Continuing coronavirus happenings (Part 1)

So far it’s just been the equivalent of battery operated caution lights.

https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/national/05172020

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Great, now the Republicans have been reminded of another agency to destroy.

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Filed a lawsuit to make them do their fucking job! That is it, sum total, raison d’etre, it’s why they exist. And yet, they will not.

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If you’ve been thinking about getting back on a bike:

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Ouch. 

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Doesn’t make you want to buy used, does it? :face_vomiting:

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Or Michael Jackson.

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Ha! She totally owned the libs!

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…by that they mean it would be easier to invoke the 25th amendment this way?

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Got to admire his commitment to the con. What an asshole!

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and it’s our choice to not let her into public places. our bodies, our choice.

of course, she’s welcome to stay holed up in her car as long as she wants. ( well, at least till it’s towed. )

( really, did no one understand the moral of spiderman movies? if you’ve got power, you’ve got responsibilities as well. freedom isn’t free, or whatever. )

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IANAL, but I fantasize about constituents doing this to their elected representatives when a recall just doesn’t seem possible. A penalty equal to their salary (and the value of any perks) to be paid back for poor job performance would be a nice starting point.

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Aren’t used bikes usually stolen bikes?

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https://twitter.com/ApertureDelta/status/1255663605581783042

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OSHA posted draft “regulatory framework” for infectious diseases in 2016; it is pretty good for a draft (you can find it here). It was apparently opposed by an organization called the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, and they or someone else managed to delay things until the new presidential administration showed up and decided to dismantle all new regulatory efforts.

There is some discussion here:
https://www.reliasmedia.com/articles/16782-osha-drafts-national-infectious-disease-standard-to-protect-health-care-workers

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Nice one.

I saw this earlier and had to snag it:

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He could just be straight up lying. Disseminating a constant stream of bullshit seems to be what his administration is all about…

Of course she has white girl dreads. :roll_eyes:

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