Mississippi Burning

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1. Mississippi governor responds via Twitter after called out during Biden’s White House address (actionnews5.com)

   MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – A war of words erupted again between the president of the United States and the governor of Mississippi.

   President Joe Biden and Tate Reeves have been taking verbal jabs at each other during the pandemic.

   Biden used his daily White House address Thursday to call out Mississippi’s leader. Governor Tate Reeves used Twitter to respond. Meantime, 24 attorneys general in Republican states fired off a letter to the White House.

   Biden called out Reeves during his public address. He questioned why the leader of a state where the required school vaccination rate for diseases like polio, measles, and chickenpox is near 100 percent would push back so much against mandating the COVID-19 vaccine.

   “But in the midst of a pandemic that’s already taken more than 660,000 lives, I propose a requirement for COVID vaccines and the governor of that state calls it quote, a tyrannical type move,” Biden said.

   […]

   “This is the worst kind of politics because it’s putting the lives of citizens in their states, especially children, at risk. And I refuse to give in to it,” Biden said.

   The tussle between Biden and Reeves dates back to March when Biden called it “Neanderthal thinking” for Reeves to remove mask mandates in the state. The governor fired back, “Mississippians don’t need handlers.”

    

   no, tate, MS don’t need mishandlers either, just govs who ain’t stupid.

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3. stephen kicks off monologue talking about the justice for jan6 rally & you know who

   In this installment of his very unfortunate segment on how knuckleheads are handling the pandemic, Stephen looks at the latest bogus Covid-19 “treatments” being promoted on the web.

    

   this is how huffpo recapped a part of the above:

   “I’m all for justice for the people who attacked the Capitol on January 6,” said Colbert, who has rarely spoken Trump’s name aloud since the election. “Have they locked up the main guy who started the whole thing yet? His name’s on the tip of my tongue ― and it tastes terrible.” 
   He noted that Trump himself isn’t planning to attend the event, reportedly viewing it as a “setup” that the media will use against him no matter how the event turns out,.  
   “Yep. He’s damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t,” Colbert said. “The point is, he can go to hell.” 
   Colbert’s studio audience erupted.

4. more on that riot-in-the-making rally

   Far-right groups tell supporters planned Washington rally is a government ‘trap’ | US Capitol attack | The Guardian

5. yesterday, aside from dissing idiot govs, joe also mentioned the disparity of CEO vs workers pay.

   it wasn’t that long ago this was the reality and the economy was more stable than it is today:

   “It used to be that in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, CEOs made 3.3 times what a top 0.1% earner made. Now, it’s more than six times,” says Mishel. “CEOs now are making 351 times that of a typical worker, but back in 1978, it was only 31 times. In 1989, it was 61 times.”

   In 2020, top CEOs earned 351 times more than the typical worker (msn.com)

6. Mississippi- one state Alabamans could feel superior to. When education and health data were reported you’d hear folks say “Thank God for Mississippi.”

7. Every leaf is being pulled by a star.

8. There will be fewer Mississippians, so that 40% will go further. Then, again, survivors with long-haulers are gonna need disability bennies.

9. What you reckon it feels like to be Don Jr and be so much shorter than Eric……..

10. It’s Filosophical Phriday……

11. C. ’68 when we were not on duty, me and Dee-troit Kohler, and Staten Island Hansen used to take off from Memphis in Kohler’s old ford fairlane and just drive on down and get lost in Mississippi.  Just drive and drive and drive., cooler full of beer and a fare-thee-well.  Saw some really weird shit.  We had short sailor-hair so we never got hassled for any red-neckeronymy. For some reason we never went west, east, or north, just south.   I don’t think we ever even crossed the Big River and for some reason, though we were all moo-jicians, except for Hansen, lol, had zero interest in going to Nashville. I remain convinced that we saw that “crossroads” tree.

12. https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/17/texas-redistricting-preclearance/

    “Facing demographic changes that work against their political dominance, Republicans will be able to redraw politically advantageous maps — and shield themselves from the change — without federal oversight for the first time in decades.”

13. sturge, probably feels about the same as both of them feel being sons of an asshole.

14. 

    a trail gold star to cbob’s profundity last night alluding to “fair&balanced” news coverage:

    A pound of horse shit , and a pound of gold  weight  the same.
     
    That is the definition of “Fair and Balanced “.

15. I got an idea.    Everybody pray for EVERYTHING.

16. Scientist Guy’s traveling in S. America….comes across a Witch Doctor in the middle of the Amazon jungle.   Upon being invited into the Hut he notices mason jars full of weird stuff.   “What’s in the jars?” he asks the WD.  “Moo-jicians’ brains,” he replies. 
    “What’s in that first jar?”  
    Pianists’ brains, $15 a pound.
    Wow, what’s in the second one?
    Guitarists’  brains,  $20 a pound.
    How about that third one?
    Oh, that’s bass player brains, $25 a pound.
    ooooooh, and that last one?
    Ahhh…..good eye; Drummer brains,  $75 a pound.
    Lordy, why so expensive??
    You oughta see how many of those bastards we have to kill to get a pound.
     

17. Sturg,  HS buddy whose dad’s family lived in Goodman went to Miss. State and me and a couple of HS buddies who were at Bama would go over occasionally and visit him in Starkville, but a few times went down to his grandmom’s house in Goodman (no traffic lights there).  He and a friend of his (we referred to him as the mayor of Goodman, and ironically enough,…) who went to Holmes Jr. College (only buildings in town with more than 2 stories) would go knock around in places like Pickens, or Durant and for a big night out go over to Kosciusko (there’s motels and even a Walmart there now) or Granada.  Yep, there’s a whole lotta nuthin’ down in that part of the state. Beer was on the menu.

18. Hah, just saw a great t-shirt in a popup ad at WaPo.  Saying on the front was “I’m pretty confident that my last words will be, ‘Oh, shit.  That didn’t work.'”

19. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/science/the-average-american-knows-how-many-people.html

    If the average person knows 600 people, should covid deaths be registering a little stronger, even with anti-vaxxers?

    Actually, I think that number is a little high. Counting schoolmates, family, coworkers and other, I think I know about 300, max.

20. Pogo…..my version of that t-shirt is  “It was a good idea, it just didn’t work.”  I have to use that all the damn time with these damn cabinets.

21. I wonder how much social security money will be saved from the dead not collecting? Republicans must like that, right?

22. I was stationed at Columbus airplane patch.  When the  U.s. gets an enema the pucker is there.  It was so bad that any arriving airman who was not white could get an immediate transfer to any other base with an opening.  I agreed to go to Vietnam, I am glow in the dark white.

23. bId -the anti-everything crowd does not believe there is a disease named COVID-19.  They say it is the “flu” killing the people.

24. You know who’s getting really rich?   
    Big Cardboard.

    And the Cardboard Box-Makers Union has been gutted and rendered totally useless; it has folded like a cheap suitcase.

25. here you go, sturge:

26. fuckin norm………lol

27. Time for Biden to threaten anti-vax/mask states with losing federal funds. 

    And no bridges, roads for them when infrastructure bill passes.

28. Anti-vaxers/maskers are criminals guilty of reckless endangerment: “conduct that creates a substantial risk of serious physical injury or death to another person”. A misdemeanor punishable by 60 days in jail in states like Florida.

29. https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/17/texas-dan-patrick-immigrants-democrats-haitians/

    “Denouncing the thousands of Haitian asylum-seekers who are camped out under a South Texas bridge as an “invasion,” Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick accused Democrats of allowing their entry into the country for political gain.”

    Climate change refugees.

    “At least in 18 years even if they all don’t become citizens before then and can vote, in 18 years if every one of them has two or three children, you’re talking about millions and millions and millions of new voters and they will thank the Democrats and Biden for bringing them here. Who do you think they’re going to vote for?”

    Well, if they live in Texas, they won’t be able to get abortions.

    “He said President Joe Biden and Democrats had begun a “silent revolution” to take over the country by winning over the votes of migrants.“

    “This is trying to take over our country without firing a shot,” he added.

    Lt. Turd, Dan Patrick, seems to be getting folks worked up for their prom tomorrow.

30. Anti-Trump Lincoln Project tackles Texas Gov. Greg Abbott with college football ad buy (msn.com) recap from dallas morning news:

    Members of the Lincoln Project, a group of current and former Republicans dedicated to the downfall of former President Donald Trump, are now trying to sack Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
    The group has secured a $25,000 ad buy that blasts Abbott for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The ads will run during Saturday’s football game between the University of Texas and Rice University.
    Abbott is a UT graduate.
    “Greg Abbott is the exemplar of someone who once had principles and has abandoned them,” said Reed Galen, co-founded of the Lincoln Project and is a native Texan. “He has no further desire to talk about the marketplace of ideas.”
    […]
    With Trump out of office for now, the next phase of the Lincoln Project’s work is to neutralize Republicans that are continuing with Trump’s policies or practices.
    “We’ve seen an explosion and acceleration in what we would call Trumpist behavior, which is the idea that you have to be as extreme as you possibly can be, you have to be race to the bottom on these things,” Galen said. “We’ve taken a hard look at [Florida Gov.] Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott because they are the next generation of what you’re going to see from Republican leaders.”
    […]
    “Abbott is not used to taking a punch right to the face,” Galen said. “He doesn’t like it. He probably hasn’t had it in a long time, if ever, and he’s going to experience a lot more of that kind of illustration about who he was versus who he is.”

     

    similar story also ran in Anti-Trump Republicans attack Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over COVID death toll (houstonchronicle.com)

     

31. For those outside the D.C. region, just in case you did not hear yet, the sedationists are planning another go at it tomorrow.  But, some have been plotting, online, to attack at some other time.  I am going to hazard a wild guess that some other venues other than the Capitol will be targeted.  The original attempt included political and religious locations.  It should be another day in D.C.

32. So…there I was in Springfield, IL last week and I saw this place!

33. All I’ve seen in the way of protests today was a few millennials and, who I assume we’re their grandparents affixed to a wooden teepee skeleton (to best describe it); they were protesting Bank of America’s part in funding fossil fuels.

    There were four or five NYC PD vehicles, and probably 10 police officers standing around looking at them. One finally that said it was “a waste of time,” and radioed someone.

    Yep, probably more pressing problems than a peaceful protest in front of a corporate giant’s building.

34. I think Biden should gently ease Milley into dry dock. I prefer discreet Joint Chief Chairs. This guy is now a lightning rod, a showboat leaking to book authors, and every chance he’ll do the same to Biden. 

    A less reported feature of Woodward’s book is military officials saying they opposed Biden’s Afghan decision. Suspect Milley one of them, given how much he talked to Woodward on other topics. Biden should not trust or keep him.

35. bId,
    If you’re looking for trouble, there’s this list for today:Events for Friday, September 17th, 2021

    8:00AM-8:00PM Sept. 19 @ Zuccotti Park, Manhattan (Occupy Wall Street 10th Anniversary)

    10:00AM @ Zuccotti Park, Manhattan (Shit Is Fucked Up And Bullshit march) T: owsspawg

    1:00PM @ Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan (Press Conference on NYPD Accountability)

    2:00PM @ 69th St. / Woodside Ave., Queens (SlutWalk/Whores Festival) IG: citgny, callenlorde [h/t jfg]

    4:00-8:00PM @ Basement at 145 W14th St, Manhattan (nourishNYC free store, also w/ Sat. hours) [h/t jfg]

    5:00-9:00PM @ Washington Square Park, Manhattan (Harlem Youth Day Event: Give Back,
    Pack a Bag – drive for houseless people) IG: blackwomxnsmarch

    5:00-9:00PM @ Washington Square Park (Mutual Aid + 7:30 Film Screening) IG: wspmutualaid

    7:00PM *Virtual*/Zuccotti Park/Other Cities Worldwide (Occupy Wall Street Global General Assembly)

    7:00PM *Virtual* (Parent Power Zoom; all parents welcome; register: bit.ly/3nidNEw) T: pspnyinc, ForOurBabies76

36. make sure you hit MoMA

    Natural History, too

37. Of that list, pogo, I’m most sorry that I missed the SlutWalk.
    Planning to go to the Whitney and go the Tammy Faye Baker movie. (Any unvaccinated, unmasked freak can go to the movies in Texas.)

38. NEW THREAD

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