When grade 8 students were lined up for vaccinations, I used to love joking around when I passed them in the hall: "Is this the one they put right into your forehead?" Don't worry, I didn't traumatize anyone--they had a highly developed sense of irony.
This is basically what Trump has been doing in earnest.
― clemenza, Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:17 (four years ago) link
engagement with private sector!regulatory reform!liability reform!
― Webcam Du Bois (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:17 (four years ago) link
Maybe they finished his physical-in-progress while they were seeing him, and they told him his prostate exam was the covid test.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:17 (four years ago) link
anytime he has his mouth examined it's definitely proctology
― Webcam Du Bois (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:23 (four years ago) link
not endorsing this, but I watch it live here every day. https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/
― Yerac, Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:24 (four years ago) link
why do you guys watch this crap, there's no useful info to be gleaned from it
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:26 (four years ago) link
it's useful to know how useless your government is
― Webcam Du Bois (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:28 (four years ago) link
(trading)
― Yerac, Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:28 (four years ago) link
he always finds new ways to be such a petty bitch.
― Yerac, Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:31 (four years ago) link
In actual news, the people actually running the government (ie, Congress): Schumer, Durbin, Warren introduce bill to immediately cancel student debt.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:31 (four years ago) link
Yessssssss that will save both of my brothers who will be paying until they literally die even if that is decades from now.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:31 (four years ago) link
I'm against these proposals being floated around about cancelling mortgages/rent payments (which would be catastrophic and further crush the economy - we want more money circulating right now, not less), but the student debt thing is a good idea. Crises should be taken advantage of to advance policies that were previously politically untenable.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:32 (four years ago) link
it would save my life, I can't imagine such a thing happening
― Webcam Du Bois (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:34 (four years ago) link
I can't see McConnell going for it but weird things are happening w/in the GOP caucus at the moment
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:35 (four years ago) link
it would be ridiculous if they aren't able to get it all canceled forever with all the other money they are tossing around.
― Yerac, Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:36 (four years ago) link
this a preview of how the Stupid Rich will treat climate catastrophe: "most of us will be OK, fuck the rest of you"
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:36 (four years ago) link
https://www.forbes.com/sites/wesleywhistle/2020/03/19/senate-democrats-propose-student-debt-cancellation-as-coronavirus-relief/#75a89ff71a5e
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:38 (four years ago) link
"preview"?
we're already there, honeybunch
i love when the president gets all philosophical
when the reboot of inferno gets writ there will be a gop toady-demon, always imping around donny, shouting this after every moronic pronouncement.
― blather rinse repeat 2020 (Hunt3r), Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:40 (four years ago) link
we'll see what happenscould bewho knows what will happencould be good, could be badanything can happenwe'll seewho knows
― Webcam Du Bois (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:40 (four years ago) link
yeah the way Trump/Hannity are now parading this "I always knew this was a big deal and treated it very seriously" line is definitely something we're gonna hear once Florida starts sinking
― frogbs, Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:44 (four years ago) link
"One day I won't be here..." He's into Nixon '62 territory there.
― clemenza, Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:46 (four years ago) link
to sum up (literally so) it's not racist to call Chinese food Chinese food so what's racist about calling it it Chinese flu
fuck this guy with a bullet
― Webcam Du Bois (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:49 (four years ago) link
I've heard him describe the test as "very nasty" several times now and have no idea what he's talking about. A swab? That's nasty?
― badg, Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:50 (four years ago) link
can they jam a KFC thigh up Trump's arse tied to dynamite
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:50 (four years ago) link
oh yeah. he can sometimes slip into this sort of disgusting appeal-to-sympathy mode. to whit:
The politicians. They have had me to their homes. They have introduced me to their children. I have become their best friends in many instances. They have asked for my endorsements, and they always wanted my money. They even called me really a dear, dear friend. But suddenly, when I ran for president as a Republican, they decided I have always been a no-good, rotten, disgusting scoundrel, and they totally forgot about me. But that's okay.
― treeship., Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:51 (four years ago) link
xp
yeah I got the flu test last month and it definitely sucks, I thought they were just swabbing my nose and instead jammed it way up into my brain (came back negative, probably had corona virus instead)
― frogbs, Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:52 (four years ago) link
negative for brain?
― silby, Thursday, 19 March 2020 17:01 (four years ago) link
His continued inability to actually describe the swab continues to imply he has not been tested
― Dollarmite Is My Name (sic), Thursday, 19 March 2020 17:04 (four years ago) link
lol
― treeship., Thursday, 19 March 2020 17:05 (four years ago) link
i believe it. he seems the type to avoid medical tests
Well, it's a nose swab *and* a throat swap, right? Throat swabs are unpleasant, tbf. Like strep tests? They suck. They often make one of my kids barf.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 19 March 2020 17:07 (four years ago) link
maybe those closest to him want him dead so much that they just fake did a test and told him it was negative, there was no swab, they just moved their hands around a bit, touched his face
― j., Thursday, 19 March 2020 17:08 (four years ago) link
the tao of trumpTM says “it only matters if they believe i got tested, not whether i got tested. and i’ll beat that chinese virus if i get it. and if i don’t i’ll be dead so it doesn’t matter.” *trumpshrug*
― blather rinse repeat 2020 (Hunt3r), Thursday, 19 March 2020 17:12 (four years ago) link
student loan cancellation thing isn't for the entire amount, but it does cover a minimum of $10K:
Washington, D.C.— Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Development Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) today unveiled an emergency student loan payment and relief plan, which would provide much-needed relief to federal student loan borrowers through immediate cancellation of monthly student loan payments for the duration of the national emergency caused by the spread of the coronavirus, and a pay down of a minimum $10K for all federal student loan borrowers. The Senators’ proposal requires that Congress authorize the U.S. Department of Education to make monthly student loan payments on behalf of borrowers, equivalent to the amount due for all federal student loan borrowers (including Direct Loans and Federal Family Education Loans (FFEL)) for the duration of the national emergency declarations. The Senators’ proposal guarantees a minimum $10K loan payoff for all federal student loan borrowers.
https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-murray-brown-and-warren-unveil-bold-new-plan-to-cancel-student-loan-payments-for-duration-of-coronavirus-emergency-and-provide-minimum-10k-payoff-for-all-federal-student-loan-borrowers
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 19 March 2020 17:19 (four years ago) link
of course, after both sides water it down, that'll probably be worse
they just moved their hands around a bit, touched his face
can't be held responsible
― love will keep us apart (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 19 March 2020 17:42 (four years ago) link
Hearing on replay that part of the briefing today where Trump berated the questioner with "You don't know, you don't know, you don't know" like a point of pride--I know these things, you don't. "You don't know" is obviously a huge part of the problem right now.
― clemenza, Thursday, 19 March 2020 18:03 (four years ago) link
yeah. especially ironic was that the things she "didn't know" were things that should have been public information, things he and his team should have clearly communicated. it would've been more appropriate had he yelled "i didn't tell you, i didn't tell you, i didn't tell you"
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 19 March 2020 18:25 (four years ago) link
also gotta love how he consistently shifts the responsibility and blame on states on issues that aren't going well (while claiming total ownership of anything that he thinks IS going well, of course). like the lack of essential supplies, masks, ventilators - he basically said "that's THEIR job, not our job. it's their job to get supplies. we are trying to help them out, though", while also claiming that everyone has plenty of supplies (??)
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 19 March 2020 18:37 (four years ago) link
conmen gonna con
― blather rinse repeat 2020 (Hunt3r), Thursday, 19 March 2020 18:59 (four years ago) link
President Donald Trump's coronavirus approval rating is much better than it was two weeks ago, when 56% disapproved of how he was handling it.This week:Approve - 45%Disapprove - 46%(via @TheEconomist/@YouGovUS Poll) https://t.co/8ilvKurDSZ #TrumpJobApproval #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/EoFQxZu0L7— YouGovUS (@YouGovUS) March 19, 2020
looks like this isn't really gonna hurt him after all
― frogbs, Thursday, 19 March 2020 19:07 (four years ago) link
just wait
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Thursday, 19 March 2020 19:07 (four years ago) link
How many people will have to die for almost everyone to know someone who died? 100,000?
― silby, Thursday, 19 March 2020 19:10 (four years ago) link
His coronavirus briefings could be nothing but him pissing into his own mouth and his approval ratings wouldn't fall below a certain floor, even among his fans who are actively dying from his inaction.
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 March 2020 19:15 (four years ago) link
trump liedPeople “duuuhh”ed
― blather rinse repeat 2020 (Hunt3r), Thursday, 19 March 2020 19:16 (four years ago) link
I meant, as you might reasonably guess, when the coasts start to be inundated and the mass migrations get going.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 March 2020 19:20 (four years ago) link
oh, Kansas
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-pushes-back-kansas-governor-172856752.html
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 19 March 2020 19:46 (four years ago) link