Ongoing coronavirus happenings

A metaphor that may be too close to reality to be a metaphor.

https://videosgifs.com/omg/cuidado-con-la-avalancha-coronavirus/

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gee why didn’t we think of that before

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Cut the snark and read the interview.

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Holy crap, this blistering and thorough summation from Elizabeth Warren on Cult45’s COVID-19 Corporate Welfare Kleptocratic Crime of the Week:

JFC

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Once again: propaganda is about framing and emphasis.

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Sen Romney now I’m self quarantine- I think he had contact with Randy.

That’s 51 R’s available for votes. Hmmm…

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Countdown starts now. :joy:

Just kidding. Any minute now, Moscow Mitch will decide it’s okay to vote from home after all.

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In one ear and out the other.

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Further south. Much.

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Exactly.

And given the extraordinary time of war in which we now find ourselves, each Republican vote will now count as two Democrat votes.

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Honestly, that’s all there has been time for, and studies of this sort are good for pointing out areas for further research. Period. You (I) cannot use them to guide treatment decisions. And anybody who takes medical advice from Il Douche is an idiot.

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But that would need to go to a vote. Change the rules?

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I don’t know why Mitch decides anything. The majority leader of the Senate wasn’t even a thing until the early 20th century. It should be the President Pro Tem of the Senate. Someone poke Grassley to see if he’s still breathing.

Once Mitch is gone, they really need to review the Senate rules. One guy, whose job isn’t in the Constitution, shouldn’t be able to block bills from the House or judicial nominations from even being considered like that.

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Correlation =/= causation, but I think we’re not going too far out on a limb here:

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Centrelink = dole office.

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