Ohio shutting down balloting today raises alarm. Precedent for Trump to cancel election in November.
Congress should require (and fund) nationwide vote drop-off or by mail in November, or something really scary could happen. Congress has an Article I constitutional right to control manner of elections.
amy & ron to the rescue
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/16/heres-how-guarantee-coronavirus-wont-disrupt-our-elections/
may the corona snakes be driven away
on this anxiety filled st. paddy’s day
I think vote by mail, and social distancing at the polls with wipe-downs will work. No ONLINE voting as no one will ever trust the result. And no offense, Craig, but the President made it clear yesterday on two important points: 1) that he disagreed with Republicans who are urging people to continue to go out and eat at restaurants, and 2) he said elections should not be postponed. He made it clear it was “unnecessary” and said “postponing elections is not a very good thing.” I think in the case of the primary – the state is looking for more time to adopt best practices to ensure people’s safety. The more steps and processes that get developed now – the better shape we will be in for November. NO AMERICAN will accept a delay to the November election. I don’t care if we are faced with zombies crawling the streets – I will personally lead a march to the Capitol and the White House if our politicians ever made that decision… And so far… no one credible is suggesting the elections in November will be delayed.
Oh,
“The president said…”, “the president made it clear…”
?
hahaha
Sturg, you said it best … hahaha. I can only add 😂
SFB is certainly untrustworthy and everyone should be keeping an eagle eye (or an owl eye) on the November vote protection legislation.
In the meantime, be sure anybody and everybody completes the census. Too much of government services is based on population for there to be an undercount.
what census? haven’t received anything about it either thru mail or email yet. during the current lockdowns, don’t think they’re not going to be sending flesh & blood census takers out to the boonies either.
BiD, look again. that’s “precedent” not president; which, without having to say it but I will, there’s never been a precedent like IMpotus.
Like I said, I just woke up. Laying in bed. Used a couple of vacation days this week for no reason. Not going anywhere, although I looked at airfare for July and it’s cheap. I ain’t buying, though, in case the job situation changes. The stimulus package had better be huuuuuge, because I won’t be spending a dime on anything I don’t absolutely need for the next umpteen years. Consumer confidence is nil.
Patd
I got mine by mail on March 11 and filled it on line. It is supposed to be completed by April 1 though this may be extended due to current virus problems. If you don’t receive one this week you might call 1-844-330-2020.
On line site is my2020census.gov
“No French company, whatever its size, will be exposed to collapse.” -Macron
Wouldn’t you feel better if he were our Prez? If SFB said the same about American businesses, I would assume he’s lying.
Jamie, thanks. will call and go online to make sure I’m counted. ‘course we in the flyover zone are kinda used to NOT being counted these days.
politico:
Voting by mail. Guess Ivanker didn’t need that voting machine trademark from Chiner, after all.
I don’t really understand how it’s legal for a state health director in Ohio to close polling places, especially after a judge had ruled they couldn’t. Let this stand and what’s to stop Dept of Homeland Security or HHS or whatever from shutting down a national election?
My vacation day will be filled with movies from the over-the-air Movies! channel.
The Boy With The Green Hair (because…green?) starring a young Dean Stockwell who you may know from the old, TV show Quantum Leap
The Quiet Man (the only Irish ☘️ movie among today’s airings)
And, for some reason, Brigadoon (because the mythological, Scottish village can be seen from Ireland every hundred years?)
There will also be mashed potatoes and matcha tea 🍵 because…green, but no cofeve, no stock market, no toilet paper crisis until the evening news.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
There was a “prophecy” that Obama would be the last, democratically-elected Prez. It was propagated by right-wingers who were told Obama was never leaving office. Actually, it may be true that he was the last, but that Trump was foisted upon us by the EC, and now, Trump May never leave. He’ll just put in Ivanker, then Junior, the Barron. Never, Eric.
Don’t wish to disrespect any irishers, but St Patrick’s day itself has always been a giant pain in the ass.
Playing to a room full of drunken sots, usually none of whom are Irish, all wearing green plastic hats.
Oy.
Millennials are not taking this seriously. It’s the “Boomer-pocylpse.” Reports were that it hits smokers much harder, which is why the number of deaths in South Korean women was so low (the report said only about 5% smoke), and, it may be hitting a younger population here. So, until those little, vaping idiots start dropping, they will see this a problem for the olds.
CBob, I remember my dad’s ’54 Ford Customline well. It was a 292 v8, the first year with OHV, it had stick shift with overdrive, was forest green four door. It didn’t have the wrap around windows so he traded for a ’55 as soon as they came out. Ford was the car back then.
[grumble grumble]
Except for the red and white ‘56 Chevrolet I’d say you may be right about those ferds.
(Fix Or Repair Daily)
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/blogs/coronavirus-pandemic-triggers-reduction-global-air-pollution
C’bob – Here’s the temporary, silver lining for Earth.
My Irish great grandfather and his brother were in the British army in Canada. At the end of the Civil war, they took their discharges and entered our country via ?Buffalo. One ended-up in the Pittsburgh area and mine around Cleveland. Both married well and made lasting contributions to their respective communities.
Sturg, yes, those Chevies were nice cars starting in ’56 and then the major changes in ’57. I end-up getting an Austin-Healey Sprite in 1960–just in time to join the army. Our next car was a ’65 Rambler American, probably the most practical we/I’ve ever had.
Sturge sounds like a personal problem
My first car was my uncle’s 56 Rambler American. It was plenty cool and so was he….Air Force demolitions Col. in Puebler.
He had it rigged up with a small wooden boat he’d made which you put on this contraption and then folded up onto the top of the car. I got the boat too.
Jack lol it was indeed personal, and subjective too, even.
If I’d been in an actual irish bar might’ve been different, but I never learned enough Irish tunes for all that…..
But, hey…a little “Danny Boy” goes a long way…..
https://www.instagram.com/p/B91khs7HVSe/?igshid=5sq1gfrsxb7r
Here’s your Irish lesson for the day 🍀
Oh wow… first Nash and now CBob…. happy, happy, joy, joy!
We got our census in the mail and did it online… really easy.
Yeah… we’d better have an election in Nov. Can’t wait to mark my ballot for Biden.
BTW… I did order extra cases of wet food for my cats on chewy. Today I ordered several bags of their dry food. The order went through, but chewy (they guarantee 2-day delivery) emailed me to say it might take 5-8 days to get the order as they are behind. Nice to know that people are thinking of their pets too.
Ahh, Sturg, first cars…mine was my grandmother’s ‘61 Plymouth belvedere. White top on green, huge fins, huge rear seat :-), rectangular metal flake clear steering wheel, push button gear selector on the dash, … It was anything but cool, but it had a big motor and would burn shit out of the left rear tire when it was pushed – no positraction on that puppy. I caught more crap about that car than anything I recall as a gawky teenager. Only car I ever made money on. Bought it for $250. Put about $100 into paint and new seat covers and floor mats, drove it for 2 1/2 years, got into an accident and got a $500 insurance check, didn’t make any repairs and sold it for $250 to a guy at the steel mill who did body work on the side.
I wish I had saved all the hood ornaments.
So the SFB crime family has dick neck Mnuchin on the hill trying to sell an $850 stimulus package. If this is corporate tax relief without an absolute restriction against stock buybacks or tax relief that put $1 benefit to the top 10% it should not even be taken up.
Just texted a retired friend who is in her late 70s. She has had a “cold” for a week. The doctor said she had no fever, so nothing to do, when I asked if he tested for Covid-19. He probably doesn’t even know how to access a test. She has many health issues.
c’bob? Colorado Bob? The dude from Texas (like Forrest Gump)? I thought he died years ago.
Bob knows how to hang 🙂
I found a pic of a ringer but can’t figure out how to attach it. damn IPad
I think Trump will use the pandemic as an excuse to “delay” the November election and then try to usurp dictatorial powers, with the full backing of the GOP. When the “election” is finally held, it will be fixed in his favor.
The question is, can this be stopped? I’d give it just 50/50 odds.
I don’t have much faith in the American people these days. Too many of them yearn for a “strong” right-wing dictator whom they think will solve all their problems.
Oregon went from 39 to 51 cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours. So far only 1 death.
The “epicenter” of the spread of the disease (15 cases) is a veterans nursing home 10 miles from my apartment.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/16/politics/congress-coronavirus-package-senate/index.html
So, the bigger you are, the sweeter the deal. Bail out the airlines. They may never have customers on vacation, again. But bail them out.
One thousand dollars doesn’t even take care of one month’s rent here or in most cities. That goes to one place, the landlord/leasing company, but not into the local economy.
The virus is going to “pop back like nobody has ever seen before.” Pop back sounds like re-emerge, not go away. He really should learn to speak English.
OK gotta break isolation, it is an emergency run, I’m out of Jameson. Wish me luck.
If I don’t make this run I’ll be drinking my hand sanitizer.
Jack
If it behaves like most corna viruses (think common cold) when summer comes it will go into hiding then come out and kick ass next winter.
So get your ass out and vote
Jack
I see Tom Brady is moving on, probably be like the time Joe Montana came to the Chiefs. Joe gave it up after he took more than a few hits from playing behind a crappy front line
Jack
YouTube is working good I now have a new Irish band to put in the mix. I hadn’t heard them before.
Trump didn’t want to answer the bonus question, so he handed it off to Pence, who pivoted. So, is the bailout money for airlines and other big businesses going to be used as bonuses for the big guys? Yep. That non-answer from them was a yep.
jack – You’ve never had a summer cold? They’re miserable.
Hey Bob, Does that west Texas wind blown sand still taste the same?
Good to see you back amigo. Was just thinking about the bluecorn the other day.
I was thinking about planting some local heritage seeds in the garden. Have a little to eat as roasting ears, I always like field corn that way. Then dry and grind some and have fried mush for breakfast.
One year I stole a few ears of corn out of a farmers field and ground it with a hand mill. Made the best fried mush.
Jack
Bid,
Corna viruses are only about half of the various bugs that can give you a cold. but lets hope that Covid-19 isn’t the summer variety. we will need a break to recover from Trumps ineptness.
Jack
OMG! Trump said he always knew it was a pandemic long before the experts said it was. What a delusional, orange monster.
Hmmm, lessee.
https://blog.consumerguide.com/1960-plymouth-fury-hardtop-coupe/amp/
Can’t get the picture to copy. But the lead picture is a dead ringer for mine, color and all.
I’ve been watching the COVID coverage this morning. Trump and his bunch are whipsawing between professionals trying to give information and show fealty to the messiah and his lies and dumbass going on extemporaneous rankings about how we are leading in this effort – OK, we’re coming up to speed after denying that this was more than the common cold for two months after the first case arose in the US.
Luckily there is a St. Patty’s Day Irish bar themed Bar Rescue marathon for a respite from tRump’s self flagellation.
Congratulations, thanks to a little bit of the rebound that the Dow has enjoyed today, your 401(k) has reboarded the WayBack machine and has traveled forward and its basis has now come back into the trump administration, February 24, 2017 at this point, and out of the Obama administration. Please send your thank you note to President Obama for all of the increases in the 401(k) basis, a.k.a. Dow Jones industrial average,That your 401(k) has enjoyed since 2009. It has benefited not one whit from the administration of Donald J. Fucking Trump.
C’Bob Sturgeone
Loved the news story that the Venice canals are running blue now that the people, motorize canal boats, and cruise ships aren’t around
Now that people aren’t around.
Jack… when the Patriots won the Super Bowl before last… and Brady refused to retire, I thought then it was a foolhardy decision… and I still do. I wish him much luck. When the Patriots won the first one I thought… good, now I can die happy. But no… 5 more to follow. It’s been an incredible run… I’m very grateful.
Trying not to pay attention to the stock market and news today… I need a wee bit of a break.
Jamie, another silver lining might be the reduction in airline contrails polluting the sky as well as a few less factories in china belching smoke.
Jamie, The canals were certainly not running blue when we were in Venice last June. And they certainly weren’t suffering from lack of people, boats and cruise passengers, however I don’t recall a cruise ship being docked in the Grand Canal, but I’m not sure where they dock those things anyway.
IMpotus says they might break out the m.a.s.h. tents to help out gov. Cuomo.
A flu epidemic strikes the 4077th leaving only Hawkeye and Hot Lips to care for their fallen comrades and the wounded.
Pogo
The cruise ships dock in a marina where you can get a car or use a shuttle boat into the canals and access St. Mark’s Square.
Patd – As I continue to obsess, people really aren’t good for the planet. lol
that MASH vid above was 1973 season 2, episode 11, described here by imdb:
All the surgeons except for Hawkeye, and most of the support staff except for Margaret, Radar, and Mulcahey come down with the flu. In this Korea-wide epidemic, they can’t even find someone to come in and help with casualties.
I made an emergency run to a Sam’s Club for a jug of maraschino cherries. The place was picked clean of napkins, paper towels and TP. There was nothing left. All chicken was gone except a fresh load of chicken breasts. Almost all primal cuts were gone. Fruit cocktail cups were gone. What survived were the basics certain people require while in self centered isolation, olives stuffed with pimento strips and maraschino cherries. I did pick up some hamburger and bell peppers for stuffed peppers, yum.
Sometime in the next month a lot of people are going to be tripping over pallets of TP in their homes and some stinking ripe meat.
It’s summer in Australia and Covid-19 spreads there just fine.
Want me to really scare the shit out of you? i wonder if the virus can attach itself to pollen.
Lt. Gen. Russell Honoré, best known for serving as commander of Joint Task Force Katrina responsible for coordinating military relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina–affected areas across the Gulf Coast just described the SFB response to this as slow and indecisive and lacking a leader of the messaging. He said it takes 5 people to answer a question. His criticism was wide ranging.
Heat doesn’t stop it (so much for dumbass’ theory) and pollen as a vehicle? That WOULD be frightening.
There is good news coming from China about schools re-opening restaurants reopening, etc. Apparently they feel like they’ve turned the corner to some extent. I’m sure it’s the United States leadership that did it for them.(Dumbass)
”As I continue to obsess, people really aren’t good for the planet.”
Here’s the population control you’ve always wanted, Jamie!
Want me to scare the shit out of you even more? %1 of 6 billion is 60 million.
Yeah, we’re bad for the planet. I don’t like the alternative.
McConnell is standing there talking to reporters, as full of bullshit as ever.
As my kid used to say, (she got it from me) “If it kills Grampaw, he’ll just have to die”.
Revenge of the Trees
The DJIA Wayback machine has now moved forward to June, 2017. Traders are thinking buyback.
Sturg, I like the matter of factness of your kid.
Take Back America (to the early 80’s, economically)!
Bailing out big companies again so they can buy back stock and boost executive bonuses, give nothing to workers, better not happen.
As long as our governmental policy isn’t completely influenced by big business, we should be fine.
Bink
Not really frightened. Right now we are at about the same state as the Nobles and Serfs before the Black Death. Afterwards we had a developing middle class. From then on wars and pestilence kept everything pretty much even. The human beings with their super sized brains came up with penicillin, vaccines, and automation without bothering to limit family size until it was too late.
The globe was 90% animal and 10% human. Now it is 90% human and zoos to try to keep the endangered species in existence.
I figure Mother Nature may have a few more cards up her sleeve. This time around they are already putting grandma on the ice floe. It could get worse.
Poobah, with dick neck in charge of this effort you can be on it. Put this into the context that dick neck insisted that large employers be exempted from the house bill. There won’t be any restrictions unless i miss my guess badly.
This is what we did to ourselves
What’s all this “we” talk? i’m no breeder.
A very apt description, Pogo, will never look at him the same, again.
I have a pair corned beef briskets simmering in my brewing pot right now. They’ll be ready around 1800. I’m going to convert my share into Reuben sandwiches. One of these years I must tell Sue that she’s not Irish. She’ll be 60 in a year and a half—that’s too soon. Maybe when she’s 75.
See you at 1802. Please, no lasers.
And here I am with no corned beef, no cabbage and no Irish beer or whiskey – I opted for pastrami last week (from Pastrami Queen – one of the ones Anthony Bourdain loved in NYC) and it was incredibly good. Shoulda been for the price.
Just watched a figure flashed by John Heilman that 74% of republicans trust SFB a great deal or a good amount. Morons.
Do you live in NYC now?
OK,
I’m back.
Bink,
your information on covid-19 makes me happy I went ahead and bought the more expensive bottle of Jamison, after all if I’m not going to need my nursing home money…….
Stopped by Walmart, not an egg,nor milk, sweet cereal, there was old folks cereal, bran flakes , shredded wheat, plain cheerios. They did have lots of heavy cream, and as the epidemic is going to wipe us all out, I might as well enjoy myself and I would much rather have cream on my oatmeal then skimmed milk any way.
Jack
Yeah, i had to get cashew milk to cook with, will report back
i’ll be eating all the vegan food i keep around for company, was just about to throw it all away, too
It is kinda one of those things but every time I get out the Jamison I think of Mr Lardass so I take a sip and salute him.
Mmmmm…
Glad I spent the extra $20, good stuff.
Jack
Interesting chart from Worldometers.info on the virus progression. It tracks a number of metrics and is sortable every which way.
Craig – One of the reporters asked Trump about bonuses and he immediately passed the mic to Mike. Pence did a little dance, pivoted, and, did not answer the question. Yang has been talking about this, too, and I’m sure Warren and others are well aware of how the CEOs will operate to benefit themselves.
Bink – If Covid-19 attaches to pollen, everyone in Texas is infected. Not sure that’s possible. Lots of sniffles here.
Local news is relying on the internet for information. This morning, they showed a Tik-Tok of black pepper floating on oil, and then showing the pepper rush away from a soapy hand because it “breaks through the fat the surrounds the virus.” Uh, no. Black pepper floating in water does the same thing; stick a soapy finger in it and it rushes away. We did that experiment in 4th grade. Yes, wash your hands, but don’t couple it with junk science.
it’s not junk science- soap emulsifies oil that harbors viruses, allowing water to wash it away. Maybe the dumb anchors didn’t explain it properly, but it’s a good visual demonstration.
Jamie – You realize sicknesses led to keeping the population in check. ~What we need are more anti-vaxers and close talkers.~
Bink – I stand corrected.
Look at us, posting in harmony. Who would’ve thought?
Bink, LOL, no I don’t live in NYC, but I did spend time there last week and periodically before that for the last couple of years. If I lived there I probably wouldn’t much mention it.
And I want to modify my previous post about heat not killing it. I wouldn’t exactly say heat doesn’t kill it, but I would say that it doesn’t seem to thrive as well in hot climates. Sure, there are cases in Australia and Maylasia, but the top outbreaks seem to be in Northern Hemisphere countries, less in the Southern Hemisphere. If you read the data differently than I do, please point it out. I’m not wedded to this theory.
i’m no epidemiologist. i’ve read no authoritative assertions concerning this virus’ ability or lack thereof to withstand warmer atmospheric temps, though🤷♂️
i hope you’re right, i got summer plans
ok, pardon the over-participation ✌️❤️🇺🇸
My summer plan is
A. Don’t die
B. Keep working.
Primary watch thread coming in 30 min
My comment about the summer /winter aspects was from experts who were speculating on probable behavior extrapolating from the behavior of other corona viruses. But there is a lot of difference between different corona viruses, So just as your house tabby and a Siberian tiger are both cats and have similar characteristic they aren’t the same and it is dangerous to assume they can be treated alike. Which was why last week’s “oh it is just like the flu” comments were so irritating, because there is a big “yes, but” in there.
My worry locally is I don’t think we are testing and where there is testing I’m wondering if it is getting reported. We had a nursing home death last week, the way this virus seems to work we should be seeing a number of infected/ sick individuals. A death from this virus doesn’t occur out of the blue by itself.
Jack
Humans have higher stores of vitamin D in sunny areas, so although it wouldn’t prevent someone from getting the virus, maybe their immune system would be stronger.
Trump said folks were doing so well just four weeks ago. If things were so good, there would be bigger, personal emergency funds. Wage stagnation, wage stagnation, wage stagnation. The top has done just fine at the expense of others.
I wonder how really small towns are doing? Are they even concerned because pretty much nobody ventures out?
EVANGELICALS HELP DEMS TAKE FLORIDA IN NOVEMBER !
‘We’re not pansies’: US Church won’t let Coronavirus shut it down, encourages hand-shaking – Republic World
Mr Jack,
One of trump’s mutterings last week was “…like having a cold.*” The perv should be arrested for practicing medicine w/o a license.
Uh. He should just be arrested and sent to that church in FL.
* I think I misremembered the first ime I wrote this.
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