Major retailers still require masks in Texas and I wonder

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Friday March 05, 2021 · 10:45 AM PST

2021/03/05 · 10:45

Gunfight at the Cart Corral over the wearing of masks

I just know that some fool, gunslinger Texan, will refuse to wear a mask into Target and mask wearing Texans will attempt to stop him. I just hope nobody dies

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Tuesday September 29, 2020 · 12:12 PM PDT

2020/09/29 · 12:12

Sharing some graphics I just made for use as Facebook or other profile frames. Enjoy

Dump Trump Lock Screen - Police or Thief Surprise

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Monday June 15, 2020 · 7:32 AM PDT

2020/06/15 · 07:32

This is the new lockscreen on my phone.

It has one, fun purpose. If the cops confiscate my phone while I’m protesting, they’ll get a nice surprise when trying to unlock the phone.

Please distribute freely

A History of The Red Death - Published May, 2120

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Wednesday May 06, 2020 · 10:16 AM PDT

2020/05/06 · 10:16

History of The Red Death, a future history of the Coronavirus plague of 2020 — A History of The Red Death - Future Book Cover from the year 2120

The year was 2019 and world leaders had plenty of warning

They’d had warnings for many years but two leaders who had sold themselves as anti-science and anti-intellectual, refused to listen to experts or learn lessons from the past. Their negligence led to the UK having the most plague deaths in Europe and the USA having the most deaths of any nation on Earth.

This history will explore the science of the plague and the three waves of death that spanned the years 2019 — 2021. But primarily we will study Boris Johnson’s and Donald Trump’s leadership that brought the human race to the brink of extinction.

And in that context, we are starting to hear some bizarre autarkic rhetoric, when barriers are going up, and when there is a risk that new diseases such as coronavirus will trigger a panic and a desire for market segregation that go beyond what is medically rational to the point of doing real and unnecessary economic damage, then at that moment humanity needs some government somewhere that is willing at least to make the case powerfully for freedom of exchange, some country ready to take off its Clark Kent spectacles and leap into the phone booth and emerge with its cloak flowing as the supercharged champion, of the right of the populations of the earth to buy and sell freely among each other.

Boris Johnson, February 3, 2020

We do not wish to clog up these pages with what has become known as “Trumpian nonsense”, but here is one quote from early on in the plague.

If we have thousands or hundreds of thousands of people that get better, just by, you know, sitting around and even going to work, some of them go to work, but they get better.

Donald Trump, First week of March, 2020

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Name The Covid-19 Plague

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Name The Covid-19 Plague

The Red Death

18 votes

Republican Pestilence

3 votes

GOPestilence

1 vote

Other

2 votes

Trump's Plague

16 votes

Because we are better than that

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Thursday April 09, 2020 · 10:52 AM PDT

2020/04/09 · 10:52

It’s an old saying that has stood the test of time. Through hurricanes, tornadoes, pandemics, blizzards, wars etc.

We are all in this boat together

We need to paddle in the same direction, take our shift at the tiller, clean up a stranger’s vomit! We all work together or die together.

Folks in another diary asking why should we let Bernie supporters mourn? They didn’t let us Warren supporters mourn.

Because we are better than that! We are all grownups, which means we educate, teach empathy by our actions. Hopefully we reach November with Bernie supporters and former tRump supporters on our side purely by us being nice, being understanding, being empathetic Democrats.

Show them the way by leading the way, not pointing the way.

unity_650.33.jpg — Obama and Hillary in Unity, NH 2008

I am a Warren Democrat doing everything I can to elect Joe Biden President and I’m still in mourning. I mourn lost opportunities for brilliant female leadership. I mourn the chance to reset the American system. I mourn for my volunteer months texting, canvassing and giving my heart to once again, the most qualified person to ever run for President.

We are better than that. We are all adults.

That’s how we beat the orange turd and take the trash out of the White House next January.

GO TEAM!

Edited and reposted: Thanks to input re: my total lack of tact, I’ve rewritten this post and hope it does not offend as that is absolutely not my purpose. I’m still learning and growing, and hope to always be learning.

What should we call these photos?

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Saturday April 04, 2020 · 8:16 PM PDT

2020/04/04 · 20:16

The masked selfies are starting but some think they need another name.

They will become even more prevalent once Ivanka starts selling her designer N95 Masks for the ridiculously low price of only $199.95

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What should we call this new type of selfie?

Maskie

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COVIE

23 votes

Other (please comment)

10 votes

The Unimaginable Question Answered - Party rules if nominee(s) contract Covid-19

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Thursday April 02, 2020 · 5:29 AM PDT

2020/04/02 · 05:29

In yesterday’s, not a joke piece, Philip Bump answers the unwelcome question, what if?
Philip Bump, WAPO piece

What if candidates fall ill before the nominating conventions?

What if a nominee contracts Covid-19 after the convention?

Seriously informative read.

It’s worth asking the uncomfortable question that this raises: What if one of the candidates becomes incapacitated and can’t run? The answer is that it depends on when that might happen. But before we get to that, let’s answer another, less grim question. Will there be conventions?

Will there be conventions?

What if the nominee is incapacitated? So let’s say we’ve gone through the convention, whatever it looks like, and Davis and Robinson have started bashing each other day after day as the main candidates for the presidency. But then, unexpectedly, one or both contracts the virus and is out of commission. What then?

Yes, both parties have straightforward rules in place

Edit: I forgot the paywall so adding more details.

We’ll see. While the Democratic rules stipulate that votes can’t be cast by proxy (probably meaning a required change to the rules should the convention not happen), the Republican rules indicate that, if the convention can’t be held, “the roll call for nomination for President of the United States and Vice President of the United States shall be allowed to be conducted according to procedures authorized by the Republican National Committee.”

Candidate gets sick before convention

the Democrat, things are pretty straightforward. As when a candidate drops out, the delegates Davis had earned would largely be reallocated to other candidates.

What if the nominee is incapacitated

The Democrats have actually been through this recently, at least in theory. When Hillary Clinton fell ill late in the 2016 cycle, acting DNC chair Donna Brazile began a process aimed at potentially replacing her on the ballot. In a book published in 2017, Brazile explained her thinking. Her picks for replacing the Democratic ticket? Biden and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.). The party’s rules again give the party itself a lot of leeway. “In the event of death, resignation or disability of a nominee of the Party for President or Vice President after the adjournment of the National Convention,” they state, “the National Chairperson of the Democratic National Committee shall confer with the Democratic leadership of the United States Congress and the Democratic Governors Association and shall report to the Democratic National Committee, which is authorized to fill the vacancy or vacancies

Cuomo Warren Ticket - Is it Possible?

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Monday March 30, 2020 · 2:29 PM PDT

2020/03/30 · 14:29

I am 100% a Warren Democrat and would love nothing better than a hung convention to choose Liz.

But imagine Joe not exciting the masses anymore than he seems to be this week and Bernie staying in the spoiler role. My hope for Joe to liven things up, is for him to choose Liz as VP. But she won’t make a move without Bernie dropping out first.

The convention could go two or more votes and as of today, there is one person who could walk into November a failsafe winner, Andrew Cuomo.

My upstate relatives, have hated the dude for years. They are mostly teachers. This week they are in awe of his supremacy in reacting to a crisis, taking charge, making decisions and leading.

I think most Dems feel the same and many Republicans as well.

But nothing is a slam dunk and Cuomo would need a unifying team. He’d need Elizabeth Warren to bring along most of the left. The backroom negotiations would be rigorous, but I think Liz would get most of her platform. Maybe not right away, but definitely within eight years.

I’d still rather see Joe/Liz because I’m sure Joe will not run for a second term and we’d get a good 12 years rather than 8. Cuomo on the other hand would try to be a two term president, making Liz an elder in 2028.

I so desperately want a woman president, for reasons I won’t get into. But more than anything, I want the orange turd and the Q-tip gone from DC along with Mitch and his majority.

Discussion please

Or Warren Cuomo

We Are All New Yorkers

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Tuesday March 24, 2020 · 11:05 AM PDT

2020/03/24 · 11:05

I’m from New Hampshire but I am a New Yorker!

You are a New Yorker

She’s a New Yorker

He’s a New Yorker

We Are All New Yorkers

Matthews is out at MSNBC

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Monday March 02, 2020 · 4:28 PM PST

2020/03/02 · 16:28

He’s gone gone gone!

WooHoo!

New York times

On Saturday, the journalist Laura Bassett wrote on the website of GQ magazine that Mr. Matthews made inappropriate comments about her appearance in the makeup room of his studio on several occasions when she was a guest on his program.

On Monday, a solemn Mr. Matthews began his usual 7 p.m. broadcast and announced to his viewers, “I’m retiring — this is the last ‘Hardball’ on MSNBC.”

Joe, Bernie and Mike are past their life expectancy. Liz -10

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Monday March 02, 2020 · 2:18 PM PST

2020/03/02 · 14:18

Men and Women US life expectancy per the CDC

And Liz has ten years to go!

Joe is the youngest man left in the race, Bernie is the oldest.
Reagan was 77 years, 349 days when he left office on Jan 20, 1989.
Joe Biden will be 78 years, 61 days old on inauguration day, 2021.
All three men will be older when they start than Reagan when he left office.

Liz would be the youngest woman ever elected President!

Yes. This isn’t ageism. I’m 68 and I have a real problem with a President turning 80 during their first term. Just like there’s a requirement to be 35 to run for President, I think we need an amendment to limit the upper age. I’m not sure what that age would be and as people live longer and maybe Alzheimer’s gets cured one day, perhaps it should be flexible. Maybe it’s based on the CDC’s then current life expectancy average minus 5 years.

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Why I Love The Persist PAC 2020 Ads for Liz

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Saturday February 29, 2020 · 12:54 PM PST

2020/02/29 · 12:54

I’m on the Warren text team. We’re currently texting all the Super Tuesday states and getting lots of push back about the Persist Pac spending $9 million in support of Liz between now and Tuesday.

You can watch the incredible ad on YouTube

Not only are there Pacs supporting all the other candidates, Pacs are out of Warren’s control and she asked them not to back her but these people see how divisive Bernie is and how Liz actually has detailed plans.

BUT here’s what I say:

Citizens United and Bloomberg are a fact of life until we can reverse the ruling and have fair, publicly funded elections. We need to fight and fight hard.

I’m a pacifist, gun hater and I despise war. But if my country or my grandkids are threatened, I’ll pick up a gun and fight hard because…

“Sometimes you have to do what’s wrong in order to do what’s right.”

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