US Joe Biden News Megathread - The Other Biden Derangement Syndrome Thread (with a side order of Fauci Derangement Syndrome)

Let's pretend for one moment that he does die before the election, just for the funsies. What happens then? Will the nomination revert to option number 2, aka Bernie Sanders? Or will his running mate automatically replace him just the way Vice-President is supposted to step in after the Big Man in the White House chokes on a piece of matzo? Does he even have a running mate yet?

 

[Juan's Sombrero]

All of a sudden, Americans are quitting their jobs in record numbers.

Oh, why oh why is that, Joe? Why?

 

[Vaclav]

What you describe is a symptom of their lack of managers. As their pool of capable managers has dwindled they have had to increasingly concentrate their best ones in places they absolutely cannot lose.

Does it have to do with the decline of unions and Democrats' appeal to working people as a demographic? That's the kind of person who's willing to spend decades in a middle management position. Wealthy college students may do some volunteer work for the party but after graduating they would never consider such a low-paying, unglamorous job, coastal tech workers also have a much more lucrative career, while hoodrats and drug addicts don't have the temperament for it.

 

[Gehenna]

Does it have to do with the decline of unions and Democrats' appeal to working people as a demographic? That's the kind of person who's willing to spend decades in a middle management position. Wealthy college students may do some volunteer work for the party but after graduating they would never consider such a low-paying, unglamorous job, coastal tech workers also have a much more lucrative career, while hoodrats and drug addicts don't have the temperament for it.

I do not know. It is not an issue I have looked into much myself as to root causes and existing pressures. I know of it, would like to answer you, but anything I say would be pure guesswork and speculation. Informed speculation, but still not rooted in enough for me to feel comfortable answering.

 

[AnotherPleb]

Does it have to do with the decline of unions and Democrats' appeal to working people as a demographic? That's the kind of person who's willing to spend decades in a middle management position. Wealthy college students may do some volunteer work for the party but after graduating they would never consider such a low-paying, unglamorous job, coastal tech workers also have a much more lucrative career, while hoodrats and drug addicts don't have the temperament for it.

I know Gehenna can't pin it, but I'd squarely put the blame there. You also have to remember that for at least two generations that teachers have pushed kids only to college - and out of trade schools which lead to union work.

 

[DicksOutForKiwigglers]

Big if true doom day is tommorow
be happy to stay tuned for racket stream announcement
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Here we go, my friends...

 

[StarkRavingMad]

Lots of people saying that the White House's "new fence" being built is a sign of the SCOTUS ruling in the mandate's favor.

I hope that's wrong, but we'll see.

For now, I'm assuming it's because of the new vaccine passport mandates in DC. Or it's because they're morally grandstanding to milk the dry cow that is 1/6 since inclimate weather was an issue in the DMV area last week during 1/6.

 

[Corn Flakes]

Lots of people saying that the White House's "new fence" being built is a sign of the SCOTUS ruling in the mandate's favor.

I hope that's wrong, but we'll see.

For now, I'm assuming it's because of the new vaccine passport mandates in DC. Or it's because they're morally grandstanding to milk the dry cow that is 1/6.

It would be really late for 1/6. A week later and no one cares anymore. If they really wanted that dramatic fence there to tell everyone how scared the US government was of some boomers on an unscheduled tour, they could have paid the contractors extra to work through the holidays.

 

[StarkRavingMad]

It would be really late for 1/6. A week later and no one cares anymore. If they really wanted that dramatic fence there to tell everyone how scared the US government was of some boomers on an unscheduled tour, they could have paid the contractors extra to work through the holidays.

I'm still seeing a lot of screeching from the administration, the dems, and the media about 1/6, though.

 

[Corn Flakes]

I'm still seeing a lot of screeching from the administration, the dems, and the media about 1/6, though.

Sure, but is anyone screeching about 1/6 that wasn't already doing it last year? They're trying to drum up hysteria to prop up their flagging agenda, but after 2021 a lot of people who bought into the narrative back then have more serious things to worry about now.

 

[Maurice Caine]

Outside a clear, identifiable issue like a broken limb I find myself disinclined to visit a doctor at all. I haven't had a single positive interaction with one in a decade. If you don't have something easily WebMD-able wrong with you, they're going to give you a fake polite version of "I don't know, have some blood test or whatever and get outta my face I need to see the next patient to get my pay". If they smell an opportunity to charge the shit out of your insurance they'll take it. If they can get you on a permanent daily pill for imaginary issues that don't cause you problems, even better. Make sure you sell those cholesterol drugs!

But come in with a problem they can't Google and you're making it up or something, fuck off I don't have anything to sell you for that.

That's how you get cancer and die. Checkups exist for a reason.

 

[StarkRavingMad]

Sure, but is anyone screeching about 1/6 that wasn't already doing it last year? They're trying to drum up hysteria to prop up their flagging agenda, but after 2021 a lot of people who bought into the narrative back then have more serious things to worry about now.

The Jan 6 Committee is still very much a thing that's going on right now, though.

And, in this midst of this "voting rights bill" that the Dems are pushing, they are trying to use 1/6 as the catalyst to "protect and preserve democracy."

 

[X Prime]

Lots of people saying that the White House's "new fence" being built is a sign of the SCOTUS ruling in the mandate's favor.

If that were true it would have leaked I imagine.

 

[Gehenna]

If that were true it would have leaked I imagine.

Jumping at shadows, otherwise fairly innocuous events combining with major ones. We are a pattern-seeking species, and seek to find the patterns even when there are none to find.

 

[Nate Scully 025]

I must admit, I wouldn’t be overly surprised if the fencing was over the mandate ruling from the SC... but I’m less certain that it’s because the mandate is going ahead. In the world we live in now, I can’t truly say what their ruling is going to be, but I don’t think the right is the only side the Admin is worried about related to this. If the SC rules against the mandate, that could be what causes the Branch Covidians to finally be loose their reigns.

Some people think that those people have been hardcore brainwashed and will just accept anything Approved SourcesTM tell them... and I suspect that’s not wrong as such... but I also think the Admin has reason to be worried that a backlash could occur with either result of the SC’s ruling, and are prepping because they just don’t know.

... of course, I could be attributing far to much intelligence to them, but who knows? We’ll see soon if the results drop today, I suppose.

 

[Sekirodiealot]

Fingers crossed on the ruling

 

[Godzilla@1989]

Look... I understand there was a lot going on during this time last year, but this is embarassing. I guess there's a reason David Zaslav wants to fire a bunch of CNN's talent and staff as soon as he assumes control

Scandal-ridden CNN sees ratings dive by 90% after 2021 coverage​

Spoiler: Full Article

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CNN’s ratings took a nosedive by a massive 90 percent both overall and in the all-important demographic coveted by advertisers in the first week of the new year.

The Jeff Zucker-led cable news network averaged just 548,000 viewers during the week of Jan. 3 — a major drop from the nearly 2.7 million viewers for the same week in 2021, according to Nielsen ratings.

The year-ago ratings were jolted by the left-leaning network’s coverage of the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, which resulted in CNN having its most-watched day since Ted Turner launched the news outlet in 1980.

But on the one-year anniversary of the attacks, viewers flipped over to CNN’s right-wing rival, Fox News, which topped the ratings for coverage of the event.

CNN has been plagued by a cascade of high-profile scandals, most notably the firing of its primetime star Chris Cuomo after the anchor was found to be secretly aiding the defense of his embattled older brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo over sexual harassment allegations that resulted in his resignation.

CNN’s longtime boss Zucker was slammed last month over the network’s low ratings and dealings over scandals concerning network stars, Cuomo and Don Lemon.

Lemon, the host of the 10pm show that followed Cuomo before he was fired, faced his own ethics scandal. The primetime anchor was criticized for covering Jussie Smollett’s trial after the Empire actor testified in court that the host informed him via text message that Chicago police did not believe he was the victim of a racist homophobic attack.

Lemon is also being sued by a Hamptons bartender who claims the anchor, who is gay, rubbed his own genitals then shoved his fingers in his face in 2018.

CNN’s ratings decline followed the network’s second most-watched year ever, the Daily Beast reported. Despite having a record year, network viewership trended downward for the second half of 2021. According to Nielsen, CNN has struggled to grab viewers during primetime, between 8 and 11 p.m., recording an 83% year-over-year drop. It had 4.2 million total primetime viewers during the first week of 2021 and only 705,000 last week.

During the first week of the year, CNN recorded a year-over-year decline of 80 percent of its total audience.

It also lost 89 percent of its primetime viewers among its key demographic and 91 percent of viewers ages 18 to 49.

CNN did not respond to requests for comment.

He and Discovery have a lot of clean up to do. But is going to be a challenge from the start.

 

[Billy Beer]

Nobody taking predictions or guesses on the mandates?

I say no vaccine mandate to work, but there will be a vaccine mandate to travel, attend events and something else fun, like shopping or crossing state lines.

 

[soy_king]

Nobody taking predictions or guesses on the mandates?

I say no vaccine mandate to work, but there will be a vaccine mandate to travel, attend events and something else fun, like shopping or crossing state lines.

it would be interesting to see such a bifurcated verdict, but I think it would have a fierce dissent that that results in a workaround against banning workplace vaccination. Plus, it would basically require a vaccine mandate for service employees

 

[Billy Beer]

it would be interesting to see such a bifurcated verdict, but I think it would have a fierce dissent that that results in a workaround against banning workplace vaccination. Plus, it would basically require a vaccine mandate for service employees

If Biden mandates vaccines for non-federal workers then I can't see a positive outcome for the employers or employees. If he punishes people outside of work and in their spare time, i can see that decision not hurting the employers or big business that much, outside of the knock-on effect of lower footfall at [insert places you can't go unless jabbed].

 

[Celebrate Nite]

Or it's because they're morally grandstanding to milk the dry cow that is 1/6

The cow had no milk to begin with. Even when 1/6 actually happened it was one small squirt that everyone made a mountain out of a molehill. It's utters are fucking bleeding from the force of these pricks trying to get something out of it.

You can not take anyone that shrieks about 1/6 with any kind of seriousness. Even last year in it's "1st anniversary" people were looking at these retards in congress like "... wtf are you doing???"