Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

I was promised a recession.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

Trump’s legal defense is going to be a dumpster fire inside a clown car on a derailing train.

Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

Republicans firmly believe having an abortion is a very personal, very private decision between a woman and J.D. Vance.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

We need to vote them all out and restore sane Democratic government.

Speaker Mike Johnson is a vile traitor to the House and the Constitution.

Live so that if you miss a day of work people aren’t hoping you’re dead.

They think we are photo bombing their nice little lives.

Narcissists are always shocked to discover other people have agency.

Republicans can’t even be trusted with their own money.

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

ha ha ha! Nice try weird people.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

I’m just a talker, trying to find a channel!

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

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COVID-19 Coronavirus Update: Wednesday/Thursday, June 17-18

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My (puny little) home state (finally) crushes the curve –


(I haven’t gone past the front yard in three months now, but this is *still* cheering news!)

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  3. 3.

    terben

    From the Australian Dept of Health:

    ‘As at 3:00pm on 18 June 2020, a total of 7,391 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Australia, including 102 deaths and 6,877 have been reported as recovered from COVID-19.

    • Over the past week, there has been an average of 16 new cases reported each day. Of the newly reported cases, the majority have been from Victoria.
    • Of cases with a reported place of acquisition, 62% have recent international travel history, including over 1,300 cases associated with cruise ships.
    • To date, over 1,927,000 tests have been conducted nationally. Of those tests conducted 0.4% have been positive.’

    21 new cases today, 9 among quarantined travellers, with Victoria accounting for 18 of the total. There are 14 cases in hospital, but only two in ICU and on ventilators. Both of these cases are in Victoria.

    On the positive side, it is now 26 days since the last Covid-19 death in Australia.

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    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s daily numbers. 14 new cases: 11 from local infection comprising four Malaysians and seven non-Malaysians, three imported infections. Total 8,529 cases.

    127 more patients recovered and were discharged from hospital, total 8,000 recovered or 93.8% of all cases. Just 408 active and contagious cases remain: four are in ICU and no one is on a ventilator. No deaths for the fourth day in a row, total remains at 121 deaths. Infection fatality rate is 1.42%, case fatality rate 1.48%.

    We are still in a recovery phase of lockdown, scheduled to last until Merdeka Day (August 31).  If the daily numbers still look this good at that point, we might get a Recovery Movement Control Order 2 with further easing of restrictions, but I don’t expect announcement of an exit phase just yet.

    As a lifelong sportsball fan, I’ve learned not to celebrate a win before the final whistle. But unlike Prince Jared, I can tell when my team is not winning. The more I learn about how America is dealing with Covid-19, the more I fear for Americans.

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    Spaniel

    I do not understand the two tweets by Jay Marino, the first two shown on this thread. The doctor mentions some causality of “effective” masks and Marino seems to commenting the opposite.

    Who is Marino? What am I missing about the tweets? Would someone help explain, please.

  7. 7.

    Jay Noble

    @Spaniel: He’s being snarky. Olaf’s tweet is actually describing covid symptoms. Marino is telling him that if people wore the damn masks they wouldn’t be showing up at the ER.

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    WereBear

    To me, the racial disparities is directly correlated to poverty and its effect on health. Food deserts, plus eating cheap, plus health conditions which go untreated, on top of stress from prejudice, a daily issue which has been shown to lead to high blood pressure, which also goes untreated…

    I’m sure there are more factors. Like high exposure rate from smaller living quarters with roommates and family members; high proportion in essential jobs; and public transport.

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    satby

    @WereBear: all of the above, plus in my community a lack of masking and social distancing (still) in minority communities. Which parallels the lack of masking/distancing in the lower class/income white communities. I’m not sure what it will take to get people to mask and distance.

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    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @WereBear: Poor means working service jobs which exposes you to more people, having lowlife employers who refused to do PPE and then living in mix generation households.

    But here is another thing to consider; minorities are taking the virus more seriously than whites. As Trump said “if we didn’t test there would be few cases”, whites are more likely to refuse testing. I would be curious of the demographic breakdown of the people dying at home, because I am willing to bet that whites are more likely to die at home because it’s just the flue and their doctors are more likely not report the deaths of whites as possible virus related because that would embarrass the family.

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    satby

    @Enhanced Voting Techniques: What you say is true to a degree, but I live in a poorer minority community and I see with my own eyes every day the lack of social distance/ mask usage. It’s incredibly frustrating to watch my neighbors have parties and barbeques, come to stores and the market unmasked, etc. And give me the side -eye for wearing a mask. I know they’re not Fox news fans or Drumpf voters and I’m at a complete loss as to why these communities which are harder hit aren’t apparently taking this very seriously. And going over the border into Illinois is like going into another world. The difference is government leadership, but nothing stops people from protecting themselves and they don’t.

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    YY_Sima Qian

    Beijing reported 21 new domestic confirmed cases yesterday, 3 new suspect cases and 3 new asymptomatic cases, all with ties to Xinfadi produce exchange. Although there are confirmed cases in half of Beijing’s districts, including all 6 districts of the urban core, the vast majority of cases are in Fentai District (where the Xinfadi exchange is located) and the adjacent Daxing District (unfortunately, where the gleaming new airport is) in the southern suburbs. Most of the 33 Medium (32) and High Risk (1) communities are located in the 3 districts that comprise the southern periphery of the capital. A leading expert from the China National Health Commission claimed that he believes Beijing has got control of the outbreak, though more cases are expected to be reported in the coming days. If the case reports show that the new confirmed or asymptomatic cases are from people already traced and under quarantine, that would be a good indication this is true.

    Hebei Province reported 2 domestic confirmed cases yesterday, both vendors at Xinfadi exchange. Curiously and worryingly, the neighboring city of Tianjin reported a new domestic confirmed case, who does not have any travel history or connection with Xinfadi. He is a restaurant worker at a hotel, mostly does dishwashing, but occasionally assigned to prepare seafood. Could imported seafood (and meats?) via cold chain logistics really be a potential vector? It is plausible in theory, but there has been no evidence so far. Time will tell.

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