I used some twitter pics of these ‘Subpar Parks’ posters in a respite thread on Saturday, and commentors were kind enough to find artist Amber Share and her website. Much of her stock, you will not be shocked to learn, is on back order. But I’m getting a Sequoia Park print as soon as one’s available, to remind me that sometimes Outdoors is overrated!
From Bored Panda. “I Illustrated National Parks In America Based On Their Worst Review And I Hope They Will Make You Laugh (16 Pics)”:
I’m an illustrator and I have always had a personal goal to draw all 62 US National Parks, but I wanted to find a unique twist for the project. When I found that there are one-star reviews for every single park, the idea for Subpar Parks was born. For each park, I hand-letter a line from the one-star reviews alongside my illustration of each park as my way of putting a fun and beautiful twist on the negativity.
I had been wanting to draw all of the national parks, but wanted to find a way to add a bit of a twist to make it different from the other park illustrations already out there. I stumbled upon the one star reviews online, and the idea just came to me! I came to illustration by way of hand lettering, so finding words I could incorporate into the park illustrations really helped the project come together…
When it comes to my favorite park to draw and it’s review so far I think it was Arches, which is why I did that one first! I don’t really know that I have a least favorite – they’ve all been so fun and different to draw so far and has really made me appreciate the diversity of geography in the US! Yellowstone’s Grand Prismatic Spring was definitely the most difficult, because it was so hard to capture (which makes that review even funnier!).
Sometimes I find the perfect review really quickly, and other times I have to dig through several different review sites before I find the right one. It all depends on the park. I try to avoid any reviews about the park management or upkeep, and stick solely to reviews that have to do with the actual nature, because I think the audacity of criticizing earth is what keeps the project light…
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
the usual suspects are running around saying Dump was presidential because he didn’t pull his pants down and shit on the carpet.
different-church-lady
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: Now let’s be fair here: they’d also say he was presidential if he did pull his pants down and shit on the carpet.
A Ghost to Most
RMNP has earned the yogiberraism “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded”.
mrmoshpotato
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch:
And he’s also not black.
mrmoshpotato
I have eggs, cheese, sausage and cooked potatoes – SKILLET TIME!
jl
Getting ready for shelter at home in SF Bay. Internet connectivity becoming almost nonexistent due to so many people working at home, I guess.
Good luck folks.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
@jl: which county are you in?
Elizabelle
Maybe artist Amber Share can work on a private series, “things Foxbots say during the wingnut Rapture.”
You just cannot teach some people empathy or common sense.
SFBayAreaGal
I posted her illustrations on my Facebook page. Love it.
kindness
Great project from the Artist’s point of view but I have to wonder about the people who gave those reviews. ?????? Why did you come all the way to what ever National Park? Did they even know what they were getting themselves into? Apparently not. Clueless.
debbie
She should publish a book with these. Kids would love them!
Omnes Omnibus
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: Didn’t pull his pants down, sure. As for the rest, we may need independent confirmation.
Barbara
I sent the link last week to my friend who was stuck at home — before the rest of us — because he had been exposed to CV at a party by someone he had never met before, and who appears to be the source of the first cases in my county. We are up to 9 with one death. Anyway, he thought it was a hoot and I did too. The one that amazed me the most was there not being anything to do in the Grand Tetons. I mean, what?
debbie
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch:
I’d never say that, but there was a notable change in his attitude. Especially about the stock market.
joel hanes
Open thread? Good.
Louie Gohmert has finally gotten a serious Democratic challenger.
https://juanitajean.com/louie-unplugged/
Louie is currently blocking Senate consideration of the coronavirus relief bill that Pelosi negotiated with Mnuchin, and for which Trump has tweeted support. Because of course he is.
You know what to do.
jeffreyw
@Barbara: No wifi, man, no wifi!
RSA
Thanks for mentioning the artist.
One of my pet peeves: It ought to be the default, that when one shares something of quality, the artist/writer/creator gets credit. (It’s worse when people strip off the artist’s name; worst of all, some people take credit for such anonymized work. Ugh, human beings…)
Barbara
@kindness: If I had to bet money, it is that most of them were posted by kids, teenagers or others who had been dragged there on the premise that it was an amazing place. It puts me in mind of the river run I did last summer on the Shenandoah, when it was a bit low. It was a bit challenging to navigate around the rocks, but we had fun. However, we came upon a couple multiple times in which the female was saying choice things like, “I can’t believe you think this is fun,” and “I am NEVER doing this again.” It was her first time and she got snagged on a lot of rocks so had to jump out and free her kayak. I can just imagine what her review of kayaking on the Shenandoah would be.
joel hanes
@Barbara:
not being anything to do in the Grand Tetons
There are, to my knowledge, still no bars, restaurants, gift shops, nor amusement parks at Jenny Lake. Quelle dommage.
Descending the Jenny Lake trail in 1968, hiking fast, alone, ahead of my family, I paused for a breath and got to watch a least weasel for ten or fifteen seconds before it flicked under a log. On that same descent, I encountered an ascending party of six, carrying heavy packs. It being a warm summer day, the strapping young women in the group had removed their shirts, and were wearing only breast support. I was fifteen. It was a … memorable moment.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
@debbie: either he didn’t snort adderall today or he was on lithium or xanax.
Rand Careaga
The posters are fine from a technical and aesthetic standpoint, but speaking as a retired art director, the illustrator made some really questionable typography decisions.
Barbara
@joel hanes: I went on a spectacular hike, all of us did a boat tour with dinner on an island, and the wildlife was great. My favorite was the fox I saw as we were heading out. I mean, not only was it healthy looking but it was positively prancing along in broad daylight. The boat tour guide said that Tetons is the second most frequently revisited park after the Great Smoky Mountains.
Quinerly
@debbie: TPM took note.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/something-shifted-at-least-this-once
Baud
@joel hanes:
Gohmert is in the House. He can’t block anything in the Senate.
WereBear
@kindness: why should this surprise us? Did any other country discover the national emergency only when the TP shelves were bare?
Ruckus
@joel hanes:
I’m as far away from Hank as I am from Amy McGrath and can’t vote for either one. Still I’m in for $5.
Baud
@debbie:
He knows he’s fucked.
In other words, for once in his miserable life he knows how we feel.
Van Buren
@joel hanes: In 1988, after taking the Bar exam, I drove across country from New Jersey to California. I am a native Californian, my 2 friends had never been west of the Mississippi. We get to Lake Tahoe and find a beach. 2 very attractive women plop down in front of us and promptly remove their tops. I turn to my friends and say, “Welcome to California!”
Ruckus
@joel hanes:
Bet you can still recall that picture with no effort at all……
Baud
I’m proud to say I had no life before it was
coolthe law.joel hanes
@Quinerly:
Something shifted
Timor mortis conturbat eos
Ceci n est pas mon nym
My favorite one along those lines is the one for Saguaro National Park that says “OK if you like cactus”.
Ruckus
I have spent a fair amount of time at Yosemite. Anyone who didn’t see the beauty of it has rocks instead of brains. Same with every other National Park I have seen. They are treasures well beyond humanity.
joel hanes
@Baud:
You’re right.
How is he blocking this, then? [goes back to source at LGM]
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-louie-gohmert-delays-house-coronavirus-relief-bill-moving-senate-n1160681
Baud
@joel hanes:
Sounds like the House has to revote the bill, and LG is requiring them through go through all the procedural hoops instead of agreeing to waive them.
Dadadadadadada
@different-church-lady: “It’s a total alpha move, very much established dominance and demonstrated fearlessness. I can’t imagine anything more presidential,” say all Trumpists after Trump pulls down his pants and shits on the floor.
Calouste
@Quinerly:
I think it’s easier for an impersonator to learn all the ticks of the shitgibbon than it is for him to say something sane, but opinions may vary.
James E Powell
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch:
Of all the people I hate and wish ill things upon, the boosters of evil & stupid are the ones I hate the most.
Remember when they were comparing George W Bush to Winston Churchill?
chris
“There are bugs…”
Yes,and from the feel of this winter we have maybe six weeks before the blackflies and ticks shut down our forest rambles. Sure sucks when I have to go to the beach to walk ;-)
Here’s Bert yesterday on a beautiful chilly afternoon practising his social distancing, three metres from me and about two kilometres from the next nearest human.
MisterForkbeard
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: I’ll admit he was better than usual. Actually treated it with a little gravitas. Still got some basic facts wrong, still bragged about how awesome his own response was, kept claiming that “no one” saw this coming, etc.
But he also pushed that this was important and dangerous, and that the economic concerns would have to be fixed but were secondary to getting the virus under control, so stay the fuck home.
Better than I expected. But still a very low bar.
The Dangerman
Going with an outdoorsy kinda theme here, apparently…
…so, I went out on Friday the 13th (before we were supposed to do the bunker thing unless I was behind on my news); I went to Morro Bay before I blew town for a little while and I saw what I think was a repeat of this curious event (I think this video was before I arrived, at least). Note, I am not Jim M. and I am not Mike Harris. Video (not great sound quality) here.
A happy ending, I think; the whale went back to where it was supposed to be (on the Northbound trek, the mothers and calves really stay close to shore, so having one hang an oopsie right into the bay isn’t unheard of). If you are into otters, there is typically a fairly good collection of them at the parking lot for the surfers. I didn’t count Friday, but it was between 20 and 30. Several young ones with their mothers. You can hear them complain rather loudly about their unwelcomed visitor.
One more Morro Bay tip when we can ever visit again (I’m trying to stay inside, but I am going nuts); there is a short and easy trail to the top of Black Mountain near the Golf Course that has a FANTASTIC view (Golfers: Excellent course).
Time for my next nap (I forget how many I have had today; probably not a good sign given we have a long damn ways to go and I’m already kinda losing it … if it isn’t clear, I’m an outdoorsy kinda guy).
joel hanes
@Baud:
And yet when the Republicans held the House, they passed the enormous tax cut for the rich without ever being able to read the bill, while some of the provisions were in pencil and actively being negotiated during the vote.
Priorities
Baud
@joel hanes:
Oh. I know who they are.
mrmoshpotato
Tree trimming is scheduled in my area.
“Arborists performing vegetation management for ComEd will be working in your neighborhood within the next 3 months.”
Sorry, the Assplunder (Asplundh) tree butchers with their damn orange trucks are NOT arborists!
?BillinGlendaleCA
Obviously my favorite is Joshua Tree since I’ve spent quite a bit of time there in the past few years.
Mary G
Bill Barr is a menace and should be impeached, part 1.2 million:
?BillinGlendaleCA
@MisterForkbeard: At least he didn’t wear a tan suit.
mrmoshpotato
@Mary G: But Hillary was shrill and overprepared. (No on both counts.)
Aleta
Yo-Yo Ma put up the second of his #songsofcomfort offerings on twitter:
Mary G
LA Times: Coronavirus: Universal to make current theatrical movies available for home viewing on Friday
Too pricey for me, though I would like to see Emma, because Bill Nighy is playing the father.
Roger Moore
@Barbara:
I was amazed by the one for Zion having distant and impersonal scenery. One of the things I love the most about Zion is the ability to go out and visit that scenery up close. I guess it might be lost on somebody who was unwilling to hike.
bluehill
@debbie: Futures are actually slightly up. Of course after being down so much, a bounce isn’t surprising and still a long way to go before the open. That said, IMO this is an incrementally positive develop by Trump standards. It may be an indication that saner heads are getting through to him or at least getting him to step out of the way.
Now in terms of modest yet fantastical thinking, if Trump setup an emergency taskforce to coordinate efforts nationwide and appointed Romney to oversee this group. I think the market could bounce hard. It doesn’t mean the bad news is over, but it would change the sentiment and give the market some confidence that there will be an adequate response.
debbie
@Quinerly:
I was at work listening on headphones, so the voice was very telling. I’d almost bet he didn’t resort to his jazz hands trick because I didn’t hear his voice get a tiny bit higher.
James E Powell
According to Twitter – more reliable than FOX – the Governor of WV says we should go to Bob Evans.
What is his major malfunction?
mrmoshpotato
@Mary G:
That’s the first release? Really? (shakes head)
NotMax
Sorry, Betty. Sorry, Adam. Your state is flaky (emphasis added).
debbie
@Baud:
I would have liked to have been in the room when Trump realized he in fact didn’t know more than the Fed.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Roger Moore:
Wait, you have to get out of the car?
debbie
@Ruckus:
I think Barbara’s right. The reviews sound like they were written by petulant teenagers in a snit.
Omnes Omnibus
@James E Powell: If I am going to wreak havoc on the world by going to a restaurant, I ain’t going to Bob fucking Evans.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@bluehill: That would also require Trump to shut his piehole and destroy his phone.
debbie
@MisterForkbeard:
We just gotta go with the bar we have. //
West of the Rockies
@joel hanes:
I was camping at Russian Gulch in Mendocino Co. CA. Got up around 6 and strolled to the little beach under the 101 bridge. Coming towards me in the water I saw two heads, which I thought were seals. Turned out to be a doe and fawn. They made shore and ran up a trail. I adore nature.
I was about 12 and hiked down to a very remote swim hole in the canyon with a friend. A couple showed up and she removed her top. They chatted with us for several minutes. It was my first sighting of that anatomy. Here I am recalling it 45+ years later. I adore nature.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
I’m like you, I’ll watch Bill Nighy in anything. We saw Emma in the theaters, it was pretty good and Nighy was wonderful, because of course he was. And then a couple days later we watched Clueless. I’d heard it was an updating of Emma, but had no point of comparison because I’d never seen or read Emma. It’s really fun to see how faithfully Clueless follows Jane Austen’s plot points and characters.
A really good small movie with Nighy that came out a few years ago is Their Finest, about a film company during WW2 making a movie about the rescue at Dunkirk. Nighy is a washed-up older actor who ends up turning in the performance of his life, as his role goes through various drafts of the script from drunken comic relief to heroic.
debbie
@Aleta:
What a good soul he is!
chopper
@joel hanes:
genius guy. apparently he thinks that having the whole bill read out loud will get everyone to realize what a sham this whole ‘virus’ is and something something george soros.
this is why we can’t have things. not even ‘nice’ things, just things in general.
chopper
@Baud:
they had to change a few small bits for ‘technical’ reasons, which means they have to revote and gomer is taking full advantage.
MomSense
@Mary G:
I adore Bill Nighy.
trollhattan
@West of the Rockies:
Nature gotta nature. :-)
?BillinGlendaleCA
Just got a news alert, Ohio’s primary is postponed until June.
A Ghost to Most
Thoughts and prayers, Moscow Mitch.
debbie
@bluehill:
Even better would be if he reestablished that pandemic advisors group that he canned.
GC
@Quinerly: It was quite visible. There have been other occasions where some knowledge or gravitas, or perhaps just sanity, would have seemed useful, even from his own point of view, but also seemed hopelessly out of reach. This time he said several true things in a row. Some of them seemed like things that we know but he didn’t know yesterday, things which he wasn’t supposed to say out loud – but at least he was able to remember them.
Someone in the Family may have told him if he didn’t behave they’ll make him take the real test next time (maybe, like the inquisition with Galileo, they showed him the swab).
trollhattan
@James E Powell:
Bob Evans messed up rebuilding my carburetor, man! I would not go back to Bob Evans.
NotMax
FYI.
Public domain Windows Desktop wallpaper from US National Parks
For those with a Roku, National Parks Screensaver.
mrmoshpotato
@debbie: You think there’s a chance that he realizes he’s an idiot? Hehe :)
HumboldtBlue
Residents in Spain took to their balconies today to honor and thank the medical staff who are battling the virus.
A Ghost to Most
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Not if you have the right car. Moab is close by.
chopper
@The Dangerman:
i used to love the drive to morro bay from SLO, past a bunch of the seven sisters. SLO was the only place i’ve ever lived where i literally loved driving, couldn’t wait to hop in the car to go almost anywhere. never gonna find that again.
Wag
@Barbara:
My favorite is the Yellowstone poster– “Nothing to see, stay home and boil water.” Ha!!
debbie
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
Business Insider (via Google) is saying the judge rejected it.
Mary G
I love blue states:
bluehill
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Yeah, it would help, certainly for his followers that insist on going out or the repub leaders that encourage them. At this point, I think most investors even those that support him just ignore him and look at what Pence and Fauci are saying and doing. It’s like the advice-giving, crazy neighbor or relative that you nod along with and then do the exact opposite.
trollhattan
@The Dangerman:
Wowzers, that’s close! And from shore to boot.
I’ll be first in to demand phone cams come with polarizing filters. What are they waiting for?
Enhanced Voting Techniques
Stopped of on the way home from work to by groceries, the store is mobbed and the shelves are empty. Asked the clerks if they are open since the county order says they can be, they said yes.
So painic buying. It looked like a great place to contract the virus with the crowed. Idiots.
Went next to door to a Sandwich shop, got a sandwich. Thus meager fair I am provisioned.
mrmoshpotato
@trollhattan: Carburetors, man! That’s what life is all about!
Ohio Mom
And I just saw that a judge denied the request to postpone the Ohio primary!
I am not so concerned about the presidential primary as I am about some very close local primaries and also, my beloved bus system levy.
NotMax
@Enhanced Voting Techniques
Helter shelter.
;)
NotMax
Been mentioned?
Judge Blocks Trump Rule That Would Have Kicked 700,000 Off Food Stamps During a Pandemic
Roger Moore
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
Yep. I am not big on the “Bathrooms of the National Parks” tours.
James E Powell
@Omnes Omnibus:
I would have expected the WVA governor to say Cracker Barrel, but all taste is taste.
Eunicecycle
@Ohio Mom: yes it’s going to be so confusing tomorrow. We almost always early vote but didn’t this year. I was planning to order an absentee ballot but guess I will be voting tomorrow.
Bex
@joel hanes: Seeing a moose and her calf up close while driving along the Snake River. They were way bigger than the car.
NotMax
@James E Powell
Or Chick-Fil-A.
:)
bluehill
@debbie: Absolutely. I’m thinking that we’re past prevention so the emphasis needs to be on containment and loss mitigation and then recovery. Today’s call with governors seems to suggest that there is not enough (not any?) coordination at a national level. This is a logistical challenge in terms of allocation of scarce resources and people that have that experience and the authority to expedite things would be valuable.
The Dangerman
@trollhattan:
There’s a really cool spot to watch for whales from shore if you get lucky; that location is here. Of course, the whales do their thing when they want so it’s not every day out there, but, if you get lucky, they are very, very close.
Once, out there, I saw a gray with a big ol’ orange spot on the body and I thought, great, whale got hit by a tanker or something similarly injurious. Well, I knew the head Vet at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, so I sent her an email, and she replied … whale lice. Hell, I woulda happily gone through life not knowing whales HAD lice, but … whales have lice.
.
Jager
When I was 14, I was working on my old 14-foot wooden sailboat in our garage. My 16-year-old neighbor girl would come over and chat me up. We’d know each other since we were little kids. One afternoon after school I was painting the interior, she leaned over the gunnel and displayed her very perky teenaged boobs. Years later I asked her if she knew what she was doing, she “Of course, I did.” I was so wound up I painted the toe of one of my Converse hightops.
HumboldtBlue
@Bex:
Simply massive and amazing animals. Here’s a good look at why their legs look like they do.
LuciaMia
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: Presidential? He was somewhat more coherent than usual. Not exactly high bar.
James E Powell
@Ceci n est pas mon nym:
Thanks for the tip on Their Finest, now in the queue.
Amazon Prime’s got the Worricker Trilogy, necessary for Nigh’s fans.
Aleta
This is quite something.
mali muso
Had to quickly re-book DH on a flight back from Africa via Turkey a few hours ago. He leaves shortly but there is a rumor that the leg from Turkey to USA may be cancelled. Of course, no one from the airline is answering any phones. Talk about going on a wing and a prayer. I hate this timeline.
HumboldtBlue
@mali muso:
I have a sister and BiL stuck in Morocco. They’ll survive and I hope it all works out for you.
Elsewhere, talk about TouTube recommendations, I just watched a short video on the Northumbrian smallpipe and my next suggestion was FDNY standpipe procedures for deployment and operation.
Brachiator
@Enhanced Voting Techniques:
I tried to go to the market yesterday, but they closed early, I heard later to get a game plan. I didn’t even bother trying today after seeing early morning news stories of people lining up outside and then rushing in to grab stuff in a frenzy.
I can go about a week before I have to try to get necessary items. What a pain.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@debbie: Yeah, just got a correction on the earlier news alert.
A Ghost to Most
@Barbara: My wife and I were driving up a steep dirt road above Idaho Springs, when we came upon a fox jogging up the road with a full mouth of hot dogs. Seemed damn proud of it.
germy
Washington Post
Aleta
@Aleta: That article is by Julia Ioffe, Inside the Race to Solve America’s Coronavirus Testing Crisis
Feathers
I tweeted the posters pretty early on. Tweeted that the artist had these and other cool stuff for sale when I saw that link. Amber Share then liked my tweet, so she is keeping an eye on this and has excellent taste in tweet likes. I bet she’ll get a book deal out of this. Was hoping for Shenandoah Park, my dad volunteers for the Friends of the Park.
mali muso
@HumboldtBlue: Yeah, it’s utter chaos. Makes it really hard for me to focus here and stay calm with the little one, all the uncertainty. I mean, I guess in the end, he’ll make his way back even if he gets delayed for a day or so. But ugh…
Nora
@germy: I guess it’s a good thing Hannity has no sense of shame. Anyone with any self-awareness would feel at least a little humiliated for having to make such a turnaround, but then again, anyone with any self-awareness wouldn’t be physically able to say things like that about Trump to begin with, so there you go.
piratedan
@Feathers: under a different administration, someone would see the joy of this and promote a series of calendars to be shared catering to those who enjoy something a bit “off”.
HumboldtBlue
@mali muso:
I texted on the family thread just a bit ago that it’s the uncertainty that is so galling.
In an effort to raise some spirits even if this wee Irish lad can’t raise a pint, here’s a lament on not being able to go to the pub.
Brachiator
@Mary G:
For a single person, this might be high. But for 2 or more people, a bargain. Especially if you pop your own popcorn.
germy
@Nora: Unfortunately, now that the Fox network is taking this seriously, its viewers will start hoarding even more toilet paper and guns.
Mary G
This is encouraging; Democrats have already passed total primary turnout in 2016. Of course, Hillary was pretty much a done deal by then, but I choose to interpret it as a determination to get rid of Republicans.
schrodingers_cat
@Ohio Mom: Yes the Ohio primary is on tomorrow.
Feathers
Apparently, the Queen is not isolating and has decided to return to London and carry on with her usual schedule of meetings and such. Princess Anne’s daughter went skiing with her family in Lombardy and not only didn’t isolate when they got home but went out to a horse race. Maybe Harry and Meghan will end up on the throne after all.
ETA Link: https://www.celebitchy.com/656080/the_queen_is_not_isolating_during_the_coronavirus_pandemic_reckless_or_stoic/
mrmoshpotato
@NotMax: Don’t think that’s been mentioned. Great news!
Another punch in the face to this Soviet shitpile mobster crime family.
Feathers
@Mary G: I’m tempted just so that this is a success and more studios do it. It’s not in my current budget, unfortunately. Emma is showing down the street, but I didn’t want to go to the theater.
mali muso
@HumboldtBlue: Lol, thanks for the video. Cute wee lad!
I just want to fast forward 24 hours and be done with the uncertainty. Will feel better to have my family unit complete and under one roof. Good luck to your relatives as well! At least they will be eating tasty food in Morocco….
Sister Golden Bear
@jeffreyw: Us GenXers grew up staying at home alone — without the internet. All our lives have been building up to this moment!
Nora
@germy: I was assuming they were the ones primarily responsible for the hoarding in the first place, so I doubt there will be much of a difference.
mrmoshpotato
@germy: How are they going to wipe their racist, fascist asses with guns?
germy
germy
@mrmoshpotato: Very carefully.
germy
That was my assumption as well. The folks I saw loading their shopping carts with twenty rolls of toilet paper didn’t look like latte sipping liberals…
germy
They’ve gone “populist” on us.
chris
Squee! Moss landing sea otter cam
mrmoshpotato
@germy: Dear Tucker,
Bubba just shot himself in the asshole. Can you get Messicanbeervirus from someone who’s bleeding to death?
GaryK
I’m a septuagenarian signed up to work as an election worker tomorrow in Ohio, starting at 5:30. I was relieved this afternoon to hear Gov. DeWine calling for a postponement, although you have to wonder why he couldn’t have made that tough call last Thursday or Friday. Now the Franklin Co. judge, incredibly, has said no. We were scheduled to set up the machines tonight starting over an hour ago. What a c-f___. If the election goes on, should I go to work? I’ll have the pleasure of meeting hundreds of strangers.
Mary G
????
mrmoshpotato
@Mary G: How about Sack of Shit Marco just stops being stupid?
Mary G
@mrmoshpotato: Unpossible.
NoraLenderbee
What if I’m married to a U.S. Marshal?
artem1s
@Ohio Mom: I got a call that our poll worker meeting was canceled for tonight. I haven’t gotten a call that the election is postponed. The judge denied the request, but it’s unclear whether the Governor and SOS can act on their own authority in a declared emergency. The BOE website is saying postponed until June 2. The Plain Dealer only reporting on the denial. The Akron Beacon Journal reports both the denial and the delay decision by the SOS. It’s a giant cluster fuck right now and no one who is supposed to work tomorrow has a clue what to do. Also, none of the polling sites were set up this evening so we aren’t going to be ready tomorrow. I guess I’ll show at 5:30 AM and see what happens.
NotMax
@Gary K
Announcing a postponement certainly a new wrinkle in voter suppression.
Maintain the six-foot radius as best you can.
germy
Here’s how to guarantee coronavirus won’t disrupt our elections
trollhattan
@The Dangerman:
Appreciate the tip, will check it out in case I find myself headed there! (Still pondering, still awaiting some more decisions.)
mrmoshpotato
LOL
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@artem1s:
Is that your county BOE site saying that? Mine is saying that on their website. Personally, I think the primary should just be converted to vote-by-mail. We have an absentee ballot system that anyone can use for any reason
GaryK
@NotMax: You can’t be serious. If I work tomorrow, I’m putting my health at risk. And you do understand this is primary election, right?
trollhattan
Horrible news here, an elementary teacher has died of the virus. My kid did not go there but has many friends who did. She was the district’s first confirmed case, student or staff.
WaterGirl
@mali muso: I’m sorry. The uncertainty is awful. Please keep us updated.
NotMax
@Mary G
Rubio bent out of shape over rumors of hoarding comic books?
:)
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@germy:
See, a bailout is something that’s actually appropriate here. Fuck Gas Mask boy
germy
@trollhattan: How old was she? Did she have other health concerns?
trollhattan
@mrmoshpotato:
Patsy! (Huge AbFab fan)
Mary G
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@trollhattan:
That’s awful! Do you know how old she was and if she had any underlying conditions?
Kent
Where is “here” and how old was she?
Feathers
@mrmoshpotato: Ha! My parents had a bidet in their bathroom and we used to sneak spray friends with it. Fun times. If you quickly turned it all the way on then all the way off you basically filled the bathroom with waterfountain, but for a short enough time that there wasn’t that much water on the floor. Yes, we’re Irish.
trollhattan
@germy:
I don’t know anything further, they’re quite discreet about the details. Families of kids in her class must be beside themselves.
Mary G
@Mary G:
Too bad. I refuse to join Instagram until Facebook sells it.
trollhattan
@Kent:
Sacramento. That’s all I know at this point.
TS (the original)
@Quinerly:
From your TPM link
The markets are so bad he does not want to talk about them – but he will claim every increase when they rebound or start a steady climb up. I have no faith that this is anything but his reaction to discovering that all he has done is just sending the markets further down, plus the State governors are getting the positives from the media that he thinks should be his.
germy
@trollhattan:
https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article241218356.html
Sacramento school district says substitute teacher has died of coronavirus
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@NotMax:
That comic looks pretty interesting. I always like deconstructions of tropes. Makes for more interesting stories
Mandalay
@mrmoshpotato:
Good luck with that. If your stomach can tolerate it, go back and look at his tweets from the week before last. Coronavirus was a nothingburger compared to the evils of putting the clocks forward and back twice a year, which he tweeted about ad nauseam.
If Rubio had been on the Titanic he would have been the one rearranging the deck chairs.
NotMax
@Gary K
Can you bow out? Then do so.
What makes anyone think the risk under this maladministration will be that much less in early June escapes me.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Mandalay:
Worse. He’d probably be cutting all of the lifeboats loose as ‘unnecessary weight’ and crying, “Full steam ahead!”
WaterGirl
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
I used to see these kinds of questions all the time when I worked for the rape hotline as an advocate for women who had been raped. It’s human nature, so I don’t mean to be critical, but people would always ask questions:
Did she sleep with her windows open? Was she out walking late alone? etc.
The would continue asking until they got an answer that allowed them to think “oh, i don’t do that”, so they could mentally or emotionally distance themselves from the risk.
Elizabelle
@chris: Otter cam! Thank you. Shared it with a friend.
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Very sad to hear of the dead teacher in Sacramento. That will stay with those kids for all of their lives. The shock of it.
trollhattan
@germy: Yes, that’s the right one.
WaterGirl
@GaryK: I would bow out in a heartbeat. With regret that it might leave them in a lurch, but without regret about my choice.
It’s your life and the life of those around you.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@NotMax:
I agree. It’s not worth the risk, especially to those over 65, which most poll workers tend to be. I guess the thinking behind early June is the hope that the peak will be in late April to mid-May or something. Martin explained a few days ago that such an ‘early’ peak would imply a lot of deaths so I hope that peak is either delayed as long as possible and/or flattened a bunch.
I really think the primary should be extended two or three weeks and everybody told to vote absentee. Anybody voter in Ohio can vote absentee
WaterGirl
@Elizabelle: It is terribly sad.
I believe the whole thing will really hit home when a famous person gets it, and dies. Terrible.
mad citizen
@germy: Appreciate hearing about this, of course very sorry about it too. Our grandson attends this school system, Land Park area.
dexwood
Wish I had a bunker. Maybe, not sure. Maybe that wish has been deleted. Have a nice, private backyard, though.
germy
@WaterGirl:
I also wanted to know her age and if there were underlying health problems. I don’t get the rape analogy, though.
If I had asked “Did she disregard warnings and hang out in taverns? Did she refuse to wash her hands” it might be more of a “blame the victim” response.
I just want to know if more younger, healthier people are at risk. One of my “kids” is a 32 year old with asthma. I know my wife is worried. I try to reassure her, but I’m concerned, too.
Renie
Anyone hearing the rumors that Biden will pick Klobuchar ? I was hoping for Harris.
Sister Golden Bear
@trollhattan: Very sad to hear.
Baud
Tom Perez pushing vote by mail on Chris.
NoraLenderbee
The article linked by @germy says she was over 70 and had some underlying health conditions. No one is blaming her for being elderly or in imperfect health.
germy
@WaterGirl:
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Renie: I also am praying for Harris. She might have said no. But I haven’t seen anything but twitter speculation
(Listening to the Hayes program: Tom Perez should stay the hell off TeeVee)
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@WaterGirl:
There are naysayers on the r/coronavirus subreddit that are using the one Princess cruise docked in Japan as evidence that this supposedly isn’t nearly as deadly as some predict because only 7 died, the passengers tend to be older, and nearly 500 are recovered. Cold comfort to those in that age bracket or are immunocompromised
I see what you mean. I’m not blaming her at all, so you know, she could’ve been infected by somebody in the incubation phase or asymptomatic two weeks ago. That’s what is also scary about this disease.
I’m just as afraid for myself as I am for 60 y/o parents. I am young and fairly healthy (perhaps I could lose 20 pounds) but that 80% of mild cases includes moderate ones too, where you just don’t need to be hospitalized but feel like the absolute worst cold/flu you’ve ever had. I’d rather not catch this if I can help it and not spread it
Bill Arnold
Maybe already linked, but good especially for those of us who are not Jared fans:
“There’s No Boogeyman He Can Attack”: Angry at Kushner, Trump Awakens to the COVID-19 Danger – For weeks, Trump and his son-in-law saw the novel coronavirus mostly as a media and political problem. But the spiraling cases, plunging markets, and a Mar-a-Lago cluster finally opened eyes. (Gabriel Sherman, March 16, 2020)
Ken
I still think that Putin is angry about what this might do to all that Russian money that’s been parked in the western real estate markets.
Ken
We have always been at war with Eastasia.
mad citizen
@mad citizen: Maybe not famous as a performer, but this person of note has died of the virus:
Vittorio Gregotti, renowned Italian architect, dies of coronavirus at 92
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/16/vittorio-gregotti-renowned-italian-architect-dies-of-coronavirus-at-92
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Bill Arnold:
I’ve had a bad day, all the stress and tsuris on top of that caused by my crazy-ass family. This has put a smile on my face.
Renie
@Bill Arnold: In fairness to Jared, he was probably still reading his 25 books on the Israeli-Palestine issue.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Bill Arnold:
so… Tucker Carlson is the one saving us from Jared? Two dim-witted trust-fund babies entered the Gold Room at Mar-A-Lago… only one would survive.
@Renie: a thousand quatloos says Jared has an aide read the books and write him three page summaries that are read aloud to him while he does Pilates
trollhattan
@Bill Arnold:
Thots ‘n praars.
NotMax
@Jim, Foolish Literalist
Jared makes Blackadder’s Baldrick look sober and sagacious incomparison.
germy
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
M. Night Shyamalan: What a twist!
Shana
@Brachiator: My Nextdoor posted earlier today that there was a 2 hours wait to get INTO my local Costco.
Poe Larity
Arches, like much of Utah isn’t like the license plate because it’s like another planet. And that’s a good thing.
And stop calling it Mar-a-Lago, it’s Germ-a-Lago now.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@NotMax: and our Jared, he’s just busting with cunning plans!
Also, this is pretty cool
A Ghost To Most
@Poe Larity: Merde Lago.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Bill Arnold:
I enjoyed reading that. Small minded of me? Yes, but who cares?
WaterGirl
@germy: I guess the connection in my head was “if she’s older or had preexisting conditions, that’s not so bad”.
I wasn’t thinking in my story that people were trying to blame the victims; they just seemed to want to find a way that they could feel safer.
I really wasn’t being critical of anyone, just commenting on human nature. I apologize if it came off as critical.
I know you’re not doing it, but so many people are kind of cavalier “oh, it’s just old people, over 60” like those people don’t count, that kind of gets to me.
germy
@WaterGirl:
Me too. I even saw it in the comments here a few threads ago.
I’m old enough to be at risk and I’m also worried about health-compromised people of all ages.
WaterGirl
@germy: It shows an ugly side of the people who are saying that and thinking that, even here on Balloon Juice:
Let people die so we don’t disrupt the economy?
To anyone who gets within spitting distance of saying that, I say a hearty Fuck You.
mrmoshpotato
@mrmoshpotato:
A second one!
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@WaterGirl:
I hope I didn’t come across that way, WG. It doesn’t matter what age or status someone is. A life is a life.
trollhattan
@WaterGirl:
Ever thus. Mose Allison penned this in 1959 (memorably covered by The Who on “Live at Leeds”).
Suzanne
ERGH. I just found SuzMom, who turns 70 in June, making a grocery list. I asked, “Do you want to order some groceries?”, to which she says, “Nah, I’m just going to run over there. I won’t touch anything.” Then when I objected, she says, “I’m not worried about me. I’m worried about all the old people.” I finally convinced her to go much later, when it is emptier.
mrmoshpotato
What do you cheer for when two mobster sacks of shit are fighting?
Yes, I know – injuries.
mrmoshpotato
@trollhattan: Tater tots and pears?
Calouste
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
People on a cruise ship, just by the fact that they are able to get there, self-select for not being in the absolute worst state of health. The people who died in the nursing home in Kirkland wouldn’t have made it to a cruise ship.
Renie
@Suzanne:
Stop N Shop by me is opening from 6am-7:30am just for people over 60 to shop.
mrmoshpotato
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): You should be slapped for that. And he should be slapped for every single one of his movies. :)
trollhattan
@Suzanne:
“I won’t touch anything.”
I do believe your mama is Samantha from “Bewitched.” Give her my best.
trollhattan
@mrmoshpotato:
The French could probably make that work. In a tart pan. Lots of butter and sauternes would be involved.
mrmoshpotato
@WaterGirl: Put on a disposable glove, and give them a good slap.
Suzanne
@trollhattan: You try convincing SuzMom of ANYTHING.
I mean, I can’t criticize. I’m going to be a stubborn old lady, too.
mrmoshpotato
My ballot is completed and sealed.
HumboldtBlue
@trollhattan:
What a helluva an album, just a masterpiece.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@WaterGirl: OTOH, we should be careful not to impute the worst intent to people who are trying to feel their way through a scary situation with information that is coming quickly, in a world where rumor and false information come just as quickly.
Some of the people I love most in the world are over 85, stubborn as mules, a couple crazy as shithouse rats, and prone to saying things like, “Oh it’s like every time it snows they say it’s another blizzard of ’67….”
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: I hoping for Katy Perry. Youth turnout would be off the charts.
Baby you’re a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make ’em go “Oh, oh, oh!”
You’re gonna leave ’em fallin’ down down down
Sister Golden Bear
Oh joy…
Suspicious cyberactivity targeting HHS tied to coronavirus response, sources say
mrmoshpotato
PBS cartoons are weird.
Wordgirl
Granny May goes on a crime spree and convinces the townsfolk that WordGirl is the culprit; Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy tries to steal some gold…
mrmoshpotato
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Chicago blizzard of ’67?
J R in WV
@bluehill:
I have heard that called a “Dead Cat Bounce” in crashes of the past.
I have a cat on my shoulder, digging in with all four feet, so I’m not calling a dead cat a good thing!
We are likely to see more dead cat bounces over the mext few weeks and months as the market continues to drop like a, well, like a dead cat…
Bill Arnold
@Sister Golden Bear:
Interesting. And doubly so; I’ve just checked logs for a low-rent honeypot I keep at home and see a couple of (ssh) login attempts from two different IP addresses owned by “U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (UDHHS)”. These machines have probably been em-botted by password guessing; there’s been a significant uptick in botnet recruiting activity in the last week, a lot of it from the US. (First time I’ve seen such a skew.)