or, proportionally, about 1% assed
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 17:53 (four years ago) link
sadly, that's more of an -assed than i assumed we'd get out of schumer
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 17:54 (four years ago) link
Yeah really
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 18:01 (four years ago) link
Tens of thousands of suicides in 1918-1919. There's simply no metric, including economic, in which letting Covid-19 go endemic and killing millions, isn't worse than 2 months of lockdown (with financial safety nets).
― Sanpaku, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 18:02 (four years ago) link
Sorry, I know it doesn't fix all of the problems we're facing or are likely to face, but four months full salary for furloughed workers is a pretty huge win if they're able to pull it off, and way more than I ever would've expected to occur in the US.
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 18:07 (four years ago) link
(Not that we aren't technically capable of much more but, again, the US.)
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 18:08 (four years ago) link
The hope is that we'll be "on the other side" in 4 mos and the lost jobs will come back
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 18:10 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I mean, there are all kinds of potential downsides down the road, but if in the short term it means people can securely lockdown for an extended period of time without having to worry about how they're going to buy food and pay rent...it seems to be what's basically necessary to keep this from becoming a true catastrophe.
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 18:20 (four years ago) link
xp as a private business owner who relies on contracts with live entertainment venues and festivals, i fucking well hope so. shit is scary at the moment.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 18:21 (four years ago) link
BREAKING: Colorado is now the 22nd state to abolish the death penalty and Gov. Jared Polis commuted the sentences of the three men on death row. https://t.co/po2B8si3Pv— The Denver Post (@denverpost) March 23, 2020
― Webcam Du Bois (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 18:50 (four years ago) link
excellent news, thank you for posting that
― rob, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 18:54 (four years ago) link
"In almost every case and on every question, Democrats wanted to spend more and do more than Republicans did...there is simply no question about which party wants to move more aggressively to confront these crises."Exactly right, from @paulwaldman1:https://t.co/2p5pFz3rUV— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 24, 2020
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 18:54 (four years ago) link
one infuriating inevitability of this whole fucking thing is that deaths are going to be so disproportionatly concetrated in densely populated areas that will transpose very neatly over "blue" districts—on the one hand reinforcing for millions the classic fundie "God's punishment" narrative, and on the other inhibiting future preparedness legislation because "only happens to city folk"
― Webcam Du Bois (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:00 (four years ago) link
even now when Governor Jackass is talking abt sacrificing old people for the sake of the economy, he doesn't mean "old Kansans." He means old libtards and brown people who don't know any better
― Webcam Du Bois (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:02 (four years ago) link
abolish the senate
― Webcam Du Bois (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:03 (four years ago) link
otm
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:10 (four years ago) link
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Tuesday, March 24, 2020 2:20 PM (forty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
otm. I think it's obvious that people behaving themselves and remaining inside for the next few months will obviously become increasingly contingent on their not having to worry about paying for basic necessities.
That said, call me cynical, but the idea of walking to my mailbox and receiving even a one-time no-strings-attached check from the government for 1-2k seems like a pipe dream
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:10 (four years ago) link
one infuriating inevitability
not entirely so. the medical support system in rural areas is so thin that those who contract severe cases will die at a higher rate than the city folk do. in which case the narrative will be one of rural victimization compared to those privileged city elites.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:17 (four years ago) link
Is that how this is playing out elsewhere globally? I really don't know
whatever the case I imagine they'll keep the canard anyway if it means keeping fed dollars from the coastal unsaved
― Webcam Du Bois (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:20 (four years ago) link
I think Aimless is correct tbh, the cities are better equipped to deal with this
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:24 (four years ago) link
(broadly speaking)
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:25 (four years ago) link
Native American communities def not equipped. Read there's only like 15 ICU beds for the entire Indian Health Service, which uh doesn't seem like enough even during normal times. Navajo Nation alone already has that many confirmed covid-19 cases.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:29 (four years ago) link
yes, it seems unclear which factor outweighs the other at this point (preparedness/supplies in rural areas vs density and more serious governmental response for cities)
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:29 (four years ago) link
the very last place I would want to be right now is the middle of nowhere
― silby, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:30 (four years ago) link
^^ reminds me of the Dylan line, "Didn't know whether to duck or run, so I ran."
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:31 (four years ago) link
Also blue areas are, one hopes, comparatively free of "it's a liberal media hoax" / "God wants us to keep going to megachurches" / "Trump says everything is fine" denialism.
― love will keep us apart (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:34 (four years ago) link
GALLUP: Donald Trump's job approval rating is 49%, the highest ever in his presidency.It rose by five points between 3/2-3/13 and 3/12-3/22.https://t.co/YodNzOyYHj— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) March 24, 2020
even 538 agrees, this is the most popular he's ever been
― frogbs, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:38 (four years ago) link
The idea of him dying in agony is also pretty popular tbf
― love will keep us apart (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:39 (four years ago) link
The notion that the clearly-terrified and completely out of his depth Donald Trump, the one who's currently exposing himself regularly to the world as someone more concerned with the health of the stock market than the health of the American people, is the most popular version of Donald Trump...well, you'll have to excuse me for a moment while I have a series of debilitating strokes.
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:45 (four years ago) link
I'm so angry I can't even make the obvious masturbation joke
― DJP, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:50 (four years ago) link
let's hope he exposes himself thoroughly
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:51 (four years ago) link
Presume it's "rallying" effect, but also some people just straight up like the guy. Which boggles me, but there it demonstrably is.
― love will keep us apart (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:53 (four years ago) link
If you dig into the story, yes, rallying has a lot to do with it.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:53 (four years ago) link
other big factor: Americans are moronic assholes
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:56 (four years ago) link
evergreen factor
the rally effect is real, though. i'm not sure whether the next 2 weeks exponentially rising deaths/cases will lead to more rallying behind their dumb leader, or if it will just make it more clear exactly how wrong he has been the entire time. i guess those aren't mutually exclusive. jfc
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:58 (four years ago) link
He's saying very sunny things - hey, everything will be back to normal by Easter. It would be interesting to see if people turn on him when - inevitably - everything isn't fine and we aren't back to normal. But that brings us back to the perennial "who will Donny trump wiggle out of this one?" trap.
It's tricky to both want things to get better, and to want this dangerous asshole to not get any credit for it.
― love will keep us apart (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:59 (four years ago) link
This fucking country
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:59 (four years ago) link
The thinking is: this is an acute national crisis and we all have to work together and get behind the Man in Charge, even if his leadership is destructive and harmful, because, uh, he is the Man in Charge.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 20:00 (four years ago) link
xp -- I don't know about anyone else but if I do lose my job, that's it, it's gone, it isn't coming back, and my prospects of finding another one ever are nil
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 20:03 (four years ago) link
It would be interesting to see if people turn on him when - inevitably - everything isn't fine and we aren't back to normal.
I can tell you the answer to that one right now
― frogbs, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 20:10 (four years ago) link
That's not true. I say that not because i want you to feel wrong or to invalidate how you feel or anything, but because i know you'll be able to get another job. obviously you're super-talented and very capable. i just don't want you to feel like it's really the end of the world for you if you lose your job, because that would be a really tough thing to deal with, emotionally, if you really feel there's no other option!
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 20:11 (four years ago) link
xp
David Roth on the pissweakness of the overall Democratic Party response to our current situation.
― Dollarmite Is My Name (sic), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 20:41 (four years ago) link
Trump reminds me a lot of the actuarial analyst (bean counter) Fred Thompson describes in the Michael Apted film Class Action right now.
"To retrofit 175,000 units, multiply that times 300 bucks a car, give or take. You're looking at around $50 million. So the risk guy, he crunches the numbers some more. He figures you'd have a fireball collision about every 3,000 cars. That's 158 explosions. Which is almost as many plaintiffs as there are. These guys know their numbers. So you multiply that times $200,000 per lawsuit. That's assuming everybody sues and wins. 30 million max. See? It's cheaper to deal with the lawsuits than it is to fix the blinker. It's what the bean counters call a simple actuarial analysis."
Except I doubt Trump knows his numbers.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 20:45 (four years ago) link
Just imagine how effective he might be with better screenwriters.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 21:05 (four years ago) link
trump is like 1980s television to the skilled, non-dumbest world man in the world straight up fascism of 2010s television
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 21:09 (four years ago) link
CNN is summing up some of things he said at his Fox-sponsored town hall this afternoon--including, somewhere in the gray area between implicitly and explicitly, the prospect that how well governors have treated him will figure into how much money that state gets.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 21:09 (four years ago) link
someday it'll be like "oh yeah, their fascism is even more effective when it's not so fucking dumb, wow"
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 21:10 (four years ago) link
pros and cons of a military coup, please
presuming there will be a big enough rogue faction when the bodies accumulate
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 21:13 (four years ago) link
again, points to Murc's law when sic reads a (good) jeremiad by ex-Deadspinner David Roth that is mostly about how absolutely abysmal Trump and the GOP are, and decides the real headline is that Democrats suck. Frog, scorpion, etc. boring.
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 21:13 (four years ago) link