Ricofoley

Yeah, I'm sure it is true that the highest concentrations are in different areas than in the first wave, but I also think it's plainly true that we're not right on the precipice of getting to a place where the virus no longer has any opportunities to grow anywhere. A lot of people are still trying to cling to the notion that we're right around the corner from getting back to normal, with or without a vaccine.

There's been a theory people have kept floating out there that once you get to about 20% exposure in a given area then herd immunity effects start kicking in because of preexisting cross-immunity of some form or another, and it seems like there are several places now that are really debunking that theory. Florida is persistently at +3,000 cases a day. New York is maybe ticking back up again. In Europe, Spain has been way up again.

Edging closer to the "Pro-Regime Militia Forces Interfere with Election" phase of the decline of U.S. Democracy

There's a statement from the university further down in the replies that basically amounts to, "yeah, we're looking into it"

9 minutes ago, Emperor Diocletian II said:

At this point, I simply cannot think of any single aspect of the American constitutional framework that isn't fatally compromised in some way simply because it was intended for a political entity that would never grow beyond a white, largely Protestant, male-dominated elite class.

More and more I think that when the history of this period is written a few decades from now, assuming we haven't just cooked ourselves by then, the consensus is going to be that we've been in one uninterrupted political crisis at least since the 2000 election, and everything that's happening now is kind of the late stages of a domino effect that could only have been stopped years before now.

Age 38 and 48 respectively

She absolutely should've stepped down when Dems had the Senate and the presidency, but let's be real, the central issue is the absolute dogshit constitutional system we have where an octogenarian guessing wrong about their health for the next four years has the potential to completely shift the balance of power for the next generation

Jesus fucking Christ

If you want to imagine a scenario where we're all driven insane (moreso than we are already) over the next 4 years, imagine Trump gets reelected but Dems get the election to a 50-50 tie, and so everyone's in a constant state of having to hope that Romney will decide to block whatever next insane thing that the Senate is voting on, like appointing the My Pillow guy to the DC Court of Appeals or something.

lmao

love to secure the homeland by causing super-spreader events within the homeland

JFK was supposedly doped up to the gills on back pain medication for most of his presidency

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The Jerry Falwell weirdness gets weirder

911 Call From Intoxicated Jerry Falwell Jr.’s House Last Month Describes ‘A Lot Of Blood’ | HuffPost

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Becki Falwell told the operator that her husband had cuts on his face from falling after he’d been drinking.

4 minutes ago, mclumber1 said:

Ol' Dementia Joe is doing a lot better job at his town hall than Trump did a few nights ago.  It's not even fair!

 

PEDs confirmed

2 hours ago, osxmatt said:

Wh8 the hell are all these male Gen Z Trump voters.

I mean, the rise of the incel movement pretty much tracks with the rise of Trump through right-wing politics

BLM isn't interested in black lives, they're just trying to get policies enacted that would improve black people's lives.

Yep, I can't read. Going back to IGN. Bye.

cool

Shades of Katie Couric being accused of asking "gotcha questions" because she asked Sarah Palin if she reads newspapers

the hell is goin on in South Dakota rn

4 hours ago, mclumber1 said:

I doubt very many people will wear masks either. 

 

@Remarkableriots

People behind Trump in view of the cameras had masks on, but reporters there say that they didn't actually have masks on for any of the warm-up speeches.

Seemed like the outdoor rallies were going just fine, and at least up to this point there hadn't been any hard evidence of transmission at one, but they just can't help themselves. They have to trigger the libs by creating a super-spreader event among their own base.

2 hours ago, Brick said:

Society, or at least North American society, is selfish, impatient, and short sighted. That's why a full lockdown for even a relatively short amount of time wouldn't work, because people complain too much. Remember at the beginning when people were complaining because they couldn't get a haircut? Our leaders are incompetent, and can't even come up with a proper plan that would protect the economy, which so many of these assholes care more about than the lives of people. The economy can recover; dead people can't. 

 

We're doomed. 

The one that will always stick with me is the guy at the Michigan state capital protest who was basically fighting back tears saying he couldn't get grass seed. You can absolutely get grass seed my dude, you just have to do curbside pickup. Also, maybe just let your lawn look like shit for a few weeks and count your blessings that you're safe and healthy.