Time Warped

Lost track of time? Days of the week same-o same-o?
If it’s fires in CA and hurricanes in FL, it must be August. If political ads and robo calls are 24/7, it must be an election year. Grasping at hints in this unbrave new world.

We seem to be lost in a COVID19 worm hole, a viral groundhog day movie where everyone is masked.

Along the way, here’s one north star to help keep track timewise. The link ticks off the days and hours and minutes left until you know who leaves the White House (or gets unceremoniously dragged out the door).

In the meantime, enjoy

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  1. but if you can’t wait that long, here’s a link to another clock that ticks off to the election and a little ditty to sing along the way (thanks to jamie for help on the lyrics):

    https://days.to/election-day-in-us/2020

    90 days on the wall

    90 days to go

    tear a page

    in a fit of rage

    and tomorrow

    89 mo’ to go

  6. some of the rocky horror time warp lyrics if you want to sing a long to the thread video:

    RiffRaff:
    It’s astounding;
    Time is fleeting;
    Madness takes its toll
    But listen closely…
    Magenta:
    Not for very much longer
    RiffRaff:
    I’ve got to keep control
    I remember doing the time-warp
    Drinking those moments when
    The Blackness would hit me
    RiffRaff:
    And the void would be calling…
    Transylvanians:
    Let’s do the time-warp again
    Let’s do the time-warp again
    […]
    RiffRaff:
    With a bit of a mind flip
    Magenta:
    You’re into the time slip
    RiffRaff:
    And nothing can ever be the same

    [continues]

  7. Dotard is Lardius gets my vote for dumbest Mothertf@&ker in the world. WaPo reports 

    In an interview that aired Monday night, President Trump asserted that the pandemic is “under control as much as you can control it” in the United States and seemingly questioned the accuracy of South Korea’s reporting when asked about the disparate death rates between the two countries.

    During the interview with “Axios on HBO,” Trump acknowledged that people are dying from the coronavirus, saying, “It is what it is.”

    “But that doesn’t mean we aren’t doing everything we can,” he said. “It’s under control as much as you can control it. This is a horrible plague.”******

    During the Axios interview, which was recorded last week, Trump sought to make the case that the United States is “lower than the world” in “numerous categories” by presenting several charts to reporter Jonathan Swan.

    One that apparently showed deaths as a percentage of cases showed the United States faring well. But Swan pressed Trump on per capita deaths, a measurement by which the United States is faring far worse than countries in Europe and elsewhere.

    “You can’t do that,” Trump said, insisting deaths as a percentage of cases is the more important number.

    When Swan cited South Korea as an example of a country doing far better than the United States on per capita deaths, Trump said, “You don’t know that.”

    Trump also continued to press a discredited argument that the United States is faring worse than other countries because of its testing.

    “Because we do more tests, we do more cases,” Trump said, adding: “You know there are those that say you can test too much.”

    Trump did not cite any health experts who have said the country can test too much. Most have argued for far more extensive testing.

    How about, wear a mask, socially distance and Develop a fucking federal program to develop and give forcible guidelines to the states to stop the spread of the damn virus?
     

  8. by george an op ed in wapo:

    So it should have come as no surprise that Trump finally went where no U.S. president had ever gone before. In a tweet last week, he actually suggested that the country “Delay the Election.”
    That trial balloon was a brazen effort to see if he can defraud his way into four more years in the White House. And why not try? After all, Trump has managed to swindle his way through life, on matters large and small, essential and trivial.
    He paid someone to take the SAT for him, according to his niece Mary L. Trump. (He denies it.) A prominent sportswriter wrote an entire book, titled “Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump,” on how Trump cheats at golf — golf! — through such methods as throwing opponents’ balls into bunkers, miscounting strokes and even declaring himself the winner of tournaments he didn’t play in.
    Trump posed as a nonexistent publicist, so he could lie about his wealth and plant stories about his supposed sexual exploits, including one with actress Carla Bruni, who denied a tryst and called Trump “obviously a lunatic.” And his life has been littered with myriad alleged financial cons, including Trump University, which resulted in a $25 million settlement, though no admission of wrongdoing, and his “charitable” foundation, which regulators ordered be shut down.
    His presidency has been of a piece. By The Post’s count, more than 20,000 falsehoods in 3½ years, on subjects ranging from his inaugural crowd size to the coronavirus, from conversations with foreign leaders to forecasts of a hurricane track. The untruths have accelerated, from five a day in early 2017 to nearly two dozen daily this year and last. With the coronavirus, his untruths have finally brought him down: No, concern about the virus wasn’t a “hoax.” No, the disease won’t just “disappear,” “like a miracle.” No, we’re not in a crisis because we’ve done so much testing. No, Trump hasn’t done a “great job” fighting the virus, and no, we’re not on the verge of a “tremendous victory” over it.
    […]
    Now he peddles a different lie: that somehow extensive “Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good)” would produce “the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history.” Hence the supposed need to “Delay the Election.”
    All untrue, of course. Voting by mail has a long, venerable tradition in this country, most notably the election of 1864, when 150,000 Union soldiers sent in ballots that helped ensure President Abraham Lincoln’s reelection, the preservation of the union and the abolition of slavery. Mailed votes leave a paper trail that renders them less, not more, susceptible to fraud. The fraud is Trump’s: He’s lying so he can buy more time — or so he can delegitimize the vote and blame someone other than himself for his defeat.
    But Trump is apparently too inept, ignorant, desperate or deluded — probably all four — to realize or care: His suggestion is absurd. The electoral calendar is set in stone, by law. Title 3 of the U.S. Code makes clear that the election must be held on Nov. 3, that members of the electoral college must meet and vote on Dec. 14, and that their votes must be counted before a joint session of the new Congress on Jan. 6 at 1 p.m. sharp. And the 20th Amendment provides that, no matter what, Trump’s current term ends at precisely noon on Jan. 20, and that if no president has been elected, another provision of Title 3 would confer the presidency’s powers on … the speaker of the House.
    […]
    Calabresi added that Trump should be impeached and removed for his tweet, and if Trump ever acted on it, and were there time, I’d agree. Trump should have been removed already twice over, for obstructing the Russia investigation and extorting Ukraine. His effort to sabotage a democratic system he swore to protect only confirms his unfitness for the job. But it’s too late for impeachment now.
    Trump’s sanction must come at the polls, and beyond. For the sake of our constitutional republic, he must lose, and lose badly. Yet that should be just a start: We should only honor former presidents who uphold and sustain our nation’s enduring democratic values. There should be no schools, bridges or statues devoted to Trump. His name should live in infamy, and he should be remembered, if at all, for precisely what he was — not a president, but a blundering cheat.

  9. Lincoln Project today:

    August 4, 2020 – In a surprise development, President Trump today announced his full endorsement of Republican Senators Susan Collins, Steve Daines, and Dan Sullivan in their bid for re-election and did so through the Lincoln Project.

    “Today, I am proud to endorse Susan Collins, Steve Daines, and Dan Sullivan as they campaign for reelection this November,” said President Trump. “Susan Collins, Steve Daines and Dan Sullivan have all stepped up to the plate. They’re tough on crime, strong on the border and fight hard against illegal Immigration. I give them my full and total Endorsement!”

    This past January, Senator Collins, Daines and Sullivan all voted to acquit President Donald trump from the bogus Russian Witch Hunt. They’ve always had our President’s back, and he’ll always fight for them, too. Because of them, our great Republican Party is stronger than ever.

    President Trump wants you to remember that a vote for them is a vote for him and four more years of America First!

    Susan Collins

     

    Steve Daines

     

     

    Dan Sullivan

     

  10. wtf is Lincoln Project doing with that shite?
     
    Just turn over that operation to Claudia Conway, please.

  11. He’s treated so badly, , more than any president ever, because he’s more vulnerable and incompetent than any president ever.   That Axios shows it clearly, on top of everything else for the past 4 years. The last 20-40 years also.

  12. So, Jamie, turns out that dipshit answered the question, “what didn’t you know and when didn’t you know it”:

    “‘It was never brought to my attention, and perhaps it was never brought because I didn’t consider it to be real,’ Trump said during a visit to Orlando, Fla., adding, ’If it did take place, it would have been brought to my attention and I would take very strong action.’”  -Patient Zero Donnie

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-he-didnt-believe-intelligence-on-russia-paying-bounties-on-us-troops-to-be-real-232324411.html

     

  13. Yeah, the guy that mocks disabled people, rates women on their looks, and disparages Gold Star families is treated “unfairly”, sure thing.
     
    Party of Man-children
     
    ok, pardon me, as you were✌️😭🇺🇸

  17. patd….   thanks for that….  I LOVE that movie!
     
    I’m still friends with some trumpers….  the stuff they are posting on facebook is hilarious!  Man… are they obviously getting nervous…    good!

  19. I’m “friends” with a couple of strumpers and the stuff they are posting are not funny at all. “Locked and loaded“  comes up a lot, stuff along those lines…..they actually believe they might be turned loose at some point to begin shooting liberals.

  20. They used to get comments of reality from some of their more level-headed friends, but they all seem to have given up.

  21. Sturg…  it’s probably makes a difference that my friends are women.
    Guys tend to talk about that “loaded and locked” stuff.

  22. He just gets worse and worse  Who are those people who support him.  WTF are they thinking.

  24. I’ve made a decision that I will not act with intolerance.  I live in a very purple area.  And in a small town, we all know one another and depend on one another.  I’ve made a decision that I will try to act with kindness….  no matter a person’s gender, race, religion, or political stripe.  If that bothers some here…  tough!  I will respect whatever you all choose.  I also readily admit, that being human, sometimes these decisions are hard.
     
    now who said don’t choose to do things that are easy, but choose to do things because they are hard (paraphrase)…

  25. It’s only fair that he be allowed to keep Air Force One if he leaves prior to serving eight years. Same with Marine One.

  26. I was tolerant of Trumpies until their response to pandemic became an immediate existential threat to me, personally.  30’ is too close, now.

  28. Jimmy the White Supremacist is a really nice guy, if you take the time to get to know him!  His wife, Linda the Facebook Disinformation Promulgator makes a delicious casserole, also!

  29. It’s only fair that he be allowed to keep Air Force One if he leaves prior to serving eight years. Same with Marine One.

     

    flatus, you only say that because a new air force one is on tap for 2024

  30. I haven’t intentionally excluded trumpers   there aren’t many here and I don’t know them

  33. Intentionally excluded for me, KGC.  i have no time for people with so little regard for my well-being that they can’t put a piece of cloth over their mouth for 10 mins.
     
    Their behavior demonstrates they genuinely don’t care about me, at all, so why the heck would i go eat a hot-dog with them?   

  34. In other news,  our sales force continues to get axed this morning. Just waiting to see what else happens here. 

  35. Bink… one of my trumper friends is also very good friends with a gay guy.  She also wears a mask.  I got my kittens from her last year….  she loves animals.  She will go shop for food and clothing for old people that have trouble getting out.  She knows I’m a Democrat.  Her best friend is my neighbor…  also a Democrat.  She’s been a Republican since I’ve known her…  over 30 yrs.  I admit I don’t get the trump thing…  but  if I eschew her over her choice of politics….  IMO, that makes me the intolerant one.

  36. Yeah, well, conservatives hijacked the meaning (as conservatives will do) of “tolerance” in a socio-political context, from “respecting the civil-rights of marginalized people”, to “condoning stupidity and willful ignorance”.  It’s just Orwellian hogwash, now.
     
    Hey, if you can build those bridges, go for it.  i’m done trying, and frankly made earnest efforts in that regard, in the last 3 years.  Not worth breathing in their viral load, now.
     
    Ok, enough outta me, behind at work✌️

  37. The few relatives I have left are  my Central California cousins none of whom speak to me any longer.  I made the mistake of having the mother who left for the big city of Los Angeles and raised a moderate to liberal daughter.  Obviously I have eventually going to hell and they don’t want to take any chances being close to me when it happens.  

     

  38. I have a few friends who are trumpers – well, really they are conservative repubes and trump is their only choice – and here in East Bumfuck, in the heart of deep red WV, you aren’t likely to have friends who aren’t trumpers if you have more than a couple of friends. 

  39. During the evening news time, 5-6 p.m. CST, there are still PSA’s about not smoking.  Not one PSA about Covid and wearing a mask and wearing a mask when you sneeze, etc. It’s been 6  months. My nephew in NJ says there’re on there. Guess they’re local.  So, no national COVID protection ads, eh?  Hope Biden does that.
     
     

  40. I have a couple of trumper friends – husband and wife. They are trumpers because of one issue, which they misunderstand. Otherwise, they’d be McCain repubs.

  42. X-R, yeah a couple nearby (otherwise truly non-racist, intelligent, compassionate sorts who do good deeds) whom i call friends are single-issue trumpers:   anti-abortion, they only voted for him for scotus appointments.   

    as renee said: ” but  if I eschew her over her choice of politics….  IMO, that makes me the intolerant one.”

     
     

  43. bink, those latest lincoln project ads are supposedly tongue in cheek comedy.  they’re a bit too subtle for what they want to achieve.  they should go back to their hard hitting trash & troll MO.  

  44. am still thinking that “i wish her well” was a mafia style dog whistle warning to her not to talk…  and boy could she talk if she wanted to.  some folks out there quaking in their boots at the thought.

    wapo:

    President Trump suggested in an interview aired Monday that multimillionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein might have been killed while in federal custody — putting him at odds with his own attorney general and the New York City medical examiner, who have both said Epstein died of suicide.
    […]
    “So you’re saying you hope she doesn’t die in jail?” Swan sought to clarify. “Is that what you mean by ‘wish her well’?”
    “Her boyfriend died in jail. And people are still trying to figure out how did it happen,” Trump said. “Was it suicide? Was he killed? And I do wish her well. I’m not looking for anything bad for her.”

  45. LA Times published an article today with polls re: Kamala H and Karen B –  and Kamala had significantly more support by California democrats – 68% favorable for Kamala and 46% favorable for Karen.  12% had no opinon re: Kamala and 44% had none for Karen.  Bass did better in LA County – at 56%, but Kamala did about the same as her statewide numbers.  The poll also pitted Biden against SFB – Biden has a 28% margin over SFB – 56% to 28%.  Sorry, but I can’t copy the link to the story – it’s through Apple’s News feed so it doesn’t display the address of the story.

  48. Wow.  Maxwell should just start spilling before tRUMPco figures out a way to get to her.  Poo-tin always finds a way.

  49. I think my branch of the family has a birth defect.  The tongue is firmly planted in the cheek.  This one from my granddaughter who is in lockdown with five daughters in her one room school house:

    Image may contain: text that says 'oH SURE, IT "SOUNDS LIKE" THUNDER BUT ITS 2020 so ITS PROBABLY MOTHERF'ING GODZILLA'

  50. They gotta cool it with the hurricane names.  You know, it’s bad enough worrying about the huge-ass wind and rain storm without having a damn tongue twister for a name they say 10 Thousand times a day. 
    I’ll take hurricane Bert 

  51. Unless……..the hurricane namers are just fuckin with the broadcasters…….
    ”Try THIS on for size, ya Dimwit!”

    He’s a he-ass.

  52. Here’s what’s left for this year,
    Josephine
    Kyle
    Laura
    Marco
    Nana
    Omar
    Paulette
    Rene
    Sally
    Teddy
    Vicky
    Wilfred

  56. Sturg…  I call it the I-storm.
    It’s pretty much over here.  We were lucky… lots of rain… no really big winds.

  59. Renee
    Great, you don’t exclude anyone. Most of my clients are all Republican and Trump voters. I just don’t go there. Lol, no way could I have a relationship with a Trumper or even a hot romance, haha. Quitting Facebook for me got me out of my Republican Uncles and Aunts timeline just in time in 2016. Now, Grace and I parted ways when 5 months after the election she referred to Hillary as “crooked Hillary”and said she should be locked up.
     She knew all too well, attack Hillary and we have a problem. Yes, a hero to me since the ’90s and The CHIPS program which Ashley greatly benefited after a head injury accident. I’m happy not to have the negativity in my life. Best to steer clear :0)

  61. william randolph hearst was the yellow peril. His only positive was employing Ambrose Bierce. 

  62. Tony… the secret to Jeanne’s and my relationship is we just don’t discuss politics…  but we do know we are on opposite sides.  If she tried to convince me to see things her way, that would change things.

  63. Exactly Renee. That’s for the best. I don’t as a rule talk politics with most. I do have some Democrats as clients and friends and we do. Nothing is civil in the age of Trump so it’s for the best :0)

  64. Poobah, yeah. LP kinda drove our Apple direction. I was happy with Android, but from my end the difference is minimal. Biggest impediment is the photo issue – can’t post photos here and the fuckin apps that say they shrink photo size are goddam Rubik’s cube-like. 
    im with you on Hurricane names. How’s about Hurricane Fuku, or Hurricane Killingus? Hurricane Weirfuked?  

  66. Waiting for everyone’s grandma, hurricane Nana, to be a cat 5.

    My godson wanted a computer when he was about 11 or 12.  They put it in an old Apple box and he cried when he unwrapped it.  He already hated Apple. 

  70. So, i’ve taken in a family member from a hotspot that lost their job, so now, i’ll be functioning at home like you do at work, and i’ll be sleeping outside for the foreseeable future.
     
    Yay, 2020!😭

  73. Can you make your relative quarantine in the tent for two weeks? (Very good of you to take them in.)

  75. If the host country doesn’t want the particular Ambassador, it drags its feet in issuing the Agrément. After a while it becomes obvious that the Agrément is not forthcoming, so the country quietly withdraws the Ambassador back. This type of soft refusal does not happen often but it is not that rare. It is done quietly so that it doesn’t cause embarrassment to the country where the Ambassador is from.

  76. Jamie – Thanks.  I really think tRUMP’s pick is like, well, let’s send an ugly American to sleep-away camp.

  77. The German government could pay mcgregor & trump what they are due by refusing the former’s appointment on grounds that he is an russian agent. That’d be great optics just before the election.

  78. Mr Bink gets the Fort Benning experience, minus the 25 mile trots, and the live fire ducking.
     
    Wishing you dry, but soft, ground and no mosquitos !

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