Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

Narcissists are always shocked to discover other people have agency.

“When somebody takes the time to draw up a playbook, they’re gonna use it.”

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

Today’s gop: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

If a good thing happens for a bad reason, it’s still a good thing.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

Dumb motherfuckers cannot understand a consequence that most 4 year olds have fully sorted out.

I have other things to bitch about but those will have to wait.

Every one of the “Roberts Six” lied to get on the court.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

Oppose, oppose, oppose. do not congratulate. this is not business as usual.

Let there be snark.

Well, whatever it is, it’s better than being a Republican.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Quote tweet friends, screenshot enemies.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

Republicans: “Abortion is murder but you can take a bus to get one.” Easy peasy.

They are not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

The republican caucus is covering themselves with something, and it is not glory.

We’re watching the self-immolation of the leading world power on a level unprecedented in human history.

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  1. 1.

    mrmoshpotato

    The *entire* European Union — population 446 million — is still averaging fewer cases per day than Florida alone.

    Well that’s fun!  Hooray to being a failed state (country)!

  2. 2.

    mrmoshpotato

    About 20,000 people take part in a “Day of Freedom” march in Berlin protesting against the German government’s measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic

    Freedom to die?  *sigh

  3. 3.

    West of the Rockies

    Angry 2 a.m. (PST) hot takes…

    Fucking Russia–do they do anything besides lie, cheat, and steal?

    Fucking bar goers–stay home, assholes!  Quit thinking with your genitals and constant need to party.

    Fucking Florida–you’re lying about your numbers.

    And a big, giant fuck you to Trump.  You have easily 145,000 deaths on your hands.  South Korea took care of their people and have, per capita, a scant fraction of the deaths we do.  But, hey, USA!  USA!  USA!

  4. 4.

    Amir Khalid

    My daily report might be late: The media briefing by the DG of Health is scheduled for 7:30pm today rather than the usual 5:30pm, so the release of the numbers on social media could be delayed accordingly.

    In the meantime, the Kedah State Government has been permitted to impose a local enhanced movement control order, to run through 31 August, on the towns of Kubang Pasu and Padang Terap, which are close to the Thai border. They are the site of a new cluster where 11 new cases were reported yesterday. The population will be screened. The area is closed to outsiders. Locals will be screened before entering/exiting the area. Schools and houses of worship are closed.

  6. 6.

    NotMax

    FYI (emphasis added).

    The daily reporting of positive COVID-19 cases in Hawaii has been temporarily affected by missing data on Saturday and again today from Clinical Laboratories of Hawai‘i, a major private laboratory conducting most of tests in the state. From the test results that are available today, the Department of Health is reporting 45 additional cases of coronavirus. This is the second day, new case numbers dropped from triple digits to double digits, but this is not a complete and accurate picture due to the temporary delay in receiving complete data.

    State Epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Park explains, “We are missing electronic laboratory reporting (ELR) data from one of the private clinical laboratories, from July 31 to today. This is likely a result of recent modifications in data reporting required by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. We have advised the affected laboratory to provide manual reporting of data until they’re able to correct the reporting issues. This is impacting our ability to quickly identify and investigate new persons with COVID-19 and to contact trace.” DOH will likely need to update case numbers from Friday on. Source

  11. 11.

    Betty Cracker

    I don’t trust any numbers coming out of Florida. DeSantis has been cooking the books all along, and he suspended testing over the weekend because of the hurricane. No testing, no cases, just like Trump said.

  12. 12.

    Amir Khalid

    Not delayed after all.

    Malaysia’s daily numbers. Two new cases, both from local infection and both involving Malaysians. One from the cluster I mentioned #4, one a college student in the Federal Territory of Labuan. Cumulative total 9,001 cases.

    DG of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the index case for the new cluster in Kedah was a Kubang Pasu nasi kandar restaurateur who came back from a trip to India and did not comply with his Home Surveillance (i.e. quarantine) Order. He also didn’t comply with the SOPs requiring either the use of the MYsejahtera contact tracing phone app at his nasi kandar place, or keeping a log of customer’s names and phone numbers. 21 people out of 425 have tested positive in the cluster, and 18 are still awaiting test results.

    Four more patients recovered and were discharged, total 8,668 patients recovered or 96.3% of the cumulative total. Active and contagious cases being isolated/treated in hospital dropped again to 208; the one patient currently in ICU is not on a respirator.

    No new deaths. The total remains at 125 deaths, 1.39% of the cumulative total of cases and 1.42% of resolved cases.

    ETA: Does this mean my pay won’t get docked?

  15. 15.

    Amir Khalid

    @mrmoshpotato:

    As it happens, Day of Freedom (Tag der Freiheit) is also the title of a 1935 Leni Reifenstahl propaganda film extolling Germany’s Third Reich-era armed forces. I winder if the AfD was involved in this march.

  16. 16.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Amir Khalid:Does this mean my pay won’t get docked?

    Sorry, that check has already been cut. To get your pay you will have to go down to HR and fill out a form 1042-Z9-T666, take it to your bank and have it notarized in front of at least 3 witnesses not related to you, nor employed by your bank, and return it to HR with the $187.52 filing fee. Cash only.

  17. 17.

    WereBear

    In Las Vegas, casino owners and local officials say they don’t worry about creating hot spots because the hot spots “won’t be here.”

    This might be the most Republican thing I’ve read in months. Of course, it’s a crowded field.

  18. 18.

    satby

    I’m calling the county health department again today and again complaining vociferously about their refusal to do their jobs and shut down non-compliant food vendors at the market. Though according to a story in the local rag, they’ve dragged their feet on shutting anything down even on repeat visits to food services showing non-compliance. Fucking useless Republican governance.

    Edit: and I’m positive Indiana has also been lying about cases.

  20. 20.

    Sloane Ranger

    OK, it seems that the academic I mentioned yesterday who was talking about locking down the old (50+) and letting the youngsters work and frolic may have been floating a trial balloon for the Government. The response has been incandescent so I don’t think it’s likely to happen.

    Not only will older people lose their jobs at a time when the state retirement age is undergoing a staged increase to 75 but people are pointing out that they provide childcare for their working age children, as well as the vast bulk of volunteers for food banks and other charities.

  21. 21.

    Matt McIrvin

    I just saw a new (to me) anti-masker crank tactic in YouTube comments: a theme-park-fan YouTuber put up a video advocating masking policies at open amusement parks, and someone started leaving comments on his other videos threatening to report the YouTuber for “medical fraud” because he was giving medical advice without a license.

    (The crank also called them “slaveMasks” and went on about the ADA, at which point someone who had gotten exceptions on the basis of an actual disability called bullshit on the guy.)

  22. 22.

    YY_Sima Qian

    Yesterday, China reported 36 new domestic confirmed cases and 8 new domestic asymptomatic cases.

    Ürumqi in Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region reported 28 new confirmed cases, and 8 new asymptomatic cases. 5 case in critical condition, and 21 in serious condition, 1 serious case has stabilized to moderate condition. There are currently 590 confirmed cases (586 in Ürumqi, 2 at Kashgar, and 1 each at Changji Prefecture and Xinjiang Construction Corps), and 116 asymptomatic cases (114 in Ürumqi, 1 each in Changji Prefecture and Xinjiang Construction Corps), plus 1 asymptomatic case exported to Shaoxing in Zhejiang Province. 7 confirmed cases have recovered and been released from hospitals, 4 asymptomatic cases have been released from medical quarantine (including 7 of each yesterday). There are 14939 close contacts under quarantine and medical observation.

    Dalian in Liaoning Province reported 8 new confirmed cases, 5 of whom were previously designated as asymptomatic, and no new asymptomatic cases. The outbreak in Dalian has a total of 87 confirmed cases: 3 serious cases, 72 moderate cases and 13 mild cases; 38 are workers from the import seafood processing plant, 12 are their close contacts, 20 are residents of Dalian Bay sub-district, and 16 are close contacts of confirmed/asymptotic cases not directly connected to the plant, 1 has unclear source of transmission. The city also has 27 asymptomatic cases: 17 are workers from the import seafood processing plant, 2 are their close contacts, 6 are residents of Dalian Bay sub-district, and 2 are close contacts of confirmed/asymptotic cases not directly connected to the plant. Additionally, 6 confirmed and 9 asymptomatic cases exported to the rest of China. 

    Dalian Municipal Health Commission reported that the authorities shut down the import seafood processing plan within 1 hr of the first case being confirmed. The city just completed the 2nd round of mass screening of residents in high risk sub-district, including 1.03M individuals alone. The city is embarking on a 3rd round of mass screening in the hot spot areas. DNA sequence analysis has shown that the Dalian outbreak is different from the strains that were previously prevalent in China during the 1st wave, and also not related to any of the local outbreaks (Harbin, Mudanjiang, Jilin City, Beijing Xinfadi exchange, and Ürumqi). The authorities suspect that the Dalian outbreak is caused by a foreign introduction, whether human to human or via fomite transmission is unknown.

    Yesterday, China reported 7 new imported confirmed cases, 3 imported asymptomatic cases, 3 imported suspect cases:

    • Nanjing in Jiangsu Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Russia
    • Lianyungang Port in Jiangsu Province – 2 confirmed cases, Filipino nationals (likely ship crew)
    • Jiangsu Province – 2 asymptomatic cases, location and case information not released
    • Yantai Port in Shandong Province – 2 confirmed cases, Filipino nationals (likely ship crew)
    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed cases, Chinese national returning from the Singpapore
    • Liaoning Province – 1 confirmed case, location and case information not released
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from the Philippines, via Cambodia
    • Shanghai Municipality – 3 suspect case, no case information released

    Today, Hong Kong reported 80 new cases, XX from local transmission, XX of whom do not have clear source of transmission. 27 people have passed away in this 3rd wave, all elderly.

  23. 23.

    low-tech cyclist

    It’s down to Bolivia and the United States
    The only 2 countries with increasing reported new deaths per capita

    Bolivia and the U.S.  Like Butch and Sundance.

    Wait…

  24. 24.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    I am curious about that. Something has to explain the ultra-right-wing’s relentless obsession with it

    hydroxychloroquine is a Hard Right fantasy of what a freemarket solution to the pandemic would look like; off the self and takes to government to implement so a rugged individualist (as in white, male, Christian, Republican) can take it, be safe while the unworthy The Others get sick and die.  The fact that public heath officials denounce hydroxychloroquine just reinforces the fantasy to the Ultra-Right since their world, the government is always denying the good Americans (as in white, Christian, male Republican) their due with oppressive laws that deny good Americans (as in white, Christian, male Republican)  the right to scream insults at The Others in the work place .  No Russians needed.

  25. 25.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @Amir Khalid: Speaking of dead silence, funny how one hears nothing from the Wikileaks people during this pandemic? One would think that a group devoted to government transparency like Wikileaks claims is getting the raw data out.

  27. 27.

    Robert Sneddon

    Scotland update — 18 new confirmed cases (0.7% of tests), no new deaths. The hospitalisation and ICU figures remain steady, at 265 and 3 respectively. Remember though this is a weekend figure, some reports from understaffed healthcare offices may not have made it to the central authorities. Tuesday’s figures will be more authoritative in that regard.

     

    Most of the new reported cases are from the north-east of Scotland where a cluster of cases spread from an Aberdeen pub at the weekend. The Scottish government isn’t saying that these new cases are definitely part of that cluster, at least not yet.

  28. 28.

    Sloane Ranger

    UK wide figures for today, 938 new cases (including the 18 Scottish cases Robert Sneddon reported) and 9 deaths. The reduced deaths is good news but the increase in new cases is worrying.

    I repeat Robert Sneddon’s warning that the figures from the weekend will not all have been processed and tomorrow will be a better indicator.

  29. 29.

    Just Chuck

    @West of the Rockies:

    Fucking Russia–do they do anything besides lie, cheat, and steal?

    Plenty of honest Russian tech companies: Kaspersky comes to mind.   But while I think Eugene Kaspersky is an honorable man, I still won’t trust anything coming out of there that isn’t open source, lest the 100% mendacious and malicious government get its hands on it.

  30. 30.

    Just Chuck

    @Amir Khalid: Wikileaks is still around, but no longer trusted by good-faith operators.  Internal squabbling also caused most of its administration to jump ship, and Assange can’t exactly run it anymore.  So it basically tore itself apart.  And nothing of value was lost.

  31. 31.

    Matt McIrvin

    @Enhanced Voting Techniques: I think the hydroxychloroquine obsession is easy to explain: it’s all because of Trump. He wanted a magic bullet he could tout to reassure everyone this would all be over soon, and happened to latch onto HCQ early as the miracle cure. Once that happened, everyone who was a Trump fan had to believe in HCQ with all their hearts, and he couldn’t ever admit he was wrong so he had to double down and double down. It was completely path-dependent; HCQ just happened to be one of the first drugs that was widely mentioned as possibly having some benefit.

    There are still some legit studies investigating whether it might have some real benefit, maybe if given early enough. It’s not a completely crazy idea. But the discourse over it is completely separated from reality, because the HCQ fans insist it’s not just one possible tool in the toolbox with some marginal utility, but a miracle cure that the liberals are now suppressing because they’re trying to make the pandemic worse. If some study failed to show it as such, there must have been something important they were missing (e. g. the zinc).

  32. 32.

    Robert Sneddon

    @Matt McIrvin:

    “there must have been something important they were missing (e. g. the zinc).”

     

    There was a lovely comment on one of the pharma insider blogs to the effect of “Zinc is to COVID-19 what Spam is to Monty Python skits.”

  33. 33.

    charon

    HCQ just happened to be one of the first drugs that was widely mentioned as possibly having some benefit.

    The only reason it was ever mentioned started with some bogus study published by some charlatan called Didier Raoult, in France.  Guy has done previous other hoaxes.  People have looked at his data, show signs of cherry picking and massaging.

    Study got noticed by some obscure web site, then started bouncing around the right media echo chamber until Trump noticed it.

    Between Trump pushing this shit and people self medicating with it, the political pressure got to where legitimate studies had to be done, consistently the drug makes things worse for COVID patients.

    Drug is pretty dangerous, people are getting into trouble, sometimes serious, by self medicating.

     

     

    @Matt McIrvi

  34. 34.

    Falling Diphthong

    Trump is now attacking Birx.

    As near as I can untangle his reasoning, Pelosi expressed a lack of faith in Birx, causing Birx to falsely say on CNN that the pandemic was an actual thing.

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