - surfers and fishermen. But when they announced some limited re-opening, a poll showed 80% support for continuing to keep access closed longer; 15% for "maybe" and only 5% to open up.

The beaches are huge, and there's probably some argument for saying it's better to allow access and regulate use than to close them off, but the idiot protesters are off on their "rights" and "oppression" and "tyranny" tangental herrings. Don't these people ever ask a real lawyer before they demonstrate their ignorance?

A good thing about California compared to a lot of other places is that crazies are tolerated, but they don't get to run the place.

[GoCubsGo]

I think they get all of their legal advice from YouTube.

[O Really]

I think they get all of their legal advice from YouTube.

If that, even.
The protest groups also have a very limited concept of the "Freedom of Assembly" part of the First Amendment, too. There's only one cure for any of the ills we all have now. "Vote him away, vote him away, vote him away, vote him away..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylfuFmLK3cY