Biden responds to Trump COVID adviser Dr. Scott Atlas saying Michigan residents should "rise up" against their governor's restrictions: "What the hell's the matter with these guys? What is the matter with them?" https://t.co/kFrcNHA9Vf pic.twitter.com/XvDp3Id6Sk
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 16, 2020
Biden holds up his mask: "Does anybody understand why a governor would turn this into a political statement?" pic.twitter.com/ZJlTjvRvZj
— The Recount (@therecount) November 16, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden says "more people may die" of the coronavirus if President Trump continues to block a smooth transition https://t.co/8SAE2bfMCV pic.twitter.com/YttfYmxgpf
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) November 16, 2020
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WAPO: Trump hasn’t attended a task force meeting in months. Career officials are taking notes on shortcomings in the pandemic response, hoping the incoming Biden admin can address them.
https://t.co/RswOZXYJ5y
Hello. Where is everyone today? Taking an extra long weekend?
From Sturgeone on last thread
Legal Eagle on what will happen if Trump won’t leave:
“It’s remarkable to say this given the last four years, but I think we’ve now reached a point where Trump is handling the lack of a concession and the lack of transition cooperation as we’re dealing with a once-in-a-century pandemic, as the most reckless and irresponsible thing he’s ever done.” — Former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe (MSNBC)
Obama: Trump is no John Wayne — he’s Richie Rich
https://news.yahoo.com/obama-trump-is-no-john-wayne-hes-richie-rich-181011561.html
The only people who love them are the people they despise. Jr, Gums, and Sweatshop got some weird kinda life ahead of them, eh?
“WHAT THE HELL’S THE MATTER WITH THEM?” is right!
The Legal Eagle looks so lawyerly with 3 piece suit and books.
trumpity could pardon his family? Have they been charged with anything yet? Or can he pardon them for future indictments and charges?
You’d think encouraging vaccine news makes it less depressing to hunker down and wear masks now while we wait. Sucks to skip holiday gatherings but at least a better chance we’re alive to celebrate next year.
It’s sad but families doing big Thanksgiving gatherings can get a smaller turkey next year.
Story I heard somewhere – do not fall into the trap of buying lots of good candies to repackage and give as gifts to others for the holidays. Do not!
Tip Toe
When you get to the end of the legal eagle episode, he changes into comfort wear. Apparently he has a contract to advertise the brand. :). The whole premise is people write in questions for him to answer. Just because we have our resident POGO doesn’t mean others are so lucky.
Pompeo’s lame duck trip dissed by foreign leaders. NBC’s @KeirSimmons – – “The French have a unique talent for condescension. Macron’s office described the visit as a ‘courtesy meeting'”.
I have to say I am guilty of being a bit politicked out and somewhat lax about commenting. I have been reading the Post and occasionally drop something in the site, but really I’m exhausted. Plus, the trajectory of the post election legal maneuvering is clear; Trump loses. And there’s Rudy out there doing his best Emmett Kelly impression. Stupid motherfucker.
Now, as to that pardoning bullshit, there are two schools of thought regarding pardons, one is that he can pardon himself and others, the other is that he cannot pardon himself but can pardon others. Hint, (b). There’s a subset-whether he can pardon someone for any future prosecution, or only from prosecution for acts already committed. There’s very little support for the idea that he could pardon his family for prosecution for acts that they have yet to commit, so (b) again.
Jesus H. Christ, Dumbass, get the fuck out of our house.
Pogo
I think part of the method to Trump’s madness is just to wear you down until you give in from pure exhaustion. The only thing maintaining any real interest for me is the January 5 Georgia runoffs. Trump may be an ignorant, arrogant, incompetent, misogynistic and racist asshole. McConnell is just pure evil.
…too busy making split-pea soup with the hambone i froze on Easter. It’s almost done and i’m pretty excited😋
Perdue is afraid to debate Ossoff. That’s one. Loeffler has been outed for selling stocks while downplaying the pandemic. That’s two.
Why in the heck is a radiologist heading up the Coronavirus task force instead of an epidemiologist? Because he’s a racist who thinks glomming onto the buttocks of an ousted fascist makes him special. Someone else with weird, daddy issues, I guess.
Whatever is physiologically wrong with Yertle might take him down before his next term begins.
The radiologist seems like a Russian plant, to me🤷♂️
…maybe be worried if he does an appearance on a Kremlin-sponsored propaganda cable channel aimed at the US market🤷♂️
When Trump leaves office we should ignore him. That alone will drive him nuts. I don’t want to hear his obnoxious voice ever again!🇺🇸
Jamie, leave it to you to get it right … using words economically.
Bullseye.
And good night.
Oh, and Jones Day issued a statement saying it doesn’t represent Dumbass and said it won’t be involved in more litigation over this election. Jones fucking Day – 5th largest law firm in the US. I guess Dumbass was paying them like he pays carpenters.
Colbert says now we know Trump will fail cognitive exam because first question is “who is the president”
A Tale of the Times
Ruffled feathers over fraudulent votes recently reported in the Washington Post:
Somewhere in this tale of infamy is a moral lesson for us all. Is the kakapo tale a metaphor for the day?
Has everyone see Stephen Fry’s cameraman getting shagged by a Kakapo?
Here’s the facts about the various D’ump challenges to the votes in 3 of the 5 states -NV, GA & PA – that put Biden over the top, courtesy of WaPo.
The bottom line … good fucking luck loser. Now GET THE FUCK OUT OF OUR HOUSE!!!
pogo, wouldn’t have been surprised to find in D’ump’s lawsuit “evidence” those 1500 fraudulent kiwi votes from that kakapo story. rudy’s not shy about where he finds his evidence nowadays.
huffpo about the above:
or prison laundry room
Yes, I keep reading that the election results will make it all the way up to the Supreme Courtyard by Marriott.
We can ignore him after January 20th, but there are a lot of goose-steppers who won’t…also law enforcement officials.
Did Atlas appear on Russian propaganda channel? How did a radiologist make it all the way into tRUMPsky’s inner circle of hell? Yep. Media, Please do your actual job.
from that vanity fair link above in the huffpo piece on sarah is this netflix tease from her new comedy:
from same vanity fair story:
Jamie… I’m with Pogo… I’ve kinda crashed after the election. Needing to get back to parts of my life that I’ve ignored.
Craig… nice cartoon… but trump will leave. He’s way too much of a chicken to put up an actual fight.
Biden rocks the vote!
New Biden senior WH staff:
– Mike Donilon, Senior Advisor
– Jen O’Malley Dillon, Dep. CoS
– Steve Ricchetti, Counselor
– Cedric Richmond, Senior Advisor+Dir. office of Public Engagement
– Julie Rodriguez, Dir. of Intergov. Affairs
– Annie Tomasini, Dir. of Oval Office Ops.
The WH should be fumigated for ‘rona and Russian bugs.
Other than Jen O’Malley Dillon… I’ve never heard of any of these people. But I trust that they are well known in the DC circle. It’ll be great to see qualified grown-ups in our government once again.
2 of the 3 asymptotics in my office now have symptoms
here’s proof that some covid19 survivors suffer severe neurological problems months later after recovery
the hill:
Joe is going after this issue “Hammer and Tongs”.
Biden Plans to Move Fast With a ‘Climate Administration.’ Here’s How.
I have seen where the Covid vaccines are being called “a miracle”.
Nothing could be farther from the truth. Miracles are domain of religion , vaccines are the result of science , and hard work .
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USA Readies Self For Green Hydrogen Rumble As Trump Slithers Out Door
A Man, No Plan, Green Hydrogen
Trump made coal jobs a centerpiece of his 2016 campaign, but he dropped the whole idea just two years after taking office, so apparently there was no job-saving coal plan after all. Oh well, it’s all water under the bridge now.
Grifting along with the grifting sithering den of thieves –
Rudy Giuliani Is Asking for $20K a Day to Launch Ridiculous Election Lawsuits
7-28-2020 –
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/28/asia/australia-fires-wildlife-report-scli-intl-scn/index.html
Giuliani Entertainment Enterprises is not worth $20K per day under any circumstances and certainly not to file frivolous election lawsuits and argue them before judges who know he might as well be talking out of his ass.
‘Extraordinary’: Iota becomes second category 4 hurricane to strike Central America in past two weeks
Hurricane Iota moved ashore Nov. 16 just 15 miles south of the location where Hurricane Eta made landfall Nov. 3.
Hurricane Iota roared ashore in northern Nicaragua as a high-end category 4 storm with 155 mph winds and a central pressure of 920 mb at 10:40 p.m. EST November 16. Iota is the strongest Atlantic landfalling hurricane so late in the year. The previous record was held by the 1932 Cuba Hurricane, which made landfall on Little Cayman Island with 155 mph winds on November 9, 1932.
Iota made landfall 30 miles south of Puerto Cabezas (population 40,000), just 15 miles south of where Hurricane Eta made landfall as a category 4 storm with 140 mph winds on November 3. In records going back to 1851, it is unprecedented for two Atlantic category 4 hurricanes to make landfall so close together, just two weeks apart. That they did so in November, when category 4 hurricanes are rare, is truly extraordinary. Only six category 4 or stronger hurricanes have ever been recorded in November or December, Eta and Iota in the past two weeks.
Randy did it again. This one is based on “Not Getting Married Today”
Well, WaPo is reporting 1373 Covid deaths so far today, and the 7 day average is around 1200; and new cases? 140000 today with a 7 day average of 153000, and rising steeply. I remember the good old days (in October) when it was only 800 or so dead Americans each day on average and 45000 or so new cases per day. At this rate the 98% of us who survive should reach herd immunity sometime in the next few years (5.7 if 153000 new infections remains the average), with only 2.5 million dying to reach that herd immunity. Scott Atlas will be smiling and saying, “See, I told you so.” BTW did you know (a) that Stanford U., his alma mater, said his views do not reflect the views of Stanford and (b) he hasn’t been practicing medicine for 8 years now and his certification in neuroradiology lapsed in 2017? I did not know that.
Immigration –
Nicaragua and Honduras –
Either we help them stay home , or we arrest them at the border. And there will be tens of thousands coming if we don’t.
Ghost in the machine.
Orrrrrrrr, we could process their asylum requests, immigration applications and stuff like that. Nah, too much humanity involved in that.
Pogo –
Sadly , he’s not the only old white fart rumbling around in the gut of the “Wing-nut-o-sphere” , waiting to be expelled.
My all time winner this the denier petition guy , he got thousands of people to sign his climate denier petition , he keeps jars of his own urine in a freezer on his “compound” in Ore.
If one has a degree in turf management , on this petition you are a “scientist” .
Pogo –
Either way , we are now facing a rising river of problems from hell. I see that this is really coming home to Joe. He’s starting to sound like the pope. Measured, calm , deliberate.
His Hamlet period about whether to run or not, really stuck in my craw. But ever since that nadar , I think more and more of him. And unlike Trump , he knows where the levers of power in the executive are really buried.
Back to you, Rudy. From NYT:
Apparently Rudy has no concept of the requirements of Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure – either that or he doesn’t care that he is making claims with no basis in fact or law or that would be subject to an argument for an extension, modification, etc. of existing law. He gives lawyers a bad name. (OK, a worse name).
WaPo just reported that ‘assley said he tested positive for C-19. Pity, that. Thoughts and prayers…
There are rumblings that Joe will not chase down Trump after Jan. 20th.
I agree , for this one reason ,
The entire right , carries the red badge of grievance. They have been wronged , their world has been taken from them .
Trump is a loser , don’t make him a victim , that is gas on the fire .
Let the the State of New York chew on the whole ball of wax.
CBob… I agree with you on letting the state of NY take care of our con man president. If Biden’s administration goes after him… look for his loony supporters to start a modern civil war.
Please read this –
Why Biden should pardon Trump — and we Democrats should want him to
Sure, the president doesn’t deserve it. But it has a lot of upsides for Biden, those who seek his prosecution and for the American people.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/why-biden-should-pardon-trump-we-democrats-should-want-him-ncna1247986
RR –
So much of this moment was played out 155 years ago. I think Lincoln’s , “let em up easy policy “, let the country stop killing each other.
But it also let the South off with what they had done , and gave rise to the the romantic rebranding of the “Lost Cause”. Witch still flows in our national veins. Thank God Jefferson Davis didn’t have a twitter account.
I keep getting you’ve said this before notices. I change one little part of the comment and a I get a double post.
As the worm turns –
Senate Blocks President Trump’s Controversial Nominee To The Federal Reserve Board
The Senate failed to advance President Trump’s controversial pick to the powerful central bank on Tuesday after Republicans Mitt Romney of Utah and Susan Collins of Maine joined the Senate’s Democrats in blocking Shelton’s appointment.
https://www.npr.org/2020/11/17/935934885/senate-blocks-president-trumps-controversial-nominee-to-the-federal-reserve-boar
“Get born , get blessed, try to be a suckcess , 20 years of schoolin’ and they put you on the day shift”.
B Dylan
That vote for the Federal Reserve just pointed to away forward.
If Stacy’s new Georgia drive can grow.
Atlas quacked. Quack, quack, quacking along with eye doctor, Rand Paul. Quack, quack, quack.
This the death of the 20th century , finally .
Centuries just don’t stop because we all peel another page off a calendar.
There were a lot of horses on the streets of New York in 1915.
The smooth bore musket lasted nearly 50 years into the 19th century.
Sweeping away the the past takes a very long time Unless one has a very big broom.
The gun deaths here in Lubbock are soaring. Both cops and crazies.
https://youtu.be/eDrLTW_sesI
Hang your mask on your rear view mirror. The UV rays from the sun will kill that little beast.
Grit folks , plenty of grit .
OK, I understand that some of you may think that pardoning Trump is possibly a positive thing for the country. I disagree. This is not the same, I repeat not the same as the Nixon issue. And I will note that the guy that wrote the article that Bob posted was counsel to the judiciary committee that was looking into Nixon. I’m one of those who believes that you hang people on their own words. Law and order. Ever hear that one before? There are other distinctions as well. It’s very easy for Gerry Ford, the vice president du jour of the Nixon administration to pardon Nixon when he resigned. It’s an entirely different matter for a Democrat to pardon the outgoing criminal Republican president. My question is this – who do you intend to please first? Your voters or the voters of the person whom you beat? I’m tired of fucking death of the Democrats taking the highroad and having it stuffed up their ass at the first opportunity. There’s a distinction between pursuing Trump and letting him be pursued. I say let it roll.
Bob, thanks for the Collective Soul cut. Great band.
“Keep stalling, Sir- the shredders are running at full capacity!”
Poobah, hopper.
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