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Refresh my memory, isn't McConnell involved in making sure Congress remains in session so that Trump can't make recess appointments?

EDIT: Further, Cabinet appointments only need Senate confirmation, last I checked. If that it is the case Pelosi has nothing to do with it and it is 100% on McConnell.
McConnell will help insofar as it furthers the GOP agenda. He lives in the area of the Venn diagram known as the intersection.

But he will not help the President circumvent his own (Mitch's) power.
 
You know that dam in Michigan that broke and left numerous communities underwater? That was Trump's fault:


Posted this in the Joe Biden Megathread, but I'll post it again here. The authorities have been after that dam for noncompliance for at least fourteen years and the feds revoked their license to generate power in 2018.

Apologies again if I'm helping derail this into a Gretchen Whitmer megathread, but if they actually try to do that, the feds have been worried about that dam since at least 2006 and revoked its license to generate power almost two years ago.

(archive)
Some highlights:
"Numerous violations and longstanding concerns that the Edenville Dam could not withstand a significant flood led the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to revoke its license for power generation in September 2018."...
"In January 2019, FERC sent a two-page letter to Boyce Hydro, noting that it had canceled its scheduled October 2018 "functional exercise" at the Sanford, Second and Smallwood dams. Functional exercises simulate an emergency to test preparedness."...
"That action came after years of citations issued by FERC against the owners of the Edenville dam. They included violations for making unauthorized repairs, unauthorized earth moving, failure to file proper safety plans, failure to provide recreational areas and public access, failure to secure necessary property rights and failure to comply with water quality orders."...
""Michigan DEQ has extensive dam safety regulations, including enforcement mechanisms such as the ability to commence a civil action for appropriate relief for violations," commissioners found."
"For over 14 years, the commission has gone to great lengths to compel compliance with the license requirements and Boyce Hydro has delayed, disregarded its responsibility, and claimed that it was not financially capable of meeting such requirements. Meanwhile, Boyce Hydro continued to benefit from the revenues generated by the project."
 
Nothing to see here, just a prominent member of the free press calling for censorship of the President of the United States.
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This news media thot is yet another annoying suburban middle-aged mom that everyone hates and we wish they would just fuck off somewhere else.

In the 1980's and the 1990's we used to called them 'Soccer Moms'; in this day and age we call them 'Karens' now.
 
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Stephen King, demonstrating to the world what he did to win his National Medal of Arts.


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I never expected to live in a timeline where:

A) 72-year-old horror novelist Stephen King is
B) making a reference to a edgy cartoon that went off air decades ago
C) while insulting the President of the United States and
D) it's also timely.

Whew.
 
So I just came here to inform you all that Biden has announced his new nickname for Drumpf that will destroy him in every possible way.
President Tweety.
Why can't the Left meme?
Or insult and shitpost for that matter?
Seriously "President Tweety"?
In addition to being hilariously limp-dicked, that more conjures up the image of Trump thinking he saw a Puddy Tat instead of twitter.
When will they learn that you don't try to out shitpost Trump?
It's like arguing with an idiot or wrestling with a pig.
You only get yourself dirty.

I think the general problem is that the Right has a sense of humour and the Left, at least progressives, do not. I don't just mean that facetiously - the Right is more generally willing to laugh at themselves which means the same jokes don't sting. Like in the Harley Quinn cartoon when they opened with this caricature in a Release the Snyder Cut t-shirt. The reaction of the Snyder Cut people was mostly, "hey - publicity. Cool!". When you respect yourself, insults sting less.
 


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what in the everloving fuck
She's just being presidential, UNLIKE ORANGE MAN!
It's to reinforce the association between "Trump" and "disgust" in people's minds.
From The Road to Wigan Pier:
But there was another and more serious difficulty. Here
you come to the real secret of class distinctions in the West–
the real reason why a European of bourgeois upbringing,
even when he calls himself a Communist, cannot without a
hard effort think of a working man as his equal. It is summed
up in four frightful words which people nowadays are chary
of uttering, but which were bandied about quite freely in my
childhood. The words were: The lower classes smell.

That was what we were taught–the lower classes smell.
And here, obviously, you are at an impassable barrier. For
no feeling of like or dislike is quite so fundamental as a
physical feeling. Race-hatred, religious hatred, differences of
education, of temperament, of intellect, even differences of
moral code, can be got over; but physical repulsion can-not.
You can have an affection for a murderer or a sodomite, but
you cannot have an affection for a man whose breath stinks–
habitually stinks, I mean. However well you may wish him,
however much you may admire his mind and character, if
his breath stinks he is horrible and in your heart of hearts
you will hate him. It may not greatly matter if the average
middle-class person is brought up to believe that the working
classes are ignorant, lazy, drunken, boorish, and dishonest; it
is when he is brought up to believe that they are dirty that
the harm is done. And in my childhood we were brought
up to believe that they were dirty. Very early in life you ac-
quired the idea that there was something subtly repulsive
about a working-class body; you would not get nearer to
it than you could help.
 
Man, is it just me or has the left been more ornery than usual this month?

What the hell crawled up their asses?
It's really starting to look like some of them know something's coming, whether it's Flynn or just Biden's imminent death, I don't know.
 
So i decided to do a rundown on the original source. Politico at least had a link.
First of all, notice that on the pg 9 image linked, there are literally a dozen of other viruses listed. Notice even on the line highlighted, there are 4 viruses listed. So first problem is that we have a noise issue. "Oh SOMETHING bad could happen guys!" >Lists 20 bad things. >1 of them happens. "Told you!"

Notice also that the circled parts in slide 9? Those are TWO DIFFERENT VIRUSES. So a fun game of sleight of hand.

Anyway, on the source again, have fun looking at the very next slide.
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That 2nd one is the actual corona entry that was highlighted on the previous slide.

So now you can have a lot of fun going through the gov-speak on the slides and ask yourself: What did Trump not do? For example... from page 18:
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See how much of that document you can get through before zoning out. I will only note that even on the image the tweeter brought up, notice this?
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Somebody broke the law.... (the same law Clinton was acquitted of by Comey)

EDIT: Oh yeah @Robert James wanted an alert on this.
 
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Man, is it just me or has the left been more ornery than usual this month?

What the hell crawled up their asses?

They've been in quarantine with nothing to do but try to convince themselves killing the economy is worth it and that trump is at fault for it. Remember they believe everything their told about covid so they think it is the black plague* polio for the politicians there pissed that states are opening back up and they won't be able to ram a few more pork filled bills.
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Can we get a welfare check on Stephen I'm scared for him.
 
It's really starting to look like some of them know something's coming, whether it's Flynn or just Biden's imminent death, I don't know.

It's like the first rise of the roller coaster. You hear the lift clanking beneath you then the tracks disappear under you then you feel gravity grab you.

2020 hasn't been a good year for leftists.

The pandemic destroyed their political positions. They sit helpless within their homes, horrified that conservatives want to risk their lives.

Leftist news media is dying. Vice laid off 150 people. I'm sure Vox had some similar difficulties.

Comic book industry is gasping its last. Hollywood won't be the same either.

Bernie sold out progressives again. He already asked them to sell their souls to vote for Clinton. Now he asks them to sell whatever dignity they have left to vote for Biden.

Progressives can feel the sand shifting beneath their feet. All their gains will be lost. Years of work destroyed in months. Systems completely ripped apart.

They know it is coming. They know they are powerless to stop it. And so they rage.
 
So i decided to do a rundown on the original source. Politico at least had a link.
First of all, notice that on the pg 9 image linked, there are literally a dozen of other viruses listed. Notice even on the line highlighted, there are 4 viruses listed. So first problem is that we have a noise issue. "Oh SOMETHING bad could happen guys!" >Lists 20 bad things. >1 of them happens. "Told you!"

Notice also that the circled parts in slide 9? Those are TWO DIFFERENT VIRUSES. So a fun game of sleight of hand.

Anyway, on the source again, have fun looking at the very next slide.
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That 2nd one is the actual corona entry that was highlighted on the previous slide.

So now you can have a lot of fun going through the gov-speak on the slides and ask yourself: What did Trump not do? For example... from page 18:
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See how much of that document you can get through before zoning out. I will only note that even on the image the tweeter brought up, notice this?
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Somebody broke the law.... (the same law Clinton was acquitted of by Comey)

EDIT: Oh yeah @Robert James wanted an alert on this.
Thank you Flexo, you are truly a kind an wonderfull robot that is in no way trying to kill all humans.

Well it wasn't fun but it is enjoyable to note the only thing they can really say he didn't do was overstock hospitals and he's opening everything up too early but for fun let's go through the Actions and see if he's followed them.

Basically the first half of it are question to help you determine the severity of the situation mind you without giving you much of a criteria to determine how to tell if something we'll become bad past, do the countries with the disease think it will get worse.

So in part 3 is the possible interventions

Are there licensed vaccines available for this threat?
If N0: Are there vaccines in investigational stages of development?
If YES: Should investigaiional vaccines be pursued for potential use?

There are no vaccines

Are there approved drugs or other treatment options available?
If NO: are there treatment options in investigational stages of development?
If YES: Should investigational treatment options be pursued for potential use?

There is no medicine but the Malaria drug is still being tested and used, though states have banned it to own orange man
Also another treatment we were researching using UV lights is considered witch craft and drinking bleach to the left so it's going no where.



Is there sufficient personal protective equipment for healthcare workers who are providing medical care?

If YES: What are the triggers to signal exhaustion of supplies? Are additional supplies available?
If N0: Should the Strategic National Stockpile release PPE to States?

Hospitals have claimed that they are running out of PPE equipment so an argument can be made that the stockpile was either not big enough or properly distributed. Mind you Hospitals are supposed to have an emergency supply of PPE equipment for pandemic situations and none claimed they needed extra until after the world was running on short supply. It also raises the question of where is the stockpile from the Obama since PPE does not expire. But for the sake of argument sure trump was bad he didn't stock up in November for a pandemic.

Tra veI-related Interventions
There are a series of potential travel?related interventions to slow or stop the spread of an emerging disease to the United
Can the host country identify the infected and trace their contacts?
If YES:

a) Can and will the host country quarantine and isolate effectively? HS CDC)
b] Can and will the host country implement effective ?do not board" orders for those identified? (State DHS)
c) Will the host country share the DNB data with the US. Government? [State DHS)

China couldn't and lied about it so it's a no

lfNO:

a) Are there readily detectable for which we can screen? (HHS)
b) Can a population be determined for screening? (DHS, State)
c] Can they be funneled? (DHS

Options other than screening:

a] United States Government? generated ?do not board? lists
b) Issuance of Security Directives [domestic carriers)
c) Issuance of Emergency Amendments [foreign carriers)

Since Corona can incubate for 14+ days without any symptoms the only thing he could have is create a do not board list bassed on a population. Unfortunately that was deemed racist and there were multiple judges chomping at the bit to undo his ban of travel to or from china.

COMMUNITY MITIGA TION MEASURES

Non-pharmaceutical measures are critical components of early response to an emerging epidemic or pandemic. They work
best when complementing pharmaceutical interventions such as the provision of vaccines and drugs, but may be the only
intervention possible when pharmaceutical options are not available. Community mitigation measures can include:

Voluntary home isolation of the ill and home quarantine of the exposed
Done
Dismissal of students from schools
Done
Social distancing measures, such as telework
Done
Cancellation of large public gatherings; and
Done
Widespread use of personal protective devices
Not enforced but encouraged, considering the world is running low on PPE this is the best that can be expected.

Conclusion Trump did everything except having more foresight than any hospital and stock up on PPE before the man manufacturer of it, China, shut down in early December. The plan also dictates a disturbing amount of time to what acts can be used to force everyone to follow the federal government and how to make sure everyone has the same message. Since trump took the stance of the states will no how to deal with their people better and he doesn't have a required standard to follow he also doesn't follow obamas plan in that aspect. What's funny is the article shows if we had followed Obamas plan every state would follow a hellish amalgamation of Michigans, New Yorks, And Californias rule and either all open up too early or way to late. Considering Texans have been living their lives for the past two months without notice of corona and my state isn't overburdened with coofers I'm glad we ignored Obamas plan.
 
Still not sure if This Modern World is supposed to be a parody or not.
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The lolcow I sometime post pics of has linked to Tom Tomorrow's stuff many, many times. So I would straight up bet on it not being a parody, but rather a liberal's sincere attempt at a political cartoon.

Or at least, liberals take it sincerely. So at that point, does the parody nature matter?
 
This comic is less "pro-Democrat" and more "circular firing squad" (or even just "anti-Democrat" or "critical of Democrats", really).
Yeah, I kind of realized that after thinking about it after posting it. It's probably made by some communist who thinks Democrats are just as much fascists as Republicans.
 
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